the southern border today, but to different locations. we'll tell you what we know so far about what they'll do when they get there. >> unpack a bunch of games and flashlights and stuff just in case. but yeah, fingers crossed that we can at least hit the slopes 1 or 2 days. >> a dangerous winter storm heading for the sierra, where the amount of snow e ected to be measured in feet, not eight inches. we'll show you how some people plan to drive up to the mountains anyway. they ignoring the travel warnings from ktvu. >> fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you.

we're going to show you some live pictures of the roads out there up in the sierra in just a moment. but in fact, here you go. right now, these are the conditions on interstate 80, in soda springs along the donner pass. you can see it for yourself right now. and a blizzard warning is now in effect for the mountains. good morning and thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook thursday morning february 29th. it's leap day. yes we have our extra day today soda springs. it's right near sugar bowl so we'll keep an eye on that. drizzly for me. nothing this morning. no. all right, let's check in with steve paulson. what's the forecast look like today? >> a little drizzle, not much, but a little. yes. this will be this afternoon into this evening . uh, if you're going to go to the mountains, i would go now because by the time if you go later, you'll run into a heap of problems there. 40s, 50s on the temps, our systems on the way. but it still has a ways to go. but in advance of that, yes, there is some drizzle, but we will take a leap back into

winter for sure for about the next five days, if not longer. morning overcast. drizzle, light rain for some, mainly to the north. but really this system is later, not sooner. much cooler though after a warm day yesterday, we're back into the 50s or low. low 60s. all right sal is here. 401 so far so good. >> yeah, so far so good. but things might change. as you know, steve, and we're going to be watching you leave the house this morning. it's not raining. it might be raining when you go home. so keep that in mind. right now we have a nice looking commute at the bay bridge. interstate 80 looks good. uh, speeds are up there. just be careful. but for the most part, we have a nice roadway system at the moment. 401. let's get back to the headlines. all right. >> thank you. sal, caltrans is warning drivers not to head up to the sierra ahead of this big storm. we're keeping an eye on. but some people are rushing to get there. any way to get to get some runs on the slopes? >> ktvu joey haller talked to skiers and snowboarders happy

for the snow. >> last minute preparations are underway wednesday night ahead of the next round of snow in the sierra at sports basement in berkeley. skis are being ground down and waxed up. snowboarders and skiers are getting ready to head up the hill up to tahoe for the weekend. tim finnegan thinks he'll beat the incoming snow. he's headed up thursday afternoon. >> we'll see how much of it stays open. um, worse comes to worse. we'll just ski the lower mountain. alex posey hasn't seen snow in a couple of years. >> she's renting skis for a four day snow trip. >> we're going to try to ski. we're heading up tonight, actually, to try to miss the storm and then staying through sunday. hopefully the roads will be clear by then and we can drive back down in the evening. >> others are in search of the most extreme weather they can find, because it's going to be freaking gnarly. >> it's going to be really bad up there. >> michael steinberg has years of storm chasing under his belt. he's prepared for the worst, including getting his truck

stuck in the snow and being stranded for hours. >> i got sleeping bags, hand warmers, lanterns, flashlights, a bunch of nonperishable food, a bunch of water, anything that i can survive on for at least 24 to 36 hours. >> palisades tahoe is preparing for slick roads reduced visibility and closures on mountain passes. the ski resort is telling people not to give in to powder panic because they plan to be open until at least memorial day. finnegan isn't waiting, but plans to play it safe. >> they just put chain controls. we've got chains for the front tires and take it slow. i think it's 25mph. >> caltrans is advising people to skip this storm and avoid mountain travel altogether. >> if you're not prepared, you don't have to be out there. >> don't go after those headed up to the sierra. caltrans does have an active list of road closures and chain control areas on their website. we have a link to that at ktvu dot com in berkeley. joey hornick, ktvu,

fox two news okay, joey, thank you. >> people who live in the sierra are stocking up on supplies for this weekend, and grocery and hardware stores are busy with customers. they're buying food, warm clothing, a winter boots, snow shovels and batteries in truckee, workers at mountain hardware and sports are helping the locals and the visitors get ready for this storm. >> it's the gamut. so we're, uh, shovels, tire chains, uh, ice melt generators, lanterns, flashlights, batteries. um, anything that you can think of that somebody would need for a power outage or a severe storm. and they are coming in for it. and longtime residents are telling visitors stay away. >> and that this weekend is not the right time for a casual visit because roads are going to be messy, even if the area gets half the amount of snow that's been forecast. >> pg and e is preparing for the storm and expects the wind, rain, and snow to cause power outages. pg and e crews are in

place in areas where they've had trouble getting to in the past because of debris and snow. pg and e also has helicopters and snow cats ready if needed, and customers in remote areas are warned that extended power outages are possible. >> all right, pam, time is 405 happening today. the third snow survey of the season, conducted by the california water resource department. they're going to do it in the sierra at the phillips station off highway 50. now, the last survey on january 30th showed the snow was 29in deep with a snow water content of ten inches, an increase from the first survey of the season, which showed three inches of water content. but the sierra snowpack makes up about a third of california's water supply. and just a reminder for you, you can download the ktvu weather app to stay up to date on the storm. it has interactive radar and the hourly forecast. you can also send us your photos of the rain or snow that you see and

ktvu may show them on air at and online later tonight. >> the four finalists for oakland police chief will introduce themselves during a special meeting of the police commission at oakland city hall. however the person in charge of choosing the next chief will not be there. mayor shengtao, in a letter sent to the commission, said she will not be there. the letter also said some potential candidates declined or withdrew their applications when they were told they needed to attend tonight's town hall meeting. tao's letter reads in part, quote, a forum identifying candidates places those individuals at unnecessary risk with their current employer. it may also force oakland to enter into premature bidding war with an individual's current employer, if they feel strongly about retaining them. now these are the four candidates finalists, all of whom have question marks. assistant cincinnati police chief lisa davis reports. reports indicate she has been repeatedly passed over for cincinnati chief. there's also former lubbock,

texas, police chief floyd mitchell after he left after his department was accused of not answering 911 calls. luis molina is assistant deputy mayor for public safety in new york city. he is accused of failing to improve city jail conditions and former san leandro police chief abdul pridgen, who is accused of violating department policy and who tao rejected when he was on the commission's first candidates list. >> i don't know if anybody inside wants the permanent job because they see the politics all the things that go on there. >> this job is almost impossible to do. it's going to take a unicorn to do it. that somebody has got to be incredibly special, unique, charismatic, great with the community. >> tonight's police commission meeting is open to the public. people can also participate through zoom. it starts at 630. >> our time is now 408. a marijuana dispensary in healdsburg is suing the city because it was not awarded a

license to open its business in healdsburg. right now, mercy wellness operates dispensaries in cotati and santa rosa. last year, it joined eight applicants applying for licenses to operate in healdsburg, but the city approved licenses for two other companies mercy wellness and its lawsuit argues that healdsburg should reexamine the way it awards, permits and licenses, and the company claims it was denied a permit even though it scored better than the two businesses who were awarded permits. both president biden and donald trump are heading to the us. >> mexico border in texas today. biden will be in brownsville. trump will head to the town of eagle pass. it's a sign of how central immigration has become an important point in the 2024 campaign, with record high illegal border crossings back in december, customs and border protection numbers show a 50% decline. last month, but officials say they are still overwhelmed and we're still

seeing on average, between 4 and 5000 people crossing each and every day in their visits to the border. trump is expected to blame president biden for the surge in migrant crossings, while president biden will attack republicans for blocking a bipartisan border security deal on trump's orders. our time is now 409 through a bipartisan deal, house and senate leaders have agreed to prevent a partial government shutdown before tomorrow's deadline. >> now, this deal would temporarily extend funding for one set of federal agencies through march the 8th and another group through march 22nd. however emergency funding for ukraine, israel and other allies is still stalled. the house is expected to vote today on the temporary funding bill. the senate will vote soon after. >> all right for ten is the time big weather week. the ending of the week here and the month. steve what's the forecast like today?

>> march is going to come in like a lion. okay, no doubt about it. we do have our system is on the way. it's going to take a while to get here, but it's setting up for rain. more rain later. now we get some light rain drizzle here in the morning, but it will progress throughout the day. so this is a rain and snow outlook here. rain arrives for us today will continue into friday. lower snow levels if not late friday early saturday. this is a cold system which will take us all the way into sunday as well, not just saturday, but rainfall looks pretty good north. not bad. santa rosa between now and look at friday afternoon evening 1.67 being forecast for santa rosa. that's three and a half for the russian river. ben lowman an inch plus santa cruz in there. oakland in there. so half moon bay. so there will be some pretty good rainfall totals. but again, this is this is really all about the mountains and the snow. and blizzard warning is out. 5 to 12ft of snow is possible between today and well later today and going into sunday. and take a look at the snow forecast. just keep marching upwards up. oh my goodness look at that. i mean that's multiple feet at lake

level. and so i mean this is going to be one heck of a system here. the forecast model is actually trended colder and even wetter or snowier if you will. we get a break here in the morning. there is a little drizzle south wind, southwest wind and front direction. they'll crank up 40s 50 after. i hope you got out. enjoyed yesterday 37 truckee 38 south lake tahoe. initially the snow level will go way up due to a strong south wind, but rain returns today and then it'll pick up again even more so friday into saturday before finally letting up late saturday into sunday. unbelievable amounts of snow are all being forecast, so be careful. that's the system. the first of what we'll start to develop and take us well into the weekend. >> all right. thank you steve. a 15 year old boy was badly hurt in a snowball. a snowball accident coming up. we're going to hear from the teenager about his difficult recovery. >> and ktvu coverage of black history month continues. look at him. we're going to look at the history of black cowboys right here in the bay area

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patients of color. sometimes overlooked, and the impact in some cases can be deadly. the doctor, leon clark at highland hospital in oakland has been changing the way dermatologists examine skin. three years ago, he founded the dermatology department at alameda health systems. it is now a fully staffed clinic supporting underserved patients. in the east bay. and he says it's important to understand the patients they serve. >> we teach young doctors specifically about skin of color and specifically how to take care of the people here in our community. if you. don't know

what to look for, you just won't see it. >> just by looking at me. he asked me to see my elbows and he said, i know what you have. i'm just thankful for doctor clark. that's all i can say. the doctor clark also conducts outreach to primary care clinics in the bay area to help them spot skin conditions early with the hopes of improving the health outcomes for people of color. >> our time is 415 as we celebrate black history month, we're also highlighting a tradition that celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and has roots in the bay area. >> ktvu jana katsuyama takes us to the bay area ranch that hosts the bill pickett invitational rodeo tour, celebrating the often overlooked legacy of our nation's black cowboys. >> when jeff duvall comes to rally ranch in castro valley, it's like stepping into the history the rodeo came here in 1984 at rally ranch, and we've been here ever since. and he's not talking about just any rodeo at the bill pickett rodeo.

