it looks like a san francisco read radio dj that's been missing for a week. is. >> never coming back. we're going to hear from his wife about his disappearance. and we're also tracking, of course, the cold temperatures been a story for days now. we've got another round of freezing and frost warnings and advisories to talk about temperatures at some points this morning. we're down into the low 30. let's start with that and see what happens. we're inching also towards the weekend looking beautiful out there. i john, i know so gorgeous. if only we can keep that around for the weekend because the weekend is when we're back to the rain and back to the mountain snowfall. >> but an absolutely gorgeous start to the day. just cold right now as we've been talking about, this is your view of downtown san francisco. it's nothine but the sunshine up above bright start a calmer start than yesterday. but a cold 1, 2, we are just now looking at those freeze warnings and frost advisories expiring news. if you want to get technical 30 seconds to go and temperatures are on the rise. got her first 50's in the morning. pittsburgh in alameda right at

50 degrees. and our last few holdouts in the 30's being fairfax, calistoga and santa catalina berkeley. you're at 48 right now. oakland also at 48 degrees. one of the best things about this morning as it hasn't been near as windy as yesterday. so that's been a little cherry on top of all that sunshine we've been seeing now this afternoon, things get really i've got your full breakdown of that and our wet weekend weather still ahead. so that will starting with 6.80, because we have an accident in seminole at the pleasanton sunol exit there as you're traveling. >> 6.80, it's going to take you 65 minutes. dublin down to 3 months to 62. you can also see traffic slowing down along 8.80, as well this morning traveling into the city. 17 minutes mace to that fremont street exit. thankfully not seen any major delays there about a 17 minute ride, a 80 to 101 for you making your cross towards the peninsula. the richmond center fell bridge tolls to want to one 12 minutes out of richmond. and let's check on things in the south bay 1, 0, 1, 85 up towards menlo park about 58

minutes. darya. james, back to you. thank you. raymond 901. and our top story is what happened in santa rosa. there's no school at montgomery high today because a student stabbed another student killed in clash in all 3 teens were in a fight when this happened. kron four's will tran standing by up in santa rosa with more on what happened. >> will. 24 hours ago class was in session. there are faculty members here and then a couple of hours after that at 11, 20 in the morning. >> 36 police officers rushed onto campus. one student died after being fatally stabbed on to campus. the community still trying to wrap their minds around all of this. and that's why they already said yesterday they were going to cancel classes today and for the rest of the week instead of students, you can see memorial right on campus and it is growing. people stopping by adding flowers, making sure that that candles stay lit.

you can see church members, they're on campus as well. and we saw dozens of them walked by here and pay their respects. you can see some of them right there. now, what happened was according to the santa rosa police department shortly after 11 o'clock in the morning, 2.16, year-old students. they go into an art class. they were not students of that. our class. they wanted to confront a 15 year-old boy, a fight breaks out teachers and aides. they break up the fight and then a short time later, it resumes. that's when the 15 year-old boy, according to the police department website uswitch played about 4 to 5 inches long stabs both 16 year-olds. they rushed to the nurse's office and then ultimately to the hospital. doctors could not save the life of 16 year-old jayden pm to he was stabbed several times in this chest. the community just

reeling and it doesn't even matter if they don't go to the school. in fact, i talked to a parent and a student of another school. here's what they had to say about the tragedy on campus. >> i thought immediately went to somebody died at school. i know people go to school. probably know him and he lost his life in a classroom and he never gets every single one of these can slip through. yesterday was their worst nightmare. and of course, it goes to school safety and is my child safe at school and that parents should have to deal with >> everybody is asking that same question. the campus does not have a police officer at all times during school hours, but they had dozens of police officers rushed onto campus. they were looking for that 15 year-old boy. but by then he was long gone. he was ultimately arrested off campus after witnesses spotted him and told officers where to go. the 15 year-old boy, his name is not being released to the

