tv Today in the Bay NBC April 17, 2016 7:00am-8:01am PDT
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from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good sunday morning to you. it is april 17th. we're giving you a live look outside at san francisco right now. what a postcard view there, absolutely gorgeous. not a cloud in the sky and no fog in sight. good morning and thank you so much for waking up with us. i'm vicky nguyen. we're looking at beautiful skies across the bay area. >> it's clear. i want to take you hour by hour. you may be thinking about the beach because we're talking so warm. i was at a safeway yesterday and a nice couple stopped me and said we're headed to the beach right now because we saw your forecast. if you're headed to the beach today, temperatures will warm quickly. by noon 76 in santa cruz. by 2:00, we'll hit 80.
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by 3:00 84, that's the high for santa cruz and then temperatures will gradually cool off. your other hour-by-bour forecast for the rest of the bay area. temperatures in the 80s. 85 for the north bay. 86 for the tri-valley and 88 today for the south bay. so grab the spf before you head out. by noon temperatures will be close to 80 so it's going to be a toasty day in the bay. find a cool spot. >> looking forward to hearing from you about the rest of the week because some changes are in store for us, so enjoy the day. >> rain coming this way. late-season rain. we'll talk about that in 15 minutes. >> keeping it exciting. anthony, thank you. we turn to a developing story in san francisco where a beautiful day at the beach took a deadly turn. five teen boys were swept out to sea at ocean beach. two have not been found and are presumed dead. it happened yesterday just before 4:30 in the afternoon. the search for the boys was called off last night around 9:00. officials say a huge wave separated the two from their friends who had all locked arms before heading into the water.
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>> the five boys who were in waist-deep water and they were swept out to sea. three of the boys were able to self-rescue. they came back into shore. two, unfortunately, were not and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. >> the coast guard says the boys could be 6 to 15 miles from the shore at this point and it could be a week before they're found. the teens lost in the surf are from vallejo. police are searching for suspects in a drive-by shooting in the south bay. the shooting happened last night on lyndale avenue just before 7:00 p.m. officers say they found the victim suffering from life-threatening injuries before they got to the scene, he died at the hospital. so far no details on the suspects or their car. a dramatic scene last night as the san jose police s.w.a.t. team surrounded an east san jose restaurant where a man barrica e
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barricaded himself inside. they used flash bangs and police dogs to get the man out. after three hours the suspect came through the broken doorway without any clothes shouting practice fanities. officers took him down with tasers. a witness said the situation unfolded when the suspect burst into the pandora cafe and began threatening officers. gee started throwing glasses against the wall, then accusing random people of doing bad things to him and his girlfriend. >> the standoff began at 6:00 yesterday evening. police evacuated the handful of nearby businesses, then tried to coax the suspect out. he was eventually taken to san jose's regional medical center and people were allowed back to their businesses. we have a follow-up on a devastating fire at a sunnyvale apartment complex. we've now learned the entire 81-unit complex has been declared uninhabitable following the fire that happened on friday. 110 people have been displaced. many now staying at the sunnyvale senior center, which
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has been turned into an emergency shelter. two people were hurt in the fire, several had to be rescued by firefighters after flames and smoke left them trapped on their balconies. the cause of that fire remains under investigation. now to developing news overseas. a state of emergency has been declared in ecuador after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the country's central coast. the powerful quake killed more than 70 people yesterday. that number is expected to rise. nearly 600 others were wounded. the earthquake's epicenter was 105 miles away from the country's capital of quito in a sparsely populated area. still, the quake did major damage. you're looking at video showing the moment the earthquake hit. a lot of confusion as the ground is violently shaking there. other photos show buildings in ruins and roads destroyed. there are also reports of a collapsed airport tower. this is the strongest earthquake
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to hit ecuador since 1979. president obama's executive actions on immigration will be reaching the u.s. supreme court tomorrow. the president's plans aim to offer millions of undocumented immigrants protection from being deported. they would be able to apply for deferred action status and work permits. if possible, the supreme court could issue a 4-4 split decision. if that's the case, then the lower court's ruling on the action would say stand. that would block the president's reform. >> there should be nine, but there are eight. have to make a decision. do they want to be behind those who build this country and build dreams or do they want to support those who want to build walls? >> the congressional hispanic caucus remains opt stick that the u.s. supreme court will rule on the right side of history and the constitution. >> this case comes to the supreme court after a long battle which started in 2014.
