now. >> abc seven mornings live. >> right now at 6 a.m. suspending military aid to ukraine. president trump, reacting days after his shouting match with ukraine's president at the white house. what could bring both parties back to the negotiating table to end the war with russia? >> special election in san mateo county, voters are casting their ballot whether to give the board of supervisors the power to

remove the sheriff from office. why? some are calling the issue a slippery slope. >> plus, something parents are thinking about. how much is too much time online for your kids? the new guide out this morning to help you and your teens figure it out together. >> good morning. it's tuesday, march 4th. >> and let's get started with a check of your forecast with drew. >> how's it look? yesterday was beautiful. we had sunshine today though. we will find a lot of cloud cover. in fact, you can see that as we take you live to our san jose camera this morning. you can see daylight out there, but it's going to be a day where that sun is going to be obscured by a lot of cloud cover this morning. so you're looking at your current sky conditions and pretty much everybody is reporting overcast skies this morning with that cloud cover overhead. it does insulate us in the early morning. so temperatures not as cold as we were yesterday. upper 40s lower 50s as we get you out the door on this tuesday. so looking at future weather you notice a couple of things. a lot of cloud cover this morning. we'll likely find some coastal drizzle as well. we keep the

cloud cover with us all morning long and throughout the afternoon it's just limited sunshine and like yesterday, will keep the trend of temperatures cooler than average for early march. so mostly cloudy on your tuesday. daytime highs for a lot of us will stay in the 50s to near 60 degrees this afternoon. let's check in with sue hall, see how the commute is going on this tuesday. >> good morning drew. we have metering lights on at exactly 530 this morning and you can see the buildup starting. taking a look at your drive from hercules through the 80 corridor all the way through this backup into the city is now about a 40 minute drive. we put it in the yellow popping to san jose 280. this is right at the 17 880 overcrossing. you've got about a seven minute drive from downtown san jose towards cupertino. in the northbound direction. you can see our early morning commuters up. and adam, it's about a 45 minute ride towards a little bit more towards 50 minutes and very windy out this morning. so please use extra

caution if you are driving over the altamont pass. guys. >> sue thank you. as you're waking up this morning, we are tracking breaking news on the economy. mexico has just announced retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods. hours after president trump's tariffs went into effect. now there are two levels. there will be a 25% on goods from mexico and canada. the tariff on goods from china doubled to 20%. u.s. companies pay the fees when items enter the country. most say that they will be forced to pass the cost onto all of us, though the trump administration has downplayed how it will be passed on to consumers. analysts say that we will likely see price increases on many things, from food to cars, by memorial day. canada and china announced their own retaliatory tariffs yesterday. but again, we have just learned that mexico is now implementing them on us goods as well. u.s. stock markets are closed. they all closed way down yesterday on the news of the tariffs. overnight futures were mostly

flat. but we'll see how investors react in just about 30 minutes when those markets open. of course we will keep you updated on that. it is election day in san mateo county. there's only one thing on the ballot. voters are being asked to give county supervisors the power to remove the elected sheriff from office. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in redwood city, with more on the reason for the election and how long you have to turn in your ballot. good morning lena. >> well, gloria, if voters approve, measure a, this is something that would change the county charter and give the board of supervisors the ability to remove a sheriff until the year 2028. that's when the term of current sheriff, cristina corpus, is set to expire. remember, this all stems back to allegations that sheriff corpus engaged in an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, victor, and calls for her removal followed a november report examining accusations that she abused her power, sent racist and homophobic messages, and created a toxic work

environment. all allegations she forcefully denies. but some opponents believe giving the board this type of power sets a bad precedent. >> it's a slippery slope. there's no end to it. and quite frankly, it's clear that the state of california never intended for a district elected board of supervisors to have an immediate mechanism to remove a countywide sheriff. >> i've been met with resistance from day one. holding people accountable has been called retaliation. disappointed is putting it lightly. >> in an interview with abc seven on monday, the sheriff defended her work, saying she has received unfair treatment, calling the special election a political attack. if voters pass measure a, supervisors would have to take several steps to fire corpus. it would take four out of the five supervisors voting to remove her if they find cause to do so. all registered voters here in san mateo county should have already received a ballot in the mail.

