transit agency that's already thinking about bringing it back. and the latest storm system is bringing us rain here in the bay area and snow up in the sierra and some tahoe ski resorts are having second thoughts about ending their ski season. from ktvu. fox. two news. this is mornings on to welcome morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome the mornings onto i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook thursday morning. april 21st. it's a little rainy and very windy, warning definitely felt it going across the bridge. let's check in with roberta gonzalez with our forecast. good morning. we were talking about this yesterday were saying that this system comes into folds. it has two stories. one is the rain and the other one happens to be the very breezy to downright windy conditions not as windy today as it was overnight, but nonetheless, it is a rainy start and again this system coming into separate sections as well.

to the north and to the south right now, buying a little bit of a break around the peninsula, but you can see the plume of activity from santa rosa through san francisco. right there. that's a pretty moderate rain shower right now. just north of sonoma, east bay, you to have some precipitation just of 6 80 throughout the eastern foothills , and we have some rain showers around sunny ville and also the senator cruz mountains were so far we've picked up over an inch and a quarter of rain. overcast skies right now you will have periods of rain showers and look at these temperatures all in the fifties. and the reason why i want to take note of that they're not going to go much higher today at all with the periods of showers this afternoon thunderstorm is a high probability with hail and showers and breezy conditions will continue into the early evening hours. here's a look at your numbers basically, spending from 56 to 64. the full forecast has just minutes away, but right now, let's send it back on over to dave and pam. roberta we're also watching the morning commute. these are some live pictures. here's the bay bridge

toll plaza. barely anybody out there right now and just a second there'll be nobody there. their long 8 80 near the coliseum. you can tell very wet on the roads, but traffic moving along just fine in both directions, and let's look at the sandra fell area. only that truck on our screen right now live in the sand rafael area. we'll keep watching throughout the morning all mornings onto well, the justice department will ask a higher court to bring back the mask requirement on public transit. that's after the c. d. c said masking remains necessary to protect the public from the continued spread of covid. when the mandate was lifted earlier this week, many people immediately removed their masks, but others say they plan to continue wearing masks and hope. people on both sides of the issue will be tolerant of each other's opinions. i know it's not required. um and i respect anybody else who doesn't want to wear one, but it still gives me some comfort of safety . i'm still not totally comfortable with where we're at with. the pandemic. for other

people. the question is not about their personal health, but weighing personal liberties against what's best for everyone. i don't feel like that they should be able to mandate me to do to do that. it is it is my part. it should be a choice. no it's not clear yet. if the mask mandate will be put back in place until the final decision is reached. our time is 403. will bart and the b t a. r among the bay area transit agencies that are dropping their face mask mandates? ktvu zan reuben explained some of the policy changes. for riders and drivers to masks just became optional. it's got some passengers breathing easier. yes i'm happy about that, because i don't like the way it makes me feel like because i have all these piercings just makes like i can't breathe. the decision comes after a federal ruling struck down a national mask

mandate, leading local transit agencies scrambling to modify their own policies. we wanted to make sure that the agency's overall sort of on the same page and so that passengers wouldn't be confused or disappointed or whatever. so we were trying to communicate with each other. for most of the day, there was still confusion but one by one agencies like sf mta, a c, transit and caltrain decided to recommend masks but not require them. the state, which could have kept a mandate in place today announced their masking requirement is terminated, effective immediately. union leaders say they're glad over 90% of our assaults on drivers over the past year and a half where because of the mask mandate and arguing with customers about putting a mask on so it relieves a lot of that stress that the driver might have vt. a says they did not ask employees to be enforcers of the mask policy. still for this new graduating class of drivers, the change is welcome. i think for

the passengers, it's going to be real good. create less conflict . a lot of them don't have a mass and sometimes get upset about it. um for me myself. i'm probably gonna wear my mask just for my own safety and he's not alone. many passengers say they will continue to cover up. at least for now, rather wear the mask. until the epidemic is completely gone, because if we don't know if it could start back up again, and it's better to say be safe than sorry, and late today we got word that bart is going mask optional as well, though they say they will continue to recommend that riders wear them. in san jose and ruben ktvu fox. two news, alright and thank you and bart may end up bringing back its mass requirement. next thursday , the bark board of directors will debate whether to again require face masks on the bart system. the cdc has new guidance on covid booster shots. now it's vaccine advisory group says those who are fully vaccinated

and boosted and contracted covid in the last three months can wait until the fall before getting a second booster. health experts still say the immuno compromised and those who live with them should consider getting that second booster shot as soon as possible. right now, people who are 50 and older and anyone 12 and older who are immuno compromised, are eligible for that additional shot. time is not 406 will federal prosecutors charged about 20 people with covid related fraud? and the doctor in napa is connected to some of them. julie masi of napa admitted she sold fake healthcare records to more than 200 customers. the department of justice as federal charges are now being filed against three people associated with mozzie. the charges range from overcharging for medical services to selling fake vaccination cards. legislation to award money to children who have lost a parent to covid is one step closer to reality. now. the legislation was approved by

the senate governance and finance committee on a 4 to 1 vote. it's approved by if it's approved by the state legislature, the bill would create savings accounts for children who have lost a parent or primary caregiver to covid and for long term foster care youth. up to $4000 would be available for kids up to age nine and up to 8000 for youth ages. 10 to 17 gatto's is taking new action to hold adults liable when there's underage drinking at their homes. this follows the recent arrest of a mother in law's gatto's accused of hosting alcohol fueled sex parties for teenagers at her home. under this ordinance, which was passed unanimously, adults can be chopped fine for hosting gatherings where miners drink or take drugs, even if the adult does not home at the time. thinking is potentially there are parents who basically don't want to know. so they go out for the evening and let something happen at their home. so i think just the knowledge that whether

you're home or not, you're responsible for what's happening in your home through ourselves. a fine start at $1500 for a first offense, then it goes up to $3000. palestine's tahoe is bracing for about two ft of snow from today's storm that will be in addition to the more than three ft that hit the upper mountain last week. the resort they're closing day is now may 15th. officials say if they could extend the season even longer, possibly if there's snow we know couple of years ago, they were open till the fourth of july, so it's always fun, and they have a lot to make up for since it was pretty dry. but you you said that roberta, they're going to get a couple of feet so easily. drive could be a little hairy. i guess. when should people head up? i'm already taking a look at some of our caltrans cameras, and i'm seeing that it's now switching over to snow at 6200 ft. at the lake level we have it's snowing also at alpine meadows at this hour, so boy, you know, i really would

not personally tried driving in it today because of winter going to be very blustery as well. so perhaps blizzard like conditions and this is a very heavy, wet cement snow as well. but going up tomorrow you'll enjoy it through the weekend with all that fresh powder. taking a look right now at our rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, impressive over an inch and a quarter in the santa cruz mountains, mount diablo with over three quarters of an inch of rain. look at danville. and how about redwood city? everybody either approaching a half an inch or slightly above it. castro valley it just over 4/10 of an inch of precipitation and san jose. you have more rain coming. we'll show you that with our storm tracker, but right now we have the cloud cover in oakland, and our temperatures fill mcgee into the fifties. the winds were really blustery overnight and will continue to blow as well. this is how much more rainfall we are expecting. right now again. temperatures are in the fifties, the winter at 13 and hayward 12 at s f o so

far, no reports of any local airport delays due to the weather. oakland international windsor at 15 mph. so here we go with our storm tracker. we have copious amounts of precipitation falling right now around there. look at that bright yellow and orange area just right inside of yonville. that's him. heavy rain falling. we also have light to moderate rainfall from mill valley through force knowles into boli, nas and san rafael navarro and the casio, also terra linda into marin city. we have some rain showers right now in dublin trying to emerge towards that 5 86 80 corridor, which is definitely has havoc when wet. it's pretty rough when it's not what as well and we have some rain showers from fremont into union city backing through milpitas. this system is coming in two stages. this is the initial front that's plowing through the bay area now. behind it is the core the center of the area. low pressure, and with that we have a lot of instability in the atmosphere. that's why i cannot rule out a thunderstorm at any point of the day today, not so much in the

morning hours, it says heavy downpours and throughout the santa clara valley up until nine o'clock. and then during the day again, look at all of this activity offshore that will push onshore. so you are going to be in and out of the rain all the way through friday morning, partly cloudy during the afternoon on friday, as far as your rainfall totals are concerned, this is how much more to expect too tense and san jose oh, about a half an inch of rain in san francisco and just about a quarter of an inch of not a little bit more and throughout the santa rosa area as far as that winter store. your morning is concerned. it's still posted until 11 o'clock this morning and throughout the sierra up to 30 inches of cement, snow above 7000 ft but very blustery conditions and from the mountains to the sea shore. we have waves at 13 to 18 ft. with that beach hazard. statement still, in effect, temperature spent today fifties beaches 64 degrees throughout most areas only low and mid sixties breezy and occasional thunderstorms or rain. full forecast minutes away. pam dave, roberta. thank

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to survive in the legal cannabis industry. they're having a tough time they claim they're being undercut by the black market while also being hit with high taxes, many owners say if something doesn't change the legal marijuana industry may collapse. the big problem with federal laws blocking the cannabis industry is that it's stopping banking access and access to capital, you know, for businesses to be able to get the loans and financing and things they need. they also can't write off regular business expenses, so these taxes are hitting them even harder. earlier this month, the house passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, even though it's not likely to pass in the senate. the polls are showing most people believe marijuana should be legalized at the federal level. well 4 20 celebrations were back in san francisco's golden gate park, an estimated 20,000 people headed to hippie hill to mark the unofficial cannabis holiday. take a look at the crowds. ktvu is christian captain shows us

some of the changes made to this year's celebrations. collective deep breath in a plume of smoke for 20 on april, 20th was back. organizers say this year's celebration is especially welcome. after a two year hiatus . it's amazing to be back, you know, we're humans. we loved it. we need to gather and see each other eye to eye and but again, another celebration of life and for the plant in medicine. visitors back for in person celebrations say the event has evolved a little bit more commercial, but it's all right. yeah there was a line instead of, you know, people just coming in from all directions and ending up in one space. visitors say they're ready to share space and more with the cannabis community. so i'm allowed to actually give away up to an ounce to anyone over 21 free of charge, so i've actually been giving mugs away to people that asked me. i'm trying to make it last just for the end of the day because be gone in five minutes

if i gave everybody a nug but it's just, you know, just a little personal stash. thank you guys. so much thank you. event featured a major change this year for the first time ever. not only can people use cannabis legally at the 4 20 celebration , but it can be sold here as well. what that means is i'd checks upon entry no. one under 21 allowed in. visitors say they love the idea of being able to buy and use right here. liberating honestly, because i go to dispensaries. if you feel like it's a lot of security. you have to go through a lot of systems. but here you can just walk up. give your i d and that's it for visitors. what it means is a bump in business and a benefit to local entrepreneurs, especially those who may have been penalized by previous cannabis policies kind of frees up the people that have been in trouble in the past because this is the new wave. i mean, it is legal now. and hopefully it just opens doors to people to get new careers, well paying jobs in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news. well, the city is making a concerted effort this year to clean up the area as soon as

possible. the children's playground and tennis center are reopening today and the hippie hill field should be back to normal. tomorrow festival organizers teamed up with the recreation and parks department to make it happen once the festival finished last night, park rangers and police cleared the crowd while cleanup crews came in and started picking up the trash. it might have been the smoothest for 20 that we've had. the weather was good people seem to be having a good time and respecting our park. most importantly, we turned around after the show. we just realized there was trash everywhere, so some of us just started reaching down and grabbing said to throw away and then they give us some bags and a bunch of people started chipping in. place made no arrests and park rangers cleared the area by six o'clock last night, which they say was in record time now for more coverage on marijuana and 4 20 celebrations. you can head to our website ktvu .com, sometimes for 18. let's talk about our weather. we drove through wet roads. you have rain. still some rain pretty much of wind. more

is on the way here. here's roberta. try valley and it was blood story and the rain was coming down harder than i've seen all this year. wow san jose . so far, we've seen rainfall totals. they're higher than we have since january, february, march and the beginning of april. morning everybody take a look at some of these numbers. i just updated them in throughout the santa cruz mountains, 1.36 inches of rain and ben loman. diablo's number has gone up as well for over 8/10 of an inch of rain look at danville. very impressive rainfall amounts from 2/10 of an inch in san jose. to just about over half an inch and redwood city. we do have light rain falling right there right now in oakland, and the winds are blowing out of the south at 15, some occasional stronger guests. it's shows that it's clear and livermore, but i doubt that sometimes the computer models get infant agius alright , 12 mile per hour winds at sfo right now. 22 mile per hour. wind guest we have a wind at

