some folks say a plane ticket may be cheaper. >> we just start to weigh the price of flying versus driving. i mean, if it's close enough, people are going to fly. >> i think triple a says florida, denver and los angeles are among the top destinations for people traveling this memorial day in los angeles. jonathan hunt, fox news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at 5:00. chilling surveillance video posted to next door of a brutal and unprovoked assault in a san francisco business. an oakland woman has now been charged with felony assault. good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener, and i'm greg lee. prosecutors are calling this attack unprovoked and damaging to the neighborhood . sense of safety. >> new at five tonight. ktvu is christian captain joins us live from the hall of justice and christian. that attack was caught on camera. >> yeah, the whole attack caught on camera. the suspect now in

custody in jail after pleading not guilty in court today. surveillance video of the attack on tuesday afternoon, posted to nextdoor is shocking. the victim walks into the kansas food market in potrero hill. moments later, another woman enters and begins hitting the victim from behind with a bag containing a bottle of jack daniel's whiskey. that woman then begins pulling the victim's hair and punching her until the victim falls to the floor. the attack continues until the shop clerk runs off. the assailant. san francisco police arrested 26 year old jessica blasi from oakland shortly after the attack. she appeared in court today where prosecutors formally charged her with felony assault through her attorney. she pled not guilty. >> so the next process is we do have some concerns about mental health. i don't know, miss blasi. she was having a challenging time explaining sort of some of her background. and so what we'll do is we ask the court to do an in-custody assessment of her mental health condition. >> in court, the prosecutor said she struck the victim at least ten times in a flurry of blows.

the district attorney's office releasing a statement about the attack, saying in part, quote, it is random acts of violence like this that negatively impact a feeling of safety in communities. blaze's defense attorney said the bottle in the attack was plastic, not glass, and at the time of the incident, blasi was wearing a hospital bracelet and may have recently been released from nearby zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, just a few blocks away from the incident, her defenders said. while the incident may have been captured on video, it doesn't necessarily tell the whole story. >> i think the video tells one part of the story, but you know, this is a real person with a real history and the video doesn't share with that. >> history is the shopkeeper who drove off the attacker didn't want to talk on camera, but neighbors in the area say they're surprised to hear about the unprovoked attack. i mean, it's, you know, a big city, right? >> well, a small, big city and stuff happens, but it is a little bit surprising. i think, like generally it's a really safe neighborhood. >> now back. the suspect is due

back in court at the end of the month. she if she is released from custody. the judge has also issued an order to stay away from the victim. and in order to stay away from the convenience store where this whole incident happened, we're live in san francisco, christien kafton ktvu , fox two news. >> and again, christian. just how is that victim doing? >> well, we didn't have a chance to talk with the victim. according to the defendant defense attorney, he said that the victim in the case declined transport, declined medical attention, complained of having having her hair pulled and those blows to the head. certainly i would suspect that that victim would have been shocked, scared. hopefully she's doing all right. yeah that video was just hard to watch. >> all right, christian, thank you. >> developing news in the east bay now. driver led police on a chase this afternoon that spanned several counties. sky fox video showing a white four-door sedan moving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed at times. that chase began around 145, reportedly in contra

costa county on highway four in martinez. the highway patrol says the suspect hit city streets before hopping back onto the freeway. at one point, the driver crossed the carquinez bridge and onto interstate 80 and passed through cities including richmond and berkeley. at this point, there is no word on whether the chase has ended or if anyone has been arrested. >> the president of sonoma state university has been put on administrative leave for insubordination after an agreement with pro-palestinian protesters. csu placed mike lee on leave yesterday for making an agreement without the appropriate approvals. protesters moved out of their encampment at sonoma state after lee announced the agreement. it included an academic boycott of israeli institutions as well as divestment strategies. state senator scott wiener calls the deal between lee and the protesters horrifying. >> you can have whatever opinions we have about the war. i have strong opinions about the war and i've criticized the israeli government. but regardless of one's view of the

