Getting off completely scotfree. Were jammed full and we have no room. San francisco animal shelters pushed to the brink with many reaching capacity for the number of animals they can take. How you can help. Its still a lot of beauty and still a lot of positivity here, even everything thats happening, change is happening. Businesses in oakland bouncing back as Restaurant Week takes over the city. How owners are coming up with special ideas to get the community out and about. Hard to give it up you know. One on probably do it until they kick me out. [ laughter ] hes seen almost every home game from the best seat in the house. Meet the warriors official clock keeper whos been with the team for over 60 years. I mean, 60 years. 60. Thats what it said. Im gianna franco. Can you imagine . Being that same position. Yeah, you have seen so much when it comes to basketball history. A living legend. I feel like people dont stay in jobs anymore and thats the issue right . Its like contract to contract or theres always Something Better out there. So wow. Good for him. 60 years. Im Nicole Zaloumis and lets take a live look outside on this friday morning. Keep in mind, it looks beautiful. This is the jewel box of San Francisco. But it is a first alert weather day. And meteorologist Jessica Burch joins us now. Jess, those high winds have really caused just havoc in some issues over the barium when i was driving over the bridge yesterday, my car was shifting. I know, you have to be careful today nicole and in san mateo county, those strong winds actually caused a tree to land across power lines on highway 35 shutting down the road yesterday afternoon. This happened between highway 9 and alpine road and we talked about it yesterday. These strong winds could cause downed trees and Power Outages and were still seeing the effects today. That wind event is not over just yet and as we take a look out on the first alert weather day as the highlighted zones and counties on the map behind me. We are still under a wind advisory until 11 00 a. M. Issued by the National Weather service National Weather service, where we can still see downed trees into the next couple of hours. Now this does expire just around lunchtime but watch what happens up in the north bay throughout the next couple of hours. Sonoma, im talking to you. All the way down into areas like petaluma and 40 to 50mileperhour wind gusts are currently happening and will continue to watch that in the 7 00 hour. By 9 00 it doesnt let up anytime soon and notice areas in the east bay too like danville still dealing with about a 30mileperhour wind gust just into the 9 00, 10 00 hour. Its slowly starting to die down though as we head into the afternoon hours. All the way into 5 00 we go, thats when we finally capita break off in the east bay and still a little bit breezy in the north bay but this is the big weather story for us as head into this next couple of hours. Its friday, many of us have the early weekend. And if we do, of course you want to take it slow out there especially on the roads like nicole mentioned. And be very careful in the dark hours for any downed trees and of course were keeping a close eye on the Power Outages maps as well. Send it over to you, g. All right, jess, thank you. Taking a live look right now in interstate 680 this morning in pleasanton. Caltrans has closure in place and something thats going to be there throughout the weekend. Southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend so that crews can replace repavement thats falling apart. Starting at 9 00 tonight, 680 will be closed from the 580 connector to koopman road. Various on ramps will be shut down also. Excuse mement 680 southbound is expected to reopen at 4 00 a. M. On monday. All right, lets take a look at traffic now as you head across some of the bay area bridges. The Golden Gate Bridge is moving along pretty well. But again, we are talking about those windy conditions out there. So just be careful as you work your way across the span. Things are certainly going to be a little gusty as you head through there. San mateo bridge as well as Altamont Pass commute, maybe busy as well or a little slower just because of those windy conditions. So just be extra careful especially if you are traveling in a highprofile vehicle. That is something to think about. But its friday. So thats one of our headlines right . It is friday light. And thats something we can hopefully enjoy as we get into our weekend. Nicole . Well, gianna, protesting is a long time part of bay area culture and weve seen a lot of it already this year including criticism of how people go about it. Dozens of Palestinian Protesters were arrested last november for blocking the upper deck of the bay bridge for hours. It didnt just keep people from work, it even delayed lifesaving operations as organs for transplant were caught in the gridlock. But when the da announced charges, reaction was split. As Wilson Walker reports, the 78 