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sake how the search for a vandalism suspects led to a bomb scare the put a neighborhood on lockdown. as they were in ukraine which is on, the crisis is growing. a sign that we may be nearing the end of the pandemic. good morning, it is saturday, march 19. let's start with a quick check of our weather with derek. even though it is not raining where you live, it is about to. showers are sitting off of the coast. it looks pretty good. the way the last several storms have look, they have followed the pattern. we will not get heavy rain, but we will get rain that will slick in the roads for the morning.

if you are going to be on the road saturday morning, plan on the roads getting wet enough you might have some slowdowns. by 7:30, light showers. these will be spotty. it will not be widespread rain for everyone at the same time. it will be scattered showers that come in on and off. right to the heart of the early afternoon, there is one of them. from noon to 3:00. and then just after sunset, it will be done. we have a big warm-up coming our way and we will talk about that in a few minutes. a bomb square. neighbors were forced to evacuate for several hours.

police say the initially arrested a man for vandalism and then discovered he had explosives on him. evacuation orders were lifted at 8:30 last night. this next story should be a warning to young people. a kid in the south bay has been arrested in connection with a new social media challenge. people have been hit by projectile's from a vehicle. it turns out they were hit by water balls called splat. earlier this week police say they had gotten multiple reports of people getting it with gel water bottles. they are told to target random people with those projectiles. a man accused of killing a security guard, his trial has been moved to april 15. he could potentially enter a

plea. you can police say he shot and killed a man during an attempted robbery. a 24-year-old and a 27-year- old were charged. he was a former police officer and after retiring, he worked as a private security guard. >> i am hoping today that there will be clarity and understanding of this senseless act and other acts of violence. today, may god be with us. >> investigators say they connected the three suspects using surveillance video. and now to the war in ukraine. since the russian

invasion began, more than 3 million people have fled ukraine . the vast majority have crossed into poland. a sign that the train station says the ukrainian and polish here are safe. people must start making sense of the confusing and overwhelming situation. >> about 20,000 refugees are moving through the train station on a daily basis. some will take buses to warsaw. here in north america, asylum-seekers may be getting preferential treatment over russians. about 30 russians found rainians/their passports and

were admitted. >> these are russian dissidents who are also have opinions and are in a position and facing persecution and torture. the u.s. is seeing an increase in russian asylum- seekers. more ukrainians are more likely to show up at the border. citizens continue to win door brutal situations. kpix5 shows us how people in the north bay are pitching in. >> she works in novato and she put a word out for help and has been overwhelmed by the community's response. >> i am trying to do what i can hear.

>> reporter: she is a scientists at the block institute of aging. she is thousands of miles away from home but she knew she had to do something to help. >> we have a lot of wounded. doctors are really stretched out. they really need help. >> reporter: she came up with the idea to collect medical supplies and donations. the same generosity can be found here in downtown novato. >> reporter: she is selling hundreds of cases of chardonnay with profits going to help refugees crossing the border into poland. >> you see the reports and your heart goes out to everyone. their lives are lost and we want to help any way that we can. >> reporter: all of the money

will be donated to chefs kitchen. while there is unity here, she says that there is a tremendous amount of division back home with relatives that live both in ukraine and moscow. families torn apart by the war and why she calls russian propaganda. >> we basically don't talk anymore. the ones that believe ukrainians are bad. you see how the russians are bombing the cities and hospitals and kindergartens and they are targeting civilians. it is not a mistake. >> reporter: kpix5 . join us this weekend for a special. the bay area is rushing to send relief to ukrainian. california health officials

say the state will lift restrictions on large indoor events. events with more than 1000 people must check for proof of vaccination or a negative test. starting next week, students in the oakland unified school district will no longer need to wear a mask outside. it is dropping the outdoor mask mandate. that applies to students, staff, and visitors. the indoor mask mandate will stay in place at this time. the threat of the teachers strike over pay raises is looming. educators at mount diablo unified what picket lines saying they haven't received a pay increase in five years. they are demanding of five point race and offering 7% +1 smaller bonus. teachers say the battle is about investing in students and their education,

and that means appears celebrate . >> we believe that district is not being transparent. we do believe that there is enough money to pay the teachers. >> a panel plans to review proposals to find a compromise. we requested a comment from district leaders, but we have not heard back. sake teachers in san francisco are reaching an agreement to get their full paychecks. they have been demanding a fix to a glitch piling up hundreds of paychecks for months. the district agreed to pay them in full by yesterday and cover any penalties or late fees. a weeklong teachers strike has ended in the north they with the school district agreed to give educators a raise.

the tentative agreement offers educators a three-year deal with a pay raise starting at 6% for this year. they will also get a $2000 bonus. the deal does need to be ratified. still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, new allegations about tesla. the massive commercial building fire in the south bay. white officials are still keeping an eye on the area. we will be right back.