war, when you talk about let's do this like boycott and try to dismantle the israeli economy, that is one half of all jews on the planet. >> lee issued a statement saying, quote, in my attempt to find agreement with one group of students, i marginalized other members of our student population and community. i realized the harm that this has caused, and i take full ownership of it. i deeply regret the unintended consequences of my actions. >> uc regents, again, have postponed a controversial plan to limit political speech on university websites. the plan was part of an effort to calm political division on uc campuses. the last minute delay came during a closed door session of a three day meeting on the uc merced campus. the proposal would prohibit employees from posting personal views on prominent campus web pages. opponents call it a blatant attack on free speech. this is the third time a vote on the proposal has been postponed. the board says it likely will be taken up at its meeting in july on the uc berkeley student

protest against the gaza war ended with a deal between the group and university officials. >> but now a different group has taken over a vacant uc berkeley building calling for the university and the biden administration to cut any funding connected with the war in gaza. ktvu jana katsuyama. she's at the site now on the 2500 block of channing way, just blocks from campus. gianna, what's happening? >> well, julie, since last night, the group has put up a barricade. and just within the past few minutes, they actually have been starting to put up some caution tape around the perimeter of this building. it is a vacant building that used to be the institute for the study of societal issues. it's just a block from people's park, and demonstrators have not wanted to talk. instead showing signs, graffiti and sidewalk chalk to make their point. protesters erected barricades thursday around the encampment that popped up late wednesday. flags and signs surrounded the protest site, calling for the

university and the biden administration to stop any funding linked to the war in gaza. more than 15 tents were set up in front of the building on channing way. a uc berkeley spokesman says the group is separate from the group that was at sproul plaza. >> we have confirmed that the coalition, with whom we reached an understanding on tuesday did not initiate this action. there have been no arrests as of now. it's not clear who the suspects are. >> the protesters said they do not want to make any comments or talk to the media. when asked about their message or what group they represent. instead, they said they'll put any comment on their people's park instagram page. some community members stopped by to see the site, one woman bringing pamphlets to the protesters. >> but i'm also with berkeley, copwatch, and so i brought some things for them to, you know, know their rights in case they get arrested. >> we are treating this site as an active crime scene. this is there are an estimated 60 to 65

suspects trespassing on university property and vandalizing a fire damaged building next to people's park. >> neighbors say they are concerned about safety issues, but don't want to see an escalation with police targeting this particular group of protesters. whether they're students or community members. >> we want to hear what the people protesting have to say about this and not accept that distinction. >> they're not bothering anybody. but i don't think they should be there in this particular area. they can protest all they want. i have no problem with that. i'm more concerned with that being a fire hazard. >> and back here live, we have not seen that many protesters, maybe a few dozen here today. the university says they are concerned because of the fire a few years ago, which they say makes this building unsafe. so far, though, we haven't seen any kind of clashes or anything like that. it's been largely just peaceful right here on channing way. >> all right. jana katsuyama

reporting live for us tonight in berkeley. jana. thank you. >> classes were remote today at uc irvine after police officers sweeping the campus clashed with pro-palestinian protesters on wednesday after ordering the group to leave an encampment that had been set up for weeks. law enforcement declared an unlawful assembly last night. the university says 50 people were arrested, including students, uci employees and people not affiliated with the school for failing to leave campus despite classes going remote, there is still an increased police presence on campus, despite the us opposition israeli forces have pushed deeper into gaza's third largest city of rafah. >> the move cuts off the only exit for palestinians from gaza, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate further north. newly released satellite images illustrate the movement of civilians showing recently cleared tents and encampments. the israeli military says the evacuations are necessary as intense battles against hamas rage on several tunnels have been destroyed by our troops,

and additional tunnels will be destroyed soon. >> this activity will intensify. >> today, house republicans passed a bill that would reverse a decision by president biden, forcing the us to sell weapons to israel for use in its invasion of rafah. however the bill will likely die in the democrat controlled senate. more critical humanitarian aid will soon be on its way to palestinians in gaza. the us military has now finished construction of a huge floating pier anchored off the gaza strip . hundreds of tons of aid being screened in cyprus is expected to be loaded onto ships and then delivered to the pier in the coming days. >> today, the justice department took a major step toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. the change would move marijuana from a schedule one drug alongside heroin and lsd, to a schedule three drug equivalent to some anabolic steroids. the rule now goes to public comment the plan will not legalize marijuana for recreational use. 24 states,

