how community members are working together to help prevent more attacks against asian americans, plus more states, opening up their vaccines to more residents will take a look at where we stand here in california and the fourth vaccine that could get approval here in the united states. also more students returning to the classroom in the bay area with schools are doing to make sure children and teachers stay safe. the news at noon starts now. this is ktvu fox. two news that new good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian mike mibach bay area lawmakers now responding to recent acts of violence and hate targeting asian americans with calls of justice for the victims, assembly members david chu and phil ting, along with state senator scott wiener, held a news conference at portsmouth square in san francisco's chinatown justice. morning. they compared the spread of anti asian hate to a virus. they say they're working on a broad range of proposals, including education, as well as protections for the community and san francisco's own sheriff called on the public to be vigilant. we also have to keep

in mind that the people targeted right now are not just asian, their elderly they're vulnerable people who the community should be protecting as a whole. so let's keep that in mind if we move forward, state lawmakers are also proposing legislation that would expand the justice department's role in tracking down and prosecuting those responsible for violent acts against asian americans in the south bay as early as today, we could see patrols in the japan town neighborhood patrols by concerned citizens. they're meant to prevent further violence against members of the asian community. ktvu is james tourist introduces us to one young man interested in volunteering who says he's doing it for his family. every morning in san jose's japantown, ben rass sweets around the coffee shop. his parents own it zero working class neighborhood. the roy station coffee shop has been part of the japan town community for decades as an

asian american owner, carol rass hopes the recent violence against asians does not make it to her story. it's really. senseless destructive and there needs to be some action that action now coming in the form of citizen patrol, an effort led by retired san jose police officer richard sight of what i see that on the news, i've got to say to myself, what can i do to contribute to the reduction of that? he says hundreds of people responded to his recruiting call. including ben. his motivation his mom, i just don't want to get hurt, and my grand parents too. i don't want them to get hurt according to side of these citizen patrols would walk around. invest keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity. if they noticed something they were instructed to call police and press record on their cell phones. so there are a lot of people that really do care and they care about not only the people, but the community. ben says he's still learning

exactly what his responsibilities will be sad was playing calls for about 10 to 14 volunteers to walk or bike along streets from 10 to 2 each weekday. whatever the call of duty entails. ben says his goal is to help shine a light during a dark time for asians living in america. to try toe stop all the hateful stuff and try toe make everyone get along, the san jose police department says they are aware of this initiative, but they are not part of it. those seidel says he expects the department to also increased patrol in the area. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. also in the south bay more than 1000 people turned out at the centers, a city hall rally to stop asian hate to stop a p i hate reporting center says there have been nearly 3800 cases of discrimination, violence and hate crimes across the country since the group began tracking such incidents one year ago, rally organizer said they came together to help foster a lasting environment where asian

americans and pacific islanders feel safe. was here a year ago for george floyd, right, and i think this is a large this'd honestly they're very, very similar, right? they're both symptoms off of racism, and i think of each of its not any particular singular event. it's zoe. all of it together, organizer said they also held the rally to show that san jose will not tolerate acts of hate against community members under any circumstance states across the country are starting to reopen. even more. as the covid-19 vaccines become more available, and now there could be even another vaccine in the rotation here in the coming weeks reporter jonathan serrie as the story from atlanta. more than 81 million americans about 25% of the population have gotten at least one dose of covid vaccine so far, and more help could be on the way. astrazeneca announcing its vaccine was 79% effective in preventing symptomatic covid-19

in large scale us trials and prevented serious infections and hospitalizations. 100% of the time the report provides a much needed boost to astrazeneca, which is faced skepticism from some your. nepean regulators. there's been a lot of bumps in the road, and there was a question about blood clots, and now they're coming out and saying 79 80% effective even in the elderly, that's more americans get vaccinated. covid restrictions are being loosened, including for schools, the cdc now, says elementary school students can sit just three ft. apart as long as they're wearing masks, meaning more students in the classroom for longer periods of time, but the american federation of teachers is still reviewing the guidelines and some big disk drake say they're not ready to reopen despite a big push from lawmakers from both parties stop leading with fear and to follow the science. we know that three ft is sufficient. another concern of states continue re opening new covid cases have started

