students were preparing for a concert. from ktvu. fox two news this morning's onto good morning and welcome back. i'm gasia mikaelian. good morning. i'm dave clark thursday morning . february 16th. i don't even have to ask the seat warmer was on over the heat was blowing ahead the thinnest layer of ice on the windshield. steve that's right this morning than yesterday. you too. that's for sure. because we had the wind died down, but still, it looks like these higher clouds are coming in now, and it's some of the temps have gone up. but our good friend matt hanlon there in la honda says it's 29 this morning. i think we should have a meeting to discuss why it's been so cold gasia will lead that meeting. be there. i'll be there for five minutes. then i'm gone. all right. it's called because we've had a series of those coming in providing cold air infection and also evaporative cooling. there's been a lot of that so there will not be a quiz a lot of high clouds coming in, though, so the

lows would have been worse on this sweet thursday. they were cold enough. that's for sure. but the higher clouds coming in will be with us today and tomorrow fifties and sixties. on the attempts. saleh's here. he got busy. he stayed busy, and it's still busy. still busy. that's right. steve highway four and 6 80. if you drive on any off freeways, or 6 80 from concord to walnut creek, it's slow because of earlier issues. things are improving. show you that the bay bridge does have a bigger backup. we had a stalled vehicle on the span kind of contributing to that getting into san francisco. and you see the lights out there of a tow truck. there was a stall on the same mateo bridge. the tow truck is making its way out there. traffic seems to be moving. okay we'll see if that will keep an eye on it for you. 701 let's move back to the headlines. city of oakland is looking for a new police chief this morning after chief laurent armstrong was fired by oakland mayor xiang tao. said that armstrong was fired because she no longer was confident he could effectively

lead the police department. armstrong for the past month, as you know, has been on administrative leave after an independent report concluded he failed to properly investigate misconduct among police officers and hold them accountable. many say that jeopardized the police department's effort to end 20 years of federal oversight. it is clear to me. that there are systemic issues. and the city needs to address them. and that we cannot simply write them off. as mistakes. i didn't get into specifics, but a confidential report obtained by ktvu accused the police department of mishandling investigations of a sergeant who crashed in opd vehicle in hit and run and fired his service weapon inside an elevator at opd headquarters. the mayor said the city will launch a nationwide search to hire its next police chief. now, armstrong, you should have written response to his firing, saying after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked, inaccurate report, it

will be clear i was a loyal and effective reformer of the oakland police department goes on. it will be equally clear that i committed no misconduct and my termination is fundamentally wrong, unjustified and unfair. our time now 703 were. oakland is now had four police chiefs and just the last three years and since ann kirkpatrick was fired, but the position of police chief has been a revolving door for longer than that. 10 police chiefs in the last 10 years. in fact, no one has held the job for more than three years since 2009 starting in early 2017, the city of oakland higher than kirkpatrick to be the newest police chief. she took office. she was the first woman to lead the oakland police department. patrick held that job until february 2020 when the oakland police commission voted to fire her, the court appointed federal monitor accused kirkpatrick of falling behind when it came to making reforms hurt. patrick later filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city of oakland, claiming she

was fired because she was quote. exposing corruption and abuse of power in the commission. patrick won her lawsuit she was awarded $337,000 in damages now, after kirkpatrick left, assistant chief darren allyson became the acting chief for a few months while the mayor decided on who the interim chief would be. they settled on former san mateo police chief susan mannheimer. she ended up being interim chief for the rest of 2020 until the city finally hired chief laurent armstrong in february of 2021. well census suspension of laurent armstrong. darren allison has once again been serving as acting chief. armstrong held that job police chief for exactly two years, oakland city council member noel gayo says he's not happy about the firing of laurent armstrong , in part because of the revolving door of police chiefs.

i am disappointed and that decision here we go once more. we're going to spend 456 months hiring someone and wind up with someone on the outside. coming in. that won't even know where fruitvale avenue is to where we're living through. council member goddio said that he would rather see the federal monitor who's overseeing the police department lose his job. the president of the oakland city council, nikki fortunato, bas, says she supports the decision of the mayor. in a statement, she said, in part, i support the mayor in leading oakland to continue reforming our police department by instilling a culture of integrity and fairness and every level at achieved constitutional policing without federal oversight. ktvu s coverage of the firing of the police chief continues online. you can find all the latest developments on our homepage ktvu .com congresswoman barbara lee is preparing to enter the race for the soon to be vacant california senate seat currently held by dianne feinstein,

congresswoman lee felt paperwork for the 2024 election yesterday . her announcement is to join the race is expected by the end of the month. should be the third major candidate to officially announced plans to run for feinstein senate seat after southern california representatives adam schiff and katie porter california's primaries in march of next year , political experts say it could be the most expensive senate election ever. barbara lee has looked at this seat for some time and wants to see herself as a progressive icon. she is a progressive icon. if you look at her career, but can she muster the forces and the dollars that it's going to take to compete? more candidates are expected to join the race, and some republicans may look for a path to victory amid sparring between the democrats. california is not elected a republican to a statewide office in our state in more than 15 years time now 706 . thousands of dollars of the instruments were stolen from the oakland school of the arts thieves broke in twice in less than two weeks. want to show you

surveillance video from the latest burglary on monday? in that video, you see two suspects using a grinder to break into the building on 18th street in oakland. the first incident happened two days before that. school officials say in both cases that thieves stole instruments and that's a loss of about $20,000. we're doing our we have a concert tomorrow. we have lack of instruments. we are still trying to figure out what to do with insurance. we're taking a leap and renting so we can at least have the students ready to play. but at this point, it's a lot of money out of pocket and we're not sure exactly how we're going to recoup it. school officials say that thieves stole between 10 and 12 instruments, mainly chel owes guitars and violins. the oakland police investigation continues and a seemed to be closer to moving to las vegas baseball commissioner rob manfred said the a's owner, john fisher, now focused on building a new stadium in vegas team is

looking at the south end of the las vegas strip and the las vegas festival grounds. the commissioner says there are still major problems in oakland with the $12 billion howard terminal proposal. the a's in the city of oakland, disagree on how much affordable housing should be built and who would pay for infrastructure around the waterfront ballpark. your time now 708 here in california people continue to leave this state at an unprecedented rate more than 500,000 people moved away between april of 2020 and last july. scientist information shows california has been saying decline in population for years because of the high cost of living. lack of housing and overcrowding. the nine bay area counties saw some of the biggest population declines in the state , san francisco saw a drop of 4400 people. santa clara county lost more than 16,000 people. the city of dublin is bucking that trend, census data show between 2010 and 2020 double. it almost doubled its population from 46,000 to nearly 73,000. it

was the fastest growing city in all of california. in that time between 2010 and 2020, the city dublin permitted more than 12,000 new homes. time now is 708. now it's 709. and we do have traffic that is going to be busy in many areas. although it's calmed down from the early morning troubles we had let's go right to the richmond bridge. we do see traffic improving here. traffic looks good once on the bridge, getting over the marine county bay bridge. the same thing goes. we had a stalled vehicle that's been removed. black eyes for that. same until bridge although i do see the lights still on that bridge to traffic continues to move along . okay contra costa county really has been an issue sat down. 6 80 conquered wallet creek really busy because of earlier issues. 80 through elsa bronte and berkeley is okay. remember the holiday weekend? coming up? we're going to start seeing people leaving in that could leave this afternoon. thursday before the holiday weekend is popular. keep that in the back of your mind 709. let's

go back to the desk, pal. thank you. well, a possible dig president biden and former president trump from nikki haley , who's now a republican presidential candidate. the changes she wants to see from politicians who are over the age of 75. and we're learning new information about a deadly house fire and explosion instead. francisco sunset district what investigators say caused the explosion and the charges fac by t

forecast that's six below in truckee looks like a record low for the date the old markets five below back in 2006 so it's darn cold up there. even rinos at 19. but if you're going up today and tomorrow, a lot of cloud cover, but that's it will be okay. and then the weekend looks spectacular, maybe epic snow next week. okay well, a lot of lot of people have that same idea. the highway patrol is warning anybody planning to head up to lake tahoe for the president's day weekend to prepare for traffic jams. three day holiday will see almost perfect snow conditions and many people are heading up. the worst traffic is expected to start around noon tomorrow on friday, and of course there'll be another crush of drivers on monday afternoon. california wildlife officials looking for a black bear cub that escaped from an animal care facility in lake tahoe. a week ago. the 13 month

