thank you jodi. all right. the peninsula. dangerous combination of heavy rain and wind triggering a host of hassles and concerns there as well. let's turn things over to marianne favro. she continues our coverage. she's in east palo alto and here now the focus on trying to get some preparation so things don't get worse than what they've already seen. absolutely. i want to show you this. this is the san francisquito creek. and you may remember, in 2003, this creek spilled over its banks and caused major flooding in parts of east palo alto. you can see now it's moving very swiftly. there's also a lot of debris in here, which is why tonight, residents in this area are on high alert. across the peninsula. heavy rains made it much more difficult to get around today, as people dusted off their umbrellas and dashed into stores. here in san carlos, crews worked to make repairs after the storm knocked out power to this traffic signal. we do expect this storm to bring a decent amount of outage activity at this emergency cter in san car

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. jodi. thank you. let's shift our attention to the peninsula. now, this evening, the peninsula is getting hit hard with flooding and power outages. in fact, pg&e has an outage map here right now. close to 22,000 people are without power. that includes more than 9000 on the peninsula and about 5000 customers in the south bay. let's bring in nbc's marianne favro, who joins us in east palo alto with the very latest, marianne. raj. one of the big concerns is the san francisquito creek. and take a look here. you can see that the water level is rising quickly. and we've also seen big logs come through. now, this area flooded just a few years ago, which is why residents here are on high alert now. across the peninsula, heavy rains made it very difficult to get around and cause power outages, including some traffic signals in san carlos. pg&e says it has an entire fleet of trucks waiting to respond. the company says it's also beefing up staffing and turning to technology to determine where power may go out nex

she called jarae's mother jody. i dropped to my knees. her word that she would find who killed my daughter. keith morrison: detective trapp had kept her word. now she bought three more rosaries and wondered, could she bring those women home? gordon had told her all of them had been left in the same dumpster, the contents of which were brought here, orange county's brea olinda landfill, where except for jarae, they all still were in there somewhere. we did a lot of research and we had every intention to try to dig for them. keith morrison: but the bodies had to be 40 feet deep by now. digging for them would cost millions. they might never be found. and the county couldn't afford that. and they're just over there somewhere, you know, 40 feet down. mm-hmm. what's that like? what's that feel like? it's frustrating. it's frustrating knowing that they're here and we can't bring them home. it's like the one thing that the mothers want, and i get it, and to not be able to do that, it feels-- it's incomplete. does it drive you crazy? yes, it does.

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. that is certainly sad for so many families there. jodi. thank you. another look at our storm ranger in the left corner of your screen. you can access this exclusive radar from our storm ranger by downloading the nbc bay area app. let's get to some other headlines now. ousted oakland mayor sheng thao was back in a federal court today. prosecutors started to reveal the evidence in her bribery and corruption case. mayor thao former mayor tore her longtime boyfriend andre jones, and businessmen david and andy duong all appeared in a federal courtroom in oakland. prosecutors say they are now handed over 140gb of information, including more than 250,000 files they plan to introduce as part of their case. last month, all four defendants pled not guilty to charges of bribery, conspiracy and mail and wire fraud. tao and her boyfriend are accused of using her position for financial and political gain, and accepted bribes from the duong family in exchange for boosting their businesses. all four are expected back in court in april. well, it's been les

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. it is coming down, jodi. try to get out of the rain for a little bit. all right. as always, our nbc bay area app is a great way to follow the weather in your neighborhood. all you have to do is scan that qr code on the screen that will take you right to it. it will provide timely information on our team of meteorologists, as well as a radar from storm ranger. now to a plan to increase public safety and revitalize the city. and san francisco's new mayor just unveiled it today. it involves creating a new police task force with a very specific focus on neighborhoods where people visit and play. nbc bay area's christie smith explains. well, the effort announced today is part of a plan to clean up the streets and create an atmosphere that would welcome more people to the city. today, we spoke with some tourists and businesses about their impressions and whether they think it might make a difference. i am proud to announce that san francisco police department hospitality zone task force. mayor daniel lurie says he'

