this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. it looks gorgeous outside and then you get hit with the wind. it is a first alert weather day as we track those gusty conditions. a scary trend in oakland. thieves targeting cars, even if someone is still inside. police are responding and what to do

if you think you are being followed. an actor's breast cancer diagnosis is shedding new light on another tool in the fight against the disease. we talk live with a bay area expert about how it could help women. thank you for joining us. i'm elizabeth cook. don't let the sunny skies will you. it is really windy outside. here is a look at the impact in san mateo county. a tree landed across some power lines on highway 35 between highway 9 and alpine road. that area is closed to traffic right now. meteorologist jessica burch is tracking the winds from our virtual view studio. >> it is a first alert weather day here in the bay area. we are dealing with some of the strongest winds we have seen in quite some time. the national weather service has issued a wind advisory that stays in effect until tomorrow. once the winds start to die down, we are left with beautiful conditions and a warming trend. as we take a look at the wind advisory, it highlights most of the area and all of the sacramento valley too. wind speeds anywhere up to 50 miles per hour. we see a

very similar trend with wind speeds moving into the north, anywhere from 30 to 40 miles per hour up into the north bay with gusty conditions impacting san francisco too. we will see it die down just a little bit but not by much. 30 miles per hour winds into the evening hours tonight. as we wake up tomorrow morning, areas like sonoma and napa could get anywhere up to 50 miles per hour winds. about 40 miles per hour wind is expected near danville tomorrow morning the for that advisory expires. when the winds start whipping up in our local communities, we start to see the pollen count increase too. it does not help that it is drying up. today and tomorrow, we are in the high category. saturday and sunday we are in the medium to high category. keep that in mind because there are plenty of events happening for us this weekend. upper 60s in the forecast and low 70s just in time for saturday and sunday if you are heading out to travis air force base to watch the blue angels fly all over the

northbay. speaking of the north bay, upper 60s today. we are getting closer to warming up even more but it is a first alert weather today. it is breezy. you can see the white caps behind me all the way down into the santa clara valley. interestingly enough, the santa clara valley is not under the wind advisory but it is breezy for us. once the winds die down tomorrow, we have beautiful weather heading into this weekend. low 70s saturday and sunday. we warm up a hair more next week with partly cloudy skies right around the corner but at least we still stay dry. spent at least it still stays dry. thank you. let's check in with anne makovec now for today's news headlines. >> the postal service says somebody pulled a gun on one of their mail carriers in oakland and they are sharing the security camera video. >> no. i don't have them. >> that happened on march 2 along euclid avenue near van

buren. the worker was not hurt but the robber got away with her keys to the city collection boxes. there is a picture of that suspect. the postal service is offering a $150,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction. westbound lanes of 580 in livermore back open after his tractor-trailer hauling oranges tipped over. it happen on grant line road this morning. the chp had to call a crane to get it upright again before they could reopen the roadway. the san francisco symphony just announced its music director will be stepping down. esa-pekka salonen has been at the helm of the symphony for five seasons now. the symphony says his tenure will end in june of next year after his contract is up. the oakland a's meeting with the city and alameda county officials today to talk about extending their lease at the oakland coliseum. it is the second discussion on whether

the team can stay in town until their proposed ballpark in vegas is ready. in the battle over a bill to potentially ban tick-tock, steven mnuchin just announced that he is interested in buying the app. right now, he is gathering a team of investors to try to make a bid. meantime, that bill is heading to the u.s. senate. we hear a lot about car break-ins happening . when you step away, maybe you live something inside that is visible for someone to steal. now, oakland police say thieves are not waiting anymore. they are targeting parked cars with the drivers still inside. >> aria has lived in this highland park neighborhood all her life. she has always felt safe until she became a victim of a car theft in a smash and grab all within a month. she wanted to conceal her identity but talked to us about how the robbery unfolded. she says the

thieves spotted her on east 14th street and followed her home. >> they slammed the brakes and turned left with me. i thought it was a little strange. i was not trying to think the worst of everyone. i thought, maybe they just missed a turn. >> as she made another left, so did the black sedan that was following her. this is video of when she pulled up on her driveway. the black car slows down behind her. the robber gets out of the car and smashes the passenger side window. >> the whole thing took place in like 10 seconds. i was screaming. i was honking. i think i scared them away when i started honking because he looked startled and he jumped away and left in the getaway car. >> they took off with her purse but luckily, she was not injured. aria immediately called police. >> it took me a while to even get through the calling system . they said that they had to hundred pending calls ahead of me but they did receive a lot of reports of the same suspects already.

