right now at 11:00, protesters are gathering at lockheed martin's research campus in sunnyvalley. the role they say the facility

plays regarding the ongoing war in gaza. oakland strike out. the a's confirm they will temporarily move to sacramento. the all-new words from the team's owner of the big move and the one silver lining for fans hoping to still catch the action. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us on our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm ginger con jer saab. both of those stories in just a moment, but first, there is lingering rain. here's a live look across the bay area where most of it has tapered off, but you may still see some of those showers. >> meteorologist kari hall kicking things off with our coverage here. which cities are seeing the most rain right now? >> it's part of the east bay that's still getting rain and it's light for the most part as we've seen it lasting for a couple of hours in the south bay, but as you go up in elevation it is snowing and here's what you are seeing at the observatory.

it's hard to see, but the snow is coming down very hard at this point. some of our higher elevations above 2,000 feet right now seeing the snow. we've seen that in much of the north bay mountains and parts of the east bay and the san jose foothills and then also for the santa cruz summit we are seeing some snow and some of the elevations as you climb above 2,000 feet and below that, we are seeing some rain. it has picked up quite a bit from hayward over toward pleasanton and livermore. some steady rain for contra costa county and it is starting to taper off for san jose, but still, it is snowing as we are going to see that continue for the next couple of hours. i'll be tracking this and i'll talk changes ahead for the weekend. >> thank you. a great way to keep up with the incoming rain is to download the free numbers bay area app. you will get custom weather alerts sent straight to your form and the nbc bay area stormranger is helping provide the most accurate radar in the bay area. >> happening right no,

pro-palestinian protesters are blocking the entrances to lockheed martin's research campuses in the south bay. nbc bay area's bob redell joins us from there. they want lockheed martin to stop supplying weaponry to the israel government, right? >> correct. nationwide, lockheed martin produces the f-16, f-35 fighter jets and hellfire missiles that the israeli military uses. so the protesters came here to sunnyvale to block the lockheed martin research campuses, three entrances. we are at one entrance at matilda and dava and they have been laying on the ground with their arms linked and right now, this is something that has happened in the past 60 seconds and they're getting up and possibly leaving and letting lockheed martin resume business as normal here today. their idea was to shut down campus and they said that they would be doing this all day long, but here we are at 11:00 and it looks like they're getting up to leave.

so just seeing this right now. protesters said they had blocked two other entrances, as well, in an effort to shut down this campus for the day. they start around 6:30 this morning and you can see there was a much larger group of protesters out here earlier and well over a hundred. part of the protest against israel's attack in gaza was written down in temporary paint on the entrance here and you can see the war against humanity was the writing and the seven staffers of the world central kitchenaid group who were killed by an israeli air strike. hamas has been a designated terrorist group attacked on october 7th killing over 1,000 israelis and taking hostages. the palestinian ministry said it killed 33,000 palestinians in the gaza strip and claims that of that number, two-thirds are

women and children. >> you cannot kill resistance with bombs. you cannot also justify what happened on october 7th with the killing of 32,000 palestinian civilians and increasing and that's not even including the people who have yet to be identified beneath the rubble. the only way forward is a diplomatic solution which involves bringing the two entities together and actually discussing what long-term safety and security looks like. there has never been a military solution to safety and security. we've seen this throughout history in the past and it is time to come to the table and actually talk about what peace actually means to the people of palestine and also the people of israel. >> the lockheed location in sunnyvale does not produce fighter jets or the hellfire missiles. this location is responsible for the missile system also known as the iron dome protecting about

oncoming muscles and respect others and perform with excellence and these values provide clear, unambiguous and uncompromising standards with compassion and we are honored to partner with the u.s. military and our international partners to deliver strategic deterrence and solution. the sunnyvale police department have been out here all morning and there are only a couple of officers here now and earlier they said they were not intervening because this was a peaceful protest and again, it appears that this protest might have come to an end at least here at the gate entrance in matilda in sunnyvale. reporting live in sunnyvale, nbc bay area news. today's protest comes as we are still waiting word. this is from the white house on a reported phone call between president joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu. their talks come after seven world central kitchenaid workers were killed in an air strike on monday and bob was mentioning that and it's sparked global outrage and calls for a ceasefire in gaza. the non-profit is seeking an independent investigation. netanyahu admits his forces are reasonable for what he calls an inundated task, humanitarian aid workers are among the lives lost since the conflict in the middle east began. >> also developing at this hour, the a's just announcing that this will be their last season at the oakland coliseum. >> the team finalized the deal to play in sacramento until the vegas stadium is ready. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins us with the heartbreaking news for a's fans. >> the a's will play at the sacramento starting next season. one small consolation for fans

