as we get updates we will be sure to share that on our app and on here. >> jobina, thank you. it is now coming up on 4:30, if you are just waking up with us, good morning. >> i overlaid the wind. you can't pick up mips and wind on the radar. it overshoots it. you see 17 miles per hour. we are waking up to that cloudiness, the closer to san francisco, the embarcadero, more likely you will be dealing with mist and drizzle. we stay pretty close to the upper 50s at the coast. mid-60s by noon. everywhere else mid-70s, a jacket this evening. let's kick it practice, to alexis. >> we don't have any incidents to talk about so far today. so things are looking nice and light to start the day off.

we are checking out our walnut creek camera. vlumes are slowly filling n. obviously, that is not too bad as you can see there. a quick check of drive times, our only drive time that is not in the green, it's in the yellow, west bound 580, tracy to dublin, dublin to mission boulevard 15. and 101 to cup weretino, 15 minutes. >> alexis, thank you. from the live desk this morning, tensions are escalating between democrats and the trump administration at the capitol. >> democrats say they want three things, a copy of the president's taxes, an unredacted version of the mueller report and a statement from mueller, himself, jessica is tracking that right now. >> good morning, today justice department officials will meet with house committee chairman jerry nadler. they'll try to negotiate a deal to release a less redacted

version of robert mueller's report. house democrats may hold william barr in contempt. they have scheduled to vote on it tomorrow. he defied a subpoena last week to provide the full unredacted version of the mueller report. democrats are in talks right now with special counsel to schedule a tentative hearing. tentatively robert mueller is expected to testify on may 15th. that's what they are hoping to negotiate. as expected, though, trump's firing back. the president tweeted yesterday that mueller should not testify and yesterday as well, i should note the treasury secretary refused to turn over the tax returns saying that democrats, quote, the request quote lacks a legit mative legislative purpose. oakland's ghostship warehouse fire. prosecutors say one of the witnesses scheduled to testify this week has died in a car accident. they say he was an unlicensed

contractor who did electrical work in the building. the mother of one of the 36 people killed in the deadly 2016 inferno cried on the stand when prosecutors showed her a picture of her daughter nicole. she confirmed the text read i'm gonna die now. >> just to know she was in there and she couldn't get out. >> reporter: did you know that text was what it was? >> no, i didn't. >> a second witness testified that he tried to get them to make safety upgrades but he just laughed. public transportation is a major issue when it comes to building a better bay area. san francisco's muni light rail struggles with reportability. thain trains were 46% on time. they were late 40% of the time.

late is four or more minutes after schedule. problems with muni's light rail trains have taken out half of the service. thigh are building considering building a housing complex. it's proposed increasing the number of affordable apartments from 44 to 62 units. the city's contribution to the project, if approved, would total $7.8 million. happening today in the east bay, oakland mayor will propose the budget to the city council. the biggest chunk would go towards road repairs. $110. 74 million would go towards children and schools. they will vote before the new

fiscal year begins on july 1st. not in our city. san francisco is one step away from forcing cashles stores to accept your money. >> east bay neighbors force the wild care population and building a better bay in the process. kids could be hitting the snooze button a few more times before heading to school. that's all ahead. >> we will get this one day. we will. >> one of these days, it will not jerk us. >> all right, guys, i'll take it from here. we'll talk about temperatures, when you are headed outside, dress 52 in arenda, dead into the valleys, low- to mid-50s here, mid-50s in the south bay, up into the peninsula, 50 if albany, some of the cooler spots. here's a look at the western span of the bay bridge. >> that one area where i started

to use the windshield wipers because of the drizzle. mass transit, a little drizzle and a misty morning if you are out on the water, let's start at 7:00, you see the clouds hanging around about 11:00 and then a lot of sunshine this afternoon, we'll hit the upper 60s, after starting off at 55 degrees. hre's a look at the east bay valleys, pretty cloudy through 11:00. a little warmer. i turned the heater on yesterday in our house. 71 this afternoon. hopefully, we won't have to do that. down in the south bay, we have a couple hours in the 70s after being in the 50s, your sunshine will break out a little sooner at 11:00. let's bring alexis in here. it wasn't all that bad. had to use the windshield wipers a little bit. >> no, it didn't seem that way either. i had that same experience. he was speeding down the embarcadero this morning. >> who passed who on the bay

bridge? >> all right. we both made it just fine. i have been peeking around the traffic camera. trying to find the area, it's looking misty this morning. i'm not having much luck. you could put the wipers on a few times, especially in the city, it's looking okay. into san francisco or anywhere else, includes mass transit, barts, we got trains beginning at 5:00 a.m. no delays there. normal service, no delays for ac transit. we'll be right back. happy 7 year. >> abc 7, happy 7 year. >> a big happy 7-0 to about 7.

