. right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, the fight in ukraine moved to the streets of the country's capital. we have the latest on the invasion. and here in the bay area, folks are finding ways to help the people of ukraine, including sending supplies to people displaced by the war. and why pg&e surging state regulators to approve a big hike to the electric bill. i'm devin fehely. thank you for joining us on february, 26th. >> cold out there. and the first morning where we don't have to talk about froze or frost advisers. you can see the clouds there that helped with that. if we don't have any advisories, doesn't mean it's not still cold. most of us are in the 30s now. 43 in san francisco. 37 for most other locations except for two of our colder

spots where it's 31. trivalley and the north bay valleys, livermore and santa rosa. we'll warm up. no fog out there and go to the low 60s, which is on the mark for average this time of the year. i will see the rest of the forecast in a bit. back over to you. russian troops are moving closer to ukraine's capital this were nothing. there is fighting in the streets in the city and officials are urging residents to take shelter. tina krause has the latest from london. >> reporter: heavy gunfire echoed across kyiv overnight. day break made it clear that ukraine's capital city is on the verge of an all-out assault from russian forces. ukrainian troops are fighting back, saying they destroyed this russian convoy on the outskirts of kyiv. ukraine's president, zelinsky is vowing to stay pout you the

in the capital and fight on, rallying ukrainians to defend their nation. he reportedly refused american help to evacuate, saying, he needed more ammunition and not a ride. ukrainian tv is even airing instructional videos, showing people how to make hole testify cocktails to launch at the enemy. -- how to make molotov cocktails to launch at the enemy since putin unleashed an invasion killing more than 100 people and forced more than 100,000 to flow ukraine. the u.s. and european allies sanctioned putin himself as well as his foreign minister and members of his national security team. the pope said that russian troops are not advancing as fast as anticipated. >> we see clear indications the ukrainian forces are fighting back, and bravely defending their country. >> as the battle rages, thousands are taking shelter underground and many in subways.

not knowing what they will find when they come back out. tina krause, cbs news. >> new video shows a russian missile hitting a resident apartment block in ukraine. it slammed into the high-rise building on the southwestern outskirts of the capital city, hitting the 17th and 18th floors. the strike left the outer walls of several units severely damaged and sparked fires inside, scatngdebr the roads and buildings below. the interior mile per hour industry of ukraine said no one was killed but six people russi convoy near toy. the vifootagshows ukran soldiers going through the wreckage. an adviser to the president said so far, the country's military is fending off russian air and ground assaults in southern ukraine and kyiv.

as people see the violent images from ukraine, many want to find many ways to help. that could mean anything from going to an antiwar rally, gathering money and supplies for relief efforts. >> the only thing that i can do right now is to communicate to you what is actually happening. >> reporter: ukrainian college students addressed a few dozen people talking about the impact the military action had on their home country, as some are waiting to hear whether their family made it out safely. >> every second, i am checking my phone. i am trying to text my parents. driving to figure out where they are. -- trying to figure out where they are. connection are breaking up. it's hard. >> reporter: they're one group of people trying to raise money to help family a world away. >> my relatives escaped today. >> reporter: he is the director of nova ukraine, a nonprofit group that has been sending the raosed shipping

d we'rtrying , the one hand, continue the shipments. on the other hand to help the refugees. >> reporter: until the situation is more settled, they need monetary donations to help refugees more than household items. the other thing, for people to continue to show support and solidarity with those still in ukraine. >> and enough to watch it on the news and think about the world, it's impacted our community and it's frightening on so many different levels. >> reporter: there is another rally planned for tomorrow in france at snoin front of the ferry building. katie neil sep, kpix 5. we have continuing coverage of the war in ukraine at www.kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. the cdc said it will loosen mask guidelines for most americans and this comes after

the agency found that more than 70% of people live in the area with lower medium covid rates. if you're healthy and live in an area, you can ditch the mask. that includes most places in the bay area. >> we're in a stronger place today as a nation with more tools to protect ourselves and our community from covid-19. >> santa clara county residents will have to wait longer. they're dropping most indoor masked mandates next wednesday. despite the change, you will need to mask up when taking public transportation. president biden is making good on a campaign promise to select the country's first african-american woman to be a supreme court justice. as sarah has more on that historic choice. >> reporter: this could mark chapter for the supreme court. senate democrats say they want to push for a timely confirmation. >> hello? >> judge? >> yes. >> reporter: the white house shared an instagram video of the phone call between

