for the eye team, stephanie sierra, abc7news. ama: a new study shows parents are not always honest about the child's covid-19 infection status or following rules after. the study published today in the medical journal, network open surveyed nearly 600 parents in late 2021. one in four parents said they lied about their child's vaccination status and one in five allowed their child to break quarantine rules at the height of the pandemic. the survey came at a time when cases were searching and schools were in remote learning. dan: oscar's week is here. this sunday will be the culmination of months of hype, rumors, predictions, and there has been plenty of talk about the film with the most nominations peered up for 11 awards, everything everywhere all at once has become the surprised front-runner. the film has been called a landmark in asian cinema. the plot line is chock-full of twist and turns, absurdity and convoluted plot lines. a generational gap has opened up between those who get this movie and those who simply don't. >> the

for the eye team, stephanie sierra, abc7news.new study shows parents are not always honest about the child's covid-19 infection status or following rules after. the study published today in the medical journal, network open surveyed nearly 600 parents in late 2021. one in four parents said they lied about their child's vaccination status and one in five allowed their child to break quarantine rules at the height of the pandemic. the survey came at a time when cases were searching and schools were in remote learning. dan: oscar's week is here. this sunday will be the culmination of months of hype, rumors, predictions, and there has been plenty of talk about the film with the most nominations peered up for 11 awards, everything everywhere all at once has become the surprised front-runner. the film has been called a landmark in asian cinema. the plot line is chock-full of twist and turns, absurdity and convoluted plot lines. a generational gap has opened up between those who get this movie and those who simply don't. >> the older yo

mayor sheng thao answered questions from stephanie sierra. e: how long do you anticipate it will take to be resolved? some said years. >> the systems will be online again hopefully in the next few weeks. it is just about the manpower to really get all the systems back up. stephanie: has your system been compromised? >> i have also been included. i have been here for years. reggie: the city council allocated more than $3.3 million to fund additional positions and support in the last budget cycle. stephanie sierra is working to find out how that money was spent. kumasi: governor newsom has reached a deal with state lawmakers in his push to cut prices at the pump. his plan is to create an independent watchdog group to monitor gas prices and issue fines on refineries who overcharge. but that could be a difficult task. oil groups say production is harder in california than any other state. >> california is isolated when it comes to the energy market. we do not have pipelines from other states. we do not have products coming from other states. what

stephanie sierra, abc7news. drew: i will rain up there right now.hey are hovering between 39 and 40 degrees, that was a concern. all of the rain on top of the snow. here is live doppler 7, take a look. it is a thin ribbon of where the snow is falling, likely above 7000 feet area it is the highest peaks of the sierra, it is a mess traveling today and tomorrow because of heavy rain right now. rain in southlake, blue canyo in a lot of spots. back at home, we are tracking the heavier cell about to move into marin county. for a lot of us, like showers. we had heavy rain last night, look at the storm reports. heavy rain, flooded roads, trees down. overt because of the rough.hat isovg onrmmptlel song n the tail end, about four and a half more hours until 9:00 a.m., we have standing water on the roadways. be careful if you are driving. we are tracking stream and creek flooding in the north bay and sonoma county and river flooding in the santa cruz mountains. additional rainfall favoring areas in the peninsula and south bay, probably another quarter to half

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stephanie sierra, abc7news. reggie: a lot of serious concerns there but also the man, shirtless, shoveling, shout out to him. drew: talk about burying the lead, come on. i was just talking to the weather service and they say the snow level 8000 feet, that is really high, so everything below that is all rain. you can see that on live doppler 7, a lot of green and not much pinks or whites indicating a lot of rain is falling. rain is currently falling on southlake, truckee, tahoe city, can you see a question market is heavy rain. that was the concern is the rain would fall on all the heavy snow. at home, we are on the tail end of this atmospheric river. scattered isolated showers in the north and peninsula, more steadier rain in the east bay and south day right now so take you to the south bay, light to moderate showers from san jose to morgan hill. mount hamilton is all rain, even in the hills of the bay area. it is a warm storm. we have a flood advisory in effect around gilroy so areas around 101, 150 2, 25 right

