>> the next leap year won't be until 2028. ted lindner, fox news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now developing news right now near san pablo, where police give the all clear after putting a neighborhood on lockdown for hours after reports of gunfire, those residents now allowed to return to their homes. >> good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm claudine wong. >> residents had been hearing gunfire for hours. someone had been firing their gun since last night. >> ktvu crime reporter henry lee live tonight at the scene. henry. officers taking that suspect into custody here? yeah >> suspect is in custody just about an hour ago, the contra costa sheriff's office allowed residents to return back to their homes here in the montalvin manor neighborhood. the suspect still has not been named. but again, residents breathing a sigh of relief that the suspect is in custody. >> i'm feeling it's stupid because bullets go up in the air and they come down a west contra costa county neighborhood under siege by a barricaded gunman. >> this woman cut off

mid-interview by a sheriff's suv. >> you could actually hear the contra costa sheriff. hours of uncertainty after a man let loose with bursts of gunfire beginning sunday night. >> this view from sky fox monday afternoon shows an armored car in the neighborhood and a swat team surrounding a home near rachel road and heather drive, where the gunman was holed up. >> you'd hear clip, clip like he would put it in. you would hear him like load clip, clip, hear it load like clip clip. you would hear it the whole entire time. >> deputies blocked off access to the neighborhood. residents were stranded for hours, including michelle kilmer, who can't get to her grandmother, who has dementia and a broken leg. her eight year old daughter's school closed for the day. >> i'm off at the guy i hit him with a frying pan if i could, kilmer says. >> many residents heard shots ring out, beginning at about 9:00 sunday night, and a lot of people thought, oh, it was just like fireworks. >> but more shots rang out at one monday morning and again, several hours later. >> at one point, the suspect apparently fired shots at a law

enforcement drone. there have been no reports of injuries, but the gunfire brought deputies to the scene. richmond police and the chp also came to help. some residents were able to leave the neighborhood, but some got stuck , unable to get back in this crazy things that happen over here, but not shooting. >> that's that's pretty new for me. yeah yeah. my neighbor, she literally called me and she was like, hey, like, be careful. like he's just blindly shooting around. >> so i thought, well, there must be another entrance. then when it went down to the other entrance, i realized it's the whole area is blocked off. >> so again, about an hour ago, this scene, this whole neighborhood back open contra costa county sheriff's deputies are here processing the crime scene. they're going to take measurements, diagram the entire home and the environs. now, again, i'm told that the suspect was apparently bitten by a police canine. so he's being treated for that. and once he is medically cleared, he'll be booked into jail. the contra costa county da will determine what charges to file live near san pablo. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. henry. >> of course, we're glad it's all over. any word from neighbors about anything they

know about this suspect? yeah they know him. >> we know his name, but we're not releasing it at this time. uh, one woman just told me a few minutes ago. yeah, they've known him. he seemed to be okay. we don't know where. she says she doesn't know what set him off today. >> okay, we'll wait for more answers. henry lee reporting live. thanks so much for that live report. and tonight, police in union city are asking for the public's help to find a 12 year old boy. >> officers say reagan ong was last seen 815 this morning on tamarac drive in union city. he's described as five feet, eight inches tall, 105 pounds. he was last seen wearing a two tone white and maroon hooded sweatshirt, dark gray jogging pants and navy puma shoes. anyone with information about where he may be is asked to contact union city police and police in san jose arrested a man wanted for murder nicholas ramos is accused of stabbing and killing a man near almaden expressway last month. >> police say the motive and the circumstances surrounding that incident are still under investigation, and the name of

the victim has not been released. ramos is facing homicide charges this is the city's fourth homicide of the year. >> governor newsom, now facing the threat of another recall effort against him. the new campaign, launched by the same group that was involved in getting a recall on the ballot back in 2021, ketv political reporter greg lee spoke to organizers. and greg, they believe they can get it on the ballot yet again. yeah, mike, the leaders are rescued. >> california believe they have the experience to qualify again. there have been at least five previous efforts to recall gavin newsom. one made the ballot in 2021, and the governor beat it by a wide margin. >> and he's got enough problems here. he was hired to do a job here. he needs to do that job here, or he's going to get fired. >> governor gavin newsom is facing another potential recall the second time in three years. conservative activist group rescue california said more than 400 proponents have joined the new effort. the group helped collect money and signatures in 2021. >> i don't think we can afford to have three more budgets with this guy. he has two more years.

