ended some classes. students and faculty at sonoma state say they have a plan to save their school. what they put on the chopping block. north bay educators grappling with a decision no one wants to make. why? the superintendent says closing more schools is necessary. then the federal government calls out california's high speed rail project, and more people are wondering if it will ever happen. how bay area transit riders are weighing in. >> this is ktvu fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian.

>> i'm andre senior. thank you for joining us. we start this noon with a live look at san jose, where a gas leak was reported about an hour ago. and you can see from these live pictures from sky fox is still a pretty active scene there. now, this gas leak was reported just before 11 this morning at 1713 schulte drive. it's a residential area between u.s. highway 101 and interstate 680. people who live in that area are being asked to shelter in place, but no evacuation orders have been issued at this particular time here. san jose police tell us a gas main was hit during construction. pga crews responded to the scene right after it happened and they are now on the scene now trying to repair the damage, but no evacuations yet. we'll keep an eye on it for you and let you know throughout our newscast. >> the santa rosa school board is getting ready to meet for a final vote to decide the fate of the district's middle and high schools. this after santa rosa city school trustees failed to reach an agreement on middle and high schools during their meeting wednesday night. the

board finalized closures for elementary schools in the city. board members say they must now make more tough decisions today due to the district's multi-million dollar budget deficit. >> it is heart-wrenching. no one, no educator, no superintendent, no position, board member. signs up to serve to close schools. >> the board has already decided to close santa rosa's brook hill and albert elementary by june of this year. steele lane elementary closes in june of next year. >> in about an hour, union members and students are planning a demonstration on the sonoma state campus to rally against cuts that include eliminating the athletic progra. athletic department within the school. the protests take place an hour before lawmakers meet on campus to discuss university budget crisis. some faculty members, students and community leaders, they have come up with a way, they say, a new plan to save money. they want to elect academic leaders to replace high paying administrative positions. under the plan, these faculty leaders would serve terms of 3 to 5 years at modest salaries. >> the white house is cost cutting. campaign continues. the

u.s. senate pulled an all nighter as republicans laid the groundwork for president trump's legislative agenda. republicans have majorities on capitol hill. democrats are pushing back, though. billionaire elon musk used a prop to show how easy it is to slash federal. [music] spending. >> this is the chainsaw. >> millions of dollars worth of fraud, waste and abuse. >> president trump is at the white house signing more executive orders today. tomorrow, he'll address conservative gatherings at cpac right outside the capitol. >> the federal oversight is coming to california's beleaguered high speed rail project. as ktvu jesse gary reports, it comes after the trump appointed transportation secretary said the project is, quote, severely off track. >> two decades ago, california embarked on an ambitious project to link the fourth and king streets station in san francisco

with southern california. years later, and the only thing moving at the notable corner is caltrain. up and down the peninsula. >> the project is not going to happen. there is no there is no timeline in which you're going to have a high speed rail that goes from la to san francisco. >> hot on the heels of ending the presidio trust. president donald trump wants a compliance review of the high speed rail project, which was supposed to be completed five years ago. >> of course, he's going to deny it because california. but it's just like, you know, i think it's needed. >> the project has already used 16 billion of its original $33 billion budget to build infrastructure from the city to san mateo. the new adjusted budget has ballooned to $106 billion with no clear completion date. >> they may not have properly estimated the cost of the project in general. so you had a complete mistake in there. can californians afford to build this infrastructure project

without federal funds? >> trump says it's the worst managed project he's ever seen and points a finger of blame at california governor gavin newsom, transportation secretary sean duffy and other republicans say it's a waste of taxpayers money. >> the high speed rail authority says there's still a funding gap of $100 billion. they don't know where that money is going to come from. >> supporters of the next generation of public transit say despite its woes, the project should not lose federal funding as part of trump's cost cutting measures. >> that's a cut that is honestly insane. the people who really depend on that. that transportation, of course, and him just cutting unnecessary things is just his dictatorship, in my opinion. >> even with federal financial assistance, the state will still be short about $6.5 billion to complete this project. secretary duffy says he'll look to see if the project should be completed at all. in san francisco, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, federal workers who

support disaster recovery are among those whose jobs are reportedly on the chopping block at the department of housing and urban development. documents obtained by the associated press show the trump administration plans to lay off 4000 workers from hud. that number makes up about half of the department's staff. the reported plan also targets employees who support rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first time home buyers. a hud spokesperson said the documents, quote, should not be taken as final as staffing is evaluated. >> state regulators approved requests by two major insurance companies to raise rates late next month. mercury general will raise rates for homeowners by an average of 12%. liberty mutual will also start raising home insurance rates by an average of more than 7%, starting in may. mercury general says the rate hike is not related to the recent southern california wildfires, as the request for rate increases were filed back in june with state regulators to help offset the rising cost of home repairs, construction, labor and building materials. >> well, los angeles mayor karen bass ousted the fire chief of

