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area's busiest airport. the coordinated effort at sfo demanding a cease-fire in gaza. new calls for a cease-fire are coming from east bay classrooms. at 9:00, the backlash is being felt across the oakland unified school district. an unusual meeting taking place in santa clara. the valley water board of directors will meet this morning to consider whether or not to censor one of their board members. you are looking into director rebecca eisenberg. recently she was investigated for multiple allegations including dissemination , harassment, and the mishandling of confidential information. the board of directors will consider how to move forward at today's meeting. the california supreme court is waiting into the battle over the future of uc

berkeley's people's park. the states high court plans to hear arguments over the university's plan to build housing on the side. that hearing will be in l.a. in early april. earlier this year, the address and took over the park, clearing out makeshift homes and blocking the area off with shipping containers. they were court ruled there is an issue with the project's environmental impact report. that is what the school is appealing. looking but it santa clara, ballots counting continues. we are getting closer to calling a couple of races. one of the biggest the ways for the house seat in district 16. former san jose mayor sam liccardo still leads and will undoubtedly had to the november general election. but who will the run against? yesterday, assembly member evan low when past sarah cloudy supervisor joe simitian for the first time and with thousands of votes to count there may be some movement. we are warming up into our weekend forecast . day by day we see 70 slowly trickle into the forecast as early as tomorrow and we are close to that into the santa clara valley. with upper 60s the forecast today. the size the santa clara valley many of us throughout the inland areas and into the north bay are under he wind advisory that will last until tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.

it is gusty. we could see wind speeds today up to 40 or 45 miles per hour. tomorrow we are forecasting 50 mile-per-hour winds for many communities highlighted on the zones and counties on this map . we could see downed trees and power outages in that is possible with the strong winds moving offshore throughout this afternoon. 25 to 30 mile-per-hour in in the east bay. the gains strength tomorrow morning communities like sonoma where we are forecasting 50 mile-per-hour winds while many are trying to get to work or school. often to danville, a similar trend. around 11:00 tomorrow the winds died down and we have beautiful weather and time for activities heading into this weekend's forecast. the windsor whipping up the pollen in the air. you want to take it slow. as we sit in the medium

to high category for the pollen count. dozens of protesters who were arrested for bringing bay bridge traffic to a standstill for hours in november are expected back in court today. nearly 80 protesters were involved in the trial. the november demonstration happened is president joe biden and other world leaders were in san francisco for the apec summit. hundreds of demonstrators took over the bridge that day. demanding a cease-fire in gaza. this was the scene outside of sfo as pro-palestinian protesters showed up in force yesterday. this was yesterday morning and a group of more than 100 people blocked multiple roadways and security gates for several hours at the international terminal. one group rallied outside the terminal. they held signs and chanted, demanding a cease-fire in gaza. the even blocked off the road in front of the terminal. they were able to do

that thanks to these cars that were parked on the ramp leading to the terminal international area and the cars blocked all the lanes. police eventually showed up, close the ramp and towed away the vehicles. an even bigger group inside the terminal protesters locking arms and holding up cease-fire sons in front of the security checkpoint. the demonstrators say their goal was to remind people about what is happening in gaza. >> we want people to know that although we don't want to negatively impact our community, it cannot be business as usual. we are invoking the time-honored american tradition of civil disobedience to bring light to the injustice that this needs to stop. >> no flights were impacted. international travelers were diverted to other drop-off and

pickup areas. police do not make any arrests. secretary antony blinken said the u.s. is in near constant cease-fire talks with negotiators in the middle east. the israeli military says it is preparing is offensive in southern gaza ahead of the operation, the military says it is ramping up efforts to direct palestinians to a safe humanitarian zone in the middle of the territory. live to open with the demand for the biden administration to call for a permanent cease-fire in gaza is growing. the oakland teachers union has called on its national union affiliate to rescind its endorsement of the president until that happens. oea has been an outspoken supporter of gaza since the war began and you may remember some of its members recently held an unauthorized stage in. lauren toms shows us the backlash is being felt across the district. five months after teachers within the oakland unified school district conducted a teach in demonstration favoring the palestinian perspective as a war between israel and hamas rages on, one teacher who participated said students deserve to know the details surrounding the deadly an historic conflict.

