now at 11:00, the candidates hoping to lead oakland to a brighter future make their case. why the closure of a bay area horse racing track could mean people losing their jobs and a place to live, to. we are spending about $4000 on eggs alone every month. the former egg capitol of the world is struggling to deal with the impacts of bird flu. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. it is easy to talk about your problems and in the case of the city of oakland there have

been a lot of people quick to share what they feel like is not working. crime and a mismanaged budget to name a few big ones but what seems to be harder is coming up with solutions. as they look to choose their next mayor they will have to decide who has the best plan to take the city into the future. andrea nakano was at a town hall and some of the people hoping to win over voters shared their vision. >> reporter: lisa or to has called oakland home for decades. a former high school teacher, she has seen her city go through its challenges. >> in my experience in the town it has been a bumpy ride. >> reporter: the recent stop on the bumpy ride has brought about concerns about public safety and how the city will fund essential services. are these two, the choice is really between two candidates. >> i want to know if they have a solid plans, my city is really

hurting and needs strong leadership. >> it is just a mess right now. we need somebody who will be kicked them to the curb kind of people. >> reporter: the candidates addressed issues from public safety to homelessness. >> i am so proud to have brought in millions of dollars for housing, public safety and infrastructure. oakland is at a crossroads and we need experienced leadership to guide us forward. >> reporter: and there were even verbal jabs thrown from the start. >> it is time to stand up against the special interest that has supported the former mayor and has supported it congressman lee. openly independent leadership will make firm decisions that are hard and necessary. >> reporter: some residents say they still want to see plans and how they plan to move the city

forward with the $129 million budget deficit this year. she knows it will be tough but she has hoped that the town will turn things around. >> there has been a lot of creativity and innovation. a lot of potential. i just haven't seen the strong leadership that we need. >> and the school district board voted to eliminate more than 100 positions. they had until march 15th two issued layoff notices amid an ongoing budget crisis. district members tell us the board voted 6-1 to eliminate 100 to 150 positions. they have to finalize the budget come june. president trump held his first cabinet meeting in washington and even though he is not a cabinet member he was with elon musk front and center. president trump said the country

has got bloated, fat and incompetently run. something that adam schiff took issue with. a >> i think president trump's description of bloated and fat may be a good description of the white house and its modus operandi. what this really is is an effort to denigrate and demean people who are working hard. some have worked as a career in the service of the country. >> huge part of elon musk in the work to cut costs seems to be laying off federal workers and now in north bay congressman is trying to save 430 forest workers from losing their gigs. saying, his decision will significantly undermine to be able to fight wildfires. >> you could have all been on the frontlines fighting fires.

did you see yourselves making a career out of the forest service? >> i was going to be in the shop for 30 years. >> absolutely. i have an eight month old, just the potential and the longevity, it would have been my last career. >> while those individuals mull over losing their livelihoods, the cuts overall represent about 10% of the forest service. just getting your hands on it doesn't eggs is hard enough and when you finally do, the sticker shock is real. many are adding surcharges for egg dishes. egg prices could soar more than 40% this year. during today's cabinet meeting, president trump had this to say about the subject. >> we have to get the prices down, not inflation. the prices of eggs and various other things, eggs are a disaster.

>> the agriculture secretary announced a $1 billion plan to try to lower prices by removing regulations for egg producers. the shortage, which centers around bird flu is making life pretty difficult for some in the north bay. john ramos went to one part of sonoma county on the lines of the fight. >> reporter: when you enter the mckay zych family dairy egg farm you don't go far until you reach the end of the line for visitors. >> we are looking at buildings just beyond the left there. >> in january of last year the virus was detected at sunrise farms, a large egg reducer, forcing the business to euthanize its entire flock, hundreds of thousands of birds, to keep it from spreading across sonoma county. >> i was both a poultry producer in dairy farmer and having the

bird flu present in california is very stressful on a daily basis. it is very stressful to keep our animals healthy. >> but the price of eggs has everyone talking. a supermarket in petaluma was selling a dozen eggs for $10. and customers are still ordering egg dishes despite a two dollars surcharge on every order. >> we go through a lot of eggs. they are usually $46 a case and now they are $146 a case. we are spending about $4000 on eggs alone every month. >> you have to adapt to the situation. i don't really understand why people would be so angry about something that the restaurants did not have any control over. >> but jessica says they don't have much control either. with the huge decrease nationwide,

egg producers are paying much higher prices for everything including replacement stock. supply has dropped but demand hasn't. so what can be done ? the usda unveiled the five-point plan that includes more money for bio security, cutting regulations on egg production and raising of backyard chickens and temporarily supporting eggs from foreign sources. chickens are currently being vaccinated but the secretary of agriculture says the federal government once more study into it. >> it isn't a proven vaccine yet and so i was hesitant enrolling anything out that would require more vaccinations without understanding what would solve the problem. we will put significant funding into researching how to get to that point. >> but jessica thinks bio

