this is cbs news bay area, with reed cowan. >> out of drought, we look at

the drastic turn of events in the bay area and what is happening with all of the rain water at one of our reservoirs. the change of water fortunes has been remarkable and perhaps nowhere ngroom for raily than here e the y br commute, what backed up traffic overnight and through the morning. hundreds of tiny homes coming to one bay area city, how it's part of a bigger statewide plan to tackle homelessness. good afternoon, i'm elizabeth cook. as we enjoy a nice break from the rain, we are learning of a huge benefit from all of our recent storms. 99% of the bay area is now out of drought conditions, in fact, 64% of the entire state is no longer in drought. the latest map from the drought monitor shows just over a third of california remains in the moderate drought category. wilson walker is at lake sonoma which has gotten so much rainfall that it is

overcapacity and they had to do controlled releases. this is a really good problem to have, wilson? >> reporter: well, blue skies, green hills and what may appear like a full lake. technically not quite full but it is past the storage space, th means ti nce >> we have encroached from what we call our conservation or water that and that is what you are seeing here today, the increase amount of flow to draw the floodwater down behind the dam. >> reporter: 4000 cubic feet per second thing released. let's take it back to november and show you what it looked like then before all the rain, and compare it to what it looks like today. the army corps of engineers

has adjusted how it operates reservoirs across california, they are trying to be more flexible to save more water. that means getting a better understanding of how these atmospheric rivers might affect water storage and waterways. compared to years past here, there is a bit more water, they are being a bit more conservative as to what they are releasing.>> so, the flexibility that is being called upon, and that we have workedthrougtogeer eryearallold we are in acrof re water in the here today, and that water can be used in the summertime. so the army corps is consciously waiting and holding that water back until the conditions improve. >> reporter: as for the conditions, you can see that the army corps is out here trying to keep a really good gauge on exactly how much

water is moving into dry creek before it heads into the russian river, that is the equation they are talking about to let water out of this lake. there flexibility continues, depending on the weather. everybody is talking about what comes next week. if that weather system begins to fizzle, they can sort of back off what they are releasing. the water is valuable, you want to hold onto it. so the game plan is to get more agile with how much water you are holding and releasing, so we have more in the summertime and the atmospheric rivers are making that a really delicate dance. but, the recent waterrelease here for the first time since 2019 and that is very good news. remarkable, thank you so much. thousands of pg&e customers still cannot the latest numbers show around 40,000 customers still impacted, mostly on the south bay. in redwood city, some stores are first to close because of a lack of power. there were similar scenes everywhere today.

two days after that wind storm knocked out electricity all around the bay area. in saratoga, west valley college is practically empty after all on-campus classes and services were canceled today due to the power outages. as we get closer to the afternoon commute, bay bridge drivers are hoping for a much smoother ride compared to this morning. traffic was backed up for hours because of a double fatal crash overnight on the upper deck. commuters try to make their way into san francisco. >> reporter: we are at the west oakland bart station, this was another form of transportation people were using to avoid that headache into the bay bridge. unfortunately, this one was fatal, this happened before treasure island, unfortunately two people lost their lives. a black charger crashed into the back of a semitruck, lanes two through five were closed, then they started reopening, that is what helped ease the

traffic. there was a second incident on the upper deck. there was some police activity, that was cleared past the tunnel and once you were able to get past the tunnel, that is when traffic really started to clear out. >> sunrise middle school in san jose will have a meeting for parents to talk about safety. one day after a student was stabbed. the school opened back up today with counseling support for students. the victim is expected to be okay. this violent incident has students questioning their school security plan. >> it makes me feel a little worried, i guess. >> this is a shock, we never had anything remotely close to this happening. >> the suspect will be booked into juvenile hall on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. parents and students in petaluma have similar concerns, two mass students stormed a high school classroom and attacked another student.

this is at casagrande high school on february 15. some students, parents, and teachers said they are not happy with how the school handled this. >> the more i thought about it, the more it made me angry. and that there was a lack of response and a lack of accountability. >> reporter: jennifer has a daughter that goes to casagrande high school, when she read this email from the school about the attack of a student on two suspects, she had questions. >> i can't be the only one that is really angry about this. as parents, we have to advocate, and advocate for better procedures, better safety measures, better training, better support for faculty and students and administration all the way around. >> reporter: since then, she has been active on social media, speaking out at public meetatteing this roundtable discussion to address safety in schools.>> what you are hearing here stays here, but the lessons will leave.

