combos. can we get with that $30 lot? you do the math. you do the math. now, keep in mind here. this deal ends in five days. and it comes as costco has hinted that it might increase its fees in the near future. freezing cold temperatures and snow in parts of the bay area where live on the peninsula to show you how conditions are faring there. then the north bay is expected to see some of the coldest weather in this upcoming storm. homeless people will die out here getting broke down to the freezing temperatures and um, a lot of elderly around here also , how communities are coming together to help those who need shelter and a place to stay warm. it's not just one tree down from that broke, for example, powerful, but it's multiple force that are down. multiple trees plunged tens of thousands of customers into darkness, who is now in overdrive, trying to restore electricity and making progress.

live from chat london square. this morning, too. but none. good morning. today is thursday , february 23rd. we're looking live at the san francisco skyline with the bay bridge there in the foreground and the wind caps on the san francisco bay and it's cold this morning, it's snowing in the senate, cruz mountains, caltrans crews and chp officers will be monitoring conditions on how we 17 over the next couple of days. try and keep the roadway safe. they are asking everyone to drive with caution because the road is wet and slippery and take a look at the snow on mount hambleton overnight, heavy snow falling this morning covering the ground and vehicles and as you can imagine, the drive up to lick observatory is treacherous morning summit could receive more than one ft of snow over the next couple of days. welcome to the nine um 1976 is a year that a lot of people who have lived here forever bring up as

the last time there was snow in san francisco. we haven't seen anything yet. but steve just said there was snow and malt clear. so i reached out to a friend of mine lives up there. rick dumas. he says he hasn't seen any yet. and he was telling me about 76. he grew up in oakland, said that that was the last time he saw snow in the area, but he's on the lookout. you let me know as soon as you see anything up there, and they'll send me some pictures, the oakland is almost at sea level skyline. yeah, still not, you know, like the peak of mount diablo exactly. let's talk about what's happening. steve paulson, i just have to say you have been so good today. you've been super busy, and this is really panning out exactly like you told us. it would. so far, it's only going to get worse reports in skyline our own robert over here said hey, snowing up there up in skyline. oakland hills. i had one report from montclair. alright also santa cruz mountains. i think so far they are the ones that there are out in front here. scotts valley. thank you, brent for this, but really, boulder creek seems to have the most i've seen so far. i appreciate the pictures coming in, and you can see right over

boulder creek, scotts valley and then out towards santa clara valley. um maybe heading towards some of the higher elevations around morgan hill. gilroy that's one area evergreen area. san jose also had snow light snow in the oakland hills watch here in the last few and right there, right there a little bit fell. looks like it fell apart. but there was a little bit now it's all about marin county. amount tamil pius has no look at that. really starting to light up light up there of coming in off the coast and picking up to get some reports of some snow mixed with rain. petaluma and santa rosa looks like right throughout marin county now starting to pick up as well. very deep system is forming here . you know, i could. i could probably do a 20 minute. technical discussion on this. there's a low forming right here. alright it's going to go out and look at the circulation around that that's going to start to drive southward as it does, it's going to pick up moisture. it has tremendous jetstream support. that's where the pilots fly europe around 25 30,000 ft. but as that low forms , it's what's called deepens, the music gets stronger. so not only that, but it's going to start tapping into more moisture

because it has a trajectory over water when they have attracted over water versus landed, picks up more moisture. not only that, but around 5000 ft. to 10,000 ft. you're going to have a very strong, low level jet stream that as well. we'll take that moisture and what we call enhance it over the upslope not only there, but also especially over the mountains. but is this system drive southward? there are going to be some remarkable snow totals from north to south . i mean, there's no way around it here. winter weather advisories out sonoma coast also mendocino county, lake county, santa clara hills and specially santa cruz mountains can be more than that. but a winter storm warning starts later today for all areas above 1500 ft. the headline might be eventually, after everything is said and done will be the incredible amounts of snow in the southern california mounds. venturers mountains. blizzard warning is out. i think the last time it was issued was february 4th 1989 , i believe, but there could be above 5000 ft. maybe 6000 ft

