right now at 5:00, an overnight cella lure outage. and impact it's having on

emergency calling. this is "today in the bay." here we go. thursday morning, 5:00 right now. thank you for starting your morning with us. i am laura garcia. i am marcus washington. we want to start with the breaking news this morning. the massive outage affecting cell phone users overnight. >> bob redell was one of those impacted and is joining us. >> reporter: we do believe this was a disruption caused on the at&t network. it happened at 1:15 this morning, and i checked the time on my phone, and i had an sos bar and did a reset and it was still there. others in the news room had a

similar experience. my father has two phones and lives in florida, and his iphone 14 is still up and running, and the iphone 15 is showing the sos. at 4:00 this morning, the outages happened in los angeles, houston, chicago, miami and other major cities in the u.s. my brother who lives near miami, he did not have any outages. i have my service back, but it's not clear what the status is in other parts of the country. san francisco department of emergency management sent out a message advised people needing

emergency assistance to use a landline or a friend who has another carrier service. >> thank you very much, bob. we first alerted you about the outage with a push alert. turning now to the forecast, meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking what we can expect weather-wise. >> we are starting out with fog in the north bay. once again, very low visibility. novato is at zero right now, and napa is only quarter of a mile. elsewhere visibility is pretty good. we are not seeing as much of the

widespread fog. throughout the day it will be more sunny. our temperatures warm up from 44 degrees to low 60s today. we will see slightly warmer temperatures all around the bay area. let's check in with cinthia now on how the roads are moving. >> it's the only car involved in the situation, northbound 101 in petaluma, and there's a small diesel spill, but it looks like crews are handling this. you are limited to one lane over there. this is the counter commute direction. we will go in towards the heart of the bay. there's a crash eastbound on the bay bridge right there, and we are seeing that the cars have moved on to the right-hand side. that problem being situated. and that one cleared out with the cesar chavez street, and we

will be back. >> thank you. part of president biden's swing is through the west coast, and he's heading to los altos hills at a fundraiser and departs for the white house tonight. a certain group not completely thrilled with the president's visit. today in the bay's sin grand jury has more on the demonstration clouding his trip. she will join us coming up in about 30 minutes. on the other side of the aisle, the final push, nikki haley is crisscrossing south carolina. what are voters telling you about this race -- wow, beautiful behind you as well. >> reporter: yeah, beautiful

here in charleston, south carolina. voters i spoke with, they say they are focused on where these two candidates stand on the issues. nikki haley continues to trail former president trump here in her own home state. the road to the white house running through south carolina. former president trump and former u.n. ambassador, nikki haley -- >> we don't anoint kings in america. we have elections. the people in south carolina deserve the right to vote. >> i am leading with young voters by a lot. >> polls show haley trails the gop frontrunner in her own home state despite once serving as governor. >> i am sure electability is

also an element as to why she's not seen as a contender. >> some voters tell me they have concerns about the former president ranging from his indictments and his stance on issues like the right to abortion and foreign policy. >> debates are very important, because we need to know who the candidates are, what they stand for. we don't know what he stands for except for himself. when it comes to nikki haley, she's driving the issues and putting them to the forefront. i would have to give her credit for that. >> it's a fierce fight for the republican nomination. >> make your voices heard. >> despite losses to trump in the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary, haley vows to stay in the case regardless of the results here in south carolina. and in an effort to close the

gap with trump, there are some of those that did not vote in the primary, and they can only participate in one primary at a time. >> interesting to see how it all plays out. thank you. back here in california, voters are already sending in mail-in ballots. they are estimating between 50 and 60% voter turnout this election. this, they say, is about 80% of the voters that will be voting by mail. they recommend to sign up for where's my ballot. >> put in your phone number, and

