to abc news sources, carrying out documents and computer hard drives. the bureau of prisons is refusing to provide any details on what the agents were doing, but it did tell abc news, quote, recent developments have necessitated new executive employees be installed at the institution. >> end quote, leaders of a group advocating for changes in the prison system applauded today's action. today's action comes after a former warden, chaplain and multiple former corrections officers were sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting female inmates for years. >> there's also a lawsuit pending against the bureau of prisons filed by inmates who claim they were sexually assaulted. at uc berkeley, jewish students were able to successfully march and rally on campus today, just two weeks after violence interrupted a previous gathering. university officials also forced supporters of the group palestinian justice to take down tape across, say, their gate. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest.

>> jewish students at cal, along with supporters from the community, gathered in front of zellerbach hall. many of them dressed in white. >> all we're asking of the administration is that they enforce their own policies and make sure that jewish students feel like they can walk through the gates to campus every day and feel welcome, and have equal rights to free speech. the gate is still blocked in violation of school policies. >> for weeks, justice for palestine supporters have blocked the middle section of sather gate with yellow tape. today, the university took it down and instead a massive banner was put up. >> we found an alternative that would not be taken down immediately. >> uc berkeley did not remove it. >> the banner is up, it too represents a violation of what are called time, place and manner rules. but we assess that using law enforcement to clear it would create turmoil. >> at noon, the jewish students marched onto sproul plaza and instead of passing through the gate and past the banner, they

avoided a confrontation by literally fording the creek to get to the other side on a footpath. the crowd of 200 jewish supporters ended up in front of california hall, where faculty members offered their support. commenting on the february 26th disturbance that forced jewish students to move off campus. and when we see the kind of despicable violence that we saw here on campus just a few days ago, it is totally and completely unacceptable. >> and we are here to stand with you and to work with the university to make sure that never happens again. >> the administration continued. complacency only emboldened those who want to hurt jews. they who will go peaceful rally, a woman unaffiliated with the march tore through the paper banner at the gate.

>> good job. shame on you, uc berkeley is currently on a us department of education list of campuses under investigation for discrimination. i'm leslie brinkly. abc seven news. >> all right. thank you so much, leslie, for that. so that at uc berkeley, meanwhile, it's been one year today since the town of pah'-ha-roe was flooded after a levee breach. many of the residents were evacuated from their homes for weeks, some not able to return at all. abc seven news reporter south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with residents impacted by the flood and memories of a terrifying wake up call as a flooding disaster unfolded around midnight when they went around knocking on our doors that we needed to leave because the levee had actually broken and they didn't know how much time we had left to actually get out safely. >> now, a year after the pah'-ha-row levee breach, some

residents tell us their neighbors are still living in hotels. >> residents tell me that there is still mud and debris here in the streets from more than a year ago, something they say is a heartbreaking reminder of what they've been through. >> we still feel forgotten sometimes. i here we are a year later. we haven't had any street sweeping like most of the community. >> ruth ruiz and her family were evacuated from their home. what? they came back to two and a half weeks later was devastating. >> it was just a disaster. >> we had lost everything and the recovery is ongoing. >> perdimos perdimos los muebles ropa todo this woman telling us that she lost all of her furniture, clothes and other belongings. >> she's one of the many residents who lined up at the local catholic church hours before a food distribution started. some of the other people we spoke with had been able to get aid through fema. >> comprar comida, pues ropa para uno. >> this man telling us he was able to buy some food and clothes with the federal aid. but many, including pah'-ha-row undocumented residents, don't qualify for federal assistance. monterey county is working to

