on the plane without putting on? no, i don't, i don't. i have done it with were killed in san pablo, and now the younger woman's husband is charged with murder. >> from ktvu fox two news this is the four investigators say a body found in the oakland estuary last fall is connected to the san pablo double homicide case. >> welcome to the four. i'm claudine wong, and i'm alex savage. >> authorities say the remains have been identified as a 74 year old woman who authorities believe was killed by her son in law. our crime reporter, henry lee has been following the latest developments in this case. he joins us now live from our newsroom with more. henry. >> well, claudine and alex, this is expected to strengthen the case against the defendant, but prosecutors still don't know the location of his wife's body. and

they still need to prove that he was the one who killed his mother in law. >> this is a big development in this. in this case, a major break in a double homicide investigation by the san pablo police department. >> a body found in the oakland estuary last fall, now confirmed to be that of 74 year old cui tran, who police say was killed by her son in law. that man, 41 year old phuc vo, is also suspected of killing his wife, 40 year old toll, but her body has not been found. san pablo police spokeswoman peggy chow says vo was already being prosecuted in both killings. >> the suspect was previously charged for two counts of murder. without the recovery of either victim. >> back in september, an unidentified woman's body in undergarments was found in the estuary, but it wasn't until march that dna testing confirmed her identity. detectives received that notification and confirmation that the dna evidence was a match. authorities believe vo killed both victims in the family's home in san pablo early in september, then tried to cover

it up by reporting them missing. i've learned san pablo police believe vo took the bodies with him on a small boat that left the encinal boat ramp in alameda. sources tell me police believe he dumped both bodies in the water, but so far, his wife's body has not surfaced at this time. >> her, her body and her location remains unconfirmed, but the discovery of his mother in law's body strengthens the case somewhat against vo. >> i've confirmed with the da this won't change their decision not to seek the death penalty. >> now that they've found the body, though, this is a game changer. >> but ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says the da still has to confirm the cause of death and prove that it was vo and not some random stranger who killed at least the mother in law. >> they've got to be able to make that connection. they can welcome up and say it was blunt trauma. somebody hit her on the head. that's what killed her. or it was affixation. someone strangled her. doesn't mean it was him. >> so clearly, a lot more work

has to be done. not the least of which is finding the wife's body . either way, authorities say they're preparing to move the case forward against the defendant, with or without that second body. live in the newsroom. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, henry, obviously authorities still putting this case together here, but are there any indications about what they believe the motive may have been for the killings? >> sorry, this popped out. say that one more time. >> no, i was i was curious if authorities have revealed anything about what they believe the motive might have been for those killings. >> there may have been an argument, alex, over finances. and that led to the violence, according to the police. >> all right. we'll continue following it. henry lee, live in the newsroom. thank you. henry at one point earlier today, not one alaska airlines plane was in the air. a full ground stoppage was called after a problem with the system that calculates plane's weight and balance. that ground stoppage has since been lifted. ktvu tom vacar joining us now live from sfo to explain what exactly happened today and

how all of this affected passengers. tom >> now, early morning was kind of the peak of the problem, which was relatively quickly resolved. >> but as you will see, it has a very, very long tail. here's what i mean. >> at about 6 a.m. wednesday morning, alaska airlines was ordered by the federal aviation administration into a so-called ground stop that sfo said was lifted at 845. that affected five flights at sfo and many, many more throughout the vast, far reaching alaska airlines system. >> they're required to remain on the ground until that ground stop is lifted. now, most of the time, ground stops are implemented for weather reasons, but in this case, there was a malfunction of critical newly installed computer software that calculates a plane's weight and balance based on its number of passengers, baggage, cargo, and fuel all essential to set the plane's best fuel savings and,

more importantly, its handling in the air. the only ongoing impact might be kind of residual delays on alaska airlines flights. obviously, for any airline, it's important to launch these first flights of the day on time. >> the initial delays set up a domino effect of later delays around 11 a.m. of the 51 alaska flights on the departure board, eight were delayed about 15. an hour later, of the 41 flights posted, ten were delayed. almost a quarter of the flights inbound passengers we met at alaska's baggage carousels were all delayed on their early departing flights. i texted my family and i was like, i hate that i'm on a boeing 737, and they're not telling us why we're not taking off. >> so it did kind of stress me out. >> finally, alaska fessed up. >> you're on the flight by seven. and then we were just sitting on the like at the gate for a solid two hours. they said that their ground system was down, that it had completely crashed, and that they were just