you can get a response via text or email or phone, and it will say your ballot was counted, or your ballot was counted. you can check where your ballot is. >> if you policeman to vote in person, more than 100 voting centers in santa clara county are opening this saturday. as the clock ticks down to the march primary, stay with us. point your phone to the qr code there on the left, and it will take you to the elections tab on our website. if it does reopen, it will initially only be one-way traffic controlled. this is video of the work that has been done to try and shore

up the road between sunol and fremont. and part of the road collapsed during the height of monday's storm. meteorologist, kari hall, is joining us with more on some of the temperatures you can expect in the city today. >> we are starting out with temperatures in the low 50s as you get heady to head out the door. maybe a warmer jacket. as we go throughout the day, we will see temperatures go from the low 50s to mid-50s at noon, and then up to 59 degrees. it will be nice and sunny as we go throughout the day. expect low clouds early this morning, patches of fog, and then as we go towards the afternoon, it will be clearing, a breezy wind and a pleasant day ahead. we will see more pleasant days head into the weekend. let's check in with cinthia with a look at the gas prices. >> maybe you want to fill up the

tank before the weekend, i have got you covered. these prices come from gasbuddy.com. concord is where we start on tree hrfld, $3.69, and $4.09 in burlingame. i wanted to take you to the roadways and remind you what we talked about, the closure for niles canyon, and you can continue on to 680, and take mission up into parts of fremont. as far as the bay bridge, there's a little fog around the mid span so be careful with the visibility. >> thank you, cinthia. still ahead this morning on "today in the bay," the shocking reality many continue to face and the actions families are now

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good thursday morning to you. it's now 5:14. as we take a look at our day planner for gilroy, it's going to be a chilly start for temperatures in the low to mid-40s. with all of the sunshine it warms up and will shape up to be a nice day. we're hitting the low 60s. we have warmer temperatures

ahead. we will look at that coming up in our weekend forecast in a few minutes. and then at the richmond toll plaza here, take it easy and use the low beams. it's a 17-minute drive as you go from vasco to 580. we will talk about what is going on in fremont coming up. happy thursday to you. you will notice we have the nikkei on the board this morning until the nasdaq. it closed at an all-time record. rivian, the electric car company cutting 10% of its staff. it introduces a low-cost electric car next month. yesterday i pointed to the nvidia numbers and pointed out the red arrow, and i said it looks like some investors lost

faith in one of the best performing companies in the u.s. they shouldn't have. the santa clara-based chip company once again knocked it out of the park. i would like to talk about the results. the ceo said its products were in such demand it has staffers trying to decide who to sell the chips to. if somebody is building a datacenter and if they are not ready, they will sell the chips to somebody else. if you don't care about the silicon in silicon valley, you don't care about the ai. nvidia is one of the biggest stories ever. waymo will not be allowed to drive its cars for now in san

mateo county. the cars operate in san francisco and parts of the l.a. basin. we got the notes from the fed about their last interest rate meeting. the minutes show most of the governors that effect the decisions in your financial life are not ready for a rate cut anytime soon. we suspected that was the case. and reuters report google will pay ridit $60 million a year. some organizations like newspapers says google used it without payment. and the bbc reports users complain that google tried to make software that was so not racists it went overboard. for example, if you ask for a

picture, like, um, people creating the constitution in the united states, it would generate black women. i wish that had been the case. >> we know that was not the case. >> so it's adjusting its racial -- who knows. >> interesting. >> yeah, it was trying to be so inclusive. >> perfect example, too. >> exactly. 5:17 right now. americans are concerned about high credit card debt. more than one-third of households say they have more debt than emergency savings. this is for the second year in a row. this is all due to a new report at bank rate. trending for you this morning, oakland native and award-winning actress, zendaya, is giving back.

