And emblidge takes a life of an California City skier. Three u. S. Airport screening travelers from china for potentially deadly viruses and new details on where people would have been exposed. Mike bloomberg talks about the issues he believes should be central and next falls election. Its just about 6 00 a. M. And good morning i am devin feeley and lee turner has the morning off. Lets start with a check of our weather. Since its early in the middle of winter fog is the issue we talk about to start things off to get you out the door first. We are not seeing it here from our camera looking back toward the city and its not the time of year we see the low marine layer and i want to show you where it is. Weve got 44 degrees in concord and 37 and livermore and 39 in santa rosa. And calling out the cold spots there. San francisco is a 47 degrees. If we go to the inland valleys look at livermore and it says. 3 there that is telling us how far you can see down the road. Patchy fog for inland valleys and in locations of Alameda County and its a lamellar story in santa rosa. Sonoma county valleys we see the fog develop up here as well. Sheltered valley spots will be waking up to low fog and give yourself extra time and here is the rest of today. Cloudy and cool. Mid 50s and done with the rain for now. Thats coming back on tuesday and thats what i will focus on in a lot more detail coming up in just a few minutes. Devin, back to you one skier dead and another seriously injured after an avalanche at Alpine Meadows ski resort near tahoe click north shore and it happened shortly after 10 00 and an area of expert runs open to skiers and snowboarders. Witnesses did not see any other people and no additional people have been reported missing. We heard screaming and agonizing pain and he just disappeared in almost a cloud of snow. Within one second the speed doubled. When you get conditions like this theres always a risk of avalanche and avalanche danger. The exact cause of the avalanche is not known. A pound meadows got 2 feet of new snow this week. The resort remained open although an area surrounding the avalanche site was closed and they identified the skier is 34yearold Nicole Comstock of blairsville. This type of incident is rare. A member of ski patrol died from an explosive blast while doing avalanche control. In 1982 and avalanche left seven people dead including some ski resorts employees and one woman rescued after she survived five days. In the snow. It. Several buildings including the main lodge in. The resort parking lot. A oneyearold girl had been reunited with her family this morning after she was allegedly kidnapped by her father and Santa Cruz County. The baby was turned over to her grandmother and you can see her carrying her there. Brian someone took off with the child after domestic dispute. Officers pinned his home and tracked him to a santa cruz apartment complex and they negotiated with him for hours. Our baby is safe and we got her out. I dont know what is going to happen to him and i really dont care. He came out smiling and not really knowing what she is involved in. Hes facing kidnapping and child endangerment charges. A san mateo pastor out of jail after being arrested for threatening to shoot members of his former church. Deputies say 79yearold Paul Michelson delivered four threatening letters to Holy Trinity Church in san carlos. He threatened to shoot members of the congregation sunday. Deputies never found any guns but would only say michelson had a personal dispute with the church. He is currently a pastor for Hope Evangelical Church in san mateo. A deadly new illness has three u. S. Airport on alert and this is a live look at fs so were screening for the corona virus, a form of viral pneumonia will begin. There are three direct flights each week from that part of china into San Francisco and the first round happening this morning. Jfk new york also began doing its screenings last night and most of the infected are believed to have been exposed at a large sea food and animal market in wuhan. It spread from animals and is related to the deadly sars virus that killed 700 people a few years ago. So far there are 45 confirmed cases and two have proven country. It has spread to thailand and japan sparking a World Health Organization alert. The illness is rarely spread between humans but the cdc wants to be prepared. Here in the bay area travelers say in additional screenings will be inconvenient but necessary. I dont want the virus to affect my family or myself and take time of people they care about its important to screen out any kind of viruses. I wish we figured out a better system to do it. There conducting Health Screenings for the virus as soon as today. President trump followed minute by minute. He made the comments yesterday day to donors and according to an audio recording obtained by cnn. 2 minutes 11 seconds. No emotion emotion. They are in the car in an arms vehicle and they have approximately one minute to listserv. 30 seconds. 