protesters facing a possible trial scored a major legal victory instead. [ cheering and applause ] reporter the bay bridge 78 walked out of the courtroom to the cheering crowd that had packed the hallway to support them. The outcome in the words of one organizer, a complete vindication and victory. Essentially the judge dismissed our case as of may 15th. With a diversion offer of five Hours Community service and a little under 4,500 in restitution. I think that the das retaliatory charges were an attempt to put a chill on mobilization. Reporter for some kind of precedent here we have seen incidents like this before. In 2016 protesters with black lives matter took over the bridge and the Highway Patrol arrested 25 people. District attorney george gas cone reduced the charges to simple traffic citations, saying it was in the interest of free speech. Then a judge just threw those charges out wholesale. So while blocking the bridge is illegal, theres plenty of room for discretion. Yes, the government does have certain amount of prosecutorial discretion in terms of whether its going to arrest people or just say go home and allow people to leave. Theres all sorts of latitude and discretion that creeps in at various points of the process. But certainly in terms of the First Amendment question, they are permitted to say either move to the sidewalk or you have to stop. Stop your protest. Reporter the protesters initially asked for the charges to be dropped completely. And there was a great deal of anger directed towards District AttorneyBrooke Jenkins for her pursuel of charges at all. One of the 78 defended the protest saying the movement is being persecuted and misrepresented. I still stand behind what we have done and that we needed to make the statements that we needed to do in order to make our voices loud and clear. This movement is much larger than whats being perceived on the media. And i hope that you a as a reporter can reflect that in your own reporting. The das office says that the protesters are arrested again in the next two months, the deal could be off the table and criminal proceedings could be on the way. Time now for a look at mornings other top stories. The man accused of killing tech executive bob lee is expected back in court today. Nima momeni will face a judge who will decide whether to keep his trial in San Francisco. His defense argues that holding the trial in the city would be unfair because lee was wellknown here. Today, attorneys will also learn how long it may take to get evidence off of lees newly released phone. San franciscos civic Center Recently viewed as the epicenter of the citys drug and homeless crisis is now making a turn in the right direction. Now during the day, you might see a family or a group of skaters rolling and strolling through. But at night, police say its a different story. Sfpd gave us this video showing what illegal vendors are hawking at u. N. Plaza when the sun goes down. Everything from cell known cases to baseball cards to bags of candy and even nasal spray. Officers say theyre working with public works and Public Health to give out citations and impound what vendors are selling. I think were going to have to give you a citation for 250. And impound all of the items that you dont have proof of purchase for. All right, so its illegal in the city of San Francisco to be vending without a permit. Are you aware of that . Well, police say they started doing more nighttime patrols around u. N. Plaza last month and have plans to keep going. Nicole . Time now 5 08. Still ahead, the state is hoping to bring salmon back to rivers in Northern California by teaming up with native tribes. The quest to bring them to the state in this mornings project earth. Shawn . Reporter nicole, were here in San Francisco where animal care and control woman why did we choose safelite . Were always working on a project. While loading up our suv, one extra push and. Crack so, we scheduled at safelite. Com. We were able to track our technician and knew exactly when hed arrive. We can keep working synth music woman safelite came to us. Tech hi, im kendrick. Woman replaced our windshield, and installed new wipers to protect our new glass. Thats service on our time. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. music have Heart Failure with unresolved symptoms . It may be time to see the bigger picture. 