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Left on the streets. One neighbor tells me off camera she is selling her condo because of those problems. Its disgraceful somebody would do that. These are people. [ bleep ] or we will gladly beat you silly. Reporter skateboarders find the threatening letter extreme. A psycho, honestly, whoever left this. Reporter corey moved his tent about two blocks away. I hope that people dont turn to this gentleman and his actions and think thats the right thing to do. Reporter neighbors say they are not happy about the homeless situation, but they are sympathetic with the folks who live here. They have learned to live with them because these tents have been here for a few years. For the folks who moved in recently, they said they learned to expect that when they moved into the area. With this reaching the level of threats, are the police now getting involved . Reporter there were some witnesses that took down that neighbors license plate as he was driving away. They handed that information to the police. We are not sure if thats going to result in any kind of arrest at this point. Thank you, don. New video tonight of a brazen robbery inside a San Francisco taxi. Police say a suspect hailed the cab at 11th and geary, got inside, grabbed the drivers bag and took off. Police are still searching for the suspect. Well, a more benign topic of weather. In the north bay there are wind advisories posted. After the warm dry weather we have been having, wind advisories are posted as the gradient offshore with low pressure sinking down south means we will get gusty winds tonight, especially in the north bay. The National Weather service raised wind advisories for the north bay hills all the way over to sacramento for sustained northerly winds up to 50 miles per hour. Gusts that high anyway. The strongest gusty we could find at this hour in santa rosa up to 29 miles per hour. It will be windy through midnight tonight. As for what happens next, we will have the forecast in just a few minutes. A new bill making its way through the state legislature would require Utility Companies to come up with specific policies and protocols for cutting power during winter storms. Earlier this week fire investigators announced a combination of strong winds, dry brush, and arcing power lines that sparked at least two small fires. The night the wine country firestorm burst erupted in october. Had we had Something Like this in place, we more likely would have not had anywhere near the damage or anywhere near the amount of fires that we have had in the state of california. Safety is always our top priority at pg e. At this point the utility has no plans to cut power this weekend. It has been four months since those deadly fires tore through a santa rosa Mobile Home Park. Tonight residents are still not able to go home. Kpix 5s devin fehely was there today when they learned it could be years before they can move back. Reporter months after the firestorm reduced much of it to ash, the Mobile Home Park in santa rosa has balanced on a razorgetween ruin and recovery. I am an old lady with a whole bunch of stuff and a kitty and absolutely nowhere to go as of thursday or friday morning. Reporter pamela lee taylor joined dozens of former neighbors at a Community Meeting this morning hoping to learn when she might be able to return home. But the news was not good. The owner of the Mobile Home Park says it could be months or even years before they can rebuild or reopen. The infrastructure at the park was destroyed. All of the well systems were destroyed. The transformers that provided power for the utilities were destroyed. Reporter 44 mobile homes survived the fire. But without gas or water or power the houses have been red tagged and residents barred from returning. We have to go home. We cant make it. Thats our home. Thats our natural instinct, to go there. Reporter michelle trammells home survived as well, but she and her 71year old mother have struggled to find a permanent place to stay until the park reopens. And because her home is intact, she has little to no help from her insurance. I am not going to take my mom and have her live in a homeless encampment behind the dollar store in santa rosa. Reporter the parks owner wants to provide Affordable Housing, but right now the road home for residents is filled with obstacles and uncertainty. To have all of these people that i care about, that weve tried to provide Affordable Housing to for over 50 years suddenly become homeless, its emotional for us. Reporter the cleanup that is currently going on is only the first phase. The cycle will be turned over to the u. S. Army corps of engineers before any rebuilding can occur. Devin fehely, kpix 5. The dmvs Oakland Coliseum office will be closed next week due to flood damage. The building flooded earlier this week after a thief stole copper piping from the rooftop airconditioning unit. The mess amounts to tens of thousands of dollars in damage, but despite the closure the dmv will conduct driving tests at the coliseum office. People with existing