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For many with 60s. Itll end up in the 70s on the highs today. Should be nice as well going right into the weekend but not as windy. All right. Sal is here at 7 00 on a friday. Still no, y light. You know, steve, somethingc you said has stuck with me all week. And people. What you said is people complain the most aboututhe wind. They do. Its been my experience. Yes, sir. And, youre right. I think a lot of people have been talking about the weather because of the wind. It does affect the commute sometimes. Lets take a look at highway 2t. That looks pretty good. It tends to get going if the winds tend to get going. Sometimes you have the small vehicles or the tractor trailers are a little bitumore cautious, driving a should. This is a look at the Richmond Bridge. You can see that at theutoll plaza it is light. As steve mentioned, sometimes on fridays we do get a much lighter commute. It looks like today is one of those days. Get back to the headlines, sal. Thank you. A group of People Living and working in san has filed a federal lawsuitrict against the city over conditions in that neighborhood. They accused city leaders of tolerating drug dealing,t problems that they say are hurting the tenderloin. Others not involved in the lawsuit say they hope it will force thec citys hand and make it come upe tenderloin. The lawsuit is the last resort. The city has failed to provideuequal protection to tenderloin businesses and property same fees and taxes as people in cow hollow, but they dont get spthe services. In response, San Francisco City Attorney said problems in the tenderloin. Our time is now. 702 Police Shootout between two cars where one person was killed and another was hurt. C 25 year old Sylvester Carver is facing charges of murderuand attempted murder. Now the shooting 5th in the area of stevenson boulevard and albree street. Police say people in and when the police arrived, they found one of the shooting victims in a crashed car. He died four days later. The carver was eventually arrested wednesday night at a home in richmond. Youre looking at video showing authorities surrounding the house on harnett avenue. A second suspect, identified as keon bowles,uhas also been charged with gun crimes after allegedly helping carver get away. An Investigation Continues in antioch this after an suv crashed into a bus carrying mostly senior citizens. It happened around 1230 yesterday afternoon. Firefighters say the suv was heading west on laurel road near highway four onuramp when it hit the side of a bus. C spas it was turning, the driverf the suv and six people on the bus were hurt. None of their lie threatening. This crash remains under investigation. A middle schooluin due to declining enrollment. Ktvu is andre andre, why parents and teachers are upset and how the district responds to that pushback. n well,ugarcia, parents, students and staff at aptitude academy in san jose voicing their concerns about the middle school grade levels being removed from through eight school. That means students in grades six through 8th may be forced but the superintendent says there just arent enough older students to justify keeping the middle school open. ujust to remind the board to run an elementary site, we need about 500 students to sustain the site. Thats Alum Rock Union School District superintendent hilaria bauer. She also says aptitude academy currently has about 410 students across all grade levels , but schools need to have at least 700 students ifutheyre offering middle school level. Ps at a recent meeting, prompting the School District to pauset plansc to shut down those upper grade levels like me, they like the tk through eight model. My son is safe. His teachers weve been here since charango and we want to be here until we finish eighth grade. You dont do a great job. So now their option is to send my send our kids to a different middle school. Which one . Now the board will reconsider closure this summer. Some say district leadership needs to sor than later, so they can plan for the Upcoming School year. Do know that this theres going to be some very unhappy decisions coming along, but the Community Needs to be part of that right now. We dont trust, you know, the superintendent. Im sorry to say this, but thats how we feel. Well, the board also says that a look at the entire district and determine if closee academy. Its plan is to have a decision in place by june garcia. n andre. Thank you. The chp is still looking for a hit and runa bicyclist on the peninsula. Itt happened last week on polhemus road in the hills above san mateo. Investigators are looking for the driverc ofua gray or silver minivan who ran over a 62 year old woman. A vehicle came down the street herel ran through the stop sign, struck her rear whees egregious. Its wrong. And sadly, its happening all the time. The bicycle bicyclist whoc ws injured has now been released from the hospital, is being treated for a broken back. Anyone with information on the caseuis asked to call all right. Garcia. Time 706. Election officials in Alameda County will now have to manually count all ofuthe signatures submitted in a petition to recall districtuattorney pamela price, the registrar of voters, said the results of a random sampling of the more than 123,000 signatures submitted were not sufficient to determine if the amount of valid signatures needed to put the recall on the november ballot. That means Election Officials will manually count every signature the recall effort needs 73,193 signatures in order to qualify, and a deal has for e protesters who were arrested for shutting down the bay bridge trial, 78 people accepted an offer from the court to complete five hours of community have toy restitution, even though the amount is still being determined. One case was dropped for not case of retired pleasantonthe firefighterc maqsood barakzai is still Going Forward. He told us his case is separate from the others. Its unfortunate that an innocent person has to be dragged through this type do wis im just im disappointedn still, im disappointed in the District Attorney. Im disappointed in the prosecutors. I really am absolutely disappointed that they would nothing to do with it. T now, barakzai said he was on his way to catch a flight when he was caught up in the Gaza Protests and was wrongfully to drop misdemeanor charges oft unlawfuluPublic Assembly and failure to of time and money to reduce the amount of fertilizer and sewage in the bay areas three dozen wastewaterc treatment plants, te San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control board estimates the project will likely take ten years and cost as much as 11 billion. And thats just to spreduce the amount by 40. The board plans to finalize these hs state or federal grants will help fund the renovations needed to hit the new expectation. T meanwhile an Environmental Group that monitors pollution in the bay area is threatening to sue the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. San francisco baykeeper, a nonprofit, says the city has water act. C it says the utilitis commission discharges more than sp1ubillion gallons of combined stormwater runoff bay. Baykeepee discharge pollutes the water and raises nitrogen levels, causing algae blooms that have killed thousands of fish in just the past two years. A spokesperson from the sfpuc says the Commission System is specially designed to prevent trash from escaping, and says cherry picking select information without conveying the whole picture doesnt benefit the environment. Policy makers or the public. All right, our time is 709l partuof interstate 680 will be closed the entire weekend. The shutdown begins atc 9 00 tonigh. At 4 a. M. The planned closureay will include all southbound lanes and onramps of interstate 680 in pleasanton, starting at the interstate 580 connector to the koopman road junction just before highway 84. Now that road repair work is a year long project to replace road. Have yn on it . Do youuknow what it is between sunol and dublin . The before because of the weather time. 709 and what dave was just talking about . Boy, that construction zone, a lot of people are going to be very happy when its over because its a busy highway, as you know. All right. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Its obvious today we have friday light. You can see the traffic is moving along relatively well. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. And as steve has blown away the clouds. And so we have really clear visibility. But it windy still. And well let steve bit. South down 680 concord to slowing onuhighway four. We dont have a lot thats southbound 880 at 92 hayward. There is a crash there. Theyre trying to move it now, but theres a little bit of a backup starting right near eighth street as you head down to lete desk. Okay. Thank you. San Francisco Mayor london breed vetoes housing legislation. The reason why she says it does not follow her goals for the city. State lawmakers are pushing in the uc system, how they want m e mo roo you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo will be held in the case against nima momeni, the Tech Industry consultant accused of killing a tech executive. And now the start of the trial was tentatively set for today. But now a hearing will be held conducted a survey to determine if Media Coverage of the case spinfluenced prospective members of the jury. They plan to present that information it coua change in venue. Now to oakland, where a Nonprofit Organization that helps people in need is facing new challenges. After a car smashed into its building. The crash caused major damage to the homies empowermentc building at 77th and macarthur in east spoakland. The organization held survivors of violence find jobs and housing. They provide clothing and food to some 400 people every week. Those who run the organization say theyre committed to continuing their work with the communitygs help. Our community has shown out , so i do believe that this is just a small setback for a bigger comeback. The crash happened at 3 00 yesterday morning. One car crashed into another, sending it into the building. Reportedly, the driver of that car that crashed into the building took n of mold has been found in one of san joses Affordable Housing projects, the one at branam lane and monterey road. Mold was found in five ofc the 117 units at the def con Contractor Construction project. Efforts