tennant mineta international airport again. 15 in oakland, stronger gusts. at times these winds will be pretty consistent throughout the morning hours up to 20 mph not as strong as last night, but nonetheless. 10 to 20 throughout the day today. rain showers when you see the yellow and orange that's a pretty heavy downpour, and that just skirted by huntsville, we have rain showers from petaluma to novato and tuna. castillo there you have some more rain around glen, ellyn and sonoma. we have rain showers that have drifted over the golden gate bridge into the marina district. also daly city and we have rain showers now east of the bay and pleasant in san ramon. let me move out of the way so you can get a good look at this heading into the hayward area and to the south rain showers. extreme from sunnyvale through cupertino and do encompass some of the neighborhoods around campbell as well. so this system is coming into different stages. this is the frontal boundary, and behind it is the core. remember an area of low pressure is like a giant comma. so the tail of the kama has been sweeping through the

bay area by nine o'clock this morning. we will continue to see the rain showers. it is pinpointing right now the south bay lifting into the east bay. but here comes another trail. look at that that is associated with that comma, the core of the area of low pressure and that contains a lot of unstable air mass. so when that happens in our temperatures are in the fifties. and the relative humidity has been heightening. we will have the potential for thunderstorm at any point of the day. all this activity on and off again through this time tomorrow morning until we come partly cloudy during the afternoon on our friday you can take on another 3/10 of an introvert in san francisco easily according to the north and also just about a quarter of an inch of rain in the san jose area when it's all said, and done about 6/10 of an inch of right in san jose, and that's pretty healthy. for the south bay winter storm warning is still in effect until 11 o'clock this morning because it is snowing and it is blowing and up to 30 inches of snow expected there and from the mountains to

the sea shore. we do have a beach has it alert in effect through saturday. never turn your back on an angry ocean. those waves are building and we have dangerous rip currents as well. 50 sixties across the board today, while below average for this time of the year and very muggy as well. only high fifties through hayward into castro valley. here is your extended forecast in and out of the rain all day. you will need that umbrella, a threat of a thunderstorm containing small hail. friday morning is a washout and then turning partly cloudy and that sets the stage for a beautiful weekend. dayton pam. we're talking about low eighties by sunday. thanks, rubber. wow well, there was panic in washington, d. c as police evacuated the u. s capitol building still ahead with some people had to say about the false alarm plus it should be the norm. we shouldn't have to celebrate that. that should be something that is expected of all district attorney's office is fairly investigate. a case is now free

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to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joy for that. the right people made the right decision was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in mr serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern california innocence project. it should be the norm. we shouldn't have to

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what i did have some hanging planters on my porch, surely remove those and put them out in the front yard. all that ring i have buckets and things out catching water plants. yes you know what else? april showers mean? may flowers but no pollen today. oh, nice. yes, aba. but watch out for the weekend because everything is going to be going. oh so happy. i can't believe i did that just now. all right, let's get to let's go ahead and take a look at our live doppler radar. we have two sections that this storm is coming in on and you see it right there to the north, the other section to the south of us zooming in we see that we have plentiful precipitation right now in the north bay, south bay you to have some rain showers, but it will become a little bit more copious during the afternoon hours. also later this morning, san francisco getting a bunch of room right now. inverness force noel sam rafael , also terra, linda, and there you have the precipitation lining the bay into milpitas as well. santa cruz mountains

you've seen over and inch and three tents and precipitation and you'll continue to see some rain showers fuel into that area as the morning progresses, light rain falling in oakland right now, with the air temperature stands at 56 degrees, and carlos is at 57 these temperatures not going to climb very much today with the periods of rain showers. this afternoon. scattered showers also, and i am not going to rule out the potential of the thunderstorm at any point that they containing some small hail this evening. also the chance of thunderstorms , temperatures 50 sixties and your full forecast, including wind, pam, that's still coming up because it's a double white necklace commute, isn't it? absolutely i felt that for sure. thank you, roberta. we do want to talk. take a look at your commute. expect some wind across the bridges as we take a look at the san mateo bridge traffic moving along pretty well, but definitely you could see some wet roads out there. you could feel some wind. can we look at the golden gate ridge look at the golden gate bridge 12 cars

out there right now, but you can see the camera has raindrops on it, so the roads are wet. be careful. no problems right now and we'll keep checking the morning commute for you here mornings onto san francisco is preparing to take on the drug makers, producers and pharmacies for their part in the opioid crisis. ktvu evan sernoffsky reports. the city wants the companies to acknowledge that they share responsibility for drug addiction in san francisco and to help resolve the problems they created. walgreens eligon, taba and panda created a widespread public nuisance and public health emergency. san francisco city attorney david chu is gearing up for trial next week in a closely watched civil case against some of the world's biggest drug companies for allegedly overprescribing pain medication. the defendants in this case each contributed to and created that public nuisance. by flooding san francisco with opioids the

company's practices, according to the lawsuit, created quote a population of addicted patients who sought opioids at never before seen rates choose says it led to users seeking out drugs on the street like heroin and fentanyl, creating dire situations in places like the tenderloin. for example, between 2015 and 2020 opioid overdose deaths went up 478% and in 2020 more than doubled covid-19 deaths. between 2000 and six and 2000 and 14 drug companies doled out more than a 163 million pharmaceutical pain pills in san francisco and the defendants did this by making false statements misleading doctors and patients about the risk of opioids and changing the way the broader public viewed or use walgreens and other companies involved in the lawsuit would not comment. the city attorney's office filed

the litigation in 2018 and included companies like oxycontin manufacturer purdue pharma. purdue went bankrupt in 2020 and paid out billions in settlements for its role in the opioid epidemic. on wednesday to announce that another defendant , endo pharmaceuticals, will settle its case with the city for $10 million. there is a line you can draw from the conduct of legal, uh companies, manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. to the illegal markets that you see today. keith humphreys is a professor at stanford, who has been studying the opioid crisis, he says regulators dropped the ball and let the drug companies run wild. they did, um dodge through . it's not really loopholes but gaping holes in american regulation when the trial begins on monday, expect to hear from witnesses like pharmacists. who may shed light on the company's corporate practices. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news at 4 35. will the city of

san francisco is being sued now by a man who was shot by police last may? the attorneys were xavier pittman say the shooting was excessive use of force and that their client was unarmed, compliant and then the process of being handcuffed when he was shot. now. what happened is uniformed and plainclothes police officers trying to arrest pittman for burglarizing a car. police chief bill scott apologize to both pittman and the public after that shooting, saying the shooting quite simply should not have happened. in the south bay of fundraising committee established by the 49ers has donated $300,000 to support mayoral candidate cindy chavez. now chavez is the santa clara county supervisor running for san jose mayor this year. donations to her campaign came from the citizens for cindy chavez mayor 2022 political action committee. it was put together by the 49ers and the owners of the team. well today, vice president kamala harris will visit the university of california san francisco mission

bay campus. the visit is part of her continued leadership to address the maternal health crisis. while at ucsf, she will meet with expecting families. joining a group of prenatal session and speak with the members of the maternal healthcare workforce. she will also deliver remarks about the maternal health crisis. former president barack obama will also be here in the bay area. he will be at stanford university to deliver a speech about the changes in the way we create and consume information and the threat it poses to democracy. he is also expected to share how social media has played a key role in the divide. the former president gave a similar presentation about disinformation at the university of chicago earlier this month. time is worth 37. we're learning more about a scary situation. yesterday it caused the u. s capitol complex to be briefly evacuated. the capitol police say they evacuated several buildings yesterday after identifying a plane that they said posed a probable threat.

and look at your screen. the plane was carrying military parachuters who were putting on a show and demonstration for the washington nationals baseball game. investigators still one little why the event was not coordinated with law enforcement in washington. officials say the plane did not have the appropriate clearance. house speaker nancy pelosi responded to what happened in a statement saying the federal aviation administration's apparent failure to notify capitol police of that preplanned flyover national stadium is outrageous and inexcusable. the unnecessary panic caused by this apparent negligence was particularly harmful for members, staff and institutional workers still grappling with the trauma of the attack on their workplace on january six. this morning, president biden will announce another round of military aid to ukraine. it's expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package he announced last week. now this comes as

russia continues to focus its attacks on eastern ukraine. russia's defense minister says russian forces have taken control of most of the ports city of mariupol. a member of ukraine's parliament, says more western weapons are needed. the big battle at dunbar. so has already started. we need their heavy artillery. we need their air defense. we need their aircraft. we need that tanks, armored vehicles. doubt if mary paul falls, it would give russia the land bridge to the crimean peninsula that it has wanted time now for 39. the oakland zoo will be closed today because of rain. zoo officials say. if you had tickets, they're automatically process a refund to your form of payment within 3 to 4 weeks, you can also reschedule a visit on the zoo's website. okay okay. and i hear rumblings pun intended of maybe thunder lightning that at any point of the day today, those thunderstorms will be isolated

and could contain some small health. so be aware of that. a lot of instability, working its way north forecast today and some very healthy rainfall totals. just updated these numbers. check out ben loman over an inch of precipitation there. san jose approaching a quarter of an inch. there you have fremont castro valley, ken field and between redwood city amount diablo anywhere from about a half an inch of rain to over 8/10 of an inch of rain temperatures. meanwhile 50 degrees in nevada and also in santa rosa. everybody else in the low in mid fifties, it is now 56 deg winds. yes it's a breezy morning sfo at 12 gusting to 20 to half moon bay. it's a bit blustery there as well. try valley windsor under 10, but will be increasing. we do have the winds right now and napa at eight. mph and 15 in oakland backing through alameda . it is about time we've got some morning rain showers and breezy conditions. bender storms are possible today. i am not

going to rule that out at all. the rain ends on friday afternoon rain showers right now across the north bay. when you see the areas of yellow, that's a pretty moderate to heavy downpour, and we've seen that. in and around the yonville area . also a renda, check that out lifting towards walnut creek just skirted by oakland. so you know we have some healthy totals coming in. and the next hour, berkeley, you are under the gun with some pretty moderate rainfall. and there we have it around the peninsula from south san francisco trilli off to al granada into the senate cruz mountains. the system is coming in two different frontal boundaries. first of all, this one slicing through south bay, another one, slicing through the north bay and in between unstable air mass by lunchtime today, see more rain coming in off the ocean lifting into the peninsula, scooting through the south bay and also the east space, so that's our target zone. throughout the morning and early afternoon. by tonight, we'll have a little bit of a law from time to time, but then more heavier activity in the

overnight hours through this time tomorrow morning and then partly cloudy skies by friday afternoon highs today with the periods of rain showers and that threat of a thunderstorm with small hail, breezy winds fifties and sixties, anywhere from 56 in pacifica. to 64 degrees in antioch. full forecast still minutes away. david pam roberta growing wildfire in arizona, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. look at the pictures. why the firefighters for your things will only get worse. and millions of people in china are no longer under pandemic lockdown. coming up the lingering concerns the most recent lockdown could have on the glo

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christina coleman says the problems like me to get worse as dry, hot, windy weather there keeps fueling the flames. flames and clouds of smoke closing in on these homes and flagstaff. fire managers say the fast moving flames are consuming dry grass pine and brush the conditions driving more than 2000 residents from their homes . i was on the phone with my friend who lives down the street, and i said the smokes right over our house. she looks towards my house and she goes. oh yeah, the smokes over your house. the weather service says high winds are further fueling the flames. at times. firefighters are battling gusts around 30 mph. that's all dependent on the weather, you know, so one thing. we always base our tactics, not relying on aircraft aircraft are plus conditions, also fueling the crooks fire near prescott, arizona. so far, the flames have burned 1600 acres already to go with get the order to go for a service officials are bracing

for more damage. all of the people that involved here are very worried about the treacherous winds. fires burning within the forest. arizona is one of several states seen in early start to the fire season. the national interagency fire center reports nearly 2000 firefighters and support personnel are battling more than a dozen large fires in the region. the national weather service says wind and low humidity could further fuel fires throughout the week in los angeles, christina coleman fox news with the air quality in california is the worst in the country. the american lung association finds that the state has 11 of the top 25 polluted cities in the country. the bay area was named the fourth worst by particle pollution nationwide . the report also found that people of color were three times more likely to live in an area that was given feeling grades for air quality categories. researchers found that more than anything else, wildfires are contributing to bad air in california time now for 46

happening today expect a major announcement by the city of san jose about the city's efforts to fight climate change. now it's part of san jose's events celebrating earth day. which is tomorrow. reportedly mayor sam liccardo and san jose will announce a big move towards national leadership on climate action. and then tomorrow, city and state leaders will also be celebrating earth day by planting trees in san jose. well happening today. the warriors back in the playoff series against the denver nuggets, the warriors are up two games to zero game 37 o'clock tonight in denver. dubs fans can still enjoy the game at chase center. the warriors are hosting a watch party outside the arena at thrive. city festivities begin at 5 30 with live entertainment. a beer garden and a kid's own. the game will be shown on that 3100 square foot video board. they need me. i'm willing to suit up and help the warriors. you need to catch a flight. i'm

