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2000ft. So that is a lot of snow. So the projections looking at anywhere from 5 to 10in all the way down to about colfax, as we talked here about the sierra snow lab, as you mentioned, 19in reported there since earlier this morning in a 24 hour period. And then areas in the 8700ft reporting near tahoe city at the summit last night 145 mile per hour wind gusts. So very strong winds, very hazardous and dangerous conditions right now. South lake tahoe reporting a wind gust to 39 and a gap about 5000ft. Reporting a wind gust to 41. The advise is for a blizzard warning will continue until sunday morning, expected to expire right around 10 a. M. The avalanche warning for the greater lake tahoe area goes until tomorrow morning. That may be extended, and as weve been talking about for a few days now, above 5000ft could see ten feet, maybe even 12. All said and done with snow levels expected to drop down to below 2000ft by the end of the weekend, a better look at the Current Conditions of what we can expect there for the rest of the weekend, as well as here at home. Coming up all right, rosemary, well see you soon. Thank you. Photos and videos of wind and snow in the sierra have been coming into our newsroom for the last 24 hours or so. Ktvu s john baker has been monitoring the situation. He joins us now. And, tom, you spoke to several people right in the middle of that storm. Well, ill tell you, its something to see. And when you really think about it, the stars, the moon and the isobars and the jet streams have all aligned to whack the mountains. Extreme caution is advised. Once we get to sunset, thats where things do start to get a bit more spicy. So far, mountain winds and snow have not produced many Power Outages. Among the many Power Companies that serve that region. But with the bigger winds and snows still on the way, that will change. But overall, were looking at wind gusts around 4050 miles an hour in the in the communities and then up on the ridges up on the mountain tops. Definitely in excess of 100 miles an hour. All ready. Some mountain top gusts have been clocked at up to 140 miles an hour. So no snow laden trees sitting in soggy ground and taking wind loads guarantee many tree falls and Power Outages. Some of the models even are showing 4 or 5 even close to six inches per hour. I mean, just think about that half a foot per hour. It could even give us one of the top ten snowy days that weve seen at the snow lab going back to 1970, the National Weather service in reno says it expects at least three inches an hour of snowfall in the tahoe region and the surrounding area by sunday morning, up in the up in the lake tahoe area, you know, several feet, four feet, plus, including even around truckee and south lake tahoe, eight feet or more is expected in the higher elevations, but. Even down mountain reno can expect up to a foot of snow by sunday morning. So far as driving. Forget about it. Drifting snow. So even if the snow plows come through and take care of some of the roads, the snow is just going to blow right back on it. Even before the full storm truly kicks in, the Sierra Snowpack water content is 102 of normal for this date, but still 23 less than what will be needed to make it a normal year by the april 1st deadline. The snowpack is back now. The bottom line we should all hope for a chain of more storms, not crazy ones, to make the year an average one. If that happens, then our water supply is guaranteed for another year at least tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. All right, tom, real quick before we let you go, i know youve been following the snowpack yearly. Every year we go through this. What is your what do you make of what were seeing here in the sierra with this blizzard . Well, you know, we had an enormous year last year. Its what we have this year is half of what we had last year. But this storm is pretty violent. And the real question is, is this just weather or is this an issue of climate . Because if its an issue of climate, then we can expect, you know, as the governor says, hotter hots, colder colds, rainier rains, snowier snows and all of that. So were still looking. Its very, very early to try to determine that, but certainly Climate Change has a lot to do with this. All right. Tom carter, newsroom. Tom. Thank you. Snowplow drivers are working overtime along interstate 80 trying to keep the road open to the tahoe area. Caltrans says driving conditions are at an r two level. That means chains are required for all big rigs. And most cars, unless you have snow tires and four wheel drive. Caltrans and the chp are advising people to stay off the roads, warning that whiteout conditions are possible. This weekend. People in the mountains say so far, the storm isnt as bad as the weather. This area saw last year. So far, its been pretty, you know, pretty mild. It hasnt really gotten too much. I mean, we got maybe, you know, six inches of snow so far in the last 24. So im going to assume, you know, the heavy stuff still to come. It wasnt too bad. Ive seen worse. But i mean, for someone who hasnt driven in the snow, its not the best to go through. And as you heard rosemary say, they are in the thick of it right now. Now this gas station at nyack was a popular spot for people to put on chains this morning. Most resorts in the sierra are closed because of the wind and snow. The storm has forced the closure of Yosemite National park as well. The park closed at midnight and will stay closed at least through noon time sunday, possibly later. There were some periodic periodic closures. Excuse