domestic dispute leads to a deadly police shooting. >> quiet, safe neighborhood nothing really to report. [music] >> from ktvu. fox two news. this is the four. also today at four. new details are emerging in that crash yesterday of a delta regional jet from passengers who lived through it. welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm alex savage. that plane flipped over and caught fire as it was coming in for landing at toronto's international airport. canadian officials have now launched an investigation into that crash. the delta plane came to rest on its roof and all 80 people on board were evacuated. 21 people were injured in the crash. all but two of them remain hospitalized this afternoon. one of the passengers on board said there was no warning from the cockpit, and when the plane stopped, everyone was hanging upside down in their seats. >> i was able pretty quickly to like, so you're kind of just hanging suspended. i was pretty,

me and the girl next to me were pretty. we were able to get out pretty quickly and kind of like climb or like sort of fall down to the ground, which was the ceiling. and then other people kind of needed some help, and people were sort of falling. but i don't think anyone, no one was hurt by getting down from their seatbelts. >> two of the five runways at toronto airport remain closed as a result of this crash. the aircraft is expected to be removed within the next 48 hours. compelling new video of that delta crash is giving a clearer view of what happened. >> ktvu tom vacar joins us now here in the studio. and, tom, this new video could potentially shed some more light onto what went wrong yesterday. >> well, i think it's extremely important to remember one thing, though. science and lady luck determined this outcome. this is the moment when a delta regional

jet with 80 on board, who all survived, slammed, landed at toronto, canada's pearson airport. the now viral video was posted on x by air plus news, with hundreds of thousands of views. aviation accident attorney and pilot mary schiavo, a former inspector general of the u.s. department of transportation, which oversees the federal aviation administration, explains it this way. >> this plane was coming extremely fast, or, as they like to say in the biz, hot. and it landed very close to the end of the runway. it came in very fast, and it just pancaked down on that runway. >> much of the fire came from the wing. >> of the commercial aircraft or wet wings. that's, you know, that's where the fuel is. that's where the fuel is kept. >> many modern aircraft. >> professor michael mccormick, who teaches at embry-riddle aeronautical university in florida, says as the wing broke off the jet, which then rolled over, the wing did what it was designed to do. >> if the forces on the wings

are enough to break the wing off because it's frangible, then that fuel source will actually not be a part of the fuselage. and that way you won't have the fuel in and around the fuselage and then cause additional risk to the passengers. >> in extreme circumstances. wing and tail structures are designed to separate from airliners in crashes, where the extremely rare event of a rollover happens. >> but then you see it turn in the right wing break off and this huge explosion. so we know the wing separated at that point. and the luck of the draw as to how it came out. >> it had to be a very hard hit. aircraft wings are remarkably flexible to handle the constant buffeting they encounter in flight. in this airbus test video, an airliner's wing is pulled up 17ft from its normal flying position to assure even the strongest turbulence will

not separate the wing from the rest of the plane. a key question. why did the experienced pilots attempt to land in severe weather? >> some of the reports actually put the winds above this aircraft's ratings for crosswind landings. i'm predicting that they will say that this wasn't a stabilized approach, and the pilot should have broken off. don't go around. tried again. >> now, neither schiavo nor professor mccormick saw any closely related commonality in this spate of aviation mishaps that we've recently seen. tom vacar, ktvu, fox two news. >> yeah, but, tom, a lot of us still talking about the sheer survivability of this incident. really amazing here. what were the most important factors in this crash? >> well, i think there are a number of them. i listed them certainly stronger and smarter aircraft that are designed in such a way that they'll minimize damage when they can. and part

