gravity. plus, another school district says it has no choice but to shut down schools. details on the deficits and the timeline for potential closures. and later, the plan for a temporary ceasefire in gaza as the u.s. military begins air dropping supplies to palestinians starved out on the ground. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, we'll have the latest on the weather in a moment, but first san francisco is set to louz a number of public schools as the district plans a major restructuring. student enrollment has been dropping by the thousands. while the district says that it is struggling to staff classrooms amid a teacher shortage and lots of facilities are in poor condition. they label the resource alignment initiative as the way to tackle the problem. district says it'll work with families, teachers, and communities in the process is and the consolidation will create what they call better learning environments in the long run. >> to create the schools our

students deserve and our families expect, we must have fewer schools than we do now. by having fewer schools, we can concentrate our resources and enhance program, teacher support, and student services. >> superintendent is expected to make recommendations this fall on which schools to close, to merge, or to what they call, colocate. the full changes are slated to be in full effect in the 2025 school year. earlier this week, san francisco's teachers union released a report blaming most of the financial issues on years of district mismanagement. the report says the district spends nearly twice the state average per student on administrative costs. the union said management should examine office spending before making painful cuts to school sites. making the financial situation worse, the school district is giving up on a faulty payroll system after spending more than $30 million trying to fix it.

and just yesterday, the district agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a sexual abuse lawsuit against a former athletic director at george washington high school. might remember across the bay oakland unified is facing a $20 million deficit of its own. they did close parker elementary back in 022, which has since re-opened to adult education. the district backed off its plans to close six other schools after they got a lot of protests. well, while we have been getting rained on in the bay area, the sierra's been getting absolutely buried by snow. check out the scenes in lake tahoe. the whole area has been dealing with blizzard warnings and major highways like i-80 being shut down. nevertheless, kelsi thorud has been up in the mountains getting snowed in herself. she's live now from truckee. >> reporter: hey, brian, we're in the parking lot of our hotel because we were nervous about getting out today because the snow has been coming down. and

i'll tell you exactly why we were worried about leaving. this is the entrance to our hotel. there are two cars stuck trying to get back in. so that just tells you the amount of snow that's been falling here all day. this big kind of pile of snow here, this is all the snow that the snow plows have just been pushing off the road constantly throughout the day, and we just continue to see more and more snow coming down. now, this is the day that we've been talking about for the past couple of day, when all this snow starts to come. this is the day that people have been told to stay in. thankfully, for the most part people are staying in their homes. we caught up with a few people earlier today that were really just doing their best to shovel their front doors and cars to make it easier when this whole thing ends. thousands of people in the sierra woke up saturday morning to find their front doors and cars buried under feet of snow. >> i had to get my shovel out of the car, which was

interesting because it's up to your waist. and i had to dig out my -- my door to even get the shovel out. >> look at my car. >> oh my god. >> reporter: cody richardson didn't even attempt to shovel out his car. he's only in town visiting and wasn't expecting this. >> whapg right now? >> i don't know. >> reporter: the storm dumped snow overnight and continued to pummel the area throughout the day, forcing people to do all they would just to keep up. >> yeah, this is once in a lifetime for us to be in this blizzard. it's kind of crazy. >> reporter: spencer payne spent the morning shovelling out his car but in the end the snow was just too much. >> we're pretty bummed because our friends, we were supposed to go to their wedding today. and we're snowed in. >> reporter: the people that were able to get out didn't

even attempt to drive. max marlowe strapped on his skis to get to his job at a local brewery. >> my car's got really low clearance, so i probably would get stuck on the way back. so i just figured skiing in might be the easiest way to do it. >> reporter: for the most part, people just stayed home. clearing off their drives every wince in a while to make getting around a little easier but then going back inside to wait out this storm from the comfort and safety of their homes. >> there's no reason to go anywhere until this storm is over. you know, hopefully you knew it was coming and you prepared, but it's -- this is just the middle of it. >> reporter: and he's right, this really is just the middle of it. you know, we're expecting snow into the night here, and you can see these are some of the cars that those folks were shovelling out this afternoon, and there's already a ton of snow on top of them. i'm just going to walk back here to show you how much snow. so this is an area where someone was parked. they're no longer here. this is how high

