now at six $90,000. gone. what happened? that's left the contra costa county fair concerned about its future.

>> we broke the news exactly 24 hours ago about oakland selling its share of the coliseum property. now we're getting more details about what comes next. >> and today is supposed to be a day of celebration at cal, as we learn the names of the new falcon chicks that live on campus. but the talk this morning is about the school's rebranding. >> good morning. welcome to thursday, may 23rd. >> it's going to start the check of our forecast, drew. >> yeah, we're still for another beautiful day today. mild temperatures continue to rule the forecast this afternoon. here's just a really lovely picture from our exploratorium camera this morning. it's very calm on the bay waters right now that sun is rising over the horizon and we have full sunshine out there. the only area that has any sort of cloud cover right now is half moon bay. but there we'll find full sunshine even as we head deeper into the morning. here's a look at temperatures right now, most of us starting out our day in the low and mid 50s, and it's another day where you take the light jacket with you. this morning, you keep it on for an hour or two, and then you can take it off as the morning turns

mild. in the afternoon is warm. so looking at the forecast along the coast, we have some cloud cover right now, but you can see full sunshine is quickly appearing as those clouds clear temperatures today along the coast, staying in the 50s around the bay shoreline. it's a bright looking forecast. it's mild, very similar to yesterday, upper 60s to the lower 70s. right around 4 p.m. you notice, though, our marine layer comes back pretty quickly later on this evening. that was different than yesterday. yesterday we had clear skies for much of the day inland. it's a warm one, sunshine from start to finish and temperatures topping out in the low 80s. let's see how the roads are doing this morning with amanda. good morning. >> good morning drew. we're going to take you live to the bay bridge toll plaza, where you can see traffic is filling up to the end of the parking lot right now. the metering lights have been turned on, and that drive from highway four to san francisco is going to take you about 56 minutes. and something else to tell you about. you're not going to see it on your screen, but a heads up for drivers in pacifica. there's some activity around the devil's slide area. details are extremely limited at this hour, but we know that chp is apparently waiting for the coroner's office to get out

there, signaling a death of some sort. so we're definitely going to be keeping our eyes on that. back to the desk, amanda. >> thank you. we're going to show you what the roads and the airports look like right now. why? because millions of people are about to head out for memorial day. this could be the busiest and almost 20 years. triple a says nearly 44 million people will be driving or flying somewhere during the holiday weekend. and it all kicks off right now. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez at sfo this morning. gloria, how's it going? >> good morning reggie. yeah, all morning long we've been seeing a lot of people coming in for their flights this morning. behind me you can see folks that are getting ready to check in so they can fly this memorial day weekend. and an airport spokesperson tells me that this weekend they're expecting more than 750,000 travelers. that's over 98% of what they saw pre-pandemic. in 2019, the editor in chief of the skift travel site explains why she thinks that is. >> we are still in that post pandemic kind of revenge travel

situation. we all still remember it wasn't that many years ago where we couldn't go out and spend time with our family and friends uh- either this holiday weekend or in the summer. so people are really still going out there. they are. you know, taking advantage of the long weekend. >> and here's a look at forecasted flights. the faa says it's expecting memorial day weekend to be the busiest since 2010, with more than 53,000 flights today and more than 50,000 tomorrow. and experts say this could mean we have a busy summer travel season ahead, so if you are planning on flying this summer, gear up. it's going to be busy this summer as well. live at sfo gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you gloria. this morning the power is back on at uc berkeley. just before 630 last night, the power went out and about 50 buildings on campus. electricians spent hours on campus to restore the power.

and that happened at 1215 this morning. >> classes are expected to resume this morning at chris at a christopher high school in gilroy, after a student was arrested for stabbing another student. this happened yesterday. staff put that school on lockdown after a fight broke out between the students around lunchtime. this is video that was sent to us here at abc seven by a classmate, and you can see the knife on the floor there of the boy's locker room. that's where the fight started. investigators say one student pulled out a knife, stabbed the other student. that victim was taken to a local hospital. now the district is offering counseling for students. >> a nearly $90,000 heist. that's what contra costa county fair organizers say happened outside this antioch bank around 2 a.m. monday. they say two fair workers left work. they went about a mile and a half to the bank to make a deposit. when someone robbed them of the cash. abc seven news spoke with the president of the county fair board of directors. he says he was not making the day to day

