Reporter it looks great. People are excited. It is cool and not raining. The crowds are packing it in. If youre hoping to get to union square, that ship has sailed. We are 10 people deep on that corner. This is not the start or the finish. This is the tv zone. This is what you will see on tv. We have julie haener hosting. And stretches down to macys on gary. That is where the ask will stop and show their stuff. It is an amazing parade. One of the only night parades in north america. The largest celebration of asian culture outside of asia. We look forward to it every year. We will take you behind the scenes because we can. This is a big ktvu production. They have been here all week setting up. We have been planning for months. We want to take you into the production truck. We like to give you the behind the scenes look. To show you what goes into making a broadcast work. We will take you up the stairs where the crew has been ready to go all night long. They are in the final preparation stages. Come on in. We want to give you a look inside. As they are making sure that everybody is ready. If you take a look at the board, this is our booth. This is a director, melissa. Are we ready to go . Yes. Reporter we have one hour to go. The first floats will make their way at about 5 15 pm. Everyone is warming up and practicing. People are getting their seats. Lets take you back outside. So that we can show you the excitement of the day. We will leave you at the top of the stairs. We will not make the photographer jumped down the stairs. This is always a fantastic event. This year there is a little sadness. People talk about have a late mayor ed lee loved this parade. He and his wife, anita would walk down the street and shake hands. He would talk about how important it was for the San Francisco community in the bay area to come together. It was special to him. And her mayor, mark farrell says this interim mayor, mark farrell says it is important to him. He says tonight is about bringing the community together. To honor atley and moving the city to honor mayor ed lee and moving the city forward. As we welcome in the lunar year. We are looking forward to it. Thank you for the behind the scenes look. To see the directors and the folks behind the scenes. That was not the only festivity. The 29th annual Chinatown Community street fair was held ahead of the parade. Happy new year. Hundreds of people gathered in chinatown to shop at more than 129 boots and concession stands. Booths and concession stands. There were Opera Singers and drummers also. Here is a look at the parade route. It started second and Market Streets. And his downmarket to gary and back to kearny street. It moves down kearny street and to the heart of San Francisco chinatown. You can watch the parade here at 6 pm right after this newscast. Ktvu julie haener will host the live broadcast. You can plan ahead to the parade and be aware of the forecast. Temperatures will tumble into the evening. Bundle up. Mark tamayo is here. A cool forecast and a cool weekend. A month ago the production crew started asking me about the forecast for tonight. Hoping for no rain. No rainfall in the forecast. Dry weather expected. 51 and a wind at 40 Miles Per Hour. Winds gusting to 21 Miles Per Hour. Until up by 6 pm. By 8 pm, upper 40s. 47 and clouds outside. A framework of San Francisco. A few high clouds moving over the city right now. For today, clouds rolled through the area. Even a few sprinkles and light showers. And portions of the north bay. There was a light rain in santa rosa. A few sprinkles in the town of sonoma. Current numbers are chilly. 51, San Francisco and 50s towards fremont, livermore and santa rosa, 54. A quick update on the winds. Monday through Miles Per Hour toward the oakland airport. A blustery pattern. San francisco, sustained at 24 Miles Per Hour. Tomorrow, a few changes. Clear skies and the clouds could produce rainfall. As we head back to work and school. We will talk about that in a few minutes. Other stories we are following. It was standing room only added east bay congressman value. There was a question and answer meeting at eight middle school in lafayette. Leigh martinez with their. Present. Reporter people lined up to get into the auditorium. In the past, the room was big enough for the town hall. This meeting was about gun violence. Planned before the february 14 School Shooting in florida that killed 17 people. The lives were ruined. I feel like our government needs to do something. Reporter the congressman said it is time to have a National Discussion on gun violence. It is emotional for everyone. The way democracy works is we talk about it like a family. Reporter even in his audience, there were people who did not want to hear the other side. Turn the cameras off. Do you support the federal ban on gun rifles . Reporter there was more questions about regulation. We invented the faa to regulate planes. We could do the same thing around weapons. Reporter there were calls for a federal a. M. Of such an ban on certain weapons. The congressman said he is in favor of a ban on certain