>> tonight at 5.30, former house speaker nancy pelosi is hosting a actually we're going to start with u.s.. secretary of transportation, sean duffy, who was here in california today where he sharply criticized the state's high speed rail project. yeah, he announced the federal government is launching a formal review into the project spending and federal a tone. wallace has more. we are severely no pun intended. off-track united states transportation secretary sean duffy blast in california's high-speed rail project set to eventually connect los angeles. >> and san francisco. duffy quick to point out an issue he says must be addressed.

california doesn't have the money to complete the project. duffy making these remarks at downtown l a union station alongside california, republican members of congress and the legislature. he and other high speed rail. critics note when california voters first approved the project in 2008, they were told would cost about 45 billion dollars. but since then, new state estimates show the project's costs have ballooned to anywhere between 88 to 128 billion dollars. thus far. the state has spent a total of 10 billion and the federal government 3 and a half billion all as the project's completion date remains unclear. so the question becomes. what do we do? >> well, i can't make decision for the great state of california. but we do have to be responsible for the for the tax dollars that are spent from the federal government. that's why duffy officially announced the trump administration is launching a review that will investigate and determine whether to move forward with the biden administration decision. >> to allocate an additional 4 billion dollars in federal funds for the portion of the project between bakersfield

and percent set for completion sometime between 2030, and 2033, we can't just say we're going to give money. >> and then not hold states accountable to how they spend that money is announced. review comes just weeks after president donald trump about to investigate the projects. spending trend is being built between los angeles and san francisco. is the worst managed project i think ever seen and i've seen some of the works. it's a possible that something could cost that much. we're going to start of investigation and that because it's i've never anything like responding. the california high-speed rail authority ceo wrote this, quote, we welcome this investigation and the opportunity to work with our federal partners with multiple, independent, federal and state audits completed. >> every dollar is accounted for and we stand by the progress and impact of this project. california's high-speed rail is 171 miles under active construction with over 50 major structures completed 14,700 jobs created

and more than 880 small businesses engaged the statement going on to say the project has benefited the central valley economy. still, republicans in the legislature argued the project is unaffordable. they already introduced a bill to require the high speed rail authority provided detailed funding plan and another bill to shift 1 billion dollars from the project to water, infrastructure and fire prevention. how we can show the people that are paying for this, which is the taxpayers, that they're getting more bang for their buck with the high-speed route. i would always argue water, infrastructure and wildfire prevention is the way to go. high speed rail did not have a plan in place. and if they started building. >> that's like putting together its starting building the basement. when you don't even have the plans for the 39th floor of 100 foot skyscraper. >> who does that make sense to anybody? >> and remains unclear how long duffy's review will last and when the trump administratson will make a final decision about whether to continue funding the project reporting at the state capitol. a tonn wallace kron. 4 news. former house speaker nancy pelosi is hosting a

round table to talk about. >> how president trump's agenda and the republicans budget cuts are bad for san francisco. that includes cuts to the presidio trust, as we told you about at the top of the hour, right car for sent kerman is live in the city with details this evening. dan. >> we're outside the food bank and this is where nancy pelosi came today because it's food security that she's talking about health security at the cheese talking about for those most in need. that's where she says republicans want to cut. she says that things like the presidio are important, but it is a distraction by the white house to what's urgent. speaker american nancy pelosi came back to her home in san francisco to visit the food bank thursday to talk about what the republican budget proposals to he has in store for americans and slashing the safety that that provides food and health care services for those most in need. >> a bill you're talking about. they have the way of picking the pocket of people

who need it most and where to get the benefit to those. >> who need it least pelosi says few know about the proposed cuts to medicaid and food programs because of distractions coming from the trump white house. she says one of those distractions is trump calling for the end of the presidio. take a look at percy look after the federal building. look after all that. that's important. this is urgent and don't let anything they're doing out there. but there shiny objects distract you from the fact. but what would they want to do is to cut these a niche department of education title one for the porsche children head start nutrition programs in the farm. bill. the issues that relate to everything we talked about here, medicaid. role for them to talk about that. >> back live at the food bank in san francisco. we can tell you that pelosi says that what

