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Weather for you, daly city and san bruno. 280 by the airport and finally around Mount Hamilton. You could see some snowy peaks tomorrow along with perhaps mount tam is our own local snow levels continue to lower, so far we havent seen a whole lot, but it is a level two system looking for the possibility of thunderstorms and very gusty winds through tonight. And heres a look at the 24 hour rainfall totals from anywhere from 0. 63. In santa rosa, 5100 brentwood, oakland. A third of an inch. And look at these winds 35 to 40 mile an hour sustained winds all over the bay area. Quite gusty, but upper elevations 50 to 55 miles. An hour from the Oakland Hills to mount diablo. So we have our wind advisory throughout the day today. And taking us through tomorrow all over the bay area in the next few hours. Its going to be rainy if youre headed out tonight. The rain continues to sink to the south and were going to see those downpours. Chance of a thunderstorm right on through early saturday, so its going to be messy. Its nothing we cant handle in terms of rainfall, but with more rain over the weekend and well talk about how much potential rainfall were going to see. And of course the blizzard warning, how much snow is coming their way with my extended outlook in just a few minutes, all right, lisa, well see you then. Its going to be a wild weekend in the sierra. Already. Snow has been coming down heavily and we already mentioned those wild winds. Want to give you a live picture from the soda springs. Caltrans camera. This is along 80. And again a christian kristin mentioned a few minutes ago. I mean, visibility is close to zero. There so much snow and no traffic right now. Yeah thats a good idea. Now to abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard, because he joins us live from Placer County with an urgent warning for travelers. Cornell yeah, kristen and larry that warning coming from the chp and it is. Stay home. Dont travel through the sierra this weekend for sure. But we have seen a lot of cars here in the last couple of hours heading east on interstate 80, east is that way, and thats where a blizzard is causing a lot of chaos for eastbound traffic. Chains are required on all vehicles. A fierce sierra blizzard is unleashing punishing winds, snow and near whiteout conditions. Heres the scene facing drivers on interstate 80 over donner summit. If you could make it this far, that is. Road conditions have been changing by the hour. Shut down traffic as well. Canyons. Caltrans has this checkpoint set up in applegate, making sure big rig drivers have chains for the journey, but some truckers forgot to pack them and i couldnt go no further because i didnt have chains. The trucker jason delbianco is heading to salt lake city. Im expecting to have to put on some chains and im hoping that the local government will let us know if its too unsafe to go over the pass. When is the blizzard supposed to start . Actually, its hitting right now. Its going right now. Tony skolnick says he didnt know about the Severe Weather ahead. Where are you going . Reno theres a blizzard. Yeah i have to go there, unfortunately. And now i gotta turn around and come back. So hopefully for some safe travels, the chp posting this warning on acts about a mess in the sierra throughout the weekend, and that travel is highly discouraged. Whats your advice to people heading to tahoe . I towed up on that summit for 15 years. Stay home. Dont go. Ted. Lois heading to idaho in his rv towing a jeep. He says hes willing to risk the treacherous drive. Were going to go until we cant go no more, and then well cab up, turn the heater on. When it blows over, well keep on trucking. Yeah, keep on trucking. And we certainly wish ted some good luck. Were back. Live with the shot of that checkpoint here in applegate. Caltrans making sure that all these semi trucks do have chains for the travel for the trip across the sierra 880 was closed for about an hour this morning after a semi jackknifed. And we have just learned from caltrans that eastbound 80 is closed. Two big rigs from here in applegate to the nevada state line. So these trucks will certainly not be going too far in the next couple of hours. Again the advice to avoid this area if you can. Were live in Placer County. Applegate cornell. Bernard abc seven news. All right. Thanks, cornell. Right now lets give you a live look from the palisades resort. Live camera, where you can see the parking lot. Theres some workers there, but its not packed with people because the resort is closed like so many others are. At least over a dozen because it is simply too dangerous right now. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne fan checked in with some of the ski resorts and joins us live now from the newsroom. Suzanne, larry, christine, powerful winds and heavy snow are hitting the lake tahoe area hard. More is coming with each passing hour, and experts say its possible we may break some records all over truckee. Snow is flying. People are moving fast to clear away the snow from sidewalks and roads. Their cars and homes and people are bracing for more snow to slam into the sierra. Well, i think its crazy. We respect this storm this year so this looks like its snowing so hard right now. I mainly worried about the wind. Not so much the snow. Its the wind. I saw a big rig yesterday that was totally flipped over. It was gnarly. So much snow is expected. More than a dozen ski resorts have closed, including palisades tahoe. Last night we received 17in of snow and theres been mile per hour wind gusts. So were actually going to uh. Were closed today. The palisades side, as well as the alpine side, is closed for the day. An avalanche threat is a major concern. So crews are working to mitigate the risk. We will be bombing the mountain, you know, today, tomorrow and even sunday. Tuck wilson lives in olympic valley, about a half a mile from palisades. Its blowing really hard. Its blowing hard. Its been snowing hard. Heres how it looked from his deck today. He too has been busy working to clear away the snow. He knows its going to keep coming with conditions expected to get even wilder. You know, id like to say the snows falling hard, but actually the snows been going sideways. Hard in soda springs at the central sierra snow lab, the lead scientist says this blizzard could break their modern day record of about 3. 5ft of snow in a single day that was set in 1989. Right now, with the way the storm is looking, uh, we could potentially get into the top ten snowiest days. Um, at the snow lab, all the snow headed to the sierra is great for the states snowpack. This is great for the sierra. This is great for the ski resorts. The mountain operators. For now, its about just making it through the weekend in the last 30 years, i havent heard the National Weather Service Issue 120 inch. You know, blizzard warning like this. So we could set some records in short terms. And this is the most powerful storm of the season. Its hitting from north of lake tahoe to south Yosemite National park. Thats a 300 mile stretch. Live in the newsroom suzanne fan abc seven news. Wow just incredible suzanne. Thanks. Back here in the bay area, were seeing some pretty good waves. This video was shot this afternoon near pacifica. You can see the high surf here at pacifica pier. Pgandes has opened its Emergency Operations center. As it gets ready for the storm. It already has crews prepositioned in the sierra and the northern part of the state, just in case of outages. We also have plenty of equipment stockpiled and ready to go so that as we start to see damage to things like poles, wires and other pieces of equipment, we dont have to leave the area. Its going to be right at hand. And pgandes also has helicopters and four wheel drive vehicles on standby to get to remote areas. This storm, not expected to cause many problems here in the bay area, but crews will keep an eye on the peninsula, which has seen trees topple in recent storms. You can track the rain and the snow all the wind throughout the weekend with the abc seven bay area apps. Just search abc seven bay area in your devices app store and download it now. In the south bay, the Silicon Valley index has been released and those behind it say that while things are not at their best, theres still some growth. Abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more Silicon Valley leaders, organizations and Community Members all came together to look at the findings of the 2024 Silicon Valley index, focusing in largely on santa clara and san mateo counties. Silicon valley index is Silicon Valleys annual physical exam. Its like going to the Doctors Office and seeing how healthy you are. Released annually by joint venture Silicon Valley, the index analyzes multiple categories from housing, employment, equity, health, and more. The findings were reviewed friday at the state of the valley conference at san jose state university. The data is used by nonprofits, businesses and local leaders, seeing on a macro scale whether our efforts are actually making a difference in the areas that we are seeking to improve peoples conditions is a tremendous tool for us to be able to evaluate, recalibrate, if necessary, as a whole. The report finds that the regional economy is showing resilience. Thanks in part to thriving innovation. Still income and wealth divides have grown. Silicon valleys achilles heel is housing. Its the nations most highly priced housing, and its out of reach for 75 of our workforce. And so no surprise, we also continue to see our Homeless Population grow. The index found that there were 36,000 layoffs since august of 2022, something it attributed to employment demand that spiked in the pandemic and is now waning. But its not all bad news for many of those laid off ziprecruiter show that most of those layoffs are landing on their feet within three months, and thats how the valley rolls. Despite good news in many areas, leaders say it also shows that there is much more work to be done, especially as it relates to wealth inequalities and homelessness. If we dont get a handle on stemming that that flow into homelessness, we cannot build our way out of it. We cant pay our way out of it. In san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news coming up on abc seven news at four. Waymo back in the game, the new developments on the companys expansion into other markets. We are just days away from the election. Just ahead, the latest polls and whos ahead. One race that might surprise you and preserving an important piece of San Francisco i see my husband. 