me. During last years winter storms due to high water and flooding. However, closing the entire park is very rare. Earlier. We spoke with the Yosemite Park ranger, he says the decision to close the park came after discussions with the National Weather service. Just as of yesterday afternoon. We just made the decision on look, you know, with the amount of snow predicted, the rain, the wind, its just not going to be safe for anyone, park employees or park visitors. So we made the decision to close the park, which is not something that we do very often. There were hundreds of park employees and visitors in the park at the time of the closure. Campground and Hotel Visitors were all given full refunds as its snow in the sierra, wind and rain here, pg and e says it is well prepared. The utility opened its Emergency Operation center. It has crews in place and has stockpiled its utility yards around the bay area. We use technology that helps us pinpoint where we can expect the most impact, so that we can have the right number of crews in the right place at the right time. Here in the bay area, we do want our customers to be prepared for the possibility of outages, but it is not going to be impacted the way other parts of the state will be seeing impact. Pg and e says it is keeping a close watch on areas on the peninsula where it expects strong winds from the storm to make the biggest impact. Of course, you can stay on top of the storm with our ktvu weather app. Its a free, quick download that allows you to see Current Conditions, live interactive radar and the forecast hour by hour. Still ahead. Cvs and walgreens now playing a new role in access to abortion medication. Coming up at 530 when the pharmacies will start dispensing the Abortion Pill in states where it is legal to do so. And big news for waymo, the deployment expansion just approved by the state today. Plus Small Businesses targeted overnight in north oakland. Coming up, details on this string of burglaries this van just hit me out of nowhere. I thought i was dead. After the accident, i was in a lot of pain and i decided that i needed to get an attorney because i could not work. I called Jacoby Meyers they had their own dream team for every need, every area. They took care of me like a queen. I would recommend you call Jacoby Meyers they really went to bat for me. Newsroom. Now, after talking with angry Business Owners who say they feel violated. Henry. Yeah. Kristina, this is a hipster alley hidden behind telegraph avenue in oaklands temescal neighborhood, where you can get your haircut, grab some coffee or ice cream, and relatively tiny shops. But early this morning, a couple of burglars broke in and made a big mess of things. One broken glass litters temescal alley after the trendy shopping spot near 49th and telegraph in oakland was burglarized in the middle of the night. Theyve wiped us out. These are custom made, handsewn, handmade jackets. This Leather Goods store was among five businesses broken into in the pedestrian alley thats home to a number of boutique shops. Now theyre on the lookout for 50,000 in stolen inventory. Its at a flea market. If its online or a pawn shop. Store owner liz thayer says anyone who works in oakland knows crime can be part of the equation, but shes still frustrated. Theres not enough help from the police or the city of oakland. They need to do more for Small Businesses because all of the Business Owners are sick and tired of this. Surveillance video shows these two men climbing over a gate at about 130 friday morning. One guy climbs over another gate and over the course of several hours, the two break into shops and two vacant storefronts. This video shows one of the men shattering a glass window to break into a family owned crow cafe coffee shop. He roams around inside, looked around for things to steal but left empty handed, leaving the same way he came in here. You can see the men carrying clothes from the leather store back to their truck. All of it caught on video. They dont care. They just walk like theyre in their house. They dont care. This one is closed all the time. Oakland Police Arrived hours later to document the break ins. The latest in the alley where Danny Paredes is property manager. Im angry because its nothing being done. This is not the first time this has been happening here in the alley. Uh its, uh, i say seven times. I was heartbroken. Um, i work right next to these businesses, and i see how much love they put into everything that they make. Sophie tavern a stationary story in the alley was not hit, but she says she cant rest easy. I think its all pretty random, and i fully expect that ill be the victim of a crime at some point as well. Thayer had this message for the thieves karmas a b, so i hope whoever did this, you know youll get what you have coming to you as they pick up the pieces. Merchants are hoping anyone who recognizes these burglars to give Oakland Police a call live in the newsroom. Henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. You got to feel for everyone who becomes a victim in a burglary. Henry. Thank you. Today, the Oakland Police commission presented its list of police chief finalists to mayor shengtao. It follows a Community Forum last night introducing the public to the four candidates. The mayor did not attend. The candidates appeared virtually. They are luis molina, assistant deputy mayor for Public Safety in new york city. Lisa davis, assistant chief of the Cincinnati Police department, former San Leandro Police chief Abdul Pridgen and Floyd Mitchell , former lubbock, texas police chief. In a Statement Released this afternoon, mayor tao said in part, mayor tao will take the time that is necessary to select the person that will lead the Oakland Police department, finding the right leader for the Police Department is a priority, and mayor tao intends to conduct this process in a timely manner. San Francisco Unified School District has agreed to pay 4. 