including california, have legalized the drug. president biden also has moved to pardon thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession. >> san francisco police say they are increasing security for this year's pride events. >> if you see something, say something. report suspicious activity to law enforcement, event security or management from all of us with the san francisco police department have a safe and happy pride. >> the fbi and the department of homeland security warned a possible terrorist threats during pride month, the city's pride weekend is scheduled for june 29th and 30th. >> san francisco says its pilot homeless outreach program has connected thousands of people with help in its first year. the city says the heart or homeless engagement assistance response team, as responded to nearly 14,000 calls, including 80% of calls to three, one, 1 or 9 one one involving unhoused people and 70% of calls related to sidewalk and street encampments. the city is currently piloting,

sending other calls involving homeless people, including some trespassing and suspicious person calls to heart back in break ins coming up at 530, thieves in the east bay using a car to try to smash into a business. >> why? the owners say they didn't find what they were looking for. plus i'm very concerned because i'm getting to the point where i'm thinking, how long can i drive and when should i give up? >> addressing seniors concerns when behind the wheel? >> what's being done to keep the roads safe for all drivers? >> also ahead, governor newsom speaks out at the vatican. coming up next, his message about climate change and who he called out during his remarks, and some significant cooling today, especially in and look at the clouds. >> they're way up there. they're getting well inland. that has the trend set for this weekend. how rm and or

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fighting climate change called by pope francis as ktvu allie rasmus explains there were long term climate goals and some personal political ones on full display at the summit. >> california is exceeding its audacious goal setting. >> governor gavin newsom spoke to an auditorium full of policy makers and researchers from around the globe early this morning, gathered in vatican city for a three day summit on climate change. >> the climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. it's because the burning of coal, the burning of gas and the burning of oil. >> the goal of the summit to come up with ideas, solutions and an overall blueprint on how local governments can become

more climate resilient. but ktvu political analyst brian sobel says there are long term personal goals at play here, too . >> clearly, gavin newsom feels strongly about climate change, but he also understands that he's on a national and international stage. so i think this leads to his ultimate goal, which is to run for the presidency of the united states. >> during his 15 minute speech at the vatican, newsom spoke about california's energy independence and criticized the fossil fuel industries influence and called out his party's chief political opponent, donald trump. >> just last week had oil executives convening, talking about his election, basically accused donald trump of being corrupt. >> not really something that is, common at these international confabs like at the vatican, where specifically it's supposed to be nonpolitical, but having said that, gavin newsom is clearly on a presidential path,

and we're going to see more and more of this as he tries to raise his national profile. >> tomorrow, newsom will head to bologna, located in northern italy, one of the country's largest cities. he's expected to sign a partnership with local leaders there to work on ways to shed our dependance on fossil fuels and the industry behind them. >> we have the tools, we have the technology, we have the capacity to address this issue at a global level, a scale level. and they've been fighting every single advancement and we have got to call that out. >> the governor's office says that trip to italy is being paid for through a nonprofit called the california state protocol foundation, which gets its money from private donations. ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news in the south bay today, santa clara valley medical center was the site of a simulated mass casualty event as part of a practice drill, first responders were tasked with reacting to an explosion at a major sporting event that left patients covered in an unknown white powder. >> emergency workers wore hazardous material suits for

decontamination. a triage station was set up as nursing students took on the role of injured patients. valley medical says the drill allows the hospital to put into practice the skills needed to respond to such a disaster, with the various dangers happening around the world today, there's also an increased anxiety and urgency to be prepared for all sorts of, intentional disasters. hospital officials say a wide range of staff took part in today's drill, including those from the emergency department, radiology and language services. >> a bill that would protect wildfire victims in california from having to pay taxes on their settlement money or attorney fees moving forward, north bay congressman mike thompson says a bipartisan group of lawmakers has now advanced a discharge petition that will force house speaker mike johnson to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. it is the first time a petition has been used in nine years, and just the third time in the past two decades, a vote

