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I dont want to hear anything morph you are taking the roads to your spring break destination, leave early. Because 80 is a mess right now, we are taking 80 to where we need to go. Im bracing for this traffic and more traffic as schools start to roll into their spring break schedule, it takes a good amount of people off the roads, that is something to look forward to. Absolutely, it is going to be as a matter of fact these last few days have been lighter, people are out doing their things, michael. All right. But its still busy out there. It is going to get busier, according to a new report there is about to be a population boom along the 80 corridor. By 2040, population will grow by 29 that means more people hitting the roads. That is absolutely correct. Experts predict the number of vehicle miles will increase 27 between now and 2040. Behind me here is a picture of 80 westbound, now that same study looking at possible solutions to the traffic boom. And they include expand, express bus service with high capacity leaks. Improvements to freeway on ramps. Anubis transit center. Light rail, and Amtrak Service along the 80 corridor. This is video of part of the 80 corridor at about 7 30 this morning in the heart of the commute. And this is a live picture of that same camera now, you can see that traffic is going to be busy. Bottom line is right now we are already at capacity, folks, and if we have 27 more people you can see on this map all the red still going on well into the 9 00 hour. Im not quite sure how they are going to do it, how they are going to put more people on therement the only thing we can think of Transit Solutions will take a lot of people off the road. The thing i think of doing this job for so long i think that if you get those buses going to where people go they will have incentive to get out of the car. We bought our house in a location to avoid 80, even when we go to visit him at any time of day there is always traffic on 80. We stayed away from 80. Lower east shore is terrible. Its weekend as well. Sometimes its even worse. Saturday morning at 11 30. Saturday afternoon at 1 00. I have never been able to sail to his house, never in 30 minutes. Weve been talking about traffic so have you because we have been asking you about the fact that by area roads are getting more crowded. The question of the day has been this, what do you think is the best option to cut down on traffic . Telecommuting, flexible schedules, Public Transit or leave the by area . Let us know what you are thinking. We love reading your comments as well on the ktvu facebook page. Weve been asking the question, 18 say telecommuting. Flexible work schedules. One quarter of saw more Public Transit. The option is to leave the by area. I wonder if those 37 are actually wanting to leave the by area. You guys should leave the bay area because im staying. Mark walker says more employers should allow people to work from home and more Public Transit. Keep dog simple and says, all of the above. Moratorium on new homes before you have new homes or expanded freeways and highways and freeways. Horse before the cart. We appreciate youre using our hashtag, also the poll lives throughout the day on our website. We also posted a study on our website. New this morning a car crash cause add natural gas leak in the almeda. Firefighter who received a call at 1 00 a. M. About a car going through a fence at penzoil Distribution Center along the almeda marina. The driver hit a natural gasoline. Crews could not turn off the flow of the gas near by residents received auto mated phone call ordering them to stay inside. The order was lifted and pg e repaired the line. The driver of the car was treated for minor injuries. Big meeting of the Water District board along with the city of san jose about the severe flooding there in the south by last night. The Water District said city leader had time to warn about the flooding but did not do it. The Water District said it began notifying them through e mails, phone calls five days before the storm about potential flooding. The Water District says beside the warnings there were additional warnings from the National Weather service that flooding was eminent the day before. Question back to the city is what is your trigger . What is it that you are waiting to see before you decided to evacuate . Well the action for the city is 40 miles of creek, where on that creek is there going to be flooding . We thought based on the districts information that flooding was possible later than it happened in locations we didnt know when it would happen. Mayor sam licardo the city should have done a better job of notifying residents sooner. Improving warning system. Almeda county officials confirm there is a had had victim from the deadly fire in west oakland. They do not believe there are anymore victims inside the building. They had knock by the clothes on their backs, they have nowhere to go. The search for permanent housing doesnt look promising, alley. Reporter no, it is no secret that oakland doesnt have a lot of Affordable Housing to begin with. Now that are there are a hundred or so people who lived in this building now displaced, oakland city leaders say the demand for Affordable Housing exceeds the supply. The fact that this building provided transitional housing, housing for Vulnerable People in our community, veterans, single mothers, people recently released from prison. It is difficult to find permanent housing for those members of society even under the best of circumstances. The red cross helps the displaced resident with temporary housing in hotels and shelters. Oakland chumps and nonprofit organizations helped as well. Those are shortterm solutions, the fear is many residents will end up homeless in tents on the street. City leaders are asking the community for help. If you are a landlord and you are sitting on some properties, vacancies and you these are folks who paid rent, if you got a small building, you know, i dont know all of it. The city administrator will be circling up with us this afternoon, its hour by hour. Council woman says the victims of this fire who lost everything also need things like clothing and School Supplies for elementary and high school students. Working to help but right now there is is a list of about 2000 people in the city of oakland who need assistance finding Affordable Housing. So the concern is now about 100 People Living here has been displaced. That list is getting longer. Aly, thank you. The rental market is tight in google. Couldnt find anything lower than 2200dollars a month which is out of reach. Thats