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Sunny and nice. If you are heading to Southern California, there will be a little bit of rain. Moisture is being pumped into arizona as well. It looks like more rain for them starting tomorrow and thursday as well. 40s on the thames. Scotts valley, 28. Look around watsonville, some upper 30s to low 40s. High pressure to the north and low to the south. Temperatures will be in the 60s from north to south. I know you have some busy traffic. East on 580 heading toward berkeley on 580 away from the Richmond Bridge a car flipped over into the march. It is an injury crash. Eastbound 580 is just getting worse. Driving away from the Richmond Bridge and coming on down, a flipped over car. It is not in the lanes, but it is causing slow traffic because people are looking at it. On the east shore freeway, 33 minutes. When you get to the toll plaza slow traffic there as well. San francisco, a nice looking commute on the northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. We have some so traffic here on the 101 heading north from the euro buena exit. 85 is slow as you drive towards highway 17. Here is a look at it to 80 in downtown san jose. Lets go back to the desk. A Student Leadership group has decided to stop including the National Anthem at pep rallies. Reporter good morning. The controversy in this case centers around an unsung verse of the National Anthem widely considered raises and offensive. That is why the associated student body here at cal high in san ramon has decided the anthem should no longer be played at school pep rallies. We have learned that the star spangled banner was not performed during the recent winter rally here at campus. School leadership officials have deep concerns about the unsung first of the anthem which makes reference to killing slaves. They feel that the song is offensive and problematic and that is why they have decided to skip it altogether at School Events. We have been asking people in this area to wait again. It is good to see kids standing up for something they believe in. They need to have that platform to speak. It gives them a chance to express themselves. It takes out one group to take a stand for something they believe in and have the ability to educate others and allow people to also stand up and come together as a whole. I think this might be the start of something. We need different conversations. To put this in perspective, two years ago there was racist graffiti found inside one of the bathrooms here on campus at cal high. That prompted a lot of debate and a lot of discussion amongst the student body. You can imagine the associated student body may in fact get pushback from some students. One student reached out to ktvu to say he was upset that the starspangled banner will no longer be played at school pep rallies. I am in the process of reaching out to School Officials to try to get their perspective on whats been going on. When students and parents arrive, we will talk to them about this controversial decision. s do you agree with the decision to remove the National Anthem from School Events . 29 of you say yes. Let us know what you think on our twitter page or on our facebook page. Lorenzo high school will try again to come up with the replacement for controversial mascot link to the confederate army. Back in 2016 students them the character called rebel guy. He stands on the original mascot colonel reb. They removed the rebel nickname. The School District was going to replace the name with a mythical bird phoenix but they scrapped that idea when administrators learn that it is associated with the white supremacist group. The School District will take up the issue of the mascot next tuesday. The city of berkeley could become the first city for Recreational Marijuana. This comes after recent actions by the federal government. Thats right. This particular resolution is supported by the mayor and two city council members. It is modeled after sanctuary city laws. If pass this resolution with direct City Employees and police not to cooperate with federal agents for federal marijuana laws. Berkeley was the first city to declare itself as a sanctuary for medical marijuana use in 2008. Council members say its only fitting they do the same for recreational use. It is believed this resolution would be the first of its kind. The federal government considers marijuana a schedule one drug like heroin. The resolution was motivated after Jeff Sessions rescinded obama era guidelines that limited execution of cannabis businesses and individual sellers and states that had legalize cannabis. Berkeley has a long history of support of cannabis use. A councilmember says that this resolution would affect all people whether they use cannabis or not it would reinforce the states rights and that vote will take place at the City Council Meeting tonight. Like sanctuary city laws on immigration, it doesnt have any teeth when it comes to the federal level. We did put intos we did put in calls to the city manager and the mayor. We talked to one man on the street who thinks it is reinforcing the state laws going down to the localized level. It creates a presence that this is what the people of california and the city of berkeley want. We have new information about the woman who was found left it dead on a remote road between livermore and tracy. Two coworkers found a 19year old woman on the side of the road and they stopped to help. I gave her my blanket because it was freezing cold and she was soaking wet. The man and woman could see that she had crawled 300 feet. They called for help and prayed with the woman until paramedics and Sheriff Deputies arrived. The victims bravery and strength impress them while they waited. She was a fighter, for real. She was fighting for her life. It will be encouraging to her family to know that her daughter had that spirit to fight. She was airlifted to the hospital where she told police about the people who captured her. The information she gave deputies led to the arrest of 219yearolds from modesto. They do not know why the woman was attacked. Police in concorde are investigating a shooting that put one man in the hospital. It happened at 9 15. They found a man who had been shot in the chest. He had surgery at the hospital. They searched unsuccessfully for the shooter. Police have yet to release any details. Teachers allegedly being harassed by students. We will tell you about the claims made at a Marin County High School after the me too movement. And never occurred to me that someone to do Something Like this people looking for love left with more than just a broken heart. And online romance scam and why it is so difficult to track. We have a couple of problems getting attention and slowing the commute this is a look at highway 101 in San Francisco. Welcome back. Today the marin county board of supervisors will consider some new rules for shortterm rental properties on air b b. The proposed ordinance would make Property Owners post a small sign to identify that it is a shortterm rental unit with tax information, business license information and contact information. The change would begin with a one year pilot period that would only affect unincorporated parts of marin county which include spots along coastal west marin. There