and vincent joe expected to take part and compete for the national titles. tickets go on sale by the way friday morning. well the first games of march madness start today. 45 million people say they plan to bet this year's college basketball tournament at the american gaming association predicts more than $3 billion will be bet on the turning. it includes both legal man illegal bets. studies suggests companies lose billions of dollars in productivity during the march madness is people are watching the games during normal working hours. russia's attacks on ukraine continue to get closer to central kiev what leaders of the european union are doing today to show their support for ukraine, also ahead and here at home protests across several northern california hospitals. why nurses at sutter health say the medical center isn't doing

enough to keep them safe. and how sutter responds, then sticker shock at the pump continues why the cost of gas likely won't be going down any time soon. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings onto what good news this tuesday? yes. my windshield wipers work. they were found the switch. they talk about what's happening. good morning to you. i'm gasia mikaelian. good morning. i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, march, 15th two wipers were on on the way in absolutely probably still being used right now. steve has your forecast. that's true. for some. our system is moving through right now. so it's finally giving us some rain. there's been some okay amounts over at the third of an inch to 4/10 for some to the north. they'll be far less than that, as this system moves east and south sacramento finally receive some rain measurable amounts their first rain and 66 days. amazing. tuesday two step as your morning rain. although there's not a heck of a lot left, we'll get

some still morning drizzle or light rain. it was a very steady right now in the north. it's a warm air mass in place. i mean, we're in the upper fifties for many, so it wouldn't take much to get the upper sixties. to near 70 degrees. alright salles here, he's going to start with the freeway bridge or or what? well, let's start with the bridge. steve you can take a look at this with me. the same material braces. definitely what there right now and you can see traffic is moving. okay earlier, we had a problem on the bay bridge. it was so early. didn't really cause a backup. big backup. that's longer than usual at the bay bridge. in fact, since we're talking about the bay bridge, let's go to it right now. you can see there is a backup, which looks about normal . 80 has been taking it on the chin all morning long because of an earlier crash here on 80 westbound. the crash is that bharat avenue traffic slow from hercules all the way down into berkeley. we'll have another update on all this in just a few. it's 702. let's get back to the headlines. nurses it more than a dozen hospitals across northern california, say center health medical center isn't doing enough to keep them safe.

ktvu james torres live in castro valley for us. this is where one of many demonstrations is planned for this morning, james garcia. this is where nurses say they are taking a stand all that starting just across the street from where we're standing right now, you see those nurses and red hoodies umbrellas on if you can hear from across the street, but they're playing some music right now. they just got started about a few minutes ago. and aside from castro valley, sudden locations are having protests all over the bay area all over northern california places in san francisco as well. any eye filet, ho burlingame, novato and santa rosa, california nurses association now accusing the health system. of not taking the health and well being of nurses seriously, especially during the pandemic. the union says saturn and the nurses group have been negotiating contracts for more than a year with little advancement. the nurses are now demanding better staffing more access to ppe workers' compensation while caring for infectious diseases and workplace violence protections in a statement. the association

says center has failed nurses of northern california the sienna says nurses notified center corporate leaders of this demonstration at the beginning of the month. they're calling it an informational picket, but as you can see, they're playing lots of music, getting lots of honking from cars this morning. they are set to kind of start sporadically. all throughout the day. you've got this one here in castro valley that started just a few minutes ago. another nevado that's set to start in less than a half hour and then several others throughout the bay area, all set to start noon . two o'clock, three o'clock and five o'clock this evening. we are reaching out to center help. for a statement and their response to this story. of course, we'll let you know once we hear back we're live this morning castro valley. i'm james torres. ktvu fox two news, james . thank you time 74. we're just now getting word in from ukraine . 2000 cars have left the ukrainian ports city of mario paul or the humanitarian corridor. that city has been under russian attacks for more than two weeks. people there have been left without food, water heat. in medicine, and

this is coming as russia's attacks on ukraine come closer and closer to central kiev, several strikes hitting residential neighborhoods today. of 15 story apartment building was hit along with the entry to a downtown subway station. it's been used as a bomb shelter. the attacks come just hours ahead of more scheduled peace talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators. and we obviously would love to see them succeed clearly, but there hasn't been there hasn't been much progress and in that regard and look at this and anti war protester in russia interrupted a live broadcast on russian state tv condemning the war. human rights groups say that woman who protested has been detained by the russian government. the white house is reportedly considering a visit by president biden to europe for a face to face meeting with nato leaders. the president could travel to nato headquarters in brussels as soon as next week. ukrainian

president vladimir zelensky set to address us lawmakers in a virtual speech to congress tomorrow. u s officials warned that russia could be preparing to use chemical weapons, the white house's threatening severe consequences that that happens but isn't giving details. those are conversations that will happen continue to happen with our national security team. and with our partners and allies around the world, i want to really go hard on military assistance for ukraine. if there's use of chemical weapons, that's time for no fly zone. the president is expected to sign a spending bill containing nearly $14 billion in aid to ukraine this week. time is 706 south bay congressman broke on a promising to work with his colleagues on capitol hill to send more u. s weapons to ukraine. the congressman made that promise last night after his closed door meeting with ukraine's consul general here in the bay area, they agreed the war in ukraine is getting worse every day. we have to get more weapons, in my view into the hands of ukrainians getting a lot of

emails and letters like that. yeah, we have. we've gotten a lot of letters not just from ukrainian americans, but for many people in the district to stand. strong with ukraine to make sure we're supporting them in this fight and asking what they can do to help. and congressman kinda as a member of the house armed services committee. he wants to make sending weapons and military aircraft to ukraine his top priority when he goes back to capitol hill. make sure you stay right here with us on mornings on two for the latest on the war in ukraine, and you can get updates at any time by going to the channel to website ktvu .com. 77 now happening today. the walnut creek city council will vote on giving final approval to creating a buffer zone around the planned parenthood office in that city. police say they received dozens of complaints about clients being harassed outside the building in the past two years, including verbal and physical harassment. the protesters blocking the sidewalks. the council gave preliminary approval in january and will take a final vote at tonight's

meeting. happening today, the sonoma county board of supervisors will consider tax relief proposals for the struggling cannabis industry. according to the press, democrat county staff will recommend cutting the cultivation tax on growers by 10. the board is also set to review a longer term plan that could change what the growers taxes are based on switching from square footage to gross receipts. the proposals come as industry advocates try to ease the burden of taxes and regulations. time is 78. bart says ridership has gone up since the middle of last month, and bark spokesman jim allison points to the higher gasoline prices and more people going back to opposite. last thursday was our highest ridership day. since march, 2020 before the shelter in place took place. it was 129,000 people on the weekday, so that is a fraction of where we were before the pandemic. but we are seeing more people returning to part we're happy about that. jim allison

says its riders come back to bard. they'll see some changes like bart's new air filtration system, and they're more efforts to keep trains, claims and happening today of our train line is being suspended until further notice because of electrical problems. i'm talking about the red line that runs between richmond and sfo. it's been having problems and out of service since early last week, a cable installed back in the 19 seventies broke earlier this month. now without the red line, passengers have to transfer between the orange and yellow line trains in the east bait. there is also a shuttle drain between sfo and milburn. let's get you out and about where you need to go. this is one of those days cell where just an extra five or 10 minutes could make all the difference for people. yeah you know, uh and if you are getting on 80 that applies double their garcia. good morning to you. let's start with interstate 80 at the bay bridge toll plans. i just want to show you that it is crowded this

morning. driving into san francisco. it is looking kind of normal. we had a much earlier crash on the bridge, but it didn't really affect things because it was so early. that's just a normal backup. 80 westbound, though, is a mess between hercules and berkeley. we had a crash at bharat avenue. we also had some slow traffic could be high. i'm sorry after that getting into berkeley and 6 80 is slow from concord, towanda creek and highway four is very slow, so a lot of very slow traffic all over the east bay. it's not different. it's just that the wet weather is going to make it tough. the south day, though, has been pretty good. a little bit of slowing here and there, but not all that slow right now on one on 1 to 80 or 85. getting into sunnyvale and cupertino. it's 7 10. let's go back to the desk. all right, sal. thank you for as many people continue to work remotely . one san francisco based company is reopening so its employees can come back to officers. we'll tell you why city leaders want other businesses to do the same thing.

