grove after a geyser of water started shooting up from the ground into the air. our christie smith is following the story we will take a look at what triggered this problem. the first of the new chinatown night markets is going on right now. it has started and what you need to know if you want to go join. we first talked to about rosa vans and cars sitting idle. now we have uncovered a line of idle buses that are out of use. we are investigating and the action that vta is taking to deal with the problem. the news at 5:00 -- rather, nbc bay area news at 5:30 starts now. >> we are going to start with a breaking news we have been following since the 4:00 hour. a brush fire is burning in antioch.

you can see how much black smoke this fire is generating. sky ranger has been over it over the last hour and this fire has grown to 18 acres and firefighters say they have no containment at this time. this is near the san joaquin river. it is about one mile north of the shopping center and it is generating a lot of lack smoke. no word on the cause but we do know that no structures are threatened at this time so that is good news. we will keep a close eye on this story but a brush fire burning in antioch. >> it looks like a blade -- big wall of lack smoke. >> in san francisco, the opposite. a water main break created quite a scene and a muddy mess. >> christie smith has been talking with neighbors about the geyser and all of the damage it has created. >> reporter: trucks have been moving in and out of the neighborhood all day after a water main break sent water

more than 50 feet into the air. tonight crews have stopped the leak. the question now is, why did it happen? an impromptu geyser created quite a scene. and more than a few problems. >> i was wondering why so many patrol cars were around and i thought something happened then i heard the helicopter as well. it was not until we walked down the street that we saw this huge water. >> it was shooting up maybe 50 feet in the air. within the hour officials were out here and they got it turned off and they are on the case. >> reporter: supervisor joel -- was here. >> there is some erosion so we have to be careful. >> reporter: the public utilities commission says the cause of the break appears to be the failure of an eight inch valve connected to a 60 inch water transmission line.

that feeds water from a treatment plant on the peninsula to the sunset reservoir. >> i hope that hillside is stable. >> reporter: it did not happen in stern grove boat water flowed into a dog park area. this is not the first time a water main break caused problems in the area. three years ago a water main break caused major damage in the same area. >> last year a bunch of trees came down and they just finally cleared it all up. >> reporter: officials are still trying to determine how long it will take to clean it up. christie smith, nbc bay area news. a water main break happened at menlo park today as well. you can see water there gushing under the sidewalk. crews fixed that leak this afternoon. if you are looking for evening plans you could head to

san francisco chinatown. the night market just kicked off. this is just getting started. dozens of vendors set up along several blocks of grant street. they are selling food and goods until 9:00. organizers say if you stop by there is a mini beer garden that you can visit. chinatown hosted a pair of night markets last year and organizers decided to do them again. we will see these markets monthly through the end of the year. more problems with vta vehicles just sitting. we are not talking about the previous cars and vans we talked about earlier. now there is a fleet of buses discovered that have been parked four years. >> reporter: similar to the previous and vans, they say the pandemic and staffing shortages caused a delay in auctioning off the buses. the buses were not neglected they say.

this is drone video above santa clara transportation authority lot in san jose. that row of buses lining defense are all retired. it just a handful of the dozens of buses the agency told those it decommissioned but did not auction off. they said they were in the process of seeking out a new auction house contractor and then the pandemic it. staff that usually prepare the buses for auction had to retrofit other buses with barriers, hand sanitizers and mask dispensers. satellite photo shows some of the buses have been sitting idle since 2018. our investigative unit has been asking to talk with vta staff about how the agency is trying to recoup some of the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars it spent on its now retired

vehicles. the agency turned us down again and told us in an email it has already auctioned off most buses with 18 still in the yard waiting to be processed. >> certainly, we are not --. >> reporter: it giovanni is a transportation specialist at uc davis. he says the pandemic it travel agencies hard, especially backend operations like reselling old vehicles. >> there had been big issues with the pandemic and changes in the market. >> reporter: vta does not expect to get much for the buses. brand-new they cost about half $1 million each and will likely sell for less than $1000. there is just very little demand for old retired buses. but it could be a very different story with a decommissioned fleet of 95 vta cars and vans that our investigative unit showed you in january. board chairperson cindy chavez