is a supervisors meeting this afternoon and it will be followed by a public hearing on march 13 to debate this proposal. A peeping tom suspect at Pleasanton Stoneridge mall has been arrested. The 45yearold was arrested over the weekend suspected of unlawful filming inside of a fitting room. He was detained by employees at a hollister clothing score Clothing Store after someone found a camera hidden in a back. He had reportedly filmed a female customer trying on clothing. Hes being held on 5000 bail and due to be arraigned tomorrow. On this day before valentines day, the fbi is warning people who may be looking for love online. They have seen a 20 increase and romance scams. Mary from San Francisco says she is one of the victims. In 2016 she met a man on facebook who claim to be a former stamford graduate. The two up an online romance but then he started asking for money. Mary says one time he told her he wasnt able to access his u. S. Bank account from overseas. I was feeling bad and i thought it would be nice to talk to him better and get better reception. And so i sent him some money for a phone. She ended up making four transfers of a couple of hundred dollars through western union. She went to the fbi when he asked her for half 1 million. The fbi says nearly 1600 victims in california alone were taken for more than 30 million. Suspects typically operate where its difficult to catch them. There is good news. For anyone who paid a scammer through western union, you may be eligible for a refund thanks to a settlement with the government. If you think you have been victimized, go to ktvu. Com and hopefully you can get some of that money back. Lets get you to where you need to go this morning. Once again, the commute seems to be off to an okay start for most drivers. There are some trouble spots. If youre going over the bay bridge, it looks typical and it takes 20 minutes or so if youre driving it to San Francisco, it looks good. On the bridge itself it looks good. Traffic is moving well. If you are driving on the peninsula, its a little slow. I would choose to 80. The southbound 101 had a couple of Different Things going on. The bayshore freeway i should say northbound 101. It is a little bit slow as you drive up to the 880 interchange. There is to 80 right now. Its a little bit slower through downtown san jose getting up to highway 17. We noticed that it may be a little bit breezy out there. We will fix it and get to you in a second. It is that tuesday. The last day of the carnival season. Big celebrations are planned today in places like Rio De Janeiro and in new orleans. There will be hundreds of floats and marching band and fat tuesday falls on the day before Ash Wednesday the first day of lens. Trump promise bigger tax refunds but that could mean a delay and when you could receive that extra money. A major advertiser is threatening to pull its ads from google and facebook. vo i was born during the winter of 77. I first met james in 5th grade. We got married after college. And had twin boys. But then one night, a truck didnt stop. But thanks to our forester, neither did our story. And thats why well always drive a subaru. The next system on sunday night looks to be stronger with a little bit of snow yesterday in the sierra. No rain here, but the system did drop in. Southern california is getting rain and theres also rain in arizona. They will be looking for rain over the next couple of days. 40s in the temperatures and 31st some. Pleasanton, 36. Lafayette, 35 degrees. Some 30s around santa cruz down around watsonville. 40, monterey. 10 degrees in truckee. We have a windchill map out in the west. 14, we know. I expect this to be around for a while. Another global drop in tomorrow night. We will see another system coming in late sunday and into monday. Some of these temperatures will fall off fast is that wind decreases. A bigger change on sunday night and monday. Here is a warning to stop driving certain trucks affected by takada airbags. Ford and mazda have had a 35,000 pickup trucks to that do not drive list because of dangerous airbags. We have a link to the specific models on our website, ktvu. Com. When that opening bell rang this morning, there was mostly good news. So far, 75 of companies on the s p 500 have beat the streets estimates. We get a good report from texaco, blue apron, under armor,. The dow, nasdaq and s p 500 across the board are down a bit. They are Holding Steady at this quarter to one third of a presentence drop. Theres a live look. President trumps new Budget Proposal could have a direct effect on your tax returns in the future. The president spending plan calls for the irs to get more than 11 billion. Many people think that is not enough to do the job. The president s plan would allow the irs to correct more errors on tax returns before refunds are issued. All of that could slow down how quickly people received their refunds. Is not likely to cause problems this year because the budget is for next year. Facebook is promising to clean up after a company threatened to pull its ads. Unilever says the sites have become a breeding ground for fake news, racism, sexism and extremism. They say they will no longer advertise on platforms that fail to protect young people. Unilever is one of the top advertisers spending about 9. 8 billion a year on ads. Barnes noble is laying of cashiers and other workers do to declining sales. Sales were down 6. 5 and analysts say competition from amazon has hurt Barnes Nobles Online Business as well which was down 4. 5 during the same period. The Company Currently has 632 Stores Across the country. Amazon will cut some jobs in seattle. When they decide to open up that second warehouse, they will create about 50,000 jobs. President trump unveils his plan to fix americas infrastructure. What it means for bart and other projects right here in the bay area. Teachers at a north bay School District say they have been subjected to years of Sexual Harassment from their male students. You can see westbound 92 the san mateo bridge is a nice looking drive. It may be a bit breezy. Visibility is good but it is cool and breezy. Temperatures rebounding into the 60s. Clear and cool perhaps; San Francisco. You know that it is called when your seven year old asks you to bump up the heat. The 70s we were enjoying one week ago are long gone. We have some changes to talk about weatherwise and a moment. Welcome back to this tuesday. The person who knows all about the weather is right over here. Steve paulson. It is cool and we have gone from the fans to the heater. A cold air mass has settled in. No rain yet. The rain will make it, it just not in the next couple of days. Happy tuesday, a chilly eye opening start. 47, tiburon. One observation, San Francisco at 50. Other temperatures in the 40s and 30s. Bodega bay, 52. The breeze is the only Thing Holding up these temperatures. I would expect them to be in the 30s tomorrow as we lose the breeze. Out of the Oakland Berkeley hills, wind gusts to 44 miles per hour. Some of the Higher Elevations are getting pretty good gusts. A lo has settled in giving us a little rain. The sunshine making its way and. In. We will get another system to keep the breeze and the Cool Temperatures going. 