public because he is a minor, but he will be charged with murder and attempted murder. and again, instead of being in class and bells ringing. instead, we have tears and messages of condolence. >> thank you all. so a lot of concern about school safety after what happened in santa rosa. and actually the city's police chief is pointing out that there are no more school resource officers at any of the school now have been there for years. kron four's dan thorn explains why. >> the memorial continues to grow here at montgomery high school following the violence and it has intensified the debate over police officers being at santa rosa city schools. the school resource program was under scrutiny back in 2020 following the death of george floyd by june 2020, that program was paused and the school board president says they are not sure if a police officer would have made a difference in this stabbing. >> the deadly stabbing of a

student draws police officers to montgomery high school in santa rosa. investigators say the killing happened during a fight among 3 students inside in our classroom. the police chief was pressed on the department's response just hours after the stabbing. i think it's really important understand that the santa rosa police department did not remove arose from the school campus. so i think that's very important. that was a decision made by the santa rosa school board. chief john cregan says he's advocated for the return of school resource officers. but there is not been won on santa rosa city school campuses since 2020, the board voted to pause the sro program following the death of george floyd. i believe that there are other options besides law enforcement being on our campuses that contribute to safety. >> school board president stephanie been yeah. re says the call for sro's to return to schools has come to the forefront following wednesday's violence when gary was heartbroken by the killing of a 16 year-old at montgomery high, but maintains she is

against police being at schools. i am not in favor of school resource officers on campus and the board has has stood pretty strong on on this decision of ours, january says the focus over the next few days is on the immediate need for students and staff to feel safe. returning to campus. the next steps will be coordinating a community forum on safety in santa rosa schools. >> the school superintendent also weighing in on safety at santa rosa city schools saying that there are no metal detectors on any of the campuses. >> she says that safety is going to be an ongoing conversation as the community works to heal, reporting in santa rosa. dan thorn kron. 4 news. >> also developing news. it appears that a missing san francisco radio host has likely lost his life. and jeffrey vandergrift also known as jv and he's to appear on our morning show. he hasn't been seen for a week and his wife says he will not be

coming michael thomas has more on why from the newsroom. michael? hey, good morning, everyone. you know, tomorrow actually marks one week that the popular and beloved radio host known as g v has officially been announced missing. >> and this update yesterday has really left the community heartbroken and sad. and that includes us here is kron 4, you know, just as daria said, he was a part of our morning show and had a segment here. we want to go and take a second to play some of that video from 2015. >> 9.46. let's go wild. 94 9 where jv is talking what? what's hot on the radio show by daria. we're talking about. >> the fremont native and wild 94.9 radio host jv has been missing since last friday. he was last seen leaving his home on the 200 block of king street around 10 o'clock the night before he is still considered missing by san francisco police. but just hours ago, his wife, natasha yi posted to instagram with an update saying she doesn't believe he will be coming back. take a look. she says jv

and i have always considered this community part of our family. so i want to let you know that personal information has been recently discovered that leads us to believe jv will not be coming back. i tell you this with incredible pain and sadness in my heart. the update goes on to say there is no foul play suspected in his disappearance and that details will be kept within the immediate family at this time. she also goes on to thank san francisco police for its efforts in the community for its support. now, take a look at this. this is some video of a growing tribute that's happening right now outside of 94.9 listeners have left candles, flowers and notes for the beloved radio host on air today. his colleagues were heard crying while remembering him saying he is a light like no other listeners also called in saying that he is the true meaning of what the day means that he is very, very missed. and they are very sad. anyone with information is asked to call san francisco police department and i just got an e-mail actually from their

