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Thank you for joining us this morning. Its friday, march 15th. Yeah, happy weekend. Here we go. 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. Dozens of protesters who shut down the bay bridge for hours celebrating a big victory in court. But they are not 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. Theres still a lot of beauty and theres still a lot of positivity here, even with 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. Doing something you love 60 years and clearly having the best seat in the house with basketball. Im gianna franco. Thyme Nicole Zaloumis and i love that story. We learned so many things about him and the things that hes seen in the 60 years. Happy early st. Patricks day to you. You are wearing the green. I didnt want to get pinched here on set. I know im celebrating early and so is the city. They have the parade tomorrow. So its just a whole weekend. Of st. Patricks day. Fun. A live look outside on this friday morning. Because it is a first alert weather day. Meteorologist Jessica Burch joins us now and jess, those high winds have really caused some issues around the bay area. Oh my gosh yesterday was wild nicole, gianna. Yesterday in san mateo county, strong winds actually caused a tree to land across power lines on highway 35 shutting down the road completely yesterday afternoon. Now this happened between highway 9 and alpine road and we forecasted wind gusts anywhere up to around 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour yesterday. And to add to that we also saw really damaging impacts and i mean downed trees and Power Outages are still possible as we wake up this morning. We are under a first alert weather day as we wake up and head out the door. Heres the exact reason why. Heres current wind speeds or wind gusts i should say. So the strongest well see in our local communities and it is a lot lighter down in areas like pleasanton but areas like sonoma. 54mileperhour winds this afternoon. About 43mileperhour winds just near petaluma. That starts to die down slowly in the east bay closer to around 11 00 and still is gusty up in the north bay past that appointment though. This is into the 5 00, 6 00 hour. Thats when we start to see wind really die down up in the north bay. And then were left with mild conditions in our Early Morning hours tomorrow. But the National Weather service has issued a wind advisory and that stays in effect until 1 1 00 a. M. How off in the east bay just certain communities highlighted in that and same trend all the way up into the north bay. Mostly the valleys so sonoma, napa, where were seeing the gusty conditions really whip up, heading into the next couple of hours. Now thats also the big reason why our pollen count is so high. Were in the medium to high category right now and drying up and seeing gusty conditions from the inland areas and means thats dry condensed air moving to the coast. Were going to continue to see that pollen count in that medium to high category heading into the weekend forecast. Which leads to a bunch of fun events happening for us just in time for st. Patricks day like gianna and nicole mentioned. More on that coming up in just a bit for now over to you, g. Thank you, jess. A live look at interstate 680 this morning. This is a live look in pleasanton. Caltrans is closing a southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend. So that crews can replace the pavement thats falling apart. Now starting 9 00 tonight 680 will be closed from the 580 connector at the dublin interchange to koopman road. Various on rans also shut down so keep that in mind. South 680 is expected to open up at 4 00 a. M. On monday. But in the meantime, maybe keep in mind with those detours are and expect some extra busy conditions as folks sort of work around that closure throughout the weekend. Live look here at the golden gate bridge. Its friday everyone. We are friday light so far on the freeways not really seeing a lot of brake lights or issues out there which is great for the start of your weekend. Keep in mind though, it is windy so be careful as you travel along some of the bay area bridges and Altamont Pass and might feel gusty in the larger, more highprofile vehicles. If you are taking Public Transit right now everything is on time this morning. No delays or issues to report there. I will say this though. Eastbound 580 right at 9th looks like word of a trouble spot there in oakland. 