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Dominance as a Search Engine. Closing arguments in this landmark antitrust case wrapped up today in washington, d. C. Welcome, everyone, to the four. This afternoon. Im alex savage, and good afternoon, everyone. Im Frank Mallicoat ktvu. Jana katsuyama spoke with legal experts about the case. Joins us live with details. Jenna frank and alex in court, google argued that its Search Engine is dominant because it has the best product the us government, though, argued that google is an illegal monopoly that squeezes out competition. The department of justice says google has maintained its dominance by spending as much as 20 billion per year in deals with companies such as apple that make google the default Search Engine on the devices. The doj says those big, pricey contracts block Smaller Companies from entering the market. On the other hand, google is arguing that while it leads other Search Engines such as bing or duckduckgo, there is an array of different Tech Companies such as amazon or yelp, which also offer Search Options for consumers and have become big competitors for googles Search Engine. The Electronic Frontier foundation, a Digital Rights nonprofit, says if the judge rules that google is a monopoly, that could create more opportunity for consumers to see a wider variety of choices, as there are now new ways of doing search other than the pagerank notion that google is based on, but they need some scale to be competitive, and they cannot get scale if all of the places where we encounter Search Engines are locked up in these contracts, these very lucrative contracts with google, and what that means is that really there are there are probably a lot of great ideas out there that arent getting to market. I reached out today to google to see if they had any statement, and they did reply. They said they had no formal statement and they referred me to a Previous Post from last november. In that post, google said that apple selected them because they said google had the best product. Google also says that its easy enough for those consumers to switch to a different Search Engine, if they prefer. All right, so, jana, if the judge rules against google in this case, what are the implications . What sort of penalties might google face. Well, theres really a wide variety of options that the judge could basically levy. But one option could be monetary fines. The eff says they dont know how effective that would be because google is so big. So a fine might not have much impact. And then the judge could also rule against the use of those contracts to prioritize google on devices that really, they say, could have a huge implication throughout the entire industry. Yeah, no doubt all right, jana, thank you for that. Its all right there in the name San Francisco sea lions, celebrating 35 years of sunning in front of tourists and locals alike, all out on pier 39. And this year, theres plenty of them to see, which is good news for the nearby businesses. Their ktvu tom vacar joins us now live from pier 39 with the merchants, who are glad to see all those sea lions lying around. Tom what a crowd. What a crowd. Now, when you consider that the average sea lions life is about 17 years, it is fair to say that the Third Generation of sea lions has come here to bark up the bay. And pier 39. Its one of pier 39 largest sea lion gatherings. And just in time, they first showed up after the 1989 loma prieta earthquake, drawing enough people then to save the Fishermans Wharf area from the postquake recession. Theyre doing the very same thing now, postpandemic. Oh just look at the crowds that are here today. Its been like this for days now since the news got out, that we now have this incredible resurgence. Unlike seals, sea lions have plainly visible external ear flaps. Experts say theyre here because their favorite food, anchovy, are plentiful right now. I would say about just over a thousand. And thats fluctuated between 900 to about 1200in the last few days. When sea lions are out of the water, theyre called a colony. When theyre in the water, theyre called a raft. Whatever you call them right now, this is a sea lion. Superbloom its a fabulous gift. Its also a natural attraction. We didnt make this happen. I think the last time i saw these seals was 20 years ago. Drawn here by the sea lions. We met two cousins, one a bay area resident, the other from england, whove not seen each other for 35 years. She flew in yesterday. And so when i saw the sun out this morning, i thought a perfect thing would be to take the ferry over to the city and hang out on the wharf, i love it. I think its really important that we start getting a little bit more aware of the nature thats around us. The birds and the sea lions. Its important people, people need to understand were just one part of this earths population. Sea lions are protected by the federal Marine Mammal protection act that forbids touching, feeding or harassing them. They really are funny. Its like a tempest in a teapot. You dont really see anything happening, but theyre creating all this drama and theres crossover to some Human Behavior for, you know, sharing space and get out of my way. Now caution, this will not last much longer as many of the sea lions, especially the male, will be swimming south to the Channel Islands for their breeding season. So come out here and enjoy them. You can, because again, they wont be here terribly long. Reporting