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we would expect- [music] from from an individual with this type of military experience. >> new information about the man at the center of the cybertruck explosion in las vegas. authorities outlined his decorated military service while searching for a motive. >> p this city knows pain. but this city also knows how to recover. >> new orleans begins to heal as the community mourns the victims of the deadly terror attack on new year's day. bourbon street reopens today with stepped up security. >> from ktvu, fox two news this is the four day all america stands with the people of new orleans. >> we pray for those killed and injured in yesterday's attack. >> president biden, addressing the nation as law enforcement, confirms the attacker acted alone in new orleans. investigators are combing through evidence as we learn
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more about the victims and the explosion in las vegas. and that truck attack in new orleans prompted a nationwide investigation into the motives behind those acts of violence. welcome to the for everyone. i'm alex savage, and i'm greg lee. >> today, the fbi says it appears the two attacks are not connected. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live from the newsroom with an update on the new orleans attack that killed 14 victims. and what investigators are learning. jana. >> greg and alex. the fbi says that new orleans attack was a premeditated act of terrorism by a u.s. citizen. president biden spoke today from the white house, saying that federal agencies are saying that the attacker acted alone. >> i am opening bourbon street to the public. >> new orleans police superintendent anne kirkpatrick, who was oakland's former police chief, announced thursday that the french quarter had new security measures in place after the deadly new year's day attack. >> what you see behind us is what we call hardening the target. so we have brought in
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heavy trucks. you will see when you go down. bourbon. >> investigators say the attacker, shamsuddin jabar, was a u.s. citizen and a 42 year old u.s. army veteran who drove the white pickup truck into a crowd on bourbon street on new year's day, killing 14 people and injuring many more when he sped around a police barricade. jabar was from texas. he joined the army in 2007 and served in afghanistan. the fbi says he placed some ied or improvised explosive devices in the french quarter. he was killed in a clash with police who responded to the scene. the fbi says he acted alone, but evidence does indicate he was inspired by isis. >> federal law enforcement and the intelligence community are actively investigating any foreign or domestic contacts and connections that could possibly be relevant to the attack. >> the fbi says they are reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance video. >> at this point, investigators believe jabar picked up the rented f-150 in houston, texas,
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on december 30th. he then drove from houston to new orleans on the evening of the 31st. >> on thursday, police searched jabar's home in texas, as well as a new orleans rental property where bomb making materials were found. >> fbi and atf agents have secured that house. we have recovered two laptops and are currently reviewing them for any potential leads. >> the fbi says jabar posted five videos on facebook on the day of the attack between 1:29 a.m. and 3:02 a.m, stating he had joined isis before the summer. the truck in the new orleans and the truck used in the las vegas attacks were both rented through the vehicle sharing platform turo, which has a headquarters address listed on sec documents at a downtown san francisco office building. and turo posted a message online about the new orleans and vegas rental, saying in part, we do not believe that either renter had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat. the company says that they are devastated by
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these horrible incidents, and they say they remain dedicated to helping the authorities however they can. 14 people killed in this attack? >> absolutely. >> and, janet, are we learning anything more today about the victims in the new orleans attack? >> well, alex and greg, the coroner says that they're still notifying the families conducting autopsies. they have not released a complete list yet. but we do know that the victims include an 18 year old aspiring nurse, a former princeton university football star, a father of two and one of the injured was a student at san diego state. so really a painful, painful tragedy for these families to be starting out the new year, mourning for those people that they loved and lost. >> so heartbreaking. as we learn more details about the 14 killed in this attack, jana katsuyama in our newsroom tonight, janet. thank you. >> and new orleans hosted college football's sugar bowl today. the game between notre dame and georgia was slated for new year's day, but postponed because of the attack. security was stepped up at the superdome, and president biden addressed the tv audience before the game
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today. >> i'm glad the game is back on for today, but i'm not surprised because the spirit of new orleans can never be kept down. and that's also true of the spirit of america. we just have to remember who we are. we're the united states of america. there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together. >> the president also thanked first responders and extended condolences to the families of the victims. a moment of silence was held before today's game. >> we're also learning more today about the cybertruck explosion outside the trump hotel in las vegas on new year's day. specifically, authorities identifying the person they strongly believe was the driver. as 37 year old matthew berger of colorado. he died from a self-inflicted gunshot before the explosion. berger is a highly decorated army special operations soldier. >> it's been confirmed by dod that he was indeed in the united states army. he was also a green beret operations sergeant who spent most of his time at fort carson, colorado, and in
