ktvu's jesse gary arrived on the scene. what do you know so far, jesse. >> reporter: good afternoon, mike. in the 100 block of north 6th street. st. james is off to the left. this is captain of the san jose fire department. it started less than half an hour ago, two alarm fire? >> that is right. 59:11:36 we rang out the first alarm and the second alarm was 8 minutes later. it started in one of the old victorians and spread to the house on the left. >> reporter: from 165 to 155? >> correct. we know at least four people have been displaced from 165. none of them were at home at the time the fire started. there was a small doing inside the house. that doing has been rescued and returned to the owners now on the scene. currently there are no injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> reporter: as i look, it looks like they are working on the roof in particular. talk to me about these old victorians and how easy it is for a fire to get to the roof areas and spread? >> so, there is a difference in construction

jesse gary that is story. i want to remember the goal here. >> reporter: the final day of the conference in san jos jpartially over shadowed by news oh of a new lawsuit stemming from a data breach. it's true that we and i have learn add lot of hard lessons over the last few years. >> reporter: in a delaware courtroom, the finder filed suit. he alleged mark zuckerberg committed insider trading and that the board took actions that under mined the value of the stock. >> it's had exposure because one of the things that, you know, we're looking for from our executives and companies is transparency and sort of making timely disclosures around things. >> wednesday's suits follows multiple and perceived steps by the giant. as recently as 2014 facebook has faced fire for a manipulation experiment on a 500,000 unsuspecting users and shared without consent. last year's massive data breach that led to oversight and the looming prospect of a $5 billion fine. >> everybody who has a stake in facebook needs to be concerned wh

live in downtown san jose this morning, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. back to you. >>> hayward police hope new surveillance photos will help them find two suspects in an armed home invasion robbery. now, i want to show you the two men police are looking for. the robberies happened monday afternoon at a cap a, -year-old father were both home at the time. the son was able to se9-1-1 whi were stealing valuables from the home. the suspects pointed a gun at police and three officers fired shots at the suspects but the men got away in a car believed to be a two door honda accord. >>> oakland ghost ship warehouse trial will resume monday morning. yesterday testimony included someone that survived the deadly fire. he said the stairs at the warehouse were unsteady and uneven. many of the viewer victims died trapped on the second floor. oakland police officers were included on the stand. one said derick almena repeatedly told them no one was living in the warehouse. >> let's present that almena had spoken 100% truthfully sean said yes, we are living here. what di

live at mineta san jose international airport, jesse gary. we will talk again in another hour. >> jesse, good to see you. >>> the time is 6:41. san francisco city leaders are debating a new traffic safety idea. under the plan drivers won't be allowed to make right turns at red lights. the san francisco examiner says muni's board of directors are floating this idea in response to the high tomorrow your number of traffic related deaths in san francisco this year. new york city and washington, d.c. have brought up similar ideas to improve traffic safety back there >>> it is a feud between two tech billionaires. still ahead, the social media post from elon musk that takes a jab at jeff bezos of amazon. >>> plus, everyday life in art. the amazing mural, this one from san francisco, showcasing interactive portraits of people in san francisco. >>> and allie rasmus, what is coming up in the next hour of mornings on 2. >> good morning to you out there. in the next hour one of the most popular vehicles on the road, but now a warning this morning for ho

now more from jesse gary at mineta san jose airport. >> reporter: people here say this is expected to be a record breaking day with 20,500 fliers expected to leave this airport today, the busiest in 70 years. a lot of the travelers hope to have their own little tricks to get through the airport quickly. >> so far so good. i have the tsa perpetual so i am going through straight through the line. i decided to fly first class today. it is all good. >> reporter: travelers will see six temporary gates that will open soon to handle the extra people traveling through the airport today. wear lightweight clothing and wear slip on shoes before coming to the airport >> we are talking about thousands of thousands of travelers coming through security. every time you can save a few seconds on every passenger it is worth it. >> reporter: this is not the only place where people are getting away for the weekend. aaa is predicting 5 million californians will hit the roads this weekend, the fifth straight year to see an increase for memorial day. air travel is up 5.2% from last year. last year 14.3 mill

