see a lot more snow. let's get right over to sandhya patel. are we expecting more snow? sandhya: you bet. this is something that we see very often, yes we get snow in february but this kind is making history. it's the amount and how low fell. it's pretty quiet but we are tracking snow showers mixing in with the showers around hamilton . it's starting to snow there. looking towards antioch, deer valley road, highway four, showers and wet weather across the region. spotty in nature and towards the north bay it has been a culmination of higher elevations snow showers and showers right now. this is a light level on the exclusive storm impact scale.thm

here is going to track along the coastline and move towards southern california and bring another wave of wet weather. hour-by-hour we have a few snow showers ticking up in intensity between 2 a.m. coverage to 5 a.m. and a few more left early tomorrow morning and then you get a break. how much snow? mount hamilton picking up 14 inches. over 10 inches and a foot in loss for -- in calistoga. outside of the bay area, cloverdale, four inches of snow. i will be back to tell you about the next system and the potential for snow, coming up. larry: more snow? [laughter] kristen: all right, all lanes of highway 17 her back open over the santa cruz mountains after being closed for most of the day. larry: authorities diverted traffic near the lexington reservoir. near the summit power lines and

trees were down, forcing the closure there. we have a live report for us. dustin? hear about the snow not santa cruz mountains but until our ago there was no passing penny lane lane on highway 17 because of icy conditions, downed trees and downed power lines. a near picture-perfect scene of white in the santa cruz mountains. a great site and southbound. >> closed because of multiple trees down in the roadway to cars stuck on the side of the road and to downed power poles running across all four lanes. dustin: closures on 17 are not uncommon. southbound was closed or an

entire day last month but residents say that this time is different. >> it's never this might be the worst. >> i've been here for 23 years and it's the first time it's been a ghost town like this. dustin: only a few cars approached only to be turned around. anthony lives nearby. he wasn't sure if he would be able to make it back home. >> i put money in my pocket in case i had to stay in town at a hotel. soviet. four-wheel-drive and everything, i don't know why they are shutting everybody down. dustin: caltrans says it's not just the snow, there were 14 trees down across the highway and in the santa cruz mountains. this video was shot before the closure showing slushy and dangerous driving conditions. john may, chp officer, says if you are on the road, slow down. >> don't be reactive, don't make

sudden turning movements. take your foot off the pedal and slowly apply the brakes until you come to a complete stop. dustin: until roadways open up, things will remain slow and residents say it will mean a slow day for them >> yve t se-ctaed. your own coffe your own food. canned food. we were just talking about what we would make for lunch and dinner. canned food, ravioli, we will make do. dustin: things moving smoothly now but some of the side roads including parts of bear creek and black road remain closed. make sure that you remain aware. take a look at the maps before you go make your way home into the santa cruz mountains this evening. for now we are live in the santa cruz mountains, dustin dorsey. [cheering] kristen: squeals of delight. larry: fantastic.

kristen: if family enjoying a fun morning in the snow. bart giordano shared these photos with us from los gatos. larry: remember the days. a live look downtown where we can still see snow on the ground. cornell is in napa county, where there was a lot more snow today. cornell: this is the town of penguin, 10 miles east of st. helena. check it out, snowing right now, the snow is really piling up. six inches to nine inches of snow falling overnight. trees down, a lot of people have had trouble getting out of there dried ways this morning. you can see people stuck in snow here coming up from highway 29. a lot of roads are closed as well, including highway 29. if you are coming to this area, you really can't come up here because the roads are closed.

napa county, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. kristen: in the east bay you can see the snow coming down grizzly peak into the berkeley hills. elevation there is about 1700 feet. larry: and we have with what suzanne found in the east bay. >> we drove 10 minutes from downtown orinda to find this, lots of snow on the ground and lots of people making snowballs and throwing them. earlier today we had heavy snow falling. something you would expect in tahoe but not here. there is still snow on the ground. everyone who saw and experienced it said it was breathtaking. >> it's amazing. >> snow in the bay area? >> it's really crazy. >> so unusual, but here it is. >> we have heavy snow. heavy snow everywhere. big snowflakes.