trying to reboot it. >> i fly all the time, and so it's, it feels more rare when there isn't some sort of delay or some sort of an issue. >> safety is always first. so i'm not going to complain if i'm a little bit late just to make things safer. >> now, checking that board behind me at 4 p.m, 39 flights were on time versus ten that were delayed. that is actually 25% plus the most that we've seen all day long with this particular airlines. delays. important note no cancellations. one of the most important things, at least they decided to load this software during one of the slowest days of the week before the big holiday season begins. other than that, a pretty big mess. back to you. >> yeah, certainly, tom, a tough way for a lot of alaska airlines passengers to start off the day. tom vacar live at sfo. we appreciate it. >> well, boeing came under scrutiny today in two senate

hearings looking into alleged safety misconduct. the hearings follow the incident in january, when a door plug on a 737 max nine plane blew out shortly after an alaska airlines flight took off. several whistleblowers who used to work for boeing testified this morning before the senate homeland subcommittee. one accused boeing of a cover up following that door plug incident. the ntsb chair reiterated to congress last week that boeing has said there are no records documenting the removal of the alaska airlines door. >> i'm not going to sugarcoat this. this is a criminal cover up. records do, in fact, exist. i know this because i've personally passed them to the fbi. boeing's corporate leaders continue to conceal the truth. they continue to mislead and deceive the public about the safety of the planes. that is the safety culture at the top of the boeing company right now. >> boeing is disputing the claims. it says its planes are safe, and that many of the issues raised have been subject to extensive and rigorous examinations under faa oversight. in a separate senate hearing, lawmakers heard from

aviation experts about an faa program that allows boeing to sign off on its own work. >> charges have not yet been filed against the protesters accused of shutting down the golden gate bridge and interstate 880. on monday, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says her office is still reviewing evidence, including video from the scene. those demonstrators blocked traffic for hours, calling for an end to the war in gaza and u.s. military support for israel . the chp arrested 26 people on suspicion of misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. but the chp also wants the da to charge the protesters with felony conspiracy, which took protesters and their supporters by surprise. >> what's really important to note here is that these felony charges are ridiculous and almost unprecedented. >> as for the 12 protesters arrested for blocking traffic on interstate 880 in oakland on

monday, we are still trying to find out what charges they might face from the alameda county district attorney. the protesters in that case chained themselves together using concrete filled barrels, and it took nearly seven hours to remove them. >> you guys got to leave. you guys refusing to leave? yes okay. you first end up five google employees were arrested for refusing to leave the sunnyvale office of the ceo of google cloud. >> this was part of a protest yesterday over google's contract with the israeli military. the protesters say they're concerned the facial recognition and object tracking features provided by google's project nimbus enables the israeli military to target and kill civilians in gaza. >> well, today is the first day of the off season for the warriors. it's fair to say that happened much earlier than expected or hoped for. last night, the dubs were eliminated from postseason play after losing to the sacramento kings

118 to 94, in the play in tournament, the kings starters outscoring the warriors starters 104 to 48. klay thompson was zero for ten shooting, had zero points. the kings they lit up the sky outside the golden one center after that game, which is a tradition after every victory. to quote light the beam, the warriors early exit could mean an overhaul for the team. thompson is set to become a free agent, but besides him, the warriors could also cut ties with some veteran players. we're talking about gary payton, the second kevon looney and chris paul. klay thompson spoke late this afternoon about the loss and his future. and we're going to have that part of the story coming up on the ktvu news at five. >> today, the nba banned a toronto raptors player from the league for life after an investigation found he wagered on games, including betting on his own team to lose. the league says jontay porter gave confidential information to bettors, limited his own

