vote. elections officials encouraging voters to make their voices heard. >> we are now less than eight hours away from the polls, opening here in the bay area for california's primary. the 11:00 news on ktvu fox two starts now. so far, bay area election officials say they are seeing a low voter turnout, but they're expecting more to show up tomorrow as people go in person to cast their ballots. hello again everyone. i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach, california is not the only ones voting on super tuesday, and 15 states and one territory voters will cast those ballots for the primary election nearly one third of all republican and democratic delegates are up for grabs right here in california. >> voters have been able to cast those ballots by mail for several weeks now, and many departments are reporting that low turnout so far, ktvu jana katsuyama reports a steady stream of voters came to the corner collection box outside san francisco city hall, early birds dropping their ballots off before election day.

>> i do like voting early. that way i can do research at home and just like, take my time at home, the voter guide, the ballot, the drop off locations every thing. >> it was a lot easier here than north carolina or connecticut or arizona, where i've lived before. >> inside city hall at the san francisco department of elections, workers were processing the slow trickle of ballots coming in. >> the turnout for this election. as of this morning was 17. director of elections john arndt says 17% is low, but it isn't too far off from the 2020 presidential primary year. right now, we have 84,000 ballots back and compared to the march 2020 election, the previous presidential primary election, we had 85,000 ballots back. so we're tracking really well this year, though, with presumptive candidates in the democrat and republican presidential primaries. >> some people worry there might be less incentive for people to get out and vote. >> i knocked on doors today to say, have you voted? have you voted? i want to make sure my neighbors go and vote. >> hey, how you doing in oakland outside the alameda county elections, office, workers

greeted voters at a drive through drop off. >> we have drop boxes. they can put it in the mail. they can drop it off at one of these drop stops. >> registrar tim dupuy says they are also seeing low turnout so far, but they are prepared for an election day rush. >> we have same day registration . you can go in, we can get you registered and some voters say even without big presidential candidates driving the primary, they wanted to weigh in on state and local issues, measure b would be the big thing for me. >> the two, uh, biggest issues for me were housing and crime. and so those are why those were why i wanted to make sure i voted in this primary polling sites and voting centers are scheduled to open at 7 a.m. on election day, and people can drop off their mail in ballots. >> they're at a collection box or have them postmarked by 8 p.m. to be counted in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu fox two news and one of the most closely watched races is the contest for california's open u.s. senate seat. >> four candidates have emerged

as the front runners today. democratic congressman adam schiff went door to door in the castro to talk with voters. meantime, new poll results show republican newcomer and former major league baseball player steve garvey pulling ahead of schiff for the first time, followed by democrats and house members katie porter and oakland's barbara lee. for more insight about the race, we did speak with ktvu political analyst brian sobel. >> adam schiff has run a brilliant race around excluding his democrat opposition in favor of the republican. it's very simple as to why he's doing it, and that is because he knows that given registration trends, everything else, steve garvey doesn't have a big chance. in november. >> according to adimpact, which tracks political spending, more than $65 million has been spent on ads so far, the most expensive u.s. senate campaign in state history, san francisco ferry getting in the spirit for election day. if you take one of

the ferries tomorrow, you will receive one of these. i voted stickers. officials say they will be handing these out at the downtown san francisco and south san francisco terminals until 930. in the morning, and ktvu will have full coverage of super tuesday tomorrow night live reports. throughout all of our newscasts right here on ktvu and on the fox local app. we'll also be streaming local and results live and providing regular updates between eight and ten tomorrow night. the fox local app is free to download for your smart tv. >> new at 11 tonight, parents in berkeley are being warned about an attempted kidnaping. the berkeley unified school district says a child was approached by a driver in a whe van or suv on rose street today. it happened while thehild was walking home from ruth act elementary schoole student to get inside the vecle. while the child did not get in, and instead rame district officials are asking everyone to be on alert and report unknown or suspicious vehicles. >> a man is now in jail after leading chp officers on a

