we're timing out the wet weather and have a report on the preparations underway, plus a vigil to honor the victims of this week's deadly shooting at the kansas city chiefs super bowl parade. we will have a report on the investigation and tell you what the incident has prompted the biden administration to do. then a sickness spreads at a school in napa. dozens of students complained about suddenly feeling ill and no one seems to know why. the search for cause now, at noon. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at

noon. >> good afternoon. i'm andre senior. thank you for joining us. we are tracking a system churning off the bay area coast. it's set to dump a lot of rain on parts of the bay area, and that could affect holiday weekend plans. so let's bring in ktvu meteorology rosemary oroczo with what we can expect. she is timing out the forecast for us. hey, rosemary. yes, andre. >> hello to you. happy friday everybody. we are looking at several days of rainfall today the transition day. we are mostly cloudy, a little bit of moisture embedded within those clouds, but real rain expected to arrive during the overnight hours. here's a look at san francisco, where you can see all the overcast at this time. getting into storm tracker two. we've got a little bit of light green there on the screen, so can't rule out the possibility of a few sprinkles. maybe a stray shower, but for the most part we are looking at mainly dry conditions for your bay area. friday most of this will be virga, meaning it's going to evaporate before it actually hits the ground. but take a look at what we're seeing just off shore. we have that atmospheric river taking aim at the bay area

once again, and advisories expected with this system for the weekend. that shade of a pink there is a winter storm watch for the sierra that begins tomorrow. meanwhile, for us here at home, a flood watch that begins on sunday and lasts all the way until wednesday. again, we are talking about several days of rainfall here and off our coastline. a high surf advisory that begins tomorrow morning. a better detail of the advisories in place and what we can expect heading into the weekend, including the timeline coming up in just a little bit. andre, our rosemary, as we wait for the skies to open up. >> preparations are underway to deal with the downpours flooding is a big concern in cities across our region. the rain will bring a mix of good and bad to ktvu. james torres has more from experts pointing out the pros and the cons to the storm. >> just two weeks ago, atmospheric rivers drenched the bay area with some communities feeling strong. gusts of nearly 100 miles an hour. those gusts knocked down trees, some crashing into homes and bringing

down power lines. we need these wet years or average and wet years in a row, scientists say. the weather coming in is a good thing. the rain is doing a good job of replenishing our water sources. it's great to see this stream of storms because to get even up to average conditions, we need 4 or 5 big storms during our winter wet season, which runs from basically december through through march. >> it may be into into april, but as we know, storms can also ruin your day. >> we've been planning since september the oakland chinatown improvement council is keeping an eye on forecasts as it prepares for its second annual lunar new year parade this weekend at wilma chan park. it's going to be rain or shine. we've told our partners and we've told spectators, uh, rain or shine, we're going to go for it. uh uh, well, we have ponchos, we have umbrellas, and we have, um, you know, our stage is going to be

covered in case if there's rain, it would take the nastiest form of a storm to cancel the event. >> organizers don't expect much rainfall until after the parade is done, but researchers say the storms and their forecasts can change day by day. if you have a tree near your home, you do have the option to call an arborist to check it out and make a call on whether it's appropriate to cut it down. in communities, all over the bay area will also offer free sandbag stations to help avoid flooding. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news, and as is normal at this time of the year, many people will be heading up to the sierra for the long holiday weekend as deneeka hill reports, businesses and ski resorts say they're ready. >> it's amazing it means so much fun. it means that all my employees are happy. it means that the town is flowing. it's got energy. >> debbie brown, the owner of cold water brewery in south lake tahoe, says businesses in the

area thrive off of the long holiday weekends. we prepare the whole restaurant for that, right? >> we bring in more food. we've got more product on board. >> the on site brewery and scratch kitchen, all set for the coming days. >> it really is our livelihood. it's what we depend on and i will tell you out cold water, we bring it and we bring it out for those people and we want the visitors and locals alike, the roadways, also getting some attention today. >> crews out clearing excess snow, also laying salt and sand in the area known for its fine winter activities like snow tubing. >> this weekend is one of our biggest ones for the season and it was a busy day behind the scenes at two tahoe, making sure staffing, equipment and all the attractions are all ready. we put some new snow over top of everything we groom it, we reshape everything. um, and test everything out and make sure that it's running great. >> and this season they've got some new attractions. >> we call it big air. you get a

