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the bay area has been getting another dose of late season rain overnight and more wet weather is on the way. we have details on what to expect in the coming hours. the rain did stay away long enough to squeeze in oakland's first friday event. for the first time in months. while vendors are profiting, the organization that puts it on took another hit. and outrage over a plea

deal for a dui suspect that killed a champion cyclist in san francisco. the concern about what it could mean for future cases. >> it's a dangerous precedent that someone can drive dangerously, recklessly drunk and kill someone and not face much consequence at all. >> good morning. it's saturday, april 13th. the weekend is off to a soggy start around the bay area. let's get an initial check of the weather with first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> okay. it's a first alert morning out there. widespread showers are working their way across the bay area. we will keep this phase of the system going for the next hour or so before it starts to wind down. then once we hit like the late morning, we will be in a break. look at the timestamp. 10:00 a.m., not a whole lot falling from the sky at that point rain-wise but more is coming. in the full forecast, i will

show you why the afternoon and evening we will have isolated scattered showers and maybe an occasional thunderstorm. it will be cooler today. daytime highs are in the mid-50s. nobody is warming up past that. i will see you with the full forecast in a few minutes. the people who run first friday's in oakland are pleased that the rain held off for a while. the monthly event is back after a three-month fund-raising hiatus. the street fair is about community and culture. but it means so much more for businesses struggling to survive. >> it's not just the financial struggles put a strain on this event. organizers had to push back first fridays to the second friday this month because of the weather. there were fewer vendors and fewer people than usual. but those that are here are grateful that the event is back. donna was thrilled to set up shop at

first friday's in oakland. >> this is the most successful first friday we have done anywhere before. yes, we do a lot of events. this one for the short amount of time that it is on a monthly basis, it brings in a huge revenue for us. >> that revenue is critical for small businesses. several years ago, he took over the tamale business. he works from 4:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night preparing the tamales and selling them at events like first friday. >> every week it changes. am i cooking myself in a couple how do i feel that week, what looks good. what kind of vegetable i can find. i cook that up. >> reporter: he isn't a trained chef. his story began on the streets of afghanistan. >> i left home, afghanistan when i was like 11 years old. so, i had to go to different countries on my own without no parents, no families. so, i had no option but to learn to cook to survive.

>> reporter: the story of survival is one that many oaklanders can relate with. bob says this street fair brings in new customers. >> we keep trying. you can't stop. we are invested in this. all these people are invested in this. you can't turn back. we have to make it better. >> reporter: first fridays organizers say they are continually fund-raising to keep the event going but the plan is first fridays will be held throughout the rest of the year. >> a lot of people were having doubts that we weren't coming back but we knew we were, stronger than ever. >> reporter: the resilience of the community can be found on every block. his secret ingredient is to never give up on his dreams. >> i told my wife, my business partner, we just got to stick together and work hard. don't worry about anything else. keep

pushing it, pushing it. it will happen. as long as we serve our customer quality products and keep the customers happy, they will come back. it's working now. >> first fridays suffered another financial blow earlier this week. the nonprofit that runs it says someone broke in to the office and stole some of their equipment. organizers say the event costs 35 to $45,000 to put on each month. vendor fees cover less than half of that. they are asking for donations and volunteers to keep first fridays going through the end of this year. now, across the bay in fran, chinatown merchants were doing their own booming business at the night market. organizers hope that the showcase of chinatown culture and cuisine will remind people how much local shops have to offer. >> a lot of the low income and senior -- we don't have enough

young people who -- they want to spend money. so, we like people to come in and spend money. >> the event has been such a hit it will now be held on the second friday of every month. now, following develop recent fires on the san jose state university campus, authorities say that a student has been arrested and charged with arson. the first fire occurred march 31st in a men's rest room. the second occurred in another rest room about a week later. the suspect has been identified as sophomore imog adia. there is outrage over a recent plea deal in the bike crash that killed a champion cyclist in san francisco. the man that hit ethan boyds drunk driving in the presidio will be charged with misdemeanors. i talked to a cycling advocate that worries the deal may set a dangerous

