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For many with 60s. Itll end up in the 70s on the highs today. Should be nice as well going right into the weekend but not as windy. All right. Sal is here at 7 00 on a friday. Still no, y light. You know, steve, somethingc you said has stuck with me all week. And people. What you said is people complain the most aboututhe wind. They do. Its been my experience. Yes, sir. And, youre right. I think a lot of people have been talking about the weather because of the wind. It does affect the commute sometimes. Lets take a look at highway 2t. That looks pretty good. It tends to get going if the winds tend to get going. Sometimes you have the small vehicles or the tractor trailers are a little bitumore cautious, driving a should. This is a look at the Richmond Bridge. You can see that at theutoll plaza it is light. As steve mentioned, sometimes on fridays we do get a much lighter commute. It looks like today is one of those days. Get back to the headlines, sal. Thank you. A group of People Living and working in san has filed a federal lawsuitrict against the city over conditions in that neighborhood. They accused city leaders of tolerating drug dealing,t problems that they say are hurting the tenderloin. Others not involved in the lawsuit say they hope it will force thec citys hand and make it come upe tenderloin. The lawsuit is the last resort. The city has failed to provideuequal protection to tenderloin businesses and property same fees and taxes as people in cow hollow, but they dont get spthe services. In response, San Francisco City Attorney said problems in the tenderloin. Our time is now. 702 Police Shootout between two cars where one person was killed and another was hurt. C 25 year old Sylvester Carver is facing charges of murderuand attempted murder. Now the shooting 5th in the area of stevenson boulevard and albree street. Police say people in and when the police arrived, they found one of the shooting victims in a crashed car. He died four days later. The carver was eventually arrested wednesday night at a home in richmond. Youre looking at video showing authorities surrounding the house on harnett avenue. A second suspect, identified as keon bowles,uhas also been charged with gun crimes after allegedly helping carver get away. An Investigation Continues in antioch this after an suv crashed into a bus carrying mostly senior citizens. It happened around 1230 yesterday afternoon. Firefighters say the suv was heading west on laurel road near highway four onuramp when it hit the side of a bus. C spas it was turning, the driverf the suv and six people on the bus were hurt. None of their lie threatening. This crash remains under investigation. A middle schooluin due to declining enrollment. Ktvu is andre andre, why parents and teachers are upset and how the district responds to that pushback. n well,ugarcia, parents, students and staff at aptitude academy in san jose voicing their concerns about the middle school grade levels being removed from through eight school. That means students in grades six through 8th may be forced but the superintendent says there just arent enough older students to justify keeping the middle school open. ujust to remind the board to run an elementary site, we need about 500 students to sustain the site. Thats Alum Rock Union School District superintendent hilaria bauer. She also says aptitude academy currently has about 410 students across all grade levels , but schools need to have at least 700 students ifutheyre offering middle school level. Ps at a recent meeting, prompting the School District to pauset plansc to shut down those upper grade levels like me, they like the tk through eight model. My son is safe. His teachers weve been here since charango and we want to be here until we finish eighth grade. You dont do a great job. So now their option is to send my send our kids to a different middle school. Which one . Now the board will reconsider closure this summer. Some say district leadership needs to sor than later, so they can plan for the Upcoming School year. Do know that this theres going to be some very unhappy decisions coming along, but the Community Needs to be part of that right now. We dont trust, you know, the superintendent. Im sorry to say this, but thats how we feel. Well, the board also says that a look at the entire district and determine if closee academy. Its plan is to have a decision in place by june garcia. n andre. Thank you. The chp is still looking for a hit and runa bicyclist on the peninsula. Itt happened last week on polhemus road in the hills above san mateo. Investigators are looking for the driverc ofua gray or silver minivan who ran over a 62 year old woman. A vehicle came down the street herel ran through the stop sign, struck her rear whees egregious. Its wrong. And sadly, its happening all the time. The bicycle bicyclist whoc ws injured has now been released from the hospital, is being treated for a broken back. Anyone with information on the caseuis asked to call all right. Garcia. Time 706. Election officials in Alameda County will now have to manually count all ofuthe signatures submitted in a petition to recall districtuattorney pamela price, the registrar of voters, said the results of a random sampling of the more than 123,000 signatures submitted were not sufficient to determine