president biden and his nominee for the supreme court, judge kananji brown jackson, the first black woman elected to be on the supreme court. >> i would be so honored. >> reporter: president biden introduced judge jackson to the american people from the white house friday. >> she strives to be fair and get it right, to do justice. >> reporter: the 51-year-old federal appeals court judge is a harvard law school graduate who was a law clerk for justin stephen breyer, the man she will replace if confirmed. >> i can only hope that my life and career, my love of this country and the constitution and my commitment to upholding the rule of law and the sacred principles upon which this great nation was founded will inspire future generations of americans. >> legal experts say the judge's nomination doesn't just make history, but if seated, sheik restore trust in the system at a critical time. >> the institution of the court, if it looks like the

very people who will be subject to its discussions, those folks are going to have more trust in the process and the court. >> reporter: retired judge cordell hopes that judge jackson will be a consensus builder. >> that she will be able to somehow bring some of the justices together and get them to listen to one another and function as a supreme court should. >> reporter: judge jackson is familiar with the confirmation process. she went through it last year when she was nominated to the district court. even if she doesn't get any bipartisan support, judge jackson can still be confirmed if she gets all 50 democratic votes and vice president kamala harris' tie-breaking vote. back to you. hearings are underway to determine if scott peterson will get a new trial. he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn son. the hearings center around a juror in the original trial accused of misconduct. peterson's attorney said that rochelle nice lied on her juror questionnaire about being a crime victim. the defense asked nice about her filing a is unrestraining

order against a woman and she said she filed it due to ongoing issues with the woman confronting her, but didn't see handwriting as a victim. she was trying to avoid a physical fight when she was pregnant. >> i think this is going exactly the way the defense wants it to go. then they're bring in mark grrigos and other members of the defense team saying we would never have put her on the jury. this is central to the case and goes to the heart of what wonder concerned about when we selected a jury. >> nice will be back on the witness stand monday morn morning. 6:10 is the time. still ahead, pg&e is pushing for another significant rate hike. why customers could be paying more. and northern california almond growers are growing concerned as freezing temperatures threaten their crops. >> and this is a live look

. welcome back. the time is 6:13. pg&e customers living in areas at risk of wild fires could see higher bills and more outages in the coming years as the utility company begins putting power lines to prevent disastrous wildfires, pg&e plans to request a rate hike of 21% by 2026. the utility said it's to cover the high cost of burying more than 10,000 miles of power lines of the it's more cost

effective than allowing the system to keep starting fires. state regulators could review and approve the plan and that could be until june. this week's cold snap is creating trouble for almond growers. >> those are our blooms on our trees. >> reporter: an almond crop winter freeze. chilling profits. >> a huge surprise. look at february and january. it's been dry and warm. >> reporter: they are almond growers in live oak. >> that is a nonviable almond right there. >> reporter: the cold snap is freezing their almonds during blooming season, killing them before they make it to harvest. >> the cop torn is trying to figure out how to pay the bills this year. if we don't have a crop. >> reporter: what are they doing to protect the crop? y that trying to fight the frost with irrigation. >> we can raise the temperature one or two degrees and even to

28 degrees where we're seeing massive crop damage. >> reporter: the costs unting. >> i ned. thunceaito plan and new like we- re- evaluating. >> you hate to see this happen. >> reporter: the subfreezing temperatures are coming at a terrible time. >> early planning varieties are beyond peak and more susceptible. that gets rolled into a calculation. a decision as to what the total impacts are. >> reporter: almonte growers dealing with the brute droyou the and dealing with the latest setback. >> everyone hopes we can recover from it. >> growers say it may take up to two week for them to fully assess the extent of the damage. and starting out with another cold morning. there are a lot of 30s on the map. thankfully i don't have to talk about a froze or frost warning, the first toy in the morning we have been able to leave that out of the conversation. even if we're not technically

