good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. california is dry and getting drier. state water officials are enacting sweep you new restrictions on water usage. many water agencies are already telling customers to start conserving even more. brian floor hess has more. >> reporter: we all know that water is a precious rae source, especially here in -- resource, especially here in wine country as this drives the economy for the wine industry.

but here in sonoma county, they say the reservoirs are doing okay but for the state that's a different story. some of the notable restrictions issued by the resources boarded included restaurants not being allowed to serve water unless a customer asks for it. homeowners are barred from watering lawns on rainy days and two days after. you can only water your lawn two days a leak. as for state water resser voices, they are in bad shape. so many local water agencies like here in sonoma are doing okay because of the storms in the winter. the county gets their supply from lake mendocino but still they say the spring will determine if any more conservation is needed. >> our reservoirs are in okay

shape. what matters is the spring train. that will determine where we'll end up this summer and where we'll be in terms of water supply. >> reporter: customers also barred from spraying their driveways with water and hotel guests mutt be notified of refusing fresh towels and linens. some of the vin guards have heard may there may be water restrictions. some were even asking for more water restrictions during the california resources board meeting yesterday. as for enforcement, that remains a question mark. we've heard of fines anywhere up to $500 but getting those fines is extremely rare. but it depends on the local water agencies to see how this enforcement is issued out. back to you. shasta lake is at 58% of capacity. folsom lake, 59% and oroville

dam is at 50%. last week, one that's scientist redicted the -- nasa scientist predicted the state has one year left of water reservoirs. we're waiting to here about the uc regents meeting about whether or not students will have to pay more in tuition. janet napolitano is giving a preliminary report on proposed tuition hikes for next fall. she and governor brown have been holding high level talks and what's being called the committee of two. >> the meetings with the governor have been productive. they have served to underscore or shared commitment to the university and our shared desire to ensure for it a bright and enduring future. >> the regents are considering a tuition hike up to 5% next fall and an increase up to 28% over five years. we are following developing news in arizona where a gunman is on the loose after a rampage that's left at least one person

dead. police say two people were shot in a hotel in the phoenix suburb of mesa at about 8:45 this morning. the gunman then reportedly shot a student of stealing that person's car. the man apparently drove to a bistro where he shot two more people. a mesa community college campus is on lockdown and s.w.a.t. teams search for the gunman. police say a woman was trying to escape officers in san francisco by driving her car along a busy sidewalk. alex savidge explains the dangerous series of events that prompted police to open fire and kill that woman. >> the blue volkswagen sedan possibly stolen came to rest on the sidewalk along pine street just off van ness. window shattered after this deadly police shooting. the driver a woman in her late 20s to early 30s was shot by two san francisco police officers. investigators say they were forced to fire after the woman came the wrong way down this

one-way street striking several cars before jumping the curb. this is the police radio call. >> turned around going the opposite way of traffic. crashing into every car. might have to take lethal force. >> reporter: police say the two officers chasing this woman opened fire as she drove along the sidewalk in their direction. people living nearby heard the gun fire. >> when i looked out, i saw the car on the sidewalk and then it seemed less than a minute there were 12 cars converging in the -- 12 cop cars,. >> reporter: this violent encounter started at this nearby gas station. this is where two plain clothes officers were investigating a stolen car. when they walked up to with the woman inside the car, she sped up out of the parking lot. she made a u-turn on this one- way street, slammed into several cars and forced a motorcyclist to bail off his bike to get out of the way.

amazingly, no innocent bystanders were hurt. >> it's a pretty busy neighborhood. i had just come in from walking the dog, which kind of made me feel a little squeamish. >> reporter: the police department's homicide unit, the internal affairs division and the district attorney's office will be investigating the shooting and the police cheap is planning to hold a town hall meeting soon to talk to the community about what happened. alex savidge, fox news. we're following developing news in the south bay. skyfox has just arrived over 88 in san jose. you can see a backup there in the southbound direction. traffics look lick it's moving slowly. chp says there is a suicidal person on the overpass at brokaw road. they've blocked two lanes. it's causing a major backup through san jose. we are's taking you about -- we are talking about 880, two lanes closed there.

