worst case, tulare lake could grow into a vast inland sea. >> has disruptive and damaging as this year's flooding has been, it is steer nowhere near close to what we foresee as the possible worst-case scenario. >> the levy we are standing on is called the corcoran levy. it is a 14.5 mile levee that protects the city of corcoran, the state prisons and the residents here. about 22,000 residents and 8000 inmates. so the work find that you will see over here, they are actually building it up another 4 to 5 feet. god willing that will protect the city of corcoran. >> reporter: there is a race against the melt, right? >> exactly. we have been fortunate with a slow, mild spring so far, but we know the heat is coming. >> all of the crops are flooded and ruined. it takes jobs from people. that is a lot of food that we provide up and down california and around the nation. it is pretty scary. >> reporter: and unfortunately this is just the beginning, right? >> very beginning. >> reporter: because the big melt has not begun. >> this is just from the rain. when the snow melts, there is nowhere else f

we are talking about tulare lake. it was once the four times the size of lake tahoe. then farmers use the water, drying it out, and planted crops on the land. now, for the first time since 1983 it is a lake again. that is not good news for farmers. >> is a motion out of the middle of their. there is no end to it. it just, you look at it and it keeps on going forever. >> about 15% of the california crop of processed tomatoes is grown in the lake. most of that will be wiped out and not planted for 2 years. >> that lake is only expected to get bigger. the cro snowpack will be begin melting soon, and that snow water will fill that link. >>> we want to bring in meteorologist, rob mayeda, about the increasing snow melt impact on that. >> you can already see it on the satellite. we know the bay area, lake tahoe and san luis reservoir here, but that has come back to life there. but the tulare lake in the san joaquin valley, that has become larger that by the day, and will continue to do so, all the way into the start of summer. now, the snowpack is still supersized, especiall

tulare lake, dried out decades ago, but has returned periodically when california has extremely wet winters. it was once the largest freshwater lake west of the mississippi river. it's always something, isn't it? we're desperate in the drought now. it rain. now we have flooding snowmelt. when does it end? but in the meantime, we have lovely weather. we do. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with that sandhya. yeah, amma and dan, the temperatures have been rising today and that warming is going to continue, which is why the concern is there for the sierra. let me show you what's going on. high pressure is dominating and as it's building, we are going to continue to see those temperatures coming up. just like today, a flood watch is in effect from thursday evening until monday morning for the sierra nevada. that area shaded in green. we also have flood advisory and a flood warning from sunday through friday. and the reason for this is obviously the snowmelt there is a big concern as temperatures rise over the next few days and continue to remain on the warm side going into next week compared

tulare lake, dried out decades ago, but returns periodically during extremely wet winters. it was once again the largest freshwater lake west of the mississippi. so let's turn to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. now for more on this threat in the warmer weather headed our way. sandhya yeah, the concern here is the fact that those temperatures are going to soar in that area of the sierra. let's talk about yosemite first. the temperature trend there will be going up and that is concerning as rapid snowmelt will happen. what they're concerned about is excessive runoff streams, creeks, rivers running high. so you go from 78 tomorrow to the low to mid 80s towards the end of the workweek. and as you take a look here, we do have flood watches up for the sierra nevada, begins thursday evening, runs until monday morning. also, a flood advisory and flood warning that merced river near bridge expected to exceed flood stage come friday night. now we have our warm up coming as well, 88 in livermore tomorrow, 86. san jose, santa rosa, 79 in oakland, san francisco, 71 degrees. not wa

and tulare lake reappearing is something we haven't seen for multiple years. so there is a potential for some bad flooding. if the water system holds the way it was built, we'll be okay. >> could be a dicey few months now for a lot of people in the central valley. >>> let's move on and talk about robots giving you a ride to the airport. this is going to happen in san jose pretty soon. the city is working with a bay area tech start-up to get you to the airport in driverless vehicles. here's how it's going to work. glideways is the bay area start-up making the driverless electric-powered pod. they'll ferry you 3 1/2 miles between the diridon train station and sjc. glideway says it will be faster than an uber or a bus partly because these pods will run on their own tramway. >> if you're going to take a bus, you've got at least one interchange, possibly two. if you take an uber, under the best circumstances, you're at least half an hour away or worse with traffic. with us, you're between six and eight minutes away all the time, anytime, 24/7. >> okay. in theory, i