participation in games and placed at least 13 bets on nba games using someone else's account. the nba says porter wagered more than $54,000 and netted close to 22,000 in winnings. commissioner adam silver says the accusations are a cardinal sin in professional sports. porter has not commented publicly on the allegations. >> well, new light being shed on safety concerns at the san francisco zoo. up next, we dive into an investigation by the san francisco chronicle into what employees call a problem of safety. and we take a detailed look at one incident which had a zookeeper running for safety from a 500 pound grizzly who was in pursuit. >> plus, a fascinating project underway in san francisco's presidio. researchers working to replace a butterfly species that's been extinct for more than 80 years. this afternoon, a live conversation with one of those researchers introducing a distant relative as an ecological stand in anna barry

weather. >> here's our live camera looking out towards san francisco. just a few visiting high clouds this afternoon, but another nice mild day out there. another warm day in the forecast for tomorrow, and we'll have the update

safety at the san francisco zoo, and one incident last may, a keeper had to run to safety with a 500 pound grizzly bear in pursuit. and while no one was hurt, it is just one of several incidents in which employees at the zoo say their safety has been compromised. let's welcome in chronicle reporter tara dugan to talk more about her investigation in which she found her. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> so let's go through let's talk about this may incident first because we got some video. we have a map to orient people with the grizzly bear grotto. it let's talk about how this went

down. >> yeah. it was it happened like you said in may, a new a zookeeper who had never worked with grizzly bears for very long had accidentally left a door open in the grizzly bear exhibit . and later we learned that that door was pretty difficult to use. so it was kind of understandable that this happened. >> and we see on this on the screen right now, the grizzly gulch there on the right side of your screen of kind of where it is in relation to the zoo. if people haven't haven't been there. >> exactly, and so the, the worker found himself being chased by this grizzly bear around the grizzly grotto, fortunately was able to get out and get to safety, but it was i was pretty surprised to learn about this so many months after it happened, and it was never made public, even though video was available of the incident. yeah. >> and so the video, tara, just

sorry to interrupt you, but as we're watching it, we see on the right side of the screen kind of where it happened. you see that that grizzly kind of walking through at the end of it, but kind of take us through. there are a couple doors. so the grizzly there's walking through there. what are we looking at when we're watching that video there? >> right. so the grizzly bear is leaving its den. and that was the door. the door of the grizzly bear just ran out, walked out of was the one that was left open. so then after that, the grizzly bear went into that outdoor space that's in the diagram. and that's where the grizzly bear chased the keeper around the space. >> and fortunately that keeper was safe. but as you're talking to people, you know, there is kind of like a one incident, right? well, ooh, this was scary. and how can we address it? but your investigation found that there were actually more employees, some people who have left the zoo because they're saying that protocols and staffing and all of these things are a bigger problem than what we just watched. >> right? they're saying that this is one example. it's a it's a dramatic example of how the

morale has really dropped at the zoo for quite a while, because people feel like the culture makes it difficult to talk about their safety concerns or animal welfare concerns. so they feel like it's created a culture of secrecy. and there have been other incidents involving keepers. there have also been incidents involving animals getting hurt as well. yeah. >> penguin that was killed as well. what does the zoo response to this? >> well, the zoo is says that it takes safety very seriously. it says that it tries to maintain its facilities to keep them up to date there. they also mentioned that they've hired more zookeepers recently to try to take care of staffing needs. a lot of the workers at the zoo say they've been having to work extra shifts, and they say that's making it an unsafe situation. >> so big picture. i mean, you know, for the public, you hear about, you know, a penguin being killed. you see video of a zoo

keeper being chased and you're trying to make sense of it. i mean, we can go all the way back to the tiger incident of 2007. that christmas morning when that tiger got loose and a 17 year old was killed and two other people were mauled, and that obviously had a lot of financial implications. also, procedural implications. but it certainly i think at the time and i remember covering that, it did change the way people kind of look around at what's happening and imagine what they aren't seeing. and i would think that the hope is seven, you know, all these years later from that one incident that captured headlines worldwide that changes have been made, it sounds like it makes it very hard to determine that changes have been made in the right direction. >> no, that's a good point. i think that's why this is such an important story, because, there's this history of that terrible incident in 2007 and people feel who work at the zoo feel like that's created this culture of secrecy because no one wants to talk about problems, because of that

history. and of course, that's one of the reasons we think it's important to look at it, because there there have also been a few other incidents since that there was a gorilla, that a baby gorilla was killed in a facility at the zoo as well. a few other things like that. so it for some reason, the san francisco zoo continues to have a lot of serious incidents. and that's why we thought it was important to look at it. >> yeah, it was a very interesting investigation, a very interesting read. appreciate your work on that chronicle reporter tara dugan, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> all right. let's move now and talk about our weather here in the bay area as we give you this shot looking out over the oakland estuary off towards s francisco, a few clouds there off in the distance. and we've really started to warm things up here as we reach the midway point of the week. mark, you can tell that the temperatures are above where they normally are this time of year. are we going to stay this way here for the next couple of days? yeah. >> alex, just a minor changes.

