right now on "nbc bay area news tonight," a big part of big sur closed off by a landslide that happened during this weekend's storms. >> so we decided to kind of head back north and see what we would find. and sure enough, when we got to bixby bridge, there was firemen and chp there turning everybody around. >> we talked to someone who got escorted through the damage. we're down in big sur tonight with the latest. also, sfo is pushing back after the oakland airport proposes a name change.

oakland wants to include san francisco in its new name. plus -- >> i'm really happy for the people that are actually hardworking in the fast food industry. >> fast food workers getting a raise effective today. the minimum wage now up to $20 an hour, but businesses are warning of higher prices and hiring freezes. we're talking to a local franchise owner. and we go behind the scenes at kaiser. could this be the future of catching and treating genetic diseases earlier? good evening. i'm raj mathai. it is a beautiful monday night. we'll get to all those stories in just a few minutes. but first let's catch you up on some of the headlines we are watching at this hour. where will the a's play after this season? we've been asking that for months now. tomorrow another big meeting in this back-and-forth between the team and the city. the bitter divorce continues.

the a's lease at the coliseum ends at the end of this year, but their ballpark out in vegas, so we think, won't be ready until 2028 at the earliest. so do the math. the a's need a place to play for the next few years, a bridge loan so to speak. the city wants the a's to sell their 50% ownership of the coliseum complex, and they want major league baseball to agree to one of these three things. take a look. clear a path for oakland to get anxpansion team. help with the sale of t a's to local ownership. allow the city to keep the a's name and colors. again, these are just negotiation talking points and deal points. the a's will certainly counteroffer. what happens in the cities and the a's don't agree on a deal? the city is looking at other locations to bridge the gap. those other locations include

sacramento and salt lake city. here's a story getting a lot of buzz. sfo versus oakland. two bay area airports at odds over a proposed name change. this started last week. officials at the oakland international airport announced they're looking to change its name to san francisco bay-oakland international airport. doesn't necessarily roll off the tongue there. they say a lot of travelers just don't know that oakland is part of the bay area. they also point out oakland international is located on the san francisco bay, and they want travelers to know that it's a convenient option to get to top destinations across our region. this is all stuff that we know, but they say the tourists don't necessarily know it. here's the rub, though. sfo doesn't like it. the director of sfo is making an official request to reconsider that name change, one that doesn't start with "san francisco." >> it's almost a hundred years that the word "san francisco" has been associated with this

airport, and we understand an airport's desire to attract more customers. we're all trying to do that. but our big concern is this is going to end up causing more confusion and ultimately disservice to passions. >> commissioners are scheduled to vote on april 11th. we're also following a developing situation along our coast. one of the most iconic and recognizable spots in california is essentially closed off. we're talking about big sur. this weekend's storms washed out a part of highway 1. you can see it here from our skyranger. here's the section specifically that we're talking about. it's just north of the famous bixby bridge and south of carmel. look at that. there's the famous bridge right there. people who live and work in big sur are essentially stuck, so caltrans has set up daily one-way traffic convoys, one in the morning, one in the afternoon. nbc's jocelyn moran joins us

from big sur. >> reporter: we are getting a better look at this part of the highway that collapsed. you can really understand how scary and dangerous this is just by looking at it. you're also getting a better understanding as to why this part of the highway is closed. we've been talking about those convoys as well. two convoys are happening daily, one at 8:00 a.m. and another at 4:00 p.m. we are well past that hour, which means no cars are being allowed through here. many of us saw how hard that rain was coming down on saturday. in the middle of that, this part of highway 1 collapsed. this was on the southbound side of this two-lane road. the highway was closed in both directions on saturday, leaving hundreds of tourists and locals trapped. then around noon on sunday, crews determined that travel in the northbound lane was safe, and authorities set up these convoys where they essentially escort drivers around that area where part of the highway collapsed. since then, many people have been able to get through. again, these convoys will continue to happen daily, one at 8:00 a.m., another at 4:00 p.m. crews are trying to evaluate how

to design a permanent repair. authorities are urging people to avoid this area. jocelyn, thank you. we've had problems with this area of highway 1 for the last several years. when the slide first happened this weekend, about 1,600 people were stuck. among them, linda molinari of hollister, who was visiting big sur for the weekend. >> we had gone for a late lunch, kind of started hearing the waiters talking to the tables around us, saying, like, oh, you might want to order another bottle of wine because there was just a slide. 1 is closed right now. we'll be open till 10:00 tonight. you might as well just stay here till 10:00. i was kind of like, what? so we decided to kind of head back north and see what we would find. and sure enough, when we got to bixby bridge, there was firemen and chp there turning everybody

around, saying go back into town of big sur. the road will definitely be closed through the night. hopefully tomorrow morning you'll hear something. >> that's saturday. then what happened? when did you finally get out of there, and how many hours did it take overall? >> we got told at about 11:15 that crews that next morning were going to reconvene and see what was going on at 1:00 p.m. sunday. so we were kind of sitting around waiting. then at 11:30, all of a sudden a ton of cars started going past, back headed north. >> this is 11:30 saturday night or 11:30 sunday morning. >> sorry. sunday morning. >> okay. >> so we kind of waited. firefighters had said like you would be lucky to be out sunday morning. it's not going to be a fast anything. so we kind of hung around rivers

