stuart: is fentanyl a major problem in lee county? >> not in lee county.a national epidemic and fentanyl is hurting us all over. in lee county, we're shutting drug houses down at record rates. we take everything we possibly can from drug dealers. we take their cars, houses, any assets that we can and make that bad money good and reinvest it back into the community. stuart: are any police officers coming into your force from new york or california or new jersey? getting any new people from there? >> we have a waiting list. people from all over the country want to come here not just because of palm trees and beach beaches. they want to work in paradise where they're supported. they're supported bay great governor who wants law and order, a sheriff who definitely wants law and recorder, zero tolerance and they can do their job and get it done and for those that don't understand that, we have law and order or there's the border. woe dent even want you in -- we don't even want you in the state of florida and you want to come and be a great citizen and you want

other roles to their personal relationships with seating thing at different stages of his career at lee county. i had a role in a job that's often called his chief of staff buck in back in jeered young am off to that point he was. and what they call helicopters into a number of other roles and primarily around that cluster of provinces on china's coasts, am in john sou jr. young and then latterly as potty certainty of shanghai. he hasn't held positions in beijing in the central lead, a ship running the country before. and he seems relatively business friendly, relatively reform minded. but the most important thing is he's demonstrated his loyalty. he's not a figure that's come from, for instance, another faction. he's not someone who has really independent standing, he's standing comes from his thighs to seek. right. you just mentioned reforms are over the past few years president, she has been shifting the power of the premier to party institutions. will the premier role that lee is now going to fill allow him to make any meaningful reforms . but the other thing about li chung is, is not just

a resident of lee county. she was displaced from her home, very bad damage. she was trying to get a temporary trailer from fema. they were not moving fast enough in the first of its kind of program and the nation, stepped up to the plate and created our own program for travel trailers and we were delighted to be able to get barbara in a trailer on her own property as she works to rehab her home. thank you for being here and god bless you. [applause] for all floridians much needed economic relief the worst period of sustained inflation we work together to reduce the pain of inflation and enacting in the current year's budget, and by slashing tolls by 50% for florida commuters for this calendar year. that will save some families more than $1000. thank you legislature for stepping up for our consumers. [applause] florida is proud to stand for law and order. we are tough on crime. we support the men and women of law enforcement. we have made it very clear to prosecutors who believe they can disregard the law, you will be held accountable. [applause] [applause] th

look how that snow up there in lee county. and then yes, as we were just seeing that pocket of very heavy rain and some hail along with it from the american canyon on up towards fairfield. the really about to start increasing along 80 up in solano county and further south in the bay. we're also seeing pretty active conditions there on the peninsula. woodside palo alto down a little south of us up to san mateo coming down for you. good now we're going to see this line of showers continuing to move through over the next several hours here. sets us up for some afternoon. sunshine, though, once this clears got cool, sunshine this afternoon. nice day. nice afternoon to get outside. enjoy for a bit. we will see a return of rain and even a few thunderstorms embedded in there come the late afternoon into early evening tonight. don't be surprised if years. some roles of thunder overnight tonight into tomorrow dry during our daytime hours, actually, pretty nice day, but evening hours tomorrow will see the return of this in active weathe

zach: this family from utah says the storm has done nothing to ruin lee county . >>>> reputation as a destination. i've always loved big waves and stormy beach weather. zach: still, it has come with inconveniences, like this man, who is in the process of remodeling his home. >> exterior work, can't do anything when it is raining. zach: people impacted through the worst of the storms or know someone who was, many trying to keep the spirit of possibility -- positively. >> no trees fallen on my cars. i know a lot of people have come at that aside, but at least reservoirs are filling up. zach: yeah, so the reservoirs are filling up. people are still dealing with the impact of the previous storms from february and this month. santa cruz county is working together more permission from is residents, so they can request more aid from the state and federal government. we have a survey on a website, abc7news.com. live in santa cruz county, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. ama: thank you, zach. the storm is causing more power outages in the bay area. . as a live look at pg&e's website. the look 2900 cu

change your filter filter into florida, do not vacation in florida pretty get the president of the lee countyravel advisory is necessary and what he called rick o'neill and laws targeting african-americans supported by governor ron de santis. he said it would be a sacrifice. >> 's so it's not oakland or gary, indiana, or chicago that is dangerous, it is florida. byron donald's lives in florida and represents florida in the united states congress, southwest florida he seems to b thriving and joins us. congressman, thank you for coming on. i am laughing at the absurdity of this but what do you think the effect of saying something like that is? >> the effect is dangerous because it continues to divisio our country which is ludicrous, especially in the state of florida, we are a great state and open to everybody. we don't want indoctrination, but we teach black history, we allow black businesses to thrive , so many black professionals are thriving in florida, it's a joke. >> especially, the recent bolding voting result in florid show lots of people of differen colors voting for the same candidate