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welcome back. tesla is facing a new racial discrimination lawsuit. a former contractor is suing the car maker framing that white coworkers tormented and harassed him. >> reporter: we have covered a fair number of these racial discrimination lawsuits against tesla. this is how they treated a black coworker injured while working in afghanistan. >> reporter: before he was control manager, he worked as a defense contractor in an active combat zone and afghanistan. two explosions left him injured. this is the alarm you hear during a rocket attack. one day

a coworker's phone went off with the ring turnaround and it triggered his ptsd. >> he went to the employee discreetly and calmly and politely asked the coworker if he could please changes ring tone and he explained why. instead of doing the civil and appropriate thing that coworker no longer increase the volume on his phone but told other coworkers about it so they could change their ring tones too to essentially harass him. >> reporter: is super intended sarcastically told him to get over it because he needed to face his fears. he saw swastikas and prominent displays of the n-word at the fremont plant. in one instance, he was called a boy. his manager wrote this is $160 for barbecue >> people were mocking his ptsd

that he suffered as a result of his time in afghanistan. >> reporter: in the lawsuit he documented construction and code violations that were ignored. in particular this email talks about a welding repair of a system that did not follow proper procedure pick >> that can become a ticking time bomb. 5 or 10 years ago you got 100 workers around and that well gives out and the take explodes and their could be massive injury and fatality. that is why what mr. h was trying to do is so important. >> reporter: he was demoted and eventually fired. >> if someone is so inclined to do racist things and be raises, there is no line they are unwilling to cross. >> reporter: this expert says the consumer should not forget

they have the final say? >> we have to look within ourselves and if i continue to spend my money with the brand that runs afoul of my personal convictions, what message am i sending? our internal compass has to supersede our consumerism of a brand like tesla. >> reporter: tesla did not respond to give a comment. of fire gutted a large commercial building in campbell. it started off dell avenue. the fire went to four alarms and sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky. crews concentrated on battling the flames from the outside. >> we are matching the risk we are taking with the profile the building is giving us. there were no lives inside. >> i don't have asthma or

anything. what to i feel in my throat? >> the fire chief says the way the fire advance so quickly points to a possible suspicious origin and an arson investigation is underway. aliki propane tank forced evacuations in a neighborhood. this was at van avenue around 9:30 . there was a leak. they managed to get everything under control in one hour. two san francisco fire trucks crashed into each other on friday afternoon. the streets had to be blocked off while they cleared the scene. it caused another crash between two cars. no one was hurt. sake we are getting ready for a bit of what weather. let's check in with darren

peck. >> it will be .02 inches of rain today. it will be enough that the roads get slick today. anything you've got plans outdoors for saturday, you should factor in some rain. we are checking in on our first alert doppler and we have a good the end of rain sitting off the coast. it looks pretty impressive on here. we will get some heavier rain. that is more impressive than it will actually be when it gets here. that is the way the last several systems have looked this year. it is not raining now. it is cloudy and relatively warm with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. if we go back to future cast, there is that rain off the coast. what we notice here are light and spotty showers throughout the morning.

this frame is a good example of how saturday morning will go. it is not raining everywhere at the same time, and it is not raining heavily. it will go that way through the remainder of today. by the afternoon, we might see a more widespread nature to the showers. there is one other item to talk about for the afternoon. once we get to that 1:00 to 3:00 timeframe, you see beads of yellow. we could get an isolated thunderstorms. this is the kind of system that could develop, and isolated thunderstorms. it would not last long if you get it. don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder off in the distance today. it comes to an end right about the time we get to the sunset. by 9:00they will be donerawill 2

inches of rain. sunday will be nicer and we will warm up the temperatures from here. daytime highs will climb into the mid-to upper 50s today in general. i will show you a good example of what most daytime highs will be like today as we hold onto those numbers in the upper 50s. once we get past this weekend, there is a noticeable warm up coming. temperatures will be above average by the time we get toward the end of your seven day forecast. here is today. the colors on the map show you where the temperatures are above or below average. for sunday, we warm up to average. by monday we start warming up and then by tuesday, yellow and

