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Everyone to the four this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage, candidate daniel lurie pitching his plan today to solve the fentanyl crisis with other candidates offering their solutions as well. Ktvu christian captain joining us live now from city hall and christian. Everyone running says this is a top priority for San Francisco. Yeah, thats exactly right. While the various candidates may have differences on how they want to address the fentanyl crisis, they all agree that something needs to be done sooner rather than later. Fentanyl continues to ravage parts of San Francisco, and now the candidates for mayor are explaining how they hope to address the Overdose Deaths and Substance Abuse. Daniel lurie is pitching a plan. His Campaign Says is supported by Law Enforcement and former public defenders. Luries six point plan calls for having police and Substance Abuse experts respond to calls engaging with Substance Abusers immediately and referring them to drop off crisis centers, which can treat them, and an end to the revolving door at hospitals and jails. Now now all of the candidates are touting their leadership on the issue. Im the only one in this race, actually coming from the outside that has a track record of getting big things done, Holding People accountable. So its not a resource issue. It really comes down to managing and leadership. We have the money and we have to have the ability to lead and put all the pieces together. I have allocated funds where this program has been around for 30 years, and they were always denied by Public Health and not the breed administration. Public health, because i made it clear that we are going to support abstinence based solutions. And we also reached out to the most recent candidate to toss his hat into the ring, former mayor mark farrell, who said, quote, we have tilted too far towards a Harm Reduction approach that is enabling drug use rather than helping people actually recover from addiction. Hes saying as mayor, he would mandate treatment, create sober living and recovery plans, and audit the citys health and welfare budget. Guys, clearly this is one of those defining issues in San Francisco. All of those running for mayor needing to stake out their position and explain that position to voters. Were live here in San Francisco, Christien Kafton, ktvu, fox two news, and christian just wondering, i know its early. Were just hearing from daniel lurie outlining his plan today, but do you get a sense that that any of these potential solutions will actually work . Its hard to say. Its such a complex problem, as you well know, heather, that its a nuanced issue. So its going to take changes in all different areas. And now all of the candidates are saying that they are going to push for those changes. It just depends on which one the voters think is the most likely one to work. Its definitely going to give that particular candidate an edge because, as weve said, crime and of course, drug use in San Francisco are some of the biggest issues facing the city. Yeah, those issues front and center as we head toward this election in november, Christien Kafton live for us outside city hall in San Francisco. Christian, thank you. Well, pg and e officials in the hot seat today following recent long lasting Power Outages in San Francisco earlier this month, an outage during a storm lasted more than two days, causing disruptions to residents, schools and businesses. It followed a similar outage last month that was unrelated to the weather. Well San Francisco supervisor myrna melgar called a special order hearing for this afternoon, asking pg and e representatives to answer questions about what led to those extended outages and how to prevent repeat occurrences. That meeting is being held by the citys land use and transportation committee. At t, meantime, says it will reimburse customers with a 5 credit following last weeks hours long cell phone and internet outage. The company says it will apply the credit to potentially impacted accounts in an effort to, quote, help make it right. The reimbursements are expected to show up in 1 to 2 billing cycles as thursdays outage affected more than 70,000 customers. At t says a technical error was to blame. The Us Supreme Court today heard arguments about laws passed in both florida and texas meant to prohibit social media platforms from removing objectionable content from their sites, and this ruling would potentially have widespread implications for online speech in the internet era. Ktvu tom vacar joins us now live from our newsroom with more on what people here in the bay area are saying about this upcoming decision. Tom. Well, the Supreme Court must decide if social media is a completely open public forum where anyone can say anything without filtering, editing or restraint. Or is it more like a newspaper that can gather and edit any kind of information . It chooses . We took that question to the streets of alameda, asking should there be rules . I think Fact Checking is important, and i think some of the social Media Companies do that. I also know of a lot of accounts that have gotten banned for very silly reasons, so im not sure more control is the better way to do it. Yeah, i think there should be rules of the road for social media for anything out there. I see whats going on with these kids and such on online and bullying. Well, absolutely. Theres a social responsibility if you give a platform to be able to spew hate. Youre also like encouraging, like the retaliation that comes with it. Yeah, its the best thing to do would be to get