Around the seashore now 14 in Half Moon Bay, 17 in throughout the trivalley and winds flat in napa but up to 12 in santa rosa. The high wind advisory is in effect for much of the bay area until high noon today. Then well have less wind this afternoon for of a northerly 10 to 20. More of a northerly 10 to 20. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s. 78 degrees in santa rosa. Did i say 78 . Yes, you did warmer on saturday. I dont know if i can follow that up. We just have high wind advisories across the span of the bay bridge here. So traffic good though. The maze to downtown about 10 minutes. Heres of a live look at the nimitz freeway looking good in both directions. Across the span of the san mateo bridge, another high wind advisory to worry about here from hayward to foster city. Drive slowly but it will only take but 15 minutes to get to where youre going. Heres the Altamont Pass not too bad 55 after 205 and down to 42 at north flynn road but looking good otherwise. President trumps former National Security adviser trying to strike a deal. Allen martin tells us Michael Flynn wants protection about spilling his secrets about possible russian interference in the erection. Reporter ousted National Secure adviser Michael Flynn is in ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn is in talks about testifying at the intelligence committees. His lawyer said the former white house staffer wants assurances against unfair prosecution. President trump fired flynn in february for lying to the Vice President about conversations he had with the russian diplomat. Meanwhile the white house has invited the heads of both committees to review information the National Security council says it found during the normal course of business. We want to make sure that the people who are conducting the review have access to the information. Reporter the invite came hours after the New York Times named two white house staffers who fed information to house intelligence chair devin nunes. Nunes briefed the president and the media but not his own committee prompting calls for him to recuse himself in the investigation. I do think that the white house has a lot of questions to answer. Reporter the Senate IntelligenceCommittee Held its first public hearing. Experts testified theres little doubt that moscow was behind hacking and leaking democratic emails and spreading fake news during the 2016 election. Former president ial candidate marco rubio indicated he was targeted. It was unsuccessful. Follow the trail of dead russians. Theres been more dead russians in the past three months that are tied to this investigation who have assets in banks all over the world. Reporter Committee Members concede so far there is nothing to stop the russians from interfering in the 2018 midterm elections. Groups have filed a federal lawsuit to block the trump administrations approval of the keystone xl pipeline. The suit filed in montana yesterday claims issuing a crossborder permit for the oil pipeline was a major federal action that requires compliance with the National Environmental policy act. A burning candle is blamed for starting the fire in west oakland on monday. Investigators say that it appears it was an accident. Three days before the fire City Building inspectors found multiple fire Code Violations including sprinklers and alarms that didnt work. Four people were killed in the fire. More than 80 others were displaced. In San Francisco, form employees of forever21 have filed a Discrimination Suit claiming management made it clear they can only speak english on the job. The lawsuit alleges that staff at forever21s Flagship Store were prohibited from speaking languages other than english during work hours. This rule was apparently enforced largely with Spanish Speaking employees. The suit also claims when several employees complained about the policy their manager cut nair hours and became increasingly hostile. Some people told us the suit has convinced them to buy clothes elsewhere. Others can see why customers would want advice in english. Based on my values what i believe this country to be, i dont think that that supports it at all so im not going to support a business thats doing that. Kind of getting rid of a lot of people that want could come in and shop. If they cant have any help because they dont understand the language they dont understand really what to get they need some advice, then employees cant offer that to them, theyre throwing money out the window. The former employees are seeking damages and a change in company policy. In a statement, forever21 said . Now behind bars after seei patients for months. E da says 39 a man who was allegedly posing as a nurse in a San Francisco clinic is now behind bars after seeing patients for months. The d. A. Says that 39yearold chad brian litz forged a certificate from the American Academy of nurse practitioners. Litz seen here posing with a syringe near his mouth worked at the clinic for four months. Investigators believe that the daly city man treated more than 28 patients at San Francisco city impact, a free clinic for residents of the tenderloin. Litz was arrested in florida this month after getting off a cruise ship. His bail is set at 160,000. A roadway in moraga that was shut down for months is open. Rheem boulevard between fernwood drive and via barcelona was reopened last night. Road crews built an underground retaining wall to stop the ground under the road from moving any further. The repairs cost moraga 2. 