Jewish students at cal, along with supporters from the community, gathered in front of zellerbach hall. Many of them dressed in white. All were asking of the administration is that they enforce their own policies and make sure that jewish students feel like they can walk through the gates to campus every day and feel welcome, and have equal rights to free speech. The gate is still blocked in violation of school policies. For weeks, justice for palestine supporters have blocked the middle section of sather gate with yellow tape. Today, the university took it down and instead a massive banner was put up. We found an alternative that would not be taken down immediately. Uc berkeley did not remove it. The banner is up, it too represents a violation of what are called time, place and manner rules. But we assess that using Law Enforcement to clear it would create turmoil. At noon, the jewish students marched onto sproul plaza and instead of passing through the gate and past the banner, they avoided a confrontation by literally fording the creek to get to the other side on a footpath. The crowd of 200 jewish supporters ended up in front of california hall, where faculty members offered their support. Commenting on the february 26th disturbance that forced jewish students to move off campus. And when we see the kind of despicable violence that we saw here on campus just a few days ago, it is totally and completely unacceptable. And we are here to stand with you and to work with the university to make sure that never happens again. The administration continued. Complacency only emboldened those who want to hurt jews. They who will go peaceful rally, a woman unaffiliated with the march tore through the paper banner at the gate. Good job. Shame on you, uc berkeley is currently on a Us Department of education list of campuses under investigation for discrimination. Im leslie brinkly. Abc seven news. All right. Thank you so much, leslie, for that. So that at uc berkeley, meanwhile, its been one year today since the town of pahharoe was flooded after a levee breach. Many of the residents were evacuated from their homes for weeks, some not able to return at all. Abc seven News Reporter south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with residents impacted by the flood and memories of a terrifying wake up call as a flooding disaster unfolded around midnight when they went around knocking on our doors that we needed to leave because the levee had actually broken and they didnt know how much time we had left to actually get out safely. Now, a year after the pahharow levee breach, some residents tell us their neighbors are still living in hotels. Residents tell me that there is still mud and debris here in the streets from more than a year ago, something they say is a heartbreaking reminder of what theyve been through. We still feel forgotten sometimes. I here we are a year later. We havent had any street sweeping like most of the community. Ruth ruiz and her family were evacuated from their home. What . They came back to two and a half weeks later was devastating. It was just a disaster. We had lost everything and the recovery is ongoing. Perdimos perdimos los muebles ropa todo this woman telling us that she lost all of her furniture, clothes and other belongings. Shes one of the many residents who lined up at the local Catholic Church hours before a Food Distribution started. Some of the other people we spoke with had been able to get aid through fema. Comprar comida, pues ropa para uno. This man telling us he was able to buy some food and clothes with the federal aid. But many, including pahharow undocumented residents, dont qualify for federal assistance. Monterey county is working to fill in gaps. This month, they launched the pahharow unmet needs Disaster Assistance program. We dont have any residential, requirements like the federal government does, so in other words, people do not need to be u. S. Citizens to apply for this. The county received 20 million from the state for the program, 10 million to go directly to households and businesses, the other ten to go to infrastructure and Community Improvements to prevent a repeat of the levee breach, though that work is still being done. Ruiz said many residents still live with a sense of panic after what theyve been through. Every time you see it like its going to be raining for a few days, its that trauma. You just think back that its going to happen again in pahharow. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. All right, lets turn now to our weather. Been sunny day today. Really nice. But were about to get some more rain. Yes, Spencer Christian is here with the forecast. But its not a lot. Its not a lot, not a lot. Its going to be very similar to the system that came through the bay area last night and early this morning. So heres a look at live doppler seven. You can see the moisture as well to our north northwest right now, but moving rather swiftly in our direction on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. This is a level one storm. So for tonight and overnight we expect periods of light rain, some showers less than a half inch of rainfall from this system. It will be breezy at times with winds gusting 15 to 25mph. Heres a forecast animation starting at 5 p. M. Not until about well, it will start in the north bay first, as last night system did. Not until about 8 or 9 p. M. When we see the system swinging southward down to the golden gate. Then, during the late night and overnight hours, the rain will hit other parts of the bay area and start to move out. The bulk of it just before the morning commute begins