Intelligence volunteer. Have you gotten one of these calls . Artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of our lives. And now its being put to use in our elections. Its terrible. Digging out from the snow in the sierra as people wake up to this at their door. But more powder could be on the way. And here we go again. Are you feeling lucky . We have lottery fever on this Tuesday Morning with your chance at another big jackpot tonight. And thanks so much for joining us. It is super tuesday. Im Gianna Franco and president ial campaigns, im one of the biggest prizes right here in california with our primary. Polls starting to open up right now and we have you covered throughout the morning and im reed cowan. We do have you covered and im nicole zaloumis. And im really excited to unveil our vr set this week that will be a lot of fun when it comes to our election season. Well, lets take a live look outside on this super Tuesday Morning. And are we going to have superweather, jessica . Hopefully lot more super than this past weekend. And the soupy skies that we saw at the beginning of the week. Oh, yeah. You know its interesting daybyday its getting a lot better and today, we might still see just a splash of showers up in the north bay. A light chance of showers actually anywhere throughout the bay area. Because as we wake up this morning along our coastline, we kind of see some of that right now. But for the most part, this is what were going to be dealing with down into the santa clara valley. Partly cloudy skies heading into this afternoon. Those clouds holding on tight for us today too. Throughout the afternoon hours as the temperatures start to rise as the atmosphere above us is still a little bit unstable. The puffy cumulus clouds the beautiful ones and then a light chance of showers associated with those ones too. As we take a look at the doppler this morning, this is what were waking up to. Light showers moving in from offshore, this is impacting areas like pacifica all the way up into south San Francisco. And sfo currently light drizzle kind of just trickling its way in from offshore and that will start to dissipate the more inland it moves. Cloudy skies and a light splash of showers here and there and again some gusty conditions in the afternoon hours today. Not too concerned about the winds though in the grand scheme of things. At max we can see about 15, 20mileperhour wind gusts and then the rain will actually start to die down as we head into thursday and friday forecast leaving us with beautiful sunshine and a nice warmup as we head into this weekend. But speaking of this weekend i mean read it and weep. More rain right around the corner for us and im going to time that out for you coming up in just a bit. For now over to you, g. Jessica thank you. Lets get a live look at the richmondsan rafael bridge, you can see traffic is moving just fine once again. Lanes were shut down overnight this was for emergency road repairs. You will seeexactly why. The large pothole there forced the closure of a westbound lane on 580 just west of the toll plaza. Our chopper saw crews out there yesterday. Hopefully things will be better and easier today as we take a look at traffic Current Conditions on the bridges are quiet. That includes the Golden Gate Bridge with an easy ride into San Francisco this morning. Those lane changes have been done and a different story here at the bay bridge which is one of the headlines right now. We are tracking brake lights here into San Francisco. Also getting busy westbound 80 as you head out of richmond working your way towards the bay bridge and of course across the upper deck heading into the city. It is decision day and your community station covering the issues where you live on this super tuesday. In addition to the president ial primary, voters out there will shape our future in their choices in key races and ballot issues while we await polling locations to open across the bay area, poll workers are up early. Theyre getting ready to welcome you to cast your vote and make sure everything goes along in on orderly fashion. One such location san jose and at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters and we find Shawn Chitnis live this morning. Shawn, we understand about 10 of voters have returned their ballots in early voting. It will be interesting in this primary season to see if people actually line up today. Reporter hey reed, good morning. Yeah, that was one of the earlier figures that we got just this morning. We are being told that that number is likely going to get updated to a little over 15 today going into primary day. But there are some concerns that turnout will be even lower than what they first estimated so they are going to continue to make that final push to get folks to turn in those ballots or come in and vote inperson. They have done quite the effort here decorating inside the headquarters and of course making sure that folks have both a secure election and again getting as many eligible voters out to cast their ballot. So we saw for ourselves some of the preparations happening here in Santa Clara County late last week. They have hired 2,000 temporary workers to help them run the operation across 104 Voting Centers and those opened saturday and continued operating through today. Thats in addition to the workers who were there on friday helping to prepare language aids for voters throughout the county. Now again, turnout expected to be lower than initially estimated from thirteen 44 to 55 to now lower than average and likely be between 35 and 340 . Workers who have been a part of office for years say ensuring an effective and honest