fill in gaps. this month, they launched the pah'-ha-row unmet needs disaster assistance program. >> we don't have any residential, requirements like the federal government does, so in other words, people do not need to be u.s. citizens to apply for this. >> the county received $20 million from the state for the program, 10 million to go directly to households and businesses, the other ten to go to infrastructure and community improvements to prevent a repeat of the levee breach, though that work is still being done. ruiz said many residents still live with a sense of panic after what they've been through. >> every time you see it like it's going to be raining for a few days, it's that trauma. you just think back that it's going to happen again in pah'-ha-row. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> all right, let's turn now to our weather. been sunny day today. really nice. but we're about to get some more rain. >> yes, spencer christian is here with the forecast. but it's not a lot. it's not a lot, not a lot. >> it's going to be very similar to the system that came through the bay area last night and early this morning. so here's a look at live doppler seven. you can see the moisture as well to our north northwest right now, but moving rather swiftly in our

direction on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level one storm. so for tonight and overnight we expect periods of light rain, some showers less than a half inch of rainfall from this system. it will be breezy at times with winds gusting 15 to 25mph. here's a forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. not until about well, it will start in the north bay first, as last night system did. not until about 8 or 9 p.m. when we see the system swinging southward down to the golden gate. then, during the late night and overnight hours, the rain will hit other parts of the bay area and start to move out. the bulk of it just before the morning commute begins tomorrow. but of course there will be wet spots on the pavement left behind. so morning commuters may encounter a few slick spots on the roadways. and as i mentioned, rainfall totals will generally be under a half inch in effect for most of the bay area, under a quarter of an inch and coming next will be some sunny and warmer days, which i'll tell you more about a little bit later. >> kristen spencer, thank you. the city of san francisco is taking a first step toward reviving a program where the city pays to return unhoused people to their home towns. today, a board of supervisors

committee unanimously approved amendments to the city's homeward bound program, initiated in 2004 by then mayor gavin newsom. supervisor asha sapphire says the program needs to be broadened after years of decline. >> we're expanding the program somewhat to allow for those that are in risk of being homeless, as well as those that might be living in permanent supportive housing in a transitional nature to again to help reunify them with their family. >> sapphire believes the changes will revitalize a program that helped more than 11,000 people to return home from 2005 to 2019, customers no longer have access to the dining rooms at several taco bell restaurants in oakland, we spotted signs saying dining room closed at the restaurant at 35th avenue and macarthur boulevard today, according to reports, four of the five taco bells in oakland are now drive thru only because of rising crime. >> the restaurants are not accepting cash either. we've reached out to taco bell corporate headquarters for confirmation, but have yet to

hear back. the change comes just weeks after in and out announced it would close its restaurant altogether near oakland international airport because of customer and employee safety concerns. >> surrounded by weapons, the state attorney general today gave an update on efforts to get guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. >> 2023 marked the highest ever year of gun ownership in california, so more californians are owning guns. but we're also seeing less numbers of individuals added to the to the prohibited list by the california attorney general, rob bonta, today released 2023 data from the armed and prohibited persons system or apps program. >> the database identifies people who initially legally possessed firearms but then illegally had them following criminal activity or mental health issues, bonta says. agents and police contacted more people than ever last year and recovered more than 1300 firearms. he also says the state

saw the lowest number of people added to the apps list since 2014. an effort is underway to remove forever chemicals from tampons. assembly member dianne papin, from san mateo, introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of any menstrual products that contain regulated pfas, often called forever chemicals. they're man made chemicals that do not break down naturally. the substances are already banned in many products sold in the state. last october, the governor vetoed a similar bill, citing a lack of regulatory oversight in the north bay. >> a parachute is credited today with helping three people survive a small plane crash in a rugged area. rescuers say the plane went down friday in a heavily wooded and mountainous area on the mendocino humboldt county line, a family of three, including a two year old child, was on board. first responders say no one was seriously hurt thanks to the aircraft's built in parachute system. people in shelter cove and whaleboats witnessed a plane lose power and