from 10 ft amounts. we also have those winter winds picking up again. they never really went away, but they'll pick up again four o'clock today through four p.m. on friday, and the air aloft is very cold. sonoma mountains 28 oakland hills is 34. ben lomond mountain 32. if you live in the hills, you will not get out of the upper thirties on some of the temps here and at the surface, there will be only some upper forties. so it's a rain and snow thursday heavier rain comes in tonight takes us into tomorrow. you guys . oh i'm going to christian captain christians in redwood city. christian. i almost forgot about you. the nerve of me. how are you, my friend? no no, no, no, no. no hard feelings, steve. i know, i know. first in your heart. i always feel that number one in my number one in the heart in program. yeah so you know you're talking about that. whether steve, i'll tell you definitely here on the peninsula. we have seen a little bit of everything. it is cold where we are right now. redwood city. we're actually right

where, uh, skyline meets san mateo road highway 92 route 35 cold, clear conditions here, but just up from the road from here it is what can best be described as a wintry wonderland and show you some video so you can see for yourself what it looks like. we drove along route, 35 saw plenty of people pulling over to enjoy the snow near alice's restaurant and station for those who are familiar with the area. there's even enough snow on the ground there for a quick snowball fight some kids in the area making the most of this precipitation, this snow that we saw, and we talked with locals who tell us that the area gets snow they say about every 10 years or so. and while the snow is fun, we did meet up with sam bruno's fire chief who has a reminder that the roads are slushy and slippery. drivers just are not used to the snow like you said, and it's just a day to have fun but also be cautious at the same time, so the roads are very slippery and icy at the top of the ridge here, where the snow is kind of accumulating, and, you know, just need to be safe and make

sure we have a good fun day and yeah, i like that message. be safe and have fun. a little bit of both. there is time for both. now another ongoing impact is disruptions to the power distribution lines. yesterday we were talking about trees that were downed by wind this morning we saw another tree down on some power lines. this one on sky would weigh in woodside. no word on how many customers that incident impacted, but it serves as a reminder. that with this storm, you are likely to see in some instances, trees brought down by the wind or by snow. if they're covered enough snow and again a reminder from all the safety officials that if you do see a downed power line that constitutes an emergency there, instructing people in an instance like that to call 911 and then, of course, stay clear of that area because you never know if those lines are still energized. we are live in redwood city, christien kafton ktvu. box two news, christian and speaking of power. pgd. utility crews are having trouble restoring power to homes and

businesses across the bay area this morning. we just got in touch with p genie, and in the past hour the number of customers without service actually went up by 60 to 22,839 . the biggest problems remain in the peninsula and in the santa cruz mountains about 20,500 in the peninsula 1400 in the south bank. the total number of customers affected has actually been cut by almost two thirds from this time yesterday, but that's no consolation for those without electricity for the past two days, businesses, property owners and renters all affected here. pjd blames dozens of fallen trees for knocking down power lines. powerful wind gusts damage more than 670 transformers about 2800. utility workers are trying to restore service now. the north bay is expected to see some of the lowest temperatures in the bay area during this storm in santa rosa overnight warming center is opened at catholic charities downtown. with the freeze warning. in effect, homeowners are covering outdoor plants and trees with a cloth or blanket to help protect them from the cold.

it's over the top of the canopy, and the leaves are really what you're protecting. that's what can take the damage from the frost above and it's good to have moist soil below and that way the soil can retain the heat. and not freeze as easily as dried soil and dry roots. people are also preparing for more power outages, which under reported they are beginning to stack up again. make sure your cellphone is charged and keep lanterns and flashlights on hand in case your electricity goes out at night counties opened its severe weather emergency shelter at the marine health and wellness campus on current er boulevard in san rafael. for anyone who needs a warm place to stay. it opened last night. it'll stay open through saturday morning. the emergency shelter is open when temperatures are expected to drop below 38 degrees. for at least three days. we've been showing you video from bay area peaks this morning, but the snow isn't just in the mountains. the snow video is from arcadia in humboldt county. the videographer says this neighborhood is at an elevation of 260 ft. the big

plates continue to fall intermittently for most of the day yesterday, and the humboldt county sheriff's office reports some neighborhoods had as much as six. inches of snow. don't forget you can get up to date forecast even when we are not on the air, as well as the latest details on any storms going through our area. just download the ktvu weather app. it's free and it's your phone's app store . alright, spending our scrolling through instagram feed could be doing more harm than good. coming up on mornings onto the nine the reason cutting social media use in half could significantly improve body image for teens and young adults. but first it's a testament to his unstoppable drive commitment to his wife and family and the ability to overcome extreme challenges and loss. we continue to mark black history month with the life and legacy of the man who has been called the go ather of sil subway keeps upping their game with the subway series. an all-star menu of delicious subs. there's the philly, the monster, the boss. if i hadn't seen it in person, i wouldn't have believed it.

