speaks out today... abou live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . now at noon with a teachers strike looming, the head of the schools speaking out today about how the district is getting ready. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. the superintendent at oakland unified is scrambling in the even

acon vote strionda the that could happen in two weeks. >> the bottom line is that the school district has too many schools for the number of students we serve. >> reporter: the district is now dealing with an impending strike and a $30 million shortfall. the superintendent of oakland schools is working on a citywide plan for closures to get its budget in line so the numbers and names have not been released, she says there is no choice. suspect our students are not currently receiving the quality education that ey >> reporter: the teachers union once more pay, smaller class sizes and more nurses and counselors on staff. last night, the oakland city council passed a resolution supporting oakland teachers as dozens of them rallied outside.

today, the superintendent says if a strike happens, they plan to keep the schools open. >> we will be bringing in lots of individuals. some maybe subs and some may be here in the central office so the plans will look differently based on our various schools. >> reporter: the district is holding an open meeting about it's budget cut plans. that will be at aleta elementary at 6:00 tonight. meanwhile, oakland teachers have distributed a guide to parents on how to prepare for a scanible strikeinseup lida lis and churches. a new report from the state health department has declared the hunters point radar free from radiological and safety hazards. the report was certified by experts.

they accuse the company of doing a shoddy job and falsifying soil sample records. a catholic school in the east bay is closed today after a massive tree toppled over its church. it happened this morning in lafayette. crews have their hands full. this is that safe perpetual church on hamlet road. crews say the downed tree affected a gas line forcing a school to close for the day and it is expected to be back open tomorrow. investigating a deadly pedestrian accident. a 55-year- old man was hit just before 8:00 this morning near aspen and brown drives. chopper 5 was over head. the driver is cooperating with police. alcohol does not appear to be factors in this crash. we are getting you a birds

eye view of the crumpled section of highway 35 after a mudslide took out a chunk of the road. this is causing a major headache for drivers. >> reporter: it looks like caltrans was being a bit optimistic. to borrow the words of a man, nothing easy. it is the day after the bay area snowstorm of 2019 and it is just drying up or emergency crews did finally get to work. workers spent the morning cutting into the asphalt, widening the whole around the damage, itself. over the weekend, the sinkhole grew into a slip out as the hillside gave way and took out a 12 x 40' chunk of road along with it. pack it down, build a temporary retaining wall and open it up

to traffic as soon as possible which means highway 35 will be closed for at p ri. this morning, we saw several frustrated drivers who came out but then got turned around because the caltrans websites and there was one way controlled traffic coming through. caltrans is working on correcting that but the online mistake has put doug 40 minutes behind his. as if the mudslide wasn't bad enough, keep in mind that if you are coming out in this direction, there was a lot of black ice on the road. highway 35, kpix 5. meanwhile, in the east bay, all lanes are back open after caltrans made some emergency road repairs. work began yesterday on the westbound lanes near industrial boulevard. caltrans tweeted out th pict of inthad. washington dc where president trump is at the state department. this is mike pompeo right now.

president trump is there and he will deliver remarks at a meeting of the global coalition to defeat isis. in his state of the union, the president of the islamic state has been defeated and the only thing left is "remnants" which our allies will destroy. last week, the was intelligence said they see isis is a ongoing threat. the president second state of the union address. high praise, the opposite from democrats. >> don't sit yet, you're going to like this. >> reporter: president trump received 43 bipartisan an storing s hamore women se congrs than at any time before. [ cheering & applause ] >> reporter: the majority of viewers say they do approve of the speech. >> we have 10 minutes on the

work ll ga immigration. >> reporter: some democrats took particular issue with a line in the speech seemingly economic sense to. >> the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations. >> reporter: democrats said the investigations are unconstitutional. >> i get that the president was scared. >> reporter: mike pence defended the position in an interview with jeff glor. >> coalition oversight is a part of our checks and balances of the system. what the president referred to last night was partisan

investigations. >> reporter: special counsel robert moore, nicole killian, capitol hill. >> the head of the council's committee will testify saying the president is meeting with kim jong on in vietnam. in the last 15 months, the president says north korea has suspended nuclear testing and hasn't launched a missile. mr. trump says it is proved that progress has been made. >> if i had not been elected president of the united states, we would, right now, in my opinion, be at a major war with north korea. >> the second summit is said to be held on february 27 and 28. the wisconsin man accused

of kidnapping jayme closs and killing her parents has been ordered to stand trial. today, in court where he waived his right to a preliminary hearing. he faces two counts of 1st degree homicide. jamie was held captive for 88 days before she managed to escape last month. demonstrators are marching to the attorney general's office today demanding answers in a recent shooting. alabama's ruled no crime was committed when police shot and killed ej bradford last thanksgiving. bradford was shot after officers mistakenly identified him as the gunman in a mall shooting outside of birmingham. still ahead, a plan to lower drug prices in the country. facebook giving you an out. the new feature to take your messages back. after a cold morning, it is a cool afternoon with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies.