stephanie: stephanie sierra, abc 7 news.nd of heavy snow leaves many ski resorts closed this weekend. people are working day in and out to dig out the snow. at tahoe dave's in would normally be a busy day was quiet. people were buying gear hoping to hit the slopes but were met with bad news. >> immediately all i heard resounding through the house was, we cannot go skiing. it was a little tough. we all traveled really far. liz: others tried to make the journey out but never made it to their final destination. this family was seen making the most of the snow at a stop in nyack before turning around and going home. at least they got out a little bit. meantime, we are counting down to oscar sunday tomorrow. the countdown clock shows academy awards at 5:00 p.m. sunday night on abc 7 hosted by jimmy kimmel. dion lim is in los angeles for the oscars and you can catch her reports all weekend. she got to talk to some excited fans and is a preview of what to expect from the host. dion: not even the cold and rain of southern california

abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra where there are concerns about flooding. >> the city of south lake tahoe on high alert. this is historic. >> there are some area that is has a massive amount of snow. her crews are worried. the heavily rainfall could -- >> some of these majors. and the county area. with we would have some significant concerns. kathy dubois is living through it. i've been want to get out of town for a why and we've had a long winter as it was. [laughter] >> enough. >> and in reality setting in for ashley. were we moved in in ok. first winner. what a welcome. >> yeah, i know. >> her first winter and her roof is already leaking? >> and so i just wanted to have someone back there. a common theme >> we keep digging out. -- something has to give. people who have been here for a long time have said this is more real than they've ever lived. >> it's more than they've ever seen. >> from shoving short. >> we have activated. rightly coor nateing with our partner. and that we're -- >> a winter storm warning in effect for the sierras bringing two to eight feet of the snow. five o

i team reporter stephanie sierra has the latest the abc 7 news i-team revealed trafficking operations and alleged sex workers appear to be soliciting outside a grade school in east oakland one month ago now a group of mayors and police chiefs faced in southern california are joining an effort to repeal a law. they say makes it harder to crack down on these crimes democrats and republicans have reached out across the state because they want to support the efforts to repeal this law. we are very concerned that children's lives are at the stake and specifically i have noted 60% of victims of human trafficking our foster youth shane harris is the president of a california based civil rights organization. he sent this letter to governor gavin newsom urging for the repeal of senate bill 357 a law that went into effect in january, which prohibits police from citing people suspected of soliciting sex purely based on appearance state senator scott weiner representing samford cisco authored the legislation. i have spoken with the governor. quickly the governor shared with me that he is very con

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for the i-team stephanie sierra abc 7 news. all right steph. thanks so much as we head into the weekend get ready for another storm but in southern california, the snow has been just too. so much so that in the san bernardino mountains residents are trapped in their homes with more than a thousand calls for help reporter leticia juarez with the latest. just kind of packed wit groceries and everything else for the residents. carla hansen has not been home since last tuesday. she's eager to return to her running springs. commute to deliver supplies to her neighbors at 16 senior citizens that i need to make sure. get taken care of. and i've got tractor parts. i've got firewood for their wood stoves because the heater vins keep getting covered. but this is as far as she can get highway 330 remains close to her and others hoping to get back home. caltrans has completely failed us, you know, they're up. they're they're plowing, you know, but they're bearing people in caltrans in public works are working around the clock to remove snow their progress

abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra where there are concerns about flooding. >> the city of south lake tahoe on high alert. this is historic. >> there are some area that is has a massive amount of snow. her crews are worried. the heavily rainfall could -- >> some of these majors. and the county area. with we would have some significant concerns. kathy dubois is living through it. i've been want to get out of town for a why and we've had a long winter as it was. [laughter] >> enough. hl weoved in ofit er.ti what a welcome.now. f winter anf is already leaking? >> and so i just wanted to have someone back there. a common theme >> we keep digging out. -- something has to give. people who have been here for a long time have said this is more real than they've ever lived. >> it's more than they've ever seen. >> from shoving short. >> we have activated. rightly coor nateing with our partner. and that we're -- >> a winter storm warning in effect for the sierras bringing two to eight feet of the snow. five of which accumulated inches so far this season. >> there are this is not the weekend to s

ama: stephanie sierra has been tracking this story and joins us live with the latest developments. >> as you can imagine, there's a lot of concern about what may happen next. as this ransomware group is reportedly carrying out negotiations with federal investigators. just a few minutes ago, the first batch of sensitive data leaked and it has more than 1500 views on the dark web. we are learning the implications of another leak are not only likely at this point, but could pose even greater risk to these victims. days after the ransomware gang leaked its first batch of stolen data exposing sensitive information of potentially thousands of current and former city employees and business owners, there is now concern another leak may be looming. >> with only a portion of the data leaked, they are hoping the city sees the real threat and they are attempting to go through and get that ransom to be paid now. stephanie: for the past seven years, jake has studied ransomware attack's, including previous hacks by play. he says the group was first identified in june of last year and gained notoriet