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Overcrowding. Theyve reached capacity for the number of dogs they can take in. Yeah, and a major reason why theyre dealing with this challenge is we are 3 million spay neuters behind as a country. A delay that built up during the pandemic. Well, Shawn Chitnis joins us live outside animal care and control and how you can help shelters right now. Good morning to you once again, shawn. Reporter good morning. And its really important to emphasize that delay of millions of spayed and neutered animals not happening has now led to a lot of breeding happening backyard across california. And so now when we look at this issue of being overcapacity at shelters like this, theres a lot of layers to this phish. First and foremost there are more animals coming in but there are also staying at the shelter longer than usual. And there arent the options to move those animals to other shelters like you normally could. So at this point, it really is calling on the public to do whatever you can, staff here tell us that even if they can delay one dog from coming into their shelter, it will make a difference. Its easy for these faces inside San Francisco animal care and control to steal your heart. But right now, they need some extra love. For over capacity. So we have animals that are available for adoption. We would love for people to some and adopt them. But were also packed full of stray animals and a group we call custody animals. Reporter virginia donahue is the executive director of sf animal care and control. She explains that custody animals are those at the shelter because of a family emergency. Normally we hand deliver about 500 of the cases a year. Last year, we handled over 800. And this year, were on track to repeat that number. So thats way, way more animals than were used to. Reporter only adds to the increase theyre seeing from a drop in spayed and neutered animals. During the apartment, Veterinary Care went down and surgeries were delayed. Its not just affecting dogs. Theyre taking in twice the number of bunnies they would see over six months and even more guinea pigs as well. So theyre asking anyone thinking of surrendering an animal to check for additional help first. Were jammed full. We have no room. But if you are having difficulty like maybe theres some way we can help you and your pet stay together. Reporter its worth remembering the animals are here because there was an issue with the people who were taking care of them. Virginia says theres nothing wrong with the animals. And you can take the word of any of her employees who brought at least one of them home. I dont think you can find anybody in the building who hasnt adopted from her. Reporter keeps her going even in tough times. Purpose driven work that can truly have a positive impact on everyone. You get to help a lot, a lot of San Francisco animals. And in conjunction with that, you also end up helping a lot of people. Reporter so some of the resources that are available to help families from having to surrender their animal include the low cost vet clinic that they do on a regular basis here, they also have a quarterly vaccine clinic and then theres also a pet food bank. Thats one way they hope families wont have to vender the animal. On the other side if you are looking to adopt, right now they are waiving the fees to adopt guinea pigs as well as any dogs that are five months or older. Nicole and gianna, back to you. I didnt know that they had a pet food bank. Thank you so much, shawn. Such useful information to help families with animals. Our furry friend. I know. And so many of us love our puppies and cats and but a guinea pig . Okay. Maybe. Thats a possibility too. All right, lets get a live look outside on this friday morning and yay, we made it to the weekend. We can all take a sigh and a ahh. A big sigh of relief. And think hey its going to be nice. But is it . Because its a first alert weather day. With all these windy conditions. The winds are really whipping up around the bay area. Yesterday especially, jessica, and also in parts of southern california. Uhhuh. The strong gusts caused some problems in los angeles. Yeah, gianna. The winds were actually Strong Enough to take down a big rig and knocked it off the side of the road and winds exceeded about 7 , 80 Miles Per Hour yesterday in l. A. Toppling trees and power cables and of course even that semitruck too. And it was a gusty day widespread throughout the state of california and ill be honest for you i was flying for the National Guard last night the helicopter. It was so hard just to hold on to the controls and keep that level and straight flight. And that was in higher elevated areas and were talking about 2,000, 3,000 feet. Back here at the surface level 0mileperhour winds there morning as we wake up and head out the door. And areas like sonoma, 40mileperhour winds from petaluma down into Stinson Beach. And it is breezy in San Francisco but a lot lighter compared to the north bay and as we head into the east bay, danville around 45mileperhou r wind gusts right now. And were going to continue to watch these models stay strong as we head into the 9 00, 10 00 hour. Notice those winds really take a while to die down. Not until the afternoon we see a big shift in the system and its actually going to see were going to see lighter winds close to around 15, 20mileperhour winds in the evening hours tonight and this matches up with what the National Weather service says too. When it comes to the wind advisory expiring closer to around