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leading cause of death among children. the announcement to help bay area families have better access to essential medical care. the news at noon starts now. this. is ktvu, fox two news at noon. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm andre senior i'm garcia mikaelian, a massive cell phone outage affecting people nationwide. >> and here in the bay area is in the process of being resolved. service has been restored to three quarters of the at&t customers who couldn't make or receive phone calls earlier this morning, ktvu bailey o'carroll in san francisco with more from coast to coast people across the u.s. were dealing with cellular service outages on thursday. >> i was just walking down this path and then all of a sudden it cut out and said, i lost service. >> people using verizon and t-mobile were affected, though at&t customers, by far seem to be the most affected. unable to send text messages, make phone calls or use internet services. one woman we spoke to said she

wasn't going to let the outage impact her day. >> like anytime you lose service , we're so dependent on these devices that you know it can be a moment of frustration.& >> in a statement, the san francisco department of emergency services said they're aware of what's going on and that they have been in touch with at&t. they wrote, if you are an at&t customer and cannot get through to 911, then please try calling from a landline. if that is not an option, please try to get a hold of a friend or a family member who is a customer of a different carrier and ask them to call 911 on your behalf. for many, the outage raises the question about the reliance on cellular service and data. >> it's a battle of sort of old ways and new ways, right? at&t had wanted to stop servicing the landlines in the state of california and the reason is it wants to invest in future forward technologies and landlines can't support data. and high speed internet. >> two weeks ago, almost exactly at&t proposed ending landline service in california altogether. but one tech expert

we spoke to said while the importance of a landline phone is prominent today, that new technology can also help these outages that we have today are just reminders that we're still vulnerable. al, as for what led to the service outage, well, at&t says they are not sure just yet. that is under investigation . reporting in san francisco i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> an earthquake rtled parts of the bay area this morning. it was a 3.2 magnitu earquake that struck four miles east of fremont around 930. some people reported feeling the quake as you'd expect with something this size. no damage was reported. we now know the name of that little boy allegedly shot and killed in santa clara by the mother's boyfriend. >> the santa clara county coroner's office identified the child as three year-old ivan martinez alvarado, the suspect, sergio gomez, is set to appear in a santa clara county court this afternoon. the 24 year old is charged with murder and resisting arrest. investigators say the child's mother called police tuesday morning and said her boyfriend, who lived with

her, had shot her son inside the apartment. >> the booking charges were murder, resisting arrest and commission of a felony. armed with a firearm and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. >> police say gomez is not the child's father. the motive for the shooting remains under investigation. >> get ready to pay more to drive across the golden gate starting this summer, the golden gate transportation district will consider several plans to hike toll prices by july 1st. ktvu allie rasmus explains why transit leaders say they need the extra money. drivers with fast track pay $8.75 to cross the golden gate bridge. >> those without pay a dollar more, but in the next couple of years, all drivers will have to pay between 10 to $12 to cross this bridge, depending on which toll hike plan the golden gate transportation district approves , there are three options to raise the toll by either 50, 40, or $0.35 a year over a five year period. >> it's so expensive, it just

makes it more and more expensive to live around here. unfortunately we absolutely understand that no one likes tolls going up golden gate transportation officials say people aren't driving over the bridge as much as they used to. >> bridge traffic is down since the pandemic. it's back to about 80 to 85% of what it was pre-pandemic, and bus and ferry ridership on golden gate ferry and golden gate transit is about half of what it was. >> it's a loss of about $900,000 in revenue for this bridge. every week. while costs have gone up. >> paint and steel to maintain and operate the golden gate bridge, it's for our bus and ferry transit systems, fuel repairs, those sorts of expenses, as well as our staff that help operate our services. >> i know it costs a lot for the bridges to fix the bridges and all the roads. everything keeps going up, but you know, our my pension isn't going up, so i'm just trying to make it work. >> at a public hearing this morning, some people suggested charging pedestrians and cyclists a fee to cross this bridge to help close the district's expected $220 million budget gap.

>> it's the only wonder of the world, both modern and ancient, that is actually free to visit. we're giving away a tremendous asset that could easily and painlessly be monetized in a way that would help sustain it. >> the golden gate transportation board will decide which toll hike plan to enact on march 22nd, and then tolls are expected to start going up july 1st in san francisco. allie rasmus ktvu, fox two news today, president biden wraps up his two day campaign fundraising swing through the bay area. >> the president is set to attend one more fundraiser today in los altos hills. that's after attending two fundraisers yesterday at private homes in san francisco. people attending them say they were eager to show their support for the president. i'm very excited. >> he's done a really excellent job. policy wise, the economy is recovering really well. jobs are back, inflation is down. he's a remarkable president and i think he deserves another terme. >> if they look at the facts, the facts are he's done a remarkable job in every aspect.