to and people close to the project also claim theres a wage theft problem affecting construction workers. San jose mayor matt mahan says the city is investigating. The citys role is really to hold people accountable to compliance issue. Well go out withucode enforcement. I understand theres also been a wage theft complaint. Well follow up on that. And city staff will ensure that the contractors on the job pay everybody fairly. Now, city officials still say the projectuwill likely be completed over the summer and ie place before anybody moves in to the new units. Some uc berkeley parents have hired private security guards to patrol an area near campus in the face of what they say are inadequate efforts by the university. Parents call their group the safe bears pay for private security guards for three weeks. The group hopes the university will pay for additional security. Our message to berkeley is right now, your students arent safe and a small,umeaningful Financial Investment could turn that situation around so quickly. In a statement to ktvu, the University Said it hired 32 more Community Service officers for a two and a half week period that ends next saturday. It also said number of concerns, includingse the training and experience of individuals hired by moret sworn or nonsworn ucpd officers. Well, state lawmakers are frustrated about the university of californias lack instate student enrollment. A report came out earlier this year found that while more instate undergrads are being that numbel under the uc system to make more space for california studentsumeans chargr tuition or making admission requirements more difficult for out of state applicants. A groupuof uc Berkeley Students says it broke a record for the fastest bay area transit tour. This happened on saturday. The group visited every single bart station in under six hours. The group wants to get the feat recognized by the guinnessc boo of world records, a new category of bart speed runs. Bart says the students carefully mapped out their route with a witness at every station. Lots of good video evidence, and theyre submitting to the guinness book of world records. It should be way to spend a weekend day. Hey, sal, you having fun moving through the commute this morning . I think mostupeople will have more fun if thats possible commuting than thursday, wednesday, or tuesday lot busiee one spot though that is probably southbound 880 approaching 92. Be we had a crash little bit of a p otherwise, though, we are looking very good. Lets take a look at the Richmond Bridge. Some slowing there. Its not as long of a line as it normally is. Were seeing some slowing today at the bay bridge, but its not here in our camera view. Approachtspthe basicallyk getting onto the bridge. Nothing major though. 718uitsuwindy, so there are no clouds out there. Heres steve, thank you. n that is correct. Some of the wind speeds though are no doubt about it picking up here, especially from arounduthe Oakland Hills out of you hike ad there. Its up to 40 miles an hour. Las trampas, east bay hills, 45 Oakland Hills. Thats right above the claremont, 43mph. So theres some out to ts well. The high building to the north, upper low give the european forecastumodel. We call it the ec had the low back towards san diego and it briefly made it back. That far. Itll start to reject a little bitc more towards the east south actually near the california mexico border. But it is sending in a wide varietyc from las vegs to the california desert to the high desert and into arizona. N. Fairfield north 35. Novato come down a little bit, but still 23. Half moon bay northeast 28. Paloualto north 24 you get the idea. The Higher Elevations mount veeder north 23. The Oakland Hills is 43mph. Just looked in Boulder Creek at sp45, northeast 26. So that givs us 50s and 6ps on the temps. Sfos in there also san rafael 60, santa rosa 61. Theres some low 50s, alameda 6l cerrito,c also at 59 martinez 58 windy pattern from concord over towards martinez and the benicia bridge. Keep thatuin mind. If thats your drive. Hayward, union city, both at 58. The low will hang around today and ejeco arizona. I would have to think some spring training in jeopard, although maybe itll itll be to the east and west of them, but it looks close. Not for us. Sunny, windy and warm herel temperatures 70s across the and san jose. Weekend looks75t good. Not as windy, but nice and warm. Changes next week, but not until after tuesday. Okayl steve. Thank you. Time 720 today you may want to go out and buy some lottery tickets. The jackpot for tonights Mega Millions 792 million right now, that would be the sixth largest jackpot for this particular game. The five other previous jackpots all topped 1 billion. The lottery drawing is at 8 00 tonight. Best recalling more than 200,000 air fryers by people who have them are being told to stop using them immediately, and redwoods are thriving in the uk during the climate crisis. The day how britain is offering a surprising sanctuary for a half million in Southern California. In the past few years, several all women clubs have gained in popularity. The lady lowriders is one group stereotype that woy sit in the passenger seat. It hosts Lowrider Club events every year inupasadena. This is my simply beautiful. Its a 1984 oldsmobile cutlass supreme. Ive literally upgraded and changed everything on this car from the chrome suspension to the engine rebuild. utheres a little girls playing with hot wheels right now. I bet you shegs going to grow up and either build a hot rod or a lowrider or something. Had parents message her on social media, sayingushe is encouraging their young daughters. I can see you doing that, guys. Thats awesome. All right, time is up. And 24 giant sequoia trees in britain are flourishing. While trees here in california, theyre struggling thousands of sequoias in californias National Parks were wildfires in 2020 and 2021. Sequoias were planted 170 years ago in england and scotland, not as old as californias sequoias, but they seem to. Climate is quite different from the native habitat in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in california, and the way they get their moisture there is quite different to the way they get their moisture here. Here we are blessed with sort months of the. Now british researchers say the seeds of the sequoias were introduced to the uk in 185s by a scottish are still considered juveniles, not even 200 years old, where the thousands of years old. Can bet well of the worst times of the year for allergies. Many americans havel reported an increase in allergy related symptoms that come earlier thanc usual. Health professionals say nearly a dozen species of oak trees bloom from january to midmay. March can be spthe worst time for pollen. Experts recommend using your air conditioning, keeping those windows closed at home and getting the necessary medication and treatments from your doctor. All right. Time is 725, a new resource in San Francisco for helping people get jobs. We tell just opened at San Francisco city hall, and to spring into savings, the latest effort by amazon to try to bring people who live in rvs fear they could be forced out of the precious parking spots where theyve set up their homes in weekend, but you drivers should know to get around the closure on interstate 6x0 from ktvu. T fox two news this is mornings on two. Well good morning. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on its spfriday, march q5th as you make your way out of your neighborhood this morning, Steve Paulson, you might see some tree branches kind of debris in the road. I saw a littlec bit of that. Absolutely saw the same thing myself. Not not not i mean, were getting gusts 30, 40mph, so it wouldnt take much here. Hills 60 to almost 70. But it is clear it will be sunny. It will be warml but youll just have to deal with some wind here. 60s on a lot of the temps. Santa rosa is in there. San francisco is close for san jose. ustrong no doubt about it. East wind or northeast . Thats an offshore or if youre familiar with that. So its sun for northern california. Look at Southern California at least on the desert. Las vegas, the high desert and over into arizona, which could interrupt some spring training games. Today so northern sure. Sunny for all but breezy to windy, at least for another day. Should start to decrease. Looks like sunny side up into the weekend and 70s on the temps. All right, saluis here. Highway four somewhere how about the toll plaza lote bit here at the toll plaza. And you can see, boy, if you are used to every day. Well, today is a lot lighter. Theyre still going to be backups. Steve mentioned highway four. Theres a little bit of a backup over the hill to is gettingucrowded. If youre driving to 880 south in hayward, theyre clearing up from an earlier crash right near highway 92. And thats going to be just though, i think youre going to like what you see on this friday time approaching 731. Lets go back to the desk you. Well, starting tonight, parts of interstate v80 will be closed in pleasanton. And until monday mo. Ktvu is Amanda Quintana is in the studio now to tell us about the project crews are working on this weekend and how you can get around it. Good morning amandan good morning dave. In mind southbound. That will be closed. If youre going northbound, dont worry about it. That will still be open. So this area int the red, this is the area that is going to be closed of course, to get around it youre going to can go 580 to 880, or you could use 84uhere to get around. Of course, city streets here might be congested as well. There are four on ramps in this area that will be closed as part of this road closure. Now, this project was supposed to happen back in january, but rain pushed it back. And then last month rain went on and pushed it back againn but it looks like they will be cleared to get the work done. This weekend. The about nine mile stretch of the highway will get new pavement again. This is southbound 68p from the i5 8680 it will be closed starting atd 9 00 tonight. It will go until 4 00 in the morninguon monday. Caltrans says by doing this all in onec weekend, crews are savig drivers time overall since normally this work would require 40 overnight closures. Dave back to you. All right, amanda, thank you. Time is 732. The People Living in their rvs on top of a hill in San Francisco are being told they have to move on within the now, the Mayors Office says heights neighborhood are a health hazard. San franciscos parking rules ban any vehicle from remaining on a city street for more than 72 hours, one man is being told to move, says that his rv is his home, and he has spnowhere else to go. I didnt plan on living here. I just, lost my job, about a year and a half ago, and i couldngt find a place that i could afford. Homelessness says the rvs aren n keepingupeople from living on the street. Deadline for all rvs to leave bernal hill is march 28th. Our time now. 733 mayor london breed vetoed a piece of Housing Development legislation proposed by a city supervisor whos runninguagainst her in novembers election. The board of supervisors passed a proposal from board president aaron peskin last month it would impose density limits on some of the San Francisco neighborhoods says these density limits dont alignc up with her goal to build more housing in the city, and would reverse changes the board approved last year. Its not clear if the board of supervisors has the votes to theres more funding in Sonoma County now to support homeless programs. The press democrat reports. The Sonoma County Homeless Coalition has been given an extra 2 million from the state this year. This means cuts to existing programs should be minimal. The coalition is in the process of narrowing l receive a share. Of the 7. 