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germany. he was on approved leave from germany, where he was serving with the 10th special forces group. he was also previously in the national guard and the army reserve. >> the sheriff would not definitively identify the remains, but said a military id, passport, credit cards and tattoos all matched berger to recap the incident wednesday morning. a driver in a rented tesla cybertruck pulled up to the glass doors of the trump international hotel off the strip. the explosion happened within 17 seconds of its arrival. investigators say the explosion came from large fireworks, gasoline and camp fuel canisters packed in the truck. seven people were injured by the blast. investigators also found two semi-automatic guns legally purchased by berger on the 30th. authorities are still looking into the motive. >> we're running down investigative leads around the world. no information that we're aware of right now that connects this individual to any terrorist organization around the world. but that's obviously the thrust
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of the investigation is ruling out that there is any sort of terrorism nexus. >> the fbi said they have found no definitive link between the explosion and the new orleans attack. law enforcement did point out both men served at fort bragg in north carolina, though not in the same unit, nor at the same time. they both also served in afghanistan in 2009. all of this remains under investigation. theheriff also outlined the route berger took after renting the cybertruck in denver. this map showing his chargingtops in colorado, new mexico and arizona beforhe arrived to the las vegas strip. president biden, also addressing the vegas explosion today. >> the fbi is working with the department of defense on investigating, including the service member's possible motives in all those he worked with in who served with him, with things he'd say and do. >> and again, president biden is saying the explosion in las vegas does not currently appear to be linked to the attack that
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happened in new orleans. but both of those cases, obviously raising a lot of concern about extremism within the united states and what can be done to prevent this kind of violence. >> for more now, we're joined by mike sena, executive director of the northern california regional intelligence center. mike, thanks for the time. i want to talk about the pace of this investigation in new orleans. 36 hours later, bourbon street reopened. the sugar bowl moves forward. walk us through how investigators may have been confident in where they are at right now. >> well, you know, anytime that you have a major mass casualty event, you know, one key piece of that is making sure that you've gone through every thorough piece of the investigation, trying to track down if there's any associated, you know, subjects or partners that could have been involved going through, you know, any of their contacts via social media, telephones, anything that you can get your hands on to really figure out if this is a larger conspiracy. obviously, you want to return things back to normal as soon as possible, so, you know, it's through great effort from our partners in the fbi,
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louisiana state police, as well as the new orleans police department to be able to get to that point where they're able to say, we're opening things back up. so that is a, you know, tremendous amount of time that they've been able to use and close this up as much as possible and really to make a determination that this was a, a single attacker that that caused this and is now deceased. >> yeah. and you know, we have the attack in new orleans and the blast that happened outside the trump hotel in las vegas. obviously, similarities in terms of the timing of all of this, these are locations that are obviously tourist destinations. and you have, in both cases, military service members. but authorities are saying at this point they do not believe that these two events are connected. what do you think the steps are that investigators took to reach that conclusion? >> well, again, it goes back to one tracking down all the information avaable on each each person that's involved. and
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although you may see similarities in the attack, you know, some of the methodologies or, you know, trying to determine that. and i have to tell you that, you know, the methods of attack have been very similar for multiple attacks that we've had in the last, you know, five, ten years in our country. vehicle borne improvised explosive devices have been a have been a trend. and i don't want to say that because there there has been a focus on both of these folks serving in the military. it's all aspects of life and people from throughout society that can be radicalized, not just folks in the military. so i know there's a lot of focus on that right now. but really, day to day we are looking at behaviors of folks and you know, what behaviors may be indicative that someone is planning an attack. and, you know, any training that includes training with weapons and explosives, obviously we want to take that into factor. >> mike, let's talk about the work that you all do. additionally, one of 80 fusion centers centers nationwide,
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local, state, federal agencies sharing those tips and information. how important is that collaboration and how do you track some of that activity online? >> well, it's, you know, having that collaborative environment of, as you said, federal, state, local law enforcement, public safety, private sector, critical infrastructure partners, sharing information, as well as the public sharing information with their local law enforcement. those tips and leads are our lifeblood for fighting this threat. being able to identify those folks that are really doing behaviors that are indicative of pre-incident indicators, and we have those online, and i know that the station is going to post those as well. but our goal is finding those threats ahead of time. and we also have a threat management group, a team of folks, professionals that are trained on behavioral analysis, really trying to figure out, you know, is this person that we're being receiving information on, are they a potential threat to themselves or others? and most importantly, our goal is not to arrest folks. it's to stop them
