the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. we need to build more housing that's truly affordable. we need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. we need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. this, this is why i'm running for the us senate. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message. chinese new year parade. the final preparations underway and the security people will face if they're planning to head to this year's event. there on the oakland zoo, coming to the help of an injured tiger cub. what we've learned about the tiger's health and the investigation now underway, then many people experiencing sticker shock when

they open their pga bills. the company just recorded record profits. at the same time, customers rates are going up. how the utility justifies those profits and the rate increase. >> this is ktvu fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm gasia. mikaelian. i'm andre senior. >> thank you for joining us. san francisco police will be out in force this weekend for the chinese new year parade and festival. organizers predict one of the biggest turnouts ever. clear weather, fewer concerns about the pandemic. celebrities including actress comedian awkwafina. as grand marshal. tomorrow's parade also unveils a new 288 foot long green dragon. in this, the year of the dragon police will have both uniformed and plainclothes. officers on patrol. >> designers are putting the finishing touches on the 19 floats in the parade. they've been working with glitter and mirror tiles for months now. the design process began last

october, and crews are working on right on through this day. >> before the parade and the parade route stretches about 1.3 miles. it starts at second and market streets, wraps around union square, and ends at kearny street and columbus avenue. while there are ticketed bleacher sections, watching the parade at street level is free, and there are no bad vantage points either. people are encouraged to arrive by muni, which is free of charge to the parade. some nearby streets will be closed for most of the day. >> another popular event for the festival is tonight's miss chinatown usa pageant and coronation ball. it features ten contestants, some from the bay area, others from as far away as chicago, texas and massachusetts. the pageant was first held in 1958. a new miss chinatown usa and record will be selected tonight, and they will take part in tomorrow's big parade.>>nd if you can, it's a spectacular parade to watch in person, but if you cannot make it, we haouovered, as we always do. once again this year we'll bring you live coverage of the san francisco chinese new yeararade starting at 6:00 tomorrow night. here on ktvu, fox two and the fox local app for your smart tv. president

biden has announced major sanctions against russia, the largest since president vladimir putin's troops invaded ukraine two years ago. >> rebecca castro reports from washington on how this could impact the war going forward. >> on the eve of a dark anniversary, two years since russia's invasion of ukraine began. senate majority leader chuck schumer and other democrats are in ukraine to reassure president zelensky that more aid is coming from the united states. nice to see you. >> thank you so much for your help. >> ukraine is managed to reclaim over 50% of its territory captured by russia, but now they're desperate for more soldiers and weapons, zelensky telling fox news the war won't end in ukraine if they're unsuccessful. >> putin will never stay, will never stop. he will go through eastern europe because he wants it. because this is his goal. >> president biden agrees and continues to urge congress to pass the national security funding package that would send $60 billion to the war torn

country. he friday. he also announced more than 500 sanctions against russia in response to the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. >> we're not letting up the sanctions target those connected to navalny's imprisonment, as well as russia's financial sector, defense, industrial base procurement networks and sanctions evaders. >> it's a major step, but likely not enough to force a loss on the battlefield. push putin back out of ukraine, have him lose the war and that would avenge the bonnie's death better than any sanctions would. president biden says the u.s. is also imposing export restrictions on nearly 100 entities, providing, quote, backdoor support for russia's war machine in washington. rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> new at noon president biden is urging the nation's governors to push congress to move on what he's calling the strongest border deal the country has ever seen. president spoke to a gathering of governors this morning at the white house, each, including governor newsom,

was given a fact sheet with details of the bipartisan senate border deal. it would increase staffing and resources at the border while limiting the ability of migrants to claim asylum. the president says the bill contains compromises and has widespread support. house republicans are refusing to vote on it as we all know, petty politics intervened. >> the speaker of the house has refused to vote on the bill, even though again, there's significant support every every republican i've talked, you talked to your republican colleagues there. the votes in that, on that floor to pass that bill. all of a sudden, people started to go silent. but they're in a tough spot. >> president biden described the bill as representing the most fair and humane reforms in a long time. concern natives have said it does not go far enough and would normalize high levels of illegal immigration. >> well, a new report says. meta employees warned the company last year that the new paid subscription tools on facebook and instagram were being misused by adults who were exploiting