okay, jodi, it is active.safe than sorry for all those low-lying communities along the russian river. and as jeff was saying, along the napa river as well, that's going to do it for us here at 7:00. we will continue to provide updates throughout the night right here on nbc bay area. and then we'll see you again for our 11:00 news. stay safe. have a good evening. >>> a very patient travis faces taylor proposal questions. super bowl countdown starts right now. >>> are you proposing to taylor at the half? >> tailors got an eager suitor who just may have stole her heart atthe grammys. >>> you are a and eight, too, aren't you? >> kind of. >> any advice for kendrick? >> ♪ california

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in hercules jodi hernandez, nbc, bay area news. all right. the weekend is almost here, and we're going to get some much deserved sunshine. this is a live look in san jose. there's still clouds out there, but we can see the sky. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, as we head into the weekend. jeff. and it's shaping up perfect here. as we get into your saturday and sunday forecast, we'll show you a storm ranger scanning doppler radar. and we have cleared out. there's a little bit of moisture in the mid levels of the atmosphere around the higher elevations, but not expecting any consistent rainfall this evening. winds also a lot calmer than last night, anywhere from five to about 20mph. we did have some rain down here in morgan hill over the past hour. that has also started to move on out. so as we roll through the forecast here, what you'll see is these rain totals were off the charts. we got over 11in in angwin, berkeley hills 6.42, petaluma 5.39 and san francisco just over four and a half. and that was in seven days. so 1 to

and we heard sen jody finds there who was specifically talking about this issue and said, when she has tried in her congressional oversight authority to get an answer from you with a lead, she was threatened to by the organization out there. you ask us questions. congresswoman out there, you ask questions of this organization? we should do whatever we want. sen. let's just delve into one of the big recipients for a moment. ukraine, because a lot of years lensky says he doesn't know where around a $100000000000.00 of us money at went. where did it go? i'm sure american taxpayers would like to know. we have been in this process of this ukraine war now almost 3 years. and all this time zalinski hasn't questioned where the money is, because he knows that the united states has dedicated almost $300000000.00 to him. there's almost 300000000000 us back here. dollars that dedicated to your cause. and only now in the last week, did you come out and say, no, i just realized something. we didn't get the money. where did it go? outcomes of lives. he hasn't said anything until this moment that he d

that's our jodi hernandez spent the day. she'll have the latest on the mudslide.ur marianne favro is tracking outages on the peninsula, but we begin first with our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. with more on the storms timing. i got to tell you, coming into work, 680 slammed. i know you were on there too. yeah, a torrential downpours just making it impossible to get from point a to point b, as you can see in that current storm ranger scan. right now we're tracking the heaviest rain with that frontal system now over the peninsula east bay and moving into

and we heard sen. jodie foster, who was specifically talking about this issue and said, when she has tried in her congressional oversight authority to get an answer from you with a lead, she was threatened by the organization. let's just delve into one of the big recipients for a moment ukraine, because not the mirrors. lensky says he doesn't know. we're around a $100000000000.00 of us money at went. where did it go? i'm sure american taxpayers would like to know how it was that lizzie hasn't said anything until this moment that he doesn't know where the money is. because the truth is, he knows exactly what you create in spanish. i can take money laundering scheme, and those are as reporters who have covered it for the last 3 years, you will actually told the truth about what's happening. your brain had been trying to tell the world that this is what's going on. it's a huge money laundering, steam. the weapons aren't going to ukraine. they're going all over the world, including into middle eastern, an african countries, which of these stabilize governments there. we know the money is

former osd board member jody london says that school closures and consolidations may actually benefit students. >> if you look at elmhurst middle school, for example, they consolidated two schools, and now the families and the faculty talk about how they have many more elective choices there, more after school sports activities for the students and other things like that. >> some in the crowd voiced concerns about the current situation with the district. >> it really feels like a snake eating its own tail. you know, we're we're losing enrollment. our attendance isn't up. so then we have to do things that are only going to make enrollment worse and attendance worse. that's what i mean, that we got to. oakland has to stop that. >> presentations given show that oakland unified has many more schools in comparison to districts with similar enrollment numbers. london says board members need to take a hard look at what will benefit students here who are currently struggling achievement wise, and that may actually be closures. >> every school should have a nurse, a librarian, music enrichment