there are 18 different ballot drop boxes set up around the county. just make sure you drop those off before 8:00 tonight. live in redwood city. lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. san francisco's only safe parking site for people living in rvs is shutting down. now people are wondering where they're going to go. sky seven was overhead as tow trucks started hauling vehicles away from the bay view vehicle triage center in candlestick point last night, and there was some outrage from people who still live there. they claim they received no warning. the city says there were community meetings and written notifications of this closure. >> probably 20 rvs left in there that people aren't giving them up. so what are we supposed to do? where are we supposed to go? and rv parks are what the solution is all across the country for ultra poor people to live in. it is americana. >> the city says the site has served 132 households since it opened in 2022. it's also been the focus of legal disputes, code violations and extensive complaints from people living

nearby. city officials issued a statement to abc seven news saying everyone was offered a permanent housing rental subsidies, alternative shelter and or relocation assistance. >> as san francisco closes a safe parking site, san jose is in the middle of opening one. the city says it is moving people in in phases starting this month. the six acre patch of land is located on berryessa road. it's set to be the largest rv supportive parking program in the city, with room for 85 rvs and access to utilities and other city services. the project costs $7.5 million. san jose started banning rvs in certain parts of the city at the beginning of the year, forcing people to move or be towed. >> this week, we're a step closer to the trial of a woman accused of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a bay area social media model. 34 year-old ashton gerken was known for looking like kim kardashian. she died two years ago after prosecutors say she received an illegal silicone botox injection. they say 50 year-old

vivian gomez, an unlicensed cosmetologist from florida, performed the procedure in a burlingame hotel room. experts say it's important people go to certified cosmetologists for these procedures, as they can cause serious harm if not done correctly. >> it's not injected in a certain plane. and in this case, it's a free floating substance which can also cause migration down the road. >> a trial date for this case will be decided friday. developing news on the situation with ukraine. president trump has ordered a pause on all military aid to the country. according to the white house, the order comes after friday's confrontation in the oval office. the president and vice president, j.d. vance, ended up yelling at ukrainian president zelensky. zelensky then left the white house without signing the minerals deal that brought him to the u.s. president zelensky says the deal doesn't provide enough security for his country. responding to criticism that he's playing right into vladimir putin's hands. president trump

says his goal is to get putin to the negotiating table to end the war in ukraine. >> i think it takes two to tango, and you're going to have to make a deal with russia, and you're going to have to make a deal with ukraine. now, maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal, and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal, i think that person won't be around very long. that person will not be listened to very long. >> when asked what would be needed to restart negotiations, president trump said president zelensky needs to be more appreciative of the united states and president trump's first address to congress during this new term as president is tonight. we'll have live coverage starting at 6 p.m, including the democratic response. then don't miss an episode of wheel of fortune will air at nine, followed by jeopardy! at 930 and abc seven news at ten and 11. >> state employees will soon have to return to the office four days a week. governor newsom issued an executive order yesterday requiring workers to be in the office at least four days a week, starting july 1st. his office says exceptions will be considered on a case by case basis. the governor is also

pushing state agencies to hire former federal workers. his executive order calls for the state to create resources for federal workers who resigned or were fired. focusing on firefighting and weather forecasting. >> take you outside at 609 this morning. it's a live look from our exploratorium camera and you just see overcast sky. so yesterday we had so much sunshine. today clouds are going to rule the forecast. you look at your forecast this afternoon and we will find just mostly cloudy conditions. a little bit of coastal drizzle, cool temperatures for march. you can see a lot of us will be staying in the 50s throughout the afternoon. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. what we're looking at is a cold front that is getting closer to us. it is supplying rain to the north coast and areas in oregon, but here in the bay, it's just going to be drizzle along the coast at best, and a lot of cloud cover throughout the day as this front essentially stalls right along the coast today. it's not until

low pressure tomorrow and into thursday will finally push this thing through california, and that will bring us a better chance of finding showers, especially tomorrow afternoon and thursday morning. so here's your day planner today. just expect a cloudy morning, limited sunshine throughout the day and those daytime highs mainly in the mid 50s to the low 60s. so looking ahead at the three day forecast. cloudy today, now tomorrow and thursday as that front finally crosses through. we have scattered showers in the forecast. a close look at those showers. the timeline coming up in about eight minutes. gloria. >> all right drew, thank you so much. still ahead, opening a new location. when a popular bagel shop once praised by the new york times, is expected to open its doors in contra costa county. security at a north bay school. hundreds of students resume class today after vandalism forced the campus to shut down. how parents are reacting to the damage and a lawsuit over lobster. the monterey bay aquarium, now in hot water involving its