their own children. the wall street journal says two teams of meta employees wrote in a report that they found hundreds of parent managed minor accounts using the subscription feature to sell content featuring photos of children. the journal says meta could have banned subscriptions to accounts that feature photos of children, as some other social media platforms have done. instead might have built an automated system system to prevent suspected from accessing the parent run accounts. but the journal says that system does not always work. meta says such programs are well monitored. meta ceo mark zuckerberg is in federal court in oakland, where he will argue that he should not be held liable for children becoming addicted to his company's social media platforms. now, according to bloomberg, zuckerberg has been personally sued in two dozen cases by parents who say he was repeatedly warned that instagram and facebook are not safe for children, but ignored the findings. zuckerberg has argued that he can't be held personally

responsible for actions of users just because he is a ceo. well, oakland zoo officials say a tiger cub is improving after it was rescued from a private owner . they say it's malnourished and hurt. ktvu james torres tells us what the zoo is doing to get it back to health. that eight month old tiger cub is under the care of a team of veterinarians here at the oakland zoo. >> they say they expect her to eventually make a full recovery, but it will take a long time. this is the baby tiger under constant watch of zoo veterinarians. her muscles are weak, bones are fractured, and she's been without proper nutrition for her whole young life. >> so she will need a lot of nutritional support, a lot of calcium support, physical rehabilitation. there's a lot of muscle atrophy. >> i spoke to doctor alex hermann, the vice president of veterinary services at the oakland zoo. she says they are working under the direction of california fish and wildlife. officials confiscated the tiger and now are working to bring it

back to health. >> so we're feeding her a standard nutritionist approved tiger diet that she will be on nutritional or on calcium supplements as well, to help her re calcify and very, very careful, you know, we're not giving her a lot of places to run and jump. we don't want any additional injuries to occur. >> i also spoke with doctor faith albright, who founded one living sanctuary in the east bay. she says agencies could pursue criminal charges for negligence or abuse, even if that wasn't the intent of the tiger owner. >> what's heartbreaking is like very well-meaning people, even there can be like hoarding cases, and they just can't take care of them all. and it starts from a place of loving animals. and i think a lot of the people who go after these exotic pets love animals. but they're misguided. >> a federal law passed in 2022 prohibiting private ownership of big cats, including tiger, though if you had a permit before that, you can still own the animals. experts hope

eventually that will no longer be a problem. it's a wonderful first step. >> um, but really, our agencies, um, need to be resourced so that they can enforce the laws. um, and unfortunately, people can still have existing permits maintained. um, so if you had a permit before this, you can still keep your animals reporting in oakland. >> i'm james torres ktvu, fox two news, pg and e made more than $2 billion in profits last year. >> and the utility expects profits to be even higher this year. as ktvu erasmus explains, it comes just weeks after rate hikes went into effect for pg and e customers, as pg and e reports, it made a $2.24 billion profit last year, a 24% increase from the year before. >> in a call with investors, pg and e credits last year's rate increases with boosting its bottom line, and says it expects to remain profitable through 2028. >> our new five year capital plan represents an increase of

over $10 billion. >> its shareholder are pocketing money that's based on record rate increases. >> mark toney, with the nonprofit utility reform network, or turn, says pg. and e is planning to ask state regulators to approve more rate hikes in the future. >> pg and e has currently sitting on the desk of the california public utilities no less than 12 separate proposals for increases. 12 pg and e says it needs that money to bury 1200 miles of power lines underground for wildfire prevention by law, they're allowed to make a profit on those safety improvements. >> they're asking us to pay them to bury lines on all those advertisements you see on tv, where pg and e says, we're burying lines to keep you safe. >> ratepayers, dear ratepayers, you're paying for those lines to

be buried and you're paying a profit of over 10% every time they stick a shovel in the ground. >> your incompetence is causing me to pay more money. it's i don't see you know, the math. and that, um, so, no, i don't think it's fair at all, um, that that we're shouldering it $555 for one month for a family of three. >> we have to keep the heat on. it's cold, but we're really struggling just to pay such a high bill. it's never been this high. it really makes it challenging for our, you know, the middle class family. >> next month, the california public utilities commission, the state agency that's supposed to regulate pg and e will vote on whether to allow it to add an additional 4 to $6 on their customers monthly bills. pg and e says that extra charge is to pay for some of the safety upgrades it made back in 2022. >> i do think that if enough people call in to their elected officials, their state senators,

assembly members, the governor's office, this is the time to increase the pressure, especially now that we know that pg and e is turning record profits. >> since 2014, pg e's customers bills have increased about 92% so far, outpaced the rate of inflation over that same ten year period, the california public utilities commission will vote on the next proposal from pg and e at its meeting on march 7th in walnut creek. >> ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news well, for the first time in half a century, the us returns to the moon. >> who landed and why? it's so exciting for human travel, space travel. plus, this is one morning i woke up to explosions, ins and the feeling that i felt is like unbearable. this weekend marks two years since russia invaded ukraine, and one student in the east bay wants to make sure the ukrainian people are