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reporter stephanie sierra's tracking the latest. all. the flash flooding threat with this storm is worse, in part because of scenes like this. this snow wall is city. here. this is down in downtown south lake tahoe where it has already started to flood. >> what is going on? >> near historic compounded by heavy rainfall is leading to scenes like this across lake tahoe. >> there is a bunch of snow build up. >> the basin, shoveling out of snowpack this season. >> we are tripling some of that weight. >> i decades. 6 would3 you say this threat is the worst you've seen it? 02098481 >> a lot of heavy winters. i haven't seen it this bad. mit >>teb thee snowrr of seven structures that have collapsed across the city. >> no injuries of any kind. that whole property has been tagged. >> from tumbled structures to parking lot swamps -- take a look at this. staff say this is 30 feet tall, and it's not the only one on this property. timed this by 10, and is starting to melt. >> we have lost three quarters of our parking lot due to snow piles. >> streets

. >> stephanie sierra has been closi closely following the attack.date on the information compromised and efforts to get back control of that effort. >> we have known about this hack for nearly a month. tonight, we

larry: i team reporter stephanie sierra joining us with the latest. stephanie: the oakland police officer associations at the mayor and city officials have stonewalled each of their attempts to get any update on this ransomware attack. a data leak that our sources tell us is impacting thousands of employees and residents. now the poa says if they have to, they will take them to court. >> the city has i its own employees. it is pathetic. stephanie: barry donlon is the president of the oakland police officers association. six weeks after the hat, he got this email. >> i'm sorry, we've lost all your information, but you get a year of credit monitoring. stephanie: the city provided a phone number to help those impacted, and when donelan called it -- >> all your information has been compromised. that is it. stephanie: he said that is the most information he's gotten today. they sent two letters, to mayor shane chow on march -- mayor sheng thao on march 20. they want the scope on the number of people impacted and how the city is working to prevent it from ha

our reporter stephanie sierra is an south lake tahoe where people say they are shocked. >> what the - on? it's just like -- i'm worried the roof is going to go. reporter: a near historic snowpack with heavy rainfall leaving scenes like this across the city of south lake tahoe. business is closed because they are unsafe to occupy. >> the snow accumulation over the winter just compounded it. reporter: shoveling out of five 500 inches this season. >> the rain is doubling and tripling it. reporter: the fire chief because it into both threat. you have been here for decades, chief, would you say they do both threat is the worst you have seen it? >> yeah, we have worked through heavy winters but i have not seen it this bad. reporter: the result, the heavy snow crumbled an awning at this gas station on emerald bay road, one of at least seven structures that have collapsed in the storm. >> we had a gasoline fed fire. no injuries, but the whole property is red tagged. reporter: from tumbled structures to parking lot swamps. look at this snow pile here. staff says it is 30 feet tall, and it is n

larry: stephanie sierra is here with an investigation you will see only on 7, this is part three. reporter: that's right. the state's law is clear, most flavored tobacco products are banned. but we found some retailers not following the law. federal experts argue the lack of enforcement is opening the door to a bigger problem. has any enforcement agency come around to inform you of the rules? >> no. reporter: did the health department come around and do checks? no. >> he't senydy what's the pointa benefits not being enforced? >> are the even looking into this? reporter: the sale of most flavored tobacco products are prohibited in california. the ban applies to anyone but there is special attention to keep these highly addictive products away from teens. do you get a lot of teens coming in trying to buy? >> some customers? yes. reporter: yet why is it so easy for them to get it? to show you, we asked an 18-year-old high school student to accompany us to check out several smoke shops in sunnyvale. we watched them walk in and followed shortly after to hear the conversation. he asked

. >> stephanie sierra is live in south lake tahoe. what is it like right there? see it is still snowing. >> for the first time we are seeing those thick snowflakes shift terrain now. the city of southlake tahoe know under an emergency declaration bracing for severe flooding atop near record snowfall. give you an idea of what we are talking about your live at cities snow dump this is where plows come to dump off excess snow. your guess is as good as mine as to how many feet is towering above us. what i can tell you is the mere volume paired with up to seven inches of rainfall expected this weekend is what everyone is concerned about. the city of south lake tahoe on high alert as the atmospheric river is bringing the basin a double threat. severe flooding atop near record snowfall. >> this is historic. there are some areas that have massive mounds of snow. >> the south lake tahoe battalion chief and fire marshal kim george says her crews are worried the heavyweight for -- heavy rainfall could collapse rubes and structures pretty -- could collapse roofs structures.