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well, the warriors started their run for a second straight nba championship with a dominating performance at oracle arena, but the big win didn't come without major concern for their biggest star. after winning a record 73 games, the warriors came out of the gate firing on all cylinders. they crushed the houston rockets by 26 points, but steph curry left the game with an injury to his surgically repaired ankle and he didn't play the majority of that second half. fans are holding their collective breaths waiting to see if curry will be able to go when the warriors play again tomorrow night. we'll hear from steph regarding his ankle later on the newscast during the sports highlights in about 35 minutes from now. despite the concern for steph's injuries fans remain optimistic about the warriors' chances. a packed house at oracle arena. fans screamed and cheered all day long and they loudly booed the rockets. >> just the mere thought of
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winning back-to-back titles, man, that's electric. >> game two of the series against the rockets is tomorrow night and there are still tickets left on the warriors resail market. right now the cheapest seat going for about $140. the warriors aren't the only bay area team in the playoffs right now. the sharks were also in action last night beating the rival team in l.a. 2-1. they've taken a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series and here is the scene at the stanley sports bar near downtown san jose. the series now turns to the bay area. game three is tomorrow at sap center. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a burglar jumps from roof to roof in order to run from police. the dramatic leap that put an end to this bizarre san francisco chase. and a uc-davis student is mad, the student paid to try to hide a notorious pepper spraying
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you're watching "today in the bay." your name now is 7:10. let's give you another live look outside at san francisco. can't get enough of these views from our sky camera network. looking absolutely beautiful out there, and that's going to be the case for all of us really across the bay area today. really warm weather, and anthony will be by in a moment to let you know just how long this warm-up is going to stick around. well, in san francisco a leap of faith or desperation. a suspected burglar running from rooftop to rooftop trying to get away from police making a wild leap for a tree and missing. he fell several stories onto a parked car. he survived. it all started about 9:00 yesterday morning. take a look at the car there. two reports of burglars in san francisco's nob hill neighborhood got police to the scene. in the second break-in, the burglar held his victim at
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gunpoint before fleeing. police caught up to the suspect and chased him from roof to roof causing quite a commotion. >> broke in the door, went across a couple roofs to the corner building. tried to jump in the tree and that's when he fell and i don't know what kind of damage he got, but he was taken away on a stretcher. >> officers say when the suspect is released from the hospital, he will likely face multiple charges, including burglary, false imprisonment, assault, and resisting arrest. uc-davis leaders are under fire again for their handling of a student protest that turned into a national controversy. if you remember, back in 2011 students demonstrating were pepper sprayed by campus police. it turns out the administration paid consultants at least $175,000 to scrub the internet of that incident. the university of california student association has voted to call for the chancellor's resignation for firing. yesterday students protested during the school's annual
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parade. >> our chancellor is heavily corrupt and she doesn't represent the students. >> the chancellor declined to comment but said the university will respond tomorrow. still ahead on "today in the bay," small technology playing a big role in the upcoming rio olympics. the camera helping athlete train for the upcoming game. this morning we're waking up to bright sunshine. you may be thinking about the beach. we have a warning for the folks headed to the beach. sneaker wave possible. we have rain in sight in the seven-day forecast coming up after this.
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hundreds of california workers are going to be out of a job. sports schalet is closing all o its 51 stores. 40 of them are right here in california and two are in the bay area. one in san jose, the other in pleasanton. the sporting good company says the stores will only be open for a few more weeks. they have locations in krap, arizona, nevada, and utah. the 2016 summer games are just around the corner. all sorts of bay area gadgets and software are being used to help the olympic athletes train. among the products they're using, a small camera you're probably already familiar with, the gopro. scott budman has a look at how a small piece of technology can make a big difference. >> reporter: you already know gopro cameras. they're everywhere, on kids' toys, recording the way we get around. now the cameras are going from
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extreme sports to training for olympic sports like bmx racing. >> because we measure everything the athlete does and both streams it live and records it, they can go back after the fact and literally tear down their performance frame by frame by frame. >> they use gopros underwater. >> reporter: they're also improving strokes and land on under the water where olympic hopefuls are training using the tiny cameras. >> all of these olympic swimmers that train at the pool every day, literally they're putting in hours and hours of work and a fraction of a second makes a difference and being able to scrub through frame by frame with coaches eye, that allows them to get better. >> reporter: with an unlimited number of angles and huge amounts of data, gopro is changing the way athletes train for the games. >> some of the great companies we have in the developer program are helping athletes improve their performance.