things. Yeah. Have a, have a, have an open forum and work out work it through with rules. Yes. With rules. Now make no mistake, this is all about political postings. True, false or out and out fantasy brought by the states. The very states that passed these very laws being questioned tom vacar, ktvu, fox two news. All right. Tom vacar live in the newsroom. Tom. Thank you. Okay. We want to talk more about these cases before the u. S. Supreme court with larry magid, veteran tech journalist and ceo of connect safely. Larry, always a pleasure to see you. The rulings on these cases no doubt, could transform online speech. I want to dig in to the main question here. Before the Supreme Court, which is deciding what social media is, as tom was just mentioning, are they similar to phone companies or are they like bookstores and newspapers is a good question. And you know, the irony here is that the two states that passed these laws say that theyre doing it to encourage free speech. Yet, ironically, its a First Amendment issue which could cause florida and texas to lose this case because free speech, you know, applies to when it comes to the constitutional right for free speech. And thats a government thing. Government agencies cant suppress any form of speech, but private entities are not only allowed to suppress speech if they want, they can also speak if they want. So in a way, i think that that Companies Like meta can use the First Amendment for their defense, just as the other side is claiming its a free speech issue, but it does bring up the issue. What is the responsibility of social media . Are they Public Forums . Kind of like a street corner, like a public park where anybody can get up and say whatever they want . Or are they private entities and up until now, at least, there regarded as private entities, they are, they are, they are corporation. Theyre not government agencies. And theyre not covered by strictly. The First Amendment. And they not only have the right, many would argue, and some of the folks that tom interviewed made that point, that they have a responsibility to not allow for hate speech or to not allow for wild, crazy claims. And so theyre trying to figure out how they can allow people to have political speech, whether youre left or right or in the center. But at the same time not threaten people, not intimidate people, not say things that are that are hateful and have a forum that that people want to be on. Yeah. And it certainly seems, larry, as though based on the arguments or the questioning from the justices today, that the high court is inclined here to decide that social Media Companies do have some degree. Of a right to block, or at least moderate content that they deem objectionable. Here why do you think that the high court and the justices seem to be leaning in that direction . I mean, i think that they understand that private corporations, just like the New York Times or ktvu or any other entity, has some control over what they can allow. On their platforms. There are certain things that would not be published in any newspaper. Could they . Should they must they be published on social media and so, you know, thats a real interest. Now again, theres competing forces on this. But i think the court probably will rule in favor of the social Media Companies saying that the state doesnt have a right to tell them what they can or cannot allow on their platforms. Larry, this ruling could certainly change the Business Model of the social media platforms because as weve talked about, they believe that they should be able to make editorial judgments, judgments. But just going back to that Business Model, what do you see as a potential effect here on how these social Media Companies have operate up until now . Well if the florida and texas were to prevail, it means potentially an end of moderation. Now, clearly, i dont think anybody would argue that they should discriminate against people based on their political ideology. But if someone happens to be on the left or the right and says something thats hateful, thats mean, thats scary, thats going to potentially harm someone, it seems to me that these companies should have the right to take it down. But if this these laws were to persist, they could be, i guess, in criminal law, some liability for moderating their content. And that would, i think , have a very negative impact on, on all of social media. Yeah. And i think now the question is sort of how how broad this ruling might be. It looks as though the Supreme Court is likely to send these cases back down to the lower courts, to have the lower courts sort of flesh out a little bit more about how these laws would apply to kind of a wide variety of Internet Services just beyond the social media platforms per se. Uh platforms like uber, for instance. Right, that they wouldnt want uber saying, you cant come in my car because i dont like your political views. Right. Thats more of utility function. And so yes, they have to be more specific. And the courts, i think, need to do a better job of defining what is within the purview of social Media Companies and what isnt. So, for example, i dont think, frankly, they have been that certainly not very successful, uh, filtering out conservative speech. Ive seen plenty of protrump people on on meta on, on the formerly back when it was when x was twitter. Uh, its really not what youre what candidate you support. Its how you behave yourself. Thats what they say. But there have been accusations that theyve actually discriminated against people based on ideology. And thats something that maybe they have a right to do. But frankly, thats