general assistance, sometimes people think it is a destination city because of policies around drugs area >> sent a letter to the city comptroller asking for analysis to track the issue without identifying those so-called drug tourists. >> identified populations implicated with the san francisco ongoing drug crisis and also recipients of public assistance here among the adult population. find out how long they have been here. >> reporter: he says it is important to figure out what is true and whether there trackable problems, the pattern. transit we owe it to taxpayers that services we provide social safety net were the of the city , something for residents of the city of st. francis. we cannot be the social safety net for the western united states. we need a clear eyed view of what we are incentivizing.

i am raj mathai. concerned about all of the individuals affected by the overdose crises and they all deserve real solutions. >> reporter: executive director of the coalition on homelessness and says the focus needs to be in treatment, not tracking. transit we need serious response . we have people trying to get treatment in san francisco getting turned away. in addition, looking into home addresses not only wastes time and injury, when lives are at stake. >> reporter: christie smith with nbc bay area news . let's get to the weather, the rain is moving up at the damages done to the latest arm left this neighborhood in los altos in the dark without running water . the problem started when the big tree came crashing down. here is robert handa. >> reporter: despite the occasional rain we have been getting this evening, i am raj mathai.

work crews making progress since we showed you how much they had to do earlier, all caused by what neighbors called the troublesome tree that finally came down. this usually quiet megia seven neighborhood on , you wait near springer rolled was jolted just before 10:00 a.m. when 75 foot pine tree fell taking down power lines and damaging the water system. this resident, that asked not to be shown, says that falling trees are not that unusual in los altos but not like this. transit we tend to see it more during storms. this morning when it happened i was sitting in the front room, i heard a crack and bought lightning hit the pole, power pole cracked at the top. i walked out and saw the tree down. >> reporter: what are your thoughts? >> i don't think we wanted the tree around much longer anyway and it looks like we get a quick cleanup. i am raj mathai. cleanup , yes. removal and repairs take longer. pg&e crews

are busy, utility says 790 customers without power in the south bay, 180 on the peninsula due to various problems. >> when the trees fell, it traded damage to the power poles . pg&e is making it safe, they will remove the tree from around the power lines and restring the power through the new power poles. >> reporter: the tree damage a fire hydrant and six-inch water make cutting off water to 18 cal water customers, one of them who also asked not to be on camera, said that that particular tree has had issues before. >> this could have been worse. every time i drive under the tree i'm terrified and speed up because it is huge and i'm afraid it will fall monday on my car. >> cal water cannot make repairs until pg&e removes the tree that they will not remove the tree until they finish repairs and restore power and it could be a long night.

cal water is applying bottled water to those affected areas they are taking it in stride and are glad no one was hurt. in tran 27, robert handed with nbc bay area news. getting hit with rain on and off all day. check out this downpour from the ritz camera in san jose. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, how is friday looking ? >> more of the same, scattered areas of frank and sends to the bay area, looking at california as a whole, i wanted to get this wide perspective because we had quite a few lightning strikes moving through the central valley. there is a slight chance we could get a few lightning strikes with some of the thunderstorms tonight. we are not looking at widespread rainfall we had last night. there is a flood watch even though the worst of the storm is gone, that is for sonoma county, down to nevada, creeks and streams are running very

high. be very careful tonight. quick look at the current scan, a couple areas to track in san francisco, this zone moving into richmond with rain returning at 6:30 with more rain over the santa cruz mountains and san cupertino staying with us this hour and a few spotty areas of rain to the north bay. looking at the next storm system lining up for the weekend. this one is complicated. i will give you the lowdown in 15 minutes. from the reminder we make it easy for you to track the weather. free nbc bay area apps gives you access to storm ranger mobile writer, the most accurate radar in the market. we will send early alerts when the rain is headed for your neighborhood. a woman from the east facing alameda county sheriff's department, she claims deputies beat her and denied medical treatment. she says the body cam video proves that.