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Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. A mirror on the right. You can see the storm is very active. You can see the cells moving through the bay area here, but thats just rain here. Over there in tahoe. It is snow and it is strong winds. It is dangerous conditions as well. The full forecast in just a few minutes. A new poll shaking up the primary race for californias open senate seat. This is only days before voters head to the polls. Next week, the l. A. Times poll has republican steve garvey surging to the top, with 27 of support, followed by democratic congressman adam schiff at 25. Congresswoman katie porter is next with 19. East bay representative barbara lee walking up to cast her vote today at Prescott Middle School in west oakland. Now shes polling at only 8 for the open senate seat. The two top vote getters will face off in the general election. And that is coming up. Of course, in november. All right. Joining me now to talk more about whats going on with these polls is abc seven news insider phil matier. Lets start with the race for senate, because yesterday we had a poll that showed schiff being in the lead ahead of garvey and so its a question of which poll you believe, but i think its an indication that its close. Right and the polls are within what they call the margin of error. But one thing is clear shift and garvey are number one in number two, whichever you want it to be. And why is steve garvey, who had only about a million and a half dollars to campaign all the way across california, surging so big . Well the answer is adam schiff, the democrat who spent about 45 million on tv ads in these recent weeks promoting garvey in a very backhanded way, saying that garvey is the republican in the race. Garvey is basically the boogeyman in everybody should be made aware of that. Well, what he did was he raised steve garveys profile higher and higher. And while that resonated while that attack on steve garvey turned democrats off on him, it turned republican owens onto him. They didnt even know he was running. And his numbers have just been going up and up and up. And schiff planned it that way because up till then, schiff was running against katie porter and barbara lee. And if one of those came in in ■the second spot, he would have a tough race come november. But if he has a republican in the race, its an easy walk for a blue state democrat. So hes actually without lifting a finger, but spending a lot of money having garvey looks like hes going to be in the runoff with him. I would say spending 45 million is lifting more than a finger, but its not his finger, right . Yeah yeah. Everybody donating . No. You know, its insane how much money was spent on this race that from the get go it was california was going to elect a democrat. Okay. That money could have been used in races in montana, in michigan, all over smaller states. But no, it went on here. Some of this is just vanity by the democrats. Yeah. You also have three democrats splitting the vote. So once they all come together, im not sure steve garvey has a chance to win. No, he doesnt have a chance to win. And thats why they the idea is to get him in the run up because hes guaranteed not going to win. Well, you know, if im adam schiff, im saying this is smart. There it is. Exactly what i need to do. Lets turn to local politics. The race for San Francisco mayor aaron peskin seems poised to jump into the race. Are you surprised by that . No. Yes i would say, because saying no because initially, yes. Because a year ago he was he wasnt thought of favorably by a lot of the voters. He himself was saying, ive got so many negatives. I dont really necessarily want to do this. I dont think i could get elected, but in the last couple of months, as weve seen, a series of polls come out that show that london mayor, mayor, london breed is in serious trouble and that the moderates have sort of split up that field. Shes facing up from dan lurie, a philanthropist, and from a former acting mayor. Uh mike mark farrell and by supervisor assaf rai. But, larry, theres 33 of the vote in San Francisco, which is really to the left. Okay. It just is. Always has been. And peskin now thinks that he can tap into that. And his numbers in these recent polls have actually people have put him in and he looks good. So he warmed up. Hes now warming up to the idea. And that means hes asking people, hey, will you have a fundraiser for me . Will you host a house party for me . Yeah, yeah. Raising money. We asked mayor breed about her take concerning peskin possibly entering the race, and heres what she had to say. He just needs to say what hes going to do already, you know . And i dont think we should give it a lot of time and attention or life until he makes that decision to say that thats what hes going to do. Because right now its all speculation, its all buzz. People love the speculation and the buzz, but we still got work to do. So in your opinion, could peskin beat breit . I mean, theres a lot of people in this. Yes. Well, we have a thing called ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco, which is, you know, yes. If we started explaining