but overall the answer your question. yeah. tomorrow's another nice forecast out. you will probably feel a little bit cooler though as we head toward friday. as we see a change in the wind pattern that could usher in some cooler temperatures. but still, we're not talking about any frigid weather patterns here in the bay area. so today, another warm day out there. take a look at some of these preliminary highs, lots of 70s and even some 80 to report in gilroy, castro valley, sunnyvale, saratoga, san mateo, 80 degrees walnut creek, close to 80 and some 70 for healdsburg and sonoma. so temperatures if you remember a few days ago last weekend, we were all shivering, but temperatures have been recovering nicely over the past few days. another warm day in the forecast for tomorrow. and then we talked about that cooldown expected to move into the area on friday. here's the satellite. as you can see, all this cloud cover out here in the pacific. but all of this remains out here in the pacific. so we're just picking up some scattered high clouds across parts of northern california. in fact, this is a closer look at the satellite showing you the high clouds kind of paint us a visit throughout the day today, and pretty much the same story expected as we move into your

thursday. current numbers for the 4:00 hour. right now we have some 70s for santa rosa, san francisco 68. look at san jose, at least at the airport, checking in 80 degrees in livermore in the 70s. so tonight, fair skies, tomorrow partly sunny. it's mild to warm friday. that's the change. headed our way tomorrow morning. we could have some patchy fog out there. temperatures in the upper 40s to the lower 50s, and a forecast model showing you basically a bunch of low 50s. tomorrow morning at 7:00 and then into the afternoon hours. these brighter colors do resurface once again. so another warm forecast for tomorrow. mid 60s for the beaches. the warmest locations approaching the lower 80s by about 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. so a little bit cooler for your friday. what about your weekend? we'll have more on that with your full update in a little bit. >> all right. we'll see you then mark. thank you. coming up, scientists working to replace a long extinct butterfly species that once thrived in san francisco's presidio, coming up this afternoon, we'll talk live with the lead researcher on this project that's using a distant relative to es

to replace a species of butterfly that used to inhabit that area until they became extinct over 80 years ago. the xerces blue butterfly once lived in the coastal dunes, but disappeared because of human development. now, the presidio trust and the california academy of sciences have introduced a butterfly species that is

closely related to the xerces blue. they're called silvery blue butterflies. researchers spent years analyzing xerces blue specimens at the academy to study its genetics. that work led them to identify a population of silvery blues in monterey county that could essentially serve as an ecological stand in. for more on this fascinating work, we're joined now by the lead researcher on the project, darryl capan from the california academy of sciences. darryl, good to have you with us this afternoon. so explain why are you introducing the silvery blue butterflies into the dune habitats of the presidio? >> okay, so in in 1941, the last specimens of the xerces blue were collected. those have been sitting in our collection since then. and in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, we were contacted by a couple of, institutions that were collaborating with the presidio trust to, look at those specimens and ask, what can we

learn from them to figure out where a near a closely related species that actually had similar, ecology to the xerces blue could be found. so that was revive and restore. and they gave us a small amount of money to do this genome work. and then we got some more, more information. and then we started to look into actually just the information about where they were found in the presidio and what habitats out in other places in california would be very similar. so we ended up focusing on monterey butterflies and that's because they have a very similar habitat, that cool and foggy habitat out of san francisco. we all know and love that the sandy environments where those host plants were found at the xerces blue eight, and specifically the species of host plant was important. that's been restored by the presidio trust and the national park service. the deerweed. so those are the three things we wanted,

plus the genetics. we know that it's closely related and that they have those three characteristics and they they live in a similar environment. >> so what will the impact be of this reintroduction? how will the silvery blues benefit the ecosystem in that area of the presidio? >> well, there's two things i'd like to get across. >> the very basic thing is that you can see them right there. the butterflies are filling a unique ecological niche. as i mentioned, they're going to eat those little deerweed plants you can see right next to the cup. they're just above it, and they're going to feed on those plants. and the larvae are tended by ants. so that's pretty cool. they might actually get adopted by presidio. answer. so native ants in the presidio. and then of course they might be pollinators and they are also prey, but those are small butterflies. so we can imagine that's not doing a lot of work in the ecosystem. but the xerces blue was the first species of invertebrate that we know of in north america to go extinct due to our, our, our, our impacts.