60s today for your highs. Its crowded out there, steve. This is the peak of the commute. Bring your patience. Take it easy out there. Westbound 80, 32 minutes from the bridge to the maze. Once you get there, another 20 minutes to get onto the bridge. No problems on the span or any of the other spans reported in the last 60 minutes. Crossing the bridge may be breezy. This is a live look at 880 right by oracle arena and going into downtown oakland. As we look at the peninsula, traffic will be the busiest on 101. If you tried to make the choice between the 101 and 280, slow traffic is there this morning. If youre getting on the freeway after stephenson, its a decent drive. Lets go back to the desk. Some teachers and mill valley in the north bay say they are victims of Sexual Harassment. They claim male students have harassed them for years. We are at the high school mlb mill valley where one teacher went public with this. Reporter she was a second teacher from the district to speak out about this experience. She has been a math teacher here and mill valley for the last 15 years. She says during the course of her career shes been subjected to Sexual Harassment from her male students at least a dozen time times. Her statements were recorded and published on youtube. She says the harassment she experience included unwanted touching, and emails made from students while they were on campus as well as derogatory comments. Ive been slandered by students and i have been touched more than once by a student. The reader told the school board they need to do more to protect teachers from this type of behavior. She says she did go to but it did not lead to any permanent changes. She was afraid to come forward until another teacher. The principal told the independent journal that the district takes complaints of harassment very seriously and will respond by investigating and taking any necessary corrective action. The district will study some of the work conditions to get a better understanding of the problem. They have hired an attorney that specializes in those types of investigations. Theyve also hired an extra officer and they are in charge of receiving and responding to Sexual Harassment complaints. Later today, a counselor at the California School for the deaf will be in court facing charges of child molestation. Ricardo rose was arrested last friday. He has been placed on administrative leave after a complaint was filed against him. The school serves students from kindergarten through high school. Rose is facing several charges including lewd act with the child and making threats to kill someone. They identified one victim and they are asking other possible victims to come forward. He faces federal gun charges in connection with the steinle case. His lawyer one of those charges dismissed. He did not enter a plea. The judge ordered him to stay and custody without bail. The immigration debate will continue. Seven republican senators are pushing the secure and six feet act similar to what trump wants for an immigration deal. And includes a permanent solution for daca and spending 25 billion for Border Security including building a wall. Democrats say they want a bill with daca as a separate issue. We want tremendous Border Security. We have to have democrats support for daca. They are starting that process today. We think there is a good chance of getting daca done if the democrats are serious and they want to do it. It wont be easy but were all going to try. We know that the can steer the ship through the storm yes of waters. I believe it can. Both sides want the immigration debate to be over by the end of the week. With no deal in place, this could last until the end of the month. The daca program is due to expired expire on march 5. Trump has a plan to build americas infrastructure. Only 200 billion would come from federal grants and loans. The president says private partners in state and local governments would have to pay the rest. In the bay area, some Officials Say the proposal falls short of what the bay area needs. We have an opportunity to come to terms with the shortcomings of our infrastructure in this nation for maintaining the infrastructure we have. Maintenance alone costs 10 billion per year. Future projects like the caltrans extension would cost 3 billion. The bart extension to san jose because 5 billion. Learning about a budget plan in addition to that infrastructure plan. The president s budget includes more money for the military, building a border wall and opioid treatment. The president wants deep cuts to domestic spending programs and he wants to eliminate block grants, funding for afterschool problems, Energy Star Appliance certification in public broadcasting. The budget would add more than 7 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years. The president s plan is considered a starting point for congress. Congress will come up with its own plan. Martinez has been named one of the top finalist for Small Business revolution range main street. Deluxe corporation announced the top five finalists this morning. The winner is to be announced later this month and will receive 500,000 for revitalization. Downtown martinez has all ready been going through changes including avril outings today and we put a link on our website, ktvu. Com, with more on how you can vote for martinez. Coming up in our next hour, we will be talking life but the executive producer of the show about why they chose martinez as one of the finalist cities. A debate over the National Anthem at an East Bay High School coming up at 8 00. The reason cal high is pulling the anthem from school pep rallies. Uber is improving safety by making sure drivers are getting enough rest between shifts. It is slow out there which is no surprise. We have a couple of spots that are slower than usual. We will have a traffic update straight ahead. Hey hun. Look at all this extra room i have on this king size ikea bed. Are you wearing a. Duvet cover . Why yes. Yes i am. Wheres mom . We finally redid our bedroom and shes prettttttttttty into it. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Make the dream yours. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. Hey hun. Look at all this extra room i have on this king size ikea bed. Are you wearing a. Duvet cover . Why yes. Yes i am. Wheres mom . We finally redid our bedroom and shes prettttttttttty into it. Whats your dream . At ikea, we help you live it. Make the dream yours. Bodega bay, 52. You can find big the differences in temperatures. The current windchill, not the great lakes, not the high plains, its on the west coast. 