it right now, wed be here till 10 00 in two hours. And but that increases the odds of it. London mayor breed mayor. London breed. There is shes feeling a little down. Yes. Because she is not doing well in the polls and speculation all that. Yes. Shes Walking Around and people are starting to talk openly about the possibility of her losing. If she was running strong. This we wouldnt be having this conversation. But shes not well. The conversation will continue. Uh, well leave it right here for now. Thank you. Phil, till tuesday. Yep waymo is on track to expand its driverless Ride Services throughout San Mateo County and los angeles state regulators approved waymos request today, kicking off the companys first big expansion. The approval is effective immediately, allowing them to operate from San Francisco, go all the way down to sunnyvale, covering 22 cities east of interstate 280 and much of la. All right, turning now to the weather. Youre looking at live shots from around the bay area. Yes, the east bay hills is showing you exactly that right now. Looks dark. Yeah. I mean, its fogged up out there, you know, especially up high. But, you know, the tahoe cam there. Right upper corner. You can see, uh, foreboding skies and certainly both stormy snowy and windy. So with that, lets turn it to meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Hi, there. Yeah, its certainly been coming down in spots. The rainfall hasnt been great, but the wind has really been an issue. Our wind advisory through 10 00 tomorrow morning. And of course look at the dark purples there in the Sierra Nevada. We could see thunder, snow in the mountains. Well, youre not going to see it, because no ones really should be up there. Maybe some video of it later. And look at all the storms here off the extreme north coast here. And also a little bit closer to home. So still possibility of some thunderstorms throughout the early evening hours and into the mountains. Right on through sunday. It is going to be treacherous here. We have picked up over two feet in the last 24 hours, 4 to 6ft to come in the next day and a half. So it is pretty amazing. Theres a look at those thunderstorm forms. You can see them offshore. So the possibility yes of you hearing those rumbles of thunder tonight as we look at the north bay, some lighter rain from highway 12 just north of sonoma, but the heavier rain here, some moderate downpours from central marin, lucas valley road down through san rafael, highway 101 over into the peninsula. Here you can see a moderate cell just about to move into south city. The airport over into the east bay. Orinda, walnut creek 680 light rain back through piedmont. The bay bridge, a mass slow going and some pretty good rain and highway one pescadero. There Mount Hamilton looking at the possibility of some snow, so the snow levels lowering to about 2000ft, 40 to 46 mile an hour. Winds at the surface upper elevations. Weve been over 50 miles an hour for the Oakland Hills, so certainly some very strong winds, maybe double knuckle driving throughout the evening as that cold front pushes on through later on tonight by about eight, 9 00 its pushing through the bay and its not until after one two in the morning that the winds might get a little lighter, but theyre out of the west northwest, so were still going to look at that wet weather streaming on in in through your saturday. But it becomes more spotty. So this level two today continues as you see the downpours. 7 00 and here comes that cold front pushing through. Here it is past midnight and just exiting the east bay and south bay. Heres your saturday afternoon. A line of some pretty good heavier rain, but overall its not a total washout. Theres a look at some snow from Mount Hamilton, some wet weather into saturday evening. Sunday it becomes a little bit lighter. Level one for your saturday, sunday and into later on sunday. Maybe a few peeks of sun. Heres a look at the rainfall totals for your weekend. Looking at upwards of about three quarters of an inch to an inch from the central bay to San Francisco, the peninsula and you can see the spotty nature of it. If you get one of those heavier downpours over an inch of rain thereabouts. So we certainly can handle that. Its that with the wind and the continued flow of rain that its going to make for a really soggy couple of days. So our blizzard warning through 10 00 on sunday and still looking at that six seven feet totals here, right on through sunday. More snow into monday and tuesday, but not as much highs tomorrow under a very chilly day. Were talking low 50s there for the highs and those snow levels bringing us some snow pretty low into lake county, Mendocino County look at the Sierra Nevada in the 20s and then the snow eventually ends on monday. But certainly not a good idea to head to the mountains overnight lows. Then in the 40s. And the accuweather 70 forecast are level two today, may level one tomorrow, and sunday. We get a break on monday and then tuesday. Some more showers as we are prepared. Thank you. The cdc issues new covid guidelines, but these probably wont change your life too much. Plus. Libraries pushing literacy, fighting for my fellow Library Workers who deserve all the support in the world. The Solano County library, who went viral