appointments will be seen. A San Francisco man behind bars in rhode island tonight after a traffic stop revealed a van packed with pot. Here is a look at the haul. Thats about 400,000 worth of vacuumpacked marijuana. State troopers say the van was also hauling hundreds of vials of hash oil. They discovered it yesterday afternoon after pulling the 29 yearold over for speeding in the city of warrick. He is being held without bail on drug possession and delivery charges. As the country grabbles with the Opioid Epidemic more and more First Responders are getting trained on how to use narcan, a drug that reverses overdoses. We spoke to a marin county deputy who recently used it to save a life. Reporter last year, Law Enforcement agencies in marin county starting getting life saving training as they battle the Opioid Epidemic. Now we are seeing signs that that training is paying off as a deputy becomes the first in the Marin County Sheriffs Department to save a life. It was scary. So im just glad that im glad shes okay. Reporter it was deputy buck holts first call of her career and she knew what to do. I keep it right here. I just grabbed it and my a. E. D. Right here and just ran inside the house. Reporter luckily for the 21 yearold woman the the officer was in the area. When she arrived the man in the house told her what opioid she overdosed on and narcan was administered. She received two. She did. She was still unresponsible. So thats why i did cpr and then all of a sudden she just came back. Reporter while Deputy Buchholz was the hero friday night, the man who started this lifesaving medication a year ago. Its not that often that you have an experience where something that you have done has directly potentially saved subs life. Reporter according to health and services, Drug Overdose is the leading cause of accidental death and the majority are due to prescription drugs. Our community, like every other community in the country, has been grappling with the Opioid Epidemic. We have people overdosing and people who are dying. Reporter but with narcan, which blocks the effects of opioids, now placed in every patrol car Law Enforcement agencies are making Great Strides in preventing overdose deaths. I think it was the narcan, it saved her life. Reporter narcan is available at select pharmacies. Friends and family members of those at risk of an overdose can get narcan with no questions asked and no prescription needed. Still ahead, a sign of the times. Things are getting so bad on bart, the Transit Agency is launching a Public Education campaign on common courtesy. Plus, this guy says he was literally left with smoke coming out of his ears after his apple airpods suddenly blew up. And no mountain, no problem. The bay area startup that is using Virtual Reality to get olympic athletes some hightech training. Bart is launching a Courtesy Campaign asking passengers to respect each other and the trains. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live at the glen park station where you can now get etiquette tips along with your ticket. Jackie. Reporter yeah, can you believe it, betty . These ads were designed by California College arts students and they are meant to be bright, ep gaging, and a engaging, and attention grabbing. Some people seem to get bart elevators confused with bathrooms. You got good days, bad days. Reporter and although robert lewis says this particular one at the Embarcadero Bart station has gotten cleaner, he likes the idea behind barts new ad campaign. This one says im not a bathroom because oh, yeah, yeah. Thats yeah, thats good. Reporter jessica and her husband say they see a lack of manners all the time. There is even a twitter account, bart diaries, that was made for people to share what they see while on the train. There really are people out there that dont have that common decency and need that reminder. Reporter the people we spoke to blame bad manners on the pace of Todays Society and, not surprisingly, technology. They need things to remind them because they are more into their electronics and just block the whole world out. People still have manners. They sometimes tend not to use them. Reporter we skyped with a certified etiquette trainer. No one is making eye contact. No one is talking. Everybody has their headsets in. So i think we need to unplug and get back into the real world. Reporter how to solve that may be take more than bright and colorful posters, but bart riders tell us its worth a shot. Get up. Give someone a seat. Dont sit in a disabled seat. You know thats not meant for you, so bepressured into asking to give up that seat . Reporter whether a sign on bart tells you to or not. So that is obviously a pretty old sign. You will start seeing the new more colorful ones starting sometime this month on all the trains and at all the stations. At the glen park bart station, jackie ward, kpix 5. A couple of bart employees took a beating in a pair of attacks at stations in the east bay. An employee was battered at ashby after four yesterday afternoon. An hour later somebody attacked a bart Police Officer at lake