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it's going to be very tough. >> after more than one year, the city of oakland has a police chief. why mayor shang tao says floyd mitchell is fit for the job in places of worship, left waiting for the millions of dollars inc security funding promised by governor newsom over five months ago, when recipients can expect to receive the grants. and today, individuals over 40 faith communities turning their grief into action. their call for an urgent ceasefire in gaza as they march 22nd miles from berkeley to alameda. >> from ktvu. fox two news this is mornings on two. >> welcome to ktvu mornings on two. it's saturday, march 23rd. i'm crystal frank mallicoat. we kick it off with weather right now. stormy weather causing a lot of problems for anyone just checked the caltrans web page. eastbound cisco grove in placer. all due to a number of spinouts. you're looking at donner summit as they're cleaning up rightc

now. drivers are being urged find another route up that way,& perhaps highway 50. at the same time, chains are required along a stretch of highway 50, thetf other main highway linking the bay area to the sierra. caltrans is telling anyone heading to tahoe this morning to check the latest road conditions. always a good idea. >> well, rosemary oroczo is joining us now to give us the latest on some of this weather rain, snow. >> yeah, i'm going to say something for everybody because we're going to have, you know, blue skies, sunshine, clouds, rain, the possibility even in risk of thunderstorms. and as you saw from that live camera, we are seeing snow in the sierra. here's a look over san francisco and the golden gate bridge, as well as the marin headlands. with the overcast conditions and the gray skies this morning. storm tracker two there showing you just a few light scattered showers, even coming in this morning. i saw clear sky out there, but it's not going to last. it's going to be on and off for today. here's a view of the north bay, where we have a few scattered showers

just on the east edge there of the napa valley, perhaps in the ill hills and stretching over towards napa as well as american canyon, and thenúinto the central and south bay, showers here into the sierra, where snow levels will continue to fall for today. yesterday they were right on the pass near donner passn now, you know, shifting to it looks like 5000ft, maybe even a little bit less than that. and the advisories for travel here for the greater lake tahoe area until 11 a.m. they have that winter weather advisory and that shade of white there for i-80, as well as highway 50 on the west slope goes until tomorrow morning. thoseúare the current conditions and what we can expect into the day ahead for meanwhile for us, i'll have aa.- look at what we can expect and the extended forecast coming up. >> thank you. in the east bay pn to march more than 20 miles in it's one of hundreds of events happening around the world. ktvu james torres is live in berkeley to explain the message. james >> yeah, we are along the waterfront here this morning at

cesar chavez park here in berkeley. behind me. you see the line of people in front of this tent looks are here for this event. and just down the way there, starting with looks like some sort of prayer. they're calling it an interfaith. prayer, basically just a prayer circle here. it's kind of get things started. the walk here for about 20 miles out to further other parts of the east bay, passing a number of congregations, churches, you name it. that is the goal for the day for them. now, they say they'll go 22, calling for an eo the violent war in gaza. the calling it an interfaith pilgrimage. and it's happening at a number of different cities around the world. they say the 22 miles is aúrepresentation of the distance between gaza and the rafah crossing refugee camp, a relatively timely event here in administration. these

marchers say that this morning they plan to attend a shabbat service in oakland around nine 930, around the 9:00 era there and then. they plan to end the march at an islamic center of alameda that is set to end in about 12 hours from this point here. but you see them waving the flag here, all gathering right there along the waterfront. they say that they plan to do this again, to kind of call and get their messagec spout across to really the restf the bay area here. we'll be following them for the morning, letting you know where they are. and of course, spreading their message as well. we are live james torres, ktvu, fox two'm news. >> it doesn't look like the rain is keeping them from that march. thank you james and new this morning synagogues, mosques are still waiting on millions of dollars in security funding promised by the governor and state legislature. more than five months ago, a couple of weeks after hamas's attack on israel, the governor designated

$40 million in funding to increase security and police presence at places of worship in the state. no money has been sent to these organizations in the months since the newsom administration blamed the overwhelming number of governor's office says it should be announcing who will get the money next week. >> well, i took more than a year, but this morning, oakland's mayor has named a new police shengtao announced floyd mitchell will be the next police chief. yesterday mitchell comes from outside the department. he was one of the four finalists submitted by the police commission last month. the mayor says his experience and strategies to reduce crime catapulted him to the top of her list. she says she's glad with l in and she's confident the move will boost the morale in police. >> of course, he's coming to a new city, so we'll show him the ropes. we'll introduce him to key community leaders, we'll make sure that he has ample time to be a part of any sort of programing with rank and file to create that bond.

>> we know this is a very spdifficult job. it's notúa regular police chief job. there's a lot of different bosses. he has to answer to understanding the culture of the city, of the department. is goie him some time. >> mitchell was lubbock, texas,r years. prior to that, he was an officer in kansas city for more than 20 years. some community leaders in oakland think mitchell's experience in missouri will help them lead law enforcement in the city. others think he has his work cut out for him. >> it'll be he will be facing. there will not be basically any honeymoon period at all. so it'súgoing to be, very tough. >> he's got to get command and get control of the department itself, got to dealúwith the community itself, got to deal with the political machinations that exist within the city. but i think that we should give him a chance to do says mitchell wil be introduced to the public next week. he's expected to start as the chief sometime between late april and early may, and the

former oakland police chief, who foughtc for his job for months, is wishing his new successor well. >> lauren armstrong, telling ktvu in a statement, quote, public safety is the most spimportant issue in oakland. we have a dedicated police force that now has a new leader. i send my best wishes to floyd mitchell and offer any assistance he may desire. he went on to say, this is my hometown. i want everyone to be safe and we'll do everything in my power now as a private citizen to assist in that goal. now, our coverage of the new oakland police chief, as well as the ongoing challenges the city faces, continues on the ktvu fox localúapp. it is free to download for your smart tv now. it's the final weekend for oakland's only in and out location. tomorrow is the restaurant's final day in business. the company announced spbackc in january that it would close the location on hegenberger road near the oakland airport, because of increasing crime in the area. in-n-out says this will be the >> time now is 708 new. this morning, police in santa rosa

are asking for help in identifying a bank robbery suspect. police say the man pictured here robbed a bank on thursday mid-afternoon. they say he walked into the chase bank, located on sonoma avenue, demanded some cash. police say heúused a note but did not threaten or pull out a weapon. he with some money, left the bank. police now needt& your help in identifying him. he's described as a white male between 40 and 50 years of age, around 5 foot ten, weighing approximately 200 pounds, a $2,500 reward is being offered to help find him. the responsibility for the deadliest terrorist attack in russia in many years. the russian government reported early today. the official death toll has now climbed to 115, and the kremlin says 11 suspects are. the attacd last night when armed gunmen burst into a concert hall outsideúof moscow and opened fire. us intelligence agencies

say they evidence that supports theúclaim that isis is the us government has americans living in moscow, our state, the state department, our embassy there, put out a notice to all americans, in moscow to avoid any large gathering concerts, obviously shopping malls, anything like that, just for their own safety. they should they should stay put where they are. >> the attack comes just days after russian president vladimir putin's easy victory in election. that will keep him in power for another six years. a government shutdown is averted following an overnight vote in the senate. >> it's been a very long and difficult day, but we have juste the job of funding the government. >> the senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill with a

7424 vote overnight. the legislation passed the house spearly friday morning. the new cash will fund all parts of our government. president biden says he will sign it into law, and people around the world are now sending messages of love and support to britain's princess of wales. >> that's after princess kate revealed sheúis dealing with a medical crisis yesterday she released an emotional video saying she's been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer and she is now in the early spstages of chemotherapy treatment. this of course, came as a huge shock and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. 42 year old mother of three has largely been out of sight since christmas. this has led to a wild, wild speculation about her health and her whereabouts. the princess says her family needed time to deal with her diagnosis and her cancer treatment, but most importantly, it has taken us

time to explain everything to george, charlotte and louisc ina way that's appropriate for them and i'm going to be okay. >> as i've said to them, i am well and getting stronger every day byúfocusing on the things that will help me heal in my mind, body and spirits. >> her announcementúcomes during an already difficult time for the royal family. just last month, buckingham palace announced that king charles also had cancer. the 75 year old king has now issued a statement expressing his love and support for his daughter in law. i'll spget ready to pay more to cross the golden gate bridge. how the increase aims to tackle a projected $220 billion deficit plus, somebody needs to be held accountable for this door plug blowout. >> an fbi notice following that midair scare on that alaska flight back in january. the possible criminal investigation spthat could ensue coming

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passengers say they've received letters that say they may have been victims of a crime. >> there was the loudest explosion. asian. it was horrible. >> the fbi sent letters to passengers who were on alaska airlines when a door plug panel blew off right in mid-flight. it says that they may have been crime victims and provided access to its victim notification system for updates. >> there's federal law that says you have to keep victims of a crime apprized of what's going on during the time of the investigation and any decisions major decisions the justice department makes. >> my firm's clients and i though, welcome this investigation. we want accountability. we want answers and we want safer planes. this

criminal investigation is because the national transportation safety board say& spit was notúgiven critical and legally required door bolts. this is extraordinary for the department of justice to be investigating an aviation incident where nobody died. >> the government is also investigating boeing's possible violation of a non-prosecution agreement boeing signed with uncle sam. in the wake of two new 737 max crashes a few years back. >> they were given this deferred prosecution agreement and if they committed no crimes, no other crimes for three years, then they would be allowed. the justice department would close the deferred prosecution spagreement, and then boeing wod not get indicted. >> if boeing lied, deliberately hid documents, orc failed to kep them. a criminal prosecution is likely to follow. >> somebody needs to be held accountable for this door plugged blowout for the lack of the documentation, alleged lack of documentation, and the

planes were built way too fast.e >> that lineúspeeding along. more on this as it develops. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> how about a little march sads basketball tour for the bay area ended last night. fifth seeded saint mary's upset by 12th seed grand canyon and the last game of the first round, the ncaa. late last night, the gaels went into halftime down just a point, 2827. after neither team was able to pull away in the first half. oh, that changed. antelopes went on a 17 one run early in that second half. proved much for saint mary's to overcome. gaels lose 7566. stanford women will host number seven seed iowa state tomorrow night. last night, two seed stanford ended 15 seed norfolk state's 15 game winning ride and their opening round of the ncaa tournament with a 29 point

victory. junior forward kiki arias reached the 1000 career we game, she talked about her team's determination theirúlossc 12 tournament championship run, and to avoid a repeat of last year's ncaa tournament exit. >> it's march. every team is great in march, so we can't take any team for granted like we have to put the same amount of focus. we don't want what happened last year to happen again. we want to get out of maples. iúwant us to win for my teammates as opposed to for myself. so i feel like that's something that is like strengthening,c strengthening u. tournament brackets are already busted, especially after that saint mary's loss. >> fewer than 1% of the brackets filled out online remain perfect today. the odds of correctly tournament games is pretty much- impossible. like most years, fans say early tournament upsets ruined their bid for a perfect bracket. >> brackets busted. busted.