civil rights attorneys claim the video shows deputies mistreating an innocent woman. they say it started when the 31- year-old was physically attacked another woman. that happen in august 2022 inside a haywood courtroom. her attorney says instead of helping her, the deputies attacked her and she was taken to the hospital. she claims deputies tried to prevent her from getting doctor ordered ct scan and deputies repeatedly hit her again before taking her to jail. >> this is not the type of treatment you would expect or tolerate of the people sworn to protect us. she had a right to receive medical treatment, common courtesy and decency. none of those things were afforded that day. i am raj mathai. the sheriff department says the video does not show the whole story . in a statement, the release clips are limited and skewed depiction of the incident and do not represent the totality of what occurred. we learn arrest has been

made nine months after hit and run crash in san jose. surveillance video shows the moment the crash happened in march 2023 near flint avenue. we have frozen before the impact area investigators say a man was helping a family whose car britain when he was hit. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. investigators used a license plate reader to track down the truck involved with that crash area in december they tracked down the driver at the san francisco international airport . he had been booked into the san mateo county jail. anyone with information about that crash is asked to call police. group of silicon valley nonprofits are wading into hot topics, they say something is wrong with the way schools are funded. the group says the state formula at base of school funding on property taxes which means a more economically disadvantaged areas are likely to get less money.

>> reporter: education advocates say classes like robotics are, on the west side of silicon valley, the kind of classes that help prepare the future tech workforce. the education foundations has on average that school district, west side received $24,000 in state funding per student per year. things look different on the east side. why don't you provide robotics to your students? transit we don't have the money. >> reporter: education foundation says these districts get roughly $11,000 in state funding per student per year. that is less than half of the westside allotment. dr. lisa andrew believes the state funding formula, based on property taxes, is flawed. i am raj mathai. how will the students be able to compete to become the workforce of silicon valley? until every child in our county and state receive the same

allocation for their education, we can't talk about being equitable in our state when it comes to education. >> reporter: dr. andrew says the students would have opportunity to enroll in robotics classes and teachers would not have to get part-time jobs to make ends meet. her team is partnering with several other powerful education nonprofits to form the east side education initiative. the initiative aims to fill in funding gaps by providing grants. more importantly, the group hopes to force lawmakers to change the state funding formula. the campaign is called zip code, code red. >> absolutely code red. i am raj mathai. the superintendent notes that of silicon valley is interested creating diverse workforce, they should be pushing for school funding equality as well. tran night diverse communities

ready to take the jobs, they need to be educated and we need the tools to educate them. >> reporter: reach out to california department of education for, but have yet to hear back. damian trujillo with nbc bay area news . new information on the effort to bring so-called new city to solano county. the group is called california forever. the group adjusted its proposal it wants on the november ballot . it got pushed back from county leaders over where they want to build and environmental and economic impact. the new city located where the yellow area is on the map. this is solano county. it is reducing its original size at 18,000 acres to about 17,000 acres. this is what the group hopes the new community wi look like, these are renderings . green walkable city with middle-class homes and good paying jobs. the ballot proposal guarantees 15,000 new jobs, $200 million

for the solano county downtowns and rapid bus network. the march primary right around the corner. san francisco mayor london breed gathered with supporters. the prop waives city transfer tax, the idea to make it more affordable to convert empty downtown office buildings in the housing. the mayor place it on the ballot to build her effort to transform vacant office buildings. protesters that shut down the bay bridge a few months ago want their charges dropped. what happened today in court that could give them that chance. 10 days until the super bowl. local stores giving assistance to the 49ers. scott budman shows us how. storm track stays over california tomorrow with chance of spotty rain and thunderstorms . i have more details on that

plus the weekend rain chance which is minutes away.

