work here and then i'm going to listen to beyonce's album on the way to walgreens, where i have to pick up some therapy. oh my gosh, it is not that bad. it's a little head cold. we will see you mo crime, especially in the city of oakland. today, governor newsom announced the city and chp signed a contract with a company that will mount nearly 500 cameras in the bay area. >> broad strategy not just a law enforcement, only strategy to begin to beautify this extraordinary city here in oakland and support the surrounding community. >> from ktvu, fox two news, this is the four. >> and these new cameras are license plate readers that are capable of taking a picture of every vehicle that drives by. welcome to for everyone on this friday.

>> i'm frank mallicoat and i'm alex savage, the company managing the camera network is called flock safety. the same name behind the license plate reader cameras that already exist in other parts of the bay area. our crime reporter, henry lee joins us now live from chp's oakland office. with more on this new contract. henry >> yeah, there's already law enforcement cameras along parts of interstate 80 and highway four in the east bay. but another company's cameras are set to debut in oakland and also along other heavily traveled routes. governor gavin newsom says hundreds of cameras that read license plates will soon be in place in oakland and across the east bay, which will aid and support the efforts of law enforcement to focus on stolen vehicles. the governor made his announcement in a video recorded along hegenberger road in east oakland, a hot spot for burglaries. the camera system is from flock safety and one that's already used by many law enforcement agencies. the cameras take still photos of the backs of cars and not people or

faces. from there, police can track down specific cars and potentially arrest suspects. >> this is proven technology, where privacy is foundational and a core component of the effort. this is building on efforts we made just a few weeks ago with a surge in california highway patrol 290 cameras will be on oakland city streets under the purview of oakland police, while 190 cameras will be set up on state highways in the east bay and monitored by the chp. >> images will be stored for 28 days, with many officers barred from chasing suspects in property crimes. supporters say these cameras will allow the cops to catch up to them later. we also feel that big brother isn't watching enough that that, you know, my big brothers, they always looked out for me and i think that the ultimate big brother is our local police department. >> if it could help address some of the immediate, you know, public safety issues around vehicles and that kind of thing, i think, you know, hopefully it will have it'll have an impact. >> others aren't so sure. >> the biggest unknown question

is whose rules are we playing? >> by brian hofer is chair of the city of oakland's privacy commission. he questions whether the chp privacy standards will be the same as oakland's. >> i know my opinion is in the minority, that people are acting based on fear, and also an unproven, misguided belief that these cameras are going to solve all our problems. they won't. >> james birch of the anti police terror project says money could be better spent elsewhere. >> instead of these cameras could we have, you know, professionals doing their work in the community to prevent violence? you know, those are the costs that we're seeing here on the streets in the city of oakland. >> well, it's not clear exactly where these cameras could be set up, but we've learned that they could be installed beginning in the next 30 days and possibly completely installed by this fall. live in oakland, henry lee ktvu, fox two news henry obviously is still a lot to kind of sort out here with this program, but do you have a sense of what the process is going to be like to determine the exact locations where these cameras

are going to be, and what kind of input the public will have? yeah, unclear exactly who will have the input, whether it's oakland police, chp or a combination of those agencies and whether the public will have a say in this. but again, we have not seen a map or any plan of where these cameras will be installed. yeah, still still a lot to sort out here. >> henry lee live at the chp office in oakland. henry. thank you. >> this afternoon, san francisco police are still searching for more people who may have been involved in a deadly shooting at the powell street bart station in san francisco. this all happened last night around 930 at halliday plaza. police found one person who had been shot. they were declared dead at the scene. the victim's name has not been released. police did tell us they did locate a firearm nearby, but sfpd says no arrests have been made just yet. >> as far as danger, we are still looking for possible suspects. again, this is an ongoing investigation. >> and do you have anybody that

you've taken into custody or taken in for questioning? >> we do have two individuals detained at this point. we don't know what their involvement is. so we're still figuring that out . >> and despite that shooting, both bart and muni were still up and running. however, the entrance to that powell street station from that plaza was sealed off due to the police investigation. >> this coming monday, a new law mandating a $20 hourly wages for fast food workers takes effect here in california. the change will give many low income workers a life-changing boost in pay. but there are also some complications. ktvu tom vacar joining us now live from our newsroom with the intended and unintended consequences of this legislation, tom. >> well, for some employees, it's just too little, too late. for others, it's way better than it was before. california's minimum wage is $16 an hour, so workers making that might choose fast food jobs for $20 an hour. that's a 20% pay increase, way