the governor visited the tulare lake flood area.area, they've been worried about what a quick snow melt could mean for the waterlogged land. the amount of water is likely to double by the end of this week. >> people here literally living a stone's throw away, houses under water and those that will likely be under water in a matter of months, being impacted. concerned about what happens even after the peak. >> the governor signed an executive order for an emergency response in the basin. people in the valley remain under evacuation orders due to flooding concerns. >>> jeff ranieri, this could be a critical 72 hours for them. >> thursday to sunday we're expecting the snow melt to kick up into high gear. but interesting thing about next week i'm learning tonight, we could get into snowfall for the sierra with drastic changes, maybe 6 inches or more that could put things on pause. there's more details but let's look at the heat. some of the hottest weather since october rolling in. 188 days since it's been this warm. heat with high pres

the reforming tulare lake which was drained for farming a century ago, could remain in the landscape for years, disrupting growers in a region that produces a significant portion of the nation's supply of almonds, pistachios, milk and fruit. this will have a ripple effect on the nation's food supply and leave farmworkers without income for an undetermined amount of time. we will continue to follow the impacts on our website, nbcbayarea.com, on our climate in crisis page. >> thank you very much, kari. >>> march madness comes to an end and one team rising to the top. next on "today in the bay," the celebration for uconn as they win the national championship title. we'll have highlights from the big game. >> and happening now, religious leaders plan to call for immediate release and closure of all detention centers. this is isis detention centers. this morning they are holding a multi-faith prayer vigil and hunger strike at the agency federal building near the embarcadero. they plan to march to >>> welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." well, the cinderella story for san dieg

so there's this huge infiltration of southerners and moved into the central valley in that tulare lakein. boswell is one of them was one of the largest farmers in the world at the time, but they grew cotton, which is just really an interesting thing. when you don't think about cotton in california, do you you think about wheat and corn and other things, but anyway, so a little bit of history, but we have all south a lot of folks had to move on to grow cotton. they moved into the central valley done around visalia, and there you go green and the hills right now, and that's because we've got plenty of rain and had plenty of rain. hopefully, we'll see some more. but right now it feels like we're going to be dry for a while. wants to come back to the coast tomorrow night and then look at kind of fills in more typical, more likely to expect for this time of year, all along the coast. by wednesday night. okay so tomorrow night fog starts to return. the high pressure ridge is set up. you can see going up and over. um no fog at the coast right now because of the winds when the winds blow right

there's the old historic tulare lake bed right there. is from the sierra taking that water to the historically bad. that is once again filling up is under a flood warning and all that melt in the sierra nevada does have an impact on maybe your weekend plans to 70 national park has closures officially being announced for tomorrow as the merced river. those other streams continue to rise with the record snowpack. we've had now melting off at an accelerated pace because of this heat in those green areas. those are flood watches in effect starting yesterday, lasting through next week. so we're right in the midst of it. now here in the bay area, we do have one of her first spare the air alerts of the season today. air quality is good for now. so that's a good note. as you're getting outside right now, certainly is the time to go on the job to do anything in the yard because later today, air quality gets worse and will temperatures not going to be as pleasant? high pressure. ridge is entrenched across the west coast. keeping us hot, keeping us

that is tulare lake. that is one of the deepest points in the southern half of san joaquin valley. a lot of water starting to spill na that zone. the department of water resources highlighted this area as a risk of severe flooding. the records snowpack. we could see some widespread flooding developing moving forward through spring into early summer. >> i used to live in the fresno area, so that's south of fresno. thank you, rob. we'll see you later in the program. >>> up next, another local gem of a restaurant, oh, no, closed for good. we're joined by one of the owners about why she made this difficult and seemingly sudden decision. >>> also, the best gymnasts will be competing in the bay area this summer. tonight, we're chatting with an olympic medalist about the road to the 2024 olympics in paris. to the 2024 olympics in paris. stay with us. we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you know and love, but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine s

that process, and that would cause major flooding, especially in the san joaquin valley and the tulare lake basin. >> right now it looks like this week is going to be an exclamation point on this melting process. >> okay, paul is back from a much-needed vacation! but befor you left you were talking about this. you said that if it gets too warm to quickly it could cause problems. where are we at in that process? >> temperatures will warm up dramatically. south lake tahoe will be 30 to 35 degrees above freezing, and just abundant sunshine over the next few days. that will go into all the snow that is still on the ground. there are about 13.5 hours of daylight, so plenty of it. the national weather servic in effect for rt oth oo high sierrathe d hes in effect from thursday through monday. interestingly, the national weather service office in sacramento has not issued watches downslope of the high sierra. i think that remains a possibility. we are going to se near record high temperatures and rapid snowmelt. downslope flooding can be expected with rapid water flows and will be cold water as wel