3 million. Great sign in the sierra the spring snowpack the best its been in years. But as lisa meadows explains, that could spell trouble when it warms up. Reporter the oroville spillway disaster overtopped levees and localized flooding, all things Mother Nature has thrown at us. With the bad we also saw the good. Major drought relief across the state and most importantly, our natural reservoir the Sierra Snowpack built to astounding levels but it wont stay that way forever. We know that the snowpack is again near 200 of average so that the resulting runoff from that high volume of snowpack is going to be well above average. Reporter a lot of water runoff means a lot more water making its way into an already stressed Flood Control system. We are concerned with the snowpack above our reservoirs particularly were concerned with the Central Valley reservoirs on the San Joaquin River system. Reporter lower lying areas within the San Joaquin Valley have already seen localized flooding but now the department of Water Resources says it is mainly concerned with having to manage a lot of runoff through the particular set of reservoirs. Those reservoirs include don pedro, new exchequer, bryant and pine flats and others. Reporter most are spilled into the of that water will eventually need to be released. Roberta, you had me at high 70s this morning. Right. What was that, about 3 10 this morning . You texted me at 3 10. High 70s. I had to. I didnt understand you were flirting with me for a moment. [ laughter ] we are going to be much warmer today than yesterday but not as warm as well be on saturday. Lets get to it our live weather camera look out at dry pavement at the Golden Gate Bridge. Clear skies there but it is a bit gusty as far as our winds are concerned on all of our local bridges. San francisco now in the mid 50s coolest spot santa rosa at 47. It is now 52 in redwood city. Winds were powerful yesterday and will increase again today. Right now out of the north and northwest at 24. 20 sfo. 10 to 20 along the seashore this morning. 14 mountain view. You get the gistst of it. Breezy to windy start to your day. So we have that high wind advisory in place for much of the bay area. Winds dial back this afternoon out of the north 20 to 30 this morning. 10 to 20 later today. Departure of yesterdays weak disturbance cold front that did produce up to about 6 inches of snow in the highest elevations of the high sierra, High Pressure is building in. Thats a huge plume building in but all that moisture will be going to the north of us so the bottom line is with High Pressure building in, temperatures are going up. 60s and 70s today. Blustery in Stinson Beach and temperatures up to 67 in rohnert park and saint helena. Warmer weather saturday a bit of a change for sunday. Well talk about that coming up. Heres roqui. You look so pretty. I was actually going to say you had me at that dress because it looks so good on you. Awww its a love fest. Its 4 41. Lets take a look at your bay area roads starting this friday morning off right with the Golden Gate Bridge. We have one car, one car, heading into the city now from 580 to vista point. That will take about 11 minutes. And a high wind advisory across the span of the bay bridge but traffic is smooth no metering lights yet. That will happen around 5 30 or so. So the maze to downtown will also take but 7 to 10 minutes. But just make sure you keep both hands on the wheel there and also here across the span of the san mateo bridge another high wind advisory from hayward to foster city. Thats a quick 13 to 15 minutes between 880 and 101. The Altamont Pass, moving at about 50 Miles Per Hour along the way so not bad for your friday morning commute. And if you are heading from there to the dublin interchange, heres a live look at that commute, as well. All right. Moving over to mass transit, bart, ace train, muni and caltrain are all on time. Ill send it to you. Thank you, roqui. Officials say that they have discovered the cause of a fire at a redwood city school. They believe that a flaming tortilla spread the blaze. It was caught on fire as a parent was cooking for multicultural day at sandpiper elementary school. The flames spread quickly to a nearby copy machine but a janitor put it out and soon experienced trouble breathing. The parent had minor burns. No students were injured. A Southern California sheriffs deputy wanted to talk to his exgirlfriend so desperately, he allegedly ignored a shooting call. She sat down with serene branson to tell her story. Its not only about me. Its about where he works and what he stands for and what he is supposed to do with the job that he does have. Reporter thats were Priscilla Anderson says she is speaking out and publicly sharing these videos of her ex boyfriend l. A. County sheriffs Deputy Jeremy fennel. In this one he is in a patrol car and ignores a shooting call. [ yelling and cursing ] i know