start to head towards the mountains, and shortly after that, one of the kind of miracle miraculous things was, that plane was equipped with a built in parachute, so the plane was able to slowly float down, into the forest below. >> fire chief says it's the first time he's seen that happen. it's not yet known what caused the plane to lose power and go down after two months of work, the sonoma raceway is reopening, celebrating its completed repavement project. >> this is the first repave in 23 years for the two and a half mile road course. today, they're hosting a first laps event where participants can do a few laps in their own cars to feel the smooth surface. it's also a benefit for local families in need, and the raceway will do tire testing later this month to prepare for the nascar weekend in june. >> coming up here, lost landline is the bay area company fighting back against at&t? s effort to stop providing service. lessons learned as we hit the four year

anniversary of the covid pandemic and are you happier without your smartphone? a surprising new study about that. stay with us. we'll

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landline service for thousands of californians. >> san mateo county officials are meeting with representatives

from the utility today to talk about the proposal. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow is here to explain exactly what's going on. melanie. >> dan and kristen, you might be thinking why not just use one of these? but even for residents who have cell phones during a power outage or emergency, often cell phones don't work. opponents to this proposal say it's all about public safety. the beauty of woodside is certainly something to talk about. come on in. but talking by phone from woodside is another story. brianna vail has lived here 29 years and she has the relics to prove it. >> we have wired and a landline here, and it's a candlestick phone, an antique phone, and it's a wired. so you can dial the rotary. >> 207 beyond entertainment purposes, we do use a modern phone. the vail family needs a landline. >> we do have power. when the power is out, because we have a generator that powers the whole home. >> but the generator doesn't power the wifi router. >> this is my new generator,

which the vales need to use a cell phone inside their home. we have about an hour and a half of time and then the wi-fi goes out. we have no television. we have no computer. we have no phones. we have nothing. >> san mateo county district three supervisor ray mueller says county officials are meeting with at&t to better understand what's going on, according to the california public utilities commission, at&t has submitted two proposals to remove its obligation to provide voice services in its service territories. >> it's about someone who's sitting there in a natural hazard scenario with a fire bearing down on them, or completely cut off in a storm system who may have other ailments. not being able to reach out and call 911 because they have no means of communication, they're completely isolated. so last year we had an eight day outage. >> there are seven days we would not have any kind of communication for police, fire or ambulance. >> we're getting up in years and we think it's important for us to be able to call for medical attention and fire department and police. >> last month, at&t wireless network went down for customers

across the u.s. thomas steed is the chairman of the association of belltel retirees. >> it's the entire electrical grid in the united states went dark. your landline phones will still work because our central office generate our own power automatically. >> in an emailed statement, at&t tells abc seven news it is not canceling landline service in california, writing, quote, no customer will be disconnected and we're working with the remaining consumers who use traditional landline service to upgrade to newer technologies. but that broadband internet goes out in these natural hazard events, which is why opponents like the vail family say landlines should be here to stay . for the san mateo board of supervisors meeting is open to the public at 9 a.m. tomorrow. there's also a california public utilities commission virtual public hearing on this, and that's on the 19th. a lot of strong opinions about this one. we have a landline and we never use it, but we do like knowing it's there. >> i feel better knowing it too.

yeah that's right. thanks a new report says americans paid more for monthly essentials like their rent or mortgage in 2023 over the year before, according to an economic website called doxo, the average american household spent approximately $2,126 a month on the ten most essential household bills. that's an increase of 4% year over year. household expenses are much higher in san francisco, at 3359 a month. that's 58% more than the national average and almost 5% more than in 2022. the report says. san franciscans spent 29% of their income on household bills. >> the tax filing deadline is coming up and to help get you ready, seven on your side is hosting a tax chat this friday, march 15th. you can get your questions answered by tax professionals by sending them in right now. go to abc seven news.com. click on seven on your side and find the form right there. then watch us on friday here on abc seven and get your tax questions answered.