now after being bone dry for decades, tulare lake has reappeared, sparking the threat of receiver yous flooding. in merced county the sheriff is making rivers no-go zones. >> if we watch you there, i'm ordering the deputies to issue citations for violation on this order. it's dangerous. stay out of the water. >> reporter: this afternoon the state department of water resources explained how they're tracking the flow of water and putting plans in place to protect residents from expected flooding. >> there's so much water as these folks are telling you that there will not be any digging. we can't dig our way out of this or build out of it, we need to be smart with what are the steps we can take holistically to protect as many people as possible as we move forward. >> reporter: schwartz says while the bay area won't likely see flooding, waterways will become increasingly dangerous. the big melt has put the san joaquin basin most at risk. parts of the yosemite national park could also flood, an ironic twist for a state that spent the last few years in extreme drought. >> there's never going

tulare lake was once the biggest freshwater body west of the mississippi, but it was drained to build2 billion agriculture industry and now it is back. it is proof that water never forgets and this may just be the beginning. behind those clouds, the sierra nevadas are so packed with snow. 260% above normal and sooner or later that will melt, which is only going to make this flooding worse and last longer. the last time it flooded this dramatically here was 1983 and it took two years to dry out. you were telling me about the effects in 1983. the town hollowed out pretty much. >> s, i was on the school board at that time and we lost half of our school population. a lot of people lost their homes and cars. >> reporter: and this time, in addition to the timebomb in the mountains, corcoran is many feet lower in elevation after years of overpumping groundwater to grow thirsty crops. it made this one of the fastest sinking areas in the nation. >> the ground has sunk by 10 or 15 feet

um and so i take it from your report on tulare lake in fort lauderdale. it's not so much you know.do we have enough water? is there not enough water? it's just unpredictability. just that's just the name of the game here. totally yeah. exactly and even thinking i was in florida few weeks ago where there is on the on the atlantic coast vero beach area. it's drought. there are golf courses that are turning around there as their ponds get more in saltier. do two of operation. it is this idea. we have to think you know, i grew up. we grew up in a world where you have there was once in a 50 year drought. but then it evened out, and things were predictable. and then there was another one. now it's this sort of ping pong in between these extremes, uh, and depending on where you are in one state, it can either be a record drought or record flood happening and how we manage water around that long term, i think is a new challenge for city planners for agricultural industry for all walks of life in various ways to think about these these these roller coaster rides that we seem to be on now. p

takes us on a tour of tulare lake and shows why it will grow much bigger. that's coming up at 6:00. >>> today is national drug take-back day. a safe and free way to get rid of prescription medication you no longer need. dozens of police departments across the bay area are hosting events including san jose police, you see it here. they're accepting prescription medication that's expired or no longer needed. that includes opioids. no questions asked. police also taking part in addition to accepting medications at police stations, for the first time they're collecting unwanted medicine at several senior communities. at last tally, livermore alone has collected 243 pounds of prescription medication. >>> okay. coming up, a sweet return for a community deaf stated by flooding. we'll take you to a bakery that's one of the first businesses to reopen after the floods. >>> plus, planting trees for the bees. the special earth day event in the east bay today. >>> and a reminder -- stick with thm tt's been covering yourarriors all season long on nbc sports bay area. the

the tulare lake has now reformed because of the melting sierra snow. the governor touched on some of the challenges the state has on its hands. you can't just raise one portion of a levee without considering the impact on another portion. their unintended consequences. so this requires cross jurisdictional engagement. county to county. city to city. so many different boards, so many different administrators, so many different points of view. to larry lake dried out decades ago, but returns periodically during extremely wet winters. it was once again the largest freshwater lake west of the mississippi. so let's turn to abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. now for more on this threat in the warmer weather headed our way. sandhya yeah, the concern here is the fact that those temperatures are going to soar in that area of the sierra. let's talk about yosemite first. the temperature trend there will be going up and that is concerning as rapid snowmelt will happen. what they're concerned about is excessive runoff streams, creeks, rivers running high. so yo