>> like how bad? so bad. kentucky killed me. >> season's over. brackets over gunzo. new mexico had somet& upsets that didn't didn't come spto fruition. there wasn't a lt of thought that went into it. >> oh, i had auburn and kentucky winning college basketball. >> analysts say there's never been a perfect march madness bracket, and it's unlikely this year will be any different. you're a florida gal, right? i'm a florida girl and they lost to colorado last night. oh, bummer. >> at least they made it. it's been a while for cal, and i don'tc think there's ever been a perfect bracket. there's just too many upsets, too many fun to watch. >> well, let's take a live look at 880 near oakland coliseum. you can see it's wet. little the sun is up. we've got rosemary oroczo over here at the weather desk to join us thank yd morning. >> happy saturday everybody. the first weekend of spring and spring showers across the bay area. a little bit of a lull right now, but it that will

change. we'll continue with an uptick with the rain once again later this morning and into the afternoon. and it's going to be lot of gray sky and even what is not being picked up on the radar, we can assume that we've got some drizzle out there this morning. temperatures are just as cool as yesterday morning, mid 40s to mid 50s to start the day. santa rosa reporting for 87 degrees at oakland and san jose in the low 50s. a breeze and agy weather santa rosa coming in withú64,107 inch in the last 24 hours. half moon bay even a. yoe we've got oakland reporting 4/10 livermore a little bit more than a thirdúof an inch. ben loman in the santa cruz mountains, picking up more than an inch vim trackern two scattered showers over the north bay. the central bay, the south snow levels in the sierra have dropped to down to. it looks like between 4 and 5000ft. a little tough to sptell because it's a little qut out there, at least at continuet

slope until tomorrow morning. a look at thec storm, the center f it here, parked off coastline of washington and oregon. we'll continue just a ld the unstable weather associated with it could even trigger a thunderstorm or two into thec afternoon. the futurecast does a good idea of showing you again, more scattered showers. here's a look at 10 a.m. and then into the afternoon, the reds and oranges indicating the brief downpour. the possibility of a thunder and lightning coming along with it intoútomorrow morning. the scattered showers are still with us. then we will turn partly cloudy by the second part of the afternoon. there's a look at if youúdo have an opportunity to get outdoors and you're best bet. here's a look at the forecast for the sierra. another foot of snow still a possibility. we're looking at 1 to 2ft for some of those higher

elevations. isolated areas may get three feet. as for us if you have a thunderstorm overhead and the downpour. afternoon highs for today below average mid 50s to we'll go with low 60s. antioch. you have 64 expected for your neighborhood. the extended forecast are temperatures won't change much, but we do begin to dry out we'ry monday tuesday rain returns on wednesday. back to you. >ñ thank you, east bay regional parks issuing warnings for seven lakes. the potentialc health risks and caution for pet owners out there, and a new warning for bay area drivers how fast track users are being targeted in a new scam.

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the man mayor shang tao chose for the job for police chief and community members from over 40 faith backgrounds, all coming together to call for a ceasefire in gaza. coming up, what they're doing in the east bay this morning to make their voices heard from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is and good morning, ev. you're looking at a live shot of the beautiful bay area there. of course, that's the estuary.úyou can still seeúsan francisco there on the horizon, which is a good sign. but a lot of storm kf a wet weekend. so there you go. also appears that traffic ont& eastbound interstate 80 is reopened after being closed due to a number of spinouts up

there. you can see the traffic moving along. chains are still required along 50 from nyack toy into myers over echo summit. so if you're heading up that way, do take note. it might be a long drive. and from going to get a little worse before it gets a little better. good to have you with morning . i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning, i'm krystal bailey. we're both wearing yellow to make up for the lack of sunshine out there. we go. we've got rosemary oroczo tell t what that rainfall looks like. >> mischief day i wore yellow yesterday for sure. did we? yeah. we will get a little bit of sunshine. we're also goingc o get the possibility that type of day where we'll have the sun, the clouds. next thing you know, it's pouring on you, giving you a look here over us, the san francisco area, as we look out towards the pacific and temperatures this morning, just as cool morning,

mid 40s to mid 5ps. in addition to the wet weather, it's a cool storm. talking about the snow levels dropping right now. it looks like down to about 5000ft. we'll check in on the sierra here in just a moment. first the north bay where you can see scattered showers over areas like hillsborough, santa rosa. we've got some rain on i-80 for folks that need to be in and out of fairfield. there to the central bay, san ramon along 680, scattered showers reported there and over the santa cruz mountains. we have showers here. and as i talked about before, mount, in the santa cruz mountains, we have ben lowman. thatgs the area that has more than an inch of accumulation already into the sierra. snow levels look to be between 4 and 5000ft, and the advisories for travel continue here for the greater lake tahoe area until 11:00 this morning. for the west slope, i-80 as well as highway 50, it goes until tomorrow morning for us. we can continue our expect to see the scattered showers continue as spwell as the risk of thunderstorms there. so look at

10 a.m. there'súa look at thet& afternoon. i'll have a better look at the rest of the weekend and what we can expect, including the temperatures coming up in just a little bit. >> sounds good. see you in a a p of people in east bay plan to march more than 20 miles, all in support of a cease fire in gaza. it's one of hundreds of events happening all around the world this weekend. ktvu james torres live to explain. >> frank. good morning. we are live this morning from the cesar chavez park here in berkeley, right along the waterfront behind me. you see the number of people gathered here. they've been here since about 7:00 this morning.úthey say they plan to march from here, 22 miles down to alameda, calling for an end to the violent war in gaza. they're calling it an interfaith pilgrimage. and it's happening in a number of different cities around the world. but here in berkeley, starting here with about a 30 minute prayer. people representation of the distance between gaza and the rafah crossing refugee camp. one man

says he plans to walk all 22 miles, hoping to make his voice heard. >> i just returned from palestine, spent nearly ten days there and listened to stories from folks who are impacted by what's happening in gaza, as well as what is seems to be coming to the west bank, and my, my role here is to not only lift up the demands of the to share s of the stories that we heard there. >> it's a relatively timely event in california, as governor gavin newsom just announced his support for a cease fire backing the biden administration, one of the first stops for these marchers this morning will be to attend a shabbat service in oakland. they say they then plan to end the march at the islamic center of alameda. that's expected to end in in berkeley.. >> james, thank you. the former chief of police in lubbock, texas, set to become the next

police chief in oakland. mayor shengtao announced that she had picked floyd mitchell toc take the reins of her police department under federal oversi. he's expected to start in late april or early may. oakland's newúchief brings more than r5 years of law experience to the city coming to the bay area, floyd mitchell led the police department in lubbock, texas, from 2019 until september of last year. however, he resigned from that position in lubbock after the department had been criticized for an increasing number of unansweredw with a local news station, mitchell defended cutting dispatchers despite a report that found 30,000 911 calls were >> when we look at how thet& dispatch unit is ran in, cutting it from 9 to 7 based on the deployment makes no difference in regards to how the system would work. >> mitchell is stepping into a demanding position as oakland

deals with its in addition to l, mitchell also was a police officer in kansas city, missouri for over 20 years. he is also an air forceúveteran, and catherine, the princess oft& wales, made a shocking announcement that she has cancer. >> the diagnosis comes just over a month afterúking charles announced that he is being treated for cancer. fox news correspondent conner hanson has more. >> catherine, the princess of wales, says she found out she had cancer after her major abdominal surgery earlier this year. the princess asking for privacy for her family after weeks of skepticism over where she's been. princess catherinet& says she has been out of public view. recover from surgery and start cancer treatment. >> most importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything to george,úcharlotte and louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going to be okay. >> back in january, catherine underwent major abdominal

surgery after the operation. tests had been present. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we privately for the sake of ours young family. >> after weeks of absence, supporters hope the announcement will put an end to rumors. >> this was a very powerful statement from, from the princess of wales, veryc moving. and i think this was certainly at the right, decision taken by, rally around her now, king charles was also diagnosed with cancer just over a month ago. >> the white house saying it's important to respect the royal family's privacy after hearing the news.t& >> and certainly we wish her a catherine says she's in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy in new yorkn >> connor hanson, fox news.

>> a growing number of people are gathering outside the home of princess kate, prince william and their three kids. this is the scene. it's outside kensington palace in london this morning. people from all around& the world have come to show their support for the princess. after learning about her battle. now with cancer. those supporters include two american tourists who hope this medical crisis will help unite the royal >> i do hope they can lean on each other, you can take care oe another, you know, there's been dissension among the troops lite past. so i hope that they can find, find hope and some, you know, togetherness in their family. and we'll be praying for them. we will be we'll be praying for the family. >> however, buckingham palace is reminding everyone that this is a very difficult time for the princess and the royal family. and it's urging visitors to respect their privacy.t& >> very sad news there for the

royal family, and more than two weeks since don't have a two. ap two confirmed in the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. the latest batch of the results from the secretary of state's office show santa clara county supervisor joe simitian now leads assembly member evan lowe. there by four votes. four spvotes. now, one of these men will face former san jose mayor sam liccardo this november. the counties have until april 2nd to tally all of those votes. presil candidate, robert f kennedy jr, will announce his vice presidential pick in oakland on tuesday. yesterday he told ktvu why he picked oakland for the that we've chosen has ties tot- the area. >> i also have a great affection for oakland. my father campaigned there and got tremendous support in 1968 during his presidential, but

multiple reports say he plans to pick nicole shanahan, a tech attorney who grew up here in oakland. she has been a major donor of kennedy's campaign. the son of former senator robert f kennedy and nephew of president john f kennedy, rfk has been criticized for false and misleading claims about vaccines without credible evidence, but he rejects the notion that he is anti-vaccine. >> each one of these conspiracies, when you so called conspiracy theories, when you deconstruct them, is really about government and corporate officials trying to attack a critic by not answering the but not dealing, having a debate on the science, but rather by sayingl oh, he's crazy, he's a quack. >> in recent polls, kennedy jr is polling ahead of other third partyc candidates. he's also a favorability rating has at& favorability rating, often higher than president biden and former president trump. now his challenge is trying to get on

state ballots in california. his supporters have launched the we the people campaign to get on the ticket in order to be successful, the party must with. >> if you're voting out of fear, if you're voting for president biden, because you're because you've been told to be fearful of president trump getting elected, or the other way. if f, but you're just scared of president biden, you know, that's not how democracy is supposed to work. you should be able to vote somebody who inspires you, somebody who you like. >> and we will running mate hern oakland. >> time now 740. there is now a new way to search and track complaints against san francisco sheriff employees and police officers in the city. a joint mt easier for the public now to locate and fill out the form, and allow them to follow up on the claim. san francisco's office of the with the departmet

of police accountability to launch theúnew system onúmonday. the inspector general hopes this will also make data reporting more efficient and expand accessibility to the office's services in a long running flea the month and end in march.d of- >> the has notified vendors that civic centers, fulton plaza gift gallery will be closed starting spapril 1st. this decades old fa market featured vendors selling goods from around the world, including crafts, antiques, clothing, jewelry and vintage items. the city has not announced why the gift gallery is closing. san franciscoúmoved the city's farmer's market from un plaza to fulton plaza last summer. in september. >> okay, and staying with the city, san francisco's office vacancy rate hit another, chrone reports data by real estate brokerage cbre found the vacancy rate is 3v.6% this quarter. analysts at cbre say the city needs more people to return to

the office in order for that vacancy improve, but work from home safety and the high prices in the city are concerns for both employees and employers. drivers will soon be paying more to cross one of the world's most famous bridges, the golden gate bridge district has voted to approve the plan to bump up tolls. another $0.50, and that will kick off july the first. fast track customers will now be paid. 925 to cross the bridge. under the toll increase plan approved yesterday. tolls would then increase $0.50 every july until the year 2028. district says the higher tolls are needed during the next five years to deficit. steep, that is steep,n- well love of gymnastics started when she was only a four year old. now she's one of the nation's best. coming up in our 8:00 hour, we'll introduce you to a rising star from right here in the bay area. plus, last year there was

a lot of poppies, like, you could stand in the back, be almost orange. >> well, california fans are hoping for a wildfire. super bloom, similar to the one we experienced last year when we can expect many types of flowers to make themselves visible