i hope you don't get mad at the messenger for this one. but the pollen levels rebound. it will drop back down to moderate. it will surge back to high. here's a look around the state, 64 monterey, look at this 80 chico, fresno. mount 60s in so cal with morning showers there. 82ive in palm springs. 61 in yosemite. here's a look at lake tahoe.

we have a chance both friday and mother's day sunday. not a washout this weekend. >> i want to show you some really incredible video of an overnight building collapse in new york city. take a look at this. a car slammed right into the corner of a business if brooklyn's mid-wood neighborhood, causing the two-story building to collapse. the 20-year-old driver who was behind the wheel of a rental car tried to run away from the scre scene after the collapse. they do think speed is a factor. police say the car slammed deep into the ground floor undermining supports causing that collapse. new york fire department says 100 personnel had to respond to the scene. they were searching for victims in the rubble. there were five people that lived on the 2nd floor. they were luckily not home at the time. >> what a scene. thank you. happening today, the san francisco board of supervisors

expected to voted on a new bill that would ban cashless brick and mortar stores. it exempts, food trucks and pop ups. cashless merchants discriminate against the poor by requiring credit or a debit card for purchases that many lowing in residents can't afford or can't get. in the east bay, building a better area includes helping ferrell felines, they are helping the community cats in pitsburg. the couple have set up destinations to feed the cats and work with the city to trap, vaccinate and spay or neuter them. >> we want to give back. this is a way to do that. we hope to educate the residents as to the benefits of spaying and neutering community cats and their pets. >> it's creating an awareness

for the communities of things we can do to help the cats in our community in a managed way. >> 125 cats have been trapped and returned in the past year. the awareness may help get some of them adepted. we don't know a name but we know when we may get a glimpse of prince harry and the duchess' newborn son. >> he says they are trying to make an appearance by tomorrow no, rush. athat picked the favorite three, arthur, albert and philip. some are saying they are considering spencer, which is princess diana's maiden name. >> reporter: as this sun sets in windsor, the royal couple spending their first fight together with their new baby boy, the duchess of sussex went into labor early in the morning afternoon. few hours later, buckingham palace announced megan safely

delivered a little boy weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces, a beaming prince harry barely able to contain his joy. >> this little thing is absolutely to die for. i'm just over the moon. >> reporter: he wasn't the only one, this birth welcomed in the uk and around the world. in windsor, royal fans celebrating the happy news. >> hip-hip hoo-ray. prince harry and megan and the baby boy! >> reporter: the baby's new aunt and uncle will and kate saying they are thrilled to meet the newest member of the royal family and warm wishes from his great grandmother queen elizabeth. megan's mother is by her side and her estranged father also september well wishes to his royal grandson. we expect to see the whole sussex family in a couple days time and learn the baby's name. with this little baby boy, megan and harry make history. the first biracial angelo american baby --

baby. >> i thinkal casual and reggie when they want to hash it out. >> i didn't know you liked my name. >> think about it. it can happen. >> you minutes away from the forecast. >> good morning. temperatures are running 53 degrees. you will need the sun glasses more than yesterday. it will be warmer than that showers are possible thursday and friday. keep the umbrella close by. mother's day is looking lovely. notice we have a storm track to our south and in between high pressure is trying to nudge all this unsettled weather off towards the east. that's why we will see more sunshine and feel warmer. look at these low- to mid-70s,villeio, fairfield,

fremont, palo alto, mid- to upper-60s around the bay. 60 to 62 along the coast into san francisco. tonight the cloud come back for most of us. the south bay may see a little less. antioch, discovery, a little drizzle near the coast and mild once again, low- to mid-50s. let's jump ahead to thursday. we will broaden it out. because the high country is going to get a better chance of wet weather out of this storm than us. you can see as we head into the afternoon to evening hours thursday, we have a chance of showers across the north bay. as we head into the overnight hours, showers will continue. there could be a slick commute. there is one more chance in the evening hours of a smaller, more renegade shower or two. once we get past that, we've got some 60s at the coast and low-to-upper 70s for mother's day weekend and even in the 80s starting to pop up monday.