live tom vacar ktvu fox two i guess we should all enjoy the sea lions super bloom. Good stuff tom. Thank you. Yeah, thats a great way to put it here. All right. Indeed. Whether you are a sea lion or a human, today is a great day to just lay around in the sun here. We had some nice warm conditions across the bay area as we give you this live look at the golden gate bridge. But we have been telling you. Warning you. I guess you could say that this weekend were going to shift into a wet pattern here. Lets bring in Roberto Gonzalez for more on what to expect this weekend. Rain headed our way. I want to talk more about tom vacar. I know, i know, i learned go back to pier 39. I learned something new right from you. Do you always do from tommy . A little tidbit a colony of sea lions. Thats right. And a raft. And a raft. If theyre in the water, that. Is that anything like a mob of kangaroos . I just lets get to the National Geographic segment of this program now. I think were already there. Hi, everybody. Yeah, were pretty joyful today because its just a beautiful spring day here in the bay area, heading on out to monument peak. Endless sunshine, seamless blue sky there. But thats all going to change in a hurry. As early as this evening. Lets take a look at the current temperatures across the board. 78 degrees in santa rosa. How about that . Otherwise 57 degrees in San Francisco, that temperature has trailed off just a bit with the influx of clouds building off the coast and palo alto now at 75 degrees, the winds are blustery. They are picking up now up to 24in throughout that san bruno gap, with the 31 mile per hour wind gusts. 22 now in mountain view. And these winds are going to be pretty consistent throughout the evening hours out of the west, 10 to 20mph with occasional stronger gusts. The reason is we have the approaching area of low pressure already, providing some Copious Amounts of precipitation in throughout the pacific northwest. Sneeking, the northwestern quadrant of the state of california. Behind it. Here we have a lot of colder air Mass Associated with it, so its going to be a12 punch for us here. Lets take a look at our future cast. You can see the clouds roll in in the overnight hours. Here. You have sunrise tomorrow 608 not going to see it. The rain begins in the north bay, then traverses across the golden gate bridge. Its slicing as you can clearly see the frontier in throughout the central bay and into our eastern portion of our district. By 10 00 tomorrow morning. So, yes, those Little League baseball games will most likely be rained out, but the afternoon just a hit and miss. Renegade or backwash system of a shower or two, thats about it. The bulk of your afternoon will be dry. Then we head into sunday, which will be pleasant rainfall amounts. Boy, these numbers are quite impressive. In fact, frank and alex, were talking about more rain tomorrow than what we usually see for the entire month of may. Well give you more details on that. And the tahoe forecast straight ahead. All right. Well see you in a bit, roberta. Thank you. The campus protests are putting First Amendment Rights Center stage right now. Up next, were live with the legal expert to break down of a busy freeway. This is all happening on westbound interstate 80 at sassoon valley road. We have this area up on the maps right now. We understand that this all began with a pursuit of someone who was wanted for a shooting earlier in the day, and then ultimately, that pursuit led to a standoff here right in the middle of the lanes of the freeway. So right now, again, all the westbound lanes of interstate 80 are blocked, and they will be blocked as police try to obviously bring this standoff to a peaceful resolution. All right. We will move on here. And continue following that developing story. Of course, the heated propalestine protests on College Campuses raising many important legal questions around free speech as police clear out those large encampments or remove students occupying campus buildings. Its leading to discussions about how universities are trying to balance protesters First Amendment rights with concerns about safety. For more on that discussion, were joined now by jessica levinson, law professor at Loyola Marymount university. Professor, we always appreciate the time we hear protesters talking about their rights to free speech. When does someones First Amendment right to protest cross over into illegal activity . Where is that line . Well, it depends, and i know everybody hates it when i say that, but a couple of things to remember right off the bat in california, were talking about First Amendment protections, both for public universities and private colleges. Because of a state law called the leonard act, which says that First Amendment protections that are given to students on public campuses should also be given to students on private campuses. Then the question becomes exactly what you said, which is, well, what are the limits and the answer is that there are obviously limits that law enforcement, for instance, can break up certain protests, but they need to do so in a way that something called content neutral and all that means is you cant act to stop a protest or move a protest or affect a protest in any way because you dont like who is speaking or what they are saying. It has to be that you have some other reason, like people have to be able to get to class or things turned violent, or its creating a hostile environment