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in vitro fertilization providers suspended services after the ruling. alabama supreme court ruled the embryos created by in vitro fertilization can have the same legal protections as children. experts say this decision could send couples looking to conceive through ivf to other states, including california, to california is somewhat of a leader in terms of reproductive technologies. >> and so people were traveling to california for care before, um, but i think now there is certainly a much greater incentive. >> the largest hospital in alabama paused its in vitro fertilization program as doctors and patients assess the ramifications of last week's court ruling, governor gavin newsom responded to alabama's ruling by saying, we need to pause and reflect on just how cruel this is. a woman who is desperately dreamed of becoming a mom could now be prosecuted in the state of alabama for trying to make those dreams come true. >> a historic mission put a lunar lander on the moon. the private company behind the voyage hopes this one is just a

start. connor hayes has the story. >> odysseus has taken on the moon for the first time since the apollo mission more than 50 years ago. >> the u.s. is on the moon, but this time it's a private company . intuitive machines, behind the mission. it follows several other recent attempts from different countries and companies not all of them have been successful. >> there are a lot of players now. there are commercial players. there are government players. china, japan. india america. russia. there are a whole lot of people trying to do good things to get humans back to the moon. >> nasa helped fund the project with $118 million. the odysseus lunar lander carried six nasa experiments. it also brought insulating fabric from columbia sportswear cameras and sculptures from a famous artist. >> it'll be a really important next step in establishing more of a longer time presence on the moon and testing new

technologies for landing on the moon, researchers say. >> it's a crucial step towards putting humans back on the moon and even mars, landing on the southern part of the lunar surface. researchers hope odysseus can find ice crystals that could be turned into water, oxygen and even fuel. >> we think that the moon could become a refueling station for astronauts. it's this is potentially a game changer. >> nasa is spending $2.6 billion with several u.s. companies to deliver technology to the moon over the next few years. in new york, connor hansen, fox news. now to our weather. >> it's a mild day across the bay area. clear skies, but more rain is headed to our region. ktvu meteorologist steve paulson has a look at our forecast. well going back to october all the way into january, it's been all about rain, rain, rain, the sierra saying, hey, hey, what about us? >> but february has been snow. snow kind if you will, because the numbers are stacking up. if

you miss this yesterday, we'll show it to you again because this will lead right into the next graph. february totals bear valley 117in of snow. homewood 111. kirkwood 110 and sugar bowl at 107. so where does that put the average now, which was woeful really at the beginning of february? around 3,540. now look, 99. northern sierra, central sierra, 82% and southern sierra 80. i have news for you. in about ten days. i think all of these will be over 100. the pattern is looking favorable for more snow, but for before we get there, we have to talk about tomorrow and the parade. i think we're good to go. even if there are some higher clouds, it will be on the milder warm side. i would expect low 60s here, but you don't have to worry about any rain or anything. a little bit of an offshore breeze, wind for some i'll say. coming right in off the oakland berkeley hills, right above the claremont bend, 34mph, right over towards right above sausalito, over to mount tamalpais. pacific to half moon bay. and that's led to some really warm temps, mid 50s, upper 50s alameda at 915 this

morning was about 59 degrees. and that offshore wind still kicking up its heels, although not as robust as it was, but livermore offshore, hayward offshore half moon bay 21. they've been up to 30mph. and there it is. that's the direction the wind is coming from. so up above we have higher clouds coming in with a little south breeze. but you get it to surface and that is all offshore. and if you've been out here at any length of time, you know that can be a warm one. even this time of year for some, even though, you know, it's more likely in june, july and august. but what we're seeing that again today, they're the higher clouds coming in from the south. they're wrapping around a low that's off the coast, and it's actually a retrograde shading that's taking that moisture and lifting it over us. so for a mostly cloudy day, but it's still going to be on the mild side. high clouds but warmer 60s and 70s i think pop up tomorrow with less coverage on the higher clouds. and that south wind. i think we'd get near 70 for some. that's the aforementioned low right here. if it didn't have any place to go. it hang out here for a while, but a system