cold with a widespread freeze and frost advisories, there are still places with freezing temperatures right now. inland valleys. trivalley. north valley. and start off with a live look at the top of the hotel and into the east. a pretty view there with the sales force tower in the foreground, waiting for sunrise. as far as the numbers go, 38 in hey wad. 37, san jose. look at liveromore, 31. peta lime a30. santa rosa, 31. i mean we have some places out there and we can have freezing this morning. even at that. most other places in the 30s. there are few 40s here with the exception of the city. grab that jacket and the other thing about today, it's a saturday. if you plan to be near the coast, be aware. make sure you have an increased awareness. stay off of the coastal eddies. it's staying that way all day and doesn't expire until the

early morning hours of sunday. as far as saturday goes, otherwise, it's a gorgeous day. back into the low to mid-60s and on the mark for average this time of the year. daytime highs zoo the mid-60s. fremont, 64. 66, san jose. 63, concord and santa rosa to 62. we'll come in for a closer look the next half hour. the visibility map looks great. you can see wherever you are for 10 miles, there is a small chance of light rain on sunday in the north bay. and just look at what is going on off of the coast. if you see where the rain is, doesn't that look great? it's all staying too far north. this is like a la nina pattern. the storms into the pacific northwest. if we come up for a closer look, watch us. there is today. we see clouds and that will be

a fairly cloudy day. nagets us through saturday evening. high clouds for much of the bay area and today. want to, the shower show up through mendocino county and stay up there. that is sunday morning in the predawn hours. more light rain trying to come in through mendocino county and that is it. we don't get any here. sunday, we end up with blue skies more than anything else. if you look at where it's going to rain and measure it, may be ukiah gets a 0.1 of an inch of rain and that is not enough to be a hopeful system to put rain on our forecast. we do increase the clouds for wednesday. none of this looks significant, unfortunately, into early march. the daytime highs may warm up, you know, that tuesday before wednesday, a small chance of rain and daw tomb highs into the low 70s. upper 70s in the bay. upper 70s and low 70s for our

inland valleys. there is no hope that we start to get into a more active pattern in march and where we can think about rain. the freeze warning is in the rearview mirror. ma tad is an avid gardner and got ahead of himself and put stuff in the ground. it's not looking great after the froze this week. >> scale your dad's story up by tenfold and think about all farmers out there who have had to deal with the whiplash in temperature swings. going ahead, we don't have to least not in the re is a freeze near-term. yeah. >> all right, thank you. >> yeah. oakland's fifth annual black joy parade happens material. we talked to the parade manager for a preview of what to expect. >> at the parade, you will see people dancing, singing, truth. just being happy amongst the presence of each other. there will be lots of love and outpouring of hugs. all of that great stuff. to be honest with you, i think

that is -- and i don't know if it's definable by words versus yell expression. it's community energy, something that can literally be felt. as the parade manager, i can honestly say it's a magical experience when we have our parade contingents sustain off. like the moment they step off and into the streets, it's like an explosion. >> we'll stream the black joy parade tomorrow on www.kpix.com starting at 12:30. nisham night. the cougars trto ha setitle. thfil play that

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expected to practice with the team, not play. he did scrimmage with the team up in portland. and based on this, he looks pretty good and all positive sustains toward a return for the 20-year-old, who hasn't played since last april because of two knee surgeries. >> the overall game was sloppy. he had a lot of good energy and he's a beast when you look at him on the floor. and quote, unquote, he does stand out and can do amazing things and again, just getting the reps and there is a good step in terms of his comeback. high school hoops and the final play in the boy's final. and under six seconds left. and mahaney missy it. the cougars commit a foul and

put the spartans for one-on- one. and the first shot, this one, is no good. bounces off the back and escaped 51-50. and that is a shame someone had to lose the game, ending a 12- game lose streak and campo lando won 46 of the last 47 games. >> and traveling down south to take on san diego state. and spartans trying to inbound the basketball he finishes with 16 points off the bench. a monster dunk there and it was the kind of night for him and san diego state wins 57-62 and san diego state over the spartans. san jose state travels to air force on tuesday. the sports world continues to react to the invasion in ukraine and here in the bay area. the san francisco dons hosted number one gonzaga. the bulldogs were not the only thing on their minds.