merritt. Neither victim was badly hurt, but both attackers were arrested and they will be banned from bart for at least 30 days. Tonight apple is investigating a florida mans claim that his airpods blew up right after he took them out of his ears. Jason coleen said jace colon was wearing them. He put them down and when he came back they were in pieces. I dont know what would have happened to my ear. Since it hangs down, it could have been my earlobe. It could have got burnt. The craziest thing i went through. He says he didnt actually witness the explosion itself. Apple says it will be reaching out to him for more information. Well, facebook is testing out a new feature that lets users flag comments that they dont, quoteunquote, like. The down vote option isnt exactly a dislike button. Its more of a disapproval button. It gives people a way to let them know when a comment is inappropriate. At least they feel that way. Uncivil or misleading, too. Its being tested among a small group of users in the u. S. A Company Based in menlo park is taking Virtual Reality to another level by helping the u. S. Olympics ski team train without actually hitting the slopes. Its the first olympics where this type of technology is being put to the test. All righty, folks see you next run. Woo reporter the speed, the turns, the sound of the wind. Its enough to leave you breathless. Okay. This is faster than i thought. Reporter Terry Collins got a taste of what its like to speed down the winter olympic courses in south korea even though he is in an office in california. Yeah, you do feel like youre there. You really feel like youre going downhill and trying to just stay on course. Im out of breath. Reporter this Virtual Reality experience is part of a training platform developed to improve athletic performance. This is the first time its being used with the u. S. Olympics. Reporter when you strap on the vr headset you see a 360 degree video of the ski runs. This is exactly the same mountain they will be experiencing in korea. Reporter he says the training is repetition, so athletes can get familiar with the intricacies of the course. The response we are training for is to make sure that you are making the right decisions and the reflexes are the right reflexes. Reporter you can adjust the speed of the video so you are going through the course even faster. It gives your body the same experience of being there so that you have the same emotional physiological responses. In a competitive sport where seconds matter, vr gives that edge that everybody is looking for. Reporter and that can make all the difference when you are going for gold. It gives you the same physiological responses. If you smack into a tree, does it give you that response . We will investigate. The winds are going to be picking up between now and midnight. Fairly good gusts in the north bay up to 50 miles per hour. Gusty north winds will be developing and easing up tomorrow. Meantime, wind advisories as far out to the sacramento area. At the golden gate bridge, a fairly mild a day. Chillier tomorrow. We will not hit 71 in Mountain View or san jose or santa rosa. Things will cool about 10 degrees. Towards the competitor for the highest well, more than a competitor. It won highest landmark in San Francisco. Concord 60 degrees. Livermore 62. San jose right now at 61 degrees. Out the door tomorrow its gonna be chilly. It is february. Just in case you have forgotten. Temperatures in the lowtomid 40s to start out on sunday. Then only low 60s tomorrow with increasing clouds in the afternoon leading to a chance of not very much really. Maybe a sprinkle or two in the north bay by tomorrow afternoon. It will be cooler and windy tonight and then that chance of sprinkles coming in, you will see that on the futurecast. Here is tonight. Here is the wee small hours of the morning. Here is the sunrise. High clouds blossom over the north bay and it will be followed by this low pressure to the east of the bay area, but that could trigger a few showers in the upper elevations. It wouldnt amount to much. The rest of the week looks dry. After this brief and distant flirtation with a drop or two in the north bay, there is no real chance of rain in sight. All next week is going to be mostly dry. If we get a few high clouds from time to time, thats as close as we get to it. Bad for the snowpack which is a quarter average at this point in the season, and only 16 of the april 1st snowpack. Still, the up side is the pro beach the pebble beach pro am tomorrow 62 degrees. Down a little bit south of the monterey peninsula. 