inching up after months of declines, with a growing number of people saying they've had enough of social distancing. it's hard to see someone and have to be six ft away from them or sit on opposite sides of the bench. astrazeneca. says it will officially apply for emergency use authorization in the us in the coming weeks in atlanta, jonathan serrie ktvu fox two news and just a short time ago, we learned that contra costa county is now expanding those who are eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine people 50 and older who live or work in the county can now request appointments. the county says it's in thanks to an increase in supply of the vaccine from the federal government. county says so far more than 336,000 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, including 96% of those age. 75 older. meantime, california is getting ready to make coronavirus vaccines available to everyone 16 and older by the last week of april. on friday, governor newsome said he expects the state will have enough doses for anyone

who wants to be inoculated due to an increase in vaccine supply. the ceo of blue shield of california, predicts vaccine supplying could nearly double in the state by april as more doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine arrive in california. some students in the livermore school district are back in class today for the first time in more than a year. let's bring in ktvu sally rascals monitoring the situation here. this is livermore, really one of many, several very ery school district's that are finally reopening to in person learning alley. that's right. garcia, a 30 this morning was the star. of the school day for some of the more than 13,000 students in the liver, more unified school district. many of them walked onto their school campus for the first time this morning in more than a year. whatever's said it, we're pretty excited to try and get some sense of normality back. yes, yes, optimism and excitement as students in all grades k through 12 in the liver, more unified school district returned to campus. the

district reopened today for hybrid learning for middle and high school students. that means a half day two days a week in person. elementary students will come to class for a couple hours a day, four days a week. the majority of students schooling will still be online. i think it's gonna be fun, but also weird because they're gonna have to wear a masterful time and then we can eat lunch for anything at school. other alameda county school district phased into return to campus by great, but livermore decided to bring everyone back the same day. it was actually out of respect for the families who have a lot of students at multiple levels, so it really worked out and also a lot of our staff has there also parents and they live locally, students and families still have the option to stick with distance learning, and many of them did. but it mended home middle school, the principal says more than 60% of students chose to return to campus. it's time they're ready. yeah, they're ready. i think on both sides, i think in the school side and i think the kids already. livermore's

superintendent, says 99% of teachers and staff in their district have already had access to the covid-19 vaccine, and most of their educators have already completed their vaccination process. and the livermore's teachers union says that was a major factor in helping educators feel safe to come back to class. reporting live allie rasmus ktvu. box two news. a lot of good talks around the dinner table tonight. i'm sure and live. remarked allie. rasmus. thank you. also in the east bay in oakland. teachers in the oakland unified school district have now ratified an agreement that would allow some students to return to the classroom next week. oakland's back to school plan would have students from preschool through second grade resume in person learning on march 30th. students in third through fifth grade would return to class on april 19th along with students and at least one secondary grade a long time coming for a lot of our students, one of our families they want to be back in school on we know that a lot of our staff is very excited to be back in school, too. so we wanted to kind of gradually ease into it, oakland school

board still needs to approve the agreement. there's still no word yet on when high school students in oakland. might return to the classroom still to come in noon time getting ready to loosen more restrictions. the three bay area counties that could enter the orange here within the next 48 hours, plus miami beach extends its spring break state of emergency curfew into april. i'm phil keating on iconic ocean drive. i have the story coming up, and it was a cool start for most people out here in the bay area as we give you that beautiful live shot of the golden gate bridge. 7 46 top to bottom. i'm gonna check in with ktvu meteorologist. rosemary oroczo is going to talk a little bit about a warmup. headed our way right here this week. people. flow in s

airports for 11 straight days now, more than 1.5 million went through tsh check points yesterday alone. that's more than any other day since the beginning of the covid pandemic, including over the holiday season. airport officials say that spring break plus an increased number of people who are now vaccinated are behind this uptick in air travel. meanwhile, a p m curfew is in place in miami beach, florida spring break crowds there are getting out of control. phil keating brings us a city a

