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this is a spot of regulars d evknyour name. now, they are feeling a of this fire damage at the palo alto shopping plaza. how the city is promising to help the folks affect did. good afternoon, everybody. i am reed cowan. the city of oakland has reached a deal to transform the coliseum site. here is what we know right now . the city says they have reached an exclusive agreement with the african-american sports and entertainment group to redevelop the area and it includes affordable housing, retail, new public facilities and for sports. we talked about bringing the first majority blackstone team to the nfl and wnba team to oakland. >> the on sports and anything. this is about creating jobs and revitalizing this community without displacement and gentrification.
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>> this is the largest transfer of public lands to black people in the city's history. at 5:00, we will have an in- depth look at what these opportunities could mean for people who live and work around that iconic site. in the meantime, the a's are still holding pattern. the city and team owners there are still negotiating over the final points of the terminal proposal. team continues to threaten to move to las vegas and we can sell you the owners went again to las vegas yesterday. first alert weather. rain is on the way, but nothing like we saw a month ago, which is my favorite part. here is chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> beneficial showers on the way to the bay area . the clouds have been thickening across the skies throughout the day and it will continue as we had to the rest of this evening, but any moisture hanging out offshore has been elevated in those clouds. it disappeared from the radar view, because it's not your
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ground level. it is picking it up as it is further up in the atmosphere in the boat is still offshore. it will make its way in late tonight and the rain chance is not ramping up even for the day. after midnight, the book of the rain will fall because before the sun comes up. it will take longer for the rain chances to wrap up from the central bay. the bulk of the rain is going to fall before the sun comes up with lingering showers through drivetime and into midmorning on friday. the rain arrives later in san jose, but doesn't last much longer, so you will see limited accumulations consent compared to other parts of the bay area. take a look at how much we expect overall and what the next round of rain will come in the next weekend. to our friends in sonoma county, more relief is on the way for people who were hit hard after last month's monster storm. this comes from a press democrat. the board has improved
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approved $2 million in disaster aid. it is not clear what the extra funding will be distributed, but we are watching the money, as well as people cleanup. further down the coast, damage is now topped $125 million and the farming community makes up about $75 million of that, so officials say at least 20,000 acres of farmland were impacted by flooding. we are seeing the whole extent of the damage and there is a lot of standing water in some of the fields, so there are fields that need to be assessed and the many number could increase. >> monterey county farmers are returning to operations while others were not so lucky. due to regulations, they have to stay out of those inundated fields for 60 days, which is a must for them, because that throws off the planting schedules. planting and harvesting and money and livelihoods. that means some of the workers
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are off the job and losing pay. a lot of farmers believe the worst of the damage could have been avoided. >> farmers and landowners are more than willing to spend their own dime on doing proper sensible maintenance. it would mitigate for floods, but our hands are tied by the government, so the government is stopping us from keeping the river. we are protecting public infrastructure. >> some workers told me and the entire week i just worked two days. in the entire week, i looked three days, but one day was four hours. when they normally work eight, nine or sometimes 10. for the daily survival of people, it is hard. >> really difficult. government organizations that the small business
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administration and the u.s. department of agriculture say they are offering farmers assistance to help them get back on their feet. >> want to make sure they contact us and let us know what damage they have had, so we can get them in the right procedure to get these assistance they need. >> investigation is underway on the peninsula after a fire ripped through part of a palo alto strip mall. he could see several businesses damaged, including a coffee shop. dry-cleaning business and cafe. city cd shopping plaza over on middlefield road is a popular one. >> is part of regulars and it is like the cheers. everything was were name and the community. the city will do all they can to help you rebuild, but i am grateful for the firefighters who were able to respond as quickly as they did and ensure the damage wasn't worse. >> vice mayor and no word on how the fire got started. calls for action after the death of tyre nichols.