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semitism. the department of justice is sending a federal task force to uc berkeley. it will be investigating whether the university failed to protect jewish students and faculty members from discrimination. pro-palestinian protests ignited across college campuses nationwide following the start of the israel-hamas war in october of 2023. this is video from uc berkeley last spring. uc

berkeley is one of ten universities the doj task force will be looking into, including ucla and usc. the doj did not say when the visits would happen. in the north bay, hundreds of students are expected back in class today after vandalism forced one school to shut down yesterday. this happened early in the morning at john reed elementary school in rohnert park. the superintendent would not confirm what kind of damage was done, but said about half of the classrooms were impacted. we spoke to parents who say they wish there was more security going forward. >> when i moved out here, i noticed that the schools aren't gated and for i'm very scared for my kids to start school here because that's one thing i don't like. >> we're also assessing that and what we need to do to make sure that our campuses are safe. >> crews spent the day cleaning up and determining if anything was stolen. police are investigating the vandalism but have not made any arrests. a

federal judge has ruled the group of lobster fishermen can sue a monterey bay aquarium conservation program for defamation. the lawsuit focuses on the aquarium's awareness campaign about sustainable seafood. seafood watch put lobster from the u.s. and canada on its do not eat list in 2022. some retailers then pulled lobster from stores. a fishermen group out of maine sued, saying that the listing damaged the industry's reputation. a spokesperson for the monterey bay aquarium says it has a right to share its recommendations with the public. a federal judge is allowing the lawsuit to move forward. pets are known to have their funny and cute moments, and this dog owner from new york went viral after she shared the odd habit that her dogs have. so these two dogs are brother and sister. they are max and marley, and you can see here they have an interesting eating ritual between the two. the owner posted this video to tiktok and explained the dogs have been

tasting, and then they swap meals and they've been doing this for more than two years. so you can see right there, okay. they eat one dish, eat a couple bites, and then they move on to the other one. >> kinda like my husband and i when we agree to share at the restaurant, except i rarely share. >> presumably it's the same meal in these bowls. >> that's what i was thinking too. it's like it's the same food, but they still. >> always greener. you always want somebody else's. >> and they seem they're really in sync. >> they're cute. they're not labs, though. labs would inhale and wouldn't even care. >> yeah. >> yeah. inhale. it's bowl. and then go to the next bowl. and that bowl. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right. this morning we'll take you to our bay bridge camera in south beach showing you it is quite cloudy out there right now. overcast skies this morning. and we'll hang on to the clouds all day today. so the weather headlines will find some coastal drizzle underneath the

cloud cover this morning. it's just a cool day. again we keep those temperatures below average through much of the forecast tomorrow and thursday. we'll introduce scattered showers as a front moves through by the end of the week, friday and into the start of the weekend. sunshine is back and we'll find some warmer weather as well. but this morning you look at the forecast and it's just cloudy. all those icons showing you we keep it overcast all morning long and those temperatures just really slow to climb with limited sunshine. so today we'll find mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures for a lot of us staying in the 50s. parts of the east bay, the south bay getting into the low 60s. but still even that is below average for this time of the year. now, overnight tonight, this is when we start to find a better chance of showers after midnight. overnight lows in the 40s and in the 50. so here's a look at future weather. today it's all about the cloud cover. some coastal drizzle at best. then tomorrow morning we will track some light showers beginning to move through the region so we could have some damp roadways first thing tomorrow morning. as

we head into the afternoon and evening, those showers become more scattered in nature and that continues into thursday morning as well. and as cold air moves in here, we could even have a dusting of snow on our highest peaks once the sun rises thursday morning. so here's a look at rainfall totals with this system. for a lot of us, we'll find less than a half of an inch. but our favorite locations, like the santa cruz mountains, could be a bit wetter with close to an inch of rain out of this system. we will get snow in the sierra. a winter weather advisory begins here tomorrow morning through thursday afternoon. above 5000ft, we're looking at about 4 to 8in of snow. some of our highest peaks could see about a foot or a little bit more of new snow. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cloudy with drizzle today. scattered showers tomorrow and into thursday. sunny and mild friday and saturday with more rain coming our way next week. guys. >> thank you so much. now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> reggie gloria great to be with you. so coming up here on

gma let's look at that storm that's blasting across the country. some serious severe weather in oklahoma and dallas this morning around parts of texas and moving east. then we'll be covering your storm. you can see i will be there with the rain to start and southern california having those impacts too. also this morning, president trump's tariffs on goods from canada, mexico and china taking effect overnight. what the impact could be for american consumers. and when you could start seeing higher prices on everything from fresh produce to clothes, cars and gas. we're also going to hear from a hero bus driver who managed to get every student off his bus before that happened, and then continued driving that day. also, olympic gold medalist jordan chiles and doctor odyssey star joshua jackson both here with us live. plus, tory johnson celebrating women's history month and a deals and steals with women owned companies. we hope you'll join us on gma. >> i'm bummed that some of these new orleans celebrations for mardi gras are getting canceled because of the wind. >> that's terrible timing. i know it's both the wind and the actual severe storms. it's a

smart decision, but bad timing. >> unlucky it is. okay. and i'm also sorry that we have some rain for you when you come here, but we can offer you some sun toward the end of your trip. will you take that? >> you will bring me that sunshine. yes, i will do it. friday and saturday look nice. >> yes it does. >> we look forward to having you here, ginger in the bay area. >> and see you soon. >> yes, and (vo) living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler? it's a bit of a dinosaur. albuterol only treats your symptoms, not inflammation— a cause of asthma attacks. treating symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first and only dual-action asthma rescue inhaler fda-approved to treat symptoms and help prevent asthma attacks. airsupra should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing doesn't improve or worsens or for serious allergic reactions, like rash,