i got to go but im not going to go. Reporter the 28yearold says the lakewood station deputy took the videos and sent them to her to getter will to respond. Anderson says he physically abused her and held a gun to her head. She said she reported the abuse and sent the videos repeatedly to the department and never got a response. Wow. You really hung up. I said [ censored ] away from our car, bro. He was also taking it out on people in the public. You know, just giving people random tickets because i wouldnt return his phone call. Reporter the Department Says fennel was relieved of duty january 25 after his arrest on Domestic Violence charges. A spokesman calls the videos upsetting. We signed on to help people. When theres allegation that one of our own didnt do that, its of concern to all of us and affects us all. This shouldnt be different due to the fact thats a Police Officer and he has a badge. Reporter there are two investigations under way. An administrative investigation by the l. A. County Sheriffs Department and another by the district attorneys office. In downtown l. A. , serene branson, kpix 5. Time is 4 44. A state of emergency declared in georgia after a massive fire and a collapsed highway that carries a quarter of a million cars every day. Plus a rescue effort under way in australia where the remnants of a powerful cyclone have completely swamped entire towns. ,, it to collapse. Thick, plumes of smoke billowed into the sky in atlanta when a re broke out under i one of thations busiest highways nations busiest highways is closed after a fire caused it to collapse. Thick smoke billowed into the sky over atlanta after a fire broke out under interstate 85 yesterday. Within 30 minutes, the road had collapsed. Troopers had shut down the highway so nobody was injured. A nearby driver shot this cell phone video. Smoke from that fire you can see just all around that area. It can be seen for miles throughout the city. Again, nobody was hurt. Entire towns are flooded across australias east coast with some people clinging to their roofs after cyclone debbie ripped through the region. You can see small planes and swarms of cars completely submerged. Authorities say that there have been no reports of deaths from the storm system. Nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated to higher ground. Emergency workers made more than 100 flood rescues last night. Wow. [ music ] a lot of water in australia. But thats one of my favorite parts of the world actually i have never been. You were mentioning that the other day. Its on the gold coast and you can fly from sydney to Hamilton Island on a little propeller plane and get to the best real estate in the world. Fantastic snorkeling. And on the whitsunday theres no building allowed so you get off the helicopter and get on one of the islands and i just started crying uncontrollably partly because theres no white noise and youre not used to that. My senses just went oh crazy [ laughter ] it did. Its so beautiful. And yeah, so i do try to keep on top of that. They call them Willie Willies the cyclones there and the dirt devils. They call them Willie Willie this is that part of the world. Good morning, everybody. This is our live weather camera where its gusty windy start to your day on the bridges. Its a double whiteknuckler. Roqui will have more about that heres a view of the Golden Gate Bridge and both bridges. Clear skies. 55 in San Francisco and oakland. I was mentioning the winds currently at 24 in San Francisco, 14 in oakland, so again double whiteknuckler over that span heading into the city. San francisco at 20. 14 at the immediate seashore. Even san jose now at 13mile perhour winds. Breezy to windy start to the day. These winds will continue to blow in the morning, then dial back in the afternoon. The wind advisory is in effect until noon with northerlies up to 30. The winds are ushering the pollen around. Its the alder ash and juniper. If you are suffering from allergies, thats why. Im telling ya, its driving me insane probably at its height this weekend. Breezy and windy today because this area High Pressure is building in. This is going to control our weekend weather but this area of low pressure is still exiting so the Pressure Gradient between the two is what causes a tight squeeze, that Pressure Gradient, the windy conditions. 67 degrees today sacramento. 76 fresno. The snow has now ended this morning. Its been fizzling out in the greater lake tahoe area. You wont need chains if you are heading to tahoe today for the getaway friday or for your weekend with temperatures climbing into the 50s at lake level over the weekend. Our temperatures will span from 66 at Rockaway Beach today a little bit cooler in Half Moon Bay around 64, 65. Otherwise, 70 in San Francisco, which is above average, typically we are at 62. Around the rim of the bay today in the low 60s. We have 70s on tap around the peninsula. This weekend warmer weather for your saturday. Well continue to update you on that but first lets send it over to roqui. Thank you, roberta. Okay, beautiful weather and light traffic to start your friday but, of course, its only 4 50 and traffic is very unpredictable so lets take a look at how its