either of you. that's my advice. we'd. you mean weed or cigarets? but weed? but weed? yeah. we want to see some action. we want to see some action. across the bay area, some of them spanning several cities over this past weekend and the solar eclipse. >> drawing eyes to the skies nationwide and right here in the bay area. some people witnessing the celestial event for the first time. >> it's like you could see part. kind of like it looks like the sun is kind of like looks like pac-man, but also a bit like, orange ish. >> from ktvu fox two news. this is the for us here in the bay area. >> it was a chance to see a

partial eclipse today through heavy duty safety glasses, of course, and for millions of others all across the country. it was the celestial event of their lives. welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. i'm alex savage and i'm jana katsuyama. >> it is a phenomenon that will not happen in north america again. for several decades. ktvu s tom vacar, who joins us now, spent the morning at san francisco's exploratorium, where the festive mood also had some very deep meaning. >> tom, a little bit of a surprise is rare as eclipses are here on earth, especially total ones. they happen very often if only. if only we had a spaceship . the exploratorium, usually closed on mondays, was wide open for the eclipse so professionals could answer visitors questions about this rare event. wow. you maybe have a chance of two per year with the way the alignment works out geometrically, and then that event needs to happen where people live. reactions went way beyond the wow level. >> i would hope, and i believe

that it would really trigger an exploration of outside your own little world, that there is hope and goodness and beauty and awe in the world. i want to actually experience this and this a bucket list issue and then the what? >> the next eclipse? i don't think i'll be around here. >> i feel like it's a transformation for, you know, new beginnings, new energy. this is the time of change. you know, it's pretty awesome. >> if you come to a science center like the exploratorium or chabot and children are there, then that sparks a magic kind of interest in the sciences. and from that can come wonderful careers and help for all mankind. >> it's not only important, the fact that parents are here, but a lot of educators, a lot of astronomers are here to help out other, other people, other families. i think for her it's important, especially in women. >> they're not in very prominent in the field of science. but i

think things like this help to promote the interest. >> one more thing, though rare on earth, whenever the sun and moon can see each other, an eclipse is cast somewhere. >> that's because that shadow that's being cast by the moon, being in front of the sun is falling somewhere in space, not on our planet at all. >> now, the next major full eclipse, earth eclipse or earthbound is two summers from now, and that will be in eastern greenland for the us. 2044 tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> all right. thank you today, tom. thank you. >> well, people also headed to the chabot science center in oakland to get a good look at the partial eclipse this morning, the observatory held a viewing party handing out the special glasses so that people could look to the sky safely. as you can see, there are a lot of people who turned out and it was perfect viewing conditions in the east bay hills for some of the younger people, it was their first experience of a solar eclipse. >> i was just really excited for

like, seeing the eclipse. it's probably like my first time seeing it and i'm not sure when the next one is coming. probably like when i'm like in my teens. >> what do you see? i'm a moon. >> well, along with the safety glasses, people also could look at the eclipse through an eight inch refracting telescope, which was fitted with a special solar filter. >> and all across the country and across north america, people stepped outside today to catch a glimpse, some people venturing a little further out than others. this is video from nasa astronauts on the international space station, and it shows the shadow of the moon as it moves and covers portions of the earth really spectacular. >> joining us now is andrew fraknoi, a former chair and current member of the astronomy department at foothill college. thank you so much for joining us today. >> my pleasure and what a day it is. >> can you talk first of all about what made today's solar eclipse so rare?

