had since 1950 and these pictures show how dire it is. the left is two years ago. now look that ght. that is today's survey. all there is grass. ktvu's tom vacar tells us the governor wants us to reduce water consumption by 25%. >> reporter: at this snow pack survey site, 6600 feet, there is no snow. the law requires an official measurement. >> standing on dry grass and we should be standing in 5 feet of snow. >> this is the first time since 1942 we had zero snow at this location. >> reporter: the governor announce executive orders to reduce water use. >> this executive order that i signed today is long, it covers

a number of different details. i have never seen one like it before. >> reporter: till today this was the worse ever. this was last year. a bad year. this is the average depth this time of year. up there, the most that was ever recorded. from our advantage point there was little snow on the mountain tops 2,000 feet higher. the american river is looking like late fall. >> i know been here 22 years -- i have been here 22 years. never seen it like this. >> reporter: this year's snow pack was below any other measurement going back to1950. the usual is 30 inches of snow. over the last 65 years the average has been 96% of normal. in the last decade 88% of

normal. even in the last dry three years it has been 40% of normal as opposed to this year's 8%. but if we do our part we won't have to resort tocostly emergency measures such as importing water by tanker trains or ships. >> there is water available. we have less than we have had before. i don't think that measure would be required. at this point. >> but he cautions on the enormity of the situation. >> it is hard to grasp where we are. >> if this was just one survey site it wouldn't mean much but this is playing out at 160 of the 250 sites in the state's snow bearing mountains. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> the governor is calling for a reduction of 25% in water use. other elements of the order, golf courses and large

landscape spaces need to reduce water use. replace 50 million scare feet of lawn with drought tolerant landscaping and create a rebate program. and for the entire list of the restrictions go to www.ktvu.com. to give you a sense of how dyer the drought is. we want to share before and after photos with you. this is what half dome looked like in 2011. blanketed with snow. snow all around. this is this march. barely any snow at all. now let's look at what is happening in the largest reservoir. you see all this water, look how close it is to the bridge. remember this picture. this is 2011. now look at how dry things are. this is from 2014.

no water. look how high the bridge is up. now, this is a map, this dark red area, this here, the size of my hand, this is the driest part in the state. this was 2014. a year later, this is what it looks like now. remember it was my hand? now it is twice that size. that marks exceptional drought. we would like to bring in mark tamayo. you have another picture that tells the same story? >> that's right. if you are a skier heading up to lake tahoe, the news isn't new to you. dismal up there. this picture snapped today. this is the ski resort. those are two lifts. there should be snow but that is not the case.

it closed in late january. ski resorts should not look like this on april 1. you see bear. now we are looking for rain chances. dry over the next few days. a pattern change. it is late to pick up the rain we need or the snow we need but we are expecting rain chances that could impact the weekend sunday for easter. we will track this and update the changes in the weather with the forecast in 10 minutes. >> thank you. coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. we are asking water agencies how they are going to handle the govern's new order. new developments involving the security breach at san jose international airport. we know that the woman who climbed the fence and got on to the tarmac was 20-year-old and her uncle says she was growing through hard times. that was the fifth security breach at san jose mineta international airport in the past year. ann rubin is -- ktvu's ann rubin is at the airport with

more and the new fencing that has been ordered to beef up security. >> reporter: the sense here is -- the fence here is 6 feet tall with a foot of barbed wire. officials plan to raise that up an additional four feet around the perimeter of the airport. >> reporter: authorities say this was the woman who hopped a fence at san jose mineta international airport yesterday. she was spotted by a ups worker and arrested by police. >> i don't know what she was thinking. i don't know why she did what she did. it was a dumb move. >> reporter: he wonders if her mother's house in arizona was her destination. >> she movitude san francisco with a boyfriend -- moved to san francisco and broke up with a boyfriend and moved back and the job she had in san francisco didn't work out. >> reporter: this is the fifth security breach at san jose

mineta international airport in the last year. others included a serial stow away and a teenager made it all the way tohawaii. -- to hawaii. . >> fbi times is -- 5 times is 5 times too many. >> reporter: officials say the breach was spotted quickly. >> that ups employee is part of the layers of security within our airport and performed admirably. >> reporter: and the mayor says security upgrades are in the works they are testing technology ask there are -- and there are plans to raise the fence to 10 feet with a foot of barbed wire on top. >> we have fencing on order. $7.5million worth of technology and fences improvements that will be installed. >> reporter: her uncle isn't