that's what he had. the last time we did it. the group's campaign director and dunsmore pointed to new estimates of the state's $73 billion budget deficit and argued newsom's involvement in national politics is keeping him from his job here. >> newsom's a top surrogate for president biden's campaign, and is using money from his super pac to target republicans on abortion with out of state ads and governor newsom is an effective spokesperson for democrats to go on the offensive . >> this also serves as a distraction, not a distraction that you can ignore. and that's another element here, newsom responded quickly to the new recall effort, posting on x trump. >> republicans are launching another wasteful recall campaign to distract us from the existential fight for democracy and reproductive freedom. we will defeat them and express themselves so overwhelmingly by rejecting the division, by rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that's defined our politics. in september 2021,

voters rejected the recall of newsom. nearly 62% voting against it. the state republican party did not endorse any of the replacement candidates, and when asked about the new effort, wrote this, quote, the california gop attention is on turning out the vote in the primary election and supporting our endorsed candidates who can fix our broken state. the 2021 special election cost the state about $200 million, and newsom raised nearly 75 million to fight it. one way experts say this effort could actually make him stronger. >> so there are a lot of things that did backfire or had a backlash by the voters in terms of expenses. helped democrats raise money, brought up the profile of gavin newsom. >> newsom's campaign has already sent out a fundraising email citing the recall effort. now, in order to qualify for the november ballot, recall proponents must gather just under 1.4 million valid signatures by may. in studio. greg lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, greg, thank you for that. and governor newsom

has launched an abortion rights ad campaign, but it's not expected to air here in california. coming up later in the newscast. who the ads are directed at and the political reason behind them. >> the us secretary of energy, jennifer granholm, is here in the bay area today to kick off her california tour that focuses on the biden administration's clean energy efforts. granholm, along with east bay congresswoman barbara lee, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at san leandro based huber. it's an advanced battery systems company that continues to expand. granholm is leading the department of energy's effort to advance clean energy technologies that will help reach the biden administration goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. in 2050, if we've reached our goals, these these batteries are not just going to be in our cars, but they're going to be in our busses and cargo and airplanes and military aircraft and super high speed vehicles. >> i mean, i don't we don't have to wait till maybe 2030 for, for

that to happen. we'll be powering our schools and our offices and, you know, everywhere we live and work and play with, with the technology that you are working on here today, senator granholm is set to travel to southern california tomorrow to tour energy efficient, solar powered homes and communities that are funded through a department of energy program. >> san francisco's mayoral candidates are weighing in on the city's fentanyl crisis. ktvu is christian captain live tonight outside city hall christian. it does sound like everyone running says this is really their top priority for the city here. >> yeah, yeah, that's exactly right, mike. all these different candidates have various ways that they want to try to address this issue, but they all agree on one thing. they say this is a crisis and it needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. the fentanyl continues to ravage parts of san francisco. and now the candidates for san francisco mayor are explaining how they hope to address overdose deaths and substance abuse. daniel lurie, picking up

an endorsement from a former police commander, is pitching a plan. his campaign says is supported by law enforcement and former public defenders. lurie's six point plan calls for having police and substance abuse experts respond to calls engaging with substance abusers immediately, and referring them to drop off crisis centers that can treat them and an end to the revolving door at hospitals and jails, lurie says. accountability for city services and for nonprofit alike is the path forward. >> i'm the only one in this race, actually coming from the outside that has a track record of getting big things done, holding people accountable, 800 people die. >> it's not okay. >> neighborhood groups and nonprofits organized a rally and march from the tenderloin to city hall, demanding change. candidate for mayor and district 11 supervisor asha safai stood with the crowd and said accountability begins at the top. the city, he said, needs to see that the programs already in place are funded and staffed to live up to their potential, providing vital wraparound services is if you get someone

inside in a supervised area with medical professionals, job training, medical training, all the other things that they need, but that you can prevent them from dying, you're going to begin to turn this around. current mayor london breed was also on hand and said her challengers have come to this fight late. she says her administration has been making progress addressing the crisis and that any red tape needs to be cut to allow the city to aggressively take steps to address fentanyl use and overdose deaths. >> i have allocated funds where this program has been around for 30 years, and they were always denied by public health and not the breed administrator in public health because i made it clear that we are going to support abstinence based solutions as. >> now, we also reached out to the most recent candidate to toss his hat into the ring. former san francisco mayor mark farrell, who said, quote, we have tilted too far towards a harm reduction approach that is enabling drug use rather than helping people actually recover from addiction. he's saying that

