Through earlier this afternoon. Really brought significant rainfall. Ariel distribution. It was everywhere, but not in terms of piling up. We didnt get big amounts of rain, except in the north bay, where they got nearly an inch up around kentfield. But most of us were under 2 10 of an inch of rain. This was the band that went through about two, three, 4 00, 5 00. Tend to where you were and that brought, you know, probably the biggest pop of this whole system. As we move into tonight and tomorrow. This is the current radar. You can just see widely scattered showers now, this footprint that im showing you now is going to be pretty similar. Each day as we go into the weekend and into sunday morning, even as this cold air stays around, there will be this continued instability which will allow for thunderstorm and maybe some snow on a peak, some hail, perhaps some heavy rain, perhaps the whole bit. But in the mountains. So were all over the map, right . But its going to be a manageable weekend for us. The mountains is going to be anything but manageable. Its a blizzard warning, as we, you know, for about three days straight, its going to certainly have problems on 50 and 80 as we go into tomorrow in terms of shutting down those highways. I would not be surprised at all. Snow levels are going to continuously drop down below, well below blue canyon, down below colfax. And thats going to cause problems as well. Infrastructure problems with big wind as well. So the mountains are the story around here. Well get some wind. A wind advisory goes into effect tomorrow. All right bill, thank you. Well, the blizzard it is big enough that some ski resorts have already made the call to close tomorrow. Ktvu zac sos with us here in studio tonight. After speaking with some resort operators as well as emergency officials. Zach. Yeah you said that this storm once again proof as you mentioned, that for ski areas there is such a thing as too much snow. So some closing, others scaling back on operations tomorrow. Meantime visitors quickly pivoting from talk of spring skiing and t shirt weather earlier in the week to hunkering down. Donner pass inundated by snow thursday evening. Earlier in the day at palisades tahoe. Its definitely coming down right now. Im getting pelted in the face. Thank goodness im wearing sunglasses. Uh, because yeah, it is definitely snowing. Its just pouring with really implosions. So resort spokesperson Patrick Lacey at the base as the massive winter storm began to make its way into the lake tahoe area, only expected to intensify from here on out. Yeah, this is going to be a big one for sure. In tahoe city, plows hitting the roads a blizzard warning in play from the National Weather service feed upon feet of snow and dangerously high winds. Forecast for the region at the resort. The alpine side closed friday and limited operations scheduled for the palisades side. We do ask for your patience, uh, especially on the Upper Mountain lifts. Uh, this is for your safety. This is just coming all at once. I mean, this could really, really impact the season and extend our season as well. Meantime at heavenly mountain resort, were preparing for a big one right now. The forecast prompting the resort to shut down its gondola and Upper Mountain lifts friday. Once the storm passes, it will be great for those powder hounds, but for now, were just taking this day by day right now. And the last thing, frankly, is that we have to take a look at road conditions. Is it safe for people to get to our mountain if you dont have to travel, if you dont have to be out, dont be out. Thats the message from truckee Emergency Services. With whiteout conditions already hitting roadways in and out of the tahoe area, we are definitely hearing that, uh, people are are stocking up, got groceries, going to be making stew, made sure we had eggs and stuff because you need to plan ahead and not wait for the last minute. For those who do need to hit the roads, the advice have that blanket, have food, have water and be ready to potentially have to hunker down wherever youre stuck. Yeah, the message right now from first responders. Now is not the time to head up to tahoe and if youre planning to go up after the storm, something to keep in mind. They say it could take days after words to clear up some of those roads. Mike. Oh you bet. Especially if theyre going to get ten feet of snow. Zac sos live tonight here in studio. Zach thank you. Driving conditions are going to be treacherous this weekend. Heres a live look along interstate 80 near donner summit. Just north of lake tahoe. Heavy snow making it hard to see the different lanes on the freeway. Tonight, the chp says chain controls are in effect for portions of highway 50 and interstate 80. In the sierra, officers say trucks are at max some restrictions. With all this heavy snow and expected winds, the office of Emergency Services says the risk of avalanches increases. They have these safety tips for people. Keep an eye out for visible cracks across mountain slopes. Avoid slopes steeper than 30 degrees. Use the buddy system when visiting the snow. Also consider bringing some safety items like a helmet and an