a deal for other people who said, all right, i will move to west oakland. We are continuing to cover development that happened in washington d. C. Near the capitol where shots were fired. A woman drove a car to a checkpoint near the capitol. Police ordered her to stop. She hit a Police Cruiser with her car, there are no reports of any injuries and the woman was taken into custody. Today a federal judge in hawaii is hearing arguments whether or not to extend temporary order on the revised travel been. Derek watson is not expected to lift the order. If the judge offers a longer lasting hold he should cover just the part of the ban, they say its not clear how hawaii would be hurt by other parts of the ban. Judge watson also blocked that section from taking effect two weeks ago. Lawmakers on capitol hill are confronting a number of challenging issues from confirming a new Supreme Court nominee to avoiding another government shut down. President trump floats the idea of resuscitating the republican healthcare plan. Joel has more from washington. The white house is soon expected to announce the formation of task force, Chris Christie leading the federal inquiry. This task force hopes to look at prevention, addiction of drugs before they come to the country. Before a Bipartisan Group of senators the president talking about healthcare, he would like to bring back to life a plan to rehe peel and replace obamacare. I know that we are going to make a deal on health care, that is such an easy one. Before considering healthcare they must deal with a more immediate bipartisan battle. Neil gorsuch and the vacant court seat. While Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has indicated he may opt to use the Nuclear Option requiring only a simple majority. Now our colleagues across the aisle also had the opportunity to spend hours with judge gorsuch at his confirmation hearing. Once again, they found little to hang their hat on. And thats not the only headache for lawmakers. The potential for a government shut down is looming if the spending package cannot agreed upon before april 28th which includes a two week recess. And democrats are calling on House Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes to recuse himself from the Russian Investigation because of perceived ties to president trump. 6000 people mostly business women gathered to hear Hillary Clinton give a key note speech in is 16. There is no place i would San Francisco. There is no place i would rather than to be with you other than the white house. Clinton spoke for an hour with had you more and directness. She said despite the outcome of last november election she is committed to continue to fight for human rights and again sexism, people in the audience say they admire clintons passion as she continues to encourage women to be active in the political process. 8 12 now, coming up on mornings on 2 00. The hard hitting lessons east bay students are getting today about the dangers of drunk driving. Being called an inspiration, the big hone or for an arizona teenager credited with saving a womans life. I was going to say, my goodness, just downed a be 25 of a percent. Dow is down. 25 of a percent losing 48 points. Nasdaq up by just a hair. Californias traffic ticket am nestee program ends on monday. Have their fines reduced as much as the 80 . State lawmakers came up with the program to encourage the payment of old debts. Also allows people who lost their drivers licenses because of outstanding tickets to get their licenses back. The am nestee program does not apply to tickets for drunk driving, reckless driving or illegal parking. Pg e customers can see their gas bill go down, pg e agreed to a settlement over the corruption charges, the result conviction on corruption charges. State Public Utilities Commission Still has to approve the deal. If it is approved the average customer will pay five dollars less for all of 2018 and 2019. News conference is set to announce a lawsuit of developers, filed on behalf of homeowners, the 58 story highrise sunk 16 inches and tilting to one side. Residents have already filed lawsuits. The City Attorney also sued the developers accusing them to fail to disclose the tower is sinking. Samsung introduces new models of Samsung Galaxy s 8. As you all know it has been a challenging year for samsung. This is samsungs first smart phone since the recall of the fire prone note 7. The new phones build up a larger display with screens curvy around the edges and getting rid of the home button. There is voice assistance, but no increase in battery capacity. Telling us that mornings on 2 earlier that samsungs strategy is likely to reassure its fans. I think thats actually why this is going to be successful because they have been relatively transparent about their problems. I think theyve been humble about what needed to be fixed. And those are the sorts of keys that let Consumers Trust again. She says most people like to say with the company they are familiar with. She says if there are any problem with this phone it will damage samsungs reputation. The raiders arent the only ones moving to las vegas. I want to be here in vegas. Restaurant owner mark wahlburg. If he can make it in vegas he can make it anywhere. Great thing is we have a partnership. My focus is on the business. The and we dont interfere with one another. That is the key to run ago a successful family business, no interference. Business venture includes marks brothers paul and donny. Restaurant is set to open up this spring in our back yard in palo alto. I have to try it. The giants have wracked up playing in arizona already, yesterday before their last game a teenager who has nothing to do with bible was honored. Albert vargas through out the first pitch. He was honored by the cubs, power is all yours cam paper. Last fall he stopped the bleeding of a woman who accidentally shot herself at tucson mall. He saved her life. You know you are an inspiration to a lot of people. I know there is kids in my spot who think its hopeless, just because of the pressure out there. But i believe that, you know, you put your mind to something and strive for it can you do. Albert graduate from high school and plans to be a surgeon. Nice work, albert. Very nice. Coming up here on mornings on 2, a journey of self discovery halfway across the globe. Who is making it posting cool glen and a veteran Police Sergeant using his love of music to reach out to the community, we are live up next with more on his personal project. Steve is a veteran Police Sergeant. And besides spending his days in the uniform, he has a passion for music and working on a trilogy songs