>> right now you can get your weather questions answered. we do have questions we certainly do with rain coming our way. >> when when's it going to start raining again? >> we do have answers okay. rain is the rain will start in a matter of hours. actually into the evening hours. let's take a look at live doppler seven. you can see where the rain is at the moment, much to our north northwest, but it's swinging down towards the northernmost part of the bay area right now, as you can see on the satellite radar composite image. so let's take a look at what's going on in our abc seven exclusive storm impact scale. this is a level one storm, a fairly light storm coming in tonight, continuing into the morning hours, perhaps even some showers in the afternoon. tomorrow. rain arrives and spreads during the overnight hours, scattered showers tomorrow and then slippery roadways of course, in the morning hours because this this system will impact the morning commute. so start forecast animation at 5 p.m. notice by 9 p.m, most of the north bay will be wet, and then that rain will start to move down south and east of the golden gate to other parts of the bay area during the overnight and early morning

hours, and there will be wet spots for the morning commute, even though the bulk of the rainfall will have pushed out of here by about 5 or 6 a.m. and of course, there may be some trailing scattered showers into the midday and afternoon hours. rainfall totals will be relatively light, generally under a quarter of an inch for most of the bay area. so let's look at current conditions. right now we've got a mix of clouds and sun across the bay area. san francisco 56 degrees 58 right now in oakland, low 60s at hayward and san jose, upper 50s at san mateo and half moon bay. golden gate is looking nice and bright, although lots of clouds there. other temperature readings at this hour. mid 50s at santa rosa and petaluma, 60 degrees at fairfield and concord, 59 at livermore and napa. and let's check out our forecast headlines tonight. light rain and showers tomorrow morning. showers and maybe a few lingering into the afternoon. but there will be some sun in the afternoon and beginning wednesday. sunny and warmer pattern that's going to last for days. but overnight with the clouds and the showers, a low temperatures will range from upper 40s to about 50 degrees. highs tomorrow generally in the low 60s all across the region.

fairly narrow range of high temperatures up to about 64. in some inland communities like fairfield, concord and livermore, and down south in san jose. now this is the treat that's coming our way. starting on wednesday. on friday, rather, it starts on wednesday. but i'm showing you the forecast highs for friday, saturday and sunday. mid 70s, inland, low 70s around the bay shoreline. same range on saturday and sunday. we might even see a few mid to upper 70s in our inland areas. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we have to endure one more level one storm tomorrow, and then we get sunny and breezy weather on wednesday. milder, a little bit gusty on thursday and then just sunny and spring like friday, saturday, sunday, which is saint patrick's day and monday. luck of the irish. they get some sunny and warm weather that is wow. >> all right. >> thank you very much. >> we know climate change is affecting our oceans, but for whales it could be a bigger issue. >> we'll explain. and later tea time isn't just about tea and scones. how one oakland company says it could change your

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toll on some whales. >> abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian is here with the story. spencer. >> all right, dan and christian, we're talking about humpback whales and a significant drop in their population. and it may be due to warming oceans. humpback

whales may put on a majestic show off our coast. but deep at sea, they've been falling prey to a changing ocean environment that could be a threat in the future. a new study now estimates that some 7000 humpbacks may have starved to death in the northern pacific, with their population dropping as much as 20% over roughly a decade. what that implies is either lower rate of reproduction or mortality rates are up, or both, and i suspect it's a combination of both. >> and so the paper argues that it's a basically starvation. >> peter roopnarine is with the california academy of sciences institute of biodiversity, while he was not involved in the study. he is very familiar with an ocean phenomenon that may have played a deadly role a marine heat wave known as the blob, so strong it's believed, to have increased temperatures in the northern pacific by as much as ten degrees for several years, devastating the ocean food chain.

>> fewer resources, less food. all of the consumers out there are competing for this food, and they're both. the whales now are competing directly with those other organisms. like many of these fish, i've seen humpback whales lunge feeding out here, gray whales passing through from time to time. >> becca lane studies risk factors for whales at the marine mammal center in marin county. she's quick to point out that humpbacks frequenting the bay area coast belonged to a different migration group from the northern pacific population, profiled in the study. but she says warming ocean temperatures from alaska to california have also strained the food chain for populations here, including humpbacks and gray whales, often pushing them closer to our shores. >> we are seeing them try to have more flexibility in what prey they go after, which often means that they come further inshore, which means that they're further or they're closer to human interactions like vessel strike and entanglement.