lunchtime. Now the winds have been whipping up a lot of that pollen. So yesterday and today we were in the medium to high category. Saturday and sunday in the medium category for the most part. Just keep that in mind. Thats what we have this weekend. But theres plenty of fun things happening for us this weekend. The st. Patricks day parade and of course wings over solano which my unit is actually going to take the blackhawks out there too. And do a static display. Say hi to them. Were expecting 70s in the forecast over attrist air force base heading into the weekend. And were actually seeing a similar trend today too. I mean, daytime highs this afternoon are sitting mostly in the 70s and 60s in the forecast for us. I want to update that map in just a second because i didnt show correctly but a live look as we wake up and head out the door this morning all the way into the santa clara valley, its gusty as can be. The Santa Cruz Mountains also seeing some of the windiest conditions that weve had in quite some time. You can see that camera shaking just right there. More on that coming up in a bit and show you the 7 day forecast just in a little bit too. Because theres actually some rain in the 7 day models so the dry break is coming to an end pretty soon. Well have more on that. For now over to you, g. Enjoy the dry roadways then jess. Lets take a live look this morning though at interstate 680 over in pleasanton. Theres a repaving project that will be happening this weekend and it will be blocking the southbound lanes. Caltrans says the closure will extend from the 580 connector to koopman road. No southbound traffic will be allowed from 9 00 p. M. That starts tonight until 4 00 a. M. On monday. Caltrans is planning to have detours in place during the shutdown. But if you are familiar with this closure, you know that you will see some slower than usual conditions on the alternates to the area and as they reroute you in and off of 680. So a headsup there. Hey, but heres the good news, you are dealing with some windy conditions out there. But you are not dealing with a lot of cars. Really quiet live look here at the Golden Gate Bridge. Pretty seamless commute heading into San Francisco this morning. Heres also an overview as you head out and about, you can see a lot of green on our map which is good. That means were seeing a lot of good travel conditions on the freeways and little slow westbound 580 heading into the Altamont Pass for supercommuters. But thats pretty typical and overall though a nice ride. Bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights just yet. Theyll probably turn them on in about ten minutes if they do. Sometimes they dont on fridays if traffic is really quiet. And right now it is. Its an easy ride as you head into San Francisco right now with no delays and heres the current travel times for 101, highway 480 and 580. Its 5 19. Still ahead, the quest to bring salmon back to rivers in the state. Well explain you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. 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Where today, they continue to thrive. In this mornings project earth, anne makovec has an update on the quest to bring these ancestors of the california fish back home thanks to a new grant. Reporter it is a 300mile journey that traces the ancestral path of the winter run chinook salmon from the Mccloud River to the pacific ocean. The an yawl pilgrim i cant imagine is led by the tribe and its chief, sissing. The tribe has never wavered from a core belief. Whatever happens to the salmon happens to the people. Reporter salmon populations are a fraction of what they once were. And Climate Change plays a role. In the last decade, they have been hit by the onetwo punch of Climate Change. Disruptive heat waves, dryness through extreme drought. Reporter chuck bonnham lets up the California Department of fish and wildlife and he says the summer of 2021 was a grim one for the salmon. We were in the peak of the most recent severe drought and the fish are now trooped down on the valley floors and the valley floors are much hotter. Water thats too hot is lethal for salmon. Reporter californias fish and wildlife just awarded 50 million in grants for 15 projects. One involves the tribe and the tribes attempts to restore wild salmon to the Mccloud River. This is the right thing to do. And it will help us figure out how to save salmon in california. So theyre in a dire position now and may go extinct. If this project that were involved with isnt successful. Reporter sisk recoupables how the problem first began with the shasta dam. While the dam provides flood control, hydroelectric power, and Water Supplies it is a a weapon of mass destruction. To me. Reporter built during world war ii, shasta dam flooded the tribe off their ancestral land. It also blocked the chinook from returning to the icy cold Mccloud River to spawn. In 1994, these fish were federally listed as endangered. The tribe held