to offer a different perspective. Last song released last week called let it go. Joining us this morning along with his mentor producer james early joining us in the studio. Thank you for having us. There are a lot of what people consider overtly antipolice songs out there, from rap music. Was this your strike against that or do you think the two cannons should coexist . I wouldnt describe it as a strike against that. When is not out there. Everyone has their own experience, if they want to write about it and reduce it to music that is hair prerogative. I wanted to add something positive to the conversation and at least reach a number of people that physically i just cant. So what a better vehicle to reach them by music. You said that music is one of the ways that people communicate now especially young people, is that why because you can be out there talking to people but music has a special way of getting to them . Absolutely. And also it kind of allows for a common denominator so to speak. Especially the young kids and young adults feel that im more approachable, especially the kids that i serve. It just opens up room for positive dialogue, being able to understand exactly where im coming from, because you know, the lyrics that i wrote are about me and via mother officer, officer jason who is also on featured on one of the tracks as well as a civilian who gives her perspective in our first track. Its a powerful project. James what advice do you give steve, trying to get his message out. Im a platinum producer myself. I met steve as a neighbor of mine. At the time he wasnt even a Police Officer yet, he was a marine. And he had a love for music but i was the one doing the music he would come over and watch and be amazed and tell me he wanted to do it. So he went from that to how do i do it, i give him advice, i thought he would maybe just discard that information. But he was all about let me learn this and then he took that and he has been about community and everything. He took that and said let me do some positive stuff, all of his music now are for other people and i love that. Does the public need other impressions of officers . Weve done stories about coffee with cops. But this is unique. I mean i read a story that you played music in patrol cars taking subjects to jail. Yes, i do. What do you do that . I think music is powerful, it can influence change. Some people can listen to you talk to them. Taking the lyrics u use a tongue they can enjoy. Not all officers do that, do you think . Hey, i am going to arrest a suspect, there is not going to be any conversation. There is a lot of officers that you do, you just dont hear about it. Thats why im doing this, there is many different versions of us that is on tv now and the majority of it is not good. So i want to be part of that information and be able to contribute something positive. Because there is a number of great Police Officers that do great things and generally care about people and its not just about arresting a person, you want to redirect their lives so they can contribute positively and be successful. Were some people surprised when they realize thats you wrapping . Very much so. Yeah. Because especially when im working. I have to conduct myself professionally. Then when im in the studio im completely different, my voice sounds different on a track. They have to listen to it and i have fun when im in the studio. Alter ego. Lets hear some of it now. Thank you so much for joining us this morning of thank you for your service. Well leave you with as we listen to let it go. [ music ] account 28, traffic talking twitter, checking your responses to the ktvu question of the day, what do you think it is going to take to improve traffic in the by area. Study says it is only to get worse. Well take a peak at poll results. Which do you think is the best option to cut down on traffic, telecommuting, Flexible Work schedules, more than a quarter of you say more Public Transit. Most of all, popular response is leaving the by area. I think, you know. Get out of here. Troy writes me, if 1 Million People left and went some place else. I think mass transit is on the minds of everybody. He wants everything. I think what people mean by leaving the by area, in 20 years when they are done working this Amtrak Service<\/a> along the 80 corridor. This is video of part of the 80 corridor at about 7 30 this morning in the heart of the commute. And this is a live picture of that same camera now, you can see that traffic is going to be busy. Bottom line is right now we are already at capacity, folks, and if we have 27 more people you can see on this map all the red still going on well into the 9 00 hour. Im not quite sure how they are going to do it, how they are going to put more people on therement the only thing we can think of Transit Solutions<\/a> will take a lot of people off the road. The thing i think of doing this job for so long i think that if you get those buses going to where people go they will have incentive to get out of the car. We bought our house in a location to avoid 80, even when we go to visit him at any time of day there is always traffic on 80. We stayed away from 80. Lower east shore is terrible. Its weekend as well. Sometimes its even worse. Saturday morning at 11 30. Saturday afternoon at 1 00. I have never been able to sail to his house, never in 30 minutes. Weve been talking about traffic so have you because we have been asking you about the fact that by area roads are getting more crowded. The question of the day has been this, what do you think is the best option to cut down on traffic . Telecommuting, flexible schedules, Public Transit<\/a> or leave the by area . Let us know what you are thinking. We love reading your comments as well on the ktvu facebook page. Weve been asking the question, 18 say telecommuting. Flexible work schedules. One quarter of saw more Public Transit<\/a>. The option is to leave the by area. I wonder if those 37 are actually wanting to leave the by area. You guys should leave the bay area because im staying. Mark walker says more employers should allow people to work from home and more Public Transit<\/a>. Keep dog simple and says, all of the above. Moratorium on new homes before you have new homes or expanded freeways and highways and freeways. Horse before the cart. We appreciate youre using our hashtag, also the poll lives throughout the day on our website. We also posted a study on our website. New this morning a car crash cause add natural gas leak in the almeda. Firefighter who received a call at 1 00 a. M. About a car going through a fence at penzoil Distribution Center<\/a> along the