98th rather. Reportedly some debris in the roadway so that may slow traffic down just a bit. But again other than that were moving along really well for the friday morning. Nicole . Gianna, protesting is a long time part of bay area culture. And weve seen a lot of it this year. Including criticism of how people go about it. Dozens of pro 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 stored 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 as for some kind of precedent here, weve 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 Gascon 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 a 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 Attorney Brooke Jenkins for her pursual 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 as a reporter can reflect that in your own reporting. The das office says if 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. Gianna . Time now for a look at this 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 homelessness crisis. Its now making a turn in the right direction. Now during the day you might see a family or a group of skaters strolling through. But at night, police say its a different story. Sfpd gave us this video right here showing what illegal vendors are hawking at u. N. Plaza when the sun goes down. Everything from cell phone cases and baseball cards to bags of candy and nasal spray. Officers say theyre working with public works and Public Health to give out citations and impound what vendors are selling. Were going to have to give you a viation for 250 and impound all of the items you dont have proof of purchase for. Its illegal in the city of San Francisco to be vending without a permit. Police started doing more nighttime patrols around u. N. Plaza last month and have plans to keep going. Time now 6 09. Still ahead, the state is hoping to bring salmon back to the 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, shelters like the one behind me here in San Francisco and all over the bay area are overcapacity. They cant take in any more animals and its a national problem. And co its a critical time for San Francisco animal care and control as well as other shelters around the bay area. Theyre doing their best to take on a national problem, overcrowding. They have reached capacity for the number dogs they can take in. Major reason why they have this challenge. We are 3 million spay neuters behind as a country. A delay that built up during the pandemic. And Shawn Chitnis joins us live outside animal care and control with how you can help shelters right now. Shawn, good morning to you. Reporter nicole and gianna, good morning. And so what were really seeing here is a Chain Reaction to all of these different factors you mentioned that delay. And so that has led to a lot of backyard breeding across california. So now when you talk about shelters like the one behind me, not only is it overcapacity because too many animals are coming in, but those animals are staying longer than normal and theyre unable to move them to other shelters like they usually could. So the call is out there to the public to see what you can do, even keeping one dog from having to come into the shelter could make a huge 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. Were over capacity. So we have animals that are available for adoption. We would love for people to come and adopt them. But were also packed full of stray animals and a group we call custody animals. Reporter virginia donohue 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 handle about 500 of those 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 that only adds to the increase theyre seeing from a drop in spayed and neutered animals. During the pandemic, 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, 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 thats what makes the job so rewarding and keeps her going even in tough times. Purposedriven 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 you heard that sf app mall care and control wants to help and try to prevent a family from having to surrender the animal. The resources that theyre talking about, they have a vaccine clinic, they have a vet clinic that they do on a regular basis, and then they also have a pet food bank. On the flip side, they are hoping that people will also take them up on the chance to adopt some of the animals that they have here right now they are waiving the adoption fees if you are looking for again me pig or if you are looking for a dog that is five months or older. Gianna and nicole . Back to you. All right, thank you, shawn and thank goodness my kids arent awake yet. Guinea pig now, great idea shawn. They might watch at 7 00 on 44 cable 12. Weve been warned. Lets get a live look outside on this friday morning. Yes, the weekend is finally arrived but wow, look at that shaky camera. Its a first alert weather day. And the winds were really whipping around bay area yesterday and also in part of southern california. Were seeing that up here today as well and jessica, those strong gusts also caused some problems in los angeles. You can hear me now. Yes, gianna. The wind was so strong it actually took down a big rig just yesterday in southern california. Knocked it off to the side ofthe road and you can see that behind me. Winds exceeded actually 70, 80 Miles Per Hour in l. A. And as we take a look at conditions here in the bay area, today, we are still dealing with a wind advisory, wind gusts anywhere up to around 50 Miles Per Hour this morning at the surface level. Last night, i was flying if the National Guard and oh my gosh, flying in these winds, its no joke. And that was in the sacramento valley. Back here in the bay, were seeing our fair share near sonoma all the way up into school go is that and stinson beach. 