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of decades of experience from ktvu. >> fox two news. this is the four city leaders right now searching for solutions as san francisco flagship macy's store in union square prepares to shut its doors after nearly 80 years. >> that store is expected to close by next year. welcome everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm alex savage and i'm jana katsuyama. >> san francisco is not the only city notified of the closures. the iconic location is one of 150 macy's stores that the retailer says it plans to shut down. it is hard to imagine union square without macy's, but it is now a reality. the city, the businesses and the area are having to deal with, the company, announced its restructuring and christien kafton is live there in union square to tell us all the details. christian yeah, exactly. >> this is a new reality that businesses, the city, everyone really coming to grips with. right now. the company

announcing that it is in fact restructuring to address new financial realities. in a statement, the company said that it is, quote, focusing resources by closing approximately 150 underproductive locations, including approximately 50 by the end of the fiscal year. macy's union square. has now been confirmed to be one of those underproductive locations that will be shuttered. san francisco mayor london breed saying. for macy's, this was not a safety issue, but came down to dollars and cents. >> macy's made a business decision to close 150 stores all over the country, and they are selling the property at union square. the union square alliance released a statement saying the closure hurts the head of the union square alliance, saying that she believes that we should work toward a solution that allows macy's to keep this iconic store open. >> however, if that does not come to pass, our expectation is that a new owner for this iconic site will come forward to

continue a fresh and vibrant vision at this critical location. san francisco mayor london breed also saying she hopes to work with the new owner. whoever that is, to adapt this site to meet the city's needs. now, it is unclear at this time is an exact timetable. various sources that have been in contact with macy's say it will not be among the first 50 to close down this coming year, but that will likely be here for at least a year, maybe two. and that the store will remain open until macy's can find a new buyer. guys christian. >> obviously macy's a mainstay and a flagship store and anchor store there in union square. what are other nearby businesses looking at here with this closure and how it might affect them? yeah so that's a great question, alex. >> we've actually talked with some of the surrounding businesses. you heard from the union square alliance, which represents a lot of the businesses. they say that they're hoping that they can pivot and we talked to a local restaurant that's been here for more than 100 years. they were

here before macy's arrived. and it looks like they're going to outlast macy's. they say they're really going to miss the retailer being here. they say a lot of their visitors to this iconic restaurant john's grill nearby, say that they made a holiday tradition of coming out here to see the tree shop at macy's and then going and having a bite to eat in the area. they say traditions like that are going to go by the wayside, but they're saying that they're looking to try to find out what's next, hoping to adapt for the next great thing again. they're hoping that another retailer will move in here, or that there will be some other use that generates a lot of excitement and a lot of business in this area. so that's right. >> they certainly have a big footprint there. christien kafton live for us in san francisco at union square. thank you. turning to politics now, california's primary election and super tuesday is just one week away. voters ours will be deciding who to send to washington with some very rare openings for bay area congressional seats. >> yeah, retirements and representatives seeking new

office have created openings for a new group of politicians. it also means a loss of decades worth of experience. ktvu political reporter greg lee is here. and greg, we are going to see some generational change. >> yeah, alex, gianna, we will see some fresh faces representing the bay area for the first time in decades. as you said, with experience comes influence and knowledge of how to navigate the halls of congress. and no question, whoever ultimately fills these seats will have big shoes to fill. >> when bay area voters have their votes counted on super tuesday, they will see a changing of the guard. longtime bay area representatives either retiring or running for new offices and taking with them decades of experience science. >> that's that's a lot of, uh, brainpower. people know who the district know how to get things done in congress. you're we're losing that. >> it began with congresswoman jackie speier, who chose not to run in 2022 after 15 years in the house. oakland representative barbara lee is running for senate, vacating the position she's held for 26

years. and silicon valley congresswoman anna eshoo will retire after 32 years in congress, representing really, uh, what i think is the most distinguished congressional district in the country, uh, has just been the honor of my life as she was first elected in 1992. and what was dubbed the year of the woman, 47 women were elected to the house, 24 for the first time, and women won an additional four seats in the senate. among them the late senator dianne feinstein, who served 31 years in the upper chamber. >> the representation is so important, uh, because right now we have more african american women. we have, um, uh, gay women, we have hispanic women. we have native american women. uh, and, you know, their voices, um, are so important. we are losing a huge generation of