>> after attending the fundraiser in los altos hills this afternoon, the president will head back to the white house. >> while president biden was at fundraisers in san francisco, hundreds of protesters gathered nearby demanding that the president support a cease fire in gaza. hi also, the protesters want the u.s. to stop sending money and weapons to israel. >> joe biden to call for a cease fire immediately. >> and we need him to condition aid and stop selling arms to israel. >> there was a large police presence surrounding the protest, and while president biden is in the bay area, governor newsom is in washington for the national governors association winter meeting starting today. newsom is joining governors from across the u.s, along with federal officials and leaders from business, academia and philanthropy. the conference goes through saturday and will include conversations on top policy issues facing states now. now to a developing story shocked israeli drivers scrambling to get out of the way during a terrorist attack near a

checkpoint in the west bank. >> the incident comes as tensions in the west bank continue to spike. israel showing force in a city crowded with displaced people from gaza as officials threaten to launch a ground offensive there if hostages are not released. trey yingst reports. it's >> israeli police say three gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on cars waiting near a checkpoint in the west bank. the shooting happened while morning traffic was moving slowly on a main highway east of jerusalem. >> teams of marda got to the place and a few minutes with icu units, regular ambulances, motorcycle first responders, israel's national security minister visiting the scene. >> i expect that there will be more and more checkpoints here. we need to finally come to an understanding our enemies are not looking for excuses or enemies just want to harm us. >> meanwhile, in gaza, southernmost city of rafah, where approximately 1.5 million displaced gazans are seeking shelter, a new round of destruction on thursday. >> the mosque was struck by two rockets. >> see all those houses that

were destroyed here? they were housing for displaced people. >> the latest strikes come as there are reports of new attempts to reach a ceasefire deal. however, members of israel's war cabinet are holding firm, saying unless hamas agrees to release the remaining israeli hostages from gaza, israel will launch a ground offensive into rafah during the upcoming muslim holy month of ramadan. families of hostages are trying to be optimistic. i've got hatred for hamas, but i have to keep that down because if i fill my heart with too much hate, there's no room for the love of the family that have gone. officials believe 30 of the remaining 130 hostages are believed. to be dead in tel aviv, trying. ktvu fox two news. >> new at noon south bay congresswoman anna eshoo is emphasizing the urgent need to address pediatric cancer. representative she was at lucile packard children's hospital, stanford, this morning. she announced. she's introduced three bills to address pediatric cancer. she says two of them are directed at closing loopholes that prevent children from

benefiting from combination therapy. the other speeds up the fda approval process of pediatric cancer treatment drugs. >> we can't know whether a drug will work for children if we don't test it, and both bills will fix this. the legislation, i think, can save children's lives. i'm so grateful. >> pediatric cancer is the second leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 14. >> final preps underway in san francisco for this weekend's chinese new year parade. how businesses are gearing up to host hundreds of thousands of people. plus, there's only 20 minutes later. >> we're in the most violent turbulence i could imagine. now i'm panicked. now i'm like, well, this isn't good. you know? we're hearing from the passengers inside that united flight from sfo to boston that had to be diverted after passengers noticed parts of the wing were broken, how it even had the pilot coming out of the cockpit mid-flight to check out the damage.

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of the wing were broken in. fox's ashley michaels spoke with an aviation expert and a passenger who recorded the damage. a little boy, what a day. >> that is an understatement for the people traveling on this united flight diverted to denver. >> there you go. going up the inspection. >> we've got a front row seat. thanks to a passenger with a perfect perspective of i'm the play by play announcer for a professional ski tour. >> we were out at big bear, california, doing one of our world pro ski tour events. >> so when his flight didn't go as planned and he did what he does best, that when we took off from san francisco to head to boston, i heard this incredible vibration and looked out the window and find pieces of the wing missing, he says. the pilot even came out of the cockpit to see it for himself. >> if it was only 20 minutes later, we're in the most violent turbulence. i can imagine. now i'm panicked. now i'm like, well, this isn't good. the wing

is partially coming apart and we're shaking so hard i can't believe it. i'm just like, okay, is this the day my assumption was that it, uh, took took a bird strike. >> msu denver aviation expert kevin kuhlman says the damage likely isn't as catastrophic as it may look. >> there didn't seem to be any, you know, disruption to the airflow. so the aircraft seemed to have flown normally, he says. >> the piece, called a wing slat, gives the plane more lift and helps pilots land at a slower speed. >> all my friends are texting me going, you were so calm i'd have been panicked. i'm like, well, what's panic going to do? >> he kept giving the play by play instead and we're just about on the ground. >> i can't wait for this flight to be over safely. >> landed in denver? yes all on the ground. >> plane intact. >> the guy who calls ski races is now recalling his own story.

