some of the people who have camped out in the area tell us it's often the only place they can live. recently, homeless encampments near some railroad tracks, including on jackson and seventh streets in japantown and a part of little orchard street, have been cleared. advocates say even if an encampment is removed, people do return. and this week, the city of san jose will start cracking down on rv parking to deal with environmental and safety problems. san jose mayor matt mehan says the city is more than doubling its shelter capacity, and it's going to do so to try and help those in need. and it's opening special parking sites where those folks can go and park their rvs. >> crews intensifying efforts in southern california as wildfires continue to rage across the region. >> the anticipated winds, combined with low humidities and low fuel moistures, will keep the fire threat in all of los angeles county. >> how they're putting out hotspots and managing patches of

dry vegetation as stronger winds are expected to potentially hurt the progress that's already been made. >> then the fires in la. a big wake up call for people here in the bay area. >> we are a very vulnerable area. >> what the oakland fire department is recommending residents in the hills do to make sure they're safe. >> and behind every destroyed home is a story of survival and heartbreak. the firsthand accounts from evacuees who narrowly escaped the southern california wildfires. [music] >> live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. >> the nine. >> good morning, and welcome back to an awfully pretty picture, but very dry and cold out there. san francisco, glittering in the mid morning sunshine. unfortunately, not a drop of rain. that's okay, i guess, for those of us here in the bay area, but it is adding to a very difficult and dangerous situation down south. we will of course stay on top of those los angeles county wildfires. first responders say they're prepared to handle

dangerous weather conditions there today and tomorrow. >> yeah, there are already wind gusts nearing 75mph this morning, complicating the ongoing firefight. >> ktvu sally rasmus joins us from the newsroom with an update on what firefighters and county leaders are saying about that today. ali. >> well, they just wrapped up a news conference where they were briefing the public on their strategy and the firefight today and the message to people in los angeles county from those officials is, be prepared, be ready. the danger and threat of ongoing wildfires still very much a reality in southern california right now. a red flag warning is in effect. wind gusts as high as 75mph are expected through tomorrow. and a bit of good news, though containment of the palisades fire improved slightly since yesterday. 17%, with more than 23,000 acres burned. the eaton fire is now 35% contained, up from 33 yesterday. and now, ahead of today's challenging weather conditions, cal fire planes doused homes and hillsides yesterday with water and fire

retardant chemicals. fire engines and water trucks have been stationed in vulnerable spots with dry brush. the goal, of course, with all this to prepare for any embers that could possibly be carried miles away by those 60 to 75 mile an hour wind gusts and start a new fire or flare up. >> life threatening and destructive and widespread winds are already here for this significant wind event. we are taking an aggressive lean forward posture, and the lafd has staffed all available resources, strategically placing fire patrols and engines in the unimpacted high fire risk areas in the city. >> we are giving this fire everything we've got. this is a particularly dangerous situation from now through tomorrow, the strongest winds will be this evening and we ask everyone to get prepared now to evacuate. >> now, also at this briefing, officials said fema staff are available at libraries throughout l.a. county and will

be there until 6:00 today. disaster recovery centers are open today in pasadena college and at ucla and at those centers. l.a. county public health will provide medications for people who evacuated and maybe forgot to bring their medicine with them, or who may have lost their medications in the fire. bottled water is also being distributed at various recreation centers because there are still some significant do not or do not drink boil notices for water in the area. malibu schools are closed today. however, all santa monica school district campuses are open and as a preventative measure, 22,000 households in los angeles county are facing some power shutoffs from southern california edison, the utility down there. and that's because of the high winds in the region. officials want to make sure people get everything ready should they need to evacuate or be under an evacuation warning. that means gathering your important documents and belongings before nightfall and having your batteries charged and flashlights ready back to

you. >> ali. thank you. there is a story behind every destroyed home and business in the wildfire, stories of sadness and lives changed. 92,000 people are still under evacuation orders and evacuees are telling their stories, sharing videos, too, of how they had to flee their homes as the flames closed in. chad comey showed video from his balcony in pacific palisades that fire racing down the hillside. comey is a full time caretaker for his parents. while he successfully evacuated his mother, it was too dangerous for his father to leave. >> he ended up waiting out the night in the garage through all the smoke because he's visually impaired. he couldn't tell me the state of the building, but he said about 11 at night or 12 midnight, the sprinklers came on. he just waited in pitch blackness in the garage until 5 a.m. >> comey says his father managed to get outside to a nearby road, where a stranger driving by drove him to safety. another evacuee fled with her four year old son. they first went to palm springs and were now staying