8 million in funding, californiat is launching a new proposal to allow Home Insurance companies to base rate hikes on disaster prediction models. Right now, the state requires companies to base rate hikes only on events and losses that have already happened. As a result, many Insurance Companies have stopped offeringc new coverage or have dropped customers in areas that are prone to wildfires. State leaders say the rule is outdate and has led to rate spikes and ballooning premiums. Your time now. 734 a dispute between the Valley Transportation Authority and a Real Estate Company over the value of a downtown san jose property may end up in courtn the vta is trying to seize a building on west santa clara street in san jose for a future bart station, according to the east bay times. The vta believe5 million. However, the Real Estate Firm swenson estimates it should be valued at 17. 4 million. A legal proceeding for a settlement conference is set for early in april. If they cant work out a resolution, this could head to court. A member of the Santa Clara Valley water board has been censured by the board for misconduct. Rebecca eisenberg, the district seven director, is accused of verbally harassing and abusing district officials. Eisenberg will have to undergo antidiscrimination training, and she was removed from all roles and responsibilities representinguthe water board and district. Eisenberg was also censured for removing 2000 pages of a confidential report about her behavior from the headquarters of the valley water board, now eisenbergc refutes te allegations. In a statement, she said in part, the report was biased against me as it was sustained zero claims of racism. In the statement, she other boad the ceo of valley water your time is 735. A new Career Center just opened at San Francisco city hall. The staff at the Career Center will help job candidates navigate and move around the citys hiring process,c as well as give tips n how to write a resume and conduct an interview. Now, mayor london breed says right now, the city has almost 4000 vacant positions and this Career Center will hopefully allow the city to hire more people faster. It takes too, and all peoplet to do is get to workn can you imagine going through a 6 to 1 have a job offerufrom someone tu else . Now the Career Center also provides Career Development information for current City Employees to help them new oppoe stretch of highway nine in Santa Clara County thats been closed for weeks has reopened now. Officials closed all lanes of Redwood Gulch roads back onc an march 1st. That highway in the hills above saratoga had huge trees, mud and other debris blocking the road finally reopened Late Wednesday at palis expected to open next week. The silverado lift hasnt opened at all this season. Take skiers and snowboarders of the mountain, palisades says. Snow crews and ski patrol have all that snow weve seen in the season, if everything goes well, it could open by monday. Darcy i may have to get on the ski slopes. Are we qualified for that one in particular, though . I of coue people whove been doing it for a minute. Im just dreaming. Well, you know, what is that . Is that a double Black Diamond theregarcia . T they just say its very advanced, which i know is very far above our abilities, so. Mee on. The groom runs. Thank you very much. All right. Good morning, everyone. Lets go out and take a look at the bay or not. The bay bridge, the Richmond Bridge toll plaza and you will see the traffic is moving along. Okay. If you are driving here, theres a little long as it normally is, but there is a backup bay bridge now has a backup again, not long as it usually is, bututhere is a little bit of waiting to do. You can take the temperature of the commute by looking at these pictures. Here you okay. 242 thy that a lot of people dont like. Southbound. 242 near grant. Theres a crash there. You can just avoid it by using lets br. Steve you know, one of got its. Yes. A truck drove by a bread what i wrote back was id wait for another truck. Right, right. Sal tell that to davidc gates. Exactly. All right. Thank you, place a pretty good gusts here for many. Anywhere from 40 to 70mph. And some of the higher. Its northeast or east for us. Its a little more northerly out to the valley. I know vacaville and travis are around 3635. Mount diablo has been bouncing between 59 and 71mph. Cobbt mountain 68 above the claremont. There, Oakland North Oakland Hills if you know las trampas east bay there. Thats up to 45mph. The low, the low. The european forecast model a couple of low n exactly what happened. It looks like its already started to move east a little bit, but the difference in the pressure gradients here is generating that east wind. Also pretty good rain, thunderstorms and snow for parts of las vegas. The rain northern arizona. Look at thatc. Southern california desert, the lowest already starting to make its move though. Its on the mexico california border. But if i10 some wide variety ofuweather today, maybe some cancellation on spring training games. Fairfield north at 35, novato north at 30, even concord north at 23. It was whipping around concord yesterday afternoon and today anywhere around mount diablo. Same thing. Theres some pretty good gusts. Lime ridge has a gust about 40 miles an hour. Half moon bay northeast 26, palo alto north at 24. Livermore north elevations,uthough again, its a little bit. Boulder creek, northeast, 2644 degrees. Half moon bay is uy san rafael, San Francisco, sfo are in the 60s. Santa rosa still 61. A little cooler for some there are plenty of 50s or 61, el cer9 degrees. So i mean, you can get some pretty warm temps in this pattern. Thats what were seeing here. Long touwarm up the low, though, spslowly churns around the arizona, nevadal california border. And that will give. Thatll be today kind of weakend falls apart on sunday. Up, seve, clear, whatever you want to say and warm temperatures will be in the 70s. I think the weekend breezy or windy, but still nice going into early next week. Okay steve, thank you. Time 741 state lawmakers starting to make moves to deal with californias huge budget deficit. Well tell you how theyre trying to soften the impact. Lets swing out to our newsroom. unow. Say good morning again to andre senior. As you look ahead to the next hours of mornings on two. Well good morning. It is no fun to finish up a trip to the spstore with a long wait line. T now one Big Box Store is making some changes to try and satisfy customer wishes for quick trips. The new checkout lines opening at some target stores and later on the night addressing loneliness head on. With a bay in the nation to declare it at Public Health, a new app is stepping in toumake a difference. Well talk with the founders of wiser, which is ak im franklin graham. Im in jerusalem, israel, and im standing in front of what they call the garden tomb. An empty tomb, and many people believe thats where the body of jesus christ lay after he was crucified for our sins. But on the third day, god raised his son to life. Thats our hope in this troubled world in which we live. Our hope is in christ, a risen savior. Have you ever trusted him as your savior . Have you ever invited him into your heart . Have you ever surrendered your life to him . If you havent done it, do that right now. Just pray this prayer. Say, god, im a sinner. Im sorry. Forgive me. I believe jesus, your son. I want to invite him into my heart, and trust him as my savior, and follow him as my lord from this day forward. Amen. If you prayed that prayer weve got some people that would like to talk to you, pray with you. So, call that number thats on the screen. Do that right now. God bless you thank you 73ubillion budget deficitc facing california state lawmakers are trying to find ways to close that gap. The Assembly Budget committee moved ahead with legislation to raise the tax on managed Care Organization stations like Kaiser Permanente and blue tax helps to pay californiast Insurance Plan for low incometh californians. We can continue to keep the word for increasing our provider rates as we voted on, and also prevent us from having to go into our Health Care Space and cutting some programs and other services for our patients. Now, the full assembly and the state to approve it. Governor newsoms office says heusupports the bill. The peek back at the opening bell started the trading day on can take a quick peek at the numbersc here, the dow jones, is it making too many major moves . I spent the entire session in the red, though, down a handful of points. About 70 points below where it started. The s p has lost about one third of 1, nasdaq losing just over one half of 1. But as we look ahead now and other economic news, we get to talk about amazon, i believe because as you know, theyre always trying to capitalize on their business and theyre advertising a spring sale. Amazon, of course, a major online retailer, regularly launches deals beyond just black friday. And so starts wednesdays 40 to 50 off beauty products, springc apparel, electronics beo get many of has issued a recall for air fryers due to fire and burn risk. The recall affects more than 280,000 insignia brand air fryer sold between november of 2021 and november of last year. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says complaints include overheating, melting, glass shattering and there have been six reports of fire, no injuries of Property Damage reported. Owners are being told to stop using the product immediately, and best buy is offering a refund or for airlino love to fly. First class spairlines are working to upgrae all of its cabins to provide one section with bigger and more comfortable seats. The sections have extras usually reserved for luxurious private jets. Qatar Airways First class is already widely regarded the best in the world, usually cost between 6 and 9000 per round trip. All right, guysc, get reay okay. Oh, no, i dont i im going to talk the tease for thed i looked away. usnakeumeat, according to researchers, could help solve the problem of food insecurity. Its a nice big one. Gasia. Now pythons are snakes that can grow to be huge and fast. uthe study shows that some pythons, as they without food or water, and that can be beneficial in countries where food is not always available. Researchers also say its more efficient to grow snake meat than poultry, or even researchers say python meat even tastes like chicken. Well, heres the thing. Just dont tell me. Just dont tell me what it is. All right, the next time, sal and i get some snake meat, we wont say a word. Im going to be so suspicious of anything you bring into the newsroom from now on. But. Right, sal . I mean, thats i get that its, you know, available stuff, but just dont tell me. Yeah, yeah, well, you know what . And when theyc say it anything. Tastes like chicken. Not even chicken. Yeah, yeah. All right. Good morning everyone. You know what . This morningsucommute, i think, too, southbound, 680. Looksace, pretty good. Were going to talk about the closure coming up. But now, 680 between dublin sonoma and san jose looks pretty good. Hayward, union city, some slowing on 880 south. Theres nothing to worry about, slowing0 looks okay into oakland now. The bay bridge doesnt have a backup crowded on the if you drive it better than usual. Speaking ofe better than usual, heres a man who has an extra lift in add. Its been myuexperience at their head out around here, all spright, ill keep an eye on th. Yes. I dont think you dont have to worry about it. I do, though, where i live, i think. All right, 5060 on the temps here, the offshore for many. Itll be sunny. It will be warm today, 60 at pillar point. Half moon bay is 58 degrees. Los altos is down to 50. But foster city is 58. So on the coast because of thatmps offshore direction. There it is right there. This is something we march, but occasionally it happens. This is a powerhouse low in Southern California, southern nevada, most of arizona. Look at that moisture streaming up could play into some cancellations of the spring training games today. Snow. Big bear has snow. Southen california and it looks like up towards flagstaff, probably around rim, maybe some. So thats a thats a pretty good system for this time of year for them. The win though. When will we see our next rain . Next thursday is the way it looks. Watch some cloud cover coming up here from the south. Thatll be on tuesday. So i threw in a few high clouds. Now watch from the north. There it is coming in on the 21st. So remember we said we didnt buy warmer weather all the way out to the 22nd. 23rd . I dont think thats happening, but it take ut into your weekend, i dont think itll be as windy as we go into the weekend, so 70 on the temps could push a few upper 70s in the right situation, but temperatures look nice into the weekend. Changes start probably aroundcc steve. Thank you. Saint patricks Day Celebrations coming to downtown San Francisco tomorrow. How the city is preparing for auyearly tradition. Then Meghan Markle debuts her new lifestyle brand. How the duchess of sussex is venturing into Household Items. At the same time, the royal family is mireduin controversy tour of the San Francisco symphony, stepping down after the upcoming season, Esapekka Salonen said in a statement he does not, quote, share thec same goals as the orchestras board of governors. Salonen succeeded Michael Tilson thomas back in 2018. Now he will leave at the end of the 20 2425 seasonn symphonys ceo says cost cutting measures may be one reason for that decision, and told the chronicle thec symphony is facig major financial pressure. Well, Meghan Markle has launched a new lifestyle brand, the duchess of sussex went on instagram to share posts on her american riviera orchard account, including a video of meghan baking. We dont know what the brand will include, but a trademark application for the brand reportedly includes the companys intention to sell Household Items like cookbooks and jams. Time is 754 netflix bringing back its suspenseful sci fi series black mirror now, the streaming service says season seven of the show will come back next year with six new episodes. The series looks at the gloomy side of technology and media, usually so distant f, despite another meeting officiae city of oakland and Alameda County, there is still no deal for a potential lease extension for the as at the coliseum. The current lease expires at the end of the upcoming baseball season, and the teams new ballparkuin vegas is not expected to be completed until 2028, so the as will need a home stadium until then. Oakland mayor shang taos Office Released a very brief statement saying the meeting was productive, and we look forward to future discussions. The oaklandAlameda County Coliseum Authority will be holdingc a vey special Board Meeting today. They are looking over a resolution that would allow the oakland roots and the soul sports clubs to play their 2025 to 2026 seasons at meeting is scheduled for 9 p0 this morning. Well, golden gate parks kezar pavilion, its about to get a renovation. A 137 million renovation. The pavilion right now, it serves as a sports event venue. It has not been renovated in 100 years. Now under a two year project unveiled this week, it will be transformed, formed into a drop in rec center as well as a Disaster Response facility, construction expected to begin in the spring of next year and be completed right, get ready to sing because and sink shows they still have the stuff. They surprised their fans with a reunion during Justin Timberlakes free concert wednesday night in los angeles. Everybody was singing bye bye bye. The Group Performed some of their biggest hits from the late 90s and early 2000, like bye bye bye girlfriend and its going to be me, and they debuted something new. They actually have a new song on Justin Timberlakes new album, which actually drops on friday. Its called everything i thought it was. Hes been promoting this for a while now on his new tour that hes been on for a bit, and now its called paradise, and i heard some of it. Its a great song and its really good to see the band back together. Yeah. That reunion marked nsyncs first performance on stage with all five band members oakland, chef matt horne, the owner of horne barbecue, says hes out there now looking for a new restaurant location after a fire destroyed his restaurant last year. Chef horne posted posted on instagram the extensive fire damage combined targeted the building in the close his restaurant on mandela parkway. Now, he says, quote, were actively inuconversations for a new oakland location. Marin. Well, a unique dining destination is opening soon insideuSan Franciscos downtown ikea furniture store, the chronicle reports. Solo hall food hall is expected to open in april. Itll bring together almost a dozen new places to eat and drink to market street. The food hall will focus on vegetarian and vegan dishes and featured food from. And oakland Restaurant Week is underway right now. Many Restaurant Owners that we talked to say its a big normally a slower time of the year because of School Spring break and tax seasonn new restaurants like parkway in uptown oakland hope by creatingl menus, short rib that we cook down over 18 hours. You might find your new favorite restaurant during oakland Restaurant Week, and i will be looking asuBusiness Owners recover from the crime thats been out of control in oakland, the chefs are invited to providing the people of oakland to supportuthem and a gt well, theres a new report out showing california and specifically the bay area is in a lot better shape than the rest of the country. The personal finance Company Wallethub released its study of the 100 most overweight and obese cities in america. Number one on the list mcallen, texas, followed by jackson, mississippi. The first California City on the list. Riverside at the 35th spot. Los angelesc came in at 74. San francisco ranked 93, san jose at 9v. Now, the study looked at 19 keyuindicators of weight related problems, including adults with high cholesterol and access to healthy foods, as well as parks and recreational facilities pus, drug using and homeless encampments this morning, hear from Business Owners in a San Francisco neighborhood ready to take their frustration with the city on these issues to the next level. n plus, yes, there are declining enrollment, but by closing six, seven, eight, you will create more difficulty for the family. Parents pushing back against the districts plan to close a middle school, which says the numbers cant justify keeping it open, and bay area wastewater plants up against the clock to clean up the track to reduce pollution before a critical deadline fox two. Welcome to mornings on two San Francisco this morning, the sun is coming out. Blue skies so far. Thank you so much for joining us im andre senior. Good morning im Gasia Mikaelian. Its friday march 15th. Dry rain isnt the problem this weekend. But Steve Paulson another part of the weather could affect our plans. Well if you friend, thats for sure. But its sunny and its going to beuwarm. But i think over the weekend well see decreasing wind and temps will are on the way for later next d week. But today were starting off with a lot of 60s and its an offshore direction. No doubt about it. Going from land to massive amountsalifornia,t of the Southern California mountains. What i just read on twitter an overachiever. My goodness, how manyutimes have we said that for us this season . Down there. And southerneningt california. So northern sunny, itll be warm, but