5 million to settle a sex abuse lawsuit involving two former students and a school administrator, the chronicle reports. Lawyers for the former students announced the settlement today. The lawsuit alleges that lawrence chan, the former Athletic Director at George Washington high school, raped one of the students multiple times. He allegedly touched the other girl in appropriate and forced her to perform sexual acts. The alleged incidents happened between 2012 and 2016. We have reached out to the district for comment, but have not yet heard back. Caltrain service is running once again on the peninsula after being stopped due to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian. A northbound train hit a person on the tracks just after 10 a. M. Near fair oaks lane in atherton. Caltrain says there were 103 passengers aboard the train. None of them were hurt. All trains were stopped for hours while emergency crews were at the scene. They were later single tracked through the area. The San Mateo County sheriffs office, which patrols the caltrain right of way, is investigating the cause of the crash. San jose city leaders are bracing for a budget battle over priorities. One looming issue possible state imposed fines over waterway contamination due to unhoused encampments. Ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary live along the Guadalupe River in downtown san jose. Jesse greg, good afternoon to you, san jose has roughly 1000 unhoused residents living along its waterways, such as the guadalupe, which is just behind me. By next year, the city plans to move them to remove the chance that they could contaminate the water, which would trigger fines from the state. Theres no services, theres no security, theres no sanitation. Friday, san jose mayor matt mehan and others surveying a potential financial tidal wave of fines that could hit the city next year. The status quo is unacceptable. Its unsustainable and we will be accountable for getting people into safe, managed locations, the mayor says. San jose has been served notice by the states water board, which issues stormwater permits for the epa. Those permits are in danger of being withheld due to ongoing contamination of city waterways. Our stormwater drain into the creeks and our creeks all flow in up to coyote creek and Guadalupe Creek through my district in North San Jose into the bay. The water board could find the city 50,000 per day per contaminant. So the city is making plans to move an estimated 1000 People Living along 46 miles of waterways. So its really important that we address this. The homeless issue and our creeks together, collectively as one as and understand that its all one, one issue. If they work with advocates and we come up with a coherent plan, we work together. Maybe we can get them into housing. City Officials Say they want to drastically scale up services such as emergency interim housing, safe Parking Spaces and Affordable Housing to give those displaced a place to go with support services. We need faster, more cost effective, more pragmatic means of offering safe dignity and alternatives to the unmanaged tenting encampments you see along our waterways. Were going to have to be cautious and look at our budget in a very different and serious way. And that is councilwoman pam foley, who is on the budget committee. She says a deficit looms for this city. So council people, staff are going to have to figure out how to crunch the numbers and what might have to be cut in order to get this done. The deadline is june of 2025. Were live in downtown san jose. This evening. Jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. Greg, back up to you in oakland. Yeah, a lot of important decisions to be made, jesse. Thank you. Homeless tent camps are down by more than a third in San Francisco since july. In the latest count, mayor london breed said today that tents are down 385 from 609 last july, down 37. The mayor says thats the largest six month drop since the start of the pandemic, and vehicles used for shelter are down by 42. The city credits increased efforts to offer People Housing and shelter, saying that its multiage. Teams moved more than 1500 people into shelter from encampments last year. Thunderstorm supported across the bay area this afternoon. A gusty conditions thunder, lightning, small hail, all a possible here in the bay area as this system continues to work its way through giving you a live look there at the Golden Gate Bridge where we have, you know, a little bit of a breeze going and it doesnt look like the rain is coming down too hard in this one spot. But if we take a look at Storm Tracker two, we will see where we have some very active weather. If you look closely, you can see all those lightning strikes just pouring over areas of california and then as we come closer here, weve got to thunder and lightning reported right in here. So that looks like it could be a pretty strong thunderstorm working through San Francisco and taking its way north and east with pockets of moderate to heavy rain right on the afternoon commute, stretching from San Francisco to the east bay shore over towards it looks like a the delta and the carquinas region, including concord. A 680 looks like its pretty treacherous along the peninsula. We have moderate