>> lane, along with a number of other groups, have helped to develop warning systems designed to keep coastal whales safer from ship strikes while out on the deeper ocean, researchers believe changes related to climate change could increase stresses on humpback populations in the future. >> these anomalies like the blob, these heat waves they are predicted to and this seems to be coming true, predicted to become more intense, perhaps increasing the urgency of understanding and combating the effects of climate change. >> now that marine heat wave known as the blob has had a destructive impact along our coast as well, the marine mammal center says it has treated a record number of animals near its height, or did treat a record number near its height in 2015, including a thousand starving california sea lion pups. >> kristen. it's so alarming and sad it is. >> all right, spencer, thank you . >> all right. it might be hard to believe, but it's now been four years since the covid pandemic was declared. that is hard to believe.

>> coming up next, we'll look at some of the biggest lessons learned and look at this question. could it happen again?

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do that right now. god bless you! thank you! 2020 that the world health organization declared covid 19 a pandemic. that came just two days after the grand princess cruise ship docked here in oakland, with 21 people confirmed to have the virus. on march 19, 2020, california became the first state to issue a stay at home order for all residents. dozens of other states would quickly follow suit. by the time the first covid vaccines were administered in december of 2020. the virus had claimed more than 319,000 lives. covid has killed a

million, 100,000, or 185,678 americans to date. >> it all seems so strange. still, over the past four years, we brought you many experts to talk about covid. >> one was doctor luc patel, who had this prediction back in 2020. >> with regards to public health. i could see it being the larger part of this year because we really have to slow things down. do i think we're just gambling on live television? do i think we're going to have a shutdown of schools and all this for that long? i don't. but i think this is going to change the way we kind of look at transmit of disease. >> and he proved to be right. and it was even worse. >> doctor alok patel is back with us now. at the end of that clip, aloke, you mentioned covid will change how we look at transmission of disease. did it? >> it did. yeah. and i think it's safe to say that covid humbled every sector of the world in terms of what diseases

can really do, what preparedness looks like, what disparity looks like in terms of being able to isolate, access testing, get screening, get treatment, and ultimately get vaccines and health care. and i wish i wasn't right, i wish and it's not even about me. it's the scientific community warning all of us in march about what could potentially happen. and it's so heartbreaking to realize that it did. >> sure did. >> look, when the vaccine came out, it was really celebrated as a marvel. you know, this new thing. and then a few months later, we have this vaccine. but how have attitudes towards vaccines in general changed since then? >> well, i first want to address what you just mentioned is that this was march 11th, 2020. we had the first vaccine going to that nurse's arm in december 2020. record time, record time. and his proof of what can absolutely happen when you have international collaboration, when you have urgency, when you have funding and you have this novel genetic technology which hopefully sets the stage for future vaccine development. but, kristen, to your point, it was immediately politicized and there was mistrust. there was disparity in how the vaccine was

distributed. and i think that leaves some work to be done in terms of rebuilding that conversation about the fact that vaccines absolutely saved lives and they prevented severe illness. >> i remember the relief when the vaccine was suddenly available. it was almost surreal. we went to the moscone center here in the city to get ours. and it was just it was like, you're in a movie. it was crazy. let me ask you this. now that we have a little more time to reflect, what are the lessons learned from the covid pandemic that you can identify? >> oh my gosh, do we have three hours? i think one for you. why not? i think one of the biggest lessons from the top, not just echoed by me, but all the scientific community is being cognizant about the fact that we have a scientific fact of what a virus can do, but the fact that there are so many different sectors of society and preparedness and surveillance really does look completely different. we also have to pay attention to the fact that we are vulnerable to these changes in viruses, and whether the next pandemic comes from a different coronavirus, a different influenza virus, something we've already seen before, like typhoid or disease x. that