we're currently forecasting record breaking spring snow melts in the tulare lake region upwards to an absurdly high 422% of average for a snow melt runoff. the kern river watershed. we're very very fortunate to be sitting at just over 100% of average in our major state to aa catastrophic big melt what's needed is a mild spring with no extreme heat according to state climatologists a gradual snowmelt would prevent dangerous flooding especially in the central valley. i have never seen so much rain life ski enthusiasts of all ages are taking full advantage of the snowpack access to snow was thet g roads are open. everyone's gonna go that's how i expect it to be this whole spring break season as you can n i'm going to expect a lot od f r people to come in and do some spring skiing lines were long at this walnut creek sports basement is the ski business booms and people appreciate this miracle of a winter. i was just telling my kids today how wonderful it is to see this green these green hills and just this pleaslee keep coming in the east bay. i'eslie brinkley abc 7 news. mall right. yeah

part of the sierra snowpack feeds into the tulare lake region.the area could see more flooding when warmer temperatures cause our state's record snowpack to melt. and with currently 320, at least in this portion this year is 320% snowpack above average at this current moment, we recognize the magnitude what will be coming our way over the course of the next few months. there's more than three years worth of snow spread over a 62 100 square mile watershed. that means an average of about 57 inches, just about five ft of snow and ice yet to melt. and doing everything we can to put put in advanced defensive measures to divert flood flows again from people and communities. the threat of flooding is also causing most of yosemite valley to close starting this friday night through at least next wednesday . the national park service warns the closures could last longer if the threat is worse time is 7 38, the new tallest sculpture in san francisco, was just installed at the yerba buena mosconi mew knee station. it 102 ft. tall it's a tons. it's a lightnin

it takes about a week for that melt actually make its way down to the tulare lake.already knew that we we knew we have about a 2 to maybe 3 month window period. the race is on to heighten and strengthen the 14 mile long corcoran levee right next to it is a california state prison complex which houses about 8,000 inmates. corrections officials say they're closely monitoring the situation and if stopped accepting transfers in the event that they need to evacuate were standing likely will be under water. >> in a matter of weeks, if not months. >> governor gavin newsom in corcoran this week to survey the situation and promise state support corcoran is desperate for more emergency funding, hopeful that fortification will happen fast enough to save the city. >> that levee goes that city goes to prison. all think if he goes and washes out, this could be years before that area, more production it will take place. >> and we should note that temperatures here in central california are now topping off well above 90 degrees these days. so the big melt in the sierras. it's about

the california department of water resources is also monitoring the tulare lake basin that may have flooding. so we look at yosemite as well, that is expected to reach over flood stage over the next few days, over ten feet, and this is very cold and swift-moving water. so it's going to be dangerous for a lot of people who aren't used to being in that area and seeing so much water. they're saying absolutely stay out of any of the flooding that you see. so just a heads-up for bay area people traveling to those areas. >>> mike, hitting the road, how is it looking for gas prices this morning? >> i have good news. two of the ten best prices reported for california are in santa clara county. actually, in santa clara city. we'll call out on washington street, the best price is $4.05 a gallon. $4.25 averaging around the city and county. solano county, vallejo has a shell on tennessee street with $4.17. pleasanton's best is at the safeway on bernal, $4.29. that's the best we can do in that part of alameda county. the maps, speed sensors not surprising. west 580 toward the dublin interchange, volume p

then the department of water resources is really monitoring that tulare lake basin region that just magically formed after all of this time, and it was also still causing a lot of flooding there. the merced river in yosemite is expected to reach flood stage on friday, and that's also when they say do not enter any of the floodwaters or the water that's moving very swiftly, because it's also extremely cold and can cause some shock. so that's definitely a heads-up for all of us who may be traveling to different areas over these next several months. and you may be hitting the road. mike has a look at where you can find lower gas prices. >>> coming up again, two of the best ten reported for the entire state are in santa clara. today we're going to call out rotten robbie, on washington street, $4.05, that's a good price. most of the others are $4.25 in santa clara county. in solano county, vallejo has a shell on tennessee with $4.17, and pleasanton's best is safeway on bernal avenue, $4.29. that's the best reported through gasbuddy.com. we're sharing the roads nicely right now. no major incidents.