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seven of his inventory. i'm numb. i, uh. you know, i've a lot of sweat equity equity. a lot of money invested. kevin green, owner of the suit lounge estimates they stole about $45,000 worth of merchandise surveillance videos show the two thieves breaking through a gate early monday morning appear then spent about 10 minutes, removing items from the store. green says he feels violated, but he refuses to let the robbery rob him of his lifelong dream of owning a business that will make a difference in oakland. i can't tell you how many people try to talk me out of not opening up in oakland, but it's something that i felt in my spirit to do. i'm not a quitter. i'm gonna succeed . i'm going to stay open. and i'll have top security. green says the business is part of his plan to start a foundation that

will help mentor young men and also help them dress for success . this morning, transportation secretary pete buttigieg's touring the train derailment side in east palestine, ohio, when we get up here, you can see how they excavated this whole. this site looks like nothing good on david secretary, buddy jazz met with the cleanup crew on the scene for a progress report will also speak to the national transportation safety board about its investigation into the derailment. secretary buttigieg's will later meet with emergency responders as well as residents. the epa said that it's moving out of the emergency phase and transitioning to the long term process of repairing the environmental damage. we don't want to be political pawns we don't want you know we don't want to be a sound bite or a news bite. we just want to go back to living our lives. former president donald trump went to the area and passed out cleaning supplies and bottled water to people in the community.

yesterday he implied his visit spurred buttigieg's too compact to east palestine. somebody has to do something for those people. i said back. when i announced that i was coming, they changed their tune. it was an amazing phenomena. and just a short time ago, the ntsb released preliminary findings of the derailment. investigators say the norfolk southern train passed centers on the track and an alarm went off, indicating overheated wheel bearings. the crew tried to stop the train, but then it went off the tracks. caltrans could soon study the possibility of replacing interstate 9 80 through oakland , two mile long interstate was completed in 1985 and divides west oakland from downtown. social justice advocates have criticized the highway, saying it led to the displacement of minority neighborhoods during its construction. and now and now, 6 $880,000 grant. from the transportation department will allow caltrans to explore changes, including the removal of the freeway. first responders

in southern california have a new high tech and high powered vehicle ready to help save lives in the next major emergency law enforcement officials are calling the $350,000 donation from direct relief. a superman vehicle, the £15,000 advanced rescue medevac can withstand hurricane force winds and drive through more than four ft of water and mud. it's also bulletproof. it's really important that the people who are putting themselves at risk to save others are geared up properly. it is a life saving tool. it is bulletproof so that we can take it into areas when there is an active shooter. we've already had active shooters here in ventura county . the a arms life saving equipment includes onboard oxygen and medical supplies that can help up to four people at a time enforcement officials hope more agencies are able to secure vehicles like the rm because of its potential to help he's been called the godfather of silicon valley, but roy clay seniors place in history goes far beyond the tech world. the 91 year old

tells his story in a new book titled unstoppable during this black history month. ktvu claudine wrong, sat down with clay's three sons to talk about their father's story and his legacy. it's the story of a life told not just in pictures. but in words on a page. did he just tell me that he did not want to computer division within hp? after all, the effort we have made to move hp forward in that industry. that division has been my baby from the beginning. as a matter of fact, some ceos, its godfather, the person most responsible for that divisions, culture and success, 91 year old roy clay senior's life is one of so many firsts now captured in his own words in the book unstoppable. the unlikely story of a silicon valley godfather. it's a book that his son's read to him now. even as his health wayne's. that's the way we've been communicating with him and let him hear our voices. just by reading. yeah senior helped create the first mini computers sold by hp in the 19 sixties. he