we have more with jesse gary out on the good old shoreline. good afternoon, jesse. >> reporter: the keynote wrapped up a couple minutes ago and now people are sitting down, talking, relaxing and enjoying the beautiful sunshine. an early theme started early this morning when the ceo took the stage. privacy and security. let's take a look at the video. the seats inside the amphitheater were till filled and overflow seating stretched all the way up to the lawn where google unveiled foldable phones that can be opened up into a tablet or folded down to phone size and a new google hub that aims to turn a smart home into a helpful home by controlling the environment and security, providing surveillance through a front facing camera and video calling. there is also a new pixel, google's rival but the 3a and 3axl have a more friendly starting price, $about 340 instead of $1100 for a top she have iphone. they say it is all built on a foundation of trust and privacy. >> if you look at the two brands, facebook and google, they need to reassure customers t

jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. back to you. we will have another update in the next hour. >> see you then, jesse. thank you. >>> police in livermore are asking for the public's help in identifying three suspects from an armed robbery. they were caught on surveillance video robbing the amtm store. witnesses told police the three appeared to be teenagers. look at that very clear video. they held the clerk at gunpoint, demanded money, then left in a black older model toyota corolla. anyone with information is asked to call livermore police. >>> happening today a former uber driver accused of burglarizing a home in san mateyo near where he picked up passengers is due in court. jackie wilson reportedly picked up customers at a home in san mateyo last month, dropped them off at sfo, then went back to the house. officials say he planned to break into the home but the alarm went off. he left and went to a nearby home where surveillance cameras showed him breaking in. police used the video to identify and arrest wilson. he is expected t

in vista park, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> checking on the weather, these were the highs today. about where they were yesterday. probably one of the warmest days of the week. it will be the warmest day as we go forward, because we will see more clouds in the next couple days and temperatures will trend off. i am showing you the pattern that represents what is going on across the country. here is the jet stream. these are right now temperatures. i'm sorry, that is tomorrow afternoon's forecast, but 94 in atlanta. triple digit heat in parts of the carolinas. 81 in miami. in this zone we are getting really bad weather as storms come out. we are all connected and that is a good example. that pattern is stuck in place for a while. it will be that way through the weekend, pretty much. whatever is happening out there now is continuing. they are seeing all time, in some cases, historic flooding. in parts of the planes. nuts for them. for us we are still seeing showers. folks in lake tahoe. some of them were powder skiing a couple days ago when that system came through. there is a lot of

in south san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> coming up, a 49er rookie credited with protecting a friend in harm's way. what he did when he saw someone slip something into the woman's drink. >> i just have that protective instinct. i will go out of my way to, you know, to help anybody. alright boys, time for bed. listen to your mom, knuckleheads. hand em over. hand what over? video games, whatever you got. let's go. you can watch videos of people playing video games in the morning. is that everything? i can see who's online. i'm gonna sweep the sofa fort. well, look what i found. take control of your wifi with xfinity xfi. let's roll! now that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, a man is suing the palo alto police department, claiming officers arrested him without cause, searched his home without a warrant, attacked him and knocked his sexuality. the suit alleges that officers arrived at the home and accused him of driving with

ktvu's south bay reporter, jesse gary is live in the studio with the sting. i'm sure officials have heard excuses but what is the most common reason for using those placards? >> reporter: heather, investigators say that typically it is a family member who lends the placard to a relative, not realizing the placards are not transferable. investigators say they have been doing these types of stings and we saw today for the past two and half years they have seen a steady increase in the number of citations they have written. >> it continuously surprises me, frustrates me that so many people have a blatant disregard for the needs of those with disabilities in our community. >> reporter: for two hours monday morning, a handful of dmv investigators and san jose parking enforcement officers canvassed a 6 block stretch of san fernando street near the san jose state campus. this student was cited for illegally using a disabled placard to get better parking while taking her last final of the semester . >> we feel bad that we made someone feel that way but i feel worse f