51 and rain at eureka tomorrow. Mendocino 52 degrees. Lake tahoe and yosemite a few snow showers. It will not amount to much. Tonight mid30s around santa rosa and napa to the mid40s for redwood city, Mountain View and san jose. Sun up tomorrow at 7 04 a. M. High clouds tomorrow afternoon, low 60s. Extended forecast. A cool couple of days sunday and monday. Before you know it we will be back to the upper 60s by thursday, friday, and saturday. Thats the latest in weather. Latest in news, here is betty yu. Thanks, brian. Clearly giants supporters have forgiven their team for last years dismal season. A massive turnout today at at t park for fan fest. On the menu, we will meet the newest giants right fielder. Five time allstar Andrew Mccutchen before he patrols right field with the gmen. Big crowds out at at t park today for giants fan fest. Baseball lovers lined up early waiting for a chance to see their favorite players. Once inside, fans got exclusive access to the field, the dugout, and the giants clubhouse. Many took it as a chance to take pictures and get autographs from players. Others spent the day with family or reconnecting with other fans. Many were happy to welcome off season editions looking to come back strong after a disappointing season last year. I just came out to have a good time with my friends and family. We are Walking Around the park, looking at everybody. We are here to see the players, hoping the giants have a great season this year. Excited about mccutcheon coming in. Guys like posey, vets of the team, crawford, looking forward to a bounceback year. See my giants. Andrew mccutchen is here. I want to see what he is about. Speaking of Andrew Mccutchen, he took questions from fans about his transition from pittsburgh. Vern also got to ask him questions. I sure did. We chatted for a good 15 minutes on camera. I will have some of that interview tomorrow night. Very revealing. Very engaging. A cool cat as he will patrol right field for the gmen. First of all, we got golf. It is not all about fairways and greens at the pebble beach proam. To the monterey peninsula where its happy hour all the time with bill murray and toby keith on the pebble beach course. Third round action. Rory mcilroy may not have made the cut, but oh man, this shot at 18. Mcilroy set up for a birdie and finished tied for 85th. At the 8th hole given jason day the allclear for birdie. Its got to go. 369. Tied for 3rd. Two shots off the lead. Dustin johnson, the worlds number one player, entered the day tied for the lead. At 7 rolled in aburdi putt. Rolled in a birdie putt. Carter 9 under 62. Took sole possession of the lead. But back at pebble came johnson and it was all about hitting those greens in regulation. The approach at 18 set him up for birdie. 2 under 70 has him tied atop the leaderboard. So potter and johnson headed to sundays round, both at 14 under par. 12 players within 5 shots of the lead. You can see the final round right here on kpix 5. Nfl. I saw a guy with his son at the playground. What was he doing . Teaching him how to throw a football. Maybe one day, like 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo, he can have the richest league. Five years, 137. 5 Million Contract can make a celebratory dinner go down smooth. We just got in yesterday, me and my family. We had a nice dinner in san fran, san fran. Jimmy, you cant say san fran. It makes the bay area natives cringe. You have the next five years to get the hang of the verbiage. The chicago area native is certainly sold on the weather. It is 75 degrees out here. Its not a snowstorm like chicago. We just came from that. So i can speak on that. Its a lot better here. You know, i dont know. There is other factors that go into it. [ laughter ] thats a big part. Yeah. Okay. Nba. The warriors are running as hosts of the San Antonio Spurs as we speak. Moving pictures on the late show. You got it. College basketball. Usf coach kyle smith. What happened . Up by 6. Brigham young with 30 seconds left. Elijah bryant forced overtime. Final minute. T. J. Haas drove in for a layup and tied the game. A chance to win it. Time running out. Frankie ferrari a chance to be the hero. Good if it goes in no cougars won that game 7573. Usf fell to 1413 overall. Over in baseball, hey, lets pan over to the aforementioned right fielder Andrew Mccutchen for the giants. In town for todays fan fest. Superstar with the pirates, the face of that franchise, 2013 mvp. Pirate to giant. Same path as barry bonds who won two mvps in pittsburgh before coming to San Francisco. So what did cutch admire most from bonds . It was the fear that he put in opposing teams and pitchers. The fear factor that he had was like no other. Every time he came to the bat, no one wanted to pitch to the guy. When they had to, they didnt want to. He made them pay when they did. And thats something that he brought to this game. I always said, my goal in life is to have the bases loaded in the 9th and then walk me. [ laughter ] thats right. Thats right. Thats what i want. For them to do that, i mean thats when you know youre feared. Thats when you know, all right, we would rather the next person, you know, we lose the game to that person than lose the game you to. We will walk a run in with the bases loaded. We are leading by 2. We will let that one score. If i do that one day, thats when i know i am at the top. So still have not yet had that happen, but im working on it. Three things on cutch. Number one, almost was a football star at the university of miami. Goes back with buster posey to when they were 17 years old playing baseball in taiwan. Lets