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That was the only record low yesterday. I do not think we will set any today. Maybe tomorrow there is cold air of the way. It does not happen this morning, it will be later today when that system rotates. 30s and 40s i do not think the temperatures will change too much. Already, snow is on the go for parts of the sierra with a Winter Weather advisory in the place. The snow level will get down to 2000 feet. With six already, snow is on the go for parts of the sierra with a Winter Weather advisory in the place. The snow level will get down to 2000 feet. With 610 inches of snow. Widely scattered showers are possible today. Lets start a 580. We have slow traffic on the tran22 pass. We are going to go to our maps and show you 580 and 205. As you wake your way over the pass it does get better at livermore. We do not have anything surprising for you but we will have slow traffic. We are looking at the commute as you drive to the dublin interchange. This is up look at interstate 880 in oakland. Traffic is moving well as you pass the coliseum. At the toll plaza it is getting crowded. Two people were killed in bay point this morning with two cars crash in one of the cars went into the side of the house. It happened just before 1 am at war drive. The chp says the two people who died were in the two cars, not in the house. The two cars that crash were damaged and the man who lives in the house as he was asleep when he heard a loud noise that shook the entire house. He says he heard a man screaming and went outside to help you he said he saw several people hurt. Thats the one thing i feel bad about. I was thinking someone just died here. That is just terrible. The one lady they took away did not look too good. We do not know how many people were in the two cars or if there are any other injuries. We do have an reporter headed to the scene. We will bring you more on the investigation coming up. We are following developing news from antioch were a double shooting last night is being investigated. A man was killed in a woman was injured. It happened near w. 9th st. Around 8 pm. Police rushed to the parking lot of a residential complex. We did not know the womans condition at this point. And no arrests have been made. Bart police have released a full video of a shooting. It shows what the body that met with the Police Officer was seeing. He highlighted what appears to be a gun that fell to the ground next to the lego Sahleem Tindle. Paul chambers tells us, bart released the whole video after the family of Sahleem Tindle released a shorter clip. Reporter paper leaves the video is in tyree. It shows the Police Officer, joseph mateu running from inside of the bart station. He reacts and fires the fatal shot. The officer runs across four lanes of traffic to where the men were entangled in a scuffle. The officer had his handgun drawn. As officer gets closer he shouts more commands and showers that. And shoot three shots. It is unprecedented for us to share video of ongoing investigations. I want to touch on two things right up front. Number one, i want to emphasize that the loss of any member of the community is tragic. This case is no different. Number two, there are multiple ongoing investigations taking place. Should that she could not go into details because of the ongoing investigation, however, he pointed out the still photos were officers use a yellow circle to show the weapon. It appears that the gun is what we see the other individual trying to take the gun away from Sahleem Tindle. The first time the camera view shows that it is a handgun. You can go to ktvu. Com to see the fullbody camera video of the shooting for yourself. Click on the story near the top of our homepage. The white house will spend another day focus on school security. This is in the aftermath of last week for the shooting. But the politics of gun control presents a challenge to getting new legislation passed. Took with the number of School Walkouts around the country, the movement to make school saver and banned some guns is getting louder. President trump repairs spend another day talking school safety, hearing firsthand stories of loss. We should affix it after one School Shooting. And i am piston. My daughter, i will not see her anymore. Reporter the president talks about beefing up background checks and beefing up security in school. If you have a teacher that is adept at firearms, it could in the attack quickly. Reporter Florida Center reporter florida ctr. , marco rubio says he is open to raising the minimum age to buy a rifle. Even if the president would push Something Like that there would be opposition from the National Rifle association. They will never support that. Youre not getting anything through the house. Reporter even the looming pressure from the up term election is not helping. Truck that can be tough to compete with. Meantime where the public stance, this poll was conducted shortly after the attack in florida. It shows that there is overwhelming support for more robust background checks. 