And if you are going out, a quick look shows low clouds clearing out into the day today because we are warming up with plenty of sunshine for everyone today. At the coast, 60 degrees and mid60s around the bay and low 70s into the inland communities. That is just the beginning of the warm up and i will talk about that in a bit. For now, we will see how the traffic is doing. We do have slow traffic at the bay bridge, not unusual. Its coming up on 6 00. 6 01 to be exact with slow traffic, as you might expect. Interstate 880, looking good into downtown oakland with some other commutes waking up. 680 out of pleasanton is slow heading south. 6 01 and back to the desk. The Oakland Unified School district officials will hold two meetings for parents and neighbors to update them on the temporary closure of Mcclymonds High School after a cancercausing chemical was detected under the school. Allie rasmus is live in oakland where district officials are waiting for test results. Reporter these two meetings are today and one of them starts at 8 30 this morning and the second is 5 30 this afternoon. You can see the lights are on inside Mcclymonds High School but the campus will be empty with students not coming to class today. The school is shut down for another day because of a known cancercausing chemical found on the school grounds. The chemical is called tce and if its found in the groundwater under the school but not in the drinking water, the concern is whether vapors from that chemical may be in the air and the ventilation system at the campus. It was discovered thursday with the school being shut down and the district hired experts to test on saturday and the district said the test results are expected in about a week. The source of the contamination is not clear and according to the department of toxic substances website, there are five known soil sites within one half mile of Mcclymonds High School that are known to contain tce, among other chemicals. The meetings are at 8 30 this morning at 5 30 this afternoon and both will be at the west Oakland Middle School in the library and the address is 99,114th street. What the parents will do is get more information on this temporary closure and how long it will expect to last and where students could be moved to temporarily and the status of the test results when the district will get them back and the district will be determining the results. Now, the latest numbers on the coronavirus around the world. The total numbers are confirmed of 79,000 with south korea and italy reporting a growing number of cases of the virus. The number of deaths have climbed to 2600. In the bay area, concerns lead corporate sponsors and attendees to pull out of the rsa cybersecurity conference, beginning at the Moscone Center in the city. Verizon, at t and ibm have canceled participation. Organizers say that the conference usually draws over 40,000 people. The Trump Administration is expected to ask for emergency funding to fight the coronavirus was now 35 confirmed cases in the u. S. It includes 14 americans returning from the u. S. After spending weeks in isolation on the diamond princess cruise ship docked in japan. San Francisco Police are searching for a thief caught on camera stealing money from Cash Registers. Redhanded, mind you and investigators believe the same man was responsible for thefts this past week. One in the Mission District and the other in hayes valley. This was the scene at a restaurant on grove street shortly after 7 00 on friday. The man waits 15 minutes until two employees went to the back room. He grabbed 400 out of the register and walked out the front door. Trying to run a business in San Francisco is so hard. A few hundred dollars can go a long way. A similar crime took place a few days earlier at an ice cream shop on valencia street, 1. 5 miles away. Police said the same man grabbed money from a Cash Register when an employee was busy cleaning dishes. A driver is in custody, suspected of hitting a toddler. Investigators said cirilo tellez hit his own nephew and then left the scene. He returned four hours later and was arrested. Police believe alcohol played a factor in the crash. Struck people in pleasanton are concerned following a Home Invasion robbery that happened yesterday just before 4 00 in the morning. A woman told investigators she woke up to the sounds of breaking glass and was confronted by two suspects who pointed a gun at her and demanded cash. Detectives found Surveillance Video showing three suspects leaving the home and anyone with information could contact pleasanton police. Its 6 06. Nearly two miles of state owned space in santa rosa could soon be the site of an emergency homeless shelter. The Newsom Administration has given the city the option to turn that space between farmer lane and Spring Lake Regional Park into a shelter site but it also is slated for development into a stretch of parkland with commercial space that is part of the green lake project. The city council will make the final decision on that site. Police in San Francisco are investigating sideshows that drew hundreds. It started late saturday night at the