state of emergency. that's just been declared. miami means tourists move the party outside of a restricted entertainment zone sunday. crowds dance and stood on top of cars along a residential street hours before miami beach officials voted to extend an eight p.m. curfew into april following days of unruly crowds. we'd be able to continue that curfew. number one. um, starting on thursdays. rouz sunday. mostly massless groups have packed streets and restaurants in miami beach this spring break. numerous fights have broken out. on saturday, the city declared a state of emergency mandating the curfew for the city's entertainment district. police struggled to remove the crowds, forcing officers to fire pepper balls saturday to disperse the tourists are city right now in

this area has become a tender and we cannot have a policy of simply hoping that it's not lit the curve you is another hit to the restaurants and bars trying to recover. from pandemic closures, large crowds are also raising concerns about a potential surge of covid-19 infections, public health officials warning folks to delay spring break trips until next year levy you're vaccinated her and not. we still need to keep wearing the masks. two stay socially distant to avoid the crowds since the spring break season began in february. police here have arrested about 1000 people so far have of them from out of state on iconic ocean drive here in south beach, phil keating, ktvu fox two news. you so many national park is preparing for a very busy spring and summer season, but the park will not be back to normal operations anytime soon. some campgrounds along with restaurants will be open and

there will be more hotel rooms available compared to last year. but park shuttles will not be running and they're also going to be fewer park staff on site. park officials have not yet decided at this point if they're going to limit the number of people in the park and require a reservation system for entry, as they did last year, tourism in san francisco may not return to pre pandemic levels until the year 2024 that, according to sf, sf tourism officials, as have travel, telling the examiner total visits to san francisco declined by 61% last year and total travel spending in the city was down 78% look no need to go anywhere for spring break rosemary when we have weather like this, you're right. hello garcia. hello mike. we've got some beautiful weather coming our way for today. temperatures right about average a lot of sixties. out there, but eventually we are going to get into the seventies. how about a view over tahoe? that's a gorgeous one. tahoe sitting fried about 40 degrees at this hour, so cool day out there, but nonetheless a gorgeous one.

how about sfo? as we take a look here at the mostly blue skies overhead for today, temperatures are going to be similar to yesterday. some a tad warmer, some a tad cooler. but all in all it is i mentioned a moment ago. very seasonal when it comes to the temps. let's check in on the numbers at this lunch hour 54 degrees in san francisco, as well as half moon bay upper fifties reported over the inner east bay at livermore, walnut creek 60 degrees in the north bay of santa rosa and for the south bay right now, 57 over san jose noticed some areas a tad warmer, some areas a tad cooler now, but you are notably cooler with a west breeze in place right now, down by about eight degrees or so. down by four over areas of novato. look at the winds a bit gusty for some, and we are going to be a little breezy out there or pattern is shaping up bringing us some wind right now. no advisory for wind but again along the coastline in our hills, and you could see over santa rosa little gusty here, 22 mph reported. nevada

reporting 21, oakland reporting seven and conquered reporting 12. let's check on the winds over our hills, where middle peak in the north bay reporting 39 mph. meanwhile, the east bay not bad. mount diablo, seven, mph, oakland, north 12, oakland south 11. so a bit of a breeze out there is we move forward with this new pattern that is also going to warm us up and start to record to showing you, their we have met them high clouds overhead at this time over areas of the north bay, the central bay, but for the most part, temperatures are going to be nice and mild toe warm 66 for the afternoon today in santa rosa 62 for san francisco mid sixties and oakland, 66. ex livermore as well as san jose. i'll give you a better look at some of these numbers for today, upper fifties over areas of pacifica in the north base, 66 over sandra fell for ourself base 66 in morgan hill and a pair of ah looks like 66 daca livermore lot of sixties out there. here's a view of your extended forecast notice. temperatures

are up on tuesday. right now, the warmest day looks like it's going to be wednesday before we drop numbers down again thursday friday notice no rain in that forecast. unfortunately we're gonna warm it up again as we get into the weekend. i had better details coming up in just a little bit goes very thank you still to come and do they pay cash for their dream home, but it quickly turned into a nightmare up next, where the seller is now refusing to leave and the warning here for other buyers during the pandemic. [ sfx: bzzz bzzz bzzz ]