kings river, which drains into the tulare lake bed, which you probably heard about filling back up after so many years is under a flood warning right now. you get up into the sierra and those green areas. those are flood watches that are in effect all the way from last wednesday into wednesday of this next week. so we have those flood concerns all the way up in the sierra nevada. but here's the good news. only a couple more days of this heat. then we cool things back down and flooding risk should be diminished because of that cool down in less snow melt. as for high temperatures yesterday we were seeing really well above average conditions, livermore all the way up to the low 90's. a lot of us are really only 60's and 70's on average for this time of year. so this is an early warm up, but we're right back to the cooler stuff just around the corner as this strong ridge gives way to a strong dip in the jet stream that's just going to funnel cool air our direction and along with it, even a chance of a few showers into next week as we kick off may today is going to heat right back up a mostl

it takes about a week for that melt actually make its way down to the tulare lake. but we already knew that we we knew we have about a 2 to maybe 3 month window period. the race is on to heighten and strengthen the 14 mile long corcoran levee right next to it is a california state prison complex which houses about 8,000 inmates. corrections officials say they're closely monitoring the situation and if stopped accepting transfers in the event that they need to evacuate were standing likely will be under water. >> in a matter of weeks, if not months. >> governor gavin newsom in corcoran this week to survey the situation and promise state support corcoran is desperate for more emergency funding, hopeful that fortification will happen fast enough to save the city. >> that levee goes that city goes to prison with small thing cuts. it goes and washes out. this could be years before that area. he's more production. will take place. >> and we should note that temperatures here in central california are now topping off well above 90 degrees these days. so the big melt in the

the reforming of tulare lake, which was drained for farming a century ago, could remain on the landscapeupting growing that produces a significant portion of almonds, pistachio, milk and fruit. so this will have a ripple effect on the nation's food supply chain and leave farmworkers without income for an undetermined amount of time. we'll continue to follow the impacts of the central valley's historic flooding on our website, nbcbayarea.com, as well as our climate in crisis page. >> fascinating pictures. thank you, kari. >>> quickly approaching 6:00. a former president facing criminal charges. donald trump is just hours away from being formally arrested and arraigned. it is the first time ever in u.s. history. we're talking to "meet the press's" moderator, chuck todd, on what is set to be a historic hearing. also, we'll ask about the impact it will have on the upcoming presidential election. >> all new, making up for missed days, after a deadly stabbing. students at one north bay school forced to take on extra days in the classroom. the reason the school says it has to be done. this is "

we haven't seen this much water in tulare lake since the early 19 eighties .ochran population just under 23,000, half of those incarcerated in the state prison. it could be flooded protective levees fail or overtopped. like two lari if it ever gets full scientific mapping shows that it could also engulf a fast growing town of stratford, population. 1115 alpa population 9, 35 and allensworth population. 5 33. and now the heating nodding process is getting a boost from warmer mountain weather about 10 degrees above average for this time of year. so towards the end of the week, we're going to see things warm up, and with that warm up comes mar snowmelt. somewhat surprising officials really don't know how big the lake currently is. that has a huge impact on the amount of water dams can release from reservoirs to make way for the snow melt eventually. there is a risk that the reservoir releases will exceed channel capacity. it will not be as large as it was in early march. with those storms now the only figure that they could come up with is 300,000 acres that equa

it takes about a week for that melt actually make its way down to the tulare lake. we already knew that we we knew we have about a 2 to maybe 3 month window period. the race is on to heighten and strengthen the 14 mile long corcoran levee right next to it is a california state prison complex which houses about 8,000 inmates. corrections officials say they're closely monitoring the situation and if stopped accepting transfers in the event that they need to evacuate were standing likely will be under water. >> in a matter of weeks, if not months. >> governor gavin newsom in corcoran this week to survey the situation and promise state support corcoran is desperate for more emergency funding, hopeful that fortification will happen fast enough to save the city. >> that levee goes that city goes to prison with small thing cuts. if he goes and washes out, this could be years before that area. he's more production. will take place. temperatures are in the 90's this week here in central california. so the big melt up in the sierras is about the speed up in a big way. and tha

it takes about a week for that melt actually make its way down to the tulare lake. 2 to maybe 3 month window period. the race is on to heighten and strengthen the 14 mile long corcoran levee right next to it is a california state prison complex which houses about 8,000 inmates. corrections officials say they're closely monitoring the situation and if stopped accepting transfers in the event that they need to evacuate were standing likely will be under water. >> in a matter of weeks, if not months. >> governor gavin newsom in corcoran this week to survey the situation and promise state support corcoran is desperate for more emergency funding, hopeful that fortification will happen fast enough to save the city. >> that levee goes that city goes to prison with small thing cuts if he goes and washes out, this could be years before that area. more production it will take place. >> we should note the temperatures are in the 90's this week here in central california. so the big melt up in the sierras is about the speed up in a big way. and that means where we're standing r