with friends in the central valley. they're now struggling, struggling to find a home to rent. >> prices for rentals are skyrocketing all throughout the city, and it's been almost impossible to find a rental house or apartment or shack or anything that isn't being scooped up. >> both evacuees have fundraising pages set up on a gofundme website. the crowdsourced site says it has an entire portal of fire victims, which the company has already prescreened law enforcement agencies in the los angeles area say they have made three arson arrests since sunday. >> thankfully, all of those small fires were quickly put out. those arrests are in addition to dozens of other arrests for looting, flying drones illegally, curfew violations and impersonating law enforcement. so far, nine were charged for looting in the areas of palisades and eaton fires. >> the warning shot remains. do not go ahead and engage in looting. engage in internet

scams. engage in price gouging. do not violate evacuation orders, and do not commit any of these crimes in which people are trying to profit from the tragedy of the people who have suffered from these various fires. >> authorities released ring video of some suspected looters entering an evacuated home. officers say they stole more than $200,000 in property in altadena. one man says he's taken it upon himself to become neighborhood watch and filmed the car show. >> and they can see us with the license plate and then they disappear really quickly. >> in the small city of azusa, 25 miles east of l.a, a man has been charged with arson after officials say he intentionally started a fire at a park. the fire was put out quickly and the man was arrested at the scene. >> governor newsom is expanding a special session of the state legislature to include the los angeles wildfires. >> i had an opportunity to talk

to community leaders about an expanded special session, to move $2.5 billion to help those families, businesses, congregations, parishioners that have been impacted by the eaton fire. >> the $2.5 billion will support recovery and cleanup efforts, as well as wildfire preparedness and plans to reopen schools that were closed by the fires. governor newsom says he wants to rebuild los angeles as quickly as possible, organizing california's version of the marshall plan, in which the u.s. helped rebuild western europe after world war two. the special session was originally scheduled to discuss countering policies from the incoming trump administration on immigration and the environment. >> bay area first responders are watching what's happening in southern california, and so are people in the bay area. they've been through similar disasters to where they're reflecting on their experience to. one of the worst fires to hit the bay area was the 1991 oakland hills firestorm. authorities say improvements since then include better fire training and response, and more collaboration among different agencies. bay area fire agencies also plan to meet soon about water supplies

and water pressure, so firefighters do not run into the same problem we saw in los angeles. >> it really is a collaboration and a partnership with our community to make sure that we're a fire safe city. >> annually, we are inspected by members of the fire department who come and make sure that we've cleared the brush, we've cleared the overhanging trees. >> homeowners are adding more defensible space around their property and replacing redwood decks with metal railing and fire resistant materials. authorities say there's no such thing as fire season, and that people should maintain the homes on a regular basis. >> all right. rosemary oroczo is here and the weather is a huge factor not only here but also in southern california. >> yes, dry here and dry there, sal. and there they also have the winds, as we've been talking about, with the red flag warning going almost 36 hours from now. here's a look outside our doors first, where we are starting out with partly cloudy, mostly clear skies. and wow, what a cold one.

as we know. frost advisory for our inland cities expiring at 9 a.m. this morning. so just a few moments ago. and here is a look at some of the colder temps this morning. morgan hill falling to 28 degrees lafayette, campbell, atherton, pleasanton, novato, almanor and windsor all below freezing in the low 30s. so here's where we stand right now 36 in santa rosa in our east bay, 41 in walnut creek in the south bay. 46 for you, san jose. and yes, if it feels much colder out there, it's because it is. we are down by 20 degrees compared to yesterday in santa rosa, down by five, sfo down by 11 in concord. getting into the afternoon, calling for partly cloudy skies and seasonably cool weather. i'll show you those numbers here in a moment. let's take a look at our winds generally light out there. you may notice a little bit of haze in the sky today. air quality will remain good to moderate, but some of that drift coming up from canada. and again, you may see just a bit as we head into the afternoon. palo alto and

hayward, just a gentle breeze for you. there we are, calm over mountain view. let's shift over towards the southern california, where the red flag warning going until tomorrow evening. and it's not just los angeles. it stretches from san diego, through la, through ventura, all the way through santa barbara county and into the mountains of san luis obispo county for very dry conditions. relative humidity already in the teens in some spots, and i'm not seeing a whole lot of wind at this point, but it will turn on getting into the afternoon and then it begins to die down a little bit. it looks like tonight, and then back up tomorrow afternoon before that. red flag warning is expected to expire at 6:00. so that is going to be a tough one for the firefighters out there trying to keep containment. we will be following it here for you, of course on ktvu. meanwhile, our afternoon highs for today upper 50s to low 60s across the region under mostly sunny skies. and your extended forecast here showing you not much change. cold overnight