the city. it comes just six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history. and amid a public rift over preparedness and finger pointing over who's to blame. and it comes as a new investigation is putting a multi-billion dollar price tag on the cost of damage done by the devastating southern california wildfires. according to an analysis by the los angeles times, real estate losses from the palisades and eaton wildfires could exceed $30 billion. the investigation compared estimated property values from the la county assessor with cal fire's assessment of structures that were damaged or destroyed. more than 4500 homes were lost in each fire. among the lost dwellings were 79 homes valued over $10 million each in the palisades fire zone. >> a manhunt is underway for the person who stabbed a fire captain who helped fight the eaton fire. fire captain rebecca morotai was killed on monday. san diego sheriff's office has announced the prime suspect is 53. year-old. yolanda. morotai. the captain's wife. our sister station in los angeles. reports. morotai was previously charged

with murder in 2000 for stabbing a man to death. she served nine years in prison. she is described as five feet, two inches tall, weighs 166 pounds. if seen, please call 911. >> well, the public spat between president donald trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky continues as the war in ukraine nears its fourth year. as caroline shively reports from washington, the president is also facing pushback from his own party over his approach to ending the war. >> president trump and the white house pushing hard for an end to the war in ukraine. >> this is the common sense presidency. this is the presidency of peace. he's going to end the war in europe. >> but mr. trump is facing criticism for appearing to cozy up to russian president vladimir putin and slamming ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, calling him a dictator. >> every time i say, oh, it's not russia's fault, i always get slammed by the fake news. but i'm telling you, biden said the wrong things. zelensky said the wrong things. >> from friday's cover of the new york post to senators on

capitol hill. some are warning against trusting the former kgb operative. >> this man is a cancer and the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. >> he will next turn his sights on nato allies. >> there are also reports the white house is fighting framing russia as the aggressor. in a statement being drafted by g7 nations to mark the third anniversary of the war in ukraine next week. the trump administration is also pushing zelensky to sign an agreement giving the u.s. access to ukraine's rare earth minerals. >> i know there have been some sparks this week, but i suspect we'll move beyond that pretty quickly because president trump and president zelensky have the same goal. >> european leaders held an emergency meeting on wednesday to discuss the war. the heads of france and great britain are set to come to the u.s. for more discussions next week. in washington, caroline shively, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, two online platforms widely used by children are now being accused of becoming a hunting ground for predators. details of the lawsuit filed in san mateo county.

>> fear that president trump's immigration crackdown is targeting people in the country who are here legally. how people with green cards are being reminded of their rights. >> and outside our doors for the weekend. spring making an early arrival. i'll have a look at the current conditions and what you can

the ceo of united health care in new york city is back in court right now. this is luigi mangione's first appearance since his arraignment in december. and what you're looking at right now are live pictures outside the courtroom where a group of dozens, if not maybe a hundred, supporters, are holding up signs in support of mangione. some of the signs say free luigi and luigi before parasites. those are just some of the signs that apparently supporting luigi mangione, who just left the courtroom a short time ago. when he was brought into court. he was wearing slacks, a white shirt, and what appeared to be a bulletproof vest. the attorney, his defense attorney, argued in court just a short time ago, according to our sister station in new york, w fox five, the attorney for luigi mangione says her client is being treated differently, not being allowed access to certain things like a telephone. those are just some of the things that were discussed. we're going to keep digging into this more for you. but he does face a multiple

counts of murder here. mangione, 26 years old, also faces federal charges that could include the death penalty as well. and prosecutors say his state charges are expected to go to trial first. the judge could set a trial date for that today. we'll keep you posted on the story. >> a live look now in the city of oakland, as interim mayor kevin jenkins is getting ready for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of thomas smith mini park at 65th avenue. it's one of nine parks that received an upgrade as part of a $5 million beautification project. the parks have new fencing, lighting and gates, as well as improved landscaping, new furniture, new barbecue pits. >> wow. and it's a perfect weather day to go out there and enjoy the park as well. the weather is beautiful, no rain in sight. rosemary oroczo here with your friday forecast. >> yeah, a little bit of spring fever coming our way for the weekend. i think the parks are going to be crowded out there. a view here over the bay area where you can see parts of san francisco, mount diablo there in the backdrop. also notice just some high clouds overhead. that's really about it. outside of that, plenty of blue sky and