intersection of clayton and Market Street in the Eureka Valley neighborhood with large crowds blocking traffic before police arrived. Police said the group initially met near Candlestick Park and moved across the city with at least four sideshows across the city with 50100 cars in each, but nor rest made. San Francisco Police said, this type of activity presents a danger to the community. Anyone with information, including vehicle license plates or video is asked to contact the sfpd. There were reports of sideshows in oakland with video from the citizen app showing a crowd gathering last night at the intersection of 106th avenue and macarthur boulevard. Weve reached out to the Oakland Police to see if any arrests were made. Following the nevada caucuses, Pete Buttigieg requested a review of the results, saying the count was, quote, played with errors and inconsistencies. 88 of precincts are now reporting and Bernie Sanders has been declared the winner with 47 of the vote followed by joe biden at 21 and buttigieg came in third at 14 and then, senator elizabeth warren, 10 and tom steyer rounding out the top five. The pg e large union has released a video to send a clear message to democratic president ial candidate, Bernie Sanders. You assume Public Ownership somehow guarantees that a utility would always have perfect judgment. You are wrong. Sanders is among the leaders calling for the public takeover of the utility and the union that represents roughly one half of the pg e 23,000 workers is fighting back with this video and leaders say a public takeover would be expensive and misguided and would do nothing to prevent wildfires or solve the pg e financial problems. Caltrans is closing the new bike and pedestrian path starting this morning on the an rafael bridge for maintenance from 9 00 until 2 00 in the afternoon every weekday through march 13th. Caltrans will provide a shuttle for pedestrians and cyclists during that closure. The first day of the work week and a lot of folks getting up to do what theyve got to do. We are already seeing slowing and weve talked about the Richmond Bridge and we will let you know if it does impact traffic when that happens. Right now at the bay bridge, you can see traffic is backed up for about 1015 minutes with good visibility and kyla has been talking about patchy fog but it has not affected the commute and does not affect visibility. This is a look at 880 south and across the peninsula with earlier accidents in redwood city that have not caused a big back up and going to san jose southbound near blossom hill, they are trying to get a car off the embankment but dhb has been running traffic breaks. The south bay commute is doing well. A warm day today and not just today, but a warm week across the next five days. Taking a look at san jose, the average is 66 degrees today and about 69 today. It goes up through wednesday and thursday and then a high of 78, 12 degrees above average and we are not quite that warm this morning, in the 40s and 39 in everton and menlo park with 30s out there with some patchy fog. Livermore has a bit of that. 42 in moraga and el cerrito, 46 and moving to the north bay, kenwood is at 39 and 45 in windsor. 49 in petaluma with warm kicking in as afternoon sun comes across the bay with patchy fog giving way to sunshine and warm temperatures. 60 at the coast and 66 around the bay and inland, low 70s. Here is a look at futurecast. Monday into tuesday, blue skies with clouds offshore wednesday morning and we are staying dry with some rain this week. A gorgeous day on tap was sunshine and nice temperatures and a dry pattern with a warm up but in the extended forecast, there is a small chance of a little rain coming our way as we get into the month of march and we will talk about that when we come back in a bit. 6 11 and a memorial for kobe bryant and others killed in that Helicopter Crash will be today with a preview of the soldout event, 20,000 people coming together to remember and celebrate the life of kobe bryant. Explosions, lowflying helicopters, large crowds. Disruptive movie filming in San Francisco that went well into the night for the past couple of days and more on that when we come back. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. President kennedy knew settling for halfmeasures wasnt good enough. So when candidates say we cant guarantee health care for all, make College Affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when its hard. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Grand now we have to deal withed us this. Rs. Climate change is an emergency. Thats why i wrote the nations most progressive climate law. And thats why im endorsing tom steyer. Because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. Same with the keystone pipeline. When tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. New this morning, wikileaks founder, julian assange, is in london beginning the legal fight to avoid extradition to the u. S. He claimed political asylum and spent seven years at the embassy of ecuador in london before being evicted. The u. S. Government wants to try him for conspiring to hack into Pentagon Computers 10 years ago. If convicted on these charges, he could spend the rest of his life in a u. S. Prison. The family of harry dunn urges the u. S. Government to block the extradition of assange until a suspect is released to the united kingdom. He died after a motorcycle collision. Diplomatic immunity was claimed because the suspects husband worked as a u. S. Intelligence officer. President trump and Melania Trump are in india for a two day visit. The president headlined a rally this morning. The indian Prime Minister, narendra modi, stood with the president for the national anthem. It was announced the u. S. Would be selling military equipment to india. Im pleased to announce that tomorrow, representatives will sign deals to sell over 3 billion in the absolute finest state of the art helicopters and other equipment to the indian armed forces. Trade talks with the Prime Minister are high on President Trumps agenda for the visit. Production ramping up in San Francisco on the set of matrix 4 was crowds gathering over the weekend to catch a glimpse of filming way for the movie hits the silver screen. Ktvu has Sara Zendehnam live in San Francisco where fans got a look behind the scenes and she joins us with more. Reporter things are back to normal, but the area was shut down because of explosions and fires, but not the real thing, of course. It is for project ice cream, also known as matrix 4, a code name for the movie. People said it was like a scene out of a movie. This literally was with low flying helicopters, drones and explosions. The special effects and filming happen from 6 00 p. M. Until midnight saturday and sunday from 5 00 a. M. Until 9 00 and then from 6 00 p. M. Until midnight. Some have complained about it being a nuisance but on the other hand, many are excited to see where these big scenes play out in the actual movie. The special effects and the stars have people talking. There have been a handful of keanu reeves sightings around the bay area. Its a rare opportunity to see a big budget film before it comes out in theaters. The expected release date is may 2021. They got about five or six explosions and there were big fires. It was nice, interesting. We had our popcorn. Reporter San Francisco has a system that alerts for Text Messages to let people know about the production. It gives the location of the filming and what to expect and the time. People who may not know about the movie are not scared if they hear or see the scenes. To sign up for the texts, just text alert sf to 88877. Venom 2 has also created a lot of buzz, as well. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox news. It is pretty cool when you drive through and see all the lights. It is. They are happy to have the film because it brings attention and money. They are staying, spending and eating here. Absolutely. Its fun to see behind the scenes. Good morning, everyone. The approach to the macarthur maze looks all right. 24 minutes and that is not out of the ordinary. The bay bridge, and 1520 minutes with traffic moving okay. There have been no major issues on interstate 880 or around the san mateo or dunbarton bridge with things getting crowded. Leaving the dublin interchange through pleasanton, it gets better before you reach the sunol grade. Lets go to kyla for the weather at 6 18. Little sunrise in the traffic cam with clearing, as well. A lot of sunshine and warm temperatures and the stormtracker shows clearing north to south as clouds move out with patchy fog in livermore and napa. Also, a little bit in novato and hopefully, that is not slowing you down too much. A few 30s in the map. 47 in san jose and napa at 34 degrees. High pressure building in to change the weather pattern and warmer and sunnier this week. We will stay dry and see in the end 70s today, courtesy of High Pressure but any storm will head to the north of us right through for the weekend and then we could see a bit of a change. Highs today will be warm, above average and 63 in San Francisco. There will be 70s on the map in santa rosa, napa, fairfield, livermore and 71 in morgan hill. Tomorrow, the warmup continues. In santa rosa, 72 and tomorrow, 78. Half moon bay, 63 and 67 tomorrow. 70 in livermore becomes 76. Do you get the idea . We are warming up. Clear skies tonight and nice with mild temperatures and a few 30s in the north bay and other than that, mid40s around the bay. Futurecast, it is play it again sam with High Pressure keeping everything away from us and possibilities of rain going to the north. Through friday and to the weekend, the ridge of High Pressure is breaking down and that could be our chance at a shot of a little bit of rain. Hopefully, the models will come together on consensus. Theyre hinting at it it. We havent had rain since january 28, 27 days of a dry stretch. The extended forecast shows a warm up on the way. If you like warm temperatures and sunshine, it is going to be gorgeous. The ridge breaks down toward the weekend with the potential of rain toward the later part of the weekend and i will keep an eye on that for you. 6 21 am trying to strike it rich with scratch off tickets . The search under