dollars in rent. hey man, we have got to go. ev eryone have a great ni to do some today unveils a plan to close the gap, and it includes cutting thousands of unfilled jobs, and our bay area skies could potentially put on a show that is truly out of this world. >> why the northern lights are dipping down to our latitude. >> also this afternoon, we're taking a closer look at mental health resources for the aapi community. we're live with the latest effort to increase support from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is the for the solutions we're about to set forth are overwhelmingly supporting existing core programs without cuts. >> and i say overwhelmingly, governor newsom is trying to close a major budget shortfall. >> and today he laid out his

revised plan, which includes new spending cuts and borrowing strategies. welcome, everyone to the for this afternoon. >> i'm alex savage and good afternoon, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat, the proposed cuts include shrinking the state's workforce and cutting back on some services to address the state's projected deficit. ktvu jana katsuyama. listen to the announcement. joins us here on the desk with more. >> and of course, the governor is already getting criticism from all sides about this revised proposal. his revised budget is $288 billion for 2024, much lower than his original $310 billion budget. governor newsom said the state is facing a $27.6 billion budget deficit for the 20 2425 fiscal year. his proposal includes cuts in services to about 260 state programs, and he's also proposing an 8% reduction in the state's workforce by eliminating unfilled job posts, plus or minus 10,000 vacant positions.

>> those positions are being determined in real time at every agency and department. we want a leaner government, leaner government, streamlined government. we want to do what all of you are doing in your personal lives. all the businesses out there doing it in their professional lives. >> the governor says the need for that leaner government is because the state's progressive tax system is vulnerable to swings in the stock market. so tax revenue came in below projected levels. his proposals include one time cuts such as calworks employment services, behavioral health for youth and water storage improvements. he also listed ongoing cuts, which would include a reduction in state and local prison housing, which he says would save the state $80 million a year. >> we are proposing to shut down at 13 prisons an additional 46 housing units that would reduce the census of beds by just shy of 4600, newsom's proposal says

that it does preserve support for seniors, tax credits for low income young children, and foster youth, as well as summer nutrition, food aid. >> and he actually gave a nod to bay area state senator nancy skinner for really fighting to try and preserve those programs so certainly a lot of cuts across a broad range of programs . we're still trying to get the details as to exactly which ones . >> yeah, and how everyone will be affected by those cuts. are we getting any reaction from groups here in the bay area who potentially will be affected by these spending cuts? >> well, certainly there was a statement today by the csu chancellor who said that in these cuts, it includes $75 million in cuts to their system. and they say they serve a lot of the middle and lower income families that they say is a, you know, could be very difficult for those people. so we'll have to see how the broader, you know, reaction is. but certainly that is one big one. well, he laid out the plan today. >> what happens next.

>> well, this is going to go obviously before the assembly, before the state senate. but they really have a tight timeline because they have to get all of this done by june 15th in order to meet their deadline of july 1st. and of course, we know california has to have a balanced budget. it isn't like the federal government. >> all right. very good. >> all right, janet, thank you for the update there. meanwhile president biden on his way to the pacific northwest after attending events right here in the bay area to raise money for his reelection campaign. >> the president left about 45 minutes ago aboard air force one at moffett field in mountain view. he is on his way now to seattle to attend campaign fundraisers over the weekend. mr. biden wrapped up his bay area visit with a campaign fundraiser in palo alto hosted by former yahoo ceo marissa mayer. earlier, he attended an event in portola valley at the home of co-founder of sun microsystems. supporters paid up to $100,000 each for tickets. protesters also gathered nearby both events, calling for the president to remove u.s. support

from israel. >> all right, turning now to the weather here in the bay area. and it was another warm day across the region. a live look at the oakland estuary with the san francisco skyline there in the background. a beautiful blue skies today. and roberta is tracking this continued warm weather. it was pretty hot yesterday all across the bay area. today. the same thing. or are we are starting to see the temperatures dial back a bit. >> excellent question. because we have had some cooling along the coast, but then san francisco, void of the wind shift, reached 80 and 81 degrees today and soaring to 90 degrees for the first time this year away from the bay into our inland areas. this is our live weather camera, where you can clearly see that the visibility is unlimited, the skies are blue and we have an air temperature that has now dipped to 69. in san francisco due to more of the onshore push. now they were