inn, had breakfast. their restaurant opened early sunday morning. a lot of people that were stranded were all kind of hanging out there. they were letting everybody use their wi-fi. we were parked there. a bunch of cars started going by. so we walked up to their little general store to see if any new news had come through, and some of their employees said, oh, yeah, word came from the state park that at 12:00, they're going to run a little convoy of cars across. so if you want to try and leave right now, they're going to do it between 12:00 and 1:00. you better go get in line if you're going to try and get out right now. so loaded up, got back in line. we were able to get out pretty much right at 12:00. they started leading everybody across, and we were able to get out in that first wave. >> quite an eventful easter sunday for you and your family, i would imagine. >> very. not planned. >> when you actually went across the slide area, were you nervous, or was it pretty well

taken care of? >> it still looked exactly like the pictures, just with some cones around that southbound lane. so it was kind of like a weird, uneasy feeling, like felt okay being further back in line in case the road started falling away when the first cars went through. but also like, what if more cars over, and it starts sliding down further too. so passing by it, it was super fast. almost could have missed it, like just with the line of cars and everybody trying to get through. but it definitely looked pretty sketchy. >> that is pretty unnerving seeing it there from our skyranger. good news for half a million california workers. they just got a pay raise. today california's minimum wage is increasing for fast food workers at major chains, going from $16 an hour to $20 an hour. the increase impacts fast food chains with 60 or more locations nationwide. supporters of the increase say

it's necessary because of the high cost of living in california. but some business owners are warning of higher prices on the menu to help offset the increased labor cost. many customers we chatted with today didn't seem to mind. >> i'm willing to pay the extra for them to make more money because i think it's their job. they do their job well. >> the prices going up sucks, but it's worth paying the prices if like everyone is actually able to make a living and if people are getting paid more. >> you deal with many customers, angry customers. i deal with people that threw ketchup at me, like make me feel less, you know? so now knowing that they at least have more money in their accounts is like great. >> joining us now is a franchise

owner who runs two locations of vitality bowls in san jose. brian, thanks for being with us. this new law applies to you. what changes have you made, or will you need to make with the new minimum wage? >> well, immediately today, april 1st, we've raised our prices around 5% to 10%, and we basically need to see how that's going to impact the customer. right now we're looking at reducing hours, definitely not able to hire anyone right now. and if things get bad enough, we may have to close down our stores. >> brian, we get it. employers like you want to keep costs down. profits, though, you want up. would you agree, though, there's a fine line with making this minimum wage livable for people here in california? >> yeah, definitely a fine line of making it livable. the $20 an hour, you know, for california is a 25% increase. you know, we can only increase our prices a certain amount before our customers decide no

longer want to eat out anymore because eating out has now become a luxury. you know, going to fast food is, hey, i want to get something to eat. i have to think about it. i talked to a few customers. they say if prices go up too high, i'm going to go buy my ingredients and make it myself. i'm happy for my employees today. i met with them and said you're getting $20 an hour minimum, and i'm happy for them. they're very happy they're getting it. i hope i can have enough jobs and hours for you because i have to reduce hours, then there's no jobs and no money made for anybody. >> yeah, i see these stores like yourself. i mean instead of the usual $8 to $10, by the time you get out of there, it's $14 to $20, which has gone up so much. what's the long-term impact here for your business, your employees, and just the industry? >> well, a lot of the franchises that i know are owned by small

business owners, like my wife, my son, my daughter-in-law. we all work in the business, and we don't have a lot of margin there. so, you know, wages are like the second highest cost to run a small business, and i'm there every day, raj. i'm not, you know, an absentee owner. i'm there, and i can tell when people are going to say the prices are too high. so long term, like i said, if i'm not able to make a profit after cutting hours, laying off people, not hiring, then long term could be a shutdown. >> that's disheartening. we do understand both sides of this coin. thanks for your time and keep us posted. we'll check in with you as this all progresses. appreciate it. >> thank you, raj. up next, a new lab that may change treatment and care at kaiser. we're going to take you behind the scenes and get an inside look. also, are carpool stickers about to be a thing of the past? the program is set to expire, the program is set to expire, avt could it be s

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the california association of realtors say the median price for a home in the south bay is now $1.8 million. in san francisco, about $1.6 million. that's a 20% jump in one year. realtors say prices are now high enough to convince a lot of those hesitant homeowners to sell despite high interest rates that limit buyers. >> it is very much still a seller's market with very high demand of buyers, multiple offers on the properties that we are seeing come to market. >> realtors also say the majority of buyers are looking to pay for their down payments via stock options, which might help explain who's actually buying right now and how tech stocks are doing. the soaring hikes are also expected to drive more people to skip out and just keep renting. thousands of solo ev drivers may soon lose access to that carpool lane. that is unless congress decides to do something about it. we're talking about those stickers that allow drivers of