>> best buddies from new york just called. he said. what the. you're on tv right now. >> and then flying to sfo is facing a felony charge of making a false bomb report. authorities say mac bjorn was boarding a jetblue plane at fort lauderdale airport last weekend when he joked with flight attendants that tsa failed to detect a bomb inside his bag. when crew members asked him about it, he repeated that he had a bomb. he was taken into custody. no bomb was found. >> the pier in the town that calls itself the last of the california beach towns is off limits right now until further notice. after last week's big storm. officials say pilings at the end of shakespeare was swept away and high surf and strong winds. san luis obispo county supervisors say the end of that pier is still attached, but it is now not supported by anything , and the engineer is being called in to assess the damage. by tomorrow, caltrans hopes to reopen at least one lane of highway 84. sky fox flew over the area as work crews conducted emergency road repairs to a section of the highway that was

washed away. highway 84, also known as niles canyon road, is closed in both directions right now between old canyon road and fremont and main street in sunol . >> this is the first truly sunny day i think we've had for a while here. at least behind us along the oakland estuary. mark >> yeah, we're happy about that. we're celebrating right, with more sunshine today after some dense fog this morning. so definitely had some low visibilities across parts of the bay area for the morning commute. not everywhere, but still where the fog was. it was definitely a big player in your forecast at least a big player in the pattern this morning. in fact, this was the fog satellite from earlier today showing you the cloud cover out toward brentwood, out toward portions of solano county, and up in the north bay as well from sonoma county down toward marin. and as we take a closer look right now, we still have some lingering patches out there. so not 100% in the clear, just yet. as you can see across the bay area, showing you the visibility reports, you can see we're down to near zero visibility across portions of the region earlier this morning, but you'll notice over the past few frames we'll

bring it up to the current time right now. and everybody has a pretty good visibility. so at least that that dense fog is starting to lift in most areas. here's a satellite where you can't pick out a big circulation out there in the pacific out to our west, and that'll probably just send in some clouds for tomorrow in your friday outlook. but today we're looking pretty good and actually fairly comfortable to get outside some upper 50s to some lower 60s this afternoon. and the radar, as you know, has been so busy over the past several days. finally, we get a break for today. in fact, we have some more blue sky this afternoon. here is our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. a few high clouds out there. you can see in the distance some patches still of some low clouds out there impacting the visibility now. current numbers santa rosa 56 degrees. concord mid 50 and san jose. right now checking in 63 degrees with overall partly sunny skies across a good portion of the region. so here is the big picture. out in the pacific you can see this area of low pressure offshore out spinning to our west. you might think, oh it's going to lead to rain today or tomorrow, but it's

going to just hang out offshore here. and this area of high pressure wants to build in. so we get a break in the rainfall and it's a mild to warm pattern. in fact, saturday will be the warmest day of the week. and that means the warmest locations could be approaching the lower 70s. so the weekend off to a great start. i think we'll probably bring in some more clouds by sunday. here we are today for your thursday. really are looking pretty good. you can see the clouds and the rain offshore. here's a set up into your friday. some clouds kind of moving in from the southwest. so we will bring in definitely some more cloud cover, partly to mostly cloudy skies. and then on saturday, as i mentioned, it should be the nicest day of the week with with overall fair skies and temperatures in the upper 60s to the lower 70s. and then on sunday there's a slight chance of a shower, but we will begin to bump up the shower chances into early next week. take a look at the numbers this afternoon. forecast highs upper 50s in pacifica. lots of 60s around the bay and santa rosa 60 degrees san jose getting warm 66 degrees and still some leftover patches of some fog out there and also watching the weather closely for saturday evening. the chinese new year parade in

san francisco, and no rain clouds to worry about this year. i know last year we had it. the rain. a big part of movement moving in for the parade event. but at least for this year we're looking pretty good. partly cloudy skies, temperatures close to 60 degrees. here is a look ahead. your five day forecast. we will bring in some more clouds for your friday. saturday. we're going to warm up those numbers. a slight chance of a shower on sunday, but we'll begin to bump up those shower chances into early next week. but the break from the rain will take it. it's going to stick around over the next few days. >> the us is gearing up to impose major sanctions on russia following the death of vladimir putin's fiercest critic. i'm rebecca kaster in washington. more on uk ine's plea for