10, nine, eight the president did not describe an imminent threat, but the justification used by Administration Officials in the aftermath of that attack. Distract the president adding star power to his defense before next weeks impeachment trial led by white House Counsel pat simple only and mr. President private attorney jay cseco and performer law professor Alan Dershowitz and a special prosecutor Kenneth Starr both known for their involvement in the most pivotal recent dramas. You may remember start as a prosecutor whose work led to bill clintons impeachment. Donald trump did not think highly of star. I really think ken starr is a lunatic and a disaster. Monica lewinsky was uncovered by start are you kidding me and added an expletive. And Alan Dershowitz part of the socalled dream team that defended oj simpson. They once represented jeffrey epstein. Alan dershowitz is accused of sexually assaulting a woman when she was underage. A charge he denies period. President trump has until this evening to send the son and his formal response to the impeachment charges. Camping 2020, president ial candidate Michael Bloomberg beaming his campaign to the bay area. He made stops in oakland before heading to monterey. He talked about Climate Change and education and he furthers his points on Climate Change and drove home the message of unity and was a Problem Solver and not a problem creator. He had things to say about president trumps impeachment. I think it is time for the senate to remove him from office. If they dont i will beat him and get on with fixing healthcare and combating Climate Change and creating an economy that works for everyone. Bloomberg road bark from San Francisco to oakland. He tried to insert. Park employee showed him the correct way to get through. After his right the president ial candidate admitted it was much cleaner and more modern than the new york subway. Lastminute preparations are underway as of the big playoff game between the 49ers and packers. Kpix 5 five already found people hanging out. The lights are on as crews are making lastminute preparations for sundays game and fans on both sides say they are ready. The packers may feel they have a score to settle when they arrive in santa clara in the last time the two teams met the 49ers won by a decisive score of 378. Here at levis stadium we found josh and his daughter who made the tip of el paso, texas. Why take the trip to california . Would like to come up and see them win the game. Hopefully go on to win to the super bowl. Are you excited . I have a feeling we wont win. Earlier today the 49ers had the practice field. Reporter head coach Kyle Shanahan said even though hes never been to a game this big in his current role theres no point in getting caught up with the hype that has nothing to do with football. Keeping it real about what this is. A Football Game against a very good team and what you have to deal with every sunday. As for 49ers fans they are confident in their teams chances against the packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Second time around the coaches will scheme better and we know our defense played amazingly and we have Aaron Rodgers is number and i think we come out on top. Reporter more than 70,000 fans are expected to pack the stance here on sunday. I am mark sayre kpix 5. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is back in her home district here in San Francisco. We asked her about her plans for the game. I already have my tickets for the super bowl to go to the game. So im am very proud of them and it is so exciting. Isnt it funny how sports are so unifying. Other politicians have commented too. At a rally in wisconsin Vice President pence told them the packers would come out on top. They will spring screen special live postgame coverage at 7 00 p. M. And find that at kpix 5. Com and other digital platforms. These target a courier targeting money against the Surveillance Video and residents demand accountability over an airplane pilots dumping of fuel on several schools in preparation for an Emergency Landing in lax when it comes to Health Coverage, it helps to have someone in your corner. Thats why theres covered california. Were the only place where you can get financial help to pay for your health insurance. New this year, almost a Million People could receive additional financial help from the state to help lower the cost of health insurance. More for those already getting it, and new help for many who havent gotten help before. So check to see how much you could save. It only takes 5 minutes. The last day to enroll is january 31st. So get covered today. New video of a man for cash at the center into gas station captured the moment two suspects pulled alongside of white suv. Smashed the passengers window. They had cash collections from several pot dispensaries. 