protests, then sheaf sisk got an email. Do you want your salmon back . We have them. Reporter the email was from the head of the mori people in new zealand. It turns out in the 19th century millions of salmon eggs from the Mccloud River were exported to 30 states and 40 Different Countries to create new salmon runs. The only one that thrived is the one in new zealand. She and other tribal members traveled to see the fish and became determined to bring some back home to the mccloud. We want to welcome them home. What better way to try to heal past injuries and show the world its possible to do things together and make it better . Reporter in an historic agreement, the tribe is now working with fish and wildlife and noaa fisheries to support a joint effort to returnthe salmon to the mccloud. She believes the wild salmon eggs will fare better than those hatched near the dam. The salmon survive. People will survive. If we can get a volitional passage from the sacramento river, past the dam, so that fish can swim in and out on their own, then we have wild fish again. Reporter the hope . To get them home safely as soon as possible. The tribe will also use the grant money to further their quest in establishing a new passage for the salmon to return to the Mccloud River and bypassing shasta dam. For more information on all of the project earth stories and how you can protect the planet, just go to our website. Kpix. Com. Time now 5 26. A bounceback in oakland. How restaurants are stepping up their game to bring the community out. And its been four years since the bay area went into lockdown due to the pa 3, 4 hey are you ready for me are you ready are you ready were still going for that nice catch. Were still going for that sweet shot. And with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem, were going for a better treatment than warfarin. Eliquis. Eliquis reduces stroke risk. And has less major bleeding. Over 97 of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. Dont stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking, you may bruise more easily or take longer for bleeding to stop. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, or unusual bruising. It may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. The number one cardiologistprescribed blood thinner. Were going for it. Ask your doctor about eliquis. 3, 4 hey are you ready for me are you ready are you ready heres the highlighted zones and counties on the map that are impacted by that wind advisory. But honestly even if you are not on this you were definitely noticing gusty conditions in the local communities. Through the next couple of hours continue to watch the gusty conditions really develop in areas like the north bay, for example sonoma like i said, 50mileperhour winds there. Along the coastline near Stinson Beach were seeing about 40mileperhour sustained winds and local communities throughout marin. Its a gusty setup for us and were seeing similar trends off in the east bay. But as we advance the clock on futurecast, those winds really start to die down fast off into the east bay. By lunchtime. And all the way up into the north bay takes a little bit longer but by 5 00, were starting to see lighter winds and it will die down into the overnight hours tonight and then we are setting up for a beautiful weekend ahead of us. More on that coming up in a bit. Ill show you the daytime highs too just around the corner. For now over to you, g. Thank you. Lets talk about a closure happening this weekend. Lets take a live look right now at interstate 680. This is in pleasanton. Caltrans is closing southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend so that crews can replace pavement that is falling apart. Its starting at 9 00 tonight. 680 will be closed from that 580 connector at koopman road. Various on ramps will also be shut down as well. South 680 is expected to reopen at 4 00 a. M. On monday. But again, we can see a lot of backup or expect that as you head through there this weekend. Because of that closure. Use alternate routes and plan for that as you head through the area into the sunol grade. Okay a live look at the current traffic conditions as well over towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Dealing with windy conditions and be careful as you cross the span son the bridges today and certainly give yourself a few extra minutes because of that if you taking say 92. The san mateo bridge, even the ride through the livermore area or coming into the Altamont Pass might be windy there. Right now traffic is really quiet. Good news on the freeways. You can see all the green and that means traffic is just moving at the limit for the most part above 55 Miles Per Hour. So bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights just yet. And things are pretty clear heading into the city. Nicole . Four years ago, we all remember the day that the bay area and soon much of the country went into a covid19 lockdown. Today, Kaiser Permanente and santa rosa is holding a covid remembrance event to honor the Health Care Workers who cared for patients and people who lost their lives. In march of 2020, normal life seemed to stop for many of us. So much uncertainty surrounded us all at that time and things slowly got back to the way they were before but today, covid is still very much a threat. Now march 15th is known as long covid awareness day. A recent study estimates 5. 