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of people stunned and heartbroken. claudine wang's and our ktvu newsroom and people who knew the gene packers say he wasn't inspiration. clotting that's right, dave now before becoming a police officer. the john packer was a san jose state football player. his coaches called him a friend to everyone. he influenced my career. because he went to hard way going from southeast city college. he was a walk on player. and he worked a full time job and came into scholarship here. and graduated honors, and lefferts started running back. now after earning his college degree he applied to and was accepted at the police academy. then he joined his hometown police department. many of his teammates are still on the team. coaches say he inspired several other players to join the police academy and always lead by example. he was just an awesome shining bright light. he just had a crazy energy in this big smile and,

uh, he just brought joy to everybody came in contact with coaches canceled practice yesterday and held a team meeting. instead they also had calls from several former team members who say they needed to talk to someone who understood their loss. it is still not clear how packer died, and officials are still looking for the cause of death. his body was found at his home in milpitas on sunday. garcia flooding wong. thank you. the world food program is struggling to get funding to people in ukraine and across the world who are experiencing food insecurity, the programme's executive director, says while trying to help ukrainian refugees food rations for other displaced people around the world have been slashed. so short of funds already and now with ukraine. we've we've got 50% rations for people, for example in yemen have just cut 50% rations for eight million people. 50% of rashes, chaired 50% rations and 50% don't have anything those

who are in extreme need, so it's already having a global impact. we've already seen countries. right before ukraine crisis begin to destabilize like mali, chad, burkina fossil and in my opinion, this a sign of things to come. he warns millions of people will be hurt by a global supply problem since the world food program half its grain from farmers in ukraine. time is 7 16 , california's republican lawmakers want to suspend the cat, the state's gasoline tax to bring down sky high gas prices. now the lawmakers tried to get a vote yesterday on the proposal to immediately eliminated california's 51 cents per gallon gas tax, but the bill didn't get enough support from democrats to make it to the assembly floor. i hope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will take seriously. californians need you to put partisanship aside. and some democrats say they're against suspending the gas tax because it pays for

maintenance projects on highways and roads. rideshare service lift plans to add a fuel surcharge to help offset the rising cost of gas for its drivers didn't give an amount for the surcharge and said the extra money paid will all go to the driver. this comes after uber announced a similar fee last week uber surcharges between 45 55 cents per trip. riders are still pay that fee even if their driver has an electric vehicle. passengers are coming back to oakland international airport. airport officials say that almost 600,000 passengers flew out of oakland international in january as air travel rebounded. that compares to some 271,000 passengers who used the airport at the same time last year, essentially right in the middle of the pandemic. alright gaza your time is 7 17 seiler's back. he'll tell us what's happening on the roads. how's it look? well it's beginning to normalize a little dave and garcia from when i got here in the morning, there were some pretty serious crashes. the roads were wide open. now it's more crowded.

it's a little harder to go fast and you can see the traffic is jammed up and that leads to fewer serious crashes. a couple of fender benders out there and when we do have rain or any sort of wet weather, we get more, but right now, assuming to get a little better, you know, it's really not better is 80. it is pretty solid from pretty much hercules all the way to berkeley. part of it is because of an earlier crash near the mcbride exit six eighties also very slow of concord, walnut creek. and if you're driving on highway four, slow from ante up all the way to bay point. this is a look at 5 80 the ultimate pass and also it's slow on 8 80 hayward. it's actually okay from livermore, pleasanton and getting over the dublin grade, though. it's 7 18. let's bring steve in with today's weather. right, sal? thank you, sir. front that wouldn't don't want to say it cold front because it's not that cold because it's still in the fifties. here for everybody is actually holding together quite well. we'll take it measurable rain is making it now out towards contra costa

county on the peninsula as well down towards santa clara valley so i think it over achieved here a little bit. kasid arrow 0.37 dillon beach 0.35. but jacob a also a third of an inch sacramento 14 100. why is that a big deal? that's their first rain and 66. days. that's a long time. if it was june and july, that'd be one thing, but not january, february march, saying alina 44 100 santa rosa, quarter of an inch petaluma quarter of an inch tilden park, 19 san francisco officially 16, although not far away, and find a quarter of an inch napa 12 oakland 11 sonoma picked up a 110.8g out to the north . so all done there from encino. kenny lake kenny, there was some four tends to a half inch around penn grove. also up towards we saw saline and even in the parts of mendocino county, our system that will be with us for a couple more hours here in the morning, and there's some fog out there to boot. mild temps were in the upper fifties visibility, not the greatest, but some areas of fog out there. some pockets of it better to the

north happened a mile and three quarters. air aloft in the forties, almost 50 per sonoma mountain, saying for ben lomond . the key is that the northwest northwest northwest, not northeast, not east. that is something we have not seen much up. temperatures are running noticeably warmer than 24 hours ago at the napa airport outfront along with petaluma, at 19 degrees and 18 degrees warmer. i don't think i've seen this in a long double digits warmer compared to 24 hours ago for everyone. which translates in the fifties to almost 60 mid fifties to upper fifties so 37 39 truck in south lake tahoe. this will not do much for snow up there. it's just to warm of a system. but the system on saturday night sunday morning, mike, our system will give us a little bit more running. maybe, you know 390.42 point five for remaining areas east and south. our next system. no look a little stronger as it comes in saturday evening. the way it looks right now. we'll take that if we can get a quarter to a third of an inch, that would be nice because next week if everything falls into place, very warm sixties on attempts to low seventies for some just too much warm air mass in place.

okay until the end of the week, and then on saturday, we'll deal with that next system. you guys okay, steve time. 7 20 what we're seeing price heights for thousands of products all over the world and now a shortage that started last year is getting even worse. in our next half hour y pool owners will see certain prices go up this summer . first, the lawsuit's been filed over the vaccine mandate for san francisco city workers. the reason some are against the policy would be returned.

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francisco for requiring them to get vaccinated against covid. the lawsuit was filed yesterday . it says the vaccine does not protect workers' health and says san francisco's vaccine requirement violates their religious freedoms. three workers who filed the lawsuit say they all applied for religious exemptions but were turned down by the city. last year, san francisco ordered its 35,000 city workers to get back some nated or risk losing their jobs. time is 7 24 wild, the state of california has ended its mandate for wearing a mask in schools. bay area school districts are divided about whether students should keep wearing a mask. now each school district and county held office or allowed to decide their own mass policy school districts that lift the mask mandate will still let students who want to wear a mask, do it. now in san jose, the alum rock union school district will require students and staff to wear masks for the

rest of the school year. school officials say. neighborhoods have been hit hard by covid and new virus cases have been reported. but some teachers, administrators and some families disagree with the school districts decision. nobody wants to stay at home and, you know, not feel good. and we all have come to the realization that this mask helps. so it's all about safety. i think it was a great calm, especially right now , you know, i know that the county feels confident, but you never know what could happen in a few months. now the oakland school district is extending its indoor mask mandate for at least five more weeks. san francisco school officials would require elementary school students to wear facial coverings for three more weeds. now, middle and high school students have the option. they can take off their masks if they want. and the principle that concord high school estimates 70% of students still wore masks to school yesterday,

even though schools and contra costa county lifted their mass mandate. the united nations is now hosting a biodiversity conference to search for better ways to protect endangered animals around the world. representatives from some 200 countries are attending this week's meeting in geneva, switzerland. a recent u. n report finds more animals are now threatened with extinction than at any other time in human history, and researchers found that humans are largely to blame for this. because of expensive agricultural land, habitat destruction. ah deforestation all have caused the human population to move closer. to the widely wild areas or the what the animal kingdom. the research found a record breaking number of animals is now being threatened by habitat loss, pollution and climate change. the u. n wants nations around the world to unite and come up with a comprehensive plan to fight the problem. 7 26 with a

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it's the eat fresh refresh at subway and it comes as new numbers are showing. more than three million people have fled ukraine. also ahead for the first time in two years. twitter in san francisco is welcoming back employees to its office. the reason city leaders one other businesses to do the same thing. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings on tube. welcome morning to you and welcome back to mornings onto i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. it's tuesday, march 15th, and you're likely waking up to the sound of rain. nothing is better. steve paulson is here. this is exactly what you told us to expect yesterday. sometimes the forecast is on the money, and you put your faith in a forecast model and it comes true. and this time it did. that is correct. asi and david. this one is holding together and

we're getting some tuesday morning read. there's been some okay totals, santa rosa picked up a third of an inch bodega bay. i know calistoga st alina had over 4/10. so that's good up in the oakland berkeley hills about attempt to a quarter although tilden park picked up 0.31 so your tuesday to step has morning rain. i don't think this will last too much longer. mostly cloudy, mild temps. i mean, they were sitting in the mid fifties upper fifties, so we'll end up with sixties to near 70, especially if you get some sun breaks their livermore in sandals. all right over to salhi is been busy as well. where do you want to go? bay bridge toll plaza or somewhere else. you know what? we don't want to neglect our friends in lafayette. i want to show you highway 24. all of a sudden, we have a lot of slow traffic there. it's pretty crowded driving on 24 past the lafayette bart station all the way to the tunnel. all these commutes are pretty crowded. i think a lot of people are in their cars right now. looks like i my camera went dark. let's go to the bay bridge here. westbound for a big littl0

is also very slow from elsa bronte to berkeley. concord walnut creek highway four. so almost everywhere you look, it's slow hayward to union city and fremont, the only spot that seems oddly not that bad is the drive from pleasanton over to castro valley, okay? and some of the south they traffic is beginning to fill in, including 2 80. we'll check more of that coming up at 7 32. let's go back to the headlines. all right, sal . well happening today. twitter in san francisco is reopening its office to employees, and this comes as mayor, london breed and other city business leaders encourage people to come back to the city. ktvu zahle rasmus here now to explain to push to bring in workers and even tourists from overseas. good morning, david. the bottom line is mayor london breed and other business leaders in san francisco, say the city needs people to survive and recover economically. from this two year long pandemic and to start this morning, social media company twitter is reopening its office doors to welcome employees back