on campus, but it cant be. We dont like the substance of your speech. So it sounds to me then that you would say that universities are in all likelihood, on pretty Firm Legal Footing when theyre imposing these restrictions on encampments or protesters blocking access to parts of campus. And those sorts of disruptive activities were seeing. Well, you know, again, i mean, i think there are so many campuses and so many activities that im a little, reticent to say. I think everything is fine because we just dont know every interaction on. Now, of course, the next question is, well, what about a federal law . And weve been talking a lot about a federal law from the civil rights act, title six, which says that for any institution that gets federal funding, you cant discriminate in a way, that affects people based on race, color or national origin. And so some people are saying in response to the protests that they actually are being discriminated against, for instance, they cant get to class and that that discrimination lands disproportionately on people based on race, color, national origin. So the First Amendment isnt even the end of the story here. Yeah, no, certainly not. So i mean, to that end, when you when you talk about how the protests are affecting other members of the university community, in some instances we have seen, for example, jewish students filing suits against universities, arguing that the institutions are failing to create an environment in which they feel safe. How strong is that legal argument . So again, i mean, i know this is frustrating, but it truly depends on every specific circumstance. So these inquiries when the were talking about these suits that i believe are and will be filed under that federal statute that we just talked about, title six of the civil rights act. Its really going to depend on how much their activities were impacted. And that is something that will depend on, frankly, i think more information than i have, just based on seeing short videos or even i was on campus at ucla earlier this week, it really will depend on did you have to just use another entrance to your classroom, or were you really barred from class . Now, of course, there are also for counter protesters. There are also allegations about and on both sides about assault, about battery. So these are all suits that i suspect we will see. And that depend so much on the specific facts of that case. Not a global kind of there were bad things that happened, but on a very specific this is what happened to me at this time. Yeah. I mean, obviously everything has to be taken on a case by case basis. I want to ask about the idea of how universities are threatening some of the student protesters with the idea of suspension or even expulsion in some cases. And some of the schools say theyre taking steps to expel students for their actions. Could could those students challenge those expulsions and those decisions by the universities . Well they certainly can. I mean, for the universities and the administrators, the key is to really follow a process and a process that, is predictable, a process that gives the students who are being suspended or expelled an opportunity to be heard. I mean, what we really need is for there to be campus guidelines that Everybody Knows about. And if there are suspensions or expulsions for the campus to follow, those guidelines. And again, i think the main thing to look for is to make sure that its not just we dont like you, its anybody in your position. Would be suspended or expelled, that there is precedent to look at, or theres guidance from the course of conduct at that particular school. Yeah, its not about the speech in any one particular case. Really appreciate your perspective as always. Jessica levinson from Loyola Marymount university. Good to see you. Have a good weekend. You too. President biden today awarded the president ial medal of freedom to 19 people, including several with bay area connections. The former house speaker, congresswoman nancy pelosi, among those who received the nations highest civilian honor. Another recipient is clarence jones. Hes a scholar in residence at stanford. Civil rights activists who helped write doctor Martin Luther king juniors i have a dream speech. Also, a former stanford swimmer, katie ledecky. Shes the most decorated female swimmer in history. Seven olympic gold medals, 21 World Championship gold medals. Representative pelosi says shes deeply honored and forever grateful. Her resolve on january 6th, 2021, helped guide america through one of our darkest days for her efforts to protect freedom and democracy, nancy pelosi will be known forever as the greatest speaker of the house in american history. 