. glorious in gold. the warriors take the next step towards an nba championship with only one more team standing in their way. back in handcuffs. ray mcdonald arrested for the second time in three days. ball of tar popping up on a southern california beach. is there a link to last week's oil spill? live look outside right now, downtown san jose. it is thursday, may 28th. you're watching "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning. it's 4:30. i'm sam back. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's first check that forecast

with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> foggy start, misty skies. 54 degrees, san jose. low clouds, 57. and in oakland, we've got 53 degrees with low clouds to start. as we head into the afternoon. today should be day one of a warmup that will begin to notice our temperatures climbing up inland. we will see high temperatures today soaring into the mid 70s, closer to san jose and closing in on 80 around livermore this afternoon. a full look at that forecast comes your way in a few minutes. rob, we're looking over here toward free month 880 southbound at the truck scales. i drove through this area. you will see no slowing there or for the rest of the bay. there was a crash reported, deadly crash. oh, my goodness, this is not the right map. deadly crash at stevens son but we don't see any activity there. when i drove through the area. we do have the right maps to give you a quick overview. the travel around the rest of the bay is fine.

that is the accident scene marked. just cleared from the chp report as well. north of the bay bridge as well. no problems as far as the speeds go. oakland, i'm jg to hand it off to you guys in oakland because there's good news over there. >> what happened in oakland? >> just a little basketball game. champions of the west. the warriors waking up winners this morning. check out the headlines. after they beat the houston rockets in oakland, the headliner of "san francisco chronicle" says it all, this championship 40 years in the making. they last won it all in the nba in 1975. >> look at that. all the hands want to touch that. last night the players lifted the western conference trophy above their hand. certainly an emotional night. the warriors four wins away from an nba title. >> practicing for the larger trophy soon to come. warriors fans waking up feeling like they are on top of the

world this morning. nearly 20,000 fans kept oracle arena roaring all night. most of them spent time on their feet cheering every warrior basket and booing every controversial call. enthusiasm and support far their dream team. after decades of waiting for this moment the dream of going to the finals comes true. >> i will probably never experience this again in life. and he's only 7. >> go warriors! >> since i was a kid, i understood basketball but i haven't had this much fun with the warriors. this is great. i love it! >> i'm so excited. first championship in 40 years? almost as old as i am. >> i can't wait until we beat the cavs. >> okay. bold prediction. 83-year-old season ticket holder roger rickerd. he said he may be heading home to cleveland to see them beat the cavs.

>> there she is. reilly curry, 2-year-old. even daddy signature move. she pointed to the sky there. what a cutie. she waved to the crowd. she doesn't seem to be phased by the fans out there. yep, and her dad was outfit we'd that brand new finals cap. when it comes to press conferences, look at her here. stealing the show. almost bringing the curtains down as dad attempted to answer some questions from the media. literally tried to bring the curtains down. >> she gave him the hook? what's going on over there? give help some space. as for the other splash brother, war year fans are a little concerned about clay thompson's health this morning. he will now have topaz a series of concussion tests before being cleared to play in the nba ninals. he took a knee to the temple, he went to the locker room to get the stitches. he later developed concussion like symptoms. thompson will have a full week to recover before the nba

finals. game one and two are in oakland next thursday and sunday. game three and four will be held in cleveland. warriors coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. you can download our free nbc bay area app. okay. other news, it is becoming an all too common scythe sight. former 49er ray mcdonald leaving jail. we were there when he walked out of santa clara jail. this marking mcdonald's second arrest in three days. here's a side-by-side look at both mug shots. the first is from monday, the other yesterday after he violated a restraining order. the latest legal trouble for mcdonald apparently linked to first incident that happened this week. it actually comes as mcdonald faces uncertain future after being cut by the chicago bears. >> the authorities hearsay the restraining order mcdonald violating stemming from the first arrest on monday when police say he assaulted a woman with a baby in her arms at his own apartment.