weapons, despite california having the strictest gun laws. The same thing happens in chicago and baltimore. We statistically have less gun violence here. Researchers will say it is because of our policies. In a big country, or people can travel, they come here. Reporter there was one long and loud dissenting voice. We have regulations on guns. When you Start Talking about bands and taking things away, people like myself have problems with that. It is a slippery slope. Will outlaw too much. Took the biggest applause came after one teachers did up. Arming teachers is a bs idea. Reporter an idea the congressman says is not the answer. It will be a sad day in america if teachers carry weapons. Reporter lawmakers return to washington next week. There is increased pressure on the National Rifle association as the debate on gun control intensifies. Stick around for that part of the story. Coming up at 5 30 pm. A fire caused a taco bell to close. According to the bay area news group, a fire broke out at 6 20 am at the fremont location. Fire Officials Say when they arrived, they saw the insulation and duct work was morning. No one was injured in none of the surrounding businesses were damaged. Investigators are looking into the cause. To San Francisco, or teachers took to the street in a day of action. United educators of San Francisco that a flash mob. The goal of the event was to demand justice against attempts to silence at silent educators. On monday, they will hear arguments against nonhuman nonunion members. We are a strong union and we need our voice in order to advocate for our students. We know if the voices of human of working people are silent, it is not good. The Court Decision could affect 5 million Public Workers across 23 states. Coming up, a final farewell to americas past year. Details on the Funeral Plans for billy graham. And bedroom for a fraction of what youd pay elsewhere. For the latest home trends, at big savings youve gotta go to ross. Theyd tell you to go to ross. Because theres so much to choose from. Listen to your pets. Theyre your best friends, so they dont want you to spend more than you have to. If you want to save big on pet accessories, you gotta go to ross. The casket carrying reverend billy graham was transported from asheville, North Carolina to charlotte. The Billy Graham Library is located at that error site. Mourners can pay their respects on thursday. A private dinner will be held on friday at the Billy Graham Library. The burial will follow. 2300 people are expected at the invitation only event. The legendary evangelist died on wednesday of Natural Causes at the age of 99. After 40 years of walking each and every day, a lafayette man hit the 50,000 mile mark today. Friends and family joined 91 yearold, bob valentine, for the final few miles around his neighborhood. His journey started 4 years ago when his doctor told him to walk 3 miles a day to help his help. He has made the equivalent of two trips around the world. I started my third trip. I am on my way to the third trip around the world. He says he prefers to walk on a nearby trail and always listens to her and carpenter. Karen carpenter. Restoring hopes for snowboarders. The Mountain Resort on the west side of lake tahoe says things are looking better. Snow machines are going on a few icy patches. The resort says they were expecting up to six inches in the ended up getting up to 14 inches in recent days. Something the conditions are the best they have seen all season. The resort can open runs previously shut down. That is great news here is mark tamayo. Highquality powder in the mountains. A great development. They are reporting light snow in the sierras this afternoon. Here is the satellite with clouds working their way to the area. A few scattered showers, especially in portions of the north bay. Santa rosa reported. 01 with rainfall. Lingering clouds for tonight. Here is a look at the radar up toward the sierra. Look at snow showers developing this afternoon. Moving to the south over the next few hours. Current numbers show 50s in santa rosa and napa. San francisco, 50. San jose, 55. Wind speeds 17 to 23 Miles Per Hour. San francisco, west winds at 24 Miles Per Hour. You can see the results of the wind with a top on the bait waters. Just a few high clouds. It was very cold and if you records to report a view records to report. Lower 30s, santa rosa and napa. San jose, upper 30s. Here is the deal, San Francisco, 7 am at fair skies. Partly cloudy by noon. Thicken up the clouds by 3 pm. The temperatures approaching mid 50s. The satellite shows the jet stream winds. The northerly flow will keep things cool. This is the front we are watching for sunday night into monday morning. Tomorrow, taking up clouds by Late Afternoon. By sunday night, into monday, the system moves in and we could track scattered showers. The early portion of the monday morning commute. We will scale back on coverage. Tomorrow, not too much happening. The clouds work into the area, later in the day. Monday morning, scattered showers quickly move across the bay area. A chance of a shower into