stephanie sierra's hearing more about the story you will only see on abc 7 news. game known as play leaked its verge batch of stolen data, exposing sensitive information of thousands of current and former city employees and business owners, mix causes cold water at the lake surface to sink and brings the warmer water up to the top. the lakes clarity, overall health, usually drops to 60 or 70 peat. they say it is going down about 115 feet. that is a positive sign. reggie: i have seen those people in swimming suits, we are far away from that. drew: you have about to leave for tahoe, then you are not going. a lot of snow was coming our way into sierra, heavy rain locally. here is a live look at love doppler seven, light shores off the coast line. we are starting of the day relatively quiet, increasing the cloud cover. winds are calm, but things change this afternoon and evening. but 8:30, light showers in the north bay. mainly overcast. i lunchtime, the rain becomes more widespread and we start to see the atmospheric river juice up, bring heavy showers in the forms o

stephanie sierra is here with an investigation you will see on the on seven. >> we are looking into the question what is the point of having a statewide ban if it is not being enforced? most flavored tobacco products are banned across the state so we wanted to find out if retailers are playing by the rules. we checked out dozens across the bay area. here is what we found in sunnyvale. i'm with channel 7. this is a clerk at a smoke shop in sunnyvale. do you have any flavored tobacco products? >> it is banned. >> he is right. most flavored tobacco products are banned across california as of late december last year but some cities like sunnyvale already had restrictions in place prior to the ban. >> beginning of the year don't have any. >> you don't have any? >> now. >> so what if you buy it online/>? we don't sell it? >> -- >> we don't sell it. >> public records confirm this business receive notices of violation for selling banned tobacco products in april of last year and january of this year. christie is sunnyvale's neighborhood preservation manager who works with code enforcement. you

stephanie sierra joins us with a look at what is happening in south lake tahoe. plenty of snow, steph. reporter: yeah, larry and kristin. plenty of snow coming down. the city of south lake tahoe has issued an emergency declaration preparing for severe flooding and the record snowfall already this season. to give you an idea of the snowfall, we are live at the city's snow dump you see behind me. i'm not even going to guess how many feet of snow is towering above us, but i can tell you the city has tracked 500-ish inches of snow so far this season. compare that with up to 7 inches of rain. there's no question this week and will be dangerous. the city of south lake tahoe, on high alert, as he -- as the atmospheric basin is bringing severe flooding and near record snowfall. >> this is remarkable. some areas have massive amounts of snow. reporter: the battalion chief and fire marshal says her crews are worried heavy rainfall could collapse roofs and threaten structures. >> some neighborhoods have probably 8-10 feet in the city and county areas even more so. with the s

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ama: stephanie sierra has been following the story since it first broke and she's here now with the latestwe just confirmed more than 4000 oakland city employees are at risk of being impacted. that number does not include the thousands of former employees also at ris dating back to 2010. we have been trying to get an interview with the mayor for weeks now to get a sense of what's happening, but we have been told five different times, she's busy. so today we showed up at a press conference on an unrelated topic to be able to speak with her directly. >> we have been hearing from people who have had their credit cards compromise. in some cases their identities stolen. they want to hear from you about how you are working to resolve this. can you provide us an update? >> the update is that this is an ongoing investigation. we are working closely with the fbi and with opd as well. we have an amazing staff of i.t. folks in the city of oakland. >> how long do you anticipate it will take for this to be resolved? some have said years, i want to hear from you. >> the systems will be online hopefully

. >> stephanie sierra has been closi closely following the attack. she has an update on the information compromised and efforts to get back control of that effort. >> we have known about this hack for nearly a month. tonight, we are getting new insight into how bad the implications may be. the personal and financial information of thousands of city workers and small business owners compromised. for some, their information has been linked onto the dark web. >> a ransomware attack crippling oakland city systems for nearly the past month has gone from bad to worse. >> the concern is that ransomware may have access to the social security numbers. >> credit card numbers, whatever. >> any business owners? >> that information i'm not quite clear, but my understanding is that information of the business or someone who went to do business with the city may be in jeopardy. >> the group play ransomware, also known as clay crypt, claimed responsibility for the group, and is known for attacking governmental organizations and hotel chains. for weeks, the outage ha