8 million Young Children are suffering from long covid. One mother says her 6yearold son caught covid multiple times and whats worse, months later, many of his symptoms didnt go away. To see him just struggle to stay awake or you know, crying and saying he just doesnt feel good. Its just its heartbreaking. Its demoralizing. Long covid can look different in different children. That not everybody has the same symptoms. Researchers warn long covid can also raise the chances of a child developing type 1 diabetes and it can even be deadly. Leading to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Thats very concerning. All right, time now for a look at this mornings top stories. The father of a boy involved in a School Shooting has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. James crumbley whose teenage son killed four students in michigan in 2021 was found guilty yesterday. The shooters mother jennifer was convicted of the same charge in a separate trial last month. They are the first parents in the u. S. To be charged in a mass shooting committed by their child. Sentencing is set for next month. Two San Francisco hotels and several residents in the tenderloin district are coming together to sue the city. They say the city is treating the neighborhood like a containment zone for drugs. Theyre not seeking monetary damages. Instead, theyre demanding officials to clear the sidewalks and treat the tenderloin as it would any other neighborhood where crime is not tolerated. We reached out to the city but have not heard back. San jose is on the hunt for its next police chief. And its asking its residents what they want to see out of the next top cop. A meeting on thursday night at the kurt Community Center gave the public a chance to weigh in. Chief mata will resire at the end of the month after 28 years with the department. Meanwhile, there will be another community meeting. Thats happening tomorrow at the school of arts and culture from 10 00 in the morning to noon. And a popular barbecue restaurant in west oakland is closing down permanently. The owner of horn barbecue says he will not reopen the eatery at its mandela parkway location. Its been closed since the fire broke out at the building last year. Now owner matt horn says that since then, they have also been dealing with squatters and vandals. But he does say a relocation is possible somewhere else in oakland. Nicole . Gianna, restaurants across the bay area have told us that car breakins and crime have been keeping customers away and hurting their bottom line. But in oakland theyre hoping for a bounceback. As Restaurant Week takes over the city, our Andrea Nakano talked to one chef about how hes stepping up his game to get people to come out. Got the smoked plantain in the bottom. Reporter some may recognize chef nelson herman from bravo tvs top chef. A a dominican american from new york he married an oaklander and called the city home since 2010. He owns the two restaurants. For chef nellton, Restaurant Week has turned into an event he looks forward to every year. Honestly, as a chef, we used to hate Restaurant Week. Back in the days. It was a time where it was like everyone was looking for something too cheap and this and that. People were just too needy but no, its not like that anymore. Its really a sense of like us getting chance to shine even more. Reporter chef nelson infuses his dominican roots and lessons he her honored from cooking with his grandma and mother in every dish. Actually doing the same dish i that had when i was on the episode four. On top chef rescue chicken with sweet plantains and smoke the mesquite with the rice powder and a beautiful ranch. Im super excited about that one. Really, really excited. Its just tasting amazing. But its it really tales the story of where i come from and a lot of us come from. Reporter dishes like these are part of the three course prefix menu offered at both the restaurants for the next ten days. For me, like even creating a menu now is really how can i dig deep and tell a story with that menu . Its not about whats the most cheapest item i have and creating a then withdrew on that. Something i have been wanting to test out. Reporter theres nothing ordinary about the dishes or the cocktails served at chef nelsons restaurant. He knows this week is key in luring customers that may be hesitant to dine out because of crime in oakland. This definitely an impact by that. Just the thought that you know, nothing is secure, right . Honestly, its about for