40, 50mileperhour winds in the north bay and will continue as we advance the clock into the 7 00, 8 00 hour. We continue to see those winds stay strong for areas like danville too. Danville, all the way over into brentwood we slowly start to see the winds die down closer to the 11 00 hour but still stays strong in the north bay until around 3 00, 4 00 where winds start to kind of calm down a into the 15mileperhou r range. So daybyday, not daybyday, hourbyhour as we head into this afternoon, its slowly Getting Better but we are still under the wind advisory until 11 00 this morning. Temperatures are on the rise this afternoon. Ill show you them in just a second and it is going to be a Beautiful Day ahead of us. Once the winds calm down. Beautiful weather ahead of us and heading into this weekend and then just some clouds start rolling in for monday and tuesday but we wont notice that this weekend. For the st. Patricks day parade. It will be sunny with upper 60s and were seeing sunshine and 70s over at wings over solano. While the blue angels fly all over the north bay. And my blackhawk unit is actually going to be out there too doing a static display say hi to them as well. Heres for us today as we head out the door and deal with a beautiful afternoon. Once the winds came down. 70s from oakland into San Francisco and stretching i long the peninsula and a similar trend in the east bay too. It is gusty right now down in the south bay but as e head into the afternoon, it will look better. Heres the next seven days. Each of these tubes shows what you the weather is going to look like for that day. For the most part sunshine this weekend and see some partly cloudy skies into sunday afternoon and molding on tight to the cloudy skies into early next week. But still 70s until wednesday and then a little cold front looks like its going to move through and thats going to give us some showers heading into next thursday. Gianna . We have some nice time before that. Thank you, jess. Lets take a live look now this morning at i680. A project will be blocking the southbound lanes this weekend and caltrans says the closure will extend from the 580 connector to koopman road. No southbound traffic will be allowed through there. That start tonight at 9 00 p. M. And all the way to monday to 4 00 a. M. On monday. Caltrans is planning to have detours in place during the shutdown. But weve seen some closures on and off in and around that area so you know it might cause some delays and of course right around those detours as well. Lets take a look at traffic elsewhere. Focusing on some of the bay area bridges right now. Its friday light on the freeways thats the good news. For the most part, live look here at the golden gate bridge. And were seeing a pretty nice commute. So if you are headed out of marin into the city right now things are moving along well. But with those windy conditions, that jessica has been talking about this morning, you want to be extra cautious and careful on the bridges especially traveling in a larger highprofile vehicle. Overview here its quiet commut slow in the Altamont Pass, weaseling some brake lights tracy getting on to 580. And its very windy through there. Also we are tracking some brake lights some slow and go conditions eastbound 580 right at 98th avenue as you commute through oakland. Two lanes are blocked and this is due to a fallen tree in the roadway. So expect a few brake lights as you work your way through there. 20 on this friday morning. Still ahead, the quest to bring salmon back to rivers in the state. Well explain how light gentle music unraveling lifes mysteries. At stanford medicine, its part of our dna. Our World Class School of medicine and adult and Childrens Health systems Work Together expanding what we know and sharing what we discover to accelerate breakthroughs and inspire the next generation of code breakers. Stanford medicine, advancing knowledge, improving lives. light gentle music more than 100 years ago chinook salmon ended up in the Cold Mountain waters of new zealand. 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 annual pilgrimmage is led by the Winnemen Wintu tribe and its chief, caleen sisk. 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 bonham heads up the California Department of fish and wildlife. He says the summer of 2021 was a grim one for the salmon. We were in the midst of the peak of our most recent severe drought and these fish are now trapped 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 Winnemen Wintu 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 recounts how th 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 winnemen 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 chief sisk got an email. Do you want your salmon back . We have them. Reporter that email was from the head of the maori 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. Sisk and other tribal members traveled to see the fish and became determined to bring some back home to the mccloud. You know, 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 return the salmon to the mccloud. Sisk 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. Time now 6 26. A bounceback in oakland. How restaurants are well, right now on cbs news bay area, it is 6 29 on this friday morning. And we are taking a live look there and you can see the