the snow is. i'm 5'8", so that's about five feet of snow right there, brian. this is an intense storm, and it's not over. we're still expecting a lot more snow going into the night and into tomorrow. >> well, all right there, you are. darkness is gathering, snow is coming down, you're trapped in the parking lot. as a practical matter, what are you and jim going to do for dinner tonight? >> reporter: well, you know, truckee is, you know, no stranger to snow, so actually a lot of the restaurants downtown are still open, it's just figuring out how to get the food from the restaurants downtown to our hotel here. we were talking to the hotel staff, and they were saying that there's actually a taxi service around here that's running, so we may try and get them to deliver maybe a pizza to us later. we'll see, i don't know. >> i wish you luck. >> reporter: it's definitely rough out here. >> if you need something air dropped, let us know. kelsi, thanks so much. kelsi and her photographer jim will not be heading back any time soon, as

you just heard. i-80 is shut down. chains are required on highway 50. here at home the roads are drivable but there's rain to deal with. and find out the latest on that, here's darren peck. >> video from our photographer alex out in that about a half hour ago and said it was an absolute downpour in downtown san francisco. and that's how this is going to go for pretty much about like the next six hours or so. we're still very much in this here at home in terms of this storm's ability to produce brief downpours that come through, maybe the occasional thunder, and if you get one of those right over you, as you no doubt remember from yesterday, the winds really pick up when each one of those little cells come through. we're watching live first alert doppler here. stop it in here now, and the north bay's quiet now. just down south of santa clara valley, there's a very good complex of thunderstorms there. let's put it into futurecast to show you how this plays out over the rest of tonight. there isn't a whole lot of a prolonged break in this. i mean, these keep

coming. past midnight things will start to behave differently. on sunday you're going to see more blue sky. the storms will become a little less intense, although you still, even tomorrow throughout the entirety of the day, we can't rule out the possibility for another isolated thunderstorm to come through with this. just to show you how much there is still out here. there's a ways to go before this storm finishes with us. lot of details to go over. i'll see you in the complete forecast in a few minutes. >> high above santa clara county, the bay area's tallest peak get to a light dusting. john ramos took us the 365 twists and turns on the road up to lick observatory to file this story. >> reporter: there was snow in the bay area, but in order to find it, you had to be either dedicated to your job or dedicated to a sense of

adventure. san jose spent the late morning under cloudy skies and a bit of rain, but farther up on mount hamilton, the temperature began dropping, and things got a lot more interesting. a light layer of snow covered the landscape, making the narrow road with its sheer drop-off a journey not for the faint of heart. but it was there that we found michael poland a geophysicist with the u.s. geological survey. >> and i'm out here doing a geophysical survey today. >> seem like a good day to do that? >> you know, no time like the present, i guess. you know, i figured we'll just see what it's like when we got up here. this morning it wasn't bad. late they are morning it got a little worse. one of my colleagues once told me, you're not made of sugar, so i try not to complain when i get wet. >> reporter: the snow wasn't enough to dampen poland's work ethic as he set out to calibrate a piece of equipment that measures minute changes in gravity. it turns out that during wet winter, the water that seeps into the ground can

actually increase gravity in the area. >> the pull of gravity changes depending on what's beneath your feet. then we can see the change in gravity from all of that change in mass underneath the surface. so it's pretty useful technique for kind of knowing what's beneath your feet and how that's changing. >> reporter: with the science lesson over, our journey continued up the mountain as the snow increased and the road was all but empty. but at the top of the mountain is the lick observatory, normally open to the public but not on this day. with tiny snow drifts in the windowsill, it too was deserted, except for ralph and his two daughters. he brought them up to see something they almost never see at their home in san jose. >> yeah, i think it's a treat. it's always nice to see the snow in the mountains, like this time of year. and then always want to go up and touch it. today was the day. >> city slicker, aren't we? >> city slicker. >> i want to go touch snow. >> i need to touch it. >> whose idea was this today? >> my dad's. >> it was his idea? >> yes. >> do you think it was a good