us, a challenge of creating something so unique that you have to come out. Reporter alamar definitely left an impression on these folks. They returned for a second year in a row to celebrate a birthday. Cocktails. Ox tails. They have some good french fries and Something Like that. Yeah. I dont know why. French fries are good. Reporter gary and sonya say for them its worth it to come out and enjoy good food with good friends. We have a beautiful place here. We have over activity going on we know that. Bootlast a lot of great thinghappening here and we want to keep supporting it right. Reporter and restaurants in oakland could use all the support they can get to keep the local food scene vibrant and dynamic. Still a lot of beauty and positive here, even with everything thats happening. Change is happening. Its 5 39. Lottery fever is taking over. Coming up, your chance to become a multimillionaire. And this man has one of the best seats at chase center. Meet [announcer] our world is constantly changing, and every day Stanford Medicine advances our understanding. Our World Class School of medicine and adult and Childrens Health systems work together, expanding what we know and sharing what we discover, to make breakthroughs both possible and accessible. 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Tonights Mega Millions jackpot is now more than 790 million. For the cash option of 381 million. Tomorrows Powerball Jackpot is up to 600 million with a cash value of 293 million. I got my tickets. Ready in go. Well, maybe you will get some tickets to an upcominwarriors game. For now ther warriors are in l. A. To play the lakers tomorrow and hoping to get curry back in the lineup. He missed the past few games with the ankle injury. The team says he took part in a scrimmage this week and everything went well. Head coach steve kerr says he will practice with the big squad today. Gianna, how about a happy belated birthday to steph who turned 36 on thursday. Over the years of course he has blown fans away with his amazing scoring skills and one man has a front row seat to almost all his home games. So cool. Vern glenn has the story of jim mayer, a clock open radar who has been with the team for more than six decades. Reporter jim mayer has one of the best seats in the house at chase center. Well, most of the time. Mayer has been with the warriors since the team moved to San Francisco in 1962. Bad timing. It was same time giants were in the world series with the yankees. [ laughter ] so they didnt get a lot of attention. But it was it was exciting for me. Because i got to be a ball boy. It was like dream come true for 13yearold kid. Reporter a few years later, jim moved from the baseline to the scorers table. I was actually a paid position. Ball boys didnt get paid. We got tips from the trainers and the referees. Which turned out to be probably more than what they were paying us for the job on the table. Reporter back then, he did it all shot clock, scoreboard, even foul paddles. Everybody doing well. Doing good. All right g. Have a good one. Reporter in 1990, jim took over as the fulltime clock operator. All the while juggling his job at the u. S. Postal service and raising a family with his longtime wife, joe lean. We had four kids. And the fulltime job and i somehow kept this job. It was tough at times. Reporter there hasnt been a lot of load management over his 61 years with the team. I missed about half a season when i was in the navy. That was in 1969. I missed a couple when the kids were born. My oldest son was born i remember we were playing the new orleans jazz. Pistol pete was playing for them and we missed that one. I would say in the last 25 years i have missed ten games . Maybe. Hey doc how you doing . Reporter jim has four Championship Rings from the recent run. We would just look attache other on the table sometimes and say this is Something Special were seeing. Reporter he received a money clip for the 1975 title. And plenty of other priceless memories along the way. I have got to go travel with them for preseason games to mexico city. Beijing and shanghai. China. And tokyo, japan. So thats something i never would have been able to do otherwise without this job. Reporter and hes not ready for the clock to run out anytime soon. Its hard to give it up you know. Probably do it until they kick me out. What a great story. I mean, this things that hes seen. Thats one of those gigs i didnt realize it was his side hustle. That he works for the post office but one of the things you would do for free because you love it so much. Just becomes part of the daily routine. To think all the knowledge he probably has on basketball and what he has seen happen over the years. I mean, why would you want to give that up . You have the best seat in the house, clearly an amazing experience. As former sports reporters, thats the guy you want to talk to about when is steph coming back and getting the details from him. He knows. He