avalanche beacon to help rescuers locate you. A quick reminder here you can stay on top of the storm with our ktvu weather app. It has Current Conditions live, interactive radar breaks down the forecast hour by hour. It is free to download in your app store. New at 11 a man is in custody after Palo Alto Police say he robbed a woman in her driveway earlier this month on february 7th. Officers say 36 year old Antonio Harrison stole a womans purse and phone while she was sitting in her vehicle in her driveway. And then around 520 this morning, Palo Alto Police arrested harrison at his home. Hes now in the Santa Clara County jail facing robbery and parole violation charges. The city of oakland has been without a police chief for more than a year. When mayor xiang tao fired Lauren Armstrong last year, she promised to fill the position within the year or declare a state of emergency. Well, more than a year is now past, and still the Police Department is without a permanent leader. Tonight a police commission, Ad Hoc Committee in charge of finding candidates to be the next chief held a public forum for Community Members to hear from four candidates. Mayor tao refused to attend ktvu Jana Katsuyama was at the meeting and tells us about the ideas the candidates have. About 30 people came to the Oakland PoliceCandidate Forum at oakland city hall. More watching online. Were offering you change agents. Look at their qualifications. Why they want to lead in oakland. Marcia peterson, chair of the commission and Ad Hoc Committee, asked each candidate to present their plans for their first 100 days. Louis molina, assistant deputy mayor in new york city, said hed begin with community meetings, a review of department policies, budget and staffing. I am an evidence based thinker. Ive worked in policing. Ive worked in the District Attorneys Office and ive worked in corrections, lisa davis, assistant chief of the cincinnati Police Department, said shed begin with a listening tour, talking with Community Leaders and Police Sergeants who she says plays a critical public role. The way we treat people matters, and that accountability is shown. Davis said she would use precision policing data to focus on high crime locations and be a collaborator. You can be, um, propolice and be about procedural justice and police reform. You could be about all those things. Those arent mutually exclusive. Former san leandro chief abdul pridgen, a previous candidate whod been rejected by the mayor once before, said hed prioritize the budget, Police Staffing and Community Engagement meant, in my experience, the way you change culture and behavior is through accountability. I believe it starts at the top down. I ask people to hold me accountable for what i do. Floyd mitchell, former Lubbock Police chief, said he would meet with the community and the police rank and file. I think its vitally important to get feedback from the officers that have boots on the ground, uh, and determine from them where we excel and where we could do better. The forum is great. I think you should always have a forum when youre going to select somebody like a chief of police, but certainly as of tonight, its out of the four. It was very clear who my top choice would be out of the top four. I asked noel gallo who his top choice was, but he said he wasnt ready to disclose that yet. Thats because the Ad Hoc Committee is expecting to present their list to the mayor on friday morning in oakland, Jana Katsuyama. Ktvu fox two news. The only time these individuals see the city is when police are jamming them up, right. How do we get them before theyve reached that area . Before theyve done the shooting from Gang Violence to blight and traffic problems. One san jose neighborhood now turning to city leaders for solutions. Tonights town hall meeting aimed at curbing crime and a record amount of money, is being spent on this years California Senate race. Which candidates are spending the most in how the numbers compare to years past . But first, firefighters in texas battling the largest wildfire in state history, coming up in tonights west coast. Rapper going to hear from a resident as he describes all the damage 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. 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. We beginning tonights west coast wrap this fire, which is being called the Smokehouse Creek fire, has grown to nearly 1700 acres in the texas panhandle. A disaster declaration is now in effect for more than 60 counties. At least one person is confirmed dead while dozens of others are now homeless. After watching their communities burn. I think everyone still really in shock. I mean, literally the entire everything around the town is completely ash. Crews got some relief today as snow fell and temperatures dipped across the scorched land. The white house says President Biden is monitoring the situation closely, and texas will have all of the resources it needs to contain the fires. A large majority of illegal crossings along the southern border are happening in arizona and right here in california. Customs and Border Protection sources telling fox news that during the last week of