high-speed chase. last night. the chp says a chopper, its helicopter was called to a sideshow in vallejo when the helicopter arrived on scene, officers directed officers down below on the scene to the activity. police followed one of the vehicles involved through vallejo and then into the city of richmond. now, once in richmond, officers say the man got out of the car and into a waiting vehicle while the chp helicopter was able to keep up with that car and helped direct richmond police, who were able to then make the arrest. the suspect's identity has not been released. >> a warning in the north bay after health officials say five people have died in the last two weeks from fentanyl overdoses. his ktvu zac sos spoke with marin county's health department . officials there say people may be using fentanyl without knowing it. >> we're seeing an unfortunate and dramatic uptick in overdose deaths in marin county. >> five overdose deaths tied to fentanyl in just the last two weeks. >> normally and tragically, you know, we have about one overdose

death every week. >> but prior to the last two weeks, county public health officer doctor matt willis says only around half of those deaths were caused by fentanyl. >> these last five have all been related to fentanyl, and all have been among people who were using multiple substances at once and so one of our primary concerns is that this may be a contamination issue. >> a number of street drugs now frequently being laced with fentanyl, creating a potentially deadly combination in the county's homeless population. particularly vulnerable. >> there are substances like methamphetamine and cocaine that help people stay up so they can keep themselves safe. >> reporter rory reger heads up behavioral health services at the ritter center in san rafael. the nonprofit provides a range of free services to the county's homeless population, including substance use treatment. >> a newer approach that we have is contingency management or what also is referred to as recovery incentives, which is a

regular drug screening that builds in incentivizing people to reduce or eliminate their messy amphetamine or amphetamine use. >> the center also provides a free vending machine stocked with narcan fentanyl testing strips, and other harm reduction supplies so we can provide more access and more low barrier care to people that that is the solution. the county's message to anyone taking drugs carry narcan, carry testing strips and don't use alone. >> and if we do those three things, we think that we can be much safer for that, you know, segment of our population who is using substances and another tool that the county says it's using right now to monitor drug use in the community, is the testing of wastewater for things like cocaine, methamphetamine, and of course, fentanyl. >> and they say any spikes in those drugs could lead to another alert like this one in san rafael, zac sos, ktvu fox two news. the san francisco department of public health says its updated guidance on sexually transmitted infections has

reduced cases. >> the city's health department became the first in the country more than a year ago to recommend the antibiotic doxycycline as a prevention method for stds in gay and bisexual men. a health department analysis has found doxycycline has reduced cases of chlamydia and syphilis by 50% in that population. but researchers found the treatment did not drive down cases of gonorrhea to california's largest health care provider is set to lay off dozens of employees over the course of this month. kaiser permanente plans to cut 70 employees by april, which includes 49 in pleasanton and one in oakland. that is according to the chronicle. most of these workers have it roles and do not involve direct communication with patients. kaiser tells the chronicle the layoffs are difficult but necessary. >> they began developing these sorts of consistencies with his statements and subsequent actions. >> an interesting twist to a missing persons case involving a

mother and daughter in the east bay. why? officers say they believe the person who first called police s is the one behind their disappearance. >> also, snow keeps piling up in the sierra. coming up tonight. how much has been recorded from this latest blizzard and the impact the storm is having on the state's water supply? >> and coming up in tonight's west coast wrap the details from what was a weekend filled with injuries along the u.s. border

