good morning. it is 7:00 on the nose. it is sunday, may 12th, and it's a beautiful start to this mother's day. thanks for joining us. i'm chris chmura, sitting in for kira klapper, who

is taking mother's day off. cinthia pimentel is here with a quick look at the microclimate weather forecast. how's the forecast for mom? cynthia? it's looking good away from the coast. we're going to have some cooler changes for those moms today. we are starting off our sunday morning with a bit of a marine layer present for mom out towards san francisco. and if you look really closely, there are some little water droplets on there. so there's some drizzle also that we're looking at near the coastline through oakland. it's just sucking in the bay bridge. and as we go on into santa rosa, some of those spots near the valleys are also being limited with the visibility there. san jose we see the low deck of cloud cover there. we actually have an inversion, so temperatures are a bit warmer as we start to rise above the clouds. now our planner here, if we're taking mom to the coast, it's going to be chilly. the clouds are going to stick around temperatures only in the 60s, but then we go into our microclimates inland. we're going to warm up into the 80s today. i'll show you the rest of the bay area planner for today and when the models might be hinting at some light rain returning chris, back to you.

all right, cynthia, thanks very much. a celebration turned protest student demonstrators used yesterday's graduation ceremony at uc berkeley to speak out about the ongoing war between israel and hamas. and i don't mean adding an 8 a.m. to your schedule. we are truly drum majors for social. all right, come on now. yeah. so that is university's the live stream of the ceremony. pro-palestinian protesters chanting in the background as student body president sydney roberts started giving her speech while member of the administration steps in telling the protesters they are being heard but asking them to respect the speaker. video shared on social media shows some of the protests up close. you can see some students chanting from the stands while others walk into the stadium, the university says protests left the protesters. that is, left the stadium voluntarily. no arrests were made. in her speech, roberts briefly addressed the university's history with student protests.

thank you, sunny. this wouldn't be berkeley without a protest. so i get it. yeah. uc berkeley released a statement about the demonstrations that said, in part, while today's commencement was at times unforeseen and disrupted, it did not prevent us from honoring the hard work and accomplishments of our students. the war in the middle east rages on. it's also been two years since a well-known palestinian american journalist died reporting in the west bank. today in the bay's alyssa gore takes us to a gathering in san francisco. shereen abu aqleh several hundred people joined for a memorial at san francisco's embarcadero. they're remembering shireen abu akleh, a well-known palestinian american reporter for al jazeera, who was shot and killed two years ago while reporting in the occupied west bank. she was covering a israeli military incursion into the jenin refugee camp. they shot her in these few inches between her press jacket and her

vest, wearing a clearly marked press vest and a helmet. israel ultimately admitted one of its soldiers likely fired that shot accidentally. you don't accidentally shoot someone in the two inches with a that's a sniper shot, and it's an intentional one. abu aqlehs family, including her cousin who lives in berkeley, say there has not been justice or accountability for her death. her cousin says she's not surprised to see the number of journalists who have been killed in gaza since october 7th. at the end of the day, it's a green light, including to the targeting of journalists. according to the committee to protect journalists, at least 97 journalists have been confirmed dead in gaza. the majority of those killed are palestinians. this is the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern history. dina thakeray says abu malik was her friend and colleague. she says her al jazeera colleagues and their families have continued to be targeted in the west bank and in

gaza. this month, israel ordered al jazeera to shut down operations there. a threat to press freedom in one place is a threat to press freedom everywhere, with israel effectively barring foreign journalists in gaza, those with loved ones there have relied on social media accounts of people on the ground. everybody is now have having access to the stories that are coming out of gaza raw, unfiltered, directly from the people that are suffering that are paying the huge, huge price. san francisco resident jumana says her cousin was only able to escape gaza a few weeks ago and is now unrecognizable due to starvation. she and others here are urging for more from the international community, including to protect those capturing the stories of gaza. journalists cannot be targeted. they should be protected under international law. we want to be able to live in peace like any other nation. alyssa goard today in the bay a dramatic rescue in contra costa county, a young