idea? >> yes. >> yeah. >> yeah, because we don't usually go to snow a lot. but our drive up here made me really anxious because of all those edges and turns. >> it's pretty scary, isn't it? >> yes. >> we just came up here, like, just to explore and just, like, to see some snow. >> what does it feel like the you as somebody who's not used to it? >> it feels like a lot of fun and like an opportunity to me. just like to have fun and just, like, it's just a lot of fun. it's a privilege. >> reporter: seeing the snow was an opportunity and a privilege for those with a thirst for adventure, but it didn't last long. by about 1:00 the air began to warm and the snow to melt, sending water down the mountain to help make san jose more attractive, at least from a gravitational standpoint. and still ahead at 6:00, it's not snow, but the weather could be to blame after a north bay post office went up in flames overnight. and you could soon be seeing driverless cars on the

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- lift the clouds off of... - virtual weather, only on kpix and pix+. way up in northern mendocino county, the post office destroyed by a fire tonight. one person reported the fire caused by lightning. haven't been able to confirm that, but you can see that large tree next to the post office appears to have split. no injuries reported, at least not as far as we know. mail services have been diverted to the garberville post office. state regulators just gave waymo the green light to start operating on the peninsula, but some local leaders respect exactly thrilled. max darrow has that story. >> reporter: with the decision, waymo's driverless taxis, seen frequently in san francisco, will be able to hit the roads and highways on the peninsula, but the move and the timing of

it are getting pushback from state and local officials. with approval from both the california public utilities commission and the dmv, waymo's self-driving taxis now have the green light to operate on the peninsula, but the county supervisor is not on board. >> looks like we're bringing the san francisco circus to town, right? so -- at higher speeds. >> reporter: he says he's not against the technology but thinks it's rolling out too quickly. >> my greatest worry is you take highway 101 and you use it as your science project, you're taking it to san francisco where it's 15 to 35 miles an hour, now you're taking that to a speed that kill, frankly. >> reporter: the cpuc's decision came as somewhat of a surprise. in mid-february, the agency issued a 120-day suspension of waymo's expansion request not as a pun ty measure but so the commission would have ample time to review it. local

concerns have not been addressed. >> we believe we will have the ability to appeal this administrative ruling. >> reporter: he's not alone with his concerns. state senate store dave is pushing a bill, sb 915, that seeks to give local communities more control over autonomous vehicle rollout and oversight. he supports the idea. >> this is the prime example of why government is so important in making sure that we regulate this technology so that we make it as safe as we can for people to travel. >> reporter: after the decision, waymo posted on x, formerly known as twitter, we're grateful to the california puc for this vote of confidence in our operations. >> i don't think it's there just yet. >> reporter: although waymo has received the green light to operate on the peninsula, the company has not publicly announced plans for when and/or how they'll roll out service

on the peninsula. >> all righty, max, we did ask waymo about safety concern, and they sent us some self-reported data comparing their robotaxis to human drivers. they say that their research found that after more than 7 million miles of fully autonomous driving tests that waymo cars got in 85 fewer crashes leading to injuries and overall 57% fewer crashes. and on the subject of weather, while the blizzard in the sierra is hammering the mountain, back in the bay area, that video is out of emeryville, where the area was hit with heavy wind and hail early this morning. see just how intense that rain was. and it's not over yet. >> it's not. >> yeah. >> but we need a breather. >> is that what we're going to get? >> for a second. you like cats? >> sure. >> i got one for you. this from a researcher out of the university of nevada reno who

lives in truckee. one of the foremost experts on fire firenados. look what he shared this morning. this is a picture from his front door when you open the front door, and that's his cat. he put a whole series of these out. i'll spare you the whole series, but the cat's great for scale. but it's not enough. see where the cat's head is? see that dark line there? that is where the level of the snow was before this storm started yesterday. so everything from that line up is the snow he had this morning. he's got more now, but he measured that this morning and it was three feet. so kelsi's up there and she's giving us wonderful live looks of where the snow is now as the sun goes down, but that's an up-close personal from a resident there of where things were this morning with three feet of snow. a little bit of perspective on the situation in the sierra. when we look at the messaging on this storm, the storm prediction center has put