pockets of rain, even heavy over. It looks like 280 near Portola Valley at this time. So a lot going on, plus the wind. We have concord reporting 12mph, but then you get into oakland 38mph. So when the winds are that strong, it could definitely impact not only the roadways but our airlines and our airports. Sfo reporting a wind gust to 53mph. Definitely a possibility that it will impact the operations in over again sfo. How about mount diablo 50 mile per hour gusts reported there. These winds as you know, Strong Enough to topple trees create the Power Outages and the wind advisory goes until tomorrow morning expected to expire at 10 a. M. There is a wind advisory for our coastline as well as our hills, and also includes the inland east bay. Our valley locations also have a high surf advisory. The uh advisory goes until 4 00 tomorrow afternoon and we do expect anywhere from 15 to 20 in the way of breaking waves for tomorrow. A better look at what we can expect for the rest of the weekend, including whats going on in the sierra. Coming up. Rosemary. Thank you. Westfield San Francisco center, no more how . Changing the name of the Shopping Center could shape the future of the retail space. And coming up at 6 00, several postal workers say they are being attacked and their assailants arent facing enough consequences. What these workers say they need to help get people their packages and keep them out of harms way. And a reminder that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. You can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv, or android tv. Just search for the fox local app and then select ktvu. Well be right back the westfield San Francisco center is now the Emporium Center, San Francisco ktvu christian captain tells us the new name has people thinking about the future of the mall. The Westfield Center is now looking to its past to find its way into the future. The mall has been renamed Emporium Center San Francisco, tying the mall to the historic Shopping Center that stood at this site for more than 100 years. But a look inside reveals that road to the future may be a rough one. Customers have noticed a lot of closed shops, locked doors and reminders of better days. Yeah, recently there was a lot of closed stores. Um, a lot of retail has left the city because of some of the issues with shoplifting. James diaz is a university of San Francisco professor of history focusing on urban and suburban development. He says the heydays of malls as a shopping destination are in the past. Malls in general across urban america. So the big city malls or the downtown thoroughfares beyond San Francisco have a similar challenge right now is like, how do you bring people to the city, back to the city . Professor diaz says the new owners have to prepare for the future instead of focusing solely on retail. He says the mall is going to have to be ready to adapt to what the city needs. That may mean event space , housing, dining or even education uses that could fill this space. These malls have to basically , you know, adapt to the times and become more multipurpose and multifunctional. Uh beyond just retail shops and a food court or some eateries. It also has to include other reasons to visit these buildings. Shoppers who are familiar with the mall have their own takes on how the mall can be saved or even repurposed. I think to improve it, they should do housing, put housing here, maybe a University Free college for the kids and try to stem the economy that way. Other shoppers agree that this space needs to be reimagined. I think we have some experiential events going. Theres definitely not a lot of creative and Advertising Ventures in the mall. Its mostly still retail and fast fashion, so if those things can improve, i think itd be a little bit more booked. The malls new owners have said they will work with existing tenants as a foundation for future success. Christian kafton, ktvu, fox two news. Today waymo received approval from regulators to expand paid Robotaxi Service on the peninsula and in parts of los angeles. Last week, the cpuc suspended the companys request after the cities of south San Francisco and san mateo, among others, sent letters outlining safety concerns about the driverless service. Regulators say those protests did not meet the grounds to hold hearings over its decision to approve the expansion. Regulators say they also received letters in support from groups including disability advocates, Community Organizations and others, highlighting the economic and environmental benefits of the service. New polling indicates Consumer Sentiment declined slightly in february, but even though it softened a little, the survey by the university of michigan also found Consumer Sentiment remains at the highest level its been at in more than two and a half years, the report found. Consumers have perceived few changes in the economy, but feel that inflation will remain somewhat stable. The two largest pharmacy chains in the u. S. Will soon sell the Abortion Pill, which states will provide that drug later this month, and elon musk is taking legal action against openai and its ceo. Why . He says the organization owes him millions of dollars. He donated under, quote, false promises. 