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But 2, for only 5 bucks statistically speaking thats a lot more for a lot less. At jack, every bites a big deal. Welcome to jack in the box out in the middle of the lanes of interstate 80 right now, and the standoff involves a shooting suspect who was being pursued by the chp. This afternoon, you can see here from the live pictures you dont have any cars making their way through that area. All the westbound lanes of interstate 80 are blocked right now at sassoon valley road. As this standoff unfolds again, the chp trying to take a shooting suspect into custody and that person obviously refusing to give themselves up. And now we have this tense standoff and dangerous situation all unfolding here in the middle of the lanes of this freeway, causing a tremendous backup for people here during the middle of the friday afternoon commute. You can see here that backup just stretches as far as the eye can see. Now, for a little bit of perspective here. This all started earlier in the day with a shooting that happened right along highway 101, in santa rosa. The chp says there was no the no injuries in that freeway shooting, but at some point, chp officers caught up with that silver corolla car and they were able to chase that car, and that began a pursuit. That pursuit concluded here on westbound interstate 80 at sassoon valley road, where right now the chp is involved in a standoff with a shooting suspect that is causing a huge traffic backup. This afternoon, we will continue following this developing story and get you more updates. As we learn more, we will switch gears now. Tomorrow is may the 4th, better known as Star Wars Day. As in may the 4th be with you and San Franciscos Public Library is celebrating the occasion with free comic book day. This annual event brings together comic book industry and libraries to give away free comic books and graphic novels. Sf library will also offer a wide range of digital comic books as well. Its all to motivate Young Readers to visit the library and promote the joy of reading. Lets welcome in dolly goyal. She is the chief of Public Programs with the San Francisco library. Dolly, great to have you with us. Hi. Great to be here. Well, as a comic book buff myself, this is such a great idea. Tell us, tell us how this all got started. Well, this is the first time San Francisco Public Library will be offering comic books for all of their libraries throughout the system. Its a partnership we have with comics experience, a local comic book shop, and we just want to engage our readers and celebrate graphic novels and comic books, because it really is a powerful tool to engage reluctant readers and foster a love of reading. And thats what we want in our libraries. Yeah, it really is. What is it about a comic book that just kind of unlocks the world of reading to kids and to big kids like me as well . I mean, they have captivating stories and vrant visuals, and its really great for promoting social Emotional Learning because you can tell what a persons face is telling you. Even though there might not be words available, it also engages and makes you use a different part of your brain, because you have to use your imagination to figure out whats happening next, or understand, or try to guess whats going to be coming up next, or feeling details that necessarily dont have words associated with it, which is actually really helpful for english language learners who may not have the perfect words at the moment to express complex and deep emotions. Yeah, but the comics help them along the way. Bottom line really, it really is to encourage people to not only read, discover the library, but more importantly to use it. Right . Yes, and gain confidence in reading. Theres different ways of learning and absorbing information in this age, and we want to make sure we provide everything and all the options for all of our readers. Graphic novels, you mentioned that. Tell us what that is. Those are the hardbound and the books that youll see filled with a story. So traditionally they might have compacted a series, say, of superman. A legacy story into one book. But now there are a whole series of books out there that tell different stories. Im actually reading family style, which by tian pham, whos a local bay area, graphic artist and novelist, and its his memoir of his immigrant story of coming to san jose. Hes a vietnamese, gentleman and his. And its a great story just to learn about what happened. But again, a lot of exciting visuals, right . The visuals help, especially for the youngsters. How many libraries are in the city and are they all participating . We have 28 locations. Thats including our main library. We also have a bookmobile thats going to be providing comic books, and so everyone will have it. Well have graphic novels available in english, spanish and chinese to take home. And finally, how are the libraries doing in our video . Laptop, ipad cell phone world . Are they hanging in there . Is it such a good resource out there . How are they . Oh yeah. You know, its an a wonderful addition again, to provide users different options of how to access our, all of our materials , whether you want to do it from your phone or a tablet or if you actually want the physical copy theyre working together. We actually have, a high circulation of our eresources and e materials, and its pretty its holding pretty steady in terms of our print and e collections circulation, and its free. So you got to check it out. All you need is a library card. Right. Heres all the information. If you want to rediscover your library and have a little fun doing it. Saturday may the 4th and all the San Francisco library locations, 20 plus and participating shops. You can find more at freecomicbookday. Com. May the 4th be with you, doris, thank you so much and i hope you have a lot of success tomorrow. Thanks. Take care all right. Dolly. Pardon me. Take care. Its all right. Have a good one. Up next on the four this afternoon. Cyber Security Professionals from all around the world will be gathering in San Francisco next week. And this afternoon, well be talking live with an expert who will be on hand for the rsa conference about the