and in this case, it's because we basically erased the dunes to build san francisco. the west side. so it became a sort of a poster species for the xerxes society for invertebrate conservation and insects around the world are suffering really large losses, and they are doing basically a lot of the work in ecosystems. so this project is basically a it's both directly affecting the presidio, and it's also getting good pr like you're giving us right now to get people behind this kind of project, to continue to restore environments. >> yeah. well, we're happy to put a spotlight on this kind of important work. lastly, before we wrap up here, let me ask you about sort of the broader implications of a project like this one. is there the possibility that this kind of strategy could potentially work to help other species rebound? >> it is actually the sort of standard first step before we

decide to do something like, try to de-extinct a species. so we have to ask, are there other species out there can do their jobs? and so yeah, this is a, like a example project or a good, a good, a good example of using one species to fill the large shoes of another species. so that's, that's what we're really excited about. and i'm hoping now this is not going to be done in just one, one year. but we're hoping to see butterflies flying next year because they take a whole year to go from egg to adult. sure the presidio. and if not, we'll continue to work on it. >> all right. well, keep us updated on the progress. really incredible work. fascinating stuff that you guys have going there in the presidio. we appreciate the time. durrell kapan from the california academy of sciences, good to have you on. thank you. absolutely. >> well, the us senate today made quick work of two articles of impeachment against the secretary of homeland security. coming up, senate democrats argue the charge was

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iran launched an air attack on that region over the weekend. >> the conflict is prompting lawmakers on capitol hill to move forward on foreign military

funding. fox's jeff paul brings us the details now from tel aviv. >> it's a another day of mourning in rafah after overnight israeli airstrikes. >> this in an area of more than a million palestinians, moved to hoping it would be safer. israel blames civilian casualties on hamas for fighting in dense urban neighborhoods and fishermen. >> they say there is safety in rafah. >> there is no safety. it is only safe by god's side. >> israeli forces also carrying out airstrikes against hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. the attacks, done in retaliation over the militant group's rocket and drone attacks on northern israel that wounded more than a dozen israeli soldiers wednesday . all of this happening as iran warns israel not to respond to their massive missile and drone attack over the weekend. >> i got a push to if the tiniest invasion is made by the zionist regime against our homeland or our interests, they must be certain that they will face a very massive and harsh

response. >> iran launched the operation in response to an apparent israeli strike on iran's embassy compound in syria earlier this month, while most of the missiles and drones were intercepted. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to respond, even as allies urge him not to. but it's clear the israelis are making a decision to act. >> we hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible. >> meanwhile, back at home, the fight for international military aid continues. house speaker mike johnson, releasing the text for three bills that would provide a combined $95 billion for ukraine, israel and allies in the indo-pacific region. but passing the bills would be an uphill battle for johnson, who is also facing a threat to his leadership over the issue. the house is expected to vote on the international aid bills this weekend in tel aviv, israel. jeff paul ktvu, fox two news. >> the courtroom was dark today in new york, where former president trump is on trial right now on felony charges. the judge will spend wednesday's

catching up on his other duties during the course of this trial. trump is expected to be in court four days a week until the hush money trial wraps up in about 6 to 8 weeks. and that means his presidential campaign is forced to schedule events on weekends as recent polls show the race is tightening. >> makes me campaign locally, and that's okay, biden has, in theory, a tremendous advantage. >> you can go to swing states while trump is stuck in and around manhattan today, president biden was in pittsburgh to meet with steelworkers on a three day swing through pennsylvania. >> the biden administration announced actions to protect the steel and shipbuilding industry by tripling the tariff rate on aluminum and steel coming in from china. >> the us senate today quickly rejected two articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the senate's 51 member democratic majority voted to dismiss both charges as unconstitutional over the objections of republicans. that