. the company's ceo says workers can continue to work from home if they choose, but emphasize that there are definitely advantages to having everyone working in the same office space . now mayor london breed and other city leaders want other businesses to do the same and encourage their employees to come back. they've introduced a program called bloom sf, which will include free street performances this week, like from this one from seven fingers circus, which performs the ongoing show, dear san francisco at club forgot. see there are other outdoor events planned for this week as well. we're gonna bring some roller skating to downtown. we're going to bring some disco to downtown. we're gonna bring some djs and play some music and make people feel good. the small puppet mom and pop businesses in downtown san francisco. that make this city so special and unique, um, desperately need folks that come back to work. there's also a push to bring back international travelers. mayor breed is in

europe right now, with that goal in mind, she and other city officials will be visiting london, brussels, frankfurt and paris. over the course of the next 10 days, they will be meeting with airline representatives. and local leaders in europe. to quote reestablish sfo as the international gateway to california and a hub for the european market. david garcia back to you. all right, ali. thank you. time now. 7 34 wolf, san francisco's famous grace cathedral, will reopen the visitors for the first time since the pandemic began. there'll be guided tours starting tomorrow of the fame church when church services are not being held. the first tour will feature 18 will include explanations of the history and open to everyone for general viewing , as well as for services and for prayer time is 7 34. russia's attacks on ukraine are moving closer to the central part of the capital city of kiev. a series of strikes today hit a residential neighborhood, including a 15 story apartment

building. the leaders of poland , the czech republic and slovenia are traveling to keep today to meet with president zelinsky and show support for ukraine. the international organization for migration says the number of people who fled ukraine has now passed the three million mark. members of one family who escaped from ukraine are now hoping to reunite with their loved ones in a city just outside the bay area. dominic files recently made arrangements to get four of his family members safely out of ukraine and into germany. he is now asking the u. s embassy in germany to grant them emergency visas so they can take the final leg of their journey to tracy. i'm not asking for you know the government to support my family. i've never asked for that. i've worked hard all my life and all i want is to bring them so i can help them. some members of the same family have remained in ukraine to fight invading russian forces. time now, 7 35 well, today another american astronaut, is breaking the u. s record for the longest single

spaceflight on record. the current record is 340 days, it was set by scott kelly in 2015. but by the time mark vanda hey returns at the end of the month, he'll live logged 355 days in orbit. he's due to be riding back in the russian capsule with two cosmonauts. nasa is kind of shrugged off comments from the head of its russian counterparts , suggesting that the u. s sanctions now imposed against moscow over the ukraine war. could destroy us russian team work on the international space station. we are in communication with our russian colleagues. there's no fuzz on that. we're not seeing any impacts of what's going on around us were able to do our jobs were aware of what's going on. but we are able to do our jobs continue operations. another head of nasa says he has confirmation that hey, will be coming back to earth on march 30th as planned. governor newsom has approved emergency legislation. dave yes, he's approved this emergency

legislation, it lifts a controversial court ordered enrollment freeze and u c. berkeley the governor signed a bill last night only hours after it was unanimously approved by the legislature. now this affects about 2600 cows. students who otherwise probably would not be admitted this fall . legislation now gives california's public universities and colleges 18 months to correct potential problems that affect enrollment. san francisco teachers say many instructors in this city are going without paid pay due to glitches in their new payroll system. held a rally yesterday, expressing their frustration over this when teachers said the problems started at the end of january with about 18 substitute teachers who said they didn't receive their paychecks. it appears the new system has problems recognizing those who work multiple jobs in the district or those who are on leave. so i have two women that i'm working with is still try and get paid. this is weeks and weeks who have newborn infants at home, who have not been paid

thousands of dollars they are owed. the school district acknowledges hundreds of san francisco teachers have not received the regular paychecks due to the new payroll system. district leaders say they are working to fix this problem. all right, tom, the 7 37. hey sal, did you fix everything on highway 24 that you were just showing us well, no, we're going to show you that we're also going to not not forget our friends in the south. dave i want to show you 2 80 in san jose first, but we'll get up to the east bay. we have slow traffic almost everywhere. now. the only good news is that the commutes have become a little better when it comes to accidents because people are driving pretty slow, so there's not much room to get into. pretty serious crashes. you can look at the south bay map, and that's looking pretty normal. things are beginning to normalize in the east bay 8 80 hayward to fremont is slow. coton 60 80 years sloth through pleasant in and there's a lot of slow traffic at the altamont pass. the biggest problem has been 80 between hercules and richmond getting into berkeley.

we've had a lot of slow traffic there, and traffic has been also slow, of course at the bay bridge now dave mentioned highway 24. we can look at that . it's still pretty slow here driving past the spark station. it's slow and go all the way to the tunnel. 7 38. let's bring steve back in with today's weather. thank you kind, sir. we will take a look at our system, which is producing rain here, said some pretty good rain to the north way more than some of the forecast projections. that's a good sign settle less. but it is ending areas to the north about marine county north. looks like most everything is done. i'm not seeing any new additions to the rain gauges there. but south it is calistoga 0.4 to thank you, gary converse for that, darryl. thank you. raymond 0.37 dillon beach, the third of an inch. the deck, obey picked up a third of an inch. the locations include st alina at 0.44 santa rosa 0.35. i'm not using the airport. i'm using downtown bennett valley and another location downtown center goes ahead. a third of an inch tilden park. that's not bad.

oakland berkeley hills. they're 0.31 petaluma, almost two bits san francisco officially 18 100 , but not far away. you can find 1000.24. affluent base. 17 napa 16 in oakland downtown picked up 12 1 hundred's. here we are getting excited by 12th of an injury. yeah so why you were, by the way sacramento picked up measurable rain their first rain in 66 days. my goodness. anything is good. at this point , the point of the game here system is moving south that weakens as it does, but even i think santa clara valley will get in on some tuesday morning ran. that's it is only early morning rain. by the time we get to nine o'clock, i think a lot of this will be done. the air masses really warm. the fog is out there. it looks to be a little bit better now than it was say about an hour ago, but you might encounter a mile or two miles visibility on some of the special in some of the bridges. sonoma amount is 50, diablo 46 ben on my mountain 49, but their wind direction is all northwest. it's not eastern northeast, so because of this cloud cover in place in this

system going through, we are running noticeably warmer than 24 hours ago by 10 to 19 degrees on napa airport is plus 19. compared to yesterday at this time and look at all the fifties. i mean, everyone. i haven't seen this in a long time. 55 is popular won't agree. napa airport, berkeley, oakland . it's close for everyone else. 56 carlos, palo alto and sunny about 37 39 truckee, south lake tahoe. that's not going to help much on the snow department. if this is a really warm system, and you can see it's slicing through. i don't think there's too much left so a couple 100 should do it. some of the higher elevations might pick up 1/10 of an inch. is there another system in the in the cold weather highway? yes it'll be here on late saturday afternoon or evening. and that looks even better. so let's hope it holds. we could use another half inch to an inch of rain that would certainly help sixties on attempts to near 70 for some, especially if you get a break in the cloud cover here. mostly sunny and not all the way into friday or next system, though, is on track for saturday evening, youtube steve thank you, 7 41 is gas prices reach highs we haven't seen before you