little bit of air and land in a in an air bag. it's you know, gets the adrenaline going a little bit. >> so of course i had to test it out for myself. all in all businesses say they're ready for the visitors. >> you just drive with care and don't be in a hurry. you'll get here. we'll make sure we take good care of you. when you do. >> in south lake tahoe deneeka hill kcra three news. >> all right. as wet weather and snow in the mountains approaches for the weekend, our team of meteorologists will keep you posted and updated through the fox local app. we'll have special forecast to make sure you know the latest about the storms. just download the fox local app. it's free app for your smart tv. then select ktvu. all right, now to an update on the shooting in kansas city during the parade celebration for the chiefs victory in the super bowl, more details are emerging about what led to wednesday's deadly gunfire. two juveniles were charged in the shooting yesterday, and it comes as the victims were recognized by the community. and as fox's jeff powell reports, the

violence is reigniting. the conversation about what can be done to prevent these tragedy. >> we're saddened. we're angry. >> a vigil held thursday night in kansas city honoring the victims of this week's deadly shooting at a kansas city chiefs super bowl parade. the tragic incident leaving lisa lopez galvan, a local dj and mother of two, dead. her family and friends now trying to make sense of this tragedy, stephens here to do then. >> she was a good person. this was sent was police say they have ruled out terrorism and extremism as a cause for the shooting, adding it appeared to result from a dispute between several people. >> investigators are now examining bullets and shell casings left behind to determine their connection, and asking anyone who directly witnessed the shooting to contact police. two teenagers remain in custody. a third person, also a juvenile, has been released for us to be in such a great moment in our history and just be ruined by

idiocracy, just why there? and nearly two dozen others were injurein the violence, ranging in ages from 8 to 47 years old in the wake of the tragedy, the biden administration now calling on congress for more gun legislation. congress needs to act, and it is shameful that we have not seen more action on this. >> we know these actions can save lives in our communities. literally can't afford to wait. >> as the investigation continues, mayor quinton lucas says the city does plan to move forward with its saint patrick's day parade in march. in kansas city. jeff paul ktvu fox two news meantime, taylor swift made a $100,000 donation to the family of the woman killed in the shooting, lisa lopez. >> galvan was at the parade with her husband, son and daughter when she was fatally shot. swift, who was dating kansas city chiefs tight end travis kelce, wrote a note on the family's gofundme page saying, quote, sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in

the wake of your devastating loss. well, none of that mysterious illness that spread at a north bay high school campus is ktvu crystal bailey tells us. authorities in napa are still trying to determine what caused a large group of students to get sick during class. >> it was first period students had just settled into choir class when some of them started feeling sick. the fire department was called and the students were relocated away from the music room. >> we had a total of 25 patients that needed to be assessed that were all complaining of symptoms of nausea, headache, aches and fatigue. >> the schools put on lockdown and five students were taken to the hospital. pg and e also responded to the hazmat call napa police, saying all parents of the six students were notified and asking parents to stay away from the building while they worked. but but officials say they checked for carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and inspected the hvac system, even looked for evidence of drug. >> we didn't find anything. no

readings on our monitors and found nothing either. so we're still at a loss as to what caused this. >> the lockdown was lifted and students returned to class later in the day and napa county says it is monitoring the situation closely alongside the school district officials say as soon as they can identify a cause, they will provide an update. crystal bailey, ktvu, fox two news all right, new at noon. >> governor newsom is in the bay area highlighting the latest efforts to address homelessness. the governor was in oakland at the site of a motel which has been converteding its under prot homekey. he announced a new round of homekey awards. the statewide project converts former offices, motels and other unused buildings into housing for people experiencing homelessness. today we're announcing, as was noted, a $99 million additional investment. >> there's still additional resources left, to be precise 138 million left of the 3.5 billion after the 99 million is distributed today in six

counties in the state of california, including here in alameda county, uh, all the way down to san diego. >> well, last year, project homekey provided more than $730 million in grant funding to cities, counties and other local public entities to pay for the conversions. it's been one year since oakland mayor shengtao fired the city's police chief, and he is still not been replaced. but how it's raising concern within the community. plus, if you're looking for the latest and greatest on four wheels, we've got you covered. next a live report from the silicon valley auto show in santa clara, which kicks off today