is expected within the next ten days. hundreds of people in maui say they have difficulty breathing and are showing signs of compromise. lungs after last august, deadly wildfire that's according to a new study from the university of hawaii researchers say many people did not seek medical help because they were dealing with issues such as finding housing, work and food. scientists hope to raise awareness about the need for more health specialists on the islands. >> all right. an interesting thursday around the bay area. kind of early spring. like there's a lot of fog and low clouds, but well inland, slow to burn off temperatures today did cool good few degrees, especially inland. i saw some spots over five, eight, ten degrees cooler than yesterday. these are the temperatures thus far from today. so that santa rosa at 75 the average. pardon me. and then today they were 65. so ten degrees below the average. but then san jose the average is 74. but today they were 81. so above the average. so it's a little bit up and down. and that's kind of what

we've been talking about this whole week is just subtle changes and the subtle changes come because of this guy. right. opening and closing the marine layer shallow. it's warmer. marine layer opens up like this. it's cooler and the marine layer is opened up and it's stayed open all day. usually during the afternoon it pinches back down right. and that we start to warm up. but it hasn't really when we do warm up, but we it hasn't really been doing that today. and so it's deeper and that happens again tomorrow in the next day. and the weekend. but one of the things that's going to happen is we're going to get a swap out of air masses. in other words, this cooler air mass is going to move on, or the warmer air mass is going to move on as of today and tomorrow, and a cooler air mass will be replaced. and that takes us through the weekend. we're going to see more sunshine this weekend, but it's just going to be cool to mild. so 70 pretty much right through saturday. and into sunday as well. that was were the microclimates i just showed you across the region for tomorrow. tomorrow is going to warm a couple of degrees. and then after that saturday and sunday will be pretty cool. not pretty cool, but cooler, subtle

changes. like i say, i'll see you back here with the five day forecast coming up. >> all right. we'll see you then. bill. thank you. well, you may notice more people riding their bikes today. may is bike month and today is bike to wherever day. all around the bay area cities have put together special energizer stations for bikers. one of those is located at the orinda bart station, where organizers gave out free smoothies and special bags. the goal is to encourage riders to get out and connect with other bicyclists, trying to make it feel communal for people to get out of their cars, to feel accessible to a lot of the resources that we have around us, and to feel like there's a little bit of a support structure for people. this is the bay area's 30th annual bike to wherever day. more than 80 energizer stations were open across the east bay. >> former president trump's legal team continues their cross-examination of the key witness in his new york criminal trial. i'm connor hansen in new york with the latest coming up.

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doing its best to paint former trump attorney michael cohen as a serial liar to try and undermine his testimony. fox's connor hansen has more from the cross-examination and the

growing number of gop lawmakers at trump's side. the prosecutor? s final witness has spent almost all week on the stand. donald trump's former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, has told the court. the former president was directly involved in the scheme to pay stormy daniels hush money over an alleged affair with trump money that was later reimbursed to cohen. thursday trump's lawyers painstakingly questioned cohen about his past lies under oath. cohen admitted to lying to congress in 2017, lying to a special counsel in 2018 and again in court to a judge. the former fixer was also grilled about comments on his podcast, saying he hoped trump would go to prison. >> we have a lot of congressmen and some senators down today and they're all up in arms. >> trump was joined in court by a growing number of republican lawmakers attacking cohen. there is literally no branch of government that michael cohen is not lied to. meanwhile,

democrats criticized the republican show of support. >> i think it's really embarrassing. you know, for elected representatives to be appearing at a criminal trial to denounce our justice system, it's unclear if the defense will call any witnesses, including mr. trump, closing arguments in the trial will likely start next week in new york. >> connor hansen ktvu, fox two news. >> house republicans are trying to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt for not releasing audiotapes of an interview with president biden. the white house has invoked executive privilege to block the release of recordings between the president and the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. president biden was never charged, after documents dating back to his time as senator were found in his homes and office offices, but the special counsel report was critical of the president's memory.

