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sick of it. we are done here. >> the sound of frustration from an oakland business owner. mounting issues with the city and crime have him questioning, is it worth it to stay open? it's saturday, march 2nd. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm max darrow. we have a lot of activity in the weather department. let's get over to darren peck. what is going on ? >> this is kings beach. you can see a car slowly working its way on a very unplowed highway 89, if you take a look there. that car was parked overnight and almost completely buried. there is three to four feet on the roof of that vehicle. this is the view from the mark hopkins hotel block looking back to downtown. first alert doppler tells us everything we need to know. it's raining.

isolated showers, some of these come through with brief intensity. if we pause it on where it is now, take a look at the bull's-eye out here. if it's not raining for your part of the bay, it's about to. it will go like this through the morning. the morning is the somewhat quiet part of saturday. you may get breaks of blue sky through the late morning. right here, this is getting us into the early afternoon. the widespread nature of the rain picks up. the intensity of the rain picks up as it comes through. another round of isolated thunderstorms that will come through for the second half of today. so, it will be more active once again into the afternoon and into the early evening hours. look what happens through 7:00 and 8:00. then when saturday comes to an end, sunday will have a different nato it. we are not done with the rain. but sunday's rain will be isolated showers. there won't be as

much intensity to them. we may see fewer thunderstorms by the time we get there. the second half of today is the day to watch. by the way, there is a lot more snow to go here. in the sierra, we will pick up several more feet of snow. that blizzard warning does not expire until 10:00 tomorrow morning. they are about halfway through this t. another day of intense snow in the sierra on top of what they have gotten. there is a lot more to look at in the forecast. we will do that when we get back together in a few minutes. for now, max, back to you. >> a lot to go over at home. right now we take you live to the sierra. this looks like a car flu by but you couldn't tell there was a roadway. it was shut down. 100 miles because of the dangerous conditions. highway 80 has been shut down since 5:00 friday afternoon. this video on your screen shows why people are

warned to stay away this weekend. when it was open it was a mess on 80 into the sierra. you can see truckers and drivers sitting there stuck as snow continued to pile up. here is another look at treacherous conditions up there. this is donner summit. white knuckle conditions for anybody that got stuck in the mess on friday. now friday night in downtown truckee. a beautiful look in the quaint town. everything in sight totally buried. you need snowshoes to warm around town. kelsi thorud has more from truckee . >> reporter: they are doing their best to keep the roads clear. it made for a headache for drivers trying to get

around. i'm about to go home and not leave for the next couple of days. >> reporter: businesses stayed open but that may not be the case this weekend. the storm is expected to last through sunday and locals told us they can already sense it will be a big one. >> a lot of times we have the forecasts that look sort of shocking and then they drift downward. this one seems to be drifting upward. >> reporter: at the local grocery store, we spotted a woman showshoeing. she walked two miles from her home to pick up last minute essentials. >> i started walking then fell twice then went back for the snowshoes. >> at least you have the right gear. >> the weather is nice. it's nice to go out. >> i would love to take a box. >> reporter: also braving the weather, the local girl scout troop. they wouldn't let any storm ruin the first day to sell cookies.

>> it was supposed to be 4 to 6 but it turned out to be 12. >> reporter: you guys were dedicated. we won't let the snow stop us. >> yes. >> you are brave. thank you for supplying the community with cookies. >> reporter: the weather may have helped the girl scouts sell cookies, it was a pain for everyone else trying to get around town. conditions only deteriorated as the sun fell and everyone is now just bracing for more to come this weekend. >> the blizzard warning is in effect. ashley sharp joins us from south lake tahoe. it looks hairy out there. how is it going? >> reporter: good morning. south lake tahoe under a blanket of snow. it's still coming down. i want to step into the snow to show you what we are dealing with. this is more than a foot of snow. we

