Bumble, tinder, hinge, whatever the latest is but we only do it because thats all that is available to us. Im trying to develop a better way. Well, coming up, were doing to look at his website that hes created and a major reward he said hes willing to give to whoever helps him find a girlfriend. Oh. Well jazz up that video for you if were going to find you a girlfriend. Borrow someones dog because that is a cute dog. That is a funny story. Well get to that. And right now we want to talk about the forecast because it is a nice one today. It is it is going to be beautiful. Were starting out with clouds and teams with temperatures upper 40s and lower 50s and then into the afternoon low 60s. So slicely cooler and mag sure youre wearing a jacket as he head out for dinner, at 7 00 at 50 degrees in danville and 50 in novato. So well talk about the weekend. Mike, we just love the bay bridge. We have one with of these going on because there is to traffic on a friday at the bay bridge at 5 01. Good stuff. That will change but so far an easy drive and a nice build here out of the east bay. To problem for Contra Costa County. A crash around magazine on 80. Trying to get the direction sorted out from chp but not causing any slowing heading toward the carquinez bridge and south bay and peninsula look great now and easy flow of traffic and again we showed you the golden gate bridge. There are some construction cones there thereme, the northbound side only has one lane available. President ial candidates are are sweeping the state trying to pick up cash. And vermont senator Bernie Sanders with a 10 lead over joe biden. Michael bloomberg coming in third place followed by Pete Buttigieg. And then amy klobuchar. This is conducted by the Morning Consult after the New Hampshire primary. Those candidates now have their eyes on californias nearly 500 delegates. Today in the bay kris sanchez is following that part of the story for us. Good morning, kris. Reporter good morning, laura. S as you well know, california is not a big factor in the general president ial election. But with this primary being moved up by several months it seems to be making a difference. It is also a place where candidat candidates know they could come in for cash even if they cant count on the votes. First up in town, democrats Pete Buttigieg will be in San Francisco this morning and then here in palo alto this afternoon tor fundraisers ahead of a town hall in sacramento. That is at 4 00 this afternoon. Bernie sanders will be in the east bay in richmond on monday and using paradise in back drop to talk about Climate Change. Michael bloomberg opened a field Office Yesterday trying to reach absentee ballots early and you notice hes spending a lot of money on tv ads. President trump will cash in on contributions next week at a fundraiser hosted at oracle ceo Larry Ellisons home and also a stop in san joaquin valley. Some of the candidates may not be stopping in california in person. But a number of them are redeploying their staff, moving on from other primaries that are already happened and moving into california ahead of supertuesday which is march 3rd. If palo alto, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Our website is a good resource as you prepare to cast your ballot. We have a complete voter guide highlighting issues in every county, just head to nbcbayarea. Com election guide. Facebook is canceling a meeting due to coronavirus concerns. The meeting was supposed to bring in more than 4,000 people and the cancelation will cost some businesses a lot of money. Here is latest on the outbreak. There are now more than 1400 deaths mostly in china. More than 64,000 people are now infected worldwide. And the u. S. Is now has the 15th confirmed case. This latest in texas. Meanwhile, the last united nonstop flight to china from sfo is taking off today at least for the next month and a half. Service is china is now canceled through april. Happening today, police plan to update a shooting that shook up a lot of people last fall. Two young boys were killed in the parking lot of an Elementary School a few days before thanksgiving. 14yearold sean witherington and 11yearold Kevin Sanchez was shot in a minivan. Last month Police Released surveillance of a possible suspect vehicleme, today police plan to reveal new evidence gathered from the scene. It is not clear if they are ready to release more information. Now to a follow up. A driver accused of hitting three people with his car in the Mission District on wednesday is now facing criminal charges. 