>> she's giving $100,000 to the cal shakes north star fund. zendaya is an alum of the cal shakes conservatory program. nice to be giving back to her community. >> yes. finally, we are going to be so excited to see sunshine, not only today but the next few days. let's get a look at what to expect as you head out the door. temperatures in the mid-40s for walnut creek, but we are at 50 degrees for oakland and san francisco. we have low clouds and fog in the north bay, but then we are headed for 62 in livermore and dublin. slightly warmer for the south bay, with san josé up to 66 degrees. notice we warm up tomorrow and even more so on saturday with low 70s in some of our inland

valleys, and san josé heading for 73 degrees. san francisco will be in the upper 60s. let's take a look at our wide view and see if there's any storms coming in. the first thing you probably noticed is the big swirl of clouds in the storm system out in the pacific. let me show you how the models handle this. it shows it dipping further to the south and away from the bay area being blocked by high pressure. it's going to keep steering it away from us until that high pressure breaks down, and then we will see waves of rain coming in sunday and early next week, and that is going to give us not only rain but sierra snow and very chilly temperatures into the start of next week. it looks like it stays cold as the next storm system approaches next weekend. looking ahead to how much rain we may see. it's not a lot. next week in the blue, quarter

inch of rain or less. the areas in green are about a quarter inch to half inch of rain. there's not a big soaking here, but we are expecting a decent amount of snow for the sierra, up to a put, possibly closer to two feet next week and into the weekend. we're going to a high of 72 on saturday to 60 on monday once that cold front comes in. we will see rain in the forecast, and in san francisco, expect it to stay chilly there with temperatures in the low 60s into the weekend. cinthia, now you are tracking a crash in fremont. >> yeah, this is southbound 680, so those making their way to milpitas, and there's one or two lanes blocked now. once you get past the scene you are in the clear, sensors are good to go there. i want to return back up into

the north bay where fog may have been an issue with the overturned big rig. it's in the clearing stages, maybe half an hour or 45 minutes or so and there are a couple lanes blocked as they clean up the diesel spill. drive times are good up 101 to 280 or into parts of mountain view from san josé. preying on people with lost pets. area shelters are warning pet

a new warning for pet owners this morning. scammers are using the desperation for those searching for a pet to make money. they are calling from a phone name associated with the animal shelter. this happened to a woman where her aunt lost her dog, and she got a call on monday from the supposed shelter, and they said they had an injured animal and asked her to send the money for

treatment. thankfully money was never exchanged in lydia's case. sf animal care and control said it would never call you over the phone to ask for money. shelter workers said if you do get a call like this, call them during business hours and talk to a real representative to triple check. exciting news for the san diego zoo, they will get pandas over the summer. you may recall five years ago the san diego zoo had to return pandas china had loaned to them. >> i am very excited to have them back. by bringing in people to see the giant panda, we know that they will fall in love with this panda and hopefully they will take that love and put it into action for conservation to conserve the giant panda. >> three months ago the president of china raised hopes they would send pandas back.

next, the top stories we are following this year, including crossing a bay area landmark may soon cost you a bit more. we will tell you about the proposed toll hike for the golden gate bridge and why officials say it's needed. plus, president biden is starting his day in the city by the way. he has been met with protests. we will have the message that so many are trying to say loud and clear for the president. stay with us. you're watching oday in the "t

breaking right now at 5:30, disconnected. a nationwide overnight cell phone outage impacts customers coast-to-coast. which providers are feeling it the most. plus, a text message canceling an order. i will show you what it costs the business owner and what tesla has to say. we are live with the big response from protesters during president biden's first stop in san francisco and whether it will carry over to his plans today. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you.

i am marcus washington. i am laura garcia. let's start with a lack at the forecast. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking what we can expect. nice day ahead. >> nice day ahead. we are getting closer to the weekend and we have sunshine. it's going to be a very nice next few days, but we are starting out with fog. you do have to leave a little bit earlier in the north bay as we are seeing the dense fog advisory in effect in novato, and down to a quarter mile visibility in napa. let's take a look at the current temperatures. in the upper 30s and low 40s, so a chilly start. it will be slightly warmer with the south bay temperatures headed for the mid-60s. in the north bay, expect novato to hit a high of 60 degrees. we will talk about this weekend and what is going on coming up. the fog, it might have caused this issue up there in petaluma.