>> and we need the audio recordings they offer a unique perspective. the transcripts alone are not sufficient evidence of the state of the president's memory. this effort to use contempt as a as a method of obtaining our sensitive law enforcement files is just the most recent. >> the effort to threaten to defund our investigations by invoking executive privilege. >> garland is protected from potential prosecution. should the house vote to hold him in contempt. >> i saw the video. i don't think those guys were going to sell high tech nasa test equipment. did the burglars get it wrong? >> why two brazen back to back burglaries in the east bay? both turned up empty. >> also ahead tonight, an update on the decades long project to bring high speed rail to california. when authorities say a key hurdle will finally be cleared and encouraging safe driving for the bay area's senior population, the advice and resources now available in th st bay

that it contained anthrax. the package was sent to a building just two blocks south of the capitol, where governor newsom and members of the legislature all have offices. state officials say there is no confirmation of what is inside the package, but all staff and lawmakers are being asked to leave as a precaution. as we

reported earlier in this newscast, the governor is in italy. new at five. now. surveillance captures an alleged burglary crew using their vehicle as a battering ram. concord police are now investigating two attempted burglaries at two businesses just minutes apart. police say the suspect used the same car to try to ram their way inside, but nothing was stolen. >> our crime reporter henry lee, live now at the concord police department. and henry, this case has a twist because of the kinds of businesses that are involved. >> yeah, both companies have ties to the aerospace industry, raising questions as to whether these were cases of mistaken identity or if these bad guys were really after high tech equipment. >> oh, i'm beyond frustrated because it's time and money out of my life. i wear a small business here, a small business with a big target on its back and a new roll up door. >> hit this, hit this right here. here we go, here we go. >> surveillance video shows this infiniti g 37 backing up and ramming hsd engineering and equipment repair company in concord. at about 945 monday

night. they damaged the roll up door, but this forklift blocked the car from going any further. they took off in the g 37 and an infiniti m35. i've learned the g 37 was stolen and was later found by antioch police. but what were they after? i wish i could look inside their head and ask them. >> i have quite a few questions for them. >> tyler hagan owns the company on solano way. he repairs machines and equipment for national labs, aerospace and semiconductor companies. they also make medical devices. hagan says he's hard pressed to explain a motive for the break in attempt. >> i wish i knew we both happened to be in very highly specified fields and it is a strange coincidence that we both get hit back to back on the same night, back to back, because five minutes before hitting hagan's company, the same group is believed to have targeted another company in concord. >> this video shows a caravan of cars led by the same m35, making a beeline to micro measurements and pacific instruments on pike lane at about 940 monday night.

here you can see what appears to be the same infiniti g37 backing into the roll up door, you can see a group of young men pile out of the car, peek inside, and then take off. this company has clients that include nasa, the military, and defense companies. >> i don't think those guys were going to sell high tech nasa test equipment. >> jim lyons says. there's been some speculation of how these guys are picking their targets. >> people are saying that they were using some kind of heat sensors on the buildings to see what was sucking up power, to determine if it was a grow site for cannabis. >> so these businesses are filled with things like circuit boards, semiconductors, turbomolecular and cryogenic pumps. >> there's no pot here. >> so concord police are investigating both incidents. anyone with information of either case is asked to give investigators a call. live in concord. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. all right, henry, thank you for that. >> a palo alto mainstay is closing after nearly 40 years.

the owners of jing jing gourmet on emerson street say their last day of business will be on sunday. the restaurant has been known for their szechuan and hunan favorites for 38 years, but they say operating costs keep growing and the lease is expiring this month. the owner's family say it's a bittersweet moment. >> in the past few days, there have been a lot of parties and gatherings. a lot of our customers saw the news and they came over and say goodbye to us, and they have the last dining experience here, the family says they are working on a new venture to keep serving the community. >> they hope to make an announcement of their next chapter soon. >> a man suspected of killing a two year old boy in clear lake has now been arrested. police say the child was shoat a party back in march on well avenue. the suspect, identified ferndo lugo garcia, took off after the sotin but investigators tracked him to petaluma, where he was arrested yesterday. police did not release any details about the

shooting. a northern california homicide victim known for decades as jane doe has now been identified. >> investigators used state of the art dna technology to identify wanda lee brewer of carson, california. hunters stumbled upon her skeletal remains in 1979 near highway 175 between the lake and mendocino county lines. some of brewer's living relatives were recently found through dna matches. one told detectives that their grandmother had a sister who disappeared in the 70s. the lake county sheriff's office says the investigation into her death is still ongoing. >> san francisco police say they have new information on a homicide from ninyes ago. it happened on november 20th, 2015 at about 4:30 p.ice say 28 year old otis williams was killed in the area of kirkwood avenue and newell street in the bayview district.ole say they now believe there were witnesses to the killing. they're urging anyone with information to come forward. >> the california high speed rail authority released a