calls at the fair, and he is demanding answers. >> you never send an unarmed citizen to a bank at a wee hours of the day, when the banks don't even open and expect us to make a deposit. >> he says the robbery could impact the fair's music headliners and animal attractions in the future. police have not released any information about the suspect or if this crime was planned or random. this morning we are hearing from former oakland police chief leronne armstrong about why he wants a seat on oakland city council. >> if you're watching abc seven morning yesterday, you heard about his plans to enter the race. well, mid morning he did it. walking into city hall and filling out the paperwork. armstrong is a west oakland native. he now lives in district seven. he's running for the at large council seat, which represents the entire city. >> i could serve beyond, you know, law enforcement, beyond the police department that i could continue to give back to my community. that's given so much to me. >> armstrong joins a race with

eight other candidates. he says his top priority are public safety, homelessness and improving oakland's image. you may remember armstrong was fired from his job as police chief more than a year ago. now he is suing the city for wrongful termination. he says the lawsuit, though, will not impact this race. >> today, oakland mayor shang tao is set to reveal her plans to fix a growing budget crisis in her city, a key component is expected to be the landmark deal to sell off the city's stake in the coliseum site. we first told you about this massive deal yesterday morning. it's worth more than 100 million bucks. the buyer is the african american sports and entertainment group, or rsg, the founder says his organization is ready to transform the land to something that can reshape not just east oakland, but the entire city. at yesterday's announcement, castlemont high school students showed their renderings of what might come. scg says they could build new housing, entertainment centers and new sports arenas.

>> the coliseum site really represents an incredible opportunity to do to revitalize this community without displacing and without gentrification. >> it is good timing, but i would say it's not good timing, the sense they should have been happened decades ago. right? we're talking about a parcel in in a space where we have the highest amount of people who are on public assistance after the baseball season, for the first time since the 1960s, no team will call the coliseum home. >> the oakland roots and oakland ballers have both explored playing at the coliseum. both are in minor league divisions, which is, of course, much different than the teams that used to play there. >> if you're heading east today to get an early start to the holiday weekend, be prepared for severe weather. major cities from dallas to boston facing storms and amanda, it's coming after at least 20 tornadoes reported in six states last day. >> kumasi those tornadoes were all reported in the upper midwest in just a 24 hour

period. >> the worst damage is in the small town of greenfield, iowa. wind speeds hit more than 135mph, killing several people. wind turbines snapped in half, some even caught fire. spray paint, as you see there, shows homes and cars that have already been searched. >> this is all your memories and your own home. everything that you worked so hard to build just gone. >> so i got all the kids and went downstairs into this room. the only room left standing, and just kind of huddled in the corner and it got really quiet and ■then really loud, and then everything was gone. >> fema will be on the ground today in iowa. >> the white house says it's ready to provide support as needed. more severe weather is expected to stretch into today as the memorial day weekend gets underway. for a look at weather closer to home, let's head to drew. >> hey, amanda. take you live to san jose this morning where it is already sunny out there.

>> we do have current conditions. temperatures are in the 50s 53 right now in san jose. in fact, most of us are starting our day in the low and mid 50s. just a light breeze out there, the wind at five miles per hour. we have high humidity at this hour. looking at the travel forecast, if you are flying today, perhaps southern california, we're looking fine. we have that morning marine layer giving way to sunshine and temperatures in the 60s downtown. now new york is going to be dealing with some severe weather later on this afternoon. we already are seeing thunderstorms popping up this morning. so hubs like jfk, newark, even laguardia may have some issues with those showers moving through chicago looking great with sunshine. a similar story in denver in atlanta, seattle. no problems there. and honolulu looking lovely with partly cloudy skies and high of 81 degrees. the tahoe forecast today. we do have the chance. an isolated chance of an afternoon shower. but for the rest of the week and into the weekend, it's sunshine and warming temperatures. by sunday, we'll hit about 67 degrees. the day planner today with a live look from our east bay hills camera.

it is bright out there. enjoy the mild sunshine tonight. our fog returns in a big way. we have widespread morning cloud cover tomorrow, and that's going to usher in some cooler weather. and that does include below average temperatures to start the holiday weekend, we'll look at the complete memorial day weekend forecast coming up in about seven minutes. drew. >> thank you. uc berkeley trying to rebrand, but not everyone is happy about the logo. we're going to show you what we're talking about and the pushback online and dramatic video out of mexico after a stage collapses. >> amanda ha a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to