>> well, it's, as you said in the previous segment, there there are eclipses regularly on the earth, but it's very rare that it comes your way. the earth's surface is a large place, and so it's nice to have one that came to the united states. it also lasted four minutes, which is a nice long time. if you saw totality, there were places in texas, for example, that had 4.5 minutes of seeing the moon completely obscure the sun. >> and what were your takeaways from today's total eclipse from from the images that you have seen, what what what was most significant? what stood out to you as we got a chance to look directly at the sun? >> well, first of all, as as one of the people interviewed said, this wasn't a republican eclipse, it wasn't a democratic eclipse. it was a nonpartisan eclipse that we could all enjoy together. and we all need more of those things that unite us. also i think it was a place where a lot of people saw

science work. we've had so many attacks on science in the last decade and so much disbelief. it's nice to see science predicting something and it's showing up on schedule. >> and one thing i wanted to ask you about too, when you talk about science, is nasa actually put some funding behind some specific scientific experiment. so they had rocket launches today. they launched some high altitude planes. what is it that those science experience are going to uncover? what kind of data and how does that impact us here on earth? >> well that's right. so it's a fascinating piece of science history that we discovered that the sun had an atmosphere only through eclipses. the sun is surrounded by gas, which is much less bright than the main body of the sun. and normally we can't see it. but when the moon gets in front of the sun, suddenly the sun's beautiful

atmosphere becomes apparent. and we have been studying that atmosphere and learning a lot more about the fact that there's tremendous energy and lots of charged particles that are in that atmosphere, and sometimes that energy in those particles can be released by magnetic changes on the sun. and it can happen that a large number of those comes to earth and affects us through what we call space weather, when there's, for example, a discharge of a lot of charged particles coming from the sun, it can affect the positioning satellites, the global positioning satellites on earth. it can even affect the power grid. if enough charged particles overwhelm the earth's protective magnetic bubble. so we are studying the sun, in part because we want to learn how how it discharges some of its energies and how we can be more careful about safeguarding ourselves here on planet earth.

>> yeah, so much to learn from. from today's event. so obviously we talked about how unusual will it is to have a total eclipse here in north america, here in the united states, they only they happen. they do happen though every few years somewhere around the world. so if someone, you know sort of had some fomo today and it felt like they were missing out as others were viewing the total eclipse today, when is the next good opportunity to catch one of these? somewhere in the world? >> that all depends on what you mean by good, how far you're willing to go. what i recommend people do is, i guess. >> yeah, that's right. >> i recommend that people go to a nice website called time and datacom, just all written out in one word time and date. com they have a wonderful service eclipse page where you can look up all the future eclipses put in your town on or where you want to be, and it will tell you what the eclipse is like there. i will tell you that the next total

eclipse visible in san francisco will be december 31st, 2252. so it's going to be a while before we. >> except i was just about to put that in my calendar and then i realized i could be an issue for the grandkids. >> that's right. but there will be an eclipse that crosses the united states in 2029, i'm sorry, in 2045. sorry, 2045. and that eclipse will actually be a total eclipse from eureka, which is not far from san francisco. so if you can have take your vitamins and be ready for 20, you get five. that will be another california eclipse possibility. >> you have to play the long game with eclipses. >> do you do? >> and real quickly, before we let you go, you had mentioned that nasa is creating a megamovie. can you of this eclipse? can you explain that? >> that's right. so nasa gave a whole bunch of telescopes to

people along the path of totality to have them photograph the atmosphere of the sun, and that's going to be stitched together into what they call a mega movie, where we will follow for the two hours that the eclipse was in north america, how did the atmosphere of the sun change? how did the changes on the sun get recorded in terms of outbursts from the sun? and that will help us understand and, what we call solar activity and space weather. >> okay. that one we can make. >> i think so, absolutely, absolutely. >> andrew, thank you so much. we appreciate the perspective. good to see you. >> my pleasure. all right. >> all right. some photos of the views that people had from here in the bay area from our crews out today. just shy of 35% eclipse here. still making for some incredible images. >> yes, i saw it today in san francisco with those glasses. and oh, and roberta has the glasses. >> you're ready for the next

one. >> and these are special glasses. >> this has nothing to do with the eclipse. it's because your future is so bright. >> so bright. >> had to put my shades on. >> shining brightly. that's right. >> what an extraordinary day. and you know, every single scientist that has been interviewed. i love their enthusiasm. it's amazing. yeah, you're right. and i don't know about you, but i plan to be around in 52. what, a new year's eve that's going to be. >> let's let's make a plan, you guys. we have a date, okay? >> we have a date. >> let's make a plan. right, i love it. >> what a day. you know, there were over 30 million americans along the path. we're not even talking about mexico as well, but we would like to share with you just that path. and who was able to see it? because even though there were over 30 million people along the path of the eclipse, we had a lot of cloud cover that disturbed that progress. it first began in mexico and mazatlan, where the weather panned out just beautifully. lots of sunshine. the visibility of totality was extraordinary. and then we stop off in dallas, texas, where it was mostly cloudy. sure, you had