of that is non-flammable seats. and these are seats that can hold 16 times your weight upside down or straight forward or moving forward. because in many, in many airline accidents, the seats all jammed together and people simply cannot get out of the seats. and then finally, the age old rule, the 92nd rule, the ability to be able to get out of an airliner in 90s that still stands. and that does save lives. put those three together. and that explains a lot of why these folks did survive. >> yeah, it makes up. makes a lot of sense. okay. tom vacar reporting live for us here in the studio. tom. thank you for that. authorities in concord say a violent domestic dispute led to a deadly police shooting. >> officials say the man shot was stabbing his father. ktvu jesse gary went to the neighborhood where the original 911 call was placed. >> around 130 tuesday morning. concord police converging on this home at 1930 natoma drive. a neighbor calling 911 with a report of a stabbing, according to two neighbors, a son inside

the home got into an altercation with his father and stabbed him, prompting the call for help. shortly thereafter, officers arrived and used deadly force to stop the young man. the contra costa county da's office says its investigators also went to the scene following the violence, per the county's protocol on law enforcement involved fatal incidents. concord police canvased area homes searching for a motive for the violence. one neighbor says the san vicente neighborhood is appealing because it had been drama free. >> pretty quiet, safe neighborhood. nothing really to report aside from traffic over the past. >> so i guess it's shocking to you to hear about this. >> yeah. >> neighbors say the stabbing victim was rushed to john muir hospital. the suspect, who is his son, was hit by police gunfire from one officer and was killed. neighbors say he was a good, quiet kid. concord police have not yet provided a statement to us, but they say at some point today they will release a statement. once that happens, we'll deliver it to yo,

either online or on air. in concord, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. >> the san francisco municipal transportation agency met today to discuss budget cuts that could result in cutting crossing guard jobs. the agency says cutting school crossing guards would save nearly $3 million. currently, 160 school crossing guards work in the city. critics of this proposal say the department is already short staffed, and they argue fewer crossing guards will only put more pedestrians at risk. >> state lawmakers will soon consider legislation to help boost nightlife and economic recovery in downtown san francisco. mayor daniel lurie and state senator scott wiener announcing that legislation today at union square. they say the bill would bring more bars and restaurants to the city's hospitality zones. if approved, it would provide 20 additional low cost liquor licenses for specified areas. currently, state law limits the number of licenses based on the population of the city.

>> we should be making it easier, not harder, for businesses to set up here. right now, state law limits our number of liquor licenses and they are expensive and hard to get. the this high barrier sends an and sends the wrong message to businesses that want to come here. >> right now, the cost of a state liquor license in san francisco can vary depending on the type, but generally can cost upwards of $100,000 or more. >> still ahead this afternoon here on the four, the new effort to rein in so-called sephora kids. we'll talk live with the bay area lawmaker who wants to ban anti-aging products for kids and teenagers. >> plus, new research suggesting the threat of sea level rise is even worse than previously thought. we'll have those details coming up. >> and giving you a live look here over san francisco. high clouds, mild temps, rain moving in for tomorrow. a bette

out in san jose. a multi-vehicle crash has happened on almaden expressway. skyfox overhead right now. we understand that one person was hurt and that they have suffered life threatening injuries. southbound and northbound almaden expressway will be closed from branham lane to hillsdale avenue for several hours as police continue to investigate and then obviously clear this scene. again, a crash involving several vehicles with at least one person seriously hurt here in san jose. so you are urged to avoid this area and use alternate routes. >> a state lawmaker here in california is taking action against the growing trend of so-called sephora kids. assembly member alex lee is introducing a bill that would ban the sale of anti-aging products with harsh ingredients to anyone under the age of 18. experts warn these products can cause rashes,

irritation and long term skin damage. >> and joining us now live is assembly member lee, whose district includes parts of alameda and santa clara counties. thank you so much for being here. okay, so now we have kids who are obsessed with aging. what are the concerns about children using these types of products? >> well, absolutely. thank you so much for having me here. and yes, as you can see, it is a ridiculous and yet paradox that children, especially young girls as young as even ten years old, are worried about looking old, having wrinkles or bad skin. when even when i was that age, or having kids around that age, you know, we were worried about going swimming classes or playing soccer and not how we were going to feel old. but that's because children, especially now, are under a torrent. a flood of social media influence that says their skin will look amazing and beautiful, and they just got to fork over $9,000. and you're seeing even on screen now, the types of beauty influencers, influencers that are prescribing these treatments and these products out there that can be very, very costly and in fact can actually