was a pioneer, you know, and he kind of was able to uh, see giant things coming in a long before they kind of reached the mainstream, but its story reaches far beyond silicon valley. he was the first african american student to graduate from saint louis university. his dreams would take him to california, but they would require him to break barriers. his first job was at lawrence livermore labs, but there was literally no place for people of color to live back in those days in that area. that's one of the reasons why we wound up living all the way down in palo alto. he was the first african american elected to the palo alto city council, the first african american to not only joined the exclusive olympic club but also the first to serve on its board of directors. his words take us through the decades of his life with candor , humor, and when he writes about his wife, virginia. they are filled with love. no one had ever cut my leg. virginia somehow i knew she was extra

special from the moment we first met decades after her passing virginia clay's impact is undeniable. just the role that my mother played in his life and were how he got where he gotten. just our whole family dynamic and just the importance that the importance of her family and who made him who he is. there is a love story, and that's and that's the most probably the most remarkable thing about this whole is the reason they say this book exists at all past away in the mid nineties and one of the things, she said. i told him asked him as she was. waning in health was roy have to write a book on your life story be so informative and so inspirational to people like you that are coming behind you. the story has to be told. so he tells his story with a strength and resolve that he says he got from his mother, like my mother always said, don't let racism being excuse to not be

successful, just said you must give respect. get respect. i listened and heard her loud and strong. i've lived by my by my mother's work from childhood. it is a lesson his son say he passed on to them, saying you are going to experience and encounter racism. don't get angry. take it as an opportunity . if you can to educate people basically was pretty much always ready for any situation that he was going to encounter because he had seen so many. anything so much today. decades later, we see the life of this silicon valley godfather through his eyes. interestingly he was able to contribute until we finished the writing the time he was amazing his words and these pages. forever telling the story of what it means to be unstoppable. in oakland. claudine wong ktvu fox two news hmm. coming up on mornings onto

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in just 15 minutes. while there is no counting the number of barry, a dense students who dream of being a soloist with san francisco ballet, the number who actually make it to that position in the world class company is extremely small, and we are about to talk with one of them. jasmine jamison was born in palo alto, trained at san francisco's ballet school, became a soloist at san francisco ballet. back in 21 is about to make her big debut in the title role of giselle. this sunday. we welcome and congratulate you, jasmine jamison. thank you for having me

this is a huge role. how are you feeling, right? before your big debut. oh gosh. lots of emotions. definitely some nerves because this is my first big principal role, but i think at this point, it's honestly just more excitement. um. yeah, even growing up like seeing the company is always always one of my favorite rules that i wanted to dance because i feel like i can relate to the character so much being like a shy and introverted person. um no, it's just i feel so grateful that they're trusting me with such a big role. you put a lot of work into this. we have just a little bit of you in rehearsal. not for giselle, but still the number of hours you put into your art is incredible. tell me about what we don't see. you know, before you hit the stage of the war memorial opera house yeah. i mean, it's many, many hours. typical day will start around 10 or 10 30. then we'll be rehearsing until i mean this week. it's been like until eight or nine pm at night, so it's

just rigorous hours. we try to run the bali or at least some point of the ballet. at least once a day, just keeping it in the body. and so we feel prepared. yeah and when you're rehearsing, do you feel like you're with friends? do you feel like you're at work or a little bit of both? oh i feel just like it's family. they're also my partner, esteban. he's so wonderful, and i feel like we have a very good camaraderie. so it's just it's honestly just so much fun. it feels like a real collaboration and, yeah, not work at all. the role of giselle which you're debuting on sunday , has been danced before. it's kind of one of the more iconic roles in all of ballet, and we have some video of another dancer dancing is giselle. tell me a little bit, but we have to talk about the mad scene, which is what we're about to see because it really has taken on a life of its own. yeah, yeah, no, of course it's very nuanced part of the ballet. i feel like it's very different from the rest of the first act we could sell been very joyous and happy. and then she discovers albrecht has done

and with the betrayal and she kind of because of the sensitivity. she just breaks and goes mad, so it's trying to find those again. nuances of like how to express those internal dialogue. dialogue of like. what just happened? um yes. so it's been a lot of acting coaching and yeah, trying to find my own way of how i can express that to the audience. my favorite ballets have been the ones that make me cry. then make me laugh and make me feel sympathetic towards the bad guy. and then you know, hope for the woman who was mean in the first act. there is a roller coaster of emotions in giselle. for sure. yes, you go from this young, naive, happy girl to going crazy, the heartbreak and then in second act, it's just pure. well she's almost transcended because she is dead, right? um and it's just pure love and forgiveness, and it's that arc of all those emotions and it's really something to transform through.