. >> today, dmv investigators were doing enforcement and writing citations and jesse gary went along with them. >> and continuously surprises me frustrates me and so many people have a blatant disregard for the needs of those with disabilities in our community. >> reporter: for two hours monday morning, a handful of dmv investigators and san jose parking enforcement officers canvassed a 6 block stretch of san fernando street near the san jose state campus. this student was cited for illegally using a disabled placard to get better parking while taking her last final of the semester . >> we feel that we made someone's day a little harder but i feel worse for the person who cannot park there. >> reporter: state investigators say hanging placards are assigned to people and the ones on license plates to a disabled person's vehicle. caregiver, elvia valencia arrived hours earlier to pick up a client parked in a handicapped space and was nearly cited. she blamed miscommunication to doctor because her daughter mentioned i have to come and take her and she said no, i told you to be here at 1

. >> but as jesse gary reports, the caretakers says losing the space will impact people now, as well as future generations. >> reporter: at the corner of race and garland, one of the last self-sustaining gardens in san jose. >> i believe we are connected to nature. >> reporter: 20 years ago she started renting here and built a half-acre environmental lab with 75 indigenous growth plans, a garden, birds, insects, even poultry, all living and growing together in a symbiotic circle. middlebrook says this represents future city living. >> we have to make changes and make them now. this place, silicon valley, should lead the world in this movement. >> movement is on the horizon, just not the kind she believes is in anyone's best interest. wednesday, san jose's deputy director of planning approved the landowner's request to demolish the garden, replacbuil the new building would be a stones throw from the planned google hub and the garden sits on land valued at $4 million. >> while the community has very compelling testimony and was very emotional, of course, about the gardens, which are mu

now more with ktvu's south bay reporter jesse gary who went along with them. >> it continuously surprises me, frustrates me that so many people have a blatant disregard for the needs of those with disabilities in our community. >> reporter: for two hours monday morning a handful of dmv investigators and police officers canvassed a six block section of san fernando street. this student used a placard to get better parking during the last final of the semester. >> i feel worse for the person that can't park there because their spot is taken. >> reporter: hanging placards to a vehicle now is saying the registered person must be present while the vehicle is in use. this woman parked in a handicapped space and was nearly cited. she blamed the miscue on miscommunication. >> her daughter mentioned i have to come and take her and she said no, i told you to be here at 1:00. >> reporter: she was given a warning and the disabled practice citation2011 and officials say they have seen an increase from several hundred tickets per year to over a thousand. 51 people with cited for placard use in this tim

live this afternoon, jesse gary, fox 2 news. back to you. >> thank you for that, jesse. >>> hayward police hope new surveillance photos will help them find two suspects in an armed home invasion robbery. the robbery was monday afternoon at a home on capitola street. a 19-year-old man and his father were inside at the time of the robbery. the son was able to secretly call 911. when officers arrived, the suspects pointed a gun at police, and three officers fired shots on them. the men got away in what authorities think it was a two- door black honda accord. >>> the ghost ship fire trial is out of session after testimony yesterday by police officers. henry lee was in court, and officers were asked about their visits to the warehouse before the deadly fire. >>> jonathan lowe testified that derrick almenda respeededly denied that anyone was living in the warehouse. 2 years before he was called to make sure his children were okay. lowe said he went, looked bo the fridge and took no action because there was food, shelter, and clothing,

jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 live at the mission bay section of san francisco. >>> it was 50 years ago that protests over the future of people in berkeley became deadly. >> amber lee met the photographer who captured many images back in 1969. >> on this night there was an event described as a teach in to commemorate the people park protests of 1969. it was may 15 when demonstrations turned deadly. the protest stemmed from opposition to the plans to turn the park into an athletic field. at the event was 76-year-old freelance photographer whose photos are showcased in a new book. >> this is why i went to the roof to get the shot. >> he was 26 years old and captured images of another young man shot by police after he climbed onto a roof to get a better view of the protests. he later died of his injuries. >> it is the most vivid memory. that was an escalation of violence on the part of police that was unprecedented. >> reporter: things became so heated that police sprayed tear grass to control the crowd. >> he recalls vividly the helicopter and site of the teargas braid on protesters. >> the ga

in the san jose studio, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> four women who were being detained by u.s. immigration and customs have filed a lawsuit against an i.c.e. contractor for alleged inhumane treatment. back in july 2017, the women, who are all for mexico, were taken by the contractor from the west county detention center in richmond to another center in bakersfield. in their lawsuit, the women claimed that during transit, the contractor kept them in shackles in an extremely hot, windowless van with no food, water, air circulation or bathrooms for more than 24 hours. the suit was filed in a san francisco federal court yesterday. i.c.e. ha >>> amhelp and affordable housing complex impacted by the longer than normal rainy season. this morning about 40 volunteers from amazon are rebuilding and rebuilding silicon valley help people living in these apartments. they have been dealing with flooding issues over the last few years. today, the team helped level grassy areas, install new drains, plant trees and drought resistant plants. >> this year because of all the rain, we've had draina