investigators say he went back to that address again and police picked him up at a nearby sandwich store. a worker says that mcdonald'd looked flustered before officers arrived. >> he had came in looking a little bit distraught, a little bit angry, upset. >> mcdonald's attorney tells nbc bay area the client was never served the restraining order. if yesterday's incident was the result of a misunderstanding. suspect the long rap sheet is behind bars after going on a wild crime spree taking hostages and eventually surrendering. today we could learn his identity. you're looking at police rushing in, guns drawn. as the man surrenders. the 35-year-old suspect stole a car in walnut creek. he then carjacked a man at a business and led police on a wild chase. officers eventually spike strips to stop him in antioch. then he ran to a nearby gas station and took two hostages but not before he terrified a few witnesses. >> he came to my car with a gun

pointing at me telling me to open the door. >> he pointed the gun at us. i started yelling get away. he turned around and tried to get into another car, another truck and then ran i side the store. >> hostage negotiators convinced the suspect to surrender. officers have yet to release his name because they say the investigation is ongoing. it is 4:37. new this morning a silicon valley company is paying big bucks to settle a water pollution case. according to the press democratic jdsu has agreed to pay $92,000 in fines to the city of santa rosa. inspection revealed the company had been disposing of type of ammonium salt in the sewer system over several years in the north bay. jdsu makes optical products and 3-d sensing devices. three years after domestic violence case rocks san francisco city hall the scandal involving sheriff is resurfacing. it's not coming from his critics but from his wife.

lopez is starring in a spanish language play she says tells her side of the story. it's titled "what's the scandal" and it starts in two weeks run tonight. mirkarimi was accuse of grabbing lopez hard enough to cause a bruise. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment. lopez says the couple is stronger than ever. a stretch of a southern california beach remains closed after mysterious balls of go washing ashore. investigators are looking at the blobs found along manhattan beach. they appear to be balls of tar or oil. they're not sure at this point whether that substance is connected to last week's massive oil spill near sbar, 100 miles away. authorities say it could be naturally occurring. >> waiting to see if the sun is going to come out, warm things up. good to head to our beach snes. >> santa cruz today should climb in the mid 70s. foggy around pacifica and

half-moon bay. low clouds. same pattern in the last couple of mornings, breaking out of the low clouds inland around 9:00 and 10:00. more sunshine around santa cruz. going to see warming temperatures inland around the tri-valley. a little bit litter on, area south of san jose. los galos getting closer to 80. we will see low to mid 70s. san francisco temperatures close to 60 around the marina as with we show you the giants game coming up towards this evening. we'll see first pitch temperatures in the 50s. so san francisco obviously staying quite cool again today into the evening. for the north bay temperatures in the low 70s the santa rosa, highs. the yankees in town coming up this evening. we're going to see temperatures for the ball game there on the east bay. close to 60 around first pitch time. for the next few days we're going to see that warmup for the south bay and peninsula. upper 70s on saturday. low 80s thousand the start of

the weekend. north bay and tri-valley, temperatures climbing in the low 80s. we still have that slight chance of showers in the north bay on sunday. closer look that the weekend system coming up in a few minutes. now for a closer look at your thursday commute, here's mike. >> rob, also show that current conditions. here's the bay bridge. look at this. as we take this full to screen you see the clouds cut off the top of the tower there at least from our view. emeryville. the drive is fine across the bay but the lower cloud cover may be an issue ago cross the golden gate bridge. we don't see anything unusual as far as the slowing on the speed sensors looking fine. the san mateo bridge where they have an overnight crew. we had slowing show up eastbound away from the peninsula side. looks like it's back up to speed but we'll look at the foster city camera and we see the taillights are isolated suggest the left lane as you're traling over that high rise is typical with overnight crews around the area. although we do see any flashing -- don't see any flashing lights on the road crews. they're over on the foster city

land area. 4:40. for all of the ads and campaigns set up to quarter bullying at school that message did not sink in for maryland students. sheer cruelty on the school bus all caught on tape that could cost a county and school system millions. and sharing more than just romance through new dating apps like tender. what study shows about the unintended consequences of free love.