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fourth floor of the building and quickly spread to other apartments. some people had declined from their balconies to escape the flames to safety. no word on injuries or how this fire started. united airlines is sending flights to israel for the first time since the war, with hamas began last october. united is set to become the first major us airline to resume its services to israel. united says the first two flights will be march 2nd and fourth. the airline also says it does not expect to restart nonstop flights from washington, d.c. to san francisco and chicago until later this year. saturday marks two years since russian forces invaded ukraine. >> many thought russia would

overtake the small country in a matter of days. ukraine is keeping up the fight, but the ukrainian president says they need more funding and soldiers on the front lines. rebecca kaster reports. >> two years into russia's invasion, desperate for more soldiers, ukraine is considering expanding its military draft as it tries to hold on to the land its troops have reclaimed from russia. >> we still need additional mobilization because all we can do now is barely holding the enemy back. >> a lack of soldiers is not the only thing crippling ukraine's war effort, but also dwindling funds and weapons from western allies, including the united states. as some members of congress say they're done sending blank checks. what happens if the us for some reason, does not give you the fondness? >> do you have another option? is there another option in this help? >> is crucial. so without it, sorry, but we will have more and more such heroic guys who will be in the hospitals friday.

>> the white house is set to announce major sanctions against russia in response to the death of alexei navalny, a fierce critic of russian president vladimir putin, who died in prison last week under mysterious circumstances. >> we are always looking at additional ways that we can choke off the russian war machine. >> meanwhile, an american ballerina with dual russian citizenship has been detained by russian authorities for treason after she allegedly donated $51 to a ukrainian charity. the white house is aware of the arrest, and the state department warns all americans in russia should leave immediately. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> president biden met with the widow of alexei navalny, yulia navalny and their daughter dasha this afternoon. it comes less than a week after her husband died in a russian prison. biden said, quote, alexei's legacy of courage will live on, and yulia and dasha and the countless people across russia fighting for democracy and human rights, end quote. navalny tweeted a

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a nationwide outage that impacted people coast to coast and here in the bay area. gerri willis has the latest developments. >> a major cellular outage impacting tens of thousands across the u.s. >> reports started at about 12:46 a.m, when tens of thousands of people started to say, hey, my phone's not working. that's a large number for the middle of the night. >> this is at&t. second major outage within a week. the carrier releasing a statement saying, quote, some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions. this morning. we're working urgently to restore service to them. we encourage the use of wi-fi calling until service is restored. lord digital service tracking site downdetector says folks were impacted in multiple parts of the country, hitting states like texas and georgia

the hardest all up and down the eastern seaboard, central part of the u.s. houston has a big reporting number there, stretching all the way out here to the west, but both verizon and t-mobile say their service is fine. the problems only occur when their users try to call people with at&t. t-mobile says, quote, we did not experience an outage. our network is operating normally. down detector is likely reflecting challenges our customers were having attempting to connect to users on other networks. verizon saying its network is, quote, operating normally. >> this just doesn't happen. you just don't have much. multiple wireless networks go down simultaneously and have this level of outage. >> at&t global network operations center, which handles major outages, is assessing the situation. still no word on what caused the problem in new york. gerri willis ktvu fox two news. we now have the names of three people killed last thursday

morning after their car was rear ended on the bay bridge. >> they've been identified as 59 year old sean ludt. johan 38 year old larisa weller and 29 year old bhim thorpe, all three from alameda county. they were killed when the mini cooper they were riding in was hit by a pickup truck. the car was registered to. weller stopped in the far right lane when it was rear ended. investigators haven't said who was driving at the time of the crash. >> the co-founder of google is facing a lawsuit involving a deadly plane crash off the coast of half moon bay. the pilot, lance mclean, was flying from santa rosa to fiji last may in a plane owned by sergey brin. the aircraft went down off the san mateo coast, killing mclean and his copilot. mclean's widow is filing a wrongful death lawsuit naming sergey brin and google because the company was part owner of that aircraft. investigators suspect that a problem with the plane's fuel tanks caused the plane to crash. the family of oscar grant is getting a little closure, 15 years after he was killed by a bart police officer on the fruitvale bart station platform this morning, alameda county district attorney pamela price returned oscar grant's cell