>> schools are supposed to be places of open-mindedness and places where students are challenged to graduate , eventually with broaden perspectives . and new ideas. >> reporter: for the first time since a controversial demonstration, what participating teachers spoke to cbsn bay area on the condition of anonymity and asked to be identified as a high school teacher within the district . we met in her classroom where she said she observed students engaging in the proposed material, written by a group of teachers within their union, named oea for palestine. the suggested curriculum was not approved by the district. >> it is more for student to consider multiple perspectives and walk out with more questions. an essence i absolutely think the teach in encourage that. >> reporter: cbs news obtained and reviewed the curriculum and found some content the jewish community leaders and parents consider to be anti-semitic or offensive to jewish students. but this teacher said she did

not see any anti-semitism take place the day of the 'teach-in'. >> i did not see any evidence of a teacher or a student engaging in any anti-semitic comment or behavior. we might have a difference of opinion on what is anti-semitic , and i think that criticism of israel is not anti-semitic. win the 'teach-in' is believed by members of the district to be one event that triggered the department of education to launch federal investigations of both the oakland and san francisco school districts into alleged civil rights violations. father gregory is the leader of the jewish community relations council and he says parents have reported similar activity of and friction material regarding the ongoing conflict being taught in san francisco schools. >> teachers union in san francisco has said openly anti-israel things that make a lot of jewish students feel unsafe. we have seen the gaza

walkouts that are in support of the palestinians. but have resulted in jewish students feeling unsafe . there have been a couple of incidents where teachers have participated or encouraged it. >> reporter: so far, at least 30 jewish students transferred out of the oakland school district. gregory says a handful of jewish students are planning to leave the san francisco district. this is the parent of a middle schooler in ousd and said it was bittersweet when she found out in early march that her son was approved for transfer into the piedmont school district, after experiencing anti-semitism in the classroom. >> it is heartbreaking and the fact that in 2024 i don't feel like my son is safe. >> reporter: for this teacher she's feels justified in her participation and furthering the knowledge and education of her students. something she maintains is her job and her right . >> if transferring out was because of an allegation of anti-semitism , learning about palestine or learning about what is happening currently in palestine , or learning about

the palestinian freedom struggle, if that is inherently anti-semitic, or that is being considered anti-semitic, that would lead us to i think and ideological difference. >> reporter: doing what she believes is her best to broaden perspectives of her students. i was looking for female mentors and be part of a company that really value diversity and especially at the top. >> celebrating women doing all of the work off the court

this just in. spacex has lost its starship. the rocket blasted off on pittsburg test like this morning. the company now says it lost contact with the rocket as it neared a splashdown in the indian ocean. it made further -- admitted further than the two previous attempts. nasa selected the rocket to take astronauts to the moon as part of the . bay fc is kicking off its season. the clouds home opener is not too far. they will host the houston dash on saturday march 30th at san jose's pop

pop part. we are celebrating women's history month. it is a good time to look back on the progress of the sport. we celebrate more than just the athlete. we cannot forget the women that are working in the industry to support the players. the bay area's committee was to bring major events in our region like the super bowl and the world cup. shawn chitnis we . >> i always knew i wanted sport to be part of my life . >> reporter: she played volleyball in high school but never gave up on sports after an injury stopped her from competing. >> transitioning to the sports business side is powerful. i get to contribute . >> reporter: she is the manager of acid development for the bay area host committee. she graduated last year and joined the group as one of its first employees. >> i was looking for female mentors and i was looking to be part of a company the value