progress report today on the decades long project to connect northern and southern california with a high speed rail line. most of the 500 mile project connecting san francisco to the l.a. area has now received environmental clearance, the rail authority says. the central valley is the building block of the system, and significant progress is being made in that region. the authority has advanced construction to establish future electrified high speed rail from merced to bakersfield. rail authority board members met today to hear updates on the long term project that if we can all just keep the big picture in mind, that will probably not be completed before many of us are on this earth, but we have to look to the future to make sure that this is going to be high speed rail. san diego, la, central valley to the bay area. >> officials say the project is on pace to meet its goal to complete a crucial section of the system in the central valley by the early 2030s.

>> while florida has the most senior citizens per capita, california far and away has the most seniors in a state where the car is king, the golden state has the most golden agers behind the wheel. ktvu tom vacar went to a senior seminar in berkeley today, where the topic was how to improve older driving skills and when to say enough is enough. >> but it is kind of a classic. came about by a need. >> berkeley police officer stephanie cole walked him. 31 senior citizens to the north berkeley senior center for an elderly driving seminar, a sometimes touchy subject. >> a lot of folks are coming to the class. it's about an hour long and it's nice to have folks show up and have that dialog and that conversation. >> but she says there are well over 5 million california senior drivers, two thirds of whom take five or more medications a day. on average. elderly drivers outlive their actual ability to drive by 5 to 7 years. >> i am very concerned because

i'm getting to the point where i'm thinking, how long can i drive and when should i give up? >> we got to be honest with ourselves. nobody wants to hurt somebody else. yeah, talk to your doctor. talk to your friends. talk to your family. if your family can't tell you, i don't know who can. >> there were many tips to extend driving, even with some physical limitations, including avoiding rush hours, staying off freeways, and driving during daylight. but the potential mental limitations were top of mind. >> this is a topic we don't want to face, have to face. >> it's designed to have that conversation not only for the people here that are driving, but their friends and their family. so by not necessarily saying this is you, this is your problem. it's just saying, hey, there's a conversation we should have there are a lot of drivers that are over 65, and they want to know and they want to be safe , and they want to obey the rules and the laws of this land.

>> it's like a muscle. you have to use your muscle all the time. if you don't use it, you lose it and kind of being cognitive of driving is the same way. you have to think about it. >> fact is, better medicine will also keep many more. but not all seniors driving. >> modern science allows us to improve the body we have as things wear out, and i think that's a great hope and a great promise as we move forward. there are some things that are just not going to be we're not going to be overcome if it's a real physical impairment, if a face to face conversation is too uncomfortable. >> state law allows concerned family, friends and others to anonymously ask the dmv to reexamine any drivers driving ability. tom vacar, ktvu fox two news, the makers of ozempic say they need to study their own drug. >> how the popular weight loss method is affecting some patients habits in more ways than one. >> plus, there was going to be

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ended lower on thursday, with the dow briefly topping the 40,000 level for the first time in wall street history. stocks have been marching into record territory as there is hope that cooling inflation will allow the fed to cut its main interest rate this year. the dow fell 38 points. the nasdaq was down 44, the s&p five. s&p 500 down 11. >> president biden is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landmark supreme court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools. today, the president met privately with family members of the plaintiffs in the 1954 supreme court case brown versus the board of education, including cheryl brown, henderson, the daughter of the late reverend oliver brown. he was the lead plaintiff in the case. henderson says the president recognized the sacrifice the plaintiffs were taking when they signed on to this case. >> anytime you pushed back on

jim crow and segregation, you know your life, your livelihood, your homes, you were taking a risk. he thanked them for taking that risk. >> on may 14th, 1954, the supreme court ruled that racial segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the u.s. constitution. >> the santa cruz beach boardwalk is celebrating a major milestone this weekend. the giant dipper roller coaster is turning 100 years old. the ride first opened on may 17th, 1924 and is one of the oldest operating roller coasters in the world. the boardwalk is holding celebrations all summer long, starting with a fireworks celebration on the beach this saturday night. there will also be discounted rides, art contests and special giant dipper merch. >> still ahead tonight, a high stakes meeting between the presidents of russia and china as the two countries face growing tensions with the west. >> and we are tracking the forecast. >> we're looking into the

weekend now. we are not that far away. we'll take a lot of clouds, but the weekend, it's going to be cooler, but maybe sunnier. i'll se you