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i'm on trial? these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. i'm not on trial. no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> lawyers for mr. trump and his co-defendants say willis should be removed because she was dating a man she hired as a special prosecutor. willis says he was hired before they began a romantic relationship. news locally now san francisco city workers are rallying outside of san francisco general hospital and trauma center to demand better working conditions. union workers argue the city spends over $5 billion each year on contracts. most of them are awarded to people based outside of san francisco. they say 1 in 10 contract requests are due to a lack of staffing with the department of public health being impacted the most. san francisco general is the only level one trauma center in san francisco caring for patients. no other hospital in the city can take on making its staffing crisis especially untenable. some users say. nurses say they have seen patients wait 6 to 8

hours to receive care. we've reached out to the city for comment and we're waiting to hear back now. well, happening right now. if you're in the market for a new vehicle, particularly an ev. the silicon valley auto show likely has something for you. the show kicked off this morning and runs through sunday, and ktvu mark sayer joins us live from the santa clara convention center with a look at what is new. hey, mark. >> well, hey, andrea, it probably comes as no big surprise that the bay area and california in general, well, we are early adopters of electric vehicles. so at this particular auto show, national manufacturers have brought a bigger supply of evs. and hybrid vehicles than they possibly would bring to other auto shows around the country. take a look at this one example. this yellow and white machine. this is what's called the volkswagen id buzz. for some people, it may remind them of the very famous and old vw microbus that roamed the streets of the haight back in the 60s and 70s, but this is decidedly the 2024 version. it is all electric, with three rows

for passengers and an engine in the rear, just like the old one. and vw is not alone. you'll find all sorts of manufacturers here with their latest electric and hybrid vehicles, including tesla, lexus, kia, honda, porsche, nissan and toyota, just to name a few. >> well, electric cars are a very popular in the bay area. >> of course, in california at large mimics that trend. so it's about 25% of new car sales in california, whereas for the rest of the country it would be more like 8 to 9. >> so we are trendsetters. >> you are trendsetters. yes. early adopters and one of the interesting things about electric cars in california is that it's, it's kind of the perfect environment. electric cars work really well when the weather is temperate. >> now this show is put on by the silicon valley auto dealers association. so these are all vehicles which if they're not already on bay area showroom floors, they will be soon. it's also a great way to see what's out there all in one place and

all without any sales. while manufacturers do have representatives here that can answer your questions, there's absolutely no selling going on nor allowed here this weekend. now, the silicon valley auto show, if you want to come check it out, it's open until 8:00 tonight. it runs 10 to 8 on saturday and then 10 to 6 on sunday. so if you're looking for something to do over this long president's day weekend and you're interested in the latest vehicle technology, andre, this is certainly a good place to come. reporting from the santa clara convention center. yeah i'm mark sayer. back to you, andre. >> sorry, i didn't mean to jump on you. i just got excited when i saw some of those vehicles that you were showing off. i had to finish it up officially, you know? >> yeah, exactly. >> exactly. and you know, the best part about that is you can do that inside because we're getting some rain this weekend. so that is a good thing for people to have to if they want a good story for tomorrow, wouldn't it. exactly. it sure would be. thanks mark. appreciate your time. all right. speaking of the rain, ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo is back. she's been tracking that storm system right behind her. that's going to be moving some pretty serious rain into parts of the bay area. rosemary. >> yes, andre. the storm door

reopening. getting into your weekend and lasting into the first part of next week. a live look outside our doors where we do have overcast skies from san francisco, you can see oakland there, as well as a mount diablo. we will get the rain. the sierra will get snow. and as we talked about at the top of the hour, we have advisories to go along with it. here's the view of storm tracker two are already seeing a little bit of moisture. enter the picture here. although most of this is virga, we won't rule out the possibility of a little spritz or sprinkle for today. today is the transition day as this is what is to come, and we are looking at a couple of rounds and then into early next week, a more expected back to the advisories here. the flood watch for the bay area is for the entire bay area. it starts on sunday, goes until wednesday. so the second round is expected to bring us additional rain and perhaps some wind out there. excessive runoff could of course arise. our streams and our creeks, our rivers, low lying areas, poor drainage areas all going to be impacted. and then as we take a look at the