entire proceeding lasted just three hours. the republican controlled house charged him in february with willful and systemic refusal to comply with us immigration law and a breach of public trust. democrats strongly opposed that impeachment effort, calling it a political stunt. >> this will be a first time in history that we've not had an impeachment hearing after receiving those articles of impeachment. this sets a horrible precedent for the future, at least the senate ought to be able to hear the evidence and try and consider that argument. >> mayorkas was the first cabinet secretary in us history to be impeached in over a century. the dhs says the senate's decision to reject the impeachment articles, quote, proves that there was no evidence or constitutional grounds to justify impeachment. >> the justice department has agreed to pay $100 million to the victims of former team usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar,

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all things cannabis. and this year is the first ever san francisco weed week that leads up to the big holiday on saturday. marijuana enthusiasts are invited to a series of events throughout the week to meet growers who are showing off their new strains. and while many cannabis aficionados are still planning to celebrate 420 this saturday, the city's official gathering at hippie hill in golden gate park has been canceled. the city has cited a lack of funding and for more, we're joined by the creator of san francisco weed week, david downs, who is a cannabis journalist and an author and let's talk about this. >> i mean, certainly the discussion about marijuana, about weed has has really kind of changed from counterculture to celebrity culture and talk about what weed week is trying

to do. >> well, yeah, that's a good point. you bring up rock star or celebrities. we think cannabis growers are rock stars and the strains are celebrities. we wanted to give them the rock star treatment with a slate of releases where they release their product, meet their consumers, and they can enjoy it together in the same way you do with sf beer week, when the brewers come out, or at amoeba records, when green day or dogstar goes and plays a show when they have a new album out. >> yeah, talk about what what the inspiration was for you to come up with this idea for, for weed week leading up to for 20 and some of the events that people can still take part in here. >> i've been a cannabis journalist for 15 years. last year i saw sf beer week and i said, we need that for cannabis. there you go. san francisco has the greatest growers, the greatest venues, including these lounges, which are worth millions of dollars, and then the best food and entertainment to combine it with. so it was an idea whose time has come, and the only thing that was missing was someone to buy the website, which i went ahead and did it sf

week. >> com yeah, you just have to take it. take it under your own, under your own control. we talk about 420 being canceled. that is really what i imagine you know, when you're covering this that that's that was kind of the signature event. do you expect kind of people to still gather there and, and do you feel like this is kind of a, a sign that things are changing? like this conversation is continuing, but it is certainly changing in how people come out, who is going out, who is celebrating, who goes to beer week versus hippie hill? >> totally. hippie hill started as a community protest. people were going to do what they're going to do on 420 in san francisco and around the country. that spirit of rebellion is alive and well in cannabis. but we've had legal cannabis sales for six years now, and the market is maturing, sf weed week provides more venues, more times, more places, and more different opportunities for different types of crowds to plug into this event. we're seeing people say like, oh, i'm busy working on that saturday, but i have a monday off or a tuesday off to come by. one of

these events, we're onboarding people for whom the hippie hill scene with 20,000 people smoking might not have been their bag. they're more interested in coming to nob hill, going into polk street, going into a pretty lounge, meeting a edibles producer. >> i'm curious to get your your perspective on what what the underlying issues might have been for the cancellation of the of city's official 420 event in the park. the city cited a lack of funding for canceling the event, pointing to challenges among other things. i mean, obviously cuts when it comes to city funding, but also pointing to challenges within the cannabis industry that made it hard to get sponsorships. have you seen that? are there are there underlying issues with getting enough financial support for events like this? >> the cannabis industry continues to experience volatility in the transition to adult use sales. still, the majority of cities and counties in california prevent licenses from even happening. the city event here in san francisco costs several hundred thousand dollars to throw. we're seeing cannabis brands be more judicious with their marketing budgets. they're looking for lower spends and more specific