. >> jesse gary is live. santa clara county is seeing double digit increases. >> reporter: mike, sal, gasia, good morning to all of you. yes, the increase not just here. numbers are up in santa clara county, alameda, and in the city and county of san francisco. the biannual homeless count was done all the way back in january, but numbers were recently tabulated and released last night. on any given night or day, you can see the homeless in the south bay, living in parks, living next to the railroad tracks, next to or alongside creeks or underneath overpasses. scott waiter has waged a war to end homelessness and help for those who have no other way. >> it's sad and disappointing. you hear a lot of rhetoric from the city and county, and a lot of money could be spent, but on the ground floor, like i said, on the front line, we are losing the battle. >> reporter: in san jose, the number of homeless increased 42% to 6100 people, and the santa clara county increase is 31% to 9700 people including san jose. also an

in san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> security improvements approved, but not completed. details about the money a southern california synagogue had received before a gunmen attack last weekend. >>> human rights groups in venezuela say four people were killed and dozens hurt during political protest this week. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between president nicolas maduro and opposition leader juan guaido. it began when juan guaido took to the streets with heavily armed troops, looking to overthrow the government. it was unsuccessful. juan guaido has the support of the u.s. government and 50 other countries. >>> the owner of the company was convicted today of bribing doctors. the jury found the founder and ceo john kapoor guilty of racketeering and conspiracy today. prosecutors say that kapoor and four other executives paid millions of dollars to doctors and kickbacks to prescribe a fentanyl spray meant for cancer patients and severe pain. he could face 20 years in prison. >>> we are learning that a san diego county synagogue got money to improve security

jesse gary has a look at the numbers and what is driving them. >> reporter: the new look in the vista park neighborhood is this four bedroom, 2 1/2 bath on the market because it's owner is calling it quits on san jose. >> san jose has become more of a rat race. we want to be able to spend more time with our families. >> reporter: he says a quality life is no longer possible, even on two incomes in the capital of the south bay. new numbers from the u.s. census bureau show san jose's population declined last year by 0.2%. the first decline since 2010 and the driving force driving people out is the high cost of housing. realtor joe velasquez says the sales trend supports the statistics. >> what they are saying to me is the high cost of living in san jose and the affordability, even though we have strong employment. these tech companies are driving these high prices. what we are getting a lot from the middle class i would say is that it is still unaffordable for the majority who are not in high tech. >> reporter: san jose's losses again for other cities. while people are leaving here on t

reporter jesse gary is joining us live from the san jose studio with more on the case. jesse, why is this man coming forward now after so much time has passed? >> alex, the victim's attorney tells me his client is breaking his silence because he does not want to take the secret to the grave with him and that by coming forward, maybe other potential victims from the same time period will speak up. >> a lot of people who are older, particularly, who, 10 years ago would not have said anything, now are coming forward. >> reporter: in front of st. francis high school where the alleged crime occurred, 62 years ago, the attorney for a victim referred to as john doe says sexual abuse took place. in 1957, brother donald eagleton was the band director at st. francis. the victims personal statement read aloud by attorney joseph george, accuses him of accused committing a crime . >> one day, brother donald told me to stay after practice so he could give me some extra help. it was then that he abused me. i never went to band practice again. >> reporter: eagles and died in 2004 but i