sure why she climbed the fence. >> if she wanted to go on a plane she should have said i want to fly somebody. dumb. just a dumb, dumb move. >> reporter: no word on when the new fencing will come in. the mayor said soon and officials say they will continue to test new technology options throughout the spring and summer. >> ann rubin, live at san san jose mineta international airport thank you. attorneys for two teenagers accused in a wrongful death case asked asked the judge to move the trial out of san jose. audrie pott killed herself in 2012 at 15. three boys admitted to sexually assaulting her and taking photos. she feared the pictures would be spread around the high school. she took her own life. one of the three boys settled with the family, the other two are now 18-year-old. the judge hasn't ruled on any requests. to the sales force

convention scheduled for september in san francisco. the company is booking a cruise liner. people going to the convention will be able torent a room on the ship -- to rent a room on the ship. ktvu's david stevenson is in san francisco and this isn't the first time something like this has been done. >> that's right. the solution has been used during super bowls. here it is highlighting the city's struggles to house a record number of tourists. >> reporter: 215 hotels, 33,600 rooms. still not enough. >> we felt fortunate to get a room. >> reporter: travel sky rocketed last year. >> 18 million visitors. a record for san francisco. >> reporter: that is forcing groups to get creative to find accommodations. sales force, 2014 san francisco dream force convention attracted 125,000. this year the company chartered

a cruise ship to shelter visitors at peer 27. in a statement they said the dream boat offers a new housing frogs dream force attendees when hotel space is at a premium. . >> people stay wherever they recollect stay. >> reporter: prices range from $250 a night to $850 for a top of the line sweet. a solution that is only temporary. the city is only adding 800 new rooms over the next four years. in small hotels. >> san francisco is one of the most expensive cities to build and operate a hotel so rates are not high enough to allow for a big hotel to be built. >> reporter: hotels are providing a lot of rooms. at 6:00 p.m. the people who are coming here

and spending a lot of money. >> david stevenson in san francisco, thank you. tonight 2 investigates uncovers more problems at a hotel with a history of complaints. ktvu exposed unsafe condition at the towers in oakland in january. eric rasmussen is here now with a new video that is raising new concerns. >> reporter: we are talking about broken doors, windows and pluming. they have been under fire since the previous owner tried to have the place burned down four years ago. in february lawyers representing the people who live that hotel shot this cell phone video highlighting what they call horrific conditions. all of this was after 2 investigates exposed a number of problems there when we went undercover and booked a room in january. tenants say management has made some repairs since then but the city of oakland hasn't done

enough to hold the owners and managers accountable. >> i don't understand how building inspectors can have all these things done, they are just now getting tornado complaints. >> -- around to complaints. >> isn't there evidence this hotel has serious problems? >> that is why we are going in the rooms and saying you got to do this, got to do that. >> reporter: 2 investigates discovered city of oakland code enforcement issued 20 notices of violations after our first report back in february. the question now is what is being done after the city rights the vi-- writes the violation notices. we will have more in our full report at 10:00 p.m. caught on camera. the violent attack on a taxi driver by his own passenger. the open with he used and the

search for the suspect. >> the price you pay for everything is going up. the local cities that have a 10% sales tax. >> and coming up, an aggressive crime spree, what we are learning about a spring of robberies linked to one suspect.

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b.a.r.t. has new set of crossover traction that will get more trains running during peak hours. it opened today. it will make it easier for trines reverse direction and add extra cars. b.a.r.t. calls it a turn back service. >> where we are running 9 trains and having 13 round trips in the morning, we will

only have to run 8 trains and will get 15 round trips in the morning and what will happen to the people here is they will get a seat. >> going around a disabled train will be easier. b.a.r.t. plans on running them on a new schedule starting in september. still on the suggest of b.a.r.t., a person was killed by a b.a.r.t. train this morning. happened about 930 a.m. this morning. -- 9:30 a.m. this morning. the station was closed for several hours till they took away the body. the incident caused major delays on the lines. they were mostly cleared up by noon. basketball season is nearly back as the san francisco giants get ready to return to at&t park. joe fonzi reports on what fans can expect. >> reporter: when it comes to promotions the biggest thing the giants have going for them