we do have the northbound direction, and it's a overturned cement truck and no other cars involved here. we have the number one lane blocked there right now, so just be careful if you are coming the other direction, crews are cleaning up there. in parts of fremont, there's closures there and we are seeing the backup in the auto mall parkway area, and we did have a crash, 680 for those making down into parts of sunol or milpitas. a nationwide phone outage impacting people everywhere. the outage is said to be hitting at&t users the hardest, although some service has now been restored. other customers including t-mobile and u.s. cellular are also impacted. the companies are saying the outage is not on their end.

it started at 1:30 this morning. the san francisco fire department sending out an alert saying some people may not be able to use 911. customers can use a landline or get help from friends or family with working phones. president joe biden waking up in san francisco this morning. his visit, strictly business, and that's not stopping protesters trying to send a message. ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. are we expecting the same today with the protesters? >> reporter: that's still up in the air, marcus. good morning to you. there have been three sizeable protests so far. the one last night even had some tense moments. a coalition of pro palestinian

groups marched through the pacific heights neighborhood calling for a cease-fire between israel and hamas, and police put up barricades to redirect the march. >> the protests to let the biden admin know this is not okay. >> president biden was in the pacific heights neighborhood to fundraise last night. the president came out swinging at the republican party saying it once had, quote, an american moral center but that seems to be lost. the president also zeroed in on the republican party frontrunner, donald trump, and saying about putin, we have that crazy sob -- moments ago we received more details on his

itinerary. he's set to depart san francisco around 12:30 and head to mountain view, and he will arrive at moffett federal airfield where he will head to a fundraiser in los altos. he is expected to leave the bay area around 4:00 this afternoon, so he will be on his way back to the white house by the end of the day. we will be monitoring throughout the morning and throughout the day. back to you. >> a busy day on all fronts. thank you, ginger. a man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son is scheduled to be arraigned. that played out on tuesday, and ivan martinez alvarado died after being shot in his santa clara apartment unit. gomez is expected to appear in court to answer to murder charges. investigators say he was not related to the child but did

live at the home. so far they are not revealing a possible motive. oakland has been without a permanent chief for more than a year. next thursday the commission is organizing a special public forum expected to include potential replacement candidates. tensions meanwhile boiled over in oakland as the mayor was announcing new grants. >> oakland is pursuing a comprehensive -- a comprehensive -- >> a scuffle broke out between the mayor's supporters and people trying to recall her. one recall leader said he was punched in the face. police were called but no arrests were made. a catering contact to celebrate black heritage month turned into a lesson for one

bakery. it costs thousands of dollars. kris sanchez has that story. >> back on valentine's day, a week ago, a black owner got a sweet phone call, requesting a catering job for black history this week. they have been making pies since 2021, but started as a home business back in 2017. the owner says that after both sides agreed on a quote, exchanged an invoice via email for 4,000 pies this week, she got right to work, and staff has to work extra hours and she paid for rush delivery on those and declined at least three other catering jobs to accommodate the big tesla order. two days after taking the tesla job, the bakery owner was in bed

for the night and got a simple text message saying they were canceling the order. >> it felt like, we didn't matter, it's no big deal, you know, it's a transaction that didn't fan out. it's not like that, though, you know, i had to tell my staff, change your plan. >> she said she had done big jobs like this one with no trouble in the past, weddings, and company events, and she has a cancelation policy but now she's rethinking to make it more strict after this. i did reach out to tesla to ask what went wrong with the catering deal and whether they are going to compensate the bakery owner for her time and expenses, and they didn't get back to me but they did reach out to the bakery to make things right. at this point, what it is is