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from becoming those mass casualty attackers. let's get them the resources they need mental health, professional support, whatever we need to do to make sure that they do not become the next mass casualty attacker. >> yeah. and from from a law enforcement standpoint, it feels like you need the help of, of everyone out in the public to look out for the red flags and the warning signs. so, so talk a little bit about what people should be looking for in their friends, their family, their neighbors, that that could potentially be indicative of someone who might be planning some sort of act of violence. >> absolutely. and a lot of this starts off with folks and, you know, people have their first amendment right and can speak freely about their government or whoever they feel that they don't like. but the problem is, when people turn their hatred and, and radicalization, potentially violent radicalization, and start plotting and planning and developing a hatred focused on a
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grievance, and that's usually what it ends up being, is they have a grievance that they believe the only way to solve that is through violence. so if folks, you know, have someone in their family, because that's what always happens, either a family member, someone they work with, they see these indicators and they don't tell anybody until after things happen. and then we get this reporting of, well, he did show this. well, we need people to call their local law enforcement, even if it's anonymously, to tell them that these behaviors, whether they're amassing supplies to potentially do an attack, they're fixated and focused on surveillance and collecting information. now, photography is not a crime, but people who are focused specifically on an infrastructure or an individual to the point where they're talking about, you know, acts of violence or implied violence, that someone should die. those are the things that we want to hear about. and our social media company, partners, for a number of years have been trying to identify those folks that have
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been radicalized, that are threatening people online and through a partnership that we've developed with the fbi, they are reporting those threat to life reports to us and to our fusion center and fbi field divisions across the nation. so that way we can one just have that conversation with those subjects and make sure that they are not planning an attack. >> all right. we appreciate your insight today. mike sena with the executive, the executive director of the northern california regional intelligence center. thank you for your perspective today. we appreciate it. >> thank you. appreciatehe time. all
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to average for this time of year. the state department of water resources measured the snow depth at phillips station near lake tahoe, at 24in just over an hour ago. they say that equates to nine inches of water content. that's 91% of average for this date. statewide, the
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snowpack is about 110% of average. while the numbers are good, officials say conditions can change quickly and the current short term forecast is for dry weather. >> on this date last year, california started slowly with a very dry fall. the statewide snowpack measured only 28% of average last year, so we're at 91% of average. we were only 28% last year, yet we ended the year with a slightly above average snowpack. >> the snow survey is critical for water managers to forecast how much of the snow melt will eventually flow into rivers and reservoirs, to provide water for residents and farms up and down the state. >> well, snowmelt provides about a third of california's water, and while the numbers are good, experts say we have seen more snow in northern california than in the central and southern sierra so far this season. water officials say those areas are somewhat below normal for this time of year. for more, we're joined now by megan mason from the central sierra snow lab. megan, thank you for the time.
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it's good to see you here. so we have the first snow survey of the season in. it feels promising. how how encouraged should we feel about where the snowpack stands at this point? >> hi. thank you for having me. yes, we should feel good about it. we have a lot of snow on the ground for this time of year, and we're waiting to see what happens throughout the rest of the season. >> what do we need to have happen here throughout the rest of the season to keep us on target in terms of the state's water supply? >> yeah, we'd like to see the storm window stay open, but as you announced earlier that we have a dry window coming up. short term, we'll see about up to ten inches of snow coming over the weekend. but after that we might see a dry period. but we still have hope for february and march after that as well. >> yeah, still still a long way to go. but it is true. the next couple of weeks it looks like we're probably not going to be
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getting a whole lot of rain or snow. all right. it's not just about how much snow comes down, how many inches of snow we actually have on the ground. it's also about just how much water is within that snow. and i know we've we've talked a lot about this over the years. what does the water content look like this year for the sierra snowpack? >> yeah, we have a denser snowpack right now. so we do have a lot more water in the snow. we'd like to keep it frozen and to stay throughout the season. we have had a little bit of discharge or increase in stream flow after the rain that came in after christmas, but i think we will hold on to that. we have a lot. we have a good amount of snow, sorry, water in the snow right now. >> all right. and how important were were those, those atmospheric rivers storms that we got back in december? >> yeah, those really helped
