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the east bay are calling on their party leader. >> just because you're in the minority doesn't mean you can't fight. >> what they're hoping to gain as they grow more concerned about the future. and in the midst of a major budget crisis, oakland leaders learn the city overpaid some workers to the tune of nearly $2 million. the phone definitely has been ringing quite a bit. >> local farms scrambling to keep up with egg-stravagant demand, how they're helping people cope with a current shortage. and a bay area start-up is trying to take the automotive industry to new heights. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi. i'm juliette goodrich. sara is off tonight. a judge blocked president trump's executive order to end government grants for groups promoting dei programs. the

president also moved to fire the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. now other republicans are facing tough questions from constituents about the ongoing mass layoffs. much of that was spurred on by elon musk's department of government efficiency. here's what happened during a meeting hosted by oklahoma congressman kevin hern. >> we're seeing the administration undermining congress. >> will you call elon musk in to testify under oath? >> my concern right now and i think i speak for a lot of americans is elon musk. >> democrats are also under pressure to figure out a response to musk and doge. earlier this week bay area representative eric swalwell took questions in a packed town hall about getting the part back on track. tonight oakland house minority leader hakeem jeffries was met with a protest. many of those demonstrators come from jeffries' own party. kevin ko has more on the message from bay

area democrats. >> reporter: it's not often voters protest against their own party, but bay area progressives say they've had enough. as hakeem jeffries was getting ready to speak inside the kaiser convention center, hundreds of demonstrators stood out here demanding that jeffries and his party step up. >> the democrats need to fight as hard as the republicans fight. they need to be disruptive. they need to delay things. >> reporter: milly cleveland organized the rally outside the henry j. kaiser convention center friday night. she and hundreds of other democrats say their party isn't doing enough to counter the trump administration's sweeping actions across federal agencies. >> we need our representatives to fight harder. just because you're in the minority doesn't mean that you can't fight. >> the whole neighborhood is on fire and the democrats are talking about what color the

fire truck should be, right? we need democrats with hoses in their hand, buckets in their hand with the people fighting for them. >> reporter: pastor servant b.k. woodson says democrats need to take action. >> do your job! do your job! >> reporter: he and other demonstrators weren't happy that jeffries was speaking at the event while promoting his book. autographed copies of the abc's of democracy were sold during the event. >> they went for the money and they left the people. >> stop the coup! >> reporter: protesters picketed around the chain link fences holding signs demanding jeffries and his party fight for them. >> put on the boxing gloves. >> we are losing democracy from trump. you've got to fight back. >> the ignorance of an administration that knows not what they do. >> reporter: inside congresswoman lateefa simon and oakland mayoral candidate barbara lee spoke ahead of jeffries. they all say they're committed to fighting back

against the trump administration through various ways, including lawsuits. >> as democrats we continue to hold together. all we need is two or three republicans to do the right thing for the american people and we can stop all of this bad stuff from happening. >> reporter: but outside demonstrating democrats like cleveland say they need action now. >> people have to come out in the street and put pressure on their representatives until we get what we need. >> reporter: during his remarks jeffries also called on more democrats to speak out loudly about their concerns, all while democratic demonstrators outside were calling on him to do the same thing. staying in oakland, the city already facing a well documented budget crisis may have made an expensive error while balancing the books. an anonymous whistleblower helped expose the issue. an investigation found

the city has been overpaying some workers for six years. as da lin reports, the auditor who found the waste believes it may be just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: this lifelong oakland resident says his city is going through one of the worst periods in decades, from the recall of the mayor to the lack of basic services. >> i just dropped off my car just a few moments ago because i hit a pothole and knocked the car out of alignment. >> reporter: dion baker says as the city lays off workers, slashes public safety spending, and browns out fire stations, it's hard to hear about years of wasteful government spending. >> a bit of frustration and a bit of sadness because leadership in general has been a little low. >> reporter: the city auditor michael houston reports the city has been overpaying employees in the transportation and public works department for overtime

work for at least six years, from 2018 to 2024. the auditor says the overpayments to about 500 workers added up to more than $1.6 million. >> we have budgetary issues and any waste is a challenge for us, as we are trying to get our budget together. >> reporter: oakland is dealing with a $129 million budget deficit. interim oakland mayor kevin jenkins says this type of waste erodes public trust. >> what i'm going to do is have a talk with the auditor and see what the best course of action moving forward is. >> reporter: the auditor launched the investigation after a whistleblower made the overpayment complaint. it appears the payroll department used the incorrect overtime formulas to pay work withers. the auditor says the finance and payroll people could not explain how it happened. josh rowan is the acting oakland public works director. >> i don't know if we can recoup the money or not, but i think the bigger issue is the perception damage. it's another opportunity where we've kind of