>> the theme of the bill pickett invitational rodeo is the greatest show on dirt. because because we are literally doing everything on dirt. >> it's a national touring rodeo for black cowboys and cowgirls, now celebrating 40 years. >> even though one out of every four cowboys back in the west was an african american, we were left out of the history books. >> duvall manages the oakland event, which was founded by one time berkeley resident lou wilson. the san loved rodeos, but he noticed one thing was that he didn't see any blacks, any black cowboys, any black cowgirls, any black participant in the rodeo at all. the san did some research, and that's when he discovered bill pickett, a black cowboy born in texas in 1870 and pound for pound, was one of the greatest cowboys the world has ever known. duvall says pickett was the inventor of what's now known as steer wrestling, but for so long in american society, blacks could not ride in all white rodeos and

were all but invisible in american movies and history. >> the only western people that we saw were, of course, non-african american. you know, roy rogers, gene gene autry, an america that denied an equal place for black cowboys in history and for black americans who grew up watching those film depictions of the west being 75 years old, i came through the jim crow period. i remember going to the movies where we had to only be upstairs. we could never be in the main part of the movie theater. >> louis vuitton decided to change that narrative and form the rodeo he named after bill pickett. the rodeo has grown and so has interest in the history of black cowboys at the african american museum and library at oakland. there is an entire archive of photos and documents being preserved showing the black cowboys going back to the 19th century. their stories are so often neglected and not collected, and become lost. now

that history and the dream of the san, who died in 2015, is riding strong, we've been to 33 cities across the country. >> we right now do, um, ten shows across the state. >> margo wade, la drew and other rodeo staff have expanded to national tv broadcasts and say their determined to keep the show on the road. >> we want to continue this legacy for 50, 60, 70 years as a living link to black history, to american history. >> love is on as a visionary, even when even for lou to see what is the rodeo is today, i think he would well up in tears. new general of black cowboys and cowgirls is taking up the reins, celebrating a shared all american heritage in oakland, jana katsuyama. >> ktvu fox two news. thank

jana. >> well, black history month ends today, but the coverage continues online. you can visit ktvu.com/black history to see our stories from the entire month. there are some great stories on there, so please go and visit or revisit. yes, yes. all right. steve paulson, we have an extra day. you say we're leaping back into winter. >> i like that after yesterday's sunshine and warm temps, no doubt that's that's gonna on. uh, the system is moving in now. again, most of this is coming in later, not sooner. but there's some drizzle out there, so we'll mention it. but the real rain, you know, the real stuff there doesn't kick in until later, but it'll be a cold system here all the way through sunday. but the big message is the blizzard warning and the amount of snow being forecast is just incredible. and they have not backed off on that. and i mean, even if it came in half that much, it'd still be really impressive. extremely cold air is coming down. take a look. i mean, we'll get some good rain out of this over over the next course of 4 or 5 days. i think there'll be some five, six inch

amounts. marin county north. after everything's said and done, there's multiple systems here all the way through next wednesday. but the amount of snow, i mean, there's some projections of 150, 200in over the next two weeks or so. so shasta lassen, about 3 to 5ft. donner pass 6 to 12 would not surprise. and above that, even ten, you know, maybe 12 to plus if you get above 7000ft in the lake level looks like 4 to 8 now. i mean it really looks impressive here. so if you're going to go, go now you're on your own. if you go later, that's for sure. 50s on the temps to near 60 on the temps. and i would if you don't have to do much then i would hunker down because a lot of rain, wind and cold temps will take us into the weekend and early next week. >> all right steve. time is 420. investing in mental health services. the new program in san mateo county designed to respond to mental health calls without police intervention. >> well, now that the macy's in union square is closing, we're hearing what san francisco city officials are saying about the future plans for the site

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day event for its first location in sonoma county. the location is at the montgomery village shopping center in santa rosa. $1 of every sandwich sold today will benefit the redwood empire food bank and the first 100 guests to buy a shake will receive an exclusive sonoma county shake shack tumbler. >> time now for 23 miners in san francisco for the longest standing burmese restaurant in san francisco's inner richmond, which was just awarded the james beard award. the foundation is honoring mandalay on california street in the richmond, which has been around since 1984. it's one of six national recipients of the james beard america's classics award, awarded to independent restaurants serving high quality food have a timeless appeal and reflect the character of their communities.

mandalay is well known for its oh coconut curry soup, mango prawns and crispy burmese pancakes, and lee's deli, says says they'll be closing its final two locations in san francisco's financial district at that fast eating spot has been feeding the financial district for 40 years now. there were ten locations at the beginning of 2020. now, the final two on battery and on second streets will be closing. the owner, lee kwan, told the sf business times that rising minimum wages are just some of the factors in the decision to close down san francisco. >> city leaders say they are working to eliminate red tape to make it easier for prospective buyers to scoop up the macy's union square property. the flagship store is among 150 macy's locations that will be closed within the next few years , as the retailer refocuses on smaller spaces and luxury brands. the city may convert the

400,000 square foot site into multiple uses, including housing , office space and a nonprofit site. >> one thing i would think about is subdividing the space and inviting some of those activities and users that have fled the city in, in, you know, the last decades, like nonprofit organizations, ngos, artists, arts organizations and trying to track them into that space. >> now, macy's says it does not plan to close the store this year. it could remain open for another year or two until the property is sold. >> our time is 425. another bay area staple will be closing, a san francisco business times reports. chevy's fresh mex in emeryville is expected to close april 16th, after 25 years in business. that restaurant is one of the bay area's most iconic. chevy's location. it's on the emeryville marina, and i'd loved going there. chevy still has locations in south san francisco, vallejo union city,

and santa rosa. our time now for 26. an arrest made after a heated incident at an east bay protest. the man who police say stole a woman's flag and then set it on fire. >> and a catholic school now at risk of closing in the north bay. the desperate plea as it tries to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to stay open. you can have the morning headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the ktvu newsletter. just head to ktvu.com/email to sign up for that daily service

to just never give up, never back down. >> a 15 year old boy, badly hurt in a snowboarding accident. we're now hearing from the teenager about his difficult

recovery, and one of the largest wildfires in texas history is still burning. we're going to take a look at the destruction and what could be fueling the flames comes from katie icu, fox two news. >> this is mornings on two. all right. >> we are keeping an eye on the storm that is moving in, especially in the sierra. we're going to have a big storm, uh, a lot of snow. and to take you live to see the road conditions. this is interstate 80, in soda springs, right along the donner pass. so it looks kind of quiet ahead of the, uh, the storm. but there is a blizzard warning in effect, and tonight could be pretty treacherous. so we're going to keep an eye on that. thank you for waking up with us here on mornings on two. i'm pam cook and by the way welcome back. >> thank you. good morning i'm dave clark. it is thursday, february 29th. the last day the last day, the extra day leap day. >> all right. and steve says we're leaping back into winter danger levels of snow. you said

earlier is correct. >> yeah. it's okay now because there's a south wind. so the temps going up by tonight, it'll it'll fall rapidly here. so if you're leaving to go to the mountains. yes. now is okay. but tonight i don't think so. or tomorrow. no way. 40s. 50s on the temps here we have increasing clouds. low clouds. there's a lot of drizzle out there, but the real rain won't arrive until later. so a leap back into winter. after yesterday's warm temperatures, it was nice morning, overcast drizzle, light rain for some, mainly to the north. cloudy cooler and rain develops. the wind will pick up later, but temps come way down 50s to near 60. all right, sal is here. >> yeah. you know, and i'm looking and i'm seeing not a lot going on as a matter of fact, we look at interstate 880 and it looks very good. just listening to a little bit of police activity here in this area. but it's not affecting the freeway yet. we'll see though. just sometimes we just watch things. also, if you are driving on 880 south a little bit farther down,

you can see traffic is moving. well, none of these bay bridge commutes. the bay bridge, dumbarton or the san mateo bridge are going to break my heart right now. they're actually doing very well. 431 let's get back to the headlines. >> all right. thank you. sal, a local high school student athlete is recovering from life changing injuries after a snowboarding accident over the weekend. ktvu is amber lee talked with him and his family about what happened and the challenges ahead. >> i caught an edge and i was trying to avoid this tree, and then i caught another edge and went boom right before i just stopped. i could not feel my legs. blake mendenhall of napa spoke with me while recovering in a reno hospital after he crashed into a tree while snowboarding at a tahoe ski resort sunday afternoon. >> now, his parents are by his side, along with his favorite nurse, family members say he severed his spinal cord and cannot walk despite his life changing injuries. the 15 year

old is upbeat even if something's going wrong or you're getting hurt. >> what i realized from how much pain and suffering i've been through is to just never give up, never back down, the family, says blake, has undergone multiple hours of neurosurgery and has rods holding his spine together, and the way he handles it completely changes the way i start to think about it. >> and he lifts me up at vintage high, blake is a talented athlete, excelling in many sports. >> his coaches and the community are giving his family support. >> he's always smiling. he's always just the sweetest kid. >> so this is blake, right here kicking the extra point. >> the ninth grader is the kicker for vintage high's freshman football team. >> he's just going to work so hard to get to where he needs to be. even going through this tragedy. >> blake, wearing number 12, is also a soccer player, and he recently joined the golf team. he was supposed to be in school monday to receive a special

award for being an exceptional student athlete with a great work ethic. >> he was just awesome as a coach. whether it be football, golf or soccer. you wish you had like 20 blake's. you know, with that kind of attitude on your teams. >> i miss you guys back in napa and can't wait, can't wait to see you guys again. and thanks for all that support and help. >> blake tells me he will be receiving care at craig's hospital in colorado, which specializes in spinal cord injuries. it'll likely be months before he'll be able to return home to napa. in the meantime, family members are raising funds to help with the expenses, including modifications that are now needed in his home in napa. amber lee, ktvu, fox two news all right, amber, thank you. >> time is 4.33. san jose police now have a man in custody in connection with a triple shooting back in 2018, 26 year old miguel vergara perez was arrested at his home in rohnert park. he's accused of shooting three men during an argument in

2018 at a san jose taqueria on almaden expressway. all three of the victims survived and that shooting was captured here on surveillance video. >> the video shows just how gruesome this act was committing this violent crime in a public area where multiple bystanders are located, including small children. and so you really see that in the surveillance video now, vergara, perez is now booked at the santa clara county main jail. >> he's charged with attempted homicide, a ruling in southern california says a riverside county school district can require teachers to notify parents when a student identify as transgender. >> now, in the same case, the judge says temecula valley unified school district can also ban race theory. in recent lawsuits, parents and students have challenged the district's ban on classes about racism or sexual orientation. >> our time now. 435 in berkeley, officials at uc

berkeley say it cost almost $8 million to secure and take control of people's park last month. most of that money was spent on building a perimeter around the park, with $2.9 million spent just on that at cal also spent almost $4 million on law enforcement, with 1.7 million of that spent on police overtime time and another $1 million was spent on providing services to the homeless who slept at people's park. that amount does not include the bills from other police departments who helped out with seizing people's park. >> saint vincent de paul high school in petaluma is now working to stay open. the school needs to raise $400,000 by the end of march to cover an operating deficit. saint vincent de paul currently has 170 students and 30 full time faculty. school leadership says the funds will primarily go towards paying staff. >> if our mission is about a

faith based education that builds kids who think outside themselves and grow leadership skills, service skills, saint vincent de paul plans to use donations, grants and endowments to pay for future operating costs. >> but in the short terme, school leaders say they're just hoping to finish out the current school year. >> our time now. 436 the health ministry of gaza says at least 70 people were killed today in an israeli airstrike on a crowd of palestinians who were waiting in line for humanitarian aid in gaza city, 280 other people were wounded in that airstrike. hundreds of people in gaza city showed up to collect bags of food. it was the first major human korean assistance in a month. the israeli military says it's investigating that incident , with some students and staff. walked out of an oakland middle school after a meeting in support of a ceasefire in gaza was canceled. in this country.