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how much screen time their kids are getting. san bruno based youtube and the american psychological association have teamed up to release a new guide. this guide offers recommendations for talking to your kids about what and how much they watch online. but instead of focusing on setting a specific screen time limits, it focuses on media literacy. so we're talking about teaching kids how to recognize advertisements or identifying influencer sponsored content. the guide is available right now on youtube's official blog. a possible battery, fire and explosion caused $100,000 worth of damage to a restaurant in mountain view. the flames raced through a maison on castro street yesterday morning. firefighters say the fire caused a co2 cylinder inside to

explode. one employee was evacuated. firefighters are looking into whether the spark came from a lithium ion battery for yard equipment that was left charging unattended. battery fires are becoming a bigger problem for bay area firefighters. we told you yesterday about a scooter's lithium battery that is blamed for sparking this fire inside the balmoral hotel in san francisco's chinatown. if you love bagels, then get ready for this one. the popular shop boychick bagels is opening its 11th location this spring in concord. in 2021, the new york times declared boychick as the best bagel in the country. according to sfgate, the new location will be at the oak grove plaza, just on the border of walnut creek. boychick has a menu of 15 bagels and unique cream cheese flavors. this is expected to open up in late april or early may. next at 630. we have new details in the past 30 minutes on the response from mexico to president trump's new

tariffs overnight. we're also live with the impact this could have for your personal budget. plus the reaction as the stock market opens for the morning and the alert for south bay commuters. officials have a warning as you start thinking about an alternate plan y. vta bus and light rail service could go offline in the coming days. but first, here's drew. >> hey, reggie. we're live with our exploratorium camera showing you it is a mostly cloudy morning out there, and we'll keep it gray all day long. so cloudy skies on your tuesday. a little bit of coastal drizzle. daytime highs in the 50s and low 60s. we're back in two minutes. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. >> i'm luz pena. >> i'm tara campbell. i'm j.r. stone at. >> abc seven news. we deliver local stories. >> with real answe

abc seven mornings live. >> right now at 630. we're waiting for that opening bell to ring out on wall street, trading about to begin after a major sell off yesterday as investors reacted to news of new tariffs against canada, mexico and china. the new response from mexico within the last hour. plus, when we could all see starts, when we could all start seeing higher prices. >> then saving oakland fire

stations, the city reversing its plan to close multiple sites to deal with a big budget crisis. >> and celebrating fat tuesday. the bay area shops where you can still pick up a last-minute king cake for your mardi gras festivities. >> yes, we need to pick one up for us guys to celebrate fat tuesday. >> okay. who's going? >> maybe we could do, like, a uber eats or something. not a bad idea, right? >> it's those fees. >> it's those fees. the baby. i can't do the fees. it's hard. well, good morning to all of you. and happy fat tuesday. it is tuesday, march 4th. >> yes. and i'm being chief today. >> yeah. >> what else is new? just kidding. i. >> oh. >> okay. i'm going to remember this market. >> flip it. this morning we'll go outside. here's a live look from our cloudy view from the tam cam. you can see we're going to have mostly cloudy skies this morning. and those clouds do continue all day long. so look at current sky conditions. and everybody is reporting mostly cloudy to overcast skies. so we

do anticipate just a cloudy day today with that cloud cover up above this morning. it tends to act like a blanket in the overnight hours. so we're not as cold as you were this time yesterday. mid 40s to the low 50s. that's your starting temperatures as you get going on this tuesday. so here's a look at future weather this morning. you can see just a lot of cloud cover is hanging with us all morning long. we could see some coastal drizzle from time to time as well and even into the afternoon. limited sunshine out there and temperatures really struggling to even break out of the 50s at that hour. so do expect just mostly cloudy skies today. we'll keep that trend going of cooler than average temperatures for the month of march. we see those numbers mainly in the 50s to low 60s. let's check in with sue hall. see how we're doing on the roads this time. >> thanks, drew. and yeah, it's fat tuesday and it's moving nicely as you make your way past the northgate mall. this is san rafael. those tail lights headed in the southbound direction and through central marin. looking great all the way to the golden