for his love of library, is moving on to a new job. Well tell you what thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. His best selling 1975 novel, but its now being heralded as more of a like a reimagining of abcs 1980 miniseries than a remake. The cast and crew focused on authenticity while recreating the historic rise of the samurai in feudal japan. Take a look. Tokyo shogun is an epic saga that takes place in sengoku period japan, which is a year 1600, and it is based on a best selling novel written by james clavell. To think that 50 years later, his book is being not only remade, but remade, so beautifully, hed be very, very proud. A lot of our characters belong to samurai class, so the show really sort of takes a deep dive into different kinds of people within that class tea ceremony, as well as noh has a very important root to sengoku period, and these art forms very important for the life of samurai. For them to be able to calm down, find peace, reflect on themselves as a producer, i hire the japanese crew, master of gesture, samurai drama making specialist to introduce our culture to the world correctly seeing the culture that i grew up in represented with such respect and care and authenticity. Means means the world and i am excited for japanese audience because i think they will feel seen, represented. And so i am very excited for that. A title revered through the ages, shogun is also dive into the world of the samurai in fxs shogun or shogun if you want to be more authentic streaming on hulu, hulu, abc seven. All owned by the same Parent Company, disney, they should have hired you to announce it. That was very dramatic. They have better actors tell made me want to watch. Yeah. Just ahead restoring an important piece of San Francisco history. Fighting to save the most Historic Building in japantown. The plan and boost they got today box thuds water boils packet tears tea bag clanks water pours listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, its the reason we do what we do hi, guys hi hey so what are you guys drinking . Constant comment. When im drinking bigelow tea, its just a moment for me. Its just me time. Thats what a cup of tea is. It is. A moment for you, someone you love. Aw customer sighs it tastes really great. Yes it was always bigelow tea wow thats what my family hopes for. Cheers. Cheers. bright upbeat music to transform and retrofit the oldest building in japantown. Both the state and the city will contribute a total of 9. 5 million. To ensure the preservation of the building. Located at 2031 bush street, the community is seeking more funding to complete the project. Now, San Francisco has the oldest, as we said, the oldest japantown as well. In the whole country, right . Uh japanese americans throughout the us have made significant contributions there, helping to build a better bay area, and now theyre fighting to try to preserve that Historic Building in japantown. Abc seven News Reporter Lyanne Melendez here with more on that plan. Yeah, well, the impact i found of this building on this community has been tremendous. Now, the community believes that if they preserve this building, then they are also keeping the history of San Franciscos japantown alive for generations to come. The old desks at this Japanese Language School take us back to a time when japanese American Students were excluded from attending Public Schools in San Francisco. They did home schooling at the time because the children had no school or cannot enroll into Public Schools. There was that need to have this building. And so in 1911, the kinma Gakuen School was established at 2031 bush street. But building a new school on that site was nearly impossible, because during that time, asian immigrants were not allowed to own property in San Francisco. At that time, the board was very smart. They went under the name of Golden Gate Institute and filed their paperwork under that institute, but it did not associate it with any type of japanese name. They were not all that deceptive because the name Kinmon Gakuen means Golden Gate School in english. Thats how Kinmon Gakuen was able to purchase its own building. The school was a pride of japantown, earning several royal visits from the brother of emperor hirohito, prince takamatsu, in the early 30s, and then in 1960, Crown Prince Akihito and his wife visited a classroom. He later became the emperor of japan. Im looking at all these pictures and these are very prominent people who came to this school right at that time, Kinmon Gakuen played not only a role of education for japanese americans, but it also played the role of passing on traditions. When japan attacked pearl harbor, the us forced japanese americans into concentration camps, forced the school to close, and turned the site into a Processing Center for the thousands who were being shipped to those camps. A line of japanese americans and their families, all with just suitcases or just sacks of their prized possessions lining up. And this place served as a Processing Center, meaning that the government authorities checked everyone in family by family and then gave them id numbers and they were no longer individuals. They were all considered just numbers to the government. Within days, this once bustling neighborhood