precedent. >> that is unacceptable. this is people's safety. >> reporter: luke is one of san francisco's most outspoken advocates for bicycle safety. when he heard about the plea deal reached between federal prosecutors and the man accused of hitting and killing champion cyclist ethan boyds in a drunk driving crash last year, luke was shocked. >> it's a dangerous precedent that someone can drive dangerously, recklessly drunk and kill someone and not really face much consequence at all. >> reporter: according to court documents, the suspect in the case, 81-year-old arnold kidman pled guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and dui, charges that carry a maximum punishment of one year in jail. former federal prosecutor told me he has never seen a case like this charged as a misdemeanor. >> a dui is by definition a felony. i have not seen, you

know, manslaughter involving driving under the influence in a charge of a misdemeanor ever. it is most unusual plea. >> reporter: court documents so show that boyd's family asked the judge to show lenience to mr. low writing in the letter to the court, quote, it's our sincerest belief that ethan would in no way want to see mr. low incar senior rated nor would he want our family or mr. low's family to even dutch the lengthy and painful process that a kim trial will surely entail. brass told me a letter like that can influence how a prosecutor chooses to charge a suspect. but that prosecutor has to be aware of how their decision could impact future cases. >> now are all du iman slaughters on federal landing to be misdemeanors? how do we make the distinction? what

distinguishes this case? what are the facts. >> reporter: luke said he has the same questions. he worries that not only are cyclists in danger on roads like the one boyd was killed on which didn't have protected bike lanes but they have to worry about drivers not being held accountable for their actions. >> we are talking about two, three, sometimes four ton vehicles that can very easily kill or injure people. it's critical that people understand there are consequences if they hurt someone with their car. >> in the plea deal, low admitted he was drunk when he struck boyd and consumed wine two hours before the crash. coming up, an update on the search for two teens that went missing in the russian river. the discovery that crews are reporting. and here is a live look outside. no, that's not it. that's video of the russian river. we will have that coming

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morning on friday. no word on the age or identity t. a second teen that briefly went missing in the water was able to get out on their own. we have a first alert day because of an impressive storm giving us widespread rain this morning starting around midnight. we come to the end of this first phase. in the last morning hours the back edge will clear. a little snow on mount hamilton. i will show you that in a second. we looked at this at the top of the newscast. that won't be the way the rest of the day goes. let me bring in the next batch of showers. isolated on again off again showers, a few more here. look at the timestamp from 6:00 in the evening. that will take us through 10:00, 11:00 at night. a little bit of an uptick in the number of thunderstorms that could be potential for this. most places

won't see that. that's not the way it usually goes. each time we had this forecast over the past several weeks we got a thunderstorm for some localized areas. that's why we make a big deal about pointing them out. it will be brief downpours, small hail. most of us won't see that. a possibility for a small part of the bay that could you see one saturday evening. as far as rainfall goes for sunday, there is not much on here. a few showers that came through in the late afternoon and early evening. short lived. most of the energy is out of the atmosphere by that point. not like sunday is a risk for thunderstorms. most of sunday it won't rain even. but you will still have to consider the fact as you make your sunday plans you could get a light short shower. if we look at the rainfall totals for this system as a whole and what we look at is the cumulative. i'm taking the whole system as a whole on

here, we pick up about an inch of rain in places. look at the number in fran. an inch and a quarter. an inch and a quarter for santa rosa. .7 in livermore. that is total for the whole two-day period. most of that will fall really now through the morning hours. this band of rain that has been moving over us since midnight is the bigger rain producer of the whole two days unless you get one of those isolated thunderstorms over you. then you get a brief downpour. here is that outlook. from the storm prediction center, saturday, they have shaded us in green again showing their degree of confidence from the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma. they are the national entity charged with looking out across the whole country and spotlighting areas where there could be severe weather. we are not at that risk. we are on the lowest rated possibility for an occasional thunderstorm for them. it will be cool today. not getting out of the mid- to

upper-50s for daytime highs. here is a look at the storm. you can see why it lined up. the widespread steady rain, a break then we get into the center of the system back here. this is where the thunderstorms are and why it will be fairly active for us. particularly saturday through sunday then sunday there is the leftover stragglers that get pulled down. not a lot to those. a little review on how the storm is put together. the bulk of the rain is going to the south. look at big sur. all the pictures we have been showing of the washout on highway one on the northern edge of big sur. they are about to get significant rain from the storm. that will slow that down. big sur is no stranger to that. snow in the sierra, there will be some. we are talking about 6 inches of snow in donner pass. there is mount hamilton possibility, an inch or two. most of that, we are entering that period where this