way for a lotto ticket thief in Southern California. Catching people who throw parties on shortterm rentals and the actions airbnb is taking to keep people safe. Oryn dream. It starts here, in a middle class neighborhood with a middle class kid named mike. When his father died, his mother went to work and became the breadwinner. She instilled in mike a belief in hard work and a drive to build a better life. So he started a company from scratch with an idea and endless hours today, that makes him the only democrat in the race whos created 20,000 jobs. Hes the only democrat whos run the largest and most diverse city in america, rebuilding after 911, creating over 450,000 jobs and expanding Health Care Coverage to 700,000 people. The only democrat whos built a Grassroots Movement to combat gun violence and hes a leader combatting climate change. The only democrat whos never taken a penny from special interests. Now mike is running to deliver on the American Dream for everyone with Common Sense Solutions and the ability to get it done. Because Mike Bloomberg is the only democrat who can take on trump. And trump knows it. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Tomtrump on the economy. Ald his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. Creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. And provides a 10 tax cut for everyone making under 250,000. Toms plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. Protects union negotiated plans. And ensures californians can make their own health care choices. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Welcome back two mornings on two per 12,000 Santa Clara County workers will be striking this week, unhappy with their proposal to eliminate a planned 3 pay raise in june. Union leaders said employees are ready to walk off unless a settlement is reached by thursday afternoon. County workers went on a 10 day strike last october where they agreed to mediation the following month. Airbnb is Offering Party prevention advices with a discount. They listen for noise levels and send alerts. These are two examples of the devices. On the left is a smart property monitor and on the right is the air sensor with 50 off using those. Facebook wants to pay for your voice. They reportedly will pay users to make voice recordings to help the speech recognition technology. The social networking site once five sets of recordings from users on the viewpoint Market Research app with surveys, tasks and recordings gaining points and 1000 points gets you a 5 payoff. A clothing retailer will loan outfits to women running for any level of public office. They will dress for success in the world of politics and make sure they can focus on campaigning instead of wardrobe concerns. 1000 women have applied so far. Costco is cracking down on nonmembers who eat at the food courts. Many people that are not members of the club have enjoyed the costco cheap hot dogs, pizza and other food but signs are going up today to inform shoppers that they have to be members to eat at the costco food court. The rule has been in effect for years but rarely enforced. Fatal drug overdoses are rising in San Francisco with a look at the disturbing trend and what officials believe is behind it. The couple missing for a week in the north bay were found alive over the weekend and we have an update on their conditions and where they were found. We now take you over the oakland estuary. High clouds with a clearing across the water on this monday morning. You are watching morning sun two. Tom steyer will beat donald trump on the economy. His people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. Creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. And provides a 10 tax cut for everyone making under 250,000. Toms plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. Protects union negotiated plans. And ensures californians can make their own health care choices. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. From ktvu fox2 news, this is mornings on 2. This is one of our top stories with the New York Stock Exchange markets plummeting around the world world. There is the opening bell live this morning as the number of coronavirus cases is climbing outside of china with a high level in south korea. The dow is set to open down, maybe 900 points. There it is, down almost 700, 800, 900 is what it was expected to drop. 3 , most of the markets across europe overnight and asia, overnight, down 3 and 4 because of the concerns and the Ripple Effect of the coronavirus. We will have all your Business News in todays ktvu dollars sense. I hate to start the week with that. I was just looking at my phone, awash in red. Dont look at your portfolio or your retirement right now. Thank you for joining us on monday morning, february 24th. Im pam cook. Im Frank Mallicoat and steve is off and kyla is here. If we are starting with the stock market like that, i will bring the sunshine. We will have beautiful sunshine out there today with a chance of rain in the forecast, coming a little bit later and starting off with a quick look at visibility, napa and livermore,. 