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someone stole multiple trees and left behind broken hearts during a bonsai theft in the east bay. the significance of the trees and the deep emotional attachment felt by the community. but first, farm worker rights thrust into the spotlight following a mass shooting at two farms in half moon bay one year later, have conditions improved at all for the farm worker community? hi everybody. thanks for watching. getting answers. i'm dionne lim, those issues in just three minutes, but first let's get to your forecast because we take a live look outside right now and you can see things certainly have cleared up after the trio of storms. but we do want to know when will the rain end entirely? spencer christian standing by with the answer on that. hi, spencer. hey, diane. >> well, before we get to when it's going to end, i want to show you just how wet it has been over the last three days. last 72 hours, in fact, the storms have been quite generous in their delivery of rainfall to us. mount tam has received nearly seven and one third inches of rain over the last

three days. santa rosa over three inches san francisco. more than one and a third inches oakland, nearly two inches more than one and one third inches and san jose and ben lomond nearly seven inches of rain. so we all know we've had quite a drenching right now we're looking at live doppler seven. as you can see, there's not a lot of rain leftt ere are some wet spots. we have some lightrillionain and showers up sa, moving over into northern sonoma, napa county, up around saint helena and then farther east in the north bay over toward vacaville and fairfield. down to vallejo. we've got some showers in the east bay. we have lightrillionain near walnut creek and clayton, berkeley, oakland, moraga getting some lightrillionain right now down in the south bay. the focus is down south of san jose and the campbell area and down towards the summit. some fairly widespread downpour hours there, but as you can see on the looping image of the satellite and the radar, there's just not much developing out to see. well, it just sort of stopped on me, but i'll tell you, there's not much. oh, there it is. there's not much developing out

to see. so we don't expect to get much more rain this evening. this is still though, a level one storm. so into the evening hours we expect more scattered showers. there is still possibility of flooding on roadways. also on streams and creeks and rivers. trees may still fall down because of the saturated soil, so the forecast animation is starting at 4 p.m. shows a continued version of this tapering off of the storm that we have by 5:06 p.m. 7 p.m. we'll see almost nothing left here in the bay area, maybe a sprinkle or two, but we'll start to dry out going into tomorrow. now i should point out that a coastal flood advisory will be in effect again for the bay shoreline and the north bay shoreline. 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow. and for the interior valleys of the north bay, those areas are just saturated. so there may be more flooding in those areas on roads, lots, parks, maybe even some isolated road closures. and these are our forecast headlines for tonight. just a few scattered showers tomorrow a brief period of drying. and i say brief because on wednesday we get another

storm coming in uh- possibly a level two. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast dry tomorrow. more rain on wednesday. but we have been a longer period of drying going into the weekend. and that all important nfc champion game. the giants. the giants, the niners. wouldn't it be fun if the giants were in there. the niners taking on the detroit lions. looks like we're going to have some nice warm almost spring like weather for sunday's game. >> all right spencer that certainly would be a story to tell if that were the case with the giants. >> thank you. show up on the field. that'll be fun to watch. that's right. >> all right. thank you for that. well, moving on now. one year ago, seven farm workers were killed in a mass shooting in half moon bay. the alleged gunman targeted workers at two different farms. and he said he suffered from years of bullying at work. the case then thrust into the spotlight the living and working conditions of farm workers in california. so joining us live now is the mayor of half moon bay, joaquin jimenez. thank you so much for joining us. >> you're very welcome. thank

you for the invitation. yes. >> and last night we reported on a remembrance event that was held for the victims. clearly the mourning process continues. what did you hear from those who were there? >> i heard a lot of a lot of different things. you know, a lot of hope. uh it's definitely not something that we have in the community a lot of good things have happened since the since the tragedy last year families, you know, coming together, that community coming together, different sectors of our government, you know, our local, state and federal level, uh, is continue to be here. you know, the presence is felt now with the i mean, we are listening more. we are paying more attention. it was brought up yesterday. you know the how we felt the farm workers in the past. and now we are listening. so many times we talk about