>> speaking in response. free speech is free now. >> this walkout at westlake middle school was organized by the black student union of the school. they say they're upset over the abrupt cancellation by the school district of a meeting over the weekend that was organized by the group, bay area labor for palestine. the school district has in commented on the student walkout or that canceled meeting. police in el cerrito arrested a man accused of pushing a woman to the ground at a protest, stealing her israeli flag and then setting it on fire. this happened on january sixth at the san pablo avenue intersection with carlson boulevard and 36 year old christopher hussar from hayward is now booked into the martinez detention center on one count of robbery, one count of grand theft, and one count of arson, a warning that the wildfires burning now in texas could devastate the country's

agriculture and ranching industries. >> there are currently 23 wildfires across texas, burning more than 1 million acres. an 83 year old grandmother was killed when the fires burned down her home. >> the sky just turned black. i mean, the smoke was so thick and luckily we made it out and into the migrant caravan, which i think was probably about 30 miles long. it's still emotional . it's this is our life. i mean, we've been here for 50 years and it's pretty tough. >> ranchers expect thousands of cattle to be lost. all right. it is 438. it's interesting to talk about fires and wildfires right now because we're getting rain and storms moving in. so quite a different picture here, steve. >> well it's it was our turn a few years ago. now it's not so it's our turn to get rain and snow. and there's a lot of snow on the way here. so our system is making its move. but the nice

weather from yesterday is not coming back any time soon. that's for sure. as this system begins to move. and this is a cold system, cold air really won't arrive until late friday. saturday but rain arrives today. lower snow levels by saturday, 1 to 3, maybe plus inches of rain i think will take us into friday night. saturday rainfall looks pretty good here again. santa rosa gets an inch and two thirds. that's easily three and a half parts of the russian river, and i would think also around marin county, north looks to be the heaviest up into mendocino county. blizzard warning has already started for the mountains. travel likely impossible by the time we get to tomorrow, maybe even tonight, but for sure on friday and that goes until 10 a.m. sunday. there will be 5 to 12ft above the 5000 foot level, and you can you can see for yourself on the forecast . it just keeps going up and up and up. i mean, look at south lake tahoe, 82in of snow is being forecast. truckee 88, homewood 92. snow level eventually plunge and crash all the way down to about the 2000 foot level. maybe 1500 feet south. wind will pick up here. not too bad yet. um, 40s and

50s. i think we'll be on the mild side. that south wind will make for a rising snow level initially. then it'll start to come down tonight and for sure it'll really take a tumble friday into saturday. just drizzle for us right now. uh, rain returns, but it will be a colder system. but this is more about just drizzle in the morning and then rain picks up in the afternoon. evening but for the mountains i mean they're you know, this is no joke here. some of if you're going to leave, go now. don't go tonight i mean tomorrow i just don't think you're going to go very far. so system will dig in here and then a lot of instability with this. maybe some thunderstorms but pretty good rain for us. but just an unbelievable amount of snow is being forecast over the next 5 to 7 days. feet shasta lassen 3 to 5. donner pass 6 to 12. and at lake level 4 to 8 looks likely into sunday morning. so for us, low overcast, some drizzle in the morning. but the system is really has a ways to go. 40s 50s for lows. clouds increase. the wind will pick up and then rain develops later. so 50s to our low low 60s at best here. but get ready starts today

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accused of sexual abuse, and also established an independent safety organization. also have mandated policy protocols and create a survivor bill of rights. san francisco is taking steps to better support victims and survivors of violent crime. >> the district attorney's office is adding trained victim advocates to two community organizations. the advocates will help victims and their healing process and make them aware of city resources as well. san mateo county will lamonica peters tells us, special teams will respond to mental health calls without the police for the first time in that county. >> san mateo county has awarded a $5 million annual contract to telecare corporation, which will work with local nonprofits. star vista, to operate a new mental health response system. >> people can call 911, and specifically request this kind of response. and so it creates this pathway that didn't exist

before. >> this is the first time san mateo county will use specialized teams to respond to mental health calls without involving police. callers will soon be able to call to request help for a family member, a friend, or anyone else, including themselves, and they will have five five mobile crisis response vans that will be located throughout the county at the ready for in-person response, and that will be a game changer. after calls are screened, staff will arrive in unmarked vans for privacy. corzo also says police will not go out on calls unless deemed necessary for other safety reasons. the city of san mateo's police department says since its mental health response program began in 2021, it's clinician has responded to over 2000 calls. she has has access to resources that a normal police officer doesn't. >> um, so over over the last

couple of years, we've seen, uh, just a lot of success with, uh, the work that she's doing, san mateo county says they expect response times for its mobile mental health program to be within an hour in central county areas and within 90 minutes along the coast. >> social workers work miracles. uh, you know, therapists work miracles, psychologists work miracles. uh, they are skilled in de-escalating situations. and that is, you know, one of the big hopes of this program, san mateo county also says that it will roll out an outreach campaign that will let people know about this service and the hotline number. >> lamonica peters, ktvu, fox two news, lamonica. >> thank you. time now for 49. the contra costa county board of supervisors voted to pause its all electric requirement for new buildings. the board voted tuesday night. they're going to suspend the plan. it would have changed building codes to ban natural gas infrastructure in most new buildings, and also

require developers to use electricity as the main source of energy. the us court of appeals for the ninth circuit invalidated that same plan in berkeley last month, so contra costa county says it's putting that requirement on hold, and the board chair released a statement it said in part, contra costa county remains committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels and buildings and continues to support the building of new buildings using all electric technologies. we're eager to identify new and innovative ways to continue to pursue our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. >> well, the oakland coliseum has a new sign now that the rooted in oakland sign came down this week, oakland a's president dave kaval shared photos of the new sign on social media. it shows historic moments for the oakland a's, including a number of walk-off celebrations from recent seasons. world series celebrations from the 70s and of

course, oakland's own rickey henderson. cavill says this season will be a celebration of the team's 50 plus years in oakland. former members of the oakland a's are backing barbara lee in the race for us senate. babbitt, dusty baker, rickey henderson, dave stewart and tye waller announced their shared endorsement of lee's campaign. now, lee said she's honored to receive support from the players she has been a vocal supporter of keeping the a's in oakland and introduced legislation last year that would require any professional baseball team that relocate rates more than 25 miles away to compensate rate the local community and the state. all right, it's 451 if you want to play baseball or any other sport. today's the day before some rain moves in, right, steve? dave stewart is a nice man. >> he is. he's been in here before and he's super approachable and kind. >> rickey henderson is you know, who knows rickey henderson very well. >> andre senior yeah, i've met him a couple of times. >> he's gracious. yes he is.

>> yes he is. all right. uh, we do have our system beginning to approach here. uh, there it is. right there. see, i'm too much. me and my army of one. tim my army of one. here. thank you. sir. uh, just increasing clouds. now, there's some drizzle out there, but get ready. your system arrives today. rain arrives today. rain, snow. outlook lower snow levels for us. probably saturday. could get down to 1500ft. and if there's enough available moisture, that would put it on the bay area peaks. no doubt about it. we'll get good rain out of this, but this is no doubt about it. a snow event of the nth degree, if you will. but we'll get some good rain. i think there could be some five six inch amounts total by the time we get to early next week, if not sunday. it's really all about the mountains travel. likely impossible. i'm going anyway. all right, well, you're on your own now. valid blizzard warning until 10 a.m. sunday, 5 to 12ft above the 5000 foot level and the amounts here are just. you're saying. wait a minute. stop, stop, stop. no keeps going. keeps 92in of snow. is being forecast at homewood, 82

at south lake tahoe, kirkwood almost 100. there are some areas in placer county i've seen over the next 7 to 10 days, approaching 150. now you're getting above, you know, 6500, 7000ft. but still, this will be a long duration snow event with whiteout conditions, heavy snow winds 75 mile per hour with maybe 100 at the peaks. snowfall rates of 2 to 5in per hour are possible 2 to 5, which means you're not going anywhere, trust me. but if you're going to go, go now. because by this evening, everything will start to collapse. decent little breeze here, but it will pick up later on. 50s on a lot of the temps here and 3938. so with a south wind, the snow level is actually going to go up, but then it'll start to come down big time as we head into this evening and overnight into tomorrow. still have a ways to go. i mean it's it'll make it. but a rain returns. it'll be a cold system. uh cold air doesn't really filter in until friday and saturday, though. that would put maybe some snow on the peaks,

but it's really all about the mountains. this is an extreme snow event, and i can't. i'd be remiss if i didn't mention thunderstorms. see all this up here? this is a cold, unstable air mass right? that's a sign of instability when you see these cellular clouds like that. and that would trigger easily some thunderstorm activity. so we'll get some good rain out of this. it'll be starting today. take us into saturday. should get a break sunday. but i mean snowfall amounts will just be coming in and be unbelievable. all measured in feet. looks like donner pass, 6 to 12, lake level, 4 to 8. you guys. >> wow. all right, thank you, steve, for the warning. so skin conditions are disproportionately undiagnosed in people of color. coming up next, we hear from one local dermatologist who is trying to change that and a changing of the guard is coming to the us senate. reaction to senator mitch mcconnell's announcement that he will step down as the gop leader (singing) ♪ i feel good ♪ ♪ duh na nuh na nuh na nuh ♪ ♪ i knew that i would ♪ ♪ na na nuh na nuh na nuh ♪

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scheduled to perform at the alameda county fair this summer. the bay area hip hop legend will headline the event june 20th. he also performed last summer at the fair. the alameda county fair kicks off june 14th and wraps up on july seventh in pleasanton. well both president biden and former president donald trump will go to the southern border today, but to different locations. >> we'll tell you what we know so far about what they're going to do when they get there. >> we're going to pack a bunch of games and flashlights and stuff just in case. but yeah, fingers crossed that we can at least hit the slopes 1 or 2 days. well a dangerous winter storm is heading for the sierra with the amount of snow expected to be measured in feet, not just inches. >> we'll show you how some people plan to drive up to the mountains anyway, ignoring travel warnings. from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is morning on two. well, good morning to you. >> and we're going to show you

some live video of the road conditions on interstate 80 and soda springs along the donner pass in fact, here it is right there you can see that it looks relatively clear right now, pam, but there is snow on the side of the road. you need to be careful and a blizzard warning is in effect for the mountain areas. we'll talk more about that. we'll say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here. on mornings on two i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it is thursday february 29th. and steve said the drive up there is going to get pretty treacherous starting tonight i'm going to drive my i'm okay go for it. >> i don't think you'll get far by this evening. that's the only thing. no way. you're getting around tomorrow is the way it looks. but for today, if you leave now. yes, but snow levels going up because of a south wind. but 50 on the temps or 40s. rain is light. rain drizzles out there. but really the main event is until later this afternoon. this evening. there it is. it'll get here throughout the day. rain arrives as we leap back into winter. after a spring like day

yesterday. that's for sure. cloudy, cooler rain develops. the wind already picking up here. 50s now on most of the temps and they'll continue to drop into saturday. all right. sal's here. 501 we made it through the first hour. what about now? >> yeah, it's still pretty good. one of the things that i know is that they're doing they're clearing a crash east 80 at ashby. i just saw it on the camera. uh, the chp doing those, uh, traffic breaks where they slow traffic down east 80, approaching ashby avenue. now, i'm looking at this picture, and there's not a lot going on, so it looks like they may have done their job. and taken that crash off the freeway. and now it's not really a big backup at all. let's talk about some of the other bay crossings. you can see traffic on the dumbarton san mateo bridge look pretty good 501 let's get back to the headlines. all right. >> thank you, sal. people in the bay area are being told not to drive to the sierra this weekend because of that incoming storm. >> you heard with steve just said yes, but some eager skiers and snowboarders are heading up there anyway, trying to beat the worst of the storm. now in

berkeley sports basement was packed last night with shoppers making last minute purchases before they head to tahoe. now, while they know the possible dangers on the road, they said they couldn't pass up a chance to ski and snowboard in record snowfall. >> we'll see how much of it stays open. um, worse comes to worse. we'll just ski the lower mountain i got sleeping bags, hand warmers, lanterns, flashlights, a bunch of non perishable food, a bunch of water, anything that i can survive on for at least 24 to 36 hours. >> now, the ski resorts are preparing for a slippery roads, low visibility and road closures on mountain passes. however, some resorts like palisades tahoe, plan to stay open until at least memorial day because of the expected heavy snowfall. pg and e is preparing for the storm and expects the wind, rain and snow to cause power outages. >> pg and e crews are in place in areas where they've had trouble getting to in the past

because of debris and snow. pg and e also has helicopters and snow cats ready if needed, and customers in remote areas are being warned. extended power outages are possible. all right. >> our time is 503 happening today. the third snow survey of the season, conducted by the california water resource department. they're going to do it in the sierra at the phillips station off highway 50. now, the last survey on january 30th showed snow was 29in deep with a snow water content of ten inches, an increase from the first survey of the season showing three inches of water content. the sierra snowpack, by the way, makes up about a third of california's water supplies. and just a reminder for you, you can download the ktvu weather app to stay up to date on the storm. it has interactive radar and your hourly forecast. you can also send us your photos of the rain or snow that you see. ktvu may show them on air and online.