25 and then everybody else looking good. The sun is rising and it will be one heck of a day with current temperatures at santa rosa, 37 in San Francisco, same story. 40 in livermore and this is a look at stormtracker 2 with cloud cover tracking to the south and we will get some beautiful, beautiful clear skies and we are warming up with a high of 60 at the coast with mid60s around the bay and low 70s, in lynn. We have a shot at some rain and i will talk about that when we come back. First, we will see what your shot is at driving in on time. Sal, over to you. I see what you did there kyla grogan, thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. Westbound 24, some slowing with the fog that kyla mentioned being a problem approaching the sunol grade. This is a look at the bay bridge approach with a 26 minute drive from the essure and at the approach, a 20 minute delay. 6 32 and back to the desk. Firefighters are looking into the cause of an overnight Apartment Fire on the peninsula with flames first reported at about 2 30 this morning. Firefighters had the fire out by 4 00 this morning with the red cross helping those displays. A palo alto couple that survived eight days in the wilderness are recovering from the ordeal. We have a photo with the 72 yearold, ian irwin and 77 yearold, carol kiparsky, giving a big thumbs up from their hospital beds. They are being treated for mild hypothermia with a photo taken hours from the rescue. They were found in thick brush near tomales bay after they called for help. They heard the searchers and attracted attention. Rescuers said they had walked a lot further than the search teams had thought was possible. The families issued a statement thanking First Responders and everyone who sent well wishes. They promised to tell the entire survival story after they have time to rest and recover. Coming up on the nine today, two members of the marin county search team who found the couple talk about the search and we can meet groot, the dog who played a big role in the successful rescue, coming up later on mornings on two on the nine. The pg e union is pushing back against candidate Bernie Sanders, criticizing him for his calls to bring pg e under Public Ownership. Ktvu has cristina and rendon live in the studio. Reporter the video is a response to an ad from Bernie Sanders were victims of recent wildfires blamed pg e for decades of negligence. Sanders is among leaders calling for the public takeover of pg e. The local union said it will not prevent wildfires or solve financial problems and they represent roughly half of the 23,000 workers of pg e and other workers at publicly owned utilities in california. They released a video with a clear message to Bernie Sanders. Senator sanders, you are wrong. You assume that Public Ownership somehow guarantees that a utility would always have perfect judgment. You are wrong. Reporter Union Leaders say the public takeover would be expensive, misguided and would affect employee pensions. They say they are surprised sanders takes this position, given his history of supporting unions and workers. Pg e said its working on a bankruptcy plan including refreshing its board of directors to avoid a potential state takeover. Earlier this month, senator scott weiner introduced a bill that would turn pg e into a public utility. The coronavirus is spreading to more countries around the world, causing panic in many areas with a huge drop for stock markets around the world. Right now, the dow is down nearly 850 points. President trumps reaction. We are very much involved, very cognizant of everything going on and we have it very much under control in this country. Italy has reported the most infections outside asia was 215 cases and four deaths. Officials have banned public gatherings, including the venice carnival celebration. 12 in iran have died from the virus, prompting partial lockdowns in several cities with many iranians now Wearing Masks and gloves. Turkey and pakistan have closed their borders with iran because of the outbreak. The Santa Clara County board of supervisors is expected to approve funding to prevent people with restraining orders from having guns. San franciscos department of Public Health reports more than 300 deadly drug overdoses last year, the largest deaths in city history. The chronicle was told the growing number of deaths is driven by the use of fentanyl with experts thing that is because fentanyl is less expensive and produces a stronger high than many other drugs. The number of deadly overdoses has steadily increased since 2016 when it had hit a recent low of 186. It has been increasing at a steady pace ever since. 