145,000 in all. The suspect they were tailing the driver and made their move when he left to pay for gas. In an effort to boost the Legal Cannabis market they plan to cut taxes. The bill would temporarily cut a state tax from 15 to 11 for the next three years. The Legal Cannabis market has not grown as it was expected. Governor newsom is ignoring his support for change to help shrink the black market. Tensions reached operating point over a town hall that talked about fuel dumped on schools. Parents and Community Members packed the meeting last night. On tuesday thousands of gallons of fuel rained down on the Los Angeles Community of cudahy. Several teachers were doused and they want to make sure that the delta and faa are held accountable. Whatever happened in the way of cleanup and examination of the children was not enough. And so we have to do more. Thank you very much. Of the cyst the plane an engine issue and release the fuel to release a safe landing place and why they did not tell air Traffic Control about the maneuver. A check of our local weather with darren. We start off with how cold it is this morning. Then i want to look ahead to the next chance of rain coming on tuesday. I will give you as much detail as we can. Lets start out with saturday morning. A dark and somewhat cloudy start to the day. It is particularly foggy for a few locations i want to point out. We can see those by looking at the temperatures. Look at livermores 36 in santa rosas 39, the two colder spots on here and those are the two places we are waking up to fog. If youre in the 40s you are fine. Visibility goes for 10 miles in and around the bay area. Look what happens for livermore. Visibility down to a mile and that tells you how far you can see down the roadway in livermore and it will get denser in that thin area. As far as the rest of our saturday goes it is just a few passing clouds. Temperatures mid to upper 50s. We are finished with the rain so lets look ahead for the next chance and to find it we go all the way out to the other side of the pacific and we put it into futurecast. That one works its way across the pacific by the time weve got to the monday night with god and organize line of rain going on shore. Lets bring that ahead for monday night into tuesday and by the time weve got to the more Early Morning hours on tuesday you see a band of rain washing over. The band totals are not too heavy. In the north bay we pick up four tenths of an inch of rain and thats a high number. San jose barely picking up a tenth of an inch of rain. This is tuesday by Late Afternoon. By the time we got there we are done. Mainly focus Tuesday Morning for the rain. Thats it and the rest of the sevenday forecast theres not a whole lot outside. Here are there a few clouds and Martin Luther king junior day looks good and it stays cloudy through much of the next week. When a check back we talked about the forecast for the niners game and we know it wont rain but what will it feel like on the game. For now back over to you. San franciscos police chief enters into a friendly wager with his counterpart in green bay ahead of tomorrows game between the niners and packers. Good morning, everyone. Hows the coffee . Flapjacks, im coming over. But first how about friday sports. And man do i have moving pictures for you. We will give it to you right here. Dont move. 49ers talk. The game is sunday and as i pound the for emphasis. At at t we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. Weve created access from at t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. May qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow, to learn more. Good morning, everybody. Nfc championship up top. The game is tomorrow. Niners by seven to beat the packers. Biggest game ever in their stadium in the 49er defense upfront have to be salivating at the thought of wreaking havoc and quarterback Aaron Rodgers. 49ers rolled up 378 and they sacked rogers five times in two of them by the teams sack leader and this week i asked him if he was a Mad Scientist and what parts of his teammates would he assemble to build the perfect pass rusher. I would take speed and quickness. And i would take moses moves and technique. I think that would be, i would think anyone could block that. That seems like a scary movie right there. Basketball last night. Sharman smith head coach on the road and gold at oregon state. 3rd quarter jalen brown stop popped. She scored 23. They were down by 20. Oregon eight and oregon state, the Corner Pocket three. They hold 8144. It is the one item ive been waiting for this morning. The top five. The number five raptors kyle lowry off balance while shot and it went in. Was he trying to draw a contact . They beat the wizards. Number four came home to san jose last night in the Orlando Atlanta garden jersey retired and you can see gordon play later today at the warriors. Number three top of the came trevon young off balance. The atlanta off guard victimized by trevon tate murray of spurs. That is someones son there. For number two, penguins and quite at the red wings. Stick work, folks. Pure stick work. Penguins won 21. Number one i used to be able to do this on a nerf basketball hoop. That was the Memphis Grizzlies sunday at home against the cleveland cavaliers. Thats enough. We will have to conserve it and give you more later on in the day. Strike San Franciscos police chief agree