those emotions. good first ballet for many people, i imagine. yeah i think so. yeah we all saw nutcracker at christmas time. right now we can follow up with this. your parents still sit in the front row where they still excited to see you on stage. i know they worked so hard to help you get to where you are. you know, they've done so much for me, and i think this is very exciting for them. they will be in the audience. um yeah, they're very, very happy. jasmine jamison. it's an honor to get to talk with you. your big debut is on sunday the title role of giselle at san francisco valley. congratulations on all your hard work and good luck to you. thank you so much. coming up on mornings onto the nine. it's a brutally cold morning for the entire big area, and even people who lived here a long time say they can't remember whether like this run down when the brunt of the storm will come through, then good things are happening at laney college in oakland, and we are particularly happy to highlight the journalism program there on this student press freedom day for the head of the program. she and two editors

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storm surge area just dumping rain snow it some higher elevations across the area, even in the san francisco area as well, we're going to have an update on the forecast coming up in just a few minutes and ali rash decisions. kirkwood right now, if you just sent a video of the snow coming down really hard up there, kirkland, so, yeah, it is really happening across from lake tahoe. right down here to the bay area. we'll have an update. in a few minutes. inflation is now hitting couples wallets when they say i do, according to a survey of wedding vendors, 77% of them plan to raise prices. couples are expected to shell out an average of 29 grand to tie the knot that is up 1000 bucks from last year before covid it was closer to

$24,700. the survey also found that more couples are foregoing typical traditions. shopping on the secondhand market and opting for a weekday or morning celebration to save money. more than 2.5 million weddings were held last year, and that number is expected to drop this year. everything is getting a lot more expensive these days. all right. thank you so much for joining us this morning. uh i ran into a friend while i was in vegas. in fact, and she got married at one of those nice hotels and you know, she said to me andre, save your money for a house. i knew it was like did you say? elop said? she said, don't don't go into debt release things. check this out. wedding dj on its own at least 1000 for a wedding dj at least 1000 photographer 5000 something like that from there. i mean, you know you could go lower but if you're going to do you know, reliable person who's gonna lose your pictures? that's expensive. that's what the going rate is going right to go into the courthouse 200 bucks or

something? i don't know. i mean, i'm all for like, i joke that we actually through the wedding. most couples start out planning married at the armenian church in oakland reception at our house, 50 people. but then uh huh, chicago where my sweetheart is from his parents through a big old backyard, right dance for whatever. it's not like that at all. so we just had to show up and they wanted to do it. so all the midwest family could be there. okay ahead and do that, right? i mean, okay with the grand palatial tell you man like down payment wise versus like, one big fancy day. i'm with your friend. let us know when the day comes, andre will be there. i know a guy who knows a guy parents got married in their friends back here. i mean, my friend. my friend had a you know, there are family friend in jamaica and like a massive nice house, so my parents got married there. they have beautiful wedding pictures from that day. yeah parents got married at an armenian church, and they had the perception in the basement after work, made the cake and then married for all this time

it worked out. alright let's go over to steve. i'm sorry. i was just talking if we got into this conversation, talking about that party in chicago, though, they're still talking about that bash in chicago, but it was lovely. alright well, we have some interesting little snow information coming in here. the transamerica pyramid. it's not only a teeny bit at nine am how fun ah, that's awful nice of the transamerica pyramid. that's awful nice to the transamerica pyramid. there it is, from my microphone. now there it is. so thank you for sending that out. not much. i'm sure it's just a little bit but good enough light snow falling on mount tamil bias at nine o'clock. thank you to frank martucci. appreciate that, and we can take a look at that right there going through marin county. there are no not a lot, but just a little bit. we've seen some picking up a little bit as well in the oakland hills. montclair long skyline had some reports right there. it looks like it's falling apart. santa cruz mounds really, i think has been the outfront here most of the day, boulder creek