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moving into their new home, tracy and miles albert say they purchased the home in riverside more than a year ago at the end of escrow, the seller refused to give up the keys and would not leave the house. the alberts then filed all the paperwork to evict the previous homeowner, but law enforcement says they just can't do anything about it because of the statewide mandate preventing evictions. just seems unbelievable that you look at it and go so you could just steal someone's life savings and then commit fraud. do all these things and there's just nothing to be done about it. it's genuinely unfathomable to me that we live in a state where something like this is even possible. they closed escrow on this home generate 31st of 2020. innovation attorney in that area, said he has already seen a dozen cases

just like the alberts his advice. if there are any red flags do not complete the transaction, especially if it's an all cash sale, or the deal looks too good to be true, santa, says san jose assembly member alex lee is trying to reform what he's calling a loophole in the ellis act. assemblyman lee says that landlords are using the ellis act to get around the eviction moratorium and remove tenants during the pandemic. act allows for no cause evictions on the ground that the landlord is going out of business. lee says that speculators were buying up red controlled properties and using the ellis act to evict residents so they can flip the buildings for a profit, please bill co sponsored by david shoe, and richard blue, would require a five year holding period by imposing a five year holding period before the exact use speculative abuse of the ellis act will be deterred and the statute secretary right of long term landlords to get out. the rental business is still preserved. the measure would also block property owners from

using the ellis act more than once, over 10 years. he said that over 5400 households in san francisco alone have been forced from their homes by the ellis act since 2001 short term rentals in the area of lake tahoe could soon see stricter laws. the commission that oversees incline village and the rest of washoe county is expected to approve new rules on rental properties this week. this includes occupancy limits a permit system, quiet hours and mandatory fire safety inspections. the proposed changes are aimed at reducing the number of loud parties and parking violations that often come with short term rentals. when you say people in oakland, wilson get a chance to weigh in on plans for the a's new ballpark. the team, of course, is looking to build a new ballpark. 35,000 seats there, and howard terminal right along oakland estuary. these development project would also include 3000 apartments to condos, hotel and retail, another commercial space, the city's landmarks preservation advisory board will review a draft of the environmental impact report during a virtual meeting tonight at five. stanford is now advancing to the second round of the women's

ncaa basketball tournament. the top seeded cardinal blew out 16 seen utah sally state last night 87 to 44, stanford senior guard kiana williams had a very big night in front of family and friends going 20 points in her hometown of san antonio. he says having the tournament in san antonio is a benefit not only for her, but for the entire team. i told my teammates he shall i want and i want you guys to stay here in my hometown and longest possible mentally, we're just a lot stronger than we probably would have been. had we not gone through those 10 weeks on the road like just looking back on it. it's something that we wouldn't have chose t have done, but i'm glad we got through it because i think we have that advantage here here in san antonio, and as you can see in the video she was spot on from beyond the yard. williams nailed 63 pointers last night, surpassing stanford's all time three point leader, kenya's wiggins with uneven 300 stanford next place tomorrow against the eight seed oklahoma state university now that high school sports in

california's been given the green light, the new challenges getting enough referees for all those games. for a very long wait. i school football finally returned for most schools this past weekend but is more teams at the field. there just aren't enough referees, apparently to properly officiate games. the number of reps has been declining overall for years now, and the pandemic just made matters worse. it's not just football, football's in tears right now, but i got other sports to it. officiating across the board, we need sports. so if you're interested in any sport, we can find somewhere for you to come in and words, officials say if you're interested in signing up as referee the time from signing up to getting out on the field on lee takes about a week. still to come here at noon. community colleges hit hard during the pandemic. we'll take a look at just how much enrollment rates have declined. also a lawsuit against governor gavin newsom is heading to court how it challenges what he ordered during the covid-19 ordered during the covid-19 state of emergency.