above inflation. but customers at alameda's in-n-out burgers were skeptical. >> i can't even afford to live here. so you know, and i work a good job, but it's never enough out here. so it doesn't matter. they can get $20 an hour, but it's not going to make a difference. >> i don't think so. not out here. i think they need more than that to make it out here. i don't know. we'll see. former edd director and now employment lawyer at the duane morris law firm, says this about fast food prices. >> certainly there'll be some price increases. we'll see just how extensive they are, and we'll see how they roll out over the next couple of months. >> not all fast food workers will get it. >> there's a lot of complexity in terms of which workers are covered and which establishments are covered. >> the restaurant must be in a chain of 60 restaurants or more nationwide. the restaurants cannot have table servers. the customers must pay for their food in advance. many exceptions include fast food at airports or

restaurants that bake bread. >> we have a large number of workers in california who are making minimum wage, or slightly above. >> so many low wage workers may just quit for higher wages elsewhere. >> other sectors that have workers who are making less than $20 an hour are have expressed concern that their workers will leave those jobs and move to fast food restaurants again. we'll see. >> then there's the uaw effect. when the uaw won its strike, non-us automakers started increasing wages. so as not to lose their workers. so employers of low wage earners, such as long tum care certified nurse assistants, they're the very bedrock of long terme care, as well as other health care workers and retail workers may have to do the same. >> new regulations always have a lot of impacts that aren't expected. now given that california's unemployment insurance fund is now $20

billion in the red. >> well, automatic tax increases go to employers. and that's going to increase their costs even further. and you're paying for it tom vacar. ktvu fox two news. all right, tom, it sounds like employers are still trying to sort of figure out all the fine print with this legislation. >> what makes this law so complex? >> well, it's just that certain kinds of employees are included and certain others are not included. not included. certain restaurants were able to get out of it, others were not. and so it's a mishmash of things. in fact, i was talking to a person today from the department of industrial relations, he says. we're still trying to figure it out. it was the law passed, of course, by the legislature, but it goes into effect on monday, and they're still trying to figure a lot of it out. it's that complex. yeah. >> all right. obviously the idea here is, is to boost pay for fast food workers. is there a sense about the kind of impact this is really going to have for those low wage workers?

>> well, it's going to have two. the folks that are lucky enough to get that increase are going to have a substantial raise. the problem is some employers have decided the way they can do that in the only way they can do that is cut the number of employees so they can then pay that extra money to the surviving employees . and the problem there, of course, is some folks are going to lose their job. but again, it's going to take a month or two to really shake this thing out. we'll keep an eye on it for you. >> yeah. >> yeah, we certainly will. all right. tom vacar live in the newsroom. thanks, tom. state regulators are proposing a change to how power companies here in california calculate their rates. right now, bills are tied to how much power a household uses. the new proposal would make a portion of the bill a fixed charge. for most people, that would be $24.15 per month. low income households would pay less. regulators say the goal is to provide some relief to people who use a lot of electricity in the summer, during high temperatures. >> a settlement against two major e-cigarette companies will help pay for staffing at san

francisco schools district. juul lab and the altria group will pay nearly $25 million. this is all part of a lawsuit involving marketing and advertising e-cigarettes to young people. that money will be spent over the next three years and covers salaries for dozens of nurses and health counselors. juul and altria, which merged with philip morris, agreed to a $1 billion nationwide settlement with governments and school districts. >> commercial crab season is going to end early for most of the state, including the bay area and the central coast. california's department of fish and wildlife will shut down dungeness crab fishing beginning at 6:00 on the night of april 8th. this closure stretches from the sonoma, mendocino county line all the way down to the mexico border. the state says. aerial and vessel survey reports show humpback whales are starting to return to the coast and could get tangled in netting and crab traps. recreational crab traps will also be