would be the most likely time if you see light snow on mount hamilton, between now and 10:00 in the morning when we get the clearing. same story in the north bay. a few light flurries for the north bay mountains but it doesn't appear as though it would be a lot and fairly quiet. after this we are done. look at the long-range forecast. no storms coming our way. no chance for rain really from now through april 22nd. so, going out about 10 days is as long as we would want to go with this and show you what the rainfall accumulation is like. we are not included. we are in the big blank area. seven-day forecast, first alert status today. maybe a stray shower on sunday. not much. look at the warm up. san francisco, 73 by wednesday. oakland goes to 70. then when we round out the other microclimates north and south bay, 82 coming to san

jose on wednesday. are 81 by thursday. shohei ohtani reaches an impressive number for career home runs.

the east of the last regular season game for your golden state warriors. last night they outscored new orleans in the first, third and fourth quarter. new orleans caught fire in the second quarter. cj mccullen walked in a three. one of 10 triples in the quarter. the pelicans led

by 14 at the half. move to the fourth, dubs down five. here is steph curry in one of his seven giveaways. pelicans by seven. over five minutes left. a minute left they had curry's offense. he didn't score 33. cut the deficit to three points. 20 seconds left. zion williamson missed a fade away. curry came down with it. down three, needed a three, needed a tre. two to finish. no, no, no. and new orleans hung on and won the game 114-109. damaging loss for golden state in that play. to reset this morning, warriors drop to 10th in the west, tied with sacramento. the dubs could move up in the standings but it sounds like golden state could be resting players in the regular season finale tomorrow

against utah. pivot to baseball. blake snell welcomed by his former fan base in tampa. tied at one in the third. rays double into the gap. ramirez scored from first and tampa went ahead 2-1. jump to the ninth. same score. san francisco has a runner at third and one out but could not get him in. that is the ball game. tampa won the series opener 2-1. giants record of 5-9 were 0-10 with runners in scoring position. a's at home last night. i lake paul blackburn. he is a brentwood kid. hasn't had a run in three starts this season. last night's game went to extra. tied at 1. lawrence butler, dangerous with a bat in his hands. matt schuman came down and dove for the winning run. the a's walked it off 2-1. they have a record of 6-8.

they won five of the last six. golf, second round of the masters. dechambeau, was he carrying the leaderboard? you will see tiger woods play. he made the cut for a master's record 24th straight time. he was alongside max homa. look at him figure out the line at the fourth green. one of three cal alums in the top 10. six under tied for the lead with dechambeau and scottie scheffler at agusta national. we will see you after the third round on the par five show. have a good day. back to baseball, l.a. dodgers star ohtani made history against the padres. he hit his 175th home run in the major league tying the records for the most homer by a

japanese born player. it was his fourth home run of the season. it came in the bottom of the first inning. he is tied with matsui for the record. after the game, he said he is honored to be a part of history but despite that achievement, the dodgers could not get a win. they dropped this one 8-7. nfl stars and brothers travis and jason kell kelci received several awards. they added another, college diplomas. they went to the university of cincinnati but neither attended the graduation ceremonies. this week the school held a surprise commencement ceremony. they wore the traditional cap and gown as they walked inside a crowded arena. the school president was on hand to deliver the diplomas. the parents joined in on the

celebration. as for their degrees, travis completed his in interdisciplinary studies and jason earned his in marketing. coming up, israel braces for a potential attack from iran u.s. officials believe an attack could happen at any time. a stabbing rampage kills six people during a busy saturday at a shopping mall in australia. so we've actually created this line. it's called memory just for the cbs family. this is a launch. it's exclusive right here. - okay. when you take this device and you insert it into your phone, ios or android or tablet or laptop, you insert it in, you're going to be able to take all those photos and videos and save them right onto this device, opening up all the storage in your phone or your other devices. no more storage is full. that's exactly it. and then in addition to that, you can take all the photos in your home.