>> aria has replayed the events over and over again in her mind. her one regret is being too trusting of others. >> being more aware of your surroundings, trust no one. you might want to see the good in people but right now, i don't think you should. runaway. trust your gut. >> opd says it is investigating these crimes and has sent additional officers to the areas that have experienced these robberies. this video was from another incident near san antonio park. you can hear the victim yelling at the robber to get out but he comes away to the drivers side to smash the window. aria says she does not feel safe in oakland anymore. >> i have not left at all by myself since that happened . i am just waiting to fix my whole car situation and get everything settled with insurance and i am going to skip. i've got to go. i really don't feel safe. >> police say robberies are up 32% compared to this time last

year . they also say if you think you are being followed, don't go home, head to the police station or local fire station instead. it is an unfortunate reality that active shooter drills have become commonplace at many schools. now, there is growing concern that the drills themselves are traumatizing students. state assembly member chris ward wants to establish a standard set of rules for these drills, similar to the way that fire and earthquake drills are regulated. it would include things like prohibiting simulated gunfire, parental notifications of any drills and an opt out revision for parents who don't want to their kids to take part. >> you would see these really wild stories about a principal who decided that it would be a good idea to have fake gunmen come onto campus, or asking students to portray victims lying in blood. we are seeing some of the data coming from national studies that these activities are causing more

trauma, more harm than good. >> organizations like every town for gun safety recommend against active shooter drills altogether. they say students, educators, and staff have experienced stress and sometimes lasting trauma. more than a week after election day, a handful of local races are still hotly contested. in the east bay, b.a.r.t. director simon handily won the first place spot to replace barbara lee but the second place spot is still a tossup. take a look at the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. former san jose mayor sam liccardo is still in the lead but only a few votes separate assembly member evan low and santa clara county supervisor joe simitian for second place. the top two face-off in november. statewide, prop 1 is a tossup. that is governor newsom's ballot measure to help boost housing and mental health support with a $6 billion bond. right now, it is up by just over 20,000 votes .

hundreds of thousands of ballots need to be counted. earlier this week, the opposition camp conceded that the measure would most likely pass. since then, the race tightened up again. what if a regular mammogram does not detect cancer? we look at another tool in the fight and a bay area doctor joins me live to help break it all down. they are making moves in the sports world. meet

we, as women, hear a lot about getting regular mammograms but now, actor olivia munn's press cancel batter -- battle is raising awareness about another tool that can help determine the probability of getting the disease. mullen says she would not have found her cancer for another year if her doctor had not decided to calculate her breast cancer risk assessment score . it is based on a woman's family history, the results of a prior breast biopsy, age at first period and the age when a woman has her first child. joining me now live is dr. laura esserman, a surgeon and breast cancer

oncology specialist at ucsf. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> olivia munn took what is called the gail model, which is a breast cancer risk assessment tool and she credits that were helping her catch her cancer early but you and your team have developed a similar study at ucsf. can you tell us about that? >> we can. the gail model was developed from a study in the 80s and actually has been available on a website for a decade. it is just not used and put into practice. we are running the wisdom study, women informed screen depending on method of risk. we are thinking about approaching breast cancer. we have been doing it the same way for many years and we have not made as much of a dent as we would like to. the whole idea here is that, there are lots of different kinds of breast cancer. women have different kinds of risk factors. wire we screening

everybody as if one-size-fits-a ll. what we are trying to do now with wisdom, trying to figure out who is at risk for pastor growing cancers, who is at risk for slower growing cancers and how can we figure that out and use that risk assessment to determine how often you should be screened. more importantly, what you can also be doing for prevention. if you are at risk for a faster growing tumor and you have dense breast tissue, a tool like an mri may be the better way to screen. you are at low risk, you don't have to come back for a while. we need to be putting into place all of the tools that we already know like all of the genetic factors like you have an inherited predisposition to breast cancer. not too common. 2% of the population. if you have it, your risk is higher. we are looking for other things like polygenic risk, many genes you can inherit that together can help us understand even more than tools like the gail model

or the breast cancer consortium model, how better to figure out what your risk is and what we can do to reduce that risk. >> this follows this trend of more personalized medicine. would anyone have access to the wisdom study? does it matter what kind of insurance you have or where you live? >> it does not. the wisdom study is open to all women who do not have breast cancer now at age 30 or above because we can assess your genetic risk factors at any time. the time to know is at 30 or onward. anyone can go online and sign up. we are trying to recruit another 50,000 women so that we can really make a transformative difference in how we approach breast cancer screenings, just as olivia munn's case showed, there is more information to be had and those people who are at the highest risk need a different approach than those who are at the lowest risk or the middle