santa clara fire crews attacked a fire that involved a campbell condominium. campbell police tweeted out this foe of flames -- photo of flames. this fire started in the attic of the condo this morning at 8:45 this morning. crews say it was knocked down in 20 minutes. no word of injuries. a 70-year-old woman is under arrest for allegedly burglarizing the same church twice. palo alto police say just after midnight on sunday, an alarm went off at trinity lutheran church on middlefield road. that's when the surveillance photo was taken. an officer spotted the woman who matched the description downtown. investigators say ethel hayes had a church as well as a key to a daycare. san francisco commuters have a new way to get to work

this morning. it's a private bus service that's described as a lounge on wheels. it's called leap transit. this is cell phone video from a first-time rider who jumped aboard around 7:30 at the stop at pierce and lombard. there are four stops which lead to downtown. there is wi-fi, food, drinks for sale. the wide will -- ride will cost you $6. that's more expensive than muni but finding a seat on muni can be tricky. >> s muni bus is -- the muni bus is always packed. the inside looks cool. look forward to taking it. >> leap is completely redesigning the commute. it's a lounge on wheels. right now, commuters only have two major options. we set out too build something that was enjoyable, predictable

and and stress free, something that feels like your living room than a regular bus. >> if all goes well, there's plans to expand the service. leap has received backlash for lack of wheelchair acsenseibility but has plan toos accommodate that need -- plans to accommodate that need in the future. it's being called a cowardly terrorist attack overseas. gunman opened fire inside a popular tourist attraction in tunisia. no rain in sight. steve paulson has the conditions shaping your bay area forecast. and a warning for parents in one bay area city after a bat infected with rabies is found at a school.

more tests are scheduled today on a letter to the white house that tested positive for cyanide. the secret service says the envelope was delivered monday to an off-site mail screening facility. there are reports the letter may have been marked for criticalmenttion because the man who sent it has a history with the secret service dating back 20 years. a cowardly terrorist attack. that's what tunisia's prime

minister is calling a gunman who killed 21 people at a popular tourist attraction. 17 of the dead are tourists who had just gotten off a bus who were visiting the bardo museum in tunis. the gunman held several hostages at the museum. security forces stormed the building killing two gunman. as many as three may have gotten away. no group or individual has taken responsibility for the attack but an expert on extremism says that twitter accounts linked to the islamic state group are voicing elation at the attack. just about an hour ago, a former san francisco plain clothes police officer learns his sentence in an ongoing corruption scandal. edwin robles was scheduled to 39 months and prison. he was convicted that he and a supervising sergeant robbed drug deemers. that sergeant is under scrutiny

for a series of racist attacks he and four others allegedly sent each other. robles is not said to have taken part in the exchange of those texts. two of the nations's top security officials are back on capitol hill today asking members of congress to approve the president's military proposal to take the fight to isis. as joel wald man report, the main sticking point is the use of ground forces. >> reporter: ashton carter and martin dempsey testifying before the house armed services committee. the two are urging immediate congressional approval for president obama's authorized use of military force to go after islamic state terrorists. >> the global security environment is as uncertain as i've seen in my 40 years of service. >> reporter: the president's proposed plan comes without geographical limitations, meaning the united states can take the fight against isis beyond iraq and syria but it's the use of ground forces that has congress hung up.

democrats want reassurances, the battle will not go to the ground. republicans argue such a stipulation ties the hands of the commander in chief. >> the strategy in so far as we understand it today i think is insufficient to achieving the president's aims of degrading and destroying isis. >> we want a lasting defeat of i sill and only local forces on the ground can impose a lasting defeat and that's our strategy. >> reporter: the timing of today's hearing is particularly poignant. just yesterday, an american citizen and us air force veteran worked as an airplane mechanic that was trained in weapon systems was charged to go to syria to fight with isis. >> this is a person who has inside information as to a military -- as to military planes, operations. >> reporter: carter and dempsey were also on capitol hill to discuss the defense

department's budget for 2016. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. for the second time in eight days a bat found in fremont in an area where children play has tested tive for -- tested positive for rabies. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: during the day it's common to see kids in this neighborhood playing. at night, neighbors i say it's common to see these. >> i've seen bats, they fly around the area. he you can hear them ticking. >> reporter: to stumble across bats is unusual but last friday, a father and his daughter were walking their dog when they spotted a bat in this grass area at niles element -- niles e rather -- elementary school. the dog picked it up. it was still alive. the bat tested positive for rabies. the dog had been vaccinated but