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three bay area counties, all impacted by the series the stor. state of emergency declared back inúfebruary that include alamed, san francisco and sonoma. these areas also saw widespread flooding, mudslides and debris flows as well. >ñ the east bay regional park district is warning of toxic algae at several lakes in its system. this screen is from lake anza in tilden park in berkeley, just one of the seven lakes to be flagged. the blue green algae can cause reactions such as rashes, skin and eye doses, sers or even death. several dog deaths in california have been attributed to toxic algae in recent years. advisories are also posted at lake temescal in oakland, lake chabot in castro

valley, contra loma reservoir in antioch, quarry lake in fremont, lake del valle in livermore, and shadow cliffs in pleasanton. >> time now 747. it has been a rainy start to our new year. with all this wet weather comes some mighty pretty flowers this spring. much of california, including the bay area what's ca super bloom with field filled with wildflowers. ktvu is mark sayer shows us where we can enjoy the explosion of color at the entrance to santa teresa county park. >> a few california poppies are already blooming with what is possibly a sign of what's in store. drive a short distance into the park and the first beds of mustard flowers begin to appear. they literally take over the entire landscape in some areas of the park, and in the weeks ahead, those who regularly come to this park are expecting quite a bit more color. >> well, more wildflowers. i mean, the more rain, the more

wildflowers, right? it just depends on whether the blossoms get knocked off. if there's more rain later on. >> piper mcnulty was just returning from a hike and used an app on her phone to identify many of the flowers that she saw on her walk, and the list is already quite substantial what e today? >> we saw a wild mustard meadow buttercup, baker's gold fields, yellow crown vetch, sweet alyssum, blue dicks, california buttercup, and many parks and other open spaces all around the bay area. >> the wildflower bloom should be a sight to see, even though the peak is expected to occur in the weeks ahead as the weather continues to warm up. sky fox found this covering of mustard plants in a field near livermore, also close by and easily visible from the air. a bed of poppies is back at santa teresa county park. therese davis says she goes to parks all over the county to walk her dogs, and says while this year's peak has not yet arrived, the at to see. >> last year there was a lot of poppies, like you could stand in the back, be almost orange.

>> davis took these photos on her phone from the super bloom in 2023, and says she is looking forward to what's in store in the weeks and months ahead. >> the flowers are for the silver lining, but but the green is what i come for.úyeah, because it's like being in ireland. >> and if you come out to see the wildflowers, parks officials ask that you stay on marked trails. don't pick the wildflowers and haul out any trash. reporting from santa teresa countyúpark in south san jose, i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, hopefully we get a chance to check out that flowers or the wildflowers there, and i hope so. yeah, and maybe some of behind us here. >> we're not done yet. >> no more flowers may come. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> spring showers in the forecast for the weekend and next weekend looks a little iffy as well. giving you a look here over the gray skies. we have wet roadway. if you're heading up to the sierra. oh, yeah. we have advisories for

travel. heavenly has seen ten inches of snowfall in the last 24 hours.úkirkwood 20in. how about usc here at home? oakland reporting 4/10 of an inch when it comes to rainfall. san francisco a little bit more than halfc inch, ben lowman in the santa cruz mountains. a little spbit more than an inch. storm tracker two we've got some light rain continue into to the napa area. we've got some scattered showers reported there, and we willc continue to have the scattered showers. is what i meant say. i never finished my thought. i'll ride along the coastline. we've got some light rain there our hills, we've got some rain there. into the hills of the santa cruz mountains. scattered showers continue lull over the sierra right now, but a view of a storm tracker two. there's a look at the center of the system that will continue to unr associated with this. and we have the risk of thunderstorms even for today. when it comes to accumulation between now and the end of the weekend, even going

into monday, monday is going to inch to an inch, a possibility for us, especially if you experience a thunderstorm in your neighborhood. course a vert amount of time. meanwhile in the sierra, six to even 12in still a possibility at the higher elevations, the timeline on this. there's a look at the storm. notice it's moving out tomorrow morning. we wake up with scattered showers, but right now looks like by two 3:00 in the afternoon we are going to be mainly we're going to call for that drying out for the second half of a sunday. but then on wednesday, rain expectee to watch this. right now it looks like late afternoon to coe spashore, but it could speed up. it could slow down. the takeaway isc don't put the rain gear awa. we are not done giving you a look at the temperatures this morning, mid 40s to mid 50s. and for the afternoon it's going to be a cool one, upper 50s to forr

extended forecast showing you not much better when it comes to the temps getting into sunday. monday a dry day on tuesday, slightly warmer before the wet weatherúreturns on wednesday. back to you. >> all right. i'll keep my umbrella handy. thank you. sprosemary. sports focus returns tomorrow night with an all new episode featuringúbay area student athletes. we're talking with some of the mcdonald's all-americans from napa, prolific prep basketball team. you'll and their hopes for the future. we'll also meet a teenage gymnast from richmond of the wrestling program atthe n alameda high school after 40 years, it still feels like a really big accomplishment because, like, without my interest in it and without like the willingness that my dad had to makeúthe team, then it wouldn't be here. >> still in sports, focus airs

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u and the 3ds in just a couple of weeks. >> team 0% says they finally made it, and now they just have to beat it. this level in particular was created to be one of the most difficult levels in that super mario brothers game. you all love it. the group is pursuing its goal to defeat every level on the nintendo switch, to clear every community level in the game. good luck lp, a lot of challenges. >> he will be facing. there will not be basically any honeymoon period at all, so it's goingúto be a very tough. >> after more than one year, the city of oakland has a new police chief. why? mayor xiang tao says floyd mitchell is fit for the job in millions of dollars in security funding over five ms ago, when recipients can expect toúreceive the grants and today, individuals from over 40 faith

communities turning their grief into action. their call for an urgent cease fire in gaza as they marched more than 20 miles from berkeley to. >> from ktvu. fox t is mornings on two. >> good morning. welcome to ktvu mornings on two. it's saturday, march 23rd. you can see it's very hazy outside out there. i am crystal bailey. it'sú8:00 and we are having a great morning so far. >> yeah, we are welcome, by the way. thanks. your first soiree on the mornings here on the weekend. so good to have you, crystal. i'm frank mallicoat. you're right. if you're waking up saying it's wet. hello. and it's going to be wet most of the weekend, let's check in with rosemary and find out how long and when those 75 degree temperatures are coming. >> oh, i don't see any. at least in the near future. i know, i know, right. imagine all the people that were caught off guard yesterday morning. you walk into work and you've got sunshine and then you're coming out of work and it's pouring on

you, giving you a look. here again, a little bit of sunshine poking through the clouds there. we will have sun and clouds and showers and the risk of thunderstorms today. and i bet we're going to have a rainbows as well. giving you a look here at some of the scattered shower activity. going on in the north bay. looks like near healdsburg. and then as we central bay, we've got areas over the peninsula right about south san francisco and into san mateo. 101 to 80 could be a slick one. there scattered showers in the santa cruz mountains. ben lowman, already reporting an inch of rainfall since it began. right now, the sierra getting a little bit of a break, with travel advisories continuing for the greater lake tahoe area that winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. and for folks that are thinking about heading up, you've got a winter storm warning that goes until tomorrow morning for the west slope i-x0, highway 50, and all the highways in between there and lake tahoe. a better look at what we can expect for the weekend, and that

extended forecast coming up. >> thank you. rosemary a group of people in the east bay plan to march more than 20 miles in s happening around the world. ktvu james torres is live in berkeley, right now to explain what they're doing out there and what their message is. good morning james. >> crystal, good morning to you. well, it is a cold, wet morning people who are out here say they are committed to cause. i think we can actuallyúsee a little bit of some of those walkers in the distance here. we are live rightúpark in berkeleyd this is where they started here this morning. most of those people say that they plan to march from here,c 22 miles over to the violent war in gaza. now- they're calling it an interfaith pilgrimage. and it's happening in a number of different cities around the world. here in berkeley, it started with a 30 minute prayer at the top of the 7z00 hour. people here say that of rafah crossing refugee camp.

one man we spoke to this morning says he plans to walk all 22 miles, hoping to make his voice heard. >> it is so clear that this is t on the streets speaking to our politicians, trying to change public policy and eventually leading to the end of what's happening in gaza. >> it's a relatively timelyt& event in california, as governor gavin newsom just announced his support for a ceasefire backing the biden administration and one of the first stops for these marchers thisúmorning will be to attend a shabbat service in oakland. that's set to start in about an hour and a half from now. they say they plan to end the march atúthe islamic center of alameda by about 7:00. tonight. we're live this morning from berkeley. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you james and new this morning synagogues, mosques and other religious organizations are still waiting on millions of dollars in security funding promised by the governor and state legislature for more than

five months ago, a couple of weeks after hamas's attack on israel, the governor designated $40 million in funding to increase security and police presence at places of worship in the state. no money has been sent to those organizations in the months since. theúnewsom administration blamed the overwhelming number of applicants for the delay, the od be announcing who will. >> next week took more than a spyear,, oakland's mayor has named a new police chief. mayor shengtao announced floyd mitchell would be the next chief yesterday. mitchell comes from outside the department. he was one of the police commission last month. mayor says his experience and strategies to reduce crime top r list. she says she's glad with the decision to bring mitchell in, and she is very confident the move will boost the morale inc the department. >> of course he's coming to a new city, so we'll show him the ropes. we'll introduce him to key community leaders. we'll

make sure that he has ample time to be a part of any sort of programing with rank and file to create that bond. we know this is a very chief job. there's a lot of different bosses. he has to answer to understanding the culture of the city, of the department. what's going on is going to take him some time. >> mitchell was the policeúchief in lubbock, texas, four years. prior to that, he was a police officer in kansas city for more than 20 years. mayor says mitchell will be introduced to the public next week. he's expected to start as the chief sometime between late april and early may, and our coverage of the new oakland police chief, as well as the ongoing challenges the city faces, continues on the ktvu, fox local app. >> it is free to download on your smart tv. >> a government shutdown averted following an overnight vote in the senate. >> it's been a very longúand difficult day, but we have just reached an agreement to complete the job of funding the government. >> the senate passed a $1.2