prohibited between sonoma, mendocino, that county line and the santa barbara county line. >> a celebration in san francisco this morning aboard the us naval ship named after civil rights leader harvey milk, in the first navy ship to be named after an openly gay person and one of six named after civil rights pioneers, harvey milk served in the navy before coming to san francisco, achieving the rank of lieutenant junior grade. he later became the first openly gay elected official in california. congresswoman nancy pelosi and the mayor, london breed and military officials reflected on what the naming means for the navy. >> though harvey milk distinguished himself as a naval officer. >> unfortunately, like so many others who served our nation in uniform, he had to hide a very important part of himself as he served. and for far too long, sailors like lieutenant milk were forced into shadows or worse yet, forced out of the navy. >> today, officials said. the

navy is stronger for the service of the lgbtq members. the usns harvey milk, all part of a class of ships that will provide fuel and cargo to navy warships. >> up next here on the for this afternoon. this weekend marks transgender day of visibility, a day to celebrate and recognize the bay area's trans community. and up next, here on the four, we'll talk live with the executive director of san francisco pride about this weekend's festivities. >> also ahead, the white house announcing its first set of guardrails. when it comes to artificial intelligence, the rules when it comes to federal agencies using that technology coming your way and across the bay area this afternoon, rain, wind, even isolated thunderstorms. >> i'll have a look at the latest system moving through the y area and what

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the 31st it set aside to honor international transgender day of visibility. the idea here is to celebrate the joy and the resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from their community. sunday at the phoenix hotel in san francisco, a big celebration and awareness brunch will be held from 11 to 4 p.m, with community vendors and plenty of resources as well. joining us now with some insight is the executive director of sf pride, suzanne ford. suzanne, great to have you with us on this good friday. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> well, tell us how transgender day all came about and the significance of the day march, the 31st on sunday? >> sure. in 2010, rachel crandall, a trans activist in michigan, came up with the idea to celebrate transgender day of visibility, in part because in

media, you saw when you saw trans people mention many times it would be in relation to violence or obstacles that we faced. and she thought it was important that we celebrate the lives of transgender people and their accomplishments. and i appreciate that. we don't want to lose, lose sight of what we face, but we do want to celebrate who and who we are and what we've accomplished, of course, and why. >> march 31st? >> well, it it it gets you ready for pride season, it's around the clock from transgender day of remembrance. it gives some space between that. and it's a great time to focus. right after women and also women's history month concludes. so the timing of it couldn't be better. >> well, you touched on this a bit, but maybe you can expand on it the importance of, of the visibility, to sf pride and of course, to the transgender community as well. >> well, i think san francisco

pride, we want to make sure that trans transgender people are seen in our history. we've had, you know, trans people have been involved in san francisco pride from the start, but they are more prominently seen now. we want to make sure that we celebrate everyone in the lgbtq community. so our board now is almost half, trans led, trans people on the board. so we want to make sure that we're seeing that trans and non-binary people that are growing up know that there there, there is hope, that there's joy in our community that you can grow up, you can have a meaningful life, and you can contribute to society in your community. >> and, suzanne, i'm curious, are the struggles different for trans and non-binary community compared to those of the lgbtq community? is there a difference, or is it all the same? >> no, there's definitely there's definitely a difference, you know, i think people back in

the 70s and 80s when i was growing up, the movement towards gay rights, they made they made strides. but i think that the transgender community was left behind, we're still a marginalized community, especially trans, trans people of color, black trans women face an inordinate amount of obstacles to gain access to things that we take for granted, even white trans people, so there's definitely a difference and there's more work to be done, as evidence, you can see out there when, when people on the right want to galvanize people, they talk about hating trans people, so you can see that there's definitely a difference and that we need support and we definitely need to be visible, i know when i was growing up, i didn't see positive representations of trans people in the media. i think that contributed to my, being afraid and not coming out to much later in my life. >> well, hopefully a lot of goodness comes out of the brunch. it starts at 11:00, goes

till four at the phoenix hotel in san francisco. this weekend marks the 31st on sunday, suzanne ford, of sf pride, the executive director. thanks so much for your insights and all the best this weekend. >> thank you. thank you all for having me. take care. >> all right. we'll turn and talk about our weather here as we give you this live look out over the oakland estuary looking off towards san francisco. and it is a gray friday here. and we are heading into the weekend with a lot of rain headed our way. rosemary tracking this latest storm and you are going to let us know how long the rain is going to last. >> yes, that heavy, steady stuff. alex primarily for today. but we will remain unsettled as we call it, through most of the weekend. and i'll show you that here. coming up in just a moment outside our doors. it's a stormy one giving you a look here at san jose, where we have the rain, we have the wind, we have isolated thunderstorms and it definitely feels more like a winter storm with low snow