tomorrow. But of course there will be wet spots on the pavement left behind. So morning commuters may encounter a few slick spots on the roadways. And as i mentioned, rainfall totals will generally be under a half inch in effect for most of the bay area, under a quarter of an inch and coming next will be some sunny and warmer days, which ill tell you more about a little bit later. Kristen spencer, thank you. The city of San Francisco is taking a first step toward reviving a program where the city pays to return unhoused people to their home towns. Today, a board of Supervisors Committee unanimously approved amendments to the citys homeward bound program, initiated in 2004 by then mayor gavin newsom. Supervisor asha sapphire says the Program Needs to be broadened after years of decline. Were expanding the program somewhat to allow for those that are in risk of being homeless, as well as those that might be living in permanent Supportive Housing in a transitional nature to again to help reunify them with their family. Sapphire believes the changes will revitalize a program that helped more than 11,000 people to return home from 2005 to 2019, customers no longer have access to the dining rooms at several taco bell restaurants in oakland, we spotted signs saying Dining Room Closed at the restaurant at 35th avenue and macarthur boulevard today, according to reports, four of the five taco bells in oakland are now drive thru only because of rising crime. The restaurants are not accepting cash either. Weve reached out to taco bell Corporate Headquarters for confirmation, but have yet to hear back. The change comes just weeks after in and out announced it would close its restaurant altogether near Oakland International airport because of customer and employee safety concerns. Surrounded by weapons, the state attorney general today gave an update on efforts to get guns out of the hands of people who shouldnt have them. 2023 marked the highest ever year of gun ownership in california, so more californians are owning guns. But were also seeing less numbers of individuals added to the to the prohibited list by the California Attorney general, rob bonta, today released 2023 data from the armed and prohibited persons system or apps program. The database identifies people who initially legally possessed firearms but then illegally had them following criminal activity or Mental Health issues, bonta says. Agents and Police Contacted more people than ever last year and recovered more than 1300 firearms. He also says the state saw the lowest number of people added to the apps list since 2014. An effort is underway to remove forever chemicals from tampons. Assembly member dianne papin, from san mateo, introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of any menstrual products that contain regulated pfas, often called forever chemicals. Theyre man made chemicals that do not break down naturally. The substances are already banned in many products sold in the state. Last october, the governor vetoed a similar bill, citing a lack of Regulatory Oversight in the north bay. A parachute is credited today with helping three people survive a Small Plane Crash in a rugged area. Rescuers say the plane went down friday in a heavily wooded and mountainous area on the mendocino humboldt county line, a family of three, including a two year old child, was on board. First responders say no one was seriously hurt thanks to the aircrafts built in parachute system. People in shelter cove and whaleboats witnessed a plane lose power and start to head towards the mountains, and shortly after that, one of the kind of miracle miraculous things was, that plane was equipped with a built in parachute, so the plane was able to slowly float down, into the forest below. Fire chief says its the first time hes seen that happen. Its not yet known what caused the plane to lose power and go down after two months of work, the sonoma raceway is reopening, celebrating its completed repavement project. This is the first repave in 23 years for the two and a half mile road course. Today, theyre hosting a first laps event where participants can do a few laps in their own cars to feel the smooth surface. Its also a benefit for local families in need, and the raceway will do tire testing later this month to prepare for the nascar weekend in june. Coming up here, lost landline is the Bay Area Company fighting back against at t . S effort to stop providing service. Lessons learned as we hit the four Year Anniversary of the covid pandemic and are you happier without your smartphone . A Surprising New study about that. Stay with us. Well business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. See why comcast business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. Landline service for thousands of californians. San mateo county officials are meeting with representatives from the utility today to talk about the proposal. Abc seven news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow is here to explain exactly whats going on. Melanie. Dan and kristen, you might be thinking why not just use one of these . But even for residents who have cell phones during a power outage or emergency, often cell phones dont work. Opponents to this proposal say its all about public safety. The beauty of woodside is certainly something to talk about. Come on in. But talking by phone from woodside is another story. Brianna vail has lived here 29 years and she has the relics to prove it. We have wired and a landline here, and its a candlestick phone, an antique phone, and its a wired. So you can dial the rotary. 