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those built up our base and have been holding on. those are incredibly important and really dictate the size of the water year based on how many of those we get. >> all right. but it does sound like we are at least on a on a pretty good path right now in terms of the sierra snowpack. megan mason from the central sierra snow lab. we appreciate you checking in. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> all right. let's keep our focus on the weather. a live look this afternoon at mount diablo, a beautiful, clear day. you can see some of that sun hitting that hillside. meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now with a look at what's in store for our bay area forecast. hey, mark. hi, there. greg. >> yeah, another system headed our way tomorrow morning. first thing tomorrow morning up in the north bay, then gradually spreading to the south. we had a break in the rainfall for today, but more rain for us and more snow in the sierra. in fact, just kind of a carry on with that. the snow survey in the sierra. you can see the breakdown for the north to the central portions of the sierra and the southern sierra. so clearly, all those atmospheric rivers really having an impact on northern californians,
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translating to these numbers as well. statewide average 108% of average. and we will continue to build the snowpack as we do move into friday. here is a look at the projections here. and snow levels actually coming down to possibly 5000 to 5500ft. and a winter storm warning begins tomorrow morning, 7 a.m, running until 10:00 tomorrow night. and snowfall could be around six to possibly 12in. so this will be a winter storm warning for the west slopes of the sierra. closer to lake tahoe is. it is a winter weather advisory that's setting up with this pattern over the next few days. now, in terms of the rain showers here in the bay area, we are expecting things to pick up overnight. here's a look at the satellite, where you can see some green showing up in northern california, right around eureka, right around cape mendocino. here's a closer look right now. so yesterday we had a few light showers, a few sprinkles kind of focused up in the north bay. right now, the organized rainfall is up to our north and will continue to pick up the high clouds later on tonight and into tomorrow morning. current numbers out there. it's a nice afternoon to
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get outside for a walk. san jose right now 66 degrees. livermore 57. napa and santa rosa in the lower 60s. and here is our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. just a few high clouds out there this afternoon, but still some sunshine up above. tomorrow morning the rainfall will be spreading to the south. temperatures will be in the 40s and the 50s. we're not talking about frost out there. no frost advisories, but we are talking about some rain. this is 6:00 tomorrow morning. the focus will be up in the north bay and throughout the day tomorrow, the bulk of the rainfall, possibly up to an inch, will be focused up in the north bay. this is 10:00. it's spreading to south san francisco and oakland. and even the slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. this is 12:00. the focus moving out to the south bay and the east bay. and then some breaks tomorrow afternoon. but we could still have the chance of some scattered showers and a chance still of a few pop up showers throughout the afternoon hours on friday. once again the slight chance of a thunderstorm. this system moves on out into the weekend. we begin our next dry stretch that may continue for quite some time. we'll have more
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on that coming up with your full update in a few minutes. >> okay, we'll check back with you in a bit. mark. thank you. still ahead this afternoon on the four. the tributes continuing to pour in for former president jimmy carter, his ongoing legacy, both here in the uned states and
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>> as fox news steve harrigan tells us, that work will go on at the institute that bears his name. >> the life and legacy of jimmy carter is being remembered and celebrated across the country and on the world stage. the panamanian government, celebrating the 25th anniversary of its control over the panama canal, which was made possible by a deal signed by carter during his term as president. panama's president used the occasion to push back on recent calls for the canal to revert back to u.s. control. >> president jimmy carter, former president jimmy carter had the vision and nobility to take the right path for the canal to have the nationality it deserved the panamanian one. >> here at home, carter is being remembered as much for his post-presidency as his time in the oval office. he was closely associated with habitat for humanity, working well into his 90s on construction sites around the country. >> it would be the grace of god if we can find another human like jimmy carter's, the man he
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had love. he cared for people. and in this world, you got to know love. >> the carter family released a statement on thursday, writing in part, quote, we are sincerely grateful for everyone's words of comfort and acts of kindness following the passing of such a champion of human rights, justice and peace. the organization he founded says they will continue his work. >> they felt the carter center was in good hands, and for them to feel that their legacy was going to be carried on was this moment of relief for all of us. >> saturday, carter will lie in repose at the carter center in atlanta. steve harrigan, fox news. >> coming up here on the four new year, new me. if you're one of the millions who set a new year's resolution, will speak to an expert about how to stay on track and celebrate your successes.