. >> jesse gary has more now from san jose, where applications for in law units are spiking. >> reporter: michael stone's second home sits behind his first. in san jose's rose quarter neighborhood, it's a 500 foot acce commonly called an law. construction was completed in january and now stone is planning for the short-term and long-term. a future home for himself and his wife, when his daughter and her brother are old enough to take over their main house. >> the way the housing situation is currently and seemingly not getting better, i often wonder, you know, what is a future for someone? >> reporter: the homes are a growing southwest train created and a shortage of affordable housing. increasingly retirees are those planning for the future are building in law units. standing active says demand has always been simmering along with the hot housing market. >> what they are looking for is a comfortable, close proximity, good infects men place. >> reporter: city officials the applications to build in-laws has spiked over the past few years. mayor sandra carl at city council efforts to strea

jesse gary, kutv fox 2 news. >>> coming up, a republican senator proposes an approach to deal with immigration and it comes one day before president trump is set to release his own plan. >> coffee and pizza for breakfast tomorrow. we're going to tell you how it tastes when we celebrate national pizza party day. >> put the power of 2 to work for you. pgh pgh . >>> senate republicans in washington introduced in legislation to address what they're calling an humanitarian crisis along the mexico border. ray bogan tells us democrats are raising objections over how long families and children can be held. >> reporter: sen nor graham says the president's wall alone won't solve the problem as he introduce add new bill he believes will fix lop poles encouraging people to my grate from central america. >> i'm trying to solve a problem that is getting out of hand. >> reporter: senator lindsey graham encourages them to apply at asylum centers outside of the u.s.. they cub held for a maximum of a hundred days and the minors would be treated the same as those from canada and mexico, allowing the u.s. to retu

jesse gary, ktvu fox tv news. >> the mayor of san francisco announced a $30 million donation to be called the bennie hoff -- it's to come up with housing solutions and study why people end up on the streets. >> steve hennum anyone jersey is nominated to the board of director for the transportation agency. need to be confirmed by the board of supervisors. mayor breed says bring decades of experience to the board. also in san francisco, city leaders hope the reopening of a new fire station will convince voters to support improvements at other stations. fire station 5 was rebuilt from the foundation up, ready to with stand a major quake. the mayor is pushing $628 million bond measure to bring the other houses up to seismic standards. >> we need our public safety officials and facilities where they're able to prepare and use the equipment they have and not necessarily, for example, have their station fall in on them where they can't save anyone. >> city leaders are hoping to place the bond measure on the march 2020 ballot. >> coming up, hear newest mattes on the cost of california's high spee

for now live in the mission- based section of san francisco, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. back to you. >> thank you, jesse. >>> new this morning the oakland unified school district is announcing a new program for middle school students called oakland goes outdoors. it is designed to give 6 through 8 grade students an experience in nature. the district wants every child to have the chance to spend the night in the wilderness. educators say they hope the overnighter will become a right of passage for the students. >>> the city of santa clara is moving ahead with plans to build a large development that includes new homes, shops and restaurants later this month. construction is expected to begin near tasmond drive and lafayette street. the project will include more than 5 million square feet of office space, 700 hotel rooms, 1,600 residential units, a movie complex and food and retailer space. the developer says thousands of jobs will be created in silicon valley and this will be serving as a new downtown district. however, there is a big concern about traffic jams. with this

ktvu's jesse gary, you are at the mon net tabay airport. what is happening there? >> reporter: good morning to you. happy friday to you, pamela and sal. 27,500 fliers will take to the skiings from the moneta san jose airport. one inside the terminal travelers will see six temporary gates to help with the summer crush. these temporary gates are a bridge between now and then. >> our growth was tremendous in a short period of time. we needed additional gates. >> reporter: and the skies aren't the only place that will see people getting away for the weekend. aaa predicts 5 million people from california will hit the road this is holiday weekend for the fifth straight year seeing an increase for memorial day. air travel is up 5.2% overall since last year. the first flight at mineta san jose does not leave until 6:30 in the morning. that is a city ordinance but the planes get boarded, lined up, and as soon as 6:30 hits full throttle and off the first one goes, then one by one off to the skies. everybody is so happy at the airport. they are all going somewhere. i am stand

jesse gary, ktvu fox2 news . >>> very impressive operation. the police chief mentioned other areas need attention. are there plans to have the same sort of operation take place in those neighborhood soon? >> now plans they are releasing. there looking at the data and they will develop a plan and attack the areas that need it most. >> thank you. >>> felicity huffman pleaded guilty today to charges related to the college admissions cheating scandal. she appeared at the u.s. district court in boston where she answered that plea to a charge of conspiracy. investigators say she paid $15,000 to have her daughter's sat scores corrected. she has since apologized for her actions. prosecutors are recommended she be sentenced to four months behind bars and pay a $20,000 fine. she is set to be sentenced to september. >>> let's bring our meteorologist in. i noticed what i saw on the forecast is rain. >> yes. spring showers are not completely out of the question. the system that will bring us widespread rain is unseasonably wet and we will detail that's com