its also breezy to windyutemps though well above average here. 70s for all. All right. Sal is here all of a sudden. Bayubridge toll plazauthatc just disappear. Slow, but you know fridays wetle usually get a break, steve. And were going to get to that toll plaza in just a second. ui think the worst traffic right now is inc hayward southbound 880. They were clearing a couple of crashes, but even that, you know, on a regular day bigger backup. Theres going to be some slowing, though, if youre making the trip from hayward to union city. Also, highway 24 looks okay, and Richmond Bridge a little bit of a line. Steve wasuabsolutely right. The backup went awayl lets get back to the headlines. A group of People Living and working in San Franciscos tenderloin district has filed a federal lawsuit againstuthe city over conditions in that neighborhooduand the accused city leaders of tolerating drug dealing homeless that they say e hurting the tenderloin. Others not involved in the lawsuit say they hope citys hand and make it come up with a strategy to improve the neighborhood. Well, the lawsuit is the last resort. The city to tenderloin businesses and property owners. They paid the same fees and taxes as people in cow get the services. In response, San Francisco City Attorney says lawsuits lik. n 802 now, police man for a sht between two cars where one person was killed and another was hurt. 25 year old Sylvester Carver is facing charges of murder and attempted murder. The shooting happened on march 5th around say people shooting at each other. Officersuarrived on sceneuto find one victimuinside of a crashed car. He died four days later. Carver eventually arrested wednesday night at a home in richmond. This is video authorities surrounding the house at harnet avenue. ua second suspect, identified as keon bowles, has also been charged spwith gun crimes after allegedy helping carver get away. An Investigation Continues in antioch, where seven people were hurt when an suv crashed into a bus that was carrying mostly senior citizens. This happened around 1230 yesterday afternoon firefighters say the suv was headed west on laurel road near the highway four on ramp. When it hit thec as it was turning, the driver of the suv hurt, and none of their injuries is considered life under investigation. 804, now a middle school in san jose, is at risk of closingudue to declining enrollment. Ktvu ali rasmus, back in studio to explain why ali, parents and teachers are so upset and how the district is responding to these concerns. Well, aptitude academy in san jose is a k through eighth grade school. Parents, students and staff there say it is essential that the school remain that way. Eighth grades at that school and send those current students to other schools in the district, but the superintendent says there students to justify keeping the middle school open. Just two remind the board to run an elementary site, we need about 500 students to sustain the site Union School District superintendent hilaria bauer. She also says aptitude academy currently has 410 students total across all grade levels, but the school needs to have at least 700 students if they want to continue offering middle school classes. Pushback from parents at a recent meeting prompted the School District to pause its plans to shut down those upper grade levels for now, just like me, they like the k through eight model. My son is safe. His teachers care about him. Weve been here since charango, and we want to be here until we finish eighth grade. You dont do a great job. So now send my send our kids to a different middle school. Which one . The board will reconsider whether or not to close this summer, but some say the District Needs to make a decision more quickly than that so that families can plan for the Upcoming School year and beyond. We do knowuthat this theres going to be some very unhappy decisions coming along, but the Community Needs to be part of that right now. We dont trust, you know, the superintendent, im sorry to say this, but thats how we feel. The board also says that itt will look at the entire district to determine whether there are other schools that need to be on a closure list, not just aptitude academy. Its plan is to have some sort of decision on n gasia ali rasmus, thank you. The is still looking for a hit and run driver who seriously injured happened last week on polhemus road in the hills above san mateo. Investigators are looking for the driver of a gray or silver minivan who ran old woman. A vehicle came down the street here, ran through the stop sign, struck her rear wheel, threw her from the bike. Its egregious. Its wrong. And sadly who was injured hasc been released from the fora broken back. Anyone with information on to call the chp. 806 now, Election Officials in Alameda County will now have to manually count all the signatures submitted in a petition to recall District Attorney pamela price, the registrarc of voters, said the spresults of a random sampling f the more than 123l000 signatures submitted were not sufficient to determine whetheruthere were enough valid signatures to put the recall on the november ballot. And that means Election Officials will manually count every signature the recall effort needs 73,195 signatures to qualify. A deal has been worked out for most of the protesters arrested for shuttin down the bay bridge back in november people accepted an offer from the court to complete five hours of Community Service. They will also pay restitution through. The amount is still being undecided or still in one case,s evidence. However, the case involved a retired pleasanton firefighter. It is still Going Forward right now, he told us. His case is separate from the others. Its unfortunate that an innocent person has to be dragged through this type of thing for something they had nothing to do with, so i guess im just im disappointed. Still, im disappointed in the District Attorney. Im disappointed in the prosecutors. I really am absolutely disappointed that they would continue to push something onto somebody that, again, has now. He was on his way to catch a flight when he was caught up in the gaza protest and wrongfully detained. He wants prosecutors to drop misdemeanor charges of unlawful Public Assembly and failure to disperse. We now know how much time and money it will take to reduce th amount of fertilizer and sewage at the bay areas three dozen Wastewater Treatment plants, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control board estimates years and 1qill likely take te billion. And thats just to reduce the amount byc to finalie new expectations in june, and hope state or federal money will help fund the renovations needed to hit that expectation. An Environmental Group that monitors pollution in the bay area is threatening to sue the San Francisco Public Utilities commission, San Francisco baykeeper, a nonprofit group, saysuthe city has repeatedly violated the clean water act. It says theuutilities commission discharges more than 1 billion gallons of combined stormwater runoff and sewage into the bay. Baykeeper says the discharge pollutes the water and raises spnitrogen levels, causing algae blooms that have killed thousands of fish over a spokesm the sfpuc says the Commission System is specially designed to prevent trash from escaping, and said cherry picking select information without conveying the whole picture doesnt benefit the environment, policymakers or. Well, part of weekend. The shutdown starts at nine tonight and will 4 a. M. Moe planned closurec will include al southbound lanes and on ramps on interstate 680 in pleasanton, starting at the interstate 580 connector to the koopman road junction just before highway 84. The roadwork is a year long project to replace a stretch of deteriorated roadway from sunol to dublin. The roadwork was postponed twice because of the weather. Time is 809 and that stretch that andre just spoke about this morning is doing very well. Likewise for the rest of our commute, lets go right to the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see that the traffic looks pretty good here. There is a splittle other days of this workweek, i think your0 north and south. No problems there. We do have some slowing. We had anc earlier crash on 242 and highway four eastbound highway four. We had a stalled vehicle eastbound getting into bay point. So you all of a suddn theres a non commute backup there. But westbound highway four is also going to be a little bit slow. Its to the den Francisco Mayor london breed vetoes housing legislation. She says it does not follow her goals for the city. Parents of uc Berkeley Students taking matters into their own hands, hiring private security guards to help protect their children. Why the University Says the move could be problematic and what its doing to improve public saf at you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo many. The Tech Industry consultant accused of killing os tentatively set for today, but now a hearing will be held because bowmans lawyers conducted a survey to determine if Media Coverage of the case has they plan to present that information to the judge today, and it could to a change in venue. A Nonprofit Organization in oakland that helps people in need is facing new challenges. After a car smashed into its building. The crash caused major damage to the homies empowerment building at 77th and macarthur in east oakland. The violence find jobs and housing, provides clothing andufood to some 400 people weekly. Those who committed to continuing their work with the communities help. Our community up and shown o, so i do believe that this is just a small setback for a bigger into another, sending it into the building. Reportedly, the driver ofuthe car that crashed into the building took off. An infestation of mold Affordable Housing projects at branam lane and monterey road. The mold was found in five of the 117 units at the def con Contractor Construction project. Efforts to remove the mold started this week. People close to the project also claim there is a wage theft problem affecting construction workers. San jose mayor matt mehan says the city is investigating. T the citys role is really to hold people accountable to compliance issue. Well go out with code enforcement, but i understand theres also been a wage theftucomplaint. Well follow city staff will ensurec that thet contractors on the job pay everybody will probably be completed over the