child pulled out of the water on bethel island just before five yesterday. a five year old went missing in the home, the water behind a home. firefighters say rescue crews pulled the child from the water about 15 minutes later, paramedics performed cpr and rushed the child to the hospital. no word, though, on how the child is doing. it's also unclear how long the child was in the water, firefighters say. and this is a message for everyone. as the weather gets warmer, it's important to always keep an eye on kids whenever your family is near water. a san francisco community is rallying around one of their neighbors after someone targeted him and two racist incidents. people gathered at alamo square yesterday to show terry williams they support him and his family. the lifelong alamo square resident is a well known dog walker. well, he received a package last month inside a doll in a noose and a message with a vile racial slur telling him to leave. well, soon after the family was targeted again. williams says he's shaken and

neighbors are outraged. when this happened, i was horrified and i think it's incredibly special to know that there are so many other people out there that recognize that this is not okay, and we don't stand for it. i think this is amazing. you know, this incident is so ugly and at the same time, look at what it brings out. it brings out love. so that's a beautiful thing. and a beautiful day for it. police are investigating. in the meantime, neighbors are raising money to get williams a better security system. and add more cameras in their neighborhood. happening today, glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of the late reverend cecil williams, the long time leader of san francisco's glide memorial church, died last month at the age of 94. he was known as a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor. reverend amos brown is among those speaking at the public memorial. brown and williams had a friendship spanning nearly 50 years, he says. what williams built at

glide will last far beyond his remarkable lifetime. that church was about being concerned about justice and opportunity and food, clothes and housing for the others who have been marginalized. brown added that vice president kamala harris sent him a letter he's going to read at the memorial. the celebration of life for the reverend is happening at 1:00 today at glide memorial church on ellis street. we will also live stream it on our website, nbcbayarea.com, and our other streaming platforms. for the second night in a row, the northern lights were visible all over the u.s, including the bay area, and they were simply beautiful. our team assembled a jaw dropping tour. let's go phones out pointed up. this is some stunning video from everett, washington last night.

rich colors shining so brightly in the saturday night sky. all right, let's head back to california. here's the view from blue canyon in placer county. some stunning time lapse video courtesy of photographer brian folda. thank you brian. next up, mendocino county. the best place to view the spectacle is away from city lights and the mendocino county beaches are, well, a great place to enjoy the purple, yellow and green skies above the pacific ocean and back to the bay area with the right camera and exposure, you are able to see the lights here at home. check out these photos courtesy of meteorologist rob mayeda friday night in danville, you can see the blue and purple lights hovering above the houses. astronomers. though warm, these vibrant colors might have a dark side because this, this storm of charged particles that's interacting with our magnetic field, it's kind of disrupting the earth's magnetic field. and that can cause all kinds of problems with radio communications with gps, it can

cause problems like power failures. case in point, starlink, the satellite arm of elon musk's spacex, warned of degraded service because of the geomagnetic storm. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, we'll take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with kristen welker. for a preview of this week's meet the press

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conflicting interest today. he'll meet the press here on nbc. moderator kristen welker is joining us live. kristen, good morning. what's the most important question you're asking the secretary of state today? well, i asked him about why they weren't able to reach a definitive conclusion in this report that they just released about whether israel has

committed war crimes. and he said, look, it's a very complicated situation on the ground. but he did say that they have examples of that raise serious questions about whether or not israel may have violated international law. he also wouldn't get specific about what president biden's red line is for potentially withholding military aid. and he made it very clear that the united states will continue to stand by israel, but may not continue to provide those massive weapons, those massive bombs that they've been giving to israel that can flatten entire blocks and neighborhoods. so there is a lot that comes out of this. he also said that there is still hope for those negotiations for a potential ceasefire that would also include a release of the hostages. but of course, those talks fell apart last week amid a range of different factors, from hamas to israel threatening to go into rafah. chris, how satisfied are you with the answers you got and how satisfied do you think our

viewers will be with the answers you got? well, i'll leave that to our viewers to decide. but i do think, look, the secretary is very clear about how the biden administration is approaching this. they want to see a clear plan for from israel about how they will mitigate civilian deaths. the secretary was very direct about that. he said. they have not seen such a plan. they want to see such a plan, and it's going to be impossible to move forward until they see that plan. so again, the private communication, the diplomatic talks continue into this weekend as the biden administration really tries to lean on israel, to do more to mitigate and protect civilian lives. all right, joanne christian, thank you so much, christian. join christian for this morning's meet the press. you also have exclusive interviews with senators bernie. sanders and lindsey graham. meet the press starts at 8:00 right after our newscast. so just stay right here. coming up in about 30 minutes. more political discussion nbc bay area political analyst doctor larry