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. You just live in studio now . With what the milestone move means for reproductive rights . Alice. Thats right. Christina. Both pharmacy giants received certificates to dispense the Abortion Pill to patients who have a prescription. Given the potential for this move means increased access, making it easier for patients to get abortion care without surgical intervention. When it was last year, in april, the fda allowed pharmacies to become certified to dispense mifepristone. Cvs and walgreens are the largest pharmacies in the u. S. Both will start dispensing the medication this month. Even with the announcement, a doctor would still need to write a prescription for the patient in order for them to access the drug. One woman we spoke to admitted shes had a surgical abortion. She thinks its good news for women to have a choice. Its a great, um, thing to have easy access to because i know a lot of People Struggle getting, you know, the care that they need. Doctor Daniel Grossman is a ucsf professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Hes also director of advancing new standards in reproductive health. Last year, the fda removed the inperson requirement since that, uh, inperson dispensing requirement has gone away. Theres been a big expansion in the use of mail order pharmacies and telemedicine to provide medication, abortion, which has dramatically expanded access to this service in some states, mifepristone is the only way women can access abortion care. Its a very popular method. Um, many people say that they see it as being easier, simpler to. Its more convenient. Walgreens will start providing the pill within the next week in a small number of its pharmacies. In five states, including in california and new york, while cvs will begin dispensing in all of its pharmacies in massachusetts and rhode island in the weeks ahead. Later this month, the Supreme Court is taking up the case as to whether mifepristone can be dispensed without a patient seeing a doctor prior to receiving the drug. What it will be considering, in particular, is this inperson dispensing requirement, which could potentially have the effect of, um, eliminating the option of telemedicine, eliminate the option of having pharmacies dispense the medication as it is now, 50 of all abortions are performed using medication rather than surgical intervention. Doctor grossman says. For many patients, its preferable to surgical abortion care. Weve done research, um, at ucsf through answer. Um, looking at this model, its very safe and very effective. And now mifepristone has been used since the year 2000. Its unknown how the Supreme Court will rule on the case at the end of this month, whether a doctor needs to see a patient in office before prescribing the medication, well report on that, of course. When if and how the Supreme Court rules. Alice wertz, ktvu, fox two news. All right, alice, thank you. Lawmakers across the country continue to debate ivf treatments following an alabama Supreme Court ruling. The states governor is expected to sign a law to ensure access to ivf. But as foxs Jared Halpern tells us in washington, dc, members of congress have not been able to reach an agreement. The debate over in vitro fertilization is heating up here in washington and across the country. On thursday, alabama lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new law making the procedure legal in providing immunity to medical personnel who perform ivf treatments. It came just hours after House Democrats vowed to press ahead with legislation making ivf legal nationwide. Ride any barriers to assisted Reproductive Technology are unacceptable and cruel and anathema to the concept of building families. The controversy started when alabamas Supreme Court ruled embryos created through in vitro are the same as children born under state law, prompting hospital and clinics around the state to stop offering ivf treatments. The courts chief justice, citing the bible as part of his ruling. This is postroe america. This is the republican dream, right . Lysed into a waking nightmare and it can still get worse from here. A bill that would have legalized the procedure drew significant support in congress, but on wednesday was blocked by senator cindy hydesmith of mississippi. The bill before us today is a vast overreach that is full of poison pills that go way too far, but with most republicans supporting ivf treatment, the bill could soon make a comeback. It needs to be readily available. It needs to be something that every american supports and it needs to be handled in an ethical manner. A final vote on the alabama bill is scheduled for next week. Governor kay ivey is expected to sign it on wednesday in washington. Jared halpern ktvu, fox two news in california some republican state lawmakers introduced a concurrent resolution that calls on alabama to immediately overturn the states Supreme Court ruling. In addition, it also declares that the California Legislature recognizes and protects access to ivf and encourages congress to establish nationwide protections for ivf services. The cdc has updated its guidance for people who test positive for covid 19. The cdc now says people with symptoms that are improving and are fever free. For 24 hours will no longer be directed to isolate at home for five days. The cdc is also recommending that people who test positive for covid should base their isolation period on clinical symptoms and not use testing as a standard for deciding when someone is no longer contagious. Super tuesday is the biggest day of the president ial nominating contest is just days away. Its high stakes for nikki haley as gop front runner donald trump gets closer to securing the republican ticket. Im rebecca caster in washington with the latest on the race for the white house next. And elon musk is suing Chatgpt Parent Company opened a. I. The ethics issues the billionaire says he has with Ceo Sam Altman sierra, a live look for you