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nine people died in this accident. amanda's at the live desk with the scary moments all caught on camera. amanda? yeah. kumasi just terrible. >> here's what we know. nine people died, including a child. more than 60 others were injured . and. presidential candidate jorge alvarez martinez on stage with others on the big screen behind him, started to blow over, fall over and blow away. seconds later, people started running away and screaming as the wind started tearing the stage apart. now, video shows people climbing out from under those metal poles. officers and soldiers

then roamed the area looking for people who may have been trapped. it happened in the northern mexican state of nuevo leon. the presidential candidate was able to escape. he was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. just incredible video there. the accident comes amid a violent election with the killings of about two dozen candidates for local offices. back to you, reggi. >> amanda. thank you. on the peninsula, the mayor of redwood city is taking action after a fire at a recycling facility sent smoke as far as santa clara county. this happened at sims tal on the redwood city port around three yesterday afternoon. workers next door say they had to put on respirators because of all the smoke. abc seven news has been following incidents involving sims metal for years. in 2013, two fires broke out at the recycling plant , prompting public officials to issue more than a dozen safety measures in order to prevent this from happening again. this is something mayor jeff jeff says may need to be implemented. >> i'm disappointed that it

happened again, especially since it happened the first time when i was serving as mayor, raymond sims, metal said. >> the health and welfare of the community is an immediate priority. >> california could extend the statute of limitations for prosecution of domestic violence from 5 to 15 years. the proposal is gaining new attention after disturbing video was released showing sean diddy combs physically assaulting his former girlfriend on hotel. hotel surveillance video in 2016, the l.a. district attorney's office said earlier this week it cannot prosecute combs for that assault because it's outside the statute of limitations. the new bill was introduced by state senator susan rubio. >> i am a survivor of domestic violence, so i have been very vocal about protecting victims. >> the bill has already passed in the senate. if it's approved, it would become law january 1st of next year.

>> a third openai employee has resigned in just the last week over safety concerns. gretchen kruger was a policy research employee at the san francisco based company. she announced on social media that she gave notice of her resignation last week. openai's chief scientist and another executive also left the company. in her social media post, kruger writes, we need to do more to improve foundational things like decision making processes, accountability, transparency, documentation, policy enforcement, the care with which we use our own technology, and mitigations for impacts on inequality, rights and the environment. we'll find out today the names of the four falcon chicks living on kaos clocktower. there were four options suggested by the public. the first group, earth related. aurora. eclipse. solstice. equinox. the second bay area. native plants. alder madrone, aster and myrtle. there was also a group of characters from beverly cleary books ramona, henry, beezus, and ralph. by the

way, cleary graduated from berkeley. the last group included name suggestions from kids pam, the funkstress, lucky taranta, and sunny. >> there's an online petition asking uc berkeley to change back some of its recently updated branding. the bee you see here in the middle is what now shows on the school's social media pages. in the past, it's been a more stylized bee or a c for cal. you can see that on the right. now. this is part of a larger rebranding. you can see the full new logo in the middle here. the school says the bee is only intended for small spaces where the full logo is hard to read. officials say they made all of these changes to better connect the berkeley and cal identities. a lot of people say it's just caused confusion and everyone's like, oh, what's that bee? >> i've never seen that before, versus if a cal script was there. people know that's uc berkeley. >> the school says more than a quarter of the people they surveyed in the bay area did not know that berkeley and cal were

the same university. now nationally, they say more than two thirds of people thought berkeley and cal were different institutions. >> i will say i am a part of those two thirds. early on, i did not know that was the same school. >> i remember the moment that this happened. >> oh, okay. >> yeah, i a former place i was working, i was talking to my new colleague and he was telling me, oh yeah, i went to cal and i didn't know what that meant, and i pretended like i did. i was like, oh, cool. the great school. yeah, yeah. >> where is that? >> wouldn't even be able to tell you what part of the state that was in, right? >> you're like, it's definitely in the state. i know that. right. and then you realized, yeah, once i got here. >> but i feel like if you're not from here or you don't live here, i don't think that that's a known thing. yeah. >> so okay, this is throwing me way back, but the only reason i know berkeley is because jessie spano from saved by the bell. oh, yeah, that is where she

wanted to go. >> and i knew berkeley. i just didn't know that cal equaled berkeley. yeah, it's admit that it's confusing. >> it is confusing. okay, but now we know they're working on it. they see a problem, but people are big. >> mad about it. >> they are. i mean, everyone just relax. >> just take it easy. it's a holiday weekend. >> yeah. breathe. go touch some grass. is that what they say? yeah. we'll be okay. all right. here's our okay camera this morning. today we've been talking about it. gloria rodriguez is over at sfo as well. this is a huge travel day for a lot of people ahead of the holiday weekend. i just want to turn your attention to the east coast because there is a severe thunderstorm on live doppler seven that is working its way through new york reason i'm showing you this, this is going to affect newark. strong winds and this heavy rain moves through a place where a lot of people may be traveling later on today. so you do want to check with your flight if you are heading to the east coast,