receiving a strong northeasterly earlier today. that's an offshore wind. otherwise you can see concord's at 90 degrees. napa is at 94. that's the hottest temperature recorded there since last autumn. 90 degrees in throughout travis and fairfield were in the mid 70s at sfo and 86 degrees in san jose. so if you want to compare the difference from today at this hour compared to 24 hours ago, it is ten degrees cooler in oakland. due to that onshore push, seven degrees cooler at sfo and throughout much of the peninsula. while the tri valley is six degrees warmer. again, you can see that onshore wind now affecting the hayward area back in through castro valley, but still seeing a northerly wind in mountain view. so the winds are fluctuating. we'll become a little bit more consistent after sunset tonight with that onshore flow 5 to 10mph and occasionally a stronger gusts. meanwhile the winds are still ushering the pollen around people are emailing me telling me that

they've never suffered from allergies before and they are now. what's the difference? i believe it's the wind. it's been pushing the oak and the mulberry pollen around in the atmosphere, so your eyes may be drying out. they may feel like they have a little bit of sand in them. those are symptoms from allergies. we still have high pressure here and it will continue to nudge into the bay area for our saturday. so we will continue to see the inland high temperatures. mighty warm. well tonight mainly clear skies for the viewing of the northern lights here in the bay area. a very rare, unusual sight. we'll have more information on that coming up. plus we'll talk about your saturday daytime highs and the forecast for the most important day of the year. >> mother's day. >> absolutely. you nailed it. >> we knew that was coming. all right, roberta, nice job. we'll see you in a bit. target is facing controversy again this year over the retailer's pride month policy. >> ktvu is christian captain joins us now live from san francisco. and christian, we remember last year target took a

lot of heat for displaying pride merchandise. now some customers may be upset that the company is getting rid of pride merchandise in certain locations. >> yeah, that's exactly right. target saying today that it won't be carrying pride related merchandise and some of its stores. due to that backlash last year, but now it may face another backlash this year for not carrying that lgbtq items in all of its stores. now, the mega retailer has said that it will be removing pride related merchandise and marketing in some locations after the company faced backlash and boycotts last year over pride displays. now, the retailer did not specify where it would be scaling back on pride, but in a statement said it would be, quote, offering a collection of products including adult apparel and home and food and beverage items curated based on consumer feedback. the collection will be available on target.com and in select stores based on historical sales performance. now, some target shoppers say they'll take their business elsewhere, but others say they'll continue shopping at target, even though they'd prefer the company take a firm

stand supporting lgbtq rights. >> i definitely disapprove, but it would be hard not to use this store because we have a pharmacy here. there are things, there are electronics we can't get here. >> as an lgbtq plus consumer, i can spend my dollars where i'm supported, so i have not supported a target. there are plenty of other places i can purchase. same merchandise may be cheaper or may be better. >> now pride begins in june. we're hearing that about half of target's locations will be carrying pride themed merchandise. again, that pride themed merchandise will also be available online. now coming up at five, we will speak with a marketing expert who explains how target right now seems to be trying to have it both ways, and why she doesn't think that will work as a long term solution. for now, we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. that's how it sort of appears to a lot of people. all right, christian, thank you. >> and coming up here on the four this afternoon, we will continue the conversation on this pride merchendise decision. we'll talk with an expert about the retailer's strategy, trying

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the ins and outs of financial literacy. fox news gerri willis shows us how the students are improving their ability to understand and make use of skills that could help make their financial future a lot brighter. >> welcome to is 281, in brooklyn, new york. i'm sending in a financial literacy class. the teacher here is raymond tran. raymond, good to see you. tell us how you teach these kids about financial literacy. >> so we use a system foundation, stock market game. each kid breaks them into groups. they have $100,000 in virtual money to trade stocks, mutual funds and bonds. in fact, every day when they walk in, they come up to check out their standings. they check to see if they're going up or down. what's going on? >> i just bought 100 shares of meta. >> so that's the way this works, right? >> absolutely. and so when you