levels down to about 4000ft, even a little bit lower than that. when we talk about the rain, snow mix and our temperatures this afternoon running way cooler. so we'll check on the numbers here in just a moment. first, let's take a look at what is going on out there. the rain began to pick up an early afternoon and is still going at this hour in time for the evening commute. if you look closely, you'll notice we've got some lightning there off the coastline. we have some that came ashore near monterey, so again indicating that unstable air that is with us and we could see the brief heavy downpours, you know, maybe even small hail, the thunder, the lightning. if you do experience a thunderstorm, get indoors as we know they're very dangerous and can be. here's a look at the widespread rain that is over areas of the south bay. the central bay. heavy pockets of rain reported over areas of santa cruz and stretching towards the highway 101 morgan hill, gilroy, as we shift over towards the central bay. fairly widespread here as well. we may have a few pockets where we've got some temporary dry weather, but that is going to continue

off and on for the next couple of days. scattered showers now reported over the north bay with it looks like santa rosa. petaluma getting a little bit of a break to the sierra. we have the snow again piling up with the rain snow mix. it looks like right about baxter, and we do have a winter storm warning that will continue here until 5:00 in the afternoon on sunday. meanwhile we have a wind advisory until early tomorrow morning. i'll have a look at the winds, the temperatures and what we can expect for the weekend coming up. >> sounds good rosemary. thank you. coming up, a state of the art crane arrives at the site of that bridge disaster in baltimore as advocates for immigrant workers killed in the collapse say, more eeds to

to lift up to 1000 tons of material at a time. several cranes will be needed to clear the twisted metal and the concrete remains of the francis scott key bridge and the cargo ship that collided with it on tuesday. officials say they have to remove the wreckage before anyone can reach the bodies. of the four men still missing. construction workers gathered meanwhile today to remember all the six lives that were lost as crews were fixing potholes on that bridge. as fox's griff jenkins tells us, some say there are not enough protections for immigrant workers doing dangerous jobs. >> the francis scott key bridge collapse disrupted more than

just a waterway. >> we are joined together today for a somber moment to honoring the six brothers who lost their lives during the key bridge collapse. >> workers in the baltimore community honoring the six construction crew members presumed to be dead after the bridge collapse. officials say the crew employed by bronner builders was repairing potholes on the bridge when it went down. the deceased workers hailing from el salvador, guatemala, honduras and mexico. >> the workers, who are immigrant to this country. workers who are shoulder to shoulder with us born workers and as brothers and sisters, build this nation. >> so far, two of their bodies have been found trapped in a pickup truck. the tragedy sparking calls for stronger protections for immigrant construction workers. >> what were to happen if i were to get injured, or even worse? >> meanwhile, maryland lawmakers

have started drafting legislation to replace income for the port of baltimore workers affected by the closure. governor westmore says the state is doing everything in its power to reopen the bridge in the vital shipping hub, the nation's economy and the nation's workers are requiring us to move quickly, president biden says he plans to visit baltimore sometime next week in baltimore harbor. griff jenkins, fox news. >> as the presidential race heats up, many americans are feeling political fatigue, not looking forward to another biden. trump rematch or excited about voting this november. coming up this weekend, host of the issue is alex michaelson speaks with political strategist frank luntz about what either of these candidates can do, if anything, to change those attitudes among many americans. alex joins us now live from la with a preview of that conversation. hey, alex. >> hey, alex, good to talk with you. yes. frank luntz has been

conducting focus groups across america for years. recently, he's been talking to undecided voters in the swing states. and i asked him about the state of the race right now. what is the state of the presidential race right now? who's ahead? >> i don't know what language you're allowed to use because this is broadcast. go for it. i have to be very careful. i would call it a show. okay. and you can edit that if you need to. and that's the only definition. the candidates have gone low already. both of them trump lower, there's not really a focus on issues. it's much more on retribution, on on criticism. and it's scary to me because i know you've suggested that you that biden right now in your words, is losing the election, not that trump is winning the election. how do you if i were joe biden, i'd be embarrassed. the economy is better, inflation is down, employment is up. arguably these are relatively