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story begins. tonight's west coast rap. ten of them had to be hospitalized with minor to moderate injuries. this comes days after a man died trying to get around the border wall. in 2019, the trump administration began replacing the barriers with a 30 foot wall. medical officials in san diego say since then, they have seen an increase in the number of trauma cases from people who had fallen from border walls from fewer than 60 patients back in 2019 to 452 years later, up in washington, a man accused of killing a state trooper appeared in court today, the suspect, raul benitez santana, was driving on interstate five in marysville saturday when he crashed right into a state patrol car, killing trooper christopher gadd. >> probable cause documents say santana admitted to smoking marijuana and drinking two beers just a few hours before the collision. a judge found probable cause for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault and set santana's bail at $1

million. a witness who rushed over to try to help the trooper spoke to reporters outside the courtroom. >> and i'm really, really sorry. sorry for what happened because i have a five year old i cannot imagine, you know, not being there. >> trooper gadd was 27 years old. he leaves behind a wife and a two year old girl in arizona. >> a woman was rescued today after falling 15ft down a dry well the night before it happened in an open field in the town of chandler, about a half hour outside of phoenix. firefighters say the woman went through a chain link fence and somehow fell into that hole last night, and she didn't call for help until this morning. >> it was a smooth operation. patient did really well communicating with us the whole time. all the crews on scene were able to work together and communicate what they were seeing. any safety issues, but it was actually a really a safe operation and we did it pretty

quick. >> crews used a mechanical device to lift that woman to safety. firefighters say she injured her leg and hip during the fall. and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktv. you. west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday, or find around the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. >> new tonight an east bay man who reported his wife and mother in law missing back in september , is now being charged with their murder. >> ktvu is amber lee was at the west county detention facility in richmond, where that suspect is being held. >> police say the single family home in san pablo is a crime scene. they suspect that the owner killed his wife and mother in law in the home and tried to cover it up by reporting them missing in september. in investigators shared with me this video of them searching the home on thursday. police say they found enough evidence to arrest him for murder. a neighbor tells me she sensed something was wrong because she

hadn't seen the women in months. the last time we ever saw them was back in september 2023, which is really weird, weird, says jasmine. rocio because tollet and her 74 year old mother, coltrane, would often be seen gardening in the yard. neighbors say police dug up the yard in their search for clues to the women's whereabouts, so far, they haven't been found. the husband allegedly told police the women drove off in this family vehicle and may have headed to southern california, but police say leads helped them locate the car in oakland at an industrial park, and that they caught the suspect in a lie after they put the car under surveillance. >> this clip shows the suspect on december 5th entering the parked vehicle. >> peggy chow, san pablo police spokesperson, tells me. surveillance video shows vo moving the vehicle just hours after telling police during an interview he didn't know where the car was. so from when the last time you saw her, you have you seen that car at all? no.

police say vo is a property manager and his wife works at a nail salon. and that an argument over money may have led to the woman's disappearance. >> i can't even fathom the extent of grief or shock that, you know, a family, um, the family might be experiencing. >> the couple has a young daughter and son who said mom disappeared after an argument with dad, says that his mom had been missing for a while and that they had fought or something, and he hadn't seen her and he missed her. the suspect's bail is set at $2 million. his first court appearance is scheduled for tuesday afternoon. police say they are still searching for the two women. amber lee, ktvu, fox two news an elementary school student in the bay area is receiving high praise for her speeches. >> the places she's been able to visit thanks to her talent. >> and 80 up in the sierra finally back open to certain vehicles. we'll hear from those

making their way through the mountains after this past weekend's blizzard, and there's still some snow up there. >> road travel pretty rough at this hour, but as we go into the next couple of days, things get better. a little chance for some showers. we'll talk about that and next weekend. democrats agree. conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, you voted for him twice... as your own man, what is your decision? garvey is wrong for california. but garvey's surging in the polls. fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. stop garvey. adam schiff for senate. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. take that up a little bit higher. you should feel that, like, right back here.