because thunderstorms are in the forecast from new york city up through new england today. here, back here at home, it's calm. it's warm. it's sunny today. it's looking lovely. if you're traveling across the state, we have no issues in california. it is a nice looking forecast for those temperatures later on this afternoon. we'll get into the 70s and 80s and our warmest cities once again. the winds will be a little bit of an issue. as we head towards the afternoon. we'll have some strong gusts along the immediate coastline. we could see winds up to 40mph away from the coast. it's less wind, but still breezy. those gusts frequently over 20mph at times. so today, enjoy the mild sunshine again. temperatures are above average for another day. we've been in this trend of warmer than average temperatures for about ten days. tomorrow, though, things will start to change for the cooler, so get out. enjoy the warm temperatures. your pollen count remains high. part of the reason why we start to cool off pretty rapidly is because our marine layer returns pretty quickly. it's already back here closer to 7 p.m, and then those skies turn pretty overcast. even inland. we'll find that fog first thing tomorrow morning, so more cloud

cover tonight. temperatures dipping into the 40s and into the 50s. now, bottlerock does kick off here tomorrow. it's a nice looking forecast for the first day of the festival. sunny and breezy 73. we cool a little bit on saturday with morning clouds a high of 70, but by sunday it's full sunshine and those temperatures back to about 75 degrees. for the last day of bottlerock, the accuweather seven day forecast shows you it's mild sunshine today, a cooler day tomorrow with some gusty winds into saturday. saturday is the coolest day of the holiday weekend, but then we start to rebound sunday. those temperatures warm up more. even warmer for the holiday itself on monday. monday is looking nice, full sunshine and temperatures close to average for this time of the year. guys thanks, drew. >> good morning. america's coming up at seven right here on abc seven. >> and ginger zee has a look at what's ahead. >> reggie aqui kumasi. it is great to be with both of you this morning here on a thursday. everything that you need to know before you hit the road or take to the skies for memorial day weekend. the head of the faa is going to join us live talking

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oakland and san francisco just ranked in the top 30 cities when it comes to the worst commutes, and you can see all three average about an hour a day. that's more than 240 hours a year, which is about ten days a year. but there is some good news, some commute times are going down here in the bay area. the u.s. census bureau american community survey looked at the top ten cities where commutes have gone down from 2012 to 2022. fremont was number one in the nation, with drivers saving about 27 hours a year in the last decade. san francisco came

in at number six with a 17 hour dip. and in sunnyvale, drivers have shaved off 14 hours of commute time next to 630. >> san francisco reportedly facing a lawsuit. millions of bucks. what the city is saying about the dispute with two restaurants. >> and speaking of lawsuits, live nation expected to get hit with one by the justice department. what it means for buying event tickets in the future. first, though, here's drew. hey guys, we're taking a look at the graduation forecast. >> we'll say congrats to oceana high school in pacifica. you will have a nice evening. we will find those clouds rolling back in pretty quickly and a little bit of a breeze this afternoon.

now a 630 heading out for the memorial day weekend. well, get in line, casos. everybody else, we have you covered when it comes to best and worst times to leave. >> plus what we know about the sudden resignation by the president and ceo of the aquarium of the bay. >> the list of top albums of all time is out. who made the cut? who got snubbed? you know, we're going to get into it. >> good morning everybody. it is thursday may 23rd. >> we'll get to all that. but first a check on your forecast. hey, drew. >> hey good morning. we will

show you a live picture outside. this is going to be our sutro tower camera where you can see it is nice and sunny out there. we are fog free from this vantage point. the only area that is reporting any sort of cloud cover right now is half moon bay. everybody else, you have a bright start out there this morning. temperatures right now, for the most part we're getting you going in the low and mid 50s. currently it's another morning where that jacket your best friend for the next 90 minutes or so before we start to warm up nicely for a mild afternoon. winds right now are on the calm side. they're not too bad a little breezy from time to time, but all in all it will get a little gusty here later on this afternoon. looking at the coast forecast, we have that little cloud cover right now giving way to full sunshine this afternoon. temperatures mainly in the mid 50s. now looking at the bay shoreline. it's another nice afternoon. a little breezy this afternoon. winds gusting about 20mph. but we'll top out in the upper 60s and lower 70s which is above average for this time of the year. it's lovely out there. and we'll show you that day planner today where inland temperatures going into the low 80s this