out an image that helps drive the point home in terms of the snow. and it shows they're extreme risk level, still, all the way through today this. one might tell that story just as well. this is how much snow is still to go, on top of what they've already gotten. neil's got more at his house since this morning. this is starting from right now and going forward until we get through about the next 24, 36 hours. the real timeframe still to go is between now and 10:00 tomorrow morning. so that's why the blizzard warning goes until 10:00 a.m. and remember the blizzard warning is primarily trying to communicate the risk of reduced visibility because of the wind. the blizzard warning isn't really telling you about snow totals. blizzard warnings -- and the definition of the word blizzard is defined to describe the conditions you are stuck in while that snow is falling because the visibility goes to nothing. because the wind is so strong you can't see in front of you. that's still a concern until 10:00 tomorrow morning. here's the snow side of it in detail. just to look at it with

the specifics, snow level getting down to 2,500 feet. it still has more to go to get down the mountain, and there's a closer view up near the sierra crest where we're still looking at more accumulations. by the way, see that line of purple there? there have been measured wind gusts on some of the higher peaks of the resorts along the ridgeline nearing 190 miles an hour. that was a very rare, isolated event. nevertheless, it seems to be a legitimate reading. however, when you get off the peak the gusts have been around 60 or 70. that sounds good, but it's intense. look how the sierra is lined up here. the winds are a lot stronger up there at #,000 feet. the sierra is up to 10,000, 12,000, 13,000 feet high. so that wind rushing across the pacific races over us at 8,000 feet. we don't feel it. but the sierra sticks up right into it. and that's

why the wind is so much more intense in the mountains and why the wind has been such a big factor there. in terms of the snow here at home. we saw john's package, just because that little layer of snow melted from john's visit, there's more coming. we'll get more light snow through the overnight hours into tomorrow morning. so if you think you missed your chance today, you may still have one tomorrow. this is a bigger deal in the north bay. mount saint helena will get several inch, but look north of there. now we're talking about the communities through mendocino and lake county. clear lake, ukiah, you guys stand to see a couple of inches of snow fall. and these are communities that don't often get that or have to deal with it. so from a snow standpoint locally, that might be one of the bigger issues. we talked about the wind, and i'll go into more detail later. i want to leave you with a final look at where we are in terms of what this storm is going to throw us from a rainfall standpoint and to review what i showed you at the top of the newscast, it's going to stay like this tonight through about midnight. and then as we get into tomorrow, this will turn

into some sm what more isolated on again, off again showers with the occasional thunderstorm. we can't rule out a chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow either. but there will be less of them tomorrow. and then by monday we're done. we'll get a nice break. and then there's another system out here for tuesday and wednesday. it doesn't look big, but there is still more light rain coming our way for the middle of the week. brian, back to you. coming up in sport, 49ers are turning the chanter to the next season, and big changes just announced for the coaching staff. and the nation's top high school girl's basketball team ready to make another deep run in the playoffs. and vern glenn, who i wish was here now, has that story. that's next. - temperatures cooling down as we head into the weekend and stronger onshore... ah, i stepped off the coast again. - the winds are really picking up. - fog spreading farther inland. - and in the north bay, you're gonna get soaked. (water splashing) - [narrator] presenting the bay area's only virtual weather studio. next level weather.

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adam schefter, the niners are promoting from within. defensive assistant nick sorensen will take over as coordinator, and that's not the only coaching news. team also expected to bring in former chargers head coach brandon staley as assistant head coach. staley spent three years in l.a. before he was let go at the end of last season. he went 24-24 with the chargers, who i can't stop thinking should be in san diego. staley was defensive coordinator for the rams before taking the head coaching job. all about the money. pivot to basketball. one of the best high school girl's basketball programs in the country is right here in the bay area. the archbishop mitty girls look to remain undefeated tonight when they take on folsom in the regional semifinals and finally here is vern glenn. >> the arch bishop mitty girls unbeaten, the number one team in the nation. these practices are crisp, efficient, no nonsense, and physical. it