13, reno. 18, mount shasta. I think im going to position that windchill map over the west. The breezes have tailed off for some. Higher elevations from fairfield to vacaville and davis, theres a good northerly breeze for some. The pattern has changed. Below the canyon was an inside slider. It developed in Southern California and it is bringing them rain. I the 21st, these will have a trajectory over water and that will give us some rain. The next few systems look positive for snow in the sierra. Otherwise, we are clear. Rain has made it to Southern California. Temperatures have cooled down dramatically. On the peninsula, 31. Palo alto, 45. Look whats going on around santa cruz, 40. Watsonville, 37. That is pretty cool for the coast. In Southern California, rain. We will have to wait a couple days for our next rain. We will get a warm up on friday and saturday. Temperatures will bump up into the 60s. We will have a low sunday and monday for another sierra snow day. The deadly flu outbreak is getting worse. Coming up, unusual precautions being taken around the country. The warriors head coach digs into his bag of coaching tricks. His solution to his players getting tired of listening to listening to him. Team usa to south korea we cant fly. But you know who can . Helping superheroes fly. United. State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that requires frequent inspections of dams all over the state. The legislature came one year after the evacuation of almost 200,000 people downstream of orvilles damn. After two of the spillways were damaged, they were fierce the dam could collapse. All dams in the state deemed higher risk would have to be inspected every year. We vowed never again. Were not going to be put in this helpless situation and this fearful situation again. That bill needs the approval of the governor and it is expected to take one more year on the damaged spillways at the orville dam. The 49ers are not expected to make a decision anytime soon on ruben foster. Foster was arrested on charges of Domestic Violence and possession of an assault weapon. His girlfriend to police he physically tractor during and document. He was released on bail and met with the team yesterday. The 49ers say they are taking this seriously and are gathering all pertinent information. Has arrest comes weeks after he was arrested in alabama on charges of marijuana possession. The u. S. Womens hockey team remains Perfect Group play after playing the olympic athletes this morning. The winning goal he was allowed to wear her helmet featuring an image of the statue of liberty. Someone raise a question about that being a political statement. The International Olympic committee ruled the statue of liberty is an emblem like the flag or the country name so it was allowed. Next up, the american women will play fourtime defending olympic champion canada in roundrobin play when it decides which team makes it to the tournament semi finals. Norway remains the overall leader in bringing home metals from the olympics. So far it has a total of 11 with three gold medals. The netherlands has 10 including four gold. Canada also has 10 with three goals. Germany has the most gold with five. It feels like spring and arizona. Each club sets its own spring training dates. Pitchers and catchers always remain for always show up first. The as will play the First Official preseason game against the angels on february 23. The giants play the brewers that same day. We will be joined live from arizona starting tomorrow morning on ktvu morning sun 2. Steve kerr had andre lead the shootaround and he call place during timeouts. Later in the game green got the clipboard during a timeout. Overall, it seemed to work. Fans were able to see some of the bench players. He got it. The warriors went on to win that game by 46 points. After the game coach curtis explained the reason he led the players coach the team. He felt his players were losing their focus and he wanted them to take ownership of the team pick could berkeley be declared a sanctuary said city for cannabis sales . A major victory for martinez. How the east bay city could wind win 500,000 to revitalize its downtown. The city council is proposing a new status for the city. This one as a sanctuary city for Recreational Marijuana a debate over the National Anthem. There is a National Anthem controversy here at cal high in san ramon. We will explain coming up why a Student Leadership group has decided the anthem should no longer be played at school pep rallies. This is ktvu mornings on 2. The weather is changing and getting awfully chilly. Steve paulus Steve Paulson will tell you to grab a jacket on your way out. Clear skies out there. Temperatures are chilly here, 30s and 40s and its breezy. A wee bit chilly on the water today. I am seeing low 40s. Nevada, 40 novato, 40. Petaluma, upper 30s. The breeze is what held up parts of napa. That north northeast breeze is rather fresh even in the Higher Elevations. The oakland hills, a rather breezy and cool day. We will have lots of sunshine. Clouds have moved to Southern California giving them rain. It is pumping and moisture in arizona as well. I wouldnt expect this pattern to leave anytime soon. It will stick around for 10 to 14 days. I want to show you the san jose commute. Just a little bit of improvement. Earlier we had slow traffic on the northbound 280. Just around the corner, there is slow traffic getting into the Cooper Encino area. As you can see, traffic will be slow here. I can pinpoint some speeds. On the northbound 280 approaching the 85 it is slow. We have a crash on the westbound 580. As you drive into san leandro, look at this unusually slow traffic we have. People are using the 880 which is also very slow. There was an accident just before stone valley. Traffic will be slow. We have a camera looking at the traffic here. All that slow traffic as you head down south. Give yourself plenty of extra time. You can see how slow it is. You can see for yourself how bad it is there on 68 heading south. Lets go back to the desk. Theres a debate going on at a California High School in san ramon. A school Leadership Group has decided to stop playing the National Anthem at school rallies. We are joined to hear about whats happening. Reporter a lot of debate going on about the National Anthem controversy on the cal high campus. The concern on the part of Student Leadership here at the high school. It has to do with an unsung verse of the National Anthem which is considered racist and offensive. It prompted the associated student body to make this decision to stop playing the National Anthem for all school pep rallies. We have learned the star spangled banner was not performed during the recent rent winter rally. The rally committee had concerns about that unsung verse of the anthem which makes reference to killing slaves. They feel the song is offensive and problematic and they made this decision to skip the anthem altogether at the school rally. We have been talking to parents and students asking them to weigh in. Absolutely insane. I think they should be forced to do it. Is the National Anthem. We didnt get a say in it. Reporter you would like it played . We didnt get a say in it. Reporter for some perspective, a couple of years ago racist graffiti was found the one of the bathrooms here on the campus. That prompted some very deep discussions among the student body. It is certainly possible the associated student body and the Leadership Group that made this decision could potentially get pushed back. One student reached out to ktvu that said he was upset the star spangled banner was not played at the winter rally and he believes it should be played at the o School Events. We did reach out to a representative for the School District and they are still gathering information on this decision that was made. They will get back to me later today. This brings us to our question of the day, do you agree with the decision to remove the National Anthem . 