unclear. >> she didn't make all the pies. >> she did get started, the special ingredients -- >> she should open her doors and i bet the public would really respond. >> we saw that. >> good. the clock is ticking for the public to weigh in on the toll increases. if that approved the toll hikes would go into effect july 1st, just after the last round of increases expired. there's a hearing at the administration hearing at the golden gate bridge toll plaza. the price hike is to combat the projected deficit as less commuters are crossing the bridge after the pandemic. >> we need additional revenue to continue to provide services, operations and capital projects for the golden gate bridge as

well as the bus and transit ferry service. >> if you want to weigh in, you can email public hearing at goldengate.org. a late hour deal appears to be reviving a large scale south bay plan. in 2021, san josé leaders approved plans for 3,500 housing units in a mixed space development at the berryessa flea market. now they are scaling back that project, significantly, about 75%. the councilman says the new deal with property owners locks in the original larger-scale program, and it includes creating a special property tax district to fund infrastructure

improvements. let's take a live look at san francisco on this foggy thursday morning. at least by the city this morning. kari has a look at our forecast. hopefully it will clear up this weekend for the big lunar celebration. >> yeah, we have the big lunar new year's parade happening in san francisco, and no matter what you are planning to do around the bay, it will be sunny. we are in the upper 60s in the city. of course, the parade starts to roll after sunset, so we will have temperatures dipping so make sure you have a jacket. rain is increasing on sunday, and it's going to be in the low 60s to start. as we head towards 4:00 is when we reach our high temperature. we will be at 69 degrees. on sunday you may want to wrap up your weekend in oakland with the black joy parade. that will start at 12:30 and go from temperatures in the upper 50s and sunny to seeing clouds increasing as we go into the day. we will reach into the mid-60s

there. napa this weekend, we are going to see highs up to 71 on saturday, and then some mid-60s for sunday. we will be watching all that for you. cinthia, you have an alert for bart riders. yeah, not stopping at 19th street and oakland because of the police activity. other bay area transit systems are looking good with no alerts this morning. lakers and warriors at chase center, so traffic there around 280 and 101. as kari was saying, we have the chinese new year parade on saturday starting at 5:15, and market and neighboring streets will be packed with lots of people going out there to celebrate. finally, one more we have for you is the black joy parade in oakland. right by lake merritt, the blob of blue on your screen right there, it will start at 14th and

franklin. back to you. >> thank you. we have visual proof today, that unusual shark sighting that seemed to wants to make friends. >> or maybe it was a fluke. you got that. nikki haley with a big position change.

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you. it's 5:45. let's head over to the east bay with a look at concord. starting out in the mid-40s. our temperatures will gradually head for the low 60s. we have nice weather for the weekend, and we will talk about that and when it all changes, coming up in a few minutes. we have a little fog in dublin on 580. the lights are coming towards us. about a 25-minute ride from westbound 580 to 680 and just under ten minutes to get from 84 to the 680 connecter. president biden taking an angrier tone against those that won't support ukraine and its fight against russia. >> scott, the president is in town. >> yeah. >> taking more of an angry tone with his supporters in off

camera. >> he called putin a crazy sun son of a gun but didn't say gun. the white house published this to the internet. >> why does trump always blame america? putin is responsible for navalny's death. why can't trump say that? we have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. we keep our commitment and don't walk away from friends and don't bow down to vladimir putin. >> the president is waking up today here in the bay area, and we will show you his schedule coming up. it's not clear what the white house can sanction for the death of navalny.