irritate their skin is because in these products there are certain chemicals that while they might be good at smoothing out fine lines in adults, can actually be very irritable on young children's skin. and that's why we're introducing this bill to ban the sale of these products to children under the age of 18. >> yeah. and you talk about reintroducing this legislation here because an earlier version of this legislation, it did fail last year that that bill sought to ban the sale of these anti-aging products to children under the age of 13. why are you now going a step further this time around and expanding this to ban the sale of these products to kids under the age of 18? and why do you think this time you'll be successful? >> yeah. well, fundamentally, this is about protecting children's health as we did the bill last time. so many parents and children were coming forward thinking that the reactions are having on their face those hot irritations and things like peeling the skin and hurting, frankly, their faces was isolated to themselves. but as more stories and more reports

are coming out and more research was done, we found that of course it's not safe for kids under 13, but also there's not any real good evidence to show that a 14 year old would also benefit from this. so we bumped up the age to 18, so that it's clear that all children under the age of all children who are under the age of 18, of course, so the children aren't going to be able to buy this, but we're sending a strong market signal, as well as information to consumers and parents that these products may not be safe for your child. >> i want to talk with you about that, which is parents involvement here. i mean, i was recently at sephora and i saw a mom and daughter in line that the daughter was probably about ten years old, a basket full of products. but the mom was right there purchasing the products for the child. i mean, isn't it ultimately up to the parents to make good decisions on behalf of their children? >> i think parents certainly have a big role to play in this, but the average parent out there is not a dermatologist. and even when you talk to dermatologists, then they give you the nuances and the reasons why a lot of these skincare products aren't

good for young children's skin. and the fact is that even if you are a relatively responsible parent and who wants to do good for their kid, the information out there is very buried. even though the beauty industry, the multi-billion dollar cosmetic industry acknowledges their products are not safe for kids, they bury this information really deep inside their websites. it's not on the box. it's not in the little pieces of paper that are in the product. it's nowhere to be found. so even if you were reasonably educated parent and you read all the labels, you didn't see anything that stood out to you. and you're not a dermatologist, so you wouldn't have known until something bad happened. so i think the important thing is to really send a strong signal by saying, yeah, this probably is not good for your kid, and that's why it's 18 plus, but also to spur more conversation education, because as we unfold and did this, this bill and did more stories, more parents came forward and said, oh yeah, that happened to me, or this was happening and i didn't even know. and i think good parents trying to be supportive of their kids and especially what they see online, they want to check it out for themselves. they want to be sort of the kids. they

might not even know these things, even if they did a basic amount of research on it. >> all right. let's talk about the role of the skincare industry and these cosmetics companies. as you talked about here, the personal care products council said in response to the previous version of your legislation that you put forth last year, that they advocate for policies that protect young people, and they look forward to working with legislators on effective regulations. would you say that that is a fair assessment, that that the cosmetic industry is trying to be a partner here and trying to find a solution? >> look, i definitely welcome the cosmetic industry and being partners in this. and i think they know from their own scientists that these products can do real harm. but the fact the reality is that teens, children and tweens are one of the fastest growing segment of beauty product buyers. now, do they want to hamper their own sales of potentially long term customers? they probably don't want to do that. but when last year, when a group of bipartisan legislators that i organized sent a letter to the peace personal care product council