lows, a relatively mild afternoon, highs all the way into the weekend. we are looking at dry conditions. back to you. >> thank you rosemary. several people have already been kicked out or carried out of the first day of confirmation hearings for pete hegseth. [applause] usa. that's just some of the chaos. next on the nine. why president elect trump's nominee has set up a contentious confirmation process. also ahead, mideast negotiators say they are closer than ever before to a ceasefire in the gaza strip. >> i'm trey yingst

put out a fire at an apartment in the tenderloin. the fire broke out on the top floor of the essex hotel on ellis and larkin streets. crews tell ktvu the fire may have been started by a battery from an electric scooter that was plugged in overnight. >> the initial report from the resident of unit 601 that he was plugging his scooter in, and it overheated and started a fire in his unit. it looks to be all the damage is in the one room. they're going to open up the walls to make sure there's no extension of fire into the wall system. >> there are no reports of injuries. while some neighbors left the building most sheltered in place until the firefighters were able to put out the flames. one person may be displaced.

arson investigators have to further assess the damage and look into what caused it. >> now to the middle east, where israel and hamas are reportedly getting close to a cease fire deal. fox's trey yingst is in tel aviv with more on the agreement that could end the war and bring the hostages home. >> israeli airstrikes killed another 18 people overnight, but they could be coming to an end soon. a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas appears to be imminent. both sides have reportedly accepted a draft agreement, and the final details are now being hammered out. an israeli official tells fox news this is now a, quote, critical period of time for the negotiations gasia the obstacles to the main contentious issues between the two sides have been overcome. >> today, we are at the closest point to reaching an agreement. >> phase one of the deal will include the release of 33 hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners, and a temporary pause in the fighting. detailed negotiations on phase two will start 16 days later, with a full israeli withdrawal from the gaza strip expected after all the hostages are sent

home. president biden saying the agreement is similar to the one he proposed back in may of 2020 for palestinian people deserve peace and the right to determine their own futures. >> israel deserves peace and real security. >> but some conservatives in the israeli cabinet are opposing the deal, saying the hundreds of palestinian prisoners who will be exchanged for the hostages are too high a price to pay, and they're threatening to leave the government and weaken prime minister benjamin netanyahu's coalition. >> hamas the deal being forged is a deal of surrender to hamas. we can go to the prime minister and inform him that if he passes the deal, we will withdraw from the government. >> the hostages and missing families forum is urging lawmakers here to stop making statements that could harm ongoing negotiations. in tel aviv, trey yingst, ktvu, fox two news. >> people who were found guilty of storming the capitol may receive pardons from incoming president trump, including four who have ties to the bay area. three have been very public about their role in the

insurrection, have served short jail or prison terms. a fourth, however, fled. the country is in belarus under political asylum, where he's been separated from his family and two children. he could return to the country if pardoned by mr. trump. >> confirmation hearings for president elect donald trump's cabinet have kicked off today, and while some are expected to go smoothly, others will be more contentious. fox's rebecca castor is on capitol hill this morning with a look at texas hearing, which is trump's pick for secretary of defense. >> donald trump's controversial pick for secretary of defense pete hegseth, arriving for what's expected to be a contentious confirmation hearing. but the former fox news host and combat veteran believes he's the man for the job. >> it's time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm, a change agent, someone with no vested interest in certain companies or specific programs or approved narratives. >> but first, democrats want answers about a slew of allegations against hegseth, including sexual misconduct and alcohol issues. they also

question whether he's prepared to lead an agency as complex as the pentagon. >> put aside all the charges of sexual impropriety and alcohol abuse. there has never been a nominee for an office of such serious consequence who is so unqualified and unprepared in recent american history. >> but hegseth has shored up support among gop lawmakers and the military community, and dozens of veterans filled the hearing room tuesday to show their support. [applause] usa haeg says confirmation will rely on gop unity, meaning some republican senators will have to decide if they want to go against donald trump. >> keep in mind, under president trump, during those first four years, we had no new wars and that was because we had deterrence. we had peace through strength. and with pete hegseth at the helm, we're going to get back to that. >> the senate armed services committee will vote later today on whether to advance his nomination to the full senate, where he can only lose three gop votes, assuming all democrats vote against him. in washington.

rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> the biden administration is expected to propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. it would mark one of the last moves the administration does over his presidency. president joe biden has failed to follow through on a promise to ban menthol cigarettes. the proposal will not include e-cigarettes or nicotine patches. details of the proposal are not released yet, but studies say nicotine levels need to be slashed by 95% to stop addiction. >> doctors say that a restless night in bed can set you up for more than just a rough day, as they're increasingly linking bad sleep to alzheimer's. scientists say they think the disease is brought on by an increase in bad brain proteins called amyloid beta. those harmful proteins normally are cleared out while you sleep. poor sleep can lead to a buildup. scientists are now taking a deeper look at how our sleep patterns, heart rate and respiratory system are linked to clearing the bad proteins. >> we don't think this is going to be a cure for alzheimer's,

but we do think it has the potential to impact the developmental progression of the disorder. ultimately, anything that we can do to help improve the clearance of amyloid beta and slow the progression is a win in our book. >> alzheimer's reduces memory and thinking skills over time. it's the most common type of dementia, affecting more than 6 million americans. a new study says the risk of developing dementia may be higher than what scientists previously thought. older studies estimated about 17% of men and women would develop dementia in their lifetimes. a new study puts that estimate at 42%. the researchers who led the study say they think the increase is likely a result of people just living longer. they also say the number of people living with dementia may double by the year 2060. >> well, a major health care conference is underway now in san francisco, coming up on mornings on two and nine. why? there's a major focus on safety, which has prompted changes to this week's event. then a new tool in the battle against ultra

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going to be any less alarmed. the 2024 year has now broken records for the hottest year seen on earth. nasa and noaa scientists say 2024 was hotter than any year since at least

1880. 2023 previously held the record. the study comes as california deals with intense wildfires during the off season in winter. those fires have killed at least 24 people and displaced thousands of others so far. scientists say heat waves, hurricanes and wildfires are only expected to get worse. >> supreme court has rejected appeals from oil companies to stop a lawsuit in hawaii. leaders there want to hold oil companies accountable for climate change. shell, exxonmobil, chevron and bp are among those named in the suit. the companies are arguing climate change is an issue under federal law and should not be addressed at the state level. oil companies are accused of using deceptive marketing and public statements, instead of acknowledging the impacts they have had on climate change. >> amid increased awareness about ultra processed foods, more people are turning to a new tool meant to help consumers identify highly processed food at the grocery store. ultra processed foods are engineered with added ingredients including fat, sugar, salt, artificial colors and preservatives. while consumers can certainly read the

label, one doctor working with harvard medical school has created a database that ranks 50,000 processed foods sold across giant retailers. >> final goal is to actually have this as a tool for public health, for public health monitoring, for learning about the habits of the american people, what is offered to them and actually improve the overall health. >> the database can be found on true foods dot tech. its algorithm breaks down ingredients into categories, so people who are inclined can more easily pick a brand with fewer processed ingredients. so we've been asking you if you check food labels in hopes of avoiding ultra processed foods. we see just more than half of you say always your label pro 52%. the next two groups evenly split between sometimes and look, i have no idea what you're talking about. thank you for your honesty and for responding to our fun question today. you can make those numbers change by scanning the qr code at the top right of your screen, or heading out to ktvu.com/vote. >> they have labels. all right, move on to this now research. new research reveals alarming signs of social media addiction

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welcome back to mornings on two. we're looking live at the golden gate bridge. not a cloud in the sky in marin county. it's dry. whether it's going to be a nice day, i think a lot of people were wishing it would be raining here. and maybe in southern california, the state certainly could use the water. winds are picking up in southern california this morning, and it's complicating the firefight that we have going in southern california. >> it's very difficult because these winds are essentially what caused the firestorm to grow to the magnitude that it did. things are very, very difficult in the southland. >> let's go over to connor hansen. he is in la where enforcements have arrived earlier today to help crews get a handle on the fires. >> more firefighters and more water tankers have arrived right here in los angeles county as they brace for another round of strong santa ana winds. southern california, once again under a red flag warning days after massive fires broke out around los angeles county. wind gusts will not be as powerful as last

week's, but officials warn they could be strong enough to turn one spark into something more. >> it's so dry because of these winds that the brush or fuel, if an ember lands on it, has a 65% of ignition. >> some 14,000 crews from multiple states, as well as mexico and canada, are staging on the ground and in the air. and cal fire is asking people here to avoid certain high risk activities. >> that means like no mowing right now. if you're going to run over a rock, if you're driving, make sure you're not driving a chain in just one week. >> fires have burned more than 40,000 acres. one estimate now puts the cost at more than $250 billion. >> this is all out here, and there's a growing number of people looking to take advantage of the victims, from price gouging to looting. >> some residents who stayed behind say they've started their own neighborhood watch. >> we go out and film the car so and they can see us with the