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according to the company, it found no increased risk of blood clotting, astrazeneca says it's preparing to request emergency authorization for the vaccines used in the united states in the coming weeks. if approved, this would be the fourth covid vaccine available to americans. a new report shows a slower vaccine rollout may prove more successful than a quicker one. the associated press found. states that had a quick roll out with large amounts of eligibility ultimately ended up vaccinating fewer people than states that took a slower and smaller approach. officials say the rush to get everyone vaccinated, overwhelmed healthcare systems and created massive lines and vaccination sites. many websites where you could sign up for unemployment. we're backed up and even crashed. waiting for over a month. every week to no result i'm on publix walgreens, kroger cvs three times a week, 6 30 morning tuesday wednesday thursday on top supposed to go and everything goes back before we're fully booked. florida

south carolina, missouri initially offered vaccines, the larger groups of people, but in doing so, actually vaccinated smaller shares of their population compared to those that moved more slowly and methodically, such as connecticut and hawaii. expected cost of vaccinations here in california has reportedly grown toe $1.3 billion. that's four times higher than the projection set by the state just a couple months ago. the study, published in the l a times, says the jump is largely tied to governor newsom's decision to bring in blue shield to overhaul california's vaccine delivery system. that move came in response to complaints of vaccine shortages across the state earlier this year. a new report from the cdc found california's among the worst states in the country when it comes to delivering vaccines to the most vulnerable parts of the u. s population. the cvc surveyed 48 states in a study on vaccine equity. it found the on lee states to rank lower than california, kansas, maryland, idaho in new hampshire. the numbers were compiled between december and march, 1st before california designated and then administer

two million doses. the low income neighborhood located in certain zip codes. growing number of cities and states are expanding their vaccine. rollout is more doses are becoming available. city leaders in chicago are soon expected to sign off on a plan that would make everyone ages 16 and up to get vaccinated in the state of illinois this week, michigan will open a mass vaccination clinic at ford field where adults from across the street kids state can get the vaccine at the home of the detroit lions. the vaccination progress is like. processes like a locomotive, right? it is slow and cumbersome and frustrating at the beginning, but is picking up speed and getting smoother and we are rolling here in michigan. we find it during that president biden said it may 1st deadline for all 50 states to make covid-19 vaccines available to every us adult. ramadan begins next month in many muslim leaders and are trying to spread the word that getting vaccinated for covid-19 during daylight hours would not break the religions dawn to dusk fast, they say getting shots for covid-19 is allowed since

the vaccine has no nutritional value and is injected into the muscle. enrollment in california's community colleges are down about 12% statewide, a memo sent to the board of governors, referring to the number of both part time and full time students revealed some colleges. so a 30 to 50% drop in enrollment compared to the fall of 2019. the board will consider the issue and it's meeting next week. the memo also suggested some of the colleges with the steepest declines could be shut down, but no colleges were named santa clara county, marin county and san francisco could join san matteo, okay. tony in the orange tear this week. santa clara county now has a 1.2% positivity rate slightly lower than the statewide rate, ktvu demagogues reports on what this orange to your means for businesses and people working from home sooner. clara county is going to get to the next tier orange here in downtown los altos. amy madison runs a tasting room for wine lovers to sip on the chardonnays and pino noirs she and her husband

produced from their vineyards in the santa cruz mountains and sonoma. this is our newest wine operating under santa clara counties, purple and red tears. she's only been able to sell bottles not offer any indoor tastings. it certainly has been difficult, but we're excited to get to the next level. the next level the orange tear, allowing wineries, breweries and distilleries to welcome guests indoors. at 25% capacity. there's no denying it's been a really difficult time for everyone and certainly for the wine industry. we actually lost our 2020. pino cropped, you two smoked ain't in the santa cruz mountains and we have been under manage. we've been under ah, evacuation due to the fire is probably about three times in the last few years. so the wine industry has been hit. pretty hard restaurants and retailers in the orange tear can expand to 50% capacity, which brings a boost to other shopkeepers in the area to definitely trickles into our business offices can bring it

non essential workers back as well in limited numbers, while the state doesn't specify have limited offices should be san francisco is allowing companies to return to the office at 25% capacity. it is dizzying the peace and wish real re opening, but i think. it's in step with what we're seeing in terms of numbers. ucsf's dr peter chan hyung says the rapid progression from purple toe orange tear is largely thanks to the rollout of vaccines and people following the mask and social distancing mandates. but he cautions that because fewer people are getting tested for covid the actual number of covid cases. might be slightly higher than the county's air able to report on the reason why i'm worried is. um people don't know when they have covid so they don't have symptoms, be cautious and pause. i'm celebrating, but i'm also celebrating. napa calmly, so to speak. emma goss, ktvu. fox two

