Is so much money to help people with addiction and it seems like there is no real focus on that. California voters will also decide whether to overhaul Substance Abuse and Mental Health treatment in our state. We will hear from the bay area woman who knows firsthand that something needs to change. Voters in the south bay are considering multiple candidates to replace a congresswoman who is retiring after 32 years. We find out what some of those voters are looking for. Good morning and thank you for starting your day with us. Today is sunday, march 3rd, i am max darrow. This morning were focusing on the California Primary Election happening on tuesday. Giving you an indepth look at key races and issues on the ballot. The first, it is cold outside and must begin with personally chief meteorologist paul heggan. The first weekend in march feels like the dead of winter across the bay area. And across the entire state. We have scattered showers this morning and slightly heavier rain is linin
Shaf and city leaders outlet what had they have done to make the converted warehouses in oakland safer. They beefed up the number of inspectors. Improved data sharing between departments and are actively working with Property Owners to make fixes. They say at least 5 properties have chosen to evict tenants. Our disappointment is that we in government cannot control the decisions of a Property Owner as to what to do with their property. I think its very happy and shiny. But if you look at the things theyve gotten accomplished in the last year there is very little. Tenant added advocates say the city has fallen short. But tanya is hoping to turn her eviction experience into something positive. If all goes as planned, in warehouse will soon be home to more than a dozen artists. We want to set an example for other communities that we can work with the city and the city is willing to work with us to build the places twoept live in but safely. In oakland jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. We
Turn here still remains at just over 20 minutes so not bad at all all the way in to southern marin looking great. A straight shot. No delays from the east bay to marin county for a nineminute drive this hour. Thank you, sue. The first rain in 2018 almost here and were expecting a 1 on our storm impact scale. King tides have arrived as well. Possible flooding today. Amy . Reporter good morning, reggie. The warning is here, look at this electronic sign warning of high flooding here at the Manzanita Park and ride. The warning says expect high water through friday. The highest tides this time of year. Some may consider them a nuisance but a Science Teacher says we should study and respect them. The king tides in particular are important because, as they like to say, the king tides of today are going to be the regular high tides of tomorrow because of sea level rise. Reporter a king tide walk along the embarcadero. An expert taught how the tides work. There is rain in the forecast today. Am
Morning commute. Moderate at times. The showers will start decreasing at 7 00. Temperatures are already in the 60s in some neighborhoods. Well go into the low to mid60s during the evening hours. Another mild day on tap. It doesnt look like anybody is in the north bay, sue. What do you see . Its pretty light. Its been light all week. A little bit of excitement at the bay bridge. A couple days this week. Yesterday they never did turn them on in the morning. Right now its not on and everybody is snuggled in bed enjoying the nice rain as they should be. A lot of kids are still out of school this week. I think thats the reason for the lighter than usual traffic. Youre looking at a 25minute drive from tracy up and over into livermore. Getting some live pictures out of new york city, times square. There is snow on the ground. We are keeping tabs of that big winter storm back east thats brought in heavy snow, Hurricane Force winds, and record flooding. It doesnt look too bad in new york city b
Across the bay area throughout the evening. Plenty to do and plenty people to visit on this thanksgiving eve. Joining us live from vista point, how is it looking out there . It looks beautiful. And a lot of people enjoying it in a different way. Tonight according to a lot of surveys is the biggest drinking night of the entire year. As the chp concerned is people come together, get too excited, drink too much and hit the road. Law enforcement calls tonight black out wednesday, when the first night of thanksgiving partying means drivers so drunk they blacked out. One suspect has already been arrested. Tonight less than an hour after our maximum enforcement period we had a 911 call for a second dui driver. We were able to make the arrest. Traffic far more nightmareish. Roads jambed tonight as they were much of the day. Theyre real busy and congested. People in a hurry. Linda sure was. Were on our way to the mall because they told us today is better than thursday. Fire fighters expecting t