20,000 are expected to gather in Downtown Los Angeles this morning to celebrate the life of nba legend, kobe bryant. The public memorial begins at 10 00 at the Staples Center, home of the lakers for the past 20 years. The arena is often called the house that kobe build. Fans will be there to honor one of the greatest basketball players of all times. He was my hero growing up. I was born in 1990 and got to see him when he first started with the lakers. Its amazing how the unfortunate because brought the Community Together in a wonderful way. Los Angeles Police are concerned that a number of fans might show up at the Staples Center without a ticket. They are being told to stay home and to watch it on television. Kobe bryant and his daughter gianna and seven others were killed in a Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles County one month ago. 6 38 as the time and lets check with sal for the commute. We have crowded conditions appearing on many commutes. If you are driving into work on this monday, you might expect that. In the east bay, the bay bridge is backed up for 1520 minutes, except the carpool lanes and the bus lanes. Traffic is okay on 880 and going south, slow from hayward to union city and in the south bay, for the most part, a decent dry but northbound 17, the santa cruz mountains, a very slow drive from Scotts Valley and toward the summit because of a crash. If that is york commute, give extra time to yourself. In los gatos, this is not affecting you. 6 39 and kyla grogan is filling in for steve. Good morning, everybody. A warm week with temperatures warm and lots of sunshine. Its the beginning of a warm up coming our way. San jose, average high is 66 degrees and we will beat that by 3 degrees with a high of 69. By tuesday, into the 70s. 75 wednesday, 77 and then 78 on thursday. San jose, not the only place seeing that. Current temperatures, millbrae, 46 and pacifica, 45. To the east bay, patchy fog in livermore with 40s out there. Dublin at 44 and some chilly air in walnut creek, 38. In the north bay, sebastopol at 38 and 45 in windsor and 49 in mill valley. Weve had patchy fog with low clouds that will clear through the morning and then, off to the races with these temperatures. 60 at the coast and 66 around the bay. Inland, low 70s. As we saw with that temperature map, it will go higher through the week with the futurecast showing you that the clear skies will stay today and then we roll through wednesday with High Pressure keeping that rain or moisture coming our way and we love to see that in the forecast. We will see it wont happen this week. Gorgeous today with a dry pattern continuing through the week and looking at the extended forecast, models hint at a chance of rain toward the end of the weekend and we will talk more about that in your extended forecast when i come back in a bid. For now, back to the desk. A struggle continues beyond the allstar break. How soon steph curry could return to help the team and, hopefully, get them back to their winning ways. People in texas have to say goodbye to the Leaning Tower of dallas, after a failed demolition. Lets talk to gasia with what is coming up in the 7 00 hour. I join you in the studio as we approach one of my favorite times of the year. For those who get their berries from the store, a big change and how packaging will be as good for the earth as the berries are for your body. In the 8 00 hour, we talk with san joses mayor, sam liccardo, as we do every month. From his support in the politics, a new study giving san jose a dubious distinction with real estate. We will be right back. Wall street banks took advantage of millions of americans during the recession. So, my wife kat and i took action. We started a Nonprofit Community bank with a simple theory give people a fair deal and real economic power. Invest in the community. In businesses owned by women and people of color. In affordable housing. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. The Catholic Diocese of oakland has placed an embattled priest on leave and opened an investigation against him. The chronicle reports a complaint from a parishioner who said reverend george groped her back in 2002. The priest had also reportedly been moved out of two parishes since july after five other women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment. The Democratic Candidates are focused on the upcoming primary in South Carolina with the super tuesday states including california. We are going to beat trump in november. Bernie sanders is currently the front runner after his strong showing in nevada and other candidates are trying to slow down the momentum of sanders. The stakes are so high in this race. We have to have someone at the head of the ticket that can bring people with her instead of shutting them out. I think it will be bernie and me on super tuesday. We are calling out the independent voters and we are delighted to see some of the ranks of what i like to call future former republicans, signing up for this. You are welcome to be on our side. The Democratic Candidates have a debate tomorrow night in charleston and tom steyer qualified to join the candidates on stage. We have an update on reports that russia is working to help reelect President Trump with white house advisers saying the official who briefed congress on the matter may have overstated the situation. Security adviser, Robert Obrien said he has seen secondhand leaks from the democraticcontrolled House Intelligence Committee but no actual intelligence that russia wants to help President Trump. This, while one democrats and russias involved in americans every day lives. I havent