good times for america and he's losing to donald trump. what does that say to you? >> it says to me that most americans think that joe biden is too old, and they're wondering whether he's in control or not, and they want somebody who's stronger, right? isn't that what the focus group is saying? >> that's exactly what they're saying. and they're frustrated that we have these two candidates. 70% of americans don't want a rematch of 2020. and yet that's exactly what they're about to get. >> so coming up on the issue as this week, he'll give advice to both campaigns. he'll talk about why he thinks that gavin newsom would actually be a stronger democratic nominee than joe biden and break down the new rfk jr pick for vice president, which, of course, happened in oakland this week. all that coming up on the issue is plus a conversation with katie porter about her senate campaign. that's on the issue as alex. all right. >> that sounds great. covering a lot of ground here coming up this weekend alex. thank you.

have a good weekend. and a reminder here. you can watch the full episode of the issue is it airs this sunday morning at 630 right here on ktvu. coming up this afternoon on the for the biden administration trying to put safeguards on ai. up next, a cyber security expert joins us live to help us break down the new guidelines for how federal agen es c use

can use artificial intelligence. it's part of a broader effort to ensure safe use of the technology. among other

requirements, every agency must appoint a chief artificial intelligence officer to oversee implementation of ai and agencies that use ai tools must put safeguards in place. by this december, including testing and monitoring the effects of the technology. and under the new guidance, federal agencies will also be required to share information online with the public detailing how they're using ai and the potential risks. it is a brave new world, and for more, we're joined by mark ostrowski from the cybersecurity firm checkpoint. mark, great to have you with us on this friday. >> oh good afternoon. great to be here. >> well, let's start with this. agencies are required to put safeguards in place to monitor how ai is being used. what does effective ai auditing actually look like? >> yeah. no it's a it's a really good question. and obviously these days we're surrounded by artificial intelligence and how it's affecting us in our daily lives. so really what this this

omb policy is out here kind of breaking down or some of the ground rules that could be set to be sure that things like privacy, you mentioned the transparency of where artificial intelligence is being used in the federal government. these are just a couple of things and guidelines where you give some visibility and say, maybe where our human insight oversight is also being used. as part of the introduction of ai in, you know, in the federal government. >> all right. so within the federal government, though, it sort of begs the question, who who is going to do the testing, the oversight, if you will, to sort of understand the impact these ai tools are having and make sure that they're being used safely and responsibly? >> yeah, it's another good question. it's exactly, you know, what's outlined in, you know, in both the executive order last year as well as, you know, the, the policy that was that was set, yesterday really gets into, you know, what are the guardrails look like? and you know, really investing in a couple of things in education,

also investing in, you know, what those the safety looks like in terms of, you know, how how you know, information is being used and where it's being used. and that transparency with us, you know, you know, in relative to that as well. so you know, that's really what it comes down to is building this governance, building this visibility, you know, adding, you know, folks that have the ability to overlook these models and see how the information is being used and again, how it's being, you know, interpreted for us, you know, in our, you know, interactions with, you know, things that the federal government provides for us. right. >> and, mark, under the new guidelines, agencies will have to share details about how they're using ai and the issues that may have come up, why is it important for the public to be able to access that information? >> yeah, it's really it's actually a really clear, you know, when you think about, how information is actually used to actually build the models that we're interacting with, it's very important to understand, you know, what those sources of

data are, how it's being used, how it affects what we do. and, you know, we think about it, there's a lot of really positive things that come from this. you know, we can really accelerate things like, you know, providing better health care. we can accelerate things about, you know, major things like climate change and really be able to consume large amounts of data, and then be able to provide that in a way much quicker than if we were to do it without it. so there's a lot of positives, but there's also that side of, you know, what happens when model is, you know, is loaded potentially with some some data that like from a cybersecurity perspective is malicious. so how do you you know, how what does that look like. and where are the sources and all of that. so that's really what it comes down to with a transparency is to understand where the information is coming in from, how it's being used, how it's being modeled. and that will help us. you know, obviously us as you know, you know, you know, people to understand what the effects are when we go to use these types of things and how it's being used. so having that transparency is really, really key. >> yeah, certainly you talk about kind of trying to strike