>> jim kroger of oakland made his way to orinda to catch the falling flakes. >> it's wonderful. >> a treat for people from all over. >> first time seeing snow? >> yeah. >> in the oakley hills area, a rare gift from mother nature delighting so many. >> snowing more heavily than i have ever seen in berkeley. i've been here 30 years. >> for some it was a chance just to throw a snowball. >> you can throw a snowball. snow my god, what a day. >> a first. >> first time catching an actual snowball. >> no need to go the distance for the fresh powder. >> you don't need to get in a six-hour line, just come to the oakland hills. >> there were four inches of snow and we had a good time playing in it and we made a tiny snowman. >> the last time she saw snow in

the bay area was 1976. >> there hasn't been snow since i was six years old. >> young or old, snow falling in the bay area is something to treasure. >> it's a winter wonderland up there. so much fun. >> we heard one man talking to a fan -- friend, facetime, saying he had left the bay area and gone to the north pole. >> you can still see plenty of snow here on the ground at tilden regional park. a lot of it has melted of course but he says it was truly an unusual day. the sun was out, it snowed, it rained, and then it snowed again. what is going to happen next? we don't know. suzanne phan, back to you. kristen: we will check back in with you later. people in eastern contra costa county look up to quite a sight, brentwood looking towards the hills. larry: and in san mateo county

there is, stop me if you have heard this before, more snow. not too much. zach fuentes was there checking out the impact both serious and fun. >> we are at skyline boulevard in san mateo county, so many having fun but there is an impact. we continue to hear branches and trees breaking around us right now. mid-peninsula is working to remove the branch so that cars can get by but it seems like they will have their work cut out for them. we do continue to hear the branches coming down. a lot of people around here are having fun and enjoying the rare snow. we are going to have a lot more with those families and what's going on at san mateo county at 5:00 and 6:00 for now, zach fuentes. larry: pretty a can complicate people's lives.

13,000 customers still without electricity. the majority of them are located in the north bay, as well as the south bay. kristen: compressive pictures today from the foothills in san jose. larry: a coyote in the snow admission peak? probably wondering what this is, we never get snow out here. kristen: i moved here from tahoe to get away from this. [laughter] larry: exactly, the snow follows me. dion lim has more of the great images from today. >> along with these challenges of severe weather we had plenty of people checking out the rare sight of snow, having fun and capturing it on video. as snow transformed the bay area landscape from the piedmont hills to the snowcapped peaks of mount tam, amateur photographers like sean welch rushed over to get this shot and said a lot of were out and excited over the

rare treat. we also heard the excitement over the rare snowstorm in calistoga and saw the effect on mount cobb in lake county, where michelle's family has a lot of shoveling to do. tommy went in search of snow and shared a video on his way to vollmer peak. one woman's husband chose down their street, where many roads in the neighborhood are closed. >> you can hear them cracking. >> they shared videos from napa county and the moment the power went down at 11:00 last night. despite the downed branches and lines, it brought difficulty moving the car but the family still managed to build a snowman. according to alissa's mom, they loved their snow day in the mountains. but perhaps the bravest of them all, a group of athletes who frequent the san francisco running company who never miss their runs from the valley to mount tam and back. >> rain or

are ultra runner distance athletes. they started predawn with headlamps on. made it there just as it was getting light. >> no matter where you live, there seemed to be a common theme. >> it's a once in a decade kind of thing. you've got to push off and play hooky a little bit, get up early and have fun with it. these conditions don't show up all the time. zach: did you hear that? permission to play hooky the next time it snows. might be a decade, we will never know. by the way, one woman in that video was known as the queen of mount tam and she once did a run and the snow meant nothing to her. kristen: you can access the same doppler seven hour weather team uses anytime you want, available on demand on the abc 7 bay area

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kristen: a woman now in custody for a fatal hit and one that hit and run forth -- that killed a 100-year-old man last weekend. surveillance video and tips from the community led police to the woman who was driving this mini-cooper. the victim, tzu-ta ko, hit crossing 19th in harrison last sunday morning. >> if you are involved in a track it -- traffic collision, checking on the safety of the other person involved is paramount. once you have tended to your own care, checking on the other already is something that is really, it just shows your humanity. kristen: police are not releasing the name of the driver. abc7news has learned she was driving home from work and was not impaired at the time. the man investigators say because they deadly home explosion earlier this month is now in house detention.