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vice president pence joe biden met with for moving forward on police reform. unnecessary or deadly use of force, restrict and limit qualified immunity for officers. house democrats passed legislation twice in the previous congress, but it has been sold for more than one year and the political back- and-forth. now, faces a tougher challenge with republicans not having control of the house. >> we got to stay at it. >> echoing vice president kamala harris and calling for the act to pass, but earlier this week, republican senator tim scott pointed blame at democrats for not making a deal on areas where there was common ground. forms that included de- escalation, training there for the and duty to intervene, something that tyre nichols's
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family is calling for. his family is expected to attend the state of union address next week and invitation of the black caucus looking to keep the police reform in front and center. high-tech tools meant to spot distant objects in our universe, but there is a problem with it. all is light and how the city's blind and bay area astronomers need to make it work. plus, this. nominated for a
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by downloading the app today. duckduckgo, privacy simplified. (upbeat music) welcome back. we cruise at hard work to put final fix on storm damage areas. for to reopen tomorrow after month-long closure because of a huge sinkhole. guests with reservations will be able to visit, as well as the nighttime attraction. that is set to end on january 29, however it has now been extended through march 4. put it on your calendar. if you looked up last night, maybe you can't the rare green comet. that is what it looked like. it hadn't been this close to earth in 50,000 years. there may be more chances to see it in the next few days. it might not be super obvious to you. >> i would caution viewers that when we read about this green comet it won't look that
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way to the unaided eye. if you, you will need a dark sky and you don't want the moon interfering with it. it will be pretty dim. >> in our area, you can watch and it can affect whether you can spot the comet, but brian shows you light pollution is changing how astronomers do their jobs. >> it is a pretty long trip. >> reporter: to see the most distant things in the universe. >> i like to think of this telescope as the beginning of silicon valley. the first high-tech instrumentation. this telescope was the highest technology instrument in the world. it was the pinnacle of technology of the day. >> reporter: this is dr. eleanor gates and this is her license plate. >> that is the number of
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astrid named after me. it is named eleanor. >> reporter: she has lived in the paradises since 1998. there is trouble in paradise. every time the sun sinks slowly in the west, thousands of sodium and l.e.d. lights cast a glow into the skies of the world's first mountain observatory. this was not what james had in mind. >> back when the observatory was founded, this was a fantastic site for an observatory. >> that was when san jose had 5000 people. now, it has 1 million. the telescope is being blinded by the lights. >> reporter: so is dr. gates lifelong fascination with black holes. >> as a young child, i remember being super intrigued about these things called black holes. how did they get so big so
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early in the history of the universe? we don't really know the answer to that. >> reporter: they keep busy up here every night. >> discovering new planets around other stars, supernovae, galaxies could be extraterrestrial life using lasers to communicate or it could be new astral is open -- astrophysical phenomenon we never dreamed of. >> reporter: whatever it is, they will be fighting the lights. >> as the cities grow, the problem is getting worse, but we are tailoring our science to best use the facilities we have despite the light pollution. >> ryan had me with and let's look at our first alert forecast.
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>> it will not be visible tonight, because we will have clouds and a good chance of rain, but it is visible until about february 10, so once it clears up a little bit next week if you want to get away from the city lights, go as far into the city as possible and you might be able to catch a coombs. in the short term, wet weather on the way. the first of two storm systems will be pushing towards the bay area as we open late tonight into early friday, but moisture offshore in the clouds, but evaporating long before it reaches ground ocean level. that will change later tonight. there is the rain hanging out offshore. that will be the case throughout this evening and we will see clouds building in, but stay dry until midnight, which is the first shower approaching the north bay coast and will quickly move the 4:00 in the morning and we will see widespread shower activities and some will be slightly heavier, especially golden gate and right along the coast diminishing in intensity as it moves further inland, which he does quickly by 7:00 as the sun is coming up in the bulk of the ring
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will be moving out of the area pushing further to the east, but plenty of puddles left over for the morning and leftover showers possible through midday and into the afternoon. santa cruz mountains, but the rest is seen partial clearing for tomorrow afternoon and more clouds moving tomorrow night and we will see rain starting to take shape on saturday. saturday afternoon will bring us a transfer if you hit or miss showers as the warmer air begins to move in. this will be intermittent life activity, but it will be out for the chinese new year parade and other outdoor plants saturday evening, but the heavier removes in later and overnight. we is associated with the system. 130 saturday night and sunday morning and we will see more often on shower activity, setting it up with futurecast. the 10th of an inch from the approaching a half inch at the higher end of the scale and higher elevations of the north they could approach three quarters of an inch of rain, but that amount is beneficial and will not cause any significant flooding. at the next wave of rain, the
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total to 10:00 on sunday will be generally half an inch to an inch of total rainfall for most of the bay area and a little bit more on the coast and higher elevations on the north bay and santa cruz mountains. there is more rain in the forecast as we head into the sudden saturday and sunday time frame. tuesday night into wednesday and most of next week. this will be a snow maker for the high sierra is not a significant one. a much more snow system will move in saturday night into sunday and anywhere from one foot to close to 2 1/2 feet of snow with the next system. travels will be very difficult is 65 degrees. n 50 you really warmed up this afternoon and later on tonight, not as chilly. 50 ees and is tomorrow, despite the cloud cover and partial clearing should be a long sunshine to be 3 to 1 us up close to average. mostly upper 50s with the spots managing.