news today, the lafayette city council will pause to mark one year since the first covid death in contra costa county health records show. the person who died on march of 2020 was in their seventies was at risk due to a medical condition. that same person, by the way, had recently traveled to europe. a rally in solidarity with the asian american and pacific islander community. was held outside the hall of justice in san francisco this morning. he came as a second court date was expected today for the man accused in the unprovoked and deadly attack on an 84 year old man in san francisco. he was knocked down back in january in the cities and the vista neighborhood. he later died from his injuries, community organizers said they want the city's elected leaders to do more to crack down on such crimes. they need to hear us. they need to know what we're going through and they need to do what they can't as legislators, tonto, right, appropriate legislation to protect the people. we need to feel safe in our communities.

19 year old antoine watson has been charged in the deadly attack. he was he has pleaded not guilty to murder an elder abuse charges. sama tail county board of supervisors president david cannonball will introduce legislation condemning hate crimes against asian american pacific islander community members. the legislation would also establish the county has a zero tolerance hate zone. canada says the county's district attorney is ready and willing to prosecute people who commit racist attacks to the fullest extent of the law activists across the bay area showing their support for members of the asian american pacific islander community through rallies and demonstrations. moloch creek community members gathered to hold a vigil condemning and acknowledging recent attacks. people of all races came together. they held hands while they held signs. sorry. listen to speakers. organizers say that events in big cities and small ones are very important to raising awareness. the community of sacramento, showing support for an asian owned business that was vandalized last week. the owner

of you made gelato says he never expected to see this much support, michael jan moir says. last week, someone broke five windows at his shop, he says it's the fourth time his windows have been broken since the summer, and now customers are doing what they can to show their support. we don't want the diversity has built up in sacramento to be stifled by these kinds of sentiments is very important that folks come out and show our support for the community so that they understand that, you know, not everybody shares ill will. customers started a go fund me to help the shop pay for damages. so far, it's raised nearly $13,000. sacramento police say so far. also they have no updates on this case, you may soon learn if an effort to recall governor gavin newsom will end up on the ballot new figures from the states election agency showed that as of last week, 1.2 million signatures have already been validated. 1.5 million are needed for the measure to qualify on the ballot. if it does a recall election could be

held in october next month, an appeals court will hear argue into the lawsuit, accusing governor newsome of overstepping his authority with an executive order disorder included sending balance to all registered voters in the state last fall. two republican lawmakers argue the order was unconstitutional since only the legislature can make or change state law. in november, a state superior court judge issued an injunction against the governor for future use of state emergency powers. the appeals court hearing is set for april 20th in sacramento. a group of community members is threatening to sue the san francisco board of education for changing the admissions policy at lowell high school. last month, the board voted to replace the merit based admissions process with the lottery system, which is said to take effect next year. a lawyer for the group wants the board to reverse its decision and claims the new policy is designed to decrease the number of asian students admitted to lull. the letter became public over the weekend, when city leaders also called on board vice president allyson collins to resign. collins is accused of posting what critics described as racist tweets

against asian americans. ah court hearing is set in the lawsuit to reopen san francisco schools, the city attorney dennis herrera, sewing the san francisco unified school district, alleging that it failed to devise a clear plan to get the city's 54,000 public school students back in the classroom. her era recently announced it is going ahead with the lawsuit, despite the district's updated plan that would allow some students to return to class this month. the city attorney says there is still no written agreement still become this noontime growing concern. on the southern border of the questions. the biden administration is facing when it comes to a growing number of migrants crossing that border and pull out the flip flops and the shorts and the sunscreen because a warm up is on the way. we're going to check back in with rosemary to see how warm how hot it's going to get in your neighborhood later this week.