afternoon. your sunset, by the way, at 820. let's check in with amanda and see how that commutes going on this busy travel day. >> yeah. good morning. here at 631 we're going to take a live look at drive times tracy to dublin. that typical slowdown is going to take you about 50 minutes dublin to mission boulevard south 18 minutes. and then a 16 minute trip to get from 101 to cupertino. and you're not going to see this on your screen, but south of pacifica, we have to note southbound one chp is investigating a death after a stalled vehicle was found. the coroner is on scene. there are no major delays in that area. but in case you come across that activity, something to note back to you at the desk. >> thanks, amanda. at airports and on the roads is expected to be a record setting memorial day weekend. >> and all of it kicks off today. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is live at sfo with a glimpse of what you can expect. hi, gloria, good morning kumasi. >> as far as what you can expect , yeah, expect a very busy airport because we've seen a lot of people coming in today very early for those early morning flights, you could see the tsa

security line right there and the good news is those security lines are moving pretty quickly this morning. but of course, you want to make sure you get here with plenty of time before your flight. an airport spokesperson tells me that today through monday, they're expecting more than 70 755,000 travelers. that's about 8% more than last year. and here's triple a's projection for travel from today through monday. nearly 44 million people will travel, with 38 million traveling by car and 3.5 million by plane. a triple a vp says it signals a busy summer travel season ahead. i tied to the editor in chief of a travel site, and she says it's time to book that summer travel, if you haven't already. >> the best time to book for summer travel is now. the earlier the better. we're already kind of, you know, past that prime, that prime booking window. but i will say one tip i

do have is that, you know, the olympics are going to be in paris this summer. flights are very inexpensive right now to go to paris. directed after the games. so you heard it here first. >> all right. so a good tip right there. if you're hoping to go to paris this summer. she also recommends booking early flights with less chance of cancellations. and this all comes as flight prices are increasing a little bit. people still want to travel triple a data shows that the price for domestic flights are up about 1 to 2% from last year. live at sfo gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria thank you. so that's the airport, but what about the roads? if your holiday travel plans involve a car, there are some specific times that you want to know about. a man is breaking down the best and the worst times to leave the house over the next couple of days. yeah. >> reggie bay area roads will certainly be busy. triple a is noting convenience and flexibility are two main reasons so many people plan to travel by car here at home. eastbound i-80

san francisco to the area near highway 37, specifically, is expected to see the most congestion this holiday weekend if you can avoid the east shore freeway, especially on friday at 11 a.m, it will be a mess during that peak traffic period. what would typically be about an hour drive that stretch encompassing the bay bridge, emeryville hercules, american canyon that's likely to take an upwards of an hour and 25 minutes, plus triple a is giving us the worst and best travel times over the next five days. and if you're leaving today, take off before 11 a.m. or after 7 p.m. tomorrow. hit the road before 11 a.m. or after 8 p.m. and if you plan to return on monday, avoid traveling from 3 to 7 p.m. and when it comes to road travel, triple a's outlook shows the number of drivers this year is up 4% compared to last year. 1.9% higher than 2019. so that's pre pandemic. back to you at the desk. >> thanks amanda a surge of

california highway patrol officers into the east bay has led to hundreds of arrests and stolen vehicles being recovered, according to the governor's office. the chp has helped to recover more than 700 stolen cars and made more than 350 arrests since february. that's when the state began these temporary searches in alameda county. no word, though, on how many people have been charged or convicted. the governor's office says the arrests are linked to organized crime, carjackings and other major felonies. a glimmer of hope in the effort to slow the number of overdose deaths on san francisco streets. public health officials say a new overnight telehealth outreach program is showing promising signs. we first told you about this back in march. this night, navigation team working in the tenderloin connects people experiencing addiction with on call doctors who can prescribe drug treatment medication. city officials say the team made 173 telehealth calls in the first four weeks of this program. the city's medical examiner's office

also reported a decrease in the number of deaths from drug overdoses. in april, 56 compared with 71 in april of 2023. >> the owner of two historic seafood restaurants at san francisco's fisherman's wharf is reportedly suing the city for millions of dollars. according to sfgate, herringbone tavern incorporated wants to recoup money spent on renovation and maintenance costs at the now closed fisherman's grotto, and tarantino's restaurants. the lawsuit says the city's covid 19 lockdowns and the homelessness crisis impacted business. it also accuses san francisco of failing to maintain the character of the wharf. the city attorney's office told sfgate it hasn't been served the lawsuit, but believes this is an attempt to get out of paying $1.7 million in back rent. this morning, a plea to governor newsom to change his mind. mayors from some of california's biggest cities asking the governor to keep funding for a grant program that provides money to local governments to fight the homeless crisis. the