trillion spending bill with a 7424 vote overnight. the legislation passed the house early on friday morning. all that cash will fund all parts of our government. president biden says he will sign it into law and with dedication and aúdream, one bay area teenager in gymnastics. i guess. so the young athlete out of richmond is headed to ucla and has her sights set on the olympic games. our jason appelbaum team has the story. mika webster longan is a gymnastics is my everything. last year, this high school senior from the east bay burst on the scene by national championship. in the uneven bars floor exercise and all around at nationals. >> i was

zone. nothing could shake my to compete, and i don't know, i was just so focused the whole time. before i had won. i was just kind of some random gymnast from east bay, and then, you know, i was like, wow, if i can do this, what else can i do in my sport? >> buoyed by her stellar showing at nationals, mika was invited to a national team training camp last summer, getting coached by then being like, oh yeah, likend you're good was like, whoa, i am. her passion for the sport started at even knew what gymnastics was. her mom explains. >> she was bouncing off the couch, rolling off the couch, sometimes tumbling on her head. and we're just like, this is she was invited to join the team . >> and 14úyears later, here we are. >> and where that is, is training 35 hours a week while

still maintaining her status as an honor student at saint mary's college high school in albany. so how does she pull it off? >> lots of support. like, i've been very grateful for all of the help from my school from saint mary's. they've been really helpful working with me through the changes changes incs spschooling at home while she prepares for competitions. but like any elite athlete, great s does not come without sacrifice. >> it's a really hard balance to beúout there socially and to be doing high level gymnastics. >> my love of gymnastics is so strong that i've been able to make those trade offs and be like, i know it's going to pay off in the long run. and even if i'm going to miss out on something like in short, termel it's worth my long terme goal. >> so you've got your eye on the prize really? >> it hasn't always been smooth sailing. about five years ago, mika's love for gymnastics hit a rough patch at age 13. after spnearly ten years in the sport.

she was burned out. >> i had a lot of mental blocks, which is kind of like when you get scared of skills because gymnastics is a very, very mental sport. switched gyms and coaches, which was exactly what she needed. >> she was afraid of everything and she just was burnt out. didn't really love gymnastics and you dance in the corner. it's more contraction. >> coach lisa of east bay gymnastics in concord, where mika trains. >> or when you step, it's here and go. >> as a former gymnast herself, she could empathize with what slow and i listened because she had a lot of anxiety. i recognized all that stuff underneath, and then we slowly unpacked that stuff underneath. >> moving to east bay has been so magical because my coach, lisa, has really helped me rediscover the love of gymnastics. >> look around the corner that love and hard work has taken her spto new heights, including a

scholarship to her dream school powerhouse, ucla. >> it's so cool. yeah i mean, when i was eight years old, i remember watching ucla floor routines and being do that. i ce myself anywhere else. >> and if becoming a bruin wasn't enough, mika, whose father is belgian, earned a spot on their national team, putting her one stepúcloser to making it to the pinnacle of her sport. >> my dream was to go to the olympics. you know, most baby gymnasts dreams are and same as mine. so being able to actually achieve that, knowing that so few people do, would be just amazing, coach terry says. >> with mika's continued hard work and dedication, the 2028 olympics are definitely within her reach. >> she's not even close to what she's capable of. she has so much gymnastics left in her. i think mika can go as high as she decides she wants to go with ito

sports. thank you. jason, coming up next, vice president kamala harris making a trip to florida today. the reason why she's visiting the scene of one of the worst school shootings in us history. >> outside our doors, we've got the gray skies overhead, a mixed bag in store for us, including a little bit of sunshine and the risk of thunderstorms . i'll have a look

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a summit that's highway 80 eastbound and donner lake on your right, just about to hit truckee. that area was shut down, the summit because of spinouts for a while, and it looks like chain controls are pulled, at least at thatc particular area as cars are moving along pretty well. but if you road, a little bit icy, more snow is coming. if you're heading to the sierra to ski this weekend, might want to giddy up. it does look beautiful though out there. >> gorgeous, gorgeous. we're watching the sunrise over the mountains. wow, i wish i was on that ride for real. >> yeah, i think all three. let's road trip. >> yes, road trip. >> we have a rosemary oroczo joining us here to more about what that weather looks like. >> right. that view a little deceiving, right? because as frank mentioned, more to come and the travel advisory for the west slope continues until

heavenly reporting a ten inches of snowfall so far. kirkwood reporting 20in, and we could see another six inches to a foot at& the higher peaks. here's a look into san francisco, where we have some breaks in we are clouds and showers and the risk ofc thunderstorms. in fact, when we get some warming at the surface and that cold air above, it actually enhances the risk of thunderstorms. so you could have down the next of course, younpo- know, if you experience a thunderstormc, take shelter. it could be dangerous. santa rosa reporting 64,107 inch since a yesterday. half moon bay a little bit more than that. san francisco half inch for you there. in the santa cruz mountains reporting a little bit more than an inch. scattered showers at this time as we continue into the afternoon. the risk of little bit later this morning

into the first part of the afternoon, again with a little f warming. although we are going to be cool. you the moment. thes a look at the center of the storm. it will continue to push east and we will continue with the on and off for today. tomorrow morning before we dry out for the second half of sunday. rainfall amounts half inch to an inch. still a possibility over our area. and f with the snow. the future cast model again a little soggy todayn tomorrow we start out with scattered showers, but then it moves out and we're dry for the rest of sunday. monday and tuesday. by wednesday, another system pushing that ridge aside and bringing us additional rain. so midweek wednesday looks to be a soggy one as well, and next weekend looks a little iffy to see the temperatures in and around the bay area this morning. mid 40s to mid 50s, but forúthe afternoon below average in many areas struggling in the upperc 50s in areas like san

francisco and oakland, you're extended forecast. we do begin to dry out sunday afternoon, temperatures only slightly better into monday. a dry day, dry on tuesday, a tad warmer, but then temperatures fall once again and the wet weather returns on wednesday. >> back to you. beautiful, wonderful rain showers coming. thank youn rosemary, an fbi notice has been sent to passengers of the alaska airlines flight that had a door plug blow out back in january, as ktvu tom vacar shows us, passengers say they've received letters that say they may have been victims of a crime. >> there was the loudestt& explosion. it was horrible. >> the fbi sent lettersúto passengers who were on alaska airlines when a door plug panel blew off right in mid-flight. it says that they may have been crime victims and provided access to its victim notification system for updates. >> there's federal law that says you have to keep victims of a crime apprized of what's going

on during the time of and any d, major decisions theújustice department makes. >> my firm's clients and i though, welcome this investigation. we want accountability. we want answers, and we want safer planes. >> this criminal investigation is because the national transportation safety board says it was not given critical and legally required manufacturing records about the missing door bolts. >> this is extraordinary for the department of justice to be investigating an died. >> and the government is also investigating boeing's possible violation of a non-prosecution agreement boeing signed with uncleúsam in the wake of two new 737 max crashes a few years back. >> they were given this deferred prosecution agreement andúif they committed no crimes, no other then they would be allowed. the the deferred prosecution closet- spagreement, and then boeing wod not get indicted. if boeing

lied, deliberately hid documents, or failed to keep them, a criminal prosecution is likely to follow. somebody needs to be held accountable for this door plug blowout for the lack of the documentation, alleged lackúof documentation,. >> it may reveal the planes were built way too fast, that to keep along. more on thisúas it develops. tom vacar ktvu fox two news time now is 819. >> the faa ramping up oversight of united airlines after a number of recent safety problems , the wall street journal reports. united telling employees in a note this week that the faa will review some of the airline's safety practices and procedures in the upcoming weeks. earlier this week, united's ceo wrote a letter to customers acknowledging recent safety incidents, which so far appears to have no clear connection to one another but are receiving high level attention. how about some

basketball men's basketball here in the bay area? went up in smoke last night. sadly, fifth seeded saint mary's was upset byúthe number 12 seed grand canyon in the last game of the first round. late last night, the ncaa, they were cheering in moraga, but the point after neither team wasn a able to pull away in the first half, but the antelopes went on a big run. seven one run early in the second half proved to be just too much for the gaels to overcome. saint mary's falls 75 to 66. how about the stanford women? they will host seventh seed iowa state tomorrow night on the farm. last night, two seed at stanford and at 15 seed run in the opening round of the- ncaa tournament with a 29 point convincing victory. junior forward kiki arifin reached 1000 career points in the victory. after the game, she talked about her team's determination to bounce back from the loss and

the pac 12 tournament title run, and to avoid a repeat of last year's early exit in the ncaa. >> it's march. every team is great. in march, so we can't take any team for granted like we have to put the same amount of focus we don't want what happened we want to get out of maples. i want us to win for my teammates as opposed to for myself. so i feel like that's something that is like strengthening, strengthening us this year. >> speaking of basketball, millions of ncaa tournament brackets are already busted, especiallyúafter that saint mary's loss. fewer than 1% of the brackets filled out online remain perfect today. the odds of correctly selecting the winner of all 67 tournament games is pretty much impossible. like most years, fans say early tournament upsets ruined their bid for a perfect bracket. bracket >> busted. busted gunzo. new mexico had some

upsets that didn't didn't come to fruition. >> there wasn't a lot of thought thatúwent into it. oh, i had auburn and kentucky winningúin college basketball. >> analysts say there's never been a perfect march madness bracket, and it's unlikely this year will be any different. >> coming up, hundreds lining up for hours to get the first taste of this year's limited release spof piney. the younger white fs of the beers say the triple ipa is worth waiting for, and a new warning for bay area drivers how fast track users in a new scam