and it's definitely a melting quickly up their yosemite, the kings river, which drains into the tulare lakee also been talking about is under a flood warning. the southern sierra, all that snow tense to head to this area while up in yosemite national park. those closures announced for much of the park starting tomorrow and then up to lake tahoe. we also have those flood watches all in green from yosemite into the northern sierra. so a lot going on out that direction. flooding concerns for us locally. not really a thing. it's just the heat that we're dealing with. we are going to be seeing cool mornings, at least so really capitalized on morning hours. like right now, jog right now, dog walk currently. but later today, get to the ac and just keep his cool as possible. our hottest day of the year so far tomorrow we're going to repeat of all of it. a cool little partly foggy morning and then followed by a scorching hot afternoon. saturday is the last of the hot days before a massive cool down. so there is relief in sight. as for your daytime highs today, we're going to be in th4 70's for most

cnn's bill we're live for us on the banks of tulare lake. bill, this is the opposite kind of what we have been talking about, you know, rivers and lakes drying. up. this is the opposite. so this is good for the lake. but bad for agriculture. well it's bad in general. for everybody. it is a natural disaster. unnatural disaster. really, that's happening right now. imagine a flooded area 20 ft long by 20 miles long by eight ft miles wide, that is going to get three times bigger by spring. this is this ghost phantom lake that is back from the dead now and making life a headache in the central valley of california. take a look. in california's central valley farmers have spent much less 20 years praying for rain. but then came this winter of relentless rivers in the sky. enough to bring a long dead lake back to life and drown over 150 square miles of farmland and counting. so now. they pray for the water to stop. it is mind blowing to realize. that if you'd stood here for the last couple of generations, you'd be watching the sunset over dusty fie

areas of concern include the southern san joaquin valley places like the tulare lake basin and lowerhis year snowmelt reservoir operations and runoff forecasts. 9 46 this morning for almost 30 years, our city forest has been the leading nonprofit in silicon valley for urban forestry and environmental education. the organization helps people who live in the area choose trees for their homes for their schools and the nearby parks with native and drought tolerant shrubs and joining us now on the nine is local berry, who is a volunteer outreach program manager. we appreciate you joining us this morning. i think the first question i want to ask you guys have this program that offers free trees for people who might be eligible for that. how exactly is that work and i come to you ask you for a tree and then just kind of pulling out handed over? yes, so you can either reach out online email us or you can show up to our nursery, which is that 1000 spring street in san jose, and you'll fill out something called a tree stewardship application. you know, whatever tree we give out to the communit

yesterday, the governor saw firsthand the flooding in the tulare basin once bone dry, the tulare lake has now reformed because of the melting sierra snow. the governor touched on some of the challenges the state has on its hands. you can't just raise one portion of a levy without considering the impact on another portion. there unintended consequences. so this requires cross jurisdictional engagement. county to county, city to city. so many different boards, so many different administrators, so many different points of view to larry lake dried out decades ago , but returns periodically during extreme wet winters. it was once the largest freshwater lake west of the mississippi. well, this trio of bear cubs was caught on camera in south lake tahoe. they were running around and wrestling, playing with each other. the video is captured by a nature enthusiast who frequently captures tahoe wildlife and his caption he wrote, at 11 weeks old, they're not much bigger than the pine cones, but these three black bear cubs already have huge personalities. but where's mama, though? i know. look at

areas of concern include the southern san joaquin valley, such as the tulare lake basin and lower san joaquin river. experts will discuss the short term climate outlook, the timing of this year's snowmelt and reservoir operations, as well as runoff forecasts. today, the oakland city council is scheduled to begin a debate on a proposal to formally end the city. he's been on evictions. the city's eviction moratorium was first enacted three years ago during the beginning of the pandemic to help people who are struggling to pay their rent. but many oakland landlords are now pressuring the city council. to end that ban. now that the worst of the pandemic is over, they do point out that alameda county's own eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire at the end of the month, and the state of california ended its covid state of emergency in february. after months of legal battles cruise in oakland have finally begun clearing out the city's largest homeless camp. city crews arrived at the wood street encampment yesterday, picking up trash, cleaning up the streets and sidewalks and hauling off

we have a look at the rebirth of a lake in the area. it tulare used to be a premier freshwater lake. but for a few years it has been dry. nasa took satellite photos in the picture on the left is from march. on the right, that is a photo of the lake on april 1. researchers fear with the melting, widespread flooding could occur. >> the mayor of san jose was back at it hosting the eighth cleanup day. he is going to a different neighborhood every saturday over the past two months and working to clean up the city. he is working with 50 on housed people clearing weeds and paths. the mayor says the cleanup program is meant to make san jose a place to be proud of. >> my goal is to get everybody indoors as quickly as possible. as long as people are living outside i want to work with them and support them and make sure they have a safe and beautiful neighborhood. >> the mayor has two more cleanups planned. and anybody looking to participate can sign up on the city website. >> and you can still celebrate san jose on san jose day. it this is the fifth annual