to a friendly wager with his old partner and current chief of police in green bay. If by chance the packers win i will wear a Green Bay Packers jersey reluctantly. If our beloved 49ers when mac chief smith will have to wear our San Franciscos jersey. The 49ers win the Police Chiefs will donate 50 to the San Francisco Police Foundation and the same donation will be made to the green bay Police Foundation. The multimillion dollar contract between the Oakland Coliseum and ring central is off. The authority voted on friday to rescind it after the former head of the agency was charged with violating conflict of interest laws in negotiating the original contract. Agency officials are expected to negotiate a new contract with the same company. There is a new push to kick google out of San Franciscos pride parade. Members passed an amendment to ban google and its affiliates from future celebrations and they are urging the board to formally ban. Youtube refused to remove homophobic videos. Youtube updated its policy to be tougher on harassment and hate speech. A disappointing run for coho and salmon. Fewer than 90 have made their way up the creek and laid eggs on the side of mount tam. Fishery experts had been optimistic thanks to the winter rain. Now they are trying to figure out the reasons behind the low numbers. Coming up. The latest on an avalanche that killed a skier at Alpine Meadows near the lords shore of lake tahoe. And complaints from tesla owners about a problem that may be a serious safety hazard. A live look outside in you see san jose and we will be back in a moment. Him him him him live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. Will come back and its just about 6 30 a. M. Thank you for joining us. Lets get a check of your half hour with darren. We are in a break for the rain and this whole week and you dont have to think about keeping the umbrella handy. If you hit the road there is fog and with his spotlight. A live shot toward back toward the city and current numbers in front of this and 36 for livermore and 39 for in santa rosa and those of the two coldest spots on here everyone else is in the 40s. The colder the temperature drops, the more likely it is you develop fog. Sure enough most of us are just fine. You dont have to think about this. Inland Alameda County look at livermore. Visibility down to half a mile and santa rosa down to 3 10ths of a mile. Give yourself extra time. As far as the rest of the day is concerned a nice weekend. A few clouds and temperatures average and nothing else. We will be 54 efficiently for the city and i show you everyone elses daytime highs coming up in a bit. I want you to read the bottom line. Light showers back on tuesday and thats the focus of my forecast coming up in a few minutes. Over to you. Investigators are trying to determine what fate triggered an ambulance the killed one and injured another near the north shore in tahoe and it happened shortly after 10 00 a. M. In an area of expert runs open to skiers and snowboarders. Witnesses did not see any other people involved and no additional people reported missing. The resort remained open although an area and 30year old cool comstock was killed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the impeachment trial at a consensus event at an impeachment trial. I would hope the oath the senators made yesterday would insist that there be eyewitnesses and documentation which is very important. The impeachment trial is expected to resume on tuesday. Natalie brand tells us senators must first finalize the rules. Impeachment was on president trumps mind during a white house visit with alice use championship football team. We take pictures behind the resolute. Its been there a long time. Some good not so good. You got a good one now. Even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bench, can you believe it . He added new members including Kenneth Starr that led to president clintons impeachment pam bondi and o. J. Simpson former attorney elder shorts. Giulianis former associate indicted businessman who says he was the men entrusted to pressure ukraine to investigate the bidens and he claims the president knew all about it. Im the one that got all the dirt. Reporter senators are expected to debate whether new witnesses should be heard. We are asking for 4 witnesses who have unique information about the president holding back a to a foreign country. The republicans say is not the senates job to retry the case. We respond to the case build by the house. A few republican senators signaled they might be open to witnesses after hearing opening arguments first. While it only takes a simple majority to set the rules it would take a super majority with 67 senators to remove the president from office. Natalie brand, capitol hill. The house judiciary released additional documents relating to the south florida businessman lev parnas. There appears to be more about marie yovanovitch. Federal safety investigators are looking into tesla customer complaints of sudden unintended acceleration. The ntsb has turned a petition over to