phones to his mother. they were held in evidence, while johannes mursili, the bart officer, was shot who shot in. grant was put on trial. >> and i'm anxious to go home and, uh, turn it on and, uh, charge the battery. see, uh, and hopefully see, you know, some of my son's pictures and what else he had in his phone. >> mr. mr. johnson says the last picture grant took with his phone was of merciless moments before her son was killed. he claimed he meant to use his taser instead of his gun. he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and served half of a two year prison sentence before being released. >> the city of san francisco held its official chinese new year celebration at city hall. the public, including members of the chinese community and merchants, attended the festivities. ktvu amberleigh reports. the traditional lion dance opens the city of san francisco's 2024 chinese new year celebration. >> the performance dazzles the

audience in the rotunda of city hall. it's a display of pride in the chinese culture. when i see this event held in full, celebrate the lunar new year, i feel very proud and privileged of how the city are doing this for the for our community, for the chinese community. >> the joy for the traditions and that san francisco is back. >> community members say this year of the dragon marks a recovery from the pandemic and anti-asian hate crimes. it's the time to celebrate instead of looking at the bad things that we were subject to. >> chinese new year brings business to chinatown merchants hope this year will bring prosperity and progress. >> all the merchants in chinatown already are preparing for this date. for myself, i get everything i stock up all my inventories and i really talk to a lot of owners and they are ready to host later. >> the preparations are part of the antifa mission of the city's historic annual chinese new year parade, lunar new year. >> with our diverse asian

community is really an important part of what makes us special and what makes us unique. that's the celebration that we are hosting here tonight at. >> a filipino folk dance reflects the city's embrace of asian culture. a solo performance features a korean dancer, a display of inclusion and unity, prosperity, good food, family, me. >> it's just a happy time. especially. we need that in today's times. >> amber lee, ktvu, fox two news and this year's grand marshal for the chinese new year parade is actor, comedian and rapper awkwafina. >> she was the first asian american actress to win a golden globe for best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy for her role in the farewell, and is known for her work in a number of films, including crazy rich asians, awkwafina spoke with ktvu claudine wong about her role in an upcoming movie,

plus her connection to san francisco when tens of thousands of people fill the streets of san francisco for the chinese new year parade. >> actress, comedian and rapper awkwafina will be front and center as this year's grand marshal. >> when i heard the news that, um, that i would be able to celebrate in san francisco with you guys, uh, i was just i was. yeah blown away. so i'm so excited to grand marshal the event and a little nervous, but it's i think it's going to be really fun. >> san francisco she says, is a special place for her. >> i mean, i have family, i have a there that that lives in has lived in san francisco for many years. so i remember going it was my first the first city i've been to when i visited california. um, and i was really, really taken aback by, um, it's chinatown. um, and it's also it's asian community because in new york, i didn't grow up with, um, a ton of other, um, specifically chinese

american, uh, people. so i remember going in, like, really loving the chinatown and being, like, fascinated with it and the food. >> and for her, it's about the big celebration, but also also one that brings its own traditions for her and her family. >> i mean, it's a really important holiday for especially my grandma, who considers it the real new year. um, and, uh, yeah, we do. we do the, the dumpling thing and the big meal. she's getting older. so i think it also becomes about how how, um, you know, now me and my cousins are going to carry on that kind of tradition, um, as, as, uh, yeah, as, as asian americans here as that next generation carrying on traditions. >> also means helping break out of what she is called detrimental tropes of asian americans. awkwafina grew up in queens, and grew to fame on youtube. her collaboration with comedian margaret cho called green tea, focused on flipping stereotypes for her being a role model has always taken center

stage, saying authenticity and representation is important. i don't think that i've changed in my message or who i am. >> i think that i'm still growing, though, you know? um, and i'm still figuring out what it means to be an asian american woman. you know, now, now, um, getting older and i guess, like, the message is still the same, but it's all about now for me, like ushering in the next generation of and also just being an audience member of like the next generation of asian american kids. but i definitely i feel like definitely the same as that, that girl that was doing youtube videos, uh, back in the day, you know, and so as her career grows, so does her body of work from ocean's eight. >> she hankey the farewell, her latest work includes her role as a new character in kung fu panda four. you're a wanted criminal. >> you sound surprised. is it surprising? i just love to be a part of, um, good stories and good story. tell um, and that's