31 say yes and 69 say no. Mary shepherd said no, i dont agree with it. A lot of people have fought for this country and this is a slap in their face. John says, is the National Anthem and this is america. If you object to a particular verse, dont use it. Banning the entire anthem, unpatriotic. San Lorenzo High School will come up with the replacement for controversial mascot link to the confederate army. Last june the school board remove the rebel nickname. The School District was going to replace the name with phoenix but scrapped the idea when administrators learned the phoenix Images Associated with the white supremacist group. The School District will take up the issue next tuesday. The Berkeley City Council will discuss the clearing berkeley a sanctuary city for cannabis sales. The federal government is showing signs are cracking down on sales of marijuana for recreational use. Reporter the resolution is supported by the mayor and two city council members. Is modeled after statuary city laws that protect undocumented immigrants. If passed it with direct City Employees and police not to cooperate with federal agents as they enforce federal marijuana laws. Berkeley was the first u. S. City to declare itself a sanctuary for medical marijuana use in 2008. Council members say its only fitting they do the same for recreational use. Out of states with legalized marijuana sales it is believed this resolution would be the first of its kind the federal government considers marijuana as schedule one drug like heroin the new resolution was motivated after Jeff Sessions rescinded obama era guidelines that limited prosecution of cannabis businesses and individual sellers in states that legalize cannabis. Berkeley has a long history of support for cannabis use since 1979 the city directed police to back down on marijuana policing. Whenever you can decriminalize marijuana, its a low spectrum. Weve got serious crimes to worry about. Reporter this resolution would affect all people whether they use cannabis are not because it reinforces state rights. That vote will take place tonight. In berkeley, ktvu fox2 news. Police are investigating a shooting last night that sent one man to the hospital. Police arrived at 9 15 and found a man who had been shot in the chest. He had surgery at the hospital. I k9 unit and chp helicopter searched unsuccessfully for the shooter. The deadly flu outbreak is getting worse. Coming up, the unusual precautions being taken across the country. Martinez could win 500,000 to revitalize downtown. We have a lot of slow traffic out there. San francisco is not a back commute. The northbound 101 look slow approaching cesar chavez. Weve got lots of sunshine and visibility will be sparkling. I would expect the cool to hang around for a while. A big announcement for the city of martinez. Its in the running for a tv series that would give the winner 500,000 to revitalize its downtown. Were here with the producer amanda brinkman. Also host ty pennington. Tell us why martinez. What did you see . Martinez is an Incredible Community full of incredible Small Businesses. Its all about shining the spotlight on the Small Businesses that make our towns unique. Martinez is full of them. Im excited to find out about the jalapeno beer its a community full of residents with a lot of care for the community itself. They are a clear finalist. Some people may say that thats not a lot of money but others may say thats a ton of money. Could you touch on the Success Stories you have experienced through other cities who have won . Absolutely. It does make a big difference but what really happens is that they band together. Summit coming in from the outside can see Something Special and you need to honor it and celebrated and grow it. With the movement as a whole does is that it inspires communities to support their Small Businesses and to push their town to that next level. The actual price is not the money. It is the sense of pride in the Community Coming together. There is a lot of publicity that comes with being in the show. The whole voting process is a great way for small towns to get major attention. Would you normally be talking about martinez on the show . That is true. I have all ready cast my vote. In your estimation, what is the biggest threat to small town america right now . Because of the shows ive been involved in, i have been all over america. I have been to a lot of these small towns. I think a lot of times because were used to those big stories. There is so much character and the people that live there that really make the community what it is, ive had the pleasure of working with communities and i am excited about being a part of this. I have seen what can happen when people come together to make the community better. This is about focusing on that community and that downtown and that means street. It is an amazing thing that it is not just about building a home for somebody. I think in this economy and in this world, america is more than just big stores. It is about small mom and pops the build that character. To give back to that and see them grow, you want to be part of that. That will make businesses successful. In the long run, that is what we all want. We have san jose and San Francisco, big cities, but we do have a lot of other cities the same size as martinez. What is your number one priority or piece of advice you can give them . Really focus on marketing yourself. How can you continue to grow your business and differentiate . What is the one unique thing you can bring to your company that big box businesses and e commerce cannot . That level of service that only you can provide. It is hard for Small Businesses to compete on price alone. You have to think about what you can add to not only survive but to thrive. Is good to hear from you. Thank you for joining us this morning. Go and vote. We will tell you more about how to vote. If you want to choose martinez california, we have a link on our website, ktvu. Com. Voting closes next tuesday. Go, martinez. If you are driving on 680, we have a crash on the southbound 680 causing a lot of traffic. Driving from Pleasant Hill and walnut creek on southbound 680 near the stone valley exit. Right between walnut creek and alamo at the border. Im going to put it on the map so you can see just how slow the traffic is. You can see traffic will be backed up nearly to 242. Give yourself extra time. 24 is also slow. Here is a look at 80 westbound to the macarthur mean. Slow traffic there. At the bay bridge getting from oakland to San Francisco, a 20 minute delay before you make it onto the span. If you are driving on the san mateo bridge, we are okay. We have a crash westbound on the 580 when youre leaving san leandro. Lets bring in steve. Hour forecast today is great visibility and cold this morning. Breezy to windy. The outlook to the end of february shows a series of lows over the west. The key so far has been the first one was called and inside slider. It did not have an over water trajectory. There were signs of that happening after the 22nd. That would give us some rain. The next system on tap will be a weak one but the next when this sunday night into monday and that will keep an active pattern in the west. Around las vegas, it will produce cloud cover and rain also and now it is moving into arizona. Temperatures are bouncing off those morning lows. The breeze has been the strongest in the lower elevations. We are clear and good to go and Southern California will be dealing with the low that is tapping in some moisture. Some light rain and it is bringing in cloud cover down to phoenix. Things have changed down there and it is not sunny and warm anymore. Very cool readings down around santa cruz and monterey. Upper 30s. High pressure building in to the north and that will give us a northerly breeze. 