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promises to ourselves to make changes. millions of americans make resolutions each new year. large majority tend to focus on health, exercise or diet. but how many people actually stick with them? a study by columbia university shows only about 25% of people actually stay committed to their goals after the first month. for tips on how to set realistic goals and keep them. we're joined by clinical psychologist pam oren from kaiser permanente walnut creek. doctor oren, thanks for being here. let's start with the psychology behind why people set resolutions with calendar change. >> so throughout time, it has become with the beginning of the
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year, it's a new year, new me. i want to try something different. i want to try to set a goal and stick with it. so it's become something that's very popular in our reality. and so people like to set goals and try to stick with them. >> one of the setbacks, perhaps, of that is sometimes, especially in our culture, is that we can feel pressured into setting resolutions because you're getting calls from people that are saying, well, what's your resolution for this year? so what's the downside of that? >> the downside is you don't want to be like, oh, i don't have one. you know, a lot of people feel pressure to say, this is my resolution, i'm going to stick with it. however, then they really feel pressure, like they have to do it. and if they don't fulfill that, then they feel like they've failed in some way. >> you have put out a really good plan about how people can actually stick with some of these resolutions, and they start from the beginning when you set them. i want to show people on screen it's called the smart method. so that begins with specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound. so tell us about this strategy and why. perhaps it tends to help people stay on
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track. >> we as psychologists love smart goals. we talk about them all the time. and a good thing is like somebody who comes up and says, okay, my resolution is i want to lose 10 pounds. well, how are you going to do that? give me the specifics. how how exactly are you going to do that? are you going to go to the gym? are you going to eat more fruits and vegetables? how many times? so we're asking people to drill down even deeper into their goal to make them sustainable, measurable, specific, all of those things that are so important. >> i like that we played that statistic statistic in the beginning of this interview that says only about 25% of people stick with their goals a month in. so let's say that if my resolution was, i want to go to the gym five days a week moving forward, but that first time that i get busy and i miss that fifth day or the fourth day, how often do people just give up? and then what's sort of the psychology behind that? >> i'm internally laughing because have you ever been to the gym in january? the gyms in january are packed, and then by february there's nobody there.
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so the psychology there is that once people fail, they kind of overachieve and set that goal too high. so instead of saying something like, i'm going to go to the gym five days a week, it would be better to scale that back. i'm going to go three days a week, and then if you go four, you're feeling really good about yourself. if you set it at five and you go, you miss a day, you're going to be like, well, i failed. i guess i can just give up the rest of the week. and so we want to set ourselves up for success as opposed to failure. >> and perhaps part of that success is being kind to ourselves. right. and a nice reminder this time of year. so as we do that, how important is it to celebrate when things are going well or we're on track or starting to reach some of those goals, albeit they may not be exactly what we had planned out from the beginning every day. >> so every time you go to the gym, just give yourself a little pat on the back, a little mental, hey, good job, thumbs up today and go on with your day. but it's really important to celebrate all of our successes along the way. the other thing i would mention is it's really
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important to recalibrate those goals. so a lot of people will set a goal and will keep that goal for the whole year. but what we really advise is you check in at like 30, 60, 90 days and see how things are going. if 30 days, you know, gosh, i said five days a week. i've only actually gone four days a week for the last 30 days. i'm going to set my goal at four days a week. and then you work towards that goal and you reassess it 60 and 90 days. >> good advice. one of the last things i want to ask you is that obviously, we said a lot of these goals tend to focus on health and physical health and eating and diet. but for you, how is it how important is it that people focus on their mental health, right. like they're checking in with themselves or they're checking in with family members that for me, like, i don't talk to my brother as much as i'd like to. so perhaps that is a resolution. >> exactly. set a resolution to reach out. you know, loneliness is a big epidemic right now in this country. so set a resolution to yourself or an intention, as i like to call them, to check in, send a text once a week to a friend, a relative, someone like that who you don't speak with very
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frequently. but that is a great resolution for our mental health and for other people's mental health. >> good advice to stick to these new year's intentions. doctor pam moran from kaiser permanente. thanks so much for being here today. thank you alex. >> all right. intentions, i like that a lot. thank you for the conversation. all right. the cdc says stomach illnesses on cruise ships have hit a 12 year high. cdc data shows there were 16 outbreaks of stomach illnesses aboard cruise ships last year. nearly 900 passengers and 245 crew members were affected. norovirus caused 14 of those outbreaks. the other two were brought on by e coli and salmonella. broccoli sold at walmart stores is being recalled because of potential listeria contamination. the fda says the broccoli was sold at more than 1000 walmarts in 20 different states, including here in california. the recall involves 12 ounce bags of washed, ready to eat marketside broccoli florets. they were packaged at monterey county based braga fresh. the fda says the
