and we thank you for joining us this morning. it is friday, march 15th. >> yeah, happy friday. let's get started. >> i still stand behind what we have done and that we needed to make the statements that we needed to do in order to make our voices loud and clear. >> dozens of protesters who shut down the bay bridge for hours celebrating a big victory in court. but they are not

getting off completely scot-free. we're jammed full and we have no room. >> san francisco animal shelters pushed to the brink with many reaching capacity for the number of animals they can take. how you can help. it's still a lot of beauty and still a lot of positivity here, even everything that's happening, change is happening. >> businesses in oakland bouncing back as restaurant week takes over the city. how owners are coming up with special ideas to get the community out and about. hard to give it up you know. one on -- probably do it until they kick me out. [ laughter ] >> he's seen almost every home game from the best seat in the house. meet the warriors' official clock keeper who's been with the team for over 60 years. >> i mean, 60 years. >> 60. >> that's what it said. i'm gianna franco. can you imagine? being that same position. yeah, you have seen so much when it comes to basketball history. >> a living legend. i feel like people don't stay in jobs anymore and that's the issue

right? it's like contract to contract or there's always something better out there. so -- wow. good for him. 60 years. i'm nicole zaloumis and let's take a live look outside on this friday morning. keep in mind, it looks beautiful. this is the jewel box of san francisco. but it is a first alert weather day. and meteorologist jessica burch joins us now. jess, those high winds have really caused just havoc in some issues over the barium when i was driving over the bridge yesterday, my car was shifting. i know, you have to be careful today nicole and in san mateo county, those strong winds actually caused a tree to land across power lines on highway 35 shutting down the road yesterday afternoon. this happened between highway 9 and alpine road and we talked about it yesterday. these strong winds could cause downed trees and power outages and we're still seeing the effects today. that wind event is not over just yet and as we take a look out on the first alert weather day as the highlighted zones and counties on the map behind me. we are still under a wind advisory until 11:00 a.m.

issued by the national weather service national weather service, where we can still see downed trees into the next couple of hours. now this does expire just around lunchtime but watch what happens up in the north bay throughout the next couple of hours. sonoma, i'm talking to you. all the way down into areas like petaluma and 40 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts are currently happening and will continue to watch that in the 7:00 hour. by 9:00 it doesn't let up anytime soon and notice areas in the east bay too like danville still dealing with about a 30-mile-per-hour wind gust just into the 9:00, 10:00 hour. it's slowly starting to die down though as we head into the afternoon hours. all the way into 5:00 we go, that's when we finally capita break off in the east bay and still a little bit breezy in the north bay but this is the big weather story for us as head into this next couple of hours. it's friday, many of us have the early weekend. and if we do, of course you want to take it slow out there especially on the roads like nicole mentioned. and be very careful in the dark hours for any downed trees and of course we're keeping a close eye on the power outages maps as well. send it over to

you, g. all right, jess, thank you. taking a live look right now in interstate 680 this morning in pleasanton. caltrans has closure in place and something that's going to be there throughout the weekend. southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend so that crews can replace repavement that's falling apart. starting at 9:00 tonight, 680 will be closed from the 580 connector to koopman road. various on ramps will be shut down also. excuse mement 680 southbound is expected to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday. all right, let's take a look at traffic now as you head across some of the bay area bridges. the golden gate bridge is moving along pretty well. but again, we are talking about those windy conditions out there. so just be careful as you work your way across the span. things are certainly going to be a little gusty as you head through there. san mateo bridge as well as altamont pass commute, maybe busy as well or a little slower just because of those windy conditions. so just be extra careful especially if you are

traveling in a high-profile vehicle. that is something to think about. but it's friday. so that's one of our headlines right? it is friday light. and that's something we can hopefully enjoy as we get into our weekend. nicole? well, gianna, protesting is a long time part of bay area culture and we've seen a lot of it already this year including criticism of how people go about it. dozens of palestinian protesters were arrested last november for blocking the upper deck of the bay bridge for hours. it didn't just keep people from work, it even delayed life-saving operations as organs for transplant were caught in the gridlock. but when the da announced charges, reaction was split. as wilson walker reports, the 78 protesters facing a possible trial scored a major legal victory instead. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the bay bridge 78 walked out of the courtroom to the cheering crowd that had packed the hallway to support them. the outcome in the words