coming down from the north late sunday and monday is going to draw that up. and i think give us some rain on monday. not a lot, probably about san francisco, oakland, north south i mean should probably get on on some rain. not sure i buy that to the north, but we'll mention it for monday. the key message though, going forward here over the next 7 to 10 days long, lots of snow being advertised by the forecast models as in feet between now and going into about the third and 4th of march. and even more than that beyond. so we'll see. but they've been pretty good in this pattern. they're all in sync on at least showing a colder pattern. end of next week. today though, a lot of high mid level clouds coming in, but that easterly breeze in place will make for some i think mid upper 60s for a few. tomorrow we get a little more sun, but today it's about 60. tomorrow i think we'll get into some 70 degree temps but enjoy it while you can. clouds up on sunday and then i think some light rain monday, but turning colder and breezy early next week. >> combating a nationwide nursing shortage. how some universities are getting creati t br g

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know that the issues of affordable housing that younger generations cannot afford to live in these communities or obtain the california and american dream that previous generations were able to obtain. so that's why it's important that the lives experiences are represented in congress. lowe also shared how he plans to address the issue of affordable housing in the district. well, number one, it's that of the funding issue to help make sure that we get the type of funding and the housing vouchers specifically to individuals getting in their communities. while also helping partner with the state on ensuring that we get the type of development the carrot and the stick. previously, when we think about developments, it's that with the local jurisdictions, the state and the federal, how do we make sure that all three work in tandem and addressing these issues? lowe also says he's focused on protecting reproductive rights. >> he previously coauthored a law that created mandatory prison sentences for certain sexual assaults. lowe is one of 11 people running to represent the 16th district, which stretches from pacifica to san jose. the top two candidates in

the march 5th primary will advance to the general election november 5th. we spoke with lowe yesterday, wednesday, joe simitian joined us live on the four. today. we welcome sam liccardo. you can see the full interviews on ktvu.com. some universities are getting creative to combat the nation's nursing shortage. >> 12 month accelerated programs are gaining popularity as nurses are facing a higher workload than ever before. a new fast track nursing program at the university of new england in maine starts in may. it should help students get into the workforce sooner, but they'll have to put in some serious training. >> there's nothing cut back. there's nothing less. they do the same amount of clinical hours, so we allow time for that . the schedule might have to be a little more flexible to include consideration of weekends. >> government figures estimate that the us will have a shortage of more than 78,000 registered nurses next year. the states most in need of nurses are washington, oregon, california, michigan and georgia. so. smart.

the sonoma-marin area. rail transit agency is making significant budget cuts. the board voted this week to slash more than $11 million from its 2024 budget. the board says the freight side of its operations is going to be challenging this fiscal year. the agency's estimating it will see $200,000 less in freight movement fees. than was budgeted. >> that, you know, highlights the reasoning for, you know, doing everything we can to try to leverage our storage track and try to, uh, you know, make a profit there. um, but our challenges are real. we're working hard to fill that gap. but, um, as this board knows, it's not easy. >> these cuts come a year after the agency recorded its highest ridership numbers yet fighting crime in san francisco. >> the unique approach one business owner is taking to help prevent shoplifting. plus, we're taking you on a food tour of san francisco's chinatown, the popular spots you might want to hit before making your way to is satur

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leader alexei navalny in an arctic circle prison. the president says the sanctions target those connected to navalny's imprisonment, as well as russia's financial sector and defense industrial base. the

sanctions will affect individuals and entities. almost 100 of those entities support russia's military efforts. this is the largest number of sanctions imposed on russia since it invaded ukraine and tomorrow it will be two years since the russian invasion that started the war in ukraine. two prominent bay area university is are marking the anniversary with music. ktvu alex was in berkeley now to tell us how a cal student started an effort to support ukraine in alice. >> okay, yeah, they actually moved. >> yeah. >> cool. >> okay, alice, if you can hit. yeah we saw it in the video yesterday from yesterday. it looks like we'll have to check back in with our alice worths on the cal campus very soon. all right. >> we move on to this story right now, the prosecutors in santa clara have revealed a suspect in this week's fatal shooting of a three year old boy. it came as the man accused in the shooting made his first court appearance. the district attorney's office charged 24 year-old sergio gomez with murder and assault in the death of his girlfriend's son.

