cat drugs. the warning from chief of bare yacht rick bariatric surgery. a community coming together to support a home that came up in flames this afternoon. i'm ryan yamamoto. >> i'm elizabeth cook. anne makovec has troubling questions and reactions from a man whose mother was hurt in that fire, anne? >> reporter: a man has been targeted with racist threats that are being investigated as hate crimes. to be clear, fire crews have not said what caused this fire, but it does have neighbors concerned. take a live look at the scene right now. the bomb squad there this afternoon, and removed an item that is required to be rendered safe by fire crews. we don't know what that item is. but we were told it was not associated with the fire or the fire

investigation. so crews have a part of the roadblocked off for their continued investigation and clean up operation. and this is right by alamo square park and a block away from the famous painted ladies where the house is on grove near the intersection of fillmore and that fire broke out at 11:30 this morning. this video shows dark flames and smoke coming from the window. two adults had to be rescued where they were treated and taken to the hospital. one of them was terry williams mother. described the moment they arrived home to find out what happened. >> and get your mom. and they said to get to my mom, so i got to the first floor. i said listen, how are we getting her out? >> in all seven adults and three dogs lived here and they are now displaced. the red cross was called in to help. as i mentioned off the top, being reported on the racist threats and intimidation. somebody sent him a black doll with a noose around his neck in a package that contained racist slurs and

a toy grenade. it's one of several pieces of mail as reported of racial terror threats against him and his family. no arrests have been made in that case. while we don't know that this and the fire are related, neighbors worry they are. >> and he is a fixture around here. it just seems very personal that somebody would attack. >> reporter: firefighters were able to contain that fire within an hour of responding, but the fire did major damage as you can see to the second and third floors of the three-story home. williams does not know where he and his family are going to go now. and also today, the san francisco board of supervisors is actually voting on a resolution condemning the threats against the williams. that was already on the agenda before today's fire. our juliette goodrich was on the scene speaking to neighbors. she'll have more details coming up at 6:00. ryan? >> thanks. stop me if you have heard this before. california home

prices hit an all-time high. last month the statewide price jumped to $900,000 for the first time ever. that's according to the california association of realtors. and here in the bay area, the county that saw them year over year in napa, alameda, san francisco, all rising at least 13%. but in marin county, home prices actually dropped 5%, though the median home price, there is still $1.7 million. in sonoma and solano county, prices barely rose. why the price trend there is so different from the rest of the bay area. >> come on in. >> reporter: born and raised in vallejo. kathy has been selling homes in her hometown for the past two decades. >> it's a great house. four bedrooms, two and a half baths. >> reporter: including this one. >> reporter: so here is the family room. it's got a wood burning fireplace. >> reporter: more than 1,800 square feet with enough room for a family and more. >> come on, girl. >> reporter: but it is still

waiting for an offer in that quiet buyer's market. >> this one wouldn't have been on the market for seven days that would have been gone, but we are not seeing that right now. we are seeing a lot of buyers just wait. >> reporter: things may seem calm, but the rise of home prices statewide will continue. the statewide median home price went up 5.8% in a month. and 11% in a year. this home in vallejo is listed at $999,000. more than $200,000 lower than the statewide median. numbers show solano county has the lowest median price for a single-family home. >> you can find a lot of bang for your buck over here with great pockets in vallejo. >> reporter: vallejo still offers them a chance to get a large home for a lot less. but rojas says she expects prices to keep going up. >> and once the interest rates

change, 100%, yes. i feel there will be a lot of buyers. >> reporter: simply put, when interest rates go down, she expects buyers to flood the housing market. >> hopefully, you know, by that time, the prices won't even go up higher than what they are right now, you know, hopefully. but i just don't see that. i think the prices will go up when interest rates will drop. >> and despite those rising prices around mostly california, the same report found that existing single-family home sales last month were up 4% year over year. the alameda county district attorney has filed a lawsuit against insurance companies, accusing them of defrauding homeowners by systemically undervaluing their homes. they accuse farmers insurance of low cost estimates that could lead to more coverage. and they also accuse the company of using a third party software that generates estimates based on the home's zip code. rather