sunshine and storm. tracker two here, showing you that the pacific northwest does remain active sunday. we may see this rain line kind of dip just a little bit. right now it looks like down to about mendocino county. but in the meanwhile it is going to stay to the north and we are going to stay high and dry with temperatures expected to be above average by at least a few degrees. here's a look at a little bit closer here where you can see very quiet out there. winds are generally light, a variable wind reported in many areas, and our temperatures at this time very similar to yesterday, within a couple of degrees for most of us, some a little bit warmer, some a little bit cooler. half moon bay you are up by several degrees, so 64 degrees outside your door in the north bay we have 66 in novato, enjoying a low 60s in areas like livermore and the south bay. checking in right about 63. temperatures expected again to warm as we get into the coming days, and some of our inland communities likely to get into the low 70. calm conditions reported for santa rosa. novato in napa, fairfield,

you have just a light breeze. concord and oakland doing the same anywhere from 5 to 10mph. and again coming in from different directions. a little bit of a westerly breeze in hayward and easterly breeze, sfo, a north breeze coming in to areas like mountain view as well as the inner east bay of livermore. how about the hills? the winds are generally light. we do have a little bit of a breeze. oakland north and south reporting a 2010 to 20mph. and it has a northeast flow to it, which helps to dry things out and helps to warm things up as well. the futurecast on this is showing you into tonight, where we do have partly cloudy skies, and then tomorrow morning waking up with a little bit of fog. it looks like just inside the bay, maybe in the north bay. there into the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, but again by the back end of the weekend early sunday morning. notice the rain line here beginning to creep into areas like ukiah and just on the north edge of sonoma county, so we could see a few sprinkles. doesn't look like a big deal. i think the takeaway for the weekend is going to be

unseasonably mild weather, mid to upper 60s in the forecast for today, 66 in san francisco, 66 in hayward, upper 60 over san jose. five degrees above average. on the peninsula we have 66 in redwood city for the north bay, 67 in napa, and for the east bay, 67 in concord. temperatures will continue to climb again at low 70 expected in the coming days. we'll have a better look at the extended forecast, which includes your weekend coming up. >> thank you rosemary, let's give you a live look now at sfo, as there are several flight delays around the bay area due to bad weather in colorado, snow is falling there in denver. there's also some delays coming out of new york city. there are 52 delays at sfo, 24 across the bay in oakland, 23 flight delays in san jose. now, for people who are traveling internationally, there's a lot of fear spreading on social media surrounding reports that president trump's immigration crackdown goes beyond those who are in the country illegally. some people worry those who are here legally with green cards could be at risk. in one tiktok video, it's seen almost 3 million times already. a woman says her niece,

a nursing student with a green card, was deported upon returning to lax from laos. the woman says customs workers took her niece to a room, where she was told people who leave the u.s. after having a green card for ss cannot get back into this country. they said her green card would be taken away. >> that's unlawful. they can't do that. they can be interrogated alone without the assistance of counsel because of sometimes misinformation or desperation. they unknowingly sign away their rights, and that results in the abandonment of resident status. >> the attorney explains. people with green cards are allowed to travel out of the country for 180 days. when they return, some people are pressured into signing documents to give up their lawful permanent resident status. attorneys say customs workers are only allowed to ask questions about a person's identity, or ask a person to show their permanent residence status. >> well, california may soon strengthen its status as a safe haven for the transgender

community. state senator scott wiener just introduced a new bill to block law enforcement from getting access to transgender patients medical records without a warrant. it would also make sharing that private information a crime. wiener says the bill is a direct response to president trump's moves to limit transgender rights, including a recent executive order that rolls back legal recognition. the bill is backed by groups like planned parenthood and equality california, and now heads to the state legislature. two online platforms popular with children are now being sued on behalf of a 13 year old boy, who says he was taken advantage of by a man posing as a teenager. as ktvu crime reporter henry lee explains, the lawsuit says a predator paid the boy for explicit photos. >> he was targeted by a predator who befriended him, and he thought he was dealing with another teenager. >> attorney ann marie murphy says her client, a 13 year old boy, was groomed by and fell victim to a man posing as a 16 year old on the online game and messaging platforms. roblox and