diversity and especially at the top. >> reporter: the committee has an all leadership women team and 85% of employees are female. it is help make the job an amazing place to grow. especially working with women like patty hubbard, the chief marketing officer. >> this was a moment an opportunity to change the narrative of the bay area. >> reporter: patty has worked in the business for 30 years and knows what it's like to be the only woman in the room. she loves mentor young women who can enjoy the progress made by so many before them. they both lean and on their time playing the sport to help them manage the business behind some of the biggest events in the world. >> the level of commitment is amazing and i feel like being a former athlete has helped me succeed in business. balancing a family, balancing day to day work. >> reporter: in a field

dominated by men, she is thrilled to see women expanding their roles in sports and more leagues for female athletes coming to the bay area to play basketball and soccer. >> i may not be scoring points but we are on the other side making the deals happen. it is very special for me. >> the bay area's committee helped to bring a ton of events out here that includes the upcoming nba all-star game, the super bowl, and the world cup . early this morning we spoke to the president and ceo of the bay area host committee, zaileen janmohamed. about the importance of having women in leadership roles. >> for me and my position, i can actually be the change that i wanted to see for so long and that is what is important with people like me and like patty and my leadership team and others you see that are in senior positions in sport. they are now making the decision to start to move and shift the industry. in a direction where it is a little more equal. >> she is hoping to bring more events to the bay area in the future. possibly even the olympic games. it's a first alert weather day in the bay area with breezy conditions expected all throughout the afternoon hours today. the wind advisory in effect by the national

weather service until tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. the good news, we are seeing an ice warming trend this weekend. we will be left with beautiful weather for the weekend. and clouds passing through as we head into the forecast by monday and tuesday. downed trees and power outages are possible due to the gusty conditions moving in from the north . as we take a look at this morning heading into this afternoon, the winds are really kicking up . about 40 mile-per-hour winds into the lunchtime near sonoma, stinson beach and 30 mile-per-hour winds . it will be breezy, especially into the early morning hours tomorrow. as i advanced:00 to 6:00 a.m. for many of the morning commute. sonoma, close to 50 mile-per-hour winds. communities in the east bay, 40 mile-per-hour winds in danville and that dies down into the afternoon tomorrow. you can hear in my voice, the pollen count is high. if you are sensitive to allergies,

throughout the next couple days we are in the medium to i category and with the winds whipping up the pollen in the air you want to take it slow. we head into the weekend and the winds start to die down and we are dealing with beautiful weather. saturday and sunday. perfect timing for the st. patrick's day parade and perfect timing if you want to head over to solano in time for wings over solano on sunday or saturday . we expect 70s both days with plenty of sunshine in the bay area. it is similar to today because we notice a warm up day by day. this weekend we hit the upper 60s and lower 70s throughout the peninsula and hit the 70s throughout our inland areas and it will be gorgeous but today we will be feeling the warmth in communities from san jose where we are so close to the 70s. luckily i can forecasted because throughout the day seven days we hold on tight to the 70s, the only difference of the forecast is we are seeing clouds rolled in sunday afternoon and that will be the trend early next week but dry conditions will last throughout the next seven days. it is nerve-racking for many homeowners across america. the potential

the newest february gauges in and the consumer price index tracks inflation. the ppi rose .6% last month. double

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for all of our math enthusiasts. we are celebrating pi day. march 14th. 3.14. those are the first digits that make up the mathematical constant pi. in san francisco, the first major observance of pi day was in 1988 at the san francisco exploratory men this morning we are celebrating with one house bakery. this bakery is located in benicia and has special offerings for customers today selling sweet and savory pies. >> we do two different boxes of pies. this week on has all of our normal tarts we do and pies we do. and this everyone has some of the things we do on a normal basis but we also do a couple of special ones.

>> no better way to celebrate them with your own slice of pie. apple, pumpkin, maybe even a pizza pie. that is it for the news at 9:00. coming up next is "the drew barrymore show". lindsay lohan stops by to talk about her new netflix film. for more local headlines including weather, join us on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. we love being outside, but the sun makes our deck and patio too hot to enjoy. thanks to our new sunsetter retractable awning, we can

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