scotts valley last last last ghattas hills in some pretty good snow as well, and there's more on the way very strong system is developing here in the right flank here of the original system which dug into the great basin, you can see it. right there. this is the low that's forming right there, and it's tapping into a lot of moisture and it's on its way down and it is really going to pick up rainfall and snowfall later this afternoon tonight overnight into tomorrow winter weather advisory for snow, santa cruz mountains, santa clara hills, mendocino county, lake county and also in the sonoma coast range. we should add that the big news. there was a winter storm warning starts for all areas above 1500 ft. that is an absolute rarity for us to have a winter storm warning in the bay area. when advisory what's new? it's picks up again, so those winter winds are back with us. not until four o'clock four o'clock today until four pm friday. so rain snow thursday tuesday was when yesterday was cold. now it's raining snow. and it will be really picking up in intensity

later today, thirties forties on the temps, and you can see the system is driving south where this is going to enhance the snow. it's going over water, so it's going to pick up a lot of moisture. it has a lot of support a lot of cold air support. upper level support. the whole nine yards are in place, so not a lot of rain through six p.m. it will be more about snow. but then overnight, it'll start to pick up, especially as we get towards early friday. most of friday looks like a pretty heavy rain and snow day now there was no level will go up as you get this system to come in and be more moisture. warm air infection is what we call it here this year, it is howling, cold champagne powder. very cold wind 50 to 90 mph. the windchill is brutal, but the snow levels continuing to go down travel will be almost impossible, if not already impossible for some that's another 2 to 3. ft of snow is on the way, but we'll get rain. southern california is going to get some incredible totals here , maybe historic for them by the time everything is said and done, but over the next seven days we could see about 100 inches of snow up in the mountains. so if that doesn't

put a dreaded a dent in the draft, i don't know what else will for crying out loud forties on the temps. very cold in the hills. rain snow cold friday, maybe a little bit of a break saturday. next system send them monday. i'm going over to zac sos, speaking of the santa cruz mountains. zach you've done a nice job. where exactly are you boulder creek, where he scotts valley. we are up at the summit here in the santa cruz mountains. kind of hard to keep up with the weather here this morning it was snowing. then it stopped. then it starts snowing again. then it started raining. now it's sunny out. it was a winter wonderland. all we have left right now this small pile of snow, but i want to give you a sense of just how heavy the snow was earlier. take a look at some of this video that we gathered earlier in the morning that snow is coding cars and causing certainly some slick conditions on the roadways, especially here on highway 17. caltrans had crews out all night treating the roads and as you

made your way apart to miss the signs urging drivers to take it slow. certainly. helped having an all wheel drive car with us. but once the snow cleared, folks began coming out here to enjoy the scenery here is one of them. i called him and i was like i'll be at your house in 10 minutes. it's snowing on 17 like tahoe. it's kind of weird, very doesn't feel like santa cruz. and he certainly wasn't the only one. take a look at this family. they got up here. they jumped out of their cars. they had an impromptu snowball fight. what else? what should you do up here but have a snowball fight? keep in mind the snow. the weather. it does change quickly. here the roads are a bit wet right now. with those changing temperatures , there is the concern about some black ice on the roadways and certainly when the snow comes back down onto the roads, causing some additional slick conditions, so if you are making your way up here, certainly take it slow for now live in the santa cruz mountains. zac sos ktvu backs to news, zack. thank

you. the journalism department chair at laney college in oakland, has won a prestigious award through the society of professional journalists in northern california. alenia comedy economy this guest is has won the beverly keys educator award for her remarkable commitment to our students and the college newspaper. the citizen. she is with us now, along with shiloh johnston, who is the editor in chief of the citizen, and ken lester, managing editor. thank you all for being here. congratulations to you, lenny garcia, having us really took hold of this journalism department at laney and it just a few short years. really made it into something different. tell me what that process has been like for you. it's really been, uh, an intense revitalization process where we really just tried to mirror industry to provide opportunities for students to meet them where they are in terms of their skill sets and ensure that they have opportunities and, you know, media, local media. hyperlocal media if you will be local, i mean, you know, shiloh, if i can turn to you, you really focus on what's happening in your college district. absolutely i mean,