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>> reporter: one spoke and one stroke at a time. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> a reminder, wither your home for the summer olympics. our own jessica aguirre is heading to rio. she'll bring us live updates throughout the games. let's check in with anthony slaughter now with a look at the weekend forecast. anthony, absolutely a beautiful start to the day and it looks like we'll have this nice weather for a couple days, but a major change is coming. >> we're talking about summer heat today and tomorrow and then as you mentioned, some big changes coming our way. we'll talk about that in a moment. i want to start you off with this hour-by-hour forecast. temperatures by noon will be in the 70s. and we're not done just there yet. look at this. by this afternoon we'll be up to 80 degrees in san francisco. at 3:00. overall it will be sunny all day long. look at the rest of the bay area. 86 today for the tri-valley. that will be another warm spot. same deal for the south bay, 88
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dro and even in san francisco, 80 degrees. you snow when it's 80 in sf it will be hot especially for the inland locations. pacifica up to 78 later today. half moon bay up to 80 later on with the cool water temperature. 56 degrees there. santa cruz, those cold ocean currents, 55 degrees the water temperature but look at that, not bad, 84 for an afternoon high. so i'm pretty sure it's going to be packed on 17 this morning. we have some beach hazard weather headed towards the beach because we don't have high waves. the wave heights only 5 to 7 feet but we have the potential for sneaker waves to keep that in mind if you are headed to the beach. the other thing we will be tracking is the heat. today, tomorrow, it's going to be the hottest of the days. widespread 80s for inland locatio locations, even for the coast line and san francisco. tomorrow we get a slight return in that ocean breeze so it will
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push france basan francisco bac 70s. by tuesday the 70s start to pull into the inner bay and the 80s will fade away as we head nd thursday.ay as we head it's all about the heat and the sunshine. grab that spf before you head outside because it's going to be toasty even by noon, but here comes some cooler changes. by wednesday a storm system will impact the bay area that will bring light rain i think by wednesday. but thursday look at this. a bigger storm system moves in. by 9:00 in the evening this could produce some showers, even some heavier thunderstorms especially for the santa cruz mountains and some of the higher elevations. that would be early friday morning for that morning commute so keep that in mind. later on in the week we have to worry about this but i want to give you a quick glimpse of what's headed our way. this is pretty impressive, especially for april. we're talking half an inch to three-quarters of an inch with the next storm system. wouldn't be surprised if some of the models are looking at if we get a whole inch of rainfall out of this by thursday into friday. but in the meantime it's all about that heat.
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88 degrees for san jose today. 83 tomorrow. 77 by wednesday. and then eventually lower 70s by thursday. same deal for the east bay vl valleys. tuesday you start to fall off and by wednesday showers push into the bay area. a big drop in temperatures coming our way, folks, so just remember while it's hot now today and tomorrow, there will be some relief headed our way, especially by the middle part of the upcoming back. >> anthony, thank you. "today in the bay" is back after a short break. coming up, a european vacation turns into a life-changing opportunity. >> i wanted this to be a stance of humanity above borders, above religion, above all else. >> how one couple turn what had they found on the beach into a way to help refugees. it's a story that will make you bay area proud.