gersten is joining us to look at reproductive rights. some states have reproductive rights questions on their ballots. doctor gersten offers his take on this hot button of the november election. president biden is back on the east coast after a fundraising trip out here out west. yesterday, the president stopped in seattle. it's his first time visiting washington state since 2022, nbc reports. the president attended a fundraiser at a former microsoft executives home. other prominent politicians, including washington's governor, also attended. just prior, president biden visited here. the bay area, on friday. he attended a fundraiser at a venture capitalists home. well, a big honor for a beloved former national park ranger. yesterday, cal state east bay conferred an honorary doctorate of humane letters to better read soskin, the 102 year old has led a most remarkable life. soskin graduated from oakland high school, worked as a file clerk at the richmond shipyards during world war two, then became active in the civil rights movement. but she is perhaps

best known for her long tenure as a u.s. park ranger at the rosie the riveter world war two home front national historic park in richmond. she retired two years ago at the age of 100. congrats doctor betty. all right, now to a graduation story in san diego where triplets are getting ready to head off to college. but it's also a story about resilience in the face of adversity and grief. when angela, brianna, and cherise were sophomores, they lost their dad to a rare disease. well, now as seniors, their dad would be triple proud of his daughters. three prestigious schools have accepted the triplets usc, yale and stanford throughout. like his illness and everything, we always made it a priority to keep our grades up even though we were struggling, keep our grades up, keep our extracurriculars up. and because we knew that's what he wanted us, he wanted us to succeed in school. and another thing their

dad wanted was the family to stay close and keep in touch. the girls say they are doing that. they have a pact. they will regularly do facetime from opposite sides of the country. congratulations graduates trending this morning flips acrobatics and eccentric costumes, but not here in the nbc bay area studio no. cirque de soleil is back in the south bay. the big top has returned to san jose for the first time since 2019. the production is called kooza. cirque du soleil says kooza is about an endearing yet naive clown who's looking for his place in the world. there are hundreds of costumes in the show, and one of the designers tells us making those costumes requires a special stitch to factor in the performers stunts. we need to take into consideration their acrobatic performance and security. first. that's the main concern, and that's my main concern when i design. the cirque de soleil show is playing

at the santa clara county fairgrounds until the end of may. tickets are still available for their shows. people and pups packed papal park last night, all for a good cause. the 20th annual fur ball. it's the humane society of silicon valley's annual gala. more than 600 people and 100 dogs, all dressed up last night celebrating a longtime supporter to judy marcus. attendees also pledged money to support the humane society's work to clear the shelters, which. nbc bay area and telemundo 48 proudly support. stay tuned. we have a big initiative planned this summer. now. this will help the work that we do to go out and provide veterinary care for animals with families who wouldn't otherwise have access to it, keeping those families together and keeping pets in homes where they're already loved is it's a win win. it's great for the pet, it's great for the family. and then it also lets us focus on another homeless animal to find, find a place for them. hey, and you might recognize that person. that's kira klapper. she was the

emcee, which is fantastic. and that's part of the reason why she's not here today. she had to stay up late last night, which such a great organization that we work with every single year. cynthia, as part of clear the shelters every year. yeah, it's our favorite things to do. it's a really amazing campaign that we have here. and you just go out and see all the animals that need a home. it's just like pulls at your heartstrings and you just. i just want to take all of them sometimes. but i have two to deal with. but you have to share and you already have to share. so we're just going to pass them over to you. yeah, exactly. i already got one. and he runs the place. he knows, speaking of running the show, happy mother's day to all the moms out there for really running the show. even though the dog running the show, that is amazing. i mean, all of the moms and mother figures, like, how do you do it? yeah. kira is one of them. i mean, she just tells us about all of the activities throughout the week, and i'm just like, girlfriend, when do you, like, sleep? well,