not in their Business Model either. They want kind of a free flowing discussion. Again, with certain rules of behavior. Yeah. And larry, that brings me to my final question, which is you cant ignore the political nature of this discussion and the cases right now before the Supreme Court. Oh absolutely. This is highly politicized. And youre going to see it coming from all sides. But right now, some conservatives, for whatever reason, feel that theyve been discriminated against. And thats frankly where this is coming from. So it ties very much into the political realm that were all dealing with right now. With the elections coming up. Yeah. And of course, yeah, this this ruling of this case sort of playing out here in the high court against the backdrop of the upcoming election later on this year and a lot of folks want to be able to regulate content, and social media sites want to regulate misinformation here as we head toward election day and by the way, the bay area is very much at the center of it because people presume rightly or wrongly, that were a liberal bastion just because were in the bay area. And thats where many of these companies are based. Yeah. All right. Well, we appreciate your perspective, larry. As always, larry magid, ceo of connect safely. Good to see you. Thank you. All right. Up next here on the for today, a new faa report says boeing needs to make some crucial safety improvements. The communication breakdown found between departments and what the faa says needs to change. Also a standoff with an armed suspect. It triggered a lockdown in a san pablo neighborhood. But that 15 hour long situation just changed. Stay with us. Were going to have an update next on a big change across the bay area today with the sun, clouds, scattered showers, snow in the sierra, and even a travel advisory, we a better look at what we can expect for the rest today the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. Theyre working harder than ever and they still cant make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. We need to build more housing thats truly affordable. We need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. We need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. This, this is why im running for the us senate. Im adam schiff and i approve this message. In a 15 hours long standoff that forced a neighborhood into lockdown, it is finally over. Just in the past ten minutes, residents received a robocall from the county, giving them the all clear and saying that the suspect is in custody. Now this all began last night when residents say they heard shots ring out in the montalvan manor neighborhood thats near san pablo. Many say at first they thought it was just fireworks, but there was more gunfire early this morning. Contra costa sheriffs deputies blocked off access to this area at one point, the suspect apparently fired shots at a Law Enforcement drone. But as we said, residents receiving a call from the county just before 4 00 this afternoon, giving them the all clear and saying that the shelter in place had been lifted and that that suspect is now in custody. We are working to find out more about exactly how all of this ended. Our henry lee, our Crime Reporter, is live at that scene and will have a report coming up in just a few minutes at five. A vallejo target store is expected to remain closed indefinitely after someone started a fire inside that business. Video on social media shows flames and employees running vallejos fire. Captain says this all happened saturday afternoon around 3 00 at the target on admiral callahan lane. That fire was started in the aisle where the paper towels are located. Preliminary reports estimate about 1 million in damage was done here. There are no injuries reported with this fire, and so far no arrests have been announced. Well, a new report released today by the faa found glaring flaws in boeings Safety Culture. The report found disconnects between Senior Management and other employees at boeing, with breakdowns in communication. It also noted that boeing had made some significant improvements, since those two deadly crashes involving the 737 max, eight jets in 2018 and 2019. Now, you may remember that new concerns about the companys Safety Culture emerged just last month after a door plug panel blew open on a boeing 737 max nine plane. During that, Alaska Airlines flight, the faa says it will continue to hold boeing to the highest standard of safety and ensure the company comprehensively addresses these recommendations. Over the weekend, bart recorded a spike in. Ridership thanks to two big bay area events San Francisco annual Chinese New Year parade and fan fest in oakland boosted those numbers. Nearly 124,000 trips were recorded on saturday. Thats 54,000 more trips than the previous saturday, the agency says. Saturday broke a postpandemic record for saturday ridership that was set back in october during fleet week. And, of course, the team from here at ktvu was down at the parade in San Francisco celebrating the new year. As we are every year. And boy, there were so many people out for the parade in San Francisco and the weather was just perfect. It was. And i really feel like there was a different kind of feel this year, and it probably did have a lot to do with the weather, because everyone was out there enjoying it. But i have to say, i think that this was really one of the best years and that Fireworks Show at the end, i mean, it was like 4th of july. Yeah, that that was really incredible. Yeah, it was. So speaking of speaking of the weather, i just want to thank rosemary, uh, for orchestrating, orchestrating