summer. Final inspections are expected to take place before anyone moves into the new units. Some uc berkeley parents are taking matters into their own hands after saying their safety concerns have gone unanswered by the university. The group has raised 40,000 to hire private security to patrol the area near campus. Ktvu zac sos reports the stepped up security, though, wont last much longer. It is kind ofuscary having that threat of like, it could be anyone at any time, y cal counts himself among the students, happy to see private security guards like these roaming his campus at night, especially at night. Get kind of scary, like walking back home. The guards, also known as safety ambassadors, are you doing today part of a pilot programulaunched last week by the nonprofit safe bears, a group of parents concerned about an uptick in crime on campus. They dont have batons. They dont have mace, they dont have handcuffs. Nothing like that. They have radios, radios. Group president ujatani says the guards can use to call police as a last resort, but the hope is they wont need to. Theyre meant to provide a visual deterrent toucrime. The group raising 40,000 to hire the guards for three weeks. One month after my kids started at uc berkeley, there was a gun battle outside was acy killed, jatani says. The university has been too slow to hire additional security. As for students feelings about the program, if people feel really scared, i think that can take away the fear. I dontuknow why we need sect feels probably unnecessary. In a statement to ktvu, thet University Says its been bolstering campus security, of 32 more Community Service officers, adding in part, quote, hiring private security raises a number of concerns, including the training and equipping of individuals hired by such firms. We believe that University Funds are better spent hiring more sworn or nonsworn ucpd officers, cal encouraging concerned parents to donate to our message to uc berkeley is right now,uyour students arent safe and a small, meaningful Financial Investment could turn that situation. And the program again scheduled to wrap up march 23rd, theyre hoping uc berkeley will pay to it. If not, theyreuconsidering fundraising to extend it themselves. In berkeley, zac sos,c ktvu, fox to news just coming up on 818 right now, Sal Castaneda is back with us this morning tracking any area south. Ts across the bay all right, andre garcia, good morning once again. We do see that highway four over to concord. Im sorry. Getting over from concord to bay point. Thats an unusual backup becaus. Westbound traffic also recovering there. As we look at the east bay, 880 between hayward and union city looks pretty good, but theres a little bit of slowing in union city. South bay commute has been lighter than usual, and you can see theres 280. A live picture of it for, you know, major issues here. And if youre driving on the bay bridge approach, its nice and light at the toll plaza. Bit of crowdinge bridge itself. 818 what about this weekends forecast . Heres steve. Thank you sal. We still havo deal with the wind today. Theres still some there. But s warm are in town for today. So is and windy. But i think decreasing wind over the weekend. Lots of sunshine, warm temps. So whens our next rain . I need to know. I work outside. Id pencil in or pen in next talking about that for three days and still looks good to me. Surface wind is east northeast in the valley. Its more of a north wind, but its in place. And near cobb mountainl and 71ms trampas 42 to 45 Oakland Hills, right above the claremont, 3436 ben lomond mountain, now 33mph. All that big, strong upper low has produced some heavy snow, lk mountain, also in towards a big overachiever again. Well, no. T also in the las vegas andhiever, arizona. Look at that. Theres snow to the north there. And also could be see. But its, its going to be there today and tomorrow. Fairfield north at 35. Napa north at 36, santa rosa north at 36. Novato north at 32. Do you have any good news, steve . Yeah, its sunny out. Half moon bay is northeast at 31. Palo alto north at 20, hayward 26, livermore 26. So there you go. Thats why we have a lot of v0s, especially near the coast and around the bay, upper 50s and 60s offshore direction. But that system is a powerhouse for this time of year. Down in and southern nevada. So if youre going there , its not sunny and warm. I can tell you that we have though, lots of sunshine. And heres you can see some clouds coming up from the south. High clouds on tuesday,ubut watch to the north on the 21st. There you go. I think rain comes back at the end of the month. Came in like a lion. May go out like a lion. So just keep thougd tomorrow and the weekend looks good. Decreasing wind, lots of 70s on the temps you guys. Steve may wantuto buy some lotto tickets. The jackpot for tonights Mega Millions lottery drawing is 792 million. Right now. That would be the sixth largest jackpot for the game. The five other previous jackpots all topped the 1 billion mark. The drawing good luck. 821 best buy is recalling more than 200,000 air fryers by people who have them are being told to stop using them immediately. Redwoods are thriving in the uk amid the climate crisis. How britain is offering a surprising sanctuary business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. See why comcast business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. Are celebrating in Southern California the past few years, several all women clubs have gained in popularity. The lady lowriders is one group working to break the stereotype that women only sit in the passenger seat. It hosts Lowrider Club events every year in pasadena. This is my simply beautiful. Its a 1984 oldsmobile cutlass supreme. Ive literally upgraded and changed everything on this car from the chrome suspension to the engine rebuild. Theres a wheels right now. Ing with hot i bet you shes going to grow up and either build a hot rod, c lowrider or something. The clubs president sayst shes had parents, saying she is encouraging their young daughters. All right. Coming up on 825 now,c giant sequoia trees in britain are flourishing while here in california those trees are struggling to survive. Climate change. Thousands of sequoias in californias National Parks were either burned or threatened by wildfires in 2p20 and 2021. Sequoias were planted in england and scotland 170 years ago, none as old as californias sequoias, but they seem to be doing well there. The climate is quite sierra a and the way they get theiria,t moisture there is quite different to the way they get their moisture here. Here we are blessed with sort of ample rainfall. 12 months of the year. British researchers say the seeds of the sequoias were introduced to the uk in 1853 by the trees there are still, sot considered juveniles not even 200 years old. Yet, where the sequoias in california canube year for people who suffer from seasonal allergies. T an increase in allergy related symptoms that are coming earlier than usual. Health professionals say nearly a dozen species of oak trees bloom from january to midmay, and march can be the worst time for pollen. Experts recommend usinguyour air windows closed at home and getting the necessaryumedication and treatment from your doctor. A new resource helping peoplt jobs. Well tell you about the Career Center thats opening at city hall, four months away from traditional black friday sales. But amazon hopes shoppers are ready to spring into savings. More people to that sitep lure neighborhood, like people who live in rvs say they have no other option and why the city says their hazard. Then aumajor freeway closure in the east bay weekend is justc away now will help you get around the closure of southbound 680 and explore the work from ktvu. Fox two news. This is mornings on two. Good morning and welcome back. Im Gasia Mikaelian dion im andre senior. Thank you was an issue. So lets check in with Steve Paulson to see ifuthats died down. Not yet i think it will. Over the time we get to the weekend. But today its all about sunshine breezy to windy, especially upuin the hills. Well just go with w0. Santa rosa 76. I did see projection 787y i you know, so i didnt think it would get that warmn but itll be warm, itll that weekend. Next change looks to be middle of next week. All right now there. Yeah you are. We are better. Things are improving quite a bit steve. As you drive around the bay area ill show you the bay bridge. It looks very good. And a lot of people take a look at this before they leave the verye looking drive. Nouproblems. 880 is getting slower from san leandro into downtown oakland. Its 830. Lets get back to the headlines. Thank you so much, sal. Part of 680 will be closed until mony ktvu Amanda Quintana here with more on the project. uthe crews will be working on this weekend and more importantly here. How to get around it. Amanda yes, that is important. Southbound. That will be closed. If youre going northbound, that will all still be open and that will still be the same. So this area in red, this is where it is going to be closed starting tonight. Youre going to need to get around it. So a few options. You could go 580 to 880 to get around. Or you can take 84 to get will be there are four on ramps that are closed along this road as well. Now there are multiple signs trying to make sure that drivers are prepared for this big change. This project was supposed to happen back in january, buturain pushed it back then. Last month, rain pushed it back again, but it does look like they done this weekend. This is about a nine mile stretch of the highway and it will all get new pavement againn road, and it will 9 00 tonight,t will go until 4 00 in the morning on monday. Caltrans says by doing this all in one weekend, crews are saving drivers time overall since normally this work would require 40 be overnight closures. Andre i will send it back to you. All right. Thank you so much. Well, the People Living in their rvs on the top of a hill in San Francisco, being told they have the Mayors Office says rvs parked in the citys a safety concern, and Public Health hazard. San franciscos parking rules ban any vehicle from remaining on a city street for more than 72 hours. One man was being told to move, says that his rv is his home and he has nowhere else to go. I didnt plan on living here. Year and a half ago, and it couldnt findua place that i could afford. San franciscos coalitionc on homelessness says the rvs are keeping people from living on the street. The city says the deadline for all rvs to leave bernal hilluis march 28th. Mayor london breed has housin approved by the board of supervisors. The board passed a proposal that would have imposed density limits in some neighborhoods. The mayor says these restrictions dont align with her or the states goal to build more housing in the city, and would reverse changes the board approved last year. Its unclear if theuboard of supervisors has the votes to thn Sonoma County to support homeless programs, the press democrat reports. The Sonoma County Homeless Coalition hast been given an extra 2 million from the state this to existings should be minimal. The coalition is in the process of narrowing down which local nonprofits will receive a share. Of the 7. 