the only criteria for me right now. i don't i i'm open to, you know, all, all kinds of stuff as long as, um. yeah, i'm working with cool people and, uh, and, uh, it's a good script. >> and as we welcome in a new year, we welcome in her year. i'm the year of the dragon. >> so it's my year. you know what i mean? uh, hopefully me and serving as grand marshal continues a tradition her fellow stars from the blockbuster crazy rich asians have also served in that role. >> director jon m chu was grand marshal in 2021, and michelle yeoh was grand marshal in 2018. >> i heard it was a big, big shoes to fill this is a new tradition. >> everyone in that movie has to come and ride in this parade because it's important. but does it reinforce to you how monumental that was in terms of a movie? michelle yeoh came on right before it was released, and she was talking about it, and even as an asian american, i didn't understand kind of how

much impact it would have. >> and yeah, and i don't think us as a cast a like really, really understood or realized that either until it was happening before our eyes and it was i think it was such it felt like such a monumental, um, moment for so many people because of the way that the way that i remember, like the you know, um, when it came out, the way that it made people feel. and i think that that's always really important. and, uh, yeah, an unforgettable part of my career that, um, that. yeah, i'll always look on with with fondness. well you were extremely impactful in that film. >> you have been very impactful in the films that have followed as well. i absolutely enjoyed you in kung fu panda four, and looking forward to all your work ahead and looking forward to seeing you in san francisco. >> so yes, same definitely in san francisco. >> claudine wong, ktvu, fox two news. >> that'll be t to see her inerson. that'll be something. i mean, look, the parade itself, hands down, is one of those you ha to do it in person at least

once kind of thing. but if you can't make it to thtyn saturday night, don't you worry because we have youer as we always do once again this year. ktvu is so prtoring you live coverof the chinese new year. parade starts at 6:00 here on ktvu fox two. you can also watch it on the fox local app on your smart tv will be there. >> we'll see you there. rising costs continue at the grocery store. how much the average american is spending and what experts say is driving up prices and a barrier, whether still some lingering patches of some fog out there. >> but the dense fog advisory has expired, and our break from the rain, it really kicks in for today. it will

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died in a russian prison. navalny tweeted a photo of herself with her daughter, a student at stanford university, saying she had flown to be with her president. biden spoke on this a short time ago, said alexei's legacy of courage will live on in yuliya and dasha and the countless people across russia fighting for democracy and human rights. >> we're going to be announcing the sanctions against putin, who is responsible for his death tomorrow. and, uh, but one thing i made that was made clear to me is that yolanda is going to she's going to continue to fight. he had on her way. so we're not letting up. thank you. >> as we to continue follow

these developments, we'll bring you more on the president's visit to the bay area today at four. >> for more than 100,000 student loan borrowers are getting some good news today. fox's carter hansen has more on the announcement from the president. this plan is the most generous repayment program ever. >> more than 150,000 borrowers could be getting emails with a message from president joe biden saying they're student debt has been wiped out. college is way too expensive. >> i went to grad school and had 150,000 in loans when i when i graduated, but i, i paid those off a while ago. >> to qualify. people need to have paid their student loans for ten years and borrowed $12,000 or less. the biden administration says this is the first round, and it cleared more than $1 billion in loans. >> i'm happy to have been able to forgive these loans because when we realize and we leave americans of their student debt, they're free to chase their dreams. >> biden's original, more extensive student debt relief plan was shot down by the supreme court. the administration believes this plan will withstand any legal

challenges. the president decided he wanted to make a political payoff, and that he was willing to do so in a way that congress does not appear to have specifically authorized him to do. >> the biden administration says it is now cleared $138 billion in student debt for nearly 4 billion borrowers. >> some see this as a way to court younger voters ahead of the election. in new york. connor hansen fox news as the average person is spending more on food now than at any time in the past 30 years, nationwide, according to new labor department data. >> grocery prices increased by 1% last month, compared to january of last year. prices at restaurants went up more than 5% in the same period earlier. on mornings on 2 to 9, we spoke with enrique lopez lira, an economist at the uc berkeley labor center. he says the us economy has changed. it's structure in the past 30 years, and there's now less competition at all levels of the food supply chain. >> those providers of, uh,