>> at this time, we believe that mr. gomez killed the child during an argument in which he believed that ivan's mother had been cheating on him, investigators say the killing happened tuesday morning at the couple's apartment just west of the lawrence expressway. >> even veteran prosecutors in santa clara county are shocked by what happened in this case. >> three year old child being murdered is not something that i can really comprehend, and i'm i'm enormously, very upset by it as i know everyone is. >> prosecutors say the suspect's girlfriend is five months pregnant with his child. two kids died after a hill collapsed near the shasta dam. the sheriff's office responded to a campground area after reports that rocks and debris had broken away from a hillside. the kids had fallen down the hill and got caught in that debris, officials say water flow from the dam was

temporarily reduced as rescue teams searched for the kids. both children were found in that debris and pronounced dead at the scene. the oakland police department is looking for ways to speed up its response to requests for records. >> people become victims of car break ins, and other crimes often need a police report to file an insurance claim. of course, journalists request police records to get information for their reports. lawyers also need them for lawsuits and other court cases. the problem of a delay in responding to the request came to light during a recent meeting of the oakland public ethics commission. >> a visit to next request will reveal that opd is quite far behind. it seems. um, i think last i looked up to, i think about four months behind in responding to public records request, the oakland police department says it's doing everything possible to promptly respond to requests for records. >> but as the department receives more than 800 new requests every month and doesn't have the staff to keep up. the owner of a taco truck in oakland

says she fears for her safety after her business was targeted by armed robbers this week. police say just before midnight wednesday, right around closing time, five people wearing ski masks rushed the food truck on san leandro street. thieves made off with a full day's earning. police arrived soon after but didn't catch the thieves. the owner says her workers are scared right now. >> it's hard for them to work right now because i know that maybe they're thinking, you know what? later at night, they're going to come again. >> the owner says she doesn't want to change locations because the truck has a loyal following in that area. she plans to shift to a mostly cashless transaction policy. now now to tomorrow's anniversary. two years since russia invaded ukraine, a number of universities nationwide are marking the anniversary with music, thanks to an idea that came from a cal student. we'll head back out to uc berkeley, say hi again to our alice wertz. this is really an effort to support ukraine in a new way. yes that's right. >> this was a unique, interesting and an endeavor that

took the entire borscht club of the university of california at berkeley here to have the bells ring. the national anthem of ukraine. it's not just here at uc berkeley. it's also at stanford down in the south bay. and it's meant to be a show of support for those in ukraine who are suffering through this conflict. now our student that we interview is maksim zubov. he's the founder and came up with the idea of the bells on campus. >> a small to say, like a sequence of pieces that are going to be played. so the first one is going to be korean national anthem at noon. after that, it's going to be taras shevchenko and three other pieces. but before that, at 11:30 a.m, we're going to gather for a rally. so we're calling all friends, all people in the

in berkeley, san francisco, oakland. if you ukrainian or, you know, ukrainians or you want to learn about ukraine to come and join our rally. >> now there are going to be events at other universities across the united states, like at ut austin. there will also be events across the world showing support for the people of ukraine. now here at uc berkeley, there was a really good applause after the music was on here at the campanile. and there will be a rally and a another offering of music, including the ukrainian national anthem at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. so here at uc berkeley's campus, it's open to the public and everyone is welcome to join live on the cal campus. alice wertz ktvu, fox two news, san francisco chinatown is a treasure trove of great food with its many restaurants and bakeries, and with the chinese new year parade taking place tomorrow. >> this may be the perfect time

to give all those small businesses a try. ktvu is amber lee takes us on a tour of these gems and highlights some of their specialties. >> kong hei fat choi. >> tucked in an alley, hang a tearoom, holds a special place in the history of san francisco chinatown. it opened in 1920. more than 100 years ago, so we took over. >> as with the same name, same recipe. >> that was ten years ago. frank chu left a career in corporate sales to follow his passion. his restaurant serves what he calls old school san francisco style dim sum. >> that's what we're known for. famous for is the char siu bao, the steeped barbecue pork bun with a smooth top is an example of a local take on traditional dim sum. and then this is much more fluffier and soft in terms of the buns, this is comfort food from my childhood and

growing up in san francisco. >> the steamed pork buns were made this way with a soft, pillowy dough. foil wrapped chicken is an item that's thought to be a creation started here in chinatown in cantonese, worker amy lee tells me it's a popular dish. the boneless chicken pieces are flavorful and tender. after being marinated with ingredients that include cilantro and oyster sauce. the food here reflects frank's life experience since he immigrated from hong kong to the united states when he was 13. mean, we're kind of embody everything that we see in san francisco into one little place. >> it's like, hey, it's america, it's san francisco, and it's also chinese american. >> frank tells me he's the fifth owner to take over this historic restaurant. he's pretty much kept the decor the way it's been for decades, including old photographs of miss chinatown dating back to the 40s. how cool is it for a couple first generation immigrants to save