its office of defects investigation. The petition includes 127 complaints of electric vehicles suddenly accelerating on their own, in some cases causing crashes and injuries. We reached out to Palo Alto Based tesla for tesla for, but have not heard back. Less than two weeks before the Grammy Awards the Recording Academy ceo is on administrative leave amid accusations of misconduct. Deborah duncan is the first woman to leave the organization. Shes only been on the job for 6 months. Borchert harvey mason junior. And while thirdparty investigators look in to the allegations. No details have been released. California is suing to allow fracking in the state. Harvey made the announcement they want to stop oil drilling and fracking across public land. It creates house risks for the most vulnerable communities and violates the federal bureau of land and management impact statement. New evidence has emerged against actors Lori Loughlin and the College Admissions scandal. The governors response to laughlins argument of 526 loan contained dozens of emails documents and call transcripts. Exchanges between laughlin and her husband in the mastermind rick singer. The evidence refused the couples defense they were duped by stinger and thought they were simply giving money to his nonprofit. The disclosures come days after laughlin alleged they were withholding evidence that could help her defense. The cdc says flu activity is increasing overall but remained high across the country. Many patients are choosing to see the doctors online when suspecting the flu reporter the Martinez Family visiting pediatrician online instead of heading to the doctors office. Two kids sick with the flu. Just get in the car and go out of the house. Reporter more patients are using telemedicine to see doctors virtually during flu season. You can get a full exam via telehealth for the flu. We can send you to a lab for testing for blood tests and chest raise. The cdc said to rather flu activity has declined but remained high. Flu b virus is that impact children have been dominating. We see influenza a viruses increasing. Exactly what that means, we do not know. Reporter while we see lots of flu activity the cdc says hospitalizations and deaths are not high at this point in the season. Flu b virus is because less severe illness is especially in older adults. So far at least 13 million flu illnesses, 120,000 hospitalizations and 6600 deaths. 39 children have died. The majority of deaths are kids with influenza b infections and only about 8 were vaccinated. The vaccine can be effective. Federal Health Officials say it is still not too late to get you shot. Hillary lane, cbs news, new canaan connecticut. The cdc says data indicates that the vaccine overall its a pretty good match and will take several weeks before Health Officials know for sure. As bushfires ravaged parts of australia the government has managed to save a prehistoric grove of pine trees. The species located in the National Park in New South Wales dates back millions of years and believe the species actually existed amongst dinosaurs. There are less than 200 of them left. Software giant microsoft claimed it will go carbon negative by the year 2030 and by that the Company Means it would remove more carbon than it emits each year. Microsoft is investing a Million Dollars to develop clean technologies, measures to reduce direct emissions including buying enough Renewable Energy to offset 100 of its electricity consumption by 2025. A bay area flying taxi company just got a half a billion dollars and a boost from toyota. Maria medina and what it would take to get the right of the future off the ground. This is an Aerospace Company that kept its air taxi secretive for years. Reporter with 590 million with funding led by toyota, the secret could soon be unveiled. It sounds pretty cool, actually. The future of transportation may soar to new heights. Santa cruz based Startup Company jobing just secure japanese automotive manufacturer toyota as a new partner to help build the fleet of electric air taxis. I think in our lifetimes we will see this. Its hard to know when they will solve every last technical problem and every last regulatory problem. This technology is in the realm of technology and its not Science Fiction stuff anymore. The only company in the race to get air taxis in the sky. Hyundai and whether just unveiled their taxis. They plan to give customers a chance for an air taxi. 23 box . They are not clear how much it would cost but as much as Ground Transportation at some point. The idea will take off this does not work if its only for the millionaires among us that does not solve any of our transportation problems. This is a viable means of transportation for regular folks. They just released new details. It would have five seats and travel 150 miles before a recharge and would be quieter and an airplane. Maria medina kpix five. A new racing school opens for business in Sonoma County for anyone who has dreamed of competing at the highest speed. Helping athletes inspire bay area kids and how one woman made it her mission. In a world where everything gets a sequel. Its finally time for. 