license plate, and then they disappear really quickly. >> fire officials are telling people who live in high risk areas not to wait for official evacuation warnings and to just leave their homes if they sense any fire danger. in los angeles county, connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news los angeles leaders find themselves in the same position. >> the mayor and others in the northern california town of paradise were in. back in 2018, the town was decimated and 85 people died in the camp fire in and around paradise. mayor of paradise says his stepdaughter just lost her home in the eaton fire down south. he also reached out to city leaders in altadena. >> one thing that that i told him is don't let anybody tell you you can't do this because they're wrong. you can do this and you will do this. and we're we're kind of the proof of that. >> six years after the camp fire, which burned 95% of the area. mayor crowder says most of the town has been rebuilt and

thousands have returned. >> well, here at home happening today. first lady jill biden is expected to be the keynote speaker at a major conference in san francisco. she'll take part in the j.p. morgan healthcare conference. ktvu james torres is live in the city with how much this event means for the city. james. >> andre. we have seen union square bustling with people for the last two hours here as the city woke up as the conference day two started getting underway, all happening at the westin san francis, just behind where i'm standing this morning. and we know about 8000 people have been in attendance here since yesterday when it all kicked off. it's also the first major event in the city since mayor daniel lowry took office as the mayor of san francisco. now, the san francisco hotel council says likely about 20,000 people are in town taking up rooms for a number of indirectly related smaller conferences happening coinciding with this j.p. morgan conference. with that comes a lot of security, and that is after the idea of this assassination of the united

health care ceo brian thompson. all of that happening at a health conference in new york. san francisco police officers have been lined up in and outside the hotel, not just yesterday, but all morning as well. and they will be that way for the duration of the conference. i spoke to some folks representing the union square alliance, who say they're hoping attendees leave with a good experience in the city. >> absolutely. 8000 people concentrated right here in union square. this is not the convention center. this is union square and all things surrounding this district. 8000 people generating over $92 million in economic impact. that is huge. >> and those people heard from mayor daniel lowry directly. he spoke to attendees yesterday telling them more than 8000 people here in san francisco, that it is in the city while it is facing an upward trajectory. we know today the big headline first lady jill biden, expected to speak at the event. i also spoke to the leaders of sf travel, the agency that hopes to

get more folks into san francisco over the next few years. they tell me that they are receiving feedback about the conference and the city, all in real time. many people tell them that they feel safe, that their transportation to and from where they need to go has been easy and smooth so far. this conference will last until thursday evening. we're live this morning in san francisco. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> to the north bay now, as santa rosa is the latest bay area school district considering closing or consolidating schools. last night, the district held the first of several town hall meetings in response to its $20 million budget deficit. it plans to close at least four schools by the end of the academic year, in an effort to save $11 million over the next two years. the budget deficit is largely due to the loss of covid era federal relief funds and declining student enrollment, lack of kids. >> when i was first, when i got my first apartment, that apartment was $300. here i was

able to raise my kids, be there for them. parents now are having to work more than one job. that same apartment is $3,000 a month now, and it's the same apartment. >> she's actually speaking on a different report for you that we had in the city of berkeley, back to the north bay here. back in 2012, some 15,000 students were enrolled in santa rosa city schools. last year, that number dropped to just over 12,000. >> the west contra costa unified school district needs to trim its budget, the bay area news group reports. the district that serves students from richmond to hercules needs to cut $7 million in order to receive a positive budget certification for the next school year. west contra costa already slashed $19 million before the start of this school year. the interim superintendent says future cuts could result in about 100 layoffs over the next two years. an increase in enrollment would be the only surefire way to save jobs fostering partnerships, sharing resources and pushing boundaries to drive social

justice. >> on this giving day, we're highlighting full circle fund, where bay area changemakers unite to empower nonprofits to thrive and make an impact where it matters most. with us now is samantha carpenter, the ceo and executive director of full circle fund. samantha, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having us. >> all right, so, samantha, first tell us what full circle fund is. >> full circle fund is a nonprofit in the bay area that elevates how our community can help social justice nonprofits thrive. >> all right. so how do you guys do that? >> we have one of our main programs is projects where we really believe in fostering long term relationships with the nonprofits we partner with through four month commitments, where our volunteers help with the capacity building need for that nonprofit. >> all right. so describe some of the things that you guys have helped nonprofits do. >> yeah, we can help with a marketing campaign. maybe they need to really dig into their audience or figure out who are their donors. how are their