chinese american history? honoring history and introducing new items such as a savory turnover filled with curry beef and onions folded into an egg roll wrapper. it's called the curry three pointer, a nod to frank's favorite golden state warriors player, stephen curry. >> something fun, something we could have the bay area be proud of in a nearby alley, a bakery called i cafe open opened in 2015. >> first barbecue pop up owner hannah zang shows me pork that's barbecued on premise for barbecue. papa's >> it's the filling for baked buns that are a best seller. >> be careful. it is so hot. fast barbecue, barbecue. >> it's really tender. >> yeah, i like this one. >> it's yummy. >> yeah. thank you very much. thank you, thank you. enjoy, everybody. >> hannah introduces a new item, a cookie shake like an ancient chinese gold coin made with a

mold from china. she says her customers come from all over the bay area and across the country. it's different. >> i ain't never had that. yeah >> this family is visiting from north carolina. >> i tried a lot of things and i really enjoyed myself. it was a very good the experience i got in here was something that we couldn't get at home. >> word of mouth brought me to this bakery six years ago. i actually first had these chinese tamales by hand in 2018. when i first came into this bakery in cantonese. chinese tamales are called zhong. these remind me of the ones my grandmother used to make. hannah's tamales are made with mung bean or purple rice. the filling consists of salted egg yolk, chinese sausage, dried shrimp and fatty pork. >> these are special a pastry shaped in a lion's head made for chinese new year. this is a pineapple bun. >> trays of treats. choice of sweet or savory? what would make you come back? >> friendliness. the environment in here and the food located

steps from portsmouth square is han's wonton. >> the name says it all. the variety of fresh, handmade dumplings is the house specialty. they're served here, hot or sold uncooked for takeout . my favorite is the one ton, which i've been enjoying since high school. at the restaurant's first location nearby on kearny street. each tun tun is filled with large chunks of shrimp with pork. this location on washington street is the restaurant's second location in the one location on kearny street that always has nine, so very small space owner amanda yan opened this restaurant in 2022. she describes the menu items as street food that's offered in hong kong and guangzhou, in the southern part of china. >> hen the food always tastes better, but the machine meat, it's the passion food made from the heart. >> steve lee and his children live in santa rosa. what do you

like about the food you've had today? >> fresh. it's really fresh onion pancakes. it's kind of like what i remember when i went to hong kong and, uh, salt and pepper fish is one of my favorites. >> so how work. but i enjoyed it, i love it. yeah, i need to serve to customer chinatown has many hidden gems, especially when it comes to food. >> there's something for everyone. you have one other restaurant we highlighted a try and you won't be sorry. in san francisco, chinatown, amber lee ktvu fox two news. >> now, if you're at all able to go to the to the paraplse do so. but if you can'take sure that you tune in here once again this year, we'll bring you live coverage of the para starting at 6:00. right here on ktvu channel two and the fox local app on your smart tv. >> oakland was named one of the top cities in the country for coffee lovers recently. now, the original name in coffee in oakland is marking an incredible milestone. when we go inside,

peerless coffee and learn how business has actually boomed since the pandemic. also it is a gorgeous day to get out there. have a cup of coffee, take a, you know, a dining trip through chinatown, wherever you'd like to go. in the bay, you have mostly clear skies and mild temperatures. however, changes are on the way. we'll tell you when rain is returning to the forecast. up next

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the road to collapse. the part of highway 84 between old canyon road in fremont and main street in sunol reopened yesterday, but only one lane was open, with one way traffic controls in place. crews have cleared vegetation and are using rockfall netting in the area that was washed out. cal trans is working on a permanent fix, but there is no timeline on when that will be completed. a massive avalanche at mount shasta over presidents day weekend formed this 60 foot tall wall of snow, the mount shasta avalanche center said. the slide started around 12,000ft up the mountain and aptly named avalanche gulch, and ran for more than three miles at its end, the 300 foot wide avalanche had fallen nearly 5000 vertical feet and left walls of snow. despite its size, the avalanche did not threaten people or structures. the owners of a hardware store in san francisco's cow hollow neighborhood have a unique plan for fighting crime. frederickson hardware and paint on fillmore