stephanie sierra joins us with the latest developments.phanie: that's a lot of concern about what may happen next. as this ransomware group is reportedly carrying out negotiations with federal investigators. the first batch of sensitive data has more than 1500 views on the dark web tonight. we are learning the implications of another leak are not only liklye, but could pose even greater risk. days after the ransomware gang known as play leaked its first batch of stolen data exposing sensitive information of potentially thousands of current and former city employees and business owners, there is now concern another leak may be looming. >> with only a portion of the data leaked, they are hoping the city sees the real threat and they are attempting to go through and get that ransom to be paid now. stephanie: for the past seven years, jake has studied ransomware attacks, including previous hacks by play. he says the group was first identified in june of last year and gained notoriety after attacking argentina's judiciary of cordova. >> they do

stephanie sierra has the latest. >> the abc7news i team revealed trafficking operations and alleged sexppeared to be soliciting outside a great school in east oakland one month ago. now a group of mayors and police chiefs based in southern california are joining an effort to repeal a law they say makes it harder to crackdown on these crimes. gr have reached out across the state because they went to support the efforts to repeal this law. >> we are concerned children's lives are at stake and i have noted 60% of victims of human trafficking are foster youth. >> shane harris is the president of a california-based civil-rights organization. he sent this letter to governor newsom urging for the repeal of senate bill 357. a law that went into effect in january which prohibits police from citing people suspected of soliciting sex purely based on appearance. state senator scott wiener representing and cisco authored the legislation. >> i have spoken with the governor directly. the governor shared with me he is very concerned about this and especially since the operation down here in san diego.

stephanie sierra and reggie aqui are seeing the gala. and lisa. arjun good morning to you.re the coolest in the upper thirties. it is 44 in san francisco. that is my tan, of course, 39 in palo alto and a gorgeous view here from our sutro tower camera 34 santa rosa. so with the wind backing off temperatures really bottoming out 36 in livermore. and our 24 hour temperature change about four degrees cooler in livermore, and we'll get into the afternoon as the winds pick up so we're looking at upper fifties. this is a good 5 to 10. degrees below average, breezy northwesterly winds today 60 in napa 59 in livermore. another frost advisory tonight so cold night and the active weather seven day forecast featuring another dry day for your sunday clouds increase on monday. the rain comes in monday night along with wind. it's a level two system on tuesday. and could see some thunderstorms through wednesday. alright, lisa. thank you. the news continues with good morning america and we'll see you in a half hour for another news update. have a great day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit

reporter stephanie sierra spoke with one of the companies hired to help repair the damage and joins us live with the latest developments. steph yes, alma. we're told tonight. the fbi is still in negotiations with the ransom group play, the city hired a security awareness company to help prevent future attacks, but experts don't expect to see any significant threat reduction for at least a year. it's been 12 days since stolen personal and financial data from the city of oakland was leaked onto the dark web site now has more than 3100 views. how many victim profiles appear to be active on the side right now? no currently there's 40 different victim profiles active on the site. a lot of the victim profiles actually have data that has been weak. a couple of them are new victims that are being posted. so it has kind of a countdown timer, letting that victim know how much time they have left before the dead is going to be released . councilman noel gayo says current and former city employees and local small business owners are reporting their credit cards have been hacked their identities st

seven news i team spoke with one of the companies that was hired to help repair the damage, and stephanie sierra is joining us live now with an update. steph yes, larry and julian. we're told years at this point of in terms of how long this will go on for the city hired a security awareness company based out of florida to help prevent future phishing attacks. but tonight we're told the protocols being implemented will take at least a year before we see any significant impact. it's been 12 days since stolen personal and financial data from the city of oakland was leaked onto the dark web site now has more than 3100 views. how many victim profiles appear to be active on the site right now? currently there's 40 different victim profiles active on the site of the victim profiles actually have data that has been the week. a couple of them are new victims that are being posted, so it has kind of a countdown timer, letting that victim know how much time they haveeased.iln nt and former city employees and local small business owners are reporting their credit cards have been hacked., many of whom are st

cnn's stephanie elam is in mammoth lakes in the sierra nevada's ah joins me now. wow stephanie, this is really unprecedented, isn't it? it. i mean, it really is amazing to see this much snow and let me just paint the picture of how much snow is out here and look at this sign here. you can see that there's parking sign here. it's pretty much all absconded. look at how much snow i'm standing over underneath here. they're talking about 3 700 inches of snow that has fallen here in mammoth lakes approaching three ft in just the last couple of days here, and you can see that this is just stacked up social. they don't even know what to put it. that's approaching like a six story building. blanketing several places here. you can see since we've been out here all night. fresh snow. it's still coming down more and more fresh snow basically all of this is what has been impacting and giving us this record year that we are seeing here for the cr the mammoth lakes, saying this is the most know that they've ever recorded in a march that they even know of, and so now they're sayin