willing to help out so they can. they can call me okay. right now. we're gonna call him roberto gonzales. we had some rain overnight and the roads are wet now. lots of ponding and pedaling. you know what i find on the commute when you're coming on in. if you're in the outside lane, that's what eric's gathering the true yeah, yeah, that in mind this morning because we will continue to see periods of rain showers work its way into the morning forecast. and then this afternoon with the instability of the atmosphere. we can anticipate the rumbling of thunder and also the clap of some lightning and the potential of small hail. let's take a look at some of our rainfall totals just in the past few hours 2/10 of an inch of rain in san jose, these numbers are changing very rapidly and over an inch and a quarter easily in the santa cruz mountains. temperatures are in the fifties, the windsor at 12 at sfo gusta 22 windsor, also at 12, mph and fairfield back into

travis into mountain house, so there's our doppler radar that picks up some pretty moderate to heavy downpours right now streaming out of yonville now into napa. all this is gradually lifting to the north and jogging to the east. we also have some rain showers around orinda and want a quick light rate everywhere else, but i'm just pinpointing where this line heavier precipitation is all the way back in through emeryville. we have some pretty moderate rain now lining the bay from san francisco all the way into south san francisco and the rain right now, a little bit of a break to the south, but you're going to get lots of activity this morning. this is the frontal boundary slicing through the bay area a second boundaries going to also move into our region right now we're looking at nine o'clock this morning. the heaviest precipitation around san jose, sunnyvale, cupertino, campbell. lifting into the central valley where we need it for all of our agricultural needs there. you have the precipitation at lunchtime from santa rosa all the way to the golden gate bridge, and all this

is being fueled off the ocean lifting onshore and the north and north easterly direction. we do have the winter accompanying this system as well will finally by a bit of a break by tomorrow afternoon. so what friday morning commute as well as far as totals are concerned over a quarter still anticipate in san francisco. approaching a quarter and san jose. but as friday approaches, you see, those numbers are quite healthy, over and half an inch of rain in san francisco and also san jose, slightly lesser than that. and throughout the tri valley. we have that winter storm warning, in effect until 11 o'clock friday. now what the snow totals up to 30 inches over two ft. of wet cement snow above 7000 ft. wind gusts, however, still at 80 mph and then from the mountains to the seashore, whether beach hazard alert in effect was swells continue to build up to 18 ft at 22nd intervals. today temperatures well sixties well

below average fifties, however, from pacifica through montara into half moon bay. looking at 64 degrees around after 10 also the redwood city area. 64 in gilroy. here is your extended forecast in and out of the rain today a little bit of a law tonight, but we still have the potential of a thunderstorm at any point of the day or evening hours. more rain on friday morning, then partly cloudy skies. temperatures warm to the low eighties by sunday, so pam got any gardening plans. of course. yes, definitely. thank you. everybody who tried to go legal is likely to go bankrupt. sky high hopes of money from the budding marijuana industry or going up in smoke for some bay area owners. the challenges dispensaries are facing as they struggle to stay open. and the cog in the north bay winemaking machine. we have a look at how global supply chain issues are global supply chain issues are affecting napa winemakers. america, i got you!

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to just days after officials in shanghai, china announced plans to ease covid restrictions on millions of people in the city. authorities have now reversed course. earlier this week, the chinese ministry of health said that in some parts of the city, the virus was quote under effective control, however, as the number of cases outside quarantined areas across the city rose again this morning, officials say. they are keeping the lockdown orders in place, which analysts say is having a ripple effect on the economy. the international monetary fund reduced its forecast of chinese growth this year, attributing it to the weeks long lockdown in shanghai, saying the restrictions and factory closures will create supply chain disruptions in the coming

months. the port of oakland says cargo volume is down from last year. volume for the month of march was 11% lower than a year before and exports were down by 25. sport authorities are pleased with the march numbers because they expect even lower volume as a result of the lockdowns in china report recently set up a dedicated area for ships to pick up empty cargo containers, which will hopefully allow them to avoid those busy reports. millions of wine corks are stranded at sea or sitting in ports instead of being on top of a bottle. wine is a big business, of course here in the bay area, but supply chain issues are hitting the industry like never before. ktvu tom baker shows us with some napa businesses are doing to deal with it. napa is porta cork is part of the world's largest cork , harvester and processor of corks, almost all imported from portugal. though there's plenty of cork. getting it to the wineries is quite another matter

. we used to have on average, a 60 day door to door lead time from our portugal, uh, ports to support of oakland. and we have we're averaging around 112 days . right now. that is some 90 million corks stranded at sea or in ports. i have never in my career had as much product uh, that is in route as i have right now, of course containers at the ports for as much as a month because they're buried in a massive containers. and trucking is not available before the pandemic completely screwed up shipping puerto court would have bags shipped to it 5000 quarts each. for just $7 a bag today that is $37 a bag times 78,000 bags a year big picture one container from portugal to oakland pre pandemic ship for $2500. today it is $14,000.

don't have any recourse with the shippers. we don't have any lines of communication with with the port of oakland one ship lined up at the panama canal for oakland was rerouted to virginia and now the continues will be rail shipped across country and it's not just corks after covid. i thought we'd hit the worst of the worst. but it's not gotten better. and in fact, it's gotten worse. julia smith is vice president supply chain for napa based delic. otto family wineries, a major producer of many brands of wine. they also require imported bottles. next leaves and ornate labels all in short supply and long delayed. thank goodness we have great suppliers and partnerships with those suppliers like porto cork. delic kado has over purchased these items, hoping that things will get better. the containers are costing more. the vessels are in short supply. the containers are in short supply

truck drivers are in short supply. now it's a sophisticated , high stakes guessing game predict what we need almost 26 weeks in advance for some of the components with much of china's factories and ports and covid lockdowns, things are bound to get worse. tom baker, ktvu fox two news all right. thank you. tom area based netflix as it is considering making changes as it reported losing subscribers for the first time in 10 years now, as we were reporting, shares of netflix dropped 35% yesterday after the company said it last 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of this year. it's also projected by june, it would lose another two million subscribers . now, analysts say competition is fierce. among the many streaming options now available , and netflix has to convince people that it's still worth paying $15.49 a month for a standard subscription. i've kind of straight away from netflix just because of my selection of kind of what i like to watch is

not really on there anymore. max paramount. yeah. disney plus disney. plus for sure, i watched the other ones more than i used to now. a netflix is vowing to crackdown on password sharing. the company's ceo estimates shared passwords are allowing 100 million subscribers worldwide to stream for free. the company is also considering rolling out a lower cost option for subscribers, one that for the first time would include ads. tesla reported record profits despite a slowdown at its factory in china. tesla said sales for the first quarter of this year increased to nearly $19 billion, exceeding wall street expectations. tesla shanghai factory was forced to close late last month because of coronavirus restrictions. tesla also made more than 930,000 cars last year, hopes to make 50% more this year, but the fremont automaker says supply chain issues may slow production. the defendants in this case each contributed to and created that

public nuisance by flooding. san francisco with opioids pharmaceutical company settles for millions of dollars before a major san francisco opioid case goes to trial will explain the accusations made by the city. and the latest storm system bringing us rain here in the bay area and snow up in the sierra and tahoe ski resort to having second thoughts about ending their ski season. from ktvu fox two news this morning's onto well, good morning to you. and we thank you for joining us. welcome the mornings onto i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook thursday morning. april 21st. if you're getting ready to head out the door, get ready for some rain. some wind. yeah roberta gonzalez talking about maybe hail thunder and lightning today. yes, it's a strong potential because we have a lot of instability in the atmosphere as we have two separate boundaries passing through the bay area. the end result is we have rain in and out of it all

day. this is so impressive. why didn't we have this in january or even february? or how about march? but no. our april rainfall totals are coming in and stacking up, and we've seen just nearly an inch and a half of rain in the what ifs occasions the santa cruz mountains right there in the north bay, where one oh one has some pretty moderate rainfall from petaluma all the way into mill valley and the golden gate bridge. yeah you too. have some pretty heavy rain. this is a heavy downpour right now through oakland all the way through skyline boulevard into moraga and also heavy rain pounding the burlingame. what you can anticipate out the door is temperatures in the forties and in the fifties and we will see these showers continue on again off again throughout the day and again that possibility of a thunderstorm containing some small hail the winds out of the southwest to 20 year full forecast coming up, but first, let's send it back over to dave. five roberta. thank you. roberta just said it's raining hard right outside of our studios right now and also on the

peninsula and ktvu is jesse gary live in burlingame along highway one. oh, one near the broadway exit. jesse. ah, you're getting a bit wet out there. i am dave. good morning. i am roberta is spot on this morning. he talked about the heavy rain that's falling and it's doing it right now. here in burlingame, it'll pour heavy heavily for maybe 23 minutes, let up a little bit. and then start over again and the camera show you this is one oh, one southbound at the broadway avenue exit here in burlingame. you can see traffic moving along, but there is significant ponding on the freeway in different spots. so if you are that's just a pooling. so if you are driving this morning, headed out to work or headed home, be mindful of that you could be driving along and has hit a large area of water. as the water pulls on the freeway because it's coming down so hard, it doesn't have a chance to drain. i made my way

up from san jose. and so it was not raining in san jose. but as i move further north, it started to rain. you're looking at some video from my believe overnight of the rain that was falling. but as you move further north from the south bay, that's where you're going to move into the rain. so uh, san jose little sprinkle sunnyvale, etcetera. but when you get north of palo alto that's probably running the rain, particularly here in burlingame coming down good at this hour, we will update you again on conditions coming up in the next hour for now. live in berlin. game along one. oh, one just south of broadway. jesse garrett ktvu fox two news back to you in that nice, dry studio. i know jesse. thank you try to stay dry. we'll also going to look elsewhere in the morning commute. look at the bay bridge toll plaza area. these are live pictures. very little traffic. right now. it's moving, but you can see how wet the road is going up to the bay bridge toll plastic rain coming down in oakland as we take a look at interstate 8 80 again. traffic

moving along just fine. everybody take it easy, so we don't have some big accidents there because again, the roads are wet in most spots around the bear. let's check out the san rafael and richmond area. very few cars on the road right now. traffic moving but relatively clear, but the roads are wet. so wherever you are around the bay area, just drive careful like pam said, and we'll keep watching the morning commute here all mornings onto san francisco is preparing to take on drugmakers, producers and pharmacies for their part in the opioid crisis. ktvu s evan sernoffsky reports the city wants the companies to acknowledge that they share responsibility for drug addiction in san francisco and to help resolve the problems they created. walgreens eligon, taba and andorra created a widespread public nuisance and public health emergency. san francisco city attorney david chu is gearing up for trial next week in a closely watched civil case against some of the world's

biggest drug companies for allegedly overprescribing pain medication. the defendants in this case each contributed to and created that public nuisance by flooding san francisco with opioids the company's practices , according to the lawsuit, created quote a population of addicted patients who sought opioids at never before seen rates. juice says it led to users seeking out drugs on the street. like heroin and fentanyl , creating dire situations in places like the tenderloin. for example, between 2015 and 2020 opioid overdose deaths went up 478% and in 2020 more than doubled covid-19 deaths. between 2000 and six and 2000 and 14 drug companies doled out more than a 163 million pharmaceutical pain pills in san francisco. and the defendants did this by making false statements misleading doctors

and patients about the risk of opioids and changing the way the broader public viewed or use. walgreens and other companies involved in the lawsuit would not comment. the city attorney's office filed the litigation in 2018 and included companies like oxycontin manufacturer purdue pharma. purdue went bankrupt in 2020 and paid out billions in settlements for its role in the opioid epidemic. on wednesday, two announced that another defendant, endo pharmaceuticals , will settle its case with the city for $10 million. there is a line you can draw from the conduct of legal, uh companies, manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. to the illegal markets that you see today. keith humphreys is a professor at stanford, who has been studying the opioid crisis. he says regulators dropped the ball and let the drug companies run wild. they did, um dodge through . it's not really loopholes but gaping holes in american regulation when the trial begins

on monday, expect to hear from witnesses like pharmacists. who may shed light on the company's corporate practices. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news, evan, thank you. time is now 506, a man who was shot by san francisco police last may, is now suing the city. attorneys were xavier pittman say the shooting was excessive use of force and says their client was unarmed, compliant and in the process of being handcuffed when that shooting occurred. it happened as uniformed and plainclothes police officers were trying to arrest pittman for auto burglary. police chief bill scottal public after the shooting, he said the shootingy should not have happened. the cdc has new guidance on covid booster shots . vaccine advisory group says those who are fully vaccinated and boosted and contracted covid in the last three months can wait until the fall before getting a second booster shot. health experts still say the immuno compromised and those who

live with them should consider getting that second booster soon as they as possible. right now, anyone 50 and older is eligible for that second booster shot along with those who are 12 and older and immuno compromised. time is 508 federal prosecutors charged about 20 people with covid related fraud and a doctor in napa is connected to some of them. julie masi of napa admitted she sold fake healthcare records to more than 200 customers, the department of justice says federal charges are now being filed against three people associated with mozzie. the charges range from overcharging for medical services to selling fake vaccination cards. legislation is in the works to award money to children who have lost a parent to covid. now. the legislation was approved by the senate governance and finance committee on a 4 to 1 vote if it's approved by the state legislature, the bill would for long term foster care youth.