became desolate. It was during the war, lots of labor was needed to help with the war industry. So many African Americans from the south were recruited to come here. And because there was no one living here, a lot of the landlords decided that they wanted to make money and rented a lot of the houses and the homes in the apartments to African Americans who needed jobs and came here for jobs. Members of the black community temporarily took over the japanese american school, protecting the artifacts and preserving the culture, because there belongings were safeguarded, those families could come back and really start the School Almost immediately and, and, you know, restart a sense of community when the japanese americans returned, the two communities faced new challenges together. Just a few years after that, after they were getting their lives back to order, you had something called redevelopment because most banks would not lend money to the japanese americans. Their homes fell into disrepair. The city suddenly declared this is a blighted area. You havent been maintaining your properties. Were going to bulldoze your business and homes. By 1970, under the leadership of justin herman, many homes and businesses in japantown and the Western Addition were leveled. 10,000 people were displaced. Today, japantown has been dramatically reduced to a six block area comprised of the japan center with a roof ozawa sculpture. She herself a survivor of a us concentration camp. There are only three Historic Buildings left the ymca for the ywca and the language center. This school has been around for a very long time and i mean, im looking at these wonderful little desks. I mean, theyre older than me. Yes um, but what do you want for the future of this location . The original intent of this school is to go back to six days a week. Thats what i want to see personally. But that would require a complete retrofit at an estimated 20 million. While the state and the city have financially contributed, more money is needed to complete the intended project. So its so important that we have this resource, this Japanese Language School, to really rectify by all that was lost during the wartime incarceration. We have a history of over 113 years here in this community, and this building is a testament , a physical testament to our history. Now in order to bring back the Language School on a permanent basis, they need to retrofit the building. And thats a law that was passed decades and decades and decades ago in california to protect students. Now the building will also serve as a hub for the entire community. Its so meaningful to them. This this building. Fascinating so much history, not just a school. Its like museum right there, practically right. Leon, i want to ask you. I noticed you said concentration camps. Of course, that conjures up dachau and places in europe. But here weve always had internment camps. Right so a few years ago, the Japanese American Community decided needed to change the language and call it concentration camps. But then the Jewish Community said, hold on a minute. We use that terms. So then they decided to use instead us as concentration camps. And thats how we should refer to them. Do you like those desks by the way, i love them. I think i had one in first grade. I still remember a Teachers First grade slapping me with with a ruler. And if that happened today, they uh thered be a lawsuit. Shed be gone. Yeah, exactly. And id be rich. Yes, exactly. Thank you. Liane. Thanks for the memories. You well, san joses homeless problem is on the brink of becoming a water problem. Theres growing concern as pollution created by homeless encampments near creeks is landing in waterways across the city. City leaders say theyre working on a plan to relocate all of those unhoused citizens by june of next year. If not, they could face punishment from the epa. Those waterways have tended to be a magnet for a lot of unhoused people that live along them. And this these two things have begun to clash, especially as we as we deal with the states new regulations on our stormwater permits. The city estimates about 1000 unhoused citizens live in encampments along waterways in san jose. The latest count of San Franciscos Homeless Population shows a significant decline in People Living in tents across the city. The new numbers show a 37 improvement in the number of tents on the streets since july of last year. Its the largest reduction in tents in a six month period since the start of the pandemic. The study also shows a 42 decrease in the number of People Living in vehicles coming up on abc seven news at four. There are new covid guidelines and an unusual icy entrepreneur. Its all next in is it possible to count on my internet like my Customers Count on me . It is with comcast business. Keeping you up and running with our 99. 9 network reliability. 