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turning wastelands of abandoned industrial properties and landfills into wonderlands of parks for all alive with nature, and especially benefitting communities who live nearby. and we'll reflect on the east bay regional park district's long commitment to building networks of trails of all kinds and for all people in contra costa and alameda counties. ♪♪♪

the peaks looked like a winter wonderland with the snowcaps.t the day yesterday we received pictures and videos from viewers showing us what they were seeing. while some of the precipitation was a little annoying, some of the the snow caused a bit of concern. chp shut down mount hamilton road out of an abundance of caution. depending on where you were yesterday you may have felt snow, hail, rain, but all of that precipitation good news as we work to get some of that rain deficit up as we make it through the remainder of the year. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right. thank you. >>> we've been talking about it all month, it is busy around here because we love celebrating birthdays and today someone that we have working behind the scenes for us so hard, dana, it's your birthday. >> hey. >> happy birthday, dana. >> dana. >> hey, dana. happy birthday. >> you should take the mask off -- >> yeah. working so hard -- >> she's such a hard worker. we wanted to take a moment to celebrate here. >> now she's embar

is it a little architectural wonderland? is it a throbbing, pulsing miami of the mediterranean?it really be one of the world's great lgbt capitals, here in a region plagued by violenceit and living under a constant threat of war? i'm in tel aviv. but i'm also in a city that i've heard will surprise me. for more than 70 years at least, the news coming out of this region has been overwhelmingly negative. i'm going to look past the propaganda and the fancy city branding, and i'm going to meet passionate locals who will explain to me, in no uncertain terms, their urban reality.

. >> then, a hidden gem in monterey that is a wonderland for wildlife. >> a great family-friendly activity a wonderful way to learn about some of the creatures that call this place home. >>> plus usc has a new champion for diversity and he's showing me all the right moves. >> i want you to lean forward and go left, right, left. >> like that?

games with rabbit holes that invite you into wonderland and entice you through the looking. when i saw a q. and i knew exactly what it was and what it was doing. they'd seen it before they'd almost built to perform. it was gaming's evil twin. a game that plays. q anon uses the form and techniques of alternate reality gaming a r g q in an universe has a game like feel to it that it's evident to anyone who has ever played an air g. or an online role play however q. is not a game q anon is like the reflection of a game in a mirror it looks just like one but it is inverted and one of the very 1st experience fictions i ever designed the players had to explore a creepy basement looking for clues the object they were looking for was barely hidden and the clue was easy as a participant started searching for the object it hit and they spotted little random scraps of wood on the floor that happened to make the shape of a perfect arrow pointing right at a blank wall that had to be a clue then it got worse since they're obviously was no clue there the group decided the clue they were lo

know they're not creating any wealth so like we have to start to question well where are we what wonderland is this well what's remarkable is that for years and years we were on this show to talk about quantitative easing and it's basically just a transfer payment to hedge funds and they live on that money and it's not productive in any way and they're just shuffling paper around and they're lobbying the government to give them more transfer payments more free money more quantitative easing and i think a lot of people out there watching the show would say oh that's pretty interesting i'm not really sure what you're talking about ok now they kind of know what we're talking about because the average person in america has been getting these transfer payments are money printing directly into their inbox into their mailbox and they are incomes are soaring like they've never stored before so they're living like hedge fund managers and living like an griffith they're living like warren buffett who did to just sit around and get the transfer payments from the government all day long for doing nothi

. >> it is like a winter wonderland. that is what it is like. but not for long.t me give you a look at what is happening. we have mainly clear skies at the moment, although a few then high clouds. it was about easier about an hour or so. 20 mile-per-hour winds in san francisco. we have mainly clear skies as you can see from this view, looking back at what we call the cityscape. 50 degrees in san francisco, down to 40 degrees in half moon bay. temperature readings in oakland, morgan hill, 50s. the temperature readings, 55 at santa rosa. napa, 52. 60 at fairfield. 53 at livermore. at the golden gate, clear skies. northwind, the direction of our next storm. we will have increasing clouds. not quite as cold. the next storm arrives early thursday and we will have a mild sunny week saturday morning. for tonight, as those clouds increase, temperatures will drop down into the mid to upper 30s in the chili is in land locations. near the coast, near the bay we will see overnight lows in the upper 40s to low 30s. high temperatures tomorrow under thin high clouds will range

