KTVU's Sal Castaneda, Andre Senior and James Torrez bring you mid-morning updates on the biggest news of the day. From breaking local developments to the day's top stories and weather, the Bay Area's top rated team has you covered.

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Start your day with KTVU's Dave Clark and Gasia Mikaelian as the Bay Area’s top news team bring you the latest this morning.

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Today on Take 2 Tonight, KTVU Anchors Alex Savidge & Heather Holmes bring us the latest on ICE agents in major airports across the country. The plan is to assist with long lines as well as performing their duties. The country is still in a shutdown and TSA employees have yet to get paid. Then on Sunday, there was an apprehension of a woman and her daughter at SFO, video has made its rounds on social media.

Closing out the show, a partnership with UC Davis and a school in Ireland, University College Dublin, the largest school in Ireland, brings about all new projects around sustainability.

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In this episode, Claudine Wong and Lisa Bernard sit down with Keith Zhang — former Uber engineer turned AI filmmaker and founder of SoulScape — to explore a bold new vision for storytelling. From AI-generated films to 48-hour cinema hackathons, this conversation dives into the opportunities, fears, and big questions surrounding AI in creative industries. Is AI democratizing filmmaking… or disrupting it? And what happens to human creativity when anyone can make a movie in hours?

Timestamps

00:00 — Welcome + Intro

01:24 — Meet Keith Zhang

03:18 — AI Opens the Door to New Creators

04:33 — The Coca-Cola AI Ad Debate

06:16 — Why AI Feels Different

08:23 — The Moment That Changed Everything

12:30 — From Experiment to Mission

15:03 — The Big Controversy: Job Disruption

17:01 — What is SoulScape?

19:41 — Will AI Movies Replace Hollywood?

25:09 — Inside SoulScape 2026

26:30 — Hollywood Is Paying Attention

28:05 — Who Are the Creators?

29:33 — How AI Films Are Made

32:05 — AI Is Moving FAST

32:59 — Why a Nonprofit?

35:52 — Soul Over Slop

36:11 — Why San Francisco?

38:27 — What to Expect from SoulScape 2026

Key Takeaways

• AI is lowering the barrier to entry for filmmaking.

• The biggest tension is creative empowerment vs. job disruption.

• We are in the messy middle where AI is visible and evolving quickly.

• The future may be AI + human storytelling, not replacement.

• Audiences will ultimately decide what succeeds.

Notable Quotes

"AI is creating creative equity."

"We shouldn’t lose humanity just because we’re in the age of AI."

"It’s not about the visuals — it’s about the story."

"Every 3 months is a quality leap. Every 6 months is a generational leap."

Connect With Us

Claudine Wong:

Instagram & Facebook: ClaudineWongKTVU

TikTok: ClaudineKTVU

YouTube: ClaudineWong

Lisa Bernard:

Instagram: @DemystifyAI

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Sal and Devin navigate a heavy news cycle dominated by a record-breaking Bay Area heatwave and the "double whammy" facing spring travelers: skyrocketing fuel prices and TSA staffing shortages due to a government shutdown. Then the Mornings on 2 duo transitions from the stress of travel to the thrill of the NCAA tournament,. We check in live with James Torrez at a raucous Santa Clara University for their matchup with Kentucky. That's before a live water aerobics session at the Claremont Hotel and a "Women’s History Month" tribute.

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KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, Sal Castaneda, and Andre Senior bring you mid-morning updates on the biggest news of the day. From breaking local developments to the day's top stories and weather, the Bay Area's top rated team has you covered.

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Today on Take 2 Tonight, KTVU Anchors Alex Savidge & Heather Holmes bring us the latest on the two year anniversary of a deadly vehicular crash that killed a family of four in the West Portal neighborhood in San Francisco. Tomorrow, the 80-year-old driver will be in court and is expected to take a plea deal, where she won't receive any time in jail. The family of the slain victims are disappointed in the plea deal, and are questioning what justice looks like. Also in the news, a push in Alameda County to significantly raise minimum wage up to $30/hr. It'll take place in 2030. There's a healthy debate happening as this effort continues.

Closing out the show, an Oakland student brings home the town's first state wrestling title.

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Sal welcomes the 99.7 NOW "Big Bay Mornings" crew—Benny, Ellen, and Greg—to talk about the evolution of the concert experience. From the "jaded" perspective of industry veterans to the high-stakes gamble of flying to London for an Oasis reunion, the team debates whether the 80s truly was the peak era for music.

The tone shifts to hard-hitting local journalism as Joe Eskenazi from Mission Local joins the program. They dive into the fallout of the New York Times investigation into Cesar Chavez, discussing the complex legal and cultural hurdles of renaming iconic San Francisco landmarks, before things lighten up with a preview of Oracle Park’s newest culinary offerings for the Giants' opening day—including the ambitious "$9.99" challenge.

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KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, Sal Castaneda, and Andre Senior bring you mid-morning updates on the biggest news of the day. From breaking local developments to the day's top stories and weather, the Bay Area's top rated team has you covered.

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Pam gets into Middle East tensions that are sending oil prices soaring and stock indexes tumbling, and while the "recession" word is back on the table, the EV market is offering a glimmer of hope for consumers. Dollars & Sense break down the surprising trade deal between Canada and China that bypasses U.S. coordination. Then, UC Berkeley Professor James Sallee joins us to explain how this "backdoor" for high-quality, $10,000 Chinese EVs could disrupt the North American market and force U.S. automakers to adapt or get left behind. Pam also takes a look at Uber’s massive $1 billion bet on a fleet of Rivian robotaxis and the controversial proposal to put a sitting president’s image on a 24-karat gold coin.

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