hopefully today. late, hopefully today. hopefully today. she is nice and cozy at home and enjoying whatever her kids and her husband have planned for her . but as we take a look outside the door, we have a marine layer gift for mom through san francisco. squint really closely and you can see some of the water droplets out there near the coast. a bit more clearing starting to appear around 680 in san ramon, but we just see the bay bridge. the visibility changes around the bay area, something we have to just keep in mind as we head out the door this morning. i do see it clearing though, pushing back to the coast as we go to about 1230 this afternoon. just hugging the coastline as you're going to be hugging your mom later on tonight with better clearing and some warming conditions as we make our way inland. so what about those temperatures? here we go with those microclimates at full effect here as we go on and take a look along the coastline. 63 san francisco, half moon bay, san mateo. we go to the bay shore and we'll do 70 to upper 70s down through hayward, fremont. but then as we move on inland, it's going to be

toasty out there towards fairfield, santa rosa, and down through the santa clara valley. we'll do 85 in morgan hill for today as we go on and plan the second half of the day, though, those picnics that you're planning outside are going to turn just a little bit breezy. we're going to see those wind gusts picking up around three four this afternoon. nothing too crazy, but about 20 mile an hour. winds through san francisco. it's going to get gusty out there for the giants game. it's the last one in the series before they host the dodgers tomorrow. so that's going to be pretty exciting as we take a look and see what's going to happen. as in going into next week. here's where things are going to get interesting. you're going to notice just a touch cooler temperatures as we go on into tomorrow, especially through santa clara, will go from the low 80s today, dropping it down into the 70s as we go on into our monday tuesday, and then we're going back up on this roller coaster through the middle part of the week, back into the 80s there. i do see wednesday, thursday, friday trending to be some of the warmer days before we drop again on this roller coaster. and i hinted at the top of the show that we're going to be looking

for some changes ahead in our long term forecast. the rain is going to stay away. we'll watch and keep an eye on the sierra thunderstorms, which are pretty typical for this time of the year. but the models are hinting at some changes cooler as we go on into about sunday of next week. the models are painting a little bit more of that rain, but i'll take care of that. you take care of taking care of mom today and are looking at our 7-day forecast, which so far has sunshine icons out there through san francisco. once we do mix out of this cloud cover here, we'll see temperatures in the mid 60s. slightly cooler for our monday, but then staying nice and comfortable through the rest of the week. sunshine and upper 60s. maybe hitting the low 70s by wednesday, but our inland valleys look at that. we'll just cruise this week. in the 80s, there we'll feel summer like temperatures as we go on into wednesday and then just continuing like that through the rest of the week. what are the chances mom is watching right now? she is one of our loyal viewers in san rafael and i love her so much. we spent the day together yesterday. it's the one day of the year we're allowed to

say hi mom on tv. hi mom. hi, mom. thanks so much, cynthia. you're welcome. see you soon. all right. there is much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, the giants were averaging three runs over the past 15 games last night. they scored more than that in the first inning. you're going to see how matt chapman sparked the team to a much needed victory over the reds. sports is next.

and nearly a year, scored four runs in the first inning, the orange and black taking on the reds at oracle park. bottom one with the sax packed matt chapman with the denny's special. it's a grand slam four nothing giants six san francisco pitchers gave up a total of just one earned run. the giants also played some great defense. the giants beat the reds 5 to 1, sparked by that big first inning. you know, we

got a few sparks today. certainly the home run in the first. but then all the defense and those can be momentum swings just as much as offensively. we're grinding a little bit you know playing our best baseball. so to be able to jump out early like that is huge. and you know i think that, you know we can build off a game like today. and you know we obviously have a lot of work to do still. but it feels good for sure. the a's in the pacific northwest to take on seattle. it was a one run game until the a's blow it open in the eighth. bases loaded. max shuman doubles to the corner and left. all three runners score five two. oakland the a's scored three more runs in the ninth, highlighted by a two run shot from j.j. bleday. the a's beat the mariners 8 to 1, this left hand side for vito costa, les espinoza and espinoza. oh yeah, san jose cristian espinoza scores the game winning goal in the 66th minute at colorado. the