as mayor, he would mandate treatment, create sober living and recovery plans and audit the city's health and welfare budget. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton ktvu fox two news that race heating up in november 5th. >> still a long ways off here, christine. thank you. >> well, california voters have to turn in their ballot by next tuesday's deadline, one more than the presidential race. voters will also vote on who should be california's next senator. the top two candidates will move on to the november election. there is also one statewide ballot measure voters will decide the fate of proposition one, which would authorize nearly $7 billion for mental health facilities and housing. there are also several open seats in congress, including the south bay, to replace congresswoman anna eshoo , and in the east bay to replace congresswoman barbara lee. and as we get closer to super tuesday, stay connected with fox local. it is a free app on your smart tv and you can find everything you need to know ahead of the primary election, like what is on the ballot and how you can vote. just search

for the fox local app and select ktvu. >> coming up, how artificial intelligence is now being used to help emergency responders right here in the bay area and the case the supreme court heard today that could impact what we see. >> and hear on social media and it is the end of an era. >> after 13 seasons with the san francisco giants, brandon crawford is moving on with another team and we are tracking temperatures that have cooled off. >> it's going to be a little bit cooler tomorrow and then we've got rain democrats agree.now conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, you voted for him twice... as your own man, what is your decision?

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whether they can remove controversial or political posts that violate the rules of the

platform. ktvu is tom vacar joins us and tom, this ruling could have some far reaching impacts, could reach every state in the union. >> the really big social media companies have a worldwide reach, but in many countries their actions are restricted. and now the us supreme court has to decide right here at home. the ultimate question for the court what precisely is social media? is social media a completely open public forum where anyone can post anything without filtering, editing, or restraint? that's what elon musk sided with when he wanted to buy twitter. i do think that we want to be just very reluctant to delete things. or is social media more like a newspaper that can gather and edit any kind of information it chooses? sometimes it's based on perhaps opinion, but it's often based on just what they consider to be worthy of putting in their newspaper. >> it gets into some very dicey issues when it comes to political speech. >> that's exactly what social media companies want. in fact,

50 years ago, the supreme court ruled that under the constitution's first amendment, no newspapers can pick and choose their content. >> they have the right to delete things that, in their opinion, violates their terms of service for a variety of reasons. maybe because it's racist or hateful, maybe because it's dangerous. >> technically, in a completely open public forum. and saying suicide, racism, hate spewing lies. fenton will use or overthrow of the legal government may be allowable, but that doesn't mean that a privately owned company like meta has to carry them. we took the question to the streets of alameda. >> i think fact checking is important, and i think some of the social media companies do that. i also know of a lot of accounts that have gotten banned for very silly reasons. so i'm not sure more control is the better way to do it. >> yeah, i think there should be rules of the road for social media for anything out there. i see what's going on with these

kids and such on online and bullying. well, absolutely. >> there's a social responsibility if you give a platform to be able to spew hate. you're also like encouraging, like the retaliation that comes with it. yeah. >> it's the best thing to do would be to get things. yeah. how about how about have an open forum and work out work it through with rules? yes. with rules. >> and make no mistake, this is really all about political postings. true, false or fantasy . and of course, in an election year. tom baker ktvu, fox two news. >> tom, any indication from just even the questioning of the supreme court today? sometimes we get some indication of where things might be headed or where where their thought process might be headed. >> well, the session effectively ends in april. it's very possible they may decide to rule on this because of the calm that it might bring or the chaos that it might bring. they may do that, but they could wait and rule on this at any time. so there's no real, uh, there's no real dead set deadline on. but i