january, nearly 72 of illegal crossings happened in those two states. Officials say the shift from texas to areas closer to the cities of tucson and san diego may be the result of mexico increasing enforcement directed at migrants. After a december meeting between mexican leaders and secretary of state antony blinken, mexico started forcing migrants to get off freight trains headed in the direction of texas and in utah, Salt Lake City formally submitted its application today to host the 2034 winter olympics. The application is made up of thousands of pages and includes a local vision for elevating the winter games sustainability goals and plans to curb corruption and sports betting. Back in november, the International Olympics committee named Salt Lake City as its preferred host. The city previously hosted the 2002 winter olympics, and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on kctv icu west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7 00 monday through friday, or you can find round the clock coverage at west coast rap. Com. Tonight, Community Leaders in East San Jose held a town hall to address neighborhood issues, including traffic enforcement, blight and rising Gang Violence. Ktvu south bay reporter Lamonica Peters has more from tonights meeting. Community members, parents and staff gathered at rocketship ccp Academy Thursday night to voice their concerns about whats happening in East San Jose. There is an active gang here that many families are concerned about. And, you know, not just that, but theres Illegal Dumping in the neighborhood. Theres graffiti, theres a lot of blight. Theres a house thats on our block that has multiple cars. Then they have them all parked all on the street. District five Council Member peter ortiz says, addressing these issues is important to him because of his own history. We want to provide opportunities. We want to provide options for these individuals. Im a former gang member. Im not going to be, um, hypocritical and talk bad about these individuals. These are individuals who have lacked resources from their birth. Growing up here in the east side, and especially in dobon, ortiz says Holding People accountable for their criminal behavior is also key. He says hes formed a partnership with san jose police, the Santa Clara CountyDistrict Attorneys Office and educational institutions like rocketship Public Schools to reach young people as early as possible. I think this is one opportunity in one way for us to build that bridge in that community. With peter ortiz and his team, but also just empowering our families. So yo, un buen programa es venir con los ninos desde chiquitos Santa Clara CountyDeputy District Attorney byron suarez is also grew up in East San Jose and talked about one way he and the das office are approaching gang prevention and sharing my upbringing, the struggles my family had visiting my brother in jail and my cousins in prison, and telling them that, you know, that we dont want that for you. What can we do for you . There are lots of personal stories told by Community Leaders at the meeting tonight, ortiz says that he is also bringing people together for a Community Cleanup this saturday. Lamonica peters ktvu, fox two news excuse me, spending on California Senate race is hitting record levels now marked as the most expensive in state history. This is according to adimpact , the race to fill the late senator Dianne Feinstein seat has logged almost 250 more spending than the last three California Senate races combined. Politico polls show the biggest spender is candidate adam schiff. Hes spent almost 45 million on ads. Katie porter and steve garvey are battling for second on spending and in San Francisco, the board of supervisors president is considering a run for mayor, supervisor aaron peskin telling us today he has been thinking about running for mayor since last spring. But despite reports saying otherwise, he has not yet decided what his next move is. Peskin served two terms as supervisor from 2000 to 2009, and was elected again in 2015. He will be termed out this year. The four major candidates in the race for mayor. Current mayor london breed supervisor asha safai, nonprofit executive daniel lurie, and former interim mayor and supervisor mark farrell, San FranciscoAssemblyman Phil Ting is reintroducing a bill to ban legacy admissions in our states colleges. Uc and csu campuses already dont provide preference for alumni and donors. Children but ting says thats not the case at institutions like stanford and santa clara university. Ding says his bill aims to level the Playing Field by giving all students a fair shot when applying to schools. He says private colleges in california receive state funding through the cal grant program, and if the bill is approved, schools that continue to give preferential treatment to certain applicants could lose that funding, giving parents and their maturing children a little bit more freedom. The new feature uber is offering teenagers here in california, and theres a new mini golf experience in the south bay. A bit later in our newscast, were taking a closer look at urban putt in san jose and why its theme will be familiar to bay area residents, and were watching the storm as it moves into the bay area, but mainly in the mountains where it is going to be a big one. It is a big one it will continue through t eekend i launched our campaign at this union hall. Lets go win this thing then we hit the road and never stopped. You shared with me your frustration at working harder to barely get by and afford a place to live. Your fears for our democracy and freedoms and your dreams for yourself, your family, and the future. It is not too late to realize those dreams. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message because together we can still get big things done. On and off. 1580 will close be will be open and closed. Open and closed. Its just going to be a ton of snow over the next three days, and youre going to be looking at avalanches. Youre going to be also be looking at wind. And one of the things i learned on the last avalanche situation we had up in tahoe was the wind really impacts avalanches, which always well, yeah, maybe it presses down on the cornice, but it actually blows right . If its a north wind, it blows snow from the north facing bowl into the south facing bowl. And if it does it all night, it continues. And you get this big artificial pile up of snow increasing the pressure on the on the base layer. So yeah. So in the wind. So the avalanche danger is going to be off the hook up in the mountains. And as the snow levels get lower and lower and lower as they will, the problems will become more infrastructure related, where you get into places like colfax and lower areas like paradise and parts of, you know, the areas in the foothills that arent used to snow, dont have the equipment to get rid of snow thats on sunday morning into monday morning. So well well watch it unfold. In the meantime, weve got this. Weve got widely scattered showers. We had some more moderate rain showers this afternoon as that system went through. Its going to be on again off again. Tomorrow is going to look like this in the morning pretty much 9 a. M. And then noon. And then right around the end of the day, around the end of the afternoon commute. Looks like it wants to fire up. And those could be thunderstorms, quite frankly. And then we get into friday night and then we get into saturday morning. And you get the idea. Like this model is all over the place and they all will be all over the place because you cant really air mass thunderstorms and things like that are really hard to pick out. If you dont have a frontal system and you dont have an organized system. And this is not an organized system, its just a big cold plate of air sitting over the top of us. But where its organized and the reason its organized is because the west slope of the sierra nevada, that that range for focuses all that moisture. And then the air hits it. The jet stream and pushes it up. It cools, it condenses it, and it just so the reason the main thing that we know is that the lake tahoe area will get a ton of snow because that dam, which is the sierra nevada, is holding a lot of water up against it, and its going to squeeze it out as we go right through the weekend. I know its dangerous, but theyre loving it up there. Oh my gosh. Yeah. The locals love this. Love it. Theyre so excited. Yeah that thing about snow is interesting is no matter how old you are i know guys who lived there forever. They get so stoked. Like, they literally act like little kids. And you grew up in this, but its exciting. Well, we talked to kevin cooper yesterday. He was so excited. But he kept saying its very serious. Dont come up. Were so excited. But dont come up. But lets wait it out. It was back and forth. All right. Have a good weekend. Bill thank you. All right. All right though the rain were seeing here in the bay area may put a damper on your friday plans this afternoon, the oakland zoo announced it will be closed friday, march 1st, due to the rain. The zoo says if you had reservations to visit, you will be automatically refunded. New at 11 teenagers in california can now use a Ride Share Service without an adult being present. Today, uber unveiled a service in the golden state that lets parents or guardians invite teens to create a special account. In this invite, a teenager can download the uber app, created an account, and finished the onboarding process. The San Francisco based Company Began offering this type of account in other states back in 2022. Uber says it hopes this feature will make life easier for parents and their children. Officials in Santa Cruz County are monitoring an Infectious Disease outbreak impacting primarily the countys homeless population. Officials say at least 27 cases of shigellosis or shigella have been recorded by the county since late january. Of those, 16 have been confirmed in a lab and 11 remain under investigation. Shigellosis is a bacterial infection that usually spreads by touching contaminated surfaces or swimming in contaminated water. Health Officials Say theyre actively working with the city of santa cruz and the sheriffs office, as well as the countys Homeless Persons Health project, to contain the outbreak. And here is a look