a little bit of visibility as far as the totality is concerned, but i got a guy, i have a guy. his name is steve ritchie and he was in dallas. didn't like what he saw, so jumped in his car with his wife and in-laws. off they went 75 miles east to alba, texas. and that was the view captured there. just extraordinary. and i asked him what it feels like. he said it was incredible. you could hear a rooster crow. he said he saw stars. that's totally amazing and life altering. okay, so then the progression went on through oklahoma, where it was cloudy. we had some pretty decent, in fact, great visibility in ohio and cleveland, where it was 62 degrees in clear skies and all the eclipse went to buffalo, where it started off raining and they were hoping for totality. the clouds cleared and they were able to view it. then in a northerly direction, the totality. it continued through maine and made its way through hudson bay, past prince edward's island, past newfoundland. and

there it went off towards greenland, where you will be able to see totality in the next couple of summers. as tom vacar was alluding to earlier, we had terrific clear skies for our partial eclipse, but coming up later, we'll tell you when the clouds are going to roll in and the rain will fall. that's coming up in a matter of minutes. >> all right. sounds good. thanks roberta. well, a string of sideshows is shaking up several cities across the bay area this weekend. >> coming up next here on the four are. ann rubin will join us live with the det ls s po

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buildings around here. but as these sideshows move in, some smaller police departments are banding together to handle the sideshows as they happen, but also to investigate them afterwards. now, this weekend, sideshows blocked the bay bridge for nearly 20 minutes and also hit two spots in oakland. but before that, the cars and crowds targeted the peninsula, moving from menlo park to palo alto to mountain view. it was there that a 20 year old spectator suffered a broken ankle from an out of control car. and in menlo park, a place that rarely sees sideshows, a lone officer was attacked. he happened to see the sideshow unfold and found himself in the middle of an angry crowd. >> as soon as the officer got there, people started to surround the officer's vehicle, blind him with laser pointers, and started to hit and kick his patrol car, causing a window to break. these types of activities are incredibly dangerous, not

just to responding officers, but to the entire public at large and to the participants who are involved in them. >> now, this photo shows the damage to the police cruiser. thankfully, the officer was not injured. now chp announced that four people have been detained in conjunction with some of the sideshows over the weekend. but menlo park police say this investigation is far from over. jana. >> all right, ann rubin reporting for us live tonight. thank you. ann. we're going to take it back now to bay area weather with a live look right now across the south bay this afternoon, roberta is in with a look at at what's ahead for us. it's looking pretty good out there. >> did you notice the green hills? the rolling hills. very picturesque. right. that was from monument peak in the santa clara valley, where we've had ample rain showers. so everything is so beautiful and green, but with the sunshine in the offering, now you have to imagine with all that greenery,

allergies are going to begin to kick into play. if you're not already suffering, tomorrow is going to be a day where the mulberry, the ash and the tree count is all on the high side. we're looking out towards san francisco crystal clear skies, 63 degrees at this hour. how about that? 73 degrees in santa rosa, where you remember just a couple of days ago, the high was only 53 degrees. it's in the low 70s, and livermore, and that's pretty decent considering they started off the morning at 37 degrees, mid 70s. at this hour in napa it's 62 at sfo. the winds are breezy and will continue to blow out of the northwest about 10 to 20mph before beginning to subside later on tonight. 22 mile per hour wind right now in throughout that san bruno gap. and we have a 24 mile per hour gusts in throughout the coast at half moon bay. what do you see? nothing. it's absolutely glorious. we've got a clear slot right there hanging tight to the coast of california area. low pressure from yesterday that