think about this is does this have more ramifications for the entire community other than just this classroom? >> for sure. >> our school is represented by over 40 countries in the world. now, as a first generation american, i was told to save, save, save. in fact, we really wanted to build wealth. you want to invest, invest, invest. and that's the message we get to our students. so i spoke to one of your students and she had this to say, listen, i saw how my parents struggled coming into a new country with little to no money, little english. >> and i saw how hard they struggled. so i never want that to happen to me, my children or my parents ever again. >> so i have just one more question and this is for the whole class. do you guys like this class? financial literacy? yeah yes. in brooklyn, gerri willis fox business pro-palestinian demonstrators nationwide have led to allegations of anti-semitism from many of our college campuses. >> alex michaelson, host of the issue is joins us live now down in la. spoke with a authors of a

thought provoking new book that examines anti-semitism. alex. happy friday and good afternoon. >> hey, frank, happy friday to you. good to see you. yeah. emmanuel acho is somebody who's well known by many of our viewers. he's on fox sports. he wrote a book called uncomfortable conversations with a black man. a couple of years ago. now he's got a new book out called uncomfortable conversations with a jew. and even before october 7th, in fact, years before october 7th, he reached out to noa tishby, who's an expert on all things israel, to talk about this issue of anti-semitism. here's some of our conversation. >> i saw people making statements that were naturally anti-semitic, intentionally and making statements that were, incidentally, anti-semitic because they had no idea that what they were saying. so instead of just navigating my life ignorantly, i said, wait a second, let me ask these questions. >> what is anti-semitism are? >> i love this question. so

anti-semitism is specifically for its jewish hatred. anti-semitism is a little bit more complicated because it is a shape shifting conspiracy theory. so it's a shape shifting conspiracy theory such that it changes every couple of years. right? the goalpost moves and every couple of years it looks a little bit differently. so it attributes it to jews, not just like we're so much better than them, right? but also mythological powers like this cabal insinuating that the jews of some sort of a controlling hand. and there's like, it's a fifth column, and they have the plan to control the world that is anti-semitism. >> also this week on the issue is we head to the milken institute's global conference, which brings together leaders from around the world to talk about a bunch of different issues from politics to medicine to tech. california's first partner, jennifer siebel newsom, at that event, addressing many of the tech leaders and saying they need to do more when it comes to mental health and young users, what would that tangibly

look like? >> yeah, in terms of if you have your phone, like, what does that look like for? >> well, i mean, i think it's being very clear on what on age appropriate design and algorithmic design that doesn't lead to further harm or causing children to go down paths that lead to more self harm. it leads to calling out harassment, cyber bullying, doxing all the things that actually harm women and people of color and marginalized communities in particular, that silence us, it means preventing girls from again being led down this path towards body dysmorphia and self shame and hatred. so but there's a lot in the design tech can be designed for good. >> so at that conference, we also heard from elon musk, from bill clinton, from usher, from

kerry washington, from kevin mccarthy. you'll hear from all of them this week on the issue is, frank, that's quite an array of folks there. >> okay, alex sounds like a for joining us on this friday.u and of course, you can catch the full episode of the issue is this sunday morning, 630 right here on ktvu. all right. we want to get back now to that story we told you about moments ago, target's latest decision to scale back its pride merchandise for various locations following that backlash last year from some customers. for many communities, most of those items will only be available online. and for more analysis on that decision and the potential reaction from consumers, we're joined by shawn fletcher, professor, public relations at san jose state university. shawn, always great to have you. >> likewise. thanks for having me. >> how did target come up with this decision? what do you think went into the plan to do that? >> well, i think they were cross between corporate social responsibility and the bottom line. i don't think any of us

have any grand delusions that target or any other for profit entity that they're operating. as an advocacy group, we understand that completely. but i've worked for organizations and i've worked with the divisions of them who put together corporate social responsibility, slash advocacy, value statements. and ultimately, you have to know what you're signing up for when you decide that you're going to come out front as a major organization and present advocacy for what has been a polarizing, marginalized community. when you're doing about face, regardless of whether you're starting to see your profit margins, sink a little bit as we've seen over the last year, you have to understand what you're doing and what the ramifications of those are. and ultimately, they are further marginalized, an already vulnerable community. >> how do you think this decision is likely to be viewed moving forward? here by by