almeda marina. The driver hit a natural gasoline. Crews could not turn off the flow of the gas near by residents received auto mated phone call ordering them to stay inside. The order was lifted and pg e repaired the line. The driver of the car was treated for minor injuries. Big meeting of the Water District<\/a> board along with the city of san jose about the severe flooding there in the south by last night. The Water District<\/a> said city leader had time to warn about the flooding but did not do it. The Water District<\/a> said it began notifying them through e mails, phone calls five days before the storm about potential flooding. The Water District<\/a> says beside the warnings there were additional warnings from the National Weather<\/a> service that flooding was eminent the day before. Question back to the city is what is your trigger . What is it that you are waiting to see before you decided to evacuate . Well the action for the city is 40 miles of creek, where on that creek is there going to be flooding . We thought based on the districts information that flooding was possible later than it happened in locations we didnt know when it would happen. Mayor sam licardo the city should have done a better job of notifying residents sooner. Improving warning system. Almeda county officials confirm there is a had had victim from the deadly fire in west oakland. They do not believe there are anymore victims inside the building. They had knock by the clothes on their backs, they have nowhere to go. The search for permanent housing doesnt look promising, alley. Reporter no, it is no secret that oakland doesnt have a lot of Affordable Housing<\/a> to begin with. Now that are there are a hundred or so people who lived in this building now displaced, oakland city leaders say the demand for Affordable Housing<\/a> exceeds the supply. The fact that this building provided transitional housing, housing for Vulnerable People<\/a> in our community, veterans, single mothers, people recently released from prison. It is difficult to find permanent housing for those members of society even under the best of circumstances. The red cross helps the displaced resident with temporary housing in hotels and shelters. Oakland chumps and nonprofit organizations helped as well. Those are shortterm solutions, the fear is many residents will end up homeless in tents on the street. City leaders are asking the community for help. If you are a landlord and you are sitting on some properties, vacancies and you these are folks who paid rent, if you got a small building, you know, i dont know all of it. The city administrator will be circling up with us this afternoon, its hour by hour. Council woman says the victims of this fire who lost everything also need things like clothing and School Supplies<\/a> for elementary and high school students. Working to help but right now there is is a list of about 2000 people in the city of oakland who need assistance finding Affordable Housing<\/a>. So the concern is now about 100 People Living<\/a> here has been displaced. That list is getting longer. Aly, thank you. The rental market is tight in google. Couldnt find anything lower than 2200dollars a month which is out of reach. Thats a deal for other people who said, all right, i will move to west oakland. We are continuing to cover development that happened in washington d. C. Near the capitol where shots were fired. A woman drove a car to a checkpoint near the capitol. Police ordered her to stop. She hit a Police Cruiser<\/a> with her car, there are no reports of any injuries and the woman was taken into custody. Today a federal judge in hawaii is hearing arguments whether or not to extend temporary order on the revised travel been. Derek watson is not expected to lift the order. If the judge offers a longer lasting hold he should cover just the part of the ban, they say its not clear how hawaii would be hurt by other parts of the ban. Judge watson also blocked that section from taking effect two weeks ago. Lawmakers on capitol hill are confronting a number of challenging issues from confirming a new Supreme Court<\/a> nominee to avoiding another government shut down. President trump floats the idea of resuscitating the republican healthcare plan. Joel has more from washington. The white house is soon expected to announce the formation of task force, Chris Christie<\/a> leading the federal inquiry. This task force hopes to look at prevention, addiction of drugs before they come to the country. Before a Bipartisan Group<\/a> of senators the president talking about healthcare, he would like to bring back to life a plan to rehe peel and replace obamacare. I know that we are going to make a deal on health care, that is such an easy one. Before considering healthcare they must deal with a more immediate bipartisan battle. Neil gorsuch and the vacant court seat. While Senate Majority<\/a> leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> has indicated he may opt to use the Nuclear Option<\/a> requiring only a simple majority. Now our colleagues across the aisle also had the opportunity to spend hours with judge gorsuch at his confirmation hearing. Once again, they found little to hang their hat on. And thats not the only headache for lawmakers. The potential for a government shut down is looming if the spending package cannot agreed upon before april 28th which includes a two week recess. And democrats are calling on House Intelligence Committee<\/a> chairman devin nunes to recuse himself from the Russian Investigation<\/a> because of perceived ties to president trump. 6000 people mostly business women gathered to hear Hillary Clinton<\/a> give a key note speech in is 16. There is no place i would San Francisco<\/a>. There is no place i would rather than to be with you other than the white house. Clinton spoke for an hour with had you more and directness. She said despite the outcome of last november election she is committed to continue to fight for human rights and again sexism, people in the audience say they admire clintons passion as she continues to encourage women to be active in the political process. 