media. excuse me from the media department saying michael, at this time we do not have information that foul play is a factor in this missing person investigation. and there are no further updates. so that's a very latest as we get more information in the days to come. we'll continue to keep you updated, but i will send it back to you. thank you, michael. i was hard to see video on land. >> all right. 9.10 is a time right now in the east bay. one person died and another was injured in a shooting that happened in oakland's fruitvale district at 11 o'clock in the morning yesterday on international boulevard near the fruitvale bart station. the police got there. they found 2 people had been shot. they rushed them to the hospital. one person died and we don't have the details about a suspect right now. murder charges have been filed for the mass shooting that happened at an oakland gas station. while there is a music video being filmed, it was january 23rd. the group of people were there for this video shoe when gunfire broke out, 18 year-old mario navarro was shot and killed and 7

others were hurt. and police arrented. 21 year-old bryan crews of san leandro last month for navarro is death. he's now being held without bail at the santa rita jail. >> still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news. the cdc now tracking more cases of we're going to show you how it spreads in what you can do to try to keep from getting the end of calfresh benefits are already hurting food banks despite only ended yesterday. details on that. coming up after the break, john. lots of sunshine today and another nice one to get outside later on. once temperatures were about will be back into the mid to upper 50's. your forecast ahead. >> and if you're hitting the roads today on this thursday, you need to know what your commute is going to look like a day before the weekend hits. we're tracking those drive times. we'll be right back. after the break.

>> i-40 right now and we're checking out the it's a pretty nice day to be outside. when chilly to start for sure. but maybe this afternoon we'll get into the upper 50's for some john. yeah, the upper 50's sounds so so nice after where we have been earlier this week which has been chilly and wet and just cloudy. we've had the chilly still, but we the wet and cloudy yesterday nor today and today temperatures are going to be a little bit warmer, which will make for a mild feel. san francisco sure does look good under all that sunshine. a welcome sight.

after all the rain we had been seeing the bay area cleared up yesterday while the sierra and southern california, you still had rain and snow yesterday. the grap%vine close briefly. it's back open now and i-80 up into the sierra was also closed. also back open. so nice to see us actually able to travel again, but only temporarily because we've got another round of winter weather on the way this weekend for the time being this high pressure ridge is in place. this will help to keep u.s. tribal today. and tomorrow it's sitting to our south. so it's definitely not warming us up so much. just keeping storm tracks and to the north today, it's nothing but the sunshine really pleasant afternoon winds calmer than they were yesterday, which just adds to the more comfortable feel today brings tomorrow is going to be pretty similar to today. temperatures right back up to those comfortable numbers. skies, nice and clear. and most importantly, staying dry for your friday. as for saturday, we'll see showers pushing in starting fairly early. this is 09:00am saturday right here. you see the heavier rainfall already dropping into the north bay at this time and showers starting

to pop up elsewhere in the bay. the rest of the day after that gets pretty wet and the sierra starts to get wet as well with snowfall beginning to pile up starting saturday and a winter storm watch going into effect that morning lasting through monday morning. today's temperatures in the bay area will be a touch warmer than yesterd-y's mid 50's for san francisco. we've got low 50's out along the coastline. i'd say still bring your jackets. definitely as you're getting out there. but with are calmer winds under clear skies. those upper 50's on the bayshore going to feel great. san jose up to 59 today. when you stand in the sunshine, soak it in for a minute. going to feel pretty good. hayward, castro valley, oakland, up to richmond all at 57. well, the north bay among some of our warmest spots, fairfield and vacaville at 59 and santa rosa, all the way up to 60 degrees today. tomorrow, we're repeating a lot of what we loved about today and saturday and sunday. we're repeating what we saw earlier this week. ritz debatable on the love part, but we definitely needed the rain and snow and we're getting more of

it and we will see more of that into next week, too, with off and on showers through the week ahead of us rain. all right, john, thank you for that yet. but our commute doesn't really need to add. so today we've enjoyed the sunshine >> crockett down towards the maze. that's an 80's going to take a 24 minute. as you're traveling along there, the bay bridge right now, a little under 20 minutes mace to that fremont street exit as you're traveling into the city, our san mateo bridge going to take you about 25 minutes. 80 to 101, as you're heading across towards the peninsula. 8.80, silly down to milpitas is to 37 year at about 40 minutes. what a lot of the south bay. that's 85 into menlo park. 54 min right there and doubling down of fremont. 53 minutes. there still is an accident along southbound 6, 80 right at pleasanton sunol road in seminole darya. james, back to you. >> time now to talk winners and losers on wall street with financial expert rob black. rob, thank you for joining us. i'm just scanning the markets