target customers here? i mean, target continues to say it's committed to supporting the lgbtq community, but clearly also does not want to face any continued backlash from those who might be upset by pride merchandise in the stores. can the company have it both ways? >> no, they're saying they can't have it both ways. that's why i said ultimately, we understand that this is about dollars and cents. target is beholden to their profit margins explicitly, but they are torn in between. and i'll give them credit. they have stepped out front where many organizations have not done anything in the way of lgbtq plus advocacy. so let me i don't want to be remiss in overlooking that. however, when you sign up for it and you decide that that is going to be a portion of your corporate social responsibility value statements, you have to know what you're doing when you do an about face. so now i think they're realizing that they're seeing the protest we're in an election, a national election season. we're seeing, the

rhetoric start to ratchet up the target's name and brand is being mentioned in those. and ultimately, let's be honest with ourselves, over the last year, we've seen threats where they've had to protect their employees, not just merchendise of many who have, taken it upon themselves to go and show their discontent in a violent, physical way. so target is in a, in a, a tenuous position. but once again, i believe that there is an opportunity for them to still step out front and stand on what they have said for over a decade is their value statement in supporting our lgbtq plus community. >> and let's talk about that community. how do you think it will be viewed in the lgbtq community? >> well, we're already seeing, leaders within the lgbt, q plus community come out and express their disappointment and i completely understand, because when you're trying to balance profit margins with a social

mandate, the two don't go together. that is the antithesis of social advocacy is that you're not beholden to any dollar amount because we know what corruption can bring. it is ultimately going to force you to show your hand of what you really are standing behind, whether it's the advocacy of said marginalized community that you are advocating for, or is it going to be profit and we're seeing with target, as they said, they are going to display lgbtq plus merchandise in over half of their stores, but they said it's going to be based on historic sales performance. so once again, they're doing an about face. you cannot have it both ways. and i share the disappointment, not because i am naive as to how business works. i am a seasoned veteran in the corporate world. however, i do know that they understood when they made this value statement over a decade ago that they were going to support the lgbtq,

lgbtq, plus community. excuse me that they knew it was a divisive issue. they knew this day was going to come, and it doesn't seem like they were really prepared for it. >> yeah. in general, how much do you think it matters to consumers to have a company they support, to have that company's values align with their own? >> they absolutely. we've seen it in market trends and sales trends continue. you to show even within the public relations and strategic communication field that i am in, that that is why corporate social responsibility is so big and you're seeing so many, many corporations continue to add to their their corporate social responsibility arm is because the data, the data shows that consumers are continuing to want to do business with those organizations that they feel have a heart, so to speak. so i don't believe that this is going to be as well received as what

they may believe. i think it's shortsighted. i think when we move forward, they're going to see that they could have weathered this storm. they could have dealt with the backlash and ultimately their profit margins were going to stabilize. and as true to form, just like bud light saw with their controversial partnership with tiktok star, who happens to be transgender dylan mulvaney. there they saw their numbers rebound as well. i think target is succumbing to the moment in a hotly contested, divisive political season that we are in, and i think they're trying to do a cost benefit analysis and it's unfortunate that their advocacy is what ended up on the cutting room floor. yeah. >> good points. very good points. sean fletcher, professor of pr at san jose state university. thank you so much. we always appreciate your time. sean >> thank you. >> all right. during this aapi heritage month, we are taking a

closer look this afternoon at the issues affecting communities across the bay area. and up next on the four, we'll talk with some of the groups spearheading better access to men l healt

facing the asian american and pacific islander communities. may is aapi heritage month, and it's also mental health awareness month. asian health services is a community

organization with clinics across oakland and the east bay, and since the start of the pandemic, the organization has seen a two and a half times as many people coming in for mental health visits. for more on these issues, we're joined here in the studio by two kwok, who is the president of asian health services, where we also have marin wong, who is a trainee at at the specialty mental health clinic, which is run by asian health services. and you just recently graduated with a master's degree in counseling from western seminary seminary college. so congratulations to you. we're going to talk more about what comes next here after graduation. we're also joined by tara ng, who is kaiser permanente's regional director. great to have you as well. let me start, if i could, to with that stat we just put up, you're seeing so many more people in the aapi community coming in seeking mental health treatment. what how do you view those numbers is that encouraging that more people are seeking help? >> i think it's very