preparedness starts well before you actually see the first documented case. >> there's a line i like dig your well before you're thirsty, you know, no deep, no pun intended. >> you know, i mean, i want to ask you about whether you think we might see something like this ever again, but i also. yes yes, but i also want to ask you, are we going to see previous eradicated viruses make a comeback and seize hold again? >> well, that absolutely gave me anxiety just hearing the fact that because we are unfortunately seeing cases of the measles, for example, pop up, and when we forget about our past, when we forget about diseases that were here in the risk and what it took to eliminate them, and we drop our guard, such as with vaccine hesitancy, we do see them pop up, which is horrifying. and so most scientists do believe that we will see another pandemic, if not sooner or later. and it all comes down to, are we going to be ready? and one other massive part of the pandemic that taught us a lot of lessons is social determinants of health and what it really meant for the labor force, for different

communities, for education, for our children, for people who weren't able to isolate at home, for people who lost their jobs, and the trickle down effect that that had on our health and all the indirect deaths, people who missed doctor's appointments or missed treatments and the excess deaths that happened not necessarily because of covid, but because of poorly managed chronic illnesses. so we need to take all of it into account and realize how completely fragile and connected global health really is. yeah we're connected certainly in this day and age. >> what it's really interesting to reflect after these four years. it all seems so strange as you look back at it move so quickly like a dystopian dream it is. all right. well, doctor patel, you've guided us from the very beginning on all this. thank you so much for always being likewise an emotional segment, but i'm happy to be here. thank you very much, alok. >> and another anniversary today. a rally in san francisco marks 13 years since the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan. activists in the city from the no nukes committee are calling on japan to stop dumping tritium. tritium into the pacific ocean. that is the

radioactive water runoff from the wrecked nuclear power plant. public worries over seafood safety have risen since august, with more than a million tons of that water began to flow through an underwater tunnel into the ocean, coming up an end to a royal controversy and a new viral trend to replace the stanley tumbler. >> the

news reporter melissa ardon and maria is the oppenheimer. >> oppenheimer taking home seven wins along with best picture. >> to know that you think that i'm a meaningful part of it means the world to me. the film's director christopher nolan, and lead actor cillian murphy each winning their first oscar best actress going to emma stone for poor things and da'vine joy randolph taking home best supporting actress for the holdovers. >> reflecting on her accomplishment backstage. >> i just want people to know that like, you are enough gucci today celebrating the gown worn by lily gladstone, the first native american woman to be nominated a best actress posting on social media, they collaborated with indigenous designer joe big mountain of iron horse quillwork to create the look. >> i'm just kidding. where i see

the love she sees and have you had this song stuck in your head all day? the song from the barbie movie didn't win an oscar, but actor ryan gosling wowed the crowd. >> that performance brought me to life. i'm just crazy. >> and i did all. and i pray star. >> it was great. a good moment. >> well, what did you guys think was that? what was the highlight for you? was it that or was it something else? i thought the cannes number was great, but what do you think? i know you saw some of it. spencer other moments that got your attention? >> well, i thought jimmy kimmel did a great job. and of course, you know, i've been saying for months i thought oppenheimer was a brilliantly done film, as i wasn't surprised that it that it won so many awards. so for me, it was it was a great show. >> yeah. it's such a fun celebration of that art form, which i always love. and there were some really good movies this year. i thought, like you. kimmel did a great job. uh- gosling did a fantastic job. that was just a fun moment. i

thought some of the speeches were really good. i enjoyed many of the remarks, that people made some profound things, some funny things. i thought on balance it was a really well produced show. >> yeah, i liked the performance, but i was glad that the billie eilish song actually won. i liked that one better. yeah it's such a good song. yeah, that was a good performance. >> all right, well, kate middleton is apologizing for a royal photo fail. you probably saw the picture that went viral over the weekend. it became the subject of controversy after people noticed it was heavily edited. several news outlets even pulled the photo. today, middleton posted on social media that, like many amateur photographers, she sometimes experiments with editing images and she's sorry for causing any confusion. i guess, journalistic . i understand why you can't edit photos and, you know, newspapers and magazines typically will not do anything other than very minor editing. but spencer, she just took a family photo. she has the right to edit it any way she wants.