of one organizer, a complete vindication and victory. >> essentially the judge dismissed our case as of may 15th. with a diversion offer of five hours community service and a little under $4,500 in restitution. i think that the da's retaliatory charges were an attempt to put a chill on mobilization. >> reporter: for some kind of precedent here we have seen incidents like this before. in 2016 protesters with black lives matter took over the bridge and the highway patrol arrested 25 people. district attorney george gas cone reduced the charges to simple traffic citations, saying it was in the interest of free speech. then a judge just threw those charges out wholesale. so while blocking the bridge is illegal, there's plenty of room for discretion. >> yes, the government does

have certain amount of prosecutorial discretion in terms of whether it's going to arrest people or just say go home and allow people to leave. there's all sorts of latitude and discretion that creeps in at various points of the process. but certainly in terms of the first amendment question, they are permitted to say either move to the sidewalk or you have to stop. stop your protest. >> reporter: the protesters initially asked for the charges to be dropped completely. and there was a great deal of anger directed towards district attorney brooke jenkins for her pursuel of charges at all. one of the 78 defended the protest saying the movement is being persecuted and misrepresented. >> i still stand behind what we have done and that we needed to make the statements that we needed to do in order to make our voices loud and clear. this movement is much larger than what's being perceived on the media. and i hope that you a as a reporter can reflect that in your own reporting. >> the da's office says that

the protesters are arrested again in the next two months, the deal could be off the table and criminal proceedings could be on the way. time now for a look at morning's other top stories. the man accused of killing tech executive bob lee is expected back in court today. nima momeni will face a judge who will decide whether to keep his trial in san francisco. his defense argues that holding the trial in the city would be unfair because lee was well-known here. today, attorneys will also learn how long it may take to get evidence off of lee's newly released phone. san francisco's civic center recently viewed as the epicenter of the city's drug and homeless crisis is now making a turn in the right direction. now during the day, you might see a family or a group of skaters rolling and strolling through. but at night, police say it's a different story. sfpd gave us this video showing what illegal vendors are hawking at u. n. plaza when the sun goes down. everything from cell known cases to baseball cards to bags

of candy and even nasal spray. officers say they're working with public works and public health to give out citations and impound what vendors are selling. >> i think we're going to have to give you a citation for $250. and impound all of the items that you don't have proof of purchase for. all right, so it's illegal in the city of san francisco to be vending without a permit. are you aware of that? >> well, police say they started doing more nighttime patrols around u. n. plaza last month and have plans to keep going. nicole? time now 5:08. still ahead, the state is hoping to bring salmon back to rivers in northern california by teaming up with native tribes. the quest to bring them to the state in this morning's "project earth." shawn? >> reporter: nicole, we're here in san francisco where animal care and control >> woman: why did we choose safelite? we're always working on a project. while loading up our suv, one extra push and... crack!

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once again, shawn. >> reporter: good morning. and it's really important to emphasize that delay of millions of spayed and neutered animals not happening has now led to a lot of breeding happening backyard across california. and so now when we look at this issue of being overcapacity at shelters like this, there's a lot of layers to this phish. first and foremost there are more animals coming in but there are also staying at the shelter longer than usual. and there aren't the options to move those animals to other shelters like you normally could. so at this point, it really is calling on the public to do whatever you can, staff here tell us that even if they can delay one dog from coming into their shelter, it will make a difference. it's easy for these faces inside san francisco animal care and control to steal your heart. but right now, they need

some extra love. >> for over capacity. so we have animals that are available for adoption. we would love for people to some and adopt them. but we're also packed full of stray animals and a group we call custody animals. >> reporter: virginia donahue is the executive director of sf animal care and control. she explains that custody animals are those at the shelter because of a family emergency. >> normally we hand deliver about 500 of the cases a year. last year, we handled over 800. and this year, we're on track to repeat that number. so that's way, way more animals than we're used to. >> reporter: only adds to the increase they're seeing from a drop in spayed and neutered animals. during the apartment, veterinary care went down and surgeries were delayed. it's not just affecting dogs. they're taking in twice the number of bunnies they would see over six months and even more guinea pigs as well. so they're asking anyone thinking of surrendering an animal to check for additional help first. >> we're jammed full. we have