think the point is they'd like to get this thing out of the way if they could. yeah >> all right, we'll stand by and wait. thanks so much. tom vacar reporting live from our newsroom tonight. >> new information about future layoffs involving san jose headquartered cisco. the company plans to cut 729 jobs in the bay area. that, according to the state employment development department, 447 of those jobs are in san jose, 147 in milpitas and 108 in san francisco. so the company notified employees of the pending layoffs two weeks ago. those layoffs are scheduled to take effect april 15th. longtime san francisco giants shortstop and lifetime giants fan brandon crawford is moving on to a new team. crawford signed with the saint louis cardinals today. the financial details of the deal have not been revealed and will not be official until he actually completes a physical. crawford, who grew up in pleasanton, played 13 seasons for the black and orange and has been the starting shortstop since his debut back in 2011. in that debut, his first major league

hit was a grand slam. he won four gold gloves with the giants and last year he was the last player on the roster from the giants. 2012 and 14 world series championship teams. >> sad to see him go. all right. 518 tahoe ski resorts are getting the word out about snow safety and how to prevent deep snow injuries. hey are you all right? >> can you hear me? come on. >> the group ski california released a safety video with tips on how to stay safe during the ski season. they say to always ski or snowboard with a partner. stay on groomed runs, avoid tree wells where helmet and have a fully charged phone with snow patrol programed into your phone, the group says. snow can sometimes pile up within hours, making for some dangerous conditions and a winter storm expected in the sierra this weekend is expected to make travel to the tahoe area difficult to impossible this is what it looked like today on eastbound interstate 80 through soda springs and you can see

there is snow on the ground, but the road itself was clear. it changes very quickly up there. ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin here with a look at your forecast. and i feel like, bill, that tahoe has been late to the winter game, but really making up for some lost time now. >> there's been lots of precip up there. but like you say, it's been kind of part of a rain event more than snow event. and as we go into this thursday night, friday, saturday, sunday, they're going to get snow and it's going to come at some very low elevations down to like 33,500ft by the time we get to saturday morning. these are this is just a forecast number. this is how much rain we're expected to get over the three days. that's not much by the way. this is a cold storm. so three days an inch and uh, under an inch and a half of rain. that's not a big deal. but in the mountains, they're looking at anywhere from 4 to 6 to eight feet of snow. possible over the next. over that period, thursday night, friday, saturday and into sunday. and it will be problems. yeah, i think on friday, especially if you're thinking about traveling to the mountains, getting to tahoe,

especially on 80 and 50, i wouldn't be surprised if they close 80 down on friday. it's that kind of a storm. it's going to be blizzard like. we're going to see winds here. we'll get rain, but it's not going to be the same deal. the mountains, it's got the perfect orientation, uh, trajectory of this cold air coming in the jet stream position to really create a significant snow event. we've seen them before, but this is the biggest one we've seen this year. certainly so with that in mind, we'll keep an eye on it. it's got a number of days to go before that all happens. so things can change. as you know, in the meantime it was a little cooler today. temperatures are in the 60s. temperatures mid 60s, low 60s in some places. temperatures tomorrow will be a little cooler still. and then that whole system that comes in to bring snow to lake tahoe brings rain to us, and cooler air as well. it's going to be a cold system, different personality than the few storms we've been seeing, where they've been warm. this one will be cold, less rain, more snow, cooler, lower temperatures for us. i'll see you back here. we'll do the full forecast. that was a lot. >> all right. thanks, bill. well

the lunar lander odysseus is sending its first images following its historic landing last week. intuitive machine shared this. images taken during the spacecraft's descent in an update, the company said it appears the odysseus tipped over during touchdown. it is believed to be on its side, propped up on a rock and with its solar panel having limited exposure to the sun, intuitive expects the spacecraft to lose radio contact by tomorrow. it was supposed to lose contact later in the week. nasa officials stressed that the mission by the privately built spacecraft was still a gigantic accomplishment. it >> congress has just days to avoid a partial government shutdown. again i'm rebecca caster in washington. i'll have the latest on this coming up. and storms that caused power outages that lasted for days earlier in the month, coming up tonight at six san francisco city leaders demand some answers now from pg and