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medication for a san francisco couple on their recent european vacation. instead of seeing the sights they witnessed tragedy firsthand and they have come home determined to make a difference. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has their story in this this morning's "bay area proud." >> reporter: this is the only type of pick tiers anders and zoe thought they would be bringing back from their italian vacation last fall, the one they took to recharge and destress after standers latest startup went belly up. >> i had my soul ripped out of my chest. >> reporter: the bright italian sun though couldn't blind the san francisco couple to something happening at that time just across the mediterranean. syrian refugees by the thousands risking their lives to come to europe. zander and zoe couldn't take their eyes off it. >> we spent our days instead of laying on the beach, we would be in a hotel room doing research looking at more and learning more about the war and what's
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happening. before we realized it, we were like spending all of our days doing this and we're like let's just get out there. what are we doing? >> reporter: so the pair flew to the greek island of lesbos to volunteer, welcoming and warming those who had survived the dangerous sea journey. still, they wanted to do even more. but just how? well, the answer to that was just laying at their feet. literally. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: the thousands upon thousands of discarded life vests the refugees had used but no longer needed were everywhere. >> upon flying into the island, you could see the entire island just -- all the shores just filled with bright orange. >> reporter: it was zoe who came up with the idea to upcycle the vests using local seamstresses who are now sewing the material into wrist bands. thousands have been made already and the pair will start selling them online next week to raise
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money for the ongoing humanitarian effort. >> i wanted this to be a stance of humanity above borders, above religion, above all else. so this is a zoe band. >> reporter: their hope is these bands will help buyers make an emotional connection to those who once wore this material. and what refugees once relied on to save their lives perhaps will come full circle and help them once again. ze whi zoe and zander say one of the things they discovered after investigating the life vests, weren't even flotation devices and acted as sponges making the journey at sea even more dangerous. the bands will go on sale april 20th. i will put a link on my facebook page, garvin thomas nbc news bay area as to where you can find them. >> if you know someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear you from. go to our website, nbcbayarea.com, and search bay
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from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good sunday morning to you. the time now is 7:28. it is sunday, april 17th, and we want to give you a beautiful look outside at dublin. earlier we were showing you pictures of san francisco. just clear blue skies across all of the bay area. those microclimates really acting uniformly today. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm vicky nguyen and anthony slaughter is here with a look toe forecast and i think everyone is going to like it. >> it's going to be warm. if you love the beach, if you have been craving to get
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outside, maybe you have some cabin fever, we're talking about some nice summertime heat headed to the bay area. if you don't have air conditioning today, grab some fans or grab some water. clear out the freezer. maybe get those ice buckets out, clear out the ice buckets, ice trays. i think about that when it gets hot. you can use that to cool yourself off. >> nice cool drink. >> let's talk about how hot it's going to be. 80 in san francisco today. 85 for the north bey. 86 for the tri-valley. 88 for the south bay and really wherever you go today it will be sunny. remember that spf and grab that water before you head outside. really imperative, especially in heat like this. >> good tips. anthony, thank you. we turn to a developing story in san francisco right now where the search has been called off for two boys swept out to sea. they were at ocean beach yesterday afternoon wading into the waves with three other boys when the ocean overcame them. despite linking arms as they stood in the water, two of the boys were unable to swim back. boats and coast guard helicopters searched for hours
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for the teens. the search ended at 9:00 last night and it will not resume today. >> five boys in waist-deep water, and they were swept out to sea. three of the boys were able to self-rescue. they came back into shore. two, unfortunately, were not and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. >> the coast guard said the boys could be 6 to 15 miles from shore at this point and it could be a week before they're found. the teens lost in the surf are from vallejo. police are searching for suspects in a drive-by shooting in the south bay. the shooting happened last night on lyndale avenue near story road in san jose just before 7:00 p.m. officers found the victim suffering from life-threatening injuries when they got to the scene. that man died a short time later at the hospital. so far no details on the suspects or their car. a dramatic scene last night as the san jose police s.w.a.t. team surrounded an east san jose
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restaurant where a man barricaded himself inside. officers used flash bangs and police dogs to get him out. after nearly three hours, the suspect came through the broken doorway without any clothes shouting profanities. officers eventually took him down with tasers. a witness says the situation unfolded when the suspect burst into the pandora cafe and began threatening customers. >> he started throwing glasses against the wall, then accusing random people of doing bad things to him and his girlfriend. >> the standoff began about 6:00 yesterday evening. police evacuated a handful of nearby businesses during that incident. police in saratoga are investigating a grisly discovery downtown, a decomposing body found behind a building. the man's body was found yesterday behind a pet salon on big basin way. homicide detectives and csi teams were on scene all day. they're not saying how the man died just yet, just that it
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appeared to be suspicious. well, she lived in fear of losing her mother every day. a south bay teenager hoping for a front row seat as the supreme court holds its hearing tomorrow. the court, as we told you earlier in this newscast, is taking up a case that could allow this young girl's undocumented mother to stop worrying about being deported. "today in the bay's" damien trujillo reports. >> reporter: jasmine spends her free time hitting the books but ask her about her mom and it rattles the high school sophomore. >> it scares me knowing that one day i might come home from school and she won't be there. >> reporter: jasmin's mom is undocumented. the family fears she may be deported anyday. on monday the supreme court will hear oral arguments on president obama's executive action on immigration. if the justices side with the president, it will mean jasmin's