no room. but if you are having difficulty like maybe there's some way we can help you and your pet stay together. >> reporter: it's worth remembering the animals are here because there was an issue with the people who were taking care of them. virginia says there's nothing wrong with the animals. and you can take the word of any of her employees who brought at least one of them home. >> i don't think you can find anybody in the building who hasn't adopted from her. >> reporter: keeps her going even in tough times. purpose driven work that can truly have a positive impact on everyone. >> you get to help a lot, a lot of san francisco animals. and in conjunction with that, you also end up helping a lot of people. >> reporter: so some of the resources that are available to help families from having to surrender their animal include the low cost vet clinic that they do on a regular basis here, they also have a quarterly vaccine clinic and then there's also a pet food

bank. that's one way they hope families won't have to vender the animal. on the other side if you are looking to adopt, right now they are waiving the fees to adopt guinea pigs as well as any dogs that are five months or older. nicole and gianna, back to you. >> i didn't know that they had a pet food bank. thank you so much, shawn. such useful information to help families with animals. our furry friend. >> i know. and so many of us love our puppies and cats and but a guinea pig? okay. maybe. that's a possibility too. all right, let's get a live look outside on this friday morning and yay, we made it to the weekend. we can all take a sigh and a -- ahh. a big sigh of relief. and think hey it's going to be nice. but is it? because it's a first alert weather day. with all these windy conditions. the winds are really whipping up around the bay area. yesterday especially, jessica, and also in parts of southern california. >> uh-huh. >> the strong gusts caused some problems in los angeles. >> yeah, gianna. the winds were actually strong enough to take down a big rig and knocked it off the side of the road and

winds exceeded about 7 #, 80 miles per hour yesterday in l. a. toppling trees and power cables and of course even that semi-truck too. and it was a gusty day widespread throughout the state of california and i'll be honest for you i was flying for the national guard last night the helicopter. it was so hard just to hold on to the controls and keep that level and straight flight. and that was in higher elevated areas and we're talking about 2,000, 3,000 feet. back here at the surface level 0-mile-per-hour winds there morning as we wake up and head out the door. and areas like sonoma, 40-mile-per-hour winds from petaluma down into stinson beach. and it is breezy in san francisco but a lot lighter compared to the north bay and as we head into the east bay, danville around 45-mile-per-hou r wind gusts right now. and we're going to continue to watch these models stay strong as we head into the 9:00, 10:00 hour. notice those winds really take a while to die down. not until the afternoon we see a big shift in the system and it's actually going to see -- we're going to see lighter winds close to around 15, 20-mile-per-hour winds in the evening hours tonight and this matches up with what the national weather service says too. when it comes to the wind

advisory expiring closer to around lunchtime. now the winds have been whipping up a lot of that pollen. so yesterday and today we were in the medium to high category. saturday and sunday in the medium category for the most part. just keep that in mind. that's what we have this weekend. but there's plenty of fun things happening for us this weekend. the st. patrick's day parade and of course wings over solano which my unit is actually going to take the blackhawks out there too. and do a static display. say hi to them. we're expecting 70s in the forecast over attrist air force base heading into the weekend. and we're actually seeing a similar trend today too. i mean, daytime highs this afternoon are sitting mostly in the 70s and 60s in the forecast for us. i want to update that map in just a second because i didn't show correctly but a live look as we wake up and head out the door this morning all the way into the santa clara valley, it's gusty as can be. the santa cruz mountains also seeing some of the windiest conditions that we've had in quite some time. you can see that camera shaking just right there. more on that coming up in a bit and show you the 7 day forecast just in a

little bit too. because there's actually some rain in the 7 day models so the dry break is coming to an end pretty soon. we'll have more on that. for now over to you, g. >> enjoy the dry roadways then jess. let's take a live look this morning though at interstate 680 over in pleasanton. there's a repaving project that will be happening this weekend and it will be blocking the southbound lanes. caltrans says the closure will extend from the 580 connector to koopman road. no southbound traffic will be allowed from 9:00 p.m. that starts tonight until 4:00 a.m. on monday. caltrans is planning to have detours in place during the shutdown. but if you are familiar with this closure, you know that you will see some slower than usual conditions on the alternates to the area and as they reroute you in and off of 680. so a heads-up there. hey, but here's the good news, you are dealing with some windy conditions out there. but you are not dealing with a lot of cars. really quiet live look here at the golden gate bridge. pretty seamless commute heading into san francisco this morning. here's also an overview as you head out and about, you can see a lot of