seniority, and especially in the us senate, seniority is everything. >> so, uh, california is definitely going to be, um, you know, we're not going to have those impact players, these rare vacant seats in the bay area have set off a mad dash to fill them. >> nine people are running for lee's seat. 11 are competing to succeed. sue while the candidates may be novices in congress, as she says, they all bring their own valuable perspective to give. >> there is a variation of experience, some in local government, some local government and combined with work in the state legislature, nature, some never having held public office but have done an a wonderful things in their lives. >> the bay area has had a long standing relationship with a lot of its politicians. the names are very familiar household names, but there comes a transition, a transition that could potentially define a new

era. >> 33% of house members from california are women, and there's a possibility that that could shrink to even smaller numbers. and more than half of the voters are women. and so it's this is going to be a loss of, uh, female power. it very could very well could be as the age of politicians continues to come under scrutiny, some experts say the open positions represent an opportunity. >> i've always believed that it's important to bring in newer thinking, younger people and i think that's basically what a lot of people are craving in politics now. >> as voters weigh in on who will have the opportunity to fill these giant shoes, as you gives this advice for the next generation person number one put country first. >> always put your country first. our country first. uh, don't vote out of fear now, representative, she points out when she first ran, there were

32 women in congress. >> now there are 151. she gives much of that credit to former speaker nancy pelosi, who is, of course, running for reelection to represent san francisco for another two year tum. >> you've certainly seen that demographic change when it comes to gender. >> you mentioned age as a factor that we've seen both as a positive with seniority, but also some people are saying as a negative, did congresswoman su have anything to say about what her thoughts are? >> yeah, she was very adamant. >> she said, do not mock experience because experience requires time to acquire and often that leads to age. she said she knows much more now than she did in her first two terms. so she said experience is certainly a quality that people should revere and hope for in their elected officials. >> yeah, and as we heard joe garofoli say, i mean, seniority means a lot in congress and gets you a long way. >> yeah. and so much power has emanated from bay area representatives, bay area senators, because of that experience. they have carried a lot of weight. look no further than as she said, former house speaker nancy pelosi. really whipping her caucus constantly. so they know what it takes.

>> and we certainly see a lot of older people fit and in a very different kind of state than, you know, we might have in the past. >> yeah, definitely. >> all right. thank you so much, greg. >> all right. well we are just one week now until the march 5th primary election here in california. and there are signs we may be seeing record low voter turnout, according to the latest numbers from political data inc. >> of the 22 million ballots mailed out to california voters, just 8% of them have been returned to election officials so far. that's roughly 1.7 million ballots. >> yeah, and so we want to get a sense of why we are seeing the numbers shape up this way at this point in the game. and to do that, we're joined by paul mitchell, the ceo of political data inc, a california based voter data firm. paul always good to see you. we appreciate your time. where would you expect that we would be in terms of turnout at this point, one week away from election day, how far behind are we lagging? >> yeah, i would think that we would be at least at around 2.2 million ballots, having been

returned so far, which is around 10% of ballots. we still have a lot of people who vote late. and then obviously some people who choose to vote in person or on election day. so there's still more to come. but this is incredibly low. it's low compared to prior presidential races. it's probably going to be the lowest turnout presidential primary. the state's ever seen, and it's low even compared to the most recent gubernatorial election, where in that primary election we saw 33% turnout. so so, um, it's low and what's important to note, especially looking back at the story you just had, the electorate changes when you get to real low turnout election. so low in that district like anna, you seat we're talking about will it be a new generational leadership? will 58% of the voters who've cast ballots in that district are over 65? and we're seeing an older, whiter and more conservative electorate in this low turnout environment. >> one thing that you had mentioned in an article that i