if the amount of valid signatures needed to put the recall on the november ballot. That means Election Officials will manually count every signature the recall effort needs 73,193 signatures in order to qualify, and a deal has for e protesters who were arrested for shutting down the bay bridge trial, 78 people accepted an offer from the court to complete five hours of community have toy restitution, even though the amount is still being determined. One case was dropped for not case of retired pleasantonthe firefighterc maqsood barakzai is still Going Forward. He told us his case is separate from the others. Its unfortunate that an innocent person has to be dragged through this type do wis im just im disappointedn still, im disappointed in the District Attorney. Im disappointed in the prosecutors. I really am absolutely disappointed that they would nothing to do with it. T now, barakzai said he was on his way to catch a flight when he was caught up in the Gaza Protests and was wrongfully to drop misdemeanor charges oft unlawfuluPublic Assembly and failure to of time and money to reduce the amount of fertilizer and sewage in the bay areas three dozen wastewaterc treatment plants, te San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control board estimates the project will likely take ten years and cost as much as 11 billion. And thats just to spreduce the amount by 40. The board plans to finalize these hs state or federal grants will help fund the renovations needed to hit the new expectation. T meanwhile an Environmental Group that monitors pollution in the bay area is threatening to sue the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. San francisco baykeeper, a nonprofit, says the city has water act. C it says the utilitis commission discharges more than sp1ubillion gallons of combined stormwater runoff bay. Baykeepee discharge pollutes the water and raises nitrogen levels, causing algae blooms that have killed thousands of fish in just the past two years. A spokesperson from the sfpuc says the Commission System is specially designed to prevent trash from escaping, and says cherry picking select information without conveying the whole picture doesnt benefit the environment. Policy makers or the public. All right, our time is 709l partuof interstate 680 will be closed the entire weekend. The shutdown begins atc 9 00 tonigh. At 4 a. M. The planned closureay will include all southbound lanes and onramps of interstate 680 in pleasanton, starting at the interstate 580 connector to the koopman road junction just before highway 84. Now that road repair work is a year long project to replace road. Have yn on it . Do youuknow what it is between sunol and dublin . The before because of the weather time. 709 and what dave was just talking about . Boy, that construction zone, a lot of people are going to be very happy when its over because its a busy highway, as you know. All right. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Its obvious today we have friday light. You can see the traffic is moving along relatively well. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. And as steve has blown away the clouds. And so we have really clear visibility. But it windy still. And well let steve bit. South down 680 concord to slowing onuhighway four. We dont have a lot thats southbound 880 at 92 hayward. There is a crash there. Theyre trying to move it now, but theres a little bit of a backup starting right near eighth street as you head down to lete desk. Okay. Thank you. San Francisco Mayor london breed vetoes housing legislation. The reason why she says it does not follow her goals for the city. State lawmakers are pushing in the uc system, how they want m e mo roo you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo will be held in the case against nima momeni, the Tech Industry consultant accused of killing a tech executive. And now the start of the trial was tentatively set for today. But now a hearing will be held conducted a survey to determine if Media Coverage of the case spinfluenced prospective members of the jury. They plan to present that information it coua change in venue. Now to oakland, where a Nonprofit Organization that helps people in need is facing new challenges. After a car smashed into its building. The crash caused major damage to the homies empowermentc building at 77th and macarthur in east spoakland. The organization held survivors of violence find jobs and housing. They provide clothing and food to some 400 people every week. Those who run the organization say theyre committed to continuing their work with the communitygs help. Our community has shown out , so i do believe that this is just a small setback for a bigger comeback. The crash happened at 3 00 yesterday morning. One car crashed into another, sending it into the building. Reportedly, the driver of that car that crashed into the building took n of mold has been found in one of san joses Affordable Housing projects, the one at branam lane and monterey road. Mold was found in five ofc the 117 units at the def con Contractor Construction project. Efforts to and people close to the project also claim theres a wage theft problem affecting construction workers. San jose mayor matt mahan says the city is investigating. The citys role is really to hold people accountable to compliance issue. Well go out