homeless housing assistance and prevention program, or hap, has helped 42,000 californians find long term housing funds for the program will be cut after this year as part of the governor's plan to balance the state's budget, san francisco mayor london breed says the money is critical to help fund navigation centers and 950 of the city's shelter beds locally, our street homelessness has reached a ten year low, but our family homelessness has increased and we need all of the resources we can to address these issues off the streets. and jose mayor matt mehan says hap funding helped 2500 people find housing and another 6700 avoid falling into homelessness. >> donald trump is coming to the bay area, according to a report from reuters. the republican presidential candidate will be attending a fund raiser in san francisco on june 6th, which is two weeks from today. it will be hosted by venture capitalist david sachs and chamath

palihapitiya, reuters reports. vip tickets cost $50,000. >> the president and ceo of the aquarium of the bay has resigned. that's according to the san francisco chronicle. we've talked to george jacob several times since he took the helm at the san francisco located aquarium in 2017. the board's chairman told the chronicle. the board asked jacob to step down. the chairman says the board had recently received complaints about deteriorating equipment and collections agencies. calling the aquarium, jacob told the chronicle he resigned to pursue a new project. >> ucsf will launch a new study soon to figure out what is causing cancer in asian americans. the study is thanks to a more than $12 million grant from the national cancer institute. cancer is the number one cause of death among asian americans. abc seven news spoke with an oncologist at northeast medical services in chinatown. he says out of 2230 asian american patients that he sees every day, around 40% have lung

cancer that is not associated with smoking. and so far, experts don't know why it's happening. >> speculation is that they are exposed to spouses that smoke, or maybe the way they cook their their foods using a wok. but that's all speculation. we really need hard evidence data to help us understand better how to prevent this cancers. >> this fall, ucsf will begin to enroll 20,000 people from every asian american group. they hope to eventually enroll as many as 50,000 participants. the artificial intelligence arms race is in full swing. amazon now stepping up its ai venture but at a cost, and another human has been diagnosed with bird flu. >> what we know this morning. also, if you thought kids kicking your seat was annoying, what about dogs drooling on you? the official debut has arrived for a dog friendly airline. who's a good plane? yes you are. whose dad is good plane?

>> you saying daddy at 640 in the morning? >> i thought you'd like that. >> oh, boy. here's a live look outside santa cruz this morning. a couple of folks walking along the coast. visibility right now is very good. we just have a little bit of low cloud cover around half moon bay, but that will burn off as we head throughout the next couple of hours. i do just want to take live doppler seven over to the east coast. we are dealing with a severe thunderstorm that is making its way towards new york city. this is going to have huge impacts on airports there. the severe thunderstorm warning has winds of 60mph. so look at the current flight delays. it is going to be a mess early this morning from laguardia to jfk to newark, we have upwards of 90 minute delays right now as those storms move through. today is a huge travel day for a lot of folks, so please be aware of that. even philly, baltimore and boston dealing with inclement weather. so we will see some delays as those thunderstorms move through this morning back here at home. it is going to be nice today with a lot of sunshine mild temperatures. look %

the mild air for another day. the pollen count does remain high temperatures 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. low 80s in our warmest spots inland. it gets cooler here as we head towards the holiday weekend. we'll show y

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a community service is disbanding. the committee, called survivors of the streets, located near downtownthe group's organizer has been let go. sacred heart officials say funding programs that began duringhe pandemic will end, and private donors have been pulling back on their money. sos members were invited to volunteer in other communities within sacred heart. many feel like the process to buy tickets for concerts or sports games has gotten totally out of control. did i just say sports games? today, the justice department and several us states are expected to step in. a man is at the live desk with the move that would potentially transform the entire live concert industry. you're not wrong, reggie. sports games are certainly going to the sports game tonight. are you, no. maybe the next sports game. i'll check it out. but today, the justice department is expected to file a lawsuit alleging antitrust violations by live nation, the group that oversees ticketmaster. it came under extra scrutiny two years

ago when many were blocked out of chances to buy tickets for the taylor swift eras tour. customers accused, accused, ticketmaster and live nation of speculative sales and hidden fees. the company blamed scalpers and bots pretending to be human customers. but live nation president he said the company has been seeking common ground with the justice department. he addressed live nation's use of exclusive contracts, which require a venue to use ticketmaster for a certain number of years. he says the company has no issues with any venue that says that they want to be non-exclusive. but he insisted many venues prefer using only one ticketing service to streamline their operations. now, the government's antitrust lawsuit could seek to break up live nation and ticketmaster. they merged back in 2010. back to you at the desk, kumasi. >> thanks, amanda. this morning, new concerns about the bird flu. another rare human case has been confirmed after an outbreak in dairy cattle authorities say a michigan farm worker has recovered from mild symptoms. in