reflects their head coach, hall of famer sue phillips, who did it here many years ago as a student athlete and has been delivering at the highest level as head coach for 30 years. >> bring energy with your voice, with your work rate, and your relentless motor. >> it's like a college program. >> right. >> we are very time management. we're always being pushed. i'd say during practice is very intense. we're going, going, going. >> what is the single thing that you need to look for that tells you in your mind that girl can play for me? >> well, i can tell you that the price of admission at the door is tremendous work ethic and a great attitude. so without those two thing, it's non-negotiable. >> practice is made perfect because mitty has aced every test this season. >> the beauty of this team, it isn't about the score. they are truly about striving for excellence. >> so far, so good. they won their four ccs games by an

average of 41 points. you are playing the game, boom, what's the killer mindset? >> i mean, for me i get really nervous before games. >> that's good. >> yeah. i get nervous, and then once i'm going to do the jump ball, like as soon as i jump, it just all goads away. and then i like just forget where i'm at. i'm just playing. >> sophomore mckenna dropped 30 points last friday to help mitty earn another section title. now they are locked in trying to bring home a state title for the first time since 2015. can you let yourself even visualize or even dream about having a banner up there with cif on it? >> can definitely dream about it. it's obviously definitely a hope. it will be a great opportunity if we get to get a state banner. that would be awesome. >> there's a reason why the state banners are bigger. they're a little bit harder to

get. and yes -- >> been a little while, right? >> yes, an open division championship is not here, but that doesn't define our success. and it'll happen. i don't know when. >> mark on three, one, two, three. >> mark. >> 28-0, when that comes out of my mouth, how do you respond? 28-0. >> i smile. that's how i respond. >> who wouldn't? coming up in our next half hour, all the rain we've gotten lately had backed up drains and flooded roads, so what do you do with that storm water? the new projects

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from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> now at 6:30 a new deal for a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas in the works that could come in the time for ramadan. as cristian benavides reports, it's happening as the u.s. is conducting air drops of humanitarian aid into gaza. >> reporter: on saturday a senior u.s. official said israel had essentially agreed to a framework of a deal which would see some israeli hostages held by hamas freed in exchange for a six-week pause to the fighting. it's something the biden administration has been pushing for >> i'm hoping so, we're still working real hard at it.

>> reporter: it comes as new images show some of the first air drops of humanitarian assistance into gaza by the u.s. 66 bundles of food and water, meant to provide 38,000 meals, a small bed for residents in the territory where half a million people are facing acute starvation, according to the u.n. . >> the truth is, aid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough now, it's nowhere nearly enough innocent lives are on the line and children's lives are on the line. >> reporter: the u.s. has joined jordan, the country already air dropped supplies to the territory. air drops could come with more risk than results, some warn. >> a very risky undertaking. it's also not going to be anywhere sufficient to meet the needs of the people in gaza. and more to the point, it's frustrating in the sense that the israelis aren't opening

more crossings to would allow for greater throughput. >> reporter: president biden says the u.s. would put pressure on israel to facilitate more truck deliveries of assistance. >> if news of a potential deal comes after thursday's incident in gaza, where more than 100 palestinians were killed, many by israeli gunfire near a convoy of humanitarian aid. vice president kamala harris will meet on monday with members of the israeli war cabinet. >> is it justified. >> when people are occupied. >> thousands mobilized in san francisco today despite the wet forecast. they were there for a rally as part of an international day of action to call for a ceasefire and to condemn what they call israel's act of genocide against palestinians. so far more than 30,000 palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed

since the beginning of the war. in other news tonight, wildfires in texas have grown to the largest in their state history. governor greg abbott estimated several hundred buildings have already been burned. it's happening in the panhandle region. two people have died. more than a million acres have burned. the largest of the fires is only at 15% containment. and the weather's not helping. >> when you add high winds and low humidity to high fuel load levels, that's when you get the conditions that are ripe for large, fast spreading wildfires. >> hundreds of personnel have been fighting the wildfires since they broke out on monday. for us, a live look at san francisco, where we've seen a tiny bit of sun. just a little bit peeking through the clouds. mostly, though, uss rain. on average, the city gets more than 18 billion gallons of rainfall every year. 18 billion. one effect of climate change is we'll see more rain. and you wind up with conditions