we're beat reporters, and we are the only publication that constantly covers our school district and we not only cover events, but we also cover our board of trustees meetings. we look at our finances. we look at you know, general election, so yeah, we definitely are hyper focused on what happens at all of our campuses, and our district is managing managing editor. it's probably fair to use the term watchdog for the work that you and your team do definitely like like shiloh said. we're really the only ones that are covering this on a daily basis, and we do dig very deep. we're doing a lot of public records. requests. um you know things that real journalists do because we're doing the work of real journalists, um and like i said , yeah, we're covering it every day. so it's not the kind of journalism like they don't make movies about this kind of work, right? we like the big, splashy stories, the big gotcha moments . the incredible video, you know . how do you prepare your students for what they're doing at school, but also to take that into the professional world? i think the skills are totally

transferable to lots of different areas. i've had students who have started law school have gone into tech have done communications work, you know, research analysis. clear concise communication and being able to kind of compartmentalized facts, i think is a very useful skill. so in terms of our district, most people wouldn't know that we have operating budget in the hundreds of millions of dollars , so there's actually a lot to pay attention to in the students do a beautiful job. there should be a microscope on that sort of organization. shiloh when you think about the work that you have put in what do you what do you think has resonated? most with your readers, which are largely laney students and faculty but also your online. i mean, i can read you anytime i want i did this morning. but what do you hope to put out into the wider community? well i mean, we do serve or we play a critical role for our community . so i think i mean, i was thinking about this this morning. maybe like the story that i'm most proud of at least

one as i have served in my tenure as editor in chief is last semester, we threw a candidate forum for our board of trustees that we're running for election. and we wrote an editorial afterwards for endorsements and we ended up getting 26,000 views, which is kind of unprecedented for a community college newspaper. and so, yeah, i think something like that for people in our community to be informed and elect based off something like that. the work you do matters weren't made matters. let's sort of look ahead into the professional world. did i hear you say you want to go into sports? that's me. okay good luck to you. let me tell you because you know the things out, you know, sort of in the wide world of journalism. often times, things are not seen as absolutely critical can be downsized a little bit, or maybe trimmed here and there. um what , if anything, do you hope to take from your experience at laney into the sports world as a journalist? well, i think that eleni has taught us how to dig. and i think that you know really good sports stories don't have

to be just superficial and stats and just what happened, but there's a lot of really good stories that can be told in the sports world that are important that i think i'm now better equipped to investigate and tell now that i've, you know, seen the more serious side of reporting. i mean, that doggedness that can just talked about eleni. can go so far if you're at the city council meeting at the school board meeting have spent countless, you know nights as a general simon reporter in the city and many others, and it's the reporter who sticks with the story who gets what really matters to the community? absolutely and it's not always glamorous, and it's not always convenient. and you know we've had. we've been through a lot in our newsroom. um and i think the one thing that most folks don't know is that student media is run by the students. it is actually the law. so although a lot of folks would like to believe that i'm kind of the shadow person behind the whole operation, i teach them the skills i facilitate, you know, kind of newsroom management thinking about you know how

they're going to cover their stories, helping them to strategize, teaching them public records request teaching them interview skills that that kind of a thing foundational skills. i remember i was sitting in a journalism law class a million years ago, and i was like, well, i ever use this. the answer is yes. yes, yes, i can make a quick picture in shilo shilo turned you for this last moment we have junior college in particular can be so vital to many people who maybe don't want to go to a four university can afford to. i went to my junior college last casitas and livermore and number one. it helped me cut my college bill and half number two. it gave me the freedom to take all those classes that we all take without sitting in a big room of 400. other students of the professor. i don't get to know. would you like to make a pitch for laney college or community college in general to those who might be considering it? absolutely i did not know what i wanted to do. when i started community college. i dropped out the first time right out of high school because i didn't want to. i didn't know what i want to do the first time through college and i'm 28 now i started

community college when i was 26. i talked to counselors. they told me to try this journalism program and i did not know what i was getting into. when i started and i'm so glad that i found eleni in the citizens, so yeah. go to community college. go to laney, the counselors. there can really point you in the right direction and you can really find really find your career forward. so you said it best. well, shiloh johnston. eleni economy. this guest is and also ken lester. congratulations and thank you all three for joining us so much. gasia absolutely can get here in a minute on mornings onto the ninth. it's the only team of its kind in the bay area, and the style of dance defies limits. the major team from oakland brings the heat to our studio next.