stumbled. >> reporter: the auditor only looked into the public works and transportation departments. he suspects investigators may find similar issues if they look into other departments. baker says they should dig deeper. >> maybe we need to audit a lot more stuff, you know. i mean the pandemic caused a lot of households to audit themselves. so i think it's time that government do the same thing. in santa rosa school trustees approved a plan to close two middle schools next year, but they opted to spare lc allen high school, getting a big cheer from the crowd today. the board voted to close santa rosa middle school and herbert slater middle school instead. those students will be combined with their respective high schools. the district is dealing with a $20 million budget shortfall. we heard from some of the students, parents, and staff who cheered the decision to keep their high school open. >> today we voted to keep all of our high schools open in the

school district and to reimagine and reinvest into those campuses and find ways to get out of a budget deficit without closing a high school. >> our community wasn't being listened to. they tried to, you know, shut down our school and people stepped up, as you can see. >> while lc allen will remain open, it will undergo restructuring. the district says starting in two years, students will be able to choose whether they want to stay or go to one of the district's other high schools. santa rosa isn't alone in its budget problems. at least six other bay area school districts are facing large cuts. some are also weighing the possibility of closing schools. on to another school facing serious budget issues, state lawmakers were at sonoma state university today talking about the financial crisis there and student and faculty used it as an opportunity to rally against proposed cuts. >> they say cuts. we say no.

they say cuts. we say no. >> the rally was hosted by the california faculty association. last month sonoma state administrators announced the school was facing a nearly $24 million budget deficit. their plan is to lay off faculty and staff, cut several major programs, and disband the entire athletics program. if you've ever driven around san francisco or at least tried to park in san francisco, you already know it's not fun and it's not easy. now it might get even more difficult around golden gate park. the city could take away the already limited free parking around martin luther king drive. the city's recreation and parks department says the move could generate more than $10 million just over the next two years, this as the department currently faces a $15 million deficit. the plan also proposes hiring freezes. people who love their

omelets in the morning, you already know eggs aren't easy to come by these days, but people are finding a way around a trip to the grocery store. >> it's kind of unpredictable. so it's kind of like almost a slot machine. >> why more people are trying their hand at raising chickens and what to know if you're interested. temperatures today continued a little taste of springtime, a few degrees above average to close to 10 degrees above normal and there's more spring-like weather in store as we finish february, details coming up in the first alert forecast. how much the car of the future could cost you so you can fly past traffic.

if you have any baking to get done, you might need to look for some egg alternatives. the u.s. egg supply is still taking hits thanks to bird flu. if you can even find a dozen, you'll likely pay a lot more than you'd expect, but here in the bay area people are turning directly to the source by raising their own hens. our sooji nam is in mill valley where chickens are the hot new trend. >> reporter: it's a busy time of the year for leslie citroen, the owner of mill valley chickens. she always sees more egg production during the springtime, but with the bird flu causing egg shortages and

soaring prices at grocery stores -- >> the phone definitely has been ringing quite a bit in the last one to two weeks. >> reporter: ringing because more neighbors are interested in buying a specific breed of chickens. >> they're asking for the production chickens just because a production chicken might give you six eggs per week while one of these heritage chickens like this little tiny chicken, this little yellow one from sumatra, you're lucky to get one egg a week out of her. >> reporter: according to the bureau of labor statistics, the average price for a dozen of eggs hit a record last month, $4.95 compared to december last year averaging at about $4.15 per dozen. in california a dozen eggs costs nearly $9 in january due to a number of factors, including higher production costs. that has some bay area residents considering this alternative option of caring for their own chickens to lay healthy eggs. >> watch this.