said, rather than leaving them parked on the lot, they should have tried to auction them off earlier. she says the agency has an obligation to get back as much money as they can. >> i worry that we missed an important opportunity. during covid-19 there was a big strain on supply chains and a high level of interest to be able to buy used automobiles. >> reporter: after our first reports, vta started the process to auction off those cars. an important step to get back on track post pandemic, which is no easy task. >> public agencies are called two different jobs and providing service and responsible use of public funding. >> reporter: the old buses were used. they each have about 1 million miles on them after being driven 15-20 years. even when not in a pandemic,

vta says it can take months to auction them out off because you need permits, storage, and staff who are not juggling other responsibilities. i'm candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. if you have a story for our investigative unit call us at 888-996-tips. reigniting a love for tennis in the bay area is the hope of legendary player roger federer. he founded the global tournament called the laver cup . it will be coming back to san francisco in 2025. we caught up with roger federer today and he says teams like the warriors have really put san francisco on the map for sports fans. >> we have had some great tournaments in san jose down the street and i would say, for

over 150 years. we lost that tournament about 10 years ago. this is an area in tennis that has exploded. >> federer retired in 2022 and he says he enjoys watching tennis for fun but he says it is time to usher in new sports. to famous actors and their welsh sports team are headed to the area. rob macaroni dash illini and ryan reynolds are bringing their team wrexham to play chelsea. wrexham place in the fourth tier of the english soccer. breaking news in oakland. people are critically injured

after a transit bus was involved in a car crash. nbc bay area sky ranger is overhead. this is that international and fourth. you can see this car is smashed up. the fire department just notified us and told us that 13 people are hurt. two of them critically. the 11 have minor injuries so 13 injuries, 11 with minor injuries and two critically. it looks like it is an ac transit bus and this vehicle, that is almost unrecognizable. emergency crews are on the scene right now. again, a car crash involving an ac transit bus and a vehicle at 54th and international boulevard. that intersection is shut down emma we have more information we will bring it to you here.

we are going to move on now -- let's have meteorologist rob mayeda come in. some viewers are not getting a subscription they paid for on time and another has a hectic card. nbc bay area response up next. we have the springlike day in the bay area. but you will want that umbrella but you will want that umbrella this weekend.

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were arriving late. he tapped on our team and then the newspaper got his newspaper back on schedule. another woman says these targeted her if card twice. she was out $250 and she expected the gift card company to restore her balance and they refused. christine got hurt $250 back. viewers say that there gift card balances recently vanished. we investigated and we enlisted the help of the fbi to find out how it is happening. scan the qr code on your screen to watch that investigation. feel free to share it with your friends and family members so they can protect their gift card balances. >> thank you chris. it was just a spectacular day. >> it was nice. we do have 70s coming back.

this is not sticking around. as gorgeous as it was today we do have changes starting tomorrow. a chance of showers. a little bit coming in tomorrow and probably a little bit more sunday evening and sunday night. enjoy the evening we have got right now. 67 in san jose. more sunshine out towards dublin. 60 degrees in oakland and with the west wind picking up and cooling slightly from san francisco down to sfo. 59 degrees and a west wind of 14. lake tahoe is seeing some of the best ski conditions. you can see highs this weekend in the low 40s and nighttime temperatures in the 20s. there will be snowfall next week that comes down monday to

tuesday. another 10-18 inches of snow at about 5000 feet. a lot of that is coming down with the third storm system. tomorrow morning clouds will be back in a chance of seeing light rain showers at times. not as cold tomorrow morning. 40s and 50s to start in keeping with the cloudy conditions into the afternoon at about 54 degrees and upper 50s for the high around san francisco and into oakland. what we have is this weather system offshore, that is where the mostly cloudy skies will be coming from and during the morning hours, especially, that might be the best chance of rain. breeze clearing around sunset on saturday and then the clouds will fill back in as we go into sunday morning. by sunday afternoon, rain dropping in mendocino county and sonoma county, vice 6:00 sunday evening.