based on dc, which is the cosmetic industry trade association, they didn't really commit to any concrete steps. and now i welcome any steps they have to increase their education awareness, and of course, to really not prey upon the social anxieties of young women and young girls. but they really need to step it up by actually showing more meaningful change. and absent that, we really have to introduce legislation like this to send a clear message to consumers, parents and of course, the industry itself. >> okay. really quickly, as we wrap up, what's next for this legislation? >> yeah, next for this legislation in april, it will go to first committee hearing where it did pass the first time. and then it will go through the whole how a bill becomes a law song and hopefully it will become will become signed into law on the governor's desk in october and then would be effective in the year of 2026. and that way it will be anti-aging products with those chemicals couldn't be sold to consumers unless you're 18 years old, just like as we do with sudafed, just as we do with other drugs and even spray paint. so there's a lot of precedence for this. >> all right. we appreciate the

conversation today. assembly member lee, great to have you on. >> thanks so much for having me on. >> all right. take care. >> okay. let's shift gears now and talk a little bit about our weather as we take a live look now outside from our roof camera, taking a look across the oakland estuary at downtown san francisco, meteorologist rosemary oroczo is tracking the weather conditions and joins me now. more with more on what to expect this week. >> yeah, we had a pleasant one out there today, heather. we had the high clouds overhead, a lot of filtered sunshine, and eventually we will need the umbrella once again. a quick round of rain coming our way for tomorrow. here's a look over golden gate park, san francisco, off toward the west where we have the pacific as well as part of the bay. there in view temperatures at this hour compared to yesterday for most, a little bit of a warmer day, excluding the coastline there at half moon bay, livermore up by seven, as well as the south bay of san jose, temperatures ranging from a low 50s over half moon bay to low 60s in novato, the inner east bay 65, walnut

creek 64 san jose. these temperatures are a few degrees above average for this time of year. the winds have been generally light in our hills. just a bit of a breeze, but not too bad. mountain view right now reporting at ten miles per hour. we have a light breeze. san jose at five. a little breezier at half moon bay, 17mph coming in from the northwest as we check in on the hills. atlas peak reporting 11. oakland north and south reporting between 5 and 10mph. there will be a little bit breezy tomorrow, as a very weak system pulls in to the west and brings with it the slight possibility of scattered showers for areas over the central and south bay. it does favor the north bay and lake county, likely to see some rain there. as i pull back just a little bit. it is still offshore, but areas over the pacific northwest beginning to see some light rain. and by early tomorrow morning it's moving into northern california. by 6 or 7:00, it's moving into lake county as well as the north bay. but notice as i push this forward, it kind of fizzles out as it moves into the central and

south bay. there's a look at 11:00 and by mid afternoon it's out of here and we're partly cloudy and we are drying out, setting the stage for some spring like warmth to come our way. for the back end of the business week, i'll have a better look at what we can expect for tomorrow as well as the rest of the week. coming up. >> rosemary. thank you. land is sinking at an alarming rate in some parts of the bay area, making the threat of sea level rise even worse. a new nasa study shows places like san rafael, corte madera, foster city and bay farm island are sinking by more than 0.4in per year by 2050. sea levels here could rise by as much as 17in. that's more than double the regional average. experts say this could seriously impact coastal areas, making it even more important for cities to plan for the future. up next here on the four this afternoon, high stakes peace talks begin to end the war in ukraine. still ahead, reaction from ukrainian leaders who were denied a seat

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level talks between the two rivals in more than three years. >> today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one. >> that journey involves normalizing relations between the u.s. and russia, and ending the nearly three year war in ukraine. >> the goal is to bring an end to this conflict in a way that's fair, enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all parties involved. what that looks like, well, that's what the what the ongoing engagement is going to be all about. >> there are a lot of details to work out. but sources tell fox news the u.s. and russia discussed a possible three stage peace plan, which includes a cease fire. elections in ukraine, then signing a final peace agreement. >> this needs to be a permanent end to the war and not a temporary end, as we've seen in the past. >> not present at tuesday's discussions. any representatives from ukraine? despite president volodymyr zelensky traveling in the region over the past few