bay bridge. And it is a first alert weather day on this friday but a of those windy conditions. And gianna, parts of the country are waking up in the dark this morning after Severe Weather swept across multiple states and jessica, its causing some major issues. Absolutely. Widespread throughout the states were seeing a lot of those issues specifically in the mitt west and down in the south. Take a look at this video we got from ohio and indiana yesterday. Multiple likely tornadoes ripped across the states and many people were injured and reported downed trees and property damage. Today the south is on alert as a system of Severe Weather looks like its about to sweep throughout that region. Now a different kind of cleanup is under way in parts of colorado actually. Feet of snow buried folks out there causing a lot of chaos on the roads. Some drivers were actually stuck on the road for hours after the snow first closed major highways there. The bad weather caused for travelers in the Denver Airport to have a lot of delays too. So we are keeping a close eye on everywhere throughout the states. But back here in the bay i mean weve been dealing with some active weather too. Wind gusts today anywhere up to around 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour are forecasted as we wake up and head out the door specifically in the north bay. Its a first alert weather day, yesterday it was breezy. Today, as we wake up were continuing to see those winds sweep in from the north. This is dry condensed air especially as it moves from higher elevated areas to lower elevated areas like the sonoma or napa valley. Wind speeds close to around 55 Miles Per Hour near sonoma and those are gusts though. Not the consistent wind but the strongest you will see for a short period of time. Now all the way off into the east bay we go, by 8 00 a. M. Were still dealing with gusty conditions near danville and notice how it starts to improve off in the east bay just around 2 00. The wind advisory expires at 11 00 a. M. But were till dealing with breezy and gusty conditions over there in the north bay until around 6 00 this afternoon. And then we seat up for a beautiful weekend. And its a Beautiful Day already. Minus the winds. Were seeing daytime highs today sit above average and were all all in the 70s today. It feels like spring. So were just getting a little taste of it before we head into next week. We have beautiful weather heading into this weekend. And then some clouds returning into next weeks forecast. But for the weekend, its going to look gorgeous. 60s just in time for the st. Patricks day parade. Im going to have more own that coming up in just a bit but for now g, how are the roads looking . Not bad. In some spots which is good news. But over the weekend, were going to take a live look here at interstate 680 in pleasanton. It could be quite busy and caltrans is closing southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend. So that crews can replace pavement that is falling apart in that area. And starts at 9 00 tonight. 680 will be closed from that 580 connector to koopman road and various on and off ramps will be shut down also. Dont forget about that. South 680 will open back up at 4 00 a. M. On monday but again, weve seen this happen throughout the year as they work on that repaving project through there. And it gets busy. So make sure you think about your route this weekend and try to avoid shut 680 if you can. Let look maps right now. If you are ki 580 this morning. Bod right before 98th avenue, we have two lanes blocked due to a tree in the roadway. And you know weve been dealing with those windy conditions last couple of days so something to think about as you commute. Live look here t the bay bridge toll plaza, and you can see traffic is quiet but the metering lights were turned on about 45 minutes ago. Not causing a lot of brake lights or delays heading into the city. Nicole . We have breaking news. A georgia judge rules Fulton County District Attorney fani willis can stay on and prosecute the States Election interference case against former president donald trump. Willis came under scrutiny because of a romantic relationship she had with nathan wade, one of the lead prosecutors she hired to oversee the case. The new ruling has a caveat though. Only stay on if wade withdraws from the case. 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 all of us at that time. Well, things slowly got and 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. 8000000 Young Children are suffering from long covid. One mother says her yearold son caught covid multiple time and months later many of the symptoms didnt go away. To see him just struggle to stay awake or you know crying and saying he just doesnt feel good. 