have a ruler with us. it's a foot long. we need to buy a yardstick. this is the depth of the snow, more than a foot and more expected to come in today. right now you are seeing the wind hit me in the face. these are the conditions that we have been dealing with for days now. that blustery wind. that is why we have a blizzard warning through sunday. these conditions, colder today. there it is right there. the wind will get you, bone chilling. here at the resorts, people hunkered down inside, not trying to get out and about. we spoke to heavenly yesterday, a popular destination for the bay area skiers and snowboarders. a lot are here this weekend. they told us yesterday this snowstorm is the best of the season. we knew that. but this was a year that we have been struggling with snow pack. this storm set the resorts back up to where they are supposed to be. >> this sets us up for the rest of the year. this is a great

storm. i keep my finger's crossed. it let us down this year. so far the storm is producing well and setting up for good skiing the rest of the year. >> reporter: so, you are looking at highway 50 off in the distance beyond the snow. this is what leads you into heavenly village. you are seeing drivers take it slow down the snow-covered highway. two lanes here. this is a highway that has a lot of issues as we know. once the wind and the snow really start picking up. interstate 80 locally shut down. we know that this he is are the conditions that we deal with all day. if you are in the bay area and you thought that was a great storm. let's get a few runs in, drive in today, that won't be worth it. caltrans saying if you are not here, stay at home and watch from affair. you will have great skiing next weekend.

>> ashley sharp live for us. i see there is a starbucks behind you. i hope you get something warm to drink. thank you for your reporting this morning. for everything you need to know about the storms including forecasts, head to kpix.com or you can find us on the cbs news app. in other news, to oakland we go. three days ago we told you about a deli in oakland and the thousands in fines that the owner was facing over illegal dumping that he says wasn't his fault. if that wasn't bad enough, he has to pay for repairs after someone robbed and vandalized the store before dawn on friday. we sent jose martinez out to speak with the very frustrated owner. >> reporter: we are back at state gold deli in west oakland. as you may remember, the owner has been dealing with multiple fines from the city but this morning he woke up to

the news that the business got broken into and almost set on fire. >> i don't know any more. >> reporter: it's one thing after another for jason herbert. >> these guys cut through the fence , came in here, chopped through this. messed this whole situation up. came in here, preyed this open. >> reporter: on wednesday, we shared the story about the multiple fines he is dealing with from the city since these piles of trash started showing up outside his business in west oakland. today another headache. >> this morning has been brutal, not only for my staff and manager but for me as well. you know, they stole checks from our office. i had to cancel all those checks. i had to get on the phone and do all

that. it goes on and on. we got to pay for someone to come down here and repair this. >> reporter: just look at these pictures showing a person inside the establishment around 6:30 in the morning. now, watch this. jason says that person tried to set the place on fire. at least the menu on the wall. the manager recorded the video when he got to the place. >> we are tired of it. we are sick of it. we are done here. we are going to do what we have to do to keep things going but we don't expect any help from the city. >> reporter: he said it's another bad day in the neighborhood that he called home for over 20 years. he feels hopeless now. >> the city is really -- they don't care. we have to police our own communities. we have to police our own businesses police our own neighborhoods. if you want to be out here, you want to live out here, operate out here, you have to be ready to handle your own stuff, you know. if you don't, it's going to eat you.

>> reporter: for now, he says, all he can do is put up a new menu and keep working. 7:11 on this saturday morning. coming up, a pair of bald eagles ride out the storms in southern california and apparently they succeed in protecting their precious eggs from the elements.

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at 6:10 on this saturday morning, here is a live look outside. we could see waves up to 20 feet in some areas. it didn't stop people from coming out to ocean beach on friday. this is what conditions were like on friday afternoon at fort point. one person was doing exactly what officials tell us not to do. see that guy on your screen trying to catch waves under the golden gate bridge in the middle of that storm. let's go to darren peck. >> we checked in with ashley in south lake tahoe. she was showing us the snow. it was about a foot deep for her. this is the other side of the lake, tahoe city. you can see