this see the nasdaq saw 55 s and p off 9 dow up. 61 at a time when we usually see like 100 point swings, this seems kind of math to me. what's your read on it and what headlines we're tracking. >> yeah, we're still waiting for inflation to come down further and we don't have a good read on that until next week's economic data. when the jobs report comes out on friday. usually the first friday. but it could be the second friday of the month due to a holiday 10 year treasuries at 4%, which means borrowing costs for corporations and credit cards and mortgages. we're all going to trend a little higher, which means we're going to get less for more or we won't be a speculative with our investments. sales force had a great they needed it may need it because activists investors are not happy with matthew mcconaughey, making 10 million dollars will laid off employees best buy had a great christmas quarter, but they're all was kind of muted. the slowdown is coming to the economy. what the fed has done is coming. it's not here yet, even though they've raised rates, it has an impact on our economy. so people are

starting prep for recession, which is good of note. 63% of americans have saved less than $10,000 retirement. that's not good. also known as facebook is reporting that they're going to do augmented reality classes in 2025. tied towards girl link. watch and kentucky fried chicken. this will make you happy. they brought the double down to basically instead of biden's. it's 2 pieces of fried chicken with cheese and bacon in not heart attack heart attack for sure. i can't get with the double double chicken pad. that's just too much. >> i'm just a single patty guy and that's about it. and i like a pound at them. but that's just me. i also was i don't know if you got a chance to catch or and i know all the analysis, but now this morning. but i sat down for lunch yesterday. i had my sitting on the couch. i was watching. i put on the tesla investor day thing go watch as well. a meeting. fast forward. 4 hours later. it finally got done. i was like, wow, i didn't realize that was a lot to pack in there. what's your read on that? i see the stocks

not doing too hot. >> yes, stocks pulling down because the past you had more fun. he talked about an army of 10,000 robo taxis in part did of his master plan. that was part 3. nothing really exciting. 20 million vehicles sold annually by 2030, possible be cut 50%, which means cheaper teslas are coming we're not excited. that's going to be exciting. yeah, they're the only people who don't. ford and gm are not going cut their costs. fastest s like because tesla has more robotics less union and they've done it for longer cybertruck still coming this year. interesting and i had to laugh when they're asked about robots. he said, yeah, we've got a whole. we've got many labs full of arms and arms legs going up. that was kind of but nothing really great came out of it there for people are saying is he getting conservative or they become in an old fashion car company and a lot of levels. they are. >> yeah, well, it's not a denounced tail end. oh, by the way, we're also opening up a

new factory in not just what all monterrey, mexico, so the kind of drop that at the end. but i mean, they are planning these huge expansions, but yet the stocks seem to be something that seems to be always the case doesn't. and i never, ever see really the stock ever jump after one of these things. >> sometimes it it's he seems to be feeling a little less grandiose in his presentations. i know of twitter's humbled him, but tesla investor day was was lackluster yesterday get a little more tame. >> all right. and then lastly, i want to bring up to here. let me scroll to the the bit about prime. i never heard of prime breaks, but i guess that's the new trend. you've okay. so what is here in power? i'm here in coconut water. what gives? it's basically just gatorade or powerade with coconut water. it's made by a company called congo. >> kentucky and and they distribute it. but it's basically logan, paul and ksi who once boxed on you too, they were foes. now they have millions and millions of followers and they're saying goodbye this to 40. it's a