we're having solutions for farm workers without even asking. now we know that we have to ask reach out to the farmworker comm a you know, how can we help? what can we do for you? what do you need? and we owe it to them. they have been ignored for several decades. not talking about years, decades. they have been ignored. and i think it's time for us to, uh, to pay attention. it is definitely time for us to pay attention. >> now, let's narrow things down a little bit more, because we saw that unity. we saw members of government participating. we saw community members saying that yes, they did want to speak out more. the suspect in that shooting was a farm worker himself. and as we mentioned, this exposed some very serious issues that farm workers face. we're talking about living conditions, lack of mental health services, fair pay. can you share with us some specifics on what has improved since? well

one thing has improved. >> uh, we are getting ready for this fall to have our farm workers, uh, that were sent actually out those farms moving to the new housing. that's the highlight. that's the highlight of the year for me, you know, to see the farm workers actually moving to the into the site. uh we are working on a on a raising minimum wage in half moon bay, you know, for farm workers, for everybody, for essential workers . uh, we are working, uh, in visiting more the farms, like i said, no listening and listening. it's a it's a big deal. uh, acknowledging the farm workers, maybe not ignoring anymore, but, you know, one of the, uh, somebody mentioned yesterday, you know, we walking around half moon bay with blinders, ignoring and no whites here and the person was talking about the farm workers and we're not going to do that anymore. we have been bringing up these issues, you know, for several years. and i think that right now it is time for us to

actually to, uh, to take action. we are taking action. that's you have to be building together with the county, uh, the funding that's come to us from, uh, from our local representatives, uh, from, uh, senator josh becker. uh assembly member, uh, berman. also, you know, we're here, uh, congresswoman alicia, who we love very much in our community. she's a pioneer in in building farmworker housing here in our community that the farm, uh, farmworker community, you know, she's a pioneer in that. and she's been here. she's been pressing a lot of things that are happening, you know, and continue to happen a lot of that hope that we had several years ago, it is happening right now. and there's a lot more things that we're looking forward to. and the farm community, they see that. they see that they're not alone. you know, that the healing process is going to take years, maybe decades before we actually make an impact. you know, uh, in the tragedy from last year. but we're not giving up. we are definitely not giving

up half of may, the half of may, the community giving up. >> and we certainly saw that with the united farm workers making their voices heard with demonstrations participating and events. you mentioned a couple of times in your last answer about lawful housing and more housing for farm workers. can you tell us what that would look like? and what was proposed, where that is in the process? i know it's going to be a long time before the facilities will be up and running. >> well, uh, like i mentioned for the fall, i'm, uh, i'm i'm that's my highlight of the year. there is a site here in half moon bay. uh, stone pine stone pine cove. that's what we're calling it right now, that we are bringing in, uh, prefabricated homes for our farm workers community. and that's going to be happening this year, 2024. and it's been a collaboration of the city and the county. uh the state funding that comes from all of this

coming from different sectors, you know, from there also, the, the, the county purchasing the new site in half moon bay that would be future, uh, to provide more housing here for community. yeah, certainly. i know that's going to take a few years. but you know, we have to be patient, but we're going to get it done. >> yeah, certainly a first step, something we will continue to cover. and before we go, i do want to end on a positive, encouraging note because we covered a tamale caravan that happened this past december. and what happened was it was traveling from san jose to half moon bay, delivered thousands of tamales to farm workers. are there some other community events where you see that unity that we can look forward to this coming year? >> every year we do that every year. the, uh, the farmworker caravan, it happens every december. uh, we visited different farms and bring gifts for the farm workers. uh, tamales for the farm workers. but things happen throughout the year. there's different programs

that happen under the different organizations. uh, puente, la cosa, hope, uh, different groups that come together. you know, the sheriff's department also doing, uh, gifts production for, uh, for farm workers and farm workers, you know, community here in the area. there's a lot of events happening throughout the year, a lot of celebrations. it is just beautiful to see this many people coming together to acknowledge and recognize our farm workers. >> yes, please do keep us posted on any events going forward in the coming year as well. mayor joaquin jimenez, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> well, coming up, impressive. that is the word being used by researchers who looked into a simple blood test designed to determine a person's alzheimer's risk. we'll learn all about