this year is the obvious. three world series championships in the last 5 years. >> come on. you tell your cousin we are like all the other ball players. we put our rings on one finger at a time. [ music ] >> the giants new ad campaign was featured at a gathering today to introduce the promotional events if the season. when you have a stadium that sells out every game and has a garden in center field, it gets to be a challenge to come up with something new. >> never thought we would win three world series in 5 years. every year we try oo tweak it -- to tweak it. first home stand is what we are focused on. raise the pennate again on opening day. we will celebrate madison bumgarner as mvp of the world series. april 18, when it players get their rings, so especially, we

will do that again, two big bauble head days. you get one of several players. >> reporter: beginning their 16 16th season at at&t park, it is hard to realize when the stadiumopetened had its detractors. they -- stadium first opened it had its detractors. the giants sold more than 30,000 season tickets to all 81 home games. the most in the history of the franchise. if that is not enough, in two more years at&t park will be paid for. in pro sports a healthy financial picture means you can afford to keep your star players. >> look, we feel we can compete but we want to make smart decisions. if you notice the years we won we added in the middle. we want to be able to do that.

the thing about a baseball team, the team in april is rarely the team in september. 100%. >> reporter: all those amenities are nice but nothing puts people in the seats line winning. the giants start doing that next monday in arizona. joe fonzi, ktvu fox 2 news. >> that was world series ring is spectacular. boy. beautiful. >> feels like basketball weather out there. i can't get over the pictures in the sierra. the ski resort. no snow. >> i took a trip up to the sierra in february i was shocked. 4,000 feet, no snow. 5,000 feet no snow. you knew back then that we had a problem. >> eerie. >> one thing we could do is conserve and hopefully get rain. we are not going to get the rain we need to catch up but we

are tracking a change over the next few days that could boost showers chances. we have rain showers to the north, eureka, oregon as well. cooler out there as well. gusty winds. winds a factor somewhat. high clouds over head. across the bay area. a look at the current numbers. chilly. san francisco, upper 50s here. lots of 60s for concord, walnut creek, livermore. the wind speeds, oakland airport, winds sustained 21 miles per hour. more reports. sfo. wind gusts 32 miles per hour. a lot of chop on the waters. off shore as well. san jose, strong urwinds as well, 28 miles per hour out of the northwest. you can see the cameras. san francisco bay. headlines tonight. gusty winds. tomorrow a cold start to the

day with patchy frost possible. more clouds and we will bump up shower chances. thursday, starting out the day, chilly here. upper 30s for santa rosa. napa. lots of 40s for san francisco. mountain view and san jose. here is the weather set up. cooler weather system moves out over the next 12 hours or so. with that high pressure returns. after the cold start for thursday and friday the afternoon hours, nice, sunny skies. storm track to the north. on sunday for, easter, more clouds and the chance of a few showers. we could have scattered showers for the easter egg hunts sunday morning. we are in the clear for thursday. we are in the clear for friday. then you noteinous creasing clouds -- notice increasing clouds for the weekend. showers to the north and west. could be approaching sunday morning. tomorrow in the 60s. warmest locs approaching the lower 70s.

san jose 73. santa cruz 74. half moon bay 65 degrees. baseball for tomorrow. at&t park, fair skies. a breeze out there as you expect for san francisco. temperatures will be in the upper 50s. your five-day forecast, later in the week between now and then, cool mornings, sunshine, but on sunday, easter, tracking scattered showers and maybe more rain next week as well. at least the change we want, not the rain we need. >> it will green up the hills. >> thank you. a small bay area city is dealing with a serial armed robber. >> the more comfortable he becomes the more over confident he might be. >> why police think this robber probably lives in the town. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, we have been telling you about the newest

breach in security at san jose airport. an expert says these breaches are not as unkaman as -- uncommon as you think and a school district made a decision to hire four mental health therapists. why students say it is about time. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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is backing away from a threat. police believe the kidnapping of denise huskins was a hoax. they received an e-mail threatening offenses and demanding officers apologize for not believing the kidnapping was real. denise huskins' boyfriend said they took her on march 23 and demanded $8,500, two days later she turned up in southern california unharmed. police say it appears andrew getty diedf natural causes -- died of natural causes. he was found dead in his home yesterday. his father is gordon getty. there is no sign of trauma or foul play. the coroner says he hadn't been feeling well and it says medications with out fund in his home -- were found in his