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how local community members are participating today in a long march. plus, the oakland police department, they've got a new police chief. what we're learning about floyd mitchell and why the city's mayor says he's the best man for the job. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> rise and shine. good morning, bay area. it is 830 on the dot. we've got a lot of cloud cover, a little bit of rain, some

sunshine. if you don't like the weather, drive five minutes. you'll find something else. but it's going to probably tomorrow too. and if you'reúheading to tahoe, are you better? you better get a move on because it's a bit there toonúwelcome back to ktvu mornings on two. on this saturday i'm frank mallicoat and i'm crystal bailey. >> obviously, like wearing our yellow. >> sun is coming out, spring is& here, spring is here. >> and oroczo here to tell us moreúabout spring showers. yes, yes, yes. >> and, you know, back of the clock because temperatures are also cool too. it doesn't feel like spring out there any longer. after a fairly nice week last weekend. very warm temperatures today, struggling in the upper 50s to low 60s for the second half. mixed in with a little bit of sunshine. the clouds and the scattered thunderstorms. joining us as city where we can see just at- still grayúovercast sunshine. ta beautiful picture. storm tracker

two moving in a little bit closer where we do have scattered showers, you can see along highway 101 between santa rosa and petaluma, and then off to the east near saint helena in our bay. just inside the bay, we've got some light rain reported there just on the edge of sfo. it looks like alameda, san leandro, hayward, right on near the san . we've got snow there. we've got some rain over santa cruz as well. this snow levels have actually dropped. right now it looks like that rain, snow line is right around 4000ft. yesterday the rain snow line was spnear donner pass, so the advisories for travel continue for area until 11:00 this morning. and for the west slope goes until tw morning. so if you do have an opportunity of what which day to go, tomorrow's definitely the better day to travel that direction. meanwhile, if you're temperatures this morning in the

upper 40s to low 50s and mid 50s better look at those numbers for you comingúup in just a little bit. by the way, if you're looking for a dogc is availablen francisco spca. more on your extended forecast. coming up in just a little bit. >> i got to get a dog and i've got to walk it. thank you. go te >> a group of the east bay plan to march more than 20 miles from berkeley to alameda, calling for an end to the war between israel and hamas. it's one of the hundreds of events happening around the world supporting a cease fire in gaza. the east bay group is calling it an interfaith pilgrimage. they say the 22 miles represents the distance between gaza and the there and listened to stories from folks who are impacted by what's happening in gaza, as well as what is seems to be coming to the west bank, and my

role here is to not only lift uc the demands of the walk, but to continue to show the stories of the stories that we heard, their representation. >> it's a relatively timely event in california, as governor gavin newsom just announced his support for a cease fire backing the biden administration. >> 833 your time the former chief of police in lubbock, texas, is set to become the brand new chief of police in oakland. mayor shengtao announced that she picked floydc mitchell to take the reins of the police department that spent two decades under federal oversight.úhe's expected to startúin late april or early may. oakland's new chief brings more than 25 years of law enforcement experience toúthe city before coming to the bay area, floyd mitchell led the police department in lubbock, texas, from 2019 until september of 2023. however he resigned from that position in texas after the department was criticized of unanswered 911 ca. in a past interview with a local news station there, mitchell

defended cutting dispatchers despite a report that found 30,911 calls were abandoned. >> and when we look at how the t from 9 to 7 based on the deployment makes no difference in regards to how the system would work. >> mitchell is stepping into a demanding position in oakland that deals with its own 911 dispatch issues. in addition to lubbock, mitchell was also a police officer in kansas city, missouri for over 20 years. he is also an air force veteran, and catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcement that she has cancer. >> the diagnosis comes just after a month after king charles announced that he's also being treated for cancer. fox news correspondent conner hanson has more. >> catherine the princess of wales, says she found out she had cancer after her major abdominal surgery earlier this year. the princess asking for

privacy for her family after weeks of skepticism over where she's been. princess catherine says she has been out of public view to recover from surgery and start cancer treatment. >> most importantly, it has taken us time toúexplain everything to george, charlotte and louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going to be okay. >> back in january, catherine underwent major abdominal surgery after the operation. tests revealed cancer had been present. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. >> after weeks of intense public scrutiny over the princess's absence, supporters hope the announcement will put an end to rumors. >> this was a very powerful statement from, from the and i think this was certainly at the right, taken by, by the princess of wales. and i

think the entire country will a. >> now, king charles was also diagnosed with cancer just over aúmonth ago. the white house saying it's important to respect the royal family's privacy after hearing the news. >> and certainly we wish her a full recovery. >> princess catherine says she's in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy in new york. connor hanson, fox news 836. >> your time happening today. vice president kamala harris will visit the scene of one of the worst school shootings in our u.s. history. the vice president will tour the classrooms at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. she will talk with relatives of some of the 17 people who were shot and killed during that mass shooting in 2018. on valentine'súday. harris will also announce the very latest white house effort to create tougher gun laws in response to these shootings and more than two weeks since super

tuesday, we still don't have a top two confirmed in the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo . >> the latest batch of results from the secretary of state's office show. santa clara county leads assemblymember evan low b& four votes, one of those men will face former san jose mayor sam liccardo this november. the counties have until april 2nd to tally all the votes. yeah, every >> and there you go. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr will announce his vice presidential pick in oakland. he'll do it on tuesday. yesterday, he told ktvu ktvu why he picked oakland for the announcement. chosen has ties to the area. i also have a great affection for oakland. my father campaigned there and got tremendous support in 1968 during his presidential campaign. >> he didn't give us a namel but multiple reports say he does

plan to pick nicole shanahan. she is a tech attorney who beena major donor to kennedy's campaign, son of former senator robert f kennedy, nephew of president john kennedy, rfk has been criticized for false and misleading claims about vaccines without credible evidence, but he rejects the notion that he is anti-vaccine of these conspiracies, when you so called conspiracy theories, when you deconstruct them is really about government and corporate officials trying to attack a critic by not answering thec but not dealing, having a debate on the science, but rather by saying, oh, he's crazy, he's a quack. >> in recent polls, kennedy jr is pulling ahead of other third party candidates. he rating, ofn higher than president biden and former president donald trump. and now his challenge is just

trying to get on state ballots here in california. his supporters have launched the we the people party to get on the ticket. in order to be successful, the party must get 75,000 people in the state to reregister with them. >> if you're voting out of fear, if you're voting for president biden, because you're because you've been told to be fearful of president trump getting electedl or the other way. if you're voting for president trump and really don't want to, but you're just scared of president biden, you know, that's not how democracy is supposed to work. you should be able to vote somebody who inspires you, somebody who you like. >> and of course, we will. cover tuesday's announcement with kennedy reveals his and stormy s causing major problems on both highways leading into lake . >> caltrans says eastbound interstate 80 is closed at cisco grove in placer county due to a number of spinouts. drivers are being urged to find another route. this is a live look now

at interstate , chains are required along a stretch of highway 50. caltrans is cautioning anyone heading to tahoe this morning to check the latest road area to sierra. youe there's not very muchútraffic there, though. >> it looks. yeah,úit looks pretty quiet on one side and on the other side it looks like traffic is moving along. i think if you're going to go up, might want to wait till maybe monday. let's check in with rosemary because tomorrow it's going to be a mess up there too right. >> it's going to be slick. although travel is until tomorrow morning. so we'll see if national weather service extends thatúor if they will let it expire. for the west slope, both the i-80 as well as highway 50 outside our doors atc a mix of , mostly cloudy over this here of emeryville, where it doesn't appear the rain is falling, but on the pavement you can see it is wet. we will continue on and off today with the periods of rain, even the risk of thunderstorms and the 24

hour rainfall totals. prettyt& impressive. we've got half moon bay reporting 65 107 inch san francisco, a little bit more than half inch. oakland 4/10, san jose 64 107 inch. we've got ben loman in the santa cruz mountains reporting more than an inch. another quarter inch to an inch expected todayl especially if you experience a thunderstorm. and ifúyou do experience a thunderstorm that could be dangerous with the thunder and 53 degreesc at san francisco right now 48, in walnut creek. it's a cool onen this morning. the winds are generally light over the north bay. just aúgentle well as napa and novato. aa, as- little bit of a breeze in oakland as well as concord. you do expect thec breeze to be on and off, especially again when we see thatútransition to maybe a thunderstorm. storm tracker two scattered showers across the bay area, fairly light at the moment, but for the afternoon, you know, we are expecting, of spcourse, the more rain and the risk of those brief downpours.

and with that, temperatures are going to be on the cool side, 5 to 10 degrees below average for today. a better look at the extended forecast coming up in , members of congress have now begun their two week easter recess after averting another government shutdown. what the $1.2 trillion funding deal says about funding for ukraine and israel coming up and more people are expected to line up outside the russian river brewing company for the latest release of pliny theúyounger, we take you to santa rosa for a check on just how many people are there for that f st sip

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industries around the world that companies on madison avenue taking advantage of the incredible recent advancements in artificial intelligence technology zero in on a specific audience in a specific place. >> we can target them locally or on a on a local level, which is a city or in a suburban area ars from blocks to miles to 30 miles, so it can go out there pretty far, but can send the right message to the right person at the right time. >> and many advertising executives predict artificial intelligence could be the biggest game changer yet in theirúrapidly changing industry. and health experts are now recommending that people refrigerate their acne products. a testing lab recentlyc found that proactiv, clearasil and other over-the-counter acne products were found to be contaminated with benzene, a chemical that's been linked to cancer. the fda is currently reviewing the recall petition

filed by the review is ongoing, the american acne and rosacea society said that storing benzoyl peroxide creams, gels, and washes in the fridge could minimize the risk of exposure to. >> all right, year again when beer lovers line up for hours for the limited release of russian river brewing company's pliny the younger triple ipa. ktvu sally rasmus shows us the crowds and what they experienced inside before the first glasses ofúthe famed pliny the younger ipa were poured outside the russian river brewing company in santa rosa. >> the line to be one of the first customers snaked around the block. some people camped out on the sidewalk overnight. >> it's like a very long extended tailgate party to have pliny before at different beer festivals. >> want to try it on to paint spand also bottle and just come here. first time doing this, it's just something you got to do. i think at least once a bee, the triple ipa is known around

the world for its smooth taste, with and deceptively high alcohol content of more than 10. >> i've always liked to say that it's like liquid sunshine on, you know, i've heard other people describing it to folks around here, and it's it is it's citrusy, it's piney. it's super well balanced. >> the ipa is only available in person at the russian river brewing company's sonoma county pubs in santa rosa andúwindsor during a two week time span. >> natalie likes to say it's like having a 14 day wedding, so that's a good way to describe because you got to be on the whole time. but you know what? our staff loves the energy and they love meeting people, and people want to be here. you know, it's not like they're waiting in line i think the bees better because of the atmosphere of the people that you're with. >> brewmaster and russian river brewing company co-owner vinnie cilurzo says last year, about 25,000 people came to one of sptheir two sonoma county locations to sample pliny the younger. over a two week period, the sonoma county economic development office estimated th& tourism from that brought in

about $6 million to the local economy. it's humbled. we're flattered that folks would wait up to six, eight hours, and you can try the beer in person between now and april 4th. >> so a two week limited release once inside and customers arers limited toc three pours or three bottles of the pliny the younger ipa at one time in santa rosa, allie rasmus ktvu fox two news. >> well, what do you think? you're going to get some i i'd love to. >> you got to wait. i've never had a pliny the elder is. i've p there to do stories but haven't ventured up for the younger. >> yeah, although it's probably beautiful there too. right now that beer is looking pretty good even at seven. >> at 848. >ñ 848. come on. >> i would say take an umbrella. if you plan on going up and standing in line. i mean, maybe. i don't evenc know. all rightn outside our doors this morning,t

stepping out and the skiesc look good, well, that could change because we will be in and out of sunshine. clouds shower. there's the risk of thunderstorms for today. snow in the sierra continues. and a live look here over emeryvillec where again, fr the moment it doesn't look like anything is fallingúwe check inh bay, few scattered showers along highway 101 near rohnert park. looks like we have some just coming up along the coastline near point reyes. we have scattered showers in the centra& and south bay as well. the center of the storm will continue to push to the east. we will dry out. right now it looks like by about midday sunday opp& but just be prepared because it could change fairly quickly with a lot going on out there today, anywhere from a quarter to an inch of additional rain expected . and for the sierra, or more ff

the higher elevations. the timeline on this calling for on sunshine, clouds, rainbows tomow morning. we're still with just the tail end of the storm, but by q:00 it moves outúand we are dry for the wet weather looks return onsday- wednesday. the time stamp there 3:00 in the afternoon.c that could change. it could speed up. it could slow down. but the takeaway is we're not done. in could be wet as well.oks like i- temperatures across the bay area right now, upper 50s to or upper 40s to low 50s. and for the afternoon well below the norm. we've got 58 for san francisco today in the north bay, 56 in napa. your extended forecast will be drying aren't much better, though. getting into monday. dry tuesday, slightly warmer that doesn't last. wet weather and cooler conditions expected on wednesday. back to you. thanks, rosemary. >> see you in a bit. now this