is that the broadcast deal will continue so we can still watch here at home. a's leadership held a press conference at sutter health park home of the sacramento river cats, john fisher who fans were pressuring to sell the team said despite efforts to strike a deal to stay put in oakland, the team is now looking forward to their temporary home in sacramento. >> we are excited to be here in the next three years playinging in this beautiful ballpark and also be able to watch some of the greatest players in baseball with the judge and others launched home runs out of this very intimate and most intimate ballpark in all of major league baseball for the next three years. >> the a's will play at sutter health park for three seasons with an option for a fourth. the goal is still, though, to be

in las vegas by 2028. we won't know sacramento ticket prices until later this summer when the mlb releases schedules, but we do know the ticket members will get first priority to renew and get seats and they will get priority to buy tickets. here in the bay area, again, you can still watch the games on nbc sports california, and that's starting next season. sutter health park is a minor league stadium. so while it is newer than the coliseum it is considerably smaller with a total capacity of 14,000 seats including standing room. for their season opener, just to give you some perspective the a's only filled 13,000 seats. according to the team it will be modernized with led lighting and adding another clubhouse. the deal comes days after the a's failed to reach a deal with oakland leaders to stay at the coliseum for the next few

seasons. the a's and oakland just could not close what was an $80 million gap. the a's own a 50% stake in the coliseum and that is where oakland mayor sheng thao said he will focus now. in a statement the oakland mayor said we wish the a's the best and we will continue our conversations with them on facilitating their sale their share of the coliseum fight. it will focus on advancing redevelopment efforts at the coliseum. while the a's will share space with the sacramento river cats the a's say the minor league team won't get shoved off the field and will work to accommodate both team's schedules. we won't know much about that until the mlb releases that later on. >> thanks a lot, kris. a lot to follow there. in other news a firefighter is recovering in san francisco. this happened at 7:00 in the

morning on 74th avenue and kirkam street. one person was rescued from the front window of a home and that firefighter suffered minor injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> we are getting a look at the aftermath of an attempted smash and grab in oakland. this happened before 6:00 this morning. police say that the suspects, well, they were at a bank of america on bancroft avenue and ripped off the atm on the wall and we don't know if those suspects got -- or how many were involved or if they were able to get any of the cash. so far, no arrests have been made. >> happening today, governor gavin newsom and joe biden's administration are joining forces to highlight a solar canal project and that project will install solar panels over irrigation canals along one of the state's primary areas which will help the state deliver more

clean power and more water. the virtual event is happening at noon. >> we continue to follow the latest on recovery efforts in taiwan following this week's powerful earthquake. ahead, where it lies right now. plus one of the world's leading experts in ai is worrying about computer confusion. our scott mcgrew is explaining the woman masking up in front of her computer. first, monday's solar eclipse will be partially visible right here in the bay area and we will have special coverage on air beginning around 10:00 a.m. if you want to know more like the best ways to take a picture or look at the eclipse, just go to our website, nbc bay area.com. you can click on the trending bar to see all of our stories ahead of monday's eclipse.

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taiwan at this hour. teams are entering a second day of work after the country's strongest earthquake in a quarter century. >> taiwan is still experiencing powerful aftershocks while they comb the rubble for survivors. nbc's janice mackey frayer is on the ground with new developments. >> this is hualien, and this is not the only building that is leaning so precariously. it shows how forceful the 7.4 magnitude earthquake was and this is the area hardest hit just 11 miles from the earthquake's epicenter. more than a thousand people were injured in the quake and hundreds are said to be trapped or missing and there's now an all-out search to try to reach them. here in hualien, they are assessing the damage. crews were pulling survivors through windows and buildings like this are beginning to be demolished because there's

simply no hope to rebuild them and people are going through their houses and sifting through what's left and what's been lost and lamenting that so much can be destroyed in such a short period of time and the real urgency here is in the mountain areas around hualien. it's where helicopters have been rescuing mine workers stuck in a quarry and there are still dozens who are still stranded there and hundreds of people said to be trapped on roads that have been cut off by landslides. some of them are trapped in tunnels and there are dozens of people who are stuck in hotels and a national park. argue quakes are not uncommon here. taiwan sits on seismic fault lines along the pacific ring of fire, but they do have good systems in place to try to prepare for them. there's cell phone alerts and very strict building codes and still, people are saying that they've not experienced one as strong as this. at least 200 people are now

living in temporary shelters because there are too many aftershocks and their houses are not yet stable and again, the priority remains reaching those people who are stranded and desperately need to get to safety. >> we do hope that they can get to those people in time. janice mackey frayer there. four major league baseball parks now use facial recognition instead of a ticket to allow their fans to enter. more and more airports are also using it at security gates. >> yeah. you may be concerned about privacy and that's a legitimate concern. scott mcgrew says there's another worry that for some people it just doesn't work. >> those are conflicting concerns, aren't they? it either works too well or it doesn't work well enough. in the case of it doesn't work well enough there's a lot of academic research showing facial recognition fails especially hard with women of color