gate bridge. no problems if you're traveling the 80 corridor this morning, we always like to give you that time frame. it is the busiest section of freeway in the entire bay area, so you're looking at about a 40 minute drive from hercules into san francisco via the bay bridge toll plaza. 8-80 is moving nicely here near the coliseum, but we have a couple of problems on 881st in hayward, southbound near a street. we had an accident, and you can see traffic is really slow from 2.38 and continues slow past highway 92. >> thank you. sue. now we want to go back to the big board at the new york stock exchange. trading just opened for the day. and as you can see, we're continuing this trend of being down quite a bit. so right now we are down 356 points. it took a real nosedive yesterday when president trump announced that new tariffs would go into effect against canada and mexico and china. of course we're going to keep track of these numbers all morning and all day long. >> and canada and china both announced retaliatory tariffs

yesterday. so mexico announced their own within just the past hour on goods from the u.s. that's breaking news today. >> they did announce just how high those tariffs would be. the country's president saying she's going to lay out specific products to be targeted in a public address sunday. >> all of this is raising concern about the economy and how much more americans will have to pay for everything from food to cars. abc news reporter nicole d'antonio is live in washington. to break it down for us. good morning nicole. well, good morning. >> to both of you. and just this morning we are seeing other countries responding following president trump's tariff announcement. overnight, president trump imposing new tariffs targeting our largest trading partners, canada and mexico. trump adding a 25% tax on all goods coming across the border from mexico and canada, and an additional 10% tax on chinese products, which now makes it 20%. the yale budget lab estimates that the tariffs could cost the average household

up to $2,000 annually. canada, responding with a 25% tariff of its own on american goods. >> we are ready. should the u.s. decide to launch their uh- their trade war, we will be ready. we are not looking for this. we're not seeking this. there's a level of unpredictability and chaos that comes out of the oval office, and we will be dealing with it. >> economists warn those tariffs are paid for by american businesses, and those costs are then passed on to american consumers by raising prices. that means it could end up costing you more to buy many household goods, including electronics, food and beverages, and oil and gas. >> i suspect by memorial day, we will all feel the effects of the higher prices on all these different products that we import from china, canada and mexico. >> the auto industry is also expected to take a hit, with the average new car cost increasing by over $3,000, according to

research from j.p. morgan. >> so what they have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the united states. >> but trump says the tariffs are needed. he says the u.s. is getting ripped off by bad trade deals that cost american jobs. and he claims canada and mexico aren't doing enough to stop illegal immigration and fentanyl shipments, even though less than 1% of the fentanyl in the u.s. comes across the canadian border. >> the canadian. >> now u.s. farmers could also soon start to feel the pinch after china announced overnight it will impose additional tariffs up to 15% on u.s. goods. that includes chicken, beef, soy beans and also wheat. and gloria, we know the tariffs are set to take effect for products shipped out as early as next week. >> nicole, thank you so much. business owners in the bay area are reacting to the new tariffs on products from china. abc seven news was at the new wheel electric bikes in san francisco yesterday. they fix and sell thousands of e-bikes every year and they use many parts from china, including lithium

batteries and steel spokes. both products are impacted by the tariffs. co-owner karen wiener says it's frustrating for small businesses. >> prices just keep creeping up when you have arbitrary tariffs being introduced, with no new policies around domestic production or the way we do replace those items, it doesn't make any sense. and it's very bad for business. >> in chinatown, many small businesses stock their shelves with chinese products. they say the price increases will impact seniors on fixed incomes the most. president trump's first address to congress during his new term is tonight. it's widely expected that he will address the tariffs, among other things. we will have live coverage starting at 6 p.m, including the democratic response wherever you watch abc seven. >> if you live in san mateo county, you have until 8 p.m. to submit your special election ballot. there's only one thing to vote on, but it's something that's caused a lot of debate in the community. county

supervisors are asking voters for the power to fire the embattled but elected sheriff. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in redwood city, with the arguments for and against this. lena. >> hey, reggie. well, some voters say they are ready to see a change and get the community back to normal. others say it sets a bad precedent and worry this could give the board of supervisors too much power. if passed, measure a would change the county charter, giving the board of supervisors the ability to remove the sheriff until 2028. that's when the term of current sheriff, cristina corpus, is set to expire. corpus is accused of corruption, nepotism and retaliation within the department. we started hearing calls for her removal after a 408 page november report accused her of abusing her power, sending racist and homophobic messages and creating a toxic work environment. in a new interview with abc seven on monday, the sheriff defends her work, saying she has received

unfair treatment, calling the special election a political attack. >> i haven't faltered in my job. like i've said, crime is down. the communities are safe. if the people don't want me to be the sheriff, then a recall should take place. >> i really need to get back down to normal. and i certainly hope that she'll step up and say, you know, let's just end this and go forward. you know. >> jim lawrence, who you just heard from previously supported corpus but says her time has passed. even if voters approve measure a, supervisors would still have to take several steps to fire corpus. it would take four out of the five supervisors voting to remove the sheriff if they find cause to do so. now, all registered voters here in san mateo county should have already received a ballot for this in the mail. there are about 18 different ballot drop boxes set up around the county. just make sure you drop it off before 8:00 tonight. live in