risk. that is what we can help you and together, if everyone participates, we can generate the kind of data that will really make the future better for everyone. >> i signed up for the wisdom study this afternoon. it was very easy. it took about 20 minutes. olivia munn opted for a double mastectomy. that seems so extreme considering all the treatment options out there for breast cancer. how do you determine how aggressive to go with treatment? are you seeing this in your practice, women opting to get a double mastectomy if they are at high risk? >> i think it really depends on what kind of risk you have. you can't generalize. if you have inherited a risk factor of one where you have an 85% risk of

getting breast cancer or getting a 50% chance of getting a second breast cancer and a third, that may be the appropriate thing to do. or, if it is -- yes, it can be appropriate. i would say, in general, a lot of the work i have been doing over the last decade or two is really starting with treatments first, depending on the stage of disease. for two and three breast cancer, what can we low' the risk of spreading where surgery alone is a good strategy for that but for the people who have more aggressive cancers, you really need to understand what your response to therapy is. we have tools that do so much better in targeting therapy. people should look at some of the new and exciting trials we have to try to improve the way we approach breast cancer. it is

not an emergency to do something the next day. take a step back and understand the biology, look at clinical trial and decide what is right for you. you have the time to sort that out. all of these things are important. there are many many more drug combinations and tools that we have to reduce risk. everyone should know what their options are and what their risk status is. >> dr. laura esserman with ucsf, thank you so much. >> you are so welcome. thank you for having me. >> as we celebrate women's history month, we are recognizing women working in the sports industry, off the courts and fields. shawn chitnis introduces us to the female figures working to bring world-class events to our region. >> the nba all-star game will be here in san francisco in 2025. that only adds to the super bowl and the world cup in

2026. those three major sporting events in just 18 months . a lot for the bay area host committee to be excited about and hopefully a way for them to attract even more games and competition. the organization is led by all women so it is a wonderful opportunity for a young staffer to learn from them as she starts her career. >> i always knew i wanted to have this be part of my life. >> becca smith played volleyball in high school but never gave up in a career of sports after injuring stopped her from playing in college. >> transitioning is really powerful because i get to contribute in a different way. >> today, she is the manager of active development for the bay area host committee. she graduated last year with a masters in sports management and joins a group at one of its first employees. >> i was looking for female mentors. i was looking to be a part of a company that really values diversity and especially

at the top. >> the committee has an all woman leadership team and 85% of its employees are female. rebecca has helped make the job an amazing place to grow, especially working with women like patty hubbard, their chief marketing officer. >> this was an opportunity to to change the narrative. >> patty has worked in the business for 30 years and knows what it is like to be the only woman in the room so she loves mentoring young people like acca who can enjoy the progress made by so many before them. they both lean in on their time playing a sport to help them manage the business behind some of the biggest events in the world. >> the level of commitment is amazing. being a former athlete has really helped me succeed in business in balancing a family, balancing day to day work. >> becca is thrilled to see women expanding their roles in court and more leagues for female athletes coming to the bay area to play basketball and soccer. >> i might not be scoring the points but we are on the other

side making the deals happen. >> one more sign that this is a trend headed in the right direction, becca tells us that the program that she studies for sports management was traditionally male dominated. when she was there, more than half of the class were women. still ahead, if you want to try someplace new to eat, this could be the perfect time. the range from quaint to gourmet in this year's oakland restaurant week.

it is an annual celebration of oakland cuisine. oakland restaurant week kicks off today. for the next 10 days, participating restaurants will be serving special menu items that showcase the city's distinctive foodie culture. some will be offering discounts as well. oakland sabres neighborhoods are home to an a

collect mix of cultures, participating restaurants will run the gamut from neighborhood stops to michelin rated establishments. >> this is a great opportunity to get new guests. it is a good reason to go out and eat and try places you have not been to. >> oakland restaurant week runs through the 24th. still ahead, every state has its own flag, its own flower and its own bird. what about a state juster? we will

the shaka gesture, the pinky and the thumb , known around the world as hang loose, basically anything associated with good vibes. it is synonymous with hawaii where it all started in solidarity with a native hawaiian fisherman who lost his three middle fingers after an accident. now, there is a bill in the hawaii legislature that would make the shaka hawaii's official gesture. lawmakers say they expect the bill to easily pass . they can do it. there you go. good vibes, man. >> the cbs evening news is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news y area.