8 12 now, coming up on mornings on 2 00. The hard hitting lessons east bay students are getting today about the dangers of drunk driving. Being called an inspiration, the big hone or for an arizona teenager credited with saving a womans life. I was going to say, my goodness, just downed a be 25 of a percent. Dow is down. 25 of a percent losing 48 points. Nasdaq up by just a hair. Californias traffic ticket am nestee program ends on monday. Have their fines reduced as much as the 80 . State lawmakers came up with the program to encourage the payment of old debts. Also allows people who lost their drivers licenses because of outstanding tickets to get their licenses back. The am nestee program does not apply to tickets for drunk driving, reckless driving or illegal parking. Pg e customers can see their gas bill go down, pg e agreed to a settlement over the corruption charges, the result conviction on corruption charges. State Public Utilities<\/a> Commission Still<\/a> has to approve the deal. If it is approved the average customer will pay five dollars less for all of 2018 and 2019. News conference is set to announce a lawsuit of developers, filed on behalf of homeowners, the 58 story highrise sunk 16 inches and tilting to one side. Residents have already filed lawsuits. The City Attorney<\/a> also sued the developers accusing them to fail to disclose the tower is sinking. Samsung introduces new models of Samsung Galaxy<\/a> s 8. As you all know it has been a challenging year for samsung. This is samsungs first smart phone since the recall of the fire prone note 7. The new phones build up a larger display with screens curvy around the edges and getting rid of the home button. There is voice assistance, but no increase in battery capacity. Telling us that mornings on 2 earlier that samsungs strategy is likely to reassure its fans. I think thats actually why this is going to be successful because they have been relatively transparent about their problems. I think theyve been humble about what needed to be fixed. And those are the sorts of keys that let Consumers Trust<\/a> again. She says most people like to say with the company they are familiar with. She says if there are any problem with this phone it will damage samsungs reputation. The raiders arent the only ones moving to las vegas. I want to be here in vegas. Restaurant owner mark wahlburg. If he can make it in vegas he can make it anywhere. Great thing is we have a partnership. My focus is on the business. The and we dont interfere with one another. That is the key to run ago a successful family business, no interference. Business venture includes marks brothers paul and donny. Restaurant is set to open up this spring in our back yard in palo alto. I have to try it. The giants have wracked up playing in arizona already, yesterday before their last game a teenager who has nothing to do with bible was honored. Albert vargas through out the first pitch. He was honored by the cubs, power is all yours cam paper. Last fall he stopped the bleeding of a woman who accidentally shot herself at tucson mall. He saved her life. You know you are an inspiration to a lot of people. I know there is kids in my spot who think its hopeless, just because of the pressure out there. But i believe that, you know, you put your mind to something and strive for it can you do. Albert graduate from high school and plans to be a surgeon. Nice work, albert. Very nice. Coming up here on mornings on 2, a journey of self discovery halfway across the globe. Who is making it posting cool glen and a veteran Police Sergeant<\/a> using his love of music to reach out to the community, we are live up next with more on his personal project. Steve is a veteran Police Sergeant<\/a>. And besides spending his days in the uniform, he has a passion for music and working on a trilogy songs to offer a different perspective. Last song released last week called let it go. Joining us this morning along with his mentor producer james early joining us in the studio. Thank you for having us. There are a lot of what people consider overtly antipolice songs out there, from rap music. Was this your strike against that or do you think the two cannons should coexist . I wouldnt describe it as a strike against that. When is not out there. Everyone has their own experience, if they want to write about it and reduce it to music that is hair prerogative. I wanted to add something positive to the conversation and at least reach a number of people that physically i just cant. So what a better vehicle to reach them by music. You said that music is one of the ways that people communicate now especially young people, is that why because you can be out there talking to people but music has a special way of getting to them . Absolutely. And also it kind of allows for a common denominator so to speak. Especially the young kids and young adults feel that im more approachable, especially the kids that i serve. It just opens up room for positive dialogue, being able to understand exactly where im coming from, because you know, the lyrics that i wrote are about me and via mother officer, officer jason who is also on featured on one of the tracks as well as a civilian who gives her perspective in our first track. Its a powerful project. James what advice do you give steve, trying to get his message out. Im a platinum producer myself. I met steve as a neighbor of mine. At the time he wasnt even a Police Officer<\/a> yet, he was a marine. And he had a love for music but i was the one doing the music he would come over and watch and be amazed and tell me he wanted to do it. So he went from that to how do i do it, i give him advice, i thought he would maybe just discard that information. But he was all about let me learn this and then he took that and he has been about community and everything. He took that and said let me do some positive stuff, all of his music now are for other people and i love that. Does the public need other impressions of officers . Weve done stories about coffee with cops. But this is unique. I mean i read a story that you played music in patrol cars taking subjects to jail. Yes, i do. What do you do that . I think music is powerful, it can influence change. Some people can listen to you talk to them. Taking the lyrics u use a tongue they can enjoy. Not all officers do that, do you think . Hey, i am going to arrest a suspect, there is not going to be any conversation. There is a lot of officers that you do, you just dont hear about it. Thats why im doing this, there is many different versions of us that is on tv now and the majority of it is not good. So i want to be part of that information and be able to contribute something positive. Because there is a number of great Police Officer<\/a>s that do great things and generally care about people and its not just about arresting a person, you want to redirect their lives so they can contribute positively and be successful. Were some people surprised when they realize thats you wrapping . Very much so. Yeah. Because especially when im working. I have to conduct myself professionally. Then when im in the studio im completely different, my voice sounds different