old bear weighs about £50. it's an orphan bear that was rescued last december in siskiyou county . let's say the bear is in good health, but as young and acts timid, so they're worried it's gone into hiding and may not survive. the cub may have trouble foraging for food in the tahoe basin snow time now. 7 14 new information from san francisco about a deadly house explosion in the sunset district . ktvu is andre senior here now to tell us about a meeting last night, neighbors and city officials met face to face talking about what happened, andre. good morning, dave. people who live in the neighborhood are still in shock as they start to repair their homes after that deadly explosion one week ago. fire officials have revealed that it was sparked by a dryer fumes from that dryer from an illegal drug manufacturing operation, causing the home to explode last thursday. the suspect, darren price, is accused of the death of his disabled wife, 51, year old rita price 53 year old suspect also facing charges for endangering their two children,

ages, 14 and 17 and causing injuries to a caregiver who was burned when the home exploded. prices. public defender says he will fight the charges. it is horrific what his family is going through and what he is going through and the amount of pain that they are processing. well, having mr price in custody is impossible to describe. photo evidence shows what arson investigators say was an illegal drug manufacturing operation, making hash oil with beauty and tanks, ovens, volatile solvents and other equipment the fire chief says was extremely dangerous. and a lot of it was just sort of jury rigged and some of the you know the tanks looked like, uh, you know, he had just put a put an outlet on it. but prices home was destroyed. two adjacent homes, rain red tack, they're not livable right now. city officials held a meeting last night for 50 people who live in the area. many say they are

still in shock. this meeting was about giving the people who are traumatized a safe space, a place where they could express their concerns. my house. broken my heart is broken, too, so right now more depression. friends of the care. give elisa have set up a go fund me page developers money to pay for medical care. she remains hospitalized this morning prices . public defender asked the he'd be allowed to see his children. the judge agreed, but said they could not discuss the charges related to this explosion. hear price schedule be back in court tomorrow, dave alright, andre. thank you time 7 16 state leaders agreed to build three wildlife crosses on interstate 15 in southern california so animals can safely cross that highway. right here are the three locations caltrans in the department of fish and wildlife . agreed on you see him here. the crossings will let bighorn sheep and other animals to go

over the existing northbound and southbound lanes and the future high speed rail system that will be built in that median highway . 15 as you know, is the main highway between los angeles and las vegas. 7 17. let's swing out to our traffic center issues with mass transit as well as the roads here as far as we look up until this point right? yeah that's right. bart had some earlier issues. now they're recovering gasia. i would say that part is probably a good option for you in the east bay. we've had some slowing on highway four and 6 86 80 you say it's always slow yet. well, it's slower than usual because we had an earlier crash. the closed the freeway for a bit. that's been gone for more than an hour, but we still have at least it's improving between concord and walnut creek and 80 between hercules and berkeley have improvement. the bay bridge toll plaza. it's still pretty thick there. and remember today, the thursday before holiday weekend , you're going to see people leaving the bay area heading, perhaps heading up to tahoe. that's not an original idea. this is a look at westbound 92

the same mateo bridge is crowded . we had an earlier stall dumbarton bridge looks okay, things are getting a little bit slower in san jose will check in with san jose just a little bit, but i'll show you a quick picture of 2 80 in san jose right through downtown. it's moderately heavy 7 18. let's bring steve back in with today's weather. so about three o'clock around davis should be smooth sailing you say selling yeah, right. good to hold you to it. all right. thank you, sir. truckee is six below what's the big deal about that? that would be a record low for the date. the old mark is five below so that was sent in 2006 so cold air phoenix by the way, dropped to 35 tied the coldest winter morning so far this season and flagstaff at one time was seven below 29. there are a lot of high clouds coming in, but there are plenty of twenties and thirties. some of the colder attempts i saw along marsh creek road near clayton 27, south gilroy, 27. livermore, 28, duncan duncans mills. russian

river not far from general 28, alexander valley, 28 7, selma fairfax for 29 napa took a big plunge compared to yesterday. 29 palo alto and sonoma both checked in at 30. freeze warning is out. frost advisories out till nine o'clock for obvious reasons, although the higher clouds coming in prevented us from getting colder, believe it or not associated with the system that's well offshore and it's not marching eastward. it's going to start drifting south. so sun and clouds today cold morning, twenties and thirties. a lot of high clouds today and tomorrow thirties. now we have more twenties earlier. livermore's 29 at one. petalumai know, but the higher clouds are definitely bringing up some of the temps here. 39 montara beach , foster city's 33 redwood cities in their menlo park, stanford, atherton would sack all at 30 degrees san mateo and belmont at 35. clear clear clear then the higher clouds came in about 5 36 or so when they came in, and that really stopped the temperatures from getting colder . this system is going to go straight down. the coast is

going to go this way. it will end up near west southwest of l. a. by the time we get to saturday morning, so for today, a lot of high clouds same for tomorrow temperatures will be cloudy, too. in the fifties or very low sixties. the weekend looks spectacular. and, yes, everybody. everybody is watching the forecast models because they are projecting at least right now some extremely low snow levels very, very low, with a ton of snow and extra also unbelievably active pattern. it won't start until tuesday night wednesday, so next week fifties sixties on the temps here we are looking for a cloudy skies into friday, then a nice weekend. so enjoy it because it shouldn't looks like big changes next week. steve thank you. the push for affordable healthcare for workers at the hayward unified school district what they say the plan that's being offered just doesn't work for them. and if you suffer from long, covid, you probably don't have a job now or full time work the symptoms that are most common. that's keeping some people

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about moving somewhere different. because it's just i don't want to risk it. understand that. you know the trains need to keep going. it's part of our economy. but you know they didn't take human life into consideration. b p a says tests show the air is safe to breathe and that wells that supply the town with water or not contaminated mechanical problem with the railcar axle may have caused the derailment, but an investigation is ongoing time now 7 24 happening today, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other republican lawmakers will go to the u. s border with mexico and one of the focuses the trafficking of fentanyl across the border. it is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced. congress is holding hearings about the fentanyl crisis. there's bipartisan outrage is the wave of fentanyl deaths sweep the country crisis, not arrested problem or a blue state problem. this is america's problem. the

chief of the u. s. border patrol tweeted this photo £93 of federal seized at the border and he wrote so far in this year we have seized over £476 of fentanyl between the ports of entry along our southwest border . that is enough to kill 100. million people. haley, the newly announced republican presidential candidate, says there should be mandatory mental competency test for politicians over the age of 75. haley's push for the competency test as part of her campaign message that the u. s needs a younger president. there have been criticisms around both president biden and former president donald trump that they are too old to be president. study finds a link between long covid and a greater risk of unemployment. the study is published in a monthly report from the journal of the american medical association. it focused on 15,000 residents in the us between 18 and 69 years old who experienced long covid symptoms. it found that 9% of them were

unemployed. 53% of those surveyed worked full time for comparison, january's unemployment rate was below 4. those with long covid symptoms that included brain fog or impaired memory were also associated with the lower likelihood of working full time our time not 7 25 new part of public art is on display at bart stations as part of a domestic violence prevention campaign and take a look. the artwork was unveiled at the powell street station in san francisco. the posters will be displayed in more than a dozen bart stations throughout the system and also on bart trains, bart says this is all designed to raise awareness. there's about domestic violence. domestic violence is a complex issue. one that can be shrouded in silence and shame, but i believe that healing is possible. we all do. and it starts with talking about what healthy, nurturing relationships look like. and learning how to get help. for yourself for a friend or loved one. since 2017 bar has received

more than 500 reports of domestic violence on bart trains or in bart, stations time now 7 27 city of oakland, still trying to get its i t systems back online after a ransomware attack what it means for thousands of city employees who are supposed to get paid this week. for the first time never before seen video of the 1986 dives to the wreckage of the titanic has been released still ahead here from the man who led the exp

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10 years is searching for a new police chief. you'll hear from oakland mayor xiang tao about why she fired chief laurent armstrong. and elder abuse charges filed against the worker at an east bay assisted living facilities. the new details were finding out about the death of a 94 year old man. from ktvu. fox two news this morning's onto well good morning to you and welcome back to mornings onto i'm dave clark gasia mikaelian. it's thursday, february 16th in boy. our weather is changing.