stephanie: meanwhile, yosemite national park in the sierra nevada mountains will remain closed throughthursday. over the past two weeks, parts of the iconic park were buried 15 feet deep in snow. for the "pbs newshour," i'm stephanie sy. geoff: forecasters are calling for yet another major storm in california early next week. former president trump now has a decision to make whether to appear before a grand jury in new york next week. the focus would be his alleged role in hush money payments to an adult film actress during the 2016 presidential campaign. manhattan's district attorney has offered mr. trump the chance to testify in what could be a precursor to criminal charges. iran and saudi arabia agreed today to restore diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by china. the persian gulf powers broke ties in 2016 and have competed in proxy conflicts in yemen and elsewhere. iran's top security offical -- official welcomed the news. >> at the end of the talks, we reached a conclusion to start a new chapter after seven years of breaking off relations. we hope this new chapter will compens

story building that we have seen of snow falling this season up here in the eastern sierra 60 ft of snow . stephanie elem, please be careful. and thank you for that job stuff. yeah, amazing. more snow for you guys go. we'll let you keep that careful. step alright. also this morning, not just what's worst thing in california. also we're tracking developments out of raymond, minnesota, where evacuations right now are underway after a train that was carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed overnight. we have new details coming in, plus tensions boiling over on capitol hill over guns following the nashville school shooting. you know, there are six people that are dead in that school, including three children, because you guys got rid of the assault weapons ban. you guys are worried about banning books dead kids can't read. well, that was congressman jared moskowitz yesterday. there he is. today live next right here on cnn. back when i had a working circulatorory system, yu had to give y your right arm to find great talent. butut with up work, there's highly skilled talent from all over the globe. right

sierra as snow. but for us, we're catching a little bit of a break. but stephanie, kind of alluded to this. it's it's a temporary break, right? because we do have an unsettled weekend ahead of us. we're going to see those showers popping up throughout the weekend. temperature wise. it's getting a little interesting, too. this was a warmer system. notice we are still cool today. the 50's santa rosa made it up to that 60 degree. mark. but the difference between yesterday and today is quite predominantly warmer, right? 13 degrees. warmer santa rosa, 11 in nevado and fairfield. so temperatures have lifted up live. look outside at half. moon bay shows you some of those cloudy skies. and again, we are still watching out for those creeks and streams the rising through the weekend, staying unsettled shower chances throughout the weekend and then believe it or not, another atmospheric river set up coming to us next week. so we take you through tonight. we do stay relatively quiet. that's about 10 o'clock. still a chance of a pop-up shower. but then notice we get to saturday right here come some more

stephanie gave birth to a healthy baby girl audrey without complications. meantime, northern california also facing dangerous conditions. heavy snow in the sierra collapsing roofs and making travel treacherous. yosemite national park and over a dozen state parks closed indefinitely as californians come together to help brave this historic winter wallop. there is some good news in this area. most of the major roads have been plowed but many side roads and driveways have not. this corvette is encased in snow and ice. the other major concern is plunging temperatures. if the temperatures drop lower and folks don't get power back this could be a life and death matter. back to you. >> miguel almaguer for us there, reporting from california, thanks. >> without heat, without medicines that are needed. let's check in with dylan to get the forecast this morning. hi. >>> good morning, guys. the next round of snow at least will impact central and northern california. so a little north of where miguel is right now. you can see we have winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings in effect. more moisture moving onshore. mostly snow for the higher elev

stephanie gave birth to a healthy baby girl audrey without complications. meantime, northern california also facing dangerous conditions, heavy snow in the sierra nevada collapsing this home is so indicative of what we're seeing all across this community, there's four or five cars buried in the snow behind me. there's also concern about the rooftop here. all of that heavy snow could collapse. the gentleman that lives here finally got heat. he also has food, but he says digging out is going to take days. >> heat, food and medical supplies in demand there. miguel almaguer, thank you so much. >>> norfolk southern is making changes following the derailment of two trains in ohio. over the weekend 28 cars left the track in springfield one month after a train derailed near the pennsylvania border, spilling toxic chemicals in east palestine. hot bearing detectors on the track played a role in the east palestine derailment. the company's plan does not include many changes the biden administration has been calling for. joining us now live u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg. thanks for your time this morning. you've seen the plan rolled out by norfolk southern in