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the first day area county to reduce its homeless population to what it calls functional zero. that means anyone living on the street will receive aid quickly and won't be homeless for long. officials tell the chronicle their spending $37 million in federal and state funding. san mateo county has already built temporary housing and safe parking sites to accommodate more than 700 people with projects sheltering another 300 in the planning stage. governor newsom is proposing the creation of an office of health care affordability for california it would order the

state's hospitals, doctors, offices and insurance companies to keep their costs below a certain level. if they don't the state could impose fines. the goal is to rein in rapidly rising health care costs. the governor has included the creation of the new office in his budget proposal. our time is 7 45. after two really tough years, students have a school in the central valley are now relaxing and unwinding. thanks to therapy dogs. it means a lot to me. i wish i had a dog at home like this. how about that nine therapy dog teams in santa barbara county visited the junior high school to spend time with the students and the staff and the students say those dogs made their day. been a tough year. i'm being honest with this relaxing, very relaxing, cannot attend. would pet again? you're so cute. it's going fantastic. the kids have been wonderful. they're just love having l a

here it brings smiles. i've heard giggling. it brings confidence. it reduces stress, and they just loved having her and the dogs love being pitched. each group of students spent about 10 minutes with each of the different dog teams. they're already looking forward to them coming back. happier just watching that story. a group of researchers is working to retrain former racehorse is to be used as therapy animals. the researchers at the university of bristol in england want to give the horses a second career when they can no longer run and race their training them to be therapy animals for people with physical or emotional disabilities. it's um people needing therapy, whether that's mental health or physical disabilities, there seems to be sort of something that gels between a horse and a human the researchers conduct tests to monitor a horse's disposition and aptitude for training to understand which horses will make the best service animals. alright tom, it's 7 47 you fill

up the car, you clean the pool. the prices keep going up, but there's some relief in sight at the gasoline pump. thank goodness for that. airlines are also benefiting from spring break and summer plans. also, thank goodness pam cook is back today to dissect this and more in dollars and cents. a lot of people have been booking flights apparently don't know if you're part of the about delta, united and southwest. airlines all raised their revenue outlook, saying travel is rebounding from the pandemic right now, southwest stock is up about 6. delta and united airlines up more than 9% now, when that opening bell rang this morning in the last hour stocks headed higher in general as oil prices dropped, and the latest read on inflation came in a little lighter than expected as we take a live look at the numbers surging across the board, with the dow jones up a full percentage 90.335 points there. the s and p. 500 up one and a quarter. the nasdaq up almost 2% 237 still below 13,000. though it's at 12,000 and 23. we could finally start seeing a dip in

gas prices over the next few days. crude oil prices are falling dropped below $100 a barrel now for the first time since march, 1st the rest of the country is already seeing lower gas prices this morning, california's average actually went up a penny to 5 75 a gallon , however, economists say, because of lag time we should soon see a decline. as gas prices have been rising demand for electric vehicles also rising, and so are the prices. tesla raised prices on all of its models in the u. s earlier this week, tesla ceo tweeted that his other company, spacex has seen quote significant recent inflation pressure on materials including nickel and titanium, which are also used in tesla's and like so many other cars. there is also an increased demand. well if you do own a swimming pool, he may want to rush out and stock up on cleaning supplies. chlorine is another consumer item that is going up in price. stores say last year's shortage in chlorine. as worse this year,

producing plants in new jersey and louisiana in consecutive years. the louisiana facility produced 40% of the nation's chlorine tablets. now. £50 bucket. we are selling to 50. it might go. this is all up to $300. $300.02 years ago that same £50 bucket costs less than $100. right now, most chlorine tablets in the us come from china and europe. i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents. thank you salads back. it is 7 50. you've been busy sound a lot happening on our roads. yes we're finally beginning to get a little bit of relief here. it was worse earlier. it's still kind of right now. it's unwinding from what we had. let's start with highway 24. i'll show you that highway 24 westbound is a little bit slow, although it's getting a little better as you drive through the area and the bay bridge toll plaza. we do have traffic that is still slow, so

earlier. we had a lot of high speed collisions today. now we have a lot of slowing concord, walnut creek. 80 is just a mess from an earlier accident we had near mcbride. it's slowed from hercules, a solid line to berkeley. and to the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see 80 is slow from hayward, the union city and also the south bay is slow on all the approaches to the west valley, so almost everywhere is slow, but they're serious crashes have died down because the speeds are low. 7 51 . let's bring steve in with today's weather. right, sal? thank you, sir. our system is marching through here. it seems to be weakening a little bit, and that's understandable as it moves east and also south, but i have to give this one a gold star not more than just a participation trophy because it actually over achieved here for some, but it will continue to head down towards the santa clara valley, calistoga, 40 to 100 casa darrow dillon beach in bodega bay, all with the third of an inch of rain or a little

bit more than that, but the rain has ended to the north. also good rent semolina 44 100, santa rosa that's in town also added bennett valley 1000.35 tilden bark 0.3 to petaluma. quarter of an inch san francisco 18 half of a and oakland downtown 17 100 napa picked up 16 100 all done to the north. that's it for this system, but we'll give it credit . it did its job here on what has been just a brutal three months here. to try and get some rain in there was actually m soy lately. and the air masses very mild. all fifties here, mainly mid fifties but few upper fifties so this is not really a cold front because even truck in south lake tower 36. and 39. that's pretty warm here fifties in the valley all the way down to fresno and bakersfield, california 57 down in monterey, and our system is moving through . don't think it'll last too much longer. couple 100, maybe san jose livermore santa cruz

mountains down to morgan hill. but that should do it. we're gonna break for three days then our next system looks to be on track for saturday afternoon evening. and it looks to be stronger and that one will also increase snow totals up in the syria looks to be colder when i mean stronger sixties on attempts, upper sixties low seventies wouldn't take much only take about 10 degrees for some to get to 70. that'll be nice to partly sunny all the way into friday. then there's their next system. dave on track for saturday evening. it looks like the thank you time is 7 53 nurses at more than a dozen northern california hospitals claim the medical centers they worked for not doing enough to keep them safe. the accusations made against sutter health and how the nurses are taking a stand. and the oakland a's still revamping their roster before the upcoming season, you'll hear from first baseman matt olsen just traded to atlanta.

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veteran players may lead the team soon. mlb .com says the a's may trade one of their starting pitchers sean minaya, or frankie montas to the minnesota twins. now the a's already traded also have been here since 2012 so almost 10 years my whole baseball career and you know, it's bittersweet, leaving. he was a fan favorite matt olsen.

he's going to the oakland a's in exchange for four minor leaguers . he won two gold gloves and hit 39 homers last season, the most on the team. well also in is projected to earn $12 million this year. he grew up in georgia . he now will be living in atlanta. the a's are getting some of the braves top prospects , including really fast outfielder and a catcher with a really strong throwing arm, one of the strongest arms in the minors. well the first games of march madness begin today. 45 million people plan to bet on this year's college basketball tournament. the american gaming association predicts more than $3 billion will be bet on the turning. it includes both legal and illegal bets. it's not easy suggests companies lose billions of dollars in productivity during march madness as people are watching games during normal working hours, it is 7 57

salesforce, paying a lot of money to promote its name all over the world. our sister network in england sky news reports. that salesforce, which is based in san francisco, is expected to announce a sponsorship deal with formula one racing. it's the auto racing circuit with events all over the world, really popular, especially overseas sales force will be about $30 million a year for five years, becoming a major formula one sponsor. joining companies like perelli tires, heineken and relax. it is 7 58 will today in east bay city could be a step closer now to creating a new one acre skatepark. the pleasant and city council is expected to approve a conceptual design. for the city's new skate park when they meet tonight will also decide whether to pause the work until the city finds a source to pay for that $9 million project. the new skate park at the ken mercer

sports park would include picnic barbecue and viewing areas and also sections for beginner, intermediate and advanced skaters. the u. s figure skating championships are coming back to san jose two years after they were removed from the asap center because of covid santa clara county band large sports events during the early months of the pandemic. the skating championships had been scheduled for san jose in 2021. now the 2023 championships will be held january 23rd through the 29th and several local skaters, including alyssa lou. karen chan and vincent jokes are expected to compete for national titles. the tickets by the way, go on sale friday more. russia's attacks on ukraine continued to get closer to central key what leaders of the european union are doing today to show support for ukraine also ahead protests

across several northern california hospitals, including here in the bay area, why nurses at sutter health say the medical center is not doing enough to keep them safe and how sutter is responding. plus that sticker shock at the pump. it continues the reason the cost of gas won't be going down any time soon. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings onto and good morning to you. welcome the mornings onto i'm claudine wang. good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. it's tuesday, march 15th awfully great behind us along the gorgeous oakland estuary. let's see what's happening outside your window will turn to steve paulson. who is monitoring some rain moving through. finally you guys, i'd have to say this system over achieved here. maybe not south, but it did north where third, almost a half inch of rain fell. some of the totals now coming in. i think we're about done. there's still a little bit left will show you that here in a second, but even in sonoma happy rainy tuesday, steve. well, thank you. i appreciate that 2/10 in the rain gauge this morning and