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potentially contaminated broccoli is past its best if used by date of december 10th, 2024. so far, no illnesses have been reported in connection to that, recalled broccoli. a new law in the new year allows for cannabis cafes across california, and one of them has already opened up in southern california. the woods, a cannabis cafe in west hollywood, served its first meal and soft beverages yesterday thanks to assembly bill 1775. the new law allows amsterdam style approach to marijuana use. you can order food and nonalcoholic beverages, a pack of pre-rolls or edibles, and you can consume it all on site. >> it's going to be good for the consumer as well, because now they can sit as if they were in starbucks and they can take out their computer and they can do their work on our wi-fi, and they can have a cup of cappuccino and a pastry or a salad. >> i think it's just a step in the right direction, especially towards decriminalizing
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marijuana federally and hopefully destigmatizing it, especially amongst minority communities. given that we're in west hollywood. >> opponents of that bill say they're concerned over the public health hazard, and that it could potentially lead to more driving under the influence. there are several weed lounges here in the bay area, but none of them are yet cannabis cafes. >> well, barry, whether some high clouds move into the north bay right now, we are tracking rain in your friday forecast, but the things really dry up
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flower market. >> ktvu is amanda quintana takes us inside for the grand opening. >> this day is for myself. right to, like, explore everything over here. and this is like my home for nearly 60 years. >> the flower market on sixth and brannan was home to growers, florists, wedding planners, any and all flower lovers. but today, the flower market has its own new home in potrero hill. a big deal not just for these customers, but for the global floral industry. >> there's no country right now in the world that's opening a wholesale flower market in a heavy, a heavy city like san francisco is. >> san francisco flower market executive director jenny taggart bowes says when a developer bought the old market in 2014, it was scary for a lot of flower
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businesses as this market is the main source for florals in northern california. >> luckily, the city of san francisco went to bat for our historic market and with the help of supervisor aaron peskin, we were able to renegotiate a deal where the market could move one time to a permanent location and give these these vendors a chance to survive a really expensive city in an industry where our margins are really short, customers from as far as lake tahoe depend on this market, and many were up before the sun to see the new space. >> they've been promising me this new market for ten years and so i had to come see it. >> it's 120,000ft!s with a brand new loading dock, true color lighting to bring out the vibrant colors and more parking spots seems to me a lot smaller. >> there's not nearly as much walking. everything's a lot more convenient. there's nothing obstructing the aisles like there was in the old market. i like it a lot. >> while the space is new,
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you'll notice a lot of familiar faces. most of the vendors from the old market. 22 of them came to this new one. >> i think changes are good. i love the facility. state of the art. [music] warehouse. very modern, so i, i love it. >> it's still just day one, so vendors will need some time to adjust, but they hope the new space brings new customers. >> we're close to potrero neighborhood, so we're expecting more like families come in and get flowers. we're near to the hospital too. so yeah, i think it's going to be a good change in san francisco. >> amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, if the skies stay clear, you may have a chance to see a meteor shower tonight and tomorrow. the quadrantid meteor shower will peak overnight tonight, but you may have the best visibility. friday night into saturday morning. astronomers say the best viewing will be in the hours right
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before dawn. and for the best results, try to find a dark spot away from city lights. let's go back to mark now with our full forecast. hey, mark. >> hi there. greg. yeah, some clouds will get in the way, at least of the viewing early tomorrow morning for the peak, but probably a better bet friday night and into saturday morning. so the meteor shower. maybe you've been seeing a few of them over the last few nights. it will be peaking, as you heard early tomorrow morning for your friday morning, with a rate of roughly between about 60 to 120 meteors per hour. but the forecast overnight tonight will be mostly cloudy, so that will get in the way, but maybe a better bet as we do move into friday night and into saturday morning as we talk about rainfall. there are some more rain on the way in the bay area, but take a look at the extremes here up in northern california. those amounts. you can see santa rosa over 200% of average. these are seasonal rainfall totals going back to october 1st. compare that to southern california, los angeles and san diego. only 4% of average. so a huge contrast, as you can see from north to south. and basically, you know, we talk so
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much about atmospheric rivers is basically the resulting pattern with a lot of rainfall to the north of that atmospheric river has been kind of focused, and not so much rain or minimal rain to the south. and we have some more rain on the way for tomorrow. so here you can see the system offshore here, rainfall projections about a 10th of an inch to possibly an inch up in the north bay. no wind advisories, but we could have winds maybe 20 to 30 miles an hour, and the sierra will pick up more snowfall, with a winter storm warning in place for tomorrow for the west slopes of the sierra. here's a look at the rainfall projections for tomorrow. close to an inch up in the north bay hills. compare that to the south bay to about a 10th of an inch to a quarter of an inch. so this is the setup for your friday and into the weekend. we should dry things out. here's the satellite this afternoon where you can see all these clouds moving into the pacific northwest and up in northern california. so some green showing up right around eureka, right around crescent city. and this cloud cover will eventually move to the south overnight tonight and into your friday morning. so the rainfall could be a factor for the morning commute. it will be a factor for the morning commute.