democrats plan to do is get this word out across the country about how those with food insecurity are health and security. those most in need facing losing many of these services. she says then the next step will be to get these people to contact their representatives, not just democratic representatives, but republican representatives. she believes that will eventually turn the tide. so these drastic cuts don't end up going through. that's the latest reporting live at the food bank in san francisco. i'm dan kerman kron. 4 news. all right, dan, thank you for that. >> over the last several years and millions of californians has seen their utility rates increase last year alone. the cpu see approved 6 rate increases for pg e. but a new bill going through the state legislature looks to limit those rate hikes. heyward state senator i show while hob authlred the bill known as the investor owned utility accountability act. if it's

signed, it's going to prohibit the utility company from proposing more than one rate increase per year cap host increases for residents to more than the consumer price index and audit the use of utility equipment in fire risk areas. >> i you know, i have seen residents share their bills where it's $800 a month where somewhere to $1000 a month, right? depending on if it's a single family home or they're renters right. and how can somebody do that when they're on a fixed income? >> for its part to pg e wrote this, we know that many customers are impacted by higher costs, including energy. we are taking action to limit future rate increases and stabilize customer bills, including reducing our materials and labor costs more efficiently planning and executing work lower our financing costs. >> parts of the bay area are going down. >> using satellites to analyze changes and that's the study has discovered new evidence that for bay area locations

are sinking further. complicating how we deal with rising seas. talking about sandra fell as well as corte madera foster city and bay farm island in alameda. they're the biggest trouble spots identified locally. researchers say bye 2050, the lowest spots in these 4 areas could see sea levels rise more than 17 inches. when you factor in that sinking land, that's way more than the estimated sea level rise of 7 and a half inches for the bay area region. and since we have built these heavy structures right along the bay, that land is especially susceptible to sinking. >> it's my tears started losing its water and it's losing. its one young man starts sinking. so the unfortunate is that these terrorists are typically that. and if they are seeking, that means that exposure to the rise in sea will be much bigger. but what i also know

from the some of the reports from the local authorities that they are aware of this problem and they're working on mitigation strategies. >> it's not just the 4 areas we talked about. nasa says, for instance, with the reclaimed ground, but the san francisco, the land is moving down faster than the itself is going up. >> the massive winter storm blasts across the country causing a 53 car pileup raleigh, north carolina. local officials say that one person died in that crash. 2 separate collisions caused a traffic to stop and back up on the highway. the stopped traffic. it was then struck from behind by several vehicles resulting in 12 total crashes in the immediate area. what a mess. one driver involved in the accident says that things got out of hand quickly. >> i wasn't really going fast, but at the same limit you've got to really judge various

covid. it got hit real point in a split second. what do look like? what about 78 call? running into each other and it was real scary. >> wow. 53 car pileup there. that winter blast expected to continue. first, chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with a look at to what they can expect. yeah, it has been a rough winter across parts of the country. boy, they're getting hit hard. >> by some record cold temperatures all the way into dallas last night they had a record cold of 12 degrees for overnight low unbelievably cold. there in the francisco, we've had a not bad conditions. your flights. okay. but you get the other parts of the country. yeah. everything begins to change. all that said you get to laguardia. they've got some delays there. look at the temperature. 24 degrees. they got problems of having some issues at newark right now. and that's the deal. we've got these cold storms rolling across. we've had some snow to go along with that. and of course, the bitter cold temperatures that are really dangerous cold across a good

part of the country. you see the storms rolling the east now on all that cold air rolling in across the great lakes. and guess what? they're going to see some of that lake effect. snow could see a good 6 inches as you make your way near the great lakes and mountain. they've got some winter weather advisories cold temperatures. you get he o- parts the south. we're talking about extremely cold weather or freeze warnings up for southern parts of texas all the way to laredo and even a florida. we're looking at some very cold weather. in fact, overnight lows, they're expected to be in the 20's, places like tampa and st. petersburg. so that cold gripped really handling the nation. right now. we've got more cold air on the way. in fact, looking at some long range models. now we're going to watch this system kind of moderate. here's we head toward the end of this week. but by next week, they're back in the cold again. here's a look. some of the current temperatures around the country now you're at 3 degrees in fargo. only 28 degrees in dallas and 27 degrees in lafayette thrown the wind chills. some of those temperatures -10 -30 degrees below average. thanks. alerts