encouraging. we've always seen an underutilization of mental health services among the asian american and pacific islander community. so it's great that people are coming in now. what we want to work on is really building up that workforce. but with our community, you know, given the language barriers, given the cultural nuances, it's really important that our mental health professionals really are aligned with the communities they serve. and that's why we were so excited about this program. >> yeah, we want to talk all about the program and kaiser support for this training program. but you talk about having that connection between mental health providers and the people that they're supporting. and marin. that is where that is where you come into the picture here. i'm going to point out here and highlight once again that you graduated yesterday. you were one of five mental health professionals who graduated from this training program, a partnership with kaiser and asian health services. talk about why it is so important for patients in the aapi community to get mental health care from people who who understand the culture and, and

in many cases, can can speak to them in their preferred language. >> yeah, i think that is so important because, you know, as asian and i'm an immigrant and i'm a mother, that's a lot of challenges and struggles, going through like in parenting, in immigration. so it is very important for, asian culture, like us as an immigrant to, seek help because there's a lot of stigma, actually, in mental health services, in counseling. so it's so important to, to advocate for the asian immigrants that to reach out and seek help in these interactions. >> do you do you find that that many people have been reluctant for a long time to, to seek out mental health services? >> yeah, i think so. there's a lot of stigmas about that. so

it's hard for someone to reach out to the professional to say help. yeah, yeah. >> tara, let me bring you into the conversation here. because obviously kaiser plays an important role in all of this. kaiser provided a $500,000 grant to asian health services to help increase the number of asian americans in the mental health workforce, which is really what we're talking about here. i think we have a graphic that hopefully we have this we can put this on the screen here to kind of illustrate the disparity. we're talking about the population of asian americans. aapi community members here in california is about 15 or so percent. but you look at this and the percentage of licensed behavioral health workers in this state is just 8.4. so you are supporting this pilot project to try to get more members of the aapi community into the mental health field. why is this important for kaiser? >> well, it's important because we want to improve access, for

our asian american communities, those who are struggling and seeking help, and they need the type of training that asian health services is providing. and we are very proud to fund, their mental health training academy. that is just as you've heard from marin, which graduated the first cohort of with a master of social work or the marriage and family therapist that allows for us to better care for those who are seeking help providing the type of culturally and linguistically tailored services that they need and that does produce better outcome, and that does help us reduce the disparities that we know exist. >> absolutely. and so you had the five graduates here, including bon, who came out of the first cohort here as of yet. and you have another another group that you expect will graduate in the summer, we're bringing on another five,

another group on for next year. and we're so excited to say that of the five, three have graduated and all three have been offered a position and accepted at asian health services, this is couldn't be. it's everything we had hoped it to be and that's mine. >> that is your future. you are staying with asian health services to support people here in the east bay. we're just about out of time, but what is it that inspired you to want to be a mental health professional, as i said, i am an immigrant and i'm a mother. that's a lot of challenges. and i that helped me to deeply understand my clients experiences. and i would like to give back to the asian immigrant community to help and support them. >> yeah. and that is what you are doing. yeah. we appreciate it. appreciate all of you being here. thank you. thank you so much for the work that you do and for sharing it. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> all right. frank will send it over to you. >> thank you. alex. tonight be might be one of those nights. you might want to let the kids stay up a little bit later. all

thanks to mother nature. the northern lights could light up the northern california s es. later tonight, we're

right here in the bay area. that's because of a rare and severe solar storm is approaching earth, meaning the auroras that are usually confined to higher latitudes will be visible further south. and as mentioned, it will start tonight. the national oceanic atmospheric administration has issued a geomagnetic storm warning because the sun's

increased activity could potentially disrupt satellites, radio communication. even the power grid down here. the last time noaa issued that kind of warning was back in 2005. yeah, it has been a while all right. >> for more, we're joined now by andrew fraknoi, professor of astronomy at the fromm institute at the university of san francisco. well, you know, putting aside the potential disruptions here to radio communications and that sort of thing, this is all very exciting, andrew. so let's first talk about how potentially people here in the greater bay area might be able to see the aurora starting later on tonight. what should people do to have the best chance to view this? >> well, so it's really important for people to realize that this is not a laser light show, but something quite subtle, just curtains of reddish light that might be visible in a very dark sky. so to see it, well, you'd have to get away from city lights and you'd have to have a good view of the of the horizon toward the north.