the afternoon hours. Moving out to the south and east of the area. Forecast highs for sunday, 52 and around 60 degrees. Here is a look ahead. The temperatures are not moving too much. Showers likely into monday. You can see the change in weather patterns later in the week. Wednesday into thursday, a robust system may work its way in. Rainfall makes a comeback. The year of the dog comes with many predictions. In china, many are asking for a prediction. Clotting long clotting long has it take. Reporter this master has been a master for decades. My dad was a scholar. What i was seven, i picked up the skill. Reporter what does that mean . The scholars come from a range of technology. Fortunetelling technology. This year, a dog was assigned. It is the earth dog. A mountain dog. Self serving. Reporter using the zodiac calendar, we got a roadmap. Some of it is a warning. The Chinese Zodiac assigns 60 animals based upon a year cycle. The earth dog was a bad sign for united sign United States. We will experience a start period of economic and stock market chaos. It may be a mild recession. The earth dog is a smart, intelligent being. If you look at hightech innovation, you will see a i application. Artificial intelligence. It will bring in economic high. Reporter there are 12 animals in five elements assigned. Metal, wood, fire, water and earth. For example, the president was born in the year of the dog. He is a fire dog. 2018 is the earth dog. President donald j. Trump was born in 1956. There is only one king of the year, the earth dog. There is a Competition Among the dogs. The king always wins. The earth dog always wins. Reporter he uses a chart. It gives them and a look into the month ahead. Taste on the birthday, you have a 10 year roadmap. Reporter what can you tell them . The purpose is to help people when having an issue. I can come in and help out. Thats kind of helping out, the success ratio is high. Reporter 75 percent or 80 percent . I like that number. Coming up, the democrats push back on gop claims of surveillance abuse and fbi russia probe. New details about the murky details surrounding security clearance for president donald j. Trumps soninlaw. In smalley, the death toll has risen to 21 in somali, the death toll has risen to 21. The first explosion happened at the gates of the president ial palace. The second near the countrys National Intelligence agency. Security forces shot and killed 5 suspected attackers. The islamic men terrorist group is responsible. The Security Council unanimously approved a 30 day ceasefire. It comes after 500 people were killed this week by airstrikes and bombings in the area. The 30 day ceasefire in syria will allow medical aid to be delivered. And to medically affect people. Congress released a redacted democratic memo pushing back on republican claims of surveillance abuses and fbi russia meddling probe. The memo says the fbi and doj did not abuse the formal surveillance act, as they investigated alleged russian meddling in the president donald j. Trump campaign. To is dismissing the memo, calling it a total and legal last. A total and legal bust. The focus today with on how to get more conservative voters to the polls. Reporter a big part of see pack has been to figure out how to get conservatives to the polls. Emerging theme for 2018 appears to be a big embrace of president donald j. Trump. I live in cleveland, ohio. Were to did not do well. The rest of the the state does not feel that way. To could win ohio. We as republicans need to inspire voters. We have sworn to protect the United States against all enemies. We need to fire up the United States to make sure we hold democrats accountable for their misdeeds and neglect. Reporter speakers have spent a lot of time spotlighting the red tape republicancontrolled government has come up against. Especially environmental regulations from the climate record. It was all about putting our economy at a disadvantage. Despite the fact we are leading the world in reductions anyway. The president showed tremendous courage to say im putting america first. Reporter conservatives are heading home to turn the things they heard into mid term success. A lot of people will be paying attention. The rnc chairman told me that in november, she is expecting president ial level turn out. Where for midterms. Peter do see, fox news. President donald j. Trumps son inlaw has yet to acquire permanent security clearance. He is a Senior Advisor to the president as been using interim security clearance for more than a year. Will be in a key player in the middle east peace process. Yesterday was a deadline set for white house aides to secure permanent security clearance or risk losing access to classified information. They 2 of the Democratic State convention wrapped up in san diego. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was among the keynote speakers. Some delegates will vote on endorsements for khalfani governor and other statewide offices. Tomorrow delegates will adopt a platform. A judge has struck down a redistricting plan for supervisors and kern county. A judge ruled yesterday that a plan with dilute the voting power of latinos. About it was brought by the Mexican AmericanLegal Defense and education fund. It argued the boundary between both districts broke up a large latino community, in violation of the federal Voting Rights act. Coming up, a new your parade new year parade is getting underway. We look at the extensive preparations for the big night. Its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. Does your bed do that . Right now, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Ends sunday. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Here is a live picture of the Chinese New Years parade getting underway in San Francisco. We will broadcast the parade starting at 6 pm. You can see part of it here. There are people packing the street watching the early part of the parade. We will have much more coming up during our ktvu live broadcast in about 30 minutes. The biggest parade celebration, the lunar outside parade, outside of asia. We show you the effort getting everything ready. Reporter a fast and furious few months for Stephanie Munson and her crew. We are working with 150 pounds of glitter this season. 20 truck loads of lumber. Hundred of miles of mylar sheeting. Styrofoam, a good seven truckloads for the statues we made. Reporter for the last 10 years, she has built dozens of floats for the Chinese New Year parade. This year, she helped to dream up 20 floats that will make their way down the street of San Francisco. We started with the core crew in december. We started to pick up a crew in january. It has increased and back to decreasing as we wrap up. Reporter the Chinese New Year parade is one of the few remaining night parades in north america. The biggest lunar new years parade outside of asia. A comes with its own challenges. It is interesting, glitter looks different in the spotlight, then it is in the dark. We have to make sure everything looks good in every light. It is a unique challenge, that you do not experience in any other parade. Reporter this year, there are new additions. More Tech Companies are participating. Amazon, comes with the echo. When is the year of the dog, it can be easier to please. It has been a fun year. Everyone loves dogs. This is my 10th year. I have never seen people so emotionally attached. Is everyone loves dogs. Reporter if you want to check out the floats, organizers recommend people use public transportation. You got a behind the scenes look. You can watch the parade right here on ktvu at 6 pm, right after this newscast. Julie haener will be hosting. Here is a look at the parade route. It starts on second and go to Market Street and then to gary gary street, and then it moves down kearny and then into the heart of San Francisco , in chinatown. New information about the accused florida shooter. Specifically, how authorities were warned about the threat nikolas cruz posed. In early january, a woman close to him call the fbi. She reported he was heavily armed i was going to explode. Tonight, we are hearing from nikolas cruz. He called 911 a week after thanks giving. Do have a gun . No. I got mad and i punched the walls. And he came at me and threw me out of the house. Nikolas cruz tobin i moment dispatcher that his mother died a couple of weeks prior and he was struggling emotionally. Esto men Douglas High School is blasting a Marjory StonemanDouglas High SchoolHigh School Student is blasting an officer. The only man with a gun, wearing a bulletproof vest. School security guards were running in and shielding kids. They were running in and shielding kids and losing their lives what he did nothing. Tebichi Scott Peterson is accused of hiding behind an outside stairwell, while nikolas cruz mowed down 17 students and staff members. Many in the community are outraged by the officers in action. Deputy peterson now has Security Officers guarding his home. The senior called the officer despicable and said he could have saved a lot of lives. Instead, he did nothing. For years the National Rifle association welded significant power in washington. Following the florida high School Shooting, politicians and corporate sponsors are ditching the group. That includes two of the largest airlines. We want to do the right thing. Reporter president donald j. Trump speaking days after it the gun man opened fire at Marjory StonemanDouglas High School. While the commander in chief backs the gun advocacy organization, others are backing away. Delta air lines and united airlines, two of the largest airlines, tweeted today that they are joining a growing list of Companies Cutting ties. Politicians like the iowa congressman, coming under pressure from constituents to stop taking campaign, contributions from the group. I will not be asking anyone for money between now and then. Reporter the nra is digging in its heels on the possibility of an assault weapon ban. At the conservative conference, cpac, the spokeswoman pointed her finger at the other side. Chris murphy, nancy pelosi and more, cheered on by the national media, eager to blame the nra. Many and legacy media, love