53-year-old aaron price charged with in flung -- involuntary manslaughter, manufacturing illegal drugs and child endangerment. he did not intentionally cause the explosion in that allowed him to be released from jail. larry: a plan to curb ongoing prostitution in the mission district may itself be problematic. the issue of the barriers built to keep cars from driving down cap street between 18th and 27th. stephanie sierra has the latest. stephanie: these barriers were supposed to stop a legend along capp street. but the high team has learned -- high team --i team this may violate city code. here you can see five intersections from 18 to 22nd streets, blocked with temporary barricades in the mission district. the city has already ordered permanent barriers that could

last longer. >> my understanding is that there are water-based barriers under order. those are planned to arrive in a week. stephanie: supervisor ronan says that the concrete barriers will soon be replaced by water barriers. >> the fire department doesn't like those either. concrete or water. stephanie: they're worried about delayed response times. that's not the only reason the plan is drawing controversy. it may not be taxpayer money well spent and may be in violation of state statute and city ordinance to place a barrier on this street at all. first, the california vehicle code said cities can only block streets and counties of 6 million people. san francisco has 800,000 residents. the fire code puts restrictions on where the barriers can be placed to make sure that firetrucks can turn around to respond to emergencies.

>> fire code specifies the type of access needed. vehicle code allows local governments to put limitations on traffic movement based on traffic. they both have an effect. they need to be balanced. stephanie: attorney dolan explains that the code allows cities to block off or shut down streets because of criminal activity but says that in order to do that, a public hearing must be held. >> that needs a public process including consultation with the fire department and other safety forces. many of the residence might have unique needs. a resident like be disabled and might need to have access to their garage at all hours of the day. stephanie: outside of a private community meeting, it's unclear if there was ever a public hearing to address this. >> the mayor made the final decision and overrode the concerns of the fire department and i understand why. stephanie: she says they made it

clear why they had to weigh all the options and why the danger impacting the neighborhood took priority over response times. residents say the barricades are helping to limit prostitution and reducing violence on the streets. you are content with these being in? >> you bet. forever. >> forever? >> the barricades are ridiculous. stephanie: an imperfect solution. >> these departments need to sit down now before a fire occurs. stephanie: stephanie sierra, abc 7 i-team. larry: last night snow, heavy rain, and even lightning in the bay area. lightning struck sutro tower multiple times. the thunder was so loud. we have pictures showing those lightning strikes driving home. it was like a monsoon. unbelievable. kristen: did you encounter any

hail? larry: no hell, no hell, just really loud. kristen: it's been crazy out there. sandhya: we have had just about everything. last night over 100 lightning strikes. hail, downpours, take a look at this live picture and even the snow. hearing about it here, mount diablo way in the distance. snowcapped mountain just a beautiful sight. check out live doppler 7. we are still tracking some snow showers up around mount st. helena, cobb mountain, getting you in a little bit closer. right here they are seeing those showers. panning around, mount hamilton is still looking at some snow showers and that is turning to remaining face -- in case you are doing a friday getaway. 580 is wet right now, so give

yourself that extra time around the sierra nevada. they are chaining up, still. the snow is lighter, seeing three to 20 inches of snow at the resorts. great to see. you can see the snow on the ground there. love seeing it. good idea to hold off on travel. this is not the time to go up there, they are still dealing with the snow. 30's to 50's for the temperatures right now. oakland airport, you are getting a chance to see some sunshine, but don't let your guard down. wintry mix through tomorrow morning. cold morning, rain expected on sunday with light snow on the peaks above 2500 feet. on the exclusive storm impact level 1, snow at lower elevations. still keeping isolated thunder and hail chances. not a repeat of what we experienced last night. hour-by-hour at 5:00, quiet

occasional showers popping up at 10:30. some of the hills up north. going into 4:00 a.m., santa cruz mountains, you are getting snow around lake mendocino counties. another system is coming sunday through tuesday that will bring them some more snow as we check out what happens by new time. just clouds left over. additional rainfall. so far we have seen upwards of an inch for the wettest spots in isolated locations. not a lot more left. about 4/10 of an inch of rain. in the mountains the winter storm continues through tomorrow. heavy snow with snow levels pretty low. 2500 to 5000 feet is where you will see the accumulating snow. on the peaks, difficult to travel so best to hold off. freeze warnings and frost advisories going up through the bay area. temperatures from the upper 20's to the mid-30's.