jesse gary, kutv fox 2 news. >> kamala harris says joe biden would make a great running mate once she becomes a nominee. she made that comment after a earth rower asked about her bag vice president mate. speculation of a biden harris ticket has been mounting given biden's lead in fundraising and diversity camera ents on the bo 737 max 8. today they were answering questions from lawmakers on how the planes were approved. the hearing comes about two months after the deadly crash of an airline 737 max. the faa grounded the airline. in both accidents an automated flight system pushed the nose of the plane down leaving the pilots unable to regain control. isn't that kind of standard that we never have a safety critical system trigger off the point of failure. >> it wasn't in the manual that this existed. >> the faa is set to hold a meeting next week with authorities from around the world and are expected to discuss when they'll return to service. >>> coming up, why changes are needed and what they plan to do with 911 call centers. >>> we'll talk to an expert about why so many whales have w

. >>> all right, jesse gary, thank you. bart is moving ahead with plans to charge $7.75 for a one-way ticket from san francisco and san jose, a round-trip ride will cost $15.50. some people told us, that is too much for a daily commute. but others say, it is still cheaper than caltrain. the new bart station is expected to open by the end of the year. bart is planning make us work over the three day memorial day weekend, this will affect service at some east bay bart stations, bart tracks between pleasant hill and concord stations, they will be closed because of that repair work. however, a bus bridge will help people go between those two stations. the trains will be back on schedule starting tuesday. bart is expected to close that same stretch of track again the weekend of june 8 and june 9. >>> missouri is in the middle of a relentless storm season, drone video shows the widespread damage, and one of the tornado cut a three mile path from jefferson city north to the missouri river. the river is expected to top a levy somet

we have more with ktvu's jesse gary live from san francisco with the story >> reporter: michael, we have been moving back and forth from the actual board meeting location here to a rally outside the ucsf medical officers and the hospital. they are having a rally outside here in the rain. you can see the rain is coming down pretty good. here in san francisco. the board meeting started with a closed session earlier this meeting, then opened for public comment, but the public comment portion of the meeting was disrupted about 30 minutes into it. t. [ chanting ] >> reporter: there were three warnings and about a fie minute wait but dozens of union members continued to disrupt the public comment. then most of them left the auditorium. a handful stayed behind and one by one each was arrested. in all 12 people were taken into custody. there are nearly 25,000 employees from multiple unions, including the utte, cwa9119 and the local 3299 on strike this morning. the stoppage effects ten uc campuses and five medical facilities across the state. they have filed charges with the labor board saying ou

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in the san jose studio, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> santa clara county supervises are set to vote on a $5 million fund tomorrow designed to drastically wrap- up services for victims of sexual assault. the money would go toward establishing twocrisis centers. it would also increase law enforcement training to investigate and prosecute sex crimes. in addition, the fund would help provide more resources for sex assault for survivors from job placement and mental health to childcare. supervisor, cindy chavez joined san francisco city leaders and advocates to rally in support of the fund. advocates say the initiative is in response to an alarming rise in the number of reported and sexual assaults. >> it is an agenda that is focused on surviving, serving survivors of violence and moving forward with a critical services that we need for justice and healing. >> the plan would need approval by santa clara county's full board of supervisors. >>> now to concord where the parents of a young man who died in a skiing accident have won a court case that allows them the use of his frozen sperm to

jesse gary explains the hiking terrace could hit local bike shops very hard. >> we recently got emails from our vendors notifying us with this tariff increase the bicycle? component bikes everything in the industry will go up. >> let me have him take a quick look at her. >> reporter: managers and bicycle express say five out of six products sold in their store are imported from china. the label made in china might better read cost more because it is from china. robert chapman wood is a strategic manager professor at san jose state university. >> that means that the prices for many different products rise dramatically. products from china become uncompetitive with products from other countries. and companies that do everything from semiconductors to bicycles wind up paying a huge premium on stuff that they really need. >> reporter: in total there are 194 pages of products impacted by higher tariffs on chinese goods. some such as toddler highchairs or infant walkers are exempted. but others from luggage to auto- parts to furniture will cost more. for bicycle express, rising costs will be