lee county right now, heavy downpours up there really filling up those small streams around mount saint now this low pressure area continues to treasure direction as it does. these bands of rain fall. scoot on through between, especially the rest of this hour. 10:11am towards noontime today. we'll start to see activity dying down after that in mid afternoon. we should be seeing even a little bit of clearing going on. we'll still see pockets of heavy rainfall through the evening tonight on into tomorrow morning. and even tomorrow afternoon with a look at this was isolated cells of heavy rain into your wednesday. that could come along with a few rolls of thunder as well. right in the middle of the day tomorrow. after that thursday, friday, look pretty good will started drying process for the tail end of the week before more showers into the weekend. rainfall over an inch of it for urban areas in the bay today, 2 to 4 inches along the north coast mountains, winds 40 to 50 miles per hour at the coast are upper elevations similar. so that's the biggest risk from the system is down trees, los

hero, has been over 20 years in the police department, these are sheriffs counted in captain in lee county the police department tonight? >> so, i think -- at our core, we are still pro police, all those things. there are more people than you would think that feel that way. they just -- they don't want to go against the tribal mentality of the louder people that are angry. and i think that's the problem. and i got to tell you, anytime you have over 100 police officers in an incident hurt -- it broke my heart. what i saw happen on january 6th, i sat in my studio and i actually had tears in my eyes. i love my country, i love the capital, and to watch people hitting police officers with flags and then two defended on any level, i can't. >> i will do you one better. i was there in the chamber that day and nearly died alongside hundreds of people. and we have to say something about the prophetic role that kevin mccarthy in particular has played in this. because he gave exclusive access to tucker carlson, of all people, to this footage, that he knew cooker tucker carlson was then going to distor

. >> james lee, wallkill is the president of the lee county naacp. he said the travelunty naa advi is necessary in wake of what he called draconian laws targetinn african-americans supported by governor ron desantis. milwaukeeansby said if the travl advisory hurts black business sacrificeke jones, it will b a sacrifice. >> so it's not oakland or gary, indiana or chicago. thiso that dangerous. it's florida.s byron donal's lives in florida . so fact, he represents florida in the united states congress, southwest florida,utt florid see thriving. he joins us now. congressman, thank you so much. for coming on .g at i'm laughing at the absurdity of this, but what do you think the effect of saying something like that is ? i mean, the effect is dangerousd our use it continuesan is division in our country, which is absolutely ludicrous, especially i n the state of florida, where a great state, we're open to everybody. we don't want indoctrinatet and that's clear . but we teach black history. weal allowlo black businesses to thrive. obviously, i'm thriving. so

christina rinaldo was an action for nasa in the saudi lee county school of 30, a free kick to help them fight back to beat up her 2. 1 will, should have done better, but nevertheless that for now they go home for my son who in 2nd place one point the top for me on world champion, maxes sap and will start sunday. saudi arabia growing pre down in 15th place, officer mechanical problem with college and qualifying the stop. and i have been the overwhelming favorite st post office, helping all 3 practice sessions in jetta. but he made an early exit midway through q 2 because of a problem with the call dr. shelf, what? no bad news for rent. and he said your parents taking po position for the 2nd year in a row charles a 2nd for ferrari that drop down to 12 because the grid penalty that means the month amanda loans are actually harris on the georgia. you really feel the phone a long coming a life in this place on the years maximizing that live was it was very important. you know, it goes with issue we having to do the plane wrong was really important of the talk was improving. i think every tim

in addition to east bay congresswoman barbara lee, orange county congresswoman katie porter and burbank area congressman adam schiff have also announced they want the job. then we've got wet weather headed back our way for tuesday. we'll talk about that and how it could impact the rest of the week. tornado damage in three states tonight, including mississippi, where at least 25 people have died. coming up the teams on the move to help and see how something similar to crash test dummies are being used to keep pets safe. at least one tornado was confirmed in the state, but no reports of any injuries. that's not the case in the state of mississippi. the search and rescue teams there are moving into areas that are hit by tornadoes that killed at least 25 people late friday, entire blocks in a number of neighborhoods have been destroyed. as fox news charles watson reports. now many survivors don't know what they'll do next. i know we can rebuild. but what you do with the devastation? what you doing? the opening yeah. volunteers arriving in mississippi to help survivors of the devastating and

