andrea nakano shows us the 11- year-old who wants to go pro is now chasing the dream in the u.s. >> reporter: war in ukraine has turned the family's life upside down. the 11-year-old is even separated from her father but one thing hasn't changed. her love for tennis. it's a sport that she's been playing since she was five years old. she didn't care for gymnastics so her dad suggested she pick up a racket. for six years the 11-year-old has been practicing six times a week, three hours a day. after she arrived in u.s. on march 5, a call went out on social media asking for suggestions for a tennis academy. days later she found a home at hrt in sausalito. >> a big thanks to everybody. >> thank you. it was amazing. >> reporter: she's no longer playing on clay, the rhythm of each forehand and foot work bring back fond memories of home. europe may struggle with english but tennis is helping her connect with new friends and coaches. >> it is international language. the values that tennis gives and the way that they understand each other on the court is unbelievable. >> reporter: there is one piece o

and andrea nakano reports it is not just baseball fans celebrated tonight. >> reporter: april 8th is when the giants will open up the gates. tens of thousands of fans coming to the ballpark is exactly what local businesses were hoping for. >> i think it is safe to say as long as i am in this neighborhood this is the most important season of baseball and for the people who live in this area, ever. >> reporter: scott morton admits he was just about to send e-mails to push back the start date to seasonal employees. then came the news of the league and player's striking a deal. >> now we start to ramp up. that is the fun part. we call all of the seasonal, people using the area during the summer. >> reporter: they will serve the fans to watch the team take care of unfinished business. >> i am excited. i am a life-long fan. i am excited. they almost beat the dodgers last year. excited to see what happens, how they do this year. >> definitely excited to see the giants come back. i live across the street it is always an exciting time. >> reporter: local businesses feel they can finally let o

andrea nakano with what this means moving forward. >> reporter: with the court ruling, cal will have to trim incoming class by more than 3,000 students, students that have worked incredibly hard for a chance to get into this university. >> i am pretty anxious and kind of very nervous actually. >> reporter: this is jaden's third year applying. the news of the ruling was another blow to his hopes of getting into his dream school. >> disappointing, heart breaking a bit to read that, to know that i have been rejected from the school before and know how hard it is to get into there and now i am told it's going to get exponentially harder. >> reporter: students are caught in the middle of a feud between the university and a group called save berkeley's neighborhood. the group is demanding increase housing before it increases enrollment. >> it is not too late to find a solution that mitigate local community's environmental concerns without leaving 3,050 young people behind. we look forward to meeting with president drake as soon as possible to get the settlement process started. >> reporter

kpix 5 reporter andrea nakano which live in berkeley with what this means moving forward. >> reporter: what a court ruling today, cal will have to trim it incoming class by more than 3000 students, students that have worked incredibly hard for a chance to get into this university. >> i'm pretty anxious and kind of very nervous, actually. >> reporter: this is jaden's third year upon directly. the news of the court ruling was a little to his hopes of getting into his dream school. >> disappointing, heartbreaking, a bit, to read that, to know that i have been rejected from that school before and know how hard it is to get into their and now i'm being told it is going to g exponentially harder than that. >> reporter: the stof a feud between the university and a group called save berkeley's neighborhood. the group is demanding cal to increase housing before it increases a moment. >> it is not too late to find a solution that mitigates the local communities for mental concerns about leaving 3050 of our young people behind. we look forward to meeting with president drake as soon as possible

. >> reporter: andrea nakano, kpix5. >> b.a.r.t line red service will be back up and running after a power grid knocked it out. repairs are still under way but they are able to draw enough power to run short trains. they will be limited to five cars on the red and orange lines for now. >>> still ahead. >> i love it even better than regular football season. >> the bay area has a new pro football team. we will take you to the debut of the panthers co-owned by former raider shawn mashawn lynch. >>> tonight, we are getting new video of a dangerous stunt by a tesla driver in southern california. we will hear from the man who captured this wild scene >>> new at 11:00. it may be march but it football season in san jose. kpix5 betty yu was there when the bay area finally hit the field after a very long time-out. two years after delays fans got to watch the bay area panthers kick off their season here at sap center. meet the newest cat in town. the bay area panthers took on the san diego strike force for the first time in their new home. they won 38-33. oakland born co-owner and former nfl st

we have to do something. >> reporter: in gurnville, andrea nakano, kpix 5. >>> and to the coronavirus. counties across the state have been dropping mask mandates one by one and starting monday, california will schools will follow suit. student and staff will no longer be required to mask up at school. kpix 5s julia goodrich looks at how campuses plan to adjust. >> reporter: hard to believe we have gotten to this point, but come monday in the east bay, students will not have to wear these. masks. so, how do they feel about that? what is monday, no masks? >> no masks. >> reporter: students at the rancho las plaseatos elementary school in livermore are ready to have the choice to wear or not wear a mask. >> there is no right or wrong answer. raise your hand if you're going to war your motor vehicle on monday? >> i feel -- your mask on monday. >> i feel like it's not that safe and i don't want to get covid. >> i think i want yet off, but it's up to mo parents. >> you can stay six feet away from everybody. it would be easier than wearing a mask on your face. live like my brother, he has tr