going now starting with high winds across the span of the bay bridge. Light traffic, as well. The maze to downtown San Francisco will just take you about 7 to 10 minutes but keep both hands on the wheel and the same story if you head across the span of the san mateo bridge. You are looking at light traffic but, of course, high winds here, too. So hayward to foster city, that will take you about 13 to 15 minutes. Moving over now to our slowest traffic of the morning the Altamont Pass moving at 40 Miles Per Hour along the way into livermore where it frees up a bit and then of course the dublin interchange where traffic is moving well. Now moving over to your baseball exhibition as versus giants 7 15 p. M. So expect some delays in the area might be a good idea to take bart. Across the way in San Francisco we have excuse me, in oakland, oracle Houston Rockets versus the Golden State Warriors game time 7 30 p. M. So expect delays, as well. Ill send it to you guys. 4 51. Residents of one bay area town not happy that amazon is moving in. Their complaints about the company. And a missing california cat makes a triumphant return four years later. Where boo boo has been hanging out all that time. ,,,,,,,, this morning. The reason good morning. You made it to friday its the last day of march. It came in like a lamb and its exiting like a lamb temperatures today above average, very mild along the coastline in the mid60s. Full sunshine today around the peninsula upper 60s in san mateo to 73 degrees in los gatos in the south bay. We swing around to the eastern portion of our bay area highs in the upper 60s to the low 70s a delightful day the wind is breezy now, will subside this afternoon. Good morning to you in mill valley at 72 degrees backing through terra linda. 75 in novato. And good morning, glen ellen, in the low to mid70s. It will be 76 degrees today in windsor up to a high near 80. Now on to traffic, high winds to worry about out there if you are heading across the span of the bay bridge traffic looking good though those metering lights should turn on around 5 30 or so. Then high winds across the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. A quick drive of 13 minutes but, of course, drive safely and slowly. Tech anxiety in East Palo Alto this morning. The reason, amazons new facility. Amazon has got to go residents chanted outside the companys new office space last night shaming it for buying up the community. Amazon reportedly is adding 1300 jobs but locals fear they wont be given a shot at the new facility. Its wrong that a community that has grown up here has been able to take advantage of the development when things come and a lot of technologists are moving here and our Little Community can no longer afford to live here. The East Palo Alto city council allowed amazon to sidestep a rule that requires companies to make a goodfaith effort to high 30 of its employees locally. In exchange, amazon agreed to open a job center for residents. History for spacex. They Just Launched their first recycled rocket. Liftoff of falcon 9 this rocket has already been to space and back. A few minutes after its launch yesterday it returned to earth and landed successfully on a platform. Spacexs ceo elon musk says that the launch proves they can refly an orbit class booster which is the most expensive part of the rocket. Musk also tweeted his next goal for spacex writing would you go, kenny . I would but i think its going to be too expensive. Yeah. I think for some time. Today a cat is flying home to watsonville from canada. The journey has been four years in the making. Its been that long since boo boo here went missing. Her owner isnt sure if she intended to leave the santa cruz area or the state. But boo boos owner does suspect that the cat hopped in a stranger as car one day and hitched a ride. Somehow that trip stretched from california to ontario canada. The tabby was recently spotted at a Animal Shelter and since boo boo was chipped, they found the owner and arranged a reunion. Thats a Huge Campaign for microchipping whoo 4 57. A Major Development in the investigation into russian interference in the election. A former adviser to President Trump says he is ready to talk. Reporter plus, we are getting brandnew details about a single payor Healthcare System for californians but how much would it cost . We are breaking down the details. ,,,,,,, and im kenny choi. Let outside. Good friday morning, it is friday, march 31. Im anne makovec in for michelle griego. Good morning, im kenny choi. Lets start with a live look outside. The morning rush is about to start as we take a live look at the bay bridge on the left, and on your right thats 880 in oakland. Looking pretty good out there right now. But roqui is going to have a traffic report coming up. Mmhm. Can you believe it is the last day of march already . I was just thinking the same thing. And we did come in like a lamb very quiet and then we picked up more rainfall in march than we have seen any think back to 2011. And in the high sierra starting off very quiet and ended up with four to seven feet of snow in the month of march. Yeah. So we ended on a good and quiet note. Back to lamb status. Lamb status, right . Did