home. man suffered a heart attack in a home fire. the fire started at 4:00 a.m. this morning. investigators say it appears the fire started in the kitchen but rescue crews say the man was found in a bedroom suffering from a heart attack. they performed cpr but he died at the hospital. a neighbor says her family woke up to the smell of smoke -- to the smell of smoke. >> smelled the smoke and called the fire department. and they said they would come by to check it out. they started running inside. there was smoke coming out of the chimney. they knew something was wrong. >> so far the name of the victim hasn't been released. neighbors say he is a man in his 70 whose lived there and had been -- 70s who lived there and had been a resident for years. officially in the hands of google. they signed a 60 year lease

with nasa for a billion dollars. today they took control of the property. they plan to restore the world war ii hangers and use them as laboratories. there are also plans for a museum or educational facility. nasa will continue to operate the research center there. a taxi cab camera captures an assault as it happens. authorities are hoping this surveillance video will help them find a man who attacked a taxi driver with a padlock and police have another clue besides this video. >> stores, gas stations, pharmacies are all being hit. why it is an unusual and aggressive crime spree. >> and an olympian from the bay area visits a local school and she comes bearing gifts.

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crime spree has police searching searching for a masked man claiming to have a gun. ktvu fox 2 news mike mibach is live with what you learned today about the case. >> reporter: robber says i have a gun, give me cash, happened 5 times in a week. less than 30 seconds. and tonight this is a top

priority case for the police department. >> reporter: petaluma, population 60,000, good food, family parks. >> somebody who knows the town well. >> reporter: 5 locations in the last six days. he is on the case. >> the more these occur the more comfortable he becomes, the more over confident he might be. >> reporter: the robbers first hit on march 25. three times that day. a quick stop at 5:30 a.m. and 45 minutes later and a mile away, this gas station. >> tells the clerk, 30 seconds to give me money. i have a gun. >> reporter: 7 hours after that he hit again. this time he did not hit a store, he did not hit a gas station. he went into super market, deep inside, to the pharmacy. >> the clothing is different

there, more distinct. what he was after was different. wasn't after money, after cough syrup. >> reporter: then back to ripping off cash. monday and tuesday, 7-elevens. a mile of each other. >> hasn't displayed a weapon. if he is referring to a weapon we will take him at his word. if something doesn't go the way he plans it could effectilate to where somebody -- escalate to where somebody gets hurt. >> reporter: one thing they have not captured is how he is getting away. can't tell if it is on foot or jumping into a vehicle. >> mike, you talk about the police having a fear of things escalating, is the advice if you are confronted, do what they ask? >> reporter: exactly. they don't know the motive yet. two ideas, one, he is using

money for drug money or just the excitement of the crime. one incidence he asked for the money and went to the cooler, got a drink, and took off. they don't know who they are dealing with. >> all right. thank you. job bush is in the bay area -- jeb wish is in the bay area -- jeb bush is in the bay area. he may find push back in the bay area because of his support for indiana's religious freedom bill. he is raising money for his super pack called the right to rise. at this point he hasn't officially entered the race for president. the governor of arkansas is trying to avoid making the same mistake as indiana. arkansas also passed a religious freedom law. today the governor asked

lawmakers to amend it before he will sign it. >> reporter: the controversy over religious freedom legislation is spreading to arkansas. lawmakers approving a bill said to keep government from infringing on someone's religious beliefs. critics claim it protects discrimination. the -- discrimination. the governor is unhappy. >> we want it crafted to similar at the federal level. and to do that, though, changes need to be made. >> reporter: anger in arkansas follows outrage in indiana after a similar bill went into effect last week. the governor asking for additional legislation to clarify the terms of that law. hillary clinton is speaking out about both pieces of legislation. saying like indiana law,

arkansas bill goes beyond predicting religion. would permit unfair discrimination, i urge the governor to veto. >> it doesn't mean that automatically anybody who claims a religion cause wins the debate. says it has to be considered. >> reporter: there are 20 states with some kind of religious freedom law in effect. more than a dozen others have introduced similar legislation. in washington, fox news. oakland and san francisco are among six california school districts to apply for a waver extension to free them from the no child left behind law. that law requires students to achieve math and readingficiency. -- reading efficiency. ahead here, a cab driver attacked on the job. the surveillance video from

inside the taxi as a passenger tries to beat the driver. and the other clue police have to go on. >> also tonight a plan for a new stadium in oakland, what the city counsel did last night and the huge obstacles ahead. >> and kristi yamaguchi's visit to a local elementary school.