one trick that people might appreciate is that your smartphone camera can see some of these reddish waves from the curtains of light in the sky better than your eyes. so if you're in a dark location, you might want to take out your smartphone and take a photo of the sky, and you might see these subtle red glows better with that photo than you would just with a quick glance. with your eyes, i'll be darn well. >> tonight's aurora won't look quite like the green northern lights if you're in iceland or way up at northern canada. they see it all the time. how how you touched on it a little bit, but how much different will it be? will it light up the whole sky like it does up there? or as you mentioned, just on the horizon? >> so let's give the background for people to appreciate. your question. are the sun is a full of magnetism, and sometimes that magnet ism on the sun's surface area breaks out and it sends huge swarms of charged particles

with great energy toward the earth. now, typically the sun's wind or particles are completely absorbed for us by the earth's magnetic bottle. and the only places that these particles can come down is near the north pole and the south pole. that's why we call those curtains of light northern lights and southern lights. but when there's a storm on the sun, it can overwhelm the magnetic protection that our planet provides us. and that means that these particles can come down much further south. but the further south they get, the weaker they get, the more the reddish color survive rather than those green ones. in your pictures. and so that's why i say it's a pretty subtle phenomenon. still that we should be able to see something this far south from the sun's activity is a real indication of how powerful a storm the sun must be. having >> and do we have a sense, andrew, in the in the broader scientific community, about why

we why we have these more severe solar storms from time to time? >> yes. so it turns out the sun is on an 11 year cycle of greater and lesser activity, and 20, 24 and 25 are the maximum, maximum or the top of that cycle. so in the next year or so, we should be expecting more of these storms, more northern lights off. the viewers can't see it this time. don't give up. there'll be more to come. we think in the year to come. >> i grew up here, alex. you did too. i can't remember ever, ever seeing the aurora borealis down this far. where should we go? where should we go? watch this. well to watch it, you have to be in a dark location. >> so the further away you can get from city lights, the better. and that means in the mountains. and. yeah, as as as the graphic says here, a saturday will probably be better than tonight. it may even be visible sunday, and the darker

your skies, the better. i should just mention that you say you haven't seen this, but there have been times when the auroras have come way down. in 1859, they were visible as far south as hawaii. >> not that old. >> and none of us can remember that. that's real quick, because we did talk about the serious sort of side of this kind of a solar storm, and we're almost out of time. >> but is it is it true that this may affect our radio systems, our satellite systems, our infrastructure here on earth ? >> it it can. the radiation from the sun is not shielded by anything when you're up in space. so they may move the astronauts into a safer location inside the space station. and we have to worry about satellites that give us global positioning. so it is something there's a whole space weather prediction center. the government keeps to keep track of it for just these purposes. >> i've said this before, i want to take a class from our our professor. >> absolutely. all right. andrew

fraknoi, professor of professor of astronomy. we appreciate the time. good to see you. take care. all right. >> thank you, professor. well, the second sunday of may is this weekend. and of course, that means time to honor. dear old mom. it is mother's day. we know you love mom, but why is all her work on the home front often underappreciated? up next, a local author sheds light on the magic of caring for others. stay with us. >> and something happened today. as far as weather is concerned, that has not happened since last autumn. i'll explain with the bay area forecast. plus we'll toss in that mother's day outlook. that's all comin up as