beautiful. downtown sonoma. our system is moving east. main rain is made up to contra costa candle looks like it's falling apart, though about san jose, but it's making it in the santa cruz mountains as well. so you're tuesdays to step has some of this morning rain not much left of it then mostly cloudy, very mild on the taps here. any sun breaks and there will be a few near 70 degrees inland. alright over to sell, and when it rains, he's usually doing a fast dance himself or would like to start this time. well, let's start in the south bay, steve because things are getting better, and i like what i see on 2 80 in san jose. better than i saw at least a half hour ago. if you've been waiting to go into the cupertino or sunnyvale area, things are getting a little bit better. how we want to want also looks better. here at mckee road. i'll show you the map. there's still certainly a lot of slow traffic here. if you're driving in the east bay. there's a lot of slowing in the normal places. this has become more of a normal commute. but with the exception of interstate 80 is a mess because of earlier issues between hercules and berkeley, 6 80 is slow from concord, walnut

creek, i would say worst freeway of the morning. 80 westbound. if that's your commute, i would say , give yourself plenty of extra time. you can see it stopped raining on the same and tail bridge. we'll show you the bay bridge. right now. it's a little slow. 81 let's go back to the headlines, sal. thank you happening now nurses at more than a dozen hospitals throughout northern california, say sutter health medical centers aren't doing enough to keep them safe. ktvu james torres live in castro valley. this is one place where a demonstration is planned for this morning. garcia one of 15 all throughout northern california, this happening and starting just about an hour ago. you see a group of nurses a couple dozen all dress in these red hoodies standing in front of the eden medical center. this is part of that cetera health group. all standing under the reign with signs here, hoping to get a message spread. this is just in castro valley as members of the california nurses association and the nation nurses united they are now accusing the health system of

not taking the health and well being of nurses seriously, especially during the pandemic. the union says sutter and the nurses group have been negotiating contracts for about a year with little advancement. the nurse is now demanding better staffing. same hospital keeps hiring temporary traveling nurses who eventually move onto their next assignment, forcing full time nurses to work massive amounts of overtime. they also say there isn't enough security when handling overly aggressive patients. our nurses to feel safe taking care of those patients cause that's what we do. we take care of patients, but we need safe staffing to do that. we need security to help with us when they're extremely violent. i am just those kind of issues have come forward and we've been addressing them for a year. at new this morning. we are now getting escaped from central health group offering us just quote just as sutter's commitment to safe compassionate care remains unchanged showed us our goal of reaching an agreement that reflects the good

and important work of our nurses and maintains our strength and stability as an organization as we continue with negotiations. our patients will continue to receive uninterrupted quality care. this demonstration is just one of 15 happening today, all of the northern california all having different start times today, nurses here say if conditions don't improve anytime soon. they will consider going on strike. we're live this morning in castro valley. i'm james torrez. ktvu fox. two news . all right. thank you, james. but we are getting word from ukraine that today, 2000 cars left the ukrainian ports city of mariupol on a humanitarian corridor. the city has been under russian attacks for more than two weeks, and people there have been without water, food, heat and medicine and this comes as russia's attacks on ukraine come closer to central kiev. with several strikes hitting a residential neighborhood today, a 15 story apartment building was hit along with the entry to a downtown subway station that had been used as a bomb shelter.

the attacks come just hours ahead of more scheduled peace talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators. and we obviously would love to see them succeed clearly, but there hasn't been there hasn't been much progress and in that regard. an anti war protester in russia interrupted a live broadcast on russian state tv condemning the war. human rights groups say the woman who has protested has been detained by the russian government. the white house is reportedly considering a visit by president biden to europe for a face to face meeting with native leaders. president could travel to nato headquarters in brussels as soon as next week. ukrainian president vladimir zelensky is set to address us lawmakers in a virtual speech to congress tomorrow. u s officials warned that russia could be preparing to use chemical weapons. the white house is threatening severe consequences if that happens without giving details. those are conversations that will happen continue to happen with our national security team. and with our partners and allies around the world, i want to really go hard on military assistance for ukraine if

there's use of chemical weapons, that's time for no fly zone. the president is expected to sign a spending bill containing nearly $14 billion in aid to ukraine this week. south bay congressman ro khanna is vowing to work with his colleagues on capitol hill to provide more u. s weapons to ukraine. the congressman made that promise last night after his closed door meeting with ukraine's consul general in the bay area. they agreed the u. s. must take strong action in response to the war that they say is getting worse every day. we have to get more weapons, in my view into the hands of ukrainians getting a lot of emails and letters like that. yeah we have. we've gotten a lot of letters not just from ukrainian americans, but for many people in the district to stand strong with ukraine to make sure we're supporting them in this fight and asking what they can do to help. congressman connie is a member of the house armed services committee. he plans to make sending weapons and military aircraft to ukraine his top priority when he returns

to capitol hill and stay with mornings onto for the latest on the war in ukraine, and you can get updates anytime by going to the channel to website ktvu .com. time is 87 happening today , the world that creek city council will vote on giving final approval to create a buffer zone around the planned parenthood office in that city. police say they received dozens of complaints about clients being harassed outside the building in the past two years. including verbal and physical harassment and protesters blocking the sidewalks. the council gave preliminary approval in january will take a final vote at tonight's meeting to the north bay were happening today, the sonoma county board of supervisors will consider tax relief proposals for the struggling cannabis industry. according to the press, democrat county staff will recommend cutting the cultivation tax on growers by 10% the board is also set to review a longer term plan that could change with the growers. taxes are based on switching from square footage to gross receipts. the proposals come as industry advocates try to ease the burden of taxes and

regulations. martin says the ridership has increased since the middle of last month, and bart spokesman jim allison points to the higher price of gas and more people returning to the office. last thursday was our highest ridership day. since march, 2020 before the shelter in place took place. it was 129,000 people on the weekday, so that is a fraction of where we were before the pandemic. but we are seeing more people returning to bart. we're happy about that. alison says. as writers come back to bart, they'll see changes like bart's new air filtration system and more efforts to keep trains clean and happening today at bart train line is being suspended until further notice because of electrical problems. the red line runs between richmond and sfl. one has been out of service since early last week, a cable that was installed in the 19 seventies broke earlier this month. without the red line passengers are going to have to transfer between the

orange and yellow line trains in the east bay. there is also a shuttle train between sfo and milbury. alright, let's see if we can't get you out the door here. 89 typically the heat of the morning commute. we're dealing with some added pressures today cell we are, and that's a lot of it has to do with the rain that came down and also just a lot of the slow traffic that came down to the area earlier in the morning. it never really recovered. let's go to the san mateo bridge, though we are seeing some um, recovery here. on that same entail bridge . we are seeing some better commutes on the bay bridge. it's moving a little better, even though it's still seems crowded. so if you do have the luxury of waiting around, it might benefit you a little bit. if you have it now, 80 westbound is still slow , but it's beginning to break up a little bit from hercules to richmond in berkeley, and 6 80 is still slow from concord, walnut creek. marin county, of course, has some slowing between 37 central san rafael. it's 809. let's go back to the desk. it just leaves. everybody just devastated that he's gone, but his legacy will never be

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now with speeds up to 5-gigs. least five homeless people in new york city and washington, d c. police say the suspect stocked homeless men who were sleeping on the streets and two of the victims died. the first attacks happened in washington, d. c at the beginning of the month, and there were two similar attacks on saturday in new york city. officials from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms arrested the man in washington d. c early this morning. five people in the sacramento area are accused of illegally bringing more than 500 guns to california from georgia. this according to the chronicle , which says the ring allegedly operated out of north highlands in sacramento county, but also had operations in union city. martinez enter lock. court documents indicate the guns were sold on the black market in california. the five people are now facing federal criminal charges. the oakland police department plans to use some newly acquired drones to help keep the community safe. the

oakland chinatown improvement council and california waste solutions donated the unmanned aerial vehicles. oakland's police chief says the drones will be a valuable tool in conducting searches in areas that are hard to access. police chief laurent armstrong also said they'll allow police officers to keep us safe distance away from any high risk situations. these vehicles will be used to conduct searches and rescues. look for missing people at high risk searches for individuals wanted for people who have violent arrest warrants. for barricaded armed suspects, as well as a de escalation tool. oakland police say the drones will also be extremely useful during their investigation of side shows. a san jose community is mourning after a san jose police officer and former football star died suddenly the body of 24 year old john packer was found sunday afternoon at his home. packer grew up in san jose and went to gunderson high school backer, then went on to become a running

back at san jose state and graduated from the city's police academy. a year ago. one of his coaches has packer was a friend to everyone calling his death a huge loss for the entire community. he influenced my career. because he went to hard way going from southeast city college. he was a walk on player. and he worked a full time job and he came and earned a scholarship here. and graduated honors, and lefferts started running back. packers football coaches say he was living his dream and wanted to serve the community where he grew up. his cause of death is still under investigation. sanders a mayor sam liccardo, offered his condolences in a tweet writing in part, my heart breaks for the family and many friends of officer dijon packer . we remember him for his courageous commitment to our city. california's republican lawmakers want to suspend the state's gas tax to bring down sky high gas prices. lawmakers tried to get a vote yesterday on the proposal to immediately eliminate california's 51 set per gallon gas tax. the bill did not get enough support from