products at the manufacturing level, at the distribution level, at the store level, have more power to raise price to consumers. ultimately, consumers can also decide not to buy the products and find something cheaper. and and uh, and avoid the price that way. but it's harder when you're talking like, like you said about eggs and milk and meat and chicken. >> some economists say that food prices are not likely to stabilize soon. they say while commodities such as corn, wheat and chicken have gotten cheaper, they're being offset by higher prices for items such as sugar, beef and potatoes. a private lunar landers orbiting the moon right now and is scheduled to touch down this afternoon. >> the lander, named odysseus in the united states first attempt to set down on the moon's surface in more than 50 years, and it's the first time for privately owned lunar lander. if everything goes according to plan, odysseus will make history. it's carrying several instrument packages that could help scientists discover if

there is ice or water on the moon and if there is, it's going to really change the game. >> for that could be life. >> space travel. yeah, exactly. uh more people on the moon than on to mars. it's going to be something to keep an eye on for sure. yes. all right. mark's here with more on our local weather right now on planet earth. yeah. planet earth. yeah, yeah. >> talking about, uh, at least the drying forecast for today. a chance to get outside with more sunshine after some areas of fog earlier this morning. now, what about long range as we take a look at the forecast maps here we are showing you up, up and down northern and central california here. and we'll take this into the weekend and into next week. and you'll notice we're not talking about any major totals, although we could be talking about some showers as we head into early next week. but, uh, maybe by march i should say there's probably a better chance of more significant rain back in the picture. so winter is not over just yet. we could still be talking about some significant heavy rain, but just not in our short time forecast. here is a satellite though, where you can pick out there's a system offshore. it'll send in a few extra clouds for tomorrow in

your friday forecast. as far as far as this morning, the biggest deal we had some areas of dense fog out there and dense fog advisories for parts of the bay area. it still looks like we have some lingering patches scattered around the hillsides. also up in portions of the north bay and especially it looks like it's still lingering closer to rio vista, antioch and brentwood this afternoon, but out toward the golden gate bridge. we actually have some more sunshine with some more blue sky up above. we'll show you some of the current numbers. santa rosa, 56 degrees san francisco and concord in the upper 50s, oakland 56 and san jose. one of the warmer locations. checking in 63. so we have this area of low pressure offshore. you might think, okay, it's out here, we're here that means rain for us. not just yet. we get a break in the rainfall for today and tomorrow and into your saturday. in fact, a thursday and a friday. and into saturday for today. we have a mild to warm pattern and a break in the rainfall. saturday will be the warmest day of the stretch. that means the warmest locations will be back up into the lower 70s. as we start off the weekend. here we go for today though we

are enjoying more sunshine, more clear skies into the evening hours for your friday it will be a cloudy day so more clouds streaming in from the south throughout the day. so partly to mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow and then into saturday. we are thinking this is a dry pattern and a mild one as well. we're thinking highs could be around 68 to around 7374 degrees. to start off the weekend. not as warm, not not nearly as warm today. but still. we're talking about some mid 60s for the warmest locations here in the bay area. so patchy fog, mostly sunny skies out there, becoming mostly sunny and highs in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. every year we have to worry about the rain chances for the chinese new year parade, but to this year we are looking okay with the break of the rain clouds. so we are expecting this. so overall, partly cloudy skies, temperatures and moving into saturday evening in san francisco could be close to 60 degrees. it's a nice mild pattern and a dry one as well for the big parade. here is the forecast. so clearing for today. more clouds for your friday. saturday the warmest day of the

week. that's the that's the headline. and then on sunday there's a slight chance of a sprinkle. but we will begin to bump up those shower chances as we head into monday. so the best day of the weekend will be on saturday. definitely some more clouds on sunday. we'll be watching out for some shower chances into early next week, so enjoy the sunshine while we have it. >> thanks, mark. what could be a sign that some tensions between the us and china have eased? china is planning to send a new pair of giant pandas to the san diego zoo. the gesture news a long standing relationship with the us that comes five years after china recalled nearly all of its pandas from us zoos due to tensions between the countries. the new pandas, a male and female, are set to arrive to the san diego zoo at the end of the summer. we love the giant pandas here in the united states. >> they love the giant pandas in china. that's something that we can connect on. and i think it can help. it can help improve relationships because it's something that we can work together on. >> pandas are the symbol of friendly relations between the

us and china. in 1972, beijing gifted a pair of pandas to the national zoo in washington, dc. >> they're known for their chicken, but there are some surprising things on the menu at starboard and it's all made in the bay. i'm pam cook, that or coming