emerging risks posed by artificial telligence were in the middle of. Livin large and having a big day the Meeting Point of humanity and history. In the middle of being the fun uncle in the middle of being a kid again beep beep theres something for everyone in illinois. The middle of everything week in San Francisco on monday, the rsa conference kicks off at the Moscone Center and there will be plenty of focus on the risks posed by Artificial Intelligence and the growing threat of deep fakes. Ai is forcing many businesses to rethink the ways that they protect Sensitive Data from cybercriminals. And for more on these issues, we are joined this afternoon by mikki boland from Check Point Software technologies, a redwood city based cybersecurity platform. Mickey, its good to have you on this afternoon. You and your colleagues will be on hand for next weeks rsa conference in San Francisco for Security Professionals like you, when you look at this big picture, what are the most serious risks you see from emerging Ai Technologies . Thank you. Alex, its good to be talking to you, i appreciate it, i think the focus for this year is on Artificial Intelligence and i think with the advance of, Ai Technology underpinning the data centers and chip sets and, and open. Well, i dont want to say any names, but the Large Language Models and generative ai. So youre hearing a lot about that, also in generative ai is the ability to create synthetic images and content and videos, this is another part of generative ai. So the deepfake that you mentioned, these things are becoming more of concern i love it. The conference has, you know, the art of possible is the theme and theyre really interested in also cyber resilience, which is so important if we think resilient across the board, it really does make a big difference. Yeah, a lot of businesses obviously are focused on this right now. I know in the cybersecurity world at this moment, there is a lot of talk about a story that came recently out of hong kong. And this is where an employee at a finance company was actually tricked into paying 25 million to scammers who used deep Fake Technology to pose as the companys cfo and other employees on a conference call. What does a case like that illustrate to you about the threat that Major Companies are facing right now . What do you take away from that case . So the takeaway that i have, alex, is that these companies are completely unprepared. They really are unprepared. Theyre not understanding the risk to their business, the harms that can be created. And then they i think theyre in denial in some sense of how sophisticated and good this technology is. Its actually can you can create hollywood almost special effects type videos, and its really impossible. You think that they, these guys are very crafty using zoom and creating a live deepfake . Its not trivial, but the tools and the platforms are there. And, in this case, really, this is the case where, you know, you need to step back as an organization and have some kind of out of band, you know, processes where like, you know, its like two people have the nuke codes, right . Two people have to turn. Sure. Its good for separation of duties. Right. But its also like just making transactions based on, you know, what you think is really your cfos voice or their them speaking to you on a zoom call, we cant take that lightly. Yeah. Theres a lot of lessons it sounds like to learn from from a case like that. You mentioned the fact that these technologies to, for instance, to create deepfakes are readily available in the in the online sphere right now and really easy for people to use and becoming easier to kind of illustrate the dangers that we are talking about here. Before this interview, you you made an audio deepfake of me. Have a listen, i did yes, rsa is the largest cybersecurity industry conference in the United States and starts here in San Francisco on monday 6th may at the Moscone Center. The rsa conference is where the best minds in the industry come together to collaborate around cybersecurity, connect with the Technology Trends and people that will protect our digital world. 40,000 people are expected to attend this year. All right, i will admit it does sound a lot like me, obviously. Also quite unsettling to hear Something Like that, to explain to everyone how you created that, that piece of audio. Excellent. So the tool that i use, is actually very simple. I pay for it, but basically i can take, a minimal amount of content. So in this case, i found the i found the oh, my gosh, thank god youre okay. Alex. With the you and your crew almost getting hit by the car, but i literally took, a video segment where you had talked about housing, affordable housing. I took 60s of that clip. I only got your voice. Not the lady that you were interviewing, but just your voice. 