like we had a couple weeks ago. a lot of streets flooded and drains backed up. in today's project earth, anne makovec reports on a creative solution aiming to manage storm water while benefiting kids, their families, and their neighborhoods. >> reporter: from up high two pink steeples mark the spot. south of golden gate park you'll find saint anne of the sunset. neighborhood children have attended its private school for more than a century. >> so many individuals in the community and in the neighborhood experience saint anne's personally or know one who goes there. >> reporter: including this family. parents jennifer and miles, 9-year-old ella -- >> do you want yogurt instead? >> reporter: -- and 6-year-old hugh. they belong to the first generation at saint anne that will benefit from a bold new project. >> yeah, i think it's really important and wonderful to see the school kind of leading the way. >> reporter: the plan? to

transform saint anne's concrete campus into a storm water school yard. all thanks to a grant from the san francisco public utilities commission. >> we're excited for you guys to see it when it's built. >> reporter: a senior watershed plan we are the puc, so far awarding 20 grants to schools, art groups, and parks. the main goal is to divert storm water. >> climate change is here. we're going to see more and more intense storms. we can expect that. and green infrastructure is one of the many tools in our toolbox that we have to manage storm water, especially during these larger storms. >> reporter: last summer, heavy equipment broke ground and construction began. big storms can overwhelm the city's antiquated sewer system, backing up drains and flooding streets. one way to manage the runoff is to build special gardens, where the rain soaks into the earth or is captured for reuse. at saint anne's, workers created and then planted several gardens. the students helped select native plants which will be grown in

special soil. >> they'll be bringing in specially engineered soil a mixture of different types of compost materials and sand that allow the storm water to flow through it really, really quickly. >> reporter: the rain that falls on the school yard and roof will now flow into the gardens. >> we take that down spout and disconnect it. can then we'll feed that water straight into the rain garden. so with the addition of the water coming from the yard and the roof, these rain gardens are doing a lot of heavy work when it rains. >> reporter: workers also installed a special permeable pavement. >> pour water on the pavement, it'll soak into the ground. >> reporter: as for all the water -- >> it goes straight into the ground water. >> reporter: underneath saint anne's is the largest underground water basin in san francisco. it's called the west side basin. it stretches

40 square miles from golden gate park to burlingame in san mateo county. after months of ripping up concrete, installing pipe, pavement, and parklanding new gardens, the big storms are here. >> so far so good. we've had lots of rain and the gardens have absorbed all the moisture that's come in and all the downpour from the roofs. >> reporter: ella and hugh put on their rain boots and grabbed umbrellas to check out how the new gardens work. >> it gets pushed in over here. water is dripg from here. you can see that little water here. >> they're beautiful and i can see that they're taking a lot of water so they can grow. >> it's been a really wonderful project for the kids to get more engaged and become more aware. >> reporter: aware that when we put our heads together, we have a better chance of weathering whatever the future brings. >> yeah. >> the puc is accepting new applications for grants and even exploring a pie lat

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interested in the outcome. >> move it over 25 years. >> reporter: for a quarter century -- >> almost 26 years. >> reporter: -- he's surrounded himself with diamonds, gold, and all things precious. >> i love the jewelry business. >> reporter: but almost two years ago, that love was put to the test. >> as soon as they walked in, they bear sprayed me in the face and then one held the door open, another eight, ten guys came and start breaking my cases. >> reporter: his santa clara store was hit by an organized smash-and-grab. he lost thousands of dollars in merchandise. >> you know, life has to go on. >> reporter: with the fate of law enforcement on the ballot in santa clara, he's closely watching measure b, because as a victim of crime, safety is a top priority. >> if my customers don't feel comfortable coming inside the store to shop, if they're afraid that inside the store somebody's going to attack them or something like that is going to happen, of course, it's going to reflect on our