will be quarantined. no children were hurt. the bat was not found during school hours. rabies affects the brain and nervous system. in this case, the dog that grabbed it was vaccinated but it's still being quarantined for 30 days. county vector control workers will be going door to door in this neighborhood handing out this flier telling people about the rabies alert. they want to make sure that children know not to touch an animal that may be infected. >> my husband and i took a moment to talk to our daughter who is a second grader here at niles to just not touch any animals that look injured on the ground. >> or look like weird and they are not doing what they are supposed to. >> right. >> like if a bat is out in the middle of the daytime, that's not very good. >> reporter: the message seems to have sunk in. it's turned into a teachable moment for children in the

neighborhood. janine de la vega, fox 2 news. >> vector control officials says a third pat has been found in fremont but test results are still pending on whether the animal has rabies. another beautiful day on tap. steve paulson joins us now to let us know how warm it will get in the final days of winter. >> yeah. spring starts this fry. you wouldn't know it -- in friday. you wouldn't know it. not much in the way of cold air. we can go back to january pretty much and with one exception and the first weekend in february, we haven't had any systems to talk about. it's a beautiful day. with that comes very high allergy levels. the frees, sycamore -- trees, sycamore, ash, juniper, oak. fairfield is already 70. 67 livermore. they were down to 44. napa airport made it to 42. san jose is already 65. 65 santa rosa. water temps went down a little bit at least baghdad, that's

the coolest they've been in a long time. overall, except for cloud cover in central and southern california or south sierra nevada we're looking pretty good. 70 up in redding. 39 in arkay da -- arkada. 58 in blue canyon. you can see in the pacific, it's quiet. this system won't impact us until late friday. it will give us clouds and a cooldown. but for arizona, there is a little bit of activity. a little low off southern california. spinning in a lot of cloud cover for tucson, phoenix. more clouds than anyone else. for us, we had a cloud deck. sunny and nice. northerly breeze is trying to kick in. any patchy fog chewed up. pleasant weather. 70s on the temps. 60s and 70s. they are above average at least

the lows were above average. it's been that way for the longest time. coast, 60s, sunny, nice. 70s. looks like more warmup will take place on thursday. then a weak system for some clouds and cooldown. spring starts at 3:45 officially on friday. looks good. >> in the afternoon? >> afternoon. >> yes. >> normally it's the 21st. >> okay. >> i will be ready. thank you. well, 2 investigates has been examining a potentially hazardous material used in playgrounds and sports fields all across california. today, so-called crumb rubber gets a look from state lawmakers about the health risk for children.

markets are soaring after the federal reserve moved a step closer to much-anticipated rate hike. they are betting on a september hike rather than june. 's rate has been near steer row since late '08 to deal with the financial crisis. house minority leader nancy pelosi and other house democrats are launching a new push to cut student loan rates. the rawmakers introduced ledge -- lawmakers introduced legislation today that would allow students with high interest loans to refinance at lower rates. the democrats are calling on

this on considered. the legislation as little chance. republican leaders opposed similar measures in the last conference. 2 investigate is looking into a potentially hazardous material used in playgrounds and sports materials used all across. state lawmakers are looking at it. it's called crumb unarer, shredded recycled tires. melanie woodrow and i stat down to talk about it. >> you can see these little blades of synthetic surf. basically, the crumb rubber, which is tire crumbs that are, you know, broken down. they've become the infilm between the blade. the problem is when you think about what a tire is, it contains toxins and chemicals and they could be potentially dangerous to a player. the issue is these little crumbs become like hitchhikers, they get in the players' hair

and clothing and the real issue is for goal keepers. there is the goalkeepers' curse. they are diving for the ball. and the crumbs will get in their mouth. we've seen more and more of those goalkeepers develop cancer. the scientist is not there to say someone plays on this turf will again cancer but the problem the science is limited. the study haven't looked at many fields and haven't looked at ingestion as a route of exposure. and that's what this bill would do it passed. today they will debate a bill that senator hill introduced. it's calling for a study. basically a stuby was done previously and it was limited in the number of fields it looked at and senator hill want as thorough study, one that would look at ingestion as a

route of exposure today that route will be debated in committee. >> a lot of people want to see more thorough studies because if there is this link, a lot of people feel we owe it to our children to find out and know whether or not there is a limb between this type of -- link between this type of playing field and cancer. >> and melanie will talk more about the issue on the dr. oz show which is airing this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. right here on ktvu fox 2. the san francisco giants have something new and special planned for fans across the lefty oduel bridge. tonight at 5:00, a first look at the popup village that opens in time for baseball season. a decision on uc tuition hikes, we're following the latest developments from the regents' meeting a the governor and uc president talk tuition after their committee of two.

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