ld be available for kids up to the age of nine and up to $8000 for kids aged 10 to 17. palisades tahoe, bracing for about two ft of snow from today's storm that will be in addition to the more than three ft that hit the upper mountain last week. the resorts closing day now may 15th and they say they could extend the season even longer. if there is enough snow so not bad for january, making me want to go skiing. it's beautiful up there. i mean , i guess better late than never as we get some snow up in the mountains. i don't know. i've kind of it's unfortunate. once i start planting my tomatoes and getting the garden running, start losing interest in heading up skiing, but now i'm thinking well, there's all this new snow . i need to head up there. and this is a really heavy cement snow, so it contains a lot of water. that's good, which is great for us right, especially

for watering those tomato plants . everybody. good morning. let's show you what's going on in tahoe right now, this is a live weather camera. wow and it's snowplow is out highway 28 highway 89 tahoe city there you have it. where? yes we are expecting up to 30 inches of fresh powder above 7000 ft, but the snow plows are out and we've got the snow on the fly. there it is raining, it's hard to even keep up with these rainfall totals. because it's running from the south bay with nearly a quarter of an inch of rain in san jose to over an inch and a quarter and ben loman temperatures forties and fifties . it's in the high forties and sent through qatari into right around. it looks like healdsburg and granville 55 degrees right now in hayward back into castro valley. it's 54 heavy rain is being reported sfo with the winds at 18, the guts are up to 39 mph. it's a double white necklace commute both hands on the steering wheels on any of our bridges this morning windsor

slide in santa rosa but at 17 onshore in oakland, it is about time we have the rain, and it will continue to rain throughout the morning hours here. and there the wind southwest 10 to 20. and with the instability of the atmosphere, there is a thunderstorm possible containing small hail the rain again a little bit of a low later tonight before more rain moves in through friday morning, tapering off by friday afternoon , heaviest rainfall right now just pushed out of the a heavy f precipitation that's lifted off the bay into morago, one a creek into concord and into clayton. rain showers pretty heavy right there along the peninsula san francisco through burlingame. just light rainfall right now in throughout san jose, but we do have a concentration of moderate rain and san mateo. this is the first boundary line the area of low pressure. that initial tale of that system is whipping

through the bay area, the second portion of it coming through this afternoon, but we will continue to see these hit and miss scattered showers. sometimes some heavy downpours by 10 o'clock this morning. you see that we have a break to the north of us in santa rosa, so all the concentration will be to the south around san jose back in all the way through monterey bay. then it goes in it jogs into the central valley, but more showers lifting off the pacific ocean. tonight after a brief lull around seven o'clock tonight, and there you have the precipitation again. the south bay from san francisco to the south will be the concentration also pushing into the east bay. we have that break friday afternoon and saturday so meanwhile, on again off again showers thunderstorm possible with hail when southwest had to 20 temperatures from the fifties at the beaches sixties around the peninsula, the bay and into our interior areas, your full forecast date and pam it's still straight ahead. hi roberta. thank you. tom is right. 12 today vice president kamala harris and former president

barack obama will be here in the bay area will tell you the reasons they will be here. and marijuana dispensaries are struggling to stay open from robberies and high taxes more on the challenges they face coming up.

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it'. new jersey is hosting its own marijuana celebration. new jersey became the fourth east coast state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana. state officials on purpose waited until the day after 4 20 to legalize marijuana so that dispensaries can meet their logistical demands. it's now official marijuana dispensaries in walnut creek can now deliver recreational marijuana. after years of debate, the city council approved up to three delivery services for

recreational cannabis. and the council is delaying any decisions about storefront sales of cannabis until at least next year. dispensaries in california say they continue to deal with unexpected challenges and ktvu henry lee talked to one shop in oakland. that's blaming the government for many of its problems. it's gonna be a good day for us for everybody in the bay area to commune and consume this 4 20 tuckey blunt, the owner of blunts and more marijuana dispensary in east oakland has mixed feelings. the ex felon, former street dealer says. even as some people celebrate, blunt says he needs to be well, blunt if i had to just be honest with you if i'm going the same rate, i'm going now and another 2 to 3 years blunt some more won't be here anymore. that's because legitimate marijuana businesses are being taxed heavily. and even though marijuana is now legal in california, it's still a federal crime. yet uncle sam still taxing pot businesses with no business tax deductions. we don't get any federal kickbacks . i don't get no write offs. i don't get nothing were deemed

essential. i was deemed essential in 2020. and haven't got a federal dollar ppe or nothing we didn't qualify for you know, because we're cannabis dispensaries say they're also coping with getting wrong like blunt was last fall. he is armed guards. it is dispensary and he has insurance. but he says they don't pay up from insurance to taxes to being robbed. it's hard to turn a profit. and i don't i mean business to try to turn a profit decline now that the pandemic is kind of lifted people a little bit more mobile. we are not seeing an increase in sales. jared kylo is president of the united cannabis business association, he says. instead the underground marijuana trade is thriving. i think the hardest one right now is competition with an illicit market that has much cheaper prices when it comes to no taxes and no regulations and no permitting fees, taxes must be lower. and the other is that there must be more retail. james anthony is an attorney who represents cannabis businesses. if you are in the underground market, good for you , you're doing a #### of a job. you're doing great. you're very

unlikely to go to prison. everybody who tried to go legal is likely to go bankrupt. remember this was napa auto parts, blunt says his last name is proof he was meant to be in the pot business. he's just hoping he can survive. marijuana growers hope that the state legislature at least will lower taxes so that the industry on 4 20 all other days apart in open henry lee ktvu. all right. thank you, henry, and for more coverage on marijuana and 4 20 celebrations you can head to our website ktvu .com. it's now 5 18 , and we'll be talking all day about rain in the bay area. there is a lot to talk about. and you and i drove through it and we definitely outside our studio doors. roberta's here with all the information kind of a little bit of a benefit yesterday when i saw the rain coming this way, and i timed it out, so i knew i had to get up earlier this morning. true and that's what a lot of people are having to deal with this morning plan accordingly, because we

have pockets of heavy rain that will continue to plow through the bay area will track it together. first thing first, it shows you just how much it's snowing and tahoe. we're taking a highway 89 in olympic valley. the snow is on the fly, and we do have a winter storm warning. in effect, it's not advisable to head to the tahoe area. as far as driving is concerned chains will be recommended. give yourself a bit of a break and head up maybe tomorrow afternoon or over the weekend warrior to have lots of fresh powder there. you're looking at our rainfall total so far approaching a quarter of an inch and centers. a. that's the biggest total i've seen in san jose all year. and you haven't even seen your heaviest rain yet. 49 degrees in santa rosa 2 54 and wanted crickets in the fifties and hayward also crossed the bay around the peninsula. the winds 15 at sfo with heavy rain at this hour 39 mile per hour winds seven mile per hour winds in san carlos light winds under 10 mph in napa and santa rosa and

nevada. otherwise, 17. at oakland international airport. it's raining and we will see periods of showers throughout the morning. scattered showers throughout the afternoon with a strong credential of potential of a thunderstorm at any point of the day containing small hail , and this evening a bit of a wall at times, especially overnight, but then we have more showers and that threat of a thunderstorm heaviest spring right here where you see the orange and the red. that primarily is just outside of antiochus. we do have a pocket of precipitation that just blew through napa as well but moderate to heavy downpour right now. now in the east bay. lifting out of our renda soon as i zero in on this on our doppler radar, it just clips and moves very rapidly. walnut creek. we have that cell lifting in towards concord, clayton as well . we've had some pretty heavy rain this morning and rodeo and hercules now moderate rainfall around oakland, el cerrito and albany as well as alameda, and you see that pocket of heavy precipitation around san leandro in san lorenzo peninsula again moderate rainfall. it's a nasty

morning commute around 2 80, also one of no. one balmont burlingame, redwood city. it's this front that's now slicing through the bay area that's causing the moderate to heavy precipitation behind it a second way that will push through and the evening hours a bit of a law that more on friday morning. here is our future cast and you could see centers day some pretty heavy rain by seven o'clock this morning, you'll see some more rain showers lifting off the ocean right here at lunchtime and heading towards san francisco. a line of showers by five pm offshore pushes onshore by six. it's seven o'clock. and then we buy that bit of a break by friday afternoon rain forecast. we're still expecting another 3/10 of an inch of rain and san jose until tomorrow, when we pick up additional rainfall and you're closing in on 6/10 of an inch of rain. that's a lot for the santa clara valley winter storm warnings in effect for the high sierra above 7000 ft. up to 30. inches of very wet. heavy snow wind gusts up to 80 mph

from the mountains to the beaches. we go where we do have a beach hazard alert, in effect the waves up to 18 ft at 22nd intervals. southwest breeze today. 10 to 20 mph temperatures 50 seashore sixties bay 50 sixties peninsula outside number 64 degrees. that's cool. that's well below average for this time of the year, but has a little muggy with that south southwest wind. here you go. rain showers finally tapered up on friday afternoon, setting the table for a gorgeous sunshiny spring weekend approaching low eighties in our inland areas on sunday, dave roberta time is 5 22 lots of panic yesterday in washington, d c. police evacuated the u. s capitol building still ahead on and a false alarm. plus it should be the norm. we shouldn't have to celebrate that. that should be something that is expected of all district attorney's offices

to fairly investigated case was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent more than three decades in prison. is now a free man, but we're learning about how he was exonerated.

so it's 5 25. you have to spending 30 years in jail for a crime he did not commit a 61 year old man is free this morning. his name is joaquin syria. he was wrongfully convicted of murder in san francisco. ktvu crime reporter henry lee takes us through what it took to prove he was innocent. country country is made out of people. 61 year old joaquin syria, enjoying his first taste of freedom in 31 years. after doing time in state prison, syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judge confirmed he was wrongfully convicted of murder.

say thank you god right people to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joy for that. the right people made the right decision was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. in many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in this for serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern

california innocence project. it should be the norm. we shouldn't have to celebrate that. that should be something that is expected of all district attorney's office is fairly investigated. case taken away from your wife. and your baby, and that is because the system failed. you catastrophically. usf professor laura bazelon chairs, the innocence commission . resilience and persistence finally won the day. and that you now at long last have a chance to take back your life. so for now, syria is relishing his release in the world with iphones, ubers and self driving cars, but its first order of business, i would like to eat some cuban food. even with all the celebration and fanfare, the d a. says the sobering reality is that the real killer has not been brought to justice. henry lee ktvu fox two news, henry. thank you time now. 5 27, russia . increasing pressure on ukraine as white house arranges more support for the ukrainian army what president biden is expected

to announce later this morning.