than the homes actual features. pamela price says farmers insurance violated multiple california laws that will protect homeowners and the injunction. >> the insurance company will have a duty to make sure that a homeowner will get the benefit of the bargain and that the homeowner will get everything that they paid for. that means when you suffer a loss of your home that the insurance company has to make sure you're able to replace that home. >> the other defendants named in the suit will include the farmers underwriter insurance amid century. farmers is the second largest home insurer in the state. now we did reach out to farmers for a response in all this. but they told us the allegations are incorrect, and the company doesn't seek to provide low replacement cost estimates. they plan to talk to the district attorney to address those concerns and defend their position. the bart station is now back open after a possible

collision with a person. the station was shut down for about an hour and a half as crews rescued that person from underneath the train. they were taken to the hospital, but their condition is not known at this time. and just a frightening scene in fremont right here where a man was killed and another one injured after their car crashed into a tree and then caught fire. this all happened on fremont boulevard in thornton avenue near american high school. officers were able to get the passenger out of the wreckage and transport them to a nearby hospital. we spoke to one witness who said it was hard to put what he saw into words. >> did you hear about stuff like this all the time? i have been in a few car accidents myself. but like it had is something else. this is crazy. >> police say they are still investigating the cause of that crash. with the weather heating up, so is the fire threat. our chopper caught a couple of small fires today in san

francisco near the intersection of 280 and 101. and it was an unusually warm day in the city. >> let's check in with first alert meteorologist paul heggen who will join us now with some cool or weather by the end of the week. but for today, it was quite beautiful and warm, and it is still early to talk about fire, but it happens. >> it's going to happen. >> the things will be drying out as the temperatures heat up. but today's warm up is a one day thing as they will head through the rest of this week, but it was warmer across the entire bay area. take a look at the temperature change over the past 24 hours, comparing the current readings to where they are at this point on monday and most of the bay area at 5 to 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. the exception is right along the coast where half moon bay is only 2 degrees warmer up to 60 degrees earlier today and at 57. 60s and the 70s around the bay, and 85 in santa rosa. 85 in concord, and still 87 degrees right now in fairfield. temperatures tomorrow are still going to be above average, just not as far above average. a mix

of upper 60s, low 70s. a mix of upper 70s and the low 80s farther inland. everybody about 3 to 4 degrees above normal. that's a big change in stored for us as we head into the weekend. saturday, looking farther down the line, the first day of the three-day weekend. temperatures will be 5 to 10 plus degrees below normal. it's not going to feel like the unofficial beginning of summertime as we would head through memorial day weekend. but the temperatures should bounce back in time. details on that coming up in your seven-day forecast. >> thanks, paul. san francisco company sparking a huge debate about the ethical use of artificial intelligence. scarlett johansson is blasting open ai for a new chat bot that sounds very familiar and similar to the hollywood star. >> the scenario we're living in now, which is 2024 started in 2022. we are suppose to have it within 2040 based on the progression of the hardware and the software and the talent. it's a little concerning because we're going too fast. >> coming up at 5:30, we'll talk to a bay area expert about

the controversy and the long-term concerns over the future of the ai industry. in san francisco today, gig workers rallied outside the state supreme court building in protest of prop 22. the court heard arguments over prop 22, which classified rideshare drivers as independent contractors and not employees is unconstitutional. one expert told us if prop 22 is overturned, you'll feel it in your wallet. >> and probably make it less possible for some restaurants to serve customers because the price of the delivery would simply have to go up. it would make our rides presumably going to the airport and things like that, which will make those more expensive. >> today's legal arguments

will revolve around prop 22 and how they deny the drivers the ability to claim workers comp. the unions argue the law restricts the legislature's power to regulate workers comp. now many of the drivers we saw in san francisco today this afternoon, we drove all the way from los angeles. this is video of the caravan that's leaving last night. voters passed prop 22 bang in 2020. at the time it was the most expensive battle measure ballot in state history. companies like uber, lyft, doordash spending $200 million to promote it. so we asked uber, lyft, and doordash about today's hearing and all three companies told us voters made it overwhelmingly clear they support prop 22, and that overturning it would make it harder for drivers to maintain flexible schedules. still ahead the drug ozempic has become so popular for weight loss it's hard to find. now copy cats of the drugs are emerging. what doctors are saying about their safety. the east bay city wondering