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their tumblers. a lawsuit was filed in california on february 1st by a seattle based firm. it alleges stanley misled consumers by not publicly confirming the presence of lead in its cups until last month. the statement on its website, stanley tells customers that no lead is present on the surface of any part of the product that comes into contact with consumers. >> we're learning. former talk show host wendy williams has dementia. the talk show host has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia. the 59 year

old is reportedly in an undisclosed care facility. the aphasia is the same diagnosis given to actor bruce willis. it's a nervous system condition that affects a person's ability to communicate and people can eventually lose their ability to speak and write. >> actress and oakland native zendaya is donating $100,000 to the california shakespeare theater, where she started her career. kaushik says the donation means it can upgrade its lighting and sound systems, enhance the cafe, and fund a 50th anniversary production of as you like it. zendaya s donation was made in partnership with the women donors network. she is, of course, known for her starring roles in euphoria, spider-man and the recent dune film franchise. well, of all the innovative products that are made in the bay, one stands out for putting a new twist on an old favorite fried chicken. yeah pam cook brings us a look at how star bird is giving fried chicken a west coast twist, along with some options that are actually chicken free. >> starboard was hatched in san

francisco with the idea of changing the look and taste of fast food and giving fried chicken a west coast vibe. if you think about traditional chicken restaurants, most of them are rooted in the south. >> you know, kfc and raising cane's and chick fil a, zaxby's. they're all sort of southern concepts. our idea was to be a more contemporary, modern, even urban sentiment to or even a west coast style of chicken concept. they tried about 100 different recipes in their test kitchen to come up with a lighter, healthier fried chicken. it was a mixture of all sorts of different types of flours, rice flour being one of the most prominent ones. that creates a much lighter, crispier bite and after the fact we realized, hey, wait a second, this product is actually gluten free. >> being gluten free was a fortunate accident at starboard that allows more people to eat fried chicken, and customers can also choose a plant based option called garden bird. >> so a lot of people who wants

to have fried chicken and don't want to have just grill, they're able to come here and have an assortment of, uh, fried chicken, uh, what is it? tenders the boneless chicken. uh nuggets. so i think that is where we really knock the ball out of the park. >> we talked with customers who seem to notice the difference right away. >> there's a lot of even maybe, like, crispy chick chicken options available out there, but starboard definitely stands out. um, the crispiness, the flavor, the different sauces and all the people who work here are really nice too. so that also helps. >> i thought it was amazing. best fried chicken i think i've ever had. i don't know what their seasoning with, but it's working. the secret to starboard success may be that everything, including the seasoning, is made fresh at each restaurant. >> we bred our chicken in small batches and then we fry it in small batches just to ensure premium quality. all of our sauces are going to be made in-house, as well as all our salad dressings are made in

house. >> the sauces and seasonings are also inspired by the diversity of the bay area. >> we have a lot of interesting asian flavors and latin flavors. mediterranean flavors come into our food. so it's not just traditional southern for fried chicken and that creates a little bit more excitement and a little bit diversity of our clientele. >> starboard also works on providing a nice environment for the employees. >> actually, i started while i was still in college at starboard and they have a great education program that covers some of the cost of my university. i'm a mother, i'm a grandmother, i'm a provider. >> so it's very important that i'm able to take care of my family without worrying or without stressing. >> we know that if we're contributing to them and they feel good about where they work, they'll likely take care of our customers and their team and feel good about coming to work every day. >> of course. thank you so much. see you tomorrow. >> pam cook ktvu, fox two news an international team of scientists exploring deep sea ecosystems off the coast of south america, found more than 100 previously unknown species.

>> the scientists explored undersea mountains off the coast of chile and found that each seamount was home to distinct ecosystems, including deep sea coral reefs and sponge gardens. the biggest of the seamounts is four times taller than the world's tallest building thing. >> incredible. >> yes, just amazing pictures. >> i wonder what's down there, right? >> it's probably just scratch the surface right down to just barely. >> yeah. thank you so much for joining us this noontime. a quick reminder you can stream ktvu news on your smart tv to see our newscast and get stories on demand. good for your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv, and android tv. scan that qr code at the bottom right of your screen, or search for the fox local app, and then choose ktvu. meet you back here for our next newscast at four dictionaries. up next on ktvu (dance music) - [tammy] can you guess what this is? ♪ hey hey hey ♪ - [tammy] if you guessed skeleton, then you'd be a great contestant on pictionary! our first celebrity captain you can see in good burger 2.