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 06 a child developing type 1 diabetes and it can even be deadly. Leading to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Gianna . Well, nicole, the effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney pamela price is heading to a manual recount. The county registrar of voters says an initial random sampling count was unable to determine if there were enough signatures to tricker a recall election. Now supporters of the recall handed in 123,000 signatures last week. About 73,000 signatures are required to set a recall in motion. Two San Francisco tholes and several residents in the tenderloin are coming together to sue the city. They say its 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. Well, 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 Kirk Community center gave the public a chance to weigh in, chief anthony mata will retie rat the end of month after 28 years with the department. Meanwhile another Community Meeting tomorrow at the school of arts and culture from 10 00 in the morning to noon. And we still dont know where the as will play their home games after the coming season. The San Francisco chronicle talks between the team and east bay leaders ended yesterday without any agreement to extend the teams lease at the coliseum. The as need to find a temporary home while their Las Vegas Stadium now in the planning stages is being built. The new ballpark would not be finished until 2028. In the meantime the time is considering oakland, salt lake city, and sacramento in the negotiations oakland is reportedly pushing the as to sell back a 50 stake in the coliseum site. Talks are expected to continue. And a popular barbecue restaurant in west oakland is closing down permanently. The owner of horn barbecue says he wont reopen the eatery a the mandela parkway location. Owner matt horn says that since the fire last year they have also been dealing with squatters and vandals. But he does say a relocation is possible somewhere else in oakland. 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 dominican american from new york, he married an oaklander and has called the city home since 2010. He owns alamar and sobre mesa for chef nelson, 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 a chance to shine even more. Reporter chef nelson infuses his dominican roots and lessons he learned from cooking with his grandma and mother in every dish. Actually doing the same dish i had when i was on episode four on top chef rescue chicken with sweet plantains and i smoke the mesquite with a jolaf rice powder and a beautiful ranch. Im super excited about that one. Really, really excited. It just tastes amazing. But its it really tells the story of where i come from and a lot of us come from. Reporter dishes like these are part of the three course prix fixe menu offered at both his 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 menu on that. Something i have been wanting to test out. Something i really want to showcase. 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 is impacted 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. Oxtails. Oxtails. 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 got other activity going on, we know that. But theres a lot of great things happening 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. Theres still a lot of beauty and theres still a lot of positivity here, even with everything thats happening. Change is happening. 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 the warriors official clock keeper whos been an essential part of the team for over 60 years. And heres a live look outside before we head to break. Well, this is a beautiful view. Look at that. The sun is starting to come up just a little bit this morning. As we get a little bit more light when we look at these views of san some migraine attacks catch you off guard, but for me a stressful day can trigger migraine attacks too. Thats why my go to is nurtec odt. 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The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the company has received 24 reports of insignia air fryers and air fryer ovens overheating, melting, and having glass shatter. These include six instances of an appliance catching fire. So far, thankfully nobody has been hurt. But owners should stop using the air fryers and file a claim online to get a refund. Waymo just started driverless taxi service in los angeles. The row bro taxis are taking passengers for free in a 63 square mile area that includes santa monica and downtown l. A. This comes after the state puc gave approval this month for the company to start a ride hailing program in l. A. And some cities in the bay area. Waymo says it plans to make a shift to paid services soon. And if you are feeling lucky this st. Patricks day weekend, well, there are two chances to win more than a half a billion dollars. Tonights Mega Millions jackpot is now more than 790 million with a cash option of 381 million. Tomorrows Powerball Jackpot is up to 600 million with a cash value of 293 million. I got my tickets. Im ready. All right, the warriors are in los angeles to play the lakers tomorrow and they are hoping to get steph curry back in the lineup. He has missed the past few dames with an ankle injury and the team says he took part in a scrimmage. It was this week with their G League Affiliate and everything went well. So good news there. Head coach steve kerr says he will practice with the big league squad today. Gianna, happy belated birthday to step 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 of his home games. Yeah, vern