democrats to make it to the assembly floor. i hope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will take seriously. californians need you to put partisanship aside. some democrats say they're against suspending the gas tax because it funds maintenance project on highways and roads. will live plans to add a fuel surcharge to help offset the rising cost of gas lift did not give an amount for that surcharge, but said the extra money paid would all go to the driver. and this comes after uber announced a similar fee last week. uber surcharge will be 45 to 55 cents per trip. riders still pay that fee even if the driver has an electric car. and the number of travelers at oakland international airport is more than double what it was at this time last year, airport officials saying almost 600,000 passengers flew out of oakland international in january as air travel rebounded. that compares to about 271,000 passengers who pass to the airport during this time last year. in january of 2019 before the pandemic. nearly a million passengers passed

through the oakland airport. time knows exist, 8 16. let's see what's happening on our roadways. a lot of people hoping that the late bird gets the worm in today's commute. sell. yes you're absolutely right, guys. yes, sometimes staying at home later, perhaps taken that first call at home. is the best way to do it. let the traffic subside and then go into the office. i know a lot of people who do that one on days like today and look at this map. it's really a lit up. like a christmas tree is somehow it couldn't say it, but that's the way it is conquered towanda creek, hercules to berkeley. nevada to san rafael. everywhere heading down towards the middle of the bay is slow, and that's just the beginning. you can see the same mateo bridge, though, is getting better. let's take in with the bay bridge. that's also getting a little bit better. i can tell just by looking at the movement of the cars. at one point looks like everyone was just stop there. now things are moving through. sacha big funnel there . once everyone gets through, things will be better. so if you can delay your trip a little

bit, it would be the best thing to do. i know you can't that some people can't do that. they have to go when they have to go. at 8 17. right steve, like we have to go when we have to go in the morning. and a minute or two is a big deal. right big deal. big deal? yes sir. all right. thank you, sal. we'll get to it. here are rain is almost done. but this system did okay and most range for some going all the way back to early january. i mean, that's that's a long stretcher. our good friend george mccrae and el cerrito, the ides of march. welcome to 11 1. hundreds of real honest to goodness not fake, but real rain and elsewhere. you don't think, george. i know what you mean. chris henry dana morgan hill said. you know, it smells like down here the furry first round of the season. i had that exact same feeling on sunday when i picked up a little bit of rain had been so long. our system is marching eastward and south and left behind some. i'd say some pretty good totals. calistoga. point to one cassandra third of an inch dillon beach, a third of an inch bodega bay. also a third of point, reyes had over a

quarter of an inch of rain and marin county marin county kind of missed out on this one. santa lina 44 100 santa rosa 1000.35 that's in town closer to town, not the airport. tilden park, 0.3 to petaluma. quarter of an inch san francisco mount davidson. point to one half moon bay and oakland downtown, both with 17 100 napa picked up 16 1 hundred's system is made its move through areas to the north. so you're done there. there's still a lot of cloud cover has to come through, and our system is now marching across the peninsula. san jose, there's really not a lot. of course, the rain shadow that sandals they have. you can see that showing up on radar. a lot of fifties on the time mid fifties for almost everyone here, not a cold air mass in place, as indicated by trucking tile being 36 40 that will do it for snow. there's some of the higher passes maybe, but overall, our system is about done something maybe a couple more. one hundred's down towards san jose livermore, santa cruz mountains down to morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. but not much left anymore. coming across

yes, saturday. everything is pointing towards saturday's system being okay, maybe even a little bit better, more dynamic than the one we just had. sixties upper sixties to near 70 on the temps will clear it out have mostly fair weather. wednesday thursday friday next system still looks to be on track for saturday afternoon in the evening, claudine and gossip all right. thanks, steve. all right. we are seeing the price hike for thousands of products around the world and now is shortage that began last year is getting even worse in our next half hour. white pool owners will see certain prices rise this summer first, though a lawsuit's been filed over the vaccine mandate for san francisco city employees why some are against the policy when we come back?

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wage gap on this equal payday. the date symbolizes how far into the year women have to work to earn what men earned in the previous year. vice president harris is scheduled to lead a virtual summit to mark the day and announced moves to boost pay equity for new federal workers and employees of federal contractors. president biden is also going to sign an executive order to limit access to applicants and employees previous pay history when federal contractors determined salaries. three city employees have sued san francisco for requiring them to get vaccinated against covid. the lawsuit was filed yesterday. it says the vaccine does not protect workers' health and san

francisco's vaccine requirement violates their religious freedoms. three workers have filed the lawsuit say they all applied for religious exemptions but were turned down. last year , san francisco ordered its 35,000 city workers to get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. and while the state of california has ended its mandate for wearing masks in schools they area school districts are divided about whether students should continue to wear masks. now each school district and county health department is allowed to decide their own mask policies. the school districts that lift the mask mandate will still allow students who want to wear a mask to do that. and in san jose, the alum rock union school district will require students and staff to wear masks for the rest of the school year. school officials say neighborhoods have been hit hard by covid and new virus cases have been reported. but some teachers, administrators and some families disagree with the school districts decision. nobody wants to stay at home and , you know, not feel good. and we all have come to the realization that this mask helps

. so it's all about safety. i think it was a great call. especially right now. you know, i know that the county feels confident, but you never know what could happen in a few months. the oakland school district is extending its indoor mask mandate for at least five more weeks. san francisco school officials will require elementary school students to wear face coverings for more than three weeks, middle and high school students have the option of taking off their masks. and the principal at concord high school, estimates that 70% of students still wore masks to school yesterday. even those schools and contra costa county lifted their mask mandate a 25 years the united nations is now hosting a biodiversity conference to search for better ways to protect endangered animals around the world. representatives from some 200 countries are attending this week's meeting in geneva, switzerland. a recent u. n report finds more animals are now threatened with extinction that in any other time in human history, the researchers found that humans are largely to blame. because of expensive agricultural land, habitat

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show. more than three million people have fled the war torn country also ahead for the first time in two years, twitter and san francisco is welcoming employees back to the office. why city leaders want other businesses to do the same. from ktvu. fox two news. this is mornings onto thank you so much for joining us. i'm gasia mikaelian and i'm quoting wang. today is tuesday march 15th and we are happy to see the great skies out there today. steve paulson. i love it, waking up to what? pavement rain on my windshield. i needed the windshield wipers i needed at all and i'll take it a little more than i thought we might get. i would concur with that on

all counts. there was much needed at windshield wipers. gas even mentioned that when she came in earlier and we're finally it looks like we're about done with this system here, some just some lingering rain here, mainly south towards santa clara valley. but jim up and like county. good morning, steve. good morning, jim. 0.24 quarter inch of much needed rain on cobb mountain. i just high clouds now hope the saturday system brings even more sure looks like a gym. i think so. it looks even wetter. if everything continues to march in place we're about done here. this system going south is just really not much left of it. but maybe a little bit of light drizzle or light rain sixties on attempts to near 70. alright sounds had a lot to talk about here this morning, and this time he will begin with some improvement. steve we do have some improvement in lafayette and some of those east bay commutes and contra costa county . how we 24. let's go to it. you can see that it is moving along a little bit better. past that lafayette bar station. there it is. you can see it's better than it was. at one point it was stop and go through here. it's

crowded, but it's getting better. i do see the traffic at the bay bridge is also a little bit better than it was last time. but look, you can still see slow traffic here between elsa bronte and berkeley that was backed up to hercules before so that's the good news and one of the things that i also want to mention this 6 80 is still slow. but how we four is getting a little bit better. 8 31 let's go back to the headlines. all right. thanks sal. happening today, twitter is reopening its office to workers. that move comes as mayor, london breed and other business leaders in san francisco are encouraging people to come back to the city. ktvu sally rastus joins us now live to explain that push to bring in workers and even tourists from abroad. good morning, alan. good morning. cloudy in the bottom line is mayor london breed and other business leaders in san francisco say the city needs people to survive and recover economically from this two year long pandemic and to start this morning, social media company twitter is reopening its office doors to welcome employees back. the company's ceo, says workers can continue to work from home if they choose, but emphasized

that there are advantages to having everyone working in the same space. now mayor breed and other city leaders want other businesses to do the same and encourage their employees to return. they introduced a program called bloom sf, which will include free street performances like this one from seven fingers circus, they performed the ongoing show dear san francisco at club benghazi. the week long program will also feature things like roller skating performances, wine tasting events, free outdoor fitness classes and art installations. if you're a business don't just encourage your employees to come back. give them opportunities for engagement. there's so many places to be outdoor and safely gather. if you're a worker who's hesitant, come back and remember what it's like to reconnect with your coworkers and rediscover what it is you love about being downtown. and if you're a visitor who just hasn't come back? this is going to be the perfect week. to get re acquainted. there's also a push to bring back international tourists. mayor breed is in europe right now, with that goal in mind, she and other city