today. the california legislative black caucus announced a package of more than a dozen. >> priority bills its members say will address what they describe is injustice is affecting black californians. one of the bills would authorize higher education institutions to prioritize admissions for descendants of people who are enslaved. another looks at pathways to help black californians retrieve family properties that were taken by the government decades ago through racially-motivated eminent domain and there's a bill proposing the cal state university system research the best methods that will help determine who are descendants of people who were enslaved. >> california is stepping up. as the california legislative black caucus. we will continue to fight for justice and ensure the descendants of those who built this country get the opportunities we so deserve together. we will make

history. >> but more importantly, we will make change. not included in this legislation, direct cash payments for descendants of enslaved black americans. critics who demonstrated at the capitol last month argue the bills will not have the effect. they are intended to without a commitment for direct cash payments. after the break, baseball's back, we catch up with a's in arizona.

the giants are getting ready for their first spring training game. it is saturday. the orange and black are hoping to bounce back from

what was another disappointing season last year. the trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2021. this is some of the latest video coming out of arizona the giants are getting ready. yeah, justin verlander, the old guy hall of famer on the squad. that should be fun to see him pitch the giants season kicks off officially march 27th win. they're visiting cincinnati reds. >> and it is weird, but the a's are going to be playing ball this year in sacramento. >> yeah. well, oakland fans, okay. they may not be too jazzed about it, but no one is more excited than a couple of guys in the organization who call the sacramento area home. andrew martin caught up with them in arizona. >> spring training the ramp up to the regular season, which for the a's will begin on the road before they play their first game at sutter health park next month. that's a ballpark. daniel susac knows well shoot. i had probably every one of my birthdays. 106 to 10 there and then knocks never played there with the

giants for little bit. so i've been to. >> probably close to 100 and to the ballpark the next time he's there, it'll likely be for his major league debut. but that may not come this season for the former jesuit high standout, a first-round draft pick in 2022 who ended last season in double-a tyler soderstrom was a first-round draft pick in 2020. he's from turlock and he played at center healthpark each of the last 2 seasons on his way to the bigs. yes, you do best they can to it as contents of nation's up there. so i think it's going to be great fit for us for the next couple years and and for all the seasons. the a's play in sacramento markot say will be their manager. >> his contract was extended earlier this week. the messaging is ok, too. >> if you've been in this game long enough. lot of my staff myself have. you refer to a home is as somewhere not necessarily as a as a structure, but where your family our family will be

together when we're together sacramento's going to be our home. we're going embrace that. be a slogan. used to be rooted in oakland. >> let's face it. the a's don't have roots in sacramento, but that's home. according to manager mark kotsay because that's where his family is at a spring training in mesa, arizona. i'm andrew marden. >> nice and warm there in arizona that looks good. polar opposite. well, yeah, i guess the polar opposite would be what you go to like. kansas frightened of see what they're going from wizard of oz were not arizona anymore, lawrence. yeah, i mean, wow. what a what a big difference. right? 108 degrees in the middle of sacramento's summertime playing ball. but >> in the high country, we're talking about all that snow. and boy, it has been coming down much of february and now folks, we're going to get a chance to get out there and play. you know, this is kind of our backyard in the high country. it's a beautiful sight. you're looking towards yosemite valley. as the sun begins to set out there isn't that gorgeous? almost looks like a painting outside right

now. and that's why we love it here out there. lake tahoe, you're looking at some dry conditions right now. a couple high clouds moving up above the temperatures. not all that bad. it's a little chilly in spots. 40 degrees. south lake tahoe. 36 in climb and 37 degrees right truckee, if you plan to head up there, here's a crop for ski report heavily. you've got 79 inches on the summit, had another inch of snow last night and they've got 114 trails all wide open there for you to enjoy the palisades 136 inches at the summit. they've got plenty of lips going. there are 192 trails out there as well. and how our friends at sugar bowl 139 inches and 73 trails for you to get out there and enjoy. of course, all that fresh snow up there. and you know what? the roadways are going to cooperate to. that's been part of the trouble is winters. the storm's been rolling on through just hard to get up there. but now roadways open and clear. maybe some patchy fog in the morning conditions. little spring-like as you head toward the afternoon over the slopes, high-pressure trying to build in here. you can see the jet stream moving to the north and