was reading was a change this year, a first year when all californians are receiving a vote by mail ballot and i'm wondering if you anticipate that having any impact on the number of early voters so far, people may be waiting since they have a ballot. how could that be impacting your data? >> yeah. so um, this is the first presidential primary we've had. uh, everybody receiving receive a ballot in the mail. we also had it in the gubernatorial primary in 2022, but it does make it hard to do direct apples to apples comparisons. you could say, well, 1.7 million ballots. that was more than we had in 2016 or 2008. but of course, back then, half of voters maybe were voting by mail and so the numbers really to get real apples to apples comparison, we're looking mostly at a comparison to the two years ago gubernatorial primary, 33% turnout and we're way behind those numbers right now. >> yeah. you just mentioned the presidential race. and obviously that sort of feels to a lot of

voters like a foregone conclusion that president biden and former president trump will be the nominees for their respective parties. how much does that fact sort of, you know, the lack of enthusiasm and urgency around that presidential election, how is that likely affecting turnout across california? and a lot of those other races? >> i think that's the whole ball game. essentially. i think that we have an environment where democrats have essentially punted the primary, uh, and are renominating the incumbent and republicans, uh, have effectively settled on trump after four states. and so as a function of the lack of competitiveness at the top of the ticket, we're seeing real low turnout. it's similar to 2012, when obama was a democratic nominee and mitt romney had already won the. republican nomination by the time that primary came to california in june of that year. that's actually when california decided, hey, let's move our

primaries to march. so we're more likely to matter. but even with a march primary, a super tuesday primary, still, the republican race was decided before it comes to california. and that really is depressing turnout. it will have a big impact on down ticket races. everything from the us senate race to a local city council race will be affected by this low turnout. >> and one thing i'm wondering about is we are seeing in the senate race a republican being competitive. oftentimes in those statewide races. um, it seems like republicans don't feel like they really have a say in a, in a very democratic leaning state. are you seeing differences in terms of turnout based on location, on region as a result of some of these races that we're seeing? >> yeah, definitely. i think you're really right to point to the fact that steve garvey, you know, california is a state that hasn't elected a republican statewide in almost 20 years, since 2006. and uh, steve garvey is right now poised to make the

runoff in that big, high profile us senate race. that means a couple of things. one thing is that if voters thought they were going to wait to the general election and have a choice between two democrats, they might be mistaken. there might not be that choice in november. and then also down ticket, you'll see races around even the bay area where you have maybe a handful of democrats running for the legislature and folks think, oh, we're going to get to choose between these democrats in november and they're a republican, slips in to the second spot and all of a sudden it's a republican versus a democrat in november. and in heavily democratic districts like the bay area that essentially is a race that's over. so it will have an impact in a lot of those races. yeah. >> sounds like this low turnout could really shake things up in this primary election. i appreciate your insight. good to see you. paul mitchell from political data inc. thanks for doing it. thank you very much. >> absolutely. >> well, san francisco voters will have a hand in deciding how to improve public safety in the city proper. mission b would set

a new minimum staffing level for the police department. that increases annually for five years. recruitment for those new officers would be linked to new taxes or changes to existing taxes. we spoke with mayoral candidate supervisor asha safai, who is in favor of proposition b. he says it's a fiscally responsible way to respond to the city's police staffing shortage, which could be result in new taxes on san franciscans. no, no, there's not one line in this that says there will be anything that raises taxes on small businesses, on homeowners is what it says is we will in the future, identify a responsive source. >> it could come from the existing funds. it could come with reorganizing existing taxes . >> opponents, including mayor london breed and supervisor matt dorsey, disagree with sapphire. they have branded prop b as a, quote, cop tax and say the sfpd can increase staffing using the city's existing. $14.6 billion

budget. >> up next here on the four today, the state addressing the drug crisis with a multi million dollar bust in the federal bureau of investigation making major arrests of its own. >> and across the bay area this afternoon, temperatures running very seasonal for this time of year. subtle changes expected for tomorrow, followed by big changes on thursday. i'll have a look for you com g democrats agree. 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? garvey is wrong for california. but garvey's surging in the polls. fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. stop garvey. adam schiff for senate. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message.