type of interactions with our consumers. we've seen sf weed week sell out rapidly, and we went ahead and launched sf hash week for july, edibles week in november, and a seed show in december. and we're getting really big pickup. we're seeing the community wants experiential activities and the brands do to. >> it's just an interesting group that continues to grow and expand and education and then appreciation, and then really a part of it all. all right. looking forward to see how weed week, turns out. and we appreciate you, david downs, for joining us on here on the four. thank you. >> thank you. all right. we're going to talk more about our weather. oh we should tell you first though we have more information and all the event details on san francisco weed week. it's all at our website. you can head over to ktvu dot com. and it's right there on the web links tab. you scroll down to sf weed week. we have a link there to everything happening this week as we move toward 420. and we're going to talk now about the weather. >> that's right. let's take you outside for a look over the san francisco bay salesforce tower taking up a big portion of your

screen there. we're still gray, but wow, it does feel like that warm weather that we are looking for when it was raining last saturday. and we're going, what is going on? it is coming our way. marc watching these changes that just keeps getting warmer. >> yeah, it's a nice welcome change. i think we'll take it after we're kind of shivering. a few days ago, lots of, you know, not sunshine but some high clouds moving in today. and some mild temperatures. even a few neighborhoods back up into the 80s, still mid april. and we're still talking about snow in the sierra. take a look. this was the scene earlier today from south lake tahoe. they're picking up the high clouds as well. this is actually from sierra from sierra tahoe. and you take a look at the snowpack. if you go back in time back into february it was looking rather bleak. you could see the percent of averages for the sierra and look at the most recent information, everybody up above the average from 106 to 123. so this is great news. of course, with our water supply, as that snowfall eventually melts with this warming pattern, a mild to warm pattern will stick around for one more day. for your thursday, that means 60s 70s and some 80s, some still some

scattered high clouds tomorrow and then our next cooling that's going to move in on friday with a bit of a drop off in the numbers. what about rain? you might think the rainy season is completely over, but in the next week there's a chance we could be talking about some, at least the possibility of some showers. this is your saturday and into your sunday, but watching this system develop out here in the pacific, and maybe as we head toward a week from today, there's a chance of we could be tracking a few showers moving into northern california. so we'll see if this materializes. but at least for right now, we are enjoying the dry conditions. here is the satellite up and down the west coast. it is fairly quiet. you can see the bulk of the stormy activity is out here in the pacific, and we just have some scattered high clouds paying us a visit, so no raindrops expected. we're going to hold on to the high clouds for tonight and into your thursday. current numbers for the 4:00 hour right now is 80 degrees in san jose, concord, mid 70s, san francisco, 68 and a bunch of 70 for novato, santa rosa and up in napa. our live

camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. it's so nice to have the green hillsides as well. so indicative of all the rainfall we've had recently. so our live camera at the golden gate bridge looking nice out toward the marin headlands as far as overnight temperatures. we'll start things off tomorrow morning. most neighborhoods in the 50s coolest locations could be up in the upper 40s. so here's the overall weather setup. the jet stream arcing up and over northern california. this area of high pressure will keep us warm. relatively warm for your thursday. that means the warmest locations close to 80 degrees. and then into friday we'll see a little bit of a dip in the jet stream that will kind of squash the marine layer or the, i should say, this area of high pressure. and that will set the stage for maybe more of a marine layer. so the net result on friday will cool things off tomorrow. we're still tracking some scattered high clouds and then into your friday we'll be watching out for some more low clouds and fog. a stronger onshore breeze should cool us off the weekend. good news is the drive for both saturday and sunday. highs for tomorrow will be in the mid 60s. coast side, lots of 70s around the bay. the

warmest locations close to 80 degrees. it is cooler for your friday the weekend. not much change. looks like sunday could be the warmest day. not by much. and then we'll cool things off once again into monday. but it is spring. it should feel like spring. that's what we have in the forecast, at least in the short tum. >> looks good okay. thank you mark. all right. let's take a look at the roads for you. we want to take you out for a live look at the mac maze. and as you can see traffic is moving slowly. it's about right for this time of the day that it will take you a little longer to get home. if you're headed towards the bay bridge, it looks like it opens up a little bit, but it is slow on the bridge as well, so don't get too excited if you're headed in that direction. enjoy your commute. things are moving, although not very quickly. >> all right, coming up tonight on the news at 5:00, more charges in the fentanyl death of a baby new at five. we'll tell you who has joined the mother and father as defendants in this case. >> and should artificial turf be banned on all santa clara fields? some parents say the decision is a question of health and safety. the debate and what