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shut down the following weekend. if an agreement is not reached. reporter rebecca kaster has the latest from washington with senators back in washington monday in the house on vacation until wednesday. >> the pressure is on for lawmakers to reach a deal to prevent a government shutdown. >> why is congress not doing their job and passing a budget? >> it's the fourth time since september that funding the government has come down to the wire. if lawmakers don't act soon, departments, including veteran affairs, agriculture,

housing and urban development, transportation and energy, and military construction will shut down on saturday. >> these are programs that are critical, that are important to the american people, and it needs to get done. >> until then, republicans and democrats are playing the blame game. we're doing our job. >> we are following the law and trying to do our part. but it's up to schumer, who's killed every endeavor we've tried to do to be responsible about spending this year. >> speaker johnson has to decide what he wants his legacy to be. do you want to actually serve as the speaker of the house and a moment of crisis and meet the moral moment that we are in? >> house speaker mike johnson says the hold up on funding comes from, quote, new democrat demands. while some republicans insist they won't pass anything that does not include securing the border, anything i vote for has to secure our border, and the president should agree to that. tuesday president biden will meet with congressional leaders on both sides to discuss preventing a shutdown and also passing critical military aid for ukraine, israel and taiwan.

in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news, a new survey released today says this year looks to be much better for the us economy than analysts had expected. >> the economy looks to set to grow 2.2% this year, according to the national association for business economics. that's up from the 1.3% that economists predicted in the association's last survey in november. economist say despite high interest rates, the job market and us household spending remains strong. >> a new york city medical school will become tuition free thanks to a $1 billion donation by a former professor. the albert einstein college of medicine will be tuition free. the gift comes from 93 year old doctor ruth gottesman, seen there making the announcement. she has been affiliated with the college for 55 years and is the chair of its board of trustees. starting in august, the nearly $60,000 annual tuition will be

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results and discussions about federal oversight and regulation . >> about one silicon valley company has developed an ai platform to help first responders get to where they are needed even more quickly. ktvu mark sayer live tonight in san jose with a closer look at the technology here. mark >> well, mike and kathleen and of course many police and fire units already have technology that simply turns a light green as they approach. but the silicon valley company has developed a large ai model which optimizes the route on the way to the emergency. when you need help in an emergency, every second counts and some of those valuable seconds can be used up when emergency vehicles are

delayed in traffic or at intersections. and that's where ai comes into the picture. >> so when it comes down to you or me or a loved one having a health problem, we want to have responders there as soon as possible. so how can we learn about daily variations? ai is the greatest choice. tim menard is ceo of a santa clara based company called light, which has developed a cloud based ai system to link regional traffic management centers to the emergency vehicles that use the roadways. here's the fire station. here's where the truck has to go to. here's the traffic . what's the perceived amount of congestion? are there people walking around? so that the road gets set up with green lights ahead of time, so that everybody's out of the way? >> this is a demonstration video provided by the company from seattle, where it is already operating. you can see on this map every single traffic signal along this route turns green. by the time the fire unit reaches the intersection, the system will even adjust in real time. if the fire crew makes a last

minute route change. >> one thing where ai is really helpful in is actually the productivity of hey, are there going to be able to go down this primary street or is there an event and they're going to have to go right, or go left, or use a back alley, right? it's notorious that emergency responders know different ways around the city. so ai in this case here is able to predict where they're going to go so that those lights can be set off the city of san jose is already using the light technology to help route vta busses around the city on busy monterey avenue, while busses only get priority sequencing at signals and not immediate signal changeovers, the power of ai to analyze complex traffic patterns is already clear. >> so the busses now are next in line. they're prioritized at every intersection they go through. that's 120 intersections along that full monterey corridor route. it's made them have spend less time at red lights and it's let them get the green light more often. that improves transit reliability and service for transit customers. >> now, of course, anytime we

talk about ai that raises issues of privacy and in this case, the founder of light is quick to point out that the large models that it creates are only collecting raw traffic flow data for the purposes of analyzing information over time and at different times of day. in order to get fire vehicles to where they need to go and police vehicles as quickly as possible. claudine, back to you. all right. >> thank you. mark well, google is planning to relaunch its gemini ai tool after it was taken offline last week. google officials say they expect the tool to be rereleased in the coming weeks. the company paused gemini ai after users noticed it created inaccurate images of historical figures, such as the founding fathers, who were given skin tones and genders that were not correct. >> but it turns out that, um, you know, that we it wasn't working quite the way we intended it to work. it had these issues with the historical figures. so and this points out one of the nuances that comes with advanced ai since the launch of openai's chatgpt in