san francisco police are hoping surveillance video will help them find a man who attacked a taxi driver with a padlock yesterday morning. this is video. it shows a man pulls out an object and starts beating the driver as he tries to pull over. the driver was checked out by paramedics and released. because of comments made by the suspect it is believes he lives within 10 blocks. police are investigating a shoot out. investigators heard an exchange and saw the exchange between two moving cars about 10:30 a.m. this morning. police were talking to two people but it is unknown if they are connected to the shooting. police say a murder-suicide last month took place because the gunman shot the other man was stealing from him. he shot and killed the manager

on march 19 at the apartments. he then shot himself. he had accused him of going into his apartment and taking things. but other residents thought he misplaced the items and police found no evidence that anything was taken. the deadline has come and gone but negotiations are extended to tomorrow. the u.s. agreed with five other nations and they are working on a agreement to limit iran's nuclear capability and reduce sanctions. some issues need to be revolved. they made progress but they don't have a political understanding just yet. >> reporter: mcdonalds will begin paying employees a more than the minimum wage. it takes place july 1. and applies to company owned location. next year the company expect said them to earn more than $10

an hour. and they will offer vacation benefits and expanding tuition program which helps employees finish high school and pay for college. a strange case at university here in the bay area. how a medstudent is accused of trying to poison classmates. another small step forward for a new stadium project in oakland but there are still big hurdles ahead. >> cooler today and gusty winds. a pattern change with warmer temperatures and rain showers could green up the hills. we will have the forecast after the break.

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a grad student is charged with trying to poison several lab mates at the school of medicine. stanford reports the student admitted to putting formailedide in -- mormaldehyde in the bottles. the person is no longer a student at stanford. the name isn't being released to protect the identity of the other students. a warning about whooping cough is going out. two new cases of whooping cough were reported. >> paul chambers shows us what the district doing now to warn and protect students. >> terence at two antioch schools have been put on

notice. >> two reported cases. we were notified monday. >> reporter: whooping cough can spread with symptoms lasting for months. officials say there was one case at antioch high school and deer valley high school. school notified parents and added this on the website. it will connect you where it explains the disease. >> we also notified the teachers that had two students in their classrooms so they were aware of the situation so that they could take measures. >> reporter: they recommend everyone get vaccinated for the disease. the disease is treatable. once they heard of the disease they have had all the schools recleaned. paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news.

proposal legislation to tighten rules on vaccinations is getting support. they voted to support the bill eliminating all but medical exemptions. parents have been allowed to refuse for personal beliefs. the issue got a lot of attention during the measles outbreak. marin used to have the highest occupant out rate -- opt out rate. kristi yamaguchi stopped by a oakland elementary school today bearing special gifts. >> kristi yamaguchi reading a children's story she wrote. dream big, little big at international community school. kristi yamaguchi donated books and other reading tools to each child and today kristi

yamaguchi explained what entired entired -- inspired her. >> i think becoming a mom and having kids in the public schools system i was inspired to do what i can to help with their success and seeing other kids don't have that foundation of learning to read at home and to encourage the love of books early on. >> never too early. they donated thousands of books to kristi yamaguchi's always dream foundation. >> i was at a shark's game and i met her husband. he is a former nhl defenseman. one of the nicest guys you will meet. he pointed over to his wife and their kids. >> great. >> nice guy. [ talking at the same time ] all right. our weather. nice. >> talking about the chance of

showers. worm she was in -- remember when she was in the olympics? >> of course. . >> weather is changing for the first few days of april. today strong gusty winds. dismal snow pack conditions. snow pack trumps everything. the numbers in the bay area, we had the strong storm, remember, december 11, all the schools were closed. that helped us with the rainfall in the bay area. santa rosa 71% of average. san francisco 76% of average. but they continue to go down with each passing day with no rain and today was another one of those days. right now, rain showers to the north. you noticed high clouds over head throughout the day. the clouds areitute the east and south -- are out to the east and south. cool out there. over the past few days. still 60s towards walnut creek.