jesse gary explains how improving the numbers is improving the lives of pets and people. >> reporter: 18 month old german shepherd riley was a pooch without a home, until last week. that is when billy barrett visited the santa clara county animal shelter, to see if the dog could make the grade in a home with an existing cat. >> i figured i would cooptions had here. and kind of fell in love with her right away. >> reporter: managers at the shelter creditas this with help the animal save rate from a little over 70% a decade ago to the current 94%. they say the statewide rate is 75%. >> we are a small shelter. the small cell to the good, the way we look at it. >> reporter: the shelter supervisor says each year 4300 pets, animals and livestock pass through these doors, but the shelter isn't overwhelmed and has one of the highest save rates in the state. officials say success comes from partnering with other shelters in the county to help when there is an influx, which find homes, avoiding euthanasia. >> we tried to get the co we work off each other and bounce ideas off each other. we let

in central san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> this is ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00. >>> people living on the streets with no access. in san francisco, the new budget release tomorrow that allocates millions of dollars for seven new pitstop bathrooms. >> i want to see results. that is why we are investing more in pitstops, so people have places to use the restroom. >> police say they are tired of the filth on san francisco streets. now the mayor is hoping to do something about that. good evening everyone, i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. the budget has new money for bathrooms and dozens of those big belly trash cans. as christien kafton reports, advocates for the homeless say it is a step in the right direction. >> reporter: one table for the budget is officially unveiled, mayor london breed reports $11.5 million will go toward seven new pitstop bathrooms and 11 big belly garbage cans to the city, an effort to keep the streets clean. >> i want results, that's why we are investing more in pitstops, so people have places to use the restroom. >> renew trash cans and pitsto

ktvu's south bay reporter, jesse gary has developments from the facebook conference. >> that is why i believe that the future is private. this is the next chapter for our services. >> reporter: less than two minutes and opening remarks, wrote mark zuckerberg tackled the proverbial elephant in the room. in the coming months, facebook's digital townsquare will transform into more individual private rooms. >> i know that we don't exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now. >> reporter: security and concerns have shattered the company since its creation dating back to 2014. dozens of headaches for the premier social networking site were brought to light, a mood manipulation experiment on half 1 million randomly selected uses, user information plucked by apps and shared without consent and last year's massive data theft that led to a congressional grilling for zuckerberg. >> people are gravitating towards more private services whether it is snapchat or others that facebook is competing with so they need to build privacy into their products to make people feel more comfortab

we are in downtown san jose this morning, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> court is not in session for the go ship trial today, testimony will resume on monday. among those who took the stand yesterday, someone who survived the deadly fire. he said the stairs were uneven inside the warehouse. other witnesses included oakland police officers, one officer testified that defendant, derick almena repeatedly denied that anybody was living in the warehouse. >> let's pretend that derick almena had spoken 100% truthfully and said, yes, we were living here, what difference would it make? these police officers have never arrested somebody for living in a warehouse, nor should they. >> an oakland fire battalion chief took the stand, he told jurors as soon as he arrived on the scene that night, he didn't think anybody could survive because of the flames and heavy smoke. he was trying to protect the city from liability in a pending civil suit. >>> henry lee will be back in the courtroom on monday, so we have the latest development on air and online. >>> police are hoping new surveillance photos wil

>> jesse: no obstruction, juan juan. what you're saying, in sports, the last 2 minutes, he let them play. rules are rules but you don't want the ref deciding something like this in the kentucky derby. i had the number 7 and a lot of these bets and i got crushed. i lost hundreds of dollars. everybody knows what's going to happen. there's going to be a guy in the desert and he's going to pay a visit to whoever made this rule thing. you cannot let this money go out the window without someone taking matters into their own hands. i'm not condoning it. i'm just saying that's what's going to happen. a long shot on the dq? you think this is going to go down? >> brian: the president is unhappy. >> kennedy: it has become a political issue. after his big comeback win at the masters just minutes from now, tiger woods will receive the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. apparently not everyone is happy about it. some critics are slamming woods, claiming the only reason he's receiving the award is because of his relation