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mom can stay and obtain a work permit because she's a mother of a legal resident, in this case a u.s. citizen. >> just know that she's safe here and i wouldn't have to worry about my younger sister. >> reporter: the immigrant rights group siren is flying jasmin andself students from the south bay to washington, d.c. they will try to be inside the highest court to personally witness the oral arguments. >> jasmin being able to go to washington, d.c., giches her mom and her family a voice that wouldn't be there if she wasn't able to go. >> reporter: if the justices rule against the president, jasmin says she won't know how to handle those fears that have been haunting her. damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. turning to decision 2016 now, democratic front-runner hillary clinton is at another high-priced fund-raiser co-hosted by george clooney, this time in los angeles. clinton addressed enthusiastic supporters at l.a.'s southwest
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college. she called the upcoming election the most consequential in quite some time because of the huge gap in democratic and republican thinking. >> everything i have fought for my entire life, everything i stand for in my public service, everything i will do as your president is exactly the opposite of what they say and how they treat people and what they want to see happen in our country. >> sanders spent another day at the vatican which included a brief meeting with pope francis. >> today certainly was the highlight of the trip. i think he will go down in history as one of the great leaders of this moment in world history. >> friday sanders delivered a version of his stump speech at the vatican conference. and on the republican side of the race, ted cruz won 14 out of 14 delegates up for grabs yesterday at the wyoming state convention. the texas senator was the only
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candidate who made the trip to casper ahead of the vote. it's another setback for donald trump who needs to capture 1,237 delegates to clinch the republican nomination. trump has 756 so far. 101 guns, 2 assault weapons, and even a crossbow. that's what san francisco police say they received in this weekend's gun buyback event. the police department teamed up to the mayor's office and the nonprofit gun by gun to host the buyback. the idea is to get guns off the streets, no questions asked. people were given $100 for it urning in a handgun and $200 for an assault weapon. san jose's fire and police department say illegal fireworks were out of control last year. the city council has now voted on tougher restrictions, that if you are caught once it will cost you $500. "today in the bay" reports. >> reporter: surely everyone across the bay area saw or heard
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illegal fireworks last july 4th or in the days and weeks surrounding it. >> it was worse than what i expected. >> reporter: but not many witnessed the effects like rita martinez in south san jose. >> 51 years living here, i have never seen it this bad ever. >> reporter: hosing down his fence. she lives across a home gutted by fire last july 4th. investigators say a neighbor's illegal fireworks landed on the house sparking the fire. >> that whole house was engulfed. at that point there were still fireworks still shooting off. >> reporter: after promising to crack down on fireworks last year, city leaders took it a step further passing a pilot program. starting july 1st, people will be able to post pictures and video of illegal firework activity to a city-run website meaning you can turn in your neighbors. >> we're seeing more and more of it and more widespread across the city. >> reporter: the program allows nonsworn officials like code enforcement officers to write tickets from the witness accounts helping the already stretched fire and police department. >> we're dealing with calls on a
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priority basis, so staffingwise it's difficult for to us make it out to a lot of these calls for service. >> reporter: as for fines, those are going up too. the first offense will cost you $500 ranging up to $1,000 for a third offense in one year. rita martinez just hopes city leader promises will be enough this time. >> and if this pilot line does work, then great. then they did their job and i'm happy. it's just it's sad that house is still not fixed and you can just see it. >> the fines are active year round. the website will only be up from july 1st through the 5th. this program could be extended if it is successful. well, it has been a year and a half in the making. this weekend people in the south bay gathered for the owe opening of san jose's newest library. the ribbon cutting ceremony was he would in evergreen village square but the library opening was not the only attraction. people came together in an attempt to set the guinness
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world record for the most languages read aloud from a children's book. >> we have a diverse city and we thought a lot of our community would appreciate and love to participate. we have some very unique languages that are going to be read. >> no word yet though on if they broke that record. hope they did. what a cool record to hold. still to come on "today in the bay," a scary moment during a great win at oracle arena. the coach and steph curry address why the warrior's star didn't get back in the game after tweaking his ankle despite steph's pleas to let him play. plus the latest on his status heading into tomorrow night's game. stay with us.
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earlier in the newscast, the virtual cloud hung over the crowd in the second half of the game despite the warriors' victory. we'll hear from coach kerr and stephen curry about steph's ankle injury in a mine. first, let's show you the dominant performance by the depending champs. they came out fast and curious. curry knocking down three after three for 24 first-half points. at one point the warriors led the rockets by 29 in the second quarter. but then some trouble for curry at the end of the half after a shot, he lands awkwardly on his right ankle. he would go into the locker room, but he would return to the bench for the second half. luckily, they didn't need curry to finish off the win. they win big, 104-78. >> i said i don't like the way you're moving right now, and he said, no, i'll be all right. and, of course, he's going to say that. he's a competitor. he wants to play. >> the second half i felt like i could go out there and be somewhat effective on the court.