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bay area counties, all impacted by a series of storms last month. yesterday, governor newsom expanded the storm. state february to 11 additional counties,úincluding alameda, san francisco and sonoma. these areas all saw widespread flooding, mudslides and debris flows during the storms. >> in the east bay regional parks district is warning of toxic in its system. this video here on the screen is from lake anza in tilden park in berkeley, just can cause reactions such asaet- rashes, skin and eye irritation, and, at highúdoses, serious illness or even death. several dog deaths in california have been attributed to toxic algae in recent years. advisories are also posted at lake temescal in oakland, lake chabot in castro

valley, contra loma reservoir in antioch, quarry lake in fremont, lake del valle in livermore, and shadow cliffs skiers are welcoms to its mountain in hopes of raising money toc prevent breast cancer. next saturday, march an event called the resort saysl be a fun and interactive way to explore the mountain and support breast cancer awareness and prevention. palisades tahoe says the participants will collect pink playing cards at five different checkpoints on the mountain. the three best poker hands at the end of the run will win some prizes. registration for the event is $25 and of course, for a very worthy cause. well, the warriors will be in minnesota, take on a very good minnesota timberwolves team tomorrow night. that's following the dubs latest tough loss at home last night. the warriors blew a big lead in the first

half and lost to the indiana pacers 123, 111 steph curry hit 2510 rebounds in that warrior loss. warriors still fighting to make that play in game. they are west. what a game and a half behind the lakers in sports focus returns tomorrow night with an all new episode featuringúbay area student athletes. the mcdonald's all-americansft- from napa christian's prolific prep basketball team. you'll hear from their journey to the bay area and their hopes for the future. we'll also meet a teenage gymnast from richmond who has dreams of reaching the olympics. as you can see there, she's springing around absolutely beautiful at doing those things. now plus the return of the wrestling program years, it still feels like a 40- really big accomplishment because, like, without my interest in it and without like the willingness that my dad had toc make the team, thenúit

wouldn't be here. still, sports& focus airs tomorrow night at 630, right after the 6:00 news. you can also stream it on our fox local app. >> up next, community members from all around the bay area gathering bright and early this morning to embark on a 22 mile walk journey. their message a cease fire in gaza. we're live from the east bay with more on that march. when we come back

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their message a ceasefire in gaza. we are live from the east bay with more on their call to action and oakland has a new police chief. what we're learning about floyd mitchell and why the mayor says he's fit for the job. plus princess kate makes a big announcement after months of wild speculation about her whereabouts. what she said in a statement to the public from ktvu fox two news. >>úthis is mornings on two. >> welcome back. you can see the golden gate bridge there. not too much. not too just yet. mayo early. it's 9:00 now.úmaybe a little wet and might also be a little wet. it's okay. partly cloudy, not too foggy. might be a good view today. >> yeah,úit's always a good spview. i mean, if you flew in from you'd go out there if it was snowing just to see. it's so pretty. that's true. >> it looks beautiful out there. welcome to ktvu mornings on two. good morning. it is saturday, march 23rd. i'm crystal bailey. >> hi everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. good to have you on

board a little after 9:00 on kind of a soggy saturday. and it's kind of hit or miss today, i guess, right? >> yes. but like, we say, any weekend is a good weekend, whether you like it. amen to that or dry. yeah. so good morning to all of you. scattere& showers will remain in the forecast for a brief lot fallinm the sky another view here of the golden gate bridge as we look to the marin headlands. partly sunny conditions, scattered showers. that means justúon and off. to f thunderstorms for today, if you experience a thunderstorm, as you know, take sheltern lightning. very dangerous with the possibility of the thunderstorms will come. the gusty conditionscúand our tempes running cool for this time ofc year 5 to 10 degrees below average. a better look at the current conditions, what you can expect forúthe weekend and the extended forecast coming up. >> in a bit. rosemary. it is nearly 902, and a groupúof people in the east bay plan to march more than 20 miles, all in support of a hundreds of events happening,of

all around the world over the weekend. ktvu james torres live in berkeley to explain their message. james good morning frank. >> good morning. it's a march that's set to last more than 12 hours, pretty much an all day event here. it started off in berkeley. we saw them kick off at cesar chavez park in berkeley. right there on the water here. they say theyc plan to go 22 miles and finish right here in the city of alameda. now they're pilgrimage. and it's happening in a number of different cities around the world. in berkeley, it started with a 30 minute prayer. people there say the 22 miles is a representationúof the distance between gaza and the one man says he plans to walkt- all 22 miles, hoping to make his voice heard. >> i just returned from palestine, spent nearly ten days there andúlistened to stories from folks who were impacted by what's happening in gaza, as well as what is seems to be coming to the west bank, and my

role here is to not only lift up the demands of the walk, but tof the stories that we heard, their representation of the distance between. >> it's a relatively timely event in california, just annous support for a ceasefire backing the biden administration. oneúof the first stops for the group will be to set to kick off in aboutú30 minutes. they plan toúend the march at the islamic alameda by 7:00. tonight. we're live this morning in alameda. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news and new this morning. >> synagogues, mosques and other religious organizations are still waiting on millions of dollars in security funding promised five months ago, a couple weeks after hamas's attack on israel, the governor designated $40 million in funding to increase security and police presence at places of worship in the state. no money has been sent to these organizations in the months

since. the newsom administration blamed the overwhelming office d be announcing who will get the money next week. >> well, it took more than a year. but this morning, oakland's mayor has named a new police chief, mayor shengtao, announcing the floyd mitchell would be the next chief of oakland. mitchell comes from outside the department. he was one of the four finalists submitted by the police commission last month. the mayor says his experience and strategies to reduce crime catapulted him to the top of her list. she says she's glad with the decision to bring mitchell in, and she's confident the move will boost. new city, so we'll show him the ropes. we'll introduce him to key community leaders. we'll makec sure that he has ample tie to be a part of any sort of programing with rank and file to create that bond. we know this is a very difficult job. >> it's not a regular police chief job. there's a lot of different

culture of the city, of the department. what's been going on is going to take him some time. >> mitchell was the chief in lubbock, texas, for four years. prior to that, in kansas city, missouri for more than 20 years. some community leaders in oakland think mitchell's experience in missouri will help him lead law enforcement in the city. others think he has his work cut out for him. >> be a lot of challenges he willc be facing. there will not be basically any honeymoon period at all. so it's going to be, very tough. we've got to get department itself, got to deal with the community itself, got to deal with the political machinations that exist within the city. sp>> but i think that we should give him a chance to do it. >> the mayor introduced to the t week. he's expected to start asn late april and early may. of course, our coverage of the new oakland police chief, as well as the ongoing challenges oakland faces, continues on ktvu. fox

local app free download and the& is now claiming responsibility for the deadliest terrorist attack in russia in many years, the russian government reported early today that official death toll has now climbed to 115. >> the kremlin in custody. the k happened last night when armed gunmen burst intoúthe concert hall outside of moscow and opened fire. us intelligence agencies say they have gathered evidence that supports the claim that isis is behind the attack, and the u.s. government has issued an all urgent warning to all americans living inúmoscow, our state, the state department, our embassy there, put out a notice to all americans, in moscow to avoid any large gathering, concerts, obviously shopping malls, anything like that, just for their own safety. >> they should they should stay put where they are. >> the attack comes just days after russian president vladimir

putin's easy victory in an election that will keep him in power >> a government shutdown averted following an overnight vote in the senate. it's been a very long and difficult day, but we have just reached an agreement to complete the job of funding the government. the senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill with a 7424 vote overnight legislation passed the house early friday morning. all that cash will fund all parts of our government. president biden says he will indeed sign it into law. the just approved funding plan includes $300 billion in aid to ukraine, part of a larger package. members of congress will debate once they return in two weeks back from their easter recess. congress also voted to strip hundreds of millionsúof dollars supplies to palestine, opens in gaza, and the

world are now sending messages of love and support to britain's princess of wales. >> that's right after princess kate revealed she's dealing with a medical crisis yesterday, she spreleased an emotional form ofr and she is now in the early stages ofúchemo therapy. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. >> the 42 year oldúmother of three has largely been out of sight since christmas. that's been obviously a lot of speculation about her health and her says her family needed time to deal with her diagnosis and her cancer treatmentn >> but most, it has taken us time to explain everything to george, charlotte and louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going to be okay. as i've said to them, i am well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the

things that will help me heal in my mind, body and spirits. >> her announcement comes during an already difficult time fort& the royal family. just last month, buckingham palace announced that king charles also had cancer. the 75 year old king has now issued a statement expressing his love and support for his daughter in law. and coming up, millions of ncaa tournament brackets are busted. what college saying about that? >> mine's a mess. i'll tell you that much up next, the journey of state senator aisha wahab to get her role as an influential lawmaker locally and nationally, what it took to get to where she is today as we highlight her for women's history month coming up, spring showers continue across the bay area for your weekend. >> a live look there into san francisco where we have some blue sky overhead that coming along with the risk of have a better look at what you can

politics, not just on a national level, but also locally as well& among those women. she became the first african american woman to be elected to public office in the u.s. in 201x. ktvu with o discuss her journey. >> my father is very big in community service, race in the east bay. >> state senator aisha wahab saysc she was always encouraged

by her father to serve the community. she was a guest speaker at a dinner event for carpenter, local 713 members thursday night.t& >> so anything that we can do. so since we were kids, i was the one who was doing blanket drives and coat drives during winter for refugees and for afghans in afghanistan and so forth. so i've always had that kind of spirit of like, community service. >> born in new york city, wahab says she and her sister spentc time in foster care before being adopted by a couple in the bay area. she says listening to people in hayward and her own family talk about rising rent costs and other issues moved her to run for hayward city council. >> you name it. we worked on it and people say you can't do it because you don't have that much time, or it's four years or you're supposed to go slow. no, it's actually whoever's in that seat can push the agenda, right? can push the policy reforms. >> wahab says women in general tend to focus on issues that directly impact people's lives. menlo college political science

spprofessor melissa michaelson also says women now have more support when running for political office. >> more and more women are being backed up by and groups that say, hey, we want te of the things we know is that women tend to have to be butt- recruited and asked. >> wahab says she, too was recruited to run for a state senate seat as march voting primary results are being counted, analysts predict that for the first time in california history, 53% of the senate may be comprised of women. >> it's about time, right? and even though we have more and more women running for office, we still see that the issues necessarily always addressed. and that's aúproblem, too. >> wahab says even in a progressive state like california, women still face pay and racial inequalities, and she hopes that women of all backgrounds have a voice in the political arena.