welcome back. it is 4:44. today crews will try to make it tougher for intruders to get into the white house. contractors will spend the day preparing to add sharp metal points to the black iron fence surrounding the white house. secret service is also rearranging booths at vehicle checkpoints and adding steel plate barriers that can be raised and lowered. there have been numerous security breaches over the past two years. here's your chance to get a unique view of the big apple. the observatory at the new world

trade center officially opens tomorrow but you can get a free preview today. the observation deck takes up the top three floors giving visitors a view of new york city for more than 1200 feet. tickets for adults start around 32 bucks. new fallout for fifa rocked by a massive bribery scanned. the president canceled another appearance at the fifa conference in switzerland. also, fisa, a key sponsor threatened to cut ties if stats are not made to eliminate corruption. 14 executives face charges in a u.s.-led corruption probe dating back decades. he is not among those charged. he does face re-election tomorrow. okay. earlier in the week scott mcgrew was talking about new ingredients at taco bell and how it turns out that college students may not have to leave their dorms anymore for a late night taco fix. >> for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell let's turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters.

you've gotcha lup a news, i suppose. >> that's right, so hold on just a second for it. let's get a quick check of the markets. could be red arrows on wall street as the stocks rallied on wednesday. the nasdaq hitting a new record close thanks to reports of a major merger deem drewing in the chip sector. data today on unemployment and pending home sales. now rising 121 points to 18163. the nasdaq up 74 to 5107. google holds annual software developers conference today. reports say the company is overhauling mobile payment products, changes include a service called android pay, letting stores accept payment from within their mobile app. google wallet will be relaunched to let consumers send money directly to each other from their debit accounts. apple will unveil new features for apple pay service next month. and college students may not have to leave hair form room to get a late night taco fix. their considering delivering to

college campuses. delivery is a popular request on customers but it wouldn't be for lunch and not every day, just thursday, friday, and saturday night. if this was around when i was in college i think it would have been the freshman 50, not the freshman 15. >> i doubt you could look bad either way. >> i think that's impossible. we're going to take you at your word there, landon. thank you very much. are you seeking more silence at super time? the government may soon be able to help out. the fcc just announced a new effort to crack down on unwanted robo calls. those are automated calls from telemarketers and scammers that often ignore the do not call list. the ones that always seem to come right when you sit down to eat dinner. next month the fcc will present a new proposal making it easier for phone companies to block robo calls. a maryland family a facing a $10 million lawsuit after their 9-year-old daughter was beaten on a school bus. you can take a look at the video. it happened earlier this month. the victim's parents say she's not returned to school since.

her mother says the bullying was relentless and the administration did nothing to stop it. >> i've been taking care of the first time it happened so it wouldn't have gotten to this point. >> going to bully and tease me again. >> the lawsuit is filed against the county, the school system, and the bus driver. that driver is now on leave. >> where was the driven when that was going on? 4:48. a judge is not allowing a molestation claim against michael jackson's et cetera state to go forward. choreographer robinson waited too long to file legal okz. robson sued in 2018 over molestation claims dating back to the '90s. his lawyer says psychological damage forced robson to wait to file a suit. a dramatic increase in std rates could be thanks to rising popularity of so-called hook-up apps. a study by the rhode island state department revealed cases

of syphilis increase bid 79% between 2013 and 201. gonorrhea was up 30% and hiv by almost 33%. the department believes the report is reflective of a national trend. they say casual encounters prompted by dating apps like tender and grinder could be partially to blame. >> definitely not your grandmother's dating scene out there anymore. >> no. if i were, i would be, if i were catholic, in church. 4:49. let's find out what's going on outside. repeat here, rob, more clouds to start your morning. >> low clouds are lower today ground. so even lower, low clouds for you this morning. high pressure begins to come press down. you've got overcast skies. misty skies around san francisco. out at oracle, still looking for a warriors celebrations on going. you can see right now we've got 53 degrees. low clouds out across the east bay and the story of the week continues. low clouds through 9:00 or 10:00 this morning across the inland