march, a farm worker in texas was diagnosed with the first human case of bird flu tied to dairy cows. both patients worked with cows and both reported eye infections, with bird flu outbreaks in cattle now reported in nine states in dozens of herds, experts say the infection is likely even more widespread. >> we need to maintain testing, especially in our farm worker community, because that prolonged exposure to cattle does mean it's possible we may see additional incidental cases. >> experts say the more widespread the virus becomes, the more chance it has to mutate and increase the risk to humans. >> and now it's your morning money report. big layoffs may be coming to tiktok. a majority of the 1000 employees in the company's user support and communications department, as well as content and marketing, could be impacted. that's according to tech publication the information current employees who have been briefed on the plan say the cuts are not related to the potential nationwide ban on tiktok. now to

a possible turning point for buzzfeed, the media company's stock is up after former republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy announced that he acquired a 7.7% activist stake in buzzfeed. that means he has plans to help revamp the company. shares hit more than 82% at its highs on wednesday. it's good news for buzzfeed because shares have plummeted roughly 92% since its initial public offering in 2021, and a live look now at the market, which just opened. and oh, this is a different way to look at it. nope. that's buzzfeed. do we have the market? do we have it? is it going to come up? nope. it's not. >> tiktok is launching a $1 million changemakers program, aiming to bring businesses, creators and nonprofit organizations together. 50 creators from around the world will make up this program, and they are expected to reach new audiences with resources and donations. the company is also donating more than $1 million to more than 30 nonprofits. tiktok

says it could showcase diverse voices, educate and strengthen communities. >> amazon is making a significant change to its popular alexa voice assistant. soon, the company will begin to use ai with the service. amazon has said that in the past, it was exploring ways to make alexa a little more conversational by incorporating ai, the upgrade would require a monthly subscription. it's not clear how much that would cost, but cnbc reports it will not be included in your prime membership. >> starting today, there's a new option to make flying less stressful for dogs. bark air is a new airline that carries dogs of all sizes and their human companions on routes from new york, los angeles and london. the service is already popular, with 15,000 requests for new destinations, but the flights are not cheap. a one way ticket for one dog and its owner is about $6,000 for domestic flights and $8,000 for international flights. pay up forrester and i will not pay up

for rooster. >> rooster will be staying home. >> what is the greatest album of all time? >> apple music just released the top ten records that ranked on its 100 best albums of all time list, and this artist took the top spot, saying that daddy daddy came home declares the miseducation of lauryn hill the greatest album of all time. the 1998 grammy winning album is lauryn hill's one and only album. apple music created the list with help from experts, artists, songwriters, producers and industry professionals. here are the other albums that make the top five michael jackson's thriller abbey road by the beatles, prince's purple rain and blond by frank ocean. >> how do you even begin? how do you to you can't limit the pool of potentials. i don't even know where you would start. >> i don't hate, i don't hate this, actually, i thought i

would hate it the way i don't play mrs. lauryn hill. >> same. >> i mean, every track doing my homework, listening to it. >> yeah. and you get to do it on your timing. >> everyone knows lauryn hill is notorious for being late. all of her performances. >> we have the album and it's always on. >> yeah, exactly. it's always on time. >> that's what we have. >> we're going to go to walnut creek. let's go. >> i'm afraid of her. >> so i'm not. i'm not. >> me too. i'm. i'm actually afraid of him. >> so i will not say her name. >> i will make that fast transition to. >> i'm going to let all the smoke drift in one direction. >> and that is, people know people. amanda, guys studying walnut creek this morning. >> here's a look at the boat, beach and surf forecast right now. the coast is going to be pretty windy this afternoon. winds out of the west northwest gusting close to 35mph. closer to 3:04 p.m. waves 78ft. so they are elevated and your swell period is nine seconds. in the ocean, temperature is in the

50s. looking at the forecast today, lots of sunshine inland into the 80s. we go around the bay shoreline. it's mild in the 70s and even along the coast we'll see bright conditions and highs upper 50s for the most part. so mild sunshine on the agenda today. 70s in the south bay. it is looking lovely today along the peninsula will hit 72 redwood city about 67 for san mateo, 50s for the coast. but we find increasing sunshine. we have sunny skies across the entire city today. we'll be in the 60s for daytime highs in the north bay. 70s and 80s for the most part away from the coast as we head into the east bay. it's bright and it's mild again. we've been underneath this warm pattern for more than a week. it continues today 70 in berkeley, 73 in fremont and then inland, mid 70s to the low 80s with full sunshine today. but the evening planner does show you our marine layer clouds roll back pretty fast by about 7 p.m. we already have that fog rolling back in, and that will usher in some cooler weather over the holiday weekend. overnight tonight we'll find mostly cloudy skies in many areas. temperatures in the 40s