>> but we as the most progressive state in the nation, still don't have a female governor. we have better odds this coming round, right? we're going to see far more women run for the governor's spot. but at the same timel we still don't have it. >> now, here in the south bay, the board of supervisors in santa clara county could have a 4 to 1 majority female board in november in the meantime, wahab says that she'll continue advocating for the, fox two new. >> it is 915 talking a little hoop march madness for men's basketball here in the bay area sadly ended late last night. by 12 seed grand canyon in thet- the ncaa tournament. gaels went- into halftime down a point, still with hope after neither boy, the antelopes went on abut run. how about a 17 one run early in the second half? just way too much for saint mary's to overcome. they never regained the lead. gaels lose it 75 to

66. how about stanford women? they'll host number seven seed iowa state tomorrow night. last spnight, two seeded stanford no5 game winning ride in the opening round of 29 point victory. junior forward kiki ariffin era often reached 1000 career pointsúin the winn after the game, she talked about her team's determination tot& bounce back from their loss in the pac 12 tournament championship and avoid a repeat of last year's early ncaa tournament exit. >> it's march. every team is great in march, so we can't take any team for granted like we have to put the same amount of focus. we don't want what happened last year to happen again. we want to get out of maples. i want us to win for my teammates as opposed to for myself. so i feel like that's something that is like strengthening, strengtheningc us this year and millions of ncaa tournament brackets are already busted, especially after saint mary's loss. >> fewer than 1% of the brackets

filled out online remain perfect today. the odds of correctly selecting the winner impossible. unlike most years, fans say early tournament upsets ruined their bid for a perfect bracket. busted like how bad? >> so bad. >> kentucky killed me. >> season's over. brackets over gunzo. new mexico had didn't coe to fruition.t& >> there wasn't ac lot of thougt that went into it. oh, i had auburn and kentucky winning. sp>> college basketball analysts say there's never been, and it's unlikely this year will be any differentn now i had to bring outúmy, your gator mug. my gator mug. i know we lost, went to ov, right? colorado? >> yeah. go, gators we win or la gator too, are you not? >> i am a gator. but the one across the bridge went across the bridge? yeah. >>c were not.

>> neither was cal. it's been a >> i can't remember the last time i did a bracket. anyways. good morning. hello and welcome to your weekend. we do have a soggy conditions across the bay area, and we will have periods . tomorrow weúbegin to dry out. your sunday looks a little bit better for the dry weathern we're not going to be warmer necessarily though, giving you a look here into alameda where we have a gray skies there. partly sunny conditions and the light rain continuing over the north bay. the central bay, the south bay. we've picked up of rain since yesterday, some areas reporting half inch point raise station reporting about 8/10 ofz mountains. ben lowman an inch so far. the sierra also picking up a good amount of snow already, although you can see it's fairly quiet right now. snow levels have come down yesterday near donner pass. now it looks like justúabove four 4000ft or so along highway 50 near pollock

pines. the travel advisory winter weather advisory for the lake tahoe area willc go until 11:00 for the west slope, i-80 highway 50. it goes until tomorrow morning, so not a good day to travel up. you could have, of course, a slick conditions, slow conditions, hazardous conditions, rainfall amounts for us could seeúanother half inch to an inch, especially if you get a brief downpour due to a thunderstorm. the futurecast here rollingúyou through into your sunday morning. the showers just continue withúa little bit of blue sky sunshine tomorrow spmorning.úwe start out wet, but by the afternoon it looks like it's tapering off by about noontime 1:00 or so. tomorrow again going to be the day that we see the drier weather. temperatures this morning in the upper 40s to low 50s, 53 in san francisco, 53 in oakland. so not tooúbad. but into the afternoon these temperatures are 5 to 10 degrees below average in the

south bay, 61 in san jose. that's one of the here. risk of thunderstorms carrying on for today. chance of showers tomorrow morning beforeúdry weather returns. and then we're temperatures backy. notice to you. thank you. >> rosemary, spring is here. we got a lot of rain right now, but that means flowers are bloomingc everywhere, including up in wine country this morning. we're live with a wine expert whoúhas this season's must have glasses that pair perfectly with sunshine. bring it on. >> meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of students who applied for financial aid might have to wait a while before receiving that much neededc money. the mistake the department of education admitted to next

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killed an entire family in san francisco. investigators say four family members were killed after 78 year old driver crashed her suv into a bus stop. it happened near the west portal muni station one week ago today. san francisco's district attorney's office is still gathering evidence and talking to witnesses to file charges ins tragic case, and the three major candidates who are challenging san francisco mayor london breeds reelection bid are now expressing their views on the

tragic west portal crash. supervisor asha safai, former mayor and supervisor mark farrell and nonprofit executive daniel lurie all have written op ed pieces for the san francisco standard. they're all vowing to make traffic safety a priority if elected a san francisco mayor, mayor breed said that she also made a similar pledge int& her op ed piece. >> it is the final weekend for oakland's tomorrow is the restaurant's final day on hegenberger road. in business, the announced back in january that it would close the thec oakland airport, because of increasing crime in the neighborhood. in-n-out says this will be the first location to close in its company's 75 year history. the jackpot for the mega millions grand prize is now over ten digits. >ñ the mega millions lottery can make somebody pretty happy counting all those commas. yeah the jackpot ballooned past $1

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universities have not pushed the may 1st application deadline into june yet, due to this mistake in earlier problems with the program. >> well, oakland has named a new top cop after being without a leader for over a year. what we're candidateúrobert f kennedy jr coming to oakland next week to announce his pick for his running mate for vice president, the bay area native he plans to name for that role. and we're live this morning. easter's what , a week from tomorrow where an easter egg hunt is about to get underway. thatgs up in rohnert park in the north bay. more information on this very family friendly event coming up it's the work behind the scenes, let's take a look at this knee. that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team!

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reached the east bay. we're going to take you live from alameda with a look at how local community members are participating today in a 20 plus mile march, plus the oakland police department has a new chief. what we're learning about floyd mitchell and why the city's mayor says he is the right man for the job. >> from ktvu fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> happy soggy saturday, everyone, and welcome to mornings on two. and as you can

see, well you can see that's good good. you can't see see the golden gate there, part of the marin headlands and the bay. but it is a little murky out there. and if you're heading up to tahoe, it's a little snowy up there as well. so it's one of those mix bag weekends. welcome back to ktvu mornings on two. i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning. i'm crystal bailey and you know it's really wet day, but i hear there might be some sun mixed into the day. yes. >> sun clouds, showers, risk of thunderstorms, rainbows, something for everybody. wow. good morning everybody. good morning to you. you may have cloudy skies outside your door. you may sunshine. you may have the rain falling. that's the kind of day it's going to be. as we continue with this soggy pattern on this first weekend of spring. giving you a beautiful view there over the bay where we've got puffy white clouds, a little bit of blue sky, green on the ground indicating, you know, yeah, we are looking good when it comes

thunderstorms will be a possibility for today and our temperatures are running cool upper 50s to low 60s expected for the second part of your afternoon, with additional rain through tonight and into tomorrow before we dry out, i'll have a better look at what you can expect for your weekend and the extended forecast coming up. >> all right, we'll see you in a bit. thank you. rosemary, the former chief of police in lubbock, texas, is set to become the next police chief in oakland. mayor shengtao announced that she take the reif her police department. that's been two decades under federal oversight. he's expected to start in late april or early may. oakland's new top cop brings more than 25 years of la& enforcement experience to oakland. before coming to the bay area, floyd mitchell led the police department in lubbock, texas, 2019 until september of last year. however, he resigned from that position in lubbock after the department had been criticized forúan increasing

number of unanswered 911 calls in the past. interview with a local news station in texas, mitchell defended cutting dispatchers despite a report that found 30,911 calls were abandoned. >> when we look at how the dispatch unit is ran, cutting it from 9 to 7 based on the deployment makes no difference in regards would work. >> mitchell is stepping in as you might know, a very demanding position as oakland deals with its own 911 dispatch issues. in addition to his work in lubbock, spmitchell was also a police officer in kansas city, missouri for over 20 years. he is also an air force veteran, a group of people in the east bay plan to march more than 20 miles in support of a cease fire in gazaf events happening around the world. ktvu james torres is live in alameda now, where the march is set to end later today. james

>> yeah, chris. the march set to last about 12 hours, pretty much taking up the whole day here. we saw that crowd of people taking off from cesar chavez park inc berkeley, right there at the waterfront. they plan to walk all the way down to oakland and then here in alameda. in total, about 22 miles. they're calling it an interfaith pilgrimage. and it's happening in a number of different cities around the world. in berkeley, it started with a 30 minute prayer. people there say the 22 miles is a representation of the distance between gaza and the rafah crossing refugee camp. the woman organizing the march here in the east bay says more than 1000 people registered who will come out to different portions of the walk. >> we've been watching stories, hearing stories, watching violence unfold and just seeing images horrifying things. i'm a mother of two children and young children and seeing what's happening. i just wanted to do something. >> it's a relatively timely event in california, as governor

gavin newsom just announced his support for a ceasefire back in the biden administration. one of the first stops for those marchers this morning will be to attend a shabbat service in oakland that's set to start any minute now, and then the march e islamic center of alameda by about 7:00. tonight. we're live this morning inúalameda. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> catherine, the princess of wales, made a shocking announcementúthat she has cancer . the diagnosis comes just over a month after king charles announced that he's being treated for cancer. fox news correspondent connor hanson has more. >> catherine, the princess of wales, says she found out she had cancer after her major abdominal surgery earlier this year. the princess asking for privacy for her family after weeks of skepticism over where e says she has been out of public view to recover from surgery and start cancer treatment. >> most importantly, it has

taken us time to explain everything to george, charlotte andúlouis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going to be okay back in january, catherine underwent major abdominal surgery after the operation. >> tests revealed cancer had been present. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this young family. >> after weeks of intense public scrutiny over the princess's absence, supporters hope the announcement will put an end to rumors. >> this was a very powerful statement from, from the princess of wales, very moving. and, and i think this was certainly at the right, decision taken by, by the princess of spwales and i think the entiret& country will rally around her. now, king charles was also diagnosed with cancer justúover a month ago. >> the white house saying it's important to respect the royal

family's privacy after hearing the news. >> and certainly we wish her a full recovery. >> princess catherine says she's in the early stages of preventative chemotherapy in new york. connor hanson,úfox news. >> happening today, the vice president, kamala harris, will visit the scene of one of the worst school shootings in our u.s. history. the vice president will tour the classrooms of marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. she will talk with relatives of some of the 70 people who were shot and killed during that mass shooting on valentine's day of 2018. harris will also announce spthe very latest white house effort to create tougher gun laws in response to these shootings. super tuesday, we still don't haveúaútop two confirmed in the race to replace congresswoman anna icu. the latest batch of results from the secretary of state's office show santa clara county supervisor john simitian now leads assembly member evan low by four votes. one of those

men will face former san jose mayor sam liccardo this november . the counties have until april 2nd to tally all the votes. >> jr will announce his vice presidential pick in oakland. he'll do it tuesday. yesterday, oakland for that bigpicked announcement. >> the candidate that we've chosen has ties to the area. i also have a great affection for oakland. my father campaigned there and got tremendous support in 1968 during his presidential campaign. >> he didn't give us the name, but multiple reports say he plans to pick nicole shanahan, & tech attorney who grew up in oakland. she has been a major donor of his campaign. the son of senator robert f kennedy, nephew of jfk, rfk has been criticized for false and misleading claims about vaccines without credible evidence, but