our jodi hernandez was out there today as that home floated away. marianne favro has been tracking the storm on the peninsula, but we're going to start first our live team coverage with our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. and, jeff, you're saying we need another couple of hours before we'll see a little bit of relief? yes. we're starting to get some drying in parts of the bay area and others still into that rainfall. but, you know, if you were out there for just a little bit today, you could barely see 1 to 2 car lengths in front of you. it was really some of the heaviest rainfall we can get here in the bay area, and it's a all from this system here offshore, tying in with the atmospheric river just continuing to increase that rain. so we got two things happening for us here. it's clearing out in the north bay. and then the heaviest line is now starting to push just to the south of us. so we're just kind of in that in-between zone right now. still some gusts here of 15 to about 25mph at lower elevations. mountains gusting 30

former osd board member jody london says that school closures and consolidations may actually benefit students. >> if you look at elmhurst middle school, for example, they consolidated two schools, and now the families and the faculty talk about how they have many more elective choices there, more after school sports activities for the students and other things like that. >> some in the crowd voiced concerns about the current situation with the district. >> it really feels like a snake eating its own tail. you know, we're we're losing enrollment. our attendance isn't up. so then we have to do things that are only going to make enrollment worse and attendance worse. that's what i mean, that we got to. oakland has to stop that. >> presentations given show that oakland unified has many more schools in comparison to districts with similar enrollment numbers. london says board members need to take a hard look at what will benefit students here who are currently struggling achievement wise, and that may actually be closures. >> every school should have a nurse, a librarian, music enrichment

jody from virginia. now that we are slaughtering the hog may be bacon prices can come down.e. terry from omaha remember back in october when they try to convince us trump was low energy remember that everything was alive. cc from cypress why aren't they picketing for those transgender mice how do you do a sex change on a mouse very small instruments. from evansville, indiana, you were kind of defensive of those exits okay keep your blank he's in slippers i'm not apologizing i have blankets in the house i have multiple pairs of slippers. i'm waters and this is my world. >> ♪ ♪ welcome to

jodi from virginia. now that we're slaughtering the hog, maybe bacon prices will come down.on and please. egg prices, please. egg prices. i can't even get my blue eggs anymore. terry from omaha, nebraska. remember back in october when the dems tried to convince us trump was low energy? you remember that? god, everything was a lie. c.c. from cypress, texas. why aren't the peta people picketing for those transgender mice? i mean, how are you going to do a sex change on a mouse? very small instruments. shonda from evansville, indiana. dude, you were kind of defensive of those ethics. it's okay. you can keep your blankies and slippers. i'm not apologizing. i have blankets in the house, and i have multiple pair of slippers. i'm watters, and these are my slippers. welcome

shen xi jim foolish you choking for what the giant jing chen he lia why amy tan yeah well poppa the jodi danley being cheer can cheer neither dude you woman to me she knew kuala was giving thanks to having not paid sufficiently for my own sins. i've been asked to acknowledge all of the public officials here today have mercy on my soul. we have many members from the bench here today and we welcome federal judge chen, california appellate justices stuart chu, brown and goldman san francisco superior court judges chan flores, puri wang and singh among our california electeds we welcome california treasurer fiona ma, comptroller malia cohen along with state officials you'll hear from shortly and they will be they will be introduced at that time. and now we go to the city attorney's clients for thank you mayor lori for coming. it's a blessing to have you with us. >> we welcome city treasurer jose cisneros assessor recorder working tourist district attorney brooke jenkins sheriff paul miyamoto, police chief william scott. >> we welcome former mayor willie brown and i believe oakland mayor libb