americans spend more on prescription drugs than people pay in any other developed nation. now the trump administration is proposing a new rule to lower those costs. but as tony dokoupil reports... some health nst it. americans spend more on prescription drugs that people pay in any other developed nation. proposing the new rule to lower

costs, some healthcare companies are against it. >> so right now, i am paying $50,000 a year for this medicine which cost the united states $53,000 a year. >> reporter: is 23-year-old son has a condition where he started losing his hair. the drug wasn't covered by his health insurance so every three months, he drives 6 1/2 hours to canada to buy the medicine. >> there is no reason why an american should pay three times what somebody in canada or europe or mexico has to pay. >> reporter: that sentiment was echoed last night by president trump who promised to slash the price of drugs. >> i am asking for congress to pass legislation and finally take on the problem of global free reloading for american patients, finally.>> reporter: proposing a rule to lower drug

prices and pass that on directly to patients instead of the middleman known as pharmacy benefit managers known as pbn's but saying they will undercut their ability to bargain with drugmakers for lower prices. cigna is one of the nation's largest. >> we get accused of being the middle man but the reality is the most sophisticated employers and health plans employee us to drive better care at a lower cost. in the absence of pbn's, patient and plan sponsors will be spending literally billions and billions more on an annual basis. >> reporter: the proposal on the administration would have to be passed by congress consumer advocates recommend you shop around for prescription drugs the way you would for any other product. >> prices can vary a lot. it can be eight dollars at one

pharmacy and $58 down the street. >> reporter: check your online resources. even then, those prizes may not be the lowest. she says the cash price might be the lowest so always ask your pharmacist. cbs news, new york. chrysler is recalling more than 660,000 trucks worldwide. most of them in the u.s.. the steering could fail because of a loose nut. ram trucks from 20s 13 to 2017. and the company says eight crashes might be related to the problem. in addition, the automaker will recall 223,000 ram 1500 trucks from 2019 to better secure like petals. let's see how the dow jones is bearing. the dow jones is down about 16

>> facebook is giving you a chance to take back embarrassing messages you sent. this after people discovered mark zuckerberg could do it. you can take back typos or embarrassing messages to one person or to a group. users can delete messages up to 10 minutes after hitting send. they will be notified but will not see the message that was removed. it is a beautiful afternoon, cool. a live look at the tower camera looking south and you can see that sunshine with a few clouds out there. temperatures are slowly climbing after a cold start to the day. one of the coldest mornings we have seen so far this season. 15 in livermore as well as up into scope. 52 for santa rosa. we have been getting some amazing viewer photos of the snow and this is another one

from robert who took this at stagecoach road. of ow the way to 8 to 12 inches of snow. and a lot of snow in the sierra . the sierra snowpack now 125% of average because of all of our winter storms. looking good for the sierra and another big winter storm rolling in meaning more snow for the weekend in the sierra. there is that low pressure system that dropped snow levels down to their lowest levels in several years and there will still be chilly because of that low pressure system out of canada. timing it out for you on futurecast as we thank you through the afternoon here at ra on friday and unsettled weather for the weekend with rain chances both saturday and sunday. sunrise at 7:08.

daytime highs, below average temperatures for this time of the year, 52 in downtown san francisco. 54 in oakland. 53 for your high in fremont and there is that 7-day forecast. another dry day for tomorrow and looking at rain back into the forecast for tomorrow. music's biggest night at the grammys returns to cbs on sunday. among those nominated, one of the world's finest music directors and a bay area symphony. thomas have been nominated for our splendid set of schumann symphonies. >> here is a taste of the nominated work written by one of the most moving composers of the romantic era. this is the 22nd grammy nomination for the

san francisco symphony. the orchestra has already won 15. you can catch the grammys right here on kpix 5 . that is followed by an encore performance and our late-night news. be sure to follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter as our betty guides us down the carpet and behind the scenes. a dog gets stuck in a sinkhole. sinkhole.

the 20-foot wide hole formed after storms pounded the area. fortunately... cr rescue crews in san diego spent the night saving a dog swallowed by this giant sinkhole. the 20 foot wide hole formed after storms pounded the area. urgently, crews were able to pull ruby out just before midnight. she was safely returned to her owner. and as of this afternoon, there was still too much water to begin repairs. the rain also beginning problems on the coastline. storm drains along the san gabriel river are carrying

piles of trash. this includes diapers, syringes and even furniture. locals say this happens every time it rains.

coming up at 5: a potential break in a decades the other day i had such a wonderful red onion salad. by the way, i love red onions

with tomatoes, a little bit of basil, salt and pepper or you can use mint instead of basil or both. i like red onions. they are great. when you cook them up, they are sweet. they are becoming one of the most popular items. even sometimes as popular as the red or yellow onion. very important on the red onions, the outer skin, nice and thin. see how this peels back like paper, and right here, bright. that's what you are looking for. when you bring them home, store them in a cool and dry place. when you buy tomatoes with it, have that tomato salad, red onion, basil, mint together, olive oil, salt and pepper, you will love it. always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy.

coming up at 5:00, a potential break-in. san francisco police releasing new evidence about the serial killer who targetedmen . it looks like we have some sunny skies for this afternoon. >> enjoy it! that is going to do it for kpix 5 news at noon . we will see you here at 5 . have a great afternoon. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet,

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