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well, a new book hopes we take that a step further and celebrate moms for the powerful and wise people they are. it's called when you care. the unexpected magic of caring for others. we're joined by the barrier author alyssa strauss with more. welcome. >> thank you. great to be here. >> well, you're a mother, right? >> i'm a mom of two. okay. >> and, you know, being a mother can be the most rewarding. and maybe one of the hardest things you're ever going to do. and a lot of what you do is underappreciated. why is that so? >> i agree, i mean, there's kind

of two parts to it. sure. right. it's a lot of work just to create a good human that can contribute to society when they're an adult. but i think the other part that's unappreciated and something i really dig into in this book, is that motherhood itself teaches moms so much about who they are, and life itself that the process of motherhood is as enlightening as almost any other experience. but we've never really seen it that way. >> i know, and it's kind of a cultural or a societal thing, right? >> right. we just view moms as you got to do it. thanks. right? right. or we say, most important job in the world. i'm saying if it's the most important job in the world, why hasn't there been a mom as the president? you know, if, if, if motherhood can teach us, if we really believe motherhood teaches us so much about ourselves and understanding how humans work, then i want to see those skills we learn in motherhood appreciated more broadly in society. >> i would think in the

evolution of human beings that caring, it's got to be priority number one, right? i mean, that's what kind of keeps us all going. >> absolutely. and i talk about it in my book. a lot of us think of charles darwin as mr. survival of the fittest. and what i learned through researching this book is that charles darwin thought that sympathy is what that's the word he used, but we might call it care. today was just as important as competition for our survival as a species. like we are wired to care, and care is really just as important to help us go on as anything else we do. but for some reason, that part of the story has been kind of ignored, right? we don't say survival of the most caring, right? we just know survival of the fittest. >> what was your motivation? you've got how many kids i have two kids. two kids. you were thinking, you know, there's something going on here. what was your motivation and what did you learn about you being a mother? yeah >> so my motivation was two part in a way. on one hand, i had

spent years writing about why we lack policy, social infrastructure for moms and all types of caregivers. and this book is about moms, but it's also about caregivers to old, ill, and disabled people as well. and i wrote a story after story questioning why we don't have any kind of universal paid leave in this country. you can go broke taking care of a newborn. you know what's going on there? why we don't have any kind of universal and affordable child care, elder care structure. and at some point, i realized that it's not just a policy thing. it's a cultural thing that we just really have a blind spot to. the fact that dependency is an inevitable part of life. but we kind of want to ignore it. and the other piece that brought me to write this book was that when i became a mom, i kind of thought motherhood would make me lose my edge. you know, i hate to use the word cool, but it was a little bit by the minivan. >> all that kind of thing. >> exactly like it somehow makes you kind of dull and boring. and, you know, if you're at a

dinner party and you show up and one person just hiked mount everest and they're showing pictures of your kids. yeah, you're the boring one. no one wants to talk to you. and i found motherhood to be anything but that. philosophically, spiritually, psychologically, nothing is challenged me more than motherhood. >> how about corporate america? and i'm sure you'd love them to read your book. and they should, because i mean caring and passion are so important. and a lot of times in the workforce, it's kind of, hey, you're weak, get out of here right? >> yeah, absolutely. i think a lot of the skills we learn as caregivers lend themselves to so many other arenas, including the workplace, especially, you know, with the rise of a lot of automation, our ability to listen, to receive, have to be attentive to another and attuned to another is going to be more valuable than ever. and those are skills you really sharpen and care. >> i saw this quote from you work life balance moms self better at work, work self better at home. what did you mean by

that? >> yeah i think right. it's this idea that what we learn at work can can be useful at home. and what we learn in the home can be useful in the workplace. and we've so long had this sense that we need to balance these two opposite things, that it's these two parts of our lives, but really we're one big whole self and they merge. and when they merge, it's actually a really generative, productive thing. >> okay. big question outside of buying the copy of your book for mother's day, which we highly recommend, what is the perfect gift to get a mother? a mother's day is it is it a product? is it a day somewhere? what would it be? or is it just a simple card? >> i think you ask the mom because moms are all different. some look forward to three hours without their kids, you know, in the morning to sleep in. others want three hours of snuggling with their kids. so i'd say you honor that mom by asking her what she wants and you give it to her. you know, with great graciousness and generosity, and