97 of voters support that. When you talk about a ban on assault style rifles, the support drops to 67 . We want to take a closer look at one of the proposals that the president says he is considering, which is to let teachers carry guns and classrooms. This is getting a lot of attention, but pro and con. There are at least eight states that allow or dont prohibit teachers from carrying concealed weapons in the classroom. President trump said this policy is something that schools nationwide should consider. The president met with some of the students who survived the shooting. The president suggested 20 of k12 teachers be armed, that as up to 640,000 people nationwide. Mr. Trump suggested this idea of Arming Teachers during the president ial campaign. At the session yesterday, one parent brought up the idea again. Senate teachers, administrators who have volunteered to have a firearm safely locked in the classroom, are given training throughout the year. There are plenty of teachers who are licensed to carry firearms. Have them raise their hands to volunteer for the training and when Something Like this starts, the First Responders are already on campus. Then on the with a firearm, i would rather armed them with knowledge of preventing these acts in the first place. And then, do we have Safety Assessment program for schools know how to deal with these threats . And if there was a stronger reaction against this idea. Many voicing their concern for social media including a teacher from texas who received the teacher of the year award, she tweeted my brother is a cop and he says you are trained to teach children. The head of the National Education association also panned the idea of saying American Students do not need more guns in their classrooms. A post a poll found that 42 of americans do not approve of Arming Teachers. Our question of the day is this. President trump suggested that arming 20 of Teaching Staff will prevent further School Shootings. Do you think teachers should be armed . Let us know by voting on the twitter page. Police in puerto rico are still without basic equipment five months after Hurricane Maria. How Law Enforcement officers from here in the bay area are stepping in to help. How popular is President Trump right now . The new approval numbers for the president are just released. St released. If you are driving on highway 24, it looks pretty good as you head to the tunnel. Welcome back. A new poll shows President Trump Approval Rating has dropped below 40 . The poll released yesterday shows the president s Approval Rating now stands at 37 which is down slightly from a 40 Approval Rating earlier this month. A majority of americans disapprove of the president s job performance. Later today the state senate will consider punishment for a state senator over sexual misconduct. He could be the first lawmaker to be expelled from the senate and more than a century. They found that he likely engaged in unwanted and flirtatious or sexually suggestive behavior. He is also to the giving alcohol to a 19yearold intern in a hotel room at a Democratic Party event. He has denied any wrongdoing but he did apologize to people who may have been offended by his behavior. Later on today he plans to defend himself on the senate floor. Floor that. Ford Motor Company says the president is leaving the company over inappropriate behavior. It is the latest issue involving Workplace Behavior at ford. Last year they paid a 2 million settlement over Sexual Harassment claims into plants in the chicago area. Meryl streep is criticizing Harvey Weinstein for using her statement to defend himself against allegations of sexual misconduct. Last fall she released a statement saying, harvey was exasperating but respectful with me. Now, the Hollywood Reporter has asked a judge to prevent the six women from class action status. Villaraigosa four is right over there what he sitting on the roads . We are off to a nice start. There are a couple of exceptions, but the major freeways are doing okay k. We will start off for the gilroy commute. And it looks good from gilroy to san jose. Or having just a bit of slowing on the way. Not much to talk about. For the most part it is a nice looking drive as you get up to the Mountain View area. Northbound 101, the vicinity of sunnyvale, near the lawrence expressway there is a minor injury accident. And traffic is a little slow. You will see just a little bit of slow traffic because of the accident with minor injuries. 280 northbound looks good. The bay bridge toll plaza looks good and traffic is backing up for 510 minute delay. Lets bring steve in with todays weather. There is a little shower activity from fremont to san jose. It is 26 degrees out at mount hamilton. It looks like it is falling apart. But there is a possibility of snow. There was a little bit of snow. It looks like the webcams are too dark. Our system is dropping down from the north heading south. It is just beginning to move into parts of encino county. Rainfall will not be that great. The snow is tracking towards Sierra Nevada with possible accumulation of 610 inches. The Winter Weather advisory goes until 10 pm tonight. Low levels could get down to 1500 feet. 19 degrees is the wind chill in seattle. There is cold air coming in behind the system as well that will move in late tonight. 