orange will show you many places where we get up to 20 degrees above normal. the average right now would be right around 68 and you can see the line going across their. we are only in the upper 50s today. ange l take us into tuesday and wednesday. by the time we get into that timeframe, low to mid highs in the mid 80s. tomorrow we climb into the mid- 60s. it will be warmer tomorrow and then for san francisco, we will be in the low 80s by tuesday and wednesday. if we look at the microclimates, a noticeable warm up for sunday already. upper 50s today but we will go mid-to upper 60s tomorrow. look here by tuesday and

wednesday, mid 80s. we will likely tie or break records for daytime highs by tuesday of this next coming week. >> i feel like the rain we are getting today is just a tease. enough to be noticed but not enough to do any good. >> that is right. that is the way we have been putting it for a while now. straight ahead in sports, a lot of play above the rim. i am not just talking about the ncaa men's tournament. the ladies brought the house 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.

good morning, everybody. the ncaa women's tournament is up top. stamford last night played like it.

5, what a night for the cardinal . jumped all over the bobcats. stamford lead montana state, 20- 0 after one quarter. in the second quarter, here is the highlight. a block at one end and she is gone.beh lost their minds. the junior has 12 points and 13 rebounds. >> on the men's side, just hours after coaching usf, todd golden accepted a head-coaching job at florida. usf won 24 games this season, their most since 1982. and the dons already have todd golden's

replacement. the 45-year-old just finished his first season and this will be his first head-coaching job. and why was brad underwood scowling last night? eleanor he had a chance to try, no. he followed his shot. last chance for chattanooga down one. they've got another look at it. no, no, no. 54-53. nfl, deshaun watson to the cleveland browns. using gets five draft picks including three first rounders. watson signed a five-year $230 million contract with the browns. he was cleared of criminal sexual assault. and logan webb and his buddy marcus stroman of the cubs.

look at this. strike three. that was strong. the bats were not alive enough and the giants dropped its opener, 7-3. they will play the rockies later on today. >> and the fourth sender, inning, pender got a triple out of it. it took the a's a little bit to wake up. they had to come behind 10-8 victory and they will face the reds later on today. >> the sharks last night was the colorado. they were on attack. right in the zone . he's swooped in and scored. colorado has are going. they lead the league in points

including 5-3 last night. the sharks will host arizona on sunday. that is sports at this hour. st. mary gaels in men's basketball will play ucla today in a second round of the ncaa tournament. we will see you later. coming up, overdoses are on the rise. a nonprofit is battling the problem with the innovative tool.

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live from the cbs bay studios, this is kpix5 news. the time now is 6:32. thank you so much for joining us. let's get a quick check of our weather. it looks pretty good on first alert doppler. the rain is sitting right off of the coast and is just about ready to come onshore. we will bring it into the last frame. there is well organized rain here and it will move into the north bay. we will take that forward and watch the showers worked their way across the heart of the bay through the late morning. these will not be heavy downpours.

most of this will be light on again off again showers with the occasional heavy shower embedded in this. it will be manageable and light. it will be more widespread by the afternoon at three 1:00 and 3:00. and you can see have a clears out in time for the evening. tomorrow will be a much nicer day and we will be warmer with blue skies. first saturday, you've got to factor rain into your plans. i will be back with more and we will track this day in more detail and i will show you the warm up for next week. back over to you. a new twist in the case of two northern california men convicted of killing an italian police officer when they were on vacation and 2019. they have reduce the prison terms instead of life behind bars, they will serve 24 years and his friend

received a 22 year sentence. elder admitted he fatally stabbed the officer following a botched drug deal. they claim they acted in self- defense and did not realize that the plane close people were law enforcement. three people have died in the last week after taking cocaine laced with fentanyl. there have been nearly 500 deadly overdoses last year. they are working to test and distributes them at bars, art galleries and tattoo parlors in the hopes of slowing the drug crisis. inside this bathroom there are

jars of fentanyl test strips. >> we see fentanyl and caro went that is not just a carol went problem anymore. press pills are easy to manufacture. unless you are getting it from a pharmacy, you should test every single time. >> reporter: allison learned about the fentanyl test strips . >> people are still going to do drugs. 100% of people who die do not make it to rehab. >> reporter: she wanted to make sure that testing was available in places where people might be using or thinking about using. >> a number of our staff had a close associate that lost their life to an overdose. it is one of 1000 stories. >> the strips take just 5:15 to get a resultheornocae haacnt

the chief technology officer demonstrates how it works >> we are going to pretend this might be a little baggie of cocaine. we are going to put a very small amount into the solution. butt just like a at-home test strip you dip the strip into the solution and wait. >> if that line is there, two lines, no fentanyl in that solution. >> we come by and restock typically twice a week at this point. we see a lot of people picking up a test strip. >> reporter: they are providing bars with narcan and training the staff on how to use it just in case. kpix5 .