discord. >> paid our client robux, which is a digital currency, in exchange for video and explicit naked photographs. >> according to murphy, it didn't stop there. >> the predator then tried to pay a larger sum of robux to meet up and have sex. the predator found out the address of the child. >> she says the man threatened the boy after he failed to show up. the boy's parents later found texts between the two and contacted police. murphy has filed a lawsuit against both roblox and discord, alleging misrepresentation and negligence, and saying both companies facilitated child exploitation and abuse. in a statement, roblox said we cannot comment on pending litigation. with that being said, roblox takes the safety of its community very seriously. we are constantly innovating and launching new safety features, including more than 40 safety features and policies in 2024. discord did not immediately respond to a request for

comment. murphy says the companies are paying lip service to safety. her client's father had researched both companies and believed it was safe for his son to sign up. now they're full of regret, and murphy says the boy is emotionally scarred. >> this was so devastating to this family that they uprooted themselves from their longtime home. >> murphy says the man accused of preying on the boy, sebastian romero, was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison in a sextortion case involving another boy. >> you hear about them, unfortunately, all too frequently when it comes to gaming platforms or social media platforms. >> jill murphy is chief content officer at common sense media. >> we try and encourage parents that common sense media to make sure that they are really paying attention to what their kids are doing online. >> this father and daughter we spoke to said they too are worried about dangers online. >> it's very concerning. hopefully we've done a good job as parents to, you know, prevent that from happening. >> it's definitely scary. i have a little sister and the thought of anything like that ever happening to her genuinely

freaks me out. >> the lawsuit was filed in san mateo county superior court and seeks unspecified damages from both roblox and discord. in san mateo, henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> a victory on the ice deepens a political rivalry. how canada's prime minister took a very public jab at

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orders, many of them serving as mission to slash the size of government with elon musk and the department of government efficiency leading the way. so far, courts have mostly allowed them to make cuts to the federal workforce. >> it's capturing the public's attention is doge and what's going on with elon musk, but kind of running downstream, if you will, a little ways. what's going to be a hugely important is immigration. that's a big deal in california. and whether or not you're going to do things relative to fema. that's important for los angeles and for analyzing aid, disaster aid, for the recovery there in the wake of the wildfires. >> professor mcewen noted many are watching to see if consumer prices will remain high. since lowering costs was one of president trump's key campaign promises. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau gloated on social media following his country's victory against the u.s. in ice hockey. president trudeau took a jab at president trump by posting on his official exit count, quote, you can't take our country and you can't take our game. and in response, president trump called trudeau a, quote, loser. tensions have been

boiling over on the diplomatic front between the u.s. and canada, as trump frequently says he wants to make canada the 51st state. canada beat the u.s. in boston last night, 3 to 2 in overtime to win the four nations faceoff. it's a mini tournament featuring canada, the u.s, finland and sweden. canada and the u.s. squared off in the finals. the political backdrop added to the drama, making this exhibition tournament feel more like a stanley cup final or even olympic gold medal final as well. when both countries played last night in the game in montreal or the last game in montreal. some canadians booed the star-spangled banner. there were also three fights in the first nine seconds of that match. >> would be homebuyers pulling back? what new data show about the number of homes being sold in california? how the bay area is bucking the trend, and the main factors experts are pointing to. >> more cuts are coming to the federal government at the head of those doubling down on his efforts by bringing a chainsaw symbolic of cutting government spending. how lawmakers on both

news this hour. a gas leak reported in the area of 1700 schulte drive. it's a residential neighborhood northeast of downtown. we sent skyfox up over the area. this is between highway 101 and interstate 680. at this point, pge tells us its crews have

secured the area. we see workers here on the ground. police, though, are asking people who live nearby to shelter in place. at this point, no evacuations have been ordered. again, crews are on the scene. san jose police tell us it all started around 11:00 this morning when a gas main was hit during some construction. so keep this in mind if your travels take you around this part of san jose, sort of northeast of downtown, give crews, you know, the room and space they need and time as well to do their work to make sure it is a safe situation there. >> the nation has watched as thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of president trump's administration. as madeleine rivera reports from washington, more cuts are expected soon. >> this is the chainsaw for bureaucracy. >> tech billionaire elon musk wielding a chainsaw during his appearance at thursday's conservative political action conference. the chainsaw symbolic of his crusade to cut government spending and downsize the federal workforce with a trump administration's department of government efficiency. >> i mean, you know, we're trying to get get good things done, but also like, you know,

have a good time doing it. >> musk's remarks coming the same day the internal revenue service fired more than 6500 employees nationwide. >> i am concerned. it's you know, there's we didn't get notification about this. >> there's no severance. there's no next week you'll get paid for next to nothing. >> republicans have been gunning for the irs since democrats gave the agency an $80 billion funding boost in 2022 as part of the inflation reduction act. the white house defending the move. >> our objective is to make sure that the employees that we pay are being productive and effective. >> the trump administration also aims to lay off nearly half of the department of housing and urban development, or hud. >> i mean, this is someone who is focused on america. let's drive down our waste, fraud and abuse. >> but democrats say the cuts to the nation's federal workforce are going too far. >> this is the very essence of chaos. he is firing essential personnel, people that do things like air safety, tsa, fight