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I felt every turn and straightaway of the famed 2. 5 mile course and just one of the offerings at the newly launched racing school. The raceway owns the building, cars and teaching programs previously operated by the sim raceway performance driveway center. We have a product to you if you are brandnew and want to dabble in what it is like or pursue a professional racing clear. There where highperformance driving courses, all types of racing programs and go carding. Right now i am driving one of sonoma raceways official pace car. It can be used in a variety of ways including Corporate Events and the team Highway Safety program. Looked to the left and steer. And learn techniques of turning and breaking and then just show me how to maximize the camrys performance. Nolan siegel of Portola Valley is one of the schools youngest racers. My finger thing is how technical it is and the elevation change. Reporter that you cameron shields, 19, two moved to the bay area from australia. My home country is great. I decided to make a move to the states income to the bay area. The raceway will introduce new programs and options at the school. Spector look at the facility we have and the better means of exploiting this great space. Reporter at sonoma raceway, Betty Yu Kpix 5. Dozens of condos are about to go for sale in the few at bargain prices. John ramos explains how the buyers will be chosen. s new residential complex on san pablo avenue in berkeley is almost completed. While it will not shop solve the housing shortage, for 6 look appealed people its the deal of a lifetime. Blue berkeley. 41 units along busy san pablo. There is been a lot of construction but also large projects have been for rental units. These, someone will own. We have not had low market rate condos go up for sale in berkeley. Most of the closing new units will be market rate and five will have as little as 162,000 and one sold for 230,000. Firsttime buyers cannot make more than 79000 for the smaller units and 99000 for the larger. The buyers will be chosen by lottery with berkeley residents and workers getting priority. My thought was i bet there will be thousands of application. Heidi abramson owns a nearby raceway company and deals with considerably higher home prices. She thinks its nice of you people will get a great deal but in general the city drives up the cost of housing with regulations. Allowing neighbors to weigh in on any new development no matter how big or small. With the Community Input when it comes to a project you are looking at a year2 years minimum to have approval just from the community. The bargain condos come with conditions. Owners can increase their incomes but only sell it at an Affordable Housing price. Homeowners Association Dues will be from 400 to more than 500 per month. It is not free but at 162,000 and may feel that way. Six units are a drop in the bucket for what we need. We know there are six households who will be help and get a piece of security and for that we are excited. Open house at blue berkeley will happen january 24th and the 31st. The lottery set for february 10th. For more information go to the link at her website kpix 5. Com. The weather department. We are done with the rain until tuesday and another storm coming back on tuesday. Not for this weekend and let me show you what saturday looks like as we start things out. I want to point out two things that stand out if youre heading out the door early. First of all the clouds are a good example of how most of the weekend will go. It will be on and off again clouds specifically by the time we get to the kickoff to the niners game. The first two on here are the 36 degrees temperature in livermore in the 39 in santa rosa. Two stops in Mountain View 39. Most everyone else low to mid 40s and the colder you get the more likely you develop fog. The temperature was down into the mid 30s and everyone else was fine and if we go up north another cold spot. Seeing fog developed on the road and give yourself extra time. Plan on unlikely repeat of that tomorrow morning if you are out and about early sunday. Saturday daytime highs back to the mid to upper 50s and thats average. The few clouds here or there and lets look ahead to sunday. The forecast specifically for the game 60 degrees and mainly cloudy as the niners take on the packers. The game starts at 3 40 and they show you what it looks like sunday taking us through the day. That gets us to noon on the parking lot is filling up. The clouds have shown up and looks at happens for the rest of the day. The clouds thicken up from 3 30 p. M. To 6 30 p. M. Its cloudy and i dont think the weather will be noticed. It wont be a factor. Next storm coming our way and we have to look all the way out there. That is our next rainmaker. It looks a lot better by monday night and if we come in for a closer look and play that i had this is the rain for tuesday. It will start real early like after midnight going into tuesday