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welcome back. thank you for joining us. i'm kelsi thorud. we start with the concerns of a potential attack by iran against israel. the supreme leader vowed to strike back after several iranian commanders were killed. they have readied more than 100 drones and missiles for a possible assault. joining us is bradley blackburn with the latest from new york city. good morning, bradley. >> reporter: kelsi, good morning. officials suggest it could happen at any moment and iran is expanding its plans and expanding them in the last few days. the question is whether

all of this could lead to a wider war. a u.s. official tells cbs news iran's planned attack on military targets in israel could include 100 drones, cruz missiles and ballistic missiles. president biden had a terse warning for iran. >> don't. >> the president expects israel will attack sooner rather than later. it would be in retaliation for an air strike in syria two weeks ago. several military officers were killed. >> we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel and help defend israel and iran will not succeed. the u.s. military is positioning warships and others in the region to protect u.s. forces. the pentagon's top commander for the middle east is on the ground in israel. in jerusalem, some israeli citizens said they are not

letting the threat affect their lives. >> we are not afraid of iran or hamas. >> reporter: but the former head of central command said -- >> if there is a significant mass casualty event in israel, the possibility of escalation is high. >> reporter: a military complex was struck in lebanon. the israeli ministry says they continue to fight back rockets fired into israel from lebanon and the gaza strip. they are prepared to defend israel and kelsi, they are willing to go on the offensive if they are attacked. >> bradley, what is the u.s. government telling americans in israel? >> reporter: the state department is telling citizens to reconsider any travel to israel. yesterday, state

department issued a travel warning to diplomats in the region. they are bang personal travel outside of jerusalem or tel aviv. some other countries including the uk are going further. they are telling people to get out of israel if they can. >> bradley blackburn, thank you so much. first alert morning. we have widespread showers working their way across the bay this morning. we will keep this phase of the sim going the next hour or so before it winds down. then once we hit like the late morning, we will be in a break. look at the timestamp up there. 10:00 a.m., not a lot falling from the sky at that point rain-wise. there is more coming. in the full forecast, why the afternoon and evening we will have isolated scattered showers, maybe an occasional thunderstorm. it will be cooler today. daytime highs are in the mid-50s. nobody is warming up

past that. i will see you on the full forecast in a few minutes. we are keeping track of a developing story in sydney, australia. a deadly stabbing happened today at a crowded shopping mall. at least six perm were killed. several others, including a small child are hurt. some of the injuries are life threatening. here are some of the details we have so far. it began inside the mall, a single suspect started attacking people at random. witnesses say he stabbed at many as nine victims, choppers say they ran into stores and toward the exit filled with shock and fear. >> i saw a woman lying on the floor. i didn't see him probably. i was running. it's just -- it was insane. it was insanity. i wasn't expecting it. >> a police officer made her way into the mall, caught up with the suspect and opened fire. the suspect died at the scene. police say there is no

continuing threat. they are investigating the motivation behind the attack. a federal judge is refusing to throw out hunter biden's felony gun indictment rejecting the claim that the case is politically motivated. he is accused of lying about his drug use on a federal form in order to purchase a firearm in 2018. since pleading in, he made several attempts to have his case dismissed saying he is only being prosecuted because he is president biden's son. his lawyers say any other nonviolent first time offender would not have been charged. but the judge decided to let the case proceed nodding that high tide attorney general who appointed the special counsel overseeing hunter biden's case was chosen by his father. the trial is set to begin in early june. former president trump had his latest attempt to diminish -- the hush money trial

rejected. the judge said no for jury sex to begin on monday. trump said the public attention would stain the jury pool. the judge says trump is largely responsible for generating the publicity with his own public statements outside of courtrooms and on social media. this is the first of his four criminal indictments slated to go to trial. in this particular case, trump has pleaded not guilty and denied allegations of an affair with adult film star stormy daniels. an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions in arizona has sparked a nationwide abortion rights firestorm. both president biden and former president trump have weighed in on the move. danya bacchus explains how the abortion could be a central issue in the 2024 presidential election. >> reporter: speaking at a neighborhood center in tucson,

arizona, vice president kamala harris lays it at the feet of donald trump. >> overturning row was the opening act -- the opening act of a larger strategy to take women's rights and freedoms. former president donald trump did this. >> reporter: the vice president is campaigning in the battleground state days after arizona supreme court upheld the abortion ban from 1864 when arizona was not a state and women could not vote. trump has urged the arizona legislature to add exemptions for rape and incest to the law. during a press conference with mike johnson, trump said abortion legislation should be left up to the states. >> a judge made a ruling but that will be changed but government. they will be changing that. >> reporter: the issue could drive arizona voters to the polls this move. organizers say they have the signatures needed for a ballot question this fall that would protect abortion