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agencies of all sort of on the same page and so that passengers wouldn't be confused or disappointed. more bay area transit agencies are dropping their mask requirements, however , will tell you about one transit agency that's already thinking about bringing it back and a spring storm is bringing much needed rain to the bay area . we have a look at your morning forecast and we'll tell you how long this rain will stick around. from ktvu fox two news this morning's onto good morning . thank you for joining us here on mornings onto i'm pam cook. good morning. i'm dave clark. thursday morning. april 21st. i'm ready for rain. so nice to have rain this morning. roberta is here with all the details about the rain here and the snow up in the mountain. looking at is a typical winter weather pattern here in the month of

april, right in fact, let's head on out to echo summit at this hour where the snow is on the fly. obviously changed are required. we are anticipating up to 30 inches. 30 inches of snow . wow that's above 7000 ft. and this is the good news about all this. it's a very wet cement like snow, so that means it contains a lot of moisture and all that is very, very beneficial for the bay area as well. now take a look at our doppler radar. we have this system coming in in two separate ways when you see that shades of yellow and orange, that's some serious rain that's falling right now. and that's east and to the north. right now that all this is lifting towards rio vista and antioco and bethel island as well, but you can see conquer clayton walnut creek under the gun with some pretty heavy downpours. this just during the morning commute 6 80 heading out of wanted creek. you have a lot of ponding and puddling on your roadways and take a look at oakland all the way through skyline boulevard into keller avenue. moderate

precipitation at this are backing up against the bay and alameda all the way into el cerrito, the peninsula you to have some pretty heavy rain at this hour, the richmond district in san francisco rain a bit of a void and bayview but daly city you have some pretty moderate rainfall as well, all the way into burlingame at this hour. we have rain falling in oakland. little bit of witness on the camera lens there. temperatures 49 in santa rosa to 57 degrees in san carlos. these temperatures not climbing very much today at all. with the periods of showers. the instability will provoke it will provoke a thunderstorm containing small hail at any point we made by a break overnight, but more rain showers will filter back into the area friday morning. rainy morning commute will talk more about this, but pamela's send it on over to you. alright just reiterating what roberta said. chains are required on 50 and 80 chains or four wheel drive and

snow tires. if you're thinking of heading up there, taking a look at your morning commute here around the bay area san mateo bridge, getting a little more crowded, actually, in both actions since our last check, and you can see by our camera that it is quite rainy and windy out there this morning. let's look at the golden gate bridge, not a whole lot of traffic, but the roads are wet and slippery. you can see how the cars are driving out there and how our camera is getting wet. be careful out there. we'll keep looking at the morning commute for you throughout the morning on mornings on two and one of our top stories this morning, the justice department will ask a higher court to bring back the mask requirement on public transit. that's after the cdc said masking remains necessary to protect the public from the continued spread of covid when the mandate was lifted earlier this week, many people immediately removed their masks , but others say they plan to continue wearing masks and they hope both people on both sides of the issue will be tolerant of each other's opinions. i know

it's not required. um and i respect anybody else who doesn't want to wear one, but it still gives me some comfort of safety . i'm still not totally comfortable with where we're at with. the pandemic. for other people. the question is not about their personal health, but weighing personal liberties against what's best for everyone. i don't feel like that they should be able to mandate me to do to do that. it is it is my part. it should be a choice. now it's not clear yet if the mask mandate will be put back in place until the final decision is reached. time is 5 30 for many area transit systems are dropping their face mask mandates, but not all of them have made a decision about this. ktvu is amanda quintana, is that a bart station in the east bay with more about these decisions? good morning, men. good morning , dave. yes. so since that federal mask mandate was struck

down on monday, airports and airlines, they made their decisions to also take down their mandate, and then we had some of those local transportation authorities. they had to scramble to make their decisions about whether they were going to keep theirs. or not, but so far here in the bay area, a few have made decisions xf mta transit, caltrain, bart and santa clara valley transportation authority. there are all now recommending masks but not requiring them on a state level. california announced yesterday that its mask mandate is also terminated. union leaders say they're glad. over 90% of our assaults on drivers over the past year and a half where because of the mask mandate and arguing with customers about putting a mask on so it relieves a lot of that stress that the driver might have. one transit system that hesitated, making a decision on removing masks is barred

facemasks or optional on bart trains for now, in a tweet yesterday, the agency said, quote there are no longer any federal, state or local directives, enabling a mask mandate on bart. but they say, however, our board will consider a proposal to require masks on bart. at their april 28th meeting. that's next thursday. board president rebecca saltzman tweeted that she will introduce that mandate because quote covid cases are rising, and we must keep writers safe. even though that national mask mandate has been struck down, the cdc says they want to see that mask mandate in place. still they actually want to see it extended until at least may, 3rd and the justice department as you guys mentioned also trying to appeal that so we might see masks return here at bart. if that proposal is brought up, and they decided to bring the masks back. even though the masks are optional right now, we could see

some changes in the future live in oakland. amanda tanen ktvu fox. two news. all right. thank you, amanda. also happening today. vice president kamala harris will visit the mission bay campus of ucsf. the visit is part of our continued efforts to address the maternal health crisis while at ucsf. she will meet with expectant families and speak with members of the maternal healthcare workforce. she will also deliver remarks about the maternal health crisis. former president barack obama will also be here in the bay area. he will be at stanford university to deliver a speech about the changes in the way we create and consume information and the threat it poses to democracy is also expected to share how social media has played a key role in the divide. former president gave a similar presentation about disinformation at the university of chicago earlier this month. time is now 5 37. we're learning more about why the u. s capitol complex and washington was evacuated briefly. the capitol.

police evacuated several buildings yesterday after identifying a plane that they said posed a probable threat. the plane was carrying military parachuters who are putting on a show and demonstration for the washington nationals. baseball game. investigators still want to know why the event was not coordinated with law enforcement in the nation's capital. and officials say that plane did not have the appropriate clearance well. house speaker nancy pelosi was furious. she responded to the incident in a statement saying in part the federal aviation administration's apparent failure to notify capitol police of the preplanned flyover national stadium is outrageous and inexcusable. the unnecessary panic caused by this apparent negligence was particularly harmful for members , staff and institutional workers still grappling with the trauma of the attack on their workplace on january six this morning, president biden will announce another round of military aid to ukraine. it's

expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package he announced last week. this comes as russia continues to focus its attacks on eastern ukraine. russia's defense minister says russian forces have taken control of most of the ports city of mariupol. if maria paul falls, it would give russia the land bridge to the crimean peninsula that it has wanted. our time is 5 39 well here at home, the oakland who is going to be closed today because of all the rain. we're getting, officials say, if you do if you had tickets, they're automatically process a refund to your form of payment within 3 to 4 weeks, by the way, you can also reschedule on the zoo's website. no monkeying around. that's true, alright. yeah, because rain and we're going to get maybe some hail some thunder and lightning pretty big storm. i mean, this feels like january. finally in april, all the dynamics point towards a winter like weather pattern, doesn't it ? yeah especially with the snow on the fly and the greater lake

tahoe area with up to 30 inches of snow expected above 7000 ft. morning everybody. we have some very healthy rainfall totals to share with you try to update these as i am receiving them, and we still are closing in on a quarter of an inch of rain and san jose to up and over an inch and 4/10 in the santa cruz mountains, danville with over 6/10 of an inch. 49 degrees in senate rosa with the cloud cover and light rain showers 54 in hayward, 56, redwood city and also in the mid fifties and brett with through discovery bay . windsor up to 18 at sfo wind gusts at 39. i checked in with all of our local airports from sfo across the bay to oakland international and manetta and so far no reports of any weather related airport delays winds right now 13 at the airport in oakland. it is about time we have the morning rain. showers and we have some breezy southwest winds. 10 to 20 mph. we cannot rule out that

potential and it is a strong chance of a thunderstorm developing at any point of the day containing some small hail and the rain in and out of it all the way through friday morning by midday friday, we have partly cloudy skies, so the frontal boundary is slicing through the bay area right now, where you see the shades of yellow and orange. that's a moderate to heavy downpour, and that's what's going on right now. right around antioch's pittsburgh conquered clayton into one. it creak as well. we head on over to danville to moderate rain shower all the way to san ramon, dublin, pleasant and backing through livermore than we had downstream towards the south bay in milpitas, fremont union city, you have some light to moderate rainfall , while it's a heavy downpour occurring and hayward around the peninsula. we have rain showers anywhere from sunnyvale through stanford into redwood city, lifting up through belmont, burlingame all the way into daly city and south san francisco, but buying a bit of a break right now in san francisco, the marina district you've seen your fair share of rain, but right now a break bayview district,

you have some pretty light rain showers again. frontal boundary is plowing through right now, but behind it, the core it's still going to roll through the bay area, and that's it does so there you have the heaviest concentration of precipitation across san jose by eight o'clock lunchtime. it's hit miss scattered showers, but look at that offshore, pushing onshore. a bit of a break for the evening commute. before we see all the activity lift off the ocean and swing on shore san jose again the target by friday morning at this time turning partly cloudy during friday afternoon. so how much more rain about 3/10 of an inch of rain in san jose by tonight tagging on a couple more tents, seven inch of rain in the south bay by tomorrow morning, so a lot more ponding and paddling on the roadways. tomorrow morning as well and we said it was known in the tahoe area, and it is would a storm warning in effect until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. chains are required. you might want to just wait till tomorrow afternoon to start making tracks towards the high sierra. we have

a beach hazard alert and effect . so we go from the mountains to the sea shore. we have waves building to 18 ft at 22nd intervals. it is a wet morning commute with periods of rain showers, fifties and sixties, and those are daytime highs with southwest winds 10 to 20 and again, please be on alert for the potential of a thunderstorm containing hail and possibly even thunder and lightning. david pam. roberta. thank you. time is fired. 23 6 o'clock, the number of hospitalizations for covid and the total number of new virus cases in california. they're going in different directions. why doctors fear what could come next? and that growing wildfire in arizona is forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the concerns from firefighters that the situation will get worse before it improves.

if you love them enough to re-learn math so you can teach them math, then surely you'll check nhtsa.gov/therightseat to make sure they're correctly buckled in the back seat.

5 4a state of emergency near flagstaff as the tunnel wildfire more than doubled in size. it is burned 30 square miles, it's still burning out of control in the area as big as livermore. clouds of smoke make it hard for the firefighters to see where they're going. and then there's 50 mile an hour winds and have grounded firefighting aircraft for the third straight down. all of the people involved here are very worried about the treacherous winds. the fire is burning within the forest. there are more than 20 large wildfires burning in arizona and in new mexico. there are 16 fire management teams in the country . four of them are on the fire lines in the southwest. the cause of these wildfires are still under investigation. 49ers fans closely following the developing story of star deebo

samuel. now he has told the team that he wants to be traded. the request was made more than a week ago, apparently, but word is now just getting out. the wide receiver has cut off contract negotiations with the team because he has said he's worried that taking snaps that running back will reduce his longevity. but one football insider reports. other teams believe the 49ers will only trade him. if they quote receive a king's ransom. i guess what? coming up in our eight o'clock hour? we're going to talk live with 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo. we're going to chat about his offseason. his dad is going to join us as well to talk about his career as an electrician and the big demand. for these blue collar jobs. we're going to cover a lot of ground there. alright 5 47 happening today. the warrior's playoff series continues. this time they're playing in denver against the denver nuggets. warriors trans can still enjoy the game at chase center in san francisco. the warriors are hosting a watch party outside the arena. it thrives city. it

all begins at 5 30. there's live entertainment of beer garden and a kid's own. the game will be shown on the 3100 square foot video board. there it all starts at seven. p.m. all right, and you'll see a lot of gold for the gold blooded, right blue and gold. alright roberta. it is cold out there today. it's raining. yes so that adds a little chilled to the bones there, and it will continue to rain throughout the morning commute. good morning, everybody . the rainfall totals have been quite healthy anywhere from just nearly a quarter of an inch of rain in san who say through 4/10 of an introvert in castro valley , danville over 6/10 of an inch of brain and ben lomond in the senate cruz mountains now jogging towards an inch and a half of precipitation. it's raining in oakland as we take a bird's eye view out towards the beautiful seaport. of the ports of oakland temperatures has pam was alluding to its chilly it's 49 degrees in santa rosa. otherwise dampened san francisco

at 50 to san carlos at 55, 54 peace and concord and in san jose wins 39 mph gusts. sfo with heavy rainfall. we do have the brain across the bay and hayward backing through castro valley with 12 mile per hour winds. 13 at oakland international airport . the front has been blasting through the bay area when you see the areas of yellow and orange. that's a moderate to heavy downpour, and that's what's happening right now. conquered clayton wanted craig pittsburgh lifting into the antiochus area. we've had the heavy rain in brentwood and in discovery bay, the light rain a light shower. more moderate rainfall is happening between one it creek. and danville and then over here in black, we have heavy precipitation towards mount diablo as well. so our rainfall totals that i just shared with you. obviously keep changing with the precipitation that continues to increase in union city. fremont in milpitas , also went throughout the rose garden district in san jose, half moon bay, buying a break at this hour. san mateo. it's

raining there, sweeping all the way into redwood city and now, some clearing in san francisco as far as the rain is concerned , but you'll have more activity towards lunchtime. this is the core of the center of the area of low pressure still well offshore. and when you see those like cotton ball effects that some cooler air mass associated with it, and also indicates in state ability, so that's when you'll see that thunderstorm pop at any point of the day to take containing small hail. that's the frontal boundary plowing through so again thunderstorms possible this afternoon and into our evening hours as well. this is our future cats by eight o'clock, you see the concentration of the precipitation across the south bay. that's a dynamic set up for this afternoon as well. there you have santa rosa with the heavy precipitation. it's a cell containing heavy rain. in the early afternoon hours a little bit of a lull this evening, but more precipitation will come in and out throughout tomorrow morning. we're going to talk more about this storm. how will impact your friday and the weekend forecast it's still coming up. hi roberta. time is 5