coastline, we do have an advisory, a high surf advisory that begins tomorrow and will go until sunday afternoon for very large breaking waves. we're talking 18 to 22ft with some higher waves up to about 28ft. and it is for the entire coastline from the north bay to monterey, into the sierra. we go where we have a couple of advisories. we have a winter weather advisory that begins tomorrow morning and will go until early sunday morning. a tiny break, tiny window for folks that are thinking about traveling up before another advisory. this one, a winter storm warning begins at on sunday afternoon and goes all the way until wednesday as well. the future cast for us tonight into tomorrow. the light rain is expected to develop as we get into the overnight hours. here's a view of tomorrow morning, 7 a.m. we start out with mostly cloudy skies, a light scattered showers on and off for the first part of the day before it turns heavy. right now the timing on this between three, four, 5:00 in the afternoon. if you're going to be on the roadways, if you have plans. this is where we do expect the heaviest rain to

move through and then tapering off to scattered showers once again for your saturday evening under mostly cloudy conditions. get into sunday. the next system begins to arrive, so for the first part of the weekend, anywhere from half inch to an inch and a half of rainfall expected. with the first system, the first round could see a little bit more in our heels, could see a little bit more in the north bay and for the sierra, up to 6 to 8in expected of snow fall with round number one. we'll call it all right. round number two. and what's expected for early next week. we'll come in the extended forecast. but outside our doors at this time we are running a little bit cooler under mostly cloudy, mainly dry conditions. 56 in san francisco, 56 in walnut creek and for the afternoon we'll go with the low 60s across the region. a better look at the rest of the weekend and what we can expect in the extended forecast coming up, russia's main opposition leader dies in prison, sparking outrage around the world. >> in london. i'm alex hogan. i'll have more on this story coming up

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vladimir putin. >> it happened in a high security prison north of the arctic circle, official reports said simply that navalny had felt sick, lost consciousness and died. >> his death in a russian prison only underscores the weakness and rot at the heart of the system that putin has built. russia's responsible for this. >> navalny and putin were rivals for years. he was a harsh critic of corruption in moscow and led huge anti-kremlin protests before being poisoned by a nerve agent. he traveled to germany to recuperate and then return to russia, and was almost immediately imprisoned. after navalny's arrest in 2021, president biden said it would be, quote, dizzy estrus for russia if he died behind bars. >> all the stuff he says that rationalize the treatment of navalny, and then he dies. in prison. it's about trust. >> it's still not clear if this marks an escalation in moscow's attempts to silence the

opposition, but some experts say navalny's death could ultimately backfire on the kremlin. >> there should be consequences because there's no doubt in my mind this man was a brave fighter against corruption for justice, for democracy. >> russia's foreign ministry is rejecting criticism from world leaders, saying that the cause of death is still being investigated and arguing that the west has already made up its own conclusions. in london, alex hogan, ktvu, fox two news major technology companies signed a pact today to adopt reasonable precautions to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt elections around the world. >> tech executives, including from amazon, google and meta and openai two, gathered at the munich security conference. they announced a new framework for how they will respond to ai generated misinformation around elections. now, the companies aren't committing to banning or removing deceptive ai content, instead, they say they will try to detect and label the content when it shows up on their platforms. openai has introduced its newest artificial

intelligence project. this time, it can take text and turn it into videos. the company, backed by microsoft, shared these ai generated videos from its new text to video platform called sora. they they say sora can create 60s of highly detailed and realistic scenes and movements, all based on just a few sentences of text. description openai says it has a team specializes in specializing in misinformation, bias and hateful content testing. the model to improve safety efforts, doubling penalties for protesters who blocked traffic on highways. what we're learning about a new bill introduced in the state legislature, plus an impressive shoe collection, will soon hit the auction block. and it's all in honor of a late south bay teacher. how her family is keeping her memory alive

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the east bay, you can see mount diablo there in the backdrop. we do have cloudy skies already in place and temperatures are running a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday. as a result. and again, we keep going back to storm tracker two because already picking up on a little bit of moisture there you can see embedded within the clouds. not expecting much. the system is going to hold off for most of us until the evening hours. overnight hours. but by tomorrow morning, definitely going to begin to see the scattered showers. you can see the parent low as well offshore, and you can also see what's going on here. we are tapping into that subtropical moisture. once again. what we know is the atmospheric river. so a few rounds coming our way, the start of the weekend will be wet. the end of the weekend will be wet and even early next week expected to have rain and sierra snow advisory wise, the advisory for saturday into sunday is along our coastline. it does include a high surf advisory for very large breaking waves anywhere from 18 to 22ft.