not immediately, but steve paulson is watching the next few hours and the next few days next week. yeah looks like big changes may be very low snow levels. but again, i'll tell you whether on monday, but you'll be hearing about it. i'll touch on it in about 15 minutes or so higher clouds are moving in still a lot of thirties. we have many twenties. these higher clouds stop the cooling. no doubt about. in fact, temperatures have actually gone up a little bit. there's more thirties. it's a sweet thursday now. forecast here. cold morning. that's for sure. son. high clouds, mild conditions. 50 sixties on the temps a little bit below average, all right over to sound now, 7 31. where do you want to go? let's go to the signal. great steve. what we do have a crash northbound 6 80 right north of 84. the problem is and this is reported, is not one but two vehicles that have flipped over. so this looks like it's going to be a pretty serious crash. the problem is

that south beyond traffic, which is the commute direction is already backed up from dublin heading down towards and all through pleasant, and that's been a tough commute. and if you know anyone who comes in from the central valley. this has been a much slower commute. the normal we had a big rig accident at one point and look at all that slow traffic if you know someone who comes in from there , they're going to be arriving late. babe bridges backed up all the way out to the maze. metering lights are on 7 32. let's get back to the headlines . thank you this morning workers at an east bay senior living facility. one of them is due in court tomorrow for a preliminary hearing. laetitia starling has been charged with one count of elder abuse after the death of a resident at atrial walnut creek, who was in her care investigators say last august 94 year old constantly constantine cannon mistakenly drank from the bottle of cleaning chemical that wasn't locked up at the age range facility as it should have been. he died eight days later. this case is similar to two cases at an atria senior living

center in san mateo county. families of those victims say their relatives were served cleaning fluid instead of jews. time now, 7 23. well 33. we're starting this half hour in oakland. still developing story of the city of oakland looking for a new police chief after mayor xiang tao fired laurent armstrong ktvu sally rasmus in oakland to tell us why, the mayor said the chief had to go and what the supporters of armstrong are doing as a response morning now. good morning. well, the now former police chief laurent armstrong says he does have the support of several community members and community organizations. the oakland chapter of the as well as some city council members who have publicly said that they disagree with the mayor's decision to fire him. they plan to have a rally around noon today at the steps of oakland city hall and in a statement about that rally, one of the organizers says, quote we are profoundly disappointed that the will of the public was not taken

into consider. aeration. speaking of the chief, he had a plan to reduce public violence. he is the son of oakland and his love for the city and its residents was evident in his work. our mayor needs to hear the pain of her people and quote before firing him. mayor shane tao had put armstrong on leave after an independent report obtained by ktvu claimed he did not do enough as chief to hold some of his officers accountable for misconduct. at the center of that misconduct was the actions of a police sergeant at opd that sergeant had hit a parked car in an opd vehicle and drove off. so accused in a hit and run. he later fired his gun inside an elevator at police headquarters and then through the shell casings in the bay to cover it up. that sergeant was never disciplined, and the report said that the chief ultimately bears responsibility for that. something that the mayor apparently agreed with. chief armstrong. made a number of statements that troubled me. he stated that he did not believe these incidents reflected

systemic problems. instead chief armstrong described the underlying incident. as a minor vehicle collision. now armstrong issued a written statement in response, which doesn't quote in part, quote after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports, it will be clear i was a loyal and effective reformer of the oakland police department , the statement goes on to say it will be equally clear that i'm committed no misconduct, and my termination is fundamentally wrong, unjustified and unfair. now the oakland police department has been under federal supervision for the past 20 years ordered by a federal judge to make some serious reforms after police corruption case involving opd officers back in 2003 that federal oversight was supposed to finally end this may. mayor tao said that the chiefs in action and that independent report that came out detailing that inaction put that deadline in jeopardy. so she

said in her announcement yesterday that she believed the only way to make sure that oakland police department can get out of that federal oversight is to change some of the leadership at the top. live in oakland. ali rasmus ktvu box you need darling. thank you time now, 7 36, despite the ransomware attack against the city of oakland city employees were told paid this week cyberattack that hit the city's technology system last week prompted the city administrator there issue a proper formation of local emergency. under that proclamation, the city can get emergency funding from the state and the federal government. still some of the people we talked to say it's a big headache. to get even small things done. i've been here over an hour. and the people over there. don't think she'd been here for about two hours already , so i don't know. now the city center proclamation and a memo to city employees. it told the employees the city would have an alternate way to pay their

salary and that there would be no delay. city leaders still haven't given any information about that cyber attack or the ransom, demanded the owner of a morgan hill outdoor shooting range is now planning to open and indoor gun range. the barrier news group reports. the plan is to convert a vacant building on south bascom avenue near valley medical center in san jose building is used to store medical supplies, but would be renovated to house a gun range and classes to teach firearms training. workers in the hayward unified school district rallied for better healthcare. they say they're not being offered in affordable healthcare plan and so they don't have any real options when it comes to medical insurance. some classified workers have to work two jobs, one for benefits and want is the same diversity household. i personally paid 1008 $85 a month out of my paycheck, and if i want to add another person i can't because i wouldn't see my paycheck. leaders of the union say the average member salaries $48,000

a year and most private insurance plans cost $10,000 a year. plans here at hayward are not affordable, which is essentially means we are not meeting a c a and so employees have no other choice but to turn to cover california. and those plans. don't offer all all of what we need. customers said she had to pay $1600 for a mobile chair that wasn't covered by a recovered california plan. we did ask the school district for response. we have yet to hear back. alright, guys time 7 38 progress now reported in the east bay city of pleasant hill about a police investigation into several car break ins earlier this month. the cars were parked on long, brooke way near the outback steakhouse restaurant. the break ins happened overnight. on the first weekend of this month. a man who lives in that neighborhood started recording video of these damaged cars after seeing a lot of broken glass in the street. continued walking along. it was

just car after car after car windows shattered and ultimately, by the time i got back to my place, i counted a total of 20 vehicles. there is still broken window glass on the street and on the sidewalk that thieves stole electronic equipment out of those cars. the police tracked one device to a home in any attack, another to a house in sacramento county, but so far no arrests have been made . 7 39, let's swing out to our traffic center salad too busy one. it is a busy one. we have a new crash cost you and dave northbound 6 88 84, which is the signal great areas. so if you're driving north bong, you're not expecting to see slow traffic. a couple of vehicles at least one of them is overturned. southbound six eighties also slow in the area and novel cedo throw baby slower as well. so these people can't catch a break . 5 80 has been much slower coming in from the ultimate pass earlier because of a big rig crash. it is you know, you say that's always slow here today, it's much slower than normal.

let's talk about contra costa county, how we four and 6 80, recovering from earlier issues hercules to richmond. we do have some slow traffic there and look at the big backup at the bay bridge. it is backed up beyond the maze. metering lights are on, and we do have a lot of slow traffic there. i'm not forgetting the south day. it has been pretty busy, although these are kind of noble slowdowns 85 87 17. all of them were slow in the typical way heading towards sunnyvale, cupertino and palo alto. at 7 40. it was a cold start today got my attention, steve. there may be other things getting your attention next week . trust me on that, and i'm going to explain it now. okay now, this doesn't mean this will happen. but anybody in weather is already a latched onto this. so the hype train is in chugging right along here, so i'll explain what's going on. it won't be until next tuesday or wednesday. okay alex says, easier doing 10 push ups than not looking at the euro. the euro's global model. every 12 hours. it's been seriously nuts

on low snow levels for next week. yes, it has. in fact, it's so low, it's putting some snow on san francisco. it doesn't mean it's right. but this is the european 240 10 day, total snow forecast. i know it looks confusing, so i'll put it in. san francisco is right there. okay it has snow almost down to sea level. and feet of snow forecast over the next 10 days for the sierra nevada. but the main message here now again, you could easily get modified. but you know, in the placement of it, the timing of it, the intensity could all change between now and then. but it is just something to give you an idea of what could happen next week. i think it's overdone. but it will. i think we'll get some low snow levels next week. speaking of cold, these are the lows this morning near clayton, south gilroy, livermore duncans mills, alexander valley, san anselmo and napa all in the twenties. palo alto and sonoma were closed. winds are still 29 . but a lot of these temps came up a little bit. middletown 22. but again a lot of these are you

know 1000 ft, or 1400 ft. i try and find those at the surface, but sentence almost come up. fairfax has come up because over the higher clouds. yet tiburon degrees richmond 31, man. that's cold freeze! warning adve o'clock here for the obvious reasons. it's really cold. but look at all the high cloud deck coming in. now, this system is going to go down the coast parallel to it. if there's any rain, it would be only near the immediate coast. i think it's more show than go but mentioned, but today a mix of sun and a lot of high clouds coming in. and we'll turn cloudy to mostly cloudy later today into tomorrow. lot of thirties berkley, 37, oakland, oakland, 37. palo alto, sunnyvale saturday livermore. brentwood was 31 now 33 again. some of these temps are in the upper twenties. now they're 30. still a few scotts valley, boulder creek, hollister's still in there, not as many high clouds of the south santa clara 31. santa cruz at 37. so cal that 33 so it's a cold one. but that system again is going to go down the coast. that's all in every forecast projection takes it

that way. originally they had a kind of flirting with us, but we'll get a lot of high in mid level clouds today and tomorrow and it will be west of l. a by the time we get to saturday, leaving us with a nice weekend. again all eyes all attention was starting that late next tuesday into wednesday for what could be very wet pattern. not only that, but also really low snow levels , and i've seen some projections of multiple feet of snow for the sierra, so we'll tackle it on monday, but i'm just giving you a little teaser. little teaser this morning here fifties on attempts sixties on the temps here for some enjoy your weekend because it looks great. alright steve. thank you time 7 43. it's a very popular tourist destination and the price tag is a hefty one. coming up the reason travelers are spending a lot of money to vacation in one particular, us city newsroom say good morning again to andre senior as you're looking ahead to the next couple of hours of mornings onto gasia, dave. good morning to you. not too many people like to go to work meetings, right? well, now some

companies are getting rid of those meetings entirely. the reason behind the growing trend in our next hour and later on the nine relief for parents nationwide. how the race to find an r s v vaccine could soon be over as results from two vaccine trials are showing promising results, reducing the risk of illness by more than 80% tom might have won, the fda could approve the shots.