here at i80 at soda springs. This is part of the portion of i80 that is closed westbound traffic is being turned around at the nevada state line. Eastbound i80 traffic is being turned around at drum for bay. Chp says this is all due to spinouts, high winds, low visibility, and it is just a mess up there. And really, this is a 65 mile stretch that is now shut down to all traffic on interstate 80. Basically if you do not need to be on the roads at all, turn around and avoid this area at all costs and there is no estimated time of reopening the freeway. This happened at 5 00 today, so just about 40 minutes ago, a portion of i80 in the sierra now closed. Now to this elon musk is suing the creator of chatgpt, openai, and its ceo, sam altman. He claims the organization is prioritizing profits over its original vision of helping people with new technology. Foxs kelly ogrady has the latest. Well, elon musk is suing openai on the grounds that the company and their ceo, sam altman, abandoned a Nonprofit Mission and that they owe him millions of dollars that he donated under false promises. Now, the suits alleging that musk used his brand, his connections and close to 44 million of his own money to fund altmans efforts to develop ai for good. However lets go back to 2019. Openai i created a separate for profit arm that was funded and partially owned by microsoft. Thats really important. This switch is a key driver of the lawsuit. Musks lawyers are arguing that, quote, openai has been transformed into a closed source de facto subsidiary of the largest tech company in the world, microsoft, under its new board. Its not just developing, but its actually refining an ai to maximize profits for microsoft rather than for the benefit of humanity. Further the initial idea of openai was to be just that open. So anyone could benefit from the companys discoveries. However, the suit alleges its most advanced products like chatgpt, for example, are closed off, though not from big tech giant microsoft. Now, this isnt just musk. Others have shared the same concerns. Remember, the suit follows a very public firing of altman on accusations that he was pursuing profit over safety. That nonprofit board, though, was swiftly axed in a coup that restored altman as ceo. So where this goes from here is rather tricky. Musk. Hes looking to recoup his investment, however, the billionaire was a cochair of a nonprofit foundation. This isnt a traditional investment with equity. Further, he curiously donated through 2020. Well after openai began the activities musk claim to be against. So theres two ways of looking at this elon musk is truly concerned about the direction of openai is taking, but he also has skin in the game with his own ai venture. Any trouble for openai would ultimately help him in new york, kelly ogrady, fox business. A troubled plane body manufacturer could soon become part of boeing. The company is in talks to buy its supplier, spirit. Spirit aerosystems, the wall street journal reports spirit has hired bankers to explore Strategic Options and has had preliminary discussions with boeing, though it is not certain the talks will result in a deal. Spirit aerosystems supplied the fuselage involved in the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout in january. Spirit was split off from boeing when it sold some of its factories in 2005. The company also supplies boeings competitor airbus in San Francisco. Muni is planning a week long subway closure for Maintenance Work starting march 8th through march 15th. The Market Street subway between embarcadero and west portal stations will close early at 9 30 p. M, while the subway is closed for maintenance. Muni says busses will connect all stops on Market Street beginning at 930 through midnight. The following routes will be impacted by the nightly closure. They include j church, k ingleside, l taraval bus m ocean and judah and s shuttle c super tuesday. Now just days away. Whats at stake for both parties as voters in 16 states head to the polls . If former President Trump back in court today for another hearing, his mounting legal troubles as we are eight months away from the president ial election in a blizzard in the sierra, thunderstorms here at home. Have a look at what we can expect for your bay area weekend. Coming up 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. Currently scheduled to stand trial in may, but his lawyers argue the trial should be held after the election or in august at the very earliest. Special counsel is asking for july 8th. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court announced theyll hear arguments on whether trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office. If he has to go on trial for one of these federal cases before the election, theyd rather it be the maralago documents case than the case about the 2020 election. Trump also faces state election interference charges in georgia that case could be thrown into question, with a judge scheduled to hear arguments on whether to remove the lead prosecutor. The former president is also busy on the campaign trail with a rally scheduled in north carolina. Tomorrow is foxs rebecca castor reports. His one remaining rival is vowing to stay in the race at least until super tuesday, the biggest day of the president ial nominating contest is just days away. Its dubbed super tuesday, when voters in 16 states will head to the polls. We just need to be sensible. We need to figure out what really good for this country. The economy is one of the biggest things the crisis at the border on the republican side, both donald trump and nikki haley are