62yearold Steven Kernan was arrested for running a red light and not stopping. Alcohol and drugs are not believed to be a factor. They believe he had a medical condition. The worst for a struggling East San JoseSchool District. Both shutting doors at the end of the school year. Evergreen School DistrictBoard Members voted to close laurelwood and dove hill. The district is facing a 12 million budget deficit and declining enrollment. The closures will impact 700 students but the district superintendent said there will not be any layoffs. Well take a look at this incredible drone video. Pretty foggy but it is incredible. It was shot by bay area filmmaker using his technology to save australia wildlife some on the brink of extinction following the wildfires. The equipment drone helped animals in the wilderness areas and remain in tact but with so much of their habitat gone or even damaged it will take a lot of effort to help save them. With the infrared zone, you fly over and they give off a heat signature and you could pick up where the animals are and the rescue crews could go and capture them if needed. Thorn has peeveusually used technology to help wildfire survivors in california find lost pets. We have some interesting video that we want to share with you. As we get ready to head out this morning. Take a hook at this time lapse that was sent out by the European Space agency. They posted a time lapse of the satellite images of a glacier melting over the past 12 months and as the edge of the pine Island Glacier in western antarctica came apart there was a huge piece of a ice sheet that covered about 115 square miles, that is about twice the size of new york Staten Island that broke off and theyre saying this could produce a Sea Level Rise of about 10 feet over the next several years. So it is avenue really amazing video to see. And it is one of the signs that weve been talking about, that Climate Change and some warming is underway. Now as we get ready to head out of the door, we are seeing a clear start to the day in dublin. Our temperatures are in the mid40s here leading into some mid50s. It will be a very nice day but well above normal. And we continue on with some dry conditions. As we head over to mike, it is an easy friday morning right now. That is right. And i hope you didnt jinx it because i didnt say anything. Looking over here, we expect this early on a friday 5 08 almost 5 09 no delays on the south county and even out of altamont. A crash closer to 780, only a quarter mile away there magazine and on the shoulder so no injuries and slowing. The bay bridge toll plaza an easy flow. Contra costa county looks great and a live look showing you oakland, 880 traveling north with the taillights past the chris couple and easy flow here at speed. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 09, the idea one bear artist claims the company took from her without permission. And trending, back on earth a touching reunion between an astronaut and her best friend. Plus police say they may have caught a secret hightech saboteur and ill tell you about it. And at 5 25, searching for clues, the items that will determine where kobe bryants helicopter crashed and with a tribute to the victims this weekend. 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And maybe youre heading to the summit of the san mateo bridge, light traffic here. A crest on west 92 and the latest on that one as we reach the san mateo side. Good morning. A very happy friday. Markets tank a bit after the chinese readjusted their estimates on how many people contra contract the coronavirus and as readjusted outwards. Will lay off 120 workers and they are coming in dribs and drabs. Amazon has convinced a federal judge to order the government to slow down on a big military contract with microsoft. Amazon suspected President Trump stepped in and pushed the pentagon to choose microsoft over amazon. That is suspicious further strengthened by some of trumps tweets. It would not be legal for the president to step in toin tluns a contract in that way. A major escalation in the battle ten the feds and the chinese firm huawei. A federal prosecutor has charged the telecom with racketeering. Not only does our government suspect huawei of working with chinese trillion dollars and inl crimes. Judy sheltons con firmtation hearing in the senate and it looks like shes not going to get the job. Enough republican senators voiced enough concern it is likely that the white house is going to pull the nomination. Shelton heston out of the mainstream about the fed and money and used to criticize the fed for the low Interest Rates during the Obama Administration but now thinks that the fed should set Interest Rates at zero. She speaks fondly of the Gold Standard which the u. S. Hasnt recognized in decades and questions whether the fed should be independent. One senator said, quote, nobody wants anyone on the Federal Reserve that has a fatal attraction to nutty ideas. Here is a strange story. That is a car. It is doing a brake check. It is doing a brake check on a robotic car from the google waymo. The mug shot is a former safety driver. Police in tempe, arizona, said he is the mystery man that would drive in front of waymo cars and get them to hit him. But he was out there trying to drive into autonomous cars. Interesting. Well from cars to vans. Right now new it this morning, a case of art imitating life. A San Francisco artist claims her unique van is showing up in a pixar movie without her consent. She has a life long passion for unicorns. Who doesnt. So shes gone as far as painting that is what you see her van and she got a lot of looks with pixar even renting it once for an event. Well then danny spotted what she believes is her van reproduced