election is one of the most critical responsibilities they have in their role. I would say that no election is the same. You know, elections are always evolving and theres always something that comes up thats new, thats different. And its a privilege to be able to put that in practice for our county. For our citizens. Reporter okay. So theyre getting ready to open here at 7 00 a. M. As well as at all of the other Voting Centers in the county. Theyll be open from 7 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. And remember if you want to vote inperson you need to be in line by 8 00 p. M. If you are turning in a ballot it has to come in by 8 00 p. M. To an election box or ballot box. But if you are trying to send it through the mail, make sure that it gets postmarked today which could be quite early compared to 8 00 p. M. And then of course that has to get here to headquarters by march 12th. Reed, back to you. Atz always remember our poll workers are serving democracy and say thank you. Shawn chitnis, thank you so much. Well, theres only one statewide measure on the primary ballot. Proposition 1. A multibillion dollar measure to address Mental Health and homelessness. Its an issue that we know all too well across the bay area. And especially in San Francisco. The 6. 3 billion bond is a big part of governor newsoms plan to create drug and Mental Health treatment beds. To get people off the streets. He joined San Franciscos mayor and District Attorney at a rally urging voters to go to the polls. And we spoke to a member of the California Teachers Association board of directors who supports prop 1. She says it would help provide Mental Health resources for people in need. Any educator can tell you what it means to have a student in their class who cant focus on the academic aspect of the classroom. Because theyre worried about where theyre sleeping or what problems that their parents may have or someone else in their family. We also spoke with the member of the no campaign who says prop 1 would divert billions of dollars away from already effective Mental Health services. Not only do the vast majority of unhoused people not have a serious Mental Health condition, they therefore would not even qualify for the services under proposition 1 which require a serious Mental Health diagnosis. Opponents also say its too expensive at a time when the states budget deficit is soaring. The measure needs a simple majority to pass. Gianna . Well, another big question today is who will fill californias u. S. Senate seat in the future . It was democratic senator Dianne Feinsteins seat until she died last september. Voters are being asked to vote twice. Once for a partial term for the remainder of the term, november to early january. And then for a full six year term in which the top two vote getters will advance to the general election in november. Now labor union officialaphonza butler was appointed to the seat last october by governor gavin newsom but she announced she would not be running for a full term. Now its down to four leading candidates that have been making their final pushes. Former chair of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff is leading his fellow democratic candidates. He served as part of the panel that selected the january 6th insurrection as well as also leading efforts to investigate and impeach former president donald trump. Oakland representative barbara lee says her progressive record and her identity as a black woman is a muchneeded voice to the senate. And the democrat has was also the only member of congress to vote against the war in afghanistan. Now democrat katie porter is a current member of congress from Orange County and part of the campaign advocates against lobbying and corporate special interests and ending the earmark process which allows Congress Members to direct federal funding to specific projects and then former dodgers player steve garvey. Stands out as the only republican of the four leading candidates. He says he wants to focus on fixing homelessness and crime and lowering inflation and bettering education. A poll taken just last week by uc berkeley shows garvey out in front of his democratic rivals. And stay with us after the break as we talk with Senior Business and Technology Correspondent joeling kent to break down the senate race. Also posted everything you need to know along with a complete voter guide on kpix. Com and dont forget to join us for for complete coverage as the results roll in. Juliette goodrich, devin fehely, and sara donchey will be following all of it from 7 00 to 10 00 on pix 44 cable 12 and streaming online with at 909 minutes of coverage right here on kpix that starts at 10 00. Reed . 6 10 in the morning. The push to oust controversial Alameda County da pamela price is now a shove. Now theres a clock ticking to certify signatures calling for her ouster and of course theres pushback from her camp. And later, its lottery fever. The Mega Millions is back tonight and your chance to retire early. Well, maybe. Overflowing with ideas and energy. Thats the San Francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. Porter is easily the most impressive candidate. Known for her grilling of corporate executives. With deep policy knowledge. Katie porters housing plan has bipartisanfriendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down. And the chronicle praises her ideas to end soft corruption in politics. Lets shake up the senate. With democrat katie porter. Im katie porter and i approve this message. With nurtec odt i can treat and prevent my migraine attacks all in one. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. Allergic reactions can occur even days after using. Most common side effects were nausea, indigestion and stomach pain. Talk to your doctor about nurtec today. What do i see in peter dixon . Talk to your doctor i see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. All right. Lets look live at oakland amidst allegations of failure to enforce the law in the face of rising crime, your District Attorney pamela price faces losing her job. So heres whats happening. A group collected and delivered more than 127,000 signatures and those signatures are calling for price to be pulled from office. So whats next . Well, the county registrar of voters has ten days to validate those signatures. And if everything checks out, the board of supervisors can schedule a special recall election. Meanwhile, a group of price supporters had this to say. They say the recall effort is led by handful of superrich people who have propped up what they call political actors that make it appear that Alameda County residents are behind this effort to recall price. In fact, they are getting even more serious and they want attorney general rob bonta to step in and launch an investigation. Their allegations . People who signed were misled and something those behind the recall effort fight against and deny. Big decisions today for you. You will vote on the next senate seat representing california for both the partial and a full term. This, after Dianne Feinsteins death last september. Laphonza butler is currently interim senator but wont run for a full term. Your california candidates are democrats adam schiff, barbara lee, coo i tee porter and lone republican steve garvey. Joining us this Early Morning is Senior Business and Technology Correspondent jo ling kent. Good morning. Thanks for being here and were going to dive right in. Weve seen the ads and weve heard the public debates from the candidates but talking about a lot of issues we worry about here in california. What is their priorities and their main focus . Reporter well, first of all, happy super tuesday. And the priorities largely focus on the economy and inflation. Right . So lets take a look at adam schiff. I interviewed him yesterday on the last full day of campaigning. He tells me its all about economy reducing inflation and increasing the amount of Affordable Housing out there. And then garvey obviously running neck and neck with schiff according to the latest berkeley poll and garvey says he wants to reduce inflation and reduce taxes and repeal some of the regulations that businesses are facing. If we look at katie porter the representative, shes obviously wanting ambition overhaul on ethics and housing and also looking at major issues like the economy and inflation and representative barbara lee also focused on Affordable Housing as well. She was among the first to call for a permanent cease fire in gaza. And she is the only person of Color Running in this race and she believes there needs to be more diversity in the u. S. Senate. Interesting to see steve garvey really having the conversation that speaks to all our wallets. What we pay at the pump. Is that the reason why were starting to see him pull ahead . Reporter well, were seeing a lot of fatigue for existing candidates and wellknown candidates. In some of the polling. You can see if you look at the president ial polling across the board, the the performance of President Biden has not been a bright spot for many likely registered voters and you can see that trickling down to the California Senate race. What were seeing in the polling here is that schiff has been the long time frontrunner and garvey then having this surge over the past few weeks. A lot of that may have to do with the fact according to representative katie porter who is sitting in third place right now. She believes that thats because congressman schiff has been advertising aggressively and mentioning garveys name. Giving him that elevation. Now the broader context of that of course is that steve garvey hasnt run a tv ad. But he certainly has been the subject of the super pac and schiff campaign ads. Getting more time. We know you are busy today and thank you for your time. All right, the conditions in the sierra this morning. A live look at i80 in soda springs. Good news for people trying to get in and out of lake tahoe. That part of the interstate has finally reopened. It opened up yesterday and the intense snowstorm forced it to shut down. That was between Donner Summit and tahoe for three days. So if you take i80 today, dont forget though you still need chains for your tires. They are still required. And the snowfall and wind may have died down a bit today, but people in lake tahoe are still feeling the effects of that blizzard that hit the sierra this past weekend. Jess . I know, and if you want to see how bad things got, all you have to do is just look outside. Check out this video from palisades tahoe. The strong winds actually blew the windows out of the building that uses the controls to actually control the ski lifts. Completely just filling it with snow. Then over at sierraattahoe crews have been actually trying to dig out of this. The bottom of one of the chair lifts was completely buried away. This was yesterday afternoon. The storm really made its impact on the sierra and as we take a look at conditions today, man, they are starting to clear up and yes the highways are starting to improve too. Were actually able to get through i80 today but not the day to really jam up there. I would say just give them couple of days of fresh breaths of air and then we can gear up for a nice weekend heading up ott sierra with all the fresh powder