isolated waves up to 28ft. the advisory, the bay area advisory for flooding starts on sunday morning and goes all the way until wednesday morning. this includes areas over the sierra where the advisories here begin tomorrow morning. a little bit of a break sunday afternoon and another advisory goes right into place after that. and this one also lasts until wednesday morning. so i'll have a look at what we can expect for snow, as well as a bay area rain for the next several days. and in the extended forecast coming up, we'll look forward to that update. >> rosemary. thank you. meantime to this story, it is officially been more than a year since the city of oakland has had a police chief as ktvu. bailey o'carroll reports, politicians and residents say they're equally as frustrated with the lack of progress frustrations in oakland are mounting as the city has now been without a police chief for more than a year. >> the process for finding a replacement after former chief leronne armstrong was fired by oakland mayor xiang tao in february of last year, has been anything but smooth. i think the community definitely feels

helpless. >> i think your officers and professional staff of the oakland police department have a sense of helplessness until until there's some leadership that steps up and says no, that we've got to stabilize here. >> following the firing, the city tasked the police commission with finding a replacement on december 14th, 2023, ten months after armstrong was fired. the commission finally submitted three candidates to the mayor, including the chief she had just fired. less than two weeks later, on december 27th, the mayor denied all of the options. former oakland police chief anne kirkpatrick, who was fired from her role, says she believes the commission is playing politics with the mayor's office. >> i squarely put a great deal of responsibility on the police commission when they, um, i think politically they advanced three names that they knew who

they were trying to buttonhole, trying to get chief armstrong put in that position. listen, uh, the mayor did not take that bait. and so they they played, uh, games, and that should never have occurred. >> the next round of candidates had until february 9th to apply the commission will sift through the option and deliver who they believe to be the best options to the mayor by march 1st in oakland. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. so we reached out to each member of the police commission requesting an interview. >> but none of the eight have yet responded to our request in time for this report. well, a vallejo police officer was arrested, accused of domestic violence, making criminal threats and stalking. ktvu has learned that vallejo police officer ronald dupree is being held at the santa rita jail in dublin without bail. now, in the past, dupree has received awards for his involvement in making arrests for dui and stolen cars. a statement from the police

department says officer dupree is on paid leave for a, quote, ongoing personal matter. while the city of antioch is trying to add more oversight to the police department in response to the racist text message scandal, a new police oversight commission was created and its seven members were sworn in this week. the volunteer board will make recommendations on a wide range of police department policy as they begin work. two years after the fbi first began its investigation of the department after it found officers had sent dozens of racist text messages and abused their power. >> we have made history tonight, but history means nothing to people if we don't make progress . my belief is that we will make progress. we will have transparency. we will have accountability, and hopefully a model, a community policing that is non-biased and serves all residents of antioch equitably well. >> antioch city leaders say the oversight commission is part of their effort to reform the department. san francisco, oakland and berkeley also have

police oversight commissions as well. police in san mateo confirmed the names of the four family members who were killed in a murder suicide. authorities say the father was anon henry and the mother was alice benziger. their twin boys were four years old. on monday, investigators went to their home after getting calls from a family member saying they could not reach anyone for days in. investigators found the parents dead with gunshot wounds. we still do not know how the two little boys died and here's a reminder if you or someone you know is in need of help, there is a national hotline to call and get support 24 hours a day. that number is right there on your screen. it is simply nine, eight, eight. state lawmakers are considering new legislation that would increase penalties for protesters who block highways. the proposal calls for doubling penalties for protesters, purposefully blocking the flow of traffic and preventing emergency vehicles from responding to calls. the bill was introduced yesterday and follows recent protests that blocked the bay bridge, the

golden gate bridge and highways in los angeles. currently under state law, protesters are issued a small fine, often less than the average speeding ticket. well the plan to bring driverless cars to the peninsula is getting some pushback. now, the san mateo county board of supervisors asking state regulators to reconsider allowing waymo driverless cars to operate in the county. ktvu, lamonica peters talked to leaders who want more regulations in place before driverless cars are allowed on the road. >> san mateo county board supervisor david canepa says the board has unanimously decided to support state senate bill 915, which will give local governments the power to decide if it wants driverless cars on its streets. right now, the cpuc decides where driverless companies can operate, and it approved waymo's application to expand to san mateo county last month. >> the last thing i want to do is to make highway 101 a beaker in waymo's science project. want