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or have been unmasked. the whole thing was so fun and it happened so fast and furious, you know, like somebody covid and they called me to kind of pinch hit. that's about all i know about sports is pinch hitting, because you do that in showbiz, and i love that so much so it all happens spontaneously, and i didn't have time to stress or overthink. i just showed up. gibson performed during obon night singing fernando and winner takes it all. howie mandel was the first contestant to be unmasked last night after performing as rock lobster. you can watch the mass singer right here on ktvu. it airs on wednesday night to wednesdays at eight pm. well there are high energy major red team combining

hip hop, jazz, african contemporary and cheer styles to create a melting pot of excitement. heat dance line are the only major at dancers in the bay area, and they're right here from oakland to we're now joined my colleague woods, who is the director of heat dance line. good morning to cali. hello thank you. this is awesome. well, first of all, i heard that you guys just performed for the mayor. tell us about that we performed yesterday at mayor breeds london breeds. black history month gala. it was amazing just to see all of the wonderful wonderful performers and to see the black excellence in the room was, um phenomenal. amazing my cousin went to family over. ah yes, i know all about this because you come in the house all the time. almost hit me in the head. so tell us how did you get involved with this organization? so i am the owner and founder of heat dance line, but i got involved. i'm actually originally from the bay area. i went to spelman college in atlanta, and i was a part of

mahogany emotion, which is morehouse college dance team. um and i fell in love with the not only the dance style, but the community and the love and the culture. um and so when i came back here, i realized there's really not a lot of exposure to hbcu culture. and so that's why he is here. i'm surprised when i learned that this was the only one in the area because back on the east coast we hear about them quite a bit. gosh. yeah, i mean, but we're not exposed to hbc culture. there are no hbcu on the west coast. um and so, um so, yeah, we are one of few on the west coast. so would you say that was one of the key reasons he said, hey, i gotta i gotta start something like this here. yes yes, because you know, i like i said when i was a kid, we didn't have that. um and now we have all of these beautiful dancers, and they're going off to all these different places. so i have dancers now at spelman . i have dancers at howard. i have dancers at xavier and then

dancers at ucla, but they're exposed to not only college, um through dance, um but just being able to know that there's other um. culture black culture, you know, i wanted to ask a little bit about that. you know the fact that you don't have a lot of that. what does being a major, right speak to? you know, we're in black history month now about black culture and being part of something like this. gosh so, you know, heat stands for health, education, art and therapy. and that's really what i learned by being at an hbcu and being a part of the band. um really trying to help navigate. you know their health, right? trying to navigate, you know, being artistic and creative, um, also trying to navigate like having a healthy lifestyle. that therapy is part of it, and i got that from being at spelman and from being in the band until because we don't have this normally here on the west coast . you're teaching these young ladies are from high school.

different grade levels. talk about the ladies who performing so yeah, so the, um all of these girls are from different high schools. so we have stan leandro high. we have castro valley high. we have bishop. doubt we have skyline and we have, um oakland tech represented in some of them are going off to college. three of them are going off to college, and they're applying to different schools and there and then the rest are ready to go as well. so yeah, hoping for this organization going forward here in the bay area. um so my dream is to have a band. so my dream is to have an oakland or bay area youth and band we were able to perform with pittsburgh high school. last last night. um and they were amazing. and but we don't have that out here. we don't have banned so a band that the dancers can perform with and really understand what this culture is about different organizations. contact you and have your performance here. yes yes, yes. please contact us at

heat dance line at gmail .com. alright or we are at heat dance line dot org were nonprofits. we want to get to the performance of the way here because i want to see what you guys are. what you guys average store for us and what you mayor london breed a chance to see yesterday so take it away. let's go. mhm. mhm.

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