ukrainian sophomore center played a commendable act, considering of course going on in his head country. he reached out to the mother assuring her son that he is fully supported here by his teammates, coaches and the university. >> vova is an awesome kid. his father is in law enforcement in the ukraine, you know, he's going to be involved in what is going on. i think there is a weight on his shoulders. i can only imagine what he's going through and the way he was able to get through, walk through today and be ready to play. and for a 21er 22 year old kid to do that, i think it speaks volumes for him. >> and they will be back on the court today to face the tieros. and coming up, we have the latest on the russian attack on ukraine and now activity along the border between the two countries. >> and oakland is making a new push to crackdown on illegal

dumping and with new tools designed to catch violators in the act. we'll be right back in a moment.

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. welcome back. the time now is 628time. and thank you so much for joining us. i'm devin fehely and let's start with a check on the weather and first alert meteorologist. >> that time the year where the

sun is coming up earlier and earlier. this is going to happen at 6:45, boy the way. and it's cold out there this morning. even if it's not as cold as the last two mornings. and we don't have any of those now. and that is good. livermore, 31. concord, 37. echoland, 37 and subjose at 37. and we will see a beautiful afternoon and day time highs into the low 60s for the most part, on the mark for average. it will be noticeably warmer tomorrow morning. we have beach hazard issues to talk about for the weekend. back to you. this morning, russian troops are storming towards ukraine's capital city as city

officials urge residents to take shelter. air raid sirens echoed through kyiv this morning as we enter the third day of conflict. it's unclear how far the russian soldiers have advanced. reports suggested the small russian units might be probing the edge of the city attempting a clear path for the main forces. the ukrainian president zelensky claims the ukrainians have successfully rappeled enemy attacks. >> and this is a look at russian infantry vehicles further east near kharkiev. the fighting is fierce and contained to the outskirts of the city. the reporter is seeing a lot of military activity across the border in russia. >> reporter: you can see in the distance, that is the final checkpoint that the russians have on the way to kharkiev, and one of the main battle fields. that is the way there.

this morning, we're seeing a lot of russian armored convoys moving in that direction and some coming out of there as well and seems they're rotating troops through that area, moving them in and out to keep the military campaign going. a few months ago, there was a massive convoy with dozens of vehicles, including 10 or 12 half howitzers that.past here as well. and we do see a lot of military movement here and into that area. out of the area. you can tell that this is an active front line here and in that battle field. there is speculation, of course, that things are not going as well for the russian military as they're letting on. it's difficult to say, whether or not that is the case and woke see a lot of movement here and towards that front line of

kharkiev. and you can see they have i lot of military hardware on the road here. the other thing, obviously, if the russians want to, they can further escalate their military campaign. they can certainly move more military equipment towards that front line and seems to us that they have a lot of gear at the ready in this region. >> watching the images from the war zone can trigger feelings of fear and anxiety, especially for loved ones in the bay area who have family there. here's more on that part of the story. >> reporter: it's hard not to see all of the images. we can see it on social media or on our computers or television. in fact, this ukrainian teacher now has become the face of the war. her apartment complex completely destroyed during air strikes. she had bandages and blood. all of those images are just one of many pouring out of ukraine. how we process it all is not that easy, especially for young

children. real lives in the bay area and has two young sons. >> the reality of war is pretty harsh. especially for young kids. >> reporter: mental health counselors said it's important to limit exposure and that means unplugging from screens altogether. >> people talk about world war iii and people are saying anything on the internet. it can be frightening to the kids. they don't know what is coming here to us and how it would impact and i would limit the amount, if that is possible-of- media for kids. it can be overwhelming. >> reporter: for this mother and son who live in the bay area, unplugging is not an option. that i have family in ukraine. >> and we were talking with them and said get down in the shelter and infa minutes, a plane is flying over. you go to sleep knowing there is a possibility of an attack. >> reporter: the difference today, the images are coming in

