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KTVU's Alex Savidge is joined by Dr. Alicia English, Licensed Clinical Psychologist with the Center for Elders' Independence for more on the unique mental health challenges adults over 60 face and the best strategies to support anyone in your life who may be struggling with mental health issues.

As AAPI Heritage Month wraps up and Pride Month begins, this week is an intersection of the two. It is known as Queer and Transgender Asian Pacific Islander Week, or QTAPI Week. In 2021, San Francisco became the first city in the country to officially celebrate the week with a resolution passed by city supervisors. It designates the week as a time of celebration and recognition. KTVU's Claudine Wong is joined by Nguyen Pham, President of San Francisco Pride for more on what the week means to both the queer and AAPI communities.

KTVU's Alex Savidge and Claudine Wong are joined by Edward Wright, President Emeritus of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club to discuss the significance of Harvey Milk Day and impact his life still has on the queer community, decades after his death.

Next month, The Summer of Music free concert series returns to San Francisco for its second year. The event is organized by the non-profit Civic Joy Fund and music promoter Noise Pop Industries. This summer, hundreds of live performances will happen on street corners and inside businesses and stores across various neighborhoods. Right now, organizers are still accepting applications from local musicians and businesses that want to take part. KTVU's Alex Savidge is joined by Manny Yekutiel, Executive Director of the Civic Joy Fund and Michelle Swing, CEO of Noise Pop Industries for more on this year's plans.

This week, the San Francisco Public Library is hosting its first free Genealogical and Family History Conferenced aimed at giving people the tools to discover where they came from and who they are related to. KTVU's Heather Holmes is joined by Daniel Matsumoto, Electronic Resources Specialist at the San Francisco Public Library for more on the special event.

San Francisco-based OpenAI has suspended the released of one of the voice options for its new virtual assistant because it sounds strikingly similar to actress Scarlett Johansson. Johansson played the voice of an AI virtual assistant in the 2013 film "Her" and said in a statement that the voice sounds "eerily similar to mine". OpenAI says the voice was done by a different professional actor, although the company did first ask Johansson to license her voice for the virtual assistant. KTVU's Heather Holmes and Alex Savidge are joined by J.D. Harriman, attorney specializing in intellectual property issues with the Foundation Law Group for more on the legal questions raised by the situation.

Several wildfires are burning across the West. One has grown to more than 14,000 acres. We'll show you how crews in three states are working to get the upper hand on the flames.

Two years after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we are seeing the toll the conflict continues to have on the children caught in the violence. Dozens of colorful drawings and paintings are on display right now at San Jose State University. The Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Library is home to artworks created by children displayed by the war in Ukraine in a new exhibit called "Children Draw War, Not Flowers." KTVU's Heather Holmes discusses the artwork with Dr. Ulia Gosart, organizer of the exhibit and Assistant Professor at San Jose State University's School of Information.

It's Black Restaurant Week in the Bay Area; a celebration showcasing and supporting Black-owned eateries, food trucks and catering businesses. The organizers behind BRW offer local businesses a boost with marketing and social media strategies designed to bring in more customers year round. KTVU's Alex Savidge discusses the some of the goals and focuses of this year's event with Black Restaurant Week Managing Partner, Falayn Ferrell.

A courtroom mistake by a federal judge is prompting a redo of the sentencing of David DePape, the man convicted of attacking Rep. Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul. KTVU's Alex Savidge and Heather Holmes discuss the potential repercussions of the slip-up with legal analyst Michael Cardoza.