court on inflation taking stocks down this morning that dow download than 300 points. there is some good news, though. for electric and hybrid cars. they just got a big endorsement studio with a whole lot going on in dollars and cents, definitely indicating the trend. current trend in car buying consumer reports picks for cars is out and seven of the top 10 cars for 2023, or hybrid or fully electric. that list includes toyota corolla hybrid, the toyota camry hybrid and the tesla model. three consumer reports, emphasis is on affordability and safety. stocks did drop when that opening bell rang this morning after the producer price index was released, the report shows producer prices were up almost twice as high as economists predicted for january. retail sales for the month also came in

higher than expected this week, and analysts say that most likely means the federal reserve will have to take further action to fight inflation. in other words, more interest rate hikes now that did take the market down this morning, the major market indexes live. look at the numbers. the dow jones did drop more than 300 points about 350. it's come back about 100 points just in the last 15 minutes or so. so maybe some more fluctuation. they're down three quarters of a percent. the s and p 500 down. just about a little more than a half of a percent. the nasdaq also was down a full percentage point. now down about a half. it is hanging on to 12,000 after crossing that level is now at 12,004 for the nasdaq . new reports say workers at a tesla facility in buffalo, new york, alleged the company is firing people who support unionization. the employees announced their union campaign on tuesday. on wednesday, tesla terminated dozens of those workers. the workers say tesla

is trying to intimidate people and discourage union activity. federal law bans companies from retaliating for organizing unions. the price is going up for olive oil. dry conditions in spain prevented crop development and increased olive oil prices to record highs. spain is the world's largest producer of olive oil estimates for the current harvest. did that about half the usual output. the high prices are pushing home cooks and restaurants to substitute sunflower oil, and orlando was named the world's most expensive city for a family vacation. it topped the list because of its number of tourist sites and family theme parks, according to price review and comparison website. compare the market site . the site says it costs of family of four more than $7300 for a seven night vacation in orlando. lodging makes up just about $4000 of that cost, and it costs more than $3000 for family activities like those theme

parks, including disneyworld, pam cook, that's a look at your dollars and cents, pam. thank you time. 7 49 1 of the seven wonders of the world is once again welcoming tourists yesterday, machu pichu started allowing tourists to come back. and visit the first time since december that people have been allowed to visit the lost income a city there's been a lot of civil unrest in that south american country since the president of peru was ousted and replaced by the vice president. when those protests first began about 300 international tourists were stranded in machu picchu. because of protest that blocked access in and out of that city. we are now getting a first look at the wreckage of the titanic. the titanic sank on its maiden voyage, of course, from england to new york in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. the wreckage wasn't discovered for nearly 75 years. a short time later, the woods hole oceanographic institute sent to dive team and cameras to shoot 80 hours of

film of the wreckage. some of that you're seeing here, and most of the video wasn't released until this week. the first thing i saw coming out of the gloom it 30 ft. was this wall this giant wall of riveted steel, the rose over 100 some feet above us. i never looked down at the titanic. i looked up at the titanic. nothing was small. more than 1500. passengers and crew members died when the titanic sank during its maiden voyage, the woods hole oceanographic institute decided to release this video now marking the 25th anniversary of james cameron's titanic film that won 11 academy awards fascinating. an eerie to alright time at 7 51. we're going right to sell nonstop information from you today's, uh, yeah. you know, it has been really tough out there. dave and gosha and part of it has been just a lot of different crashes. the latest

one being the most serious one is northbound 6 80 at 84 to overturn vehicle accident right there, but traffic is very slow in the commute direction if you're driving from dublin toward the pleasant in and soon all that's just really tough commute. 5 80 has been much slower coming in after the central valley this morning at 205 you say it's always slow with this morning. it's extra slow. so if you expect someone who comes in, let's say further job in the bay area from the central valley. they might be late if they're driving. also looking at the east bay. that's been a little bit more normal. it's say the bay bridge is slow at the toll plaza. that's a normal commute. southbank commute has been normally slow as well. we go to the south day. now we see that that silicon valley commute getting up toward cupertino and sunnyvale. those are a little bit more of a normal slowdown we have there. 7 52. it's been a cold start today. here's steve. that is correct salary and thirties. although the higher clouds came in, we would have been colder. i think we would have seen some 24

25 if we didn't get that high cloud deck. but that came in and attempt to actually went up a little bit, so mix of sun and clouds a lot of high clouds over us right now. it'll be a mild afternoon after a cold morning a lot of thirties here. i mean, there's plenty to go around. it's cold enough. i believe we would have been colder. if these high clouds didn't show up. there they are. associate with the system that's going to go right down the co parallel to the coast. it was probably be too far offshore impact anybody. if there's any rain, it would be right near the ocean. i think that should be about it. but as it goes down, it'll be west southwest of los angeles by early saturday morning, and that will leave us with a nice weekend. so enjoy it. i mean, you're going to hear about this. ad nauseam. believe me, as we maybe see a significant pattern change next week rain and maybe very heavy snow in the mountains with low really low snowfall here if it materializes fifties on attempts to 60 and attempts tomorrow cloudy, then nice weekend. alright steve. thank you are time now. 7 53 china responding now to the u. s shooting down the suspected

chinese spy balloon. china accused the united states have doing those details coming up in the next hour. but first we continue our coverage of black history month and introduce you to a bay area man who fought for the lgbtq community during the time when it was not openly accepted. that's coming up after the break.

now 56, a teenager from the

south bay is just zooming up the ranks and the fastest sport in the winter olympics. her name is 15 year old delhi kleinheinz. she's too young to drive, but she can go 60 miles an hour in a luge competitors lie back on the modified sled and they race on an icy track. the student from archbishop mitty high school picked up the sport four years ago and is now on the u. s luge junior team. in a million years , i would have never thought i'd be in south korea as a 15 year old with ah teammates that i met just a few years like a few years ago. come from a place for like, not like some where i live. it's it just means that i have to work that much harder to get where i want to be eli's goal and she wants to compete in the olympics. and by the way riding a loose you can get up to almost 90 miles an hour that we

have an entire special called sports focus where we celebrate the lives of bay area athletes. you can find more stories just like eli's by going to ktvu dot com slash sports. time now. 7 58 , a joint celebration for lunar new year and black history month was held last night in san francisco. the event was held at the san francisco public library , and it was called drumbeats heartbeats. communities is one hosted by the city's human rights commission. organizers said the purpose was to build unity between black and asian communities. this is important because the way that it's played out, is it it is made it seem like there is tension within the black and asian community and people have this false narrative around who's doing what to who and this is an opportunity for us to come together, build relationships, build community

and hopefully, um, do away with the tension in the narrative that things aren't good between the two communities. at the event included lion dancers, jazz musicians, african drummers and a rap music performance. the san francisco historic preservation committee voted to make a bar named mr baines, a legacy business. it's an iconic bar. it's at columbus and pacific. it opened in 1967 by henry grant, whose nickname was mr ben and sold the business to jackie and peter cooper when he retired in 2016. but they kept the original name supervisor aaron peskin nominated mr bing's for legacy status. that status gives businesses that have been in san francisco for more than 30 years, grants and business support. final approval is expected in the next few weeks. they suspended. oakland police chief has now been fired here from mayor xiang tao, and she details her decision to remove

laurent armstrong from his position. plus the race is heating up for dianne feinstein, senate seat the bay area politician who could make an announcement by the end of the month and oakland school for the arts hit by thieves not once but twice in the same week. thousands of dollars worth of instruments stolen as students were preparing for a concert. from ktvu. fox two news this morning's onto it is eight o'clock. welcome to mornings onto i'm andre senior gasia mikaelian. it is thursday , february 16th you think it's cold today? and it is, however, there's even more in store will turn over to our meteorologist steve paulson. clouds didn't come in. we would have been even colder. yes, it's cold this morning. we had a lot of upper twenties. now more thirties due to the higher clouds coming in. they'll be with us today and tomorrow. thirties and forties, the city made it down to 43 normal is 48 the record that was 38 way back in 18 80 so cold, but not that lot of high clouds mix of sun and high clouds. the system that's offshore is going to go straight down the coast or

parallel to it, so it looks like it's going to miss his, but the higher clouds won't so sweet thursday morning forecast cold morning sun high clouds mild still a little bit below average on these forecast sides the upper fifties sixties. i've lost track. you have so many things going on. where are we going this time? yeah. you know, we're gonna go to the signal grade, steve, because this is just become a huge problem. north sixth north of 84. there was a crash there. there is a crash. they're southbound 6 80 is just jam packed out of dublin. some people might decide to use 8 80. they'll go to 38 used 8 80 as an alternate. this whole area is just in terrible shape. southbound commute direction but also north bong coming up from at least vargas road. give yourself extra time. if that is your commute, it really has been terrible. so it's 5 80 coming in from the central valley, and contra costa county is improving . a bridge is still very crowded . getting into san francisco 81. let's go back to the headlines.