60s of you speaking and then i fed it into the engine. It clones your voice. I do have to agree to ethical use. I its just a checkbox. And then i took that and i created a script that i use your voice and the Voice Library to now speak to that script. And i can literally make, that clone voice say anything once i clone it. Yeah. And therein lies the real danger in all of this. I mean, when i listen to it, i do. I hear myself in that. I also, you know, can hear that its not exactly the way i talk, but i think in this kind of fast paced online world, people sort of scrolling through or or businesses, you know, quickly trying to trying to get information from, from some of their coworkers, as you could see how someone would be fooled by a deep fake piece of audio, like that, or a deep fake video. Yes, sir. Alex and the thing is, is that theres a theres plenty of social engineering that goes along with that. So the uk company that was voice faked and then did electronic funds transfer the ceo was impersonated. He was from the Parent Company in germany. They actually found out they knew everything about his contacts who to reach out to. They knew how he spoke, his voice inflection, who he was working with. I mean, they really did a, a scary job of social engineering. So when those things are happening, particularly when theres a sense of urgency thats created, people, dont they dont stop and think, right, they its like the scam. Its like those scam phone calls that you that you get on your phone and they pretend theres some sort of an emergency with a loved one or some sort of scenario that that sort of heightens your, your sense of concern real quick. Because were almost out of time, mickey. I mean, this is really sort of all fascinating to me. But lastly, what what are the key pieces of advice that you have for people to not get fooled by deep fakes . Definitely use your spidey sense, i recommend it. Its the same thing when were going to our car or leaving our home or leaving a shopping center. Youre on the street. You should know your surroundings. You should be not paying. Like texting right . When it comes to cyber security, you should be like turning off on your mobile devices. Dont use wifi and bluetooth when you dont need it. Turn it off. Use multifactor authentication. Consider that everything that comes to you, even if you think its a trusted source. Take a step, a second. Stop and think. Use discernment and kind of use a zero trust approach. I would say with these, if somebody sends you a link and says your package is stuck, you know, just click here to authorize or you have a fraud alert, dont click the links, go to that account or go to that mobile application, log in and check yourself. Never click links. I mean, really its about its really about personal, you know responsibility. And a lot of this in our cybersecurity and weve been seeing, you know, reach out, get help. Got it. You got to give it give it a second thought. Really appreciate you helping to raise awareness about all of this, mickey bolan from checkpoint software. Good to have you on. Thank you. Thank you sir. Appreciate you sure. Yeah. Fascinating. And a little scary at the same time there, alex. Nice job. Hey, the giants ballpark will get a workout tomorrow. Its nothing to do with baseball, though. Hundreds will take over oracle park in the big climb to raise awareness and money for cancer research. We got the heavy hitters behind it all and were going to hear from them coming up next right here on the for. Stay right there. And most likely tomorrow the bay area will receive more rain in one day than we see in the entire month of may. Ill explain with the bay area forecast. Its coming up n t, right after this thinking i should bring back my 100 allwhite meat popcorn chicken combos for 6. 99 . Youre in luck, i did. If you werent thinking that, i bet you are now. My popcorn chicken combos are only 6. 99. Get em sauced loaded for just a buck more. Welcome to jack in the box studies show people like to get more for less. So im giving you not just 1 jumbo jack burger. But 2, for only 5 bucks statistically speaking thats a lot more for a lot less. At jack, every bites a big deal. Welcome to jack in the box tomorrow with a patter of over 500 pairs of feet. I think that it is amazing that you have all decided to come out and climb. They call it the big climb. 500 plus will power up some 1700 steps at the home of the giants, all to raise money and awareness. Awareness for the leukemia and the Lymphoma Society. The goal is to raise 450,000 to stomp out blood cancer. Its their premier event and they will get a big lift from the folks at blue shield of california. Dozens of their employees will kick off the first wave of climbers tomorrow morning, bright and early at 9 00 at oracle ballpark and we are delighted to have the ceo of blue shield of california, paul markovich, and the executive director of leukemia and Lymphoma Society, sarah clark, with us. Welcome, welcome. Thank you so much. Its great to be here. Well talk about the event in a moment. But first, the brass tacks behind this is to raise awareness and to stomp out blood cancers. And i just saw some of the statistics. Every three minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every nine someone dies. Exactly. So this is really vital to get the money to do the research, to help it. Is it is. And the money goes to research which is lifesaving. Clearly new treatments are happening, but cures are happening, which is really exciting. The other really important thing the money does is it helps patients right here in the bay area. So we take care of patients and their families with financial assistance, with education about their diseases, even nutrition help, which is really important. And then we also we work on advocacy. Its really important to make sure that there are laws that help people get access to the health care that they need and the medication that they need. And paul, fourth year for blue shield to be a part of this. It is near and dear to your heart. Tell us why it is. Well, actually, Jennifer Brenner