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ontr officials in shanghai announced plans to ease covid restrictions on millions of people in the city authorities have now reversed course now that's because the number of cases outside quarantined areas across the city rose again. analysts say this decision will have a ripple effect on the economy. the international monetary fund reduced its forecast of chinese growth, saying recent restrictions and factory closures will create supply chain disruptions in the coming months. 5 50 for the port of oakland, says cargo volume is way down compared to last year. cargo volume for the month of march was 11% lower compared to last year. exports were down 25% report. authorities are pretty happy with the march numbers. they expected it to be even lower because of the lockdowns in china report recently set up a designated area for ships to pick up empty cargo containers

that will hopefully allow them to avoid the busier ports. wine is, of course, big business here in the bay area, but supply chain issues are now hitting the industry like never before. that's because millions of wine corks are stranded at sea or sitting in ports. ktvu tom vacar shows us what some napa businesses are doing to deal with the problem. napa support a cork is part of the world's largest cork harvester and processor of corks, almost all imported from portugal. so there's plenty of cork. getting it to the wineries is quite another matter. we used to have on average, a 60 day door to door lead time from our portugal . ah, support to the port of oakland. and we have we're averaging around 112 days. right now. that is some 90 million corks stranded at sea or imports . i have never in my career had as much product uh, that is en

route as i have right now. courts containers sit at the ports for as much as a month because they're buried in a massive containers and trucking is not available before the pandemic completely screwed up shipping. quarter court would have bag shipped to it. 5000 quarts each for just $7 a bag today that is $37 a bag times 78,000 bags a year. big picture one container from portugal to oakland pre pandemic ship for $2500. today it is $14,000. we don't have any recourse with the shippers. we don't have any lines of communication with with the port of oakland, one ship lined up at the panama canal for oakland was rerouted to virginia. and now the continues will be rail shipped across country and it's not just corks . after covid. i thought we'd hit the worst of the worst, but

it's not gotten better in. in fact, it's gotten worse. julia smith is vice president supply chain for napa based della kado family wineries, a major producer of many brands of wine . they also require imported bottles. next leaves and ornate labels all in short supply and long delayed. thank goodness we have great suppliers and partnerships with those suppliers like porto cork. delic kado has over purchased these items, hoping that things will get better. the containers are costing more. the vessels are in short supply. the containers are in short supply truck drivers are in short supply. now it's a sophisticated, high stakes guessing game predict what we need almost 26 weeks in advance for some of the components with much of china's factories and ports and covid lockdowns, things are bound to get worse. tom baker, ktvu fox two news our time, not 5, 57. netflix based

here in the bay area may make changes after losing subscribers with the first time in 10 years, the shares of netflix dropped 35% yesterday after netflix added lost 200,000 subscribers and says by june it will lose two million more subscribers. analysts say competition is fierce among the many streaming options now available. and netflix has to convince people it is still worth paying $15.49 a month for a standard subscription. i'm kind of straight away from netflix just because of my selection of kind of what i like to watch is not really on there anymore. max paramount. yeah. disney plus disney. plus for sure, i watched the other ones more than i used to now. netflix vows to crack down on password sharing the company's ceo estimates shared passwords are allowing 100 million subscribers around the world to stream for free. companies also considering rolling out of lower cost option for subscribers that would

include advertisements. tesla is reporting record profits despite a slowdown at its factory in china. tesla reports sales for the first quarter of this year increased to nearly $19 billion, exceeding wall street expectations. however the shanghai factory was forced to close late last month because of coronavirus restrictions. despite that tesla made more than 930,000 cars last year, hopes to make 50% more this year , but the fremont automaker says supply chain issues may slow production. well rain is heading the bay area this morning and snow it will be coming around. and the decision to end face masks on planesreversed. from ktvu fox two news. this is mornings on to welcome morning to you. and we thank you for joining us.

welcome the mornings onto i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook thursday morning. april 21st. we do have team coverage for you this morning of the wet conditions. jesse gary on the peninsula, keeping an eye on the conditions there and the traffic. jesse will get to you in just a moment. first let's go to roberta gonzalez in our weather center with our forecast. rainy windy, maybe some hail all of the above and jesse's vinyl bit of a break right now on the peninsula because he's on the back side of that frontal boundary, but there's still plenty of precipitation that's going to roll in off the pacific ocean. you see that little right? there were on the back side of that front, but nonetheless, there's still more rain to come. heavy precipitation happens to be right there. bird's eye view and thiago all the way into rio vista, brentwood, bethel island bay point with the heaviest rainfall also like to moderate rain from martinez through lafayette, and to morocco and orinda. vallejo you to have some rain, but you notice right there along the peninsula and into san francisco. a bit of a break more

rain showers fueling off the ocean into the bay area. cloud cover in oakland with an air temperature right now that's in the low fifties. otherwise it's 48 degrees and santa rosa periods of rain showers throughout the morning hours. a scattered shower this afternoon the potential of a thunderstorm containing small #### and also more rain this evening. we're going to talk more about this. the timing of the system. how much more accumulation that still straight ahead, but right now, let's send it back over today and pam roberta, let's also look at your morning commute. we're keeping an eye on the bay bridge toll plaza. these are live pictures. you can see not a whole lot of traffic, but the metering lights are on out. there is also a high wind advisory. so drive careful on those wet roads taking you over to the san mateo bridge. pretty windy there as well and rain coming down so you can see traffic slowing down a little bit. which is good. you need to move slowly as we hit those wet roads this morning, and we're also keeping an eye on interstate 80 in oakland. it's flowing, it's moving, even though the roads are wet, but

again be really careful no matter where you are, and we'll keep an eye on your commute here on mornings on two it is now just about 602. we are entering the beginning of the morning commute, and it's already looking messy in some areas. ktvu jesse gary has been in burlingame for a few hours. so what's it like out there now? dave we moved positions were up the hill in burlingame on truesdale avenue right at the 2 80 because there was a solo vehicle accident here. vehicles spun out in the rain, which was falling. pretty heavily earlier this morning. let's go ahead. take a look at our video. this is an accident that we're going to show you. i believe in in oakland of another accident on highway 24 because of the rain. so this morning you heard roberta talk about well being in low period. within the last hour . that low period started, but before that heavy rain both in the east bay and here on the peninsula with rain falling, we'll take a look at our video

from berlin game this coming down on the one oh, one south bong right at the broadway avenue entrance ramp to one oh, one south bong in burlingame. sheets of rain has been falling, and that was definitely causing water to pull on the roadways, so people needed to slow down. you saw the accident over in oakland was another one here in burlingame. right at 2 80 truesdale avenue. although appears to have been cleared at this point, just blocking one lane. but again, it's a very difficult commute because of the rain and the intermittent showers that are moving through the area. speaking of moving to the areas want to show you this. how roberta talked about? we're gonna lull it how the system is moving through. you can see the clouds as they move through here of the hills of burlingame moving towards san francisco bay. if you're headed out, just be alert to possible heavy downpours, no matter where you are update you again coming up

in the next hour. we're live in burlingame this morning. jesse gary ktvu. fox two news. we'll head back to you across the bay and all right. thank you, jesse . we will check in with you. throughout the morning, the justice department will ask a higher court to bring back the mask requirement on public transit. that's after the cdc said masking remains necessary to protect the public from the continued spread of covid win. the mandate was lifted earlier this week. many people immediately removed their masks. but others say they plan to continue wearing their mask, and they hope people on both sides of the issue will be tolerant of each other's opinions. i know it's not required. um and i respect anybody else who doesn't want to wear one, but it still gives me some comfort of safety . still not totally comfortable with where we're at with. the pandemic. for other people. the question is not about their personal health, but weighing personal liberties against what's best for everyone. i don't feel like that they should be able to mandate me to do to do that. it is it is my part. it

should be a choice. now it's not clear yet if the mask mandate will be put back in place until the final decision is reached. this comes as a result of a new poll is out, saying most americans support a mass mandate for travelers on planes or on shared transit. the associated press poll found 56% of americans support requiring a mask. while 24% were opposed. 20% had no preference and there was a wide partisan divide on this. 80% of democrats support the proposal only 33% of republicans supporter they're coming up for you at 6 30. we'll take a look at some of the policy changes being considered by local transit agencies and why there's still a lot of confusion between the different levels of mask rules. it is 605 for the first time in almost a year. california hospitals reporting fewer than 1000 covid patients a week, california's

latest report shows there were 964 people in the hospital because of covid infections. that's the lowest number since last june, and it comes at a time when covid numbers have been going up. but the latest variant seems to be less severe than some of the earlier ones. health officials are warning the hospitalization rate could bounce back up as more cases are reported. state labor officials could decide today if they will extend through the end of the year. mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus. the legislature already approved extending that benefit through the end of september, but small businesses are pushing back saying it's expensive and it comes at a time when covid cases are less severe. supporters of the plan say it's vital to provide sick pay and job protection for workers who are infected so they don't infect their coworkers. the cdc has new guidance on covid booster shots. it's vaccine advisory group says those who are fully vaccinated

and boosted and contracted covid in the last three months can wait until the fall before getting a second booster shot. health experts still say the immuno compromised and those who live with them should consider getting that second booster as soon as possible. right now anyone 50 and older is eligible for that second booster shot along with those who are 12 and older and immuno compromised. our time is 607 loss. gatto's taking new action now to hold adults liable when there's underage drinking at their homes. this follows the recent arrest of a mother in law's gatto's accused of hosting alcohol fueled sex parties for teenagers and your home under this ordinance, which was passed unanimously, adults can be fine for hosting gatherings where minors are drinking or taking drugs, even if the adult is not home at the time. thinking is potentially there are parents who basically don't want to know . so they go out for the evening and let something happen at their home. so i think just the

knowledge that whether you're home or not, you're responsible for what's happening in your home and finds will start at $1500 for a first offense and then go up to $3000. as many as 20,000 people were in golden gate park yesterday to celebrate the unofficial cannabis holiday of 4 20. it was the first gathering since 2019 and the first time legal cannabis sales were held on site. but this morning, it's the cleanup of the event. that's also getting a lot of attention. now in past years , the park and neighborhood have been left trashed by the event. now the city is making a concerted effort to clean up the area as soon as possible. the children's playground and tennis center are reopening today and the hippie hill field should be back to normal tomorrow. festival organizers teamed up with the recreation and parks department to make this happen once the festival finished last night, park rangers and police cleared the crowd while cleanup crews came in and started picking up the trash. it might

have been the smoothest for 20 that we've had. the weather was good people seem to be having a good time and respecting our park. most importantly, we turned around after the show. we just realized there was trash everywhere, so some of us just started reaching down and grabbing said to throw away and then they give us some bags and a bunch of people started chipping in. police made no arrests and park rangers cleared the area by six o'clock last night, which they say was record time time now, 609. it's now been four years since california started allowing the sale of recreational marijuana. however legal pack dispensaries are still dealing with a lot of challenges hurting their bottom line. the blunts and more dispensary in oakland, says legal marijuana shops are heavily regulated and heavily taxed, but they don't get any support from the federal government, which still considers cannabis a crime. we don't get any federal kickbacks. i don't get no write offs. i don't get nothing were deemed essential. i was deemed essential in 2020 and haven't got a federal dollar of ppe or

nothing we didn't qualify for, you know, because we're cannabis. the other problems facing dispensaries include getting robbed and also paying high insurance rates. illegal black market colors are doing well. they're thriving. they have fewer limitations, and they're not paying taxes. where there's a new report out. it says many students in san mateo county are affected by housing instability. researchers at stanford found between 2016 and 2019. as many as 2600 students in san mateo county were either homeless, staying with family or friends, or they were in danger of being evicted. they say students of color and english language learners they were affected. the most researchers say those students are four times more likely not to graduate from high school. well nor snow is coming to the sierra , which means more problems for drivers. westbound interstate 80 shut down at the nevada state line because of this big rig

spun out blocking lines that won't impact people driving from the bay area just to get to the tahoe area. it does show how bad the conditions are right now. want to take you live to highway 80 right now where we can see quite snowy out there. it's falling pretty heavily. this is the truckee area. if you are planning to head up there, the road conditions are described as very poor by the national weather service. there are chain controls in effect, chain requirements on 50 and 80, or four wheel drive and snow tires on 80. those chains are required from nyack to boca. that's past truckee, all the way to nevada and 50 chains are required from twin bridges to myers. other highways have chain restrictions as well. if you're headed up there for some early weekend skiing or boarding. definitely bring your chains or your four wheel drive with those snow tires and speaking of skiing and

boarding palisades tahoe bracing for two ft of snow from today's storm that will be in addition to the more than three ft that hit the upper mountain last week. the resort now has extending closing day by two weeks to may. 15th officials say they could extend the season even longer. if there is enough snow pam time is now 6 12. the bay area will take on a presidential look today, but tell you about the visit of vice president kamala harris and former president barack obama and what they have planned. in a plea for help from uc berkeley's marching band, how the cow band is hoping the community will help the music con