technically that road going across the north shore of the lake is open but there are chain controls, 25 miles per hour max. you won't go much faster. the lake levels and the communities around it sit at 6,000 feet in elevation. it's nice to see snow accumulating in that elevation. it's supposed to happen a lot more than it has this winter. it has been debilitating. we will have much more in a bit. first let's come back home. raining since thursday. it's raining now. you can see rain from the camera on top of the mark hopkins hotel. to get you caught up to speed, we got an inch and a half of rain in the north bay. san francisco got an inch and a half. san jose picked up about a half inch of rain. you see the tri-valley has gotten an inch. that says so much about the nature of this rain, this is coming in in isolated sporadic downpours. so, we will get real uneven

totals for different parts of the bay. i think an inch and a half is probably a good general average. it will vary wildly. when you look at what is happening this morning, same story. you can see the isolated showers on here. we won't spend too much time chasing individual cells. if it's not raining for your part of the bay, hang out a couple of minutes. the next cell will move overhead. we will watch the futurecast through the morning. you will get breaks of blue sky for the first half of today then another cell will move in. take a look at mount hamilton by the way. that gets us into the early afternoon. that is snow. not a blockbuster snowstorm for the local mountains but snow level around 3,000 feet. there will be snow on the peaks like hamilton, mount st. helena. maybe not on diablo. but the point of showing you this is because i want you to see how different

it will be for this afternoon and evening. by the second half of today, the storms will become more widespread and they will pick up in intensity. when we get into the afternoon today, there will be more energy for these to develop into thunderstorms again. if you had your share of that yesterday and we did have some, it's quite a show when you get it, not only because of the lightning and thunder that we don't get that often, but brief downpours and the strong winds that accompany those, you will get the strongest winds of the day if you get a thunderstorm right over you. the best timeframe is afternoon through the early evening. then that pretty much covers the rest of saturday. now what we are looking at is sunday. sunday is going to be different. the rain is not done. but on sunday, the showers are a lot more hit and miss, fewer, father in between and you will get more breaks of blue sky and fewer thunderstorms on sunday. by monday, we kind of get a break.

but there is another weak system coming our way. you will see that in a second. i will show it to you in the seven-day forecast. we can't take rain out of the forecast until we get to, like, thursday. in the sierra the rest of today, there is a blizzard warning in effect until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. they are halfway through this. there is is a lot more to go. the snow level goes down, down to 2500 feet. it hasn't gotten there yet. it will get lower throughout the day today. i was checking in on the cameras. we haven't got snow in colfax but that is coming, probably the afternoon to early evening. with cold enough air to bring snow levels that low, we will feel that here at home in the bay and tomorrow morning is when you will notice it. morning lows tomorrow will go down about five degrees from where they are now. it will be less windy then. the temperatures will be able to

drop. the national weather service issued a frost advisory for the north bay. this is sunday until 9:00 a.m. just to show you the next system out there, that is it. it's not a major storm but there is rain with that. that little line will get here from monday into tuesday and wednesday. it's early on that one. we will time it out in detail as we get closer to it. you can see what happens here, monday through wednesday have rain on them. i know that is -- after this week, you are like, oh, man. it doesn't look significant. probably another quarter, half an inch of rain out of that. the real focus is the rain that we are about to experience today with the isolated thunderstorms through the afternoon and evening. >> you were talking about downpours and cells as they move in. i got caught in one. it was like torrential rain all of a sudden. is that how people should expect it where skies open up like that? >> exactly. the set up is the same to what you went through

yesterday. it catches so many people by surprise and it's an impressive show. the second half of the day will be like that. the first half of the day, breaks of blue sky and rain in and out. don't be surprised if you get a good downpour in the second half today. >> all right. lots to talk about today. rounds of powerful winter storms hit the san bernardino mountain tires earlier in the year. two devoted eagles hunkered down in their nest for 35 days keeping the three eggs snug. we are talking about jackie and shadow. they are known around the world thanks to a nest cam set up by the friends of big bear valley. she laid the eggs at the start of february and kept the babies warm as the weather grew worse and worse. this weekend, thousands will tune in to hopefully catch the three babies finally hatch from their

eggs. >> jackie and shadow are very entertaining. they are very affectionate with each other. i love that they are the models for how to do it right. >> you can keep up with jackie and shadow and the long awaited babies at friends of big bear valley.org. have you ever had one of those days on the golf course? a certain professional did in the third round of the cognizant open. he is one much us.