30s and 40s on the temperatures. The cloud cover will hold up most of these temps. 42 at the berkeley lab. And San Francisco is 47 degrees. The breeze will be a factor today. You can see some of the snow developing in northeast california. Very low snow levels. North humboldt county, they are giving some snow. This cold system will us in cold air. We get a break over the weekend. And march is coming in like a lion. Twitter and google both hit with tough allegations involving race and harassment. And a lost sleep file, a twitter user claim he and his publication were permanently banded twitter because of the controversial views on race and immigration. Jared taylor says they suspended his account in september along with other accounts belonged to white nationalists. The ban violates free speech protection. We will tell you what the warriors will be doing in washington, dc instead of going to the white house. Welcome back. At the winter olympics, the us womens hockey team bringing home a gold medal. Last night they be canada, 32 and one of the most exciting event for the olympics. It snaps canada streak of 4 straight womens gold medals did it happen 38 years to the day after the famous mens Us Hockey Team won the miracle on ice team. Last night when attract a lot of fans including Stephen Curry of the war years who tweeted, half of i use a curry is so mad right now that we just be canada on the ice. His wife was born in toronto, canada. The white house says that ivonne could trouble go to south korea for the closing of the olympics. The white house Officials Say the main goal of the trip is to highlight american athletes and reaffirmed the us alliance with south korea. Ivanka is scheduled to have dinner with south korean president. The nba allstar break is over and the warriors getting back to work tonight. The players got much needed rest during the break and are part again. By the warriors standard, they look like they are struggling, they have lost four of the passed eight games. But they say they are focused on a common goal. We are still a good team. I know its not the warrior for the last few years, but we are a good team and im not going to let anyone say that we are struggling or hanging our heads because we lost a few. Right now where we are, we are in a good spot. And were going to get ready to make a run. 24 games remain in the regular season. Tonights game with the clippers will start at 7 30 pm. The warriors next we go to washington, dc. Now we know what they will be doing instead of going to the white house. Many of the players said they did not want to appear with President Trump at the white house after the Team Championship chip last year. President trump said he is withdrawing the invitation. Espn reports the warriors will interact with a group of children in the area at an undisclosed location next tuesday. The coach says once players have a good day and do something positive. The warriors will be playing the Washington Wizards the next day. We have an update on the help the San Francisco giants legend Orlando Cepeda which who was rushed to a bay area hospital. He was at a fairfield golf complex when he collapsed and fell. There are reports that he is not able to breathe on his own. The giants issued the statement, a small hall of famer was hospitalized monday evening due to a cardiac incident. He remains in Critical Condition at a bay area hospital. The family asked for privacy during this time. Please keep orlando and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Police in san jose responded in force to reports of an armed intruder. We will tell you how they found out that the call was a whole, known as swatting. Some members of the San Francisco Fire Department are suing the city. You can see traffic is doing well, if you are driving on 680 and 24. Heading south towards san ramon. We will have a little bit of rain around newark and fremont. There is more upstream. Welcome back. Today is thursday, february welcome back. Today is thursday, february 22, i am dave clark. And i am pam cook. Thank you for waking up with us. Steve is here and it is a cold morning. It will be colder tomorrow. I rocked the plume area right inside. Early march looks more wet. We had a little bit of rain in north fremont and san jose. I do not think there is much left. And looks like a little bit of snow fell at mount hamilton. A little bit in the Santa Cruz Mountains but it looks like it is falling apart. Theres something over a right now but it is on its way and it is moving fast. This is a cold, dynamic system. To the north, there could be some so later this afternoon or tonight. It will be a breezy day under partly sunny skies. Snow is developing in the mountains. And Winter Weather advisory has kicked in for them it will go until 10 pm. This is tracking more towards the sierra instead of us. 50s are the temperatures. We have borne slow traffic is people are getting on the road. We have