in a trailer for the new pimar movie on ward suing pixor saying that they copied her van. And shes are the vans sidebyside. Similarity. Very similar. But the fact that they had had had rented it before. It is that is interesting. There is a little connection. She may have a case there. I have to spruce up my van. Well take a look at this home coming. It is a warm your heart here. This is after being in space for nearly a year and emotional reunion between astronaut Christina Koch and her best friend. Her name is Little Brown Dog or lbd for short. Look at that dog. Just so excited. Clawing at door and the tail moving a mile aminute. She said not sure whos was more excited, glad she remembered me after a year. She returned to earth last week after spending 328 days in the International Space station. You see that on videos with when military people come back home an athe dogs are are like i see that in the afternoon. Dogs are like, youre home they of love you. Take me for a walk. When it comes to valentines day, some would argue it is it is going to the dogs and the cats for that matter. Because with we humans are expected to spend more than, get this, 1 billion on pet this is year. The National RetailFederation Said one in four buy gifts for pets and cuddle with their dogs more than their partner. They will spend 12 in gifts for pets. I think that is true. There is many ways to find love. One kansas man is taking his quest to find a wife to a whole new level. So this is the story were talking about. Hes offering a reward. Just gephart has launched his own website called date just g. Com and offered 25,000 for the person who referred him to his future significant other. There is even a video online we can learn all about him. We all as single people try bumble, tinder, hinge, whatever the latest is. But we only do it because thats all that is available to us. Im trying to develop a better way. Gephart is developed a personality survey with a psychiatrist to help filter applicants to ones that have similar characteristics and hes an entrepreneur and second career perhaps in pr. Well see where with this goes. Sounds like a spinoff from linkedin. Just fill out the form and get some endorsements. Maybe that is all it takes. I think he likes some music. That music. Youre just like doo doo doo. We love you jeff. I could help him out. Ill be his wing man. Or people tell me you go to church, you find a good women. So there is 25,000 in it for you. If you could help him. Save that for the first date. And you have to put them in connection there you go. All right. So were getting ready for valentines day and looking for love and youll find hots in the weather today as we check out the bay bridge heading out of the door well start out with clouds but clearing out for a nice day. If youre out at the park, maybe taking a long waulk, take the allergy medication because the nose running is not sexy. A day with a lot tree pollen floating through the air but rm whatter temperatures as we reach into the low 60s for the inland areas. For the east bay and north bay, upper 50ss in oakland and some San Francisco. And then heading out this evening, to go out for dinner, dining out your forecast will be in the upper 50s in palo alto. But then cooling down so make sure you have a jacket as you make evening plans. Okay, so weve seen very dry weather. And it continues today. Still a lot of rain targeting seattle and portland and then moving off toward the east. So we havent seen much of a change in this pattern but well see High Pressure backing off. That is the reason why the teams have come down a few degrees. As we go into the weekend, well see an area of low pressure just to the north. Making it a little bit more breezy here in the bay area. And so our winds will pick up once again on sunday and temperatures coming down to the upper 60s for the inland areas. Once that moves out, were back to our warm and sunny weather going into them. Week. Low 70s heading our way. In San Francisco the upper 50s to mid60s on monday. Mike youre following the crash on highway 92. Just an update because we got more detail. I want to look at the entire bay. The commute is great. The crash is over here on the san mateo side of the peninsula there of the san mateo bridge. West 92 at delaware. So it is just past highway 101, that crash on the shoulder of the offramp. So if delaware is your offramp, that is the only place to worry about activity. There might be a tow truck and ill let you foe but so far an easy drive. Easy here, brentwood and vasco road at 18 minutes, under 20 toward 580 moving at speed with slowing now creeping over just past grant mine road for the westbound commute. Through Contra Costa County, a little slowing over here. Coming in out of the north bay just past the distraction at magazine and 780 but that crash on the shoulder. And nothing shoulder to shoulder over here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Looking good out there. Light so far. And next on today in the bay, the action passengers and Flight Attendants took for a couple flying from colorado to california. And the very special moment they we