giants wanted more in the off season. blake snell is unsigned but the giants are making moves. multiple reports say the team signed matt chapman to a deal. he will pencil in as the giants opening day third baseman. he adds power. most importantly, he has a couple of platinum gloves and

four gold gloves. san francisco added solar a few weeks ago with 36 bombs. chapman in his best season had 36. power is coming to to or the park. the second night of road back for warriors. the team plane required maintenance. dubs didn't land in toronto until 6:00 a.m. friday. the excuse was there for the taking. but they had other ideas. first quarter, steve kerr may be loopy on limited sleep. steph didn't need any sleep to put the raptors to bed. no night-night. curry came out hot. 25 points. six assists. the warriors won. they are heading to boston to take on the celtics sunday. moses moody, third start in a row for the second year warrior in place for andrew wiggins out for personal reasons. he knocked down three

triples in the first. got it done on both ends of the floor. 17, two steals, two blocks. second game in a row he led golden state in plus-minus rating. he had 17 on the floor against the raptors. but he wasn't the only young buck that shined. jonathan kuminga. he is throwing down the two hand jam. jk had 24 third straight with 20 or more. good game for the warriors. second round of the cognizant classic. a tough day for tampa mass thomas detry. he goes to tap this in. far away. oops. let's

clean it up. six putted the hole for an eight. needless to say, he did not make the cut. a good day for ricky dunlop, par 3-7. hops twice. that's in the cup. that is an ace. dunlop is six back of the leader bud collie heading into the weekend. that will do it for sports. have a great day. 7:26. coming up, the u.s. plans to deliver humanitarian aid to wear torn gaza. air drops will begin in a matter of days. we are getting an idea of the extend of the damage from a historic wildfire in texas and oklahoma. we will take you there. hey there. it's elizabeth warner and this is joe cohen from snow joe.

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welcome back. the time is 7:31 on this saturday morning. i'm max darrow. today is a first alert weather day. let's get to darren peck with what you can expect out the door. >> the sierra, we have been showing you what the live pictures look like in the sierra. that's tahoe. the community is kings beach. this is north lake tahoe. the roads difficult to see. the roads around tahoe are open but they have chain requirements on them. people are driving too fast. that car was parked overnight. see how buried it is. a couple of feet of snow there. we have been checking in with our reporter live in south lake. she stepped into a foot of snow in the village there outside of heavenly. at home, that is our scene. notice the mix. blue sky but not long after that a shower. if we look

at first alerted doppler, a shower out there. the storm is not done with us. the first half of the day it's like this. isolated occasional showers. by the second half of today, the intensity of the storm goes up. if you think back to yesterday, the afternoon and early evening, the brief downpours that came in with very strong gusty winds, occasional lightning and thunder, that is happening today. it will be like an exact replay of what yesterday was. tomorrow is different. we are not done with the rain but more in a bit. >> we will see you in a bit. in the middle east, hunger is becoming a growing concern for palestinians. on friday a jordanian plane dropped in aid a day after more than 100 palestinians were killed racing

to an aid truck. israelis troops said they fired at some people in the crowd that they believed moved toward them in a threatening way. many of the dead were trampled in a stampede. a quarter of gaza's 2.3 million people are starving. the united states says it will use air drops to help deliver humanitarian supplies into the region. cbs's bradley blackburn has the latest. >> reporter: over gaza friday, planes dropped dozens of packages of help. the aid parachuting to the ground where people scrambled to collect it. these supplies came from a jordanian plane. the u.s. says it will soon deliver help the same way. at the white house friday, president biden promised the u.s. will begin air dropping emergency humanitarian assistance into gaza soon. >> aid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. >> reporter: the decision comes after a deadly incident this week when crowds surrounded an