>> we'll new this morning. there are reports of a possible homicide in vallejo. video shows vallejo police investigating a scene last night at about 7:00 at butte street in alabama street. the solano county coroner was at the scene, and video shows a body being put inside a van. we have reached out to vallejo police for more information on the incident. we will update that story as soon as we get more information. >> all right. bam at 504. we've also tried to reach berkeley police to find out about a crash that may have injured a pedestrian in west berkeley. it happened yesterday afternoon around seven street in hines avenue near aquatic park. our ktvu photographer recorded a dark colored mini cooper at that scene. the front windshield was smashed. the police taped off that area as they investigated, and they would not confirm if a pedestrian was involved. what some posts on social media say somebody was hit that scene was closed off for several hours

before it reopened in the evening. >> later tonight, the four finalists for oakland police chief will introduce themselves during a special meeting of the police commission at oakland city hall. however the person in charge of choosing the next chief will not be there. mayor qingtao, in a letter sent to the commission, said she will not be at the meeting. the letter also said some potential candidates declined or withdrew their applications when they were told they needed to attend tonight's town hall meeting. tao's letter reads in part, quote a forum identifying candidates places those individuals at unnecessary risk with their current employer . it may also force oakland to enter into a premature bidding war with an individual's current employer, if they feel strongly about retaining them. now, these are the four finalists, all of whom have red flags. assistant cincinnati police chief lisa davis reports indicate she has repeatedly been passed over for cincinnati chief. former lubbock, texas, police chief floyd mitchell. he left after his department was accused of

not answering 911 calls. luis molina is assistant deputy mayor for public safety in new york city. he's accused of failing to improve city jail conditions, and former san leandro police chief abdul pridgen, who's accused of violating department policy and who tao rejected when he was on the commission's first candidates list. >> i don't know if anybody inside wants the permanent job because they see the politics, all the things that go on there. >> this job is almost impossible to do. it's going to take a unicorn to do it. that somebody has got to be incredibly special, unique, charismatic, great with the community. >> tonight's police commission meeting is open to the public. people can also participate through zoom. it starts at 630. >> all right. pam, time is 507. riders up on muni is rising. and that's a very encouraging sign after muni really suffered after the pandemic, ktvu o'carroll is at the salesforce transit center right now with the details and

the numbers. good morning bailey . >> good morning dave. yeah, here in san francisco, muni ridership is up 25. that brings it to just about 70% compared to that pandemic. or i should say pre-pandemic level. and now muni was to in order to attain that ridership gain, muni said they focused on things like making sure busses and light rails were clean, safe and reliable for riders. so the transit agency says that they really backbone of their ridership. before the work from home wave was, of course, commuters on weekdays. since then, they've had to pivot , finding new ways to attract riders out of downtown transit centers like where we are, where we are at right now in san francisco, the salesforce transit center under the building here. so again, going back to what they focused on, well, they wanted to make sure their trains were reliable. so major subway delays have fallen

76% since 2019. they wanted to make sure muni was safe as well. so they launched some strategies to make sure that they were able to do that by adding staff, using cameras. also to deter criminal activity, and then also prioritizing and making sure that clean busses and light rails were were there for riders when they needed them. and here's what the sfmta director had to say about it. >> i still get complaints. points from 49 venice riders that they are arriving at their appointments to early, or they're missing their stop because they look down at their phone and the bus is moving. so fast that they are missing their stops. >> that was, of course, another focus that they had wanted to make sure that busses were quick, able to get people where they needed to go on time. and then, as you heard him say, there maybe even a little bit early. now, muni riders also noticing these changes, they

surveyed some riders, nine, 10% of them just just shy of 10, say they reported their experience as good or excellent. that number also rising from last year reporting live in san francisco. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. thank you bailey. all right. 509 is the time. back over to steve. what should we know about when this rain is moving in later. >> not so much this morning drizzle but nothing too heavy here. but it's on its way. and this will be the first of a couple of multi-day events. if you will, especially for the mounds. but we'll get good rain out of it. but somebody you know wrote me on x slash twitter and said, yeah, but we're not we're not talking about the rain. well, the rain will be good. but you know, our rivers and our creeks and streams have come way down. we're not expecting excessive amounts here, except maybe the russian river, which might get 4 to 6, but other than that, it'll just be a good old fashioned rainer. but this will be a classic sierra setup. so

this is a cold system, cold air. cold air really doesn't show up until friday. saturday. but rain arrives today. lower snow levels possible if there's enough available moisture by saturday. saturday night into early sunday , 1 to 3 plus inches of rain likely. i think we'll see more than that. i have to go in and fix everything, but a pretty good rain being forecast here for santa rosa 1.67. that equals easily three parts of the russian river, i would think. also, mount tamalpais will keep an eye on that. and also in the santa cruz mountains. but today's system is just a good system. but it's really all about the snow. blizzard warning has already been issued. and again, i mean, this was issued two days ago and it goes through sunday. so travel likely impossible. 5 to 12ft of snow above the 5000 foot level by the time we get to sunday morning and there will be blowing and drifting snow. i mean, take a look at homeward. you're looking at eight feet of snow being forecast by sunday. i mean, that's a 6 to 8ft around lake level. so what's that tell you? at some of the passes there'll be 10 to 12ft, maybe even more

than that above if you get some of the peaks. so long duration snow event whiteout conditions, heavy snow with wind 785 plus miles per hour and snowfall rates tomorrow look to be in the order of 2 to 5in per hour. i'm still driving up anyway. all right. go for it. you're on your own south wind picking up 50s on the temps. snow level goes up today. then it'll start to come down big time tomorrow. 39 truckee, south lake tahoe. but it will drop a lot as that front begins to approach. but in advance of it you get a south wind and warm advection. that's what we're getting. we're getting the warm sector. so just drizzle this morning or really light rain to the north. the system comes in tonight though. but really it's about the mountains 5 to 12ft extreme snow being forecast. and when you see all this these cellular clouds up here that really cold unstable. and guess what. it also has a trajectory over water, which means it can feed off of that. so thunderstorms and some pretty heavy rainfall rates i think could pick up later today. more likely into friday. that's the main day is friday, so we'll get good rain

out of this. but the amount of snow is just going to be incredible amounts. so shasta lassen 2 to 4. donner pass 6 to 12 around lake level 4 to 8ft. >> all right. thank you steve a 15 year old boy was badly hurt in a snowboarding accident. coming up next, we're going to hear from him and his family about the tough challenges ahead and what he is missing as he recovers and ktvu coverage of black history month continues. >> we're going to look at the history of black cowboys right here in the bay a a 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.

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heading to the us mexico border in texas today. president biden will be in brownsville. trump will head to the town of eagle pass. it's a sign of how important immigration has become in the 2024 campaign season. customs and border protection numbers show a 50% decline last month, but officials say they're still overwhelmed after record numbers of border crossings in december. >> we're still seeing, on average, between 4 and 5000 people crossing each and every day in their visits to the border. >> trump is expected to blame democrats for the surge in migrant crossings. president biden will attack republicans for blocking a bipartisan border security deal on trump's direction. >> our time is now 516 through a bipartisan deal, house and

senate leaders in washington have agreed to prevent a partial government shutdown before tomorrow's deadline. this deal would temporarily extend funding for one set of federal agencies through march the 8th, and another group through march 22nd. it contains no funding for ukraine, israel and other allies. later today, the house is expected to vote on that temporary funding bill. the senate will vote soon after that . >> republicans in the state assembly are calling for an investigation into the governor. this comes after a bloomberg report says a fast food minimum wage law starting in april would benefit a big newsom donor who owns panera restaurants. the law allows establishments baking and selling bread as a standalone item to continue paying a $16 minimum wage, instead of 20. this saves that donor thousands of dollars in labor a year across his two dozen panera bread franchise locations. >> our time is now 517, the latest research shows skin

diseases and patients of color are sometimes overlooked, and the impact in some cases can be deadly. doctor leon clark at highland hospital in oakland has been changing the way dermatologists examine skin. three years ago, he founded the dermatology department at alameda health systems, which is now a fully staffed clinic supporting underserved patients in the east bay. he says. it's very important to understand the patients they serve. >> we teach young doctors specifically about skin of color and specifically how to take care of the people here in our community. if you don't know what to look for, you just won't see it. >> just by looking at me. he asked me to see my elbows and he said, i know what you have. i'm just thankful for doctor clark. that's all i can say. >> and doctor clark also conducts outreach to primary care clinics in the bay area to help them to identify skin problems early, hoping to improve the health of people of color. it is the 40th

anniversary of a rodeo tradition that has roots in the bay area, and it's a big deal, too. it's the bill pickett invitational rodeo. it takes place at raul ranch in castro valley, celebrating the often overlooked legacy of black cowboys. the event coordinator says when the rodeo started, black cowboys were not allowed to ride in all white rodeos and they were not well represented in cowboy movies and history. >> the theme of the bill pickett invitational rodeo is the greatest show on dirt. the only western ppe bill that we saw were, of course, non-african american. even though one out of every four cowboy back in the west was an african american, we were left out of the history books. >> now, the name bill pickett is very important. he was a black cowboy born in 1870, and he was one of the greatest cowboys the world has ever seen. >> incredible guy. yeah, great story, great tradition. continuing all right. right now we want to head over to steve

paulson. you have a lot to tell us in terms of weather. >> there's nothing going on. >> it's quiet, nothing going on. just dangerous levels of snow, extreme levels of snow. >> now can we'll get rain out of this. there'll be good rain again. i said this yesterday. i don't want to overlook the fact we're getting rain out of this. but again, our rivers, our streams, creeks have had time to come down. so we're not expecting you know, 10 to 12in of rain or anything, but six would not surprise me in the russian river between now and, say, late saturday night or sunday. this is a classic winter storm. storm setup. okay, rain arrives for us today. it's a cold system, lower snow levels likely by saturday evening, but 1 to 3 plus inches of rain easily could fall. i mean, we're already starting to see that here. forecast out what forecast projection are using? i'm using the ten kilometer what's called the gem. the canadian model. it's been really good last month or so. so that's what i'm using on the forecast projection for rain. santa rosa 1.67 oakland over an inch of rain. napa an inch and a third over an inch. ben lomond, santa cruz, morgan hill over an inch. half moon bay. i'll buy it. i don't see

any reason to doubt it for right now, but it's really all about the mountains and just incredible amount of dynamics set up for what looks to be travel likely impossible by the time we get to tomorrow, maybe even tonight, 5 to 12ft of snow above the 5000 foot level is likely. and i mean, just take a look at around lake level. you're looking at 7 to 8ft of snow between now and sunday afternoon. so i'm going to go up there anyway. well you can if you go now maybe you know. but after that good luck. i just don't think you're going to get very far. snowfall rates of 2 to 5in per hour. there are possible on friday into saturday, friday is the main day though, but long duration snow event whiteout conditions, downed trees, downed power lines could make for a disruption of life for some. is what this is. the heavy snow discussion from the weather prediction center. i mean, we're not messing around with this with heavy snow, when easily 75 gusts of maybe 100 at the passes would not see. surprised me at all. wind is picking up for us. not too bad right now, but 50s

mainly on the temps. with that south wind and the cloud cover coming in. same for the mountains. snow level go up up, up probably 6500ft or so and then come way down starting tonight and especially as we go into friday. but we have a ways to go before the real rain arrives. we have drizzle, but light rain will kick in. this is extremely cold air also right there. you're seeing a lot of thunderstorm activity is possible with that overwater trajectory. everything is setting up southwest direction. orographic lift in the mountains and just deep moisture along with cold air advection will make for some hefty snowfall totals. and i think it's a pretty good rain totals in the russian river. i'll say marin county north looks to be the focus for us here over the next 3 to 5 days. low clouds drizzle, 40s for and 50s for lows. clouds increase, the wind picks up and the rain develops later today. 50s on the temps and they will continue to drop here, especially as we go into saturday. dave. >> all right steve times 522 into testing in mental health services. we'll tell you about a new program in san mateo county responding to mental health calls without involving the police. and now that the macy's

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then there is to just never give up, never back down. >> a 15 year old boy badly hurt in a snowboarding accident. we're hearing from the teenager about his difficult recovery and one of the largest wildfires in texas history still burning. we're going to take a look at the destruction and what could be fueling the flames from ktvu. >> fox two news this is mornings on two. >> good morning. thank you for joining us here. on mornings on two i'm pam cook and good morning i'm dave clark. >> thursday morning february 29th. you know it's a friday eve . >> you're right here. >> yes it is much to talk about and it's leap day and we're leaping back into winter conditions. >> so pamela, where did you come up with that i love it you did all right. 40s and 50s on the temp. some drizzle out there, i think. pam had some on the way in. dave did not, i did. i had a little bit, not much. ali did

you know i didn't see any. so that's two nos and two yeses. 40s and 50s on the temps. our system though is producing a lot of cloud cover. rain is on the way, but this is later, not sooner. as we leap back into winter after spring, light temps yesterday, cloudy, cooler rain develops. the wind will pick up, but this is really all about the sierra where a blizzard warning has already been posted. 50s on most of the temps. all right, here's sal. anything new? >> no, not a lot. which is good. we like it to be nice and boring out there, don't we? we can see traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on 80 as you drive to the bay bridge toll plaza, no major issues. we're just about to hear a little more about the caltrans and the road conditions in the sierra. i'll let pam tell you about that. however i will tell you that here in the bay area, all the road conditions are pretty good. but as you heard steve say, it's going to be raining later so that may factor into your decision as to whether or not to drive today at 531. let's go back to that person i call pam.