if they should allow the chicken to cross the road. the debate over building a new chick-fil-a restaurant. is this really what they did? i thought it was a joke. >> and congress putting the squeeze on shrinking seats on airplanes. the new safety test the faa must conduct

the city council will decide on whether or not to build a new chick-fil-a in the city. and that will happen in the woodland neighborhoods where they gave the project a thumbs up and appealed by a group of residents. they worry chick-fil-a could add too much to the area. they would not include a drive through. but delivery services could adjust as much congestion. demand for weight loss drugs like ozempic has exploded. for some the cost is

just too much. now one online pharmacy will have their own version at a huge discount. nancy chen spoke to a stanford doctor about taking drugs that are not fda approved come with huge risks. >> reporter: ozempic and wegovy have a copy cat. selling their own version of the glp1 drug used for both diabetes and suppressing appetite. for significantly less as low as $199 a month compared to nearly $1,000 for the branded versions. without insurance covering the drug, it's produced by compounding pharmacies, which the fda allows for shortages. other digital health platforms like row are also offering their own compounded version of the popular drugs. however, these compounded or copied drugs haven't been directly evaluated by the fda, and their formulas may differ from the

approved versions. >> we do not know what the side effects are. you're taking a drug that now nobody has really verified except the people who are making it and the people who are selling it. >> reporter: even without fda approval, news of cheaper alternatives sent its stock soaring monday. the cdc says 42% of american adults have obesity. while one in eight americans have used a glp1 medication, more than half of all adults who have taken it say it was difficult to afford the cost. >> even though there is a sense of urgency to improve your health, there is an even higher bar, which is first it has to be done safely. >> reporter: him and hers health say they have conducted extensive research for over a year with rigorous standards in place. customers who want to take the company's version of the drug will need to have it prescribed by the doctor through the site, but no video visit is required. a new study by ucsf reveals more children with asthma visit

the hospital most days. they also say heat waves that could last days could also double a kid's risk of being hospitalized for asthma. data analysis say they looked at data from the benioff children's hospital in oakland between 2017 and 2020. the used climate data to find heat waves based off the patient's zip codes. let's check in with paul right now. i know we're about to enter summer, the unofficial start of summer. looks like it will come in this year? >> it could ease into the warmer temperatures. >> i'm okay with that. we had a couple of warm spells, but no heat waves at this point. >> knock on wood. >> it's coming though further down the line. the longer we could hang out, the better off we all are. all the really active stuff has been happening elsewhere in the country where we will start with another severe thunderstorm outbreak moving through the upper midwest. just an exceptional severe weather season, and that

will continue again today. there is a mature storm system that is moving through the upper midwest, spreading all sorts of thunderstorms through minnesota and iowa and down through missouri and oklahoma. all the cloud cover is pushing to the east. but as far as you could see them driving it when we would turn on the wind animation here that will trace the dividing line to where they are shifting and accelerating. that's really what's happening to drive the severe weather outlook. but a lot of severe weather. let's take a look at the radar perspective here and show you what things have looked like. that's just a lot of thunderstorms and a lot of damage reports to this point in the event as well. we will show you the damage reports. all these are separate damage reports, either gusty winds or large hail that will stand out. those are tornado reports to the southwest and to the north of des moines. another busy day through the middle of the country in what has been a busy severe weather season already. our weather is

the opposite of that. clear skies overhead right now with calm conditions across the bay area. it was warm today, but temperatures will be closer to normal tomorrow. still three to four degrees above average. then we're back to normal on thursday. and the first day of the holiday weekend, then temperatures will bounce back on sunday and monday. back close to average. looking outside at san jose, clear sky there as well. temperature stands at 81 degrees. 81 in livermore as well. 85 in concord as one of the warm spots and the low of 85 degrees. and temperatures in the city will manage to get up to 70 degrees today. the a's take on colorado rockies. game time temperature where it is right now around 70 degrees. steadily cooling off with clear skies overhead. temperatures are dropping through the 60s and into the 50s. not much fog out there, but some as we head early. what fog we do start with will not take long to