officials will be visiting london, brussels, frankfurt and paris over the course of the next 10 days. they'll be meeting with airline representatives and local leaders to reestablish sfo as the international gateway to california and a hub for the european market clouding and garcia back to you. all right. thank you. ali well, tomorrow, san francisco's grace cathedral will reopen to visitors for the first time since the pandemic started, and there will be guided tours of that fame church when church services are not being held. the first tour will feature 18 artifacts and will exclude explanations of history and significance of each item. that church is going to remain open for everyone for general viewing, as well as for services and prayer. 8 33. russia's attacks on ukraine are moving closer to the central part of the capital city of keith. a series of strikes today hit a residential neighborhood, including a 15 story apartment building. the leaders of poland , the czech republic and slovenia or traveling to kiev today to meet with president vladimir zelensky, and to show support for ukraine. the

international organization for migration says the number of people who fled ukraine has now passed three million members of one family who escaped from ukraine are now hoping to reunite with their loved ones in a city just outside the bay area. dominic files recently made arrangements to get four of his family members safely out of ukraine and into germany. he's now asking the u. s embassy in germany to grant them emergency visas so they can take the final leg of their journey to tracy. i'm not asking for you know the government to support my family. i've never asked for that. i've worked hard all my life and all i want is to bring them so i can help them. some members of the same family have remained in ukraine to fight invading russian forces. today another american astronaut is breaking the u. s record for the longest single spaceflight on record. the current record is 340 days set by scott kelly back in 2015. but by the time mark vanda hey returns at the end of this

month, he'll have logged 355 days in orbit. he is said to be writing back in a russian capsule with two cosmonauts. nasa has shrugged off comments from the head of its russian counterpart, suggesting that u. s sanctions imposed against moscow over the ukraine crisis could destroy us russian team work on the international space station. we are in communication with our russian colleagues. there's no fuzz on that. we're not seeing any impacts of what's going on around us were able to do our jobs were aware of what's going on. but we are able to do our jobs continue operations. the head of nasa says he is confirmation that he will be coming back to earth on march 30th as planned. san mateo county says it's moving toward becoming the first area county to reduce its homeless population to what it calls functional zero this means anyone living on the streets of receded quickly and won't be homeless. for long. officials tell the chronicle their spending $37 million in federal and state funding. mateo counties already built temporary housing and safe parking sites. to accommodate more than 700 people with projects sheltering

another 300 in the planning stage, governor gavin newsom is proposing the creation of an office of health care affordability for california it would order the state's hospitals, doctors, offices and insurance companies. to keep their costs below a certain level. if they don't the state could impose fines. the goal is to rein in rapidly rising health care costs. the governor has included the creation of this new office in his budget proposal. well governor, newsom has approved emergency legislation that lifts a controversial court ordered enrollment freeze at u c. berkeley the governor signed that bill last night, just hours after it was unanimously approved by the state legislature. it does affect some 2600 cal students who otherwise likely would not have been admitted this fall. the legislation now gives california's public universities and colleges 18 months to address potential issues that have an impact on enrollment. and san francisco teachers say many instructors in the city are now going without pay due to glitches in their new payroll system. they held a rally

yesterday to express their frustration. one teacher told us the problems started at the end of january was about 18 substitute teachers, who said. they had not received their paychecks, and it appears the new system has problems recognizing those who work in multiple jobs in the district or who are on leave. so i have two women that i'm working with this still try and get paid. this is weeks and weeks who have newborn infants at home, who have not been paid thousands of dollars they are owed. the school district acknowledges hundreds of san francisco teachers have not received their regular paychecks due to the new payroll system, and district leaders say they are now working to fix that problem. right 8 30 70 just so nice when we get this rain, i knew we were supposed to expect it, steve paulson, but like cloudy, and you said it was a little bit more than what we were hoping for. at least northward. that's true. we talked about that most of us would be north of the golden gate. san francisco, oakland south, there's still a little bit but i don't think there's too much left here, but it is

making its march down towards santa clara valley santa cruz mountains as well heading down to monterey gilroy and also hollister's, but there's not a heck of a lot left from this system, but it did do pretty well to the north. calistoga point for two, kazuhiro had a third dillon beach a third bodega bay had a third. i should also mention that fort bragg and a half inch of rain near penn grove there was 47 100. and also st alina joined that 0.44. i know around santa rosa in town, bennett valley, 0.35 tilden park did really well. third of an inch of rain petaluma quarter of an inch. i know point. reyes also had a quarter of an inch. san francisco kind of splitting the difference class. uh 0.18 point 21.24, so i just split a point to one that was at mount davidson half moon bay, oakland downtown 17 100 napa picked up 16 100 all gone to the north that's for sure system is now moving into this year. but this is a very warm system. so snow level is quite high and temperatures are very warm there. down towards that. we talked about san jose towards

gilroy. santa cruz santa cruz mountains system is falling apart down there, but still holding together a little bit. very mild. no cold air with this system. a lot of fifties here these were some of the lowest 55 is popular. take your pick. novato napa airport, walnut creek, berkeley, oakland, san francisco in their san carlos hayward, sunnyvale closed for everyone else. 40 in south lake tahoe 36 trucking 57 down in monterey, same los angeles, 57. so our system we can rounding third and heading for home, but we'll give it a gold star for giving us an okay rain. not much left her anywhere except in the south, and that will only be a couple 100 will get a three day break before the next system arrives. that will be on saturday morning to the north saturday afternoon evening to the south, and it looks like it has a little bit more punch, maybe a little more cold air, which could give the mounts a little bit more of the way of snow instead of such a warm system sixties to near 70 today, it'll be nice next couple of days weeks system falls apart on thursday so some clouds, then we'll clouded up saturday. rain starts to the north on saturday,

probably late morning and then afternoon evening for everyone else. you guys steve. thank you. we continue to stay on top of the ongoing crisis in ukraine, nato member stepping up their support in ukraine's fight against russia this morning on the nine how china could play a key role in the next steps. and if you have a lot of storage on your smartphone, but not enough space. you are not alone. up next. we'll have some tips on how you can free up some space. when it comes to cybersecurity, the biggest threats don't always strike the biggest targets. so help safeguard your small business with comcast business securityedge™. it's advanced security that continuously

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sack shows us some quick tips to help you declutter that phone, but it starts with a little detective work. like a lot of parents. marisa mell very loves taking pictures of her kids, but those pictures started filling up her phone. i bought a phone with 256 gigs of storage because i was constantly running into this issue where i max out my phone storage and couldn't use the phone anymore. consumer reports says there are some quick and easy steps to free up storage on your phone without sacrificing your data. it all starts with a little detective work. the first thing you need to do is look into your phone and see what's actually taking up so much space to check an android phone go to settings, battery and device care storage. on an iphone. it's settings.

general iphone storage. if your phone is photo heavy, you can offload pictures and videos to cloud based storage such as icloud or google photos or move them to a computer or external hard drive. you can also optimize your photos. that means full resolution. picks are stored on the cloud, while smaller versions remain on your phone. if music is what you're hoarding, think streaming. instead you don't really need to download and store a lot of music on your phone. that goes for podcast, too. for some people. the issue is memory. heavy apps. all of a sudden i'm running out of space. and it's because i have these old apps that i don't even use anymore. in that case, you can delete old apps or offload them, which gets rid of the apps but keeps the data related to them so you can always download them again and pick up where you left off. and don't forget your text messages . all those shared photos gifs p

space iphone users like marissa can clear out big text attachments on the iphone storage screen. that was jenna sacks reporting, experts are also advising smartphone users to change those settings to save their text messages for a year or three days instead of forever . i love reading through old texas interest strings anyway. let's move on to a new report that shows on average americans upgraded their cellphones about every three years. but not everyone knows that old phones could still be worth hundreds of dollars. there are a few options if your phone is paid off companies such as apple and samsung, usually by older devices when you're getting a new one amazon and best buy often offer gift cards for most older phones. some wireless providers also give you credit when you trade in your old phone, but to get the most money shop around check websites such as back market, ebay and gazelle. to sell your old device . let's talk about these high gas prices. they're now helping to drive up the prices of electric cars even and spring break and plans for the summer, helping the airlines this morning. pam cook joins us with a look at today's dollars and