wildfires, park rangers, people that americans want on the job. it is insane the way they're going about this. >> this all comes as congress continues to debate how much funding to allocate for several government programs. lawmakers have three weeks to strike a deal to keep the government funded. in washington, madeleine rivera, fox news. >> new at noon california home sales were lower in january due to high mortgage interest rates. the california association of realtors says the number of homes sold in january was down 10% from december, down nearly 2% from a year ago. sales ticked up slightly, though in the bay area less than half a percent. home prices were also up in our region by more than 2%. this comes as the department of housing and urban development reportedly plans to lay off half its staff, including employees who support first time home buyers. >> elon musk's department of government efficiency has now fired thousands of irs employees. nearly 7000 workers were let go across the country yesterday. the layoffs mostly targeted probationary workers

with less than one year on the job. the mass layoffs caught some workers by surprise. experts say the move could impact the millions of taxpayers expected to file returns before april 15th. >> heartbroken. we have. we have worked so hard. i have never worked so hard at a job in my life. elon musk is running this show and donald trump is letting him. >> i think our objective is to make sure that the employees that we pay are being productive and effective. >> the national treasury employees union filed the lawsuit to stop the mass firings. however, a federal judge in washington, d.c, denied the union's motion for a temporary restraining order. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries is set to appear in oakland tonight. the new york democrat will speak along with congresswoman lateefah simon and former congresswoman barbara lee, at the henry j. kaiser center for the arts at 7 p.m. a number of bay area progressive groups say they plan to rally outside the event to push jeffries to fight back against what they call the dismantling of the federal government. democratic congressman mark desaulnier held a town hall

conference last night at saint mary's college in moraga to address the first month of the trump administration's second term and hear from constituents. ktvu lamonica peters takes us there. >> representative mark desaulnier, who represents california's 10th congressional district, said thursday's town hall meeting was especially necessary so that he could listen and respond to questions about president trump's second term. hundreds of people came out and desaulnier answered pre-submitted questions from the audience. >> what will house democrats do to investigate conflicts of interest with elon musk, doge and his business enterprises? [applause] >> i was on the oversight committee for the first eight years i was in congress. that would be a committee who should be doing these things along with the judiciary committee. we'll be pushing the republicans to have hearings on that. we already are. >> during the meeting, desaulnier talked about some of the accomplishments of the biden

administration and how voter turnout impacted the last presidential election. he also listed a democratic action plan that included resolutions condemning efforts to defund public education and trump's withdrawal from the paris climate agreement. the plan also proposed legislation that would prevent doj's access to americans data. >> we're all for efficiency. i don't know any. >> republican or democrat who doesn't believe that we can always do a better job in government and everywhere, but this is not the way to go about it. >> after the meeting, people weighed in on what they heard. >> we have over 300,000 missing migrant children. that's concerning. he didn't mention anything about that. he just went on about fighting trump rather than working with them. >> these are not normal times that we are staring down the barrel of our constitution being destroyed. and i'd like to see someone in power say, yeah, actually that's valid. maybe we should talk about that. >> desaulnier also talked about democrats focusing on voter turnout and winning back seats

during the midterm elections. if they want to see change in washington, dc. lamonica peters, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, the hottest cars of our time were unveiled today at the silicon valley auto show. the three day event returned to the santa clara convention center to showcase the newest developments in the auto industry. attendees get to see the latest car models from some of the world's greatest manufacturers, all under one roof. early on mornings on two editor and analysis at cox automotive, brian moody told us about the newest technology out there, including one of the first flying cars to. >> supposedly, george jetson would have been born in the year 2022. so those things should be coming true any minute. but the flying car that we have here, it's a prototype, so it might not be a reality as soon as people would want, but they do have faa approval to start doing some testing, so it might actually be a real thing. it's electric. it's both car. and think of it like a drone. that's

how it works. so it has 110 miles of range. that would include both driving and flying. and one of the things is that it's made partly here in the bay area. it uses lightweight materials. but the price, because there's going to be low volume and only a few of them, the price is thought to be close to $300,000. >> so just a little drop in the bucket. but there are cars that are less, you know, don't cost that much. they're your regular standard combustion engine or electric vehicle. the auto show starts and runs until 8 p.m. today, or it starts today and runs till 8 p.m. it starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow and sunday. the event ends at 8 p.m. and tomorrow at 6 p.m. on sunday. >> a santa clara based company is unveiling a new product in hopes of improving the lives of those who are deaf and hard of hearing. the new program uses artificial intelligence to teach sign language, and it's free. ktvu mark sayer reports. >> welcome to signs. >> the signs ai platform uses an avatar and computer camera to teach common words in american sign language or asl.