then the south bay by 11:00. sunday will have the higher weather producer. you can see saturday, the best rain chances in the north bay and then the sunday weather system brings anywhere from a quarter of an inch to maybe even less than that. it will be northwestern sonoma county that could pick up half an inch of rain. here is the third in the series coming in tuesday. more sierras no and then, if you like today, there is probably going to be a lot to like starting tuesday. high pressure building in leading to big-time warming about one week from now. look at the weekend here. again, showers this weekend and when we get to the second half of next week, mid and upper 70s and we could be staying there a while. we start to see the warm up materialize at the end of the 7 day forecast with chances of rain saturday, sunday, and

tuesday. the second half of next week is looking pretty great. not just one more day but several and it could last all weekend. >> that is great. thank you rob. coming up, is steph curry going to have to miss games

it is a collective feeling.

warriors sins and everyone holding their breath after steph curry injured his ankle last night. we saw and it does not look good. >> we did get an update. there is some good news. the mri results it has been classified as positive news and it is expected he could miss between 7-10 days so just a few games. there could be a clearer timeline tomorrow. curry rolled his ankle last night. the warriors host the spurs tomorrow night. the sharks are saying goodbye to fan favorites thomas hertl. in return they got a first round pick . since making his debut in 2013, hertl has racked up nearly 500 points. and he has the fifth most goals in franchise history. the nfl free agency period is starting.

that is when players can agree to a new contract or move on. so, how will teams navigate signing or get of rid of -- getting rid of some guys. >> they have some big name guys that if they were to part ways with them it does not create a lot of salary-cap space this year but it would be more looking ahead to 2025 when brock purdy will be signing a big deal. so, first off, am i naove to think that they are just going to run it back with the same cast of veteran players? >> i would think if they would like to that we have seen in the past they have not been able to. the good thing about the 49ers, their planning, they do look ahead and they look at what

scenarios will work out for them. two years down the road or three years. so they don't get to that year- end and then say, we have no money and no option and no mobility. >> here is one thing. bill walsh always used to say it is better to get rid of a player one year too early then too late. so, think about trent williams, deebo samuels, george kittle, christian mccaffrey. fred warner. those are the big money guys and it is just hard for me to see them parting ways with any of those guys right now but also in the back of my mind, my voice, my inner voices saying,

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receive intelligence briefings after securing the gop. this despite mishandling classified documents. from one president to the other seamless. sources say the intelligence community will follow that practice when trump is nominated. the former president has been indicted and is facing charges right now that he kept classified documents after he left the white house. trump and his legal team have denied wrongdoing. the u.s. military is allowing special forces aircraft to fly again after a string of deadly crashes. the last one happened to off the coast of japan. eight airmen died. they were in an osprey. it was one of four crashes that happened in the last two years. in december -- prohibited the

fleet from flying. that fleet, about 400 aircraft and investigators think that a malfunction gear back -- gearbox caused the crash and now they say they are confident they can prevent this from happening again but they do plan to introduce operational limits with the aircraft. olympians are not the only people that will be taking part in the games this summer. if you are going to paris you can score some points. there is a mobile game out called flash invaders. you have to track down and photograph mosaics across the city. this is created by someone that has been making mosaics in paris since 1998. some predict the game will force people to explore the city. >> our language is the story of

the streets. >> invader creates mosaics across paris in the middle of the night for his identity is a secret to most. so you use or phone and then you go around and see how many you can find. so, gia vang , what is next? there is a brush fire in contra costa county that is sending up a smoke plume. what we have learned from firefighters. asia view near san francisco. another water main break and this created a river of mud. and a store you will only see on nbc. east bay students turned heads at a science fair. how they confronted gun violence with schoolbooks. we start with breaking news out of oakland. a major crass involving a

transit bus and a car. first responders at 54th and international. at least 13 people are hurt and two critically. at this point we do not know exactly how all of this unfolded. we will continue to monitor the situation but again, it is a transit bus and a car. there is massive damage in the middle of the street and this is an area that you will want to avoid. two people injured and two critically. we do not know the condition of the bus driver so, again, we are unfolding what happened there and we will stay on top of it. when we have more information we will take you back over and give you another look. we will be on air and you can also check this out online. we are still following an emergency landing involving united airlines flight that took off from sfo and was headed for mexico city. about 90 minutes ago and had to land at lax. we