valleys. staying around the coast. except santa cruz. if you want to get to the sunshine on the coast, mid 70s around santa cruz. warmer spots inland today having a chance to get close to 80. around saratoga and los galos. 74 in san jose. san francisco again mostly immune from this warm-up we're talking about. mainly for the valleys and hilltop locations over the next few days. santa rosa, 66. tri-valley spots, upper 70s around dublin and close to 80 today in livermore and pleasanton. that trend is going to continue as we go through the next few days. friday and saturday, getting into the low 80s to start the weekend. san francisco, mid 70s. as we move into the north bay, saturday and for the tri-valley, too, temperatures will climb into the low 80s, then trending cooler on sunday as we still have this weather system that's going to come in and bring us more clouds towards the end of saturday. weekend looks still warm to start. upper level system will track up towards the coastline as we head

through sunday afternoon. maybe enough left to it that we could see a few showers in the north bay. as it moves on through, it's going to bring a renewed push of this ocean air conditioning. notice the temperatures here as we finish the weekend around san jose, now dropping into the mid 70s back down to 72 degrees next month. so temperatures going on a bit of a roller coaster ride. livermore, the same trend. you will notice mid 80s on saturday. diving back down as the sea breeze turns stronger. monday, high, early next week in the tri-valley, back in the low 70s. back to you. >> we are prepared for the ups and doups, rob. this woman though had no idea what she was in for when she reached into a bag of grapes and got attacked by the most venomous spider on the continent. vermont woman spent the night in the hospital and is going to have to be monitored for months after she was bitten by a black widow. her family says that as she reached into that bag of grapes the spider crawled up her arm and bit her. the grapes came from a local vermont grocery store. the store is now investigating. and the venomous bite of a black

widow is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's venom. >> watch those little things. i bet she'll never eat grapes again. >> she survived though, which is amazing. >> she needs to get together that guy that got hit by light thing. >> the odds. defying logic. crashing your iphone. the message you need to look out for that can literally shut down your device. that's. different than dropping your, i phone which i do. over here the south bay moves smoothly. you will talk about the rest of your commute coming up.

welcome back. good morning, san francisco. kind of an ominous site out there this morning, isn't it? apple says it's working on a fix to a text message that actually has the power to crash your iphone. want to listen up for this one. the message is made up of two english words followed by arabic and japanese characters. if someone sends it to you through imessage it will shut down your device. right now the glitch seems to be more of a nuisance than anything else. if you get the infected message you're to send a text or photo to the person who sent it to you and then you can erase the conversation. so don't be afraid to write back. you should to try to delete it.

>> clarify things. to be honest when you get auto spelled, auto correct, sometimes it looks like arabic because you have no idea what's trying to be communicated. >> or if mike is just trying to text you. >> right. i'm getting all of my international fonts, be prepared, folks. looking over here at palo alto, speak this clearly, easy drive. peninsula, green sensors. san mateo bridge though, yellow aekz in the center. that's just down below the speed limit. no problem. same thing westbound 580 over on the right. tri-valley, amount moltamont pa problems. north bay, southbound 101 through san rafael, move smoothly, light volume of traffic. novato down to the golden gate bridge, no delays. low clouds. be prepared. back to you. happening today in san jose, a major answer nowment at the earthquake's stadium. everyone is wondering what it might be. so far major soccer league fans

won't say anything but there's speculation of avaya stadium might get a future all-star game or international friendly. what we say around the globe for casual soccer game. but we do know san jose mayor is going to be there and that announcement will take place at 11:00 a.m. 4:57. warriors headed to the nba finals but there's concern about one of the splash brothers. we're going to update you on clay thompson's injury. the familiar sight in the south bay. former 49er ray mcdonald walking out of jail after another arrest.

glorious in gold. the warriors take the next step toward an nba championship with only one more team standing in their way. and back in handcuffs. former 49er ray mcdonald arrested for the second time in three days. once again, watching low clouds this morning but temperatures rising as our high temperatures make a run at 80 degrees here in the coming days.

we'll have a look at that in your forecast coming up. smooth run in on the freeway. looking at the truck scales in fremont. we'll get a better look at your other east bay, a slower drive, coming up. live look outside. that of course downtown san jose. barely a mouse is stirring. it is thursday, may 28th. you are watching "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. 5:00 right now. champions of the west, the warriors waking up winners this morning. after defeating the houston rockets last night at the or rack ail rena. look at the headline out of the "san francisco chronicle," really says it all. this trip to the finals 40 years in the making. they last won it all in 1975. >> it'sy