days, he's been adamant that ukraine must have a say in any negotiated settlement to the fighting. >> really, we want peace very much, but we need real security guarantees. >> president zelenskyy canceled a visit to saudi arabia scheduled for wednesday. he'll return to kyiv, where he'll meet with u.s. special envoy keith kellogg later this week. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> with the ceasefire in gaza nearing the end of its first phase, hamas says it will expedite the release of more israeli hostages. hamas says it will release the bodies of four deceased hostages, including the bodies of two children, on thursday and the remains of four others next week, in addition to six living hostages, which are set to be released on saturday. hamas has now gradually released 19 hostages out of a total 33 to be released in exchange for nearly 2000 palestinian prisoners. >> it is committed to our goal to ensure the release of all our

hostages. >> our only start breathing for real when my son and everyone else is back. all the hostages. >> also, under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, israel has been withdrawing its forces from border villages in southern lebanon. later this week, israel and hamas will begin indirect negotiations on the second stage of a ceasefire deal. >> according to the vatican. pope francis has double pneumonia, which is complicating his treatment. the 88 year old pontiff has been fighting off a respiratory infection for more than a week now, and he was admitted to a rome hospital last friday. a cat scan today revealed the bilateral pneumonia. groups of well-wishers have been gathering outside the hospital. the pope's public events have been canceled through sunday, but the vatican says he is in good spirits and is asking for prayers. >> still ahead here on the for the department of government efficiency running into more legal issues. plus the new questions today about elon

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>> on its website, doge claims it saved u.s. taxpayers $55 billion in just four weeks. and it's posting receipts from contract and lease cancellations to workforce reductions and identifying fraud. >> elon musk has got to go. >> but the man behind the cost cutting, elon musk, is taking heat. after tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off. democrats are also railing against doge seeking access to sensitive government data, including irs and social security records. >> a court will find that, no, you can't just start rifling around rummaging through people's social security data. if you think there's fraud, then why did you fire all the inspector generals? >> but in a court filing monday, the white house claims musk is not part of doge. only a senior advisor to the president, a technicality that could grant musk unfettered access to government records. >> for decades, democrats have said that they wanted to do

exactly what doge is doing. today, the only reason they seem to dislike it now is it's because president trump and elon musk are doing it. but they should get behind these efforts because the american people are very supportive of the fact that doge is saving them billions of tax dollars. >> so far, the heads of the social security administration and fda's food division have resigned in protest of doj's actions. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> a group of employees terminated from the national park service last week is now making plans to sue. ktvu. tori gaines talked with one worker about the potential next steps. >> the last five days have just been, i mean, just absolutely insane. the first couple days, i've never cried more than my entire life, you know, just felt like my world was swept out from underneath my feet. just really feeling. just really hopeless and gutted. >> kimura was hired as a custodian with the national park service in yosemite last year. since then, he's spent his time

doing a very dirty job cleaning up things like excrement and trash around the park. he earns just $40,000 each year before taxes. that pay doesn't go very far in california. >> i don't make enough to, like, live in the nearby communities. so what you're looking at is my housing, my truck. i live in the back of. and then just all the beds that people have, like, offered me couches, driveways, all that stuff. but i do it because i feel so strongly about the park idea. >> tamura's termination letter says, quote, the department determined that you have failed to demonstrate fitness or qualifications for continued employment because your subject matter, knowledge, skills and abilities do not meet the department's current needs, unquote. but personnel documents obtained by ktvu tell a different story. shimomura's performance review from just last year says he exceeded expectations in every area of his role. about 20% of the land here at the presidio is managed by the national park service. so

a big question is, what are some of the changes that we could see due to the staffing cuts? across california's national parks, an expert from george washington university tells ktvu that mass firings across the national park system could also have a larger economic impact on businesses that rely on those parks. >> contribute $624 million to the local economy 6000 jobs that's going to impact search and rescue. that's going to impact fire prevention. trash pickup. people want to be able to get permits. people are going to be unsafe. they're going to be also unsure. they may not go. >> this is really going to be a threat to the american people as well. yosemite is a gigantic wilderness. and if you get hurt out there, i mean, i'm not trying to be like, you know, like fear monger. but the reality is you might have to depend on volunteers to come and get you if they are available. >> in san francisco, tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> a bay area nonprofit, is changing the way families put fresh food on the table.