green on our map which is good. that means we're seeing a lot of good travel conditions on the freeways and little slow westbound 580 heading into the altamont pass for supercommuters. but that's pretty typical and overall though a nice ride. bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights just yet. they'll probably turn them on in about ten minutes if they do. sometimes they don't on fridays if traffic is really quiet. and right now it is. it's an easy ride as you head into san francisco right now with no delays and here's the current travel times for 101, highway 480 and 580. it's 5:19. still ahead, the quest to bring salmon back to rivers in the state. we'll explain

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ocean. the an yawl pilgrim i can't imagine is led by the tribe and its chief, sissing. the tribe has never wavered from a core belief. >> whatever happens to the salmon happens to the people. >> reporter: salmon populations are a fraction of what they once were. and climate change plays a role. >> in the last decade, they have been hit by the one-two punch of climate change. disruptive heat waves, dryness through extreme drought. >> reporter: chuck bonnham let's up the california department of fish and wildlife and he says the summer of 2021 was a grim one for the salmon. >> we were in the peak of the most recent severe drought and the fish are now trooped down on the valley floors and the valley floors are much hotter. water that's too hot is lethal for salmon. >> reporter: california's fish and wildlife just awarded $50 million in grants for 15 projects. one involves the tribe and the tribe's attempts to restore wild salmon to the mccloud river. >> this is the right thing to

do. and it will help us figure out how to save salmon in california. >> so they're in a dire position now and may go extinct. if this project that we're involved with isn't successful. >> reporter: sisk recoupables how the problem first began with the shasta dam. while the dam provides flood control, hydroelectric power, and water supplies -- >> it is a -- a weapon of mass destruction. to me. >> reporter: built during world war ii, shasta dam flooded the tribe off their ancestral land. it also blocked the chinook from returning to the icy cold mccloud river to spawn. in 1994, these fish were federally listed as endangered. the tribe held protests, then sheaf sisk got an email. >> do you want your salmon back? we have them. >> reporter: the email was from the head of the mori people in new zealand. it turns out in the 19th century millions of

salmon eggs from the mccloud river were exported to 30 states and 40 different countries to create new salmon runs. the only one that thrived is the one in new zealand. she and other tribal members traveled to see the fish and became determined to bring some back home to the mccloud. >> we want to welcome them home. >> what better way to try to heal past injuries and show the world it's possible to do things together and make it better? >> reporter: in an historic agreement, the tribe is now working with fish and wildlife and noaa fisheries to support a joint effort to returnthe salmon to the mccloud. she believes the wild salmon eggs will fare better than those hatched near the dam. >> the salmon survive. people will survive. if we can get a volitional passage from the sacramento river, past the dam, so that fish can swim in and out on their own, then we have wild fish again.

>> reporter: the hope? to get them home safely as soon as possible. >> the tribe will also use the grant money to further their quest in establishing a new passage for the salmon to return to the mccloud river and bypassing shasta dam. for more information on all of the "project earth" stories and how you can protect the planet, just go to our website. kpix.com. time now 5:26. a bounce-back in oakland. how restaurants are stepping up their game to bring the community out. and it's been four years since the bay area went into lockdown due to the pa ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪

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here's the highlighted zones and counties on the map that are impacted by that wind advisory. but honestly even if you are not on this you were definitely noticing gusty conditions in the local communities. through the next couple of hours continue to watch the gusty conditions really develop in areas like the north bay, for example sonoma like i said, 50-mile-per-hour winds there. along the coastline near stinson beach we're seeing about 40-mile-per-hour sustained winds and local communities throughout marin. it's a gusty setup for us and we're seeing similar trends off in the east bay. but as we advance the clock on futurecast, those winds really start to die down fast off into the east bay. by lunchtime. and all the way up into the north bay takes a little bit longer but by 5:00, we're starting to see lighter winds and it will die down into the overnight hours tonight and then we are setting up for a beautiful weekend ahead of us. more on that coming up in a bit. i'll show you the daytime highs too just around the corner. for now over to you, g.