that is going to be the track of the coming storms in the pacific northwest. they're going to get hit, taking the brunt. really the systems they roll on through. you see here on the forecast of getting toward tomorrow, high pressure overhead. we've got another beautiful day around the bay area tomorrow. saturday looks great temperatures probably a little bit warmer. northern california getting clipped by that next system. kind of moving on through. but as we head toward monday, we're going to see another weak system, bringing a few clouds are probably knock down. the temperatures just a couple degrees but not bad. then we rebound right away until we look at a slight chance of showers by about thursday of next week and then more rain, possibly in the southern california. temperatures tomorrow. going to be nice about 69 degrees in san jose. 67 degrees and live more about 66 in london. 64 degrees downtown san francisco out over the next couple out. hey, not a bad forecast set yet for the weekend. watching those temperatures swing up into the 70's as we head towards saturday and sunday. cool those temperatures down a little bit as we get in toward monday and then there's a slight chance. just a slight chance of showers late next week, guys. all right, we are

honoring black history month here on kron 4. and today we want to highlight marcus books in oakland love taking the kids there. this is the oldest black-owned bookstore in the u.s. named after activist marcus garvey. >> who is? yeah, this is really what's more than just a place where you can buy books for more than 60 years. it's been a cultural cornerstone amplifying black voices, fostering community and serving as a hub for activism. kron four's reyna harvey got an inside look at this bay area landmark that continues to stand as a beacon of black excellence. >> between the pages of a book life, universe. 1000 words, countless stories home for black voices topic history. for more than 16 years. marcus books have been more than a bookstore. it's been a sanctuary, a movement, a legacy. >> and my parents started

marcus bookstore. doctors rate julian richardson. they met when they were teenagers attending on scholarship booker t washington's tuskegee institute. >> what began as a printing press became a bookstore founded in 1960, in san francisco, fillmore neighborpood later found its oakland. >> so 1960, was when they started. putting books in the print shop and selling wolf of them. still not a great love reading and they power. the country, the world looking for books about black people. >> one his books quickly evolved into much more birthplace for black studies at san francisco state a hub for the black panthers, a pillar of the civil rights movement. black people could meet and discuss and plan or it's where trailblazers like

nikki giovanni. >> former vice president kamala harris and muhammad ali visited and left their words beyond. >> before anything, i black, was great. >> a place where generations find themselves on the shelves. what representation isn't just important. >> it's expected. i feel like as a child, the bookstore gave me hope. and i. when you are what i can be, i can be owner. could be a >> artists like the scientists could be whatever i wanted because i sighed every day. >> and today, as the world changes, marcus books stands for. i do get of hope. a sanctuary now. a reminder black history isn't just the past the present and the future. >> legacy is a beautiful

monday for anybody. whether you look like you're not you feel a warm from from long ago, you know, too much. we know harvey kron, 4 news. >> kron 4 will continue to honor black all this month. so be sure to tune in for our special honoring black history on feuary 27th at 06:30pm, posted by well bellow and reyna harvey. we'll be right back.

>> it's a is coming back. despite the name, there will be 10 days of festivities

spread across the bay events kick off tomorrow in san francisco sales force park and stanley and rose 21st amendment brewery. >> so we have 20 breeze coming tomorrow. plus, a few partners like cho chocolate for slogan are going to putting out some beer and ice ice cream pairings and chocolate pairings with in our 20 breweries have all come together to basically raise money to for the guild. so this for the brewers guild in the bay area they'll be sampling beers that they had made so summer is bringing forebears others, bringing 2, but they're all going to be unique beers. so that will be kind of beers that you can always try. >> organizers say this is a great way to support local craft breweries. the event kicks off tomorrow at 5.30, at night. cheers to that. hear hear. >> that's all the time we have kron. 4 news at 5. appreciate you being with us. but we have a lot more news to get to coming up next on kron. 4 news at 6, including president

trump signing an executive order, knew a name specifically at san francisco. now bay area leaders are responding to that. plus, more bay area school districts are preparing to shut down schools. we're going hear from one superintendent.

>> now at 6 says rising crime in san francisco, a dozen car windows were in the same area belongings were taken or a popular tourist hot spot city and the trump administration giving schools 2 weeks to drop diversity policies or