possibly seizing russian assets and giving them to ukraine. and then smirnov made his first appearance in court for lying to the fbi. the indictment against him indicates he had contact with russians connected to russian intelligence as well. his claims to the fbi were the primary driver behind last year's launch of an impeachment hearing against president biden. the collapse of their main witness did not slow the push. the president's brother was requested. >> he testified he never received papers or asked for papers from joe biden and wouldn't do that. >> hunter biden testifies next week. those in the meeting say james

biden and his nephew had no business dealings, something the president has maintained as well. you may have seen in the news, embryos have been ruled as children and thus are protected under the law. that has huge implications for alabamans. republican candidate, nikki haley, has weighed in on the decision saying she supports the ruling. haley is a conservative and against abortions but in the past struck a more moderate tone. >> embryos to me are babies. >> what about those created through ivf. >> polls show most americans who oppose abortion still support ivf, and it's used by many

american families who cannot conceive otherwise, so it's a big shift for haley. >> thank you, scott. turning to decision 2024 local high school students are holding a congressional forum tonight, and this is to replace the congresswoman es yao, whose term is up. it's currently unknown when candidates will participate. and a fish story unlike any other. they experienced a rare sighting that scared them. a pair of basking sharks, they can grow up to 26 feet. the sharks dwarfing the boat.

one crew member assured them, there's no reason to fear. >> this is no cause for alarm? >> no, they are not man eaters. we see them live, and to see them feeding out here, it was pretty special. >> they will need a bigger boat. basking sharks are endangered, so seeing a pair like this is considered unusually rare. >> that's beautiful. >> it is, at a distance, and i don't care what the lady says. >> i would rather see it way over there. >> exactly. starbucks is taking a shot at expanding its ha ha horizons. >> it's a pork latte, and it's a

limited edition with infusion of pork. before you head out to your local starbucks to try one, of course, it's only being offered in shops in china. >> oh, man. >> i am vegetarian and kari is vegan, so it's a hard pass. >> y'all by the ticket, and i'll head over to try it. i would try it. >> he just wants to go to china. >> yeah. >> why get away and not stay here because the weather is so nice. >> yeah, and we have lots of celebrations this weekend. and the weather will cooperate for once. we are looking at fog to start out this morning. we have seen the fog developing in the north bay the past few days, and we are down to zero

visibility in the miles right now in novato. in napa, visibility at quarter of a mile. allow extra time to get to work this morning. starting out at 44 in walnut creek. san francisco, 57 degrees. take a look at the high for this afternoon. even though it's about the same in much of the north bay with a high of 60, and 62 in santa rosa. as you head down to the south bay, it will be slightly warmer. 68 in san martin tomorrow afternoon. napa in the mid-60s. we're going to see 70s in saturday's forecast. once again, we are staying dry as you see there at the bottom of the screen, but there will be rain ahead. let's talk about when that gets here. we can see the storm system off the coast. it looks so close. it's not heading due east. it's actually heading further south. with that track of the storm system, as it is blocked by high

pressure, for now we will keep the rain away from the bay area at least through saturday. then on sunday, as the high pressure moves east, we will see scattered showers late sunday night but continuing off and on next week. as the cold front drops down, it will bring in chilly temperatures for next week. our expected rainfall, it's not a lot. we are looking at quarter to half an inch of rainfall for the first part of next week. if you are like me, like, oh, 70s in the forecast, let's put away the sweaters -- not so fast. morgan hill, dropping down with more cold weather ahead. cinthia, you are at the bay bridge? >> yeah, the only fast lanes are the carpool lanes. let's get a look at the bay area

bridges. 10 minutes from the richmond bridge to marin county. then it's about a 10-minute drive into san francisco. and now, angela averiett will assume the role. the city has not elaborated on what the violations entail, citing legal concerns. she is expected to start the position in late april. an at&t outage causing safety concerns this morning. we are live on the details on the push to restore service to cust

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if your gift card went blank, scan the qr code on your screen now to fill out the online complaint form. joining tonight at 11:00. you can watch us whenever you would like on roku or other streaming platforms. a cellular outage. what impact it is having to emergency calls. embryos to me are babies. >> nikki haley taking a stand on ivf days before the south carolina primary. we are live in charleston with the growing concerns about the future of the procedure. and then can't seem to catch a break from the winter storms. the latest blow to businesses as construction continues in capitola. this is "today in y.