east bay congresswoman barbara lee and will co chair her campaign along with congresswoman lee, orange county congresswoman katie porter and burbank area congressman adam schiff are running for the job. they are vying for the seat of longtime senator dianne feinstein, who will not be running for reelection ship has the endorsement of former house speaker nancy pelosi. porter is backed by a massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. san jose state political science professor donna crane said kana has been outspoken about the need for representation. he talks about the importance of having a black woman in the senate or, but it could also be generational. right there. there are 30 years apart in age. um so you know, he may be looking to set himself up for the next the next time a seat is open. there is currently no black woman serving as u. s senator and only to have served in the history of the senate, kamala harris here in california, and carol moseley braun from illinois. oakland zoo has had a difficult few months, the zoo says it has lost millions of dollars in revenue, all because of storm re

there are three house members running in that race, along with the congresswoman barbara lee, orange countyswoman katie porter in burbank area. congressman adam schiff are also running. to replace a dianne feinstein. video taken by an aerial drone showing some of the destruction in one georgia neighborhood search and rescue teams are going through destroyed buildings to see if any people are buried in that rubble after deadly tornadoes hit that region, and even more bad weather is possible today in the south. far, we know that at least two dozen people have died from these tornadoes and search and rescue teams are continuing their efforts looking and destroyed buildings for any possible survivors. trash trees , houses, homes, everything is everything i can see is in some state of destruction. the devastation began friday night with a twister ripping through the town of rolling fork traveling the width of the state. it is estimated that more than 80% of the homes in rolling fork are severely damaged. everybody's displaced. ain't nowhere to go besides out. president biden issued an emergency

so does santa clara county supervisor, otto lee, for him it is personal. >> it really s my first cousin two years ago passed away from overtop dose, i would say if narcan was made available, i think he might still be around today. >> reporter: on tuesday he and the board of supervisors took a step towards doing that, now working on getting narcan kitinize to county libraries and a plan to train straf and volunteers on how to administer them. >> it is like aed, we use to save people's life, this is about saving people's life, in my case, i am thinking this is sano brainer. >> reporter: california department of public health data shows fentanyl overdoses jumped significantly in santa clara county, 25 deaths to 125 deaths. >> this is everywhere right now. i think it is so important to make sure this life-saving procedure is being made available to everybody. >> if it is going to save somebody's child and save a family from going through what my family is going through, i think it is great idea. >> reporter: marquez is all for getting more mar can into community spaces, but says there needs

congress members running to replace senator feinstein along with east bay congresswoman barbara lee, orange county congresswoman katie porter and burbank area congressman adam schiff were also running for that seat. a grieving mother in therapy field demanding change after her daughter was hit and killed by a car. but she said the area around her daughter's school needs now. plus. more big news in the banking industry with a $72 billion purchase of a collapsed bank chain. caroline shilin, washington i'll have that story coming up. to school just a short time ago, police said they believe the 28 year old female suspect was a former student at that school. she was shot and killed after a confrontation at the school with police. no one else was wounded in the shooting happened this morning at the covenant school, that presbyterian church it's a private christian school with students from preschool through sixth grade. police say the shooter was armed with two assault rifles and a pistol. police were at the scene within minutes of receiving a call for help. we're told just a few minutes ago, president

in addition to barbara lee, orange county congresswoman katie porter and burbank area congressman adamf have announced their campaigns for the u. s. senate. see the country's turbulent banking industry will get a lot of congress's attention tomorrow. here's a live look right now at the us capitol, where federal regulators plan to testify tomorrow about the recent bank collapses. representatives from the federal deposit insurance corporation and the treasury department are set to appear before the house financial services committee. that hearing is expected to be the first of several that will take a close look at the recent collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank. lawmakers say they want to review what happened and come up with more stringent regulations to prevent a repeat pieces of the computer code used to run twitter were leaked online, according to the new york times, a legal document filed in federal court shows twitter issued a subpoena on friday demanding the platform get hub take down the code, where it was posted. get hub and internet hosting service for software d