>> well, thank you, sal. and we are talking about those driving conditions. sal's been steve's been warning us. sal is talking about it. a blizzard warning in effect for the sierra driving to tahoe this weekend. and even tonight, strong, discouraged may not even be possible during the storm. >> well, the chp says if you absolutely have to go to the sierra, you better do it now, because the window to do it is closing fast. ktvu sally rasmus in the studio with us now to tell us more about the travel warning and also the advice from emergency responders. yeah. >> and that window may have already closed. it may be too late because as you mentioned, this blizzard warning is now in effect. it started at 4:00 this morning. as steve mentioned, it's expected to last for the next 72 hours in the sierra from tahoe all the way down to yosemite. they are expecting anywhere from 10 to 12ft of snow in the next several days. so people who wanted to try and beat the storm left the bay area

last night. avid skiers and boarders got geared up and took their chances. meanwhile, in the lake tahoe area, people stocked up at grocery and hardware stores, preparing to possibly have to hunker down for several days. blizzard conditions expected to bring down trees, possibly, and cause power outages, as tahoe locals and the chp are asking visitors to stay away this weekend and pick another weekend. >> because even if it doesn't, you know, even if it's half of what they say, it will still be a mess. not only the snow on the ground, but the snow that's blowing around in the air, which limits visibility considerably. >> um, and that's what causes most of our problems. >> california's emergency operations center has been activated in anticipation of this winter storm. the chp warning that highways 80, 50 and all of the roadways basically leading into any area around tahoe likely to be closed for long stretches at a time. so the advice, again, avoid traveling to the sierra at all if you can

help it. people who are already there need to make sure they have all the supplies they need for several days in case they're stuck. snowed in with no power. dave and pam, back to you all right. >> thank you ali. and just a reminder, you can download our ktvu weather app to stay up to date on this storm. it has interactive radar, the hourly forecast. you can also send us your photos of the rain and the snow. what you're seeing out there ktvu may show them on air and online nine a high school student athlete from napa is recovering from life changing injuries after a snowboarding accident over the weekend, and his family says blake mendenhall's positive attitude is helping them, even if some things going wrong. >> are you getting hurt? what i realized from how much pain and suffering i've been through is to just never give up, never back down. and the way he handles it completely changes the way i start to think about

it. >> and he lifts me up. >> 15 year old blake is in the hospital in reno. he crashed into a tree while snowboarding on sunday afternoon at a tahoe ski resort. his family says he severed his spinal cord and he cannot walk. at napa vintage high school, blake is a talented athlete. he excels in many sports. >> he was just awesome as a coach, whether it be football, golf or soccer. you wish you had. like 20 blake's. you know, with that kind of attitude on your team. >> you guys back in napa, blake will be getting care at craig hospital in colorado. >> they specialize in spinal cord injuries. it will probably be months before he can go back home to napa. our time now. 534 police in san jose now have a man in custody in connection with a triple shooting back in 2018. 26 year-old miguel vergara perez was arrested at his home in rohnert park. he's accused of shooting three men during an argument in 2018 at a san jose

taqueria on almaden expressway, the three victims survived that shooting, was captured on surveillance video. >> the video shows shows just how gruesome this act was as committing this violent crime in a public area where multiple bystanders are located, including small children. and so you really see that in the surveillance video now, vergara perez is now booked at the santa clara county main jail. >> he's charged with attempted homicide. >> a ruling in southern california says a riverside county school district can require teachers to notify parents when a student identifies as transgender. now, in the same case, the judge says temecula valley unified school district can also ban race theory in recent lawsuits, parents and students have challenged the district's ban on classes about racism or sexual orientation. >> your time's now 536 in berkeley, officials at uc berkeley say it cost almost $8

million to secure and take control of people's park last month, most of that money was spent on building a perimeter around people's park, with $2.9 million spent on that by itself. cal also spent almost $4 million on law enforcement, with 1.7 million of that spent on police overtime and another $1 million was spent on providing services to the homeless who sleep at the people's park. that amount doesn't include the bills from other police departments who helped out in seizing control of people's park. >> saint vincent de paul high school in petaluma is now working to stay open. the school needs to raise $400,000 by the end of march to cover an operating deficit. saint vincent de paul currently has 170 students and 30 full time faculty. school leadership says the funds will primarily go towards paying staff. >> our mission is about a faith based education that builds kids

who think outside themselves and grow leadership skills, service skills as saint vincent de paul plans to use the donations as grants and endowments to pay for future operating costs. >> but in the short terme, school leaders say they're just hoping to finish out the school year. >> our time now, 537 the health ministry of gaza says at least 70 people were killed today in an israeli airstrike on a crowd of palestinians who were waiting in line to get humanitarian aid in gaza city. 280 other people were wounded in that airstrike. hundreds of people in gaza city showed up to collect bags of food. it was the first major humanitarian assistance in a month. the israeli military says it's investigating that incident . meantime, here at home, some students and staff walked out of an oakland middle school after a meeting in support of a ceasefire in gaza was canceled.

in this courtroom, speeches in response, free speech and free now, the walkout at westlake middle school was organized by the school's black student union . they're upset over the abrupt cancellation of that meeting by the school district. the meeting was organized by the group bay area labor for palestine. the school district hasn't commented yet on the student walkout or that canceled meeting. meantime police in el cerrito arrested a man accused of pushing a woman to the ground at a protest stealing her israeli flag, and then setting it on fire. it happened on january 6th at the san pablo avenue intersection with carlson boulevard. 36 year old christopher hussar from hayward is now booked into the martinez detention facility. on one count of robbery, one count of grand theft and one count of arson. >> a warning that the wildfires burning now in texas could devastate the nation's agriculture and ranching industries. there are currently

23 wildfires burning across texas. more than 1 million acres have burned and 83 year old grandmother was also killed when the fires burned down her home in the sky just turned black. >> i mean, the smoke was so thick and luckily we made it out and into the migrant caravan, which i think was probably about 30 miles long. it's still emotional. >> it's this is our life. i mean, we've been here for 50 years and it's, it's pretty tough. >> ranchers expect thousands of cattle will be lost. boy, we feel for them there in texas because we have all been through that. we have very different weather story here, though. in california, particularly coming in today. steve paulson has our forecast. >> well, the last two years now. yes it took a while to get the snow up in the mountains, but boy, it's making up for lost time. there's a lot of people thought it would be back loaded for the mountains and back loaded means you'd show up, you know, february, march and guess what? that's exactly what's

happening. although we had pretty good rain even going back to december. but the sierra was waiting, waiting, waiting on the snow. they don't have to wait much longer. it is on its way. this is a cold system thursday into sunday. i don't know why people aren't including sunday because there will be some on sunday. rain arrives today. lower snow levels on saturday. 1 to 4in of rain should cover it. although i do think the russian river could get five plus by the time we get to sunday or monday, maybe even more than that. by the time we get to this time next week. but i mean, if santa rosa again being forecast here with an inch and two thirds, that's easily three and a half in the russian river, and that's just through friday night, still have to go through saturday. the rest of friday's overnight into saturday and early sunday as well. but some pretty good amounts here. you know, half inch to maybe two should cover it here. but look at the amounts being forecast out here for the i mean you're talking eight feet for some between now and sunday afternoon. so above the 5000 foot level 5 to 12ft. this will be a long duration snow event. whiteout conditions, wind gusts easily 75 to 100 over some of the passes. snowfall rates of 2 to 5in per hour are possible,

especially on friday, which would make for whiteout conditions and again, maybe downed trees. power outages. this is a long duration event here for them. you're seeing wind picking up out of the south. as you might imagine. that's a front direction. but right now we're just getting low. clouds drizzle. rain is still on the north coast, but it'll work its way down with a strong south wind. the snow level is going to go up trucking south lake tahoe or 39, but once that gets into tonight, then that snow level will drop off the table. but still we have a ways to go. rain to the north, but it's going to take a while to sweep through here. that is unbelievably cold air coming down, sweeping down right here. and not only that, that could give us thunderstorms, but this has an over water trajectory, which certainly helps. but the key for the mountains, this is a classic setup for the mounds because you're going to take all this moisture and you're going to have a strong southwest, a lot of moisture, 5000 to 10,000ft. and you take roaring jet stream and you lift that over the hills, you cool it, condense it. and i mean, you can get some incredible totals. and that's what's being forecast here. so i see no reason to

doubt it. but again, if santa rosa gets three, if that's 5 to 6 in the russian river. so i don't know, am i the only one seeing that or what? 50s on the temps to near 60. low clouds drizzle 40s for lows or 50s. i think they're going up though. clouds increase, wind picks up, the rain develops for us, but for the mountains everything will start to tail off pretty rapidly by this afternoon. and tonight. if you go now, i think you're all right. but after this afternoon, no 50s on most of the temps and get ready for a cold pattern, especially on saturday. all right. >> are saint patrick's day just a few weeks away. we're going to get a sneak peek of a cultural experience kicking off today that highlights a history of irish dance in the bay area and the reports of sexual misconduct in the music industry. >> we'll tell you about a new report covering seven decades, showing a very disturbing pattern