cool color. my kids love this stuff. it kind of a social status thing. it's it's a luxury item. okay. i think they could sell it on e-bay for 10 bucks for 20 bucks. sometimes on e-bay their son for $100. for rare one with yeah, i sort of on there being banned in schools because people are paying money to take pictures with empty bottles, parties or go to ground. we're drinking a cap and re capsules that's good. and it's just social media. it's influencers. it's how everything's going to be sold in the next 10 years. you get someone like a kardashian or you get something like logan paul, the county's controversial with millions and millions young kids and you say this is the hot cool thing and it becomes the hot, cool thing. so be there's a lot of gouging going on that was going to say and there will always be followers that love to follow the latest hot new thing. >> that's how they make their money. all right. thank you very much, rob, as always. you

think about that shaking my head over that. facebook, twitter. let them know what you wanted talk about address here on our segment or if you've got a personal of a question about you and your finances, let him know rob at

>> people eligible for food stamps who were getting extra cash payments to buy groceries are no longer going to be able to get that extra money. it was part of a pandemic policy that just expired yesterday. recipients that means will miss out on a badass $170 extra a month. so some people could only get the base minimum of $23 a month. now. and with the end of that extra benefit, local food banks are preparing for an onslaught of need. >> that's not a great solution. you know, at the same time that these benefits are declining, we're seeing federal support. we're seeing a lot of our fundraising declining because people either i think the crisis is over or they may be struggling themselves with layoffs, that sort of thing. so, you know, the timing of decreasing benefits is really, really challenging for us.

>> as everybody knfws, the cost of food has also gone up because of inflation. the second harvest, silicon valley food bank in san jose serves about 460,000 people every month and they say they are in need both donations and volunteers. >> it's 9.26. in. coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news, elizabeth holmes is trying again to postpone. going to prison will tell you why she's appealing and what legal experts thanks her. chances are. >> and we're going to keep updated on the cold. temperatures are getting warmer. that's the good news. but yeah, plenty cold out there right

>> 9.29 is the time and we've got chilly temperatures again. but your. >> it is winter. still, we're used to it. absolutely. but a fairly nice afternoon on tap for at least in store. we've got john in the weather looking at a cool but comfortable afternoon ahead of us better than the cold that we've been experiencing each of your morning hours this morning has been cold but not as windy as yesterday. and that's been the big plus to it. your view outside of san francisco looks great that sunshine and nice complement to the skyline. we just saw those freeze warnings and frost advisories expiring and that's because the sun is out in full force and starting to warm temperatures back up. got a few 50's on the map. san mateo as well as pittsburgh back up or about 50 degrees. oakland and san francisco. you're getting close at 48 berkeley at 49 and no more

30's left. that's something that we're not going to at least for the next couple of hours here until tomorrow morning. future cast of winds does show a nice calm day ahead of us. much calmer than yesterday. big plus to today is the fact that temps will be a little bit more mild winds, a whole lot calmer, just a better chance to actually enjoy some of that sunshine that we have tomorrow. one more day of it, an arena after that saturday sunday inspected. some are pretty used to at this point. all right, right? yes, they're a little more rain. and we're glad that for today and tomorrow, at least. >> your commute is going to be an interrupted by that rain could just imagine the 36 minute drive into the city on top of bad weather. we're glad we're seeing sunshine today. our 70 oh bridge 80 to 101. a 15 minute ride heading across towards the peninsula. there's still a 20 minute bar delay on the various online. only because of an earlier issue. they had about 9 minutes. richmond center fell bridge. that looks great right now. and our golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 25 minutes.