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2023. that new data announced by governor newsom now making for a record in the state the hallmarks a 1,066% increase from 2021. the california national guard says it's recovered just over 5,300 pounds of fentanyl that year. total fentanyl seizures, seizures for last year amounted to a street value of $649 million. the amount of that

opioid pulled enough to kill the entire global population nearly twice over a group of honduran nationals allegedly linked to the sale of fentanyl and other drugs in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood are now in custody. >> earlier today, the justice department, the fbi and the dea announced these arrests and the seizure of weapons and property purchased with that drug money. officials say the dea assisted honduran law enforcement officers last month in the arrest of three suspects, all three were fugitives, two had been previously arrested here in the bay area, but they fled to honduras before their trials. >> the profits from these drug sales provide funding to buy large homes in honduras, along with vehicles like livestock, farm equipment and firearms. these extraditions should send a clear message to those who peddle poison in san francisco, all three suspects have been charged in san francisco federal

court on several drug related counts. >> they're set to return to court at later dates for detention hearings and turning to bay area weather. >> now, let's take a live look. you're seeing the oakland estuary this afternoon. beautiful clear skies, no clouds, but boy, it's been getting progressively chillier. meteorologist rosemary orozco joining us now with what is ahead. >> yes jen. especially when you compare to what we had over the weekend right when our temperatures were in the 70s, no longer that in fact, we're returning to winter in a big way . a frosty start this morning and another frost advisory for tomorrow, followed by a very potent winter storm on the way. here's a look over alcatraz, where we do have mostly clear skies across the bay area this afternoon. here's a look at some of the temperatures from earlier this morning. a widespread 30s for some of our inland cities, and the north bay is where we had that frost advisory sonoma reporting 35 degrees. but you didn't have to be in the north bay to feel the chill. you could

see areas like walnut creek, orinda, also in the 30s, this morning. right now, walnut creek enjoying 6358 in san francisco, low 60s in napa, a little bit of a breeze out there. not too bad. we do have palo alto reporting 12, mountain view, 13, sfo, 14. so getting into the evening hours, a little bit of a breeze. temperatures are cooling down. we do have clear skies once again and that will help to set the stage for another cold night tomorrow morning. we do have that frost advisory once again for the north bay. temperatures expected to range near freezing. here's a look at some of those numbers 37 in santa rosa for the inner east bay, 38 in livermore. so perhaps not quite as cold as today, but still very chilly. 45 to start your day in san francisco. low 40s in redwood city for the afternoon. another nice one coming our way. even a little bit warmer than today. areas like livermore and san jose expected to get into the upper 70s for tomorrow. 61 for the city of san francisco, right where you should be. so only subtle changes coming our way for tomorrow. the bigger changes

coming in on thursday. it does include bay area rain and a blizzard warning for the sierra. i'll have a look at that in the extended forecast coming up. >> all right. thank you rosemary . coming up, stanford researchers are studying a medical mystery why more women than men seem to have auto immune disorders. we'll sit down to talk with them about their findings what do i see in peter dixon? i see my husband... the father of our girls. i see a public servant.

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a broad range of disorders include rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and lupus. now now, a team of stanford medicine researchers say it appears this disparity may be linked to something called x chromosome inactivation. when the body shuts down, activity on an x chromosome as a defense measure. >> all right. for more on this research, we're joined now by doctor howard chang from the stanford school of medicine and the senior author on this new study. thank you so much, doctor chang, for taking the time here this afternoon. first, can you start off by explain what x chromosome inactivation is and why you believe this is likely leading to the disproportionately high number of autoimmune diseases among women? >> good afternoon. thank you for having me. so x chromosome inactivation refers to the fact that men have an x and a y chromosome, and women have two x chromosomes. so the system to make the gene expression or

basically the genetic output equal between men and women, one of the two x chromosomes in women, in every cell in the woman's body is shut down, not allowed to produce genetic information. and that is done by this process called x chromosome inactivation. >> and we want to put up a little bit of data here that we've found. there's between 24 and 50 million americans who have some sort of autoimmune disorder. cause i think we're not able to get that graphic. but as your research is showing, four out of five of them are women. can you explain, you know, as we're looking at research studies, how does the structure of this study impact some of the results? and the gender of some of the subjects you're able to get as part of your samples? >> yeah, absolutely. so this is a really striking finding and something that doctors have noticed for decades. so that number four out of five patients with autoimmune disease, that's an average. so some relatively common diseases like lupus the ratio is 9 to 1 female to male.