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>> now, that program will include non-armed mobile crisis response teams, people dealing with mental or behavioral health problems will soon be able to ask for help from specialists who can connect them to the appropriate service. >> social workers work miracles. uh, you know, therapists work miracles, psychology work miracles. uh they are skilled in de-escalating situations. and that is, you know, one of the big hopes of this program, they will have five mobile, uh, crisis response vans that will be located throughout the county at the ready for in-person response. and that will be a game changer. >> now, after calls are screened , the staff will arrive in vans that are not marked mental health officials say the police won't go out on the calls unless it's deemed necessary for safety reasons. >> the oakland coliseum has a new sign now that the rooted in oakland sign came down this week, oakland a's president dave

kaval shared photos of the new sign on social media. take a look. it shows historic moments for the oakland a's, including a number of walk off celebrations from recent seasons, world series celebrations from the 1970s and, of course, oakland's own rickey henderson. kaval says this season will be a celebration of the team's 50 plus years in oakland, which is, i'm sure, very bittersweet. yeah, it is, but her a's see that, fans. but there's certainly a history for sure. all right, sal keeping an eye on traffic. what are you looking at ? >> i'm looking at the bay bridge. pam and dave, it's getting a little more crowded. and today's the day. i think everyone's been talking about. if you're driving to the sierra, you should be. especially aware of the storm coming in. but also, if you're driving this morning, it's not raining now, but it will rain later. and that may make your decision different as to what you're going to do today. when it comes to going into the office, maybe taking those meetings at home. if you have such flexible 80, you look

at interstate 80, things are doing okay right now. i don't see a lot going on. as we look at the macarthur maze 550 let's talk to steve now about today's weather. >> all right, sal, thanks. we do have some drizzle out there, but the main rain band is coming in later today. we'll take a look. it's up on the north coast moving into mendocino county. so it won't take too long. but i mean, if you're most locations this morning, the best or the worst, you'll encounter will probably be some drizzle, but it doesn't take long to start picking up. that's the warm advection rain as an advance of that system. but a cold rain is on the way. starting tonight for sure. on friday into saturday. highs on saturday may struggle to get above 52 for some here, but blizzard warning has already begun. a 72 hour event for extreme snow 5 to 12ft above the 5000 foot level. you have to put that in there, for crying out loud. but you can see that's a tremendous cold air as an over water trajectory. i mean, it's just a classic setup for this year. i mean, look at this all digging in there. and then over that water trajectory along with a roaring jet stream is going to funnel in and just give some

incredible amounts of precipitation. i snow, if you will, for the mounds. i mean, i still think russian river, after everything is said and done over the next week, gets about five plus to six. uh, that looks like a lot of rain to me. remember, though, our river streams creeks have come way down, so those are not a critical levels. but this will be just so slam city for the mountains. blizzard warning goes through sunday 72 hour event and there could easily be, you know, 10 to 12ft above, uh, some of the passes there, low clouds drizzle and then clouds increase. the wind picks up, rain develops later 50s on the temps. we are dropping off the table here. so to speak, with the temps and the friday, saturday, probably even into sunday, looks like another system on monday night and tuesday. >> all right, steve times 552. a bay area wharf that was 100 years old has now been removed. coming up at 6:00. the benefits about this multi-agency effort and what it could mean for the bay area, and a changing of the guard is coming to the u.s.

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november election. mcconnell turned 82 last week and is the longest serving senate leader in history. >> i'm no longer the young man sitting in the back hoping that colleagues would remember my name. it's time for the next generation of leadership moving the republican party and the us supreme court and the federal bench overall, farther to the right, but not someone who could please donald trump in the process of doing so. >> my mcconnell has suffered recent health issues, including a serious fall last year, and several times appeared to freeze in front of reporters. >> he intends to serve out his terms, though, which ends in january 2027. >> our time now. 556 the u.s. supreme court agreed to decide whether former president trump can be prosecuted on charges that he interfered with the 2020 election. lawyers for trump argued that trump cannot face charges of conspiracy and obstruction because of

presidential immunity from civil liability while in office, and that should also apply to criminal charges, as the supreme court will hear arguments about this in april, a decision is expected by the end of june one. >> the real victory here for trump, it deals with the calendar. you know, the overriding push of smith, a special counsel, has been to get a trial before the election in. he's running out of runway right now in the state of illinois. >> a judge has banned trump from appearing on the presidential primary ballot there because of his role in the january 6th riots. however that court ruling is delayed from taking effect until the u.s. supreme court makes a decision in a similar case in colorado, the crowds lined up to catch a glimpse and whiff of the cal academy corpse flower that began its bloom. >> it is a rare sight and smell as the endangered flower bloom 1 to 3 days old only once every 7

to 10 years. the tropical flower species is known to release a pungent odor when it blooms. the odor is often compared to rotting food or bodies or sweaty socks. people describe it a process that lasts up to three days, which means you're running out of time if you want to catch a whiff. >> our time is 557. e-40 is scheduled to perform this summer at the alameda county fair. the bay area hip hop legend will headline an event on june 20th. he's also performed last summer at the county fair. the alameda county fair begins on june 14th. it ends on july 7th in pleasanton. >> the lineup for bottle rocks after dark concert series has been released. east, sometimes the truth seems simple in my mind. norah jones is among a slate of artists to set to perform the after dark series has singers at standalone venues

around the bay area over the memorial day weekend, including san francisco, napa, berkeley, nevada, menlo park and san jose. saint vincent, action bronson, and cannons are all part of the long list of performance performers, and tickets went on sale. yes today filming is about to start for the next star wars film right here in the bay area. the bounty hunter saga, the mandalorian and grogu will be filmed entirely in the state of california, with filming locations in marin county, san francisco and alameda. the project is getting one of california's largest tax credit awards ever for filming here in the golden state, a reported $20 million credit california has been in competition with other states, including georgia, for the shooting of movies and television shows. filming is set to begin in june. >> i got sleeping bags and hand warmers, lanterns, any thing that i can survive on for at least 24 to 36 hours.

>> some people are rushing to get up to the sierra before that big winter storm hits. we'll tell you why. caltrans and the ski resorts are telling people don't do it. don't give in to the so-called red powder panic. and the four finalists to be oakland police chief preparing to speak tonight at a special meeting. we'll tell you why the person in charge of choosing the next police chief will not be at that candidate forum. >> from katie icu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it's thursday february 29th which means it's friday eve. yes it is leap day. we have an extra day and we have a little bit of nice weather to get out and about before a big storm comes in. let's check in with steve paulson for the forecast. >> well, we can't duplicate yesterday that's for sure. yeah, it was a sunny side up and warm. we have a big change. is already arriving here. low clouds are in

place. some drizzle is being reported. rain will develop later. it's still up on the north coast, but it's moving south and eventually it'll get here by this afternoon. this evening. and we leap back into winter big time here a little bit today, more likely friday into saturday. highs on saturday, maybe around 5152 if not, that's i mean we're going to be a cold pattern here for a couple of days. this is a lot about snow, but rain for us as well. 50s to near 60 on the temps. probably no more 60s for about three days after today. all right. so here's 6:00 bay bridge. uh >> yes, sir. hey, steve, is it a hazy shade of winter we're going back into, or is it just going to be traditional winter? >> uh, no. hazy yet, though. i know where you're going with that, though, sal. thank you, sir. >> copy that. yes, sir. hey, um, highway 17. i think that people who drive this are probably, again, cursed. well, maybe cursing, but at least unhappy. northbound 17, right near the summit. another crash. we seem to get them very regularly here. and if you are watching and you drive santa cruz mountains, hit

me up on ax or facebook or wherever you can find me. why is it that we get a crash there on 17, 18? almost every day? there's one now blocking the left lane, and it's not causing a big jam just yet. bay bridge backed up here. it's backed up to about the middle of the parking lot. you heard the man say that we're going to have rain and that may affect your decision on whether or not you want to drive today. 601 let's get back to the headlines. thank you. >> sal muni ridership in san francisco is increasing. promising sign after it took a big hit following the pandemic. well, ktvu bailey o'carroll is at the salesforce transit center right now with the details and those numbers. >> good morning baby. hey pam and dave, good morning. >> yeah, muni ridership here in san francisco up about 25. that brings it to about 70% of the ridership level. it was at pre-pandemic. now the reason being that muni sf, sfmta a

focused on a couple key things to get that ridership number back up. so transit agency says that weekday commuters were really the backbone of their ridership. uh, as as those people were heading out to work, that was before the work from home wave hit. so they had to pivot and they had to focus on three things cleanliness, safety and reliability. they added staff and cameras at stops and in busses and light rails to deter criminals. they are also ensuring that stations, stops and vehicles are all clean for riders, both on those busses. and then of course, as they're waiting for those busses and light rails before they get on. and then on top of this, delays are down more than 75. we've made muni faster and more frequent by investing in transit priority over the last four years. >> we have built more than 25 miles of new transit only lanes and other transit priority treatments. and riders are

noticing these changes. >> about 10% of riders say they are more satisfied with muni. so of course, ridership up, satisfaction rates up. all good things all around here for muni riders reporting live in san francisco. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. thank you. bailey tomorrow marks one year since a student was killed during a fight with a classmate at montgomery high school in santa rosa. let those parents know what's going on so they can get informed and plugged in. >> so keep putting the word out there. >> parents protested outside last night. santa rosa school board meeting. they carried signs demanding more safety in the classrooms. the school board meeting overflowed with demonstrators, some demanding safety changes. others went to the hearing to rally against planned layoffs at the school district. well, new this morning there's a reports of a possible homicide in vallejo. we've been

looking into this video showing vallejo police investigating a scene last night at about 7:00 at bute street and allen street, the solano county coroner was at the scene. video showed a body being put inside a van. we have reached out to the vallejo police department for more information on the incident. we are still waiting to hear back. >> all right, pam, time is 604 happening today in oakland before finalists for being oakland's next police chief will introduce themselves this evening at a special meeting of the police commission. ktvu andre senior is here now to tell us about this candidates forum and why oakland mayor shang tao is boycotting the event and will not be there. good morning andre. >> good morning to you, dave. for the first time, the public will get to see and hear all four candidates each while each finalist can make their case for chief, mayor shengtao says tonight's forum is a terrible idea and a disservice to the city. the mayor sent a letter to the police commission in which she called the forum, quote, detrimental in attracting the

best candidates. now since december, she has met with several law enforcement leaders nationwide who have shown interest in the job. mayor tao says they dropped out, though, when they were told they may need to appear in a public forum with other candidates. now, tao's letter reads in part, quote, a forum identified candidates, places those individuals at unnecessary risk with their current employers. it may also force oakland to enter into a premature bidding war with an individual's current employer, if they feel strongly about retaining them. >> i don't know if anybody inside wants the permanent job because they see the politics, all the things that go on there. >> this job is almost impossible to do. it's going to take a unicorn to do it that somebody has got to be incredibly special , unique, charismatic, great with the community. >> now, the chronicle reports tao courted two people in law enforcement for the vacancy. one is a current police chief and the other is a former police chief, both from mid-sized cities. each person passed when

they passed on the job, when they heard about this forum, though now the police commission submitted four names to the mayor, all of whom have red flags. now the assistant cincinnati police chief, lisa davis, now reports indicate she has repeatedly been passed over for cincinnati chief former lubbock, texas, police chief floyd mitchell. he left after his department was accused of not answering 911 calls. luis molina is assistant deputy mayor for a public safety, mayor for public safety in new york city. he's accused of failing to improve city jail conditions, and former san leandro police chief abdul pridgen is accused of violating department policy and hotel reject when he was on the commissions first candidates list. mayor tao says she looks forward to officially receiving the list of finalists next month . tonight's forum starts at 630 at oakland city hall. anyone can attend or zoom in to watch that hearing. dave. >> all right. andre thank you. time now. 607 happening today.

the third snow survey of the season, conducted by the california water resource department. they're going to do it in the sierra at the phillips station off highway 50. and the last survey back on january 30th showed snow was 29in deep with a snow water content of ten inches, an increase from the first survey of the season, showing three inches of water content. the sierra snowpack makes up about a third of california's water supply, and people who live in the sierra are just stocking up on supplies for this weekend. and grocery and hardware stores are busy with customers. they're buying food, warm clothes, winter boots, snow shovels, batteries and more in truckee, the owners of and the workers at mountain hardware and sports are helping the locals and the visitors get ready for the coming storm. >> it's the gamut. so we're, uh, shovels, tire chains, uh, ice melt generators, lanterns, flashlights, batteries. um,

anything that you can think of that somebody would need for a power outage or a severe storm. and there are coming in for it, believing. >> and longtime residents are telling visitors to stay away. this weekend is not the right time for a casual visit, because the roads are going to be messy, even if the area gets half the amount of snow that's been forecast. and just a reminder for you, you can download the ktvu weather app. very important. stay up to date on the storm. it has interactive radar and the hourly forecast. you can also send us your photos of the rain or snow you see. ktvu may show them on air and online. >> all right, that leads us to sal keeping an eye on our thursday morning commute. how's a look out there, sal? >> it looks okay. it's getting a little crowded there, pam. you can see right behind you the bay bridge. let's bring that up full. you can see that it is backed up for about a ten minute delay. i'm not really concerned about that. i'm also looking at

oakland, where oakland has the traffic that's moving well, a lot of that traffic is going right back to the bay bridge. i do want to mention highway 17 again, northbound 71. we have a crash near the summit. again in, uh, in fact, i just got a message from someone i asked for people to comment. if you're a highway 17 driver. so i'm going to get to that comment next time. it just popped up as i was on tv here. but people have opinions about highway 17, and most of them are. or let's just say, um, it's a tough freeway to drive. i'll just leave it like that. 609 let's go back to pam. >> all right. thank you. sal. antioch is cracking down on sideshows coming up, the new rules and penalties meant to deter the dangerous stunts. >> it's also a wharf that's 100 years old. has finally been removed. we tell you the benefits of this multi-agency effort could bring to the bay area and to people who live in richmond

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there have to be proactive measures to make sure that they don't happen in the first place, rather than responding to just being equipped to respond to them when they do happen. >> antioch city council is considering a proposal that would issue fines of up to

$1,000 and or six months in jail for anyone caught organizing or promoting street races. the city's interim police chief says antioch had an effective investigative system in the past that uncovered sideshows before they happened. now officers are forced to respond afterwards. >> our time now 613 police in san jose now have a man in custody in connection with a triple shooting back in 2018, 26 year old miguel vergara perez was arrested in rohnert park at his home. he's accused of shooting three men back in 2018 during an argument at a san jose taqueria on almaden expressway. the three victims survived that shooting, was captured on surveillance video. >> the video shows just how gruesome this act was committing this violent crime in a public area where multiple bystanders are located, including small children. and so you really see that in the surveillance video.