the la unified school district is lifting their masking mandate. while lifting the mask mandate is a huge relief for some, it is a concern for others. >> reporter: by midweek next week, students and staff will no longer be under a mask mandate at la unified schools. >> i feel like it is about time that they lifted it. >> reporter: she is apparent and lausteacher. they are leaving the mask option up to their nine-year- old son. >> i don't wear a mask but if my son wants to go out, he will wear a mask. >> reporter: they after others optional in the classrooms. >> i think it will make a lot of people relaxed and reduce the conflict in our community.

we will continue to follow science. >> reporter: he says that this is the right move based on the dramatic decline in covid cases and hospitalizations. you tla goal is to reach an agreement that maintains indoor masking protocols for staff and students in programs with doug and the students not eligible for vaccination including the early education centers and will continue the weekly testing program through the end of the school year to protect our communities. not everyone is feeling good about the changes. the cofounder of parent supporting teachers is a group helping guide parents and school leaders through the device of covid policies. lot o people not ready for this and they are feeling scared right now. >> reporter: safety is a key

students. california's junior senator that will have a role in the confirmation hearings made a stop in the bay area. on friday he hosted a roundtable with high school students. >> who are those individuals that serve the supreme court matters in a huge, huge way. >> a simple majority would make jackson the first african american woman to sit on the u.s. supreme court. four troops were killed in a plane crash in norway. it happened during nato exercises last night. russia was not involved in the incident.

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state water officials have announced new drought restrictions. they are cutting the amount of water given to cities and farmers from reservoirs. >> water is a precious resource and we will be asked to keep an eye on the use. >> reporter: mega drought. experts like alan haynes a hydrologist in charge explained what is missing. >> we have had so many dry years that the reservoirs are down. there hasn't been enough precipitation in the winter. >> reporter: sh a bill is 68% of average. >> to have that much water not in the reservoir is problematic.

>> reporter: the department of water resources will preserve as much of lake oroville's storage as possible. it is the largest reserv we al water is a limited resource and it has been under a lot of stress. we are read very low levels that we are likely to see further restrictions. that will continue. let's take a look at the first alert weather forecast. after that story it is nice to see that there is rain on first alert doppler. it will not be sick if it can't rain, but enough to have an impact on saturday. let's get into the details. we will take a look at the wide view with plenty of rain showing up. . off the coast, a close-up look . this is the most recent frame . pretty well organized rain right off the coast.

we will come in for a closer view. a good idea on how this looks by the time it comes onshore. it will be light rain and fairly spread apart. it will not be widespread steady rain. light showers to the majority of today. this is 8:30. it starts to look better widespread by the time we get into saturday. here we are from 1:00 intel 3:00 today. most of us will have a better chance of getting some of this rain on our part of the bay depending on where you are. the possibility for an isolated thunderstorms mixed in here. we have seen some lightning well off the coast. there would not be a whole lot here this afternoon, but don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder. and by 5:00 at 6:00 it is

pretty much winding down. the rain turned soft and then the clouds go away. tomorrow will be much sunnier and warmer. sunday will be a much better day . for saturday, the rainfall totals come in at .02 inches of rain. that is not a whole lot of rain to add up. that is a live look outside right now. 50s for most locations. 45, santa rosa. 50, liver move and 52 everywhere else. we are staying in the 50s and we warm up to the mid and upper 50s bay area wide. those numbers on sunday are 10 to 12 degrees warmer and then they get a lot warmer after that. next week's warm up, the red bull's-eye over rice.

it is showing us a high degree of confidence that temperatures will be above average. if you look at today and shade the map for where the temperatures are in terms of a buffer below average, deeper into the shades of blue, we will be in the mid to upper 50s today. watch how this changes. it is a good way to get a visual. tomorrow, right on the mark for average. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. on monday we climb above average. we are getting into the yellow and orange. here is tuesday. tuesday, everyone climbs well above average. take a look at the forecast for the inland valleys were 68 would be average and today it's only 58. by the time we get into tuesday and wednesday, well into the mid-80s.