it's to me, it's a bit of a tempest in a teapot because they're royal. >> i was thinking the same thing. dan, i totally agree. but you know, that's. see, that's the price of royalty. yeah. >> i mean, i think it's because, you know, she hadn't been seen since her surgery. right. so people have been waiting. and then the first one that comes out is one that had been edited and in kind of a weird way, like usually when you edit, maybe you clear up your skin or change the lighting, but it was like the hands and the i couldn't like, figure it out though. >> i kept trying to look at it and i'm not good at figuring it out, but i'm actually glad that the news agencies took it down because it was, you know, heavily edited, i suppose. and also, i would just rather people put out the real thing because our youth are just so impressionable that i just want it to be the real thing. otherwise they think they need to be something that is not even true. >> yeah, i guess, but i would fault the papers for publishing it in the first place more than her editing, right? >> i mean, yeah, but yeah. >> all right. a new study finds that a third of teens think they

spend too much time on their phones, and so they know it and they're doing it anyway. nearly three quarters say they're happier or more peaceful without their phones. according to the pew research center study, 40% say they know they need to cut back, but are anxious without their phones, and the majority say the benefits outweigh the potential harm. dan, you put that down right now. >> wait a minute. are you guys. what did you say? are you talking. >> yeah. >> see what we mean by this? yeah, i guess teens have the awareness that they're using it too much, and it's not necessarily good for them. but i guess, dan, it's still hard to break away. >> as you know, it's hard to break away. >> and look, we're not teenagers. even as adults. we're on our phones a lot these days because it's not just connecting with friends. you're doing all kinds of things on your phones these days. yeah, but i will say, i think we do need to continue to be vigilant about keeping young people off their phones as much as they are. >> that's true. but we have so much useful information stored on the phones that we may need to refer to throughout the day, right? identify yeah. driver's license, all those things, you

know. so it's not just making calls and texting, but i love it when i see you remember when we were kids getting out of the way of in the street of a car? >> well, you don't have to do that anymore. there's, you know, you never see kids playing in the street. so i'd love to see more kids outside playing and having fun rather than inside on screens. but anyway, tiny bags from trader joe's are apparently the new stanley cup. these mini tote bags from the grocery store originally cost about $3, but since going viral on tiktok, resellers are listing them on sites like ebay for up to $500. oh, come on, i know, right? a lot of stores are selling out or placing limits on how many customers can buy. i mean, it's just a tote bag, isn't it? it's just a tote bag. and i was at trader joe's today. >> i was actually looking at the bags on the wall, but i didn't see that one. of course, i'm not on tiktok either, so i wouldn't have even known that it was a thing, but i didn't see the little totes. i would have just gone, oh, they're so cute and then moved on, right? >> so there's the value of

everything that that goes viral on tiktok just exposed, i guess. >> supply and demand, right? if and it's sometimes in this instance, it's sort of a, you know, hyped up fake demand. i mean, it's just a tote bag. you can make an unlimited supply of it, right? >> and it's temporary. dan, until the next viral thing catches on. and this is like, hey, you can't sell it for five