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it was painful but to me wasn't anything that was going to keep me out and coach made a decision regardless of what i had to say to sit me out. obviously we had a nice lead to work with, which was helpful. but the competitor, i was ready to go back in and give them what i had. >> coach kerr is calling steph questionable for game two tomorrow night at oracle. curry is telling the media he doesn't see a scenario in which he doesn't play. stay tuned. to the ice now. game two between the sharks and the kings in the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. san jose already took game one in this best of seven series. now they have game two as well. the sharks steal another win in l.a. they win 2-1 and take a 2-0 series lead. game three happens tomorrow night at the sap center. to baseball now. the giants came into yesterday's game against the dodgers on the heels of a three-game losing streak. san francisco was hoping to
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celebrate manager bruce bochy's 61st birthday with a win in l.a. newcomer johnny cueto was the perfect gift for the giants' skipper. the right-hander had an outstanding performance striking out seven and giving up only one roud. the orange and black beat l.a. 4-3. and the a's hosting the royals. it was stephen vogt jersey day. he made sure to give fans a souvenir ball hitting this home run. the a's beat the royals, 5-3. good day for bay area sports. still ahead on "today in the bay," recent court decisions on the california teacher's union could help influence the november election. larry gerston joins us live to discuss why teachers remain a power player in state politics. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real?
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>> two recent court decisions on california-based cases have fueled the already contentious public education environment. one case preserves unions as bargaining agents for all teachers. the second preserves teacher tenure. but these decisions impact more than education. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us. let's take these cases one at a time. start with the bargaining agent challenge. >> the plaintiffs, the ones bringing the case forward, that's what we call them, they argue that nonunion teachers should not be required to pay a service fee. and that's currently the law, by the way, in california and 20 other states, vicky, because the requirement they said violates the first amendment's right of free association, okay? you're making us do something we shouldn't have to do it. now, the union countered that voluntary membership would cripple the ability of teachers to bargain for salaries and benefits which are enjoyed by all teachers including those, of course, who aren't in the union.
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so the u.s. supreme court voted, get this now, 4-4 on this issue. that allowed the lower court vote to remain in place at least for now, at least for now. >> for now. so that means if you are a teacher, you must join the union according to the lower court rule. >> you have to pay the fee. you don't have to join the union but you must pay the fee. >> what does it mean for now? could it change in the near future again? >> two words mean so much sometimes, and that's the case with for new. had justice antonin scalia, in all likelihood he would have added that fifth vote. he would have supported the plaintiffs there by severely weakening collective bargaining. there search will be a new justice sooner or later so we have to put this one on hold. >> and the issue will come up again. >> yes, yes, yes. >> let's turn to the issue of teacher tenure. what were the arguments on that. >> okay. now in this case a parents'
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group claimed that tenure protecting infective teachers and, thereby denies students a good education. the teacher's association had another idea. they said tenure promotes quality teachers and a tenure-free system would make it difficult to hire teachers. they overturned a lower court. in this case, again, not done. the parents are likely to appeal the decision. this time to the state supreme court, so that issue isn't over either. so they're all up in the air. >> both very contentious and far from being resolved at this moment. >> yeah. >> why are they so important both those issues, the collective bargaining, the unions, and teacher bargaining. >> several yshs heissues here te to bear. outside of the family, nothing is more important to the formation of a young person than
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education. that's all there is to it. second, there's this whole bargaining question. bargaining and tenure issues affect not just teacher's unions, but potentially all everywhere throughout the nation. so this thing could build and actually spread out to lots of other groups everywhere. third, there's the question of basic political values. look, liberals see unions as a vital counterweight to employers who would simply hire the cheapest labor available and, therefore, have pretty lousy instruction in this case regardless of their quality. conservatives say that unions are unnecessarily running up the cost of government, making things more expensive than they should be. so you can see that down below it all, there's some real important political values here that are clashing with one another. >> definitely at odds. talk to us about how this all fits in with this current election environment we're in heading down to november. >> and nothing can escape the election environment, particularly this year in 2016. so someone concerned with workers' rights and collective