on a track. They have to listen to it and i have fun when im in the studio. Alter ego. Lets hear some of it now. Thank you so much for joining us this morning of thank you for your service. Well leave you with as we listen to let it go. [ music ] account 28, traffic talking twitter, checking your responses to the ktvu question of the day, what do you think it is going to take to improve traffic in the by area. Study says it is only to get worse. Well take a peak at poll results. Which do you think is the best option to cut down on traffic, telecommuting, Flexible Work<\/a> schedules, more than a quarter of you say more Public Transit<\/a>. Most of all, popular response is leaving the by area. I think, you know. Get out of here. Troy writes me, if 1 Million People<\/a> left and went some place else. I think mass transit is on the minds of everybody. He wants everything. I think what people mean by leaving the by area, in 20 years when they are done working this Current Group<\/a> of people who might be retired may not deal with traffic. Theyll move somewhere else like arizona. Cat smith says i think Flexible Work<\/a> schedules or staggered work shifts may work, it seems like an Impossible Task<\/a> to get everyone on board. The first three. So we didnt have that option. He wants everything. Maybe more Public Transit<\/a> if had he to pick. Thanks for talking to us. In response to allegations of Sexual Harassment<\/a> uber has release add report on employee diversity. It shows profile similar to many established tech companies, 64 of uber employs are men. Thirtysix percent women. Half work force is white. Most noticeable disparity is in management. Seventyfive percent of leadership is white. And asians. Google, apple, facebook, yahoo, microsoft, you name it have released diversity reports. Uber on the other hand has refused to release its diversity statistics until now. And uber released this statement, we recognize the lack of diversity across all toes of leadership and will be thought full about diversity as the company grows. Now uber says it will invest 3 million in the next three years to bring on board more women and minorities. This report does not include drivers as uber considers them contractors and not employees. Here is a look at other demographics. Thirtytwo percent of apple is women. Fifteen percent are women at uber. Nineteen percent at google. Twentythree percent at apple. Students at Oakland Skyline High School<\/a> are getting an unforgettable lesson today against drunk driving, participating in the every 50 minutes because someone dies from a dui crash every 50 minutes in the united states. A realistic lesson and the dangers of drinking and driving. Students act out dui related crash, including firefighters using the jaws of life. Chp helicopter med i advantaged ride one of the patients and the arrest of a teenage driver. A lot of time what is we hear wow you guys really have to cut the roof off the car to get somebody out . In fax we do. But they dont get to see it very often which thankfully is a good thing. This is an opportunity to see what is going on down in a fatal dui crash. Lets get more of the days news by going to the ktvu news room with dave clark. A big overnight fire along the San Mateo County<\/a> coast destroyed plant nurseries. It started about 11 00 on san mateo road on the side of half moon by. Firefighters arrived, at first they had no access to water. It took an hour to get it under control. Another one collapsed. The buildings were empty, no firefighter were hurt. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Well there is new information about a car that was pulled out of the san lleandro marina. They say the car was stolen, it was dumped into the water. A fisherman saw it at 5 40 this morning. A dive team went in, they pulled the car out about an hour later, no one was inside. Some new developments this morning about president trumps proposed border wall along mexico. Today was supposed to be the deadline for companies to submit prototype designs for building that wall. But the deadline is being pushed back until next tuesday to answer questions from the 700 potential bidders documents show the administration envisions a wall that is 30 feet high in some areas. Also be automated gets for pedestrians and cars. The government will ultimately pick about 20 companies to build that border wall. Well tomorrows a big day in the by area for music lovers, the outside lands music and Arts Festival<\/a> will start selling three day passes on its website. Three day eager beaver tickets cost 355. Thirty dollars more than last year. Outline lines will take place in between august 11th and the 13 13th. The lineup has not been announced yet, it is expected to be big. Marking the tenth anniversary. Last years entertainers included lionel rich i, radio head. Next months popular marijuana fest at Golden Gate Park<\/a> may have an official sponsor, hood line reports San Francisco<\/a> officials met last week to consider naming a sponsor of the long time unsanctioned event for 20 day. Officials say it would help with logistics, public safety, reduce cleanup costs for the city. An estimated 15,000 people packed on to hip pee hill nor the hippie hill for the big smoke out. Hey, mike, sal, i will send it back to you. Thank you very much, dave. Lets go for todays forecast. You say today is going to be a nice day, after today things are going to change. Sal, you listen, i appreciated that. Correct, we do have a nice day today, temperatures warming up, a big change, dont be surprised a little bit of rain by this time tomorrow morning, mainly the end result is windy and cooler. Today its all about sunshine. We get rain in april . Yes, we will. Im holding you to that. 43 years in california i remember it raining a few times in june. About 1997 and 98. Temperatures warming up already. Look at the napa airport, 60 brentwood. 61 at San Francisco<\/a>. 61 san rafael and berkeley 62. Mostly cases running 14 degrees cooler than a few days ago. Otherwise clouds to the north but it wont stop us from warming up. The system is taking shape. Now again higher clouds beginning to inch in. Mainly towards the north but theyll slide in here by tonight and tomorrow. There is your system looking better with time. That is going to give the sierra a quick dusting of snow. Early tomorrow morning we will get the wind and cooler temps. 