redwood city. lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. this morning, we have an update on the criminal case involving an embattled south bay politician. former san jose city councilman omar torres pleaded not guilty on charges of sex crimes with minors. he faces three felony counts of child sexual assault. torres resigned from the city council in november. a special election is set for april 8th to fill his seat. the ballots started being mailed out last week. >> this morning, vta officials warning riders to start thinking about possible alternatives for their commute. overnight, the contract for bus and train operators expired. now, a strike is possible in the coming days. vta says it's actively working to reach an agreement with the union. it offered workers a 9% raise over three years, but the union says that isn't enough to keep up with the cost of living. if workers do go on strike, there would be no bus or light rail service. >> new developments in the east bay for oakland fire stations that were expected to close will remain open. the city is

currently dealing with an $89 million budget deficit. according to the chronicle, oakland was able to bring that number down from $130 million. it is now planning to open three currently closed fire stations by the end of june, and they're also able to prevent the closure of an additional four fire stations. >> now it's time for our abc seven mornings. announcer. our way of giving you a preview of some bay area headlines in the day ahead. >> first, today is day two in the corruption trial for two former antioch police officers. according to the east bay times. opening statements started yesterday morning. the trial is expected to take several weeks. federal prosecutors claim the two suspects plotted with other officers to hurt people for sport while on duty. and they're also accused of falsifying or omitting key details from police reports. their defense says that the officers were just doing their job and say they're text exchanges were just exaggerations, not plans for real abuse. >> today is fat tuesday, and that means it's your last chance to pick up the traditional king

cake. the cinnamon filled cake is usually topped with purple, green and gold sugar, representing the three gifts of the wise men. and they are, of course, the colors associated with mardi gras. if you need that last minute treat, you can go to noe valley bakery, arizmendi, brenda's french soul food or sandies. i love arizmendi. you can find me there just about every weekend. so that would be my vote for today. >> is that for the almond o the croissant? >> no, that's our so-called. >> oh, okay. >> yes. we go to arizmendi for the bread and for the scones. and that is my life. >> we're talking about all the bakeries today. >> still to come on abc seven mornings. more pizza and dollar 50 hotdogs coming to a costco near you. when and where shoppers can enjoy a new location in the east bay. >> and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we'll have another update on how the markets are doing coming up next. >> then a pen that prints candy. a first look at the new kids baking gadget that will be released sometime later this

year. >> and okay, streaming at 7 a.m. we are revealing s.f. pride logo and theme for 2025. the executive director joins us live in studio. and you will see it first on abc seven at seven. but first, here is drew. >> we're only a few short months away from the parade. that is exciting. okay, this morning we're looking live from our exploratorium camera as the sun is rising and you can notice just a lot of cloud cover in the sky. and we'll keep it mostly cloudy throughout the day. some coastal drizzle is possible. limited sunshine. just again. cool for march this afternoon with temperatures. a lot of us from the city to the east bay, staying in the 50s for daytime highs. here's live doppler seven along with satellite showing you a cold front is approaching, supplying us with the increased cloud cover this morning. it hangs near us all day today. it's not until tomorrow and early thursday it will cross through and bring us a chance of some light rain, especially tomorrow and thursday. so the

day planner today at best we're just looking at drizzle out there. a lot of cloud cover. we're starting out in the 40s right now. we'll get into the 50s by lunchtime and from there not too much in terms of warming in the afternoon will be in the mid 50s to the lower 60s, about 5 to 10 degrees below average for this time of the year. looking at the three day forecast, as we march ahead into wednesday and thursday, that's when we have a level one light storm. as the cold front crosses us. we have scattered showers in the forecast both tomorrow and into thursday. we do keep it cool with those temperatures in the 50s. we'll go hour by hour in future weather. show you that rain coming up in about