street will now provide personal escorts for each and every customer who enters a store. an employee will join customers the entire time they are shopping for one on one service. it's an effort to stop a shoplifting problem that the owners say is now out of control. >> we weren't really given a choice. i mean, it just we have to keep our employees safe and the customers safe, but when they're coming in to do snatch and grabs, that was the final. the final straw. >> these people come in. they have nerve. they think they can just walk away with them and go sell it on the street or the internet or whatever they do. it's sad. >> the hardware store has been in business for the past 100 years, and the owners say the security measures they have used in the past simply do not stop. today's increasingly bold shoppers. >> a long standing oakland coffee roaster is celebrating 100 years in business. peerless coffee started extremely small, is now served in thousands of restaurants and hotels. it does a brisk mail order business and has a retail shop and cafe right up the street from us near jack london square. the president of

peerless says making it to this milestone really was a labor of love. when it opened in 1924 on washington street ioakland. peerless coffee was the first specialty beans shop in the western united states. peerless moved to the warehouse district near jack, london square, almost 50 years ago today. it's one of several roasters in the immediate neighborhood, with even more across oakland, but it still stands out as a business that's not only survived, but is thriving amid pressures. its founder, a yugoslavian immigrant named john vukasin, could have never imagined. so they will self cook unless you cool them. >> so it goes in the cooling cart. the cooling cart is perforated on the side in the bottom. air is sucked through it, arms turn and the beans are cooled within 90s vukasin's grandchildren now run the company with the same ethos of quality. first, all the beans are sorted by size because you need to cook things uniformly, so same thing with cooking a steak, a filet and a t-bone are

going to cook different, so you have to cook them separately. >> peerless roasts thousands of pounds of beans every week. you'll smell it when you drive by, and that smell has stayed the same through world war two. the great depression in several recessions and the pandemic covid shutdowns in 2020 fueled a huge growth in at home brewing. we received a purchase order from a large grocery chain that was blank. >> they said whatever you can sell us, sell us, which i'd never seen that before. exactly people just started brewing and not only brewing, but brewing at a higher level and a higher quality level. and so demand for higher quality beans then has has exploded. >> vukasin says his family is so grateful to be marking a century in oakland, a city that's made national headlines recently for high profile departures. large blamed on increased crime. >> you know, i would be lying if i didn't say that. it has crossed our minds at times. but, you know, our goal was to turn 100 in oakland and we've

achieved that and we have no plans of moving. but that was really kind of our focus. and so we're just so happy and humbled that we've been able to achieve that. >> peerless is now looking toward the next 100 years. vukasin says the future is bright no matter what people love their coffee. i've seen arguments up to fights regarding certain debates within the coffee industry, and that's pretty serious. >> if you're willing to fight somebody about a belief in coffee, i mean, we won't come to blows, but we have had long discussions. >> so while peerless is historic, it's also long been on the cutting edge of industry standards in organic, fair trade, eco friendly practices. those burlap bags we saw carrying all the beans in the report, those were actually repurposed and reused multiple times down in the central valley for the produce harvest. so i like to say they were green before it was cool. >> that's a that's a great idea and it's great to get a look behind all of that because we stopped there all the time. it's located right here near channel two. so it's a spot that we go

to and it's interesting to see what is in the background. and we never we never get a chance to see all that. so that's a nice behind the scenes. >> it was fun. >> it was fun. all right. nice day across the bay area. still overcast in some areas, but it's not raining. that's the good news. uh ktvu. meteorologist steve paulson here. now with a look at your forecast. >> well, we only had a little bit of fog this morning. yesterday it was everywhere. it was crazy north and east this morning. it was mainly novato, petaluma, rohnert park. and then it lifted the higher clouds came in and also a breeze kicked up all say right off the oakland berkeley hills sent their temps up into the mid and upper 50s. we even had some 30s this morning and mid 50s just depend on if he got that win and it's offshore. take your take your pick their direction either northerly or northeast. strongest gusts i've seen right above the claremont there oakland north 1400 feet 34mph. but even up to napa county. solano solano county, coming in with an east wind as well. also up into sonoma, marin and right on the coast. and even in san francisco. that's an easterly breeze. been coming down a little bit for some, but picking up for others. hayward west east