business. >> reporter: measure b will decide how the city will choose its next police chief. currently the city elects its top cop, but councilmembers want to change the city charter to fall in line with every other city in the state of california. >> we currently are the last city in the state of california with an elected chief of police. >> reporter: currently, only a santa clara resident can run for police chief, and they say that limits the pool of qualified candidates. >> the pool that we have for the elected chief of police is only ten officers that are from santa clara pd that live in the city out of 153 sworn officers. >> reporter: yes on measure b would change that. >> i think -- we all think that it's time for us to evolve and adopt a procedure that seems to work for over 470 other cities in the state. and we're the only ones that are hanging on to this old archaic system. >> reporter: lisa gilmore, who

has been mayor of santa clara since 2016, opposes measure b and says she takes pride in getting elected by residents in 2022. >> it was a pretty amazing experience to be chosen by the residents of our community to represent them and to have the trust of the community. >> reporter: and she believes the chief of police should have the same accountability to the voters. >> the chief lives here. the chief works here. the chief engages with the community on a regular basis. >> reporter: and along with the mayor, the police union also opposes measure b and put up a giant billboard along el camino real for all residents to see. >> i'm really proud of that. i'm proud of the fact we're the only city that elects our police chief. you know, we have 55,000 residents that vote for a police chief. santa clara's never been a city that follows what others are doing. we are an independent community. we have done a lot of things that other cities don't do.

>> reporter: for him, whose business sits in santa clara but lives in gilroy, while he cannot vote on the measure, he's invested in the outcome of measure b after being a victim himself. >> i just want somebody that is going to care so this thing doesn't happen to another family or another business owner. i just hope whoever the chief is going to be that they're going to make some changes for the future. >> by the way, the current chief also opposes measure b, and if it passes, he'll be the last elected police chief in the city of santa clara. but you're wondering why are we looking at a tornado? because they are cleaning up in one california town after that tornado. and minutes ago, a tornado warning issued in a part of the south bay. we'll tell you about that whe democrats agree. conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, you voted for him twice... as your own man, what is your decision? garvey is wrong for california.

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oh my gosh, look at that. open the door, a wall of snow. but we are more interested in the fact that minutes ago a tornado warning was posted, darren, was it down in san bernardino county? >> it was, just before 6:30 this evening. i know people's ears stand up when they hear that. these can happen here, and we typically, when we do see them, they're on the very low end. these are typically ef-0s or ef-1s, the kinds of things which should be taken seriously but not the kinds of things that come in and demolish towns or destroy homes. however, look at the red box on there, so this goes until 7:00 and it's likely that the national weather service will probably watch this and perhaps extend it as this line continues to move from the northwest to the southeast. but the red box right there shows you where the national weather service has their area of concern because of radar-detected rotation on this. when you look at these things on radar, you can see subtle signatures. we don't have reports of damage, at

least none that have come into the newsroom here of any confirmation of damage from this. if you look at this line -- and what i've done is slow it down over the last 45 minutes. you can see a lot of lightning in there. and if we're going to see any of these low end of the scale tornados, ef-0s or ef-1s, they're going to be aligned and embedded in intense thunderstorms like this. but oftentimes they don't come in on lines like that. if we're going to get them, usually, it's an individual cell out on its own. this is unique. i've looked at the feature we have in house to see if i can pick out a rotation from our radar, and it doesn't show up. but the national weather service has their reasons for concern on this, and they've certainly got more tools at their disposal and that is something to be taken very seriously. holster is lister is on the upwind side of that. the concern is the down wind

through san bernardino county. what they'll do with these is they'll pinpoint the area of concern. you're within that box, and then they'll draw that box farther downstream for where we know the relative storm motion is. so just because that box extends to the southeast, if we look at the live, this is the most recent radar at this point. and you certainly get a lot more reflectivity showing up through hollister. but again, a lot of times there are clear signaturious see. things called hook echoes, things called gate to gate shear, where you can really see wind moving in opposite directions right next to one another. so i don't see that on this. it doesn't mean that there's still not reason to be concerned and that there isn't authentic verification there from the national weather service. so we'll keep a close eye on that. goes until 7:00. we'll have updates over the course of the next 45 minutes for you. right now it's just a