and livermore. san francisco upper 50s. san jose 62 degrees. as far as the wind speeds, felt cooler with the winds pushing in from the pacific. oakland right now, winds 21 miles per hour. more reports, sfo, 32. a san jose wind gust, 28 miles per hour. live camera towards san francisco bay. haze out there. still clear skies. gusty winds for tonight and thursday. tomorrow after a cool start, fair skies for the afternoon hours and more clouds, and tracking rain showers out there. over night lows tomorrow morning, bundle up. upper 30s. santa rosa, napa. 40s across the rest of the region. the san jose forecast, the time line for tomorrow, starting out, 7:00, mid-40s. reaching the lower 70s by 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. high pressure returns. that will be the source of warming for the afternoons. thursday and friday. saturday the transition day, leading up to easter, clouds

and the chance of a few scattered showers. not a huge down pour. still we could have scattered showers for the easter egg hunts sunday. clear skies today -- or thursday and friday. and then here we go. clouds on saturday. highs tomorrow, lots of 60s and 70s out there for afternoon highs. walnut creek 72. oakland 71 degrees. san jose 73. santa cruz 74. and san francisco 65 degrees. look ahead, your five-day forecast, you can see, the same deal for friday. more clouds saturday. and scattered showers easter. and i will stay the forecast models are suggesting more of a wet weather pattern, april could be a strange month with showers and thunderstorms. we will see if that happens. >> thank you. just ahead here, paying

more as of today. the bay area cities where the sales tax went up today. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, a summer trip is more expensive today than it was yesterday. why the national park system needed to raise the price of admission and how much more you will have to pay. a move to hire mental health therapists at a bay area school district. coming up, why students say it is about time. >> and we are getting word that one of the kidnappers is getting out of prison. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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together. >> -- binds the species together. shoppers in several cities in the east bay may have noticed the sales tax went up today. it is now 10% in these five cities. albany, san leann row, hayward, union city and el cerrito. ktvu's rob roth is in san leann row now. . >> reporter: the sales pax went up to -- tax went up today. some seemed okay with it, others don't like it at all. >> reporter: in downtown, this shopper didn't appreciate having to pay the highest sales tax in northern california. 10%. >> we are already paying so much in taxes for everything. >> reporter: workers have been hearing it from customers even before the increase took effect. >> there have been a couple customer whose said they do not

want to shop in san leandro:. >> reporter: one of five cities whose sales tax rose to 10%. while those are the highest, all cities in alameda county saw their taxes increase by a half cent today. the increase comes after voters approved a sales tax hike the raise money for transportation projects including road prepares and public transit improvements. >> we have to make things work for the community. >> reporter: voters also approved an additional quarter cent sales tax time prove city streets, public safety and parks. the manager says he doesn't believe the increase will drive away business. >> there have been concerns. but in the big keep of things if you don't have good streets, quality services, it is a bad

business crime. >> i am going to have -- climate. >> i am going to have to go back to the penny store. taxes are -- doesn't go over a dollar in the penny store but it does at walmart. i am going to have to buy cheaper stuff. >> reporter: the country sales tax is expected to raise $7 billion over the next 30 years. frank? >> rob roth, thank you. the oakland city counsel has taken another small step forward in the new stadium project, coliseum city. last night they passed several environmental and planning measures to help clear the way for the project. the land was rezoned to allow for the construction of new football and baseball stadiums and a new basketball arena. the plans call for housing, shopping and office space development. >> we heard about it. and we think that is a great idea. for them to do something. oakland lags behind in doing things and what not, they have

been on the table. i think it is great. >> still major obstacle remain -- obstacles remain, on who would finance the project and who would play there. the a's haven't shown any enthusiasm for the proposal. and as you know the warriors are planning to build a new arena in san francisco. the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. governor jerry brown declares action to manage california's drought. the decision to make statewide mandatory water rationing and it comes after the snow pack measurement where all you can see was grass. >> there is no snow. >> for the first time in 75 years of measurements the ground was bear on april 1 at this location. good evening everyone. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> there should be 5-1/2 feet

of snow at that location. they announced today the statewide snow pack is 5% of the average for april 1. the previous low was 25% last year and in 1977. this is significant since the snow pack is at its peak in april. four years ago there were 124 inches of snow at this location. the governor says we have to do our part to conserve. >> there will be mandatory -- if people will do it or southeast and desoutheast orders, there -- desist orders. there could be fines. i hope we don't see this in a punitive way but we see the challenge: >> here is what it looked like last year on april 1. it was still low. but there was nearly 34 inches of snow on the ground. big difference. the governor's ex