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current numbers out there. it's a nice afternoon to get outside. santa rosa 62, oakland is 59. san jose is mild checking in at 66 degrees. and here's our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge with some blue sky up above. and those high clouds mainly up along the north coast. they'll gradually increase over the next few hours. also increasing will be the surf once again. it has been quite the stretch of high surf, and we do have a beach hazard statement for tomorrow, but another high surf advisory begins friday night through saturday and into sunday so you can see the swell will be peaking sometime into saturday with waves from around 15 to 18ft. so just be extra careful right near the immediate coastline. so here's that next system coming on board for your friday morning rainfall returns for tomorrow, and then beginning into the weekend and into next week, we'll see this area of high pressure return. and that will set up a dry weather pattern this weekend and into early next week. in fact, maybe a bit of a warming one as well. so here's the updated model showing you the clouds and eventually the rainfall. so this
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is the forecast model. you can see that rainfall moving from north to south throughout the morning hours. the bulk of the action will be tomorrow morning, but still the possibility of some scattered showers. so tomorrow morning, some clear skies. tomorrow afternoon, some clear skies, some clouds and a few pop up showers. and then into the weekend we will clear things out. not completely, but at least we'll have a mixture of sun and clouds for both saturday and sunday. so the bulk of the rainfall will be tomorrow morning. the chance of some scattered showers into the afternoon hours. it will be cooler for your friday fair. skies into saturday. a few clouds into sunday. looks like some gusty winds into monday, but you can see once this rain cloud moves on out, talking about a dry weather stretch that will continue into a good portion of next week. >> all right mark, thank you. we want to get you now to some breaking news. we're following in antioch. and that's where crews are responding right now to a large fire at a gas station. live pictures here from sky fox. the chopper has just arrived up over the scene. again, this is happening in antioch at lone tree way and worrell way, and you can see here the crews have now knocked
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down that fire. in fact, the contra costa county fire department put out a post on social media just a short time ago saying they have knocked down the interior fire here at this gas station. but looking at some of the images on social media this afternoon, this was a very large fire. huge flames and a plume of black smoke coming from this scene. but thankfully, crews have now been able to knock down this fire, so they're making a lot of progress on what was a two alarm fire that was fully involved here at this gas station. obviously, a lot of concern when you have fuel, you have propane tanks on a property like this one. there is a great deal of concern to try to get a fire like this under control at this point. the contra costa county fire department says there were no injuries with this fire, which is great news. here they are on scene, obviously doing their mop up operations and trying to figure out at this point how that fire may have started. no word on a cause here, but again, a large fire at a gas station in antioch. we're working to get more information on this situation here. we'll
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bring you further updates throughout the evening. all right. we're going to head to break now. and before we do that, we will check on the roads around the bay area. and we'll take you here to richmond. and this is the toll plaza, or heading toward the toll plaza of the richmond san rafael bridge. and you can see traffic is sailing along here as you head on to the b dge to head over
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biles has been named sports illustrated sportsperson of the year. the honor comes amid a historic year for biles, who staged a huge comeback at the olympic games in paris. she took home three golds and a silver this summer. those recent wins put her at 11 olympic medals, making her the most decorated american gymnast of all time. >> kenyan space officials are now investigating an object they say fell from space and landed in a local village. the metallic, partially burnt, ring shaped object fell from the sky on monday. no one was injured. it weighs over 1,000 pounds and is eight feet in diameter. kenya's space agency official says the object is possibly a separation ring from a rocket launch vehicle. >> we are to assess the impact to the area, identify whose space object is this so that we can use the existing legal mechanisms under international law. as far as the outer space treaty is concerned.