buy a book, right? and buy a book. i highly recommend that piece. yeah. >> there you go. >> and there is a book when you care. the unexpected magic of caring for others. alyssa strauss very happy mother's day, and thanks so much for coming in . >> thank you very much. >> we appreciate it. yeah. happy mother's day, alyssa. >> yeah, really appreciate the conversation. yeah. great stuff. we are obviously going to show our appreciation to the moms coming up this weekend. sunday is mother's day and we are queuing up mother's day with some some beautiful weather here in the bay area. so hopefully you can go out and do something with the with the moms in your life that's outdoors and enjoy the beautiful sunshine. roberta. happy mother's day to you, by the way, in advance, roberta, thank you so much. >> you know, alyssa, spot on. ask mom. and so when my kids were able to start talking when they were very young, it was probably a year because talking runs in the family, they asked me what i wanted to do for mom's

day. and what do you do with two boys? yeah, go to the baseball park. in fact, it was on may ninth, 14 years ago when dallas braden threw the perfect game and it was mother's day, and we were there. and we're going to be at the giants game on sunday. but tonight, seven, 15, 67 degrees, a bit of a breeze. sunny and you know the drill. the reds are in town. you got to dress in layers because it gets mighty cold at the baseball park. enjoy yourself and look at this. are you guys are just spoiling me. that's the view looking out towards the baseball park where all the action will be tonight and i will be there on sunday. current air temperature at oracle park is 67 degrees at 76 at sfo, now away from the water where it's 63.5 moon bay. check it out. concord's at 9090 in fairfield 93. this has not happened as far as temperatures in the 90s are concerned since last autumn. it is currently in the high 80s and

throughout walnut creek, danville, san ramon, dublin, livermore, pleasanton, 86 degrees in union city and fremont. and these temperatures are warmer today compared to yesterday at this time. but cooler around the bay. seven degrees cooler at sfo. and take a look at the winds. this is why it's cooling off. the winds have been westerly now, rotating a bit to the north at sfo. otherwise inland temperatures haven't been affected too much by the wind. what has been is the pollen. it's being ushered around by the breezy conditions. it's the oak of the mulberry tree count that remains on the high side. that's why we're all suffering big time this year. okay, see this clear slot? that's where high pressure has been building in. and as it does so, it continues to strengthen. temperatures were to peak today, but i'm going to keep these temperatures riding inland through your saturday. take a look at our future casts. we see we have the condensation in the forms of drizzle offshore by

saturday morning sun up, which is at 601, but then lots of sunshine throughout our saturday here comes saturday night. the fog bank. it's faint, but it makes it into the bay and locally traverses in throughout the tri valley by sunday morning. that's why i think tonight might be our best bet of capturing any northern lights here in the bay area. and there you have mom's day. it's going to be glorious. meanwhile, the greater lake tahoe forecast nothing but sunny skies and slightly above average temperatures by mom's day tonight. overnight into the 50s. not as cold as it was last night. tomorrow's daytime high temperatures still in the 90s east of the bay. and your extended forecast does call for. there you have it. mom's day. pretty nice conditions. remember, guys, i don't think you remember, but last year we had a chance of rain on mother's day. but this year, glorious. >> i love it, i love it. >> you got the perfect the perfect game for mother's day. that's that's the perfect gift. roberta. happy mother's day. all right. much more news. headed your way here on the for this afternoon. first we check on the roads, and it looks like a lot of folks are maybe trying to

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now. now at five, president biden wraps up his bay area visit as he kicks off a weekend of fundraising for his reelection campaign. the

president, greeted by pro-palestinian protesters lining the streets of silicon valley. good evening on this friday, i'm cristina rendon and i'm greg lee. >> the president's visit included two affluent towns in the silicon valley, where biden is expected to raise millions for his reelection campaign. >> ktvu crystal bailey, joining us live from palo alto this hour, where one of his fundraisers finished up in the last couple of hours, crystal house reaction been to his visit ? >> well, earlier today, there were dozens of people here flooding the street in this area. pro-palestinian protesters and biden supporters alike, all here watching the motorcade. and right here at marissa mayer's house as president biden's first stop in silicon valley to court his donors, a tech billionaire vinod khosla's home in portola valley, biden supporters coming out to watch the motorcade while pro-palestinian protesters lined the streets. >> we want him to be funding other things like schools and health care and just building our communities, but not a genocide. >> the president then made his