and should be mainly a 1st half of the date rainmaker. By 9 00 a. M. We picked up 3 10ths of an inch in the north bay. By the time weve gotten toward Late Afternoon tuesday we should pretty much be done with that. Your seven day forecast and the tuesday rain is the only thing that stands out. It looks great for the weekend and a similar story on Martin Luther king, jr. Day and thats it. Over to you. America isnt just sick of donald trump, americas getting sicker. There are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. And hes repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. Mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without Health Coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. While capping fees to lower costs. As mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. And championed womens reproductive health. As president , hell give access to everyone. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. As a child she was inspired by the words of a pro football quarterback who took time to stop and chat with her. She gets athletes with star power to encourage under children to believe in themselves. We have this weeks jefferson awards winner. Reporter from santa to smores, eightyearold layla and her father soak up the celebration. Its the best place in the world. Kids enjoy free admission to holiday heroes at oracle park, and annual holiday party. Despite the rain they connect with star athletes who volunteer like 49er reader barry sims. It warms your heart to see them. Its been great. Amy winter hope organizes the giant party through the winter White Foundation for children in the palo altobased nonprofit she started to boost selfesteem and confidence in underserved kids. It creates moments of wonder that spark a lifetime a lifetime of possibility. Reporter when any lunch or nonprofit the San Francisco giants and joe montana and his wife jennifer where first to jump on board. I thought i was being praying. It was jennifer montana who called and said she received my letter and would love to be involved. Joe dressed as darth vader and over the years 500 moore athletes have given their time. Joanne pasternak credits him his commitment. She rolls her sleeves up and gets to work. Its a calling and the passion and she is incredible. Amy lives by the wisdom star athletes share at her events. You can make anything happen if you take a chance. For touching the lives of 50,000 kids the foundation for children this weeks jefferson award in the bay area goes to amy winter hope. Kpix 5 the donated more than 2 million to be area youth programs. Team impact in the warriors foundations. Nominate your local hero at kpix 5. Com hero. New evidence suggests limiting childrens screen time and reading to them instead can boost your brain development. Brain scans show growth of so called organized white manner that supports language and Literacy Development for preschoolers who are ready to buy a caregiver. By comparison kids who spent two hours a day on screens showing much less growth. Researchers also did cognitive tests. Kids who use greens a lot demonstrated weaker emerging literary skills and less ability to use expressive language. 6 56 a. M. A look at this mornings top stories. Once cured dead and another seriously injured after an avalanche near lake tahoes north shore. It happened in an area of expert runs open to 60 years and snowboarders. Witnesses did not see any other people involved and no additional people reported missing. The report said alpine models got 2 feet of new snow this week. A 1yearold girl back with family members after she was allegedly kidnapped by her father and Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz County. Police say the father took off with the child after dispute with his girlfriend and tracked the cell phone to an apartment complex in santa cruz after hours of negotiation they detained him. A mysterious and potentially deadly new illness prompting screenings at three u. S. Airports. Coronavirus is a viral pneumonia traced to wuhan, china. They have flights from San Francisco and jfk. The only chance for rain is tuesday. That comes to the 1st half of the day. Its early and we have much more in detail. To this weekend its a few clouds. No rain and i showed you the niners game forecast earlier. Temperatures top out right near 60 in santa clara. The weather is just fine except for the small chance of rain. Time for us to call it a morning. Thank you for watching kpix 5 this morning. We will be back here tomorrow morning at 6 00 a. M. Enjoy your saturday. Narrator today on lucky dog, a oneyearold black lab could become the perfect companion for a soontobe grad student with muscular dystrophy. Brandon are you a hundred percent physically capable of holding a dog without injuring your shoulders . Kyle if the dog is wellbehaved, yeah. Narrator but lincoln has a lot of learning to do if he hopes to become a big dog on campus. Brandon and we heel. Whoa that is not a heel. Okay. You got a lot of power, buddy. Okay, hold it hold your horses. Try this again. Try it again