far from locking up the nomination. But with trump leading in both states, super tuesday could get him pretty close, even as he juggles courtrooms with the campaign trail. I will be tough and i will be fair, and i will be seeking to make America Great again. But haley says as long as shes competitive, shes staying in the race. She picked up delegates in iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and raked in another 12 million last month, keeping her campaign well funded. We dont anoint kings in america. We have elections and everybody has the right to decide how they want to use the power of their voice. Next week is not only high stakes for republicans, but for President Biden as well. He gives his state of the Union Address on thursday a prime opportunity to show off for voters. Its my hope and expectation that what we will hear from President Biden. Will continue to be his vision for what the next several years will look like. Nikki haley has not committed to staying in the race past super tuesday, but has squashed rumors that shes interested in running for a third party in washington. Rebecca castor, fox news oakland congresswoman barbara lee cast her ballot in the march primary this afternoon and urged others to do the same. The voter turnout is pretty low right now, but we know that our voters vote late, and i hope they vote quickly. Though so that all of the ballots will be in by 8 00 by on tuesday night, congresswoman lee filled out her ballot at Prescott Middle School in west oakland. Her run for the us senate means that she is vacating the seat in congress that she has held for 26 years. She said that she feels good about her campaign, saying shell be in san diego, Orange County and los angeles this weekend to get our message out. Days before californias primary election day. A new poll shows a significant change in that hotly contested u. S. Senate race. Republican and former baseball star steve garvey has taken the lead, according to a new berkeley igs poll released this morning, 27 of likely voters choosing garvey, 25 for democrat adam schiff, 19 for katie porter and 8 for oaklands barbara lee. 9 of people polled remain undecided, and the top two vote getters regardless of party, will face off in november. Now, the poll shows garvey has consolidated support from republicans and conservative, with 67 now backing him. President biden will deliver his state of the Union Address next thursday. The white house says the president will make the case that he has done more in three years than any other president s have done in two terms. White house Officials Say President Biden will focus on how his administrations policies have helped the us economy. Alabama senator katie britt will provide the republican response to the state of the Union Address. Its all right. Getting back to our weather again. Interstate 80 is currently closed through the sierra. The chp and truckee shared this video on twitter on x. In the last hour of whiteout conditions, westbound 80 traffic is being turned away at the nevada state line. Eastbound 80 traffic being turned around at drum for bay. The chp says it has been seen plenty of spinouts, high winds and low visibility. And i want to show you this looking at uc berkeleys Central Sierra Snow Lab live stream, located up in soda springs near donner summit, where that serious blizzard is hitting lake tahoe right now, you can see the feet of snow already blanketing, blanketing the ground, piling up. It just a complete whiteout there. Lets bring back meteorologist rosemary oroczo with a look at the conditions. Rosemary. Yes, and that blizzard warning goes until sunday morning. Greg. So we do expect the conditions to worsen as we get through the evening hours and into tomorrow. Snow levels will be dropping, which means anywhere from, you know, a half foot to a foot all the way down to it looks like about colfax, which is 2400ft. So a lot of snow and for quite a distance as well. Heres a look at the golden gate where we do have a soggy evening commute. We have winds at times, thunderstorms reported a little bit earlier, a roaring over San Francisco and then heading to the north and east, which means the east bay and east bay shore had some of it as well. Rainfall amounts from the last, well say, 36 hours. When the rain began yesterday morning, Half Moon Bay reporting almost 6 10. Novato a little bit more than 7 10. San francisco a 37 100. Ben lowman. And in the Santa Cruz Mountains and mount diablo in the east bay , both reporting an inch and 8 10 and still coming down. We will see again all this activity until at least sunday. Heres a look at the storm weve been talking about it now for days, but some of this air coming all the way from the arctic, so it is a very cold storm. And that is why were seeing low snow levels. Thats why were seeing such a huge snow maker in the sierra. And we are also getting in on the action with the thunderstorm activity. And you can see all that lightning there that is moving across the state. If we move in a little bit closer here, we still have pockets of moderate rain reported right there. It looks like an ocean beach. And then in through the bay and off towards the east. This is going to continue for the evening hours. We expect moderate to heavy rain at times. The winds are gusting anywhere. From 30 to 50mph. And so it is just a wet, windy one out there in the sierra snow levels. We are about 5000ft, but well continue to drop again all the way down below 2000ft, which means were likely to get a dusting of snow as well. Now for us, the wind advisory goes until tomorrow morning for our coast, our