our gianna franco introduces you to a bay area teacher who knows firsthand the value of having musics part of his lesson plan. >> the sound of bluegrass echoes down the hallways of this entry school in pacifica. as a third and fourth graders play mandolins, banjos, even an upright bass , it's an opportunity for them to explore the creative side of school. music, and arts. and it's made possible by one third grade teacher, jared katz. >> okay, so today we are going to practice -- spiky teaches the basics, math, reading, science, and that comes first. but he also found out that music and arts make the biggest difference in a child's education. >> music has a way of reaching kids that regular school kind of fails. >> so he makes it a point to not only teach from a book or whiteboard, but from an instrument. >> that amount of kids that it reaches and gets not only excited about school, but excited just about life. >> we hear so much about budget school cuts and usually the first programs to go are music, art, theater, and dance. proposition 28's goal is to make music and arts education a

. >> reporter: gianna franco, kpix 5. >> early minds, there. first alert weather, here, paul heggen, fill us in on our turkey forecast, just around the corner. >> is looking pretty good. good weather to be stuck on the roads, wherever you are going. >> that's one way to look at it. it looks good for tomorrow, as well. let's look at the big picture perspective. plenty of sunshine today, temperatures were a few degrees above average. we will be further above average tomorrow, as this area of high pressure, just a hill of air in the atmosphere will be right overhead, that compresses the air at ground level, and forms of a. also the position here tomorrow to stop to our north will allow a week onshore wind to kick in, and when temperatures up along the coast. future cast, a bit of patchy fog along the coast for the first half of tonight. offshore wind developing by tomorrow morning, followed along the coast should break up before the sun comes up. abundant sunshine, tomorrow, then, we see some passing clouds floating through from time to time frida

many are anxious to hit the slopes but on his travel tuesday, as gianna franco reports, a travel guide is telling visitors to stay away from lake tahoe. >> this winter wonderland attracts people near and far. >> it is nice. >> even on a monday, it seemed busier during the height of covid. >> it was absolutely nuts. >> they say business is back to normal, although it has been hit and miss amid high gas prices and inflation. still, some tourists say it is worth the trip. >> a little get away from business and working every day? this is really fun for us. >> it is easy to see why for first-time among time visitors that the same allure is raising concerns. >> we have locals that do not want any tourism, right? but living in a tourism town without that income, it is impossible. >> lake tahoe is one of 10 -- hot-spots plagued with overcrowding and resource depletion and locations impacted by water crisis. >> we would never say not come. we want everyone to experience lake tahoe but do it in a way that protects it now in the future. >> their mission is to keep tahoe blue, saying there is more