there's another disease called sjogren's syndrome. the number is 19 to 1 female to male. so it's really striking and it's really important therefore to really understand the heart of the matter. because potentially if we understand why this happens, we might be able to reduce the prevalence of severity of a lot of diseases by quite a bit. >> yeah. and certainly that's the hope. so let let's talk if we can doctor about what you hope will be the implications, the broader implications of your research here. how do you feel like a study like this can help to better predict autoimmune disorders in women before they develop? and do you see any hope that this might lead to any new treatment options? absolutely >> so we were really excited to discover that there's a single rna coming from the second x chromosome. so of course only women have this second x chromosome that rna and protein partners really provokes this female specific autoimmune disease. and so we found there are antibodies to these, uh, rna associated proteins. so those antibodies can tell you perhaps

kind of disease you have or maybe pick up the disease really early on in the process. we also learn something about how the body responds to that special rna. and so the cells that react to this special rna might be targets for future therapies. okay. >> and now that you've discovered this and with your findings now what is the next step? what is the next study that you hope to do to try and keep pushing this science forward? >> so we're really interested in the possibility of using the knowledge that we just talked about to better diagnose and track patients. so our next study will be a much larger study, really looking at maybe how these antibodies can help us tell apart who's going to get better and who might be getting sick. >> all right. really important research, crucial research with really a widespread implications for a lot of people, a lot of women. doctor howard chang from the stanford school of medicine, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> absolutely. all right. up next here on the for today, senate democrats trying to pass

new reproductive legislation after last week's alabama supreme court ruling. the new discussion surrounding that legislat n

treatments. this comes as some senate republicans are saying that they support access to assisted reproductive technology. fox's madeline rivera has more. days after alabama's supreme court ruled frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, senate democrats are calling for more

protection for reproductive rights. >> since becoming a parent just became so much harder. >> senator tammy duckworth, who had two daughters through in vitro fertilization, and senator patty murray, say they will force a vote on the access to family building act on the senate floor on wednesday, which would ensure that every american's right to become a parent via treatments like ivf is fully protected, regardless of what state they live in, guaranteeing that no hopeful parent or doctor is punished. >> the bill was first introduced in 2022, but senate republicans blocked the vote, though some in the gop say they may be more open to it this time around. >> usually those bills are about abortion, not ivf, so, but we'll see. if it's a clean bill, then i have no problem with it. clean is to focus on ibm. >> last week's alabama court ruling stemmed from wrongful death lawsuits filed by couples whose embryos were accidentally destroyed in a storage facility. the ruling has caused some fertility clinics to pause services over fears they could face legal repercussions. senate majority leader chuck schumer says it's republicans who laid

the groundwork for these issues. >> make no mistake about it is a direct consequence of the hard right maga supreme court's decision to overturn roe v wade. >> according to the cdc, about 2% of babies are created using assisted reproductive technology in washington matter. rivera fox news san francisco says five years of efforts to improve early childhood education are paying off. >> proposition c was passed by city voters in 2018 to put more resources into child care. since then, mayor london breed says that the city has been able to recruit and retain more educators with raises for more than 1600 educator hours. the city has also rehabbed or created 40 new child development facilities, including 17 just this year. >> and i've been over all over the city, cutting ribbons on new facilities, helping to provide resources and support to some of our existing facilities that

needed an upgrade and needed the kind of new advanced facilities that ensure that our children have these great environments. >> and the mayor and other city officials spoke this morning at the good samaritan family resource and child development center on folsom street. the city says it has been able to double the number of child care slots from 6000 to 12,000 because of these investments. >> on wall street today, stocks held near their record levels. the dow was down by 96 points. the nasdaq added 59 points and the s&p was up by eight points. shares in macy's climbed nearly 3.5% today after the company announced its reorganization plan, and those store closures nationwide, including plans to shut down the store in san francisco's union square. well, americans appear to be feeling a bit more uncertain about the economy. the conference board's consumer confidence index declined this month to a reading of 106.7. it was the first