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herm. there are no limits. partnership. the two leaders are attending a summit in beijing in a show of unity as they face rising tension from the west. putin thinks xi for china's proposals for ending the war in ukraine, which had been rejected

by kyiv. the two day summit is putin's first overseas trip since he began a fifth term in office. >> we will continue to act in unison for the successful development of the two countries and to increase the authority and influence of russia and china in the world. >> after more than two years of war in ukraine, moscow has grown more dependent on china. beijing has been supplying moscow with technology, electronics and tools, which western leaders say are being used on the battlefield. the supreme court rejected an argument by conservative lawmakers that could have undermined the consumer financial protection bureau. >> the cfpb was created after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate mortgages, car loans and other consumer finances. the agency is funded through the federal reserve, which which a federal appeals court in new orleans ruled was unconstitutional. but in a 7 to 2 ruling, the supreme court reversed that decision. justice clarence thomas wrote the majority opinion, splitting from his conservative allies on the

high court. california attorney general rob bonta praised the court's decision, saying in part, quote, the cfpb has been an invaluable enforcement partner to california, working to protect consumers from fraud, abuse, and unfair business practices and has returned a staggering $17.5 billion to americans since its creation. >> an artist in portugal who's a big football fan is getting kudos for her illustrations for the 49ers schedule release. she's known among the faithful for her daily drawings of the team that she posts on social media. so this year, the team invited her to make drawings for the full schedule. rita oke created all of the beautiful illustrations in just two weeks. she said coming up with all the concepts and ideas was a fun challenge. >> i'm going to work every single day nonstop just to make it on time, and it was like a crazy process, working every day and talking to the nine 49ers team. they were amazing. by the way, and i guess we did it.

>> oke said she was sleeping when the schedule dropped online. she woke up to tons of messages and responses. she called it an honor and hopes to keep working with the team. if you want to watch our full interview with rita oke, you can find the link on our website ktvu.com. >> a nice day again today. a little bit cooler inland spots dropped as much as 5 or 10 degrees. temperatures tomorrow come up a little bit and then over the weekend they'll drop a little bit and then we'll see more sunshine i think on on saturday and sunday, maybe even tomorrow, because the marine layer is getting so deep. when it gets deep like that, it's hard for it to stay together. so here we are. the next couple of days this thing stretches out. we talked about it and is it stretches out. it actually makes it hard for the marine layer to stay intact, because if you stretch it out enough over, you know, 2800ft or 3000ft, you get up here and then it just mixes out. now it's just cool air. it's not visible fog, it's just cool air. and that's kind of what's going to happen this weekend. so it's not going to get warm, but we're probably going to see more sunshine. it's

not going to be un warm. i can't say un warm, but it's not going to be not warm. it's going to be just not as warm. and we're going to see temperatures well with the fog here, you're going to see temperatures generally a couple of degrees warmer, but then about five degrees cooler over the weekend, maybe eight degrees cooler. so this high pressure is here. that's what's kind of been just driving us through this week. and what happens is we get into saturday sunday more this low gets close. that's it. it just gets close and close allows for this to happen. for that big push of fog in the morning hours. that's a big push. but you see how much it burns off by noon. it's kind of all the way back to the coast, not a quick burn, but a burn on the last and saturday will burn. probably quicker than that. so step out of the way and you can see i can't really pick out any awesome features. here's that low that's going to sail. it's coming down. it's just going to get close to us. and then when it gets close to us, it allows for the onshore flow to increase and for temperatures to cool. but it is cooler, 11 degrees cooler in concord right now, two degrees cooler in