all right, james, back to you. thank you. reyna 9.31. for your health this morning. the cdc is warning the spread of a bacteria called shigella cause a severe stomach problems. yeah, it could be an issue for you. we talked with an infectious disease expert about how the bacteria is. >> now becoming antibiotic-resistant kron four's. rob nesbitt has details. >> shigella infections are not new in our most common among young children. but the cdc says last year about 5% of infections were strong enough to resist treatment. doctor peter chin hong from ucsf says the concern is that the resistance will continue to trend upward going from 0. >> and 2015, 2.4% in 2019 and during the pandemic and then lost all of us. and it's 5% of cases where. no drugs that's kind of frightening to me. the symptoms of shigella include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. doctor chin-hong says about 40% of people who get it have to be hospitalized. >> but that most get better on their own. the cdc has seen an

increase of spread among and bisexual men as well as others ms less people >> immune compromised individuals and international travelers. doctor chin-hong understands the frustrations of these groups after going through the covid pandemic, an increase of m-pox infections last summer and now she gala. he says it's important for anyone with symptoms to contact their doctor and get tested early. it should i >> clinicians now know that if the individual is sick enough to be treated. >> that we may need to work with the cdc and and bring out some alton there by the won, said to be doing commonly use, according to the cdc, should tell is usually spread when infected fecal matter, enters the nose or mouth. it's why the simplest way to prevent infection is to practice in the hygiene habits that were preached during the pandemic. washing hands has made a comeback. >> and i think should go as one of these places where it can also be helpful in san francisco. rob nesbitt kron. 4 news.

>> the u.s. could soon have its first rsv vaccine for older people. the first in the world in a close vote. an advisory panel for the fda recommends approval of a pfizer vaccine for rsv. it's for people 16 and older. and pfizer's has a single dose reduces the risk of illness from rsv by as much as 86%. the next step is for the fda to approve the vaccine. and that could take several months. but usually the agency falls. the advisory committee's recommendations. >> the man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend with a sword has pleaded not guilty. jose, when charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend. 27 year-old karina castro. this was him in court yesterday. that attack happened back in september, right in front of castro's home in san carlos. police say they were arguing over the custody of their one year-old child. when prosecutors say he attacked castro with that sort. the court decided that there was enough evidence to move forward with the trial. and during the hearing, his

defense attorneys implied they might put forth a self-defense argument. the next court appearance is set for march. 23rd will be following the case. >> disgraced theranos ceo elizabeth holmes is continuing her fight to stay out of prison in a new court filing, she argues her prison sentence should be lit delayed because she just had a baby. it's her latest effort to get out of an 11 year prison sentence or at least avoided or delay it and some way now attorney steve clarke says prosecutors are going want to show that there are not 2 different systems of justice. the u.s. attorney's office patients is growing very thin with elizabeth holmes message is going to be set here that. >> if you are convicted, you start your time. just like everybody else. and i think they want to send a message to ms homes into the community at large that the justice system is working fairly for everyone. >> holmes will find out at a preliminary hearing on this

next month. whether or not she has to report to prison. >> well, new this morning, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the u.s. has fallen for the 3rd straight week. numbers show the jobless claims fell to 190,000 towards the end of february. and applications for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for the number of layoffs that we're seeing at the moment last month, the government reported that employers added a better than expected 517,000 jobs in january and that the unemployment rate had dipped to 3.4%. >> in the east bay open mayor sheng tao says it's going to take a few more weeks for the city to fully recover from the ransomware attack. that happened last month that brought down several city services, including a 3, 1, one phone system, parking citations and business tax licenses. the mayor says her team is working around the clock to fix the problems that still remain. in the meantime, fees will be waived for businesses that cannot pay their taxes. a ransomware attack. if you don't know what happens when somebody steals

your files, their encrypted files and then they demand a ransom to make them accessible to you again, we asked mayor tao what's taking so long. >> it is a pretty long time. you know, it's it's one of those things where we are. you know, it's unfortunate that the previous administration to make the investments into the it department. but under this administration, we will be making those something like this never happens again. every saying is in regards to resources and ensure that we make those investments. >> it's still not clear how much money the hackers were demanding. we'll take a break. >> 9.37 is the time. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a big win for delta pilots as they agreed to contract after going on strike. we'll tell you about the new additions and perks coming their way. meanwhile, big changes in california's drought conditions will talk about the new numbers just released this morning and see what they show right here in the bay area. and even though we've been making big improvements in the drought today is going to be one of her rare, dry days and get out