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luz pena was at the oscars giving us backstage access all weekend. >> she did a great job today. she was back at the dolby theater for a special taping of live with kelly and mark. and there, after the oscars show and loose takes you inside. >> guys, i was actually on the stage. we're here at the dolby theater, and i was on the stage where the oscars took place. it was the coolest thing ever. speaking also to kelly and mark and let me tell you, they are excited to leave california. but before that, have some in-n-out. before they go home, let me show you what we chatted about. >> there was an energy and excitement and it much larger crowd than we're used to seeing had the same thing happen to us in las vegas. and i keep saying i turned to him and i go, it's definitely you, because i've been here for years. >> i'd have no context. so i don't know. i thought it was wonderful. i mean, to have these have the fans come? i know they waited in line since 2:00 in the morning. they all the energy was great. it means a lot to us that they come to see us here. and i

loved it. >> were you asking kelly last night like, hey, can you give me some tips? how is it going to be tomorrow, she gave me, you know, i think it was more about last night backstage of what to expect and how to go through that. and it's kind of a marathon, and i tried to. >> i tried to prep him as best i could. >> yeah. you prep. that's the word we were looking for. >> yeah. prep prep prep. >> but no. yeah. she gave me enough pointers. but today was just i you couldn't be prepared for this to be on this stage. it was fantastic. also this is the coolest date night or date morning. >> yes. >> it's a pretty good date morning. it does feel like night days today. >> again. what time? no, no. >> yeah. >> we don't get dressed up like this ever. so to have a two day, like, two outfits in a row is pretty nice. >> we are exceptionally casual people and we come out to hollywood one weekend a year and we are literally in formal wear the entire time into sweats. >> as soon as i get off. >> yes, you guys and i both. yes yes, this is not who we are, but

we fake it. well, yeah, but how cool is it to be on this stage? i mean, several hours ago, the oscars were happening right here. >> dreams were made right here on this stage. something that they thought about their whole life. their whole career when they started acting, that it was just a dream, like it would never happen. and then it happens that to me, i think is the most magical thing. >> and there were over 2000 people here for the kelly and mark after the oscars show. and this was actually mark's first show. he said he was super excited to see everyone in person. many of the people who watched the show, they actually got to meet them and say hello, thank you for watching. and it was so awesome for them to be here. and they loved hanging out with the people who watched their show. >> that's fun. yeah, i've gone to that show before and the energy is so great in the audience there. >> yeah, just the excitement. >> well, we caught up with two san francisco residents who were in the audience for today's live with kelly and mark taping after winning a contest.

>> it was fun to be up front, you know, see, see, kelly and mark up close. it was fun. >> just being here in this theater where all those people were all those stars were last night and just sitting up front and getting to see kelly and mark. it was really fun. >> he's actually been a winner on their regular their phone out contest multiple times. so it's kind of exciting to be here in person and so a big congratulations to peter and ken, whose dog looks like they had a good time as well. >> i was just a blast. >> all right. let's return now and talk a little bit more about the rain that's coming. >> yeah i mean just kind of a little sprinkle, right? or is it more than that? >> it's a light storm, much like the one we had last night and early this morning. so here's the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. this is a level one storm coming in tonight and continuing into the at least the morning hours, perhaps even into midday, with rain arriving first in the north bay and then spreading to other parts of the bay area. here's the forecast animation starting at 5 p.m. today, and notice by about 8 or 9:00 tonight, most of the north

bay will be wet. then that mass of moisture moves southward and eastward to other parts of the bay area during the overnight hours. now the bulk of the rain will be generally out of the bay area before the morning commute begins, but there will be certainly wet, slippery spots left behind, and there'll be some trailing light showers during the daytime hours tomorrow as well. overnight lows mainly upper 40s to low 50s. highs tomorrow. low 60s. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. and notice the string of sunny, warm days coming our way beginning wednesday. look at the high temperatures by the weekend or end of this week. rising into the mid or even mid to upper 70s in some inland areas. low 70s around the bay shoreline. we've got some great pre spring weather coming our way. >> dan and kristen okay excellent. thank you spencer very much okay. >> when you think of tea you might think of doilies, dresses and england i really believe that tea time really gives you the power to slow down and really be intentional. >> the bay area tea company that wants to give you a whole new perspective on tea. stay with u ♪

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