quakes erased a two goal deficit by scoring three straight for their first road win of the season. the quakes beat the rapids three two back on the road in orlando to take on the pride goalkeeper caitlin rowland made a career best nine saves, but she couldn't stop a penalty kick by adriana in the 33rd minute. it was the only score of the match. bay fc held without a goal for the first time this season. orlando wins one nil. bay fc is back in action friday at home against san diego. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for today in the bay. quite the giants game anthony thanks very much. coming up on today in the bay father brother not just cheers for graduate students protest during berkeley's commencement while calling for a cease fire in gaza. plus rare, spectacular light shows this weekend you have one more chance to see it. the best times and

places to get a glimpse of this geomagnetic storm and the trouble it could cause here on

good morning. it is sunday and it is 730. and that i think, is the bay bridge. that is our emeryville camera. i think there's mostly fog in that frame, but there are spots where you can take in plenty of sun for today mother's day, and cynthia is going to tell us where in just a minute. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm chris chmura sitting in for kira klapper. all right. where can we find the sun? well, we can find it right behind me. look at napa. we're dealing with those low clouds for today. but if you're taking mom out to wine country, she's going to need a sun hat. after the layers. this morning, we're going to reach the 70s. by the time that we get to 12, 1:00, 2:00, we're already upper 70s, and we could reach

the 80 degree mark out there in wine country. so cheers to mom. our headlines that we're going to walk you through in about ten minutes are we're after this cloudy and drizzly start. we're going to have a nice day for mom, whether she likes the cool coast or if she likes the warmer inland. we'll talk about the slight cooling to start off our workweek and what's ahead in the full microclimate forecast. back to you, chris. cynthia, thanks. a celebration turned protest student demonstrators used yesterday's graduation ceremony at uc berkeley to speak out about the ongoing war between israel and hamas. and i don't mean adding an 8 a.m. to your schedule. we are truly drum majors for social. all right, come on now. yeah, that is video from the university's live feed of the ceremony. you heard those pro-palestinian protesters chanting in the background as student body president sydney roberts started giving her speech, a member of the administration steps in telling the protesters they are being heard, but asking them to respect the speaker. video shared on social media shows

some of those protests up close. you can see some students chanting from the stands while others walk into the stadium, the university says. protesters left the stadium voluntarily. no arrests in her speech, roberts briefly addressed the university's fairly well known history with student protests. thank you sunny. this wouldn't be berkeley without a protest, so i get it true. uc berkeley released a statement about the demonstrators that said, in part, while today's commencement was at times unfortunately disrupted, it did not prevent us from honoring the hard work and accomplishments of our students. meanwhile pomona college moved today's commencement to almost 30 miles away to shrine auditorium in los angeles because protesters set up an encampment on the ceremony stage, the college says it's also adding security measures for today's ceremony. overseas israel has issued an urgent warning to palestinians in parts of rafah to evacuate the new orders, advise palestinians to

head to shelters in a designated humanitarian zone. israel has already sent some tanks into rafah now for months. it has warned it will launch a ground assault there to destroy what it says is left of hamas. this is in retaliation for the october 7th attacks in israel. the invasion is raising international condemnations because of israel's refusal to outline detailed protections for civilians happening today here at home, glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of the late reverend cecil williams, the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church, died last month at the age of 94. a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor, reverend amos brown is among those speaking at the public memorial. brown and williams had a friendship spanning nearly 50 years, he says. what williams built at glide will far outlast his remarkable lifetime. that church was about being concerned about

justice and opportunity and food, clothes and housing for the others who have been marginalized, brown added. vice president kamala harris sent him a letter he's going to read at the memorial, and we are going to stream it live. the celebration for the reverend is happening at 1:00 at glebe memorial on ellis street, but we will have it live on our website, nbcbayarea.com and our other streaming platforms in the north bay. a second highway closure for a major repaving project expect detours on highway 37. friday night, caltrans shut down westbound 37 between vallejo and sears point. the lanes are set to reopen tomorrow morning. well, detour options include taking northbound 29 to westbound highway 12, san francisco based openai plans to announce