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endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porter's housing plan has "bipartisan-friendly ideas to bring homebuilding costs down." and the chronicle praises "her ideas to end soft corruption in politics." let's shake up the senate. with democrat katie porter. i'm katie porter and i approve this message. tahoe, and 50 and 80 are having some issues with ice and travel concerns there. 80 right now i've talked to somebody who just was got turned around. there's a jackknifed truck up there and some icy roads. so keep an eye out on your travel. will be icy again tomorrow morning. still some snow flurries. this system, though, is moving on and as it moves on, it takes a lot with it. those low snow elevations and those heavy snow accumulations. we do have scattered showers right now. this is the current radar and

you can kind of see it's all over the place. and this is what we have the next couple of days. these weak two weak systems, ones coming from the north, ones coming kind of from mid-latitude . and they're just going to brush us just going to brush us. no direct hits. so not anticipating any kind of game changer for weather as we go into the next couple of days. now on saturday, that's going to rain a little bit. you know, scattered showers kind of a thing. so we'll talk more about that in the five day. but the temperatures did warm a little bit today into the low 60s. there's no fog out there. it's not going to freeze tonight. no frost advisory in marin county. and just a kind of a pleasant early march night. and you see the scattered showers that that's the nature as that loop, how that looks, that footprint of that's how it's going to be tomorrow. that's kind of how it's going to be on on wednesday as well. and just it's not it's going to be hit or miss because none of it is organized. it's just still some energy left over from that main system moving through. so there's the situation. you can see well, can you see. yeah, i guess you can see some scattered showers. now

this stuff here is probably not hitting the ground. i'm sure it's not actually. but some of these darker greens up around clear lake are. but there'll be a better chance again tomorrow. and then the next day temperatures are running significantly warmer than they were last night at this time. and that's because we switched out air masses. we went from that cold core low to this kind of warm front that moved through earlier today. so 9 a.m. tomorrow morning. there it is. see. right that's the afternoon 9:00 or tomorrow afternoon, nine evening. and then there's wednesday morning and then wednesday, late afternoon evening. so you can see what we're talking about. i wouldn't change my plans. i wouldn't change my plans based on what i'm seeing on the models. i don't see any of this stuff as being a high grade stuff, but but nonetheless, it will be damp in some spots at some times tomorrow and then again on wednesday. but again, uh, it's. you're not going to. i bet you don't get anything at your house. i bet you don't get it at your house. but somebody's going to get some. >> it's kind of like a spring pattern you got going on here a

little bit. a little bit, yeah. kind of unsettled. >> kind of unsettled. spring pattern. all right. >> thanks, bill. >> thank you. well traffic. it's moving again on interstate 80 in the sierra. after days of closure, walls of white greeted drivers and many buildings are buried in new snow up there in kingsville, nancy dailey and her husband stopped to check the chains on their vehicle. the couple was on their way to reno. >> we've just been taking it slow, you know, going 25, 30 miles an hour. >> even with interstate 80 open today, chain controls remain in effect and there have been many problems. the chp reminding all drivers to pull off the road when installing chains to take it slow and understand that crews are still working to deal with the impact of this storm. i-80 eastbound is currently closed in truckee due to a jackknifed big rig at central truckee. the chp says it is currently holding westbound traffic due to spun out big rigs on i-80 westbound west of donner lake road, and uc berkeley has been keeping up with the storm's snow totals. the school snow lab

in soda springs says it's received more than six feet of new snow from this latest blizzard, and the lab also reports that statewide snow water equivalent is now at 104% of normal. that's the amount of water that can be obtained through melting the snowpack. >> all right. here's a look at the stories trending tonight on ktvu .com. one of the top stories for sonoma county sheriff deputies hurt after for the person they were chasing was killed in an early morning pursuit and shooting near santa rosa. also new san francisco giants manager bob melvin says he will require everyone on the team to stand for the national anthem before every game, and the group trying to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price says it has submitted enough signatures to the county registrar of voters to qualify for a recall on the ballot. you can find these stories and much more on ktvu.com. >> still ahead tonight celebrating music in the subways . why bart is welcoming riders to show off their musical talents in select stations later this month.