ought us all those beautiful billowing clouds. they're out of it, taking the cooler air mass with it so as high pressure continues to build in today, our temperatures warmed in comparison to yesterday, but it won't be as warm as it will be on tuesday and wednesday. average high temperature this time of the year is 74 degrees. in santa rosa, we already surpassed that in some locations in livermore. average high temperature 68. and we forecasted that 71 degrees. so here are the temperatures for today. i want you to take a good look at him because beginning tomorrow these numbers are going up. more on that still to come. >> all right roberta, we'll see you in a bit. president biden announcing a new student debt relief plan today. we'll have more coming up here on the floor about his administration's latest efforts to deliver on the campai promi t

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they started repaying them more than two decades ago. folks, third, we plan to cancel debt for about 2 million borrowers who would be eligible for debt forgiveness through the save program, public service loan forgiveness, or other debt canceling programs, but are not enrolled in these programs. >> that is president biden today laying out a new plan to eliminate student loan debt after an earlier relief plan was blocked by the supreme court last year. under this new targeted approach, the

administration says more than 30 million borrowers could have some or all of their debt forgiven in. the new effort focuses on specific groups of borrowers, including those who owe more money than they did at the start of their repayment. those who started paying more than 20 years ago, those who are eligible for loan forgiveness programs but haven't applied, and also borrowers who are facing economic hardship. for more insight here on this new plan, we're joined by mark kantrowitz, who is a nationally recognized higher education expert. mark, we appreciate the time. tell us here, sort of, broadly speaking, who is going to be eligible for relief if this new plan takes effect? >> well, the authority to forgive student loan debt in the higher education act is focused just on borrowers who are experiencing some kind of financial hardship. so the new proposed regulations are framed around that. borrowers who have

been in repayment for decades, borrowers whose loan payments are going to be low or zero for a very long time and ultimately be forgiven. borrowers who, have been negatively amortized so they owe more now than they did when they entered repayment, things like that. >> yeah, i mean, the administration says more than 25 million borrowers in this country owe more in student loans right now than they originally took out, which is what you're speaking to as interest has continued to accrue over the years. how does the administration's new relief plan aim to address what is called runaway interest? >> well, they will calculate interest that has been capitalized, added to the loan balance, and they will forgive up to $20,000 of that interest so that will reduce the loan balances. and for some borrowers who have been in repayment long enough, it may even forgive the entire remaining loan balance. >> all right. so you talked

about there being relief for those who are experiencing economic hardship. what what would that be? what would that look like? what will the criteria be under this new plan? >> well, a borrower has a very high debt to income ratio of our who's, debt is high compared to their, the, the program that they got their degree or dropped out of college. and there are some degrees that don't pay well enough to repay the debt. and if you drop out of college or four times more likely to default on your student loans than someone who graduates because you have the debt, but not the degree that can help you repay the debt. >> so if this plan takes effect, would individual borrowers have to apply for these loan forgiveness programs? >> the intention is to make it automatic so that you wouldn't need to supply any information that the us department of education can identify. borrowers who qualify for this

debt relief from their information, they already have, and they already have income information from last year, when borrowers applied for loan forgiveness. and they also have an information about the current balances of the loans, the balances when the borrowers enter repayment, the interest that has been capitalized over the last decades that the loan has been in repayment, they already have all that information. so the idea is that this could occur very, very quickly within weeks, upon approval. >> let's talk, if we can, here about what will be different this time around. as we alluded to, off the top, president biden, we know, unveiled a similar debt relief plan back in 2022 to wipe out debt for more than 40 million borrowers. but that ultimately was blocked by the supreme court, which said the president had exceeded his authority. how is this approach different here, and do you believe it will be able to

withstand legal challenges? >> well, there are a couple of key differences. one is it is more targeted form of financial relief, and they're pursuing it through the regulatory process, so they have already had negotiated rulemaking. they are expected to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in the federal register, within the next couple of weeks. then there will be a public comment period, and then they'll have to respond to the comments that they receive and publish a final rule . and if they do so, by november 1st, the new rule will go into effect on july 1st of 2025. though the secretary of education has the authority to implement some provisions early with regard to whether this will survive legal challenge, i think that's much more difficult, for example, they are going to forgive up to $20,000 of interest. the first attempt was