he rejects the notion he's an anti-vaxxer. >> each one of these conspiracies, when you so-called conspiracy theories, when you deconstruct them, is really about government not dealing, having a debate on the science, but rather by saying, oh, he's crazy, he's a quack. >> in recent polls, kennedy jr, pulling ahead of all the third party candidates, also has a favorability rating, often higher than president biden and former president trump. now, his challenge is trying to get on state ballots nationwide. and here in california, his supporters have launched the we the people party to get him on the ticket in order to be successful, party must get 75,000 people in the state to reregister with them. >> if you're voting out of fear, if you're voting for president biden becauseúyou're because

you've been told to be fearful of president trump getting electedlúor the other way, if you're voting for president trump and really don't want to, but you're just scared of president biden, you know, that's not how democracy is supposed to work. you should beo inspires you, somebody who you like. >> and of course, we'll cover tuesday's announcement when right here in oakland. rohnertte park public safety officers association hosting an annual easter egg hunt. and it's getting underway this morningn we'll take you up to rohnert park live. it's about to kick off at the foxtail golf club as you can see here, there's already folks kind of lining up. going to go look for them. it's actually a driving rangen so that's kind of fun out the lawn. the event will be going on throughout the morning. start times vary for kids of all ages. by the way, it'súa free event for the community. so if you're up in the north bay and want to celebrate and grab a few easter

the way, easter a week from tomorrow, a week early this year? yeah. into march. wow. beautiful >> another super bloom is beginning to make an appearance. yes. speaking of easter, very spring like there look at the wildflowers already growing this spring and march is women's history month. that's why today we're highlighting local female wine makers who are crushing the wine industry. we're live with a wine expert who will introduce us to those wines and theirc spring ready bottles. >> and across the bay area this morning, waking up with partly sunny conditions. that's a beautifulúview there over jack splondon square. scattered shows will remain in the forecast for today and the risk of thunderstorms as well. a better look at what we

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this rain is bringing gorgeous flowers all across the bay area just in time for spring. this so-called super bloom has created a beautiful sight for visitors to county parks and other outdoor areas. there are you look, so what kind of what- >> we saw a wild meadow, buttercup, baker's goldfields, yellow crown vetch, sweet

alyssum, blue dicks, california buttercup. flower lovers are still waitingl for the peak of this year's super bloom. they say getting a flowers is always a treat.fult- >> last yearúthere was a lot of poppies, like you could stand in the back, be almost orange, and park rangers are asking everyone who comesúout to see super bloom to stay on the marked trails. >> and pick those. >> yes, spring is here, which means it's one of the most beautiful times to head up to wine country. or maybe have a glass of wine in your own backyard. sky fox flew over livermore vineyards yesterday. and green.c maybe a littleúwet today. and whether you're headed to wine country or just need a little help picking that perfect bottle of wine this spring, we've got you covered. because master sommelier vincent mauro is in the house this morning with some great takes on spring wine made by female women's hisy

month. good to have you with us. hi, frank. happy spring. all right. happy spring to you as well did a bit of a deep dive are women few more. winemakers >> yeah, i thoughtúthere would be two. and, you increased in te past generation or two. i mean, it was only as recently as, you know, i think your mike's off. >> so where are you located? here, no, i'm trying to help you. it says it's on here. can you hear me? speak up a little bit. >> yeah. how is that? >> all right, i'll justúget very close to you here. we'll. and we'll move out. we're going to share a mic. we're going to share some wine here. it prior,m assuming that wine made by women is better than wine made by men, right? >> i think the answer is yes. >> yes, of course it is. yes. all right. tell us what yougve got. >> so we have sparkling wine, a white wine and a red wine, the first of which is schramsberg.

okay it's one of the oldest wineries in california, founded back in the 1860s. is the winemo not only is a female winemaker, but one of only a small percentageúof asian american winemakers, and making sparkling as well. about this on previous segments, but made a wine that's made exactly like champagne. >> it just doesn't come from champagne. so that's good for our wallets and good for the glass. >> all right. cheers cheers. you know what? that's pretty good on a sunday. that's pretty. >> that's pretty good. >> that went down very, very easy. >> that is a saturday morning sipper i think is the timeúyou used. >> all right, all right. we move on to number two. >ñ number two. so certainly i fawn over all of these producers. but this for me is a bay area local favorite that can relate to, shelley lindgren, one of the partner owners in tansy, is the founder of sb qr

restaurant, as well as a16 restaurant right here in rockland, in oakland and in san francisco. >> oh yeah, i've been there, partners kitty, ottoline and butchered your last name and megan glab is the winemaker, so a small production winery that focuses on italian grape varieties and only just started a few years ago. so you have to get it while you can because it's got flowers veryúspringy, s lovely. and what kind of wine is this now? this is a vermentino vermentino. what is that? >> a grape you'll typically see in northern italy, central italy, a little bit in southern france, and then kind of i woult similar grape, if you like grapes, like crisp and citrusy and floral. this is going to be right up your alley. >> that's aúgood spring sipper too. oh yeah. >> shall we? especially asparagus season and legume season. >> yeah, that's very nice to.

>> yeah. really kind of minerally and salty and citrus and super nice. >> and finally we've got some red, some red wine. >> might be a little light for your taste, franc, but we'll find out. >> okay, i know i like my, my wines. i can eat with a spoon. so a heavy cab. but hey, i'm all. i'm all in. >> yeah. new venturesn so thist& is tulelake winery, founded in the mid 70s and coombsville. so the southern part of napa, by bill now his daughter, bree cadman is overseeing the whole production. vineyards, everything. >> and she grew up up there as >> napa valley gal and came back home after many years and other industries and this is all sourced from the haines vineyard, which is the oldest pinot noir vineyard in the orige period does napa have a lot of pinos? >> i always think of, like vall, mostly, mostly in the southern part. >> so tansey is in carneros and

tulelake isúin coombsville on te proximity of like southwest and southeast napa, where it's a little bit colder and pinot has a chance to thrive. oh, it smells great. yeah very pretty. nothing better on a sunday. haven't you hear, vincent, that >> yeah. i'm going to do a lighter red on on the weekend. >> that's very nice. good easter wines too, right? we're just a week away. >> 100.úthese will go with just about anything you put on the table. and that's. that was also the idea with the selections. >> very good. well, cheers to >> cheers. thank you frank. >> always a of the best sommeliers in the country right here in the bay area. >> we just aim for the glass, frank. >> we do good by you, good by you. thank you. vincent. all right. weather wise, i don't know if you're going to be sipping outside today. it's a little wet out there, but as rosemary, i think you would agree. any day is a good day for a good glass of here's a nice

have the clouds out there. thee- sun showers risk of thunderstorms today. rainbows come along with this type of pattern as well. so again something for everybody. it's something we're going to see for the next 24 hours or so. and then by the back end of your weekend we will get some dry yot coming up for some of the rainfall amounts since this started yesterday, san francisco more than half inch, ben lowman an inch and almost a quarter in the santa cruz mountains. there castro valley in the east bay reporting more than an inch so far. and look at the storm here. it will continue to move east right there, the core of the oregon and washington. we are continuing with the scattered showers for today. you can see f pop up north, central and south bay all seeing a little bit of this. and the snow in the sierra for the moment. still anle bitt- advisory for travel for the greater lake tahoe area. it's

until 11:00 this morning. and for the west slope, i-80úand highway 50, it's until tomorrow morning with another six inches or so expected, maybe even a little bit more. but ten, q5, 20in already reported at the ski resorts in the last 24 hours there for us could see another half inch to an inch, especially if we are caught up in a thunderstorm and a reminder in a lightning can be very dangerous. so your futurecast here getting into the afternoon. notice the clouds and the breaks. so we're going to have sunshine out there. that just adds to the instability that could trigger e sunshine. you might get a brief downpour tomorrow morning. we start out with scattered showers by out and then we're dry for a couple of days. temperatures right now in the upperc 40s to mid 50súand for the afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s, 510 degrees below average for this time of year. dry the second half of sundayl

monday, tuesday. wet weather returns on wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. rosemary up next, poker and skiing generally not something you would combine. you're going to see how california ski resort is using that to raise money for breast cancer research. when we come back

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is currently reviewing the recall petition filed by the la, the american acne and rosacea society said that it storing benzoyl peroxide creams, gels, and washes in the fridge could e exposure. >> california ski resort welcoming visitors to its mountain in hopes of breast can. next saturday, march 30th, palisades tahoe hosting an event called the pink poker run. the resort says this will be fun, interactive way to explore the mountain and support breast cancer awareness and prevention. palisades tahoe says participants will collect pink playing cards at five different checkpoints out on the mountain. three best poker hands at the end of the run will win some prizes. registration is 25 bucks for a very good cause. about ben minnesota to face a very good ts latest tough loss at home. last night the warriors blew aúbig lead in the first half. they

lost to the pacers 123 111 steph curry had a big night 25 points ten boards. fighting to make that play in game. they are in 10th place in the west. they are now a game and a behind the la lakers. >> and speaking of sports tomorw night with an all new episode featuring bay area student athletes. wegre talking with some of the mcdonald's all-americans from napa, prolific prep basketball team. you'll hear all about their journey to the bay area and their hopes for the future. we'll also meet a teenage gymnast from richmond who has dreams of reaching the olympics. she's with. she's here in east bay, obviously a pro already, and plus it's the return of the wrestling program at alameda high school after 40 years, it still feels like a really big accomplishment because, like, without my interest in it and without like the willingness that my dad had to make the team, then it wouldn't be here.

>> still night at 630, right after the 6:00 news. >> you can also stream it on our fox local app. >> all right. we got about another minute or so. talk a little weather with rosemary. a lot of folks want to get out and about today. and if they do you better respect it all. >> yeah you know you're going to. oh wow. it's sunny. let's get out. we'll bring the umbrella because the showers are definitely a possibility. even the risk of thunderstorms as we're talking about. and when we get any warmthúat the surface, you know, it just adds to the instability colliding with the colder air. up above, there's a look at your extended forecast. showers today, risk of thunderstorms, cool temperatures in the afternoon tomorrow. we'll see scattered showers in the morningn but then the second half of sunday looks dry. dry on monday, dry tuesday and then on wednesday rainúexpected again and maybe rain on easter sunday. >> tahoe a bit of a mess too, right? yeah the sierra is getting more snow. >> here they are at the park getting ready to start looking for some easters, easter eggs pc

safety officers association is hosting the annual easter egg hunt this morning. >> yeah, a lot of kids out there. it's free event and it's on a driving range actually, at the foxtail golf club. and if you're up in the north bay and want to get the kids out becausd wine, now we need eggs. >> you're the hungry one, righte to pack. morning show. i gotta eat, but. but look at that rainbow there, though. hopefully that means that they're going to have a dry search for, you neede the rainbow. so i'm going to say,oonerúan later. let's get that egg. a quick reminder that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you& can watch live newscasts, stories on demand, amazon, roku, apple or android. scan that q code is a paid program