seen intelligence that russia is doing everything to attempt to get President Trump reelected but i think this is the same old story weve heard before. Ive seen reports from the briefing at the intel committee. I wasnt there but ive seen no intelligence suggesting that. Our National Security advisers should stay out of politics and that is a political statement. The president has dismissed the reports as misinformation from the political enemies in congress. Senator Bernie Sanders is criticized after an interview on 60 minutes. He defended comments he said about fidel castro in 1985 and was talking about social welfare programs introduced under the castro regime. He described them as redeeming, despite human violates rights against cubans. You know, its unfair to say everything is bad. When fidel castro came into office, he had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing even though fidel castro did it . A lot of dissidents in prison. Thats right and we condemn that. Fidel castro relinquish power in 2011 after nearly half a century in charge and critics pointed out that cuba had literacy programs in a state that controlled everything available for reading. The former empire after, jussie smollett, is due in court to face a new set of charges. Prosecutors alleged he lied to police about being targeted in racist and homophobic attacks in Downtown Chicago earlier. The case comes one year after the santa rosa native was first brought up on charges accusing him of staging the hate crime. Cook county prosecutors abruptly dropped the first case against him with little explanation and it was a highly controversial move. Police are looking for a man who stole two cases full of scratch off lottery tickets. He hit two separate stores on the same day last month and grabbed the lottery cabinet from the counter and took off running. There is a new Surveillance Video of him and those lottery tickets are now worthless because the robbery was reported and the tickets deactivated. A Security Camera captured the moment a woman tried to break out of jail. She tried to climb into the ceiling but fell through. You can see that she was pulled into a trashcan, ending her attempt to break out. She now faces extra charges for escape and vandalism. The failed demolition nicknamed, the Leaning Tower of dallas, is being brought down. There she goes. The building was imploded eight days ago but didnt entirely collapse, as planned. The core of the building had remained and had become a bit of a local landmark was demolition crews knocking down the rest of the building by the end of the day. How are you, sal . Its okay. 17 is not okay now and people coming into the valley, we start with highway 17 because it is very slow from the Scotts Valley due to a crash and the normal morning commute. Traffic is slow with a crash at the summit and then the traffic after that looks okay if you are driving to the silicon valley. That commute will be all right and you can see the west valley commute is getting slower. I will let you know that at the bay bridge toll plaza we have slow traffic with a typical delay of about 20 minutes and when you get to the bridge, it looks good in San Francisco. 6 50 and lets bring in kyla filling instrument for steve. We are having nice conditions around the bay. We have fog in places like livermore. Clouds are clearing north to south and continuing to go throughout the day with the fog issue in livermore. The same story in napa and everyone else is fantastic. Looking out, current temperatures are 45 in berkley, 41 in north novato and 47 at sfo and san jose. 47 with a big picture. High pressure building in and thats why we see lots of sunshine and warm temperatures. Today, sunny skies and inland, 70 expected. High pressure will shoot chances of a storm to the north. During the work week, the dry pattern continues and we will warm up. Today, 63 degrees in San Francisco, 67 in fremont and morgan hill, 71 and that is the beginning with temperatures in santa rosa, 72 and tomorrow, 78. Half moon bay in the upper 60s and 70s in livermore and san jose and all across the bay, the heat up continues. The overnight lows, mostly clear skies and 40s in the bay with 30s in the north bay and the extended forecast, dry and then thursday and friday, a shot of a chance of this ridge breaking down into the later part of the weekend and could possibly bring 80 and rain. We hope it will verify as the week goes on. Its been 27 days since measurable rain. The warmup is on the way and toward the weekend, things are cooling down with a rain chance coming in the later half of the week. Twitter is stepping up efforts to get rid of dozens of accounts supporting Democratic Candidates. Michael bloomberg, coming up in the next hour and why the social networking site claims the Bloomberg Campaign violated the policies. More robots making their way into operating rooms and we show you how they work and how surgeons are benefiting. A star on the pitcher mound and apparently, the rodeo ring . Details on Madison Bumgarners secret side gig as a rodeo cowboy while pitching. Right now, a live picture from copacabana beach in