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be flexible with outdoor plans, especially saturday evening into the first half of sunday and the joy stretch of weather takes over as we had through next week with temperatures warming up slightly above average temperatures in store for us monday through thursday, which is the outside chance of showers tuesday night into wednesday. ♪ >> otherworldly talent. that is 44-year-old nicholas from san francisco. he is grammy nominated for best classical solo vocal album. congratulations to him. it is called stranger and it is about newcomers are treated in strange lands and bay area history has a lot to do with that. sara donchey will show you nicholas got to see that for himself. >> reporter: our story begins early morning on a state park boat. on board, grammy nominee nicholas is joined by russell nahman, skilled curator in and
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guide. >> we are all constantly trying to discover ourselves. >> reporter: they will go back in time after ducking the boat and taking a short drive, they reach the destination, historic u.s. immigration station on aging angel island. >> i have been thinking about chinese exclusion because of stranger. >> reporter: stranger is the title of a classical recording done by nicholas. his performance is nominated for a grammy. >> the title track is tied to san jose history. >> reporter: how newcomers are treated in strange lands. it is centered around the chinese exclusion act of 1882. it was the first time america limited immigration on the basis of nationality or race. it would not be the last. >> oh my god. >> reporter: nicholas walked the grounds were nearly 20,000
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asians were detained and interrogated. he walked up into the historic barracks for asian men and boys lived and slept for weeks, months and years. >> it represents an untold story in united states history , which is the asian-american experience. we have these replica bunks over here. >> reporter: works for the angel island immigration foundation. he showed nicholas with the detainees carved art and poetry onto the walls, which were painted jade green. >> it has turned into a cage. >> reporter: he was stunned. >> the idea that creativity is a method of survival. how else do you keep your spirit and soul alive and nourished? it is pretty horrifying. >> reporter: segregated quarters. the tour was sobering. >> it is easy to view these people as dehumanized masses of beings that are coming here to invade our shores.
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these poems on the wall are so beautiful and the care in which they were carved into the walls -- i don't know. it is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. >> preserving those histories and stories and legacy for future generations will tell people the mistakes of the past and make sure our country doesn't repeat them. >> reporter: we caught up with nicholas in marin county as he recorded tracks for the trumpeter. he told us as a half asian half greek man that recording stranger was a gift. >> as a classical singer, and stepping into other people shoes. the music is often told from the perspective were written by white heterosexual men. as a result, it is difficult for me to directly relate to something as a half asian kid
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who grew up in the midwest. it has been the first time of a 20 year career but i feel like i am telling the stories of my people. franco will be highlighting ouin on kpix and strawman bay bravo to producer molly for working with sarah on that great story. on sunday, grammy show broadcast at 5:00 on kpix. ahead, nothing could stop this police officer. you will see how he managed to battle a tornado to
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when the wind started to pick up. get this, it was in ef-3 tornado. the k-9 was in his kennel inside the squad car and look at the surveillance video. the capture officer joe running outside lightning flashing and barely able to see in front of him. he got his dog. the wind and rain were so strong that he couldn't get him out. >> i could barely open his door. when i did, he is a smg
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and he saw what was going on outside and he's like, i'm not coming out. come on, buddy. let's go. >> seconds later, the pair is seen rushing back around the squad car towards the station and here is your headline. they got back to safety and back on the job today. officer says he would do it all again in a heartbeat. ahead, ferraris are built for speed, but this one won't
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at 5:00, we will look at san francisco's chinatown golden nightclub area and learn how the show still goes on today. at 6:00, vern glenn will introduce you to the founder on this black history month celebration and how the youth sports program is soaring in popularity as it highlights diversity and makes a space for kids from the marine area. before we go, check this out. this is painful for some of you who are watching. ferrari fans, close your eyes. this was left dangling in an elevator shaft in south florida after a car elevator at the dealership malfunctioned. fire and rescue units had to cut the power because of age fuel leak and they had to pull the car out. it took them four hours and 50,000 pound to pull them out. >> the car got hurt. >> my friend texted me saying, that makes me ill.
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>> it looked like it crashed. >> it tingled and crashed. have a good afternoon, everybody. ♪ ♪ >> norah: tonight nearly 100 million americans based brutally cold temperatures while people from texas to tennessee remain without power from that deadly ice storm. hundreds of thousands are in the dark as the south begins to thaw out. plus, the forecast i could bring below 0 degrees temperatures too much of new york state and the potential frostbite in boston. cbs's lilia luciano is covering the dangerous weather. >> the resolution is... >> norah: congress woman ilhan omar kicked off a major house committee after g.o.p. leaders cite the democrats widely condemned anti-israel comments. alex murdaugh murder trial, a possible motive unbilled and court. why ec

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