>> and then move your hand upwards, move it down again and up again. that's it up. >> the avatar will teach and the ai model will give live feedback as you are guided to learn the exact hand gestures to convey common words. >> perfect. now move your hands outwards and change the hand. great. >> michael boone is nvidia's manager over the project and shows how the system responds in red. if your gestures are not quite correct and will work with you until you get it just right. >> 70 million people are deaf in the world, and many more are hard of hearing, and there are many families, friends and colleagues that want to be able to communicate with them. >> boone says the company's ai model first gathered asl signs from as many authoritative sources as possible, and then vetted the exact signing motions through certified translators and other outside experts. the avatar and the direct feedback you get, as captured by your computer's camera is a representation of all of that

research and learning. >> really, when you take a step back, this is what we call a computer vision problem, meaning that we are taking a camera and we are trying to help replicate signs that we see in images and video. >> it is absolutely on the cutting edge. >> sherry dowling is the executive director of the american society for deaf children, which partnered with nvidia on this project. >> it teaches everyone how to sign, how to use american sign language. it's an amazing opportunity for people to learn. and when a deaf person goes to a restaurant, if someone's there that that's able to sign to them to take their order. that's a benefit. >> as for signs, boone says his entire team is thrilled to finally launch the platform and see how it evolves. >> this platform is free and available for use now. whether you want to learn asl or whether you actually know asl and want to contribute back into the platform. >> right now, the system has 100 common words, with the goal of expanding to 1000 words as the project continues to grow.

reporting in san jose i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news. >> a san francisco staple has opened a new store not far from the old one. >> bob's donuts has outgrown its current location and cut the ribbon on a new shop just down the block. >> thank you. [music] yes. >> that is the moment it happened that the 1270 polk street location took place 10:00 this morning, but a long line of customers formed and wrapped around the corner long before that. >> they are that good. and i grew up with, like, family owned donut shop near my house growing up. so i would get donuts every sunday after church. and so i'm a big donut guy. so these these live up. they live up to what i'm used to. yeah, definitely. they're the best ones in the city. >> our director said those are ridiculously good donuts. >> they're addictive. but we'll leave that out. >> yeah. >> that's how good it is. >> bob's donuts, you still have

it. the original owner of bob's started back in the 1950s. that winning formula of hot donuts, available 24 hours a day, went largely unchanged for the decades, and eventually bob's outgrew its location. now the new store right down the block. it's in a larger space, but just about everything else will stay the same. >> don't worry too much, because our team, we train in the same ways, and then if we see something wrong, we are very honest with each other. like this is not good, we got to do it again kind of thing. so and yeah, this is then we have a big bar and we try to keep it as same as possible. >> bob's had a donut eating contest at 11:00 this morning. another one is coming up at 3:00 this afternoon. so our director bill, can race on over the first person to eat. and it's i call it a bundt cake, but i guess it's technically a giant donut. it's like a nine inch by three inch donut. you get a $50 gift card. i bet bill could do it. >> well, he says it's that good. yeah. >> it's. >> that good. so you probably

going to. >> all right. even without the gift card, right? exactly. all right, coming up here, a big change for the yankees. what players can now do that's been banned for decades. and why it's not a free for all when it comes to the relaxed standards. [music] >> and a live look here at blue skies over the golden gate bridge, where mother nature is providing us a sneak peek of spring, i l ve a

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whaler condominiums in kaanapali beach around sunset last night. in a minute here you see the explosion. later. we see people running to help the victims range in age from 17 to 74. three people suffered critical injuries. one had to be flown to an emergency room. there we see debris flying. an initial investigation shows the explosion may have involved liquefied petroleum gas, which is commonly found in barbecues. >> a community in santa cruz concerned about safety at a busy intersection after a pedestrian was hit and killed. it happened overnight where highway one meets river street. police say the victim was pronounced dead at the scene despite life saving measures. members of the community say this happens too often in this area. >> i do know of at least one fatality and an old neighbor who was hit there and was in the hospital from from just cars just kind of blazing through. >> pedestrians need more time to get across that stretch of the road. yeah, it creates a dangerous situation. >> the city of santa cruz says