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weather to show you, rare millstone and transformed environment turning daytona beach into a winter wonderland. incredible video, the health piling up yesterday. homeowner said the store's backyard look like it was very did nice. >> never and 26 years have i seen the amount of hail the fail in such a short period of time, is coming down really hard. isa shooting off the gutters. sue and the storm was left behind hail stones up to the size of a quarter and no injuries major damage reporting. from snow to sunshine a major warm-up is on the way for millions of americans with the potential for record-breaking temperatures in some places. meteorologist adam is live now. the forecast printed. reporter: is going to get real warm across the country in the next couple of days. the very telling of some of that winter weather still hanging on and portions of the east coast getting up into ontario and these are your feel like temperatures and yes, you're reading those crackly. feels like down into the teens and some of these locations but this is the last of the cold air. we start to see the numbers, and

very slight chance of thunderstorm threat in fact we did notice, it looking more like a winter wonderland in parts of the bay area because of those hail storms. >>let's zoom on in and see just how heavily it's raining in your neighborhood out there right now for your wednesday afternoon. tracking still some snow showers for mount hamilton in parts of the diablo mountain range as well could see snow levels dropping easily as low as 2000 feet, but whites for light rain right now for those of you in livermore starting to extend eastward. there. spotty scattered showers throughout the east bay shoreline and drying out for now for those of you in san jose very active severe weather because of those thunderstorms that brought not only small hail but in addition that some pretty gusty downpours as well as gusty winds and widespread light rain mainly for those of you in the north bay from santa rosa. even nevado petaluma on bill out there right now seeing some scattered showers and we're going to continue to see a drying trend so looks like the worst is over for us here in the bay area. finally g

diablo and although spring is around the corner the peaks look like winter wonderland with the snow capps. throughout the day we received pictures and video from viewers showing us what they were seeing. while the precipitation was a nuisance really, some of that snow did cause a bit of a concern. >> we appreciate it people obey the road closed sign. there isn't much parking up here and the road is dangerous. it kills mort sclooiss on a monthly basis even in good weather. >> reporter: and as much as that rain may have been annoying for those wanting to get outside it is crucial because we have that rain deficit. yesterday, definitely a wild ride in terms of the weather. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >>> speaking of the wild ride is it over, vianey in for kari this morning. how does it look for the rest of the week? >> we've still got a little bit of instability but i wanted to take this as an opportunity to sort of give you all the difference between hail, graupel, sleet, snow. with hail, it's actually firm and it will bounce when it hits the ground.

it seems to me that's alice in wonderland.trial if the evidence warrants, then discuss the question of what sentence is appropriate. people say it's terrible to imagine donald trump in an orange jumpsuit really are not exploring the question, what's the meaning of letting donald trump just go free? any other citizen, especially one with enormous power, who tried to do what he did, who tried to stop the installation of the next president, the transition of power that is the hall marc of democracy should not go off scot-free. it's premature. but to turn the page and move on and say there's no accountability for anything except his crooked finances would be a terrible mistake. we have to follow the evidence where it leads. >> yeah. >> and follow the law with where it points. it seems to me then we can decide which is worse, seeing a former president in jail or let him go scot-free, and try to steal the election and overturn an election. >> accountability, as you say, is what matters more than anything else. lawrence tribe, thank