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of a southern california juvenile hall. 30 officers under indictment. they're accused of overseeing what prosecutors are calling gladiator fights between the teens who are in custody. >> they did have multiple gladiator type fights between individuals with probation officers employed by l.a. county. right there in the room. >> california attorney general rob bonta announced the indictment yesterday, more than a year after these videos came to light. cameras captured a series of fights at the los padrinos juvenile hall in la county. this video is now part

of the case against probation officers accused of facilitating nearly 70 fights over six months in 2023. 143 children took part, as prosecutors say the officers looked on and even laughed. >> watching the video. the officers look more like referees or audience members at a prize fight, not adults charged with the care and supervision of young people. the officers don't step in, don't intervene and don't protect their charges. >> the officers are facing multiple charges, including child abuse, conspiracy and battery. the l.a. county probation department called the fights deeply troubling and says it applauds the indictments. the officers involved in the case are on unpaid leave. many made their first court appearance yesterday. >> we have an update to pope francis's ongoing battle with pneumonia. the pope is no longer needing a breathing machine, according to the vatican. he

only needs high flow supplemental oxygen for now. yesterday, the vatican says the pope experienced two new episodes of acute respiratory failure, meaning he was not responding to oxygen therapy. he was also having coughing attacks. doctors performed treatments on the 88 year old to get mucus and fluid out of his lungs. >> in this case, it seems as though he responded thankfully. but in these cases, we closely monitor patients after these critical events because as you've learned so far, these these stages can change hour by hour, if not minute by minute. >> doctors say throughout the ups and the downs of the condition, pope francis has remained alert and oriented. he's been in the hospital for more than two weeks. this morning, a newly unsealed lawsuit against tiktok is revealing details about the app's finances. court documents show the app made $2 billion from tiktok live in just one quarter of 2023, bloomberg reports. 400 million of that came from the us. the financial

data could help structure a deal to keep the app operating in america. tiktok's parent company is still under a deadline to sell the app, or it could be banned because of national security concerns. the lawsuit, filed in october by 13 states including california and washington, dc, is also raising new concerns about the safety of kids online. it claims rampant sexual and financial exploitation on tiktok live, and it says that 70% of 13 to 15 year olds on the app claimed that they were over 18 when signing up. tiktok says that data is outdated and, quote, this lawsuit ignores the number of proactive measures that tiktok has voluntarily implemented to support community safety and well-being. >> now it's your morning money report. kroger ceo has resigned after an investigation into his conduct. rodney mcmullen was the ceo of the grocery chain since 2014, and had been with the company for nearly 50 years. the company says last month it was made aware of personal contact that was inconsistent with

company standards. we don't know exactly what that contact conduct was. kroger is one of the country's largest grocery chains. it owns multiple brands, including foods co, which has several locations here in the bay area. kroger is expected to release its latest earnings report thursday. apple ceo tim cook just teased the launch of a new product this week. cook posted a video to x that says there's something in the air. the video is a callback to the release of the first macbook air in 2008. bloomberg reports this announcement is likely for the next generation of the laptop, with an upgraded m4 computer chip. the cupertino based company revealed its m3 model laptop around the same time last year. a specific date for an official product announcement is still not released. this week, a new costco opens. friday will be opening day for costco in brentwood at lone tree plaza. the store is 155,000ft■!s, which is bigger than the nearby store in concord and one of the largest in the state. the

brentwood store is costco's fifth location in contra costa county. costco opened in pleasanton in alameda county in november. and now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. we've been talking a lot about the effects of the tariffs that president trump put into place overnight. and you can see that we remain down about 500 points this morning. we'll keep a close eye on that throughout the day. and a reminder the seven on your side is hosting a tax chat tomorrow ahead of tax day. get your questions answered by tax professionals. you can send them in right now. good abc seven news.com. click seven on your side and you'll find the form right there. and then you can watch tomorrow right here on abc seven. >> well do you ever wish that candy was readily available without having to go to the grocery store? >> i don't. okay. i mean, you have to fill. >> this with. okay. it doesn't come out of thin air. >> yeah, that's true, but you know what? now they have a 3d candy printer pen. >> yeah, i'm still trying to figure out what this is, but

here, here's a video. the three doodler candy pen uses capsules filled with a sugar substitute instead of ink. they say it is a kid friendly version of the shefs pen. i have no idea what the shefs pen is, but cool. as a 45 minute rechargeable battery, it'll be available for anyone with a sweet tooth later this year. i guess that's the shefs pen. >> okay. >> okay. see, that one has a cord? i don't know. oh, that kid's excited about that. >> the yummy. no, we were kids. we had those little dots on strips of paper. do you remember that? yeah, that was. >> it was garbage. >> it was. it would come. the paper would come off with the dot. yeah. eating paper. >> dots on paper. >> i don't remember this. yeah, no i don't. was it called dots? >> i want to say yeah. >> yeah. you know i never liked the look of it. reminded me of chickenpox. >> yeah. >> okay. i don't remember that, but i remember me on that one.