13 e political world are here in the bay area. frank balakot joins us live to talk about what they will be talking about on the campuses of two of our universities. good morning, frank. that i will. good

morning. yes some heavy hitters here. former president barack obama setting to stanford and the vice president kamala harris. will be visiting u c. san francisco, the vice president will be focusing on the maternal health crisis during her tour, the mission bay campus at ucsf that'll happen earlier this afternoon. experts say the problem is hitting black and native american women, especially hard. along with many women of rural communities. harris will talk with current members of a pre birth group as well as parents of children. born at the hospital. she will also meet with workers who focus on maternity and postpartum care and provide information about the bidens administration commitment to improve maternal health. and this afternoon, former president obama will deliver the keynote speech. at the cyber policy center at stanford. he scheduled to talk about challenges to democracy that are being created by disinformation campaigns from outside the country as well as sources. right here in the united states. everybody's identifying this now as a

problem, partly because of what we've seen when the anti vax movement online what happened after january 6th and the mythology that somehow last presidential election wasn't fair. they're seeing vividly and places like ukraine. the consequences of when you have dictatorships controlling information. now what we have to do is start figuring out what are the solutions. private conference is focusing on the role of government in establishing online trust and relationships between tech companies and the democracy. frank mallicoat, dave back to you. thank you, tommy 6 16 will u. c berkeley's marching band needs entirely new instruments, calvin says. every instrument they own has to be repaired. some are patched up with duct tape or even rubber bands. they claim the budget they get from the university isn't enough to pay for instruments and most of them i think they get actually comes from the fees paid by the

band members. the band's now trying to raise more than $600,000 to replace all of their instruments. warning if you are heading to the beach anytime soon, if you see harbor seal pups on the beach, leave them alone, marine biologists say every year harbor seal pups are separated from their mothers by people who mistake them for orphans because they are often left alone. but that's because the mothers are just feeding it . see and they will later rejoin their babies to nurse them the presence of people or dogs near a seal pub. could prevent the mother from returning. interesting, obvious, just looking at a baby seal in sausalito by itself, but stayed far away. mama's coming back, and we're watching your morning commute right now. these are live pictures, the richmond, the san rafael area. very little traffic and very little problems that we see in this live camera shot, but just still be careful because the roads are wet this

morning. it's cleared up a little bit there taking a look at the east shore freeway in berkeley, though, as you make that commute towards the city. they're starting to slow down a little bit, as it often does here at 6 17 in the morning. we want to check in with roberta gonzalez. we saw that clearing of the sky near the richmond san rafael bridge that toll plaza but pretty heavy rain in other parts, right? yes but the frontal boundary, the one that was producing the copious amounts of precipitation across the bay area's now moving due east and jogging out towards the central valley. but we still do as you mentioned pam have some heavy rainfall in throughout the eastern portion of our bay area . a lot of people have been actually inquiry about the a's game today. will it be a rain out? well according to our computer models, you will have an occasional spotty shower. the winds out of the southwest of 15. no rain out anticipated you could experience a rain delay. but let's just say, go ace and get out to the ballpark. if you

can. they need some support out there. rainfall totals this morning. check that out. nearly a quarter of an inch of rain in san jose to approaching an inch and a half and the senate cruz mountains. we do have a bit of a break right now only because we're on the backside of this frontal boundary. plenty of cloud cover looking out towards the seaport of the ports of oakland in the estuary temperatures 48 degrees in santa rosa to the mid fifties throughout, most of our locations went to subsided now, sfo when we had that front passing through, we had those wind gusts up to 39 mph. calm winds right now in san carlos, winter under 10 into the north bay and the east bay, but these winds will increase during the afternoon. southwest 10 to 20. this is the front. it lingers and throughout portions of the east bay now, heavy precipitation noted around oakley, also right around bethel island and rio vista. other heavy precipitation. you see, it noted by the yellow on your tv screen, just moving outside. of the san ramon area, but drifting

over that 5 86 80 corridor rain showers now around cupertino and also in sunny ville, buying a break around the peninsula and also in san francisco and to the north. but that's okay. you'll need your umbrella today. frontal boundary slicing through now heading towards the central valley, and we do have some rain shower slated for eight o'clock this morning in the south bay. in fact, the south bay is going to be the target. the remaining portion of the day and into the evening hours. although we see at lunchtime, a hit and miss scattered showers, that's what's going to be the scenario today. periods of scattered showers, the potential of an isolated thunderstorm containing #### during the afternoon and into the evening hours. we do have that winter storm warning. in effect for the high sierra. we're talking 30 inches of wet cement above 7000 ft. and for the mountains to the coast, we go where that beach hazard statement is still in effect ways building 18 ft at 22nd intervals. meanwhile today with

the scattered showers in the office sixties across the board, and we're talking about more rain showers tonight into tomorrow, and that forecast still coming up later on in this broadcast, pam all right. thank you, roberta. man wrongfully convicted of murder is now a free man. what we are learning about his exoneration after spending more than 30 years in prison. and one of the 49ers biggest stars may end up on another team up next, the trade rumors surrounding deebo samuel (music throughout)

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thr, and after spending 32 years in jail for a crime he did not commit a 61 year old man is now free this morning walking syria was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco district attorney chase a.

boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by police to identify syria. boudin launched the innocence commission in his office. syria is the first case that was reviewed. we were taken away from your wife. and your baby, and that is because the system failed you catastrophically. said thank you for real killer who fired the shots has not been arrested. america's small dairy farms maybe be may soon become a thing of the past and could impact your wallet. it's reportedly because of big business taking over production of milk, cheese, ice cream and butter as well as smaller dairy is being bought up by larger companies. country last nearly 6% of its dairy farms last year, experts say consolidation usually means lower prices at the grocery store, but inflation is actually increasing prices. we're looking at historically high milk prices this year, but costs are going to be also his historically high because cows or replacement cows are getting

hard to find. labor is very hard. the rising cost of food, construction, material, gas and labor have made it less profitable for mom and pop dairy farms to operate. even so, dairy prices have been increasing slightly. slower than the rate of inflation 49ers fans closely following the developing story of star deebo samuel. now he has told the team that he wants to be traded. the request was apparently made more than a week ago, but we're just now getting out. the wide receiver has cut off contract negotiations with the team because he says he's worried taking snaps at running back will reduce his longevity. but one football insider reports other teams believe the 49ers will only trade him if they quote receive a king's ransom. now coming up during our eight o'clock hour. we're going to talk live with 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo. we're going to chat about his off season. we're also going to talk with his dad about his career as an electrician and the big demand

for those blue collar jobs again coming up in our eight o'clock hour. will the ayes have set another record low for the number of fans in the stadium for the second game in a row? yesterday at the coliseum? there were only 2703 people at the game. that's the fewest since september of 1980 part of the reason for yesterday's low numbers. first pitch was moved from about seven o'clock 23 o'clock because of the rain that was expected last night. but fans also say they're frustrated by the team's decision to raise season ticket prices. while at the same time trading away fan favorites the a's lost to the orioles one to nothing. a major attraction is returning to disneyland after two years. i'm excited to see the parade via the main street electrical parade is back. starting tomorrow the show had been put on hold for the pandemic, the world of color fireworks display in the fantasmic show will also be making a return. exciting so

fun and it's just great to be here to me. the spectaculars are disneyland. this is what we do, right? this is what people know and what they love and what they expect. the electrical parade is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary. it was first introduced in july. 1972. helping ukrainian forces with three d printing will tell you how the technology is being put to good use. the trial two men accused of murdering a stocked and teenager years ago is being moved why the judge made the decision and where that trial is headed. and we're still following that storm that's hitting northern california and a lot of snow up in this year. a take a look. this is a live picture from interstate 80 right near king veil. quite a bit of snow looks like january. we'll

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agencies making different decisions on mass requirements will tell you why one of them is thinking about bringing them back. and a big trial will start soon about the opioid crisis in san francisco with the city hopes to accomplish with its lawsuit from ktvu. box two news this morning's on tv. and there's that opening bell live in the new york stock exchange. the airlines are reporting losses for the first quarter, but not as bad as analysts predicted shares an american airlines and united headed higher this morning as they both predict a return to profitability this quarter. has traveled certainly picking back up tesla stock also up on a strong report, all the details coming up in today's dollars and cents. thank you for waking up with us here on morning sun to pam cook. good morning. i'm dave clark. thursday. it's april 21st roberta's here. roberta was just outside. where'd you where'd you put the rain? i was looking at earlier. it's interesting because when you stepped out earlier, the front was passing through slicing through the bay

area, and that's where we're getting that copious amount of rainfall and now we're on the back. excited that system. let me show you what i mean here. this is our live doppler radar. and right here, there goes up front or on the back side now that doesn't mean that we will not experience more rain. in fact, to the contrary, we will spotty showers throughout the morning and afternoon hours. and because now we're on the back side of it will have a lot of instability. we have heavy downpours right now. and throughout bethel island and brentwood, just pulling out a blackhawk but still pretty modern, too heavy downpours. right around the danville area, leaving camino dust tassajara, and it looks like old school road has some pretty heavy rainfall, causing ponding m peddling mostly cloudy skies at this hour as we look out towards the estuary, temperatures forties and fifties, a little bit of a clearing there and santa rosa. but you, too, will have more rain showers. this afternoon periods of showers. today a thunderstorm with hail is certainly possible. we will have another round of showers.

tonight we're going to check all this together coming up later in the newscast. all right. thank you, roberta. we want to keep an eye on the commute as you're talking about that rain moving around the bay area. uh slower there at the bay bridge toll plaza in the media ring lights are on. we did hear about a wind advisory just a little while ago , but it does look like the skies are clearing their bit. let's look at the san mateo bridge right now starting to get a little crowded now, more than it was before, but still moving. the baddest our live picture. that's very latest, the san mateo bridge. and then taking a look at the towards the maze and as people are making their way into the city that's moving along. pretty well as they head over to the metering lights, but traffic moving along fine. you can again see that it's a clearing up a little bit as the rain has moved through time is 6 30, too many bay area transit systems now dropping their mask mandates, but not all of them have made a decision on this ktvu is amanda quintana? is that

a bart station in the east bay with more about this decision? good morning, amanda. yes well, good morning once the federal mask mandate was struck down on monday, airports and airlines, they started to take away their mask mandates. and then that left local transportation services to kind of scramble and make their own decisions about whether people should be wearing a mask or not. here locally, we have seen some decisions made in the bay area. sf mta a transit caltrain, bart and santa clara valley transportation authority are all now recommending masks but not requiring them on a state levellifornia announced yesterday that its mask mandate is also terminated. to make sure that the agency's overall sort of on the same page and so that passengers wouldn't be confused or disappointed or whatever. so we were trying to communicate with each other. one transit system that hesitated.

making a decision on removing masks is bart facemasks are now optional on bart trains for now , in a tweet yesterday, the agency said, quote there are no longer any federal, state or local directives, enabling a mask mandate on bart. but they say, however, our board will consider a proposal to require masks on bart. at their april 28th meeting. that is next thursday, board president rebecca saltzman tweeted that she will introduce that mandate because quote covid cases are rising. and we must keep writers safe even though the national mask mandate has been struck down, the cdc says in order requiring masks during public transportation. i still necessary for public health right now, the c c c actually wanted to extend the mask mandate until at least may 3rd. but that did not happen because it was struck down. the justice department also plans to appeal that decision, so they want to see that mask mandate put back

in place. and then we'll see what happens here with bart next thursday. so even though a lot of people are getting on bart right now, getting on trains without a mask, we could see that change in the future. live in oakland. amanda keown, thanet ktvu facts, students. thank you, amanda. the city of san francisco has been dealing with an opioid crisis. now city officials are going to court. the trial starts monday in a civil suit against drugmakers, including wall grains. san francisco's lawsuit alleged the companies created a population of addicted patients who sought opioids at never before seen rates. city attorney david chiu says it led to use or seeking out drugs on the street like heroin and fentanyl, creating dire situations and places like the tenderloin. the defendants in this case each contributed to and created that public nuisance by flooding san francisco with opioids. there is a line you can draw from the conduct of legal, uh, but companies, manufacturers , distributors and pharmacies to

the illegal markets that you see today. the walgreens and the drug companies involved in the lawsuit are not commenting on that suit. our time is 6 35 in the south bay of fundraising committee established by the 49ers donated $300,000 to support san jose mayor will candidates. cindy chavez. the job is a santa clara county supervisor and donations to chavez. his campaign came from the citizens were cindy chavez. mayor 2022 political action committee. it was put together by the 49ers and the owners of the team. in just a few minutes, president biden will announce another round of military aid to ukraine. it's expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package he announced last week. now this comes as russia continues to focus its attacks on eastern ukraine. russia's defense minister says russian forces have taken control of most of the ports city of mariupol, a member of ukraine's parliament, says more western weapons are needed. the