just say that this wait until you hear the story about how he proposed to his girlfriend, where it happened and what she said. On the late show tonight . Tomorrow night on game day. Fashionable, too. Coming up in the next half hour, north koreas president makes an overture to his south korean counterpart. Is it all talk . The new cancer study zeros in on a california cash crop. Why growers say you should take the findings about asparagus with a grain of salt. A new side effect of the flu epidemic. The popular breakfast item thats selling like hotcakes. Fire fighting is a very dangerous profession. We have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. And for us the expert in gas and electric is pg e. We run about 2,500 2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg e is responding to that call as well. And so when we show up to a fire and pg e shows up with us it makes a tremendous team during a moment of crisis. I rely on them, the firefighters in this department rely on them, and so we have to practice safety everyday. Utilizing pg es talent and expertise in that area trains our firefighters on the gas or electric aspect of a fire and when we have an emergency situation we are going to be much more skilled and prepared to mitigate that emergency for all concerned. The things we do every single day that puts ourselves in harms way, and to have a partner that is so skilled at what they do is indispensable, and i couldnt ask for a better partner. Youre watching kpix 5 news. Its really emotional, the moment for me at least, to see two koreas come together. Our top story at 6 30, a day after north and south korea came together in the spirit of sports, they could be headed for another historic moment. North Korean Leader kim jongun has extended an invitation to south koreas president to visit the north for diplomatic talks. Cbs reporter ben tracy is in pyeongchang where critics say the olympic overture is another product of north koreas propaganda machine. Reporter with hundreds of korean drummers and dazzling visual effects, the Pyeongchang Olympics began with a bang. There was a historic handshake between south korean president moon jay in and kim yojong. The sister of north Korean Leader kim jongun. She is the first member of north koreas ruling family to visit the south. On saturday, she was invited to lunch with south koreas president. The highest level meeting between the two koreas in years. The socalled peace olympics seemed to live up to its name as the two koreas, north and south, marched together under a unified flag. I am korean and happen to live in the united states. Its really emotional, the moment for me at least, to see two koreas come together. Reporter recent polls show a majority of South Koreans oppose using a unified flag at these games. I dont think its right to use the unified flag, this man told me. Reporter why are you upset you are not using the south korean flag . We should use our flag because its our country, he said. Reporter north koreas participation in these games has sparked daily protests and its more than 500person delegation has stolen south koreas spotlight. Many South Koreans are skeptical of the tensions. Reporter an expert encore re on korean relations. Isnt this a huge propaganda platform for north korea . Its a way to advance their own agenda. Reporter Vice President pence watched team usa in action on saturday. He has said that north korea coming to the olympics changes nothing unless its willing to give up its Nuclear Weapons program. Of course, this is the olympics. It is about competition and we should mention that there are five gold medals up for grabs in pyeongchang on saturday, and well see who wins those. Ben tracy, cbs news, pyeongchang, south korea. Back here in the u. S. President trump tweeted today that lives are being destroyed without due process. He didnt name names. As Laura Podesta reports, it comes after two white house aides resigned amid spousal abuse allegations. Reporter in the midst of upheaval at the white house over allegations of Domestic Abuse involving his staff, President Trump tweeted saturday, peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused. Former white house secretary rob porter resigned when his two exwives accused him of abuse. Friday the president only wished porter well. As you probably know, he says he is innocent, and i think you have to remember that. Reporter cbs news has learned that porter told White House Counsel Don Mcgahn more than a yearing that his background check for a security clearance might reveal unflattering information. Then in November Porter informed chief of staff john kelly that his exwives had made accusations that porter denies. It wasnt until wednesday when this photo surfaced that the white house took action. Kelly said he did not know the full severity of the claims until just recently. There is a lot going on behind the scenes in the white house. A big scramble to cover this up or at least try to mitigate the situation because they know its a mess. Reporter friday a second white house aide, speech righter david sorenson, resigned after a former wife said he abused her during their marriage. Sorenson denies those allegations. Laura podesta, cbs news. President trump for his part hasnt said anything about the women in either case. Critics say his remarks about porter helped illustrate why abused women are afraid to come forward. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke about his relationship with President Trump in los angeles today where he is wrapping up a three day visit to california. I continue to engage regularly and constructively with President Trump as well. There is things we dont agree on, but there is a lot we agree on as well. Looking for Common Ground and trying to build shared prosperity here in north america is something we agree very much on. Last night a chp motorcycle officer who was part of trudeaus motorcade was hurt in an accident in simi valley. The officer suffered a broken collar bone. Trudeau was not hurt. Californias flu season has taken a turn for the worse with dozens more deaths in just the past week. Maria modena with a warning from health officials. I started feeling symptoms around tuesday. At school i got dizzy. Reporter lindsey ruiz is part of the rush of patients testing for influenza. This flu season is shaping up to be among the worst in a decade. In a bad season like 2014 15, 56,000 americans died from flu. We are on track to reach that level and potentially exceed it. Reporter in california, 36 people under the age of 65 died of the flu in the first week of february alone. When someone under 65 dies from the flu, its an indicator, one of many indicators of a severe flu season. Reporter although Health Experts say it appears the flu seasons peaked in california, they are still issuing this warning. We may have turned the corner. We are not out of the wood. Reporter in Santa Clara County the flu six peopled. Three dozen required intensive care. A doctor says its not too late to get the flu vaccine. When will the flu season end . We can never predict that. And while millions of americans are suffering through flu season, Orange Growers are cashing in. Orange juice sales were through the roof in january as people stocked up on vitamin c. Consumers bought about 39 million gallons of the juice last month. Analysts expect sales to spike sorry, expect the sale spike to end after flu season. Could asparagus be linked to cancer . A new study out of the u. K. Seems to think so. Not everyone is buying the results. Reporter known by its name of sparrow grass, people in San Joaquin County know how to cook up asparagus. You can put it in ice cream. You can deep fry it. Its a healthy dish. You can eat it raw. Reporter they have been celebrating the vegetable for three decades. 65,000 people visit the event each year. Our local farmers, its the biggest production around here and has been for a long time. Reporter research out of the United Kingdom found a link between a compound in asparagus and cancer spreading in mice. The studys author told a British News Agency that lowering the amount of amino acid helps to reduce tumor growth. When you see studies like this, it feels disingenuous. As pair gin he said is found in all foods, including fish, soy, beef, potatoes and beans. He worries the study may disturning people from eating known Healthy Foods discouraging people from eating known Healthy Foods. We shouldnt make snap judgments. Reporter the studys author says the finding is a major breakthrough that could help block as pair gin in cancer patients. When it comes to eating asparagus . I dont rely on one study. Reporter researchers have not tested this diet on humans just yet. That means future results and tests could have a different outcome. Out with the canvas. In with the cannabis. How the bay areas booming Marijuana Industry could be taking over oaklands art warehouses. Plus, these penguins are trading in their tuxedos to usher in the Lunar New Year. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. The future is for the unafraid. If youre anything like me, your todo list just keeps growing. laughs desperately it never stops. Which is why the online financing application at carmax. Com is so convenient. Get some of that finance stuff out of the way from wherever you are, at the doctors office, karate practice or my favorite. Back at the doctors office. Knowing before you go means more quality time sewing a costume for the school play that is not going to look anything like a frog. Just a little headsup, mrs. Davis. Ha ha ha, yay kids one of the last places where artists can afford to live these days. Some of them tell kpix 5 that they are being pushed out not by techies or startups, but by cannabis. This painting. Reporter for painter arthur monroe, this is where it began. There was nothing here but the open space. No walls. Nothing. I said, ill take it. Reporter it was the 1970s. The brooklyn native walked into what was then an empty cannery in east oakland and saw the makings of an artists haven. We have always had artists studios in new york. Why cant we have them in california . Reporter he went