the meeting lights turned on at the bay bridge. We are in solano county, and traffic is going to be okay. Already slowing on highway 37. You can see traffic here on 80 westbound looks okay. And here it is at the macarthur maze theyre not back coming around the corner but already a backup at the toll plaza. Lets go back to the desk. A convicted six offender is back and chill this morning and facing charges. He was arrested for exposing himself to Young Children at the sunnyvale community center. He was watching the children at a gymnastics practice. They called 911 and they arrested him as he was leaving the area. He had recently been released after serving time for indecent exposure. New information on the north bay about a unlicensed contractor accused of defrauding victims of the wildfires. They lost a criminal investigation of peter koch. The board issued a consumer alert because he says he will keep working in the fire zone without a license. He is accused of taking large down payment from fire victims for tree and debris removal. The state license board said he has done little to none of that word. He has not been arrested in connection with this case say the allocations are politically motivated. The Sonoma County official who was behind the decision not to send out widespread cell phone alerts has been reassigned. The paper reports that the decision was made about a year before those five years. The county leaders say the reassignment was not related to the lack of i amber alert type warnings. Sonoma county used in opt in phone call and email program to warn about the wildfires. State review found that many of those calls did not go through during the Early Morning hours of the fires because cell phone towers and utility lines were destroyed. It shows county officials were unaware that the system can force through alerts in specific areas during emergencies. Current and former members of the San Francisco Fire Department is suing the city in connection with the Sexual Harassment scandal. Two years ago firefighters were reassigned to different stations after a female firefighter accused them of harassment. She say they hit her boots before a firehouse inspection, spread human waste of her bathroom floor and urinated in her bed. According to the San Francisco chronicle, the firefighters denied the allegation and accused the female firefighter of having an affair with the battalion chief. Check the City Attorneys Office released a statement saying that he has a legal and moral obligation to provide each employee of the workplace free of Sexual Harassment and discrimination. All actions taken were taken to ensure a lawful workplace environment. Investigators are looking for the cause of a large fire that started in hayward last night. It started on mission boulevard near sorenson road. Witnesses say they saw transients leaving the building about the time they first saw the flames. San Francisco Police say they found 150,000 in stolen jewelry when they arrested a man. Police arrested tony kessler shortly after he robbed a Jewelry Store on february 16. Now he has been linked to two other burglaries at the same store. Police say he got away with 250,000 in jewelry. He were looking at photos showing some of the stolen items. Police say they recovered gemstone rings, bracelets and dozens of pairs of air rings. He is being charged with all three cases. He is facing several charges including burglary and grand that. Police are trying to determine who is responsible for the latest case of swatting. That is when you call Law Enforcement to report a fake crime to deliberately draw a response. Yesterday they raced to a home on n. 11th st. Authorities received a call about an armed home invasion. Officers called and talked to a man inside the home asking if armed men were holding anyone hostage. He said no but as a Precaution Police ordered all five people inside to walk out with their hands behind their backs his neck we just got swatted. Thats the reality that i am dealing with. The original 911 call was a hoax. The swatting victim says it may involve a neighborhood dispute. Police are troubled by the increasing number of swatting cases. Saying it drains resources. Is many years of the devastating flooding along coyote creek. It forced 14,000 people to evacuate and lead to a massive rescue effort. While the Recovery Process for people there is far from over Officials Say they are working hard to prevent future flooding. The crews installed a 400 foot aluminum and vinyl wall as part of a barrier. The santa clara near valley Water District is keeping levels of henderson rest far lower than last year and they removed up to 16 acres of invasive plants which can back up the creek flow. Out in the river, we have markers where people can see the level of the river and where it is at. Next to the councils of 18 families were left homeless by the floods are still in need of permanent housing. Five months after Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico the people on the island are still struggling and that includes police were doing their best to help those in