since we've got rain on a weekend and it is today, that is clearly our focus to make sure you were up to speed on that rain. after that, our attention will shift to the warm up on the way. those are the valleys of the north bay where we will go into the mid-80s by tuesday and wednesday. >> up tuesday and wednesday and then back to normal. >> it doesn't look like it will be especially prolonged, but it will be noticeable. it is a potentially life- changing opportunity. the program targets underserved communities. you do not need prior experience and it is free. it is the brainchild of this week's jefferson award winner.

>> reporter: ryan spurlock wanted to empower underserved people with the skills to become san francisco's next generation of inventors, designers, and makers. he started human made in 2018, the first community-based training center. >> one of the things that we see is individuals command figuring out what they will add value in life and how they will support themselves in the bay area. >> reporter: more than 130 students have gone through the training program. nine of 10 students are extremely low income and three out of four of people of color. about 70% have graduated and most of them have either continued their education related jobs from quality control to design and assembly >> we are teaching them to utilize the skills of the modern manufacturing sector to

not just gain an entry level position but to grow in their roles. >> reporter: she was earning 3- d printing and had been in construction and bartending before. the skills he is gaining from human made open new doors. >> i didn't have any skills and those stores were not open to me . there will be so many more opportunities to have a career path. >> reporter: she is back to help teach. she says that ryan inspires students to believe in themselves. >> he has confidence and he gives you confidence. he is very encouraging, and it makes you feel good. >> it is in our human nature to shape the world around us. >> reporter: for providing free training that creates opportunities for the next generation of manufacturers, this week's jefferson award goes to ryan spurlock.

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sake for many of us it can be hard to find the motivation to run regularly. one liver burr man set out on a mission to run every street in his city. he laced up his shoes as he inches closer to completing his goal. >> reporter: i've got my stretches in and i think i'm ready to catch up with him. what is the goal that you said out? >> my goal is to run every single streak, every cul-de-sac and turn around and see every inch of this city. >> what motivated you? >> i love this city and i love everything about it.

i love seeing new things. when you run every single street you get to see a whole lot of people and a whole lot of things you may not have seen otherwise. >> reporter: his gps watch tracked his route. he is always in motion. >> i just did my 125th half marathon. >> reporter: those roads and streets are highlighted in purple. he is getting close to the finish line. >> so many streets you have to double back on. >> reporter: he runs livermore. >> sometimes you miss a block. we would just cheat a little bit . >> no way. we go back and run it. >> sometimes he will run routes that symbolize something. this one reads love livermore. this one is shaped like a heart . >> on march 14 every year i run

3.14 miles. it draws out 3.14 and the pie symbol. >> he retired from apple in january which gave him more time to run. >> i was not a runner. i started smoking cigarettes at 13 years old and then give them up when i was 39, just before my 40th birthday. i ran a mile the next day. it hurt. i was coughing and i sure didn't want a cigarette after that. i just started running. >> reporter: those legs haven't stopped yet. i'm out of juice, but mike is almost done running. he has 25 to 35 miles left. by the end of march, he will be done.

kpix5 news . >> that is a lot harder than it looks. before mike moved to livermore, he finished running every street in dublin where he used to live. a southern california man has quite a story to tell after his close encounter with a bear. he was sitting in his pickup truck when a group of trucks wandered by. he started filming and one of the bears opened his driver side door. luckily, all the bears scattered when the man's dog started barking. here is a chance to help bay area restaurants. oakland restaurant week kicked off yesterday. visit oakland.com has a list of participating restaurants and can help you make a reservation. there are prices ranging from $10 to $60 for a male.

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we will spotlight those locations. some of the better rain is showing up there. if we come back out for a wider look, we will watch those showers march across the entire bay area throughout the course of this morning.e course oth hour forecast > coming up, a massive fire guts a bay area building. what

live from the cbs bay studios, this is kpix5 news. sake right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, of the search for of vandalism suspect led to a bomb squared to put an entire east bay neighborhood on lockdown. a crisis is growing as border countries work to taken refugees. a potential change to the rules governing large gatherings around the state. thank you so much for joining us. i am devin fehely . let's check in with our meteorologist. we've got first alert

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