>> on this giving day, we learned more about the mission of fresh approach to make healthy eating more accessible with more mobile farmers markets. >> communities don't have access to high quality, affordable fruits and vegetables, especially ones that were actually grown in a state like california where we have so much agriculture going. so our mobile farmers markets are able to drive on in to communities that don't have these full scale grocery stores or high quality produce and provide that access point for folks, as well as providing it at an affordable rate. we give 50% discounts to folks that have a variety of government assistance benefits like calfresh or medi-cal, which really makes that high quality produce affordable, allowing folks to be able to bring more home to their families. >> what kind of people come? is it? is it traditionally people who are the same people who are underrepresented when it comes to, you know, lower income people for people of color, maybe people who have jobs that are not providing enough?

>> certainly. yeah, we have a lot of lower income customers, a lot of seniors, a lot of families come and shop with us. really, folks? which is it spreads a wider net than what you think. folks that have families that are trying to provide healthy foods for them, they're trying to provide more fruits and vegetables, but they can't find that in their community, or they can't find it at a quality point that their kids are actually going to like the flavor. or at a price point that they're able to afford. so all of those folks come out and are able to shop with us at the mobile market. >> so i bet you can imagine if this service wasn't around, people would not be eating as healthful. they wouldn't be eating healthful foods, or at least not as many, certainly. >> yeah, they just don't have that access to affordable produce. that's the biggest thing for folks. you know, there's time issues in preparing foods at home. but that access and affordability is the biggest thing for folks. and we hear that from our customers all the time that, you know, we have folks who started off shopping with us that have a variety of diet related diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure. after about a year of shopping with us, we start hearing from them. oh,

hey, my sugars are coming down. my blood pressure is getting better. i don't have to take that cholesterol medication anymore. right? so we see that programs like these have a really huge impact on the lives of folks who are struggling. >> and it might also teach the children of these people to eat that way so that it will set them up for life of, you know, getting used to eating broccoli and cauliflower. >> absolutely. yeah. and they have that opportunity to taste some of the best produce that's available. right. which is for all of us. why i like broccoli is because it's fresh from the farmer's market and it tastes really good. but when we're eating frozen foods or that's all we have access to is canned foods, that flavor isn't there as much. right. and so when kids have access to that high quality produce that's affordable for their families, and their families are able to continue bringing it back to them week over week, their tastebuds get adapted to it, they love it and they want more of it. >> and if you would like to donate to fresh approach, we've made it easy for you. just scan that qr code right there on your screen, or you can always head to our website ktvu.com.

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all around the world are ringing in the year of the snake for the lunar new year. now, the year of the snake represents shedding bad energy, letting go of the past and stepping into a year of renewal. people born in the year of the snake are thought to be intuitive and intelligent. >> to learn more about snakes, we're joined here in the studio by miranda mosley from the oakland zoo. miranda, good to have you. >> yes. thank you for having me. >> absolutely. and you brought along timmy? >> yes. yes. >> tell me all about timmy. >> this is timmy. he is a pacific gopher snake who lives at oakland zoo. his whole job is to meet people out up close in ways like this on tv, because he's a star. and also he. >> likes being under the bright lights.