90s on the temps, but again it is going to warm one day, windy and cooler the next day. Saturday 80. Thank you very much, steve. Monday april 3rd has been declared Micah Montgomery<\/a> day. Antibullying and childrens literacy work through her gift of reading campaign. Micah montgomery. Hi. How does that sound . When i hear it it brings tears to my eyes. Thats a big deal. Its a big deal and im very humbled of it. A lot of work has been done but done for a purpose for our children. So its not so much about me in this day, we want to rally around the kids so they know how important literacy is. I have been reading to my two children since they were infants, it was a fact that my wife and i were going to do this. Just had a conversation last night with my son, i said i love to see how confident he has become, he wants to read himself. How important i know your mission is to encourag to read, but also to encourage parents to read with their children. That is absolutely right. The little girl who wanted a tale. Isaiah wants to read, i purposefully used large words, the interaction between the parent and child is there. You have to explain these words to a prek or third grader. If a child can pick up a profane word and use it in context they can tell you what motivation needs, they need to be exposed to that. So they are really designed to have that intimate relationship with the parent or the giver or the caregiver or the teacher. Talk about bullying, bullying has been around for the longest time. Do you think if more people did what you did it would slowly start to go away, are we ever going to get ahold of this problem. That is a great question. A quote from Sharon Anthony<\/a> bow when says the biggest difference between being a stewart i and aggressive is how your words and or behavior impacts the wellbeing and rights of others. A lot of people want to be lead oars, they just dont know how. So, by teaching these kids at a young age that the root is lump and loving yourself first so you can then love others i think by starting with that we have a very good chance, we have a very good chance. I didnt learn how to be a leader until i was in graduate school. Why is that . Kids want the attention, whether its positive or negative. They want it, you figure bullies have people rallying around them for fear. But they if they learned how to be a successful or how to be a leader in a positive way theyd have a road map on how to do that. I find myself through reading to my two little boys im recovering, we blew through charlie and the chocolate factor row. I like saying mommy had her teacher read this to her when she was in first grade and now i get to read it to you. Do you find you pass that on to your little daughter . Absolutely. She is 12 now. She wouldnt want to be called little. Her name is mylan. When i was little i loved dr. Seuss, my Favorite Book<\/a> call add panda cake, my mom would read that to me when i was young, i couldnt read but i would memorize it it so would come to her and say look mommy i can read. A panda cake was my favorite story, i loved all kinds. I definitely share them with my daughter. And your daughter was the inspiration for your first book. What was the inspiration for you to write . Sit down and to do what you did . So, when mylan was about sixish, she had this fascination with tails. She would tie anything to her and really only harass me with it, she didnt want to show anybody else. Im lucky, thank you. But, i started off as journaling exercise just documenting that she used to do that because i wanted to embarrass her when she got older. It evolved into so much more. It really did. It turned into a story i could share with others that was centered around her journey of accepting who she was, whether that be different, she is loved exactly how she was created. And then she becomes a child entrepreneur in the book. I love it. Well Micah Montgomery<\/a>, thank you for joining us, bringing a gift of reading to us on the 29th. Little house on the prayer rye. Loved those books. So if i tried to pull a fast one on them. We invited a Beauty Blogger<\/a> to test her favorite soap. Against dove. So we are using this test paper. That represents skin. The paper is dissolving. And dove is not dissolving. At all with < moisturizing cream dove is gentler on your skin. Is thno, its, uh, breyers gelato indulgences. You really wouldnt like it. Its got caramel and crunchy stuff. I like caramel and crunchy stuff. Breyers gelato indulgences. Its way beyond ice cream. This morning two dozen students from Oakland High School<\/a> are waking up halfway around the world for a spring break lesson about life. The students are in south africa where organizers say the students are getting the opportunity to become global citizens, educational trip is paid through fundraising. Amber lee spoke to the group about what they hope to get. You cant be a active participant in the world. The students and their mentors gathered in a circle during their sendoff rally. I look forward to just finding myself. Like i tend to get angry with a lot of things, but i have a lot and sometimes it feels like i dont. Many of these students come from single parent homes, facing financial struggles. Dads in prison, been in prison all my life. The students say this trip to south africa is a journey about self discovery and seeing others who survived. These are students in south africa singing to a group of students who made the journey last year. Organizers say this is not a lease your trip but a necessity. A transform testify experience. The students will travel to cities, townships and rural areas. Meeting piers, visiting government and historic sites. Travel has the ability to teach you things. So many lessons at once that it will take you years and years and years and multiple experiences, you have the one opportunity. Even before em bing on this trip there were Lessons Learned<\/a> about packing and getting the necessary documents required for international travel. Definitely opened up my eyes. Sierra went to south africa last year. Learned a lot about myself, came back wiser. He says he has grown up fast helping a single mother raise two younger brothers. This trip is a right of passage. Im trying to get some of that childhood out before the real world hit me. These students tell me they will have memories that will last them a lifetime. Sfo amber lee ktvu fox 2 news. Jane bradbury is joining us to talk about a special back she has been able to put together, she worked at a number of museums on both coasts. Tomorrow night in advance of this event she is joining us in studio, tomorrow she is speaking at the womans club about her book. Called american style and spirit. It sells the story of the discovery of more than 300 items of clothing as well as accessory from her an crester, what we see here are some what she was able to cure rate from her aunts attic. Intricate