this morning as andrea nakano reports, the new chief is turning to the public for help. >> i would want them to know what i believe is important is that we care. we want to work with them so that they can begin to see the changes that they've been asking for. >> when the vallejo police chief says "them" he is referring to families that have lost loved ones due to police violence. chief williams developed a deescalation policy and says that policy has made a difference. >> in 2021, we saw about a 40% reduction in use of force. for the first time in over 20 years we did not have a critical incident or officer- involved shooting. claims, complaints were down. >> the purpose is to get feedback from our community. >> reporter: the police department and community recognize there is more work to do, this town hall focused on changes to the use of force policy. >> i am concerned about past behavior of the vallejo police department, use of force in the past, lack of accountability for police that have killed civilians and bent their badges to celebrate the killings. >> a lot of times we hear the

. >> andrea nakano is at chase center as march madness dreams were made and squashed. >> reporter: usually doves fans pack this house. there was a sea of blue and a blanket of red covering different sections of chase center here. a crowd witnessed a march madness upset and a peace >> reporter: the calls resinated as fans from arkansas, duke, zagga and texas tech converge in one arena and they all brought tons of school spirit. >> texas tech fans are confident history was going to be made on thursday night. >> duke head coach walked to the locker room escorted by his wife during his 42 year career, coach k. led the blue devils to five championships. almost as long as i have been alive. i don't think we will have say coach like him again. >> it was tough. i don't think it was a great finish sad they go out like this every year. >> loving it. arkansas showing up big time. >> so much fun. >> reporter: fans packed chase, local businesses scored as well earlier in the day orders kept pouring into yummy home plate. a huge win after struggling through the pandemic. >> there was a sellout crowd of

andrea nakano explains why fans are so interested in one game in particular. >> reporter: chase center has gone through quite a transformation in the last three days. we got a peek inside as crews set the stage for a very special event. this was after the warriors loss to the spurs sunday. this is what it looked like wednesday night as crews put finishing touches on the venue for the sweet 16 at chase center. >> i got tickets to the games tomorrow. i am super excited about that. >> reporter: he will join thousands of other fans as gonzaga faces arkansas and texas tech tries to put out duke. coach's last year has attracted fans from all over the world. >> it wears on you a little bit because everywhere you walk, everyone is taking a picture of you and watching everything you say. that gets old. >> reporter: tickets are almost sold out with the cheapest starting around $400. some fans are willing to pay the price to watch one of the best coaches ever in college basketball. >> as a fan in general, you don't necessarily need to know anything about basketball but when you hear coach k, it's

andrea nakano, kpix5. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbs news bay area, invasion of ukraine has california on high alert for cyber threats. the main test >>> 4:43. to your money watch, great news for current amazon shareholders plus luxury cars being recalled to fix a problem that can cause engine fires. diane king hall reports now from new york city. >>> after being roughed up earlier this week, wall street had its best day since 2020 on wednesday. the dow gained 653. nasdaq rose 460. s&p 500 jumped 107. shares of amazon will undergo stock split in june. if it happened today, a single stock now worth almost $2,800 would be about $139 though price jumped 6% after the bell on the news. amazon announced a $10 billion buy back. >>> bmw recalling more than 900,000 cars and suvs made from 2006 to 2013, most for a third time to fix a problem that can cause engine fires. bmw says it drivers smell smoke or burning plastic to pull over, shut the car off, leave the vehicle. the auto maker is developing a fix for the issue. >>> twitter expanding to e commerce. companies will be able to

. >> reporter: andrea nakano, kpix5. >> b.a.r.t line red service will be back up and running after a power grid knocked it out. repairs are still under way but they are able to draw enough power to run short trains. they will be limited to five cars on the red and orange lines for now. >>> still ahead. >> i love it even better than regular football season. >> the bay area has a new pro football team. we will take you to the debut of the panthers co-owned by former raider shawn mashawn lynch. >>> tonight, we are getting new video of a dangerous stunt by a tesla driver in southern california. we will hear from the man who captured this wild scene oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with

. >> andrea nakano reports it is offering to fill new hires' gas tanks for free. >> reporter: in napa, there is no shortage of visitors but there is a shortage of employees to work in the hospitality industry. meritage held a job fair. it has hundreds of jobs to fill. >> we have hundreds of positions open. we are looking for everything in the hotel industry. >> reporter: during the pandemic, the job market changed. before, all the seats would have been filled for a job fair like this one but not anymore. >> the pool of employees is so small. one of the things we are doing is trying to attract them with what's going on around the world. >> reporter: so the manager, hr director, and the team came up with an idea to pay for three months worth of gas for every new employee. >> to some degree it does make a difference and help for somebody to have the means to make it to the job. >> any perk helps. there are a lot of potential candidates. it's what the employer has to offer will get the best candidates. >> reporter: on top of the perks some candidates were offered jobs on the spot. >> i ha