>> yes. timmy. certainly. and he's so beautiful. he really deserves it, too. yeah. >> gorgeous skin. >> yeah. >> and, miranda, we have you here today. and we have timmy here today to talk about year of the snake and sort of these unique qualities that snakes possess. right. talk a little bit about their demeanor, their temperament and what we can kind of learn from them. >> yeah. so year of the snake represents a transformation. snakes represent caution. and being an introverted observer. and snakes also embody a lot of those characteristics as well. so snakes spend a lot of time checking out their environment, just like timmy's doing right now. he's using his tongue to pick up scent particles and figure out what's going on. who is here? what are these people like? we also have snakes who spend a lot of their time in the sand or in substrate. and we'll poke just the top of their heads out so they can get a sense of

what's around them. if they might want a snack, they can wait for that snack to come. they've observed their surroundings enough to wait for that food to come, and then they're able to get that. they move cautiously. yes. they move cautiously, as. >> impulsively as i sort of thought. right. yeah. >> they're thinking through. their of their actions. >> they're thinking through everything. snakes are really smart. and they also are really adaptable. snakes don't have arms and legs like we have. and so you've. >> got to figure out a way to get by. >> exactly. yeah yeah yeah. >> great point. snakes. also, you know, a lot of people think of snakes as sort of in the zodiac calendar, sort of symbolizing kind of shedding this toxicity and kind of moving, moving forward. and with that being said, how often does does timmy shed and what does the process look like? >> yes, that's a really good question. snakes shed at different times and different

periods. timmy sheds every so often, like about a month or so. it could be more. it depends on the season. but snakes are taking off all of their skin. usually a snake is taking up all of its skin at once. that's how a snake will shed its skin. and they'll start with the top of their body, and then they'll move down and kind of like, go through and move out of their old skin and into the new skin that they have. and there's. >> a satisfying feeling, right? yeah. just sort of. >> thinking, i would imagine, i would imagine that it would be. >> i've never done that. yeah. all at once. >> what can us humans learn from snakes? >> we can learn a whole lot from snakes. i know that from timmy specifically. timmy, i think, really exemplifies the calmness and the introspection that year of the snake can also signify.

he is always just like now, pretty still. ready to take on the day? ready for anything. and so for me, that is also a helpful lesson in having my own my own self like come to the fore and being secure in myself. >> you can pick up on that, on that energy. >> yeah. >> how does timmy feel about people petting him? >> yes. are we able to touch timmy? >> yes. right now he is really checking us out for a while, and. yeah, so he seems pretty calm. the way that we would approach timmy as an ambassador animal snake is with a two finger touch, and we'll do it in this direction here. right here on his body. >> and you were explaining to us the direction that you touch the snake is important. >> yes it is. if we touch in the other direction, it would be uncomfortable because we'd be going against his scales, the direction of his scales. and we want to make sure that he's nice

and comfortable. while he's with us. >> well, it's been great to have timmy here. and you as well. miranda, thank you so much for the time and for the explanation. all we wanted to know about snakes. >> yes, i love it. and like i said, some things that we can learn from them and hopefully use this this year and the year of the snake. thanks again. >> for coming. misunderstood creature. yes, yes, in a lot of ways. they're wonderful. thank you so much. yeah, i appreciate that. >> okay. stay with us right here on the floor. we have more for you coming up in just a moment. we're going to check on the traffic, but right now we're going to turn things over to rosemary. >> all right. sounds good. thank you both. giving you a look here over the bay. we've got mount diablo in the backdrop. a lot of clouds overhead. the leading edge of what will eventually be rainfall with the clouds overhead. here's a look at storm tracker two. you can see from this vantage point we are covered in overcast skies. not just us, but the entire pacific northwest as well as northern california. the rain still over the pacific. we are seeing a few scattered showers pop up over

washington, oregon by late tonight into early tomorrow morning. it's into northern california for us. it takes until it looks like by about 5 or 6. here's a look at 3 a.m. and it's just now approaching northern california. and then by about 5 or 6:00 in the morning, it's moving into the north bay. as it moves through the bay area, it is expected to kind of fall apart. so it's the north bay that will see the most amount of rain out of this, but we may see a sprinkle or two late morning early afternoon before it pushes out. so it's a quick moving system and it's not carrying a whole lot of rain. as you can see there, when it comes to rainfall amounts a 10th of an inch or less, perhaps a few 107 inch for some. a lot like what we experienced over the weekend and then into the sierra, anywhere from 1 to 2, maybe three inches of high elevation snow expected here. no advisories for travel if you are heading up tomorrow, but always a good idea to have the snow tires or the chains this time of year and keep an eye on the forecast because it could change. here's a look at what