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a hate crime investigation. 28 year old cia marie sean was shot and killed in compton early saturday morning at a vigil on sunday, her family members said they think race played a role in the killing. family and friends say that sean was shot near an apartment complex and died at a hospital there. we say they do not have information on the suspect. or a motive. there is growing concern about the number of extremists who may be working in law enforcement in the united states, according to an

analysis by u s. a. today of the 324 people arrested in the january 6th capital riot so far 43 are current or former first responders or military veterans. at least four police officers and three former police officers are facing federal charges. some lawmakers have asked the fbi for a briefing about white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement agencies across the country. joe biden administration is dealing with mork criticism over the situation currently at the southern border, and the homeland security secretary is laying out plans right now to deal with what could be 20 year high of migrant crossings. lauren blanchard is in washington with the story. more members of congress and administration officials have been traveling from d c to the nation southwest border to see the growing migrant situation themselves were thousands of unaccompanied migrant children are being housed in u. s custody far longer than allowed in crowd in centers if they arrive at the border. we have a responsibility to allow them to

make their claims under united states law, we can do so in a safe and orderly manner. it takes time because the entire system was dismantled. fox. is confirmed because of overwhelming numbers. border patrol agents near the rio grande are releasing illegal migrants they encounter without a notice to appear or without an asylum hearing court date, forcing the migrants to seek out their own legalization paperwork while staying in the u. s critics have blamed the trump administration for the recent influx of border crossings. they came in. i think just because we did such a good job and because it was me, they went, let's go the opposite. let's let everybody come into the country, democratic texas representative henry quay are released photos from inside one of the overflowing detention centers. so far, the biden administration has kept reporters out. now immigration and customs enforcement has awarded a nearly $87 million contract to house migrants in hotel rooms. the bod administration is. completely

unprepared for the catastrophe that they're wrecking on the state of texas president biden said he is aware of the situation at the border, and he does plan to visit soon, although he did not say when. in washington, lauren blanchard, ktvu fox two news. defense secretary lloyd austin made an unannounced visit to afghanistan over the weekend, austin arrived in the capital city of combo yesterday morning he met with the afghan president ashraf ghani and other top officials. the united states is tentatively scheduled to pull american troops from the country on may 1st as part of an agreement signed by the previous administration. the defense secretary, thank the military personnel and the diplomatic corps who have been serving in afghanistan. i really have truly grateful for their continued sacrifices of our men and women in uniform are diplomats and you know, as we've worked together with with our coalition partners here to help move things forward in the country of afghanistan, they

have done a great job over the years on they continue to do so each and every day. austin is the first member of president biden's cabinet to visit afghanistan. a week of torrential rain is causing severe flooding in eastern australia, some part of the state of new south wales, which includes sydney, got almost 10 inches of rain in 24 hours. 19,000 people have been told to evacuate emergency services had to rescue about 20 dogs. from a candle that was underwater. well, if you're looking for a spring storm here in the bay area this week look farther rosemary, cause it looks like you have a lot of sixties and seventies dialed up. you're right. no spring showers for us, mike. hello to you, and to all of you out, there are mostly sunny day around the bay area and temperatures are similar to yesterday. some a little warmer, some a little cooler. ah big warmer, coming our way warm up and coming our way. as we get into the days ahead. how about a view over san francisco? there is a gorgeous shot for you. when's are generally lights of. for most of us, we do have a bit of

a breeze in the north bay along the coastline in our hills a bit as well. here's another view over a golden gate bridge. gorgeous weather in store if you like sixties and seventies, that's exactly what is coming our way for the days ahead. you see those high clouds? they're just kind of spilling over. we do have a ridge of high pressure that will remain locked off the west coast there and that will continue to deflect any storms from coming our direction. what kind of a spring like pattern setting up here with the trough kind of digging in on the back side of california. the pressure grady in between the two is what is bringing that wind and the offshore wind that helps to boost our temperatures. look at the future cast model and you'll notice the blue over washington, oregon and into nevada. as we get into the tuesday time frame, it continues to slide into nevada so again talking about that trough in the pressure grady in that's creating the wind for us and the warmer temps. here's a look at another round that comes, it looks like thursday

again, dropping in on the backside of california that could bring the wind as well. no advisories for wind at this point, but we will continue to watch that in the meanwhile temperatures are going to be unseasoned. believe warm as we get into the days ahead for today, ride about average 54 in san francisco. we have 56 right now in the east bay of livermore, south bay, looking at 57, san jose, and in the north base, 60 degrees over santa rosa, let's go to the east. take a look at a few more numbers here. 58 danville, 59. clayton 60 degrees right now in lafayette, as well as martinez. afternoon highs for today, upper 50 specific a low 60 san francisco mid upper sixties expected for the inner east based 68 antioch into the north bay. nice and mild, mid to upper sixties there is well 66 for napa and for our south bay upper sixties moscato, san jose morgan hill, 67. for gilroy, your extended forecast a little bit warmer tomorrow. right now. wednesday looks to be the warmest day temperatures in the low to mid seventies for our