does. He does. All right, lets take a live look outside on this friday morning. Happy weekend everyone. Were certainly looking forward too a couple of days of rest and its a first alert weather day though. Right to jessica. All right. Lets dive into this first alert weather day forecast here in the bay area. We all know it and all feel it when we walk outside and see the clear skies, it looks promising. But then you actually take the step outside and suddenly you realize your hair is kind of going like this if you have hair and it is gusty as can be. We actually have been seeing a lot of impacts from the wind that weve seen so far the past couple of days. Now weve seen downed trees and potential Power Outages are still possible as we head into the Early Morning hours. As that wind advisory stays in effect until 11 00 a. M. But then once the winds start to die down in the afternoon, the big weather headline for us temperatures warming up in the weekend and a beautiful weekend ahead of us with plenty of sunshine in store. For all the zones and counties on the map. Still under the wind advisory as we speak. And we can see wind gusts anywhere up to around 50 Miles Per Hour and thats what we have this morning in communities like sonoma and angwin seeing about 39mileperhour wind gusts right now. Fairfield about 40. Its staying strong as we head into the next couple of hours and advancing all the bay to 10 00, i mean, the winds dont let up in the north bay. A similar trend off in the east bay near concord all the way over into danville. 20, 30mileperhour winds there. Luckily start to die down in the 2 00 hour in the east bay. Takes a smidge longer for the north bay to see lighter winds. But that will happen as we head into the overnight hours tonight. One thing it to mention though, just like yesterday, today we are still in that high category for our pollen count. It will slowly start to improve as we head into early next week but it is dry out there and those winds are whipping up all the pollen in the area. Heading into the weekend for all the Outdoor Events we have whether its the st. Patricks day parade or the wings over solano. Trust me when i say having that claritin ready to two is not a bad idea. I want to show you the daytime highs. This is in this didnt populate earlier but it did now. 70s in the daytime highs forecast anywhere from San Francisco across the beautiful clear bay bridge over into oakland today. 70s in the forecast up near santa rosa. Concord is a good example of that too. Pretty much all what happened in hand in the low 70s this afternoon. A Beautiful Day for us today once the winds finally start to die down and taking a look at the next seven days watch what happens. We hold on tight to the 70s for our inland areas and another chance of showers as early as next wednesday and thursday. As a new cold front starting to approach us on the longrange models too. More on that in a bit. For now over to you, g. Thank you. Lets talk about the roadways. Weve got some stuff happening this weekend so lets get a live look here at interstate 680 in pleasanton. A repaving project will be blocking the southbound lanes. Its happening this weekend. Caltrans says the closure will extend from that 580 connector to koopman road. Now no southbound traffic will be allowed from 9 00 starting tonight to 4 00 a. M. On monday. Caltrans though is planning to have detours in place during the shutdown. Even with those detours though you know it can be quite busy. So something to think about if you are plan on commuting through there this weekend. Okay. Lets take a look at traffic elsewhere. A live look here at the Golden Gate Bridge and you can see things are moving along beautifully this morning. But with the windy conditions, expected today, be careful as you work your way on some of the bridges. But look at the map. Were not really seeing any delays or any major issues at all. So a nice ride right now. Something to think about over the weekend, the st. Patricks day parade is happening this weekend. So if you do plan on heading out there, its starting at 2nd and Market Street and street closures in and around there through the area near civic center. Just a headsup. But so far, so good. Bay bridge toll plaza, looks pretty good. Metering lights are off. Ill confirm that but im not seeing any delays at all as you head into San Francisco. And just a little bit of slowing for that Altamont Pass commute. So a nice friday drive. Well, gianna, it was an inspirational evening here at our station last night. As we honored all of our 2023 bay area jefferson award winners. Weve shared the sirs of our 45 regional winners throughout the year. And 40 of them received bronze medals. The top five winners got silver medals and will be considered for a National Jefferson award later this year. You can find out more about the winners or nominate your local hero at kpix. Com hero. Time now 5 50. 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