thank you. let's talk about a closure happening this weekend. let's take a live look right now at interstate 680. this is in pleasanton. caltrans is closing southbound stretch of 680 for the entire weekend so that crews can replace pavement that is falling apart. it's starting at 9:00 tonight. 680 will be closed from that 580 connector at koopman road. various on ramps will also be shut down as well. south 680 is expected to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday. but again, we can see a lot of backup or expect that as you head through there this weekend. because of that closure. use alternate routes and plan for that as you head through the area into the sunol grade. okay a live look at the current traffic conditions as well over towards the golden gate bridge. dealing with windy conditions and be careful as you cross the span son the bridges today and certainly give yourself a few extra minutes because of that if you taking say 92. the san mateo bridge, even the ride through the livermore area or coming into the altamont pass might be windy there. right now traffic

is really quiet. good news on the freeways. you can see all the green and that means traffic is just moving at the limit for the most part above 55 miles per hour. so bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights just yet. and things are pretty clear heading into the city. nicole? four years ago, we all remember the day that the bay area and soon much of the country went into a covid-19 lockdown. today, kaiser permanente and santa rosa is holding a covid remembrance event to honor the health care workers who cared for patients and people who lost their lives. in march of 2020, normal life seemed to stop for many of us. so much uncertainty surrounded us all at that time and things slowly got back to the way they were before but today, covid is still very much a threat. now march 15th is known as long covid awareness day. a recent study estimates 5.8 million young children are suffering from long covid. one mother says her 6-year-old son caught covid multiple times and

what's worse, months later, many of his symptoms didn't go away. >> to see him just struggle to stay awake or you know, crying and saying he just doesn't feel good. it's just -- it's heart-breaking. it's demoralizing. >> long covid can look different in different children. that not everybody has the same symptoms. >> researchers warn long covid can also raise the chances of a child developing type 1 diabetes and it can even be deadly. leading to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. >> that's very concerning. all right, time now for a look at this morning's top stories. the father of a boy involved in a school shooting has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. james crumbley whose teenage son killed four students in michigan in 2021 was found guilty yesterday. the shooter's mother jennifer was convicted of the same charge in a separate trial last month. they are the first parents in the u.s. to be charged in a

mass shooting committed by their child. sentencing is set for next month. two san francisco hotels and several residents in the tenderloin district are coming together to sue the city. they say the city is treating the neighborhood like a containment zone for drugs. they're not seeking monetary damages. instead, they're demanding officials to clear the sidewalks and treat the tenderloin as it would any other neighborhood where crime is not tolerated. we reached out to the city but have not heard back. san jose is on the hunt for its next police chief. and it's asking its residents what they want to see out of the next top cop. a meeting on thursday night at the kurt community center gave the public a chance to weigh in. chief mata will resire at the end of the month after 28 years with the department. meanwhile, there will be another community meeting. that's happening tomorrow at the school of arts and culture from 10:00 in the morning to noon. and a popular barbecue restaurant in west oakland is closing down permanently. the owner of horn barbecue says he will not reopen the eatery at

its mandela parkway location. it's been closed since the fire broke out at the building last year. now owner matt horn says that since then, they have also been dealing with squatters and vandals. but he does say a relocation is possible somewhere else in oakland. nicole? gianna, restaurants across the bay area have told us that car break-ins and crime have been keeping customers away and hurting their bottom line. but in oakland they're hoping for a bounce-back. as restaurant week takes over the city, our andrea nakano talked to one chef about how he's stepping up his game to get people to come out. >> got the smoked plantain in the bottom. >> reporter: some may recognize chef nelson herman from bravo tv's "top chef." a a dominican american from new york he married an oaklander and called the city home since 2010. he owns the two restaurants. for chef nellton, restaurant week