mass shootings. [applause] you guys love it. Reporter a swifter reaction against the nra is being seen. Many say the mobilization of students in parkland, florida has fueled the call for a wider gun debate. Despite pushback from some customers, several Large Companies have not indicated that they plan on severing ties with nra. Amazon and apple offer the nra tv at. Fedex offers discount for nra members. Hotel planner offers members savings on airfare and hotels. Coming up next, we will bring these people together. We will use basketball as a tool. They have been entertaining audiences for decades. The Harlem Globetrotters, have a larger message. A new cemetery has been on earth in egypt. It reveals an Ancient Cemetery south of cairo. They started excavation late last year. Since then, they have found 2 belonging to egypt gods. There are other treasures. Todays today the minister of antiquities went over details. Without human tombs, aligning to the high priest of the area. We found more than 47 treasures. More than 1000 statues. It is the beginning. Egypt helps the recent discovery will jumpstart tourism. It has been hit hard by political turmoil followed by the 2011 civil uprising. The Harlem Globetrotters have been and American Institution for nearly a century. The team is using their incredible talents to spread a larger message. Was anais an reporter after 92 years, the Harlem Globetrotters have wrapped up impressive numbers. Including plane 26,000 exhibition games and 122 countries. And having 450 live Events Worldwide each year. Out of 92 seasons, we have to would for the military for 75 years, all over the world. We go to the bases in japan, guam and pearl harbor. We get over to the middle east, iraq, afghanistan during the bush administration. All over in germany and europe. We do things for the troops here. Reporter when we caught up with 3 of the allstar players, they were happy to show off their impressive tricks. We all have a certain routine. We call the magic circle and we do something unique with the basketball. We add our own personality. It really helps. We have evolved in many ways. Besides the basketball. This is my thing. She can dribble the ball. We all have something we bring to the table. Reporter just like their famous predecessor, the globetrotters have always been much more than a basketball team. They see themselves as a force for unity. We will bring these people together. And use basketball as a tool to take peoples mind off of what is going on. And let them know, there is Sports Entertainment that can bring 3 generations together and put them on the same page. No matter what color the three generations are. After every game, i have a family come up and say take you for being an extra inspiration to my daughter. Reporter in hollywood, anita bogle, fox news. Those skills are always amazing to watch. Coming up, authorities at San Francisco avenue way to respond to emergencies. The weather has been cold. Get ready for chilly overnight temperatures. Finally, a change. an increase in rain chances. The full forecast is coming up. Refresh your home and save at ross. Ross has all the home trends for kitchen, living room and bedroom for a fraction of what youd pay elsewhere. For the latest home trends, at big savings youve gotta go to ross. Ross is going all out. All outdoors that is. Youll find everything you need to make your outdoor space your favorite place. And if you want it all for a fraction of what youd pay elsewhere, you gotta go to ross. A First Responder may have a quicker way to get an injured passenger. They say a bicycle may be a quicker way. According to the Debora VillalonSan Francisco examiner , theyre going to get a bike medic program. The airport will pay December Cisco department for a service that could start as soon as next month. Hawaiian airlines abruptly canceled and changed hundreds of flights, schedule between the the area and hawaii. The changes affect new flights that were supposed to launch in may from oakland to kona and temperatures go to honolulu. It is due to delays in the delivery of its new aircraft. Hawaiians say all passengers line airlines say all passengers who booked will be notified and booked another flight. Time now for a check of the forecast with meteorologist, mark tamayo. It feels like today, there is a change on top. Grab the umbrella as you head it on standby. At least tomorrow you can go out and enjoyed the day. Dry weather pattern for the second half of the weekend. Eventually, a storm truck paying a visit. The big theme has been the cold temperatures. We have chilly overnight temperatures. Down into the 20s in a few spots. Oakland airport, mountain view, napa, livermore and monterey. New records set for today. Satellite shows clouds and development in the pacific. It will bring us a better chance of rainfall. Right now, clouds in place. You may encounter scattered showers in the north bay. Look what is happening in the sierras this system produces white snow in the sierras. This is getting out to the south of the sierras. South of tahoe. Current numbers, San Francisco, 50 