>> reporter: the assistant superintendent feels it is critical to partner with the community to find solutions. >> we really want to engage with our community and hear what they have to say and hear what kind of solutions they may have. we cannot have all the answers. >> reporter: with all the violence, it's not just an issue in one particular community. while there are many factors to consider, the assistant superintendent said the pandemic impacted kids in so many ways. >> students really need that kind of structure and that socialization, and it's the abcs but is also learning to be with one another and learning how to interact, and i think a lot of kids have missed that. and we are seeing the consequences of that. >> reporter: the solutions are expected to be complex, but parents are demanding the school district to implement safety measures, and to have

training staff on campuses to handle these issues. nt do their t is gointo take all of us. it's not one organization or entity or person's responsibility. it's all of our responsibilities and we have to work together to come out on the other side. >> reporter: also demanding change on campus, students in santa rosa after the deadly stabbing of a student in montgomery high school two weeks ago. they started the largest student protest movement the north bay has seen in years. two bay area men accused of stabbing a police officer to death in rome are getting a new trial. they were initially sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of stabbing a police officer to death in 2019 during a botched attempt to buy cocaine. the sentence was rated reduced to 2 years. they have granted a new trial

on the final appeal. governor gavin newsom expecting to cut homelessness by 15% by 2025. >> it is an ambitious number and the governor says the answer starts with tiny homes, the state plans to build and send out more than 1200 of them. ta san jose, that is one of the cities involved. they will receive 200 homes from the state. and the mayor said the city wants to go much farther than the 15% goal. san jose is aiming to move 1000 on housed people off the streets the end of this year. the governor said the tiny homes plan money comes from about $750 million in encampment resolution grants and the cities involved would be in charge of things like bathrooms, trash pickup and other services. >> it's not just about

sweeping things under the rug or kicking people off the streets and sidewalks and claiming a job well done, that does not do justice to the injustice that is perpetuated because of our inability to reconcile the larger issues of wealth and income and equality. >> it is common sense, good people out of unsafe conditions, and into caring environments and services and everybody is better off. >> of note, in the governor's plan, it is who is left out, neither san francisco or oakland take part tiny homes distribution. still ahead, a san francisco-based bank is in trouble, how some bigger banks are working together on a rescue plan and how lawmakers are trying to reorcouny's banki overall. beautiful weather across the bay area today, perfect weather for the first day of march madness, you can just sit inside

on the money watch, 11 banks are teaming up to help rescue first republic bank. they will provide $30 billion in deposits to serve liquidity and confidence after shares of first republic plunged. the bank is headquartered in san francisco. news of that rescue plan helped boost the stock market

today. the nasdaq was up 283. the u.s. treasury secretary is working to reassure americans that the nation's banking system is on steady footing, despite the failure of two other lenders in just a matter of days. michael george reports from new york. >> reporter: the treasury secretary told lawmakers the american banking system remains sound after the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank of new york. >> the governor took decisive stabe and thin our financial system. >> reporter: in testimony thursday, the treasury secretary said bank customers should feel confident their deposits are safe. >> we worked with the federal reserve and fdic to protect all depositors of the two

failed banks. on monday morning, customers who were able to access all of the money in their deposited accounts. >> reporter: the justice department and the securities exchange commission are investigating the failure of silicon valley bank after depositors rushed to withdraw money. some lawmakers are scrutinizing the role played by social media. >> we are seeing the very first social media internet-based bank run. >> reporter: switzerland's central bank agreed to lend as much as $54 billion. >> the federal reserve and the treasury and swiss national bank and the european central bank are acting quickly and decisively. so i think that has helped stave off this panic that is real. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the top republican said he's concerned about the precedence of guaranteeing all u.s. deposits after these two regional bank failures. the senator called the federal rescue action a moral hazard.