at the stories trending tonight on ktvu. Com one of the top stories la deli, a mainstay of San Franciscos financial district, now closed after 40 years in business. San franciscos westfield mall will now be called emporium center, San Francisco, and well have new branding, including a different logo. And leap day comes around every four years. And today, a San Francisco couple, we spoke to says they will celebrate their daughters birthday on february 28th. Most years. Luna was born just this morning. You can find these stories and much more on ktvu. Com. San Francisco Art institute closed last year, leaving the multiacre campus empty. Coming up, the recent acquisition of the property and what the new owners hope to do with this historic location in. Coming up tomorrow on mornings on two, a major storm sweeping through the bay area and headed to tahoe. Well have a live look from Boreal Mountain as officials with caltrans and ski resorts are telling people to stay home. Plus, Steve Paulson has your full forecast all morning long, and im tracking your morning commute. Its all coming up on mornings on two, starting 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. Bay area arts leaders and steve jobs widow, Laurene Powell jobs, purchased the russian hill building. Thats according to the chronicle. The institute filed for bankruptcy last april, leaving the two acre campus vacant. The institute was bought for 30 million, the nonprofit tells the chronicle it hopes to keep the campus as an arts institution. Mayor london breed, reacting to todays announcement, releasing to release a statement saying the arts are central to sfs past and critical to its future. The Art Institute played a huge part in our cultural life for 150 years now, it will be at the center of a new era of creative brilliance. Thank you to Laurene Powell jobs for your support and vision. An Award Winning artist is coming to the bay area this fall. Today Country SingerKacey Musgraves announced that she will perform at chase center on september 24th. Musgraves first burst onto the music scene in 2013 with their debut album, same trailer, different park. Tickets for the september show go on sale to the general public friday, march 8th. A racetrack in the north bay has a new surface today, the Sonoma County raceway announced that it has repaved some of its track, and its now complete. Work began to repave the more than two and a half mile track back in december. Crews ground down the track, repaired the cracks and a new asphalt was put down. The raceway says this is the First Complete repaving in 23 years. The first event on this new surface takes place march 11th, during a drive for a charity event. All right, get ready to tee it up. A new mini golf experience held its grand opening today in downtown san jose. The urban putt location opened up on south second street, the spot next to scott seafood offers an 18 hole course, a bar and its own restaurant. Theres also glow in the dark effects and a patio space. All of the decorations around the greens are bay area themed food, including a winchester mystery house. The founder and chief greenskeeper says he is very glad the big day finally arrived. The excitement is huge. Weve been pushing on this for months and months and actually working on the project for two years, urban putt closed its San Francisco location on south van ness at the beginning of this year. An east bay company is now offering shirts, hoping to send a message to as ownership this season. Today, fashion line oaklandish restocked on green shirts with the word sell in white lettering. The message is directed at the athletic center. John fisher, who is hoping to move the team from oakland to las vegas, oaklandish, has a message on its site saying, we are asking for a local Ownership Group to step in and we are urging fisher to sell the team for our city, for our team forever. The shirts are 15 and if you order yours today, they will ship between march 13th and march 18th below covid former giant brandon crawford. Thank you. The team and the fans for his time with the orange and black. Just today, the shortstop posted a video on social media showing some of his top moments with the team over the last 13 years. In the post, he thank the fans for their support. The organization for believing in him and his teammates, who he says will be his life long friends. Monday the three time allstar signed a one year deal with those saint louis cardinals. Crawford, who is a bay area native, was a very key member of the giants world series titles in 2012 and 14. He will forever be missed. Yeah, its just strange. Its always a strange to see a longtime giant in another uniform. I think a will clark for me as a kid growing up and for my son now its brandon crawford. Yeah, there you go. Exactly. Well, good luck to him. Thank you for joining us here on the 11 00 news. Our next newscast is at 4 a. M, and dont forget to stream the latest news and weather on y r smart ill give a like it or not a show where our panel weighs in on everything from major controversies to daily annoyances will tackle a topic in each person will let us know whether they like it or not. Im