to make sure we have speeds going at about 65 miles an hour? um, want to make sure that people are safe and look in san francisco, they've had a multitude of problems over the last two weeks in san francisco, a bicyclist was struck and injured by a waymo driverless car, and another waymo car was set on fire by a group of people in chinatown. >> state senator dave cortese, from san jose says he's proposing sb 915 because local governments have no way to regulate driverless cars. >> we're going to fix that loophole in the law, and we're going to let cities and counties, um, start putting ordinances together. laws together at the local level as they see fit for their particular community may be different, um, from one community to another, cortese says he believes driverless car technology will continue to improve, but regulation should happen at the local level. i think what they've proven to us is that they're not quite there

and, um, we certainly need to let local communities like san francisco in the san francisco board of supervisors come up with their own rules to protect people. >> now, in a statement, waymo says that it did provide information about the company to the board and other stakeholders before applying for the permit. senator cortese says that it could take this bill about a year to work its way through the legislature. lamonica peters ktvu, fox two news well, a san jose teacher was known for her devotion to her students and her love for shoes. >> she accumulated quite the collection over the years. last year, though, she passed away, and now her family is honoring her name in a unique way. ktvu is anne rubin has that story. >> ask any sneakerhead and they'll tell you this collection is impressive. mostly jordans, many of them rare. >> these shoes that she's got are really special. they're all retros. they're all limited edition products. >> the collection belonged to virginia wright, aka sp gina, a beloved san jose school teacher

and unlikely influencer. this was gina back in 2019, and they go, we're going to get you your own shoe and my first response was, right, sure, you know, i didn't believe them. it was unheard of. bay area based retailer shoe palace and jordan brand created a special sneaker just for gina. she's the only non-celebrity to ever get one. gina found the sneakers were a way to connect with her students because it was just, you know, everything. >> everything about the jordan shoe that she loved. but how the kids noticed, and she knew she could grab that kid in and, you know, talk to that kid. and that's that's what it was. >> last year. gina died suddenly in a car accident. her family knew they wanted to honor her memory. >> we were just trying to figure out, you know, um, the shoes and the amount of shoes and how to make her proud. >> shoe palace, gina's favorite store, stepped in with an idea they could auction off all those shoes to raise money for a

scholarship. it was tragic that what happened to her. >> and i just felt like at least her legacy can still live on. we have a part in that. i feel like that's what we're trying to do here. >> there are more than 200 pairs. the family rented a u-haul to deliver them to shoe palace. jason marks, a well-known shoe cleaning company, is getting them back to mint condition. one shoe that won't be auctioned. gina's personal pair of her namesake sneaker, using a different products, maintaining them. >> whatever we need to do to bring them back to life as much as we can. the family decided the scholarship should be for gina's alma mater, san jose state. >> they say the auction being about sneakers and education just seems right. she would love to see that and she would love to help students better their lives with the scholarship. >> that's in her name. >> the online auction will be done through the charitybuzz site. the family and shoe palace hope to raise at least $50,000 to fund the san jose state scholarship in perpetuity. the auction should be live in early

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it out that people need to register to vote by tuesday, and that means either registering online by midnight or having a paper registration form post marked by tuesday the 20th. if you missed that deadline, though, you can still vote. you just have to go to register in person and the office will have to verify your ballot and registration. well a $60 million gift has been received by the san francisco ballet from an anonymous donor, and is the largest contribution made to the ballet in its history. ktvu jana katsuyama talked to the ballet's leadership about how they will use that money to enhance their programs with this latest gift. >> a night at the ballet. >> this is my first time going tonight. yeah it's really exciting. my friend patrick. invited me, and i just like trying new things, so i thought it would be really fun. >> fun for first timer robert coleman, who was ready to see the san francisco ballet with his friend patrick smith, who says he was brought by a friend ten years ago and ended up

loving it. >> i've never thought in my wildest dreams that i would be be able to be in a season ticket holder, and really opened my eyes and my ears, but even more so, my heart. >> that beauty of motion and music, which san francisco ballet has been bringing to the stage since 1933, now has moved one ballet patron to open up new possibilities for the company's future. here. >> it's five times larger than the biggest gift we've ever received, arturo jacobus, the interim executive director, says a donor decided to give $60 million to the san francisco ballet. >> the anonymous donor didn't want to be in the spotlight, but wanted to help the company put a spotlight on new artists and choreographers to be able to bring in new audiences is absolutely key to the to the future of organizations like san francisco ballet. >> i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it and see see all the ballets they put on. >> the good news comes just as