and in the 50s. let's talk about the holiday weekend saturday. expect widespread morning cloud cover below average temperatures in the afternoon. saturday is the coolest day of the holiday weekend. sunday a lot less fog, more sunshine. we start to see a minor warmup in the afternoon. monday itself is the warmest day of the weekend. we will have full sunshine early next week. here is the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you, showing you it's mild sunshine today. cooler as we head towards the holiday weekend. saturday we start to bottom out those temperatures before we warm up early next week. guys >> thank you. drew a judge has signed off on the $600 million settlement over last year's disaster train derailment in ohio. now, it's not clear how the money will be divided up and how much residents will get. so far, it appears people who live closer to where the derailment happened will get more money. initial documents suggest families could get up to $70,000 for property damage, and up to

$10,000 for injuries if they live within two miles of the disaster. >> sam bankman-fried is going to be moved to a new prison that goes against his wishes. as he appeals his fraud conviction, he requested a stay in new york, but the wall street journal reports bankman-fried will be moved to a federal prison in mendota, which is west of fresno. the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange ftx was sentenced to march in march to 25 years in prison in what prosecutors called one of the largest financial frauds in us history. that transfer would put bankman-fried closer to his parents. they are both law professors at stanford supreme court. justice samuel alito is facing a flag controversy. the new york times published this photo of a flag at his beach home. some are linking it to the january 6th rioters. the flag is seen here among the crowd storming the capitol. it's the one that has the tree on it. it has the words appeal to heaven. it dates back to the revolutionary war, but has more recently been linked to christian nationalism and a

religious strand of the so-called stop the steal movement. after the 2020 election, dozens of democrats are calling for alito to recuse himself from two cases related to january 6th. here's a warning before your next beach vacation, be careful what you are picking up. >> my kids were picking or they thought they were collecting seashells, but they actually collected clams, 72 to be exact. >> what the russ family didn't know on their vacation to pismo beach late last year. climbing has regulations. they got a ticket on the spot for $88,000. a judge took some pity on the family, reduced it to 500 bucks. but still, wildlife officials say the regulations are important to preserve the clam population. so here's one where you don't want to put your head in the sand. i added that part. >> add it friend, i can't blame our producer eric, although i would like to. >> up next, seven things you

need to know today a reminder you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. >> it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. you can download the app now and start streaming. >> as we head to break. let's take a live look outside this morning. >> that's nice. that's beautiful . >> 655 we'll be

and has died after a fire in a mobile home in pleasanton overnight. another person had to be treated for minor injuries. the cause is still being investigated. >> number two, today, the justice department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against live nation, the parent company of ticketmaster. this lawsuit could lead to the breakup of live nation and major changes in the way that we all buy concert tickets. >> number three, oakland mayor shengtao set to reveal her plan to shore up the city's growing budget shortfall today. part of the plan is expected to include using money from the sale of the coliseum site to shore up the city's general fund. >> number four memorial day

weekend travel kicks off today. triple a says nearly 44 million people are expected to hit the roads and airports this year, making it the busiest in nearly 20 years. >> and speaking of travel, number five just know we are tracking thunderstorms across the northeast. look at these airport delays in new york, new jersey, philly, baltimore. just be aware of that. if you are taking to the skies this morning back here at home, it is a nice day. mild sunshine continues. those temperatures in the 60s 70s and 80s for daytime highs. if you're traveling across the state. just some morning clouds in southern california, but it will be quiet across california. temperatures a bit above average for this time of the year. as we take a look at the three day forecast, it's cooler and cloudier here friday and saturday with temperatures rebounding on the holiday for monday and number six beyond the holiday weekend congestion drivers should also brace for bottle rock in napa. >> this will add more commuters heading that way between friday and sunday. and here's a live look at southbound 29 at 12. no issues now, but that won't be the case once the three day

music, wine, food and brew festival kicks off. >> oh, and number seven. today we are expected to find out what the four baby falcons at uc berkeley will be named. the chicks were born to mom annie and dad archie. the winning names will be announced at noon. >> come on, pam, the funkstress. >> they are so adorable. >> come on pam, that should win i like it, i like pam the funk. >> and you will say the whole name. >> it'll be announced at noon. and if the name ends up being beezus, there will be a protest at noon led by me. so i'll see you there. bring snacks. gma is >> robin: good morning america. gearing up for the holiday rush. on the move. the memorial day get away the under way, the head of the faa joins us exclusively. how they're bracing for the