decline in three months. the chief economist said in a statement. this drop affected all income groups except the very highest and lowest income brackets. consumer they are less worried about inflation and more concerned about the job market and the us political environment . >> home prices finished at an all time high at the end of 2023, according to the s&p corelogic case-shiller report. prices rose for the 11th month in a row in december in the 20 largest metro areas, they were up just over 6% year over year. prices grew the most quickly in san diego, los angeles and detroit, which all saw price jumps of over 8% in 2023. san francisco saw an overall increase of 3% in 2023, but the report shows prices started to decline in the last three months of the year as interest rates climbed. the price of a burger and a frosty at wendy's could soon cost more, depending on time of day, and demand. wendy's is looking to test fluctuating

menu prices throughout the day. the practice, known as dynamic pricing, is set to begin early next year. we talked with some customers today and they all said they think it's a bad idea. >> the idea of doing surge pricing for something as simple as fast food is pretty ridiculous. >> i do have a favorite sandwich there, and i'll just, i mean, am i supposed to watch the traffic flow? and, you know, for the bargain price, i doesn't sound, uh, doable to me. i'm totally against it because i don't think it'll work. i think it's a bad idea. i don't know who decided that, but i think they need to check with their marketing and change their mind. >> all right. deadlines for lunch. wendy's say it plans to spend about $20 million to launch new digital menu boards at its restaurants. so that it can display the surge pricing, according to travel experts, lower wages are leading to staffing shortages at many hotels, which could end up pushing travel costs even higher

. >> many hotel workers have switched to higher paying jobs in other sectors in order to hold on to staff. some hotels are paying workers more data from the american hotel and lodging association says hotels across the u.s. are expected to collect, pay $123 billion in compensation this year. that's up more than 20% from 2019. and experts say to cover the expense, hotel guests are going to have to pay more. up next here on the for today, president biden says there could be a cease fire in gaza by next week. but negotiators say it isn't happening any time soon. the details on those talks up next, live change expected for your bay area weather. >> as we head into wednesday. but a potent storm will bring bay area rain as well as a lot of snow to the sierra in the coming days. a better look at

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displaced gaza residents. finally receive some relief aid planes and air dropped boxes today over the cities of rafah and khan yunis in southern gaza. hundreds of palestinians rushed to get the supplies. the aid shipments came from the united arab emirates, egypt, jordan, france and qatar. according to

the un, an estimated 2.3 million people are starving in gaza since the israeli military incursion began. >> negotiators are continuing their efforts to reach a cease fire in the israel-hamas war, and more details are emerging about a new proposed agreement. under this deal, israel would pause its offensive against hamas in gaza during the upcoming muslim holy month of ramadan. hamas would also release some of the hostages still being held in gaza. the exact numbers are still being worked out, but there would be an exchange of captives for palestinian prisoners. it would be a six week pause in the fighting, which negotiators are hoping will translate into a longer truce. >> and we. hope it will be a permanent ceasefire. >> we don't want to go back to war. we don't want to stay displaced. this is our only hope. >> we have seen a positive trajectory by the sheer fact that the meetings are taking place. but we have yet to, uh,

to reach a final agreement. >> there has been no israeli reaction to a suggestion from president biden that the cease fire could come as soon as next monday, and hamas says the proposal doesn't yet meet its demands. >> a california man who was sent to a us incarceration camp for japanese and japanese americans during world war two, just celebrated his 100th birthday. family and friends applauded as shigeru ochi was honored with a key to the city of folsom on monday. he also received a certificate from congress and a letter from president biden. after his internment in the manzanar camp. mr. ochi went on to serve in the us army and helped with postwar efforts in hiroshima. he was asked for the secret to his long life. my secret to my long life, i don't know. >> trying to keep on a travel, you might say. >> that, and maybe. a good sense

of humor. mr. oki's other accomplishments include a scholarship to mit and he says all of his children also completed college, with three pursuing careers in medicine. >> yep. stay out of trouble. good advice there. happy birthday to him. all right. we turn now to our beautiful weather here in the bay area. >> we have seen things kind of cool off here over the last couple of days, but we have had clear skies. rosemary is here now to tell us that is going to change here in the next couple of days. a big storm is headed our way. >> yes, and it's a cold one. alex and we were talking during the break. we're talking about snow levels down to about 2000ft, which means our local hills are likely to get a dusting and it is a wet weather that is going to continue. it looks like through most of the weekend, if not the entire weekend. here's a look over san francisco, where we do have beautiful blue sky overhead. after a chilly start to the day, temperatures came up upper 50s low 60s this afternoon. very seasonal for this time of year and tomorrow will be a near repeat. here's a look at the