aid convoy in gaza city. the hamas run health city said more than 100 palestinians were killed hundreds more injured after israeli troops opened fire. israel said many of the dead were trampled in a stampede. jordan and france are among the countries using air drops as frustration mounts over israel's tight control over the border. they say security is needed. but as the war continued the u.n. says not enough aid is getting through and gaza is on the brink of famine. >> we insist that israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need. >> reporter: as he left the white house friday, president biden said he still hopes there will be a cease-fire deal between israel and hamas by ramadan that begins march 10th. >> president biden believes the deaths at the gaza aid site will make cease-fire talks more difficult. united states officials say a break in the war is on the table. his administration hopes to get a deal done by ramadan a week

away when israel warned the forces would expand the military operation into the southern city of rafah. as calls continue for a permanent cease-fire and really of the hostages, this morning israeli officials announced daily pauses in rafah and another central gaza city. it will last from 10:00 apparently to 2:00 p.m. local time until march 7th. the israeli military said it's for humanitarian purposes. attacks on ships by iran backed houthi is causing problems in the red sea. a ship has sunk. these are satellite images taken earlier this week. the sunken ship has been leaking oil and fertilizer. u.s. central command said damage from a strike caused a visible 18-mile long oil slick

behind the ship. this is the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of the houthi campaign over the israel-hamas war. in texas, firefighters battle the largest fire in state history. the smoke house creek fire burned more than a million acres in north texas. so far, two people died because of the fire and as many as 500 buildings have been destroyed. fire crews say containment is at 15%. late week snow extinguished some of the flames. as the fire moves into oklahoma with high temperatures and strong winds expected, many worry that the wildfire may continue to grow. no word yet on what sparked the fire. a kentucky woman is okay after a terrifying accident and dramatic rescue. she found herself trapped inside her semi-truck dangling off the side of a bridge nearly 100 feet above the ohio river. cbs's mark strassmann shows us

the harrowing video as first responders arrived on the scene. >> reporter: high drama above the ohio river, like the scene from a tom cruise thriller. >> over the bridge, over the water. >> reporter: a tractor trailer dangling from the clark memorial bridge and rappeling firefighters trying to pluck the female driver to safety. >> this is a worst-case scenario. lucky, not so much that it would detach from the trailer but that the entire truck didn't go into the river. >> reporter: that is bryce cardin rappeling to rescue the driver. both hovering 70 feet above the water connecting kentucky and indiana. >> she was praying, praying a lot. i prayed with her. >> reporter: the semi crashed through the guardrail after a four-vehicle accident. the driver trapped in the cab 40 minutes. cardin slowly carefully guided them both back over the guardrail to safety. >> once i reached her, she was

super calm, collected and helped me do what i needed to do to get her to safety. >> we have done a few crazy things. this tops it so far. coming up, the project earth report about how a san franci

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on average, over 16 billion gallons of rain falls on san francisco every year. add climate change in the mix and you wind up with more things like the atmospheric rivers, flooded streets and backed up drains. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: from up high to pink steeples mark the spot. south of golden gate park you will find st. anne of the sunset. neighborhood children have attended the private school more than a century. >> so many individuals in the community and neighborhood

experience st. anne's personally or know someone that goes there. including the vander wheel family, 9-year-old ella and 6-year-old hugh. they will benefit from a new bold project. >> it's important and wonderful to see the school leading the way. >> reporter: the plan to transform st. anne's concrete campus into a storm water schoolyard thanks to a grant from the san francisco public utility commission. >> we are excited to see it when it's built. >> reporter: sara bloom is the senior watershed planner with the upc that awarded 20 grants to schools, artworks and parks. the main goal is to divert storm water. >> climate change is here. we will see more and more intense storms. green infrastructure is one of the many tools in the toolbox that we have to manage storm water, especially during the larger storms.