glenn has the story of jim maher, a clock operator who has been the with the team for more than six decades. Reporter jim maher has one of the best seats in the house at chase center. Well, most of the time. Maher 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 a 13yearold kid. Reporter a few years later, jim moved from the baseline to the scorers table. That 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, joleen. We had four kids. And the fulltime job and i somehow kept this job. It was tough at times. Reporter and 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 that was my wifes favorite player so 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 at each other on the table sometimes and say this is Something Special were seeing. Were not going to see nothing like this again. 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. And hes not kidding. Uhhuh. And i dont think theyre going to kick him out anytime soon either. You know its funny because i didnt know that that was his side hustle. Second job. And just certain people that are born to work in sports. You know, its a grueling season. If you are covering basketball, baseball, and any sport really. But you can just tell when hatracks about it his face lights up and he absolutely loves it. To me that interview i would have been there for an hour. I want all the stories and i want all the information. Just he should write book. Give us the dirt. What a cool perspective for so many years. I love that. All right, well, i love weekends too, jess, but as we take a live look outside on this friday morning, i mean, thatst a beautiful view. What do we say it looks like in i think this weekend it looklike a pot of gold. Makes sense with st. Patricks day and its coming around the corner jess. Able to enjoy it . Absolutely. We are. We have to get through the first alert weather day first and lets be honest we know the reason why its a first alert weather day. Yesterday was breezy and were waking up to the exact same wind storm widespread throughout the bay area. Specifically up in the north bay. And areas like sonoma and angwin and petaluma. Marin county too. We are seeing winds move in from the north pretty gusty. 40, 50mileperhour winds lasting into the 8 00 a. M. Hour. All the way into the 11 00 hour. Thats when we start to see it die down. The wind advisory by the National Weather service will expire at this point. But that threshold still stays relatively strong up in the north bay with wind gusts around 30 Miles Per Hour into the 3 00 hour. Starts to calm down more into the evening hours tonight. So not day, but hourbyhour, as we head into the afternoon hours today, we will see the winds start to die down. The wind advisory expires at 11 00 a. M. And were seeing temperatures warm daybyday and then actually see a beautiful forecast this weekend with just some clouds returning into the early forecast of next week. This weekend alone that pot of gold is going to be at the st. Patricks day parade. Were expecting 60s in the forecast for us. Pot of gold is actually just all the sunshine were seeing. And bee going to continue to see that sunshine saturday and sunday to watch the blue angels fly in the blue skies above us with 70s in the forecast up near solano. Now as we take a look at the longrange models, i want to show you one thing though. We have a chance of rain as we head into the late forecast of next week. Im going to show you that in just a minute. What thats actually looking like for us but also talk about temperatures today because it is a warm one for us. Were talking about low 70s. Not only in San Francisco, and across the beautiful bay bridge over into oakland, but for our friends up in the north bay too. Across the beautiful golden gate bridge. Now off into the east bay we go. 7 and 3 today for antioch and 71 i almost said 77, 71 for livermore and all the way down into the santa clara valley, were hitting the mid 70s near san jose. Where that sunrise is just drop dead gorgeous for us this morning. So let me show you the next seven days. We will continue to hold on tight to the 70s. Heading into our weekend forecast. With just some partly cloudy skies as early as sunday afternoon for our inland areas. Well hold on tight to the clouds into early next week and then a little tiny cold front sweeps through wednesday into thursday. Dropping our temperatures down back into the 60s and giving us another chance of showers too and ill talk more about that as we get closer, for now over to you, g. Thank you. Taking a look at the roadways right now and first off we are going to take a live look at interstate 680 this morning. This is a live look in pleasanton where that repaving project will be blocking the southbound lanes this weekend. Caltrans says the closure will extend from that 580 connector to koopman road. No southbound traffic will be allowed from 9 00 p. M. Tonight to 4 00 a. M. Monday. Caltrans is planning to have detours in place during that shutdown but we know that can get pretty busy with the closure. So plan ahead and try to avoid that throughout the weekend. Lets look at traffic elsewhere. Look at this. Its not busy at the bay bridge right now. Nice and quiet. Pretty