>> now, vergara perez is booked at the santa clara county main jail. he's charged with attempted homicide. >> a marijuana dispensary in healdsburg is suing the city because it was not awarded a license to open its business. mercy wellness operates dispensaries in cotati and santa rosa. last year, it joined eight applicants applying for licenses to operate in healdsburg, the city approved licenses for two of the companies now in its lawsuit, mercy wellness claims healdsburg should reexamine the way it awards, permits and licenses. the company claims it was denied a permit, even though it scored better than the two businesses that were awarded the permits. the city of oakley will soon increase fines for illegal commercial cannabis operations, council members unanimously approved a charge of up to $10,000 a day for violations. the new ordinance will return for a second reading and final approval next month. san francisco city leaders say they are working to eliminate red tape to make it easier for prospective buyers to scoop up

the macy's union square property. the flagship store is among 150 macy's locations that will be closed within the next few years, as the retailer refocuses on smaller spaces and luxury brands. the city may convert the 400,000 square foot site into multiple uses, including housing, office space and a nonprofit site. >> one thing i would think about is subdividing the space and inviting some of those activities and users that have fled the city in the in, you know, the last decades, like nonprofit organizations, ngos, artists, arts organizations and trying to track them into that space. macy's says it does not plan to close the store this year. >> it could remain open for another year or two until the property is sold. >> all right. our time is 616, an east bay wharf. that's 120 years old, has now been removed from off the coast of richmond in an attempt to restore the ecosystem of that area.

>> everybody understood that long time there were going to be significant improvements to the bay from a water quality standpoint, habitat standpoint. >> right now, chevron richmond removed that wharf. it was just north of point bellotti beach park in richmond. the wharf was built back in 1904. it was decommissioned in the mid 1980s. 820 wood piles and 90 steel piles were taken out as part of that removal process. they're hoping this will help. uh, you know, eel grass in that area grow again and bring back wildlife as well. >> a lot of restoration efforts around. nice for the bay. all right, let's check in with sal. you're covering some, uh, thick traffic in some spots. yeah yeah, and highway 17. >> and i asked for some comments on social media. first of all, northbound 17. there's a crash, right near the summit. uh, mary hughes writes, we live right off highway 17. it's two specific

northbound curves. or people just go too fast. and also, lance wong says this happens because drivers are speeding and they miscalculate the speed through the curve. and that's why there are crashes there. and there's another one northbound 17 right near the summit this morning, south eight commute looks all right. let's go to the macarthur maze. that looks good. no major problems there. and if you're driving on highway four, we have a nice looking commute. although it's a little slow, but i would say that it's normal. bay bridge is the same thing for this time of the morning. even though you see slow traffic, i'd say it's nice ten minutes or so. we'd like routine. we don't like surprises, right at 617, let's bring steve back in. he's talking about today's weather. >> you asked for comments on social media. sal, are you feeling okay? >> i know, i know, my mentions are going to be filled up. >> i probably didn't get any. all right. yesterday if you went out and enjoyed it. because i hope you did. we won't see these again for a little while. that's for sure. san rafael 70, san

jose was 70, santa cruz, livermore, oakland, vallejo 69 degrees. atherton and santa rosa. i use downtown santa rosa. i don't use the airport at 68 warm degrees. not today. santa rosa, san francisco, concord, san jose. down we go. 54, 58, 59 and 60 on those forecast highs. and they'll continue to drop until saturday, when some areas may be hard pressed to get over about 52. some drizzle already out there. the system is arriving later, not sooner. this is a cold system. it will take us into sunday. there will still be rain on sunday. i think the russian river, after everything said and done, gets 5 to 6. some locations maybe an inch, others 3 to 4. but lower snow levels will kick in probably saturday. a pretty good rain here being forecast for just going into friday night and early saturday. look at that. i mean santa rosa gets 1.67. you're three and a half in russian river areas. but pretty good rain here. i mean, this is more about the sierra, the snow is just again, just mind numbing numbers being forecast here 4 to 8ft around lake level with 8 to 12ft. you get up above the five up to

around 6000 507,000ft. this is a long duration snow event. whiteout conditions are possible 5 to 12ft above 5000ft, and snowfall rates of 2 to 5in per hour are likely on friday and maybe saturday. 30s in the mountains, snow levels gone up. if you have to go, go now, because by this evening you're you're you're in a world of hurt. i think as snow levels will plunge here, we get cloudy skies in the morning, but rain returns and it will be a colder rain starting tonight. tomorrow. more likely in the saturday. but it's all about the mountains, you guys. a lot of snow on the way. >> all right. thank you steve a first for santa clara for the record numbers. just released showing a spike in the number of people who are unhoused and overcoming diagnosis disparities in people of color. what a local dermatologist is doing to help ensure everyone gets the medical treatment they need

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people crossing each and every day now the in their visits to the border. >> trump is expected to blame president biden for the surge in migrant crossings, while president biden will attack republicans for blocking a bipartisan border security deal. on trump's orders, house and senate leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown ahead of tomorrow's deadline. the deal would temporarily extend funding for one set of federal agencies through march 8th and another group through march 22nd. however, emergency funding for ukraine, israel and other allies remain stalled. the house is expected to vote today on a temporary funding bill. the senate will vote soon after a new report in santa clara county finds a record 2500 homeless families were moved into permanent housing last year. however at the same time almost double that number lost their homes. now there are a number of reasons for that, including mental health and addiction and severe affordable housing shortages. they say more funding is needed to help overcome the concerns. turns 24 young people

who have been living in a nonprofit center in santa rosa have now been told they have to be out of that building by tomorrow, according to the press democrat. the social advocates for youth, also known as say, declared bankruptcy this week. the dream center operated by say, provided housing and other services for young people experiencing homelessness. it's the sonoma county department of health, says the press democrat tells the press democrat that new housing has been identified for all 24 young people currently living at that dream center, a small school district in santa rosa is laying off 20 staff members at the end of the school year because of reduced state funding. the decision comes after overwhelming pushback from parents and teachers in recent days, according to the press democrat. the district's original plan would have cut 30 roles, including the entire staff of literacy professionals, along with a number of teaching assistants. opponents argue eliminating the positions will negatively impact students who need that extra help. the district says it has no choice,

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never give up, never back down. >> a snowboarding trip became dangerous for a bay area teenager. how he is coping with life changing injuries and what he told katie icu about his road to recovery. and a high school in petaluma at risk of closing the race against time to get the money to keep saint vincent de paul open. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> all right. as we take you live to that opening bell ringing right now in the new york stock exchange, a key report on inflation that the federal reserve uses to determine interest rates was released. this morning. that new report shows price rose slightly in january. as expected. they're up about 2.4% from last year at this time. and one stock to watch this morning. birkenstock

it just released good numbers for the last quarter. strong holiday sales. you might remember birkenstock just went public back in october. so looks like a good opening numbers headed higher on that inflation data that came in just as expected. we'll get you all your business news coming up. thank you for joining us here. on mornings on two i'm pam cook and good morning i'm dave clark thursday morning it's february 29th. >> it is leap day. >> it is leap day. >> and it is going to leap back into winter. as steve has said, boy, nothing to joke about though, steve. he said dangerous levels of snow for the sierra and also shasta lassen. >> don't want to forget that, but this is mainly about the sierra we're under cloudy, mostly cloudy skies here. temperature in the 40s 50s. we had some drizzle, but the real rain is on its way. but not until later. it's making its move. but warm overrunning rain should start pretty soon if it hasn't already. to the north, i know it has. in northern sonoma county, mendocino county, but it will rain, no doubt about it. and it will rain and it'll be a cold rain, probably all the way into sunday. so morning overcast . drizzle, cloudy. cooler. rain

develops and the wind will pick up as well. temps which were nice yesterday. they were coming down in fact way down well a smooth commute. that's what i like. mr. castaneda, who doesn't? >> steve. yeah, i know actually. right now we're seeing it and steve said it will rain and that may make your decision as to whether or not you're going to take the car. um, you know, it's going into san francisco. so just, uh, leave the door open for the possibility of you taking transit today. that's all i'm saying. all right. that's because you may not want to be driving when it gets really bad later on. so right now, it's good. uh, late. it would please me very much if you at least considered taking the meeting from home or doing transit. 632 let's go back to the desk. okay >> we'll up to 12ft of snow in about 72 hours. that's where we expect in the sierra in the next few days. and a blizzard warning is already in effect for lake tahoe, south of yosemite.

>> ktvu allie rasmus joining us live talking about the warnings and advice from chp. don't drive up there. >> the advice is avoid the area at if at all possible and if you do have to go, definitely take some precautions, but that is not recommended. now. initially, this blizzard warning was supposed to go into effect at ten this morning, but the storm is already here. the warning went into effect 4 a.m. this is a live look at the palisades, a web camera actually this way at the base you can see, uh, you can't really see much snow coming down. now, a short time ago, we could see a little bit of snow coming down, but you can notice how windy it is. take a look at this right here. uh, palisades mountain operations team is set in a post on exit. they're already seeing wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour. as much as 10 to 12ft of snow expected in the sierra during this 72 hour time span. people who wanted to try and beat the storm left the bay area last night, avid skiers and boarders got geared up and took their chances. meanwhile in the

lake tahoe area, people were stocking up at grocery and hardware stores, preparing to possibly hunker down for several days. uh shovels, tire chains, uh, ice melt generators, lanterns, flashlights, batteries , um, anything that you can think of that somebody would need for a power outage or a severe storm. >> and they are coming in for it. >> it's going to be very likely the freeway will probably end up being shut down. uh numerous times, if not for possibly even a long periods of time. tahoe locals and the chp asking visitors to stay away this weekend and as you heard, the chp officer mentioned highways to and from the sierra, especially 8050 expected to be closed for long stretches at a time, with all this snowfall, california's emergency operations center has been activated in anticipation of this severe winter storm. >> again, if you absolutely have to get to the sierra for some sort of family emergency or other urgent reason this morning

is really your last chance to do it. and make sure you bring chains for your tires and supplies in case you get stuck. but again, travel to the sierra right now. strongly, strongly discouraged at this point. pam, back to you all right. >> thank you, ali and pg and e is preparing for the storm as well. it expects the wind, rain and snow to cause power outages. pg and e crews are in place in areas where they've had trouble getting to in the past because of debris and snow. pg and e also has helicopters and snow cats ready if needed, and customers in remote areas are being warned. extended power outages are possible. and just a reminder, you can download our ktvu weather app to stay up to date on the storm. it does have interactive radar and the hourly forecast. you can also send us your photos of the rain or snow that you're seeing. we do appreciate that ktvu may show them on air or online. a high school student athlete from napa is recovering from life changing injuries after a snowboarding accident over the weekend.