>> people in the salmon industry today predicting a tough year economically with the shutdown of salmon season looming. a low number of salmon are predicted to be in the ocean this year and not enough water is making it through the rivers to keep the fishing going. >> many of us don't know what we are going to do this summer, many of us don't know what we are going to do next year. we have families to feed and we are going to see the trickle-down effect throughout the city.>> folks in the salmon industry say this especially hurts coming out of the pandemic. let's take a look at the forecast, with paul heggen. it felt so good to see those sunny skies. everybody needed some time to dry out. >> we will keep it around as long as possible. we have some nice weather lining up, when people are watching march madness, you can take the tv out on the patio and just watch it outdoors. we have some patchy fog on the

coast already. we are in for some warmer weather, saturday, near-normal for a couple of days. then for the second half of the weekend, the rain showers return to the forecast. for the first time in a while, it looks like good travel weather if you want to head out to tahoe, anywhere in the sierra, there's going to be some snow showers in the second half of the weekend. looks like the accumulations are going to be fairly light, it should not be enough to significantly impact traffic. but look at the next couple of days, nice conditions if you just want to stick around the bay area as well. not much to see there tonight. plenty of sunshine most of the day but a gradual increase of cloud cover in the afternoon and evening. the clouds will stick around overnight, then another gradual increase of cloud cover by saturday afternoon, but we will stay dry during saturday, and i think the next chance of rain is going to hold off

until after midnight saturday night. by sunday morning, we are looking at a good chance of rain hitting the coast, that is going to make its way farther inland for the rest of sunday morning. this is going to be light rain, we are not worried about flooding but it is the first of several rain chances that are going to be heading our way. the rain is going to be coming in waves, spaced out enough that we are not overly concerned about significant flooding at this point, but it is something we will continue to evaluate as we get closer to next week. in the long range, the focus for the wettest conditions is going to shift a little bit, away from california and closer to the desert southwest. there is a bull's-eye in arizona of wetter than normal conditions expected, we still have a weaker signal once we get past the middle of next week. and that weak signal is in the long range, 8 to 14 days, which takes us almost to the end of march. looking beyond that, the one month outlook for the month of

april came out today. here something we haven't seen in a while, a pretty good chance of drier than normal conditions for the bay area and much of california and much of the southwest, as we go through the next month on the calendar page, we will keep an eye on the long-range forecast. temperatures right now in the 50s and low 60s. tonight, we are going to drop down to mostly low 40s, and making it down into the upper 30s, and highs tomorrow almost exactly normal for this time of year. upper 50s along the coast, mid 50s along the peninsula and mid to upper 60s in the santa clara valley. 60s in the inland valleys in the east bay, it'll be in the low to mid 60s in the north bay . not bad for st. patrick's day , nice weather overall, that should continue on saturday before the rain showers return sunday, monday, and tuesday. further down the line, it does not look like a washout but an unsettled pattern to pick up a few more 100s of inch of rain.

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underground railroad. >> let this art piece inspire us all, to recommit ourselves to work toward a common goal of liberation and unity, for our faith is intertwined. >> and the sculpture is titled freedoms threshold. it's that time of year, high school seniors are waiting for that yes or no from the colleges. we will tell you about the remarkable stack of offers waiting for this young lady. and remember, you can watch us anytime, anywhere on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. you can fi

coming up tonight at 5:00, they can walk, jump, cook, even perform magic, we take you inside an innovative lab working on a new generation of humanoid robots. getting one college acceptance is pretty exciting, but how about more than two dozen? that's amazing. a north carolina high school senior just got into 28 different schools including clemson and howard university, just fabulous schools. they offered her a total of $2.1 million in scholarship money. she is set to graduate this spring with a 4.2 gpa. besides hitting the books, she also taught heelf how still ing to heabatwmore colleg

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