>> reporter: but leslie advises with predators like coyotes and bobcats, it's important for first time owners to have proper measures in place. >> you do have to have a very secure chicken coop and a chicken run for the chickens. >> reporter: a few miles away in ross ryder rubenstein is doing just that. >> it will be different times of the day we might get three. it's kind of unpredictable. it's kind of like almost a slot machine. >> reporter: he bought his chickens from leslie a few weeks ago, built a chicken run to start his own egg subscription business, golden i eggs. >> our whole model based on extra space for the chicken, more space than pasture raised which is the highest standard in the stores. we think we're doing it the most ethical way possible. >> reporter: after seeing the impact of the bird flu on eggs nationwide -- >> this is 18 of our eggs. >> reporter: -- ryder aims to be a sustainable local source for eggs. back here at mill valley

leslie says for those who cannot buy their own chickens to lay eggs, they can still keep sustainability in mind by paying attention to the labels on the carton. >> free range could be like my deck right here in a factory farm, you might have 1,000 birds on here, you can imagine that. all they have to do is have a little tiny door going to the outside, maybe the size of a shoebox, and that is called free range. so it's really a meaningless term. the term you want to look at now is pasture-raised. >> just yesterday the u.s. department of agriculture issued conditional approval for a vaccine to protect chickens from the bird flu. check this out. no, it is not a wildfire or a lava flow. that is just regular mountain water at yosemite. it is called the fire fall. it happened every year in mid to late february. it is a natural lighting effect that occurs when the setting sun hits the waterfall and makes it glow as though the waterfall is

on fire. first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> we're inspired by the weekend and we have a lot in store. >> have you ever gone up to see the fire fall? >> i have. have you? >> we haven't gone yet. we'll have to check the ranger situation and all that with everything going on at yosemite. the weather and if you're headed up to the mountains for skiing, that looks favorable. we're getting a little taste of spring. we'll see dry weather heading into the weekend other than maybe a couple sprinkles for the north bay sunday into monday. that's not going to amount to anything. the storm track is well to our north. we're on the very southern fringe, enough for passing clouds, but the dry weather will continue for most of next week, maybe the first weekend in march

will bring us our next rain chance. temperatures will remain warm until the next chance of rain arrives. let's look to the east over the bay bridge from salesforce tower. temperatures are retreating, but it's not overly cool for a february evening, 40s and 50s, not much variation, 46 degrees in santa rosa and livermore to 53 degrees in san jose. we aren't seeing much fog yet, but we anticipate some of that fog developing as we head through the rest of tonight. it's not going to be a huge factor if you're up and about early on saturday morning. if you're up and about early on saturday morning, you're probably not watching us at 11:20 friday evening. regardless, the fog won't last long. it will be a layer cake of clouds through the day saturday, fog level at ground level early in the morning and the rest of the day mid and high level cloud cover. temperatures will warm up from a normal start, most of us in the low to mid-40s, not a lot of variation, the cool spot 39 degrees in livermore, the

warmest locations in the mid-40s. even the north bay valleys dip down to around 40 degrees. enough of that cloud cover is floating in for temperatures to stay just above 40 degrees. highs top making it to the mid- to upper 60s and low 70s inland, close to 70 in santa rosa and healdsburg, 70 degrees in fairfield, up to above 70 in a handful of locations. it won't be that warm around the bay and along the coast, but low to mid-60s, not bad for late february. the warmest spots will be in the santa clara valley, low 70s in san jose, los gatos and morgan hill, similar temperatures on sunday, but overall looks like a nice weekend for any outdoor plans you've had to postpone during a wet first half of january. you can go ahead and do those as we head through saturday and sunday. let's look way ahead to the next potential rain chance. we're looking at our long range forecast models as we finish february on friday and head into early march. there's some agreements and some disagreements in those two major

long range models. they agree eventually a chance of showers heads in. the american forecast model is a little earlier while the european model is slower and a bit more substantial for the rain chance in the first weekend in march. this is typical when we are looking that far down the line. we're just in the pattern recognition phase as opposed to getting into any specifics with any storm system. we'll narrow down the range of possibilities as we get closer to march. let's look at the forecast for the last days of february and start with the coast where temperatures will stay in the low to mid-60s pretty much across the board, not a lot of variation. the warmest days, wednesday through friday, will be in the mid-60s. temperatures around the bay are going from the 60s to around 70 degrees by wednesday, thursday, and friday. it's not record setting, but definitely above normal. temperatures farther inland hovering around 70 degrees pretty much through the duration of the seven-day forecast. some of the warmer days, maybe a few spots sneak into the upper 70s by late next week. andrea is here with a check

of sports. feels like spring. how about spring training? >> coming up in sports, how did justin verlander celebrate his 42nd birthday with his new teammates and why the skipper was a no-show? and the warriors went back to work after the all-star break. we'll be right back.