to city hall next where he lobbied to get the place zoned as oaklands every sanctioned live workplace. It is a place now, a community of the widest range of artists across the board whether youre a musician, paintewriter, sculptor, activist. There are all walks of life, over 30 plus artists reside here. Reporter rebecca a writer, dancer, and painter. This is a spirit painting. Reporter its like your workshop . You have to have a workshop. Reporter her workshop and the sense of community here is suddenly at risk. Public records show a few months ago a Cannabis Company in denver called green sage bought the cannery. Rebecca met one of the openers the parking lot. I said, what are your intentions for this building . He said convert to commercial. Reporter the plan is to convert the entire building into a massive marijuana growing facility. I said, will the residents be allowed to stay . He said no. He said its not going to happen right away. Just eventually. No answer at green sage. I got a text message from the managing director, whose name is ken greer, that says i cant speak at this time. All that ken told me so far is he confirmed there was, in fact, a purchase. He would not talk about what the plans were for the cannery. In fact, he said i have no comment on any of this, and he said he only answered the phone because he thought i was an investor. They are carpet grabbers from colorado that are coming in, swooping up real estate left and right, and bulldozing. They just do not care. Reporter the purchase has set up unexpected tensions between artists and cannabis entrepreneurs in east oaklands green zone. A largely Industrial Area where marijuana can be cultivated legally. The cannery is right in the middle of it. We were being evicted through harbor side. Reporter green sage isnt the only Cannabis Company that has displaced artists. Former tenant brett lost his commercial arts studio on the ground floor of the cannery last year when he says harbor side medical briefly owned it. So anyone with a commercial lease on the ground floor got served a notice. Reporter he says this time the Cannery Community is not going without a fight. The city of oakland should step in to help mediate this issue and find and help us collectively find a solution. I would like them to find a way to make a profit without displacing people. If you have somebody coming in from out of town who just wants to make a killing and leave, there is no community in that. That destroys community. Reporter christen ayers, kpix 5. Its one of the toughest challenges in Silicon Valleys. Getting techies to disconnect. I am a whole lot more aware than it was when it was head down, hamster wheel, grind out the widgets. A unique campus in the middle of the redwoods teaching people to unplug and learn the power of being present. Well, presently we are going to cover the weather forecast. The golden gate bridge, a few changes in store tonight and tomorrow. We will cover them in a minute. A very dangerous profession. We have one to two fires a day and when you respond together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. And for us the expert in gas and electric is pg e. We run about 2,500 2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg e is responding to that call as well. And so when we show up to a fire and pg e shows up with us it makes a tremendous team during a moment of crisis. I rely on them, the firefighters in this department rely on them, and so we have to practice safety everyday. Utilizing pg es talent and expertise in that area trains our firefighters on the gas or electric aspect of a fire and when we have an emergency situation we are going to be much more skilled and prepared to mitigate that emergency for all concerned. The things we do every single day that puts ourselves inm and to have a partner that is so skilled at what they do is indispensable, and i couldnt ask for a better partner. The year of the dog doesnt start until next week, but San Franciscos chinatown is already getting festive. The streets were filled today for the flower market fair. The annual event happens the weekend before the Lunar New Year so families can buy their holiday plants and food. The festival runs until 8 tonight and continues tomorrow. In china, even the penguins are getting ready to celebrate. The family traded their tuxedos for traditional red garments to welcome visitors. The bay bridge bird wore a custommade backpack as it waddled down the street. [ laughter ] i am thinking, they look ridiculous. But very festive. A look at the latest for the weather. Some changes tonight. A meandering low works over the bay area, but starting off with the good news, tomorrow looks good for the final day, the fourth round of the proam in pebble beach. 