>> reporter: last summer heavy equipment broke ground and construction began. big storms can overwhelm the sewer system. one way to manage the run off to is built special gardens where the rain soaks into the earth or captured for reuse. at st. anne's, workers created and planted several gardens. the students help select native plants which will be grown in special soil. >> they will bring in specially engineered soil that is a mixture of different types of compost materials and sand that allow the storm water to flow through it quickly. >> reporter: the rain that falls on the schoolyard and roof will flow into the gardens. >> we take that downspout and we disconnect it and feed that water straight into the rain garden. so, with the addition of the water from the yard and the roof, these rain gardens are doing a lot of heavy work when it rains. >> reporter: workers installed a special pavement that acts like a sponge. >> pour water on the paver and

it will soak into the ground. >> reporter: under one garden, a large drain holds heavy run off to allow it to percolate into the soil. as for the water. >> it goes into the groundwater. >> reporter: under st. ann's is the largest groundwater basin in san francisco. it's the west side basin. it stretches 40 square miles from golden state park to burlingame in san mateo county. after months of ripping up concrete, installing plants, pavement and gardens, the big storms are here. >> so far so good. we had lots of rain and the gardens have absorbed the moisture that came in and the downpour from the roofs. >> reporter: ella and hugh put on the rain boots and umbrellas to check out how it works. >> it gets pushed in over here water is dripping from here. you can see that little water here. >> it's beautiful and i can see that they are taking a lot of water so they can grow.

>> a really wonderful project for the kids to get more engaged and become more aware. >> reporter: when we put our heads together, we have a better chance of weathering whatever the future brings. >> yeah. >> the sfpuc is accepting new applications for grants and a pilot program for homes. for more information, go to kpix.com. today is a first alert weather day. now time to check in with darren peck. that is a snowy miserable background. >> sierra, tahoe. it's a ski resort. it's around 7 to 9 thousand feet. this is accessed by highway 50. i-80 is the main interstate over donner pass. that is closed. highway 50 is

open. you have to have chains. surprisingly it's open. the snow is down to about 3,000 feet. the little community of camino on highway 50 has snow. that is a long drive in the snow. it may be open. it would be a miserable experience for anybody trying to do it. people that are determined are taking the chance. that is a live picture at home. so, this fits the theme for the morning. breaks of blue sky and they won't last long. you will get them. but as long as you know, all right. i got a break of blue sky. this does not mean the rest of the day will look like this. the showers will fill back in. rainfall totals, back to thursday, about an inch and a half for the snort bay communities. look how wildly varied this is the way it will go the next 24 hours. if we go

to first alert doppler and pick up on the showers, you can see they are out there. if it's not raining for you now, pick out one of these, it's probably coming for you. put it in the futurecast and watch how this progresses through the morning. the first half of the day is like it is right now. the second half will be more impressive in two ways. the storms will be more intense and more numerous. there is going to be more energy to work with. when we get to the second half of the day. watch the timestamp. this looks different. a lot more yellow and orange on here. they come in more often and in fact the second half of the day today is going to look and feel very similar to yesterday. so, it's almost like the storm is not letting up at all. in terms of its ability to produce brief downpours, strong gusty winds and maybe lightning and thunder and -- the lightning and thunder odds go up by the afternoon. you probably heard some of that yesterday and last

night. sporadic. it will be there. we will look at the rest of the storm in a second. there is scattered showers to go on sunday. not as widespread or intense at home. the snow, that is what is to come. so, we are only halfway through the rain side and we are only halfway through the snow side. so, that blizzard warning, that doesn't expire until tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., well over 24 hours to go. you are still under a blizzard warning in the sierra. if we change our perspective and watch the snow, i was telling you snow down to 3,000 feet on highway 50. that will go lower today. snow level goes to 2500 feet. so, pollock pines has snow but they are at 4,000 feet. auburn could get a light dusting of snow. look at the totals that are still to go in the sierra. 50 might be open now. it doesn't mean it will stay open. likely they will have to close that at some