for all of us. Were going to give you all the credit, rosemary, for that perfect parade weather. But actually a pretty nice day today. But but some some showers and some parts. Rosemary. Yes. Yes. And i was joking around because i was actually working that evening and i said, well, now we know the answer. Have me work. The evening of the parade. No, youve got to join us next year. All right. You guys given you a view here into San Francisco, where that shot is blue sky. How about this one over Golden Gate Park . Another view of mostly blue sky. This after a partly sunny start to the day. Scattered showers reported over areas just a few one hundredths of an inch reported in a few spots 62 degrees. Right now, santa rosa, upper 50s, San Francisco, low 60s oakland, concord, san jose and a view here of Storm Tracker two. And you can see not much going on now behind the. System we have cold air that is going to be filtering in. And with that do expect chilly temperatures for tomorrow morning. Speaking of chilly, we have snow in the sierra and an advisory for travel that goes until early tomorrow morning. It expires at 4 a. M. Some accumulations anywhere from 4 to 6in expected over the west slope and into areas of the sierra, with some of the peaks expected to get ten inches of snow. So thats some pretty good. Those are pretty good amounts considering, you know the storm seems fairly weak. Its just cold and the winds out there behind the system going to be picking up and turning breezy, seeing 16mph right now sfo, Half Moon Bay closer to 20 with the gusts. And as we shift into the north, weve got santa rosa reporting a wind gust to 21. How about the hills at this time . How about Sonoma Mountain . 19mph. There big rock reporting 28. So a brisk one as we get into sunset just before 6 00 this evening. And again, the futurecast model here will show you were not expecting much more in the way of rain, but come tomorrow morning we do expect a chill in the air. And there is an advisory, a frost advisory for our north bay valley locations as well as our hills. With temperatures expected to hit near freezing. A better look at these temperatures and what we can expect for the rest of the week. Coming up. All right, rosemary, well see you in just a bit. Thank you. Up next here on the four today, a new Bipartisan House Task force is coming together in washington. It aims to take on Artificial Intelligence regulations. Next on the four well talk live with a Cyber Security expert about where that task force should begin and what their realistic goals should be as they try to navigate parents at Beverly Vista Middle School received an email last week about students creating and sharing nude ai generated images of other classmates. A todays statement says that more victims have been identified since that investigation into the images began. Officials add that the district is taking every measure to support those affected by this type of bullying, and to prevent further incidents. Students say theyre scared and that every one is vulnerable. Girls are being called out one by one, and theres always that fear like, am i going to be next . Am i going to be called in . Theres going to be a naked photo of me presented to the entire world. The school is working with police to find those responsible, and it says any student found to be creating, disseminating or in possession of ai generated images could be expelled. A new effort is underway right now in washington to regulate Artificial Intelligence. The house has launched a Bipartisan Task force to focus on the issues around ai and to craft legislation. This task force will be chaired by two california representatives, Jay Obernolte and ted lieu, both from Southern California and south bay. Congresswoman anna eshoo will be part of this. 24 member group that will consider what guardrails are needed for Ai Development to both protect the public and foster innovation. For more, we are joined now by joseph thacker, an ai. Engineer and security researcher with app omni, a cybersecurity company. Thank you so much, joseph. We appreciate you taking the time here. Lets talk about the task that this group of lawmakers has in front of it, trying to put together a final report with some some concrete policy proposals around regulating. Ai. Where do you think they start . What do you believe some of these key recommendations should be . Yeah, i think that they definitely need to start with controlling the output of these models and the people who are using them. I think that it would be kind of a fools errand to try to control them at the at the model creators level, like with trying to implement large regulation on, you know, google or openai for example, because the open source models are advancing so quickly with things like in that segment that you just covered about, um, creating images, the open source models, like Stable Diffusion are already significantly advanced. And so i think that if they try to control it at the creation level, its going to be really difficult because people are able to run these models on their own, like laptops and desktops at home. So theyre going to need to work on implementing controls that that punish, penalize, and then, you know, control the output of these where individuals are punished for things that happen as a result of the bad generations. Yeah. Youre kind of hitting on i it feels like a theme when you talk about ai are the things are moving so rapidly in terms of its development that its just going to be its just hard for a body Like Congress to really be able to keep up with the technology. It feels like by the time this task