caltrans had a plan drafted back in april of 2021 to improve the intersection with added lanes and a bike path. city officials say this crash marks the fifth reported pedestrian related collision in the area since 2023. >> friends and family are remembering a south lake tahoe man who died in an avalanche this week in the lake tahoe area. friends found frederick ross's body near luther pass february 17th after he didn't return from backcountry backcountry skiing. thanks to his avalanche beacon, a friend and former colleague described him as academic, technical and social someone with a natural ability to bring people together. >> he was friends with everybody, and when i saw i posted, i created the gofundme and then posted it on linkedin, which is, you know, the platform. the solar industry is very heavily in. i got probably 50 phone calls from people in the us, india, china, morocco.

>> since ross's death, friends, family and colleagues from around the world have come together to support his wife and two children. >> all right, let's take you up to alpine meadows right now. and a live look at the snowy conditions right there. we check the sierra avalanche center today, and officials there say chances of an avalanche are decreasing. but there is still a moderate avalanche danger in effect in the central sierra area. that warning, in effect through tomorrow morning at 4 a.m. rosemary oroczo. she's up with us now. you know, the sun's out in the sierra, which makes for way better snowy conditions. and when it, you know, it's raining up there and when it's snowing hard. >> yeah. no snow in the forecast for the sierra this weekend. gasia and andre. in fact, we're going to again get an early taste of spring outside our doors at this hour. it's a pretty one. we've got a view there over parts of the city, as well as mount diablo in the backdrop. temperatures are a few degrees above average for today and continuing to warm in the days ahead. here's a look at

storm tracker two. and from up above just high clouds parked over the bay area, as well as the lake tahoe area. if i pull back just a bit, the pacific northwest will continue with the wet weather. washington. oregon. northern california getting in on just a little bit saturday night into sunday. and i'll show you the futurecast model, because part of lake county and the north edge of sonoma county may get a sprinkle as well. here is a look at the weekend. stopping it early sunday morning where we've got rain and high elevation snow over washington, oregon, northern california and it cuts off right about there. so again, a few sprinkles perhaps. that's it. once we get past that, the systems continue to push up over california and we remain with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. let's check in on the lake tahoe area where blue canyon is in the low 50s this morning or afternoon, south lake tahoe at 43 and truckee 39 into the

afternoon. partly cloudy skies, light winds. no advisories on the lake and temperatures are expected to reach into the low 50s, with the near repeat for tomorrow starting out just a few degrees above freezing. and then as we get into the afternoon, a low 50s expected throughout the weekend. temperatures across the bay area right now we have 67 in san francisco. it's a mild one out there, 67 in napa, low 60s walnut creek, as well as in the south bay, 65 over oakland. our afternoon highs for today. low 60s along the coastline, mid to upper 60s for the rest of us 66 expected in oakland, upper 60s in san rafael and 67 for livermore. morgan hill in the south bay, one of the warmer spots today at about 70, as i showed you in the last half hour, temperatures are anywhere from 3 to 6 degrees above what we typically see for this time of year. and we continue to watch those numbers climb into the weekend. some of our warmer spots will be in the upper 60s to low 70s monday tuesday even a tad warmer, in which case we may

be looking at near record temps, maybe even break a few by the end of the forecast there. back to you. >> rosemary. thanks. now to the unrest in the middle east. the israeli military says a forensic analysis identified the remains of two children. hostages released by hamas this week. but another body returned to israel was not the boy's mother. fox correspondent connor hanson has more. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing revenge after one of four bodies handed over by hamas on thursday did not match one of the hostages. israeli officials say they positively confirmed the identities of an 84 year old man, as well as two young children, but the remains said to be their mother, were that of an unidentified woman from gaza. >> i will not rest until the savages who executed our hostages are brought to justice. they do not deserve to walk this earth. nothing will stop me. >> hamas released a statement friday pointing to the

possibility of a mix up of bodies, saying the remains were found in an area they claim israel had bombed, with palestinians also present. the militant group says it still plans to follow through with the current terms of the ceasefire deal. another six living hostages are expected to be released on saturday, but the future of the ceasefire is still in doubt. negotiations have still not officially begun on a second phase of the agreement, which would include the release of remaining hostages and see a withdrawal of israeli troops from the gaza strip. >> those two things are on a collision course. they still have thousands of fighters there and they want to finish that job. >> president trump has called for palestinians to eventually be resettled outside gaza, but that idea has been rejected by arab leaders. in new york, connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news. >> feeling zero gravity here on

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a high school was unveiled. it was built with the help of the 49ers star christian mccaffrey and the commanders running back austin ekeler. foundations for both players teamed up on the project, and students have already been using the new equipment, but yesterday was the first time that ekeler saw the completed gym. he says the renovations is not just about equipment but also about supporting the neighborhood. >> when there's a place that's in need, as balboa high school was, this is what the austin ekeler foundation does. goes in and actually finds a place and then also helps uplift that bring the community together so that everyone in that community and those players can also, you know, benefit from that. >> last year, the balboa varsity football team won the division seven, a state championship.