shelby county mayor, lee harris, plans to demand answers. ct not juste1 t the county, but every single black person who lives in it. >> that's right. we have demonstratedÑi to this community of lenders that we have what iti] takes an we just need to make sure we're treated fairly. >> just 20 minutes du@z thei] road, collierville has a new $100 million high school. >> well that surprises fáme. we should have a bond rating at least as high or higher thanÑi collierville. shelby county has done an debt load and managing its financial resources. >> here inó[■ e1memphis, revere green continues to fighti] an uphill battle and put on a brave face. >> and even as we stand here and we look up, we realize tható[■ these are old things. i wantewparents to be assured that this won'tt( happen again. children whou deserve to see better and go inu places that look like a schools look in other areas? but how do we get there? >> good question. i look at that and i think she obviously you know has thee1 fortitude to stick with it. but what does it say to a kid t

lee county in my district produces more oil than any other county in the united states. about half of new mexico's fossil fuel operations are on public lands, and royalties from the industry make up about a third of our state's annual budget with an industry so large there are a lot of good-paying jobs for rural new mexicans. but congress is not debating a bill to support energy workers that are essential to my district. we are not debating the ways to lower energy costs for americans, no matter what name the republicans give this bill. this bill will pad the pockets of executzek. -- executives. when americans saw gas prices as high as $5 approximately per gallon, gas companies made not millions, not billions but trillions in profits while my constituents were spending $100 to fill up their pickup trucks, they were making $50 billion in profit. now, in the permian basin, oil and gas production has increased nearly every year since 2013 and it's on track to reach even new higher production records this year. we're already unleashing american energy, but these profits aren

joining me live right now is santa clara county supervisor auto lee, who was leading the charge on thisthank you so much for being here with us today. thank you for having me today. a supervisor we know that fentanyl overdoses are a serious problem. can you give us a sense of how much this issue has affected people in your county? >> no, this is getting really out of hand. the cost drug system. no has really plummeted on done that. shown by the fact available it is right now. some of them come in til through mexico but at the same time, many of the drugs, not so even though folks like getting they think i'm a to lead the drugs. this been the covid and the danger of fentanyl as we all heard has been cannot be there's so many people are getting sick just die from it. and former who previously usually people being over those 10 for a while and eventually go with those and have those issues. but fentanyl, it could be the first time and that should kill somebody. so this is a very serious problem. yeah. and supervisor i do want to further protect realize what you're saying here. >> with some

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it was a partnership to the florida department of state when terry laura lee and it was unprecedented because now all 67 counties are working with the department of state in strengthening the cyber security infrastructure. we had navigators from the state meet with our it professionals, scan networks, gave us best practices and in seminole county we passed e with flying colors. now we also established the cyber navigators became an area of assignment so now you have someone that has expertise in cyber security that you could reach out to within your area. this was important in those smaller counties in the state of florida because those of you they had more livestock and people and their budgets are smaller so they are constrained by what they purchase and they can do. this was something did not affect their budget but we greatly needed to open the cyber security of our elections and i was proud to participate with the chair and jesse and it was unprecedented and i'm very glad we got a chance to. >> secretary ardoin, back to you this is nothing that will share this program was one of the first of its kind relati

lee looked into what regulators have uncovered. the bottom line for us is that we're very, very concerned. contra costa county fire protection officials reacting after a federal agency says it believes that tesla that crashed into the back of one of their trucks was using an automated driving system at the time. we learned that information today through the media that has come out with that announcement. we are cooperating with them fully in our investigation in february, 18th on 6 80 near treat boulevard and wanna creek, the fire truck was parked diagonally across the fast lanes to protect emergency workers, responding to an earlier car crash. three firefighters were sitting in the truck and the fourth was nearby when he was hit by a 2014. tesla model s the vehicle that struck us actually hit the side of the truck and went under the truck but hit us at such force that it actually went under the truck and then bounced off. the truck . the tesla driver died. a passenger was critically injured the national highway traffic safety administration, or nitsa , says it's looking into the cause of the crash. the chp i

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lee ktvu. fox two news, heather you santa clara county plans to invest millions of dollars in its childcare servicesevelopment programs. the board of supervisors today approved spending $20 million to help fund three programs run by the states family resources program called first five. the board will also establish a grant program to help reopen daycare facilities that closed during the pandemic. the funding will come from the american rescue plan act, santa clara county received $374 million from that relief package, state senator steve glazer announcing today that he is resigning from the senate select committee on a area public transit. the contra costa. democrats says that bay area leaders have failed to support fiscal oversight of bart. he told us today on the four that the bar inspector general's office which glaser helped to create in 2017 still does not have the proper authority or autonomy to oversee the bart system. the park board needs to act. give that office the authority and responsibility equivalent to every other ig office and give it the resources . i think when that happens that m