60s and they will tell off rapidly tonight. Temperatures will plunge and we will get another system that will cool us down. Friday and saturday will be warmer. Another load drops in on monday for more sierra snow. A daca debate. What it can mean for the state fate of millions who call america home. Happening now, new pictures to share from new orleans of mardi gras. Tens of thousands of people standing on streets and balconies throwing beads. Fat tuesday the carnival season. There have been parades for more than one month. Partiers dressed in lavish costumes and trying to catch those beaded necklaces. 93,000 pounds of beads were collected from the storm drain. Democrats and republicans are working to come up with some sort of compromise plan. Reporter democrats are pushing for a narrow deal to just protect daca recipients. Republicans want something bigger. The president is willing to sign it into law. The southern border might be 2000 miles from capitol hill but thats nothing compared to the widening gulf between republicans and democrats on immigration. A best and final offer on a plan that would protect young Illegal Immigrants that currently fall under the daca program as well as their parents. It will call for more Border Security. Chain migration offer to extended family members would end and so with the current visa lottery program. It is a big proposal. If the democrats want to make a deal, it is up to them. We want tremendous Border Security. We have to have democrats support for daca. Reporter democrats won a narrow deal just for daca and they dont like to propose restrictions on the future flows of legal immigrants. Now was not the time or the place to reform the entire immigration system. This is a moment for a narrow bell. Reporter whether it is narrow or broad, republicans and democrats will have to agree on this for anything to get through the senate before we talk about something going through the house. Fox news. Trumps proposed budget includes a 1. 5 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild roads, bridges, and transit systems. Just 13 of the funding would come from federal grants and loans. Private partners in state and local governments would have to pay the rest. In the bay area, transportation Officials Say the proposal falls far short of needs we had an opportunity to come to terms with the shortcomings of our infrastructure for maintaining the system we have to growing at where we can. We get a proposal that does none of those things. Maintenance alone costs 10 million a year. Future projects would cost three print 3 billion and the bart extension would cost 5 billion. Were learning more about the Budget Proposal in addition to the infrastructure plan. It includes more money for the military, building a border while wall and opioid treatment. He wants to eliminate Community Block grants, funding for afterschool programs and public broadcasting. The budget would add more than 7 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years. The proposal is considered a starting point for congress which will come up with its own plan. New information about the woman left to die on a remote road and alameda county. What the people who founder are now saying about the incidents. Teachers at a northbay School District say they have been subjected to years of Sexual Harassment on the job. Some of the changes they would like the district to make to stop this. We are seeing some improvement but it is slow on i 680. There is a crash. We will tell you what happened coming up. Sunny with great visibility. We wont warmup that much over the next week to 10 days. With the chase mobile app, Michaela Deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jete between two grand pianos. She could. In a commercial. In real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. What sweater . phone buzzes life, lived michaelas way. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Welcome back. A lot of blue skies out there as we turn to Steve Paulson. We seem to be cruising through the month of february. It was very brisk this morning and trump and windy for others. We have a lot of 30s down around san ramon and dublin. The breeze is holding up some of those temperatures. We are starting to see more 40s and 50s. Tonight we will drop big time. Lots of cloud cover and hit and miss rain and another low will drop into gift the sierras more snow 60s today. The drive is improving. We have some things that im a little concerned about. I have been talking about the 680 for the longest time because of the crash on the 680 southbound. Chp says theyve moved everything to the shoulder with the help of Freeway Service patrol. The damages done. The 680 is backed up and as you head down to good danville, it will take a while for this to dissipate. Traffic is very slow in the area. In fact, it is backing up on to highway 242. More people are using 80 instead of 680 and now its a 40 minute drive. If youre driving into San Francisco, the 80 northbound is very slow. People are avoiding the 580 because of an accident in san leandro. It is jampacked. Administrators at a northbay School District say they looking for ways to make changes after teachers have come forward saying male students are harassing them. One teacher describes some of the harassment. Here are the allegations. Reporter yes, shes been a math teacher for the last 15 years. She told the school board at a meeting that over the course of her career she has been subjected to dozens of instances of Sexual Harassment by male students. Unwanted touching from those students to lewd comments and emails to her work and personal email and derogatory comments from the students. These are some of the more egregious offenses. Like other women in this district, i have been harassed, stocked, intimidated, by male students. Reporter she spoke about her experience on the job to the channel 5 Union High School board last week. She said she was afraid to come forward until another teacher in the district spoke up about facing Sexual Harassment from her male students at redwood high school. She pointed out the teachers and staff have to go through regular training to identify and prevent Sexual Harassment. She suggested students should go through the training as well. We asked some students about that idea. Several agreed and thought it wasnt a bad idea. I think they are probably happening. There happening in our culture. I think training for students and teachers should be done. Reporter we reached out to the union high School District and they emailed a statement saying quote as a result of the complaints recently made the district retain the services of an attorney who specializes in Workplace Investigation to look into the complaints and reviewed the districts protocols. It goes on to say they have to wait and see what that investigation finds before they