security can only go so far when the virus can be spread from wild birds buying overhead. a >> farmers have endured out where the disease come from and the only way we will see a change is if a vaccine is implement it. two famous falcons who lived at uc berkeley have gone missing and researchers are trying to figure out where they went and if they are still alive this is old footage from when annie and archie had made their home on top of the tower but it's been two months since anyone has seen them. they may have fallen victim to bird flu. >> what we see in raptors is seizures and inability to fly. and so they really have a very high mortality rate when they are getting sick. >> cal falcon says it is possible they moved to a new home but they say that is unlikely.

one of the oldest horseracing tracks in the country could be facing its final stretch. >> it is not just about horseracing. it's about people's livelihood and our culture. >> how they are trying to save the alameda county fairgrounds and hundreds of jobs with it. and how do people feel about san francisco's future? we have the results of a new poll. temperatures reached up to 70 degrees in san francisco for the first time at this year. and we will warm up a couple more degrees tomorrow. we will talk about that in the forecast. the green menace of language learning has returned. the dual lingo update that the internet has been waiting for.

one of the oldest horseracing tracks in the country is right here in northern california. the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton but it may not be around much longer. an impending closure could have ripple effects for

people who work and live there. one group of racehorse owners is stepping up with a last-ditch effort to save it. >> monte myers has spent his entire life on the backside of the race track. >> i started when i was 14 years old. her brother was a jockey and i went to the track. i'm going to be 67 . >> it's hard for him to hold back his emotions as he talks about the possibility of the race track closing at the alameda county fairgrounds. the california 30 of racing fares, a governing body that organizes races in northern california, decided to end horseracing in pleasanton after facing financial difficulties last fall. with the closure, hundreds of workers will be out of jobs. but the bigger issue is that many will also be without housing. since hundreds of

people that work with the horses also live at the race track and are generally very low income. >> we don't know where we will end up, they are scared. >> that is where george schmidt has come in. george owns more than 75 racehorses in california and he along with john harris of harris ranch have come together and offered to put up $2 million to pay for operations to keep the track open. >> we love the game and we think it should continue. people love the game and there are also hundreds of people that work here. in the middle of the school year is not a good time to tell those who have families that you've got to get out of here. >> they've also gotten support from local lawmakers. >> it is not just about horseracing. it's about people's livelihoods and our culture. 120 years of horseracing has happened here at the fairgrounds. >> it is also economically a

driver that allows everything else that happens at the fair to happen. it is disappointing that we could lose this. i worked to export -- support expanding horseracing. >> but those on the backside like monte are just hoping for a miracle. >> it is hard, i never thought it would end like this. >> if those final efforts to save the racetrack fail it will shut down for good on march 25th. but if the county fair board extends racing they will have to address water runoff issues. a spokesperson tells us they have no comment at this time. people in san francisco say the city is on the right track according to the city chamber of commerce annual poll. 43% say that it is heading in the right direction. that is nearly double from last year. nearly half of

san francisco's also feel like the city is making progress with revitalizing downtown. people we talk to seem to agree with that. >> i guess i agree, i think it's coming back. >> generally, overall i think things are on the up. >> people are coming back to work and there is just more life around. there are new shops opening and i think the future is looking bright. >> people who are participating in the poll say they support the city transforming underused malls and stores and encouraged new arts, cultures and entertainment downtown. more than half of the people who responded say they think the city is on the wrong track and want to see consistent growth in san francisco. sometimes a trip to the beach and in a cliffside rescue. emergency crews had to get a helicopter to airlift a man back

to the ground. another horror story where a team was rockclimbing with his family when he slipped and fell down a 30 foot cliff that was so cramped that he could barely breathe let alone move. he was stuck there for about six hours before rescuers finally got him out. he was taken to the hospital for dehydration. first alert weather powered by kia. kia, movement that inspires. >> i have to say, this was such a nice day. hard to complain about a single thing. it felt like it was the first day like this that we have had in a while. >> the warmest day in the year so far for san francisco and much of the bay area. tomorrow, a couple of degrees warmer, so soak it all in. let's take a look at what you need to know.