cents a lot of people booking tickets. booking trips right now, delta united and southwest airlines all raised their revenue outlook looking forward. saying travel is rebounding now that pandemic restrictions have eased and more people feel comfortable traveli. those stocks shot up when sharen delta and united up close to 9% now a drop in oil prices and an inflation report this morning that came in a little better than expected, helping stocks. go up this morning. take a look at the dow jones up more than one full percentage point there. 383 points. the nasdaq also getting closer to 13,000. it's up more than 2% that drop in oil also means we could finally see a dip and gas prices over the next few days. crude oil is back below $100 a barrel for the first time since march, 1st the rest of the country is already seeing lower gas prices this morning, california's average actually went up by about a

penny to 5 75 a gallon, however , economists say, because of lag time we should soon see lower prices at that gas station. and gas prices rise demand for electric vehicles going up as well. and so are the prices. they're tesla increased prices and all of its models in the u. s. 2 to 3000 for the why and the model three depending on the range and performance. the price for the x the larger suv is up by about $10,000. earlier this week, elon musk had tweeted that his other companies, spacex has seen quote significant recent inflation pressure on materials and that includes nickel and titanium, which are also used in tesla's if you want a swimming pool, you might want to rush out and stock up one is another consumer item that is going up in price stores you might remember last year they had a shortage. chlorine is actually worse this year. fires burned down to chlorine producing plants in new jersey and louisiana in consecutive years. the louisiana facility produced 40% of the nation's chlorine tablets. now. £50 bucket. we are

selling to 50. it might go. this is all up to $300. $300.02 years ago that same £50 bucket costs less than $100. right now, most chlorine tablets in the us come from china and europe. i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents, pam. thank you. now what designers called the home of the future. it's on display at an annual trade show in london. this home was packed with high tech devices inside and out. it has several smart appliances that owners can program with detailed instructions using an app. there's also a robotic lawnmower that looks something like it's from the jetsons. the designers say. everyone loves gadgets these days. this house has plenty of them. gadgets i think are very important to the new home. i think we're becoming a nation of people that rely on gadgets, whether it's televisions, whether it's whether it's gymnasiums within the house. catches are changing every single day and are

changing our lifestyles as well. this is interesting. the designer says this home can also provide solar power without needing solar panels on the roof hopes to begin building homes like this in neighborhoods around the world in the next two years. all right. sounds good time now. 8 48. let's talk about our traffic every time it rains . it does change the commute sell. i think it was worse earlier, ladies, i think that earlier this morning we really had a bunch of serious crashes of people driving too fast for the conditions right now we have a lot of congestion. a lot of slow traffic. we've had a couple of things. the arrows that i've placed are there for a reason you can see it's still very slow on 6 80 on highway four and on 80. now if you're driving in marin county, south marijuana one has been about the same. we had an earlier crash north on one getting up to that area getting up to highway 37 that's still there, but it's in the non commute direction. i also want to mention that if you have a little bit of time to wait

around, things are getting better, albeit slowly. this is that silicon valley commute. you can see that traffic as a little bit slow. we always have to check in with the bay bridge. i want to show it to you. now traffic is going to be still a little bit heavy. if you can wait a little bit, it would probably get better in the nine o'clock hour. it's 8 49. let's go to steve. now in today's weather, all right, sal or whether it was active this morning, but as you mentioned, it looks like the traffic is getting a little better. and our system is just about done here. solo wrap it up with a look at some of the rain totals pen grove. 44 100, calistoga, 42 dillon beach and bodega bay. both picked up a third of an inch of rain. casa dero in the russian river did as well. so i mean, i saw a couple of locations within over 4/10 of an inch of rain, and those were a couple of them right there, along with st alina. also picking up 0.44 on the rainfall. santa rosa that was in town, not at the airport. 0.35 children park, a third petaluma quarter. san francisco. there were multiple reports 18 121 24. i just split it, 21 100. half obeyed oakland 17 100, napa 16

100. things in that airport had 12 so a little more in town. our system is now visiting santa clara valley and falling apart. there's not a heck of a lot left, but still some light rain just a little bit there. santa cruz mountains, maybe down towards gilroy, hollister's well in monterey fifties on the temps. we never got below. i didn't see anything lower than 53 this morning. in fact, at one time, brownwood was 60, so the temperatures compared to 24 hours ago, our way up there, they're running double digits warmer. this is not a cold front . as you might imagine. it's just a rainer, but it's a warm system. has indicated by the 36 40 up in truckee in south lake tahoe, sacramento finally got some rain. what's that? why is that a big deal? that's their first rain in 66 days, and for some of the northern sacramento environmental valley? it's their 1st and 68 days. if this were june or july, that'd be one thing. but when you're talking january, february march, that's a long haul. our system doesn't have much left anymore. on the way yes, saturday should start saturday morning late morning to the north. and then saturday

evening, for all, maybe a little bit more snow and some colder air for this system coming in on the next one, which again would be on saturday night into sunday, we'll fine tune it on friday. sixties on the taps upper sixties. if you can get through some of this cloud cover, it wouldn't take long to get to 70. so we'll go with that, for now. looks good next couple of days. next system, as we talked about will be here on saturday. you guys and then after that next week could be very warm for march, but we'll take that rain on saturday. steve paulson. thank you 52. here we are taking a much deeper look into how leaders in sacramento have reversed a court ordered enrollment freeze at u. c. berkeley next on the nine how this decision could have implications for plenty of other environmental lawsuits. and the oakland a's continued to revamp their roster ahead of the upcoming season. hear from first baseman matt olsen, who was just traded to atlanta. county sherift

against a group of prosecutors calling for his department to be investigated. earlier this month , former deputy andrew hall was sentenced to six years in prison for shooting and killing ledezma arboleda in 2018. ktvu obtained a letter written by sheriff david livingston to his staff supporting hall, calling it a sad day and saying hall served with honor and distinction. yesterday the prosecutors alliance of california asked for the department's disciplinary practices to be audited. saying the sheriff's letter shows he believes that deputies who kill are above the law. the sheriff responded just this morning, saying quote the so called prosecutors alliance committee is made up of only four of the 58 days in the state, and they should stop playing politics and quote. care about crime victims for once and quote. after two tough years, students at a school in central valley are now relaxing and unwinding, thanks to therapy dogs. it means a lot to me. i wish i had a dog at

home like this. nine therapy dog teams in santa barbara county visited a junior high school to spend time with students and staff and the students say the dogs made their day. been a tough year if i'm being honest with this relaxing, very relaxing, cannot attend, would pet again? there's so cute. it's going fantastic. the kids have been wonderful. they're just love having l a here it brings smiles. i've heard giggling. it brings confidence. it reduces stress, and they just loved having her smiles. will each group of students spent about 10 minutes with each of the different dog teams. and say they are already looking forward to another visit. the group of researchers is working to retrain former racehorse is to be used as therapy animals. researchers at the university of bristol in england want to give the horses a second career when

they can no longer race. they're trading them to be therapy animals for people with physical or emotional difficulties. people needing therapy, whether that's mental health or physical disabilities, there seems to be sort of something that gels between a horse and human. the researchers conduct tests to monitor horses, disposition and aptitude for training to understand which horses will make the best service animals. well more veteran aids players could be on their way out mlb .com, reporting that the a's are talking about trading one of their starting pitcher sean manaea, or frankie montas to the minnesota twins. the a's traded all star first baseman metals into the atlanta braves for four minor leaguers, and olson was a fan favorite. he won two gold golden gloves and hit 39 home runs last season, the most on the team. have been here since 2012 so almost 10 years my whole baseball career and you know,

it's bittersweet, leaving also as predicted to make $12 million this year he grew up in georgia now lives in atlanta, and the is receiving some of the braves top prospects, including the speedy outfielder and a catcher with one of the strongest throwing arms in the minors. the first games of march madness start today. some 45 million people say they plan to bet on this year's college basketball tournament. the american gaming association predicts more than $3 billion will be wagered on this tournament in both legal and illegal bets. studies suggest companies lose billions of dollars in productivity during the big dance as people watch those games during what should be their working hours. salesforce's paying tens of millions of dollars to promote its name around the world. sky news in england reports the cloud based software company headquartered in san francisco, is expected to announce a sponsorship deal with formula one. salesforce will pay about $30 million a year for five years, becoming a major formula one sponsor joining companies such as perelli tires, heineken

and rolex. today in east bay city could be one step closer to creating a new one acre skatepark. the president city council will likely approve it conceptual design for the city's new skate park at tonight's meeting that park the ken mercer sports park would have a picnic barbecue and viewing area. russia's military bombard ukraine's capital, and more people are suffering as this war drags on the prospect of nuclear conflict once and thinkable. is not back within the realm of possibility this morning, more nato allies expressed their support for ukraine as russia shows no sign of backing down a dispute over uc berkeley's enrollment reaches the attention of the governor's office. state lawmakers and the governor reverse a court ordered enrollment cap, and there are signs that even bigger reforms could be on the way. more twitter employees are returning to work today, and most school districts are following state guidance, allowing them to drop mask requirements for student