big battle at dunbar. so has already started. we need their heavy artillery. we need their air defense. we need their aircraft. we need that tanks, armored vehicles. now, with mary and paul falls, it would give russia the land bridge to the crimean peninsula that had has wanted time it looks 37, a business in the czech republic is using new technology to help the ukrainian troops. the company's called ice industrial services. it creates machinery using three d printing. now it's using that same technology to build concrete shields for ukrainian troops who are facing russian grenades and bullets. we did a test in a ballistic laboratories with very good results, and we have proved that our solution is very safe. now the company hopes is in 20 printers to ukraine. so the people there and print new barriers right where they're needed. pretrial conference on

zoom is set for monday for the father and son charged in the killing of tell paulie student christian smart. now a judge is moving the trial from san luis obispo county to monterey county, investigators say 45 year old paul flores killed smart back in 1996 during an attempted sexual assault. his father, ruben, is charged with helping dispose of her body, which has never been found. the trial could begin in late may or in june. time is now 6 38 will no one. not even pam cook one last night's powerball lottery drawing, it means the jackpot is now going to go to more than $400 million. now the numbers were 20. 30 45 55 56 powerball number was 14 the jackpot last night was about $370 million, but now it's expected to top 400 million. no one has won the powerball jackpot since january . that's when two people one of them from here in california, split $630 million. the oakland

zoo has announced. it will be closed today because of the rain, the zoo says. if you had tickets, they will automatically process a refund to the form of payment within 3 to 4 weeks. you can also reschedule on the zoo's website. all right. speaking of the weather, let's check in with roberta gonzalez. the arrange seems to have moved through. but will the zoo get more rain later today? absolutely all of us. well yeah. dave my human weather station. our ago he goes, it's pouring yes, front movie through and then he just came back in again. and what did you say? where did you take the rain? well it's moving towards the central valley where we need it for all of our agricultural needs correct, and now we will see periods of showers throughout the day, so it's not over by any stretch of the imagination. our rainfall totals have been quite healthy anywhere from nearly a quarter of an inch and san jose to look at ben

lomond with approaching an inch and a half of precipitation. we're looking out towards the estuary where we have layers of clouds. i checked in with oakland international, mineta and sfo. and so far, no reports of any local airport delays due to the clouds or the windy conditions, temperatures forties and fifties again. 52 degrees san francisco 48 santa rosa 53. degrees in hayward. the winds are under 10 now, but these winds will be picking up again out of the southwest 10 to 20. when the front was blowing through, we had wind gusts up to 39 sf i felt now this is the front as it passes through stocked anand also sacramento. we're gonna get a whole lot more snow. also in this year from that frontal boundary that's passing through fremont and san jose. you're picking up some light rain showers. heavier precipitation now located east bay right around bethel island, or would we saw some heavy rain in discovery bay and also in brentwood, and then we have a lot of activity now, just

outside of san ramon, as it's lifting up towards discovery bay. it will be raining pretty hard. are there within the next 10 to 15 minutes. cupertino campbell also in the stanford areas, some light precipitation , but buying a bit of a break now around the peninsula because the front has pushed through as it does so behind it, a lot of cooler air mass that causes instability that causes the potential, and it's a strong chance of a thunderstorm at any point of the day temperatures today fifties beaches sixties bayside 50 sixties in inland areas. some of these numbers are good 10 degrees below average southwest wind 10 to 20 full forecast still straight ahead. alright roberta. thank you will be a area food banks are facing a new pandemic problem. we'll tell you why they're having problems paying for the help they want to provide food for needy people. first let's check in with gasia mikaelian for a look at what else is coming up here on morning san too. good morning. good morning, pam and dave. when i join you in studio here, the owners of a tipper on business have settled a racial profiling claim against police.

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44 n shanghai, china said they would ease covid restrictions on millions of people in shanghai. now the authorities have changed their minds. that's because a number of virus cases outside of quarantined areas went up again. analysts say that decision will have a ripple effect on the economy. international monetary

fund reduced its forecast for chinese growth, saying reason restrictions and closures of factories will create supply chain disruptions in the coming months in today's dollars and cents. food banks in california are seeing more people seeking help as the cost of groceries and gas increases. according to the la times, the rising prices are making it difficult for food banks as well as they have to pay more for the food and the gas it takes to transport the food to local pantries. the california association of food banks is asking for nearly twice as much money from the state than governor newsom proposed in his january budget. today the florida state house of representatives is expected to vote on a bill that targets disney world, florida state senate has already approved the measure, which eliminates special provisions given to the theme park. florida provided tax breaks and removed regulations for disney world when it was built 50 years ago. the disney company is also fighting with florida over legislation that would prevent discussions of

gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through the third grade. the port of oakland, says cargo volume is down from last year. volume for the month of march was 11% lower than a year before and exports were down by 25% authorities are pleased with the march numbers because they expect even lower volume as a result of the lockdowns in china. report recently set up a dedicated area for ships to pick up empty cargo containers, which will hopefully allow them to avoid a backlog. our time is 6 46 supply chain problems, forcing the local wine industry to over by supplies. porto cork in napa is part of the world's biggest cork harvester man, a processor of wine court. most of the corks come from portugal, but because of delays, 90 million corks are right now on chips at sea or in ports container of court from portugal to oakland cost $2500 before the pandemic. now it costs $14,000

have never in my career had as much product uh, that is en route, as i have right now, containers are costing more. the vessels are in short supply. the containers are in short supply truck drivers are in short supply. and courts are not. the only items are affected. ocado family wines in napa, they're running into problems with imported bottles. next leaves and labels. all right. are you an oreo fan? not oriole. oreo has been a debate for years. can you really split an oreo cookies so that there is an even amount of cream? on both cookies. it's not possible. well, it's not a team at m i t actually decided to do the research and the answer is no. the team actually used high tech lab tools and even created an oreo meter, which is a three d printed device that was used to twist the cookie apart. and it turns out you cannot get an even split, so don't argue with them. i t researchers say the cream

sticks to one side because of how it's manufactured, packaged and stored, which is out of the consumers control. but the question is, i guess if you eat oreos, the real question is do you chew it? do you twist it? do you like the frosting off first before you eat the cookie? do you not care you just just in your mouth bag, too. but we have this problem licked now. yeah 48 . well, let's look at our commute. live pictures. we're keeping an eye on the richmond as well as the san rafael area and look at traffic moving slow. not not bumper to bumper, but it's moving slow. that's a live picture. we'll keep an eye on that as well. definitely slowed down in the last 15 20 minutes or so, taking a look at highway four in pittsburgh. that's also moving along, but a little slower than earlier today, as more people head out the door, probably to get to work in school. 86 48. roberta's here. you were busy today. like you thought you might be. i had to

stop and pause for a moment because i heard pam say oreo and i thought you were saying orioles. that's why i repeat it because i thought if you're an oriole fan open oreo cookie, just don't get in milk. yeah, i got to do but the orioles are still in town, and they're heading out to the ballpark today. go ahead. you may have a rain delay, but it's not going to be a washout by any stretch of the imagination. game time today is just after 12 o'clock we've got that forecast for you at 61 degrees, the winds will be blowing out of the southwest at 15 mph, so go a justice bodies shower but no washout. this is the same looking out towards the estuary this morning where we currently have an air temperature of 53 degrees otherwise 48 in santa rosa de 55 san carlos. other notable numbers for you there. check it out. 52 fairfield. it's now 55 in redwood city and at sfo, where the winds are at six mph when you're under 10 everywhere , but will be increasing out of

the southwest. a good 10 to 20 mph. this is it. that's the front. i know you heard those raindrops on your rooftop say it was a heavy downpour from the peninsula to the east bay to the north bay and all the way in the santa clara valley have his precipitation just it's right behind the passage of the front . now is that cell just outside of discovery bay and brentwood. probably right around highway four. we also have some light rain showers right now, from dublin streaming all the way into discovery bay. otherwise just hit miss scattered showers across the santa clara valley into los altos. this is the front, but it has two sections to it. that one is the next section that will be rolling into the bay area according to our future cats, nine a.m. the target is the santa clara valley , and that is a scenario throughout the day today, hit and miss scattered showers and with the instability with the passage of this front. we cannot rule out that potential of an isolated thunderstorm containing

small hail more rain showers all the way up into seven o'clock tomorrow morning, and then we turn partly cloudy during the day so we can anticipate still another half inch of rain to the south less than 2/10 to the north and san francisco with the juicy 3/10 of an inch of precipitation, winter storm warning and effect for the high sierra above 7000 ft. up to 30 inches. of snow to the coast. we go now where we still have that beach hazard statement. in effect from today, all the way through saturday weighs up to 18 ft at 22nd intervals high temperatures today in the fifties and sixties but again, you couple in the southwest wind at 20 mph downright cool at time with this body. scattered showers and thunderstorms potential. tomorrow morning. a wet start will end up partly cloudy and we set the stage for a beautiful spring weekend. dave highs will be approaching the eighties inland by sunday. thank you time 6 51 happening now

president biden will be walking out any moment now in washington . he's about to speak and address the russian invasion of ukraine. he's also expected to announce that he's sending another $800 million in military aid to ukraine, and he plans to allow 100,000 ukrainian refugees into the us we'll keep an eye on these live pictures of the white house and president biden about to come out will tell you what the president says, and bring you all the latest on this throughout the day here on mornings onto get 6 52 coming up at seven o'clock. moderna plans to apply for emergency use authorization of its covid vaccine for children as young as six months old. how soon it hopes to bring that request to the fda. and the air in california getting a bad rap. the reason we're getting an s when it

a tr flagstaff more than doubled in size, it's still burning out of control. it is covered 30 square miles in area is big as livermore. clouds of smoke make it hard for the firefighters actually see where they're going . and then you have 50 mile an hour winds that have grounded

the firefighting aircraft for the third straight day. all of the people involved here are very worried about the treacherous winds. currently the fire is burning within the forest. there are more than 20 large wildfires in arizona and new mexico. there are 16 fire management teams in the nation for of them fire lines in the southwest. the cause of these fires are still under investigation. with the air quality here in california is the worst in the country, the american lung association says california has 11 of the top 25 polluted cities in the country. a area was named the fourth worse by particle pollution nationwide. that report also found that people of color were three times more likely to live in an area giving failing grades for having bad air quality research has found that more than anything else, wildfires are contributing to the bad air here in california. and

happening today expect a major announcement by the city of san jose about their efforts to fight climate change. reportedly mayor sam liccardo and san jose will now take big move towards national leadership on climate change action and then tomorrow , city and state leaders will also be celebrating earth day by planting trees in san jose. time is 6 57 happening today, the warriors and their playoff series continues. this time will be in denver. playing the nuggets warriors fans can still enjoy the game in san francisco or chase center warriors are hosting a watch party right outside the arena at thrive city. it all begins at 5 30 with live entertainment, a beer garden and a kid's own. the game itself will be shown on the 3100 square foot video board. that starts at seven p.m. well french president emmanuel over microphone and his challenger, marine le pen, they faced off in

their only debate before the presidential election on sunday , president macron criticized le pen for her connections with russia and for wanting to strip muslim women of the right to cover their heads in public. the pen said that bringing down the cost of living would be her priority if she's elected as the first female president of france . macron easily beat le pen in their last match up back in 2017 , but the recent polls show she is gaining some support. and today is queen elizabeth 96th birthday. music fit for a queen . the windsor guards played happy birthday for queen elizabeth outside of windsor castle. fans also gathered outside the castle as well. and look at this photo. they want to send birthday wishes to the queen. those horses are spectacular. the palace releases

photo of the queen with her with two of her horses. now she will be marking her birthday privately today, but a bigger celebration is planned in june. when the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee leave 70 years on the throne in the uk and making her the longest ruling monarch in british history. well netflix based here in the bay area, says it's making considering making some big changes after it lost subscribers for the first time in 10 years, shares of netflix dropped 35% yesterday, the company said it lost 200,000 subscribers and predicted by june it would lose another two million subscribers. competitions really fears among the many streaming options available now netflix has to convince people it is still worth paying $15.49 a month. for a standard subscription. so much

needed rain is coming down again all across the bay area this morning. we'll take a look at the conditions and how long this rain is going to stick around, plus to be clear. we are recommending everyone wear masks on planes. that is what the cdc is recommending. the u. s justice department plans to appeal the ruling by a federal judge voided the mask mandate for public transportation. we're bringing mixed reaction on the ruling from travelers in the bay area. from ktvu fox two news this morning's onto the alarm clock. but the rain that me about that all day good morning. thanks for being with us, gasia mikaelian. good morning. i'm dave clark. welcome to thursday, april 21st so that roberta, save any rain for you on the way in. thankfully it had tapered off a bit, but it was just going off in my neighborhood. i think around. maybe three ish forest. roberto mm hmm. all the way through the five o'clock our two. most of the six and now we're on the backside of this frontal boundary that has exited the area