inland cities, perhaps even a few upper seventies. little breezy and cooler getting into thursday. it doesn't last, though, by the weekend temperatures are back up by sunday, mid to upper seventies in the forecast under mostly sunny skies back to you. thank you, rosemary to bury transit agencies have expanded their services starting today. bargain caltrain say the changes are in response to a recent ride in ridership tied to the growing number of covid-19 vaccinations likely and a declining number of covid cases. art is adding 26 additional trips on it six train lines during the peak commute hours. caltrain is adding two more trains to its weekday schedule. caltrain will run 70 trains a day now between santa clara county in san francisco, starting again today. caltrain is also tweaking departure times due to the new schedule. caltrain is also allowing free rides to vaccination sites. starting today, people living a working in san francisco, santa clara or san mateo counties can board cal train to go to or from a vaccine location. passengers

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the golden state killer, who was later identified as former police officer joseph d'angelo. former detective says some of the new technology they use in this show is a real game changer in the hunt for fugitives, three dimensional avatars of the fugitives, the ability to actually show the viewers what this person looks like in three dimensions is going to be something that is going to benefit trying to catch these fugitives. whole, says the age progression. technology is another tool useful and trying to find fugitives, since some of them have been on the run now for years, the united states supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal to reinstate the death penalty for the boston marathon bomber. 27 year old joke are tsarnaev was convicted in the deadly boston marathon attack the initial prosecution and decision to seek the death sentence was made by the obama administration and which part now president biden served his vice president. are never received the death sentence in 2015, but the u. s court of appeals throughout that sentence last year his case will not be heard until the

fall now to san jose were more than 200 vehicles gathered on saturday night for an illegal site show happen in the parking lot of the intersection of moral avenue and landis avenue police issued 15 citations for a number of violations, including the spectating ordinance. three vehicles were impounded for 30 days for sideshow activity. barry lawmakers are calling for reforms to the states sexual assault laws. in a news conference today, state senator dave corte z and other lawmakers said that penalties for spousal rape are less severe than for other cases of rape. say the more lenient treatment also expect extend to plea bargains. they said there is no reason for such a disparity and said there bill would eliminate the disparity. california will require person convicted of spousal rape. the register is a sex offender just is currently required. a person convicted non spousal rape and also ensure that plea bargains are treated saying for both crimes. backers of the bill, say recent data from san jose police show that domestic and

spousal rapes have doubled during the pandemic. you say it's time to end the double standard that spousal rape is somehow less serious than any other type of sexual assault. morning, a house committee debated a bill that would give statehood to washington. d c. if approved by congress, the new state would have two senators and a representative who could vote in congress. the bill would include a smaller federal district that encompasses capitol hill, the white house and other federal buildings. 86% of the district 712,000 residents voted for statehood in 2016. backers, including the district mayor, say d. c already performs many functions of a state during the coronavirus pandemic. for example, we have led covid-19 testing. contract contact tracing and vaccination efforts just as states did. the proposal is faced opposition from republicans who claimed the state lines were drawn to maximize its tax revenue. the bill is expected to pass the house as soon as the summer. to

popular music festivals in southern california have been pushed back again because of the pandemic. coachella and stage coach are usually held every year in riverside county. they were first rescheduled from april of 2022 october and then to april of this year and now reportedly to october. now variety is reporting that both music festivals are being pushed to next year. the olympic torch relay is set to kick off this week. olympic officials have been working on a number of contingency plans. since the pandemic delayed the event last year. the relay will start in fukushima on thursday and over the next few months and 10,000 runners will help carry the torch across japan. in iceland, a long dormant volcano is erupting. the eruption is happening about 20 miles away from the country's capital, reykjavik. it's the first time this volcano has erupted in almost 800 years. wine read in argentina is trying something very new. here it is putting wine bottles actually into the ocean. first, the wine is barrel aged and

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