the new artistic director, tamara rojo, starts her first season grateful for this gift. >> it's not just me, but all future directors that will be able to continue to create the classics of the future. >> $50 million of the gift will be devoted to the endowment for creating new works. >> we're here to provide a common empathy and understanding for different points of views. in a way that is confrontational, which is very rare today, the executive director says that anonymous donor also is hoping that this gift will inspire other philanthropists to give generously to arts organizations in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox. two news. >> $60 million by an anonymous donor. my goodness, that is going to make some big changes to the valley to be sure. all right, rosemary, changes in our forecast on the way to be sure. >> yes, andre, maybe pick a good movie, maybe a new series to start watching for the weekend because we've got rain on and off for the next several days. i'll try to make some sense of

it for you coming up here just a moment. a live look over golden gate park as we look to the west. as we've been discussing this hour, we do have a high surf advisory for tomorrow into sunday, with some large breaking waves expected to reach 22ft, isolated areas could see breaking waves to 28ft, so. it's going to be hazardous along our coastline, north bay, all the way down to monterey starting tomorrow morning, lasting into sunday morning. here's a look at the storm that is going to bring us a kind of a12 punch on the back end of the weekend and heading into early next week looks to be the wettest and perhaps the breezy, windiest. here's a view of the futurecast model. we're going to go with mainly dry conditions for today. mostly cloudy. here's a look at tomorrow morning. we start out cloudy, scattered showers and then it ramps up. in the afternoon. there's a look at 3:00. so do expect a saturday afternoon to be a very wet with pockets of moderate to heavy rain. it tapers off. we begin to see a bit of a lull. here's a

look at sunday morning and we're starting out. mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers. notice even the sierra getting a little bit of a break come sunday morning. but by noontime the showers begin to appear once again and then it does turn heavy once again into the afternoon between noon rain. and we'll call it sunset, which is about 545 550. these days. and the sierra once again beginning to see the rain and the snow. here's a look at monday morning. if this remains on track, we have a heavy band of rain that is going to move through. it looks like late sunday night into early monday morning. here's hoping that maybe you have the day off and you don't have to worry about getting onto the roadways because. we could see a lot of flooding and ponding at that point. the future cast on this through the first round of rain or through the weekend. we'll say anywhere from an inch to three inches, about a foot or less of snow in the sierra. but if we go all the way until wednesday, when the wet weather is finally expected to move out of the area, we are talking several inches of

rainfall for the bay area and feet of snow for the sierra. so taking it day by day, if you're going to be out and about, we will be here tracking it for you and having the very latest temperatures outside at this hour in the 50s. and don't expect much change into the afternoon upper 50s, low 60s with cloudy skies and mainly dry weather for today. but once it turns on again, it's going to be on and off all the way through tuesday. even unsettled weather expected on wednesday, with temperatures very much status quo. we'll go with 40s and 50s to start the day and 60s for the afternoons. andre. >> at least temperatures are normal. rosemary. thank you. it's a bright spot in all of this. all right. the tsa is now leading the federal investigation into a breach of airport security. that involved a flight that landed in california. for now, authorities say a woman was able to fly from nashville to los angeles without showing an airline ticket, a boarding pass or any form of identification. it happened on an american airlines flight last week. many other travelers flying out of nashville are wondering how the woman was able to make it past airport security . >> i don't know how that could

happen. i mean, obviously the security parameters that are in place, i can't imagine someone being able to do that. there's too many checkpoints. >> it's kind of scary that she made it all the way through there without any tickets. well authorities say tsa agents detained and questioned the woman after the flight landed at lax, but so far, no charges have been filed. >> well, caitlin clark makes college basketball history in the special moment on the court. and the record she also set for herself this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other. while katie porter fights for you. for senate - democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message.