donors really giving so that they can meet those needs in the best way possible? >> so full circle fund is there to help other nonprofits kind of expand and become better. maybe hyper focus what what they're doing on the community. >> exactly. and we really focus on getting to know not only the staff that we work with at the nonprofits, but really the beneficiaries that those organizations are supporting so we can meet their needs. >> and so what's the response you're getting from some of these, you know, nonprofits, they don't you know, they're not always big companies or big nonprofits. these are small groups of people trying to make a difference. so tell us what the responses you're getting from these groups that you're helping. >> yeah, a lot of the nonprofits that we're working with are really in the 250 to $1 million budget range for size. so small staff, 5 to 10 people who are constantly reprioritizing what they need. so when we come in and partner with them and we spend so much time getting to know them, their needs, their beneficiaries needs, it really helps them, you know, achieve those things that would otherwise wait for a year or two

years or sometimes not even happen. wow. >> so they i'm sure this is a great need for them and is something that you charge them, or is it something that you just partner with them and help them on? >> it's free of charge to the nonprofits. what we really encourage is our community members contributing. if they're working on a project, they're contributing their time, their talent. we also really encourage contributing your treasure your money either through a giving circle or directly donating to the nonprofit that you're partnering with. >> all right, so you have volunteers with your group that help out these other nonprofits as well. exactly. and so what are the skills of the volunteers that join your organization? >> the skills really vary. we obviously have a huge group of people coming from tech who bring that, which is an expensive skill. so for the nonprofits to get that for free is a game changer. working on a website, something like that. and it could be really any skill, though it might be that you're good at leading a project. and so you help scope the project, working alongside the nonprofit, developing that

partnership. it could be that you bring an industry expertise. we work across different social issues. could be housing, could be climate change. so maybe you're bringing an expertise of that that really helps supercharge the project you're working on. >> so what do you want folks to know that are watching this that want to know more about it? what are you encouraging them to do? >> yeah, well, we really encourage finding your community because there's overwhelm when you think it's you by yourself against something like climate change. but when you're sitting with a team of six people, we've broken down the project problems into something that's manageable. you feel like you have your community. it's caring people who want to help, and that starts to take the overwhelm out of it and bring structure to solving that problem. >> so if i'm a nonprofit and i'm looking for your help, i'm a social justice nonprofit. i just reach out to you. and how do you select the nonprofits you work with, exactly? >> full circle fund org is a great way to find us. sam at full circle fund org is my email. but we really source

projects from any nonprofit serving the bay area. so you could be in any of the counties that are considered bay area. and we tend to work within economic injustice, climate change, housing and education, which are broad categories. so many things get captured there. >> wow, that's that's pretty interesting. i have not heard of this particular angle before, but but volunteering to help nonprofits, a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits. exactly. pretty awesome. all right. samantha carpenter, thank you so much for joining us this morning and providing your insight into your organization. and we want to let people know if you'd like to donate to full circle fund. we've made it easy for you. just scan the qr code you see right there on your screen, or you can head to ktvu.com/giving day to find out more about full circle fund. samantha thank you, thank you. all right. coming up on mornings on two the nine a tiktok ban is just days away. how users can protect their content before it's too late. and speaking of social media, popular platforms are reportedly affecting children as young as 11 years old. we'll talk with a doctor about the alarming new

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the rent prices from going up. the 12 unit building on california street near carlton

was built in the 1960s as affordable housing. when the owner died in 2020, the residents learned the state was planning to sell. residents asked the city to help provide funds to buy the complex through the city's small sites program and the bay area community land trust. the city got the funds needed to turn the site into an affordable housing collective. >> we have an opportunity to stay here, which doesn't occur on a regular basis when buildings are sold, especially in berkeley, before it was turned into a co-op. >> the building was owned by the family of businessman thomas hamilton. he moved to berkeley from tulsa, oklahoma, bought some land, and built the 12 unit apartment building. the family says it was his intention to rent it to people who couldn't afford california's high housing costs. >> i know he would be very happy and very proud that people would still have a place to live in this area. >> it's the third building that's been purchased under berkeley's small sites program.

rents for apartments are estimated to be between 12 to $1800 a month for a one bedroom. >> a community meeting in san francisco focused on a proposal to build affordable housing for seniors on the great highway. >> we're talking about housing and we're talking about housing, seniors, and we have needs for both. >> the city bought the property on the great highway near lincoln avenue, as part of its goal to build affordable housing in all neighborhoods of san francisco. it's the current site of a motel six. the plan is to build roughly 200 units for seniors, including those who were formerly unhoused. >> location is it's a liquefaction zone. it's in a flood zone. it's in a tsunami zone. and it's there's a fault line right off the coast. so they couldn't have picked a worse spot. >> the sunset has been just deplorable in its failure to provide below market rate housing. and a project like this really breaks ground. >> the project has been modified to address some of the concerns from neighbors. it now includes 199 apartment units, and that's