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including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. players heading up local businesses before the super bowl. let's bring tech reporter scott budman with the story. the fans are intact, players show up also buying stuff. stephanie magallon professional super bowl athletes just like us . we talked about how the team is in training in las vegas. before they go, hitting the local stores where they like to shop. >> reporter: when they're not restocking shelves to satisfy the demand of 49er fans

try not they tell us what they want and we get it for them. >> deebo samuel comes in, we talked, autographs for my son, tearful moment. >> reporter: kyle juszczyk chilling in cold spa. >> reporter: jacqueline handle that order. >> a couple weeks later, i get a text, this is christian mccaffrey . i got your information from kyle, i would love one too. >> reporter: she handled that one too. polar spa got another

order, delivered six of the spas to the niners to help them prepare for the super bowl in las vegas. whether it is fresh clothes or freezing spas, these businesses are proud to call the team their customers. >> we bleed red and gold, what we live for . to be a part of something so awesome as a super bowl for the 49ers is unreal. >> reporter: those spas, that do not come cheap, delivered to this weekend. fresh society has a store in vegas so the team can get last minute things they need. >> i will start hanging out at ma. once again we are teaming up with the today show for another 49ers p rally. join us on friday, february h, the friday before the super bowl at 4:00 a.m. is that rit? 4:00 a.m. at the lot at bishop rancin

san ramon. we dithisbefore and hundreds of people showedup. the friday before the super bowl, dress up in your niners gear and you might get on that today show with al roker and our morning crew. protesters that shut down the bay bridge in november back in court today. self-proclaimed bay bridge 70 held a demonstration calling on president biden to demand a cease-fire in the israel-hamas war. that protest crippled traffic on the bridge during morning rush hour just before president biden was set to speak. this morning, some of the protesters were rained, hundreds of their supporters showed up. among the charges the district attorney brooke jenkins are false imprisonment. try not we want the case dismissed, not a good source of resources, the focus should be on genocide in israel, not

attention to the 30,000 people that died. tenant half of the protesters arraigned today, the rest are doing in court tomorrow. the judge scheduled a hearing for motion to drop the charges which is set for march 14th. talk about the weather area beautiful. that is not computer graphics, the real deal. >> one of the beautiful things out of the storm, we cut this rainbow from one of our traffic cams in the city. this puts us in the mood to head into friday. almost there. talking about the 49ers, a quick preview, we could be on track for dry weather at home for any watch parties on the super bowl sunday. i made a quick check of that

before we came out here. let's get into the forecast right now. we will focus on storm ranger, our doppler radar. we're tracking rain tonight, nothing like what we had yesterday. heavier pockets developing over san francisco holding up in the richmond down to berkeley. moving through the next 45 minutes. rainfall through the santa cruz mountains picking it up at saratoga, los gatos through 7:00 tonight. watch out for the slick spots on the roadways tomorrow morning forecast, scattered thunderstorm chances so very hit and miss on the morning commute. we will get a few breaks of sunshine tomorrow. we stay with that forecast was spotty thunderstorm chances into the afternoon. morning temperatures start off chilly. we are down to 45 at the peninsula so layers tomorrow and keep the umbrella handy 44 in the east bay, 46,

san francisco, 40 in the north bay. daytime highs running cold, this is all we can do. this is a hard turn after sunday and monday in the 70s. it was amazing outside. this is real february weather coming tomorrow, 55 in napa, 58 in san jose. we keep the spotty thunderstorm chances in the saturday. i would not cancel any plans over it. by sunday the next storm system is lining up. it is complicated and tricky. the weight is moving in, we don't usually see the storm passed across california. we usually get them dropping from the north or coming directly from the west and hitting us. what happens with this one, it pulls off to the south and hits us from the south into central and southern california. we are on the top edge of this, the way things are going now, if we saw it go 100 miles south, we could be missed entirely by the storm system. and holding onto

rain chances, a quarter tothe south bay and santa cruz mountains. the wind has been lower thankfully, 25 miles an hour, the sierra snow, 1 to 3 inches. traced a quarter inch in the north bay, the south bay, half to 1 inch. southern california, 2 to 4 inches. sunday and monday flash flooding with landslides possible. change your travel plans on sunday or monday with a road trip to southern california. beyond sunday and monday, spotty rain coming tuesday, wednesday, thursday. we stay with the 50s all the way through next week. red, orange, >> he is our chief meteorologist . up next, amazon tries to revamp shopping. the new a.i.

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