2022, google has been racing to produce ai software to rival that of the microsoft backed company. >> president biden planning to travel to texas this week to make another push for congress to pass the bipartisan border bill. as fox's madeline rivera reports, his visit is scheduled actually on the same day, former president donald trump is traveling to a border city as well. >> both president joe biden and former president donald trump are headed to the us-mexico border thursday. their dueling events come as the race for the 2024 presidential election ramps up, setting up a showdown over immigration with less than nine months to go before voters head to the polls, republicans have been critical of the biden administration's handling of migrants crossing into the united states, an open border is the biden border policy full stop? >> that has been their policy. >> but democrats say it's republicans who are to blame. >> the republican party is responsible today, now for the conditions that persist because

of their unwilling ness to work with this president who went farther than any democratic president in my lifetime on a comprehensive package. president biden last visited the border in january of 2023. >> the white house says thursday the president will quote, discuss the urgent need to pass the senate bipartisan border security agreement, the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border in decades. but the president's plan ties border security measures to aid for ukraine and israel, a deal that house speaker mike johnson says doesn't go far enough on border security and will never see the light of day in his chamber. >> folks doing nothing is not an option. >> the president is reportedly considering using executive authority to restrict migrants ability to seek asylum if they cross illegally, something that the house speaker has called for but says amounts to election year. gimmicks in washington matter of era fox news well, prosecutors and donald trump's hush money criminal trial are asking a judge to impose a gag

order on the former president. the new york prosecutors today cited trump's quote, long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about people involved in his legal cases. a trump spokesman says a gag order would impose an unconstitutional infringement on first amendment rights. the judge hasn't yet ruled on the request. trump is accused of falsifying business records as part of a cover up to conceal hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. trump has pleaded not guilty. jury selection in that case is set to begin on march 25th. also today, trump says he will appeal a $454 million judgment in that civil fraud case in new york. the former president's lawyers filed a notice of appeal this morning, asking a court to overturn a judge's finding that he lied about his wealth. the new york attorney general brought the case, accusing him of fraud. the appeals process could put the judge's ruling on hold by as much as a year or more. >> governor newsom has. launched a national ad campaign on

preserving and restoring abortion rights. ktvu is amanda quintana has more on the ad and which states are being targeted to help trump. >> republicans. want to criminalize young women who travel to receive the reproductive care they need. >> the new ad put out sunday shows a woman handcuffed to a bed with a rape kit on the table next to her, newsom pointing out that bans such as the one in tennessee have no exceptions. even if a woman is raped or a victim of incest. the ad will first air in tennessee, where there's currently a proposal to charge adults with a felony if they help pregnant minors get an abortion out of state without their parents permission, it will then air in other states trying to pass similar legislation. >> it is a profound and existential moment, and all of us need to be in newsom spoke on meet the press, calling the efforts a war on women. these guys are not just restricting the rights of self-determination to bear a child for a young child, a young woman, but they're also determining their fate as it relates to their future in life by saying they

can't even travel. these travel restrictions, modeled after a version that passed in idaho, is now being proposed in tennessee. see in oklahoma, in mississippi, the ag himself of alabama wants to criminalize travel not just for children, but for adults seeking reproductive care. that's how serious this moment is. >> this ad campaign is being funded by a political action committee. newsom launched last spring political analyst brian sobel says the goal of this ad is not about changing people's minds about abortion. >> point of the ad is to give him face time in tennessee, among people in tennessee who at some point in the near terme or in the long terme, may want to support him for president. >> newsom was asked on meet the press about whether he's ruling out his own run for president in 2024, if democrats choose to put another name on the ticket, are you got to be kidding? >> i am here celebrating the extraordinary accomplishments of the biden-harris administration, making the case that we need to

make to lift up the issues, lift up the record, drive, contrast with the republican nominee to be donald trump. he's being self deprecating when he says, oh, you know, i support the president and he's the best person for the job. >> and i have no interest. uh, he has a lot of interest. uh, he just knows that it's best not to talk about it publicly. >> amanda quintana, ktvu, fox. two news. coming up, associates of the late russian opposite leader alexei navalny say they know why he died and argue it was not an accident. >> plus, a political shakeup and strikes deep into a neighboring country set the background for a possible cease fire deal in the middle east. by mike tobin in tel aviv. details coming up and leap day is just a few days away. >> coming up, we take a closer look at the science beh d leap years