storm you can see in the gulf of alaska. and it is expected to bring with it a whole lot of snow. in fact, perhaps the biggest winter storm of the season. so far for areas of the sierra. and i'll show you that coming up here in just a moment. but some of that air coming from the arctic. and so it is very, very cold. it's going to arrive on thursday. we're going to get bay bay area rain. but really it's the snowfall that we are concerned with and a blizzard warning that begins on thursday. it goes all the way until sunday . a total accumulations anywhere from 5 to 10ft above 5000ft. some projections are showing even a little bit more than that , again, with snow levels down to about 2000ft. the winds of 60mph will be a good possibility. and at the ridge tops could be 100mph. so whiteout conditions very hazardous conditions. in fact, it's going to be tough to even get over those passes come the weekend. the projection here showing anywhere from 6 to 7ft or so by a sunday. but we could

see more than that for us here at home, an inch to three inches of rainfall is what we are looking at. so that's a good amount of rain over a few day period. but again, it's the snow that we are really going to be watching for. and going to expected to bring some very impressive numbers. here's a look at thursday afternoon. we start out dry on thursday, but we turn cloudy and then scattered showers expected, maybe in time for the evening commute and then once it turns on, it just keeps coming. here's a look at friday afternoon. here's a look at saturday afternoon. notice the storm just kind of taking its time to work through the pacific northwest as well as california. and now even into sunday, you can see light blue there on the screen. so we have to call for scattered showers. pretty much for the whole weekend. it will be fine tuning it as we get closer. so that's what's to come. here's what we're seeing right now 58 degrees in san francisco, low 60s in walnut creek. as we spoke about in the last half hour, another frost advisory expected for the north bay tomorrow morning. temperatures will range

from mid 30s to mid 40s, 47 to start your morning in pacifica. that's going to be one of the warmer spots, so to speak. afternoon highs for tomorrow. not too bad. upper 50s to upper 60s. and then the extended forecast here showing you again that the rain is going to be on for us thursday, friday into the weekend. and notice these afternoon highs low to mid to upper 50s as opposed to the upper 60s to low 70s. we had last weekend. back to you a big cool down and a whole lot of snow headed our way or headed to the mountains. >> rosemary, thank you much more news headed your way after this break here on the four. but up first, let's check on the roads around the bay area and we check traffic here in the east bay along the east shore freeway. coming through emeryville and berkeley. well it's just slow. whichever direction you are headed here this afternoon on the news at four, we'll b right i launched our campaign at this union hall. let's go win this thing! then we hit the road and never stopped. you shared with me your frustration at working harder

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consignment auction house in owings, maryland, and they weren't really expecting anything. >> they just kind of wanted some help getting things out. >> among the items, baseball cards, i want to say a giant five foot model ships. >> i think we had a dozen. we called it the armada. they were like museum type models. yeah those were pretty amazing. some gorgeous old french furniture. i think these are little lights and an old train set. it sat in the corner for probably four weeks, hidden under all the trains was an old rusty tin coffee can stuffed with cash. i thought what could be in that coffee can? and then when i saw it was full of all of these bank , um, envelopes full of hundreds, that's when the consignor got another shocking phone call and said, we found something. we're going to need you to come right away. >> turns out that cash added up to more than $60,000. >> so when she came, we just. we had it all in this bag, and we

sort of dumped it out and she was shocked. she was pretty speechless. >> are you familiar? >> $61,000. >> the owner of the auction house says the consignor was happy to get that cash back, but still, no one knows how the money got there or how long it had been hidden. >> we think that it was probably, you know, someone who's parents had lived through the great depression and sort of didn't trust banks, but he was also a coin collector. we're just thinking he, you know, just one of those people that wanted it around. >> the owner adds, they find secret items all the time. but this was by far one of their biggest finds. >> we were all so excited. we get all kinds of fun things here, and we have a lot of fun bunting online auctions has bidding every thursday night at 7 p.m, which is full of all sorts of fun treasures you'll find here. >> they also plan to hold a series that shows all the crazy finds they get behind the scenes. sometime in the near future.