make any policy changes. The district says they take Sexual Misconduct and harassment allegations very seriously. Were hearing from two people who discovered a young woman left for dead on a remote road. A man and a woman driving to work on tesla road yesterday morning say they saw the 19 yearold woman on the side of the road and stopped to help. I gave her my blanket because it was freezing cold and she was soaked in blood. The manner women could see she had crawled 300 feet. They called for help and prayed with her until help arrived. The victims bravery and strength impress them while they waited. She was a fighter. She was fighting for her life. I hope it will be encouraging to her family to know their daughter had that spirit to fight. The victim was airlifted to the hospital where investigators say she was able to tell them about the people who attacked her. She died a short time later. The information she gave investigators led to arrests of two men in modesto. Josi is facing federal gun charges in connection with the steinle case. A lawyer once those charges dismissed. He was in court yesterday but did not enter a plea. The judge ordered him to stay in custody without bail and hes expected to enter a plea today. The board of supervisors is expected to ban people from carrying concealed weapons even if they have a permit. Catherine stephanie was named to the seat last month when mike farrell was interim mayor. She tells the examiner shes not aware of permitted concealed guns resulting in violence of previous rallies but shes considering a bill that would allow legal gunowners to bring their concealed weapons in their home state and use it somewhere else. The faa is looking into a started a fire that caused smoke develop in a cabin on a southwest terrence flight last night. The cabin filled with smoke as the plane was getting ready for takeoff. The smoke forced the crew to evacuate the group using the emergency slides. Minor injuries were reported but none of the 139 passengers or five crew members were transported to the hospital. John wayne airport says there was a fire in an auxiliary power unit. The cause of that fire remains under investigation. Not to the deadly nationwide flu outbreak. It is getting worse. The cdc says it hasnt even peak yet. We have more on the unusual precautions people and businesses are taking to make sure they do not get sick reporter 48 states have experienced heavy flu activity. The cdc says it will get worse before it gets better. Many schools have been forced to stay closed. Some schools have started using smart thermometers which allow parents and School Nurses to see whats happening with six students in realtime. I know first thing this morning when a third grader had the same symptoms as four others to tell his mother that you need to come get your child. Some hospitals are turning to new Technology Using germ killing robots that omit light in the patient rooms. It can kill organisms on all surfaces. Reporter even churches are doing their part. Many have stopped sharing cops at communion and encourage the congregations to not shake hands or. Dont shake hands or fist bumps. Just nod your head and offer them peace without touching them. Reporter doctors say hand washing and rinsing your mouth are the best ways. Stay home from work or school when youre sick. If you dont care about yourself thats one thing, the care about others you come into daily contact with. Reporter this could cause 25 Million People to miss at least four days of work causing the American Economy more than 21 billion. Ktvu fox2 news. Who are is setting new limits on drivers. Up next how it is designed to increase safety. You can see is going to be busy if you were driving on 880. Clear skies and cold this morning. A little bit of a breeze out there. I like the pattern Going Forward and it will be a cool one. Uber is rolling out new roles for drivers to keep the roads safer. Good job cuts at amazon. Heres this mornings dollars and cents report. Reporter the Seattle Times reports the majority of cuts will come from seattle headquarters which will go from which is grown to by the noble announced its cutting jobs because amazon is cutting into his business. Cell 6. 5 for the First Quarter and that includes the december holidays. The dow joins has dropped half as much since the last hour. They are down almost half a . 121 points. Nasdaq and the s p 500 are losing ground despite strong corporate earnings that continue to come in bill gates says tech company should cooperate with the government. Gates to the website that he does not agree their quote even a mass murdering criminal communication should never be available to the government. Apple refused the fbis request. Gates said they should not think the view was more important than the governments few. Uber drivers will soon be required to take a six hour break after driving for 12 hours straight. This is an effort to combat Drowsy Driving. According to a safety study, Drowsy Driving can be connected with 6000 deadly crashes a year. Uber will rollout the new rules in the next couple of weeks. They will use gps to figure out if the driver is moving or resting. Drivers will get three warnings before they hit that 12 hour mark. Valentines day tomorrow valentines day is tomorrow. The National Retail federation estimates a typical person will spend 143 on flowers, cards, jewelry, candy, or other gifts for their sweethearts. Total spending is expected to reach 20 billion which is slightly higher from last year. Would you want a scratch and sniff Fried Chicken valentine . That is what kentucky Fried Chicken is offering. Some people may. I will take some chicken tenders. It is the thought that counts. We will see what tomorrow brings. Lets check in on your Tuesday Morning commute. Those of our viewers and Contra Costa County might want to listen up. 680 is still very slow. Usually we have good traffic. 680, we had a crash and it has been moved to the south. Traffic is slow and backed up from 242 and on 242 it is also slow. Some people are diverting and they are heading over to 24. Some people are using the 80 now that the 680 is slow. At the bay bridge, its backed up for a 20 minute delay. On the 880, it is slow because there was an accident on 580. You will see slow traffic in castor valley as a result. The san mateo bridge is fine. The south bay commute, all freeways are crowded getting into the west valley. Lets bring in steve with todays weather. Great visibility with lots of sunshine. Temperatures are rebounding from 30s and 40s. For the next 10 days or so there will be a series of lows. Most of these will be heading toward the sierra. There is no sign of rain for us yet. There are hints after the 22nd that the next series of lows will have an over water trajectory. We might get into rain. There will be rain for Southern California and a cool pattern for Southern Nevada and into arizona. Things could be cool here Going Forward. 40s and 50s on your temperatures. Gilroy, 36. I did see one observation, scotts valley, 29. 