the city of oakland is looking for a new police chief this morning after mayor xiang tao fired former chief laurent armstrong. mayor tao said she's no longer confident armstrong can effectively lead the police department put armstrong on administrative leave one month ago after an independent report concluded he failed to properly investigate misconduct among police officers and hold them accountable. many say that jeopardized the police department's effort to end 20 years of federal oversight. it is clear to me. that there are systemic issues. and the city needs to address them. and that we cannot simply write them off. as mistakes. mary tower didn't go into specifics, but confidential reports obtained by ktvu accused armstrong of gross dereliction of duty, while others found six in high command of department violations. they all involve desk sergeant who crashed an opd vehicle in a hit and run and fired a service weapon inside an elevator at opd headquarters, the mayor said the city will launch a nationwide

search to hire its next police chief. armstrong issued a written response to his firing, saying after the relevant factor fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate report it will be clear i was a loyal and effective reformer of the oakland police department. he goes on. it will be equally clear that i committed no misconduct and my termination is fundamentally wrong on justified and unfair. now had four police chiefs in just the last three years since anchor patrick was fired, but the position of oakland's top cop has been a revolving door for longer than that, with 10 police chiefs in the last 10 years, in fact, no one has held the job for more than three years since 2009 starting in early 2017, the city of oakland hired anchor patrick to be the newest chief of police want you to go office? she was the first woman to lead the department. kirkpatrick held the position until february of 2020 when the oakland police commission voted to fire her court appointed federal monitor accused her of falling behind

when he came to making reforms. kirkpatrick later filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city, claiming she was fired because she quote exposed corruption and abuse of power in the commission. kirkpatrick won her lawsuit and was awarded $337,000 in damages . following kirkpatrick's departure, assistant chief darren allyson became acting chief for a few months while the mayor decided on who the interim chief would be. they settled on former cemetery. a police chief susan mannheimer, she ended up being interim chief for the rest of 2020 until the city finally hired chief laurent armstrong in february of 2021. the suspension of laurent armstrong. darren olson had alison rather has once again been serving as acting chief. armstrong held the role of police chief for about two years, exactly. oakland city council member noel gayo says he is not happy with the firing in part because of the revolving door of police chief. i am disappointed and that decision here we go once more. we're going to spend 456 months hiring

someone and wind up with someone on the outside. coming in. that won't even know where fruitvale avenue is to where we're living through. gayle said that he would rather see the federal monitor who was overseeing the department lose his job. the president of the oakland city council, thank you for tonight. oh, bass says she supports the mayor's decision. in a statement, she said, in part quote, i support the mayor in leading oakland to continue reforming our police department by instilling a culture of integrity and fairness at every level and achieve constitutional policing without federal oversight. our coverage of the police chief's firing continues online. you can find the latest developments on our homepage, kate ktvu .com. east bay congresswoman barbara lee is preparing to enter the race for the soon to be vacant. california senate seat currently held by dianne feinstein, congresswoman lee filed paperwork for the 2024 election yesterday. her announcement to join the race is expected by the end of the month. she'll be the third major candidate to officially announce plans to run for senator feinstein seat after

southern california representative adam schiff and katie porter. barbara lee has looked at this seat for some time and wants to see herself as a progressive icon. she is a progressive icon. if you look at her career, but can she muster the forces and the dollars that it's going to take to compete? money is going to matter. political experts say it could be the most expensive senate election ever because shift has already has more than $20 million on hand. porter has eight million compared to $50,000 for barbara lee is your time this morning, the oakland school of the . they were stolen from the oakland school for the arts after thieves broke in twice in less than two weeks. surveillance video from the most recent burglary on monday. now in the video, you can see two suspects using a grinder to break into the building and 18th street. the first incident happened two days ago before that, school officials say. in both burglaries, the thieves took instruments, resulting in a loss of up to $20,000. we're

doing our we have a concert tomorrow. we have lack of instruments. we are still trying to figure out what to do with insurance. we're taking a leap and renting so we can at least have the students ready to play. but at this point, it's a lot of money out of pocket and we're not sure exactly how we're going to recoup it. school officials say the thieves took about 10 to 12 instruments, mostly cellos, guitars and violins. oakland police are still investigating this incident has appeared to be getting closer to moving to las vegas baseball commissioner rob manfred said the a's owner, john fisher, is now focusing on building a ballpark in las vegas . the team looked at the south end of the vegas strip and las vegas festival grounds. the commissioner says there are still major problems in oakland with the $12 billion howard terminal proposal. the asian city of oakland disagree on how much affordable housing should be built as part of the project and who would pay for infrastructure around a waterfront ballpark here in california, people continue to leave the state at an unprecedented rate. more than 500,000 people moved away between april of 2020 and last

april, according to census data. california has been seeing a decline in population for years because of high cost of living, lack of housing and overcrowding. the nine bay area counties saw some of the largest population declines in the state. san francisco saw a drop of 4400 people in santa clara county lost more than 16,000 people. space city of dublin is bucking that trend, census data show between 2010 and 2020. dublin almost doubled its population from 46,000 to nearly 73,000 was the fastest growing city in all of california. in that time between 2010 and 2020. the city of dublin issued permits for more than 12,000 new homes. time now is 808. you can see that traffic is going to be busy. we've kind of had a rough day. the roughest commute right now by far is the signal grade commute. 6 80 is jam packed from 5 80 heading down to the scene of the crash on the other side of the freeway north dont 6 80 just north of 84. this is an overturned vehicle crash a lot

of emergency vehicles on the scene. 6 80 pleasant in should be avoided. honestly you should try and do something else, perhaps put off that meeting or perhaps go another way, because it really has been slow. let's talk about the toll plaza. it has been slow. that's more of a routine slowdown. we haven't talked a lot about the south bay. but that slowdown is there along the peninsula. we have some slowing on how we wanna one salmon tail bridges recovering from some earlier minor things. it's still a little bit slow getting onto the span. dunbarton bridge looks much better. eight oh, nine. let's go back to the desk, straight up dig at president biden and former president trump from nikki haley , now a republican presidential candidate, the changes she wants to see from politicians who are over the age of 75. we're learning new information on the deadly house fire and explosion in san francisco sunset district , what investigators say was the cause and the charges faced by one man under arrest.

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26 below this morning, and i'm seeing that that might have been a record low, so cold up there twenties for many or teens and even well below zero now, today and tomorrow, alright, lot of high clouds coming in the weekend looks fabulous, so enjoy

. except for the higher clouds today and tomorrow saturday and sunday look good. thank you, steve for the highway patrol's warning. anybody wants to head up to lake tahoe for the president's day weekend to prepare for traffic jams. the three day holiday will see almost perfect ski and snowboard conditions, and many people are heading up to the sierra. now the words of the traffic is expected to start at about noon tomorrow friday. of course, there will be another crush of drivers coming home on monday afternoon. california wildlife officials are looking for a black bear cub that escaped from an animal care facility in lake tahoe. a week ago. the 13 month old bear weighs about £50. it's an orphan bear that was rescued last december in siskiyou county veterinarian say the bear is in good health but is young and timid, so they're worried it can go into hiding and may not survive. the cub may have trouble forging for food in the tahoe basin snow 8 13 your time right now. people who live in san francisco sunset district are still in shock as they start to repair the damage to their homes left by a massive explosion and fire one week ago. 50 neighbors met last night with

their local supervisor to discuss what happened. ktvu jana katsuyama was there. the explosion that caused a san francisco home to burst into flames last thursday did more than shatter buildings and windows shattered lives of the people in the home and neighbors throughout the sunset district. the suspect 53 year old darren price face charges wednesday accused in the death of his disabled wife, who was identified wednesday as rita price. he also faces charges for endangering their two children, ages, 14 and 17 and causing a caregiver to be burned. when the prices home exploded. it is horrific what his family is going through and what he is going through and the amount of pain that they are processing, but neighbors in the sunset district are also in pain and still in shock. when i saw my house broken. my heart is broken , too right now more depression and other neighbors met with