down from 216. >> a majority of children are reportedly using social media. the research comes as tiktok faces a ban in the u.s. in the coming days. social media platforms like tiktok, instagram, youtube and snapchat require users to be 13 years old. however, researchers from ucsf found that a majority of 11 and 12 year olds nationwide do have an account on these platforms. the study also found that a quarter of children reported elements of addiction while using social media, and it's their usage that is linked with greater symptoms of depression, eating disorders, adhd, and disruptive behaviors. joining us now for more insight is the study's lead author, jason doctor jason nagata, who is a pediatrician at ucsf. doctor, welcome. this is concerning because i have kids and i know that peer pressure to be on these apps as early as ten, it starts around. then when some parents let their kids be on it because they don't care. apparently that's the way i feel

anyway. and then all the kids in the class say, well, she's on it, why can't i be on it? how do you how do you counter that? >> yeah, i think that it's a really important problem in question. i think, first of all, what we found is that age verification is not working. 13 is technically the minimum requirement, but two thirds of these underage preteens have social media accounts. so there are right now a lot of legislation and policy to try to make it so that there's a little bit more accountability. any kid can just put in a fake date of birth and get an account. so i think there needs to be a little bit more from the platforms end to make sure that there's not underage use. but for now, we don't have that. and as you said, you know, kids, because so many kids have it, it feels like they're being left out. so i do think that first of all, there's a role for sort of the community. ideally, if you can get your kids and like maybe their group of friends and the parents of the group of friends to kind of buy in, then if you all kind of have similar rules, then your kid doesn't feel quite as left out. if their other

friends have similar rules. the american academy of pediatrics actually recommends having a family media plan, so there's not a one size fits all, but just having regular discussions with your entire family, figuring out, you know, appropriate guidelines for the ages of your kids, and then trying to think about rules that you know could apply to everyone in the household. >> i wanted to ask you in the study, you found that this can lead to depression. why is that? why is it that, you know, chatting with your friend on snapchat, for example, can lead to depression? >> yeah, that's a really great question. and you know, social media is supposed to be social. so like you're supposed to use it to connect and some kids do. but i will say that in our studies, the majority of kids have found that actually the more time that they spend online, it actually is maybe more of an isolating experience. and while they could be using it to connect with each other, a lot of times they're kind of doom scrolling. and so they're looking at a lot of content and maybe content that isn't really an accurate portrayal of reality. so they say like, oh, all these other kids are having

fun. they're doing all these things, and i'm stuck at home, you know? >> you know, i also find that even as an adult, sometimes it's a time suck. like you're just doomscrolling and all of a sudden an hour goes by and you could have been doing going to the gym or something. is it the same with kids? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think that we're most concerned about kids because they're still growing, developing. their brains are developing. and so it's a really important time for them to be learning lifestyle habits. but these rules and issues still apply to adults. and obviously, you know, we all have devices and we all face these same challenges. so i do think that one of the important things actually for kids is that we model the behaviors that we want for our kids, because the biggest predictor of our kids screen use is our own screen use. >> right? so when i'm sitting there on the couch, you know, what i do is i watch a lot of sports. so i'm sitting there and i'm like, you know, that quarterback is an idiot. whatever. they look at that and they say, oh, well, the only way to watch tv is with a with a device. >> yeah, i think that even

though your kids say that they're not listening to you, they actually are paying more attention than you think. and so i think that, you know, if we're going to set household rules, it's important that we follow. >> doctor, what is the most shocking or surprising thing you found when you did this study? >> i mean, i actually one other surprising thing was that a lot of these kids actually have secret accounts that they don't tell their parents about. and so there's a lot of anonymous accounts that, you know, you have you have to be aware of. >> anonymous. wow. that's even another level. so these kids are smart, right? yes. and the problem with some adults is that if the adults themselves don't know social media, they can be easily be fooled with this anonymous stuff. >> yeah. i mean, i think that that's why it's important to have regular conversations with your kids, because oftentimes your kids are more tech savvy than you are. so even if you try to put in rules, they can usually get around them. so i think if you just can have an open conversation with them, talk about why you're concerned, why there might why it might be good for them to have certain limits to go outside, play, be in person with other people. then if they can have buy in, then they'll be more likely to do it. and eventually they're