. >> you could not use jody for example? >> know we cannot use that we do not think so. by all indications is ruled out. they do not pretend to mary up there proposed forms of age verification with what texas has described an is a form of verification. is that something that's been addressed by the texas ag where that using a service like that would satisfy the requirements of the statute question. >> the tax else's texas did not suggest narrowing construction that was enforcement challenge with the luminary injunction there's just not opportunity their child narrowing construction. that is the real thing despite all their assurances in support of us. part i fight age verification has inherent toys. >> everyone knows we are honored just said. >> justice? >> ginsburg. but to the court relied upon. that was a child. objecting is not a store. as a child saying i should not be barred from viewing indecent materials because adults showed it, correct? >> correct. >> the only rule there is what level of scrutiny applied to a law that applies only to children, correct? what the

. >> reporter: jodie guest is a professor of epidemiology with emory university's rollins school of public the ep of 2023. >> reporter: transmitted by wild birds through their feces and saliva. >> in 2024, bird flu jumped from our poultry and wild birds to mammals, to cows. and that was a very startling change. >> reporter: until 2024, there was only one human case in the united states. in just a few months the number jumped to 67 with one death. most of those cases workers at dairy operations and poultry farms. they experienced mild symptoms. >> so far we have not seen human-to-human transmission, and that would have to happen in order for us to be on the verge of an epidemic or pandemic. >> reporter: how scared are you of this? >> i am not scared. i feel very strongly that human risk is still very, very low. >> reporter: how do we stop it? >> we stop it by knowing where it is, and then eliminating, culling those it herds and preventing its spread. >> reporter: but the spread of h5n1 is not being contained. and look at what culling has already done to the price and availability of eggs. >

jody is up first. good morning. you're on with congressman schneider. hello, thank you for taking my call. i am so concerned about the information that elon musk has gathered on the american people. pertaining to our address, or social security numbers, our routing numbers, our bank accounts. he is not even an elected official. i would like to know how he got into that position in the first place. caller: thank you for the question. -- guest: thank you for the question. the answer as to how he got there is trump put in their. he was not elected by anyone. no american in the country voted for him and he has gone through no vetting process. wasn't approved by the senate. not technically an official employee of the government, constrained by the rules of what working for the government means. yet he has access, as you said, to our most personal confidential information. bank accounts, social security numbers, routing numbers, how much we are paid, where we live, possibly even health care records. it's even more than that. more than anyone else in the world

i'm jodi i live in d5. i am on the cac. i was ash pointed by the mayor to represent engineering and finance. i retired and the direct of infrastructure and utilities at ucsf now helping out at public works. i specific lowmented to talk about the treasure i lands and yerba buena power issue. a year ago in february of 2023, the cac did publish a resolution on the item. and in that resolution, we -- talk the fact that treasure island and yerba buena have 18 outages a year totalling 4-5 years each sometimes more than that. that rate is 4 times higher than san francisco. and as moses said, if other if regular san francisco residents had this type of outage you would be all in flames so to speak. exist be residents in treasure island and yerba buena more than 60% are low income. and that area also ranks the highest disadvantaged communities. the people that are need our help the most are being hurt the most. everyone in san francisco is entitleed safe and reliable power. tida, you know is the treasure island development authority

and if you read the document that jodi arrington in the house was distributing it was medicare, medicaidthe affordable care act, clean energy tax credits and the like. by the way, you need to do most of those things in order to find $1.5 trillion in savings. and so you'll forgive me if i'm somewhat skeptical of these people's commitment to fiscal discipline because every time they're in charge, they blow up the deficits and they blow them up -- look, we some spending, i'm notingif to deny that. the budget act was neutral. my own view is that what anyone thinks of debt and deficits when it is a global pandemic and you're trying to prevent people from not being able to pay their mortgage or rent or groceryies. we had the ability to keep people afloat so we did it. and the truth is that although we experienced inflation, subsequent to coming out of covid, we did better than almost any other big economy frankly because we didn't underdo it. you could say we overshot it. i don't think that. some people think we were smart, we overshot it. but we thought we're not going toer on the side -- err