has turned into an event he looks forward to every year. >> honestly, as a chef, we used to hate restaurant week. back in the days. it was a time where it was like everyone was looking for something too cheap and this and that. people were just too needy but no, it's not like that anymore. it's really a sense of like -- us getting chance to shine even more. >> reporter: chef nelson infuses his dominican roots and lessons he her honored from cooking with his grandma and mother in every dish. >> actually doing the same dish i that had when i was on the episode four. on "top chef" rescue chicken with sweet plantains and smoke the mesquite with the rice powder and a beautiful ranch. i'm super excited about that one. really, really excited. it's just tasting amazing. but it's -- it really tales the story of where i come from and a lot of us come from. >> reporter: dishes like these are part of the three course prefix menu offered at both the restaurants for the next ten days. >> for me, like even creating a menu now is really -- how can i dig deep and tell a story with

that menu? it's not about what's the most cheapest item i have and creating a then withdrew on that. something i have been wanting to test out. >> reporter: there's nothing ordinary about the dishes or the cocktails served at chef nelson's restaurant. he knows this week is key in luring customers that may be hesitant to dine out because of crime in oakland. >> this definitely an impact by that. just the thought that you know, nothing is secure, right? honestly, it's about -- for us, a challenge of creating something so unique that you have to come out. >> reporter: alamar definitely left an impression on these folks. they returned for a second year in a row to celebrate a birthday. >> cocktails. >> ox tails. they have some good french fries and something like that. yeah. i don't know why. french fries are good. >> reporter: gary and sonya say for them it's worth it to come out and enjoy good food with good friends. >> we have a beautiful place here. we have over activity

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than $790 million. for the cash option of $381 million. tomorrow's powerball jackpot is up to $600 million with a cash value of $293 million. >> i got my tickets. ready in go. well, maybe you will get some tickets to an upcominwarriors' game. for now ther warriors are in l. a. to play the lakers tomorrow and hoping to get curry back in the lineup. he missed the past few games with the ankle injury. the team says he took part in a scrimmage this week and everything went well. head coach steve kerr says he will practice with the big squad today. gianna, how about a happy belated birthday to steph who turned 36 on thursday. over the years of course he has blown fans away with his amazing scoring skills and one man has a front row seat to almost all his home games. >> so cool. vern glenn has the story of jim mayer, a clock open radar who has been with the team for more than six decades. >> reporter: jim mayer has one

of the best seats in the house at chase center. well, most of the time. mayer has been with the warriors since the team moved to san francisco in 1962. >> bad timing. it was same time giants were in the world series with the yankees. [ laughter ] so they didn't get a lot of attention. but it was -- it was exciting for me. because i got to be a ball boy. it was like dream come true for 13-year-old kid. >> reporter: a few years later, jim moved from the baseline to the scorers' table. >> i was actually a paid position. ball boys didn't get paid. we got tips from the trainers and the referees. which turned out to be probably more than what they were paying us for the job on the table. >> reporter: back then, he did it all shot clock, scoreboard, even foul paddles. >> everybody doing well. >> doing good. all right g. have a good one. >> reporter: in 1990, jim took

over as the full-time clock operator. all the while juggling his job at the u.s. postal service and raising a family with his longtime wife, joe lean. >> we had four kids. and the full-time job and i -- somehow kept this job. it was tough at times. >> reporter: there hasn't been a lot of load management over his 61 years with the team. >> i missed about half a season when i was in the navy. that was in 1969. i missed a couple when the kids were born. my oldest son was born -- i remember we were playing the new orleans jazz. pistol pete was playing for them and we missed that one. i would say in the last 25 years i have missed ten games? maybe. >> hey doc how you doing? >> reporter: jim has four championship rings from the recent run. >> we would just look attache other on the table sometimes and say this is something special we're seeing.

>> reporter: he received a money clip for the 1975 title. and plenty of other priceless memories along the way. >> i have got to go travel with them for preseason games to mexico city. beijing and shanghai. china. and tokyo, japan. so that's something i never would have been able to do otherwise without this job. >> reporter: and he's not ready for the clock to run out anytime soon. >> it's hard to give it up you know. probably do it until they kick me out. >> what a great story. i mean, this things that he's seen. that's one of those gigs i didn't realize it was his side hustle. that he works for the post office but one of the things you would do for free because you love it so much. just becomes part of the daily routine. >> to think all the knowledge he probably has on basketball and what he has seen happen over the years. i mean, why would you want to give that up? you have the best seat in the house, clearly an amazing experience.