alexis. >> good morning, mike. we are looking at a quiet side of the richmond san rafael bridge. you can see some work crews in the parking lot on the richmond side of westbound 580d be wrapp shortly. >> that emergency road repair, they usually get that done by about 5:00 if not sooner. drive times looking good, too. tracy into dublin, no delays, westbound 4, antioch to concord. san rafael to san francisco, in the green in 15 minutes. >> thank you. 39,000 uc workers plan to walk off the job to outsource jobs. it is a part of a labor dispute involving two unions. this is video from a similar protest last year. union leaders say uc plans to outsource 200 million work that should be done by union members. they told the sacramento bee, she says the unions have grown and members have gotten raises

in recent years. for the second time into years, california lawmakers are moving a bill to push back the start time of k through 12 schools. they would ban them from starting earlier than 8:30. supporters argue the latest start would improve academic performance because students would be less sleepy, they say it would burden school districts. they point to after schoolnd extracurricular activities. the california teacher's association is against the proposal. >> mama told me sunscreen is important for protecting your skin. now it comes to concerns of what it's doing underneath your skin. >> neighbors in east bay are building a better bay area one pothole at a time. > an old scam makes the rounds again, san francisco police have a warning. first here are your tech bytes. >> today, google reportedly cracking down on cookies. >> the wall street journal says

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. all right. let's take a look at what's going on, we're off to a slow start. 15 and 21 right now, but they're back home and they're taking on the reds from ♪. 61, dropping down to 57 by the day's end. >> thanks, mike. nbc 7 is committed to building a better area. >> that includes fixing street repair. two residents are not waiting for the city's help. they will fill those holes themselves, the pothole vigilant don't want to be identified. they say they have taken up the task because they love their city. the duo has so far filled six potholes near lake merritt in the last weeks. they wrote an e-mail stating it does not condone what these two are doing, especially considering the risks involved. but residents seem to appreciate it. >> it's been so long since the streets so bad.

nobody is wanting to do it. it might be illegal for now. but showing people with damaging tires. i had tires plane out twice. >> some neighbors have given them donations. the dew oposted flyers on instagram and hopes to get more to do more. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. join them by joining our group on facebook. 4:53. a warning from the san francisco police department. scammers are calling around saying they're from the sfpd. they tell the person answering the phone, he or she has an outstanding warrant or committed a crime and use caller i.d. sfp phone incident. do not fall for it. if you have, you are advised to file a police report. we have been doing it for years, new data reveals chemicals in sun screens can be absorbed into your body. the concern is they may

eventually reach levels high enough to be toxic. dermatologists are quick to point out the harm from the sun's rays exceeds the potential risk exposed by the chemicals. how do they know about that? the fda says more testing is needed to determined if the absorbed ingredients are safe. >> i hate stories like this. i don't know what to do. i guess i'll use sunscreen, i don't feel good about it. >> you know that none of us survives this, right? i just want to point that out. >> all right. a lot of excitement about the royal baby, of course. some newborns in the bay area, getting royal treatment. the medical center admitted some tiny little crowns to hand out yesterday. they were meant to celebrate the baby's common birthday. the newborns were made to feel like a little prince or princess for the day. i don't think they care at all. at least it keeps their head warm. >> even the harry and meghan's

kid isn't a prince. >> he's not.but, anyway. >> oh. debbie downer over here. >> technicalities. we're having fun. here's a look at what's going on. you can see by friday, this storm will have less moisture and impact than yesterday'so i drizzle did. it's mom's weekend, you thinking the of taking her outside friday, pete the rush of pots's day, mid- to upper-60s around the bay. low- to upper-70s inland. thinking about a picnic for saturday. we see 80s around cloverdale, fair lake and fairfield, sunday, maybe a little warmer if you are thinking of heading out, fairfield, antioch, cloverdale around 80. if you like to go to the beep, it will be chilly with temperatures at 59 degrees to 69 in santa cruz. all right. here's alexis.

have a great day. >> good morning, mike. we are looking at a quiet start. here's 280 and 17 in san jose, so inbound traffic, slightly heavier than the southbound side of the roadway. no incidents to report. really the only slow stretch is getting out of tracy so central valley commute. 12 miles an hour, 17 miles an hour once you make it to 1280. >> have you thanked a teacher? several businesses are offering freebie deals to celebrate. we have a full offer on our website abc7news.com. people should call ahead to take part in the promotion. it is nurse's week. we have a look at deals for them on our website as well. a high school teacher in massachusetts is generating social media buzz with translations of the slang. >> this is really cute. james callahan started a slang

dictionary for himself as a way to connect with his kids better. examples kids use, i'm dead, meaning very amused. high key, instead of very obnoxious. other terms like bop, like it's a bop, translates to a modern enjoyable phone. hop off means mind your own business and beat your face is slang for aploog makeup. he hopes his students can see him as someone they would trust or as they would say a real one. >> high key means obnoxious? >> i have been using it incorrectly. >> low key, i don't think that's what that means. next at 5:00 a.m., something new in shuttered stores, what could be going in old toys 'r' us and sears buildings. the fiery plane crash in russia. what we are learning about the american that was among the 41 people killed. take

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through the embarcadero. the closer you get to the