artificial intelligence powered artificial intelligence powered search product tomorrow. it will no doubt raise the stakes in its competition with search king google. the announcement is scheduled the day before google's annual i o conference starts, and there, google is expected to unveil a slew of ai related products for the second night in a row. the san francisco bay area was treated to a rare solar phenomenon the northern lights were visible in places where they normally aren't. people had their phones out and pointed up. this is some video, stunning video captured from everett, washington last night. we're going to get to bay area video in just a minute. the colors though up there so bright shining in the sky. we spoke with one man who saw the solar show firsthand, doctor sushant mahajan from the stanford solar group took these pictures friday night. he says he's seen the northern lights before, but from montana, not the bay area. so he drove his three year old daughter up to mount hamilton to

catch a glimpse and says the experience was amazing. seeing people kind of forget that we are a part of a huge galaxy of 100 billion stars, which you can see with your naked eye if you're outside the influence of city lights, which is the milky way. and we were reminded of that yesterday night, he says. there's a chance we could see this in the bay area again tonight, but after that it will be at least another 11 years. and it all depends on the strength of the geomagnetic storm that creates the lights. be sure to look up. we are moving you forward this mother's day weekend. this morning we're shining a spotlight on two groups working to help bay area moms. they created the organization help a mother out. it's holding a mother's day donation drive to collect diapers and wipes for local agencies. in just a month, they collected more than 15,000 diapers through their networks. mom blogs, as well as their play

and learning spaces. meanwhile, two east bay moms also wanted to give back to their fellow mothers. seal beach balaji is the founder of an up and coming jewelry brand, gold stories. devarana is a local artist, painter and dancer. together they've designed jewelry that aims to pay special tribute to moms everywhere. i think it's important, especially women, mothers supporting other mothers and women of color like it's almost like a subset of, like a bigger population asian. and you need to push each other up. the businesses launch event also collected diapers for help a mother out. still to come on today in the bay. bedbugs are bouncing back. we're going to help one family get their money back for a detoured vacation where they found bedbugs. and we're also going to help you prevent a six legged infestation after your next trip. stay with

but it's mother's day, so if you haven't gone to the store yet, right now is your chance to bolt. the only thing i need you to be mindful of is those changes in visibilities. we have lower clouds there out towards sfo and also stretching out towards our inland valleys. we're trying to see some of the sun peeking through 101 in san jose, but still those clouds remain. temperatures 60 degrees. let's help you. maybe make some plans. mill valley music festival, day two out there. we're going to see the temperatures at around noon. still in the 60s with some sun and clouds clearing by the afternoon. and then we're going to feel the breeze kick in just a little bit more near the water out there in mill valley. so go out and have a good time. as far as a good time around the bay area, what about this? our microclimates are in full effect, 60s out near the coast with some cloud cover. it will be hugging it tight out there through the day. we'll go to 70.

bay shore 73, in oakland, 79, in palo alto. and then we start to warm up, get pretty toasty as we make our way into the inland valleys. 82 in santa rosa to 84 in concord, 86 down in morgan hill. as we go ahead and take a look at the next couple of days, here's where you're going to feel just a slightly cooler day for our monday plans. continuing with that summerlike pattern, where the clouds remain at the coast for monday, temperatures come down just a little bit through san francisco. half moon bay to some low 80s. as we make our way into the inner parts of the valleys. by tuesday, we're going to feel the winds take a little bit of a shift, actually bring some of that inland heat. so it's going to be nice and toasty through clear lake, vacaville, san jose at 8360s through the coast. and by wednesday, here we go. we're up in that roller coaster once again, feeling more like summer as we deepen through our workweek here wednesday and thursday, i think will be the warmest of it. and we're looking at 91 in ukiah, 81 in santa rosa to 71 in san mateo and 83 down in san jose. as we take a look and see our long range forecast,

we haven't had rain in a little bit. so that makes the concerns for wildfire. of course, through the week a little heightened. so just be mindful of that. but the models are starting to put a little bit more green here cooling things down into next saturday and sunday. so we'll see how far up that rain chance right there remains overall, our inland 7-day forecast will remain nice and dry for mom. lots of sunshine and 80s, but if you like cooler temperatures mom's. we are going to be going to san francisco for some foggy start over the next couple of days to just cruising in the 60s, so i hope you like that. we brought a little bit of everything for everyone. chris, what do you think mom wants today, son? cool. both. she loves warm temperatures. she always runs cold. oh, excellent. it was 83 degrees upstairs in the house yesterday.