>> oh, you know, if another date of potus in wonderland here. it is preposterous to make that statement. >> our warning, that kind of timeline may be overly ambitious and some have even argued it'sst perhaps dangerous. >> coronavirus vaccine trump says could come of this year, happy talk that he's doing about the vaccine, experts say he would need a miracle to be right.ul >> here's the thing, you cannot talk yourself into a vaccine. the fastest a vaccine has ever been produced from start to finish is five years. >> sean: you're right. donald trump did it in 1 and you never give him credit for anything. nothing he does is right. that wasn't happy talk, was it? operation warp speed thankfully for the sake of the country and the world was a huge success. thank god for our great medical researchers and scientists and doctors and first responders.d they did an amazing job. we all owe them a debt of gratitude, but there will be no retractions, no apologies, they will never correct the record. instead, they will continue to act as cheerleaders for the

is it a little architectural wonderland? is it a throbbing, pulsing miami of the mediterranean?ly be one of the world's great lgbt capitals, here in a region plagued by violence and living under a constant threat of war? i'm in tel aviv. but i'm also in a city that i've heard will surprise me. for more than 70 years at least, the news coming out of this region has been overwhelmingly negative. i'm going to look past the propaganda and the fancy city branding, and i'm going to meet passnate locals who will explain to me, in no uncertain terms, their urban reality.

you know, charlie and the chocolate factory, alice in wonderland — all these characters are amazing,. despite a third of schoolchildren in the uk being from an ethnic minority background, latest figures show just 5% of all published children's books featured someone as a main character from one of these backgrounds. over the last 30 years, children's authors like trish cooke have been trying to increase representation. there's no reason why black characters shouldn't be in books. it's not something that's unusual. in everyday life, we take on main roles, we're notjust a friend or the supporting role in a piece. the stories that i'm telling are universal stories, they're stories that happen to everyone, but i'm writing them from the point of view of a black writer to make sure these characters get out there because they haven't been out there enough. a third of children and young people in the uk say they're reading more during lockdown, according to the national literacy trust, and some businesses have seen a growth in sales. i get such great feedback - and parents dm me all the time

you know, charlie and the chocolate factory, alice in wonderland — all these characters are amazing,nusual. in everyday life, we take on main roles, we're notjust a friend or the supporting role in a piece. the stories that i'm telling are universal stories, they're stories that happen to everyone, but i'm writing them from the point of view of a black writer to make sure these characters get out there because they haven't been out there enough. a third of children and young people in the uk say they�*re reading more during lockdown, according to the national literacy trust, and some businesses have seen a growth in sales. i get such great feedback and parents dm me all the time to say, "thank you, that finally my child sees a character and can. i believe in that saying "you can�*t be what you can�*t see". i feel like a lot of children now are seeing themselves as astronauts, as politicians, and they�*re realising they can literally be anything. for some parents change has been too slow and doesn�*t fairly reflect the uk today. their message is clear. we're raising the next generatio

if you were at mount mount diablo it looked like a winter wonderland with some of the peaks covered in for this thursday morning, vianey is in for kari. good morning. >> good morning. and we are going to see the last of that rain move out by midmorning. walnut creek you can see the cloudy skies there, but we'll get some peeks of sunshine through the afternoon and help us warm up just a bit. not by much. we're going to be cool in the upper 50s, low 60s. you can see on doppler radar the majority of the rain now down through central california, pushing down southward making way for a nice afternoon. upper 50s, low 60s still have a little bit of instability in the atmosphere but overall nice weekend ahead. laura. >> all right. looks good. we'll be back with another local news update in a half hour. >>> two, one, zero ignition liftoff. >> we are back 7:30 a spectacular sight in the florida skies overnight. another successful launch of the spacex rocket. this one sending more satellites into orbit aimed at improving internet connections we can all say amen to that. >>> let's get a check of t

place where you were originally born and lived, why would you be going somewhere else if it was wonderlandif you were happy? do you leave your home when you are happy? you are leaving because you have been intimidated day in and day out. think about it. have you ever been intimidated where you are even scared to walk back in your home because somebody is there waiting to harass you and apprehend you? think about it, people. these are children. little children coming without adults to supervise, care for them. why do you think they are doing that if their homeland was so wonderful and they were so happy? host: shirley from smith's grove in kentucky. sue texts -- i don't live in a border state so my perspective is different. human beings deserve a chance, yet we tout ourselves as a nation of laws. it stands to reason we cannot have it both ways. is it that bad in mexico that the masses want to leave? alfreda rates -- we need to do a study on why people migrate. who is exploiting their natural resources? by the way, immigration -- illegal immigration started in 1492. your message to congress