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over 34% over the next 4 years. this comes after they went on strike picketing at major airports in the spring and summer last year to raise awareness of their negotiations with the company. the new agreement will also contain policy changes aimed at improving pilots. quality of life. their vacations and other benefits as well. the airline also says that ground scale and merit employees will also see pay raises starting on april. 1st. >> 9.41 is the time in the u.s. postal service is backtracking now on a previous order for new mail trucks. they're now going half electric rather than 100 per cent gas powered. the agency announced a plan to buy more than 9,000 for tv's and 14,000 charging stations. in addition to 9,000 gas powered vehicles last every usps said that the new vehicle order would be majority gas powered vehicles. that was from dodge and chrysler. but instead they're

adding on to the evening the postmaster general saying that the new purchase they plan to be 100% electric by 2027. it's 9.41 right now. and we're taking a live look here at the numbers, which >> haven't been budging all that much. but, you know, i mean, when did you think we'd be happy to be 50 50's? not bad. half of a san carlos vela, although we'll be right back.

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9.45. in the weather center with john getting a deep on the new drought monitor map that was released today. we've been anticipating it because we were hoping would show us some big improvements given all the rain that we've been getting turns out. that's what it showed in some impressive improvements. it's nice to see the side by side. so this was 3 weeks ago. >> and this was already big improvement from earlier this a bay area in moderate drought conditions. okay. so remember that those brown conditions being that a moderate drought conditions james mentioned that was last week and then they have this. is this ok? so we've gone from that base to yellow now, which normally dry, one step away from no yes, one step away from a free of it. and then the central sierra, the central coast down to la and a lot of the north coast is officially out of drought altogether. no surprises this out of it because so much snow. that's been incredible. exactly. some record breaking stuff, actually, james. so this map right here shows basically the ranking of wet winter season since 18. 95 ok and green is

the way this winter season. so there's a lot of the country that's been looking at really record bridge. so when need whether this has been the wettest yeah, richard season on record this winter season and that stretches from the great lakes all the way to parts of the east bay. so for areas like contra costa counties and portions of alameda county's. yeah, this has been one of if not the wettest winter seasons on record rate here and that's what you want to seize the green in the dark blue. i want to see it. but it validates what we've been seeing around here. it has been like storm after storm after storm and that also shows you after such a deep drought that lasted many years. that's why we've seen so many improvements. it takes a winter like this. yeah, and well, we've got a lot of snowfall on with that rain to as the skies cleared yesterday, we were able to get the satellite view of what the state look like. and you can see that snow cloud cover in those areas right there. that snow on the north coast, right? okay. this is snow around mount hamilton. there's a little white dot that's about right there. and then we are seeing, of course, the

sierra nevada just completely just buried in blanket. yeah. well, that's pretty incredible. obviously the clear skies overhead right now contributing to the ability to get a shot like that. we're that outside. i think we've got a live picture here to share with everybody of i believe golden gate bridge looked so good. those are the clear skies. yeah, these are the clear skies that you've got to take full advantage of today. and tomorrow because guess what? we've got more of the rain and the snow this weekend. it's just around the corner from us again. so this is a little break that we're getting. it's been a cold break this morning, but the afternoon gets pretty mild. already seen a few 50's mountain view. san mateo alameda in berkeley. among those spots back in the 50's right now, we will see increasing temperatures as the afternoon progresses. now we did see roads closed the past couple of days. routes like i-80 into the sierra and i-5 over the grapevine were closed yesterday because of bad weather in each of these spots. but the rest of the state has followed us in the bay area. we're already there yesterday. and now we're looking at those clear skies