that balance, managing the risks of a huge balance, but trying to encourage its use. and that feels like what the federal government is trying to do here. do you think here as we wrap up, that, that having clear guidelines around the use of ai in the public sector will encourage more innovation and sort of help the government agencies use these tools in a in a more beneficial fashion. >> yeah, that's exactly it. right. the transparency will help. right. setting those ground rules again of how it can be used. and you know, think about things like, you know, privacy and acceptable use and all those things. those are really good foundational steps so that when we obviously want to encourage this innovation and encourage these things that could really, you know, improve the way that that that we interact with things that that is being done in a way that is really positive. it's a safe, a safe way of using the technology and really, you know, puts ourselves in a better position than, than perhaps without it. but that's striking. that balance is exactly what this omb policy, as well as the executive

order, you know, from october last year, really put in place so that we can we can do this in the right way. >> this could be an interesting couple of years as we move into the ai generation. mark ostrowski from the cybersecurity firm checkpoint, many thanks for all your insight. mark. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. take care. >> our special program, voices for change, returns with a new episode. this sunday morning. we'll continue our celebration of women's history month with conversations focused on uplifting girls and women. we'll hear from the president of golden state's new wnba team about why her goals for this franchise go far beyond the court. also a mother daughter clearing the path for other women in construction. their message of empowerment as a female that wants to venture, talk to people you know, because guess what? >> a woman wants to help you grow within that space. so don't be quiet. speak up. we definitely want to encourage. mentoring is key.

>> voices for change back this sunday at 930 in the morning. it airs right here on ktvu. up next, a san francisco holiday tradition returning to dolores park over the weekend, all of the easter in the park festivities you can look forward to on this easter sunday in the mission district. coming up. >> it's a rainy, windy one outside our doors at this hour. i'll have a look at the current

years, and this sunday, the celebration returns to dolores park in the mission district with its annual hunky jesus competition, as well as the famous foxy mary contest hosted by the nonprofit sisters of perpetual indulgence. and joining us live this afternoon is sister roma. great to have you, sister roma. thank you for taking the time. >> thank you so much. it's great to be here. absolutely >> we're excited about the celebration this sunday, 45 years. this has been happening in san francisco. first off, just start with how this tradition got started. >> well, the sisters decided that we wanted to throw a party on our anniversary. we're actually founded in san francisco on easter weekend in 1979, and we thought, let's

throw a free party for our community to thank them for allowing us to be of service and supporting us all year long. >> i love it, what a wonderful way to celebrate the community. so what can people who come out to the park this sunday expect from this year's celebration? >> well, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year. you know, when we started, we had no idea that easter in the park, where the sisters would become one of the most iconic and dissipated events in san francisco, and, of course, the highlight of the day is the hunky jesus contest. and that's when contestants show up and they give us their very creative and clever versions of the jesus that they are that day, i warn you, if you're thinking of joining, don't think that you can just be a hunk in a speedo and win this contest. >> no, no, no, that was going to be my question. you at this point in the competition, because it is so popular, you can't just show up looking like hunky jesus. you need to

register beforehand, right? >> well, you can show up and you will announce when it's time for you to come backstage, but you have to have a very clever concept because san francisco, as you know, the san francisco audience, is extremely smart and appreciates clever and creative. so bring your a game if you come to see us on sunday. >> okay, that is very good advice. what do you think is going to win this competition that that obviously, you know, there's a lot of folks who are going to be taking part. what do you think is going to going to set apart the winner of the hunky jesus competition? >> well, san francisco is the crowd at the park does select the final winner. and i would suggest that if you can, you can work some sort of political message or just be really creative and clever and funny, because who doesn't like to laugh? honestly, that is the whole point of the entire day. we do this to spread joy. and i can tell you, as someone who has stood up on that stage and looked out at the thousands and

thousands of faces in the crowd every year, that's exactly what this event is. it's just a joyous expression of love. there's so much laughter. there's families, there's people. everyone just comes together and they we sit on a blanket, bring something to eat. there's fabulous entertainment all day long. it really is so much fun. >> all right, a fantastic event. and i know you are keeping an eye. sister roma on on the weather forecast. it's raining right now. we're hoping you're saying a prayer that the rain is going to let up by this sunday morning. the competition though, it's going to happen, right? even if you have a couple showers. >> well, we don't say the r-word at easter, but it has been known to happen. but we're real troopers and so is the crowd. usually people will hang in there unless it just gets so drenched that we have to stop for safety because there is a there's a lot of amplified sound and, you know, wires and things. so if it gets too wet, we will have to postpone. but right now,