forgiving up to $20,000 of loan balance, well, money is fungible. it's green. whether it's used to pay the loan balance or the interest. so i think it faces a risk of being blocked by the supreme court for the same reasons as the original attempt. there are additional methods that legal challenges could use to be brought. there's something called the administrative procedures act, which can be used to block regulations that are arbitrary, capricious and vague or an abuse of discretion. so the concern that i have is that some of these proposals could actually survive on their own, but by including them with some proposals, that may be an overreach, the president biden may be jeopardizing the entire collection. >> all right, well, we'll have to see how those, expected legal challenges play out in the courts, we appreciate your perspective. mark kantrowitz, a nationally recognized higher

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clara and santa cruz counties here in the greater bay area. and for more, we're joined now by carl sussman, an insurance expert and broker with the sussman insurance agency. carl, great to have you on to help us understand what's happening here. first off, just some perspective how unusual is it for an insurance company to announce that it will not be renewing this many policies all at once? >> you know, if you asked me this, alex, a couple of years ago, i would say, oh, never. but now nothing is too surprising. it's definitely unusual, and it's certainly unusual to see the volume of non renewal that we're seeing from a carrier like state farm. we're seeing significant numbers, as you were pointing out in areas specifically like oakland and orinda, santa rosa, we're talking thousands of policies just between those areas. >> and why don't we bring in a map here? because i think we have one that kind of shows we're waiting for a map that kind of shows the areas. and i'm wondering if you can kind of help walk us through the

thinking on the part of the insurance company as to the rhyme or reason of where and who is being impacted. >> sure, what you're going to see when you look at the map is there are some heat areas there are areas in the map where you can see that there are more areas that are non renewing homes than others, and they tend to be, in areas that have higher risk to brush exposure. you'll see a lot in southern california, in the hills, in the mountains, in the canyons. and you'll see something similar to that in in the greater bay area, like you pointed out. so if a carrier is trying to reduce their overall exposure and state farm has publicly said that they are trying to reduce their exposure to wildfire, then we would expect them to pick those areas that are more likely to be affected by a wildfire than not. >> all right, so let's say you're you're looking at this map here and you realize that that you live in one of these nonrenewal, you know, hot zones, if you will. what steps do you think policy holders should be taking right at this moment to figure out if their policy is likely to be canceled by state farm later on this year, and

what actions what recourse do they have potentially to, to try to appeal these decisions? >> well, the good news is, if you can even say there's good news, is that if you're going to be non-renewed, then you've likely already been notified. state farm said they were going to be sending out a pre non-renewal letter to clients. so if you're watching this now and you have not received a letter, chances are you might not be getting one. however, what i would suggest everyone does is contact their agent and ask them specifically am i on the list? is my home going to be renewed? because the agents absolutely no. at this point, who's getting non-renewed and who isn't as far as appealing goes, unfortunately, there is no appeal process currently with the way the regulations are in place. the sustainable insurance strategy that the department of insurance is in the process of rolling out is going to change that. so we should never be in this situation again. but if we are, that would give us some tools to be able to go back and try and have some type of a dialog with the insurer. >> and what does this mean?

because we all know that insurance, you know, is, is born by kind of having a broad cross section of the community that's taking on this risk. and then you know, it should offset that. so what does this mean for the industry itself, when we see not only state farm, but we've seen allstate, we've seen other companies say, hey, california is too hot for us. we're leaving . what does this mean for the industry here in our state? >> jana, it's complicated because what we're dealing with are times that the carriers have never had to deal with before. they're having 100 year events that are happening every 4 or 5, six years. so they're grappling with how to try and deal with that and how to properly spread the risk out. and it's not isolated to california. we have i've done some checking around, and there are companies in every state across the country that are having what are called capacity issues, meaning that they have too much exposure in areas that they're now finding are going to be having larger rate, larger, claims that are happening. so what they're trying to do, and i believe state farm actually said this as well, to stay solvent, to be able to be sure they have enough