going to be adults themselves and they're making the decisions. so you want to help them to make these right decisions. when they are young adults. >> doctor jason nagata from ucsf pediatrician, thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much for having me. all right. >> still to come on mornings on two, the nine numbers are out for new york city's congestion pricing program. next on the nine how traffic is faring in the nation's largest city. as the controversial plan has been in effect for a couple of weeks now. plus, kitchen nightmares returns to fox on tuesdays, and to celebrate, you have the chance to transform your own kitchen, just like gordon ramsay does on the show. entered a kitchen nightmare. screams, dreams, screams to dream sweepstakes for your shot at winning an incredible 20 piece hexclad cookware and serving set. the ultimate price pack has everything you need cookware, chef's knives, mixing bowls, and more to make your culinary dream a reality. watch kitchen nightmares tuesdays at eight on ktvu fox two and visit ktvu.com/contest to en

in the hospital after she was hit by gunfire during a shootout. that gunfire erupted while the police were serving a search warrant in a neighborhood just north of six flags discovery kingdom. when police arrived, they found the wounded girl who was riding in a car with her mother. she was rushed to ucsf benioff children's hospital, oakland, where she is being treated for serious injuries. >> this is a senseless act of violence and it has left a mark on the vallejo community, and our officers are determined to bring those responsible to justice. >> other bullets fired during the shootout hit cars and one family's living room, and almost hit an eight year old child in that home. ktvu has learned at least four guns were involved in the shooting. vallejo police have not said what led to the shooting, or if the family was the intended target. >> we've been talking about it. a possible ban on tiktok is just days away from taking effect, and users are scrambling to protect their content and find workarounds. experts say the app

won't disappear from your phone immediately, but it will likely experience more performance issues over time. some users are thinking about using their vpn to hide their location and ip address, but experts say it likely won't fix the performance issues. the best move is to download the content you want to keep now, especially if you are a content creator. >> they should have a contingency plan in place because if they're relying on this platform for their livelihood, then what are they going to do? >> i'm honestly probably resort to instagram reels because they're the same content. it's just instagram reels is a little behind, like the tiktok wave. >> the deadline for the parent company of tiktok, based in china, to sell the app, is this sunday. otherwise, it will be banned in the u.s. >> starbucks is rolling out a new rule meant to keep people from loitering inside its coffee shops. in doing so, starbucks ends an open door policy it announced in 2018. the coffee giant now says people are required to make a purchase if they're inside a store or want to use the restroom. starbucks previously said that no purchase was necessary after a worker

called police and two black men who were waiting for an acquaintance to hold a business meeting at a starbucks store were arrested. the company cites an uptick in unruly and dangerous behavior for what it called a policy update. in a statement sent to ktvu. starbucks spokesperson said in part, we want everyone to feel welcome and comfortable in our stores. implementing a coffee house code of conduct is something most retailers already have, and is a practical step that helps us prioritize our paying customers who want to sit and enjoy our cafes, or need to use the restroom during their visit. >> credit card skimming cases are going up in california, so be careful where you use your card, but especially at gas pumps and atms. here are the best way to avoid getting scammed by one. look at the card reader and check to see if the machine is sticking out or bulging. at gas stations. is the pump panel open or have a broken seal? these can all be telltale signs. opt to pay inside instead of at the pump and tap your card if you can, instead of swiping or inserting to avoid skimmers. the fbi says skimming costs

banks and consumers more than $1 billion a year. >> in new york city, traffic officials have released the early results of the city's new congestion pricing program. the toll program aims to ease traffic on city streets and raise revenue for cash strapped metropolitan transportation authority. since its launch on january 5th, there has been a 7% drop in traffic in lower manhattan, or more than 40,000 cars day. bay area transit or bay area transit officials previously studied the effects of congestion pricing in san francisco. the proposal was scrapped after the covid pandemic. >> i have a question. i was talking with a friend who went to. she doesn't live in the city. she's on the peninsula. went to the city to see nutcracker over the holidays. she said that parking would have been like $80 to reserve. and i'm like, okay, yes, i know. so she's like, so i took a rideshare, but rideshares don't really help the congestion issue, right? i mean, if it's because it's a car, car, car. so it's kind of a 50 over 50. >> bill martin speculated to me

a while back that a lot of the traffic on the bay bridge is because rideshare, rideshare, cars. >> yeah. you know, so i don't know how that really helps. >> yeah. meanwhile, i was like, you should have taken bart. it puts you right there. >> transit is the only way to really go with that because, you know, sometimes it uses, you know, its own system, right? >> that's what the bart civic center station is for people. >> good advice. yes, yes, yes. if you want to. >> yeah. we get to do this again at noon, i think between now and then and even through the noon show, you can always stream our newscasts live to the fox local app. it's great for your phone, television, tablet. scan the qr code or choose he local app >> three, two, one... it's showtime! >> ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good time ♪ ♪ spreading love and joy and laughter all over the place ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ it will be so legendary ♪ ♪ sherri's got you feeling good ♪