rights in the state's constitution. >> i will vote to rescind what has been done the last couple of days and to give every woman the right to choose. >> we are excited that lives can be protected and saved. >> reporter: several states are looking at similar questions. the supreme court will hear arguments about abortion rights in iowa and they will rule in june on whether mifepristone is legal. ford recalled nearly 43,000 of the small s.u.v.s because of gas leaks found in cracked guiel injectors. they say the leak has the potential to start an engine fire. after the recall was announced, the government's auto safety agency said ford's remedy will not fix the problem because the remedy does not include

repairing or replacing the cracked fuel injector. ford says it does not need to replace the part to prevent the fire risk. yesterday the automaker said it's cooperating with the feds on the investigation. u.s. steel shareholders have voted to end more than a century of american ownership. yesterday the company announced it approved a $14 billion sale to the japanese firm. the move is facing a lot of opposition from the united steel workers union and politicians. president biden has said it's vital that u.s. steel stay domestically owned and operated and with the shareholder's approval, this is not a done deal. the merger must be approved by the justice department and the committee on foreign investment. there is uncertainty the deal will survive as concerns grow about national security and control of supply chains. filmmaker and artist

eleanor coppola died. she was born in los angeles and studied art at ucla. she then met her soon to be husband, francis ford coppola on the set of dementia 13. they married and had the first child that same year. her career blossomed as a documentary maker with looks behind the scenes of the iconic films made by her husband. the first work was following the making of the 1979 film apocalypse now. she documented several other films by her family and tried her hand at directing her own movies. she was 87 years old. coming up, a group that launched a cleanup effort at bay area beaches. we are diving into something new. the effort to protect whales and how you can help.

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the late morning hours. we will see the back edge of it clear and a little bit of snow on mount hamilton first. i will show you that in a second. we looked at this at the top of the newscast. that won't be the way the rest of the day goes. let me bring in the next batch of showers. isolated on and off again scattered showers. a few here. look at the timestamp from 6:00 in the evening through 10:00, 11:00 at night. a little uptick in the number of thunderstorms that could be potential for this. most places won't see that. not the way it usually goes. each time we had this forecast over the past several weeks with systems, we got thunderstorms for some localized areas. that's where we make a big deal pointing these out. if you get one, quite a show, brief downpours, small hail. most of us won't see that. it's a possibility for a small part of the day that you could see one. as far

as rainfall for sunday, there is not much on here. maybe a few showers that came through in the late afternoon and early evening. they would be short lived, not amount to much. most of the energy it is out of the atmosphere by that point. sunday is a risk not for thunderstorms. most of sunday it won't rain but you will have to consider the fact as you make your sunday plans you could get a light, show shower. looking at the rainfall totals for this system as a whole and what we look at is the cumulative. the whole system as a whole on here, we pick up an inch of rain in placed. look at the number for san francisco. an inch in a quarter. an inch and a quarter for santa rosa. .7 in livermore. that is total for the whole two days period. most of that is going to fall really now through the morning hours. this band of rain moving over us since about midnight is really the bigger rain producer of the whole two days unless you get one of those isolated

thunderstorms over you. then you get a brief downpour. here is that outlook. from the storm prediction center, saturday. they shaded us in green again showing their degree of confidence from the storm prediction center in oklahoma. they look out across the whole country and spotlighting areas where there could be severe weather. we are not at that risk. we are on the lowest rated possibility for an occasional thunderstorm. it will be cool today. not getting out of the mid- to upper-50s for daytime highs. a warm up for next week. here is the storm. you can see why it's lined up the way it is. widespread steady rain this morning. a break then in the center of the system. this is where the thunderstorms are. it will be active for us. particularly saturday evening then sunday, there is the leftover stragglers that get pulled down. not a lot to those. just a review on how the

storm is put together. the bulk of the rain is to the south. look at big sur. the pictures we are showing of the washout on highway one on that northern edge of big sur. they are about to get a significant amount of rain from the storm. snow in the sierra. this is not a big snowmaker. maybe 6 inches on donor pass. snow level 3,000 feet. there is the mount hamilton possibility. we are entering that period where this would be the most likely time. it is between now and 10:00 in the morning when we get the clearing. we could have a few light flurries for the north bay mountains. it doesn't appear as if it would be a whole lot. quiet. after this we are done. we will let this play through. no storms coming our way, no chance of rain now

through april 22nd. 10 days is as long as we want to go with this. this is the rainfall accumulation. from now to then we are not included. we are in the big blank area. seven-day forecast, maybe a stray shower on sunday. look at the warm up. san francisco, 73 by wednesday. oakland 70. 82 is coming to san jose on wednesday. 81 by thursday. a trio that led the way in keeping san mateo beaches clean is launching a whale of an idea. sharon chin has an update on some 2022 jefferson award winners. >> have any of you seen this whale before. >> i think it's a sperm whale.