is one of our employees and is incredibly inspirational. She lost her mother to leukemia when she was 11 years old, and has really found her own inspiration in supporting this society, and shes done Something Like eight triathlons and all kinds of efforts to improve it. And shes really recruited a lot of people, including me, to get out there and support this, this cause. So thats shes really been the inspiration behind it. Well, you raise money, but you also raise a lot of hope and ive covered a few of these events back in boston. Theres a camaraderie that happens when you put people together for one cause, and that makes it all happen, doesnt it . It does, it does. And it actually its an inspiration to the people who are in other peoples, in Peoples Community that are climbing right . So pauls fundraising and climbing, and hes an inspiration to people because theyre saying, oh, look what hes doing, this incredible thing. Youre doing this cool thing with your body. And then theyll donate to the leukemia and Lymphoma Society because theyre inspired by what were doing. Well, lets lets talk about that cool thing to your buddy. What . Youve done this before, paul. What what exactly is it like . Well, its you know, obviously youre climbing a lot of stairs and if anyones been to oracle ballpark. Yeah, theres a lot of stairs at oracle ballpark, but the good news is that you go up and you go down, so you get a little bit of a break. You dont have to just climb the whole the whole time, but mostly like any other event, its just, its just a great energy and a lot of fun, and, and that to me, and, you know, youre doing it for a great cause. Were actually spicing it up a little bit for our blue shield of california employees, because its part of this pump it up with paul series, where i get challenged by employees. So im actually going to be timed in this, and my time is going to be put up against everybody elses. I think theyre measuring it to the 100th of a second. Oh, very good. Just in case they want to beat the we dont want we dont want any ties. You know, we need to make sure whoever wins wins. But ive done things like ive been challenged to a tennis match and holding a plank position and the latest one tomorrow is how fast can i climb those stairs . Well, it starts at nine. Its over at 1030. How quickly does it go, really fast. It depends. Last year, our winner, who went the fastest was one of the dogs from the firehouse. Oh, well, there you go. So you know, that doesnt surprise. You got a canine competitor there . Oh, no, i can i can just see whats going to happen. All right. Now, how did you train for this, paul . Youve been running upstairs. No, i just i try to keep myself physically fit. I love the quote that what you do speaks so loudly. I cannot hear what you say. So as a leader of a health organization, i think its much more powerful for me, for me to just practice Healthy Habits than it is to preach Healthy Habits. And so i do. I exercise every day, various ways. I play hockey, i ride the peloton, i lift weights. So im hoping thats enough. But well see. All right, well, youve probably got some employees watching. Were going to get you, paul. Can people still participate . They absolutely can. They can still register. They can go to lrs. Org slash big climb and sign up, register and show up tomorrow morning. Rain or shine. And if you cant do it, make a donation. Thats right. Make a donation. Heres what you need to know. The big climb kicks off at 9 a. M. To 1030 tomorrow. Oracle park theyre hoping to raise 450,000 to benefit cancer research. Paul and sarah, what a pleasure you do. A little carbo loading and i thank you, sarah. All the best. Thank you. All the best, alex. Well send it back to you. All right . Yeah. No. Sounds like its going to be a great event to happening tomorrow. And its going to happen rain or shine. We know there is a chance of rain in the forecast here, but we have the big climate oracle tomorrow. Roberta. We have Cinco De Mayo on sunday, tell us tell us what we can expect in terms of the weather. All right. Im going to start off with sunday because things will be improving dramatically with intervals of sunshine for the Cinco De Mayo festivities, including no rain on the parade in san jose. But cool at only 64 degrees. And staying with that theme, this is a look out towards the Santa Clara Valley from monument peak. This afternoon. We have seamless skies here, not a cloud in the sky. The temperature right now in san jose is at 73 degrees, otherwise 78 degrees. In santa rosa it is 62 degrees in San Francisco. Hey, paula, i need to get your skeleton handle. Okay, lets do this. You could look for me. Im weather girl on peloton. All right. 