force comes up with policies and hopefully passes some sort of legislation, its going to be outdated. Do you get that sense . Yeah i do worry about that. I think thats a great reason why they created the task force. It seems like theyre moving a little quicker in regards to responding to technology than they have in the past, but yeah, theres no doubt theyll need to bring in experts. Theyll need to be briefed pretty consistently. It wouldnt surprise me if we have to have more dedicated measures for keeping up with the ai space. All right. Lets talk about about what you what you sort of view here as the most significant threats that ai poses. We it feels like it sort of runs runs the gamut. You know, on the extreme end of the spectrum, we hear a lot of the conversation about kind of this existential threat of machines eventually becoming smarter than humans here. But you know, on, on, on a more sort of a simple level, we hear these cases like we just reported, you know, deep fakes. We talk about misinformation potentially being spread using ai, especially as we head toward the election this year. What do you see as the most concerning threats from this technology . Yeah, theres no doubt that that deepfakes, both from image to video to voice, are going to have the biggest impact. There are a lot of cases of people being scammed by by voice clones of their family members or of their coworkers asking them to either give them money or buy gift cards and that sort of thing. And then i think that its going to be really difficult to know what to trust, even in a court of law. In a very short amount of time. As you can imagine. You know, people could have ai generate fake images of someone else committing a crime or videos of them saying something that they didnt actually say. I think that will affect the publics ability to trust what they see online. Um, and were going to have to, in some ways rely more on what we see with our own eyes in real life. And i think that will have some good effects. But but, um, yeah, i think that they need to focus on those things. And then i also think that, like you said, the existential threat may be a ways off, but if the chance of, you know, some major catastrophe, even being as low as 1, um, its great that we already have policymakers who are at least thinking about it. And how to, you know, start combating that at this point. Then the third and i think final thing that i would mention from a cybersecurity perspective is we need to give really good guidance about how to implement ai in a secure way in these products. Yeah, i was going to ask you before we wrap up, and we are almost out of time here, but how do you see lawmakers trying to strike this balance between protecting the public from those threats that you laid out here, but also fostering innovation in this space . Yeah, its a great question. I do think we dont want to let other nations kind of run too far ahead of us, but we also want to be cautious about how it gets implemented. I think that the biggest key is really to stay on top of it and to respond quickly and then think ahead about what new, um, innovations or what new breakthroughs. I might have in the near future and how we should respond. Yeah, it certainly is a technology that we all stand to benefit from in so many ways here. Joseph thacher i engineer with app omni. Really appreciate your perspective. Thanks for doing it. Thank you so much. Sure okay. Despite her recent loss, donors keep pouring money into nikki haleys president ial campaign. Coming up, the amount of money haleys raised since her weekend defeat in South Carolina and also the big donor who has decided to s spending overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle dodemoat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. The primary over the weekend and her home state of South Carolina. As foxs Carter Hansen tells us, michigans primary, which is tomorrow, will be an important test for both republicans and democrats. After losing her home state of South Carolina, nikki haley is keeping her commitment to stay in the race. Since the weekend, the former un ambassador and governor lost a major donor but raised 1 million from supporters. As long as americans want me to be that voice, i will continue to fight for them. As long as we think that there is an option. Michigans primary will still be an important test for both democrats and republicans in the key battleground state. Surrogates for biden are working to keep up voter enthusiasm. Some folks unhappy with bidens handling of the war in gaza have been encouraging voters to vote up committed. Theres a lot of like, jewish people in the area. Theres a lot of like arab muslims in the area. You never know who somebodys going to vote for. If you vote on committed, theyll realize how much of an impact were making. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer urged democratic voters to turn out anyway. I just want to make the case, though, that its important not to lose sight of the fact that that any vote thats not cast for joe biden supports a second trump turm, a second trump turm would be devastating. This election will determine the future of our country for the next four years. The health of our democracy is on the ballot. Super tuesday comes just one week after michigans primary. Voters for more than a dozen states will head to the polls in new york, conahans on fox news. Both President Biden and former President Trump are headed to the usmexico border later this week. President biden is set to meet with u. S. Border patrol agents, Law Enforcement and local leaders in brownsville, texas, on thursday. Theyre expected to discuss the need for a new federal border agreement. On that same day, trump will be making a Campaign Stop about 300 miles away in eagle pass, texas. Republicans have been critical of the Biden Administration handling of migrants crossing into the u. S. However, democrats, including california governor gavin newsom, say its republicans who are to blame. The Republican Party is responsible today. Now for the conditions that persist because of their unwillingness to work with this president who went farther than any democratic president in my lifetime on a comprehensive package. An open border is the biden border policy for full stop that has been their policy. The Us Senate Passed a bipartisan Border Security agreement earlier this month, but House Speaker mike johnson says it didnt go far enough on Border Security and will never see the light of day in the house. The us secretary of energy, Jennifer Granholm, is here in the bay area today to kick off her california tour, focusing on the Biden Administrations clean energy efforts. Granholm along with east bay congresswoman barbara lee, attending a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at san leandro based huber. Its an advanced Battery Systems company that continues to expand, granholm is leading the department of energys effort to advance Clean Energy Technologies that will help reach the Biden Administrations goal of net zero Carbon Emissions by the year 2050. In 2050, if weve reached our goals these batteries are not just going to be in our cars, but theyre going to be in our busses and cargo and airplanes and military aircraft. And so super high speed vehicles, i mean, that we dont have to wait till maybe 2030 for, for that to happen. Well be powering our schools and our offices and, you know, everywhere we live and work and play with the technology that you are working on here today. Secretary granholm is set to travel to Southern California tomorrow to tour Energy Efficient solar powered homes and communities that were funded through a government, a department of energy program, new proposed legislation in sacramento could make california the first state in the nation to mandate routine testing of Wastewater Treatment plants statewide screening for drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamines. Marin and San Francisco counties have been testing wastewater for drugs in recent years, and some lawmakers believe its time to expand that testing statewide. Assembly member matt haney from San Francisco proposed the legislation when he says wastewater testing provides critical information that can be used to respond quickly to spikes in the use of those drugs , as well. A medical Research Team at Stanford University has now come up with the first ever treatment for Food Allergies. The fda recently approved the use of the medication, called xolair, following successful tests involving volunteers. Both young and old. Doctors say it dramatically reduces the risk of a possible life threatening reaction to peanuts, wheat and other Food Allergies. Food allergies affects two kids in every classroom and 1 in 10 adults over the last few decades, weve seen Food Allergies on the rise. Well, the stanford study found two thirds of the people who received the injection avoided severe allergic reactions. However medical experts stress this medication does not cure Food Allergies and that patients should still do Everything Possible to avoid foods that can make them sick. Up next on the four, a major shakeup in the middle east as the palestinian Prime Minister says his government is resigning. What a new government in the west bank could mean for the war in gaza, as the current Prime Minister makes a drastic move. As the unsettled weather moves out, the cold air settling in, ill have a look at the temperatures expected for tomorrow as well as what you can ex ct for democrats agree. Conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. Our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. Mr. Garvey, you voted for him twice. As your own man, what is your decision . Garvey is wrong for california. But garveys surging in the polls. Fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. Stop garvey. Adam schiff for senate. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Strikes near the city of baalbek , lebanon, killing at least two people. Israel says it continues to target hezbollah. A hezbollah official said one missile targeted a convoy of trucks. Another hit a food warehouse. Israel says the attack came in response to hezbollahs downing of an israeli drone over its stronghold in a province in southern lebanon. As well as efforts intensify to try to stop the fighting in gaza. The Palestinian Authoritys government submitted its resignation. This is the first step in plans to try to end the israelipalestinian conflict. In the meantime, that israeli strike deep into neighboring lebanon sets the stage and tone for a possible cease fire deal. Foxs mike tobin has the latest now from tel aviv. The palestinian Prime Minister says his government is resigning its. This decision comes in light of the political and economic developments related to the aggression against our people in gaza. The move could allow us backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority that are essential to the Leadership Group governing gaza in a post war world, a strength and empowered Palestinian Government that can administer the whole of the occupied palestinian territory is critical as part of a path to achieving the establishment of a fully independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable palestinian state. But many obstacles remain chief among them tensions rising with hezbollah in lebanon, Israeli Forces striking deep into lebanon monday, hitting targets that are among the deepest into the bordering country since the israelhamas war began. But they may not leave home. We are increasing our firepower and are ready to act against hezbollah everywhere with increasing intensity as tensions increase, talks continue regarding a cease fire and hostage release in gaza, israeli and hamas leaders arent releasing any details yet, but actions may soon speak louder than words. Israeli officials are on the cusp of approving plans to execute the idf offensive into rafah, on the gazaegypt border. Weve been clear that we do not believe that an operation in a Major Military operation should proceed in rafah, unless there is a clear and executable plan to protect those civilians, and we have not seen a plan like that. More than 1 million refugees are reportedly seeking shelter in rafah in tel aviv. Mike tobin, fox news. Well, a winter storm headed our way this week, expected to bring some new snow several feet of it to the sierra. We could see up to ten feet in Higher Elevations between thursday and sunday. The snow could drop below the 2000 foot elevation in some parts of the bay area on saturday. If youre planning to travel to the sierra into the weekend, well, its always a good idea to bring those chains. All right, lets toss things over now to rosemary for a quick on the for a quick look at the forecast. Yes, heather, that storm coming our way in time for the start of the weekend. Dropping out of the gulf of alaska and bringing with it very chilly air. Ill have that in the extended forecast. Lets take a look at what is happening outside our doors at this hour. Beautiful view there over San Francisco. Started out with a mix of sun and clouds, a few scattered showers across the bay area, picking up a few one hundredths of an inch of rain, and a view here of Storm Tracker two. Trying to figure out what is going on out there. You can see much of the west seeing some active weather. We have two elements. Were watching system here that is dropping in from the north. Theres also a system that is moving through areas of Southern California, and thats why weve got wet weather from north to south. As we move in closer here. This is going to be winding down as the front pushes through. Now behind the front weve got the cold air that is settling in. And so temperatures for tomorrow morning will be in the 30s and 40. You may want to go for the thicker jacket. Getting outside ill show you that in just a few moments. Lets take a look at the future cast for you this afternoon. Again, the wet weather moving out the Pacific Northwest will continue with the wet weather, but we are going to be dry for tuesday. Wednesday. Things start to change once again on thursday. Heres a look at thursday evening where wet weather is in the forecast, and then once it gets going, friday looks to be a soggy one. Saturday looks to be a soggy one. Right now it looks like we dry out on sunday, but it will be cool and breezy. This is the system that heather was talking about just a little while ago, so into sunday well call for dry cool conditions. Temperatures are only expected to be in the mid to upper 50s for us as we get into the latter part of the week with that system and the rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to 3in of rainfall for the bay area by sunday. But take a look at all that snow. The projections six, eight, even ten feet. As mentioned earlier tomorrow morning, the advisory for frost will be for our north bay valley locations as well as our hills. Do expect temperatures to be near freezing in our valleys and the inner east bay. Not much better. 37 in livermore for tomorrow, although the advisory is for the north bay and around the bay. 41 in redwood city, 42 in San Francisco. So if youre out early for a run, you like to walk the dog. Be prepared. Those temperatures are going to be chilly. Afternoon highs for tomorrow. Upper 50s, low 60s under partly cloudy skies, and your extended forecast here showing you getting into wednesday. Not much change. Increasing clouds on thursday with evening showers expected. Then on friday saturday the wet weather. But look at what begins to happen to the temperatures they cool off our afternoon highs in the low to mid to upper 50 for the weekend. Dry conditions on sunday back to you. All right rosemary thank you. Well home sales are up but there has also been an upswing in foreclosures in 2024. The trend were seeing with both commercial buildings as well as family homes. And then coming up a little bit later tonight at five, well show you how a Silicon Valley company is using Artificial Intelligence to help emergency vehicles get to where they need to go a little quicker. And its the end of an era. After 13 seasons with the giants fan favorite Brandon Crawford is moving on, headed to another team. Well have all the details coming up tonight on the news at 5 00. Overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. 