city officials wednesday night. this meeting was about giving the people who are traumatized a safe space, a place where they could express their concerns. the blast has also shattered people's sense of safety. these new photos show more evidence of what arson investigators say was an illegal drug manufacturing operation, making hash oil with butane tanks, ovens, volatile solvents, acids. tone and other equipment. a lot of it was just sort of jury rigged and some of the you know, the tanks looked like you know, he had just put up, put an outlet on it. the prices home was destroyed into adjacent homes remain red tagged donation sites online tell the pain inflicted on the caregiver . lisa who immigrated from thailand now in the hospital. it's just so mind blowing that something like that could have happened and it is really scary, specifically was aware of how dangerous the what he was doing was prices. public defender says they do plan to fight the charges. they did ask that he be

allowed to see the two children. the judge agreed, but said that they cannot. discuss the case is expected back in court on friday in san francisco, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news well. state leaders agreed to build three wildlife crossings on interstate 15 in southern california so animals can safely cross the highway. here are the locations agreed to by caltrans and the department of fish and wildlife crossings will allow bighorn sheep and other animals to go over the existing northbound and southbound lanes. the future high speed rail system would be built in the median. highway 15 is the main highway between los angeles and las vegas. 16 let's get you out on the bay area roads where we need to start when it comes to traffic trouble. alright gasia and andre, we have to start on 6 80. it really is a mess. if you live in livermore or pleasant in or dublin or if you live, let's say in san ramon and you take 6 80. i would not advise it now. it is terrible, and that's partly because of a crash north bong 6 88 80, for the other part is

because we usually have slow traffic here. it's just been made worse by an accident on the other side of the freeway, so you might think. well i'm going to use to 38 head down to 8 80. it's not a terrible idea, but it is very slow as you might imagine, heading that way. i think that traffic between union city and fremont might be just a little bit better. or if you have flexibility. you may want to change your plans and go later. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that's backed up. we've been talking a lot about getting to the snow just for with my experience at thursday's before a big holiday weekend, that would be today. usually we get a lot of slowing in the afternoon , leaving san francisco and on 80 eastbound tomorrow, the same thing goes. 8 17. let's bring steve in with today's weather. thank you plenty of twenties and thirties before the high clouds came in that sense some temps up , but we would have been called over. those high clouds didn't come in, but still justified. the freeze warning and the frost advisory goes for a while. another 1 40 minutes or so in

them until nine o'clock. lot of high clouds system looks ominous enough, but it's going to start going south. now. if there's any rain, it would be right near the coast. that'll probably do it because the system is going to start going. due south towards la over the next 24 to 36 hours , sun and clouds a lot of high clouds coming in so twenties thirties, but we would have been mid twenties or lower twenties. if that cloud cover didn't come in petaluma at one time was 29 now 32. livermore was 29 now 33 . brentwood was 31 now 35. so again, it was it was getting down there than the clouds came. it's still a couple of twenties boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains. hollister's at 30 degrees santa cruz app toss at 38 santa clara's been stuck at 31, cupertino and saratoga at 34 . it's cold for all here, but this cloud deck is just rolling in, but the low is just a little bit too far to the west here, but something to watch over the next 24 hours, but it looks like a lot of cloud government probably not much else. if it does make it again, it would favor areas west and very

little, if any, to the east. the system. though high clouds mid level clouds will take us into friday, and then it goes south. it'll be off of l a. by the time we get to saturday, leaving us with a nice weekend. very nice weekend. enjoy it because again, you'll hear about this nonstop here, but still five days away. looks like a big pattern change with maybe a lot of snow on the way as we head towards next tuesday night, wednesday and beyond fifties sixties and attempts here will be cloudy to mostly cloudy into friday, then a beautiful weekend, you guys steve. thank you. it's now 8 19 , a push for affordable healthcare for workers at the hayward unified school district. they say the plan that's being offered to them just doesn't work people with long covid or more likely not to have jobs or full time work, the most common symptoms that keep some people from eing emp

michels the northeast of ohio. many people who live in a small town where it happens, say they are afraid to go back home. the ntsb released this new drone footage showing the derailment. the aftermath of the wreckage is still unfolding chemical spill severely hurt aquatic life and residents say they're worried about the long term effect on their health. we've been talking about moving somewhere different. because it's just i don't want to risk it. understand that. you know the trains need to keep going. it's part of our economy. but you know they didn't take human life

into consideration. b p a says tests show the area safe to breathe and that wells that supply the town with water are not contaminated mechanical problem with the railcar axle may have caused the derailment. the investigation is ongoing 23 now this morning, china is accusing us lawmakers of exaggerating the threat posed by suspected chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina. that's after house lawmakers passed a resolution condemning china for a brazen violation of u. s sovereignty. in a statement issued today, china again said the balloon was an unmanned civilian. whether research balloon the u. s has dismissed that claim. china's foreign minister says it will take measures against the u. s for shooting down that balloon happening today, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other republican lawmakers are set to visit the u. s border with mexico. one focus the trafficking of fentanyl across the border. it is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced. the bipartisan congress is holding hearings about the fentanyl crisis, and there's

bipartisan outrage as a wave of fentanyl deaths sweeps the country. the opioid crisis, not a red state problem or a blue state problem. this is america's problem. the chief of u. s. border patrol tweeted a photo of £93 of fentanyl that were seized at the border writing quote. so far in this year, we have seized over £476 of fentanyl between the ports of entry along the southwest border. that's enough to kill 100 million people. nikki haley, the newly announced republican presidential candidate says there should be mandatory mental competency test for politicians above the age of 75 haley's push for the competency test as part of her campaign message that the u. s needs a younger president. there have been criticisms of both president biden and former president donald trump are too old to be president. a new study finds a link between long covid and a greater risk of unemployment. the study published in the monthly report from the journal of the american medical association, focused on 15,000 residents in the us between the ages of 18 and 69,

who experienced long covid symptoms found that 9% of them were unemployed, more than double the general unemployment rate. 53% surveyed work full time. those with long covid symptoms included brain fog or impaired memory and were also associated with the lower likelihood of working full time . public art is now on display at some bart stations as part of a domestic violence prevention program. the artwork was unveiled at the powell street station in san francisco. posters will be displayed at more than a dozen stations system wide and on board trains. bart says the artist designed to raise awareness about domestic violence. domestic violence is a complex issue, one that can be shrouded in silence and shame. but i believe that healing is possible. we all do. and it starts with talking about what healthy, nurturing relationships look like. and learning how to get help. for yourself for a friend or loved one. since 2017 bart has received more than 500 reports of domestic violence on

its trains or stations. i read somewhere tech still causing problems for the city of oakland. what that means for thousands of city workers who are supposed to get paid this week. and for the first time never before seen video of the 1986 dive to the wreckage of the titanic is being released still ahead here from the man who

time in 10 years, while mayor

shank tao says she fired former chief laurent armstrong and how he responds to how the process has played out. one worker at an east bay assisted living facility now facing elder abuse charges following the death of a resident, the new information on what happened that led to the 94 year old man's death. from ktvu . fox two news. this is mornings on to welcome back. i'm gasia mikaelian senior. it's thursday, february 16th in his 8 29 on the dot you can see right behind us here. not much sun. it is cold, though, so let's turn things over to steve paulson to find out how the temperature going to be looking for the rest of this thursday, steve fifties and sixties, but if it wasn't for those higher class, we would have been even colder. no doubt about it. there's a band or two of those kind of moving and they will be with us off and on today and tomorrow is a system. actually favors going more parallel to the coast. if there's any rain, it would be right by the coast. and that's it. i don't think it will make it, but we'll get some sun and clouds. it's a it's a sweet

thursday forecast we're looking for that cold morning had twenties. now it's more thirties and forties, but sun high clouds on the mild side still slightly below average with fifties and low sixties does look mostly cloudy tomorrow. alright salles here almost 8 30 in the morning sonoma grade. yeah it's kind of like a broken record. i have to keep going back to it, though, because this has just been a terrible commute north 26 80. there was a crash just north of 84. southbound 6 80 is a mess. don't let this catch you by surprise. let's say you know you drive from san ramon down to san jose, or you use 6 80 at all to get into the south bay 6 80 is just a mess between dublin. heading down through signal because of the crash. some people are using 8 80 barrier. bridges aren't too slow. san mateo is a little slow and so is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up for at least a 20 minute delay. 8 30, let's go back to the headlines this morning. a worker at an east bay senior living facility is due in court tomorrow for a preliminary hearing. leticia starling has been charged with one count of elder abuse after the death of a resident at atrial walnut creek