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kristen: one in five children in the u.s. is diagnosed with dyslexia. larry: california does not have early screening but there is a proposed new bill that would make it mandatory. kristen: our senior education reporter tells us why one group opposes it. >> amy and lorca sought early on that their son was struggling. >> reading, really struggling to read and write. >> having him screened in second grade was a j -- a game changer. they were able to get him extra support. >> the anxiety dissipated. the self-esteem came back. we saw him suck dart to

flourish. >> this state senator found out he was dyslexic late in the eighth grade. introduce now a bill requiring california schools to have a 30 minute screening test in grades kindergarten through second. >> what we get from the 30 minute assessment is who is on a path towards challenge so that we can intervene to help them. >> the kind of tool to assess california children has yet to be determined. it could be this newly developed screening test that is able to detect literacy weakness. an early sign of dyslexia. >> the california teachers association has concerns that a mandate could take time away from the classroom as teachers would do the screenings. united educators of san francisco are in favor of screening children but only if the resources are behind it. >> we need the funding and support from a state federal level to do it well.

we are short on special education teachers across the nation. it's not a new occurrence. this job is very difficult. >> governor gavin newsom has been very outspoken about his dyslexia and money has been set aside in his budget for research and implementation around this kind of screening. there is concern that it could harm english learners and place them by mistake in special education classes. >> it's the right question to ask. the answer is simple, have linguistically sensitive screeners and it will be done in a way that does not disproportionately affect that group. >> numerous studies have shown a correlation between dyslexia and incarceration. a study from texas found half of their inmates had dyslexia. for amy and lorca, it's of equality. >> for families without financial resources, their

students are not going to obtain their full potential. that is what this bill could really provide. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. larry: coming up, wild weather. across the u.s., millions still without power and it is not over yet. larry: kristen: in the bay area we have

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blizzard, heavy snow, strong winds as massive storms pound of the u.s. larry: we have a look at what's happening across the country. >> this late february storm bringing heavy snowfall across the country as well as thunderstorms and outages here in northern california at roughly 2200 feet elevation. portland, oregon, drivers stuck on the road. some waiting 12 hours for highways to reopen. >> i park here and i've got to wait for a tow truck. that's the safest thing. you know i've been up all night. i'm tired. >> cold and dark for those without power. in some areas the power lines are encased in ice, creating a lot of problems. 700 thousand reported outages in michigan. >> we need everything to melt

before the wind starts. if everything is still frozen before the wind starts, the outage numbers are going to climb. >> midwest, northeast, residents digging out from a winter storm. minneapolis saw the city's biggest february snowstorm. a rare blizzard warning for southern california where up to eight feet of snow is possible in the highest elevations and in the unlikely places. the hollywood sign seeing a dusting. six inches of rain is forecast here. aside from dangerous road conditions there is concern about possible flooding and mudslides. abc news, los angeles. kristen: check this one out, snow on the beach. powerful waves and wind lashing the coast yesterday while the national weather service observed a cyclone spinning off the west coast. cold and rain moving in tonight. meaning more snow.

larry: sandhya the weekend forecast. fresh powder? sandhya: snow tomorrow morning and then a bit of a break, ok? live doppler seven right now, quiet on the radar. snow showers mixing in with showers around middletown, cobb mountain, hidden county lake. spotty and light around brentwood and walnut boulevard. traveling, getting out of town or going back home and that happens to be home, watch out. low pressure off the coast. lightning strikes around sfo this afternoon, can't rule it out at hour-by-hour activity picks up. while you were sleeping, rains showers and snow showers into 5:00 a.m.. then the freeze, which is why the concern is with freeze warnings and frost advisory's, black ice on the roadways. watch out, the potential is there for slushy conditions.

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larry: february is black history month and often you see stories about everyone you are familiar with. kristen: but every day people are making history as well. >> this guy moved here as a

server. --surfer. and she knows a lot of the people. you meet people like diane feinstein or martin luther king jr.. even my colleagues. they met last year and met a gentlelady. they told me i had to meet her, too. miss popular. >> i'm right in the center, that's me. >> she made the 80 over 80 list, contributing to the city in so many ways.

her late husband's favorite, taking it from the top. dorothy was born in arkansas in 1932. >> i always tell people that it was named for nathan bedford forrest, the first leader of the clue clocks plan. meister -- city reflected everything he would have wanted. it was very, very racist. very rigidly segregated. >> so bad that her never documented. her family was too poor for a camera, so no pictures. she didn't get a birth certificate until her 20's. >> that's the earliest photo i have of myself. >> they left in the hopes of a better life in st. louis. she went on to college at lincoln university. you got there? lax i met arthur.