withucode enforcement. I understand theres also been a wage theft complaint. Well follow up on that. And city staff will ensure that the contractors on the job pay everybody fairly. Now, city officials still say the projectuwill likely be completed over the summer and ie place before anybody moves in to the new units. Some uc berkeley parents have hired private security guards to patrol an area near campus in the face of what they say are inadequate efforts by the university. Parents call their group the safe bears pay for private security guards for three weeks. The group hopes the university will pay for additional security. Our message to berkeley is right now, your students arent safe and a small,umeaningful Financial Investment could turn that situation around so quickly. In a statement to ktvu, the University Said it hired 32 more Community Service officers for a two and a half week period that ends next saturday. It also said number of concerns, includingse the training and experience of individuals hired by moret sworn or nonsworn ucpd officers. Well, state lawmakers are frustrated about the university of californias lack instate student enrollment. A report came out earlier this year found that while more instate undergrads are being that numbel under the uc system to make more space for california studentsumeans chargr tuition or making admission requirements more difficult for out of state applicants. A groupuof uc Berkeley Students says it broke a record for the fastest bay area transit tour. This happened on saturday. The group visited every single bart station in under six hours. The group wants to get the feat recognized by the guinnessc boo of world records, a new category of bart speed runs. Bart says the students carefully mapped out their route with a witness at every station. Lots of good video evidence, and theyre submitting to the guinness book of world records. It should be way to spend a weekend day. Hey, sal, you having fun moving through the commute this morning . I think mostupeople will have more fun if thats possible commuting than thursday, wednesday, or tuesday lot busiee one spot though that is probably southbound 880 approaching 92. Be we had a crash little bit of a p otherwise, though, we are looking very good. Lets take a look at the Richmond Bridge. Some slowing there. Its not as long of a line as it normally is. Were seeing some slowing today at the bay bridge, but its not here in our camera view. Approachtspthe basicallyk getting onto the bridge. Nothing major though. 718uitsuwindy, so there are no clouds out there. Heres steve, thank you. n that is correct. Some of the wind speeds though are no doubt about it picking up here, especially from arounduthe Oakland Hills out of you hike ad there. Its up to 40 miles an hour. Las trampas, east bay hills, 45 Oakland Hills. Thats right above the claremont, 43mph. So theres some out to ts well. The high building to the north, upper low give the european forecastumodel. We call it the ec had the low back towards san diego and it briefly made it back. That far. Itll start to reject a little bitc more towards the east south actually near the california mexico border. But it is sending in a wide varietyc from las vegs to the california desert to the high desert and into arizona. N. Fairfield north 35. Novato come down a little bit, but still 23. Half moon bay northeast 28. Paloualto north 24 you get the idea. The Higher Elevations mount veeder north 23. The Oakland Hills is 43mph. Just looked in Boulder Creek at sp45, northeast 26. So that givs us 50s and 6ps on the temps. Sfos in there also san rafael 60, santa rosa 61. Theres some low 50s, alameda 6l cerrito,c also at 59 martinez 58 windy pattern from concord over towards martinez and the benicia bridge. Keep thatuin mind. If thats your drive. Hayward, union city, both at 58. The low will hang around today and ejeco arizona. I would have to think some spring training in jeopard, although maybe itll itll be to the east and west of them, but it looks close. Not for us. Sunny, windy and warm herel temperatures 70s across the and san jose. Weekend looks75t good. Not as windy, but nice and warm. Changes next week, but not until after tuesday. Okayl steve. Thank you. Time 720 today you may want to go out and buy some lottery tickets. The jackpot for tonights Mega Millions 792 million right now, that would be the sixth largest jackpot for this particular game. The five other previous jackpots all topped 1 billion. The lottery drawing is at 8 00 tonight. Best recalling more than 200,000 air fryers by people who have them are being told to stop using them immediately, and redwoods are thriving in the uk during the climate crisis. The day how britain is offering a surprising sanctuary for a half million in Southern California. In the past few years, several all women clubs have gained in popularity. 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Climate is quite different from the native habitat in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in california, and the way they get their moisture there is quite different to the way they get their moisture here. Here we are blessed with sort months of the. Now british researchers say the seeds of the sequoias were introduced to the uk in 185s by a scottish are still considered juveniles, not even 200 years old, where the thous