>> coming up tomorrow on mornings on two. oakland mayor shengtao joins us in studio to talk about what's going on in her city. hear what she has to say about new business is opening in oakland, and an update on the search for a police chief and building career pathways for economic equity and climate resilience across the bay area and california. on this week's giving tuesday, we highlight a local nonprofit who is giving young leaders the opportunity to get paid hands on work experience, all while tackling climate change. plus, steve paulson has your full forecast all morning long, and i'm tracking your morning commute. it's all coming up on mornings on two, starting at 4 a.m. and before we head to break here, just a look out at san francisco city hall. >> the building lit up tonight in purple in honor of women's history month. we're back after the break democrats agree. conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage

has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, you voted for him twice... as your own man, what is your decision? garvey is wrong for california. but garvey's surging in the polls. fox news says garvey would be a boost to republican control of the senate. stop garvey. adam schiff for senate. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message.

ktvu is christian, captain explains why the district believes this move could actually help long terme. >> san francisco unified schools finds itself at a crossroads. the district is facing a structural budget crisis. at the same time, enrollment is dropping. the district now serves about 49,000 students, down from about 53,000 a decade ago. fewer students means less money from the state superintendent, matt wayne says those realities need to be met head on, and that means beginning the process of closing and consolidating some schools. >> we're looking at the way we staff our schools, our central office, our school programs, our facilities, and also our school portfolio. and we're recognizing we need to have a school, new school portfolio with fewer

schools so we can better meet our goals for student outcomes. >> at this point, the district has not said which of its 120 schools will be closed or consolidated. >> we are talking to our community, getting their input on what the criteria should be for our new school portfolio and then also holding our values of educational equity at the center by doing an equity audit of our recommendations. beth kelly is a mother in the district and has kept a close eye on san francisco's school budget for years. >> when you look at what is happening with the district right now, they really have to get back to basics and really work on working within a balanced budget, she says. >> with the district facing a very real fiscal cliff, this is one of the only moves the district had left. >> we really do have to have the right number of schools for the students that we have. of that means more money going to each student rather than overhead and facilities maintenance. the district will spend the remainder of the school year and the summer finalizing a list of

impacted schools. >> they hope to have that plan in place for the 2025, 2026 school year in san francisco. kristin kafton, ktvu, fox two news a first grader at chabot elementary in oakland is taking home national and local titles as the best in her age group, delivered speeches. >> we highlighted oakland's six year old selma white back in january, when she won first place in the national, frederick douglass oratorical contest. she then had a chance to give her speech in washington, dc, where she met senator amy klobuchar at the frederick douglass national historic house. selma and her parents also got a tour of the white house, sponsored by congresswoman barbara lee. today, i will be sharing part of martin luther king's nobel peace prize acceptance speech. >> i accept the nobel prize for peace at a moment. when 22

million negroes of united states of america are engaged in a creative battle to end the war. lines of racial injustice. >> and that is video from her most recent speech contest. she won first place in oakland's mlk speech contest in late february, where she presented mlk, nobel peace prize acceptance speech, which bart is welcoming musicians at its stations from march 21st through the 31st. >> the transit agency says it is celebrating the life and music of 18th century composer johann sebastian bach. bach in the subways was started in new york city back in 2010, and if you would like to play music, you'll have to follow these three steps. you have to register on bart's website, apply for bart's free expressive activity permit and then just show up with your permit and feel free to play well in recognition of women's history month, governor gavin newsom launched a campaign today

aimed at empowering women in emergency situations through videos and social media. >> the lisa's campaign teaches women how to lead their families during wildfires, earthquakes, floods and mudslides. the state office of emergency services says. data shows that women under 50 in california, who are hispanic, black or asian american are among the most likely to view themselves as primarily responsible for their family's emergency preparedness. >> all right. just a quick second to welcome you back. oh, thank you. all right. thanks for watching, everybody. our next newscast mornings on two to stream the latest news and weather on your smart v. >> anytime. just going on everyone. i'm alex savage. welcome to this edition of like it or not. you know how this show goes. we put the topics out there for our panel.