as we head through the last days of february, even warmer on thursday. this is the peak of our little warm spell. we will warm up a couple more degrees and then more clouds on friday. still drive for the end of the workweek and the end of february but a whole different story as we head into the weekend. back to near average temperatures for saturday and below average for sunday with the first wave of rain heading our way saturday night into sunday. now, not even fog on the horizon. temperatures mostly in the 50s as of 11:00 p.m. 48 at the moment in santa rosa. these numbers will drop off through the rest of the night with temperatures leveling off in the low to mid 40s. forecast lows will be typical for this time of the year, oakland at 48 degrees, everybody

else in the middle portion of the 40s and the bay valleys will drop into the lower 40s. then temperatures will really take off. we will hit 72 in san francisco, the warmest date so far of 2025. mid to upper 70s for north bay and 70s along the coast and close to 80 degrees in healdsburg. most temperatures in the portion of the 70s, 79 in san jose. that would tie tomorrow's record high temperature. again, soak it in while it lasts. we will see a drop in temperatures on friday and a big drop as we hit the beginning of the weekend and the beginning of march on saturday. the ten-day temperature outlook for san jose, taking steps downward over the next few days and leveraging off into that below average stretch taking us

into most of next week. the storm system that is off of the coast right now is starved for moisture and will run out of what little it has. maybe a couple of showers trying to sneak into southern california tomorrow night. we will see clouds in the bay area, thickening up as it starts to approach the cost on saturday. but we stay dry most of the day on saturday, so any outside stuff, early saturday is your best bet. by late afternoon, off and on showers saturday evening and saturday night, continuing through much of the day on sunday. too late for any kind of flooding potential, but a good chance of rain emma tapering off to showers with another wave of rain tuesday night into wednesday. we will watch all of that over the next several days. the seven-day forecast, a couple

of warm days and then we drop off with the wet weather pattern returning. not a complete washout next week, one mostly dry day tuesday before rain moves back in tuesday night into wednesday. made 70s tomorrow, which is normal for fall, not in the late winter timeframe. everybody will be on an even playing field once the wet weather pattern returns next week. straight ahead in sports, big shots, big buckets, big games and for one of these high schools, a chance to play on a big stage. stick around.

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bunch of money. big-time pressure. nfl up top. the league has descended upon indianapolis this week for the draft combine. that is where prospects are poked, prodded and graded by teams. it was also the time to ask general manager john lynch about current niners. like brock purdy. he said they have began negotiations on a long-term contract and both sides are motivated to get a deal done. as for deebo samuel who requested a trade, the team will honor his request, even if it is a tough move for lynch to make. >> he has asked for a fresh start and i think we will honor that. don't like seeing great players, and he is a great player, one of my favorite draft picks of my time, he makes game changing plays, and everything

is good, but at some point, time happens. >> high school, san francisco sectional semi's, lincoln and white, senior championship on the line. and tanner knew what to do, lincoln led 23-6 after one quarter. second half was more of the same. mccabe buried the open 3. lincoln rolled and they advanced to play washington in the championship on friday. they get to play at chase center. college basketball. stafford, and his parents all the way from france came to watch the big fella put on a show. 23 points and 10 rebounds. school record 21st double double and the cardinal candidate to the eagles, 78-60.

this is where usf was tonight. oregon state, down 1 into the game, time running down. bang, and that is how they beat the beavers, 74-72. they are now 23 and seven for the season. but look at this finish. maryland for the win, no, michigan's chance for the win. time running out, spartans, trey holloman, the hero, eighth-ranked michigan state over maryland, 58-55, and that kept the spartans in first place in the big ten. also a lot of key high school games around the bay area. ncs positioning on the line. >> it is an exciting time of

year for young people playing basketball. we love to see it. you can't keep a good animal down. the explanation over the duolingo mascot and his sudden demise and resurrection. this weekend, south africa's ladysmith are bringing their uplifting harmonies and moves through. and community celebrations like the 13th annual mardi gras parade and party in the north beach neighborhood. broadway san jose announcing their 2025-2026 season, featuring smash hits like some like it hot, the neil

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nearly two weeks after announcing the death of its beloved or feared abele mascot, duolingo says it's back because as they put it, legends never die. you might remember duo the owl died after the company said it was run over by a cyber truck. them minds behind absent it wasn't a surprise because they blamed his at times threatening reminders for fans to do their language lessons. here is why he said he faked his death. >> i've always had two main goals, get people to do their lessons and get dua lipa to notice me. none was working. i quickly found out who the real ones are. thank you zachary for commenting on every single post, but most importantly, dua lipa

them finally notice me. a >> he revealed that the cyber truck was there for dramatic effect and it doesn't appear that dua lipa is taking marriage proposals, at least not yet. other people did chime in though. this is getting a little dark. duolingo's international versions shared their theories and started celebrating. major name brands chimed in, and windows said, all that drama for what. sharman letting everyone know they found out the news while scrolling on the toilet. this is marketing in the year 2025, everybody. >> no story has ever made me feel white so old. i didn't understand any

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