is >>> we are looking at the rebirth of a lake in central valley. tularetly been dry until recently but with all of the rain, the lake has been filled again. nasa took videos of the lake. the picture on the right left is from march on the one on for the right is from april 1. researchers fear with the emerging melt, flooding could occur. >>> climate change could be the reason that baseball fans are seeing more home runs. researchers found more than 500 homeruns can be linked to unusually warm temperatures. a new study in the bulletin of the meteorological society said they have noticed the uptick. they have speculated on everything from changes in baseballs and training. >>> the mayor of san jose is back at it, hosting a cleanup day. he partnered with a different neighborhood organization every saturday over the last two months. he is working to clean up the city. he was at the guadalupe a gardens. they cleared weeds and paths. the mayor says the cleanup program is meant to make san jose a place everyone can be proud of. >> my goal is to get everybody indo

it's called tulare lake.lt and more to come, have rejuvenated the waterway. you can see but local farmers fair. there's so much water that will eventually overtake alevi and turned the city of corcoran and do a big swamp. officials are trying to raise the levee by four ft. corcoran's mayor tells the crime chronicle. if not more is done. it could be too late. he says. not enough attention or funding have come from the state and our federal government. artificial intelligence is changing the way many businesses are recruiting perspective employees more than half of the businesses surveyed by the job site resume, builders say they use chat gpt. that's the artificial intelligence based software application used to conduct online conversations and businesses say they're using the ai systems because young company managers feel more comfortable with the technology than older executives. businesses can also save money by replacing workers such as those in human resources or other departments as chat gpt can be used f

water as it melts and the key areas of concern include the southern sandwich keene valley like the tulare lakegrant gap. this week. we expect the it like spalding to begin spilling, and that's going to increase the water flows in the south yuba river. currently those flows are about 30 cubic feet per second, and they're going to increase to hundreds of feet of second as much as 1000 ft per second going out to enjoy some spring recreation around the river. use extra caution. and today is dollars and cents. google is going forward with its artificial intelligence chatbot despite criticism from its own employees, bloomberg news quoted 18 current and former workers who called the system worse than useless and a pathological liar . google's ai chatbot is called barred and is supposed to rival tech companies microsoft and open a i. bloomberg reports, testers are complaining and say google rushed the product and bypassed safety and ethical. concerns. testers asked, barred questions such as how to scuba dive or land a plane and they say the answers would result in injury or death. new numbers are rais

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they're not all showing that now would be bad news for the southern sierra, especially around tulare lakeecause the southern sierra is 303% for the date of normal, i believe that is a record. that is a tremendous amount of snow, the central cierto to 36 northern sierra 192 . statewide averages 2 35. there's more than this now because they had snow last night and this morning. 61 plus inches of water. if you melt all that snow down, you get 61 inches. everybody knows what everybody already knows. let's hope there's a slow snowmelt because any rapid snow amount would be a terrible thing. but right now it's looking cool. you can see there's still some activity up in the mountains. they have a winter weather advisory until 11 o'clock for another, maybe 2 to 4 inches of snow. we have a wind advisory goes until 11 o'clock tonight. gus 45 55 mph, especially on the coast and up in the hills. could be a few little guys showers passing through under mostly clear skies, though, right now 12 and trucking south lake tahoe. 17 uk is 35 sacramento's 39 degrees really cold for us here few thirties peddli

the ghost of tulare lake is re emerging in the central valleys, farmlands and now it is threatening anoes or cotton or being used to raise cattle. at this point, will now it is flooded to larry lake was drained back in the late 18 hundreds but has started to reappear in the shallow lake bed. thanks to our web winter and some broken levees as well now, as the snowpack begins to melt, city leaders in corcoran said the levees surrounding the community could potentially fail if that water continues to rise. then we have a whole different scenario where we might have to actually evacuate people out of the city and we don't want to do that. that's why we're taking proactive measures right now. now the city now raising 14.5 miles of levees by 3.5 ft in an attempt to protect people and inmates at california state prison, corcoran prison officials say they are monitoring the situation. they have stopped taking inmate transfers to be better prepared for a possible evacuation order. employees at ucsf rallied for a boost in pay that they say is long overdue. you should. they held signs and pickete