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bargaining, well, they're going to view this as a reason to vote for a liberal. a liberal presidential candidate who would nominate that ninth liberal justice we were talking about. but a person who favors flexible management and reduced government, well, that person is going to say this is a reason to vote for a conservative presidential candidate, likely to nominate a justice which would pare union rights. if nothing else, once again like so much osh in the 2016 election year, these cases illustrate that when we choose a president, his or her responsibilities are going to go way beyond the oval office. they're going to go way beyond international affairs. they're going to go all over the country in terms of the rights of people everywhere. it's just amazing the ripple feths here. >> and i recently read a news article, larry, it is so important i think sometimes people forget that the president's job in deciding -- appointing the next supreme court justice has such an incredible effect because these justices are in place for life. >> you're so right. you think about president, four,
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eight years, that's it. we think about justices. 30, 40, sometimes longer years. and that means that their values will carry. we talk about interpreting the sktion. it's black and white, no, it's not. every justice has a different way of looking at that document and what it means. when you elect a president, the most important that person does is select those judges. and what's behind this new video out of the white house? and this sunday morning we're waking up to sunshine and warm temperatures. we're back in the 80s across the entire bay area. we're back to explain the sunday forecast and check to see if there's any rain in that seven-day coming up after this. one of the world's greatest video game players turns that skill into money. is your team more important than your product? and speeding up human evolution.
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all right. welcome back here on this sunday. time for the microclimate forecast. i want to take you hour by hour because you may be thinking about santa cruz today. let me just give you some advice. leave early because you know the traffic starts to pile up, especially this morning. we're going to be looking at temperatures close to 70 degrees by 10:00 and look at the lunchtime temperature in skruan cruz, 76. we're headed to a high temperature of 84 this afternoon. temperatures will start to cool off back in the 70s once we head towards 5:00. you will notice the rest of the bay area will see a nice warm day. it's going to be toasty. 88 degrees for the south bay. 85 for the north bay. even in san francisco we'll get to 80 degrees. the old record in san francisco
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is 79 back in 1954. so we may smash that today. 78 for pacifica later on. up to 80 for half moon bay, and as i mentioned santa cruz will be up to 84 degrees. winds out of the southeast. the rest of the bay area looking at winds out of the northeast. as we zoom out a little bit, i want to talk about something else. we have the potential for sneaker currents today, not so much high waves. you will notice the wave heights here only about five to seven feet, but that's the deception there because while we won't be looking at high waves, it's what you can't see under the water. so just keep that in mind. sneaker waves are possible. 70 degrees for the coastline. especially for today, especially once you med to ocean beach, up into the north bey ay. 80s widespread. the 80s, they stay locked in place for tomorrow. not going anywhere, but by tuesday they do start to nudge back off towards the central valley. we'll see 70s start to move into the peninsula by tuesday. more clouds and the potential
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for rain moves in mere by wednesday. let's talk about that rain because once we head towards wednesday and thursday, we're going to be really talking about a nice long stretch of warm weather so to break that stretch we'll be tracking the rain by wednesday night. this could produce heavier rain and thunderstorms possible and some really decent amounts of rainfall once we head towards friday morning and even some sierra snow is expected. let's talk about how much rain. this comes later in the week, thursday into friday. once we hit wednesday, we will see a trace amount but thursday is when the bigger storm system moves in and that could boost our totals from half an inch to maybe more than that across parts of the higher he wielevat. the five-day forecast gets you into this extended look. temperatures will be really kind of all over the place over the next couple days. 88 today in san jose. 83 for tomorrow. and then wednesday showers in the picture. thursday night is when that bigger storm system comes in once the sun goes down.
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heavy rain for that friday morning commute. vicky, back over to you. elbow in a little bit. release. make sure it's on your fingertips. >> the secret to steph curry's famous jump shot might just be president obama. the sometime golf buddies teamed up for this public service announcement about the importance of mentorship. the commercial aired yesterday about 15 minutes before the tip-off of game one in the warriors' playoff game against the rocketrockets. a lot of nice moments. playing connect four, reading from the president's book. the message you don't have to be the mvp of the nba or the president of the united states to be a mentor and make a big difference. i watched that video online and i saw a tight shot of the resume steph curry -- it's actually really funny. it's a very clever video. jil have to check it out. >> thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you at 4:30, 6:00, and 11:00 and all day at nbcbayarea.com. have a great sunday. >> see you.
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