>> and again, that's jacqueline matter reporting. well, the wait continues here in the bay area for a corpse flower to bloom at the california academy of sciences in san francisco. it had been growing seven inches a day until it suddenly stopped on sunday. scientists say that is a sure indication that it's getting ready to open up and send its rather pungent smell, for which it's named across its home in the rainforest exhibit. earlier on mornings on two, the nine, we spoke with tim wong, a senior biologist at the academy of sciences, and he described the flowers unique aroma. >> depending on the timing that you get to smell it, it has notes of garlic, sweating feet, definitely rotten flesh or carrion. so a lot of yummy stuff. but that's exactly what their pollinators are typically looking for. >> all right, well, the academy of sciences says the plant is expected to bloom any time now. between now and thursday, the historic mission of a private lunar lander is being cut short. >> it's expected to end

operations today. that's because the odysseus lander touched down sideways near the south pole of the moon. the private texas company that built ode as they called it, says it will keep collecting data until solar panels stop receiving sunlight based on the position of the earth and the moon. this mission is ending 2 to 3 days earlier than what nasa had hoped. the lander is the first american spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years, carrying nasa experiments, but that spacecraft came in a bit too fast last thursday, and the foot of one of its six legs caught on the surface of the moon, causing it to tumble over. we'll have to see if they give it another shot . we'll be right back

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all across the country, a growing number of health and climate experts are warning that this warming trend is contributing to an earlier and more intense allergy season. >> fox's jackie ibanez takes a closer look at how you and your family can help prevent some serious symptoms. >> t shirts aren't usually the clothing of choice for february. >> this is about the warmest february i remember, but with large swaths of the country expected being abnormally warm, winter weather, many people, especially across the central u.s, are taking advantage of

these early spring like conditions. >> if you don't have the snow on the ground, if, um, the water, the lakes, the streams aren't frozen and the ground is pretty dry because we haven't had a whole lot of precipitation, then it's a lot easier to warm up the temperatures. >> and so are the plant. >> this deep freezes are helped to keep the plants kind of without pollinating as the weather warms up, we start to see those plants flower earlier and the longer they have a flowering season, the more pollen they're releasing in the air, which can cause a lot of allergy symptoms. >> many health and climate experts say warmer falls and winters are promoting earlier and worse allergies. >> so different tree pollens, grass pollens, weed pollens are getting into our environment and lasting longer. there's also some evidence, with the amount of pollen increasing, it's also becoming more allergenic. so it's making those allergies worse to help keep symptoms from spiraling. >> doctors recommend taking medications 2 to 4 weeks before allergy season hits full swing.

>> if that pollen is heavy enough to cover our car, it is certainly enough to irritate the eyes, the nose, the throat. even if you're not making an allergy response to it. >> and because our immune system can change as we age, medical experts also advise getting tested to see if you've developed any new allergies. jackie ibanez, fox news kttv, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. >> the iconic macy's store in san francisco's union square is set to close. city leaders confirmed the news today after the retailer announced on a call to investors that it was downsizing its macy's brand. good evening. i'm claudine wong and i'm mike mibach. >> the macy's in union square is on the list of 150 stores scheduled to close in the next two years. that downtown store first opened its doors nearly 80 years ago. ktvu is christian captain live tonight in the city. christian. we're talking a lot of history here. we're talking about the retail anchor. really for union square.

>> yeah. you know, mike, it's really hard to imagine san francisco's union square without macy's. but now businesses and folks who are visiting to this area are going to have to contend with that new reality. since 1947, the macy's name has hung above san francisco's union square. now, the company announced it is restructuring to address new financial realities. in a statement, the company says it is, quote, focusing resources by closing approximately 150 under productive locations, including approximately 50 by the end of the fiscal year. macy's union square, one of those underproductive locations that will be shuttered. san francisco mayor london breed saying for macy's, this was not a safety issue, but came down $2 and cents. >> macy's made a business decision to close 150 stores all over the country, and they are selling the property at union square. >> the union square alliance released a statement saying the closure hurts, but the head of the