retreat to the coast. you will notice more of it along the coast as we head throughout the day tomorrow and the beginning stage of a typical may gray weather pattern reestablishing itself as we hit the end of the workweek into the holiday weekend. low temperatures tonight in the low to mid-50s. let's take a look at tomorrow's forecast highs, which will stay be warm. a mix of upper 70s and the low 80s. similar conditions inland in the east bay. some of the warmer spots hitting the mid-80s. low to mid-70s for fremont city and temperatures along the coast up to 60 degrees. but again, not all that warm. the fog trying to reestablish themselves. and in oakland, temperatures are inland in the north bay reaching into the upper 70s and the low 80s too. let's take a look at our forecast for the next seven days where we have a roller coaster ride in store. and the temperatures will go on a widespread basis to only the upper 60s to the 70s by friday and saturday. but that's the valley of the roller coaster.

we do climb back. and it is a similar pattern for temperatures closer to the water. getting into the 70s tomorrow. retreating to the low to mid-60s, bouncing back a little bit more by memorial day. as we start the abbreviated work day on tuesday, the ups and downs are note quite as noticeable, but you will settle into the middle portion of the 50s. along the coast, you can't rule out the possibility without that rain and cooler air that will invite through friday night and saturday. >> thanks. shrinking seats on airplanes, jeopardizing the safety of passengers. the new evacuation test that congress is forcing the faa to complete. >> how confident are you that you could get out of the airplane in 90 seconds if you had to? >> not at all confident. not at all confident. we're learning much more about the roll out of speed cameras in the bay area'

one man is dead and dozens hospitalized after a singapore airline flight encountered severe turbulence over the indian ocean. that flight from london to singapore was cruising at 37,000 feet when it dropped 6,000 feet in about three minutes. it had 211 passengers and 18 crew members on board. airline officials say a 73-year-old british man died. 18 people were hospitalized for their injures are. others are being treated for less severe injuries. everyone was wearing a seat belt appeared to have avoided injury. >> the best thing passengers can do is keep your seat belts fastened securely. >> the plane made an emergency landing in bangkok. a report says turbulence accounted for

nearly 40% of all accidents on larger commercial airlines between 2009 and 2018. the faa is under new profession to look at the size and safety of airplane seats. they've been streaking them for years and ordered them to set new standard, ensuring passengers could be criticized. now congress is demanding a doover. kris van cleave has that story. >> reporter: japan airlines flight 516 when it collided with another plane on the tokyo runway in january. from the moment of impact, it was 18 minutes before even was off the airbus 8350. that evacuation should have been able to happen in 90 seconds. >> what it really tells us the current certification standards really are not applicable. they don't replicate how people get out of the airplane during an

emergency. >> reporter: lawmakers want to know if real world conditions like seat size slow evacuations. it's already down as much as four inches over the last 30 years to as many as 16 inches wide. the distance has shrunk from 35%s to as little as 21 wishes. in a similar cabin could with plunged, they are testing how close is too close when it comes to getting out of the emergency. the volunteer passengers in the simulated evacuations had to deal with varying seat sizes, but they did not have to content with real life obstacles hike smoke, the dark, or even luggage. they were in groups of 60, nowhere near a full plane load. at the time the faa explained. >> we're going to try to minimize the variables to the ones that are important for this particular test. >> reporter: the agency found

seat sizing would find the evacuations. all those are acknowledgeable, but not definitive. >> i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: congress has now given the faa one year to redo that testing. senator tammy duckworth who lost both legs while serving in iraq, offered legislation requiring this time the faa factor in how real life conditions including children, seniors, and the disabled, as well as the presence of carry-on bags impacts evacuation times. >> how confident are you that you could get out of the airplane in 90 seconds? >> and they were wearing the artificial leg. >> it's questionable if they are realistic anymore to

conduct a real test. let's see what that standard is. >> reporter: focused on safety, not necessarily the subjective category of comfort. the faa says in part, we look forward to implementing all provisions for the reauthorization bill including how to include all perspectives of the flying public as we continue to ensure planes can be evacuated safely." welcoming up tonight at 5:30, the hollywood a-lister accusing a san francisco company for stealing her voice for an ai chat bot. >> we want to make sure every artist like nest, voice, are protected. a quarterback now suing a college football powerhouse for nearly $14 million. the accusations in this unique case. it is very wonderful and playful and entertaining. >> sea otters returning to the wild. how california aquariums are giving these animals a leg

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