ukrainian military officials confirmed their troops have now pulled out of a village in the eastern part of the country after russian forces took over the area over the weekend. ukrainian president vladimir zelensky said the number of ukrainian troops killed is nowhere near russian losses. >> 31,000 ukrainian soldiers died in this war, not 300,000, not 150,000. that putin lied about us intelligence estimates

more than 300,000 russian troops have been killed or wounded since the start of the war. >> ukraine's defense ministry says that number is more than 400,000 associates of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny say he was killed because he was close to being freed in a prisoner swap. maria pevchikh made the claim on the navalny youtube channel. she says she had confirmation negotiations for the swap were in their final stages on the evening of february 15th, but did not offer evidence. the 47 year old navalny died at an arctic penal colony, the next day. the kremlin has denied russia had any involvement in his death. >> the leader of the palestinian authority today announced his resignation amid mounting pressure from the us to reform its leadership. this comes amid ceasefire talks that could lead to the release of more israeli hostages. fox's mike tobin has the latest from tel aviv. >> the palestinian prime minister says his government is

resigning. >> its this decision comes in light of the political and economic developments related to the aggression against our people in gaza. >> the move could allow us backed reforms in the palestine authority that are essential to the leadership group governing gaza in a post war world, a strengthen and empowered palestinian government that can administer the whole of the occupied palestinian territory is critical as part of a path to achieving the establishment of a fully independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable palestinian state. but many obstacles remain chief among them. tensions rising with hezbollah in lebanon, israeli forces striking deep into lebanon monday, hitting targets that are among the deepest into the bordering country since the israel-hamas war began. >> but they may not leave home. >> we are increasing our firepower here and are ready to act against hezbollah everywhere with increasing intensity. >> as tensions increase, talks continue regarding a cease fire and hostage release in gaza,

israeli and hamas leaders aren't releasing any details yet, but actions may soon speak louder than words. israeli officials are on the cusp of approving plans to execute the idf offensive into rafah on the gaza-egypt border. >> we've been clear that we do not believe that an operation, a major military operation, should proceed in rafah unless there is a clear and executable plan to protect those civilians and we have not seen a plan like that. more than 1 million refugees are reportedly seeking shelter in rafah in tel aviv. >> mike tobin, fox news leap day is just a few days away, but have you ever wondered why we even have leap year? >> that answer coming up and you may have seen them on your commute. >> little kiosks at bart stations that dispense short stories coming up, the call to young writers as bart expands that program. >> all righty. we're getting ready for another week. we got weather this week. we got a five day forecast that shows some rain around here. big snow in the mountains, but not right away. i'll "overflowing with ideas and energy."

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and what life on earth would be like if we didn't have them. it's still the shortest month, but this year, february is an extra day longer. >> all thanks to 2020 for being a leap year and while it may not seem like a big deal, there's a whole lot of science and math

behind why we alter our calendars is the reason we have leap years is because the length of the year and the length of the day are not really related to each other. a year is measured by the amount of time it takes the earth to make one full trip around the sun, according to nasa. that takes about 365 days, six hours and nine minutes in order to keep the calendar synced up with things like the seasons, particularly when the beginning of spring is in the beginning of fall, the equinoxes. >> we have to make a correction in to the calendar and if we didn't have leap years, life as we know it would look a lot different. what would happen is eventually the calendar would get out of sync with the seasons. so we would like to have the start of spring be in march, and if we didn't have the leap years, eventually the spring would start to drift and we'd start having the first day of spring be in january or october. the basic idea is that usually every four years you add an extra day to the calendar.

>> but in the distant future, the length of the day is actually growing longer due to tidal effects from the moon. >> so eventually we won't need a leap year anymore. when the number of days in a year is exactly 365. um, that's going to happen in about something like 2 to 3 million years from now. >> the next leap year won't be until 2028. ted lindner, fox news. >> all right, checking on the weather. temperatures today. pretty nice mid 60s and many of the warmest spots. now those temperatures slightly cooler than yesterday and cooler than the day before that we had i mean the weekend. right. upper 70s in some cases 75 degrees. saturday 75 degrees in places on sunday. and then today temperatures cool a little bit. still nothing to sneeze out though with temperatures well above where you might expect for this time of year. and we are just a few weeks now from the clock change right from from, um, the time change to daylight