, who was in her care investigators say last august 94 year old constantine kanun mistakenly drink from a bottle of cleaning chemicals that was not locked up as it should have. he died eight days later. this case is similar to two cases at an atria senior living center in san mateo county. families of those victims say their relatives were served cleaning fluid instead of fruit juice. 31 now we begin this half hour with that developing story out of oakland, the city now searching for a new police chief, he told you earlier in the newscast at mere centaur announced she fired laurent armstrong after two years as the city's top cop, ktvu sally rastus is live in oakland to explain what the mayor said the chief had to go and what armstrong and his supporters are doing. in response, palin andre supporters of laurent armstrong, the now former oakland police chief plan to have a rally outside oakland city hall later this afternoon to protest the mayor's decision to fire him, rally organizers said in a statement. quote we are profoundly disappointed that the will of the public was not

taken into consideration that statement from rally organizers goes on to say. that the that armstrong had quote had a plan to reduce public violence. he has a son of oakland and his love for the city and its residents was evident in his work. our mayor needs to hear the pain of her people end quote before firing him. oakland mayor centaur had put armstrong on leave for about a month after an independent report obtained by ktvu claimed he did not do enough as chief to hold some of his officers accountable for misconduct. at the center of that misconduct was the actions of an opd police sergeant. he hit a parked car and opd vehicle and then drove off and later fired his gun inside an elevator at police headquarters, and then through the shell c, and the report said the chief ultimately bears responsibility for that. the mayor apparently agreed. chief armstrong has my respect and appreciation for his service to the department. into the city that he grew up in and that he clearly loves dearly.

and he will continue to have my respect and appreciation. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. in response, armstrong issued a written statement which says after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports, it will be clear i was a loyal and effective reformer of the open police department. his statement goes on to say, quote. it will be equally clear that i committed no misconduct and my termination is fundamentally wrong. unjustified and unfair and quote the police department has been under federal supervision for the past 20 years ordered by a federal judge to make some serious reforms after police corruption case back in 2003. that oversight was supposed to finally end this may, the mayor said. the chiefs in action, however, put that end dates for that federal supervision. in jeopardy. and so some of the civil rights attorneys involved in that federal supervision process say

that now that the chief has been dismissed, it is likely and more possible now that opd will get out of supervision by the federal government by this may, but supporters of laurent armstrong are not happy about this decision again. they plan to have a rally at oakland city hall at noon today. live in oakland. ali rasmus ktvu. box two news. thank you. despite the ongoing ransomware attack in the city of oakland, it is telling employees that they will get paid this week. the cyberattack that invaded the cities technology system last week prompted the city administrator to issue a proclamation of local emergency. now, under that cloche proclamation, the city can receive emergency funding from the state and federal government. still people we talked to say it's a big headache to get even simple tests done. i've been here over an hour. and the people over there. don't think she'd been here for about two hours already , so i don't know. the city, then went on to say the proclamation sent a proclamation and a memo to employees and that

memo told employees that the city would have an alternative way to pay their wages and that there would be no delay. city leaders have still not released any details about the attack or the ransomware demand. the owner of a morgan hill outdoor shooting range is now planning to open an indoor gun range. very news group reports the plan is to convert a vacant building on south basketball avenue in your valley medical center in san jose. the building is used to store medical supplies, but would be renovated to house a gun range and classes to teach firearms training. we're getting new information about the deadly shooting in michigan state university this week, officials just held a news conference to provide updated information. they said the man who shot eight students, killing three had two handguns that were purchased legally, but they were not registered, they said the guns, ammunition and a two page note were found with the man anthony mccray after he died by suicide. the note threatened to list of businesses, a church and a school district in new jersey. the listing of the businesses.

um through our investigation, we found that he had had contact with some of those places. um he was an employee of the mire warehouse at one time. ah in a couple of other businesses, it appears that he had some issues with the employees there where he was asked to leave. so it looks like he possibly a motive for that was he just felt slighted, and that's kind of what the note indicated. officials say they still have not been able to determine why mcrae targeted the michigan state university campus. five injured students remain in critical condition at a hospital in lansing, and they're reportedly showing signs of improvement classes at the university of canceled this week. intercept to resume on monday, many of the students at michigan state say they relied on their active shooter training after getting text messages telling them about a shooter on campus. they found a place to hide. locked and barricaded the doors and turn out the lights until they were given. the all clear. a number of colleges began implementing active shooter drills in recent years in response to a growing number of school shootings. it is 8 36

workers in the hayward unified school district rally for better healthcare. they say they are not being offered and affordable healthcare plan and they don't have any real options when it comes to medical insurance. some classified workers have to work two jobs, one for benefits and want to sustain invested their household. i personally paid by the 1008 $85 a month out of my paycheck, and if i want to add another person i can't because i wouldn't see my paycheck. leaders of the unions say the average members salary is $48,000 a year in most private insurance plans cost about $10,000 annually. plans here at hayward are not affordable, which is centrally means we are not meeting a c a and so employees have no other choice but to turn to cover california. and those plans. don't offer all all of what we need. lisa marie custard with the district said she's an example of that because she had to pay $1600 for this

mobile chair because it isn't covered under covered california plans we ask the school district to comment on employee benefits and have not heard back yet there is some progress in the ongoing police investigation into several car break ins that happened earlier this month in pleasant hill. the cars were parked on long, brooke way near the outback steakhouse restaurant. all the break ins happened overnight on the first weekend of the month. man who lives in the neighborhood took this video of the damaged cars after seeing a lot of broken glass on the street. continued walking along. it was just car after car after car windows shattered and ultimately, by the time i got back to my place, i counted a total of 20 vehicles. and there is still broken glass on the street and sidewalk this morning thieves got away with electronic equipment from the cars. police tracked one device to home in antiochus and another to a home in sacramento county. at this point, though, no arrests have been made. 38 is your time this morning on thursday, let's check in with steve paulson. now, with the cool weather we're dealing with right now doubt about it. we

were on our way to. i think some low and mid twenties there were some to the north. but then the cloud cover came in and that put the air brakes if you will, on these temps near clayton along marsh creek or 27, south of gilroy, 27. livermore briefly 28 duncans mills, 28 alexander valley dropped to 28 san anselmo and fairfax for 29 napa had a big drop compared to yesterday. 29 degrees. palo alto and sonoma both checked in at 30 degrees, still a couple of twenties, but those are up in lake county, mendocino county. some of the higher elevations although uk is still 29, but at one time heals, berg was in the upper twenties, windsor was 28 degrees, so i mentioned fairfax sentence someone now more mid thirties upper thirties to even a few low forties already, but even even tiburon was 38 at one time. freeze warning out for 20 minutes or so frost advisor. but we have definitely reached the coldest temps in the morning and a lot of high clouds are on the way pretty impressive system out there. but the key words are out there does not look like it's going to march east of it does there will be rain near the

coast, but not inland. i don't think it will. i think it'll be a lot of cloud cover. not much else. these are really cold ocean temps. bowie temp san francisco buoy at 50. but jacob a briefly dropped to 49 degrees point arena is 49 usually were around 54 55. so from mid february, these are there's a lot of cold around, including the water temps, which are really cool sun and clouds makes a lot of high clouds here mild afternoon fifties sixties angle the sun now so much higher. it's completely different now compared to say, december january, where we'll be like, all right, it's gonna be cold all day. well, that's not the case. the afternoons are actually pretty mild here. we're seeing thirties and forties on the temps. that system will go south cold morning that gives way to a lot of high clouds today and also tomorrow on its on its way that lo about west southwest of los angeles, but saturday morning, which will leave us a nice weekend, you're going to be hearing about this a lot there. it looks like a significant pattern change starting next tuesday night wednesday. lot of snow in the mountains. there'll be rain here will see snow lovers could get low around here, but i don't

want to jump too much on the hype train five days away, so a lot can happen between now and then. but it does look like significant changes next week fifties sixties on attempts here after friday, the weekend looks good transition time will be on monday. steve. thank you. the race for a vaccine to fight rsv could soon be over coming up on the nine new results from two vaccine trials and how researchers described the findings. not too many workers like going to meetings at work, and now some companies are getting rid of meetings entirely . the reason behind this growing trend coming up

health community and elected leaders as well as developers to celebrate the start of demolition for the project along east charleston road construction will later begin for the mitchell park police development and includes a 50 units with 25 specifically for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. the project is made possible through partnership among the city, senate, clara county and the nonprofit ability path that helps people with special needs. and being able to have that opportunity to live in an inclusive setting, and to live independently is really

something that's fantastic. i think having housing for anyone people need a place to call home. the project will also include office space for social workers to help residents with a broad range of services, including wellness, career and education. another report on inflation this morning indicates we may see another interest rate hike plant based options at another popular fast food restaurant. pam cooks making me hungry as we dive into this for dollars and cents, yes, more and more. this one coming in from mcdonald's announced it is rolling out mcp plant nuggets starting february 22nd in germany, the nuggets are made with peas, corn and tempura breading. this follows chick fil a's plan to test a cauliflower version of its chicken sandwich. stocks dropped when the opening bell ring this morning after that price producer price index was released this morning, the report shows producer prices were up almost twice as high as economists predicted for january . retail sales for the month also came in higher than expected this week, and analysts say that most likely means the