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august 11th. >> organizers say the event will symbolize a post pandemic shift after the scaled back games in 2020 and 2022, as fox's ryan chilcote shows us, paris is getting ready to host one of the biggest global events since before the pandemic. >> in just 100 days, thousands of athletes will head to paris

for the start of the 33rd summer olympic games. it marks the first time in a century the city of light has hosted the event early in the morning. >> we'll be up very early watching this. >> yes, very exciting to be here now, to be able to be a part of it in a little in a little bit. >> the paris games will serve as one of the biggest global events since before the pandemic, which forced organizers to scale down the tokyo and beijing olympics in new york. team usa athletes gathered to mark the 100 day milestone on wednesday and reflected on how this year's games will be different. >> we're going to be able to have that support of the whole country there and the whole world just kind of bonding and having a great time. >> the slogan for the 2024 olympics is games wide open, and will feature the first opening ceremony held outside of a stadium, though french officials say the event could be moved indoors. if the security threat is too high, the city will then go on to host nearly 40 sports

across dozens of venues. but with security concerns and threat of a transit worker strike, some locals wonder whether paris is up to the challenge of hosting thousands of athletes and spectators. >> we were promised that transportation. would be free and nothing has been done, so i don't think we're ready. no. >> french officials say neighboring countries will send police and military personnel to bolster security in london. ryan chilcote, fox news. >> coming up, agriculture experts raising concerns about bird flu cases showing up in cattle all across the country. the industries impacted by the (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪)

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fox's jeff flock reports from a farm in pennsylvania with more on how the outbreak is affecting the dairy and livestock industries this time of the year. >> down on the farm, the focus is usually spring planting, which is going on behind me here. but this year also in focus. avian flu. yeah, bird flu, which has killed thousands, perhaps millions of birds now migrating in to the nation's cattle herd. eight states now have outbreaks of bird flu in cattle. take a look at the states michigan, ohio, north carolina, texas, new mexico, kansas, south dakota and idaho,

and even states where they haven't had it yet. they are concerned. we talked to a farmer in western pennsylvania, glenn stoltzfus, about his concern. he says this could be a wake up call. >> this might be a little bit of a wake up call to us in the dairy industry and the livestock industry. you know, we've got to make sure that our our biosecurity protocols are up to snuff, and this is one of those things where it reminds you that, hey, let's do a better job at biosecurity. let's, let's keep our herds safe. >> to that end, pennsylvania as well as 17 other states, have banned the movement of cattle from the affected states into the unaffected states. so having an impact on the nation's cattle herd. good news, i guess, is that so far, cattle do not seem to be dying of bird flu. it does make them sick, however, and it does reduce their milk output. but, it also does get into milk. it potentially could get into the milk supply. but because we

pasteurize our milk here in the u.s, the virus would be killed by the pasteurization process. one other note, one worker on a cattle ranch in texas, a dairy operation did get bird flu. so transmission again from a cow to a human. first time that's taken place in the u.s. worth noting that across the world, over the past 20 years, about 400, maybe almost 500 people have been killed by bird flu. not a concern yet here in the u.s, but any time a virus jumps from one species to another, researchers are concerned in plymouth meeting, pennsylvania. i'm jeff flock for the fox business network. ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. seeking justice for baby winter months after the toddler died from a fentanyl overdose. the alleged drug dealers are now also charged with her murder. >> fentanyl is not a recreational drug. it's poison, and they're asking juries to treat it that way when they're

seeking these types of murder convictions. >> and this brings the total number of people charged with the baby's murder to four. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm claudine wong. >> this first of its kind case worked its way through the legal system in the south bay today. new at five tonight. those alleged drug dealers were living with the family when the toddler died. >> ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary live outside the hall of justice in san jose with the very latest. jesse, good evening . >> mike. claudine. good evening to you, judge hector ramon romaine continued the case until next week, so both the defendants could get legal counsel, and then they will enter a plea. the district attorney says both committed actions that cost a one month old girl her life. >> and they're conscious and deliberate disregard for human life led to the tragic murder of baby winter. >> defendants phil ortega and paige vitale, dressed in jailhouse orange jumpsuits, sat quietly inside apartment 23 of the hall of justice. the pair