easy commute as you head into the city, those metering lights were turned on right around 5 45. And you will have a few brake lights across the upper deck but really, its been a pretty smooth commute overall. Just a couple of things to look out for. Im going to zoom in here through oakland as you head along 580 eastbound right at 98th avenue. Actually countercommute but some delays thats because two lanes blocked. This is due to a fallen tree on the roadway. And it is pretty windy out there today. Its first alert weather day because of the wind gusts. Be careful as you commute especially in the larger high profile vehicles on the bay area bridges. You might feel it just little bit more. But 580 is easing up as you head into the Altamont Pass. Westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze thats a little busy and a few brake lights for the westbound 4 connector if you ever headed out of antioch over to hercules but you will get a better perspective when you get on the favorite app and check those specific travel times to where you are going. This is just an overview to kind of hep you get a gauge of how busy it is. A San Francisco treasure. Golden gate park in the running for usa todays best city park. But the park needs your vote to win. Right now, its in the lead ahead of st. Louis, missouris forest park. And toledo, ohios wildwood preserve metro park. Usa today says the best city park is a space to connect with nature and the community. We think thats the perfect definition for golden gate parks 1,000acre urban oasis. Inspirational evening here at our station last night as we honored all of our 2023 bay area jefferson award winners. Weve shared the stories of our 45 regional winners throughout the year. And 40 of them received bronze medals. Top five got silver medals and 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 6 53. Would you go to to the deepest room in the planet to get a good nights sleep . Well, if you answered yes, were going to show you what adventures it has to offer. Tech cracked windshield . Schedule with safelite, and well come to you to fix it. Tech vo this customer was enjoying her morning walk. We texted her when we were on our way. She could track us and see exactly when wed arrive. Woman i have a few more minutes. Lets go tech vo we came to her with service that fit her schedule. Woman you must be pascal. Tech nice to meet you. Tech vo we got right to work, with a replacement she could trust. Tech were all set. Woman wow. That looks great. Tech schedule now at safelite. Com. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. All right, when i book a hotel im looking for a relaxing get away but in britain, one place is attracting guests by offering them to stay in the deepest room on the planet. Yeah, i dont know if this is going to make the list. It costs 500 a flight to sleep 1400 feet down. Ian lee takes us through a dark cavern to get to the underground cabin. Reporter the welsh countryside offers stunning vistas, rugged peaks frame sweeping landscapes. From the deep sleep hotel, youll see none of that. But its no less spectacular. You want it nice and snug. So not too tight that you will give yourself a headache. Reporter at checkin, guests get a hard hat, head lamp, boots and a mountain guide. The journey, about 1400 feet down to the worlds deepest hotel, takes nerve. Yeah . Reporter descending into dark caverns, navigating flooded tunnels, ziplining across a vast abyss, and squeezing through some pretty tight spaces. This is an old victorian bridge. At least, whats left of a bridge. For more than 200 years, miners extracted slate from this mountain, much of it by candle light. Creating a maze of tunnels. Goes miles that way and it goes miles that way. Yeah. Huge place. Reporter after four exhausting hours, we finally reach the hotel. Honestly, its just blown my mind. Its been absolutely wonderful. Reporter guests sleep in climate controlled cabins and ground water helps to generate electricity. Wifi in here. Youve even got a toilet in here. Reporter all the modern amenities. Exactly, yeah. Reporter Running Water comes from a spring. But theres no shower. And dinner comes in a pouch. You cant pass this up. I dont think you can. Once in a lifetime opportunity. Yeah. Reporter and an opportunity that takes deep sleep to a whole new level. [ laughter ] you are like absolutely not. It it honestly takes me back to the spider caves at yosemite when i was there in junior high school. And there was this moment where you are like on your hands and knees. And its called the birth canal. And i stopped the whole line of sixth graders and needed to back out of the cave. Really. Im not sleeping and i want to relax when im sleeping on vacation. Not fear that the rocks are going to come tumbling down. Not for you. Its not for you. [ laughter ] not for me either being honest. Well, coming up at 7 00, thousands expected to fill the streets of San Francisco in a celebration of irish culture and pride. Whats in store for tomorrows st. Patricks day parade . Plus a special exhibit is showcasing the work of very talented bay area artists. Well introduce you to one of them whos giving us all new perspective. And lets take a li