. >> reporter: andrea nakano, kpix5. >>> business owners are getting good news, today the board of supervisors voted to delay fines related to parklets until next year. in july, the board decided to make the outdoor space permanent and set guidelines for safety and ada compliance. the city planned to issue signs for violations starting next month. >>> a live look at grace cathedral. two years ago it closed. that was the first time since the spanish flu pandemic. it use thad use -- used the time to create a new tour. >>> still ahead tonight. >> getting less from the police department in terms of efficiency, in terms of making arrests to clear crimes, in terms of transparency. >>> new research finds the police in a bay area city costs more and solves fewer crimes than their counterparts. we will dig into the numbers and why the police say they do not tell the whole story. >>> opening statements expected tomorrow in the trial of the former president of tharnos after eye-brow raising claims. >>> daylight saving time could be permanent. why a doctor's group says lawmakers are not getting it quite r

kpix5 andrea nakano shows us how people in the north bay are pitching in. >> reporter: she is originally from ukraine, she worked here now, she put word out for help and has been overwhelmed by the community's response. >> i am trying to do what i can here. how i can help. >> reporter: she is a scientist at the buck institute, she is thousands of miles away from home. she knew she had to do something to help. >> we have a lot of wounded and not just soldiers but also civilians, children, so, like doctors are really stretched out, i don't know if this is the right term like they really need help. >> reporter: she came up with the idea to collect medical supplies and donations immediately started pouring in. the same generosity can be found here at trek winery in downtown nevado. they are selling hundreds of cases of cases with 100% of profits going to refugees crossing into poland. >> reporter: all of the money will be donated to world central kitchen where chefs are on the frontlines feeding those trying to escape the crisis in their home country there is unity here, she says there is a

kpix5 andrea nakano spoke to firecrews saying on days like these they are extra vigilant. >> while the wind was worse at the coast there were good gusts as the whole region is dealing with dry conditions. >> this area forced evacuations and burned roughly 40 acres today. >> it feels like it is earlier and earlier in terms of what i am hearing, pretty scary. >> as for the cause it is believed to be a controlled burn that got out of control, according to the fire marshall, those burn fist done right are essential to fighting major fires. >> the goal is to continue to let activities like that occur again they are beneficial and we will be looking at prescribed fire here in santa rosa. >> the key, though, making sure conditions are right and there is no wind. especially since california has acres and acres of vegetation ready to burn. >> right now when you look at the brush and heavy timber it is at levels it should not be. we are lacking at rainfall. fuels drier than they should be. we are breaking records. >> fire season has not officially started yet and firefighters are hoping more rai

andrea nakano is here explaiat is causing the mood index to sink. >> reporter: this is the most dissatisfied bay area residents have been since 2014 and strangely the pandemic hoing are the major issues. >> to be. >> reporter: michael swartz did not take will poll but he agrees with the results. >> i live inside concord for 25 years and lived in concord for 25 years and covid-19 just made everything terrible, the moment helpless have gotten a lot worse. >> reporter: the bay area council, a public policy adsroe kabges conducted the poll. finding that 74% of residents feel the region is heading in the wrong direction, that is a record jump of 14%. this is nearly half of those polled considering leaving the area. >> i would say cost of living is number one. just because inflation as it is nowadays and with, you know, we see wages not following trend. >> along with the housing issues the third biggest concern on many people's minds is the crime. >> the thing that i am seeing now is the crime and all of the things people are doing, the craziness, the foolishness, the police do not seem to be doin

tonight, kpix5 andrea nakano is in sacramento with what the deputies are revealing about the suspect. >>> as you can see here tonight, the area is blocked off. residents here at first did not know if there was an active shooter or who he was targeting. we learned tonight it was a father opening fire on his three children before turning the gun on himself. >> reporter: the incident happened before 5:00 tonight. an employee working upstairs managed to get out and call 911 just after the gunfire erupted. >>> as i stopped in front of the church, they brought out a person they were rendering first aid to and then they put the tape up and they were scooting everybody back. >> reporter: deputies surrounded the church in sacramento trying to get the victims to safety, hoping to save their lives, a sacramento sheriff's department, though, pronounced all five victims dead at the scene. nine, 10 and 13-year-old girls, their 41-year-old father and another victim who was there to supervise the girl's visit with their father. >> this was a court supervised visitation. >> reporter: the sergeant says

andrea nakano will have the reaction coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> taking a look at top headlines, tonight that russia could start using biological or chemical weapons in ukraine. is as u.s. officials warn that russian troops are operating with reckless disregard for civilians. meanwhile, the u.s. senate could take up a massive house assistance package for ukraine as soon as tonight. resident biden says he is ready to sign off on that bill as soon as it hits his desk. >> the united states and the people around the world are going to continue to support the ukrainian people. i believe, as they defend their country. >>> actor jesse smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail plus probation for lying to police about being the victim of a racial and homophobic attack. investigators later determined he staged it himself. >>> inflation has hit a 40 year high for the fourth straight month. consumer prices were 7.9% higher last month than they were last february. that was before gas prices really started spiking. >> i think we are looking at a period now where we can pretty clearly see