petaluma. and then the fog forecast for tomorrow morning. big push, big burn back. pretty good push again on saturday, but less fog because it's been stretched out. and look what happens on sunday right. the fog is kind of the inversion is almost absent. without an inversion you can't have fog essentially. so that's what's what's happening there at least what's planned to have happen. so i hope you got a big weekend plan. the weather is going to be fine even if you're at the coast. i think sun's coming out on saturday, probably in the afternoon at stenson. santa cruz. the sun will peek out on the west side of town, probably in the afternoon. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow. a little warmer than today. and then tomorrow will be like this and then right into the weekend. so just kind of a weather pattern but i'll take it. >> yeah. nice weekend ahead bill. thank you. the lights are going out on a vegas strip icon after more than 30 years in business, the mirage hotel and casino is closing its doors for good on july 17th to make way for the hard rock hotel and casino casino mogul steve wynn first opened the mirage in 1989

from its sidewalk volcano attraction to siegfried and roy's white tiger show. the property is considered the beginning of las vegas transformation into an ultra luxury resort destination really changed the paradigm for the way in which hotels in las vegas are designed and presented to the public, and, you know, the town is forever changed for the better. >> as a result, las vegas has always thrived on its ability to change. >> the new hard rock hotel is set to open in 2027 and will feature a guitar soaring above the heart of the strip. some 3000 mirage employees will be laid off when the resort closes. hard rock international will pay about $80 million in severance packages. >> taking another look at ozempic, why the company behind the drug says it might help you lose more than just weight. >> coming up at 6:00, san francisco's total homeless population is on the rise, but more of them are now off the streets and in shelters. what

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had a congenital heart defect, according to authorities in massachusetts, 14 year old harris willoughby died last september after eating a chip made by the company pocky. according to the autopsy, the cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest fueled by the teen's heart condition and consuming a large quantity of chili pepper extract. the viral one chip challenge, called for participants to eat the pocky chip and then see how long they could go without eating or drinking. pocky pulled the product from store shelves shortly after the teen's death. >> a drug used to treat a potentially deadly illness for cats will be available in the u.s. starting next month. while most feline viruses are considered harmless, experts say sometimes a virus can mutate into what is known as fip, which is fatal to cats and for years had no cure. a company based in the uk began selling a medication to treat the virus in 2021. they have now partnered

with stokes pharmacy to make the drug available in the u.s. starting june 1st. >> the maker of ozempic says it's taking another look at the possible side effects. as fox's jonathan sarai reports, people who take the weight loss drug may also be losing their desire to drink alcohol. >> with an estimated 1 in 8 adults today using ozempic or a similar glucagon like peptide drug, i use it as a tool. the company behind the popular medication used for diabetes control and weight loss, says it's now studying the possibility of additional benefits, including whether the drugs can improve liver health. a newly announced trial led by novo nordisk is looking at the impacts of the drug on alcohol related liver disease. although cutting drinking is not the study's main goal, already, several separate clinical trials examining whether semaglutide tied the active ingredient reduces cravings of alcohol have shown positive results. >> it's exciting.

>> at oklahoma state university, the director of the biomedical imaging center says its study found the drug appears to remove the pleasure received from drinking alcohol. >> most of these patients were on fairly low doses of semaglutide, and that's important for, for thinking about long term treatment. >> yet taking the drugs does come with the risk of side effects. the most common, according to ozempic website, include nausea, stomach pain, constipation and diarrhea. >> but there's so much that people need to know about the drugs that we don't. there isn't in the kind of public debate yet. >> the new trial is expected to conclude by september of 2025. in atlanta. jonathan serrie, fox news. >> next, at six more protests in berkeley over the war in gaza. the efforts from uc berkeley to get a different group of protesters out of a vacant university building. also ahead, it is a little bit surprising. >> i think, like generally, it's a really safe neighborhood. >> surveillance video captures the moment when a woman is

attacked repeatedly inside a liquor store in san francisco, and the suspected attacker makes her first appearance in court. >> and homelessness is on the rise in san francisco. official new numbers on the city's homeless population reveal new trends. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm greg lee. >> we begin tonight with the ongoing protests on and near the uc berkeley campus. >> the students who were protesting the war in gaza have left sproul plaza after a deal was reached with administrators. but now a different group has taken over a vacant university building and is defying orders to leave. ktvu jana katsuyama has the latest. >> protesters erected barricades thursday around the encampment that popped up late wednesday. flags and signs surrounded the protest site, calling for the university and the biden administration to stop any funding linked to the war in gaza. more than 15 tents were set up in front of the building on channing way. a uc berkeley