for the entire state. so really today is a good travel day and tomorrow will be as well. the weekend ahead of us, though, we have another storm system that's set to be dropping in and this is going to result in even more heavy snow at times up in the sierra nevada. so today, lots of sunshine tomorrow. we're going to keep that sun and those dry skies around overnight friday night is when we start to make the transition. and by the time you wake up on saturday morning, you're likely to be seeing some rainfall across parts of the bay. this is 09:30am, on saturday morning. moderate showers returning to the peninsula and some heavier rain returning to the north bay. only going to drift further south and into the bay. beyond that into the rest of the day on saturday and for the sierra nevada, right back to the feet of snowfall, one to 5 feet of it up there. a winter storm watch taking effect saturday morning lasting through monday morning. going make your travels into the sierra kind of dicey as you try to enjoy all that new snow this weekend. 50's across the board today for the bay area. going to be a pleasant one. really the big plus today as compared

to yesterday is the fact that winds are not going to be near as much of an issue. so those upper 50's you're saying going to be a whole lot more enjoyable without the brisk winds. oakland, you'll be at 57 today. walnut creek at 58 and one of us santa rosa up to 60 degrees. your next 7 days looking like a bit of an up and down today and tomorrow. definitely the ups with the sunshine and the warmer temps cooling into the weekend with cloud cover and rain and then off and on showers through next week. john thing here that well drive times went up for a moment. >> on the bay bridge because we had some police activity. i-80 westbound right near the mid span, but they've cleared all the lanes here right now. so it's a superstar to build our at 41 38. hopefully it's going continue to go down of the open up all those lanes there. but i'm not seeing any major issues across are other bridges like they just showed you the golden gate bridge looks great for team in arriving at the san mateo bridge in the richmond. sandra fell bridge just under 11 minutes. 101 of the south bay.

46 minutes of 85 to menlo park 8.80, say leanne shut down towards to 37. it's going to take about 34 minutes cracking down towards the maze. 21 minute drive for you this morning. and doubling down a fremont just under 30 minutes. darya. james, back to you. >> thank you, brandon 9.49. for your health. the cdc is warning americans to go to mexico. if you're going for spring break, for example, be careful if you buy medications there. more than a million americans each year due by prescription drugs in mexico. ucla sent researchers some mexican pharmacies posing as tourists and they but zanik saddle and oxycodone or what they thought were those drugs. well, 44% of those drugs, we're actually counterfeit oxy pills contain fentanyl and heroin. and 82% of the atoll pills that they got their contained methamphetamine. some experts say that this may be linked to the cartels.

>> now that the cartel has adopted at all with methamphetamine and learn to press those pills. our problem is going to be a lot worse before it gets a lot better. >> a follow-up by the la times found 71% of the medications from 3 mexican cities tested positive for fentanyl and math. experts say difficult to tell of cartel manufactured fake pills from the real ones. it's hard to tell. the packaging is designed to look authentic. so all they can do is warn you. >> well, new found hope has come through for stroke. survivors suffering from a loss of mobility. according to the cdc, about half of stroke victims wind up with permanent muscle weakness and even paralysis. scientists at the university of pittsburgh, though, have been perfecting, they say, an electrical device that can actually send signals to the part of the spinal cord responsible for controlling arms and hands. previous studies used electrical signals to improve leg and foot function. but researchers

say little work has actually been done to stimulate the upper spine because the process is always been too difficult. but looks like they're starting to make some progress. >> the motion thought known that able to do the things that couldn't do before they hire me open and close my hands. >> and i was doing it in a way that i have and i'm show and we all were in tears. >> that's pretty incredible. as of now, the device isn't it's still be developing tested. so it's in the lab. but with new funding from the national institutes of health, scientists there at the university of pittsburgh are hoping to advance or technology and work with more stroke survivor. see if they can't get this to market. >> we're going take a break. it's 9.52. we'll be right back. almost time for us to go.

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venus says, you know what we're looking >> we will be looking at saturday and sunday getting wet and grey so venture out there the next 2 days. enjoy it because we're back to the rain. so list r.r. phil.

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