andrea nakano, so fun to have you in the house tonight. >> so nice to have you here, too. >> here we go. on the dinner break i was catching on the tv screen a little bit of warriors action and kings and i liked what i was seeing. >> a north bay rivalry there. the warriors returned from the all-star break determined to move up in the west over the final 27 games of the season. so far so good. they beat the kings friday night to move ahead of sacramento for the ninth spot in the conference. steph only took three shots in the first half, but the dubs supporting cast stepped up. moses moody knocked down five threes and scored a season high 22 points, his fourth straight game in double figures. the warriors shot 63%

in the second quarter. brandin podziemski flipped in two of his 21, as golden state pushes the lead to 20. buddy hield had it going against his former team. he made five threes and scored 22 points off the bench. third quarter the kings got the lead down to eight, but the defense locked in. draymond with the block on keegan murray and then gary payton took it away. the kings committed 21 turnovers that led to 38 points for the warriors. steph knocked down the three right there and he finished with 20 points in 30 minutes. golden state blew it open in the fourth. jimmy butler picked off the pass, his third steal, almost gave it back, but he got the layup. 17 points and seven assists and the warriors are now 4-1 with butler in the lineup as they blow out the

kings, 132-106. the earthquakes kick off their season saturday night against real salt lake, the first match of the bruce arena era. the hall of famer has won at every stop of his career and expects to get things turned around in san jose. >> we're not at the bottom of the totem pole. we have been able to bring in some good players. the returning players here, there's some quality. everyone will see. we'll be making progress this year. >> the giants play their first spring training game tomorrow but are looking ahead already to the regular season. logan webb was named the opening day starter next month. webb will join juan marichal, tim lincecum and madison bumgarner as the only giants to start four straight opening days. justin verlander is expected to pitch

in the opening series. he's drawn a crowd wherever he's been this spring and that was no different thursday night when it was time to celebrate his 42nd birthday. >> well, they played some kind of laser tag or something like that i think last night. i wasn't there. no one wants the skipper at something like that. they can't act like themselves. >> let's hope that verlander can still light up the radar gun this season. the giants will play their first spring training game tomorrow against bruce bochy and the rangers. >> he's lighting up the teammates. they're all excited to be with him. >> he's such a great resource for information and experience. he's really helping out the young pitchers, which is needed. >> good deal. thank you. coming up, the transportation of the future, look at this, andrea. it could just be over our heads. oh, my. the bay area company showing off its flying cars and just how much you can expect to pay.

hey, it's time to scope out the conditions with the latest toyota tahoe report. i'm jonny moseley, your host for the day. let's see what kind of weather we'll get into. >> typical february snow conditions combined with april temperatures. that sounds like a good combination. that's what's in store if you're heading to the sierra in weekend. temperatures will be well above average, still near freezing for lows, but highs will reach the upper 40s and low 50s. that's too warm for new snow to fall this weekend, although there is a slight chance of a passing rain shower or drizzle sunday. all the resorts have a good base on the ground and almost all the runs are open. while the last week of february looks snow-free, we're not done with chances for new snow. it looks like an active pattern will return to the sierra and all of california in early march. we'll watch that for you here in the toyota tahoe report.

they are the long talked about, long dreamed about -- i don't know if i'm dreaming about them -- >> nightmares. >> -- long awaited transportation of the future. we're talking about flying cars. one california company says they're a little bit closer to being a reality here

on earth, not something you only see in reruns of the jetsons no doubt. we're talking about alef aeronautics which is headquartered in san mateo and they released this video of its flying car concept. it's an ultralight version. >> okay. >> and you can see it taking off and then zooming -- i don't know if that's zooming -- right over a parked car. the company's ceo says he hopes the eventual product, smooth landing, will solve one big headache for drivers now. >> we hope that most people would use more flying cars than the ground cars because that will relieve traffic. that will make the world actually more efficient, will make people get to their destination more efficient. >> the ceo said they'll likely need to create rules and regulations. you think? >> you think? >> for all the cars in the sky, but it could be a while before

there are any in air traffic jams based on the potential price tag. >> right now for most people for the general consumer, it's prohibitively expensive because it's expensive for us to produce one, but it's because it's a very low volume production and it's very inefficient. so it's not optimized for manufacturing. >> the company hopes showing off their flying car will spur other companies to start producing their own to open up a new market and possibly make it a little bit more affordable. it will likely be years before any of that happens. the estimated price tag right now, take a guess, you guys. >> it's in the prompter. >> $300,000. >> that's what i would guess based on the script right in front of us, yes. >> i guess there's about 3,000 people on the list, not us. you need air traffic controllers? >> yeah. >> it's not like if you buy one, you can fly one right now, right? >> no. it's basically a