money to pay the claims they're having to take the areas that are the most risk and release those from exposure. >> all right. so we talk a lot about the insurer of last resort here in california, the california fair plan, when you look at this many policies, as many as 30,000 policies not being renewed here in sort of one shot, is the fair plan going to be able to withstand that kind of a huge influx of people seeking insurance? >> well, alex, it's actually worse because you're just talking about state farm and other carrier. also, american national just announced they were they were getting out of five states altogether and they're leaving another 30 some odd thousand policies in california. and to answer your question about the fair plan, the fair plan is backed by all of the admitted insurance companies in california. so the answer, the short answer is can they afford it? yes, because they're backed by every admitted insurance company in california. now the insurance industry in general is petrified because in the event there is a large loss, right now, they're on the hook to have to pay their market share. percentage of those losses.

>> all right. certainly a difficult situation. and as we're going into fire season two, which i think is something that's a worry for many people. so thank you so much. we appreciate your taking time to, you know, go through this with us this evening. sure thing. thanks. >> all right. the chairwoman of the federal communications commission visited the south bay earlier today to push for federal net neutrality protections. fcc chair jessica rosenworcel met with santa clara county public safety officials at a fire training station in campbell. the site was chosen to highlight an incident involving the santa clara county fire department, which had its internet access throttled while responding to the massive mendocino complex fire in 2018. net neutrality was repealed during the trump administration. the chairwoman says reestablishing the rules would bring back a national standard for broadband reliability, as the technology has vastly changed how we communicate. we should embrace that openness and make sure it works for everyone

one. >> and that includes also public safety, because when they're in the middle of a crisis and they're trying to identify how best to conquer a fire, you want to make sure that they have every connection that they need to do that effectively. >> and the fcc is expected to vote on final net neutrality rules later this month. >> applications are open for the 2024 alameda county youth poet laureate competition. how to enter the literary contest celebrating teen voices and civic leadership in the east bay . >> the day it will top off in the low 80s and the day the rain return and the cooler temperatures. the full bay area forecast is coming up as the news continues right

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about this program, both for poetry month. and we also understand for library week, deb sica, who is the acting librarian for alameda county. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i wanted to ask you first of all about, you know, having a youth poet laureate program because we hear about poet laureates. but why did you decide it was important to launch this project? >> we really feel like the youth in our community have a lot to say, a lot to contribute, and we wanted to be able to make space for them, space to have them have a platform for the things that are in their hearts and the things that they want to share with each other as well. >> so and that is so great to have one of them who's actually going to be going on to washington, d.c. you know, one of the things too, that we were i thought was interesting is that you had a record number of people, 52, who had applied last year. what are some of the things that when you are in the program that you your responsibilities are also some of the benefits essentially, since we're in the fourth year of our program, it keeps getting exponentially bigger and bigger

just from the popularity. >> so some of the things that the poet laureates do, they're the ambassadors for the program. they're also the ambassadors for the form or the genre of poetry. and so they go out and they do many appearances. they get asked to do all kinds of different things to represent alameda county and its entirety, but also on a national scale. they are they end up being part of an anthology. so they become published right away. and so that kind of name recognition creates even a bigger platform. so then they just kind of grow. it's their launching point. >> oh that's great. and i also understand that they get a mac macbook and also some apple products so that they are able to have tools to be able to do their writing. >> they do the alameda county library foundation is very generous with our youth. poet laureates and give them the tools that they need. and since we give them the platform, the foundation gives them the tools. >> now, we do want to put up a screen to let people know what they need to submit if they want

to apply for this. so can you kind of walk us through sort of what people need to do in order to apply for this position? sure. >> three original poems need to be submitted as well as an artist statement and a biography , and also a reference letter from somebody that knows your poetry or knows you well. just a letter of encouragement and endorsement, and also your parental or guardians contact information. >> all right. very important. there one of the things that is so wonderful is always hearing young people, you know, kind of be free with their voice. and it's something which is so beautiful to see. one of the things that i wanted to ask you about is what the criteria are and what the procedure is for selecting, because it can be so, you know, creative and free that it might be hard to compare apples to apples. >> it is. i've actually myself have been a judge for one year. our second year that we did it. but we do have poets that are part of the judging panel poets, professors, high school teachers