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future. so joining us live now is claire day, a chief program officer with the alzheimer's association. she's here to discuss a pretty promising study published today on a test that may help identify those at higher risk of developing the disease. thank you for being here right away. tell us a little bit about that new study in jama neurology about the test . what are these biomarkers and how are they associated with the disease. >> yeah. thank you so much for having us. and you know, biomarkers is a terme that maybe nobody's heard of. but you've all probably experienced a biomarker test. it's something a piece of you a part of your biology like blood in this case where they can actually test for evidence of a disease. and we're probably most commonly used to having our blood tested to see if we have high cholesterol or to see what our blood sugars are. and research is really

advancing in the way we're looking at biomarkers to identify those biological hallmarks of alzheimer's disease, which in this case is that build up of amyloid plaque and those tau tangles. and what this study showed is the sort of the emergence of now the potential of a down the road blood test to specifically identify tau. this is part of a lot of emerging biomarker work that's being done around the world, involving both amyloid plaque and now to see the tau protein. so it's really a great step forward. it's obviously early days, but it's exciting to see. >> yeah it certainly is encouraging. and i'm thinking to myself this all sounds so incredibly simple a blood test. what are the methods that are being used now in comparison to determine someone's risk? >> yeah. and it's important to recognize that right now these tests are only being used in clinical trial. and they're not quite ready for prime time yet.

but we've certainly seen advances in the last few years in the research realm to get to the point where hopefully in the near future, we'll have these tests readily available. today, we're doing a couple of things. we're certainly ruling out other things that could be causing signs of cognitive decline uh- things that like a tumor or or infections. so physicians spend some time kind of getting to know the patient and understanding what their cognitive deficits are. but it's not a perfect system. and while there are things like pet scans that could be available, they're very expensive and they're not readily available to everybody. and so the idea of having this sort of forward thinking way of simplifying the diagnostic process is really, really exciting. it's in the future, but it is exciting thing. okay. >> so let's say the future is here. let's say this is actually available and possible for someone to use. how could it actually benefit someone knowing their risk of developing alzheimer's? it's certainly

something that has affected members of my own family. >> yeah, yeah. >> and it's sort of a hard question right now because there's nothing you could do. right. so even if you found out today that you had the potential of getting the cognitive symptoms of alzheimer's 20 years from now, today, research has not given us a way to stop that progression of the cognitive symptoms and so it becomes a really challenging question to answer around what's ethically wrong, responsible, what changes someone's sort of quality of life, and knowing that this is the inevitability. so what i see is the potential for us to have science catch up with treatment as well as diagnostics at the same time. so that we really could create this world where we have a way to treat the disease before we actually see those symptoms in a way that's actually effective, as opposed to using it as a way to test people for something that's sort of an unknown of the future. but

what it could also do is really improve the diagnostic process. so i think that's where our earlier hope is, is that we would have a better way to accurately and effective diagnose alzheimer's disease, where people could get the treatment that's available today . >> i see that's a better way to frame. i think that answer and response. and can you talk about how common alzheimer's is? >> yeah, unfortunately it's a little too common. it's the sixth leading cause of death in the united states at one in in eight people over the age of 65, 1 in 3 people over the age of 85 are diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. age today is the biggest risk factor. it's not the only risk factor. and we know there are some small genetic markers that people should be, um, aware of that put them at an increased risk. but, you know, we're an aging nation. and so as age is the biggest risk factor, it's certainly why we're seeing more and more

people being diagnosed. we're also seeing, uh, health care professionals do a better job of really identifying those early symptoms. families identifying some of those early symptoms. we tend to shy away from the cognitive changes. but we really need to be advocating for ourselves. if we see evidence of memory slips, it could just be normal aging or it could be something more serious. and we should never ignore those symptoms. >> i-team's and real quickly before we go, can you share with everyone the difference between alzheimer's and dementia? because it's very easy to mix this two up. >> yeah, that's probably one of my favorite questions. >> so dementia is the umbrella terms that really defines the loss of function. like cognition like memory, like behavioral changes is of enough severity that it's impacting our ability to, uh, perform our activities of daily living, alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia. so i would like to think of the word dementia like flowers. there's so many different types of flowers, like tulips and