savings, which is really amazing, especially after this weekend. you realize, oh, spring is just around the corner. got a little ways to go, and some of our biggest weather can often be during these months. as you know, there's a live camera, another thing that coincides with this is the day is getting longer and it's noticeable, most certainly noticeable. and that's something that is showing up here with the clear skies all the way to berkeley from sutro tower. we've got a frost advisory in the north bay that's pretty, uh, calendar appropriate as well. frost advisory on a clear night in the marin county area. not unexpected in february. and that's what we got. so there will be a frost advisory tomorrow morning and maybe the next morning as well. and you know what that means really just pay attention. if you're getting you got to scrape the frost off your windshield or it depends. if you're a gardener that you probably know what to do. like i always say, i don't know what to do, but if you if you know what to do, okay, these are the forecast. overnight lows don't need freezing temperatures to get frost. you can be 34, 35 i think 38 degrees. if the humidity is right. and then

there's this system. this was the one that was going to bring us a chance of a sprinkle today. and you kind of see it coming south and you see how close it kind of got. right. maybe you did get a sprinkle where you i didn't see anything where i was. it looks like there might have been a couple somewhere, but for the most part turned out to be a pretty nice day with temperatures about where they were yesterday. a little cooler in some places, so overnight lows. we looked at those once and then the model you want to see this. so here's tomorrow morning. little valley fog shows up on the east side of the valley, and i think we might see a little valley fog. and then the afternoon. so that's tuesday. here comes wednesday morning. here comes wednesday afternoon. and then everything turns on thursday night into friday. there's thursday morning. this sweeps through thursday night thursday is pretty dry day for us until the evening, probably until right around the afternoon commute. and then we get into rain here. snow in the mountains. it'll be a good weather system, but just know it's going to be it's really going to be centric to the west slope of the sierra nevada, where they're going to like, i say, i wouldn't be surprised to see 50, 80 and 80

shut down for a time on friday because this thing's got all the earmarkings of a full on blizzard and significant snow accumulations. rain for us. not so much though, because it's a colder storm. we'll keep an eye on it. we got a few days before that happens. all right, looks like a cvs receipt. >> yes, it looks like a receipt, but with so much more still ahead. how bart plans to expand its short stories program and coming up at 6:00, storms knocked out power to some neighborhoods for days earlier this month, and some san francisco city supervisors want to know why pga did not respond sooner. also ahead, no longer rooted in oakland, the big change at the coliseum ahead of the a's opene at the s dium

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woooooo! ( ♪ ) area events. san francisco's chinese new year parade and fan fest in oakland boosted the numbers. nearly 124,000 trips were recorded on saturday. that is, 54,000 more trips than the previous saturday, and a post pandemic record for saturday ridership. well, bart is doing its part to get more young people interested in reading as ktvu zac sos supports. >> the transit agency is expanding its short stories

kiosk program with a poetry contest for bay area teenagers. amid the daily rush to the train. >> you might have missed them. a chance to grab a short story for the ride ahead. his arms crossed with motor running. >> words will hold up. gage asked when kyle reached him. >> pierre and his father, jerome , are becoming big fans of the bart story dispensers installed at downtown berkeley and three other stations in 2021. it's also a long time using it. >> yeah, a third time. that's right, hugo opting for the three minute read. >> it's long, that's for sure. near palouse house in the rich deep earth dark eggs lay. >> and now kids just like him are being given a shot at getting their works on the trains, too. and it's a really exciting thing. this is a poetry contest for teens, and the winners will be able to have their poetry read by the writers , i mean potentially reaching thousands of writers teens, 13

to 19 years old, living. within the five counties, bart services are eligible. the deadline to submit is march 8th. >> i think that's a good idea. i mean, it's like, yeah, it's like a little competition. i think it'd be cool, like a little bit of poetry in our life. >> i don't know, it's like fun to have that on board. so yeah. why not? it's lovely to have kids be more involved in reading among the writers, just learning about the contest, some even about the existence of the machines themselves. >> and how does one do that? just push a button. all right. see, it's like a cvs receipt, but the reward is so much better. i am waiting, i am waiting, i have always been waiting. might he soon be reading the works of hugo on the train? >> i'm not a good writer, so i wouldn't do it, but i know a lot of people who would for like who are interested. so first time for everything. >> it's a good point. >> yeah, maybe i will. i think i'd think about it. i take part every day. >> zac sos ktvu, fox two news. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at

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