then ross found a hidden gem in monterey that's a wonderland for wildlife. >>> this morning at 11:30. chances. join us tomorrow morning 4:30 to 7:00. great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? whoa! my old hairstyle grew back. so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. >>> live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the "3rd hour of today." >> good tuesday morning. welcome to the "3rd hour of today." it is march 9th. craig melvin, al roker, dylan dreyer, sheinelle jones is off this morning. we have to change the backdrop. >> technically, we could do it now, if we're going by meteorological spring. >> we're not going by meteorological spring. >> march 20th. >> the only people that go by meteorological spring are meteorologis

the two permits submitted by john cantor are just alice in wonderland permits. i can look out my window and see that they never did restore the bay. their demolition permit is their third attempt to legalize the bay removal. why would mr. cantor want to submit a permit that he never restored. this is just fancy footwork to get around the planning commission's decision, so i ask you please order the developers to restore the three-story bay per the planning commission's 2019 order and prevent the developers from getting anymore permits until, to exactly quote the planning commission, the existing building is reverted to its previous existing condition by restoring the three-story bay. and by the way, it's not just a bay, it's a three-story bay with nine windows and a door. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you. we will now hear from miss taylor. miss taylor, please go ahead. miss taylor, we can't hear you. please go ahead. >> [inaudible]. >> clerk: very faintly. can you go closer to your microphone? >> yes. is this better? is. >> clerk: yes. thank you. please

one year ago, at little wigan theatre, the production of alice in wonderland was abandoned as dress rehearsalwn. hopefully those reductions will be up and running before too long. kitty says before lockdown last year we met up in dublin, we travelled from wales and we met family from canada. a fantastic week, but after the laughter comes the tears, as the saying goes. we hope for better times ahead. neville says this time last year he had travelled back from berlin. he was due to travel to poland but they had closed the border. germany and poland went into lockdown and here we went and carried on as normal and it did not feel right. thank you for sending those in. interesting to hear those snippets of what was going on in your lives at this time last year. keep sending them in. you can do that on twitter. you will try to read some more of them out. the first high—level talks between the biden administration and china have got off to an ill tempered start, with us and chinese officials exchanging sharp rebukes. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, criticised china over cyber—attacks, eco

we don't see iconic roles, charlie and the chocolate factory, alice in wonderland, all these charactersike trish cook, have been trying to increase representation. there is no reason why black characters shouldn't be in books. it is not something unusual. in everyday life, we take on main roles, we are notjust a friend or supporting role. the stories i'm telling are universal stories, stories that happened to everyone, but i'm writing them from the point of view of a black writer to make sure these characters get out there because they haven't been out there before. a third of children and young people in the uk say they are reading more during lockdown, according to the national literacy trust, and some businesses have seen a growth in sales. i get such great feedback and parents dm me all the time to say "thank you, that finally my child sees a character..." i believe in the saying, "you can't be what you can't see" i feel like a lot of children now are seeing themselves as astronauts, politicians, they are realising they can literally be anything. for some parents, change has been to

you know, charlie and the chocolate factory, alice in wonderland — all these characters are amazing,les. i get such great feedback, and parents dm me all the time to say, "thank you, that finally my child sees a character and can. i believe in that saying "you can't be what you can't see". i feel like a lot of children now are seeing themselves as astronauts, as politicians, and they're realising they can literally be anything. for some parents, change has been too slow, and doesn't fairly reflect the uk today. their message is clear. we're raising the next generation, the next change makers, the next business owners. in order for, in 20 years time, for us to not be having this conversation, we need to start now, it starts with books. what's a gruffalo? adina campbell, bbc news. the latest test flight of a spacex rocket has had a successful ta ke—off in south texas. the rocket, without any crew on board, reached a predetermined height of ten kilometres, before landing again. spacex officials called it a 'beautiful soft landing". the landing and take—off did indeed look good, but... .