need even though they have very little to work with themselves. The Latino Peace Officers Association in the bay area feels a special connection and is offering another show of support. Reporter with Hurricane Maria pounded puerto rico on the 20th, the pain his home in the bay area. I am firstgeneration puerto rican. I have a lot of family who was still there. Reporter they all have family on the island, the members of the latino Police Officers association also felt another call of duty to their puerto rican brothers and sisters and move his. We saw some of the news clips of Police Equipment being washed away. I knew that there would be a need for supplies and uniforms and equipment. Reporter they raise the money and got donations from bay area departments and then they went to puerto rico. They want to 20 municipalities in 17 days. Some of the local Law Enforcement agencies just had jeans and tshirts and the gun belt. And that is how they were operating. Reporter the devastation was heartbreaking. Smith they are our brothers and blue. So that was out. Reporter they say everywhere they found gratitude, despite the struggle. The people with the least, with no food, water or electricity where the most humble. And they were grateful. Now they are prepared to go back. It is still a crisis situation. And the fact that it is so far away, people think, out of sight, out of mind. Reporter they are collecting more donations and uniforms. And Police Vehicles to replace those that were damaged by the storm. Saturday they plan to join josi ortiz, owner of a new restaurant in oakland who is joining them on a pottery can aid trip. We made good friends, people who will be our friends forever. Still ahead, what is middle class in the Silicon Valley . Housing is so expensive it is hard to define what middle class means. Coming up, how much people are earning first much they need to feel comfortable. There may be a new way to cross the bay in the future. Bart is deciding whether or not to look at a second trance they too. You can the traffic is okay here in san rafael. It looks good on outbound 101. We have a milliondollar forecast for you. It is going to be cool, breezy and there may be some low snow levels. Welcome back. High School Seniors are anxiously awaiting for those College Acceptance letters so, and for one local high school, the letters will be considered successful an experiment. I found out about it. You dont have to do homework. Its true they do not have a lot of traditional homework because the emphasis is on group projects. It gives the students more time to go in depth and understanding and learning the material. Reporter marcus is a senior and part of the very first graduating class. So is whitney who grew up in Public Schools but one is something different. You feel like you are not necessarily at school. You are having fun learning. Going to the classes because you want to. Reporter there are no bells. Instead, music can be heard in the hallways as kids head to the next class, when they are ready. We have never seen anything quite like this. Reporter is opening four years ago the Public Charter School has been located in the hallway of another high school, an auto shop and other various buildings. Now, after a 43 million loan donation, the brandnew school sits on bayfront property right next to oracle. The school have access to amazing oracle employees who work in so many different dimensions of technology. And it means that we benefit from the freshness and energy of having students here who are creative thinkers. Reporter creative and design it thinkers. Thinking is at the center of all of the classes and coursework to what is Design Thinking . You put yourself in the use of shoes and you understand where they are coming from and their problems and needs. And that helps you to define and understand their problems. And find something to help them. If youre going to do something that involves another person, you should figure out what the person wants. Reporter like when the executive director was trying to sell the idea of the school to the community. We one of them to trust that this school is viable. Reporter they had a hard time feeling the loss up next that. First year but now they have over 1000 application for 150 spots. Reporter Something Else you dont see, the intersection. Every 68 weeks, professionals from big business and nonprofits teach exploration classes. It is an exposure to all kinds of different careers. And we think it better prepares students to know what they want to invest their time and tuition money and when they get to college. A lot of people look at this and they say, okay in Silicon Valley. But, i feel that this can happen anywhere and that every kid deserves the opportunity to have a system designed to help them unlock their potential. That you can see the thumbs up. All the kids are so relaxed and happy to be there. And he did say that they have people visiting from all over the world looking at the model. And it is public and charter and free. But it is a lottery. But anyone can go and they have shuttles around the bay area