find them on your next vacation and unknowingly bring them back

home with you. our team helped an east bay family that ran into an expensive insect issue. plus, we have some tips on how you can avoid these guys. there's stuff crawling all over them. nathan gaither's recent trip might leave you scratching your head, arms, and legs. i went to kentucky. that's where i went to school and my high school best friend from pleasanton was actually getting married out there. his photo album includes friends, family and bed bugs in an airbnb. all it took was pulling back the covers and looking just at the line of the mattress, and they were kind of all over the place. the gaithers learned the hard way that the bedbug population is bouncing back. there is more of a risk. that's orkin entomologist ben hottel. he says bedbugs are hitchhikers, and covid slowed them down. we saw really drastic reduction in bedbugs because people weren't traveling as much. but now people are traveling again. so the bedbug population is growing again. it

is not as common as it used to be, but once again, it's been increasing. more and more hotels suggests we all check for bedbugs on vacation immediately inspect the bed and box. spring close looks around there and the cracks and crevices. that's usually where they're going to be hiding at. next, turn your attention to the headboard. bang on the headboard a little bit, to see if they'll scatter from behind. they're all clear, rest assured, but play it safe anyway . keep your suitcase away from the bed. don't like open it up and leave it on on top of the bed, because that's usually where the bedbugs are at when you get home, fire up the washer and dryer, hoddle says. high heat should kill any six legged souvenirs and any hopes they have of infesting your home. that is some strong incentive to do the laundry as soon as you get home? right yeah, exactly. if you if you don't, who knows what's in them? so where are you most likely to encounter bedbugs? orkin recently compiled this 50 worst us cities list.

chicago new york and philadelphia sit at the top. san francisco ranked 41st. and that's just based off of what we've what we've seen with our business. louisville, where nathan encountered bedbugs, ranked 49th, just behind san francisco. so what happened after finding these fiends? his family hightailed it to a hotel that last minute booking cost them $1,200 extra. nathan expected airbnb to cover the bill, but airbnb was kind of shutting us down. i was paying the entire marriott stay out of pocket completely. he was frustrated and contacted us. i watch nbc bay area all the time, and i see your program, nbc responds. we contacted airbnb immediately. i was like red carpet service. airbnb didn't share any details, but nathan says it covered the cost of the emergency hotel and refunded his airbnb booking. it was a giant chunk of change. yeah, i think it was almost $2,000. it was. it was quite a lot. yeah. thank you for helping us out. it's our pleasure, nathan. he contacted

us online. you can to scan the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. moving on to politics and the election. many issues weigh on the election year, including the economy, border security, foreign policy problems around the globe. but one thing and those sometimes change, but one thing that will not go away is abortion. beginning with the dobbs decision in june 2022, abortion was key to many voters in that year, as well as in state elections the following year. and now with us, it's now with us again. nbc bay area political analyst doctor larry gersten is here. good morning larry. good morning chris. what makes this issue so very powerful? before that, another issue, mother's day. happy mother's day to your mother. happy mother's day to my wife who i don't understand how she's manages to do everything as long as she has. thank you, that's important too. as far as this issue goes. yeah. it's important. it affects everybody. you know, we think about abortion in that issue affecting women. and of course, it does

primarily, but it affects men, too. it affects families. it affects everybody around these folks. and so because of that, it really looms large as a question about rights. and that too has become important ever since the supreme court decided to go away from over overturn, basically the roe versus wade decision with what we call the dobbs decision. that's serious enough. now, even more so with an issue about mifepristone, which is the drug that women take orally to deal with abortions. 63% of women take that. 63% of abortions are handled that way. the supreme court is now about to decide, one way or the other, whether the fda has been too hard on on regulating it in the sense that it makes it available too easily to people. so this issue now is piled on the others. and that's why really, in this election year, a lot of people are looking at it. and with the dobbs decision that gave states the power to regulate abortion

and then that brings us back to the ballot. it's going to be on the ballot some places in november. how prominent is it on the ballot in november? it is really something. 11 states are likely six already. five more. it looks like we could be. look, that's more than 20% of the states in this country, they will decide one by one whether to make this a right, this whole issue, a right for women, rather than just something that the whimsical a state can say yes or no. by the way, the most interesting one of them all is missouri, because missouri will have two questions. one, will a woman have a right to abortion? the second, will a state have a right to deny it? so that one. yeah. so the question is which one will gather the most votes and that will be the one that dominates the policy from that point on. but this is really important. this is very important because so many states have this and kind of wonder at that point, just how much this is going to trickle down. that's the term we like to use, to the