>> baseball is back. the giants begin spring training play this weekend. their first exhibition game of the season is against the texas rangers at the spring training home of the rangers in arizona. major league baseball says about three out of every five games will experiment with the automated ball strike system. the challenge system is a compromise between the new technology, where all balls and strikes are automated and the status quo. manager bob melvin is excited for exhibition play, but skeptical about that new tech. >> i'm going to let it play out to start, and then we'll see how it goes. i mean, spring training games, you know, i have no familiarity with it. i look at the walk rates in triple-a and the walk rates at the big leagues. it's a lot different when guys come up and when they go to triple-a, they walk more guys. so i'm sure the system has something to do with that. you know, i haven't been a part of it. i'm going to feel it out first. and if guys are, you know, ridiculous with it, then we'll probably put some parameters on it. but i'm certainly not going to. lamont wade says challenges. i'm not going to have a problem with that.

>> melvin says right handed pitcher landon rupe, who is fighting for a spot on the roster, will get tomorrow's start. >> a decades long ban on beards is officially dropped. the new york yankees announced today that the team's 49 year old policy that is gone. team players and staff can now rock a well-groomed beard going forward. the rule was imposed by owner george steinbrenner at the time, but the current owner, his son hal steinbrenner, made the change and said his decision to drop it came after speaking to a large number of former and current yankees spanning several eras. >> a new rideshare app is being described as uber with guns. in los angeles, riders can now book a ride that comes with an armed security detail through the protector app. the on demand service features gun carrying former military and law enforcement professionals. you can select the number of escalades for your personal motorcade, plus the type of uniform you're armed guards wear, ranging from business formal to full on swat gear. protector service costs $1,000 for one guard and one car for five hours, plus the annual member fee. it is also available in new york. >> and you're going to have to

wear that hat here in the next month or so. you're going to have to pack it because you're coming out to the bay area. >> oh, wow. >> and we're going to take you on a zero gravity flight. >> best thing that happened in a long time. >> and that is the moment a 97 year old world war two veteran learned that one of his dreams is about to come true. the flying enthusiast is about to check another item off of his bucket list this weekend. gordon mcafee. mcafee. mcafee rather will experience weightlessness just like an astronaut when he goes up in a zero gravity flight. now, i spoke with him live on mornings on two, the nine, and the man who is helping him accomplish this dream. matt good is the chairman and founder of zero g and said it's a thrill of a lifetime. >> so many experiences you get, but zero g is not one of them

that people are going to do. yeah. and it's like it's a whole different freedom. >> it's the most incredible experience a person can have. it is literally you can't top it. the feeling of being unbound by gravity. you've seen it. astronauts floating in space and movies in real time. and you're going to get the same feeling. >> nasa astronaut jose hernandez will also be taking part, along with gordon, who may be the oldest person ever go zero g and we will tag along on the adventure as well. >> he's still a pilot, by the way. he still flies his plane like as of a couple weeks ago. >> yeah, three weeks ago was the last time he flew his plane. one of the things that he does is he walks 2 to 3 miles. he says normally three miles, but now he's down to walking two miles. but 97 years old. he came in here on his own. >> fit, sharp the whole nine yards. >> yeah. >> we saw in the video you've done the whole zero g thing before. >> i've done that before. it is truly amazing. and you're up

there for a good amount of time, for almost a couple of hours, and they take you through several rotations of this. and you, they, you know, you, they even have candy, jolly, jolly, jolly beans. and you can, you can fly and catch them and you can do the superman pose and fly. it is really the closest thing you come, you know, because you're wondering as a kid, you're looking at all the astronauts and the es. you're like, how do i do that? right. this is the closest thing you can do to it right now, unless you have a few hundred thousand dollars to go up, you know, in one of the fancy. >> or the time of intellect to do the whole nasa thing. right, right. >> yeah. unless y can be yeah, welcome to like it or not, the show where we talk about what you're talking about, the latest hot topics and what's trending now. joining me today are two recent college graduates, mila gammon and lena mitchell. now these are our