, community leaders, community organizers. so they all kind of bring something different to the judging process. and surely it's based on form, it's based on creativity. it's and once they get into the interview phase of the competition, it's based on leadership potential, too. and so to truly see that this poet will be an emerging voice for bay area youth, being able to get up there and represent that is wonderful. >> tell people when the deadline is for, submitting all of these. >> sure. april 30th is the deadline, so you have less than a month. so please, put your applications in as soon as possible. >> all right. deb sica, acting librarian for alameda county. we're so glad to have you here. and again, the youth poet laureate competition coming up. and you can go to the county library website, i think, to in order to get more details. >> silibrary.org. >> all right, all right. what a wonderful competition. thank you both. all right. we turn back now to our weather here in the

bay area as we give you this live look here in the east bay. and this is looking out east over toward mount diablo. blue skies today, lots of sunshine. the solar eclipse notwithstanding today. but roberta is back in a beautiful spring day. it kind of feels like the temperatures are warming up. >> hey, alex, i heard you. yeah, were a poet and didn't even know it. that's right. oh, sorry about that. just kind of. all right. hi, everybody. good afternoon to you. yes, as alex was alluding to a really pretty day here in the bay area. visibility, unlimited current air temperature. how about 76 degrees in napa? 63 in san francisco, only 50 are along the immediate seashore. otherwise, everybody is warmed into the 70s from the tri-valley through walnut creek into concord and fairfield, and backing through discovery bay into brentwood. and for comparison purposes, these numbers are up to 12 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago. nine degrees warmer in palo alto. bit of a breeze out there. these winds are up to

16 at oakland international airport. in these winds will be pretty consistent until late night overnight, when they'll dial back between 5 and 10mph. but it's a pretty impressive westerly right now at sfo, up to 22 and 18 at half moon bay. clear skies right now. that's because high pressure has built into the bay area. i wanted you to track this. it's our futurecast, and we'll kick start our morning with nothing but the abundance of clear skies and sunshine. but by tuesday night into your wednesday, we'll start to see the development of some low lying clouds along the immediate sea shore and the form of some fog, and making it into the central bay. but otherwise, here's your forecast. here's what you need to know in fact, i believe in it so much i put it in writing tonight, overnight, mostly clear skies and not as chilly as it has been the past couple of nights. and then tuesday through thursday, some mild to warm days. in fact, wednesday will pan out to be the warmest day of this workweek. and then the bottom falls out on friday through the weekend. the

temperatures come down. that will be the dramatic, noticeable change with daily chances of rain beginning primarily with saturday afternoon into sunday. it's unsettled. it's far out there, but we're going to stay on top of it for you. meanwhile, tonight, overnight temperature wise into the 40s and 50 degrees in pacifica back into moss beach, into montara beach, otherwise 47 degrees overnight in redwood city and redwood shores. temperature wise tomorrow. how about this 67 degrees in san francisco? we're even talking 60 at the beaches, mid 70s around the peninsula and topping off in the mid and high 70s towards concord and clayton, backing through alamo into diablo, fairfield into travis flirting with 80 degrees. one thing you know about for tonight or should know about for tonight. we have a new pitcher on the mound tonight and he takes place as far as your first

pitch is concerned, it's blake snell at 645. west southwest wind of 15. but the air temperatures at 61. but when you pick up a breeze like that it will be chilly. so dress in layers. you know the drill if you're heading on out to the ballpark. so here's your extended forecast. warmest day of the workweek. yes, we're talking 83 degrees across san jose, back into willow glen. otherwise, it's still summery. on thursday, temperatures drop off about ten degrees. by friday, computer models right now. and i got to tell you, they have been really consistent handling these late season cold fronts, moving into the bay area . it does indicate rain developing by saturday afternoon . >> all right. well in the meantime the 80s look good there roberta. thank you. more news headed your way after the break. but up first, let's check on the roads around the bay area. and this is a live look at the traffic conditions along the east shore freeway. and, it looks like either our shot is frozen or or people are just not moving at all. i'm told my director tells me that the shot

was frozen. thankfully for those people. now, now you can see the traffic just sort of creeping along