8 spmillion in funding. California is launching a new proposal to allow Home Insurance companies to base rate hikes on disaster prediction models. Right now, the state requires companies to base rate hikes only on events and losses that have already happened as a result, many Insurance Companies have stopped offering new coverage or have dropped customers in areas that spare prone to wildfires. Stated and has led to rate spikes and ballooning premiums. A dispute between the Valley Transportation Authority and a Real Estate Company over the value of a downtown san jose Property Court or could wind up in court. In fact, vta trying to seize a building on west santa clara street in san jose for a future bart station, according to the its worth 9. 5 million, butest Real Estate Firm swenson estimates it should be valued at 17. 4 million. A legal proceeding for a settlement conference is scheduled for early april. If they cant reach a resolution, it could head to a wrongway driver crashing into a highway patrol. Investigatorsy the crash they believe the driver slammed into the patrol car on purpose. It happened wednesday afternoon onp sitting in their patrol car on the shoulder of the freeway after a traffic stop in a white vehicle and individual drove his vehicle at a high rate of speed along freeway and intentionally struck the patrol vehicle head on, causing injuries touour officers against our officers will not be tolerated from another car that was passing by the crash scene at the time, the officers were treated for their injuries at the hospital, then released that wrongway driver suffered minor injuries. T they charges they are facing. A member of the Santa Clara Valley water board has been censured by the board for misconduct. Rebecca eisenberg, the district seven director, is and abusing district officials. Eisenberg will have to undergo antidiscrimination training, and she was removed from all roles and responsibilities representing the water board and the district. Eisenberg was also censured for removing 2000upages of a confidential report about her the headquarters of the valley water board. Eisenbergurefutes the allegations. In a statement to ktvu, she, the report is biased against me as it was sustained zero claims of racism. Also in the statement, she accuses other Board Members and the ceo of valley water of misrepresenting her words. New r is now open at San Francisco city hall. Staff at the Career Center will help job candidates process and give tips. Ring mayor london breed says right now, the city has nearly 4000 vacant positions. The center will hopefully allow the city to hire moreupeople and do it faster. It takes too long. Its too confusing, and all people want to do is get to work. Can you imagine going through ac 6 to 1 year process to tryuand get a city job . And by that time you have a job offer from someone else . The center also provides Career Development info for current City Employees to help them progress in their department or learn about new opportunities is the stretch ofa county thats been closed for weeks all lanes of highway nine between sanborn and Redwood Gulch roads back on march first. The mud and other debris blocking the road. It finally reopened Late Wednesday night. A ski run at palisades tahoe, described as the most remote, coveted terrainuat that resort, is expected to open next week. The silverado lift hasnt opened all this season. It gives access to eight double Black Diamond runs, meant for only the most advanced skiers and snowboarders. Palisades says. Snow crews and ski patrol have almost finished preparing the area for recreation after massive amounts of snow in the resort. If everything goes well, it could open by looking forward to that heading up the mountain. All right, Steve Paulson speaking of the weather, lets talk a little bituabout that. Well, we have a lot of sunshine, warm tempsl but still dealing withuwind today. It should start to taper off i tomorrow. But still i mean mount diablo has been 59 to 71mph near cobb mountainuof course youre at 3800ft, but still 68 to 72. Ive seen Mount Tamalpais has been around 33 to 40. Most of the morning. Oakland hills, 31 to about 36. Las trampas said. Spim up to 42. And ben loman still in santa cruz mountains, is at 33mph, so wind gusts will still continue. And its still rocking here for many. So its all because deep low, which is actually a little deeper than we thought and over overachieving low again. Again, its been that way almost every system this winter. Here were in between though, the high feels that low breezel a lot bearsan offshore reporting, a lot of snow i thinu see flagstaff and las vegas. Naa Airport North at 36 fairfield north gusting to 35. Novato 33, santa rosa 36. Concord north at 20. Watch out on some of the mo. Northeast at livermore 26. And youre getting 60s on these temps here. Some lows did not get below 59 or 60 due to this offshore breeze here. And there. It is in place. And its going to be with us today because this low, which will slowly start to churn a little bit more towards the arizona border, it already is, but its going to be giving a wide variety of rain, thunderstorms, high elevation snow. Look at that flagstaff. This is the geek in me. Look at that. Just being painted with snow. Well go down to phoenix. C many of you may be heading down there for maybe spring training activities. Where are you . There looks like so far. Its okay,it but i think itll be close today for some of the games and maybe tomorrow as well. But for us, everything looks sunny and warm tuesday. Then changes are on the way and i think by next thursday spwell get backuinto some rain. At least some of the forecast models are showing that on the 21st. And i think he even aftera pattern change. But today and spallc your weekend, lots of sunshine, warm temps, wind should be decreasing as we go into the weekend. Seven seconds this time of year. Verage for steve thank you. She shattered ceilings and set new standards for women in sports when he joined us on the line. Well talk live with the first and only female scout in the nba about how shes celebrating the accomplishments of more than a dozen women in what she wants us to know about the athletes she calls hidden gems. Saint patricks Day Celebrations areucoming to downtown San Francisco tomorrow. How the city is preparing for the early tradition. [alarm rings] [alarm rings] get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. Harris touring a planned parenthood facility in saint paul, minnesota, and spoke with Health Care Providers there after her tour. Harris talked about the importance of such facilities while criticizing the Supreme Court for overruling roe v wade. In this environment, these attacks against an individuals right to make decisions about their own bodyuare outrageous and in many instances, just plain old. How dare these elected leaders believe they are in a better position to tellc this was the sixth stop in Vice President harriss fight for reproductive freedoms tour. She visited san jose as part of the tour back in january with a 73 billion budget deficit facing california, state lawmakersuare looking for ways to close the gap. The Assembly Budget committee moved ahead with legislation to raise the tax on managed care operations, such as Kaiser Permanente and blue shield of california. The tax helps pay the states cost for medical, theuhealth Insurance Plan for low income californians. We can continue to keep the word for increasing as we voted on, and also prevent us from having to go into our spHealth Care Space and cutting some programs and other services for our patients. The full assembly and the state senate still have to approve this. Governor newsoms office says he supports the bill. Saint patricks day. Cup antt estimated 10,000 people are expected to fill the streets of downtown for the parade down market street. The united irish societies, hosting this years we want everybody to marchon with us. You know, the heritage is theudifferent heritages in San Francisco. We want to celebrate every single one. You know, we want to go out on Cinco De Mayo and be there with them. We want to be there for the chineseunew year parade, and we want everybody to be here and to be irish for this season. The paradec festivities start tomorrow morning at 1130. There will also be a free musical festival after the parade, starting around 2 p. M. At civic center plaza, and new Research Shows a recent change in the way people celebrate Saint Patricks other events that used to go all night into theuearly Morning Hours are now starting and ending much earlier. Researchers found. Younger americans are driving that trend. Gen z young people have really embraced wanting to brin communities out, but do it at a respectable time. So youre seeing a lot of events kick off at one, but wrap at 8 p. M, so wrap early so people get enough time to get some shut eye. However, this holiday still remains extremely popular. An estimated 162 million americans are expected to celebrate saint sppatricks day this weekend. The peak back at the opening bell brought you this earlier at 630 Madison Square garden Entertainment Group ringing that bell at 630. Well mentionc that the dowujones has stayed essentially where it is right now, losing about one third of 1. S p isudown by more than pers down by almost a full apple has bought canadian Artificial Intelligence startup darwin. Ai is, according to ai specializes in vision based technology to observe components during manufacturing workers tos changes to its Self Checkout lanes this weekend. Only customers with ten items or fewer will be able to use targets new express Self