62 degrees for the golfers under partly cloudy skies. Wind advisories are posted through midnight tonight. At the highest elevations we could see gusts as high as 50 miles per hour. In general, the winds have been below that, up to 30 around santa rosa. This is the this week will be the tale of the wobbling low, which, by tomorrow night, will be over the california oregon border. Then it will begin to subside south. Basically, its riding down the eastern side of that persistent High Pressure. It will be off of southern california, Point Conception by tuesday morning, and then decide to head out to sea where we will find it set up by wednesday morning at 9. You would think low pressure meandering over california. Gee, it means rain. It doesnt. Maybe a sprinkle or two. Thats about it. There is no moisture tap for this one. And with that High Pressure basically knocking the breath out of anything coming off the ocean, we will look for things to be cooler and windy tonight. In terms of rain, as you will see in a minute, not much. It was a mild day. Mountainview 71. San jose and santa rosa as we look live over the city, the readings into mostly the 60s. Out the door a chilly start sunday morning. Chilly but sunny, but not for long. Later in the day we will get clouds and the numbers are 10 degrees cooler tomorrow than they were today. So thats a big change. That low pressure is lowering the heights in the atmosphere. Here is the futurecast. Clear through sunrise and then the high clouds come from the north bay. Watch late in the day, there could be a drop or two, but thats all it would amount to. Not much in the way of rain. Clear and cool. A tiny chance of a sprinkle tomorrow. No real chance of rain this coming week. Snowpack suffers as a result. We are only a quarter or less than that of average to this point in the season. Heading out of the bay area, mendocino partly cloudy, but rain in eureka. Overnight lows mid30s to mid 30s and daytime highs tomorrow, that veil of high clouds tomorrow afternoon, only in the low 60s. In the extended forecast, you are going to be looking for numbers cooler tomorrow and monday, but then by midweek they bounce back and the numbers will be in the upper 60s and by next weekend in the low 70s again. So a brief flirtation with rain, but thats about it. We will have more after a break. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. Closed captioning brought to you by is sponsored by living spaces. These days we are all connected to tech. But tonight some people are unplugging and finding power in the present at a unique campus that offers a lesson in disconnecting. Reporter in the middle of the redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains life feels less hurried. 1440 multiversety wants to remind guests to look up and look inside. The center on 75 acres in scots valley is part school, part resort, and part retreat, and fully focused on making guests more connected with what matters. Technology, the internet in particular, does a great job of connecting us to everything and everyone except ourselves. Reporter 1440, named for the 1440 minutes in a day. It wants to teach guests how to Pay Attention to those minutes, many of which are lost in our techdriven world. The 150plus guest rooms do not have phones or tvs, but there is wifi. Its not about going to a mountaintop and escaping. Its about bringing everything inside of us to Everything Else that we do. Being more fully alive takes work. Reporter putting in the work means going to classes on mindfulness. Meditating. Doing yoga. Getting massages. Taking a dip in the heated infinity pool. Eating Healthy Foods. And walking through the quiet forest. Former ceo and 1440 Foundation Founder scott has built his career in tech. I wouldnt claim i have solved anything, but im a whole lot more aware than i was when it was head down, hamster wheel, grind out the widgets. Reporter 29yearold ben wiener knows that kind of stress. The valley is, there is a hustle. Reporter ben cofounded a startup in ohio and moved to Silicon Valley two years ago. You know, i was looking for a place to kind of step back, come back to earth. Reporter part of that means eating the freshest foods. We try to take the concept of local, plantbased, and influence it through the food. Reporter executive chef kenny woods showed me how. This is not fish. If you pick it up, its got the same granules as you would see in a salmon or a tuna. Reporter room rates, including gourmet meals and some classes, could cost up to 340 per might. They started 300 for class fees. 1440 wants guests to leave recharged and it is not anti tech. People say, are you for or against technology . I say i am for awareness. Reporter he teaches on the power of being present. We see a lot of people from the tech world, and for a lot of you from the tech world, they feel like when they are constantly on and at the mercy of their phone, they are not as creative. Reporter its part of a growing number of retreats giving the techdependent a space to learn how to find balance online and off. If you would like more time, we have it. Come here and set some things aside that might be interfering with what you really would like to Pay Attention to and spend some time with us. It wasnt until i did that piece that i had to be reminded to live in the present. Turn off your phone . Yes. Did you . A little bit. 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