and that is a challenge, to physically get there. What a gorgeous spot. And i like the report. Im always interested in what the youngsters are doing. You and your kids can go there . That is right. I have something to tell you. This is a new problem we have at the dublin interchange. Lets go to the maps. Westbound 580 may be affected by a fire behind us market in dublin. And it may be affecting traffic. Let me remove this icon. Let me push in the with the road since his are doing. You can see that traffic is beginning to slow down on 580 westbound coming through the dublin interchange. The fire somewhere here. And it looks like a structure fire. However, traffic may be slow. I also want to check out the altamont pass. It is mostly okay by the time you get to livermore. And hundred 80 north and southbound, traffic is moving well in both direction. And at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is full about a 15 minutes delay. That spring and see what todays forecast. It will be a cool mix of sun, clouds and shower activity. It has been a dry february delivered the first week of march that. I believe she is talking about 1986, that was a miracle february. Going back to 1989, 5 1 4, the last real one was 2016. I tried to go back a little bit. I think you are talking about 1986 that was a miracle february and march. Our system is on its way. Weve already had a little bit of hippity, it looks like that has fallen apart. I do believe there is a little bit of snow. There is a teeny bit of rain. The Sierra Nevada will get in on this better than anyone. There is a Winter Weather advisory. Snow can head down to 2000 feet. That is what we can have around here, maybe 1500 feet to the north. I would think later this afternoon and tonight, we you get low snow levels. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. Northwest, it is going to be a breezy, blustery day. Snow is developing rapidly. That will be a huge factor throughout most of the day. It could get a little tough. You can see where it is tracking. It is heading north towards sacramento valley. It will clip us. There is a possibility of showers and thunderstorms. 50 from the pictures and upper 40s for some. Low snow levels for lake county. Coal tomorrow morning and we will get a break on the weekend. Bart officials are ready to talk about a second transbay to. Right now there is no money for it. It is expected to cost more than 12 billion but they are studying the idea of where they would use it in where it would be. They say it could double the capacity across the bay and give them the option to run trains 24 hours a day. A baby goat was taken by Animal Rights activist. 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His opponents includes researchers who use animals and researchers, they say his group are criminals they brag about breaking onto peoples farms and ranches to steal livestock. A very serious security flaw on the tender dating at. They say of law on tender allowed easy access to users accounts. Researchers say they got into tender profiles by just using the persons cell phone number. It also allowed them to get into Facebook Accounts that are often connect. This is a problem has been fixed and there are no reports of stolen information. A controversial statue in Civic Center Plaza is one step closer to being removed. Yesterday the citys preservation committed commission agreed to remove the early days statute that shows a native american man sitting on the ground with a missionary in spanish cowboy standing over him. Critics say it is offensive to native americans. Next month they are to approve removing the statue and putting it into storage. A crash since a car flying right into a home. We will take you to the east bay where investigators are trying to put together evidence. After two today, space x will launch a rocket in about 20 minutes. We will bring it to you live. Good morning you can see traffic is moving along well in some areas. But here at the bay bridge, we have a little bit of an issue with the macarthur maze it will tell you more about this coming up. We have had a few splashes in san jose but our eyes are focused north on a very cold system. The morning and investigators underway after two people were killed in an Early Morning crash here at bay point to a third person was all so hurt. Questions about the man accused of the School Shooting and why he may lose his public defender. Good morning thank you for joining us. I am pam cook. And i am dave clark. Steve is coming on right now because things are happening in the weather. Not yet but they will. The low snow levels are possible. We have had not had rain in a long time. It is currently chilly at 37. It looks like we are on our way to getting some rain today. There is a cold system on its way. Rain looks likely with snow in lake county. We had rain in fremont and san jose but it looks like that is falling apart. We get a break in between the next system coming ends. The windchill in seattle is 19. So there is some cold air behind the system. And upper 40s for our temperatures. It will be a breezy, blustery