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accused of killing villages and stealing livestock. beatrice lee mantilla is one of those who have been displaced from her village and some broo county. i give you my name is beatrice lehman to laugh. i currently live in warsaw in some barrow county. we moved here from port village with my family. we left poor because of attacks by bandits at my area, hallway, missouri. oh, well, number one thing we arrived at the centre village, but it is too congested. our we set up shelters, which are easy and cheap to construct. but life is very hard. we came here because there is a police post where government rangers help. we share whatever food we have as we leave here. the bandits came to that home and took cattle, oregon. they're taking anything from a homestead, including $41.00 cannot stay with even a goat or a cattle, only because they will take them all. i got like a big miller rather at dublin. warner robbins i deal with all the life at para was initially very good because part of place we have leaved with our livestock. and we also farmers, we leave peacefully until recently. well, we had a market where different communities were trait

so we up to the sonoma county d a to review the case and decide whether to formally filed charges in santa rosa henry lee ktvu fox studios. congressman mike thompson, whose district includes santa rosa released a statement following the attack it does read sat into here. a student was killed and another was injured at montgomery high school. today my thoughts are with the family and friends of the students, the entire viking community and our santa rosa schools in the wake of this attack. we have some developing news to tell you about in the south bay tonight, san jose police have made an arrest and an explosives investigation. these are pictures from sky fox that you're looking at. police did not release many details about what happened, but they do say that they conducted an operation in the 600 block of potomac drive and arrested one person for possession of explosives. they're also investigating possible drug activity again breaking news and arrest and explosives investigation here in san jose. he has been in california prison for decades now still ahead. the decision from the parole board just today

herman lee hobbs is serving multiple life sentences for murder spanning from 2000 through 2005. he will not be transferred from state prison to the county jail to face another charge of first- degree murder. >>> the diablo county nuclear power plant will stay opened. the federal nuclear regulatory commission ruled the plant can stay open until 2030. this is the largest electricity source in the state which was supposed to be shut down in 2025. lawmakers pushed for it to stay open. the public utilities commission has to give it the okay to continue operating. >>> one lawmaker pushing for a state law to restrict paper receipts, the assembly member introducing the bill in 2019 and again put it forward today. the legislation would require businesses to only print receipts of customers asked them to, he says billions of trees and millions of dollars would be saved and hidden health risks would be reduced. >>> the bay bridge will go dark on sunday after a brilliant light show. the art installation went up in 2013. its founder says that it might not be lights out for good, it will need financial support to continue. >>> coming up, a former bay

i spoke with lee zeldin, and despite having bad midterms overall, his words, all 62 new york countiesd. why? crime. these democrats, people who say go after the car companies, best of luck, because you'll lose at the ballot box. >> in covid, when the democrats and their ongoing wisdom decided to fine and saddle all the small businesses, confined with regulations, you're going to pay all this money, to meet our standards, our random regulations. here too all of the state attorneys general, saying, all right, you car companies, you have to pay more, adhere to this regulation. we can't afford it. it's not their fault if there are loopholes for criminals. the other thing is, criminals are going to criminal, right? thieves are going to steal, no matter how easy it is. >> that's right. they're not just democrats, kayleigh. many are george soros-funded democrats. we got to make it look like we're doing something. we'll go after the car companies. also it's much easier to do that, too, than look at bigger problems, which are also why do we have so many criminals? if we prosecuted them, that c

lee says that the issues plaguing san francisco are bleeding onto bart. >> our effectiveness of these programs is really limited by the city and county of san francisco'snability to have real solutions and real answers for homelessness and dealing with addiction crisis that we have here. reporter: three people who reached out to us wednesday say on housed individuals are often taking up a full road of -- row of seats during heavy commute hours. sometimes doing drugs while on board. >> you pray that you don't get sick or you don't die because you don't know what they are using or what they are smoking on the train. whether it's crack, meth, heroin. you just don't know. reporter: those with bart say starting next week, bart police will be increasing presence on trains. they say an additional eight to 18 officers per shift will join the 10 officers currently patrolling at any time. j.r. stone, abc7news. dan: the oakland mayor is implementing a hiring freeze in certain departments in an effort to close a $350 million budget deficit. oakland is looking to avoid future layoffs. the chronicle reports the freeze will include hiring within the mayor's own depar