Checkout registers. The move is meant to speed up the checkout company says itc plans to open more staffed registers to accommodate shoppers with fuller carts. Of course, saint patrickgs day is this weekend, but one retailer is already thinking about halloween. Home willt is previewing items itt spyear. This includes a 12 foot skeleton that sellsufor 300. The collection also includes a five foot skeleton dog, a seven foot animated led monster doctor frankenstein, and other build a new Transportation Center in hercules are gettingua financial boost from the federal government. President biden signed a spending bill that allocates as the hercules hub. S a planned Transportation Center for cars, busses, passenger trainsuand ferries would be located along the waterfront and next to the capitol corridor train line. All of us have experienced interstate 80 a miserable place to be want to do is really capture the riders who are going to San Francisco, go into oakland, wherever they may be going, and giving them another alternative to use for public transportation. And were also really who are going up toe north bayuor even sacramento with the capitol corridor. So the project will also include housing. City leaders say theres still two years away from groundbreaking. All right. Final check of the roads right now. Hereuis sal. Sal. Hopefully spits doing well. uyeah. You know, we still havt there, andre and garcia. But things areuactually doing a little bit better as we look at 880 northbound. And i also want to show you thatuthe bayubridge toll plaza has cleared out, although there is some slow traffic on the bridge, even on the Richmond Bridge, which had a backup this morning. Thats cleared out as well. Its 847. Lets talk about the windy weather. Heres steve. Thank you kindly, sir. Yes, sir. All right. We have clear skies. Thats not a problem here. Thats an offshore direction. Been sending in some pretty good gusts here up to 4050. Even 70mph in some of the Higher Elevations. This system is just absolutely paintingc the southwe pretty impressive snow, of rain around las vegas, snow and flagstaff on 48. Iuknow, even over new mexico. Theyre reporting some snow might might impactc some spring training games. Sure looks like itll be close today and tomorrow to me. And thunderstorms in there, the system that low pretty strong. Low for this time of year with a in between the highs is. I dont like you so it fills thats whae getting heren should the lowests the east over the next 24uhours. Gradients, which means well see a decrease in the wind. Whens our next rain . Around the 2qst. I think were fine all the mondr just one forecast model. Butthen theyrec all bringing in a not todayn unless its the wind. You dont like sunny breezy and warm. Well take that into the weekend at least. The sunny and warm with 70s on the temps by monday. Were still good to go. I think by tuesday we. Thanks, steve. High School Student working at chick fil as Serramonte Center location a mae from the company ceo was gifted a 25,000 scholarship to help him attend college in the fall. And a brand new laptop, too. He recently helped launched a pilot Leader Academy program and facilitates several Community Service projects. He says. This totally came as a surprise. They told me i was here for parentsuappreciation interview and so i brought my parents and back and they were like, youche like the ceo of chick fil a iss here. And i was like, oh, thats so cool. I walk up started doing an interview in front of a bunch of people and then boom, they just on me. Im super blessed and im super how cool is that . Well, noel is still waiting on some college applications, but has already been accepteduto the university of pennsylvania. Wear something green, youll be able to get a free donut at krispy kreme. Krispy kreme is celebrating Saint Patricks day by giving away donuts with a green glaze all weekend long. You just have to wear green to get the donut. Ten bay area locations, including in san jose, concord, and rohnert park well, its a buzzworthy tip thats revolutionizing how you book flights, how you can, unlock the secret to and how yot discounts on flights as well. Meghan markle debuts her new lifestyle brand how the venturio Household Items. At the same time, the if you feel like things dont add up right now. Youre not alone. Rent is up, and every family outing costs an arm and a leg. Well, we want to help. So when prices go up, we find new ways to go low. And now, weve lowered the price on hundreds of your favorite products. Designing something beautiful is easy. Designing something beautiful with great quality for a low price . Thats a different story. Its why were here. Thats a promise. Not a promo. He does not, quote, share the same goals as theuorchestras board of governors. Solano was named to succeed Michael Tilson thomas in 2018. He will leave after the end of the 20 2425 season. The symphony ceo said cost cutting measures may be one reason for the decision, telling the chronicle the symphony faces significant financial. Meghan markle has launched a new lifestyle brand, the duchess of sussex took to instagram to share posts on her american riviera orchard account, including a video of her baking. Its not known what the brand will include, but a trademark application for the brand reportedly includes the Household Itemsc jams. Netflix s bringing back its expensive sci fi series black mirror. The streaming service says season seven of the show will return next year with six new episodes. Technology and media, usually of set in the not too distant future, while the sunday stanford will find out if its among the number one seeds in the womens ncaa basketball tournament. But this morning, the mens team is looking for a. Stanford fired jared haas right after the cardinal lost to washington state, 79 to 62, and mensubasketball tournament. 12t stanford finished the season 14 and 18 and never went to the ncaa tournament in any of his eight seasons there. More than dozen current and former College Filed the female athleteslayers accused the organization of violating their title nine rights by allowing a transgender woman to compete at the National Championships in 2022. The ncaa has said its transgender student athlete policy balances fairness, inclusion and safety. E another meeting, the as and officials with the city of oakland and Alameda County. Theres still no deal for a potential lease extension for the team at the coliseum. Now, the current lease expires at the end of the upcoming baseball season, and the teams new ballpark in las vegas is not 2028, so theyll need a home stadium until then. Mayor sheng taos Office Released a very brief statement saying the meeting was productive and, fute discussions. The oaklandc alamea county Coliseum Authority will hold a special Board Meeting today. Theyll be looking over a resolution that will allow the oakland roots and soul sports clubs to play their 2025 to 2026 season at the coliseum. Todays special meeting, scheduled for 9 a. M. Golden gate parks kezar million renovation currently137 serves as a sporting event spvenue. Hasnt been renovated n 100 years. Under a two year project unveiled this week, it will transform into a drop in rec center asuwell as a Disaster Response facility, construction is expected to begin in spring of next year, should finish in winter of 202v. Youll have a chance to watch the paris summer olympics at the movies. Amc theaters reaching a coverage of the summer games at 160 of its theaters nationwide. Tickets are required, but no word yet on how much theyll cost. Amc also struck a deal withusan joses zoom communications to create an olympic viewing zoom room in mercado 20 theater in santat mc clara, 90 boy band nsync reunited to surprise fans during just in timberlakes free concert in los angeles wednesday night. The Group Performed hits froe 90s and early 200p, including bye bye byeuand its going to be me. They also debuted something new. They actually have a new song on Justin Timberlakes new friday. Its called everything i thought it was. Hes been promoting this for a while now on his new tour that hes been on for a bit, and now its called paradise and i heard some ofuit. Itsua great song and its really good to see the band back together. The reunion marked nsyncs first performance on stage with allufive band members since 2013. In west oakland, chef matt horne, the owner of horne barbecue, says hes now looking for a new restaurant location after a fire destroyed his restaurant last year. Chef hornd with vandals who repeatedly targeted the building in the him touclose the restaurant on mandela parkway. He now says, quote, we areuactively in destination is opening soonland inside San Franciscos downtown ikea furniture store, the chronicle reports. The soul food hall is expected to open in april. It would bring nearly a dozen new places to eat and hall will focus on vegetarian and vegan dishes and feature food from five local restaurants. Oakland Restaurant Week is underway, meant to boost business during whats usually a slow time of the year. Some longtime favorites and new oakland restaurants are putting together special menus at attractive prices to bring more people into oaklands dining scene. Short rib that we cooked down over 18 hours. You might find your new favorite restaurant during oakland Restaurant Week say theyre stillustruggling to recover from the pandemic, and the concerns about crime are keeping many potential customers from going out, a new report shows. Whereucalifornians fall when looking at weight. Personal finance Company Wallethub released its study of the 100 most overweight and obese cities in america. Mcallen, texas, topped the list, followed by was theufirst California City on theulist. It came in atunumber 35. Los angeles made number 74 on the list. San francisco was at 93, study factored 19 key indicators of weight related problems, including adults with high cholesterol as well as access to healthy food, parks and recreational facilities. A potential headache fort drivers in the east bay. A critical stretch of a bay area freeway will be closed all weekend. The reason for the closure and how drivers can get around it. Then a violent crash in fremont leaves one Person Police say a suspect is behind bars. The charges hes nowufacing, plus parents and teachers pushing back against a School District in the south bay. We dont trust, you know, the superintendent. Im sorry to say this, but thats how how we