>> his family is saying the positive attitude of blake mendenhall, who is spinal cord, was severed, is helping them, even if some things going wrong. >> are you getting hurt? what i realized from how much pain and suffering i've been through, is to just never give up, never back down. and the way he handles it completely changes the way i start to think about it. >> and he lifts me up. >> final. now 15 year old blake is in a hospital in reno. now after crashing into a tree while snowboarding sunday afternoon at a tahoe ski resort. the family says he severed his spinal cord and cannot walk at vintage high school in napa. blake is a talented athlete and he excels in many sports. he was just awesome as a coach, whether it be football, golf or soccer. >> you wish you had like 20. blake's you know, with that kind of attitude on your team. >> you guys back in napa, we'll

be getting care at craig hospital in colorado, where they specialize in spinal cord injuries. >> it's likely it will be months before he can go back home to napa. >> a preliminary hearing is expected to conclude today involving a san jose man accused in the death of his baby. david castro faces a charge of felony child endangerment and other enhancements that could sentence him to ten years in prison if convicted. prosecutors say three month old phoenix died from fentanyl exposure last may. castro's attorney claims the baby was accidentally smothered while sleeping on the couch with her father. a judge will determine whether there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial. >> our time now. 637 san mateo county will invest $5 million in a new mobile mental health program. now that program will include non-armed mobile crisis response teams. people are dealing with a mental or behavioral health crisis will soon be able to ask for help from specialists who can connect them to the appropriate

services. social workers work miracles, you know, therapists work miracles, psychologists work miracles. >> uh, they are skilled in deescalate situations. and that is, you know, one of the big hopes of this program, they will have five mobile, uh, crisis response vans that will be located throughout the county at the ready for in-person response. and that will be a game changer. >> now, after calls, those scream, the staff there will arrive in unmarked vans. mental health officials say the police will not go out on those calls unless it's necessary for safety reasons. >> we are learning new details about a high speed chase in contra costa county that ended in a crash. >> it all started yesterday afternoon when police in lafayette responded to a report of a robbery at a fast food restaurant on mount diablo boulevard not long after that, officials say an officer located the suspect vehicle on highway

24. they then sped off on a camino. pablo on camino pablo toward el sobrante. the contra costa county sheriff's office says the car crashed into another car that was driving the opposite direction. there was a seven year old child in the suspects car. it's not clear if anyone was hurt in the crash. >> time is now 638. a new report is out showing pursuits by san francisco police are more likely to end in a crash than any other big city in california. the san francisco standard studied information from the chp and found 41% of the 115 sfpd chases between 2018 and 2021 ended in a crash, compared to a 22% statewide average. this comes as san francisco voters will decide proposition e next month. it would change the police pursuit policy to allow the police to chase suspects in felonies and violent misdemeanors.

>> 639 is the time back over to sal. where are you starting for the commute, sal? >> well, this hit that ice cold condition in the sierra. >> i want to remind people that 80 is going to be a mess and so is 50 this weekend. 17 a close second. there northbound 17. we had a crash right near the summit. several people on social media told me it's because people go through too fast in those curves, and they cause accidents. they happen quite often. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that traffic is moving along and there are no problems on interstate eight, 80 or 580. a couple of things are out there. i did notice and i, i there it is. i'm going to pull it up here. look at the richmond bridge as we go to steve. so our eye camera there, uh, is focusing on the wrong thing. it's kind of a cool shot though. you see how the background is all blurry. it's focusing on the raindrops right? so maybe we'll be able to fix it till the i

program. hey, focus on the background, will you? 640 let's bring steve paulson back in here. >> tell it to turn on the windshield wiper. intermittent. maybe salad. there you go. intermittent >> lee. >> it can do that, right? yes it can. okay. all right. our system is moving in no doubt about it. here. a light rain has begun for some drizzle, but the main system is not coming in. i'm just looking. some updated information that just came in. this is centered on sfo. it has rain almost continuous through 60 hours, 60 hours. let me take a look at something else here. i want to see here, um, the thickness which is a measure of the atmosphere drops to 530 on saturday. what's that mean? that's really cold. 528 to the north of that. that puts us in a really cold pattern as we go into friday night and also saturday here. so everything has begun. this is a cold system. the coldest air does not move in today. it comes in friday into saturday. the russian river, i think after everything said and done, we'll get five plus inches of rain. i'm not. i mean, come on. if santa rosa is getting

three and a third, how in the heck can they not? rain arrives today. lower snow levels probably saturday. saturday night it could get down to 1500ft, but some pretty good rain being forecast already. and that's just through late friday night into early early saturday. but it's really all about the snow snows. no beautiful snow. yes there's going to be a lot of that here. and there'll be a lot of shoveling of it. it's as well look at that. homewood 92in. you're seeing 4 to 8ft at lake level being advertised with 12ft above the 7000 foot level. long duration snow event, whiteout conditions, snowfall rates, possible friday of 2 to 5in per hour. high disruptive for, you know, the power outages. this may be a long duration event, which means you might have some trouble getting that power back on. or if you go up there and get stuck, who's going to help you? it might be. it might not be possible because there's just so much coming in. this is a classic setup for the sierra, so get ready, we'll get good rain out of this. this is about the mountains, but we'll get some

good cold rain out of this. and this will take us into probably sunday, i do think. anyway, 50s on the temps. look for drizzle, light rain in the morning, but rain increasing along with the wind this afternoon. >> looks great. in just a few weeks it will be saint patrick's day and you're about to get a sneak peek at a cultural experience kicking off today, highlighting the history of irish dance here in the bay area. >> all right, very fun. yeah, but before that, let's check in with garcia in our newsroom with the other stories we're following for you. good morning. good morning. >> it's so good to see you again, pam. thank you. want to get to join you in studio another day, another round of layoffs. unfortunately hitting the bay area. a look at the job cuts, hitting the video game company, electronic arts, then a new kaiser permanente hospital coming to san jose. how the new medical building will support south bay members a the local community

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now, kentucky senator mitch mcconnell says he'll be stepping down as senate minority leader after the november election. mcconnell turned 82 last week. he is the longest serving senate leader in history. >> i'm no longer the young man sitting in the back hoping colleagues would remember my name. it's time for the next generation of leadership moving the republican party and the us supreme court and the federal bench overall. >> farther to the right, but not someone who could please donald trump in the process of doing so . >> now, senator mcconnell has suffered many recent health problems, including a serious fall last year and several times he appeared to just freeze in place in front of reporters. senator mcconnell intends to serve out his terms, which ends, by the way, in january of 2027. well, the us supreme court has agreed to decide whether former president trump can be prosecuted on charges that he

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intelligence and extended reality industries, reports say he also met with samsung executives about potential collaborations involving ai chips and semiconductors, as some consumers are getting access to a free tax filing service. the irs is testing its direct file in 12 states, including california, for qualified users to file simple tax returns. filers need to provide a social security or individual taxpayer identification number for themselves and any dependents. the service is only for w-2 employees, people receiving social security, or those on unemployment. later today, shake shack will hold a grand opening for its first location in sonoma county. it's at the montgomery village shopping center in santa rosa, $1 of every sandwich sold today will go to the redwood empire food bank, and the first 100 guests who buy a shake will get an exclusive sonoma county shake shack tumbler. >> all right, pam. time is 650 tonight in san francisco, an

event celebrating next month's irish american heritage month. the united irish cultural center's keepers of the steps, presenting an irish dance performance. they'll also have an exhibit of irish dance costumes dating back from every decade from the 1960s through today, all scheduled for 6:00 tonight at the san francisco historical society. irish dancing. >> look at those girls. that's that's hard to. i've seen them learning that. and it's definitely harder than it looks. very fun. yeah. all right, let's check in with sal for a look at traffic. this morning. what are you keeping an eye on? well a little bit of wet weather is moving through there, pam. >> i'm seeing it on the richmond bridge. pam and dave, i'll put up this picture just to show you again that the rain is here. can't really see the traffic. it's moderate. i will tell you that as steve has been saying, the rain will be a factor here later on, so you may want to

think about whether or not you're going to drive to work today. and that's a good idea to just, you know, just think about it, see if, um, it stop. wait a minute. and think about it. that's right. no major problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. uh, you know, so again, public transport option. tell julio to get the stretch. you know what i'm saying? you may not want to be driving later 651 let's bring steve back in. >> okay. thank you. sal. appreciate it. we'll start in the mountains. snow levels going to go up because they're getting a strong south wind. truckee 37 south lake tahoe 38. but don't be fooled. it'll start to drop big time tonight. and really plunge as we go into friday and saturday. this is a classic setup for the mountains for a winter storm. we'll get good rain out of this. i think some areas to the north, marin county north russian river could end up with 5 to 6 between now and say, sunday. we still have a ways to go on the real rain. i mean. but boy, look at this. i mean, when you see this, that's i mean, the high pressure is built in there

and that's driving everything southward. that is cold, cold air right there. that cellular cloud that's going to be producing thunderstorm activity. but it hasn't over water trajectory, which certainly helps. and a strong jet stream to boot, which was going to funnel in a lot of moisture between 5 and 10,000ft, which is just a southwest direction, at least through about probably friday night. by saturday, i think it'll start to change a little bit. but this will just produce some incredible amounts of snow for the mountains. i mean, there are some easily above, i think, uh, some of the passes, 12ft will fall in the next week would not surprise me, but three and a half in santa rosa equals 6 to 7in the russian river. so i i'll put myself out there and say, i think it's being underdone in the russian river. but for donner pass, 6 to 12 lake level, 4 to 8, shasta lassen 2 to 4. and i mean snow level will eventually drop all the way down 1500ft as we get towards saturday. so low clouds drizzle mainly for the morning 40s 50s, but clouds continue to roll in. the wind will pick up and rain develops here by this afternoon and this evening. 50s on most of the thompson after

today will struggle to get out of the low 50s, especially on saturday day. >> all right. thank you. well, for the 49ers a playbook shake up for the defense. why the 49ers may grab someone from an opposing team to be their next defensive coordinator, and to wrap up black history month? yeah, we're going to cheer and shout and look at the journey of the bill pickett rodeo. he was it that that rodeo was created 40 years ago right here in the bay area

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sharing an endorsement of barbara lee's campaign. congresswoman lee said she's honored to receive support from those players. she's been a vocal supporter of keeping the a's in oakland and introduce legislation last year that would require any pro baseball team that relocates more than 25 miles away to compensate the local community and the state. our time is 658. it is a 40th anniversary of a rodeo tradition that has roots right here in the bay area. it's the bill pickett invitational rodeo tour taking place at rancho ranch in castro valley, celebrates the often overlooked legacy of black cowboys. now the event coordinator says when the rodeo started, black cowboys were not allowed to ride in all white rodeos and they weren't well represented in cowboy movies and in history. >> the theme of the bill pickett invitation rodeo is the greatest show on dirt, the only western people that we saw were, of

course, non-african american, even though one out of every four cowboys back in the west was an african american. we were left out of the history books. >> bill pickett, by the way, was a famous black cowboy. he was born back in 1870. he became one of the best known and greatest cowboys in history. >> he was a frustrating sight for car owners in oakland. the latest round of car break ins and how one person whose car was targeted looks at the situation. then the latest numbers indicate muni ridership in san francisco is on the rise. the three factors the transit agency focused on that it says, brought those riders back. then a major weather system moving through. and the sierra is bracing for heavy snow. a look at the timeline on when the heaviest snow will fall from ktvu. >> fox two news this is mornings on two. good morning, i'm gasia mikaelian and good morning i'm dave clark. >> thursday, february 29th. you're here