believe it or not, since bay area life changed from matic lee on march 17th 2026 bay area counties issuedr because of the pandemic. we were told to stay home accepted by food and other essentials. last year. most of those restrictions were lifted. and just last month california's coronavirus emergency ended. experts in infectious diseases say covid is still spreading, but it's not as big of a threat as it was in the beginning. our numbers are still too high in terms of deaths per day were about 400 deaths per day in the country. and the covid back seems have been a big part in life slowly getting back to normal, but many bay area of restaurant owners say they're still recovering from the devastating economic impact of the pandemic. restaurants as you know, i've taken a huge huge hit during you know the pandemic and even after the after effects of just been traumatic for most of us, most of us have had to cut hours cut staff. we're not even back to our full capacity. this by the way is restaurant weekend. oakland it's all designed to help boost businesses and help restaurants across the ci

lee says that the issues plaguing san francisco are bleeding onto bart. >> our effectiveness of these programs is really limited by the city and county of san francisco'sbility to have real solutions and real answers for homelessness and dealing with addiction crisis that we have here. reporter: three people who reached out to us wednesday say on housed individuals are often taking up a full road of -- row of seats during heavy commute hours. sometimes doing drugs while on board. >> you pray that you don't get sick or you don't die because you don't know what they are using or what they are smoking on the train. whether it's crack, meth, heroin. you just don't know. reporter: those with bart say starting next week, bart police will be increasing presence on trains. they say an additional eight to 18 officers per shift will join the 10 officers currently patrolling at any time. j.r. stone, abc7news. dan: the oakland mayor is implementing a hiring freeze in certain departments in an effort to close a $350 million budget deficit. oakland is looking to avoid future layoffs. the chronicle reports the freeze will include hiring within the mayor's own departm

for people who are stranded, but most have been closing tire lee , making it hard for people to find food or supplies, first responders in countyeen working on plowing the roads, but the snow coming down has made things treacherous. we know we have stranded residents. it is our number one priority to get to those residents so that they can have the safe environment that we hope to provide to them. san bernardino county was included in governor newsom's new state of emergency declaration issued last night, the spokesperson for the governor says extra state crews are now on the ground in the area to help people and the state is working to get more snowplows and road crews there to san jose, where police have been at a home all night as part of an investigation into explosives and possible illegal drugs. san jose. police in the bomb squad first arrived at the home on potomac court yesterday afternoon didn't release many details, but do say they have arrested one person for possession of explosives. police say l be at the scene hours. the figures from santa cruz county show chronic homelessness is more than double their over the pa

lee live tonight in santa rosa. amber, thank you. and this evening in monterey and santa cruz counties, evacuation orders are in effect along power row river levee breached over the weekend, county officials say 100 ft wide hole has now grown to 400 ft, and there is now a second breach. it's actually a relief valve for the community, so we're starting to see elevations of the impacted areas, the water starting to recede. and so this is actually a good news thing for a secondary breach like this. rescue teams say they've performed close to 200 rescues in monterey county, most of them for residents who became stuck after driving into high water or who chose to stay home. i'm waiting for the last minute because you know any protect my staff. my house? actually it's not too dangerous here and waiting for probably loads of power or gas or something. i'm leaving. carla loreto says she has a two month old daughter and is afraid to move her from the home. but county officials say if the family does not get out soon, the water could possibly cut off the family. california's office of emergency services has been working these past few days to

county. the second teen was arrested after being spotted in the mission district. >> police say congresswoman barbara lee has officially kicked off her campaign for the u.s. senate and now a member of bart's board of directors is hoping to fill lee senate seats in the house. the teeth assignment represents. the majority of oakland has district 7 director on bart's board a role that she has served in since 2016 simon is legally blind. she must take public transit to get around. she says the killing of oscar grant prompted her to run for a seat on bart's board saying in a statement, quote, about her current run. i've spent my life fighting for folks without a voice. i will take the shared stories and experiences of this community to the halls of congress. so i can continue our fight, unquote. she is the first high-profile candidate to announce hopes of replacing barb really to represent the east bay in the house of representatives. >> coming up, the debate over whether to forgive student debt reaches the supreme court. >> plus, the biden administration announcing plans to expand access to affordable intern