207 beyond entertainment purposes, we do use a modern phone. The vail family needs a landline. We do have power. When the power is out, because we have a generator that powers the whole home. But the generator doesnt power the wifi router. This is my new generator, which the vales need to use a cell phone inside their home. We have about an hour and a half of time and then the wifi goes out. We have no television. We have no computer. We have no phones. We have nothing. San mateo County District three supervisor ray mueller says county officials are meeting with at t to better understand whats going on, according to the California PublicUtilities Commission, at t has submitted two proposals to remove its obligation to provide Voice Services in its service territories. Its about someone whos sitting there in a natural hazard scenario with a fire bearing down on them, or completely cut off in a storm system who may have other ailments. Not being able to reach out and call 911 because they have no means of communication, theyre completely isolated. So last year we had an eight day outage. There are seven days we would not have any kind of communication for police, fire or ambulance. Were getting up in years and we think its important for us to be able to call for medical attention and Fire Department and police. Last month, at t Wireless Network went down for customers across the u. S. Thomas steed is the chairman of the association of belltel retirees. Its the entire electrical grid in the United States went dark. Your landline phones will still work because our Central Office generate our own power automatically. In an emailed statement, at t tells abc seven news it is not canceling Landline Service in california, writing, quote, no customer will be disconnected and were working with the remaining consumers who use traditional Landline Service to upgrade to newer technologies. But that Broadband Internet goes out in these natural hazard events, which is why opponents like the vail family say landlines should be here to stay. For the san mateo board of supervisors meeting is open to the public at 9 a. M. Tomorrow. Theres also a California PublicUtilities Commission virtual public hearing on this, and thats on the 19th. A lot of strong opinions about this one. We have a landline and we never use it, but we do like knowing its there. I feel better knowing it too. Yeah thats right. Thanks a new report says americans paid more for monthly essentials like their rent or mortgage in 2023 over the year before, according to an economic website called doxo, the average American Household spent approximately 2,126 a month on the ten most essential household bills. Thats an increase of 4 year over year. Household expenses are much higher in San Francisco, at 3359 a month. Thats 58 more than the National Average and almost 5 more than in 2022. The report says. San franciscans spent 29 of their income on household bills. The tax filing deadline is coming up and to help get you ready, seven on your side is hosting a tax chat this friday, march 15th. You can get your questions answered by Tax Professionals by sending them in right now. Go to abc seven news. Com. Click on seven on your side and find the form right there. Then watch us on friday here on abc seven and get your tax questions answered. Right now you can get your weather questions answered. We do have questions we certainly do with rain coming our way. When whens it going to start raining again . We do have answers okay. Rain is the rain will start in a matter of hours. Actually into the evening hours. Lets take a look at live doppler seven. You can see where the rain is at the moment, much to our north northwest, but its swinging down towards the northernmost part of the bay area right now, as you can see on the satellite radar composite image. So lets take a look at whats going on in our abc seven exclusive storm impact scale. This is a level one storm, a fairly light storm coming in tonight, continuing into the Morning Hours, perhaps even some showers in the afternoon. Tomorrow. Rain arrives and spreads during the overnight hours, scattered showers tomorrow and then slippery roadways of course, in the Morning Hours because this this system will impact the morning commute. So start forecast animation at 5 p. M. Notice by 9 p. M, most of the north bay will be wet, and then that rain will start to move down south and east of the golden gate to other parts of the bay area during the overnight and early Morning Hours, and there will be wet spots for the morning commute, even though the bulk of the rainfall will have pushed out of here by about 5 or 6 a. M. And of course, there may be some trailing scattered showers into the midday and afternoon hours. Rainfall totals will be relatively light, generally under a quarter of an inch for most of the bay area. So lets look at current conditions. Right now weve got a mix of clouds and sun across the bay area. San francisco 56 degrees 58 right now in oakland, low 60s at hayward and san jose, upper 50s at san mateo and half moon bay. Golden gate is looking nice and bright, although lots of clouds there. Other temperature readings at this hour. Mid 50s at santa rosa and petaluma, 60 degrees at fairfield and concord, 59 at livermore and napa. And lets check out our forecast headlines tonight. Light rain and showers tomorrow morning. Showers and maybe a few lingering into the afternoon. But there will be some sun in the afternoon and beginning wednesday. Sunny and warmer pattern thats going to last for days. But overnight with the clouds and the showers, a low temperatures will range from upper 40s to about 50 degrees. Highs tomorrow generally in the low 60s a