almost instantaneously. >> it's in your face. and you have to deal with it. since we have been through the whole pandemic. >> reporter: for this mother and son, they can only hope and pray for good news. >> we're trying not to worry us. ever time we hang up, they tell us how much they love us and be kind to each other and remember that we -- to be where we are now. >> we have continuing coverage at www.kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. back here in the bay area, oakland is turning on high resolutions cameras to try and stop the legal dumping. public works believes the cameras will give them the proof they need to ticket and deter repeat offenders. kpix 5s da lin has more. joe you see the camera system up there. it's got multiple lenses at different angles. it saw 10 cameras in east and

west oakland. it's a multimillion problem in oakland. people dumping large items and trashing neighborhoods. >> some no longer call it open but trashland. >> making people feel not safe. >> reporter: 11-year-old page knows the problem all too well. >> i have seen mattresses pealing up. couches. and other stuff that people don't want. they dump it there. >> reporter: the fifth graders said the debris blocked with the sidewalks on the way to the charter school. community school for creative education. >> some sadness and also like mad at the same time because people are hurting me and not only me, but everyone else. >> reporter: the founder of the charter school said the alley way for student drop off and pickup is a hotspot for dumping. it looks clean now because public works cleared it out. >> there would be three mattress res here. and some -- mattresses here. a broken baby carriage toppled over. broken chairs with legs up and big trash bags that are dropped

by restaurants. on the ground, condoms and syringes. >> reporter: a school would remove the junk only to find more a few days later. the city said in the last fiscal year, public works picked up almost 15 million pounds of trash dumped on city streets. that is why they're turning to the cameras to catch people in the act. public works has six enforcement officers who will investigate and ticket people $1,000 a day. one of the ten cameras is located in the alley way with hind the school. the city -- behind the school. the city said they're portable cameras and will rotate them throughout 25 known hotspots. >> you know where this one is today. we're not telling you where the other nine are going. >> they will be helpful. temperature is not enough, but this will be -- ten is not enough. this is a good start. >> reporter: some people how the city will enforce and go after the offenders. even before the cameras, since july of 2020, the city issued close to 1400 tickets to people

caught illegally dumping trash. so far, only 296 tickets have been paid. for those who don't pay, the outstanding tickets will eventually go to collection agencies. >> no came reara is a turnkey but it's a strategic step. >> reporter: for the folks trashing oakland, a little advice from page. >> stop littering. >> reporter: the pilot program will last six months. public work said police can review the footage if the cameras capture things like shootings and homicides. in oakland, da lin, kpix 5. >> if the public programs successful, the public works department will ask the city council to approve the money for more cameras. chp charged the man in a deadly shooting in oakland on 580. he was in custody of the santa rita jail on an unrelated case and faces charges of murder, attempted murder and why happened between the 98th

avenue on ramp to i-80 and the macarthur boulevard on-ramp and someone died at the scene. >> a search is on for a man accused of stealing more than $1 million worth of covid tests and police say he used the job at a testing company to cash in and cbs reporter michelle gile has that story. >> reporter: he is a wanted man. >> it's our understanding that it's about at least $1 million worth of covid tests. >> reporter: detectives say the 33-year-old diverted shipment of valuable covid tests to his home at the peak of the omicron surge. he disappeared. the tests are gone. >> beginning december 30th until february 7th, he was goingspo their data bases at work and routeing some of the covid tests to his home. >> reporter: peralta got access because he was the covid clinic

warehouse ger ina known company ships covid-19 tests to pop-up testing sites, clinics and schools. according to detectives, 100 separate shipments of the highly sought after covid-19 tests arrived at peralta's santa ana house for multiple covid clinic warehouses. the loss is a staggering $1,000,575. >> if we, you know, kind of backtrack to december 30th through february 7th, you know, that was during the time where people were, you know, looking for tests. so it was, seemed like it was at a time where it was in high demand. absolutely. >> reporter: know employee had no comment. police hope someone can 10 them off about the whereabouts about car leaseo -- car litos peralta and $1 million worth of covid tests. >> that was michelle reporting. authorities say the covid testing scams increased as the pandemic dragged on. coming up, a celebration of

bay area entrepreneurs and creators during black history month. the ways they're showcasing their work. and helping feed thousands outside of traditional food banks. the difference made in this