county. sir, is lucas, a yama, a loretta key. analysts has received a welfare visit from the local police. you're listed with her, but she hasn't heard anything from the team investigating the murder lee with gallia. wellness does in little blow at all. i think enabling it. can i get in on that? i that could bubbly gone though, is where we began you the state has a firm aside unit, but it's got little funding. the police response here seems totally inadequate. was your loaning could kill if all they say to get them will say mexico doesn't will challenge on either in don't says nice possibly give that up in marcia input then. yeah. put gay in mister by ease c 9. you know, not m women masked, the cow says cultural, but also are impunity. ingrid sir escobar is the minister for women in mexico city . fermi side is a crime that we have in 2007. just to put it in the loan. you understand women who say the police don't come see sig, a secret a or if he was on the thought process that was that our handle of that got them. the income be a little cheap. i'll happily, sir, i will 90 to soon. damn. belfy gl dan mescaline duncan was left only see at them the inquest that caused that arkell donna i

the contra costa county d a will review the case before determining whether to file formal charges. ivan and henry lee ktvu fox studios. okay henry. thank you. we now turn to a developing story we're following in the east bay right now, where the chp has shut down one lane of interstate 5 80 in livermore this afternoon. these are live pictures from sky fox up above this scene and our choppers showing us emergency roadwork that's happening just east of north flynn road. you can see part of the shoulder of the freeway has collapsed here and that's undermining the entire roadway, according to officials drivers should expect delays here and they should find alternate routes right now. eastbound traffic is backed up for several miles here as the chopper pans across this area. there is no estimated time for when these repairs will be completed, and when all the lanes on the freeway will be reopened after recent robberies and threats against mail carriers here in the east bay, the u. s postal service is asking for help to protect postal workers. the oakland postmaster wanting people to keep an eye out and re

lee looked into what regulators have uncovered. the bottom line for us is that we're very, very concerned. contra costa county fire protection officials reacting after a federal agency says it believes that tesla that crashed into the back of one of their trucks was using an automated driving system at the time. we learned that information today through the media that has come out with that announcement. we are cooperating with them fully in our investigation in february , 18th on 6 80 near treat boulevard and wanna creek, the fire truck was parked diagonally across the fast lanes to protect emergency workers, responding to an earlier car crash. three firefighters were sitting in the truck and the fourth was nearby when he was hit by a 2014. tesla model s the vehicle that struck us actually hit the side of the truck and went under the truck but hit us at such force that it actually went under the truck and then bounced off. the truck . the tesla driver died. a passenger was critically injured the national highway traffic safety administration, or nitsa , says it's looking into the cause of the crash. the chp

county d. a will review these cases before determining whether to file formal charges live in oakland, henry lee ktvu fox to henry. thank you for that. new attendance. santa rosa police check on a felon turned up drugs and loaded guns near a school investigators say they found four guns and more than 27 g of methamphetamine in the possession of 25 year old bucknell junior on monday, three of the weapons were serialized ghost guns now is on pre trial release for a pending gazing is a felon prohibited from possessing firearms. he was booked on 11 different felonies, including possessing a loaded firearm within 1000 ft of a school. it was then released yesterday on $85,000 bail. a wild weather day. look at hail falling in west alameda viewer sent in this video is today's storm rolled through the bay area. today's weather system drenching communities from oakland to san francisco to san jose. chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now, bill back to back days of rain this week. are we done yet? no we're not done yet, greg. we got more rain to come not not necessarily showing up this weekend, but th

county d. a to review the case before any charges are formally filed. reporting live in santa rosa, henry lee ktvu fox two news and, henry you mentioned that that these these despite took place inside of a classroom were teachers also in that classroom. yes there was a teacher, a teacher and a and about 27 other students on campus. so in bed there are a lot of witnesses were in shock. this afternoon, students were let go early from campus and to make clear because the ages of all these juveniles, their names have not been released. alright, henry lee reporting live for us there in santa rosa, henry. thank you. congressman mike thompson, whose district includes santa rosa. tweeted the following and response to today's attack, saying quote, saddened to hear a student was killed and another was injured at montgomery high school. today my thoughts are with the family and friends of the students, the entire viking community and our santa rosa schools in the wake of this attack. alright now to our weather from the snow on bay area peaks all the way up to the sierra. clear skies today, giving us our