butter. uh, daffodils and all kinds of different flowers. there are all kinds of different types of dementia. the difference is the biology that's happening in the brain. so dementia is really those those symptoms. whereas the biology is the disease like alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia , uh, lewy body dementia, vascular dementia. i appreciate you explaining the difference between the two. >> i myself find myself to be more clear on the issue now. thank you. great. and claire de with the alzheimer's association, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> well, coming up, if plants were books, bonsai trees would tell the story of family heritage, world history and themes of peace, harmony and strength. volunteers are simply heartbroken over the theft of several trees from a garden in the east bay next, we'll talk about why these trees are so beloved and also now coveted by thieves. stay wit

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us here has a history, comes with a history. people who planted acorns when their child was born as a memorial tree. we have a pine tree that was grown from a seed planted by a family. after they were released from the internment camps, each and every tree has a story, and each and every one of our volunteers, myself included, have worked on these trees. i know each and every one of them intimately. >> now the garden is making a desperate plea to bring those trees back. no question asked. so joining us now is suzanne mueller, assistant director at the garden. suzanne, how are you and your volunteers dealing with the aftermath? >> i think everybody is extremely devastated by the loss . um, we are all trying to support each other and make sure that that, um, we reach out to

as many folks as possible and get as much word out there to as many people to make sure that these trees are visible. and perhaps with the thought of getting them back. >> yeah. and for those who aren't familiar, bonsai are not just any ordinary trees. they can take decades, if not hundreds of years to cultivate. why are these trees special and in many cases, historical? >> thank you for asking. and also thank you for having me on a lot of these trees, as we refer to them as generational. they could be done by great grandparents, passed on to parents, passed on to children. often we have a special tree that we refer to as the lincoln tree. they have legacy. um, and a lot of these trees are so old. one of our oldest trees is 1500 years old. it was harvested from the mojave desert. and so people have put their souls into working on these trees to make sure that they are absolutely

beautiful. and ready for the public to come and look at them. and to have any of them be taken away from the garden is just it's just devastating for oakland and for the garden. >> yes, i can imagine. and do you have any idea who who would want to steal this type of tree? because when i visited japan and a garden, there, i was told that the market is in international. these are very desirable. >> they are. and a lot of people will get trees from japan, from china, from vietnam, from all different places. and um, you know, it's the amount of time, energy and effort that goes into keeping these trees alive. the thing about each tree is they are all individuals. none of them are alike. you can have multiple junipers, pines make apple trees in a garden, but

each one has its very own characteristics. and their very own style. so to think that one can be replaced with another tree is just it's not it's not possible. >> yeah. the cultivation is very detailed. can you explain to us quickly on what it takes to actually be an expert in this art? >> yeah. so so to be a bonsai practice owner, some folks actually go to japan for years and learn how to style the tree. take care of the tree, how to wire it, trim it as you see, even in some of your pictures, we have a varying degree of species of trees, so a maple is being styled and taken care of completely different than than a pine tree. and each person has to know what the tree it is that they're working on in order to know when it can be repotted,

how it can be styled, how do you cut the roots? um, it's just it's just not a it's a learning experience. and it takes many, many, many years to learn how to take care of each individual tree. >> and the gardens have been broken into four times in the past 4 to 5 years. clearly people understand the value of these trees real quickly. can you share with us some of the security measures that you will be implementing going forward to prevent this from happening again? >> well, um, we do have some security currently in the garden , and right now we're exploring other options as to how do we beef up security to in the future. not let this happen again or to make sure that we make it very, very difficult for future thieves to access our trees? >> well, we certainly hope that we have a positive update for our viewers soon. best of luck to you and those at the garden. susan mueller, thank you for being with us.

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