point. brief breaks where it's open but then you should be well aware it will close again. you could very we'll get stuck, unfortunately for people trying to race up there. if it's cold enough to snow at 2500 feet, that cold air will be felt here in the bay more so tomorrow morning actually. so, the morning lows go to the mid-30s in the north bay valleys, the most noticeable. that's where we have a frost advisory tomorrow morning. we are getting off easy here. we don't have to deal with any freeze warnings but there is a frost advisory. there is another system coming our way with more rain but it's not super intense. i want you to see this one right there. see that line of rain right there. that comes our way. in the seven-day forecast, you will see that there is a chance of rain for monday, tuesday and wednesday. granted we got two first alert days to go. saturday being the more intense of the two. sunday's rain will

lighten up. more scattered showers then you can see you have rain on there. once we get into the monday, tuesday and wednesday timeframe from that next system. the totals will be light. maybe another half inch from that one. today is the day. this advertise the day where the storm has a lot to throw at us. >> absolutely. if we can talk sierra for one moment, two weeks ago the snow pack was 75% of average for this time of year. >> yes. we didn't know what would happen, if it would creep back up. how much of a difference will this storm make. >> this gets us back up to average and probably a little above it. i wouldn't want to put an exact number on it. we have to see how it comes together. it's one thing to talk about snow depth. this snow is areaer, fluffier, drier. you notice we are not getting huge rainfall amounts from the storm. you got to think of snow depth is different from snow water equivalent. at that, this will be good in terms of snow water

equivalent. we get back up to average. >> thanks, darren. his nonprofit launched one of the largest privately funded programs giving unhoused a basic income in the bay area. now he is sharing how the groundbreaking program is making a difference. sharon chin had an update . this is a 2018 jefferson award winner. andre has a hug for kevin, a man that changed his life. >> i have seen him in a better spot than he was a year ago. >> reporter: we were there a year ago when they first met face to face at an oakland shelter. kevin's miracle message nonprofit connects unhoused with family members

for support. at the time he was recovering from four surgeries after he fell scaling the wall at the mexican border. he accepted a gift from kevin's nonprofit. he was randomly chosen as more than 100 people in the bay area and los angeles to get $750 in monthly income for a year to use as they saw fit. a year later, he says that basic income was a blessing that he used to buy a bicycle to get around as he looks for a job and awaits his turn on the government housing list. he bought clothes and food and helped with family emergencies and gave to those with even less. >> occasionally he would walk on the streets and hear people say i don't have anything to eat, can you give me money. he would give some of his money to other people. >> reporter: kevin says a study of the basic income recipients show they spent more than a third of the money for food, followed by housing, transportation and health care. fewer are unsheltered.

>> after six months of $750 a month for six months, that number went from 30% down to 12%. >> reporter: as part of the program, kevin and andre formed a friendship and are now like family. kevin gave him an invitation to his wedding but found his long lost mother in texas. andre never knew if she made it to the u.s. alive after she fled honduras 39 years ago. kevin reconnected them by phone. >> he was crying. she was crying. she was apologizing. he said don't worry. [ speaking in a global language ] . >> i love you mom. don't feel bad. don't feel sorry. >> reporter: andre talks to his mom everyday and she is helping care for his grandson. the joy

of their reunion fuels kevin's mission. >> we see them as problems not to be solved but people to be leveled. my hope and vision is that no one goes through homelessness alone. >> reporter: next kevin plans for andre and his mom to meet for the first hug

this week we send birthday wishes to washington, d.c. this man is celebrating his 104th birthday. brandon's life is like a living history book. he fought in world war ii and believed to be one of the last living world war ii combat glider pilots. he survived a scary crash landing behind enemy lines in northern europe to be held in a german p.o.w. camp. he found a way back home. he credits his longevity to his faith in god

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brandon: i'm brandon mcmillan, and for seven years i had the awe-inspiring job of finding new forever families for over 150 lucky dogs. today, watch along with me as i revisit one of my favorites, a three-month-old puppy named buster and a young family eager to welcome him into their home.