we're not planning on it. we don't expect rain for sunday. it might be a little soggy in the park, so bring a maybe a plastic to put under your blanket. yeah, yeah. >> no, folks, folks can manage. all right. we'll we'll we will hope for the most ideal weather conditions for the competitions that are happening this weekend. and here you go. easter in the park. the hunky jesus competition and the foxy mary contest at dolores park sunday starting at 10:00, running through 4:00 in the afternoon. we appreciate it, sister roma, thank you so much. have a wonderful time this weekend. >> thank you. >> happy easter. happy easter to you. well, i have a feeling hunky jesus might get a little bit damp this weekend because the rain is rolling in here to the bay area. >> get a nice bird's eye view the span looking into san francisco where i assume the rain is tumbling down. but let's go to an expert rosemary standing by. looks like a wet holiday weekend, doesn't it? >> yes. and did you notice that camera just shaking around a little right and left stuff there? yeah, we have the wind advisory in place for the next

several hours. in fact, it does not expire until tomorrow morning. meanwhile, outside our doors at this hour, we still have some pretty steady rain over southern portions of the bay area, as well as central the north bay right now. scattered showers and there's a look at the golden gate bridge. we have seen a good amount of rainfall since earlier today. san francisco coming in with almost half inch santa rosa, three quarters of an inch, ben lowman, santa cruz mountains, more than an inch. this is a cold system. as we were talking about, at least for this time of year, and we are looking at temperatures today 5 to 10 degrees chillier than where we were yesterday. at this time, most of us are struggling in the upper 40s to low 50s, 52 degrees right now in san francisco, 51 in hayward. and it's a windy one out there with the wind advisory again lasting through tonight doesn't expire until tomorrow morning. right now, the wind gusts in santa rosa reported 25, fairfield 32, concord 26. as we shift over towards the peninsula and the south bay, we have palo

alto reporting a wind gust to 24. so wet. windy. how about our hills? mount diablo 39 and in the north bay, middle peak reporting a 29. the winds will begin to let up tomorrow morning and the scattered showers will let up as well. it is very widespread still at this time, but this is going to be pulling out, not in time for the afternoon commute, though, because we're right on it already. here's a look at to the sierra, where the snow is coming and falling here, and the levels are between 4000 and 4500ft. if i pull back and show you the center of the storm, this is going to make a path towards southern california to southern california. has rain in the forecast for easter sunday, but i think for us it will be mostly dry mostly. and i'll show you what i mean here in just a moment. rainfall amounts, we could see another inch or so more in our hills, but again, we have already seen quite a bit fall since earlier today. and in the sierra, anywhere from 1 to

3ft will be a possibility by sunday night. let's put timing on this. there's a look at what we're seeing right now. there's a look at tomorrow morning. we've got scattered showers over the bay area, mostly cloudy skies. and then as we get into the afternoon, we look to be mostly cloudy, mainly dry, but it's not finished completely. here's a look at 5:00 where the scattered showers are on. once again, risk of thunderstorms included sunday morning. we start out mostly cloudy, mainly dry. sunday does look like we'll get a breaks even the sunshine out there on sunday, but by the afternoon and evening hours, a few rounds of showers expected before it finally moves out. so a little soggy, but nothing like a soaking that we're getting right now. temperatures across the bay area for tomorrow morning on the chilly side. we'll be in the 40s and the afternoon upper 50s to low 60s. not quite as cool as today, but still cool for this time of year. we get past the weekend

and then we are dry and warmer once again with temperatures in the low 70s. back to you. >> monday is looking good. okay thank you rosemary taking a look at some stories coming up tonight at 5:00. they filed the lawsuit. now they're talking with us, the san francisco residents who want to force the city's hand to take decisive action in the tenderloin district. coming your way. >> also coming up tonight on the news at 5:00. sunnyvale authorities are sharing some new details about a deadly encounter. why? they say officers charged with style. the fully-electric audi q4 e-tron. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer.