and amazing designs, we are happy to tell you that the exhibit is running and i will give you more information on that. I like to welcome jane to our studios. Thank you for having me. This book is stunning. I cant believe the condition you found some of these items. As if they were preserved but they werent done anything special. I dont know why the moths were not up there in that attic. But, it really was i cant founding. I think whether it was heat or what, but they were really very well preserved. And you are looking at items from the turn of the century into the 1990s. Yeah, actually the first dress is 1856, believe it or not. Worn by a woman who is my namesake, she was an amazing woman, she and her husband started the first methodist thee lodge call school for African American<\/a> men in the south, these women not only dressed well but doing things for their community. As you unearthed these treasures that were brought to you by your aunt you are going through history, but its personal for you, you learned about the family itself. Absolutely. So when i first went up there as a teenager she give me a dress worn by that same woman i just mentioned, bought in paris in 1880 and so which had whale bones, a huge long train. When i try dad on i felt myself wrapped answer whole different person, it was a moment that my interest in historic fashion began. Right. But after fashion story of edward may in order and i went up into the attic we started pull out things from the drunks, more and more and more appeared from the 1800s, 190 east, all the way through the centuries, there were examples from every single decade. Hi no idea of the extent and it was if those clothes were looking at me and saying. How did you research, how did you go back an find who is the lady who wore this. Well in the house, not only were there all those clothes and accessories, there were 10,000 letters. Perfect. Dating back to the 1880s. And those letters went into an archive in wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical<\/a> society. In addition to that, they had saved 2000 photographs and family films and objects like prom books from a continue. Or menus from luxury ocean liners going to rio or going to europe. There was all this stuff, so we were able to use the objects, use the letters, and learn about these peoples lives. Sort of piece these mysteries together. And cloaks. This book comes alive because we have all those quotes from those letters. Do you ever think about through your research into modern day what we are leaving for our children, i mean so many people spend 20 on a teacher, wear it four times and throw it away. Yes i think from my research i could tell these women did not have the disposable attitude toward cloth that we do. They really very careful when they bought things, no impulse buying. And they tend to remodel them. They went out of date they would remodel them. All i can say now if there are special clothes that you associate with a special memory or special event, put a little tag on it so to say i wore this then, this is how i felt about it, put it on the hanger and so if your children find it, they will know those stories, i wish i had asked more questions to my aunt. We had to dig up those stories again because i hadnt asked enough questions. Leave a little story for them. I love it. Thank you very much. I want to let our viewers know there is information on tomorrows night easy vent with jane. When you are there look for it. Of course find it on the ktvu mobile app. The book is incredible. Really incredible. Well be right back. 4 hours after the nfl announced the raiders could move to las vegas. The team is taking deposits for the rights to the new seats in the stadium. Secure seats two years from now. One hundred dollars deposit is like. Sort of reminds me, if my wife told me she is remembering me today and getting an invitation to her wedding the next day with the guy she had been having an affair with. That is what i equate it went current season Ticket Holders<\/a> have until september 21st, account must remain in Good Standing<\/a> as long as the raiders play in oakland. Bringing the raiders back to oakland in 95 is turning out to be more costly than previously thought. Officials say its going to end up costing 350 million and it wont be paid off by oakland tax payers until the year 2025, well after the raiders would have moved to las vegas. The original idea was to pay off the bond through the sale of personal seat license, the sales never came close to hitting the mark leaving tax payers liable for the difference. Last night the Golden State Warriors<\/a> bet the Houston Rockets<\/a> for their eighth straight win. Thats the warriors at their best. It sure is. Testifysteve kerrs 200th victory as a coach. Phil jackson did it in 270 games. Other than the injured injure did you ran, top players will be in the lineup. Will you recall the warriors arrested curry, Draymond Green<\/a> and andre in a hyped game against the spurs earlier this month. Regular season ends two weeks from today and they are looking tough. I like it. Good news for the fans of the san jose sharks. San jose slipped into a playoff birth even before the game last night as Rangers Mission<\/a> to break their six game losing streak. San jose scored 7 goals a lot of back and fourth last night. 3 minutes in, brett burns sorted on a play. Program in richmond that teaches the Construction Trade<\/a> to people who are looking to make a change in their lives, bedder their employment opportunities. The program is called richmond build marking its 10 Year Anniversary<\/a> this friday. I went to richmond to see what the current class is working on. About how the program really changed their lives. I talk weekend a single mother who wanted to do better for her two little girls, had he had been selling drugs for years before he decided to make a change. The story is airing at the 7 00 hour. Well have it here on the 9 00 tomorrow. Look forward to it. Its a great program. Also tomorrow, right here on 9, details on oakland running festival which sal you are taking a part in. Running it or what are you doing . Something else. Secret, tips an tricks for Spring Cleaning<\/a> for your home. I love Spring Cleaning<\/a>. I love cleaning. I know i will be here. Feel free to swing by my house. Thank you so much for joining us today, enjoy the sunshine, see you back here tomorrow at 9 00. Cleaning is so relaxing. Its therapeutic. And then donating things to charity. Narrator live from new york city, the Wendy Williams<\/a> show. We wont judge. It is going to be sick. 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