electric, hybrid, and hydrogen powered cars to drive in the hov lane no matter how many people are inside. but the program expires in september of next year. the current thinking is congress will not extend this program. the sticker program was started back in 1999 to motivate people to buy cleaner vehicles. well, something new for kaiser. a cutting-edge lab focused on catching genetic diseases and giving patients better care. kaiser is opening this lab in the south bay. it's the first of its kind in the kaiser system, and today we got an up-close look at some of its first tests. this lab is capable of screening for hundreds of genetic conditions at the same time. it can also tell patients which diseases they may be at risk for in the future. joining us now is dr. jason rosenbaum. he's the director of this new lab. doctor, thanks for being with us. let me ask you straight-up here. what makes your lab so special, especially for the kaiser

system? >> thanks. this lab represents a unique opportunity given kaiser's emphasis on long-term care and health improvement. genetic testing has advanced a lot in the last 20 years, but the laboratory hasn't enough upgrades, and so we're very excited to be able to offer the earliest screening and prevention opportunities to our members. >> doctor, in layman's terms, how does it exactly help patients? if i come in and go through this testing, how does it help? >> it would depend a little bit on the kind of testing, but we would take a blood sample or a saliva sample. and we evaluate your risk for certain conditions or your opportunity for certain kinds of

targeted therapy. a lot of innovation has come in testing -- you and your viewers may have seen advertisements on the super bowl for targeted therapy for lung cancer. that's the kind of testing that we're going to bring on board for kaiser members. >> final question, when will everything be up and running? we understand the first testing was today and this week. when is it fully operational? >> so we need to move the operations from the old lab into the new facility. [ inaudible ] we expect to be complete with the move later this fall, and then we'll start doing new and innovative tests in 2025. >> dr. jason rosenbaum with kaiser, appreciate it. good luck with the program and the lab. >> thank you so much. let's take you outside now on this monday evening. a live look at the bay bridge. what a day this was across the

bay area. but things are of course going to change later this week. jeff has our new timelineor when t fhe

welcome back. jeff ranieri is with us. i still can't get over what i went through over the weekend. thunder, lightning, hail, and all sorts of things on the peninsula. it was wild. >> i know. we had quite the mix for us. i think today by the time monday got here, we were all ready fun

temperatures. and we're going to see one more day of this, with this area of high pressure. so tomorrow coming in nice. let me show you more details on that and of course our updated rain chances as we head into later on this week. here it is. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 40s. i think a lot of us will start it off with some sunshine, but there will be the chance of some patchy fog near the coast and also the bay. then look at these numbers. by tomorrow afternoon, we're back up into the 70s here through a lot of the bay area. it will leave you at 72 in palo alto. 76 san jose. 75 in livermore. low 70s, martinez and napa. 74 right here in santa rosa. looking great tomorrow, and then those rain chances, i do see them starting to return by thursday. so we're basically going to get this cold blast of air moving on in with this storm system, not only giving us rain chances but even some thunderstorms back in the mix for us. so that rain chance getting here on thursday. looks like everybody would have

the possibility by thursday afternoon and evening. then we'd hold on to a spotty chance here on friday. i think the best and highest amount of rainfall we'd get is on thursday with a quarter to a half inch. then as we roll through friday's forecast, it's only trace amounts to about a tenth of an inch. on my seven-day forecast, here it is. dry weather tuesday and wednesday. thunderstorms and rain back thursday and friday. this weekend, still can't call it totally dry, but it's only a 20% chance of a pop-up shower on saturday. look at these numbers. 75 tomorrow. 55 on thursday. >> i thought we were done with the rain, and here it comes again. >> not quite yet. hang on. after this week, as we get into next week, looks like plenty of 70s are going to be back for us. >> thanks, buddy. as we wrap up, mario lopez just getting started with "access hollywood." >> the federal investigation of sean "diddy" combs is opening up all kinds of doors to his

troubled past. back in 1999 with girlfriend j.lo at his side, there was a shooting incident at a new york nightclub. diddy was arrested on weapons charges and later acquitted. but since the beginning, one victim has insisted it was diddy who fired the gun, and she's still got bullet fragments in her face. tonight on "access," she's giving any more details in her ongoing fight for justice. we'll also reveal who else is backing up her claims against diddy. plus, hollywood medium tyler henry gives our zuri hall at a reading at her home. we're going to show you what he saw that got zuri very emotional. that's all moments away on "access hollywood." after that, coming up in prime time here on nbc, catch an all new episode of the voice at 8:00. followed by deal or no deal island at 10:00. then of course our 11:00 news live and local. before we go, a woman in contra costa county is trying to break a world record. daisy tack is trying to become the record holder here for

longest scarf crocheted by an individual. that record stands or stretches, we should say, 834'8". but daisy gathered guinness volunteers for an official measuring early this afternoon hoping to beat it. >> i would do it little bits here and there every day. i ended up averaging a little over two feet a day. once i did all of my calculations. and in some ways, the hardest part is what you're seeing it right now is getting it

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tonight on access hollywood. >> i'm not shocked in my notes. >> new fallout from the diddy investigation as this woman claims he shot her in 1999 while with j. lo at a new york city nightclub. >> i had nothing to do with a shooting in this club. >> i mised