. some of the bay area's most talented black daters and entrepreneurs are getting a chance to showcase their skills in san francisco. kpix 5s betty yu shows us how select restaurants are partners with black brands for special events. >> summer swing maxi dress. >> reporter: oakland-based clothing company is one of several designers and creatives on display at dirty habit inside hotel zelo in union square. it partnered with san francisco based trua magazine to host several black business owners for tonight's black history month event. >> it's very fortunate to me to not only feature them in the magazine, which i created because i wanted to give them a platform, to showcase their work and passions, but also to put on events like. this. >> reporter: diapers checked out jewelry and sustainable

swim wear and hand-blown colored glass. they also sampled whiskey and ice cream, a nondairy plant based ice cream manufactured in oakland. >> we're about food justice, you know. kubei exists to restore life, health, joying dignity and equity back to people animal and soil. >> reporter: proceeds from the cocktails reported the racial justice nonprofit race forward. >> i am a business owner myself and i think this kind of a programs awesome to highlight women entrepreneurs. >> reporter: at one market restaurant in the financial district, this sommelier has a open list exclusively owned or produced by more than two dozen black wine makers and beyond. >> and i hope they take a chance on african-american wine and try it. the wine makers are wine makers first. and they're delicious. >> reporter: beyond black

history month, diners can still find the wines featured at one market. and in san francisco, betty yu kpix 5. and the bear known as hank the tank is no longer the suspect in more than a dozen home break-ins in the tahoe area. at first, the authorities believed he was acting alone and roaming the streets in the tahoe-keys area. dna evidence gathered by fish and wildlife suggest that at least three bears may have been responsible. the department said it will better track the bears, tag them and collect evidence and release them into their appropriate habitat. and singh rise is at 6:45 this morning. you can see it over the east bay hills from the camera and that is i gorgeous view. if we change our perspectives from the sales force tower again, look at the east directly. you can see the light filling the sky. it's cloudy out there and warmer than yesterday. let's get everyone's numbers on

the screen here. it's cold everywhere. and it's less cold than yesterday. there are no freeze warnings or frost advisories. that is one sign that things have gotten better. this is not a huge improvement, really. it's 30 degrees in petaluma and in the upper 30s wherever you go. 31 in livermore. 29 in fairfield. if we look at the visibility map, no issues. you can see down the road just fine. we don't have issues with fog to be aware of this morning and day time highs under a blanket of higher clouds, not getting clear blue sky. we'll have plenty of high clouds around. it will warm up into the mid- 60s. south bay numbers, 66 in campbell. 63, union city. san mateo, 62 and we'll see numbers in the inland valleys of the east bay and low 60s as well. livermore to 62. danville, 62 and we'll warm up into the low 60s. low 60s for the north bay valleys and we'll be back into the low and mid-60s as well and

through lake and mendocino county. and cloudy day. low to mid-60s for day time highs, the other issue, be careful at the beaches and that is in, vehicle until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. and you have to be safe and aware if going to the coast. and there is a good swell coming our way. look at the storm off of our coast. and that looks impressive. you will see a lot of good rain in yet. the way the storm track is going to direct the weather in terms of where the storms are going. coming for a closeup look at home. and we'll let this play forward. we have showers into saturday afternoon and that is today. the clouds i was talking about from that system and the rain will stay too far north and light snow in the north and

does not affect the bay area proper in a meaningful way. if we look where the rain is going to fall and accumulate, we get more sunshine and it's not a lot. and getting it into the seven- day forecast, there is another system similar to that and that is on wednesday. we increase the clouds on wednesday. doesn't look like we're going to get any meaningful or measurable rain out of it. the day time highs warm up into the next week. we'll be back into the mid-70s for san hoe say monday and tuesday, the -- san jose for monday and tuesday, and inland to east bay, north bay valleys that will warm into the low 70s as well. no significantian coming our way. and although we'll get grazed by the system tonight. >> we're basically running out of time, right? march is our last big month. how many times have we gotten to this point in the winter where we put the pressure on march to make up for the several months beforehand that