other issues all the way from, assembly and state senate and city council and whatnot and all the way up to the presidency. and that's why people are wondering six, six states last year, kris six states, some of them very conservative, all decided to grant women the right to choose. not surprising, given that about 80% of the public feels that way when people rank their priorities. people going to the ballot box rank their priorities, especially with the economy as it is with foreign policy questions remaining. there are lots of questions there. where does abortion rank? you know, you ask people these questions and what they're going to tell you is, oh, it's important. yeah okay. but i've got the economy. all the things we talked about at the beginning, an organization pri held a question asked a question last december, how important is abortion to you and what the respondents said? 36% of the respondents said that this will

be the defining issue as to how i vote. the candidate who is on my side. i will support. that's more important to me than anything else. that's one out of three. that's one out of three, which makes us wonder whether this issue, the right to choose, will become the prominent issue in the form of what we call a sleeper, this this coming november sleeper, because it's not out there necessarily. but when you talk to them one on one, it becomes very important. 36. so we'll have to see. you'll be watching. yep. thank you, larry gerston. thank you for your time. coming up next, a quick look at our top stories, including not just cheers for graduate student protest. and this look at that. and another chance to see the northern lights. perhaps

using yesterday's graduation at uc berkeley to speak out about the ongoing war between israel and hamas. and i don't mean adding an 8 a.m. to your schedule. we are truly drum majors for social. all right, come on now. yeah, that's university video of the ceremony live feed pro-palestinian protesters chanting in the background as student body president sydney roberts started giving her speech. a member of the administration steps in telling protesters they're being heard. but to respect the speaker. video shared on social

media shows the protests up close. you can see students chanting from the stands, others walking into the stadium. university says protesters left voluntarily and there were no arrests. in her speech, roberts briefly addressed the university's history, with student protests happening today, glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of the late reverend cecil williams, the longterm leader of san francisco's glide memorial church died last month at the age of 94. he was known as a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor. reverend amos brown is among those speaking at the public memorial. brown and williams had a friendship spanning nearly 50 years, he says what williams built at glide will last far beyond his remarkable lifetime. brown added that vice president kamala harris sent a letter, and he's going to read it at the memorial today. it's going to take place at 1:00 this afternoon at glide memorial church on ellis street. you don't have to head there, though. if you want to take part. we're going to stream it live on our website, nbcbayarea.com and our other

streaming platforms. well, did you see the northern lights? a lot of people did. this is the view from blue canyon in placer county. this stunning time lapse is courtesy of photographer brian fulda. thank you brian. there is a chance we could see this again in the bay area tonight. the question is, will the skies be clear? the answer? cynthia is here with that, i think we're gonna have another night where we see the clouds move inland again. so you have to drive further away from the coast and up into the mountains. but really, our best shot was on friday night into yesterday morning. so we'll have to wait again. but as far as our 7-day forecast, sunshine across our inland valleys as we go through the next seven days, it will be a nice and comfortable day today. slightly cooler tomorrow, but still we are just cruising in some nice and dry conditions through the second third week of may. whatever it is now we need more coffee. not a bad day for mother's day before we go, we want to take a moment to say happy mother's day to all the moms of the today in the bay weekend family. my mom, christine, cynthia's mom, gabriella, our production assistant, eric's mom, angelica,

our producer, dana's mom, michle, and aaron, our director's mom, debbie. happy mother's day to you all. all moms and mother figures. we would of course not be here without you, and we respect you and love you and appreciate you every single day. evenf we forget to say it every once in a while. and even if you bicker and fight the love, there is just. it's underneath words. exactly all right. thank you so much for making us part of your morning. we're going to have more local news for you tonight at five, six and 11 and all day at knbc. y area.com. have aba

♪♪ this sunday, biden's red line. president biden warns israel he will cut off some american weapons if the israeli military launches a full-scale assault inside the city of rafah where more than 1 million palestinians are