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with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly are on display right now in san francisco. from now until wednesday, the fairmont hotel is making a collection of bennett's estate available to view. prior to the items being auctioned off. the singer, who died last

summer, first performed his hit i left my heart in san francisco at the fairmont back in 1961. bennett had roots on the east coast, but the collection of auction items demonstrates his deep love and connection to san francisco. >> from a bell that tony was given after he helped bring the cable car back to san francisco, as well as some personal mementos, proclamations that made tony bennett way a possibility, and so many more items. >> those who are interested in making a bid on the memorabilia can do so by scanning a qr code next to the desired item. the collection is set to be auctioned off next week in new york. >> the united states is paying tribute to the women who worked in factories during world war two. they flew from sfo to washington this morning, where rosie the riveter will receive a congressional gold medal. that is the highest honor congress can give to civilians who make an impact on american history

and culture. rosie the riveter was the name given to the women who took over critical defense jobs, such as welding airplanes and manufacturing weapons, while men were overseas in combat. we talked to one woman who was a high school student helping in the agricultural industry. >> so if we wanted to work for the war effort and we did an and it was hotter than blazes, it was in woodland 105, 107, 110. but i stuck with it till the end . >> living history right there. house speaker mike johnson will preside over the ceremony on wednesday, and some rosie the riveters helped design the special congressional medal. >> and in our ktvu idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine rosie the riveter memorialized among the stars. and this is what it came back with. quite the tribute.

the news at 5:00 coming up just a

live in the path of totality in those areas. saw some big crowds today. >> they did in bloomington, indiana. officials say they're prepared to host about 300,000 people who all had come there to

watch this. schools that were in the path of the totality were closed as well, including indiana university reporter kelly saberi has more on the impact of the solar tourism here at indiana university's memorial stadium. >> really, the two biggest events to be here are a graduation and be a big ten football game. i'm told by phil powell, a kelley school of business economist, that this is going to be ten times as big of an economic event for this small college town. what we're expecting is $52 million of revenue to be generated throughout the bloomington area. the hoosiers hosted captain kirk, star trek actor william shatner as he told the story of the universe to introduce the eclipse as it reached totality. we sat down with him in the morning ahead of the event. >> there are natural events taking place in the world all the time that attract our attention. we unfortunately taken the magic away and given a

scientific explanation, but there's still so much that we don't understand. >> and this may be the most watched eclipse ever. with it, we're expecting that $1 billion or more could be generated in the us alone. some transportation and emergency management officials have prepped over two years for this event. not only was this solar eclipse longer, but the path of totality is way more populated, giving many more reasons for brands to cash in on the event. in bloomington, indiana, kelly saberi, fox business, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five law enforcement agencies playing catch up to a string of sideshows across the bay area from the bay bridge to now, even small cities not known to be home to such dangerous activity. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm heather holmes. >> that series of sideshows wreaked havoc around the bay area this weekend. >> one did block the bay bridge, another injured a bystander, and

a third damaged a police vehicle. much of the chaos occurred on the peninsula in towns and cities that rarely see these sideshows. >> ktvu, an rubin, live for us now in mountain view and the concern is sideshows are moving from places that crack down on them to towns that haven't yet. >> yeah that's right. so there is now a big push from some of these smaller departments to band together to investigate these as they happen and to work together on them afterwards. this was the scene in menlo park saturday. screeching tires, a massive crowd and a lone police officer who happened to see it all unfold. >> as soon as the officer got there, people started to surround the officer's vehicle, blind him with laser pointers, and started to hit and kick his patrol car, causing a window to break. >> this photo shows the damage. thankfully the officer was not injured, but as the sideshow moved