federal reserve will have to take further action to fight inflation. taking a live look at the numbers on the big board. the dow jones hovering right around 200 points drop of about half of a percent. the s and p 500 also down about a half of a percent same for the nasdaq, and it is hanging onto that 12,000 level, the nasdaq said. 12,008 this morning, new reports say workers at a tesla facility in buffalo, new york, alleged the company is firing people who support unionization. the employees announced their union campaign on tuesday. on wednesday, tesla terminated dozens of those workers. the workers say tesla is trying to intimidate people and discourage union activity. federal law bans companies from retaliating for organizing unions. reaction is mixed to a campaign to reduce, if not eliminate online company meetings. shopify like many companies during the pandemic, had employees working from home and communicating via zoom for

meetings. shopify, though has announced it is canceling all meetings to give employees more time to work on individual products projects, and the hope is that it will increase productivity. it sounds like they just want them fully back in the office. i think it allows me to get more work done. definitely ceo. i'm overseeing a team of 160 people. i need to be sure that i'm involved where i'm supposed to be involved in the most productive way possible, and often that means gathering my team together, shopify says. so far it has eliminated more than 320,000 hours of meetings. some business analysts, though, say the problem is not virtual meetings, but rather bad meetings that are unproductive and a popular travel destination in florida, has now been named the world's most expensive city for a family vacation. orlando home to disneyworld topped the list because of its many tourist

sites and family theme parks. according to the site. compare the market it costs a family of four more than $7000 for a seven night vacation in orlando. ticket prices have certainly increased over the years, but lodging actually makes up the bulk of that $4000 of that cost for the family of four for a week. i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents. thank you so much. one of the seven wonders of the world is welcoming tourists. once again. malcolm pichu started allowing tourists to visit yesterday. that's the first time since december, visitors have been allowed at the lost inca city. there have been civil unrest in the south american country since peru's president was ousted and replaced by the vice president when the protests first began, some 300 international tourists were stranded in makkah pico during protests blocking access in and out of the city. we are now getting a first look at the wreckage of the titanic. titanic sank on its maiden voyage, of course from england to new york back in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. the wreckage wasn't discovered for almost 75 years. a short time later, the woods

hole oceanographic institute sent a dive team and cameras down to issued 80 hours of film of the wreckage. some of that you're seeing now. most of the video wasn't released until this week. the first thing i saw coming out of the gloom it 30 ft . was this wall this giant wall of riveted steel, the rose over 100 some feet above us. i never looked down at the titanic. i looked up at the titanic. nothing was small. more than 1500, passengers and crew died when the titanic sank and its maiden voyage, the woods hole oceanographic institute decided to release the video now to mark the 25th anniversary of james cameron's titanic film that won 11 academy awards from the back . end of rush hour right now, coming up on 8 50 here, south castigated to see how the roads are looking at this time, so but it's been a tough one for the signal. great. i know every single report. i've talked about it, but it's just been that tough since 7 15 this morning

there's been a crash on 6 80 north bong. it was two overturned vehicles and traffic is backed up, at least down from south mission. we also have southbound succeed. he has been a mess too pleasant and heading down. past the scene, even though all the southbound lanes have been open, but you can clearly see to the other side of the freeway highway 84. a lot of people have taken that getting out of livermore. it's just really a tough commute. if you look at the rest of the east bay, it's a lot better. 6 80 has improved. so his highway four we still have a bigger backup at the richmond bridge. look at that. that's kind of a late commute there. and at the bay bridge. we have a late commute going as well. so everyone is trying to get that work in before the holiday weekend. it seems you can see the saturday commute is pretty slow. remember this afternoon thursday afternoon before a holiday weekend, traditionally very heavy, leaving san francisco on the signal grade and on 80. 8 50 . let's bring steve back in with

today's weather. all right, sal . thank you, sir. i had a cold cold morning here a lot of twenties thirties and then the higher clouds came in, and that stopped attempts from getting even colder. but still, it's cold enough. system is offshore spinning and a lot of high and mid level clouds looks pretty impressive and it is, but it's doing this. it's going to start going right down the coast so we're not expecting parallel to the coast. if it was on the coast. we'd have rain, but it looks to be too far to the west. but you can see the higher clouds streaming in. they'll be with us off and on today and then into tomorrow until that system moves all the way down west of los angeles by saturday morning. so cold morning, no doubt about it, but a lot of high clouds and i think we'll see a mix of cloud cover over the next today and also into friday, but then it will move far enough south. it'll clear out that the weekend which is what you care about will be good. again you're going to hear about this for the next five days. there's going to be a pattern change for us where it all develops, shakes out. if you will hear timing intensity, it does look like a pretty significant snow event up in the mountains will still get rain

out of it. we'll see. there's been a lot of chatter about low snow levels again. if it was one day away, i'd say let's go, but it's five days away, so a lot will change. but something to keep in mind for next week won't be until next tuesday night, wednesday, fifties sixties on the temps, and we'll have a cloud cover on friday, but then your weekend looks good. you guys alright. thanks, steve, celebrating black cultures and igniting challenging conversations coming up on the nine will give you a look at a museum in san francisco that inspires learning through a global lens. first we introduce you to a self 18 is too young to drive but still zooms along at 60 miles an hour while she says she has to work extra hard to compete in luge next oooohhh, it is cold outside time to protect your vehichle from winters wrath of course the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too you need weathertech all year round! come on, protect your investment laser measured floorliners and cargoliner will shield the carpeting from sand and snow

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voted to extend the moratorium of full year originally enacted in 2020 because of the pandemic . the moratorium will now expire

at the end of february of next year, and additional amendment was also added that requires landlords to report to the city when their tenants seek covid-19 relief rent exemption. the price to rent an apartment or home is getting more expensive. consumer prices overall increase to half a percent last month. that is suggesting the cost to rent was largely to blame for that increase. some financial experts believe the price to rent could eventually go down in the second half of this year. if mortgage rates drop, it's still cheaper to rent than to buy in most areas. cities there is an effort underway to pay some jurors on criminal cases more for their service. san francisco assembly member filtering announced the bill was san francisco's brooke jenkins and public defender manu raju. the bill would increase european criminal cases from $15 to $100 a day for low to moderate income jurors thing says it will help ensure that all californians have access to a jury of their peers. if we want our criminal justice system to work. if we want jury trials to work we need to make sure not

just that some californians can participate, but that every single california who wants to who qualifies is able to have the opportunity to participate. the bill is an expansion of a pilot program underway in san francisco started last year by the state legislature. a san francisco based company that created a robot lawyer will not test its technology in court this month. after all the company do not pay was preparing to help to defendants this month with their speeding tickets. companies decided to hold off on that, citing threats from state bar prosecutors. ceo says the company will focus on fighting corporations instead, religious leaders are experimenting with using artificial intelligence to write sermons. i told chad gpt to write me a sermon and the voice of a rabbi of about 1000 words. ah! about the tour portion on the theme of intimacy and vulnerability. franklin used check gpt to write the sermon

and says he was impressed by the results. but he says there are limitations as artificial intelligence can't really understand spirituality. what is missing with artificial intelligence is a soul and you know, a mind without a soul is hardly capable of what i would consider true ministry professor york says he has investigated artificial intelligence as well , especially in regards to its use by his seminary students. he has told them in his view, it is only a tool for lazy preachers. is that 18 is zooming up the ranks of the fastest sport in the winter olympics. 15 year old ellie kleinheinz is too young to drive, but she has no problem going 60 miles an hour. competitors lie on a modified sled and race on an icy track. the archbishop mitty high school student picked up the sport four years ago and is now on the u. s luge junior team. in a million years, i would have never thought i'd be in south korea as a 15 year old with ah, teammates

that i met just a few years like a few years ago. come from a place for like, not like some where i live. it's it just means that i have to work that much harder to get where i want to be. losers can go nearly 90 miles an hour. at least goal is to compete in the olympics. we have an entire special sports focus celebrating bay area athletes, you'll find those stories that ktvu dot com slash sports joint celebration for lunar new year and black history month was held in san francisco last night. it was held at the san francisco public library and called drumbeats heartbeats communities as one it was hosted by the city's human rights commission organizer said the purpose of the night was to build unity between the asian and black communities. this is important because the way that it's played out, is it it is made it seem like there is tension within the black and asian community and people have this false narrative around

who's doing what to who and this is an opportunity for us to come together, build relationships, build community and hopefully, um, do away with the tension in the narrative that things aren't good between the two communities. the event included lion dancers, jazz musicians, african drumming and rep for me. oakland is once again looking for a new police chief after the newly elected mayor fired chief laurent armstrong. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. what's next for the city after going through 10 police chiefs in 10 years then east bay. congresswoman barbara lee is entering the race for senator dianne feinstein seat the third major candidate to announce such plans. why analysts say this could be the most expensive senate race ever. yeah new information about a deadly house fire and explosion in san francisco sunset district when investigators say caused the explosion as neighbors are now speaking out.