>> reporter: she shows students this whale. a head's up for the excitement to come on earth day. >> what is coming together is magic. >> reporter: we first met lynn two years ago. the volunteers cleared more than 44,000 pounds of trash in recycleables last year off beaches. now they are diving into a new earth day event celebrating the whales that migrate on the california coast. >> it calls attention to the biggest mammal in the whole world threatened. even though we had protections, they are challenged by a lot of things the west coast has seen an unusually gray number of carcasses wash up on shore because there wasn't enough food on the migratory route. an

investigation by noaa recently concluded that the deadly trend is over. they hope to do their part to protect the whales and the environment. >> this is in their mouth. they take all the water in and then they push it out. a long rope shows the enormous size. >> this is coping the blubber -- >> reporter: dipping a covered hand into water mimics the insulating blubber. >> we have someone doing whale poetry. something unusual. what, whale poetry. >> reporter: a special dance shake your tail, save a whale. one of the dancers, a second grader is making her contribution. >> big beach cleanup. sometimes i have to go back for another

bucket or two. there is so much trash. i want people to love whales and take the next step. what will we do? >> reporter: they hope people will leave whale fest ready to save the whale. >> whale fest will be held on earth day, saturday april 20th from 10:30 to 1:30 in the north lot in pacifica. nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at kpix.com/hero.

the labor shortage that got going during the pandemic is hitting the restaurant industry harder than most. one potential solution straight out of the jetsons. >> reporter: here at the cajun seafood restaurant in concord, something is cooking and it's not just in the kitchen. >> we walked in and saw it moving around. exciting to see. >> i'm leaving for delivery. >> reporter: meet rosie the robot. she has been working here the last two months now and she is already a favorite among customers. >> rosie is cute. >> futuristic. >> that is crazy. >> reporter: this waitress says from the moment rosie was powered up -- >> i'm leaving for delivery. >> reporter: not only has the service gotten better, so have

the tips. >> people are excited to see her. a lot of my customers call her by rosie now. >> over 40,000 units deployed globally. >> reporter: teddy williams is the vp of sales, the company behind rosie. it can deliver food, pick up did your at the dishize. it can't take orders but that is a matter of time. >> the applications are varied. whatever you can imagine, there is a way to fit rosie in there. >> i'm rosie. >> reporter: the best part, she is never sick, always on time and for the most part doesn't have an attitude. >> the meal you ordered has arrived. >> officially called lucky by the manufacturer, she got her nickname because she reminded customers of another futuristic robot. >> rosie, you are worth your weight in leftovers. >> thank you. >> reporter: no longer the

stuff of science fiction, server robots are increasingly popular. they are seen as an answer to the growing labor shortage in the food industry, some worry they are doing more harm than good. >> that is a dangerous road to take. >> reporter: dray lucas is the lead organize needser at rock the bay, a restaurant workers advocacy group. he said the robots could decimate much needed restaurant jobs. >> just easy simple job you do one time but for a lot of us, it's a way of life. >> reporter: the company says the robot is only there to support humans. meanwhile, waiters say they are not too worried, at least not yet. >> a lot of people still need that human interaction. >> welcome to the restaurant. >> while it may be hard for some people to digest, rosie the robot is here to stay just don't push her buttons. >> now leave me alone. i have

work to do. >> she is feisty at the end. deploying rosie does not come cheap. these robots sell for 15 grand or you can rent rosie

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seven-day forecast shows the first alert status today. isolated showers through the morning like we have now. things will quiet down for late morning for a break. then scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will show up by the time we get into late afternoon and into the early evening tonight. all the microclimates have the same story in terms of rain today. the middle of next week, quite a nice warm up is coming. those are days that climb into the low 80s. when we look at the inland east bay microclimate, you will warm up to 80 by the time we get to thursday. coming up at the top of the 7:00 hour, first friday makes a full fledge return to the streets of oakland. now the organization that runs it has a new problem. advocates for cyclists are upset about a lee deal for a dui suspect that killed a prominent rider in san

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