emergency response in the tulare basin. 650 people in the valley remain under evacuation orders still because of flooding concerns. >>> a notable store, a notable space. south lake tahoe, a new target store. the company announcing it will be opening a store in the old raley's, the heavenly village shopping center. it's unclear when the target will open but the company told "sf gate" it will be 63,000 feet of retail space. you may recall the raley's closed in february after 60 years at that site. about a month later, the building's roof collapsed from all the snow during our recent storms. >>> talking about flooding now. we were out of the rain, now we're -- warmth and flooding. these are the concerns. >> that's going to be ongoing into june, snowmelt. it's melting thursday through monday next week. we'll start to get into colder, overnight temps in the 30s to slow things down a bit. it's this ongoing thing we're tracking week to week. as we look at our microclimate forecast, in the bay area, it was warm. but look, overall, a really nice reprieve from all of those bitterly cold temperatures we had throughout winter and also at the start of spring. good enough for

all of this is governor gavin newsom toured parts of tulare and kings county today to see in person the flooding issues along that to larry lake basin. the governor says the state is still trying to figure out where to give aid but admitted the process has been slow because region. >> doesn't have a coordinated flood control plan. >> right now the lake is a rising about an inch and a half a day. the california state prison in kings county stands near that lake. the department of corrections preparing now for a worst-case scenario of evacuating the prison. if the flood waters get too high. kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joining us now with more on this is a historic flooding in that area when the lake forms that to larry right? yeah, probably going to be something similar. we saw back in 82 83 season. that's one. >> we have massive amounts of snow similar to what we're seeing now. and all that snow now beginning to melt with the warmer temperatures. here's a live look and you're 70 falls and so a lot of that water just rolling down the sierra now and so many of these places running bank full. so we do have a flood a

governor gavin newsom visited the tulare basin to see the scope of flooding that is affecting four communities. they're dried out. lake toledo, tillery lake has made its return swamping farms and threatening to overtake even more land as the snow and the sierra melts le s onstrewaterst of the river thgovernor pointedut what's at stake, the levee we recognize the impacts on the prisons. we recognize the prospects of displacement, property damage. we recognize the slow moving nature of this. we recognize the temperatures are significantly increasing in real time. a disaster was declared earlier this year, so help is already in place. experts estimate it could take years for the region to dry out from all this flooding. meanwhile the threat of flooding is leading to parts of yosemite national park closing starting on friday night. most of the valley will be shut down until at least next wednesday, potentially longer than that. the merced river runs through the park. its rising because of all the melting snow. it's expected to be above flood stage this monday. and new details on the drought in california east bay mud is e

southern san joaquin valley, such as the tulare blake basin and lower san joaquin river in nevada county. pg and e. is warning about rising water levels at lakepalding, your immigrant gap. this week. we expect the it like spalding to begin spilling, and that's going to increase the water flows in the south yuba river. currently those flows are about 30 cubic feet per second, and they're going to increase to hundreds of feet of second as much as 1000 ft per second. officials are urging people who may be going out to enjoy some spring recreation to use caution along the yuba and bear rivers. well barry weather looks like a bit of a warming trend that will really kick in in your thursday forecast and especially by the weekend will have your update coming up. heather holmes we go in closer look at some of the stories we're working on for the seven o'clock news on ktvu plus, heather tonight at seven. we're going to continue our coverage on the battle over the abortion pill. we're going to talk live with the bay area professor about the supreme court's looming decision. and boy, we've all been there. we've been on a plane and a baby just won't stop

tulare county, south east of fresno. you're looking at drone video here, taking a little more than a week ago of the newly reformed lake tilleryrting to cause flooding in the areas surrounding that lake because of the spring temperatures. about 10 degrees above average for this time of year, so towards the end of the week, we're going to see things warm up and with that warm up comes mar snowmelt. and california water experts is still trying to figure out the exact size of lake to larry. i don't have a big impact on the amount of water that dams can release from nearby reservoirs to make way for the snow melt. eventually. there is a risk that the reservoir releases will exceed channel capacity. it will not be as large as it was in her early march with those storms, and it's not clear that the communities surrounding the lake will get any extra existent from the state or federal government if the flooding gets worse. baseball commissioner rob manfred says he feels sorry for oakland a's fans about the team's plans to move to las vegas. manfred told the associated press that a zone er john fisher did everything he could to get th