brazil. A little monday morning vacation to get you through your day with crowds from a mardi gras event. By the way, rio de janeiro, new orleans and other places have mardi gras celebrations going on. You are watching mornings on to and listening to a little jimmy buffet and we will be right back. This is a story of the American Dream. It starts here, in a middle class neighborhood with a middle class kid named mike. When his father died, his mother went to work and became the breadwinner. She instilled in mike a belief in hard work and a drive to build a better life. So he started a company from scratch with an idea and endless hours today, that makes him the only democrat in the race whos created 20,000 jobs. Hes the only democrat whos run the largest and most diverse city in america, rebuilding after 911, creating over 450,000 jobs and expanding Health Care Coverage to 700,000 people. The only democrat whos built a Grassroots Movement to combat gun violence and hes a leader combatting climate change. The only democrat whos never taken a penny from special interests. Now mike is running to deliver on the American Dream for everyone with Common Sense Solutions and the ability to get it done. Because Mike Bloomberg is the only democrat who can take on trump. And trump knows it. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Fisnt just about polar bears. Were fighting for our lives, were fighting for clean air and clean water. Thats why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. And only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. And hes still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. Thats the truth. Thats tom steyer. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Back now at 6 56. A new orleans tradition turned deadly. On saturday a man was hit, killed by a float during one of the parades. This is the second death along the parade route in just four days. Last week a woman was ran over and killed and another carnivale situation. Tomorrow is fat tuesday and officials are banning the use of tandem floats. We have to do our Due Diligence in making sure this is a safe carnival for everyone. Officials from the four Main Organization say they will comply with the citys order to split their tandem floats. The season wraps up tomorrow with the traditional fat tuesday celebration. Happening today, the state Public Utilities commission is holding the mitigation planned meetings, second phase to be going over the specific plans for pg e, Southern California edison, and san diego gas. The public is invited to make comment about the proposals before the april 7th meeting. P. U. C. Commissioners are expected to make decisions on the actual plans in june. Good news for warrior fans. Steph curry could return in the upcoming weekend after sitting out with that broken left hand. The team could have used curry against this guy, Zion Williamson out of duke, and now a pelican, as he goes up and stuffs down. Golden state had a ten point lead at the second half, but the warriors lose 115109 and will play tomorrow night at the chase center. And from livermore, to attend an event at the chase center, the winner was upgraded to floor seats. The 1000000th guest tally includes concerts and performances since the chase center opened up last year. Another night, another loss for the sharks on a road trip, they gave up the first goal to the islanders in the first period, but just minutes later, dylan gambrel tied up the game at one apiece, but that was it. Sharks got shut out and they lose by a final of 41. The loss comes hours before the nhl trading dead lineup and san jose has eight players, some big names including joe thornton, patrick marlowe, and aaron dell, whose contracts are expected tend of the season to expire, so sharks could be already lifting to be in contention for the playoffs next season. A high school in oakland remains closed this morning after a cancercausing chemical was found underneath the campus. Were live with whats being done today to help keep students safe and when the campus may reopen. Plus, eight days after they disappeared, a couple out of palo alto found alive and well, what search teams had to say about where they found that couple. And final preparations are underway for a public farewell to nba star kobe bryant and his daughter. Details on todays memorial in los angeles and what fans are saying about it. 7 00 on monday, its february 24th, im gasia mikaelian. And im Frank Mallicoat. Dave clark has the day off. Gasia, good to have you here. Good to have you here. And kyla in for steve. Good morning. We have a Beautiful Day on tap today, and very warm temperatures through the workweek. Well start off with a beautiful look at our San Francisco cam. Its just gorgeous this morning. Temperatures starting to warm up a little bit. Currently in San Francisco, 48 degrees. 49 in oakland. Were in the 30s in santa rosa. Livermore, fog, and 49 in san jose. We do have a little fog there in livermore as i mentioned. Visibility is a quarter mile, but napa has improved. Youre looking great as is the rest of the bay area as far as fog is concerned. Weve got low