66 degrees. Currently in oakland, backing through alameda into el cerrito. Yes. Its breezy. And these winds will continue to bufford the bay area all the way through the evening hours. In fact, downright blustery for your saturday. The winds are currently at 16 in fairfield. Here comes the cold front. Very unseasonable for this time of the year. Not only does it have the clouds associated with it and the rain, but it has that cooler air mass all associated with it. So its a12 punch. Cannot rule out the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow due to the instability of the atmosphere. So what i want to do is time out the front with you so you can plan accordingly. Here. Come the clouds tonight and overnight hours spread across the entire bay area. This is the leading edge. The prefrontal. Total precipitation knocking on the back door of the north bay before sunup tomorrow morning at 608. This is the frontal boundary. You can see it. Just slice it across the bay area by nine 10 00 in the morning. Hours and then behind it we have backwash, a shower here and there throughout the day. But most part your afternoon will be dry as your saturday evening will be and into your sunday. But did i mention the colder air mass . Certainly anywhere between 14 and 20 degrees colder on your saturday. So the bottom line is up to about an inch and a quarter precipitation. Were talking about the winds increasing to 35mph, and there is a Winter Weather advisory that goes into Effect Tomorrow for the high sierra. Were banking on about six inches of snow at lake level, up to 18 in the higher elevations. Today it was 62 by sunday. The high will only be 40 degrees. Tonight. Our overnight lows into the 40s and few 50s. 52 degrees in el cerrito and in piedmont and throughout the oakland hills. 52 also in mountain view. And look at these numbers tomorrow. Only in the 50s and in the low 60s. San jose, the outside number at 61 through los gatos and saratoga as well as in cupertino and in campbell. So here is your extended forecast. Its a rainy saturday morning and then beginning to trail off by saturday afternoon. Cinco de mayo will be dry and then Pleasant Spring like conditions on monday through wednesday. Going to the ball game tonight. Use the code happy and you get a discount off on your oakland as baseball tickets and well see you at the tree house later on tonight. A bit breezy though. Dress in layers and go. As always a good idea, roberta. Thank you. We want to get you back now and check on that breaking news. We continue following for you in fairfield where right now both directions of interstate 80 are closed down, all lanes shut down because of this chp standoff with a shooting suspect, who we believe is inside that silver car that you saw there in the middle of your screen. This began with a pursuit earlier in the day. The man wanted for a shooting along the freeway. And again, right now this is causing a massive traffic backup along interstate 80 near sassoon valley road. So this is an area to avoid. This afternoon. Well continue to following this developing story. Well be right a pet. Medical experts say being around animals can lower Blood Pressure and reduce stress. Research finds 84 of american pet owners say spending time with their pet makes them happier. Pets also help people socialize and can help keep them active. Experts also say spending time with someone elses pet or even a classroom pet can help improve your mental health. Yeah, i believe that. All right. We told you a minute ago about all of the sea lions, the growing number of them hanging out at pier 39 in the city. So for our ktvu idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine what tom vacar referred to as a sea lion. Superbloom. That is excellent. This is what it came back with there. Yeah, adorable, not as many sea lions as flowers in the sh sti, but a ton of sea lions. If you head out o er 39. And Many Americans are eager to start their travel plans that they are. Fox newss kelly ogrady has a look at the latest travel trends. Looking for a cool getaway . Well, new data from Luxury Travel network virtuoso showing the latest emerging travel trends, including more bookings to cooler climate countries this year to escape that sweltering heat. Were seeing a lot of interest in europe, as we always do, but this time were seeing them go to northern europe. Dont get me wrong, people still love western europe and theyre still going to paris for the olympics. But were seeing much more demand for places like scandinavia, for which is up 77 over last summer. Were seeing sweden up 145 over last summer. Denmark the netherlands virtuoso says demand going into the summer is strong, with rates on par with where they were last year. Overall, Everything Else is more expensive, so you are seeing a lot of fluctuations in air. Airfares are quite high, hotel rates are quite high. But then the cost on the ground is as well. Despite higher costs, Luxury Travel is showing no signs of slowing down. And thats the important piece, is that they may be willing to let go of luxury goods, other things, but they are not letting go of their luxury experiences. According to virtuoso expectations that the cruise industry will become the strongest sector of the Tourism Industry are at 58. Were starting to see much more demand amongst millennials and even gen z. Youre starting to see more solo female travelers cruising as well, which is an interesting dynamic. And then were also seeing much more family cruising and multigenerational family cruising to and on the go on the whim. American express says about 80 of travelers are open to more spontaneous trips, with 44 saying they prefer to just pack up and hit the road, leaving the details for the last minute. In new york, kelly ogrady, fox business. Ktvu fox two news at five starts now. Good evening. Im greg lee and im crystal bailey. We start with breaking news tonight. Both directions of i80 are shut down right now because chp officers are in a standoff with a potential armed suspect. Sky fox is above i80 at the green valley road 680 interchange near fairfield. You can see a car involved that is a Gray Toyota Corolla and all chp units lined up keeping their distance at this moment