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The speeches include Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in california, pushing renewables, and how that will eventually bring jobs. But economic pressure is building a report from adam, which follows National Foreclosure for commercial and residential real estate, found filings up 10 from december to january, and up 5 over the past 12 months. President joe biden on friday highlighting how the spending hes doing has held off foreclosure as the American Rescue plan provided 350 billion in state and local governments and many of you many of you put that money up for cops on the beat, bringing down Violent Crime across the nation, which weve done to bring a half a million teachers and other School Personnel back into the classrooms to prevent foreclosures and evictions, to keep 8 million families in their homes. But the adam report shows that when you break out commercial real estate, the foreclosure numbers accelerating up 71 from december to january and about two times the number from january 2023. Market watchers are concerned about commercial real estate bubbles that could pop as Consumer Spending starts to slow, but in particular, lower income consumer is starting to pare back their spending. Thats going to lead to some level of a slowdown across major retailers and that could be the one two punch. President joe biden trying to use the Government Spending to push off any economic cracks from getting bigger until after the election at the white house, Edward Lawrence fox business the feds are suing to block the largest supermarket merger in history, saying the deal would cut down on competition and lead to higher grocery prices. The ftc filed suit today to block the merger of kroger and albertsons. 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So and this points out one of the nuances that comes with advanced ai. And actually all of our since the launch of open ais chat, gpt gtp, gpt, excuse me in 2022, google has been racing to produce ai software to rival that of the microsoft backed company. Well, it happens every four years, but its easy to forget why. Coming up here on the four, well break down what exactly a leap year is and why theyre so important. Is it possible to count on my internet like my Customers Count on me . It is with comcast business. Keeping you up and running with our 99. 9 network reliability. And security that helps outsmart threats to your data. Moaire dida twoo . Your data, too. Theres even roundtheclock customer support. So you can be there for your customers. With comcast business, reliability isnt just possible. Its happening. Get started for 49 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to a 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet package. 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The other is what was i made for by Billie Eilish and her brother finneas. All right, barbie mania continues in the shape of a nostalgic hot pink flip phone. Human mobile devices, the Company Behind nokia branded smartphones, is now partnering with mattel to create a flip phone similar to the one that comes as an accessory with many barbie dolls. Now it wont be connected to the internet like smartphones are making it just like the old ones we used to have way back when. Its expected to be available this summer. Theyre probably very popular. Okay, we are getting close to the end of the month, and once every four years we add an extra day to the month of february. But do you know why foxs ted lindner unravels the importance of leap years and tells us what life on earth would be like if we didnt have them . Its still the shortest month, but this year, february is an extra day longer, all thanks to 2024 being a leap year. And while it may not seem like a big deal, theres a whole lot of science and math behind why we alter our calendars is the reason we have leap years is because the length of the year and the length of the day are not really related to each other. A year is measured by the amount of time it takes the earth to make one full trip around the sun, according to nasa. That takes about 365 days, six hours and nine minutes in order to keep the calendar synced up with things like the seasons, particularly when the beginning of spring is in the beginning of fall, the equinoxes we have to make a correction to the calendar, and if we didnt have leap years, life as we know it would look a lot different. What would happen is eventually the calendar would get out of sync with the seasons. So we would like to have the start of spring be in march, and if we didnt have the leap year eventually the spring would start to drift and wed start having the first day of spring be in january or october. The basic idea is that youd only every four years you add an extra day to the calendar, but in the distant future, the length of the day is actually growing longer due to tidal effects from the moon. So eventually we wont need a leap year anymore. When the number of days and years is exactly 365. Um, thats going to happen in about Something Like 2 to 3 million years from now. The next leap year wont be until 2028. Ted lindner, fox news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now developing news right now near san pablo, where police give the all clear after putting a neighborhood on lockdown for hours after reports of gunfire, those residents now allowed to return to their homes. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im claudine wong. Residents had been hearing gunfire for hours. Someone had been firing their gun since last night. Ktvu Crime Reporter henry lee live tonight at the scene. Henry. Officers taking that suspect into custody here . Yeah suspect is in custody just about an hour ago, the Contra Costa Sheriffs Office allowed residents to return back to their homes here in the Montalvin Manor neighborhood. The suspect still has not been named. But again, residents breathing a sigh of relief that the suspect is in custody. Im feeling its stupid because bullets go up in the air and they come down a west Contra Costa County neighborhood under siege by a barricaded gunman. This woman