hills, our east bay valley could see winds gusting about 55mph. Those low snow levels expected to arrive during the weekend as well and take a look at all the accumulations still expected in the sierra after receiving 1 to 2ft, all ready now for us to about 2000ft. We may see a dusting all the way down to 1500ft. Maybe a rain snow mix. But the futurecast model here tomorrow morning it looks like we get a bit of a break, but then it ramps up again into the afternoon. Heres a look at sunday morning where the scattered showers will continue to taper off temperature wise. Its going to be cool out there. Weve got temperatures in the 50s right now, upper 30s to upper 40s. Tomorrow morning, followed by a low to mid 50s in the afternoon. One more time. Again just emphasizing this is a cold storm. Your extended forecast here we will begin to see the rain taper off on sunday. Right now monday looks dry, but it only looks temporary. Chance for showers. Back in the forecast tuesday and wednesday. Back to you rosemary. Thank you. Thousands of russians came out to pay their final respects to Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. The massive gathering in his honor today, despite the threat of arrest coming up at 6 00, San Francisco is considering adding a carpool lane. A closer look at the plans aimed at reducing traffic, and a man is caught and arrested after being accused of starting a fire in an east bay target. Those stories and more tonight at six. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Convicted 49 year old Michelle Traconis on six counts in connection with the death of jennifer dulos. This includes conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with physical evidence and hindering prosecution. Traconis was dating dulos estranged husband at the time. Dulos went missing. Her defense team says the court wrongfully allowed for certain evidence to be considered that violated due process, putting my sister as the guilty person is not the right thing to do because shes innocent, so we will appeal and we will not stop fighting for her justice. Traconis is scheduled to be sentenced in may. She could potentially face decades behind bars. Today, thousands of people gathered to honor the life of russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Despite the threat of arrest and possible violence, they chanted his name as his coffin was brought into a Moscow Church under a heavy police presence. Alex hogan has more from london. Yeah. Hey, mom. The funeral for russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny was held in moscow on friday, weeks after he died in a russian prison under mysterious circumstances. There was a heavy police presence, but that did not stop thousands of supporters from gathering to show their respects to the man, they say was a hero, and some even saw their attendance as a sign of defiance. Since todays event is both very sad and very important because every person who came here today is a person who fulfills their civic duty, who is not afraid to declare grief, although now this is prohibited in our country. Riot police were out in force outside the church and also lined the route to the cemetery, where he was laid to rest. Russian authorities refused to hand over navalnys body to his mother for more than a week, and since his death, hundreds of his supporters have been arrested at makeshift memorials across the country. His mother has also reportedly been harassed by Russian Security officials. Our deepest condolences to the mother, to his wife and his children. This is a huge loss. We have lost a lot. Earlier this week, navalnys wife addressed european lawmakers, highlighting the concern of police arresting those who simply came to say goodbye and vowing to use her husbands death as a call to action. My husband will never see what the beautiful russia of the future will look like, but we must see it. The kremlin is warning anyone paying tribute to navalny that they face the threat of arrests and any unauthorized gatherings are against the law. In london, alex hogan, ktvu fox two news. This is ktvu, fox two news at six. A blizzard is blasting through the sierra right now. Heavy snow and high winds pummeling communities in the tahoe area. Drivers being warned to stay off the roads at all cost. And if you get caught out, you know, on the road or outside in conditions like this and dont have a way to get out of it, that can be very troublesome. A stretch of interstate 80 through the sierra is closed this hour, as several feet of snow has already fallen, and more is expected this weekend. Good evening. Im Cristina Rendon and im greg lee. Lets get right to meteorologist mark tamayo who is monitoring the Current Conditions in the sierra. Hey, mark. Hi, there. Yeah, the blizzard warning, of course, in place right now, indicating we have extreme snowfall rates will likely continue to pick up as we move into the weekend. So this has been topping weather headlines over the past couple of days. The blizzard warning is in place until 10 00 tomorrow morning, as you have been hearing about the whiteout conditions and the dangerous to impossible travel conditions over the summit. These are some of the snow totals over the past 24 hours. You can see from thursday afternoon through friday afternoon and theyre around 14 to 15 to 20in. But of course, we have been talking about upwards of maybe ten feet for the highest peaks of the sierra. For that, at least for today and into the weekend, as far as Road Conditions for 80 right now, with traffic hold near baxter. And then we do have chain controls near kyburz. So you get an idea