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The cdc says those sick with covid 19, however, should still stay home until their fever free for 24 hours and their symptoms have improved. The new guidelines are not intended for Health Care Settings like hospitals or nursing homes, but it seems like were shifting our focus to treat covid 19 like we would the flu. Would you agree, kristen . Yes, yes. And as you guys know, california did this already two months ago. And then oakland unified quickly followed. Its yeah, its kind of like treating it like anything else now. But you guys ama this does not mean that if you know youre sick coming to work or if you got a sick kid, send them to school thing like especially for work, Companies Need to give enough sick days. Otherwise people are going to still come in because i dont know, you only got so much to burn or theres only one armor or one lisa for doing the weather. I mean, i had like a migraine the other day, but i was like, i got to come in, you know . Yeah, yeah. All right. So hopefully everybody be considerate, okay. Elon musk is suing the Parent Company of chatgpt. Not because of trade secrets or financial dispute, but because of its effect on humanity. Musk founded openai, actually in 2015, along with ceo sam altman, but hes now suing the company for violating its founding principles. The lawsuit aims to open chatgpt code to the public. Um are you guys worried about that . That chatgpt is too much about money and not so much about using ai to Save Humanity . Thats i mean, thats musk claim. Does anybody have a thought . I im more concerned about ai in general. Not so much this particular ai. Also, is there anything that elon musk hasnt founded or cofounded or like, when does he sleep . Im wondering about all this stuff. No, but i mean, you dont know. I look at social media, im never sure whats real or whats fake because you have all these deepfakes. Some of them are really, really good. And im like, did this person really say that . Or, you know, is the ai mimicking the voice of some famous person . I dont even know where to begin. But then, you know, it can be really helpful in other instances, like t balls about to get started and they needed to make a banner for the for our little team. And this, this amazing banner. And the first thing everybody asked was, is that ai and it is ai. So wow. Yeah, theres an ai program. I think its called sora that creates video. Yeah. Its like ridiculously good. Well, i know on instagram theres people that have a lot of followers, you know, a lot of women and some of them are actually fake. Theyre ai generated. So its weird. The four of us are real. I made i may be generated, i dont even know, uh, empty mansions in Southern California have become prime real estate for squatters. The squatters were found in this luxury home in the Hollywood Hills. The propertys realtor says a man broke into the house, changed the locks, then rented the property to a woman claiming to be an onlyfans model. The squatters were removed last august. Police busted multiple squatters inside and another Hollywood Hills mansion, and this is one of the things as as a landlord, the tenants, especially in the state of california, seem to have all of the rights. And so if you jump in there, change the locks, you know, you can buy yourself some time and live rent free. Yeah, these people are smart. And its extortion. Maybe, you know, they have to figure this out. Its too bad theres how many houses that homeowner or homeowners cant get a hold of and have the rights to because its really a big problem. So thats not its tough. And only in la right. The only fans partying and well it might be some up here too. Yeah. But its just a difficult situation because you know the law is not on your side even though you own the property. Yeah. So they might need to balance the interests out. Exactly okay. As of ice sheets arent disappearing fast enough. Lisa, you know this. Theres a company cutting up ancient arctic ice and selling it. Now, the companys first shipment was 22 tons of 100,000 year old. Ice sent to dubai. Then theyre. Its being used as exotic ice cubes in drinks at high end bars and restaurants. The company says its only using ice. Thats broken away from the ice sheet so that theyre not out there going ding ding, ding ding ding ding ding. But still. Wow. Are you sure . Do that again, please. No, you guys. But shouldnt it still melt into the water . Because if it doesnt, then isnt the water level going to increase in temperature even faster . I dont know, its not my realm. Well, how much does it cost to ship the ice to dubai, right . I mean, whats that Carbon Footprint . Its pretty ridiculous. Do thats not a short trip like. Also, keep your hands off my ice. Right . But larry, the people buying it in dubai probably. You know, money is no object. Of course. Also, its so pure. It hasnt been touched by humans or a soil. So they can market it that way. Exactly. Rich enough, right . When you have everything. All right. Thats it for this. For four. Lets go win this thing then we hit the road and never stopped. You shared with me your frustration at working harder to barely get by and afford a place to live. Your fears for our democracy and freedoms and your dreams for yourself, your family, and the future. It is not too late to realize those dreams. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message because together we can still get big things done. [vo] fear. I love you. [vo] confusion. Ill just take your arm. [vo] pain. Worry. And bravery. You got this. [vo] all in the life. I love you. Okay . [vo] of a child. This is why starlight exists. To bring happiness to hospitalized children when they need it most. Because happiness matters. Thunder and lightning. Oh, my. Look at this. Yeah, its coming down. Its definitely coming down. And its going to continue for the next few days as we throw it over to lisa argen, lisa, you used the terms thunder, snow earlier and i dont think ive ever heard of that. Can you explain that . Its a rare phenomenon, maybe six occurring nationally. Its when the primary precipitation comes down as snow. Very versus rain. And we have seen some thunderstorms here in the bay area. Take a look. Live doppler seven right now off the north coast there a multitude of lightning. And we heard some from some viewers about the rain and thunderstorm activity in San Francisco. Theres a look at the Sierra Nevada and in the north bay there, there is more rain and there it is, that lightning bolt in San Francisco. So if we go in a little bit closer, 5 00 in emeryville, 510 in oakland, you could be looking at some thunder, hearing some of that thunder and lightning around. So do be careful. Try to stay off the roads. Theres a line of some very moderate rain throughout the north bay napa into the east bay west of 680 walnut creek. Some lighter rain as that thunderstorm has moved out of San Francisco and from la honda down through pescadero, some heavier showers. So we are ripe within in this system to see more thunderstorm activity throughout the evening hours. Thats why weve kept it at a level two so far. Rainfall amounts have been anywhere from a couple hundreds to over a half inch. We have our wind advisory until 10 00 tomorrow morning. Winds are at 40 miles an hour sustained but gusting to over 50 miles an hour at mount diablo in the Oakland Hills. And well look for about an inch or so as we get through the saturday. Sunday time period. So tonight were getting that heavier rain. The possibility of thunderstorms. Still a level two out there. Kristin all right. Lisa, thank you. Signs like these are being posted all over golden gate park. Areas like pine lake and the Japanese Tea Garden are closed. Theres fear that the wet and windy weather could topple trees. A wind advisory is also in effect at ocean beach. The Solano County librarian, whos gone viral with his book, recommends oceans now has a new gig. Hello there, my friends. My name is michael. I am blessed to be resident librarian and im here with a book recommendation for you and michael 36 is now the resident librarian for pbs kids. His first video posted a couple of days ago, already has more than 30,000 likes. He gained popularity initially on instagram, more than 700,000 followers have watched him share his enthusiasm for the library and tell stories about people who visited the library, but he also has been candid about his own mental health, deciding to leave his job as librarian in fairfield to deal with his anxiety and to focus on his new ventures. So many Library Groups have been coming up to the library and saying goodbye to me, and im like, its not goodbye. I still live in Solano County. Im going to be coming by the library to pick up my holds, um, to attend library programs, library, joy Library Stories are going to continue, but im still going to be in libraries pushing literacy, fighting for my fellow Library Workers who deserve all the support in the world. Fantastic and 36 is going to be fighting for libraries next week. Hell be in washington, dc meeting with Congress Members about library funding. Sadly, his last day as Solano County librarian was today. But hell still be around. Yeah, definitely. All right. The countdown to the oscars is on. Yes the big show a week from sunday. Host jimmy kimmel getting prepared for his role. What you can expect next thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. Pinocchio from our sister station in los angeles, spent some time with this years host, jimmy kimmel. Okay, what sets the oscars apart from other live events . Well, its not as sweaty as the super bowl. Oscar Host Jimmy Kimmel is thinking about his next big gig hosting the oscars. Its classier than any of the other award shows. I mean, it is the you know, the oscars are the original. This is the big one. Its the grand daddy of them all. And everybody is aware of that. And pretty excited to be there. Molly mcnearney is an executive producer on jimmys late night show and also on the oscars, jumping into his fourth year hosting, she knows what kimmel does best. Keep it uh happy. Joyful. Celebrate the people in the room. Keep it moving quickly. Jimmy is also really good on his feet. He thrives in spontaneous moments and so Live Television is perfect for him. To be honest, sometimes i hope things go wrong because it mixes things up a little bit. You dont want things to be. You dont want everything to be too neatly wrapped up in a bow. You want a little bit of mess, you want a little bit of risk and it is a live show and you want to remind people of that. So if something happens, which it has, things seem to be happening a lot lately. I feel like ill be ready for it. He really cares deeply about the people in that room and wants them to enjoy themselves, and wants them to feel relaxed with him, and i think that makes people at home feel relaxed and excited. In los angeles. 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