40s around san jose. They did make it to 30. Not as blustery as it was. We have clear skies and a little rain has made it into Southern California. A lot of show and not much go out in the desert and into phoenix. If youre going to spring training, be advised that temperatures will be held in check. A big change for them. 7 degrees, in truckee. I temperatures will drop and it will be a cool one. The trend is for another weak system on wednesday. On thursday, nicer conditions. Sunday and monday the next system drops in and it looks good for the sierra. Thank you, steve. Keeping children near safe near schools in oakland. A dangerous intersection near two elementary schools. I we worked with pg eof to save energy because wenie. Wanted to help the school. They would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didnt cut off the light. The teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. So they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. We actually saved 50,000. And thats just one school, two semesters, three girls. Together, were building a better california. Were learning more about the russian plane crash that killed 71 people over the weekend. Human error may be to blame. The pilot did not turn on the heating unit for the planes measuring equipment which led to flood speed readings. The pilots but the plane on autopilot but took back control when they saw one of their speed indicators read zero. The plane crashed six minutes after takeoff. Two School Crossing guards are worried about a dangerous intersection. They told ktvu they will be asking the city to make improvements at 98 and sunny side. The speed limit is set at 25 miles per hour. The guards told us many drivers beat through and ignore the stop signs. The crossing guards lead students safely across the street. 98th avenue is on a list with theres a large number of collisions. A contractor operating in San Francisco has been find after a weekend accident at a construction site in the mission district. Offense blew over in the city says defense was not properly secured. They help find a contractor 1000. That fence was at 23rd and san jose. And elderly man was hurt and another woman suffered minor injuries. They will investigate other possible violations. Santa rosa speeding up Recovery Efforts from wildfires. The city council will consider a resolution setting april 9 at the deadline for Property Owners to remove hazardous debris from their homes or businesses. The fires destroyed 3000 buildings in the city. Most Property Owners signed up for a free program where the army corps of engineers would clear the debris which will be scheduled to be finished by the end of next month. As of last week, 350 properties monitored by private contractors had not yet been cleared. Sonoma county opens a center to help homeowners obtain permits to rebuild their homes. They want to be a partner and not a roadblock. Applications have been expedited of five Business Days or less for inspections and three days for be checks. The center is located on ventura avenue at fiscal drive near the county Clerks Office of highway 101. A will know superior court judge is throwing her support patois behind another judge whos behind the recall effort. She is ramping up her anti recall campaign because she says she believes removing the judge would have been the judicial system. She says a successful recall could influence judges to give defendants harsher sentences. Supporters say they believe his sentence of brock turner was not harsh enough. Cordell says that falls in line with requirements for cases like turners because he was charged with felony assault and not rape. A counselor at the California School for the death will be in court on charges of child molestation. He was arrested last friday and has been placed on administrative leave after a complaint was filed against him. He faces several charges including lewd acts with the child and making threats to kill someone. Authorities identified one victim and are asking other possible victims to come forward. The marin county board of supervisors will hold the proposed ordinance will require Property Owners to post a small sign to identify it as a short term rental unit with tax data, business license and contact information. The change will begin with a oneyear Pilot Program and would only infect unincorporated parts of marin county which include coastal pockets of west marin. There will be a public hearing on march 13 to debate the proposal. The city of berkeley was remove a fence around the sculpture near bart. The fence partially obstructs the view of the sculpture along the border line between berkeley and oakland. Today the Berkeley City Council will consider a proposal to negotiate with bart to remove defense. If youre looking for love online, a jump in romance scams and how victims are now being targeted. Theyre super. But they can fly. United. Helping superheroes fly. On the day before valentines day the fbi is warning people who may be looking for love online. There has been a 20 increase in romance scams in the past year. Mary from San Francisco told us shes one of the victims. She was scammed out of a couple of hundred dollars by a man who claimed he was working for the u. S. Military in afghanistan. Nearly 1600 victims in california alone were taken for more than 30 million. The fbi says suspects typically operate out of nigeria so its difficult to catch them. There is good news if you paid through western union. You may be eligible for a refund thanks to a settlement with the government. If you think you been victimized, we have information on ktvu. Com. A 10 million project that took a year to complete. That 20yearold playground features seven new weather and nature themed play structures and brandnew light installations. The Helen Dillard Family Association donated all of the money. A dedication happens tomorrow at 4 00 with a light ceremony at 5 45. The current metal standing show that norway remains the overall leader in bringing home the gold, silver, and bronze. They have a total of 11 metals. The netherlands and canada each have 10 but the dutch have four cold maybe gold medals. The u. S. Picked up his third gold medal with chloe kim. The 49ers are not expected to make a decision anytime soon on the future of urban foster. He was arrested on charges of Domestic Violence and possession of an assault weapon. Reportedly has Girlfriend Told Police he physically tractor during an argument. He was released on bail and met yesterday with the team. The 49ers released a statement saying theyre taking this seriously and gathering all pertinent information. Fosters a real fosters arrest pitchers and catchers report to arizona for the as and the giants. Pitchers and catchers arrived first and the position players arrive a few days later. The First Official workout is tomorrow. The as will play the first game against the angels on february 23. The giants play the brewers that same day. Stay with us for complete coverage of spring training. We will be joined live from arizona starting tomorrow morning. Steve kerr took a backseat and let us players take over in a blowout victory over the phoenix suns. After the game the coach explained his decision to let the players coach the team. He felt his players were losing focus and wanted them to take ownership. They play in portland tomorrow night. Controversy at san ramons high school as a Student Group pulls the National Anthem from pep rallies pick we speak with making the system a little cleaner. Were joined by a Uc Berkeley Health educator