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obtained in russia, accused of spying. fox's alex hogan with the very latest on efforts to free him and other americans now held in russia as their families try to keep up hope for their return. >> for the past 12 months, evan gershkovitch has been jailed inside moscow's notorious lefortovo prison. russian authorities arrested the wall street journal reporter one year ago on espionage charges, but they have yet to provide evidence to support the claim. >> it's one of the most brazen assaults on press freedom that we've seen, and it's also a really chilling example of the rise of hostage diplomacy. >> president biden marked the grim milestone by renewing his promise to bring evan home, writing in a statement, quote, journalism is not a crime. and evan went to russia to do his job as a reporter. gershkovitch's family says they keep in touch through letters,

adding the 32 year old has kept his strength and sense of humor throughout his detainment. >> we look for signs that evan is okay and he's doing well, he has a lot of little mannerisms and we just notice all of his expressions, his smile. >> he is one of several americans detained in russia, including former marine paul whelan, who was arrested in 2018 on similar charges of spying. washington has accused moscow of using u.s. citizens as bargaining chips. last month, russian president vladimir putin suggested gershkovitch could be released as part of a future prisoner swap. but the white house has said that russia rejected a recent exchange offer. >> it is opportunistic and therefore there it is. it does become a tool, you know, people become tools of russian politics . >> this week, a russian court ordered gershkovitch to stay behind bars until at least june in london, alex hogan, fox news. >> easter weekend is here. millions of christians all across the world are getting

ready to celebrate the holiday come sunday. how much more the traditional treats are expected to cost this year? w n

my heart goes on this good friday in vatican city, pope francis led a passion of the lord's service at saint peter's

basilica. today's service commemorates the last hours of jesus's life and his crucifixion . the 87 year old pope was brought in by wheelchair due to inflamed knee ligaments that started in 2022. this year, the pope also fought off the flu and bronchitis. he wore red vestments today, which are supposed to symbolize the fire of the holy spirit as well as the suffering of the lord and the apostles. well, good friday observances were also held today in jerusalem. >> worshipers, including a group of boy boys and girl scouts marching through the area where it's believed that jesus carried the cross to his crucifixion. today, some marchers carried wooden crosses on their shoulders and sang hymns. >> people come here to know that it's safe and it's a beautiful place to be. and, i hope people stop to having this bad nation of israel. >> and good friday coincides

with the third friday in the muslim holy month of ramadan. >> heading into the holiday weekend, millions of christians all around the world are getting ready to celebrate easter on sunday. >> as fox's caroline shively tells us, all the traditional goodies, from chocolate bunnies to easter eggs, will cost a bit more this year. >> good news for chocolate bunnies this easter weekend is bad news for consumers. the price of cocoa is hitting record highs due to damaged crops in west africa. >> the actual supply of cocoa beans is down about a third worldwide, which is in a tight market, creates the skyrocketing price situation, meaning fewer bunnies will lose those delicious chocolate ears to hungry children. >> the national retail federation predicts a drop in spending on easter candy at $3.1 billion, down from $3.3 billion in 2023. that's $24.78 per person just for sweet treats. but when you add in the baskets and bows and maybe even bonnets,

wallethub predicts that americans will spend $22 billion on easter this year, $177 per person. and what about those easter eggs? >> a dozen grade a large eggs are selling for an average of $2.99. that is 30% lower than the same time last year, but there's still 50% higher than two years ago. >> once you've gotten your easter basket and hunted up those eggs, will you be headed to church? a gallup poll released this week says probably not. the poll finds that only 30% of americans attend religious services every or almost every week. >> god willing, it'll be. we'll have record crowds on easter. >> perhaps the least surprising statistic this easter, according to wallethub, 80% of parents will be stealing candy from their kid's stash in washington. caroline shively, fox news, kctv , icu fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. governor gavin

newsom announces hundreds of new surveillance cameras to help crack down on crime, where they will go amid growing concerns over privacy. >> plus, a historic visit to san francisco's waterfront disrupted by protesters. why they rallied against the naval ship bearing harvey milk's name and a stormy day across the bay as another system passes through. >> how long this wet and windy weather will stick around? good evening. i'm crystal bailey and i'm greg lee. >> we start with conditions outside on this stormy friday afternoon. heavy rain and wind making their way up and down the bay. today this is how it looked in san jose earlier today. slick roads, plenty of umbrellas. >> so what should we expect this weekend? meteorologist rosemary oroczo joins us with the forecast today. yes. >> so i think we will be in way better shape for the weekend. guys that soaking that we are getting this afternoon is moving out heading to the sierra where it's turning over to snow right about 4000ft. so definitely feeling like a winter storm as