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>> there have been many cases of space debris falling to earth. some past examples include part of a spacex dragon capsule landing on an australian sheep farm three years ago, and last march, nasa faced a lawsuit from a florida family after their home was hit by a piece of falling space metal. >> the chp is reporting an unusual traffic stop just before new year's. officers found a young spider monkey in a rolls royce that was stopped by chp for speeding. this happened in madera county, north of fresno on highway 99 on monday. the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui and possession of cannabis for sale. the department of fish and wildlife took that spider monkey to the oakland zoo to be cared for. it is illegal to own primates as pets in california. >> well, researchers have discovered a dinosaur highway in the united kingdom. a worker digging up clay at a lime quarry in southern england noticed unusual bumps. they turned out
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to be dinosaur tracks dating back 166 million years. the tracks were made by gigantic, long necked dinosaurs called sauropods and a megalosaurus, a ferocious predator with distinctive three toed feet with claws. the area where the tracks cross raises questions about interactions between the carnivores and herbivores. >> i have lots of questions. it's incredible. all right. appropriately s here's your ktvu idea of the day. we asked image generator midjourney to imagine some dinosaurs taking a drive on a highway. on a highway. here ey are on 880. and obviously there's traffic because it is 880but i don't know, man. it looks more like they're riding those car >> like ridg th car. >> smashing the cars. yeah. >> those cars look like they're bad shape. i mean, yeah, once, once the dinosaur gets to what they call this in the bay, what do they call this? >> ghost? ride the whip. ghost ride the whip? >> no, cause ghost rid i do.
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okay. i like that a lot. all right, we'll be right back
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last month it expects to raise its benchmark rate just twice this year. that's down from the four cuts it forecast in september. >> there were fewer people filing for unemployment benefits last week, according to labor department. jobless claims dropped by 9000 to 211,000 for the week ending december 30th. that's the lowest since last march. analysts say the data shows the continued strength of the u.s. labor market. this is one of the final economic snapshots of the biden administration. before transferring power to president elect trump on january 20th. >> new technology could change the way we receive emergency alerts. >> fox's evan brown has the details on the company using ai to deliver urgent information. >> the 2024 hurricane season was one of the most destructive on record. francine and milton killed more than 250 people and caused billions in damages. and now the state of florida is partnering with the tech company future e to mitigate future
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losses. integrating ai tech with traditional broadcasting, ensuring folks have 24 over seven access to critical information. >> today's emergency alert systems do a good job of short bursts of information just in time. but what's missing is extensive information about preparedness and recovery. >> it's called beacon, and its goal is to provide a unified, consistent message across all platforms by automatically recording and sorting public safety information and then distributing it to traditional tv and radio, in addition to streaming it online and via beacons mobile app, even translating it into different languages based on local needs. >> ultimately, artificial intelligence became an important part of our technology solution because we needed a way to automatically capture content, prioritize it, and localize it. >> beacon is currently being used by florida's division of emergency management in the gainesville area, and if all goes well here in florida, it could be rolled out nationwide,
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even used for non-weather emergencies. >> it's also built to work on any other type of disaster or critical information critical situation where information is needed by the public, and those emergency alerts can save lives. >> of all the florida counties that reported deaths during hurricane helene. only about a third of them sent out warnings in miami. eben brown, ktvu, fox two news. >> next at five. a day of healing in new orleans as the city recovers from a deadly terrorist attack. why? authorities now say the suspect likely acted alone. also ahead, a man with decorated military service believed to be behind the wheel of this cybertruck when it exploded outside the trump hotel in las vegas. what police say they found inside that truck's charred remains and a violent day in the city of san francisco as police investigate back to back shootings. the victims include a toddler who is now recovering in the hospital. the news at five starts right now. >> ktvu fox two news at five
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starts now. >> we begin tonight with the city of new orleans desperately seeking a return to normalcy. 36 hours after what authorities are calling an act of terrorism. good evening, i'm cristina rendon. many are mourning the 14 people killed and dozens more hurt in that new year's day attack, but also finding a way to move forward. we want to give you a live look from earthcam at the famous bourbon street this hour, which did reopen earlier this afternoon to the public. the college football super bowl was held after a 20 hour delay. police have put in new security measures and more patrols as authorities continue to investigate the attacker, who drove a rental truck into a crowd. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us live in studio tonight with what those investigators have found. jana. >> well, the fbi says that the new orleans attack was a premeditated act of terrorism by a u.s. citizen. the attacker had an isis flag on the vehicle and posted videos online. but investigators say it appears that he acted alone. >> i am o

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