lee. now they are looking at this. they also believe that covered up her death and hide her body. searching on the door county found remains in november. and in january. now, the family tells us that the remains are positively idd as belonging to alexis. spoke to her father. he says ceremony is going to be dedicated in a plaque in her honor, which would have been her 21st birthday today. it's a special day for us. going to have we're going to a priest. carl will be >> he's going to bless the bench. it's going to a place where, you know me or my wife or my family, my mic to skin. down and just. spend time with alexis and other other searchers, other family members can just they have have a place where they can just sit down. >> the ceremony is going to happen there on main street. and the father also says the family's not going to stop looking for alexis until all of her remains are found. the windows that broke during the storm on tuesday at one of san francisco's highest skyscrapers. now all boarded up the city's department of building inspectors gave management a notice of violation saying the windows must

lee ktvu, fox two news. and coming up tonight at 11. a tree came down on a car tonight in san mateo countyon to the hospital and we will get back to tonight's severe weather coverage with a look at how people in snowed in southern california communities are getting ready now for more snow to pile up. and lots of wind out there. now we're having lots of tree issues as well as some flooding issues. with that heavy rain. they went through over the last hour or so i'll see you ck have heart failure and still experience unresolved symptoms? heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome... ...shortness of breath... ...irregular heartbeat... ...and lower back pain could mean something more serious called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time, so it's important to recognize the signs. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart... efficient... agile... and that's never been more important than it is right now. so for a limited time, comcast business is introducing s

not yet been released, and the contra costa county d a s office will review the case before determining whether to file formal charges live in antioch. henry lee ktvu fox studios henry our investigators saying did the suspect no. the victims? unclear exactly how the suspect is related. certainly there is some kind of relationship. we don't know that and don't have that confirmed yet. all right. henry lee reporting live for us tonight in antioch. thanks henry . san jose. police are investigating two separate homicides in which family members were arrested in those killings. police held a news conference this morning on the death of a woman on the morning of march, 14th at a home on fox tail loop. they say officers arrested the victims has been the same day he's identified as 46 year old alejandro mosul, crisostomo of san jose. still no word on a motive. once the investigation is concluded, obviously will take into account intimate partner violence being the cause of this, but at this point, we don't want to speculate it's still very early in the investigation. the second homicide occurred on saturday. police say they found a man dead near a mot

lee ktvu. box two news, greg thank you more help could be coming to assist farmworkers living at farms on the san mateo county coast, the cemetery county board of supervisors this morning unanimously approved a motion to apply for a farmworker housing and home ownership program grant. it calls for submitting an application for a grant of up to $5 million from the state department of housing and community development. farmworker housing has become a major concern ever since the mass shooting last month at to half moon bay mushroom farms where seven workers were killed. one eligible activity for the surname homeownership program. um is the acquisition of manufactured homes to address the and really remedy the impacts of the displacement of the farmworker families from labor camps, mobile home parks or other housing. um or other housing. and as you all well know, we have that need and an extreme end, especially in light of what has happened with the farm workers that have been displaced recently. san mateo county has also committed just over $3 million over two years for farmworker housing. student loan forgiven

county says he is not running for u.s. senate representative khan a saying on twitter that instead he's endorsing east bay. congresswoman barbara lee says in part, i believe the most exciting place to advance bold and progressive policy right now is in the house in southern california, los angeles mayor karen bass is not happy about the release of names and photos of undercover la pd officers has posted her displeasure in this tweet, calling the release, quote and unacceptable breach that puts the lives of officers and their families at risk. bass wants a full investigation, something that the police chief has already launched and anti-police group has published the names and photos of thousands of officers. the group claims that the info was obtained through a public records request and released by the department. the chief says that he didn't learn about it until after it happened. fishermen in california and oregon could soon be banned from fishing for salmon. the fishing season is supposed to start on may 1st, but it might be canceled this year off the coast of californse and oregon bec there just aren't enough salmon out there

reporter: yeah, absolutely. 34 counties here in california under a state of emergency after an atmospheric river slammed the state. we're here in watsonville, california, where a leeached. -- can levee has breached. streets flooded out, homes currently flooded. one man said that all of his stuff is just ruined, he had to wade through these flood waters. people being held back right now, but you can just see it's going to be an absolute mess to clean up. this comes after massive amounts of rain fell in this area. one national weather service rain gauge picked up more than a foot of rain over a 48-hour period. in santa cruz county, mudslides, downed trees and power lines, thousands of people have had their power knocked out. around 50,000 people going without power during the height of this storm. emergency management officials have confirmed at least two deaths due to the storm and say that the danger is not over yet. along the kern river east of bakersfield, water levels have been rising. warm rain from this system has been melting the heavy snow pack triggering flooding in the eastern parts of the statement, and we have another system on the way early next week.