>> as former sports reporters, that's the guy you want to talk to about when is steph coming back and getting the details from him. he knows. >> he does. he does. all right, let's take a live look outside on this friday morning. happy weekend everyone. we're certainly looking forward too a couple of days of rest and it's a first alert weather day though. right to jessica. >> all right. let's dive into this first alert weather day forecast here in the bay area. we all know it and all feel it when we walk outside and see the clear skies, it looks promising. but then you actually take the step outside and suddenly you realize your hair is kind of going like this if you have hair and it is gusty as can be. we actually have been seeing a lot of impacts from the wind that we've seen so far the past couple of days. now we've seen downed trees and potential power outages are still possible as we head into the early morning hours. as that wind advisory stays in effect until 11:00 a.m. but then once the winds start to die down in the afternoon, the big weather headline for us temperatures warming up in the weekend and a beautiful weekend ahead of us with plenty of sunshine in store. for all the zones and counties on the map. still under the wind advisory as we

speak. and we can see wind gusts anywhere up to around 50 miles per hour and that's what we have this morning in communities like sonoma and angwin seeing about 39-mile-per-hour wind gusts right now. fairfield about 40. it's staying strong as we head into the next couple of hours and advancing all the bay to 10:00, i mean, the winds don't let "up" in the north bay. a similar trend off in the east bay near concord all the way over into danville. 20, 30-mile-per-hour winds there. luckily start to die down in the 2:00 hour in the east bay. takes a smidge longer for the north bay to see lighter winds. but that will happen as we head into the overnight hours tonight. one thing it to mention though, just like yesterday, today we are still in that high category for our pollen count. it will slowly start to improve as we head into early next week but it is dry out there and those winds are whipping up all the pollen in the area. heading into the weekend for all the outdoor events we have whether it's the st. patrick's day parade or the wings over solano. trust me when i say having that claritin ready to two is not a bad idea. i want to show you the daytime highs. this is in -- this didn't populate earlier but it did now. 70s in

the daytime highs forecast anywhere from san francisco across the beautiful clear bay bridge over into oakland today. 70s in the forecast up near santa rosa. concord is a good example of that too. pretty much all what happened in hand in the low 70s this afternoon. a beautiful day for us today once the winds finally start to die down and taking a look at the next seven days watch what happens. we hold on tight to the 70s for our inland areas and another chance of showers as early as next wednesday and thursday. as a new cold front starting to approach us on the long-range models too. more on that in a bit. for now over to you, g. thank you. let's talk about the roadways. we've got some stuff happening this weekend so let's get a live look here at interstate 680 in pleasanton. a repaving project will be blocking the southbound lanes. it's happening this weekend. caltrans says the closure will extend from that 580 connector to koopman road. now no southbound traffic will be allowed from 9:00 starting tonight to 4:00 a.m. on monday. caltrans though is planning to have detours in place during the shutdown. even with those detours though you know it can be quite busy. so something to think about if you are plan on

commuting through there this weekend. okay. let's take a look at traffic elsewhere. a live look here at the golden gate bridge and you can see things are moving along beautifully this morning. but with the windy conditions, expected today, be careful as you work your way on some of the bridges. but look at the map. we're not really seeing any delays or any major issues at all. so a nice ride right now. something to think about over the weekend, the st. patrick's day parade is happening this weekend. so if you do plan on heading out there, it's starting at 2nd and market street and street closures in and around there through the area near civic center. just a heads-up. but so far, so good. bay bridge toll plaza, looks pretty good. metering lights are off. i'll confirm that but i'm not seeing any delays at all as you head into san francisco. and just a little bit of slowing for that altamont pass commute. so a nice friday drive. well, gianna, it was an inspirational evening here at our station last night. as we honored all of our 2023 bay area jefferson award winners. we've shared the sirs of our

45 regional winners throughout the year. and 40 of them received bronze medals. the top five winners got silver medals and will be considered for a national jefferson award later this year. you can find out more about the winners or nominate your local hero at kpix.com/hero. time now 5:50. would you go to the deepest room in the planet to get a good night's sleep? if you answered yes we'll show you what adventures it has to offer.

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