especially black women and it could be an inconvenience. as it identifies an innocent woman as a wanted murderer and one is also a black woman the doctor is a fulbright scholar and delves into the algorithms to try to find out why ai struggles with faces like hers or men which she calls -- >> i got a chance to ask her a couple of questions. >> both in the ted talk and the cover of the book there's a mask. tell me the significance of the mask. >> yeah. the mask for me was really my starting point for starting to ask our computers neutral. so i was a student at the m.i.t. media lab. i finally made it to the future

factory. i was working on an art installation that used face-tracking technology and as i was testing out this installation it didn't consistently detect my face until i put on a white mask, and when i put on that white mask over my dark-skinned face that mask was detected. when i took it off that was no longer detected, and that was the starting point for me to ask our machine's as neutral as i assumed for them to be? >> dr. bowen says one reason ai struggles to recognize darker skin may be as simple as the sample photographs used to teach it what a face looks like and it's seen more white faces than black and it does what it knows. this sort of bias is prevalent in medicine. women are given prescriptions and treatments based on what other patients that are nothing like them. >> i didn't realize how many

people were unaware of some of the issues. so many well-intentioned people trying to create cool technologies and innovations to solve problems and not being aware that these sorts of issues can come in. so by speaking up, i like to say if you have a face you have a place in the conversation about ai. >> the ai community is working on the problem. most recently google found it went too far in compensating adding black faces to the ai generation too often. so if you ask google's gemini to draw a picture of the founding fathers to the constitution it would add black members to the team. health concerns regarding flaring at local refinery have plagued the east bay for months now, but state lawmakers say they are looking to make change. this morning on "today in the bay" we talked to east bay congressman who said the refineries are important to the economy, but the industry is in

transition as the bay area moves away from fossil fuels. this all comes after several flaring incidents from the refinery in martinez. residents are filing lawsuits. the congressman says the refinery is under several investigations. >> we have the federal chemical safety board there who is doing the investigation and the bay area air quality management doing the investigation and the contra costa health department, all of whom are very good at this, so they are in the refinery and going through and finding the root causes of those things and the district attorney has also opened the investigation in contra costa. >> the refinery is cooperating with that? >> not as much as we would like. >> the congressman will host a town hall in lafayette at 6:30 later today. he will speak on other community issues with reproductive rights. >> step outside, if you step in

kari will let you know. >> it is so cold, even when it's not raining. we've had such a shift in the temperatures and sky condition. we're taking a look with four of the microclimate showing a lot of clouds and wet roads out there. we've had quite a bit of rain and it lingers for parts of the bay area. we've seen much of the activity tapering off and we are still seeing rain in marin county and parts of sonoma county and snow as you go up in elevation and it's also been snowing for the san jose foothills. we are also going to see much more of this activity moving through and tapering off for a little while into the afternoon, but with the center of this storm close by it's going to continue to keep our weather unsettled, not only today, but tomorrow, as well even as it dips farther to the south. so we are going to see some breaks and maybe a little bit of sunshine while it stays cool and then look at 5:30 this evening as people are trying to head home from work and school. we are going to see some snow in

the santa cruz summit and a wintry mix and off and on rain across the bay area. so we are look at some breaks in the activity early tomorrow morning and then during the afternoon it starts to come back again, just when you think we're in the cheer there will be rain tomorrow night, as well. these temperatures are only in the mid-50s and we started up with some of us near 80 degrees and we will also have a cool day tomorrow even with more breaks in the rain and some chances may pack more of a punch as we go through the evening with the possibility of thunderstorms, small hail and gusty winds that could reach 40 miles per hour. once again, we talked about the snow on the bay area mountains above 2,000 to 3,000 feet and they're looking at about four to 12 inches of snow. the cool air is here now. there will be one more shot of cool air and a slight chance of

rain on sunday and then it quickly warms up as high pressure builds and that's what we'll see throughout much of next week. a look at our seven-day forecast shows temperatures in the mid to upper 50s in the inland areas and saturday and sunday, it's still going to be cool, but at least we're going to see rain chances decreasing significantly and next week, we are back to spring. low 70s in time for the solar eclipse as we go into the afternoon and low 80s by next wednesday. a look at san francisco also shows some chilly temperature as we head into the weekend with dryer conditions next week. ginger and marcus? >> happening now, a man is behind bars for the murder in fairfield. officers are now saying that they've arrested 39-year-old eric john fredericks on suspicion of murder in the death of 43-year-old zabullion baldwin. police are asking anyone

the powerball jackpot is growing after no one won last night's draw. two lucky tickets in california matched five of the six numbers. those tickets are worth nearly $2 million. so che them again if y bought them. here are the winning numbers from last night. we've got 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and

15, but since no one won the reay. ray. rey. rae. reae. p powerball jackpot on saturday it is now worth more than a billion dollars. >> must be nice. >> let the bills rain. >> speaking of rain, here you go. >> we've had a very soggy morning across parts of the bay area. chilly as well and it feels like we've gone back to winter and looking ahead to next week, spring will be returning. it's the battle of the air masses as we like to call it and yeah. we're in a battle right now. >> spring will re-sprung. >> i like that. >> thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. midday newscast. n't forgetdo

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