at 20mph. livermore east. and it's been really rocking and rolling here for most of the morning on the san mateo coast, all the way up to parts of the marin coast. it's an offshore direction. that's the direction the wind is coming from. lower pressures off the coast, higher pressures inland. the ice is i don't like you, so i'm going to fill it with wind. and that's what's going on. and you get up around 10,000ft and 18,000ft. you can find a more of a southerly breeze coming around the low, which is drawing in that high cloud deck. and there it is as it continues to move north. so look for a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. but the good news is we get some drier weather and some a quick bump up on the temps. i think if we get a little bit more sun tomorrow, we could eke out a 70 or 72 in the santa clara valley. but then it comes right back down. why because this system is going to be brought up and taken hold of by another system coming down from the north, and that's going to lead to, i think, some light rain on monday. i tend to favor more south and north. but the big news here, everything is saying snow. snow for the sierra. also northern california going into the end of next week, end of february and going into

early march. it may be a lot of snow. i don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but for today and tomorrow, a lot of high clouds. but mild to warm temps, 60s, maybe some 70s tomorrow we'll mention that for your saturday. then after that sunday we start to cloud it up. some light rain on monday. cool breezy next week and maybe a lot of snow with more rain coming in next thursday. friday >> coming up, an exciting call for some girl scouts in sacramento. how they were able to talk to an astronaut on board the international space station. also, ktvu is a proud media partner of the oaklandoots. we're gearing up for the start of the season. we'll air the season opener againsthe indy 11 on march 9th on ktvu. plus, there's also a season preview march 2nd right here on ktvu, and we'll have an hour long post-game show following the opening match

community is helping the san jose pie shop after a massive catering deal with tesla fell through. the electric car maker ordered 2000 pies for about $6,000, but the company canceled the order, leaving the store. the giving pies with leftover ingredients and other supplies. the owner, the shop owner, posted what happened on social media and now neighbors, businesses and even the san jose sharks are buying her pies. >> we are the brand of the city of san jose and the san jose area. we take that very seriously, and when somebody is in need, we want to be able to jump in and be able to support that. >> when the story went viral, the pie shop says tesla offered to follow through on the order and give the owner a tour of its factory. but she says she still has not received any payment. >> they said, well, sorry, it's a made a big miscommunication and she had no authority to promise any payments. >> the shop has now been selling out of pies every day.

>> the program voices for change returns this weekend, and during this black history month, we'll hear from the founder of the black cowboy coalition, an organization focused on sharing the joy of horses and ranching with underserved communities. then a conversation with the driving force behind the new peanuts special, welcome home. franklin tells the origin story of the peanuts first black character, where franklin was coming into this established group from the outside when it badly to fit in here, i was coming into this established thing a peanuts worldwide wanting really desperately to fit in. >> and here i was, uh, a black person representing something for black people. and on some level, franklin feels that a new episode of voices for change this sunday morning at 930 on ktvu plus, then 630 in the evening here on ktvu businesses are stepping up to make sure the a's fans fest happens tomorrow.

>> fan groups like the last dive bar and the oakland 68 will host an unofficial athletics fan fest, drake's brewing was among the sponsors for the event this week. drake's, which is an a's partner, said it would no longer be sponsoring fan fest at least six breweries have announced they will step in and help sponsor tomorrow's fan fest, including almanor, line 51 and original pattern. the a's tell ktvu the team has not contacted any vendors about their participation in tomorrow's event. the team hasn't hosted an official fan fest since 2020. >> some girl scouts from sacramento had a ten minute phone call. they'll likely never forget any one ss, any one ss from november 6th november alpha. >> how copy? yesterday they used a ham radio to talk to an astronaut on board the international space station. >> the spacecraft was close enough to earth to make the phone call possible. the girl scouts used the brief window of time to ask astronaut jasmin moghbeli several questions. >> some experiments you are working on. what is your favorite? um, i'd say probably

one of my favorites is when we just did. >> that's using bone marrow stem cells. >> what are you most looking forward to when you return to earth? avery i'm most looking forward to three things. >> seeing my little girls and my husband, my friends and family. >> volunteers from a local ham radio group set up the phone call between the sacramento scouts and the astronauts aboard the space station. >> that is so cool. wow i can't believe it. i mean, if that happened to me, that just would be right, right? >> incredible. and who knows what that ignited in those young girls? >> exactly. i remember when in the boy scouts, we visited cape canaveral when we were kids. so that was fun. all right. thank you so much for watching 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 the man on your amazon fire t roku, app tv, - [tammi] can you guess what this is? if you guessed doorknob, then you'd be a great contestant on "pictionary." our first celebrity captain you can see in "good burger 2," and his sketches are always well done.