degrees. San jose, 55. Livermore, 52. Winds have been blustery over the past few days. Oakland airport, 23 Miles Per Hour. San francisco, 24 Miles Per Hour. Here is our life camera looking towards San Francisco. It gives you a nice frame of what could be happening tonight. We have a few high clouds, but winds. Approaching 25 Miles Per Hour over the next hour or two. Overnight lows, starting sunday in the lower 30s. Tomorrow morning, not as cold as this morning. San francisco, 41 and livermore, mid 30s. Tracking the frontal band moving into northern california. Especially by late tomorrow afternoon and night. Cloud cover is coming. Monday, a system moves in primarily for the morning hours. Around 4 am. Scattered showers, most areas picking up a 10th of an inch. Possibly more robust later in the week by thursday. We will thicken up the clouds by Late Afternoon sunday. By midnight, monday, scattered showers moving across the bay area. Monday morning, 7 am. A chance of an isolated shower by monday afternoon. Outward this era, they are picking up more snowfall out toward the sierras, they are picking up more snowfall. The five day forecast shows a break into tuesday. Partly cloudy skies and a chance of a shower later on wednesday. Tracking real rainfall by wednesday night into thursday. For tonight, for the parade, we have had stormy nights in the past. Ainslie, this will not be one. Grandma coat. Grab a coat. The giants take on the dodgers. And st. Marys hosts saint clara. Cl it is late february. March madness is around the corner. It is about seating in the ncaa. A lot is to be determined in the wcc tournament. It was about honoring the seniors in their final home game against santa clara. The broncos had a sprained ankle and he did not return. A pretty bounce pass. Santa clara had 19 points. A nice running pass. 6740. 274. Waiting a possible rematch in the conference tournament that will affect seating seeding. Cal bears host washington. It has been a long season. The huskies set the tone and it 162 run. Cal falls in the pack 12. Pac12. Hector sanchez trying to make the team as a backup catcher. Mac williamson did the same in the sixth. For a guy trying to earn a spot in the outfield. Gines got 9 runs 48 93 win. Loretto had a home for oakland. Usf is paying playing in san diego. What is in a name . We have a story of a player who just sounds fast. In 1961 ferrari 250 g california. Spect you know ferraris . I am in the piston cup. Frankie ferrari. Reporter seriously . Is there a better local athlete name and Frankie Ferrari . When i first met him, i thought it was a nickname. He has a great name recognition. I cant believe right motors has not spoken to him. I get tweets at me and they throw stuff at me that is cool for my name. Reporter ferreri is revving up his game to match his name. Becoming the first usf don to earn wet coast conference player of the week since 2014. That is my personality and makeup. I try to be a leader. If there is an opportunity for me to help my team win, i take full advantage. He has a plan on the court, for sure. He is confident. He is a gym rat. He tried to handle it and sustain it. Truck that success has not come easy. The road to wcc stardom has been long and winding. He played at Burlingame High School before transferring to riordan high and back to burlingame. He began his College Career at usf. And transferred to pinata college before finding a home again on the hilltop. He is proud of where he is from. I have been around a bit at my share places. It is nice to be back and feel comfortable. I get it helped a lot this year. Reporter whatever the reason, ferreri is driving at they are winning at the right time. They said you were to pick in march . I thought we are hitting our stride. Reporter as for driving his namesake . I would like to own one. It is out of my price range right now. As a college student. Hopefully, when they. Reporter scott reese, ktvu. Is an he is playing tonight. Stamford is playing Washington State right now. Warriors are at oklahoma city. What that means is lots of talk tonight at 10 pm on sports. We are just a few moments away from the beginning of the Chinese New Year parade. Pack a coat if heading out. Close to 50 degrees right now. Keep it right here on ktvu. Julie haener is hosting the live webcast of the live Chinese New Year parade. But after this newscast it starts. We will see you at refresh your home and save at ross. Ross has all the home trends for kitchen, living room and bedroom for a fraction of what youd pay elsewhere. For the latest home trends, at big savings youve gotta go to ross. Theyd tell you to go to ross. Because theres so much to choose from. Listen to your pets. Theyre your best friends, so they dont want you to spend more than you have to. If you want to save big on pet accessories, you gotta go to ross. Live from union stair square in San Francisco, the Chinese New Year parade. It is goodbye to the fire rister and hello to the earth the dog, the most congested traditional and conservative of the Chinese Zodiac signs. 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