severe thunderstorm that we've got confirmation on in terms of what's hitting the ground. okay, here's what we have tomorrow for the rest of the day. you remember i was saying you're going to get more blue sky tomorrow than anything else? here's why i would say that. this was the high resolution satellite before the sun went down. that's tomorrow. there's a lot of blue sky mixed in there. it's actually going to be a real pretty day. we're not out of the woods by any means because there are still isolated thunderstorms in there. they're not going to be as intense as today for tomorrow, but they are still going to come through from time to time, brief little downpours that will add to the rainfall totals we just saw there. we've got an about 1.5 inches of out this. best thing to do is take it from where it is now on first alert doppler, put it into the futurecast, and watch the high resolution model shows us for the rest of tonight. for the rest of tonight we keep going like this, isolated showers. some could turn into a thunderstorm. that's been my theme all night long. i don't anticipate any to pick up the kind of intensity where we'd be

looking at the concerns san bernardino county has right now. it's extremely rare to have that happen. having said that, it's so difficult to have the ingredients come together right for even the weakest of tornados here you'll virtually never get a forecast an hour or two before one pops up. it's usually when radar detects something. so with that in mind, if you're concerned at all from having seen the report from san bernardino county, we're going to keep a close eye on it, and should anything pop up, we will let you know about it immediately. here, the website, streaming services, social throughout the rest of the evening. all right, in terms of the forecast for rain, it's sticking around. so that's really the overwhelming majority of how we're all going to experience this over the next, really, 36 hours. it does look a little bit quieter on sunday. see, there's your breaks of blue sky. and we also don't see the intensity of the rain. and then on monday, monday the next system comes in. but monday, that system is nowhere near the intensity of this one. it won't have the same rain. it won't have the same wind either. before we get there, there will be some light

snow. we talked about this in the last visit. since i clued you in to that winter storm warning for locations in mendocino and lake county, i've got to cover a few other things i haven't discussed yet tonight. cold tomorrow morning. there is a frost advisory for the north bay valleys because temperatures are in the mid-30s. so from like 2:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. the frost advisory stays in place for the north bay valleys. there's a chance we could see a little more light rain coming our way on monday. i'll show that to you in the seven-day forecast, but i wanted to go back to that imagery one more time while i have a little bit of time left with you. san bernardino county, that red box there has been outlined as a tornado warning for locations from hollister to the southeast. we don't have any reports of anything at this point, but the national weather service felt confident enough to start raising awareness for people in that red square. so if you do live in that location, it's a good idea as best as you can to seek shelter of some kind at

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back now to the powerful snowstorm in the sierra. interstates are closed, thousands without power, and because of the snowstorm, a veteran snow plow driver in truckee said that several parts of his rig broke down while clearing the snow. >> hectic. if the snow is wet underneath and there's not a coat of fresh snow in truckee here, and it's been hectic. i've broken a lot of parts. >> well, about 20 minutes ago i got a text from my dad in

hollister saying my phone just said there's a tornado warning, should i take this seriously? darren says yes. >> your dad's probably -- well, he's probably watching on the stream because his boy is on the newscast, but if anybody down from -- the problem is they don't get us. if you're on the stream, we wanted to highlight the concern here. and of course, this is so close to us so. many of us know this part of central california and likely have friends and family there. again, the takeaway on this is when we get these they're almost always the lowest grade, ef-0s or ef-1s. this is the kind of thing that rips shingles off roofs at its worst, and maybe some unsecured object, unsecured trailers could be affected by this. it goes until 7:00. the national weather service issued this based on information they have that that storm did have some rotation in it that could potentially drop a funnel cloud. and that's the primary concern in that situation. it goes until 7:00. we'll keep an

eye on it. i didn't have time to get to the seven-day forecast in the last visit because of our coverage on that. so not to be left out, we've got first alert status today and tomorrow. our primary focus is the fact that from now through midnight we're going to see some of the more widespread, steadier, heavy downpours. and then it'll turn to lighter scattered showers for much of sunday. >> thank, darren. see you at 11:00.

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