[laughter] he was -- >> i met arthur. [laughter] he was a big man on campus, highly regarded. >> they were married until his passing last year from 1953. the military moved them from scent -- to san francisco in 1954. he fought overseas and dorothy started building a life in the city. a lot stay the same. >> pastel colored houses. beige, blue, yellow. i thought they were so beautiful. then you get on the speaker and you go to the zoo -- the streetcar and go to the zoo. my rent was $39 a month because my husband was in service. when he got out it went up to $69 a month. >> other elements of the city have sadly nearly vanished. >> you can go all day long without seeing a black person in the bank, on the streets.

hardly any black presence in this city. but then there was. we had the fillmore. we had hunters point. we had ingleside. >> she agreed that redevelopment and urban renewal led to the decline of black and low income people living in san francisco. the american housing act of 1949 signed by president truman cleared the way for the demolition and rebuilding of urban neighborhoods the government considered slums. the western addition was ground zero for this on the west coast, resulting in 20,000 people displaced from the fillmore district. >> right behind us they started closing up the housing projects. and then san francisco became so expensive and valuable they started offering people huge amounts of money to sell their property. >> according to census data black people made up about 10% of the population in 1960.

13% in 1970. it's 5% today. her family dedicated themselves to keeping a black imprint on san francisco. among many roles, arthur was the president of the naacp chapter. >> even the teachers were segregated in terms of where you got your assignment. we were assigned to hunters point. >> 1963 she became the first black teacher at columbus elementary school. after 32 years she retired as a principal in the district. >> of all the things i have done what gave me the greatest joy and pleasure was being in the classroom. i loved working with those kids. >> then the mayor appointed her to the first rent control bird dashboard and brought her to west africa when it became a sister city in that country. and she joined a city

organization to help teens in need. one of her most impactful contributions can be spotted right downtown. >> we were thinking that africans are everywhere. not only that, everybody came from africa. that was the seat of humanity, of life. we should have a museum that reflects that. >> in developing a museum the african diaspora. flex was intended to ensure that the black component attached to the redevelopment of the city after you had had urban renewal that had displaced so many blacks. can't you have at least one thing that gives some permanence? >> we are so happy to have you. without your vision we wouldn't be standing here. >> mis

there almost since its inception and is a born and raised san franciscan. >> i was very excited, we don't have anything like this in san francisco, never have. 2015 we changed our focus from being a contemporary art museum, which really set us on the path to where we are now and where we intend to go. lathan was blown away as she looked at one of the new exhibitions. the dreams of her ancestors a reality. >> i'm just so thrilled it survived. so many things die. but this is very vibrant. >> and so is lathan. remember how i said she knew everybody? we couldn't leave the building without somebody recognizing her. >> this lady is an icon. i mean it. >> this man hadn't seen her in decades. we can't get enough of miss dorothy lathan.

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kristen: sunday is the sixth annual black joy parade. the founder explains what parade goers can expect. >> it's the power of physical

movement and being there in person. so many of us were away during covid. nothing like hugging someone you haven't seen in a long time, dancing on the ground with your friends and family. joy is all about that health and wellness. it's emotional, psychological, it's what we are hoping for this year. kristen: for sure. the black joy parade goes one mile along franklin street in oakland and the festival afterwards highlights 200 black-owned businesses, family activities, shopping and who. larry: if you can't make it down there, you can watch it on our streaming channel. for more details, go to abc7news.com//joyparade. is it going to snow on the parade? [laughter] kristen: but we might stay dry?

sandhya: actually, there will be some rain. hopefully you don't mind dancing in the rain at the parade. we are expecting the next system to come in. it's not going to be heavy but there is going to be rain. 10:00, the rain comes in. still 49, chilly and wet at noon. 50 degrees when the rain begins. go and have a good time. go meet jobina, it'll be a good time. larry: thank you. kristen: making a difference in the community. >> i can't stop smiling. larry: meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what you see abe? yes! 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks or less. and 2c, well, she's not going to let a lost card get her stressed. am i right?

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