valley. bay area. congressman mike thompson and john garamendi hosted a forum about the plans to build what's called a california forever. that's a new development near the travis air force base. now, the lawmakers say the organizers haven't answered basic questions like, where would the necessary water

come from? or where would sewage go? >> so they may be the greatest people in the world with the most lofty ideas and morals. but i, i believe that you, uh, trust but verify. and there's nothing that they have done that leads me to believe they're trustworthy. and there's nothing in their proposal that will allow for verification. >> the leaders of the california forever project had said good paying jobs will be created by this new community, which will also have solar farms, parks and affordable housing as well. well, the city of oakland is taking steps to improve its waterfront along the embarcadero . mayor shengtao says the city has awarded a $25 million contract to a private builder to create a pedestrian and bike trail that will connect several oakland neighborhoods to the waterfront. west oakland, chinatown and downtown are cut off from the water by interstate 880. bart and railroad tracks. the city says the goal is to make the waterfront safer, more

accessible and vibrant, as well. bay area electric vehicle company lucid motors is dropping the price of its most affordable car by thousands of dollars after a disappointing year in sales. the base model for lucid air pure will now start at $70,000. that's down about 10. the price for the more powerful touring model is also down by about the same amount. the price cuts come just a few weeks after the company announced it's only delivered 6000 cars last year. meantime, nike is the latest company to announce layoffs. the ceo said about 2% of its workforce will lose their jobs. an email to employees said the cuts are part of a strategy realignment, and that the company is focused on investing in its main growth opportunities , which have been running women's gear, and the jordan brand. usa today announced its 2024 nationwide restaurants of the year, and one of them is right here in the bay area. at least crenn has three michelin star restaurants in san francisco's cow hollow. it was the only bay area restaurant mentioned on the hand-selected

list of 47 eateries. now, the restaurant is also known for being the first certified plastic free restaurant in america. menu items are partially inspired by the produce grown at one of the co-owners farms in sonoma. all right, superstar jennifer lopez stars in and directs a personal project. it's called this is me now a love story. she also announced a nationwide tour with a stop here in the bay area. fox is ashley dvorkin has a look at the new movie, which premieres on prime video. >> not all love stories have a happy ending. >> jennifer lopez introduced this is me now, a love story on prime video to coincide with her first studio album in a decade. >> i got so inspired to write music for the first time in ten years and make a real album, and then i felt like, oh, it's not done. there's more to this story. the cinematic journey is inspired by some of her own life moments and experiences. there was a lot of emotions involved, even in the funnier things that i'm making fun of myself with.

we're still funny and kind of heartbreaking to kind of think about and go through the whole kind of piece feels a little bit like, this is really funny, but this is really touching me in a way. it kind of heartbreaking too. but that's the journey of the hopeless romantic is that you have all this romance. but then there's the reality of things, and it's kind of reconciling those two things and bringing them together to create what is actually life and to create something that's more healthy. >> she had fun leading and co-directing this star filled film. >> it was a lot of fun because they didn't kind of know what was happening sometimes, and they didn't have anybody else to play off of but me. i was like, trust me, just say it, say this, say it like this. so it was like we were piecing together the scenes and then as somebody would come in and do something amazing, i would be like, let's put that in. i'd edit that in and then i'd go, okay, we need a line from. so and so of, you

know, so it was kind of like a real work in progress constantly until we lock the film is me now in hollywood, ashley dvorkin, fox news. >> there is an all new all time scoring champion in women's college basketball. here comes clarke. >> how will she go for history? see, that is as well. >> iowa's caitlin clark took less than three minutes to score the eight points she needed to become the ncaa's new women's career scoring leader. the record breaking shot was a three pointer from 35ft out, as iowa beat michigan 106 to 89. caitlin clark's career best 39 points allowed her to surpass former university of washington star kelsey plum, with 3528 total points. a chinese lunar new year tradition is happening this weekend in san francisco's nob hill neighborhood tomorrow. the betty and ong rex center is hosting its annual basketball jamboree. now the tournament was started by a retired san

francisco middle school principal as a way for children to enjoy basketball, the way he did while growing up in chinatown. now, the jamboree runs from ten in the morning until four in the afternoon. well, thank you so much for joining us for ktvu. fox two news at noon. a quick reminder that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv, or android tv to scan the qr code that we're going to show you on your screen right now. or you can search for the fox local app and then select ktvu. we'll see you again at 4:00. picti ary starts right aft - [tammi] can you guess what this is? if you guessed calculator, then you'd be a great contestant on "pictionary". our first celebrity captain can do a flawless run and turn buckle thrust. but can he draw one? it's wwe superstar big e, and with him our friend ron and brendon. our other celebrity captain is a former holder of the wwe championship belt.