didn't deliver. we're doing the same thing now. >> all right. >> yeah. one in four californians are experiencing hunger, according to the california soccer of food bank. they making a difference saving small farms and making it easier to deliver food. sharon chin introduces us to cab taylor. >> reporter: folks packed bags of organic produce at the nonprofit urban tilt, each containing fruits and vegetables like those given to hundreds of richmond families who can't access or afford fresh food. the executive director robinson. >> they're scraping by to make the crazy rents here. >> reporter: the free food program nearly shut down when a grant ran out two years ago. >> cat taylor and the growing tablier in thive got into contact with us and basically saved the program. >> that is freight. >> reporter: cat taylor started growing the table in the summer of of 2020 and reached out to

small struggling farmers throughout california who are black, indigenous, and people of color, women and lgbtq plus. especially those practicing organic or regenerative agriculture. funded mainly by private donations and grants, growing the table pad out more than $2 million to more than 400 small farmers and harvest that would go to waste. so far, the project gave away more than $66,000 boxes or 860,000 pounds of fresh produce through a network of nonprofit so more people can get more food outside of traditional food banks. >> and they work the magic to get beautiful delicious nutritious produce, boxes and meals to the communities in need. >> thankful for her work. >> reporter: of about, hed up the state's farm service agency, he worked with small central valley southeast asian formers who -- farmers who got stuck with food they could not sell at the start of the pandemic. >> to lose one cycle crop and

that meant losing the business. >> reporter: growing the table saved many farmishes. >> grateful and thankful for the incredible work and. >> honored to be here. >> those who know cat call hear a champion of change. >> and i can't imagine not doing it. and yet's part of being on the game board, if you will. why are we here if not to make a more perfect world for everybody. >> from growing the table and to shift the food supply chain, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to cat taylor. sharon chen, kpix 5. and growing the table is expected to sunset this summer. it will have built a foundation of strong networks for the future. if you know someone who is doing service to the community, nominate that person for a jefferson award and you can

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she is a ukrainian citizen studying for a master's degree at san jose state university. concentration on her studies has been interrupted by war and fears for the safety of her grandparents, cousins and friends in and around kyiv who are all under russian attack. >> it's very hard time. hard days for all of them. and for me as well. my heart is with them. i am physically here, but my heart is with them. we're talking all of the time, 24/7. >> reporter: valeria is mostly communicating through text messages on the phone and that relatives are taking shelter in the subways. they can't sleep because of the shelling. >> they were hearing the bombs. the bombarding. and they were very scary. >> there is no way to describe how scary it is. >> reporter: santa clara county supervisor lee ought to know. as a navy reserve of the, he deployed to iraq in 2009, and survived the same kind of artillery attacks ukrainians are experiencing now. >> when it gets close to you

and you hear it coming and loud, you know that you're in the kill zone. there is no way to escape, you know. it's like residual. is this your unlucky day? >> reporter: he joins with ukrainians and denouncing the invasion. >> and to this count of barbaric act is something we need to condemn. >> reporter: she's thankful to america for supporting her country and wants that support to continue as the ukrainians fight for their own country. >> ukrainian spirit is very hard to break. we're a strong nation. >>in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe.

. we're getting you ready for saturday morning and it's warmer than it was yesterday. and is the cold. smooth sailing. instead, we're seeing high clouds that are starting to fitter in from the west and today will be cloudier than yesterday. and woke not getting the beautiful blue sky we have and that will be mainly high clouds and mask the sun of it. and 38 in san jose. 37, concord. and oakland at 41. one of the warmer temperatures and most other locations are in the 40s. and we'll be back into the low

and mid-60s way few high clouds and devin. coming up next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbs news bay r uaierstreet fing broke oin the capital city of kyiv. and how folks in the bay area are doing what they can to help people back home.

. good morning, it's saturday, february 26th. thank you for joining us. i'm devin fehely. let's start with a quick check of the weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> we have a beautiful view from the top of the sales force

tower. it's cold. the temperatures are almost as cold as