we're expecting tomorrow morning, temperature wise. under a mix of mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers, low 40s to low 50 and then into the afternoon, we're drying out with temperatures ranging from upper 50s to low 60s. once we get past this event, we turn our attention to this stretch of warm weather anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above average, and it lasts all the way into the weekend. overnight lows will come up as the afternoon highs are coming up and for friday, saturday, sunday, upper 60s to low 70 to enjoy, at least for our warmer spots. back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. appreciate it. that snake was not nearly as bad as i anticipated. timmy was nice. alex. >> nice and calm. >> i know, okay, so let's check and see if traffic is nice today, right. giving you a live look now in the east bay. here is interstate 80 in emeryville. and that commute direction is pretty heavy. not so nice. >> the traffic is just kind of snaking through the maze there. >> see? see what alex did there?

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[music] i was born by the river. >> the voices of the naacp, imani youth council rang out at the chapel of the chimes in oakland. >> oh, beyond the sky. >> this is the 14th annual black history celebration, highlighting talented teens in the east bay. 15 year old raelynn albert is the president of the youth council. >> i love performing because i love to encourage other people. i love to uplift people with my voice. >> you may shoot me with your words. you may cut me with your eyes. you may kill me with your hatefulness. but still like air, i'll rise. >> elaina thomas brings to life. and still i rise. a poem by maya angelou. words that resonate with the 16 year old. >> you can motivate other young black women to chase their dreams and go for everything that they want, and take every opportunity that they have to

show everything and never to just back down. >> you have a great responsibility to continue to bear the torch, the torch of black excellence. >> the theme of this event is a rise and thrive in 2025, a message of hope and inspiration to the youth. >> and let them know they have a voice right. and we want you to get out there, and we want you to express your voice. >> these teens tell me community service is important to them. that includes serving meals to the homeless. >> if you can help people, that's the best blessing ever. because you're not worrying about yourself. you're worrying about other people. selflessness. and that's what the naacp is. >> the teens here at this black history month celebration are preparing for a national naacp competition to be held in march. they'll be competing in categories ranging from the arts to academics. >> it's funny, they ask, what's a needle to a haystack? but for me, that needle is stuck in your

arm. >> kameron lipson performs a poem he wrote about drug addiction. he won silver in the poetry writing category of the national competition last year. >> i said, every day is your birthday. do you remember mine? >> the 18 year old is competing again this year. he says there's a sense of camaraderie among the contestants. >> it has a high level of competition, high level of excellence with people who also look like me as well. >> we can do what we say we want to do, and that no one can ever take it away from us. >> hallelujah. >> using their voices to realize their dreams and lead in the future. in oakland. amber lee ktvu, fox two news. >> ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> next at five, a family dispute turns deadly. concord police shoot and kill a man they say was stabbing his own father.

good evening, i'm claudine wong, and we will get to that story in just a moment. but first, we do want to get to some breaking news for you in the south bay. because san jose police are right now at the scene of a crash that involves multiple vehicles. you are taking a live look at that scene where you can see multiple police cars and the wreckage of at least one car. this is on almaden expressway. now, according to authorities, one person was hurt in the collision and has life threatening injuries. police say that expressway is going to be closed from brannan lane to hillsdale avenue for several hours. you can see more police officers arriving on the scene. they're advising motorists to avoid this area and use alternate routes. the cause of that crash right now is not yet known. well, neighborhood in concord is reeling tonight after a man was shot and killed by police while allegedly stabbing his father. neighbors say that family has lived in that neighborhood for decades, and they're still trying