the gum those oh i do. yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. no i remember them. never tried or had them. >> it wasn't great. >> yeah. >> no it tasted like what it looked. >> it did. >> you know, it was truth in advertising. >> yeah. okay. >> and to me, if i'm getting those, how can that be good, right. >> i don't get it. >> sugar substitute. >> yeah. i'm pass. >> i'll just take sugar. >> sure. >> just go. >> for it. >> all right. this morning we're looking live from our south beach camera at the bay bridge, where you can find cloud cover is pretty overcast, and it's going to stay pretty cloudy all day long. that's the first headline in the accuweather forecast. we'll likely see some coastal drizzle and just a cool day underneath the cloud cover tomorrow, though it is a level one light storm with scattered showers moving through both wednesday and into early thursday. but by the end of the week and for the start of the weekend, sunshine and warmer weather is back. but the morning planner really showing you we just keep it cloudy all morning long. with those temperatures really slow to warm as we approach noon. so today it's limited sunshine. it's cool for

early march. daytime highs mid 50s to the low 60s. now overnight tonight after midnight we'll start to see a better chance of light rain moving through with overnight lows in the 40s and in the 50. so here's future weather this morning. it's just cloudy. some coastal drizzle at best. now tomorrow morning we are anticipating that we'll track some light rain first thing on our wednesday as the cold front begins to move through here. as it does, we'll still keep the chance of scattered showers in the forecast late tomorrow through early thursday, and as cold air moves in, we could likely see a dusting of snow too on our highest peaks. once the sun gets up here thursday morning. rainfall totals. for many of us, it will be less than a half of an inch of rain. but some of our favorite areas, like the santa cruz mountains, could approach close to an inch of rain tomorrow through thursday morning. snow will come to tahoe. we're taking a look at a winter weather advisory. this will begin tomorrow morning through thursday. so above 5000ft looking at 4 to 8in of

snow. our highest peaks likely a little bit more than a foot of new snow. very likely. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll keep it cloudy today with some drizzle along the coast. then tomorrow and thursday we'll have scattered showers in the forecast behind that system. it gets brighter and warmer as we head into the start of the weekend, but likely more rain coming our way next week. reggie. >> and as we continue to track the situation with the stock market, let's take another look at what is happening right now. the dow is down 540 points and this is going to be the case pretty much across worldwide markets. and the rest of our markets here in the us. the nasdaq is also down this morning. european markets are down. the nikkei is down. this is all a reaction to the new tariffs going into effect against canada, mexico and china overnight. and all three of those countries announced their own retaliatory tariffs. so investors are selling off this morning. and we will continue to see what this looks like throughout the day. >> bar is starting to run longer trains to accommodate more

passengers. the transit agency says ridership is up on the green line that goes from san jose's berryessa station to daly city. as of yesterday, two morning trains and the evening commuter cars were lengthened from 6 to 8 cars. well, we now know when a popular san francisco bakery known for their buttery croissants will open their third location in the city. our bakery will open on monday at the mission rock development near oracle park. it first opened in 2015 on arguello street. it quickly gained popularity after bon appetit named it bakery of the year in 2016. and you say stick with the almond. >> that was. >> my favorite. the hype is real. i do think about this sometimes, like, you know, i'll just be walking down the street and think, oh yeah, i had that. i needed and i would like it again. >> yeah. >> i need. >> a croissant. >> kumasi was a really big fan, and so she was actually the last person to buy me one of those. >> oh. >> and it's still in my it's

seared into my memory. >> so it's worth it. >> all right. we

thing you need to know this morning. number one, we are tracking a cloudy day. some coastal drizzle as well. cool for march this afternoon. >> and number two, we have a live look at the new york stock exchange. we are tracking the new tariffs on canada and china. so of course we will be bringing you the very latest throughout the day about the tariffs, the impact on the stock. >> suffice it to say they are significantly down this morning. number three. it's election day in san mateo county. voters will decide on changing the county charter to give the board of supervisors the ability to remove the elected sheriff. >> number four, the vatican says pope francis slept all night and is resting. yesterday, he suffered two episodes of respiratory failure. >> number five the vta warning riders to figure out a backup plan. their contract with bus and train operators ■expired overnight. a strike is possible, but no date has been set for that to begin. >> number six, we're following your tuesday morning drive. we had earlier problems in hayward. southbound 880. it's been

cleared, but the damage is done. >> and number seven, it is national pancake day. ihop is giving away free pancakes so you can go from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. you can only get one stack per customer, though. guys. >> listen, that's a good amount of pancakes, though. >> i'll take it. >> we are hungry this morning. everything is. >> everything is food. is food. pancakes. croissants. we have it all. >> donuts. king cake. you got it all. >> candy pants. >> candy canes. >> candy. >> the candy pens are. we are good. until we got there. >> okay. for our viewers in the west. the new winter storm watch bracing for impact as tariffs take effect and the i will always love you love story. millions of americans on alert for heavy snow, blizzard conditions, winds and fire threat as a major storm takes aim. plus, the tornado watch issued just in time for rush hour this