bridge this morning... it is the midpoint of your week. a live look right now at the golden gate bridge as we're working our way to the weekend. aren't we always? today in the bay starts right now. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> we do that on monday morning. good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> pretty much. >> it's cool out there this morning. >> you'll need a jacket. it will be cooler through the day as well. of course, yesterday was the peak of the heat. as we go into the next several days, it will be getting cooler. as we look outside, you can see the fog is back. it's fairly thin at this point. but we will see some of the fog rolling across the golden gate bridge and as you head out, in

the upper 40s in santa rosa. 53 in livermore. highs today reaching into the mid 70s. this is where we should be for the beginning of may, not seeing those 80s in the forecast today. we'll talk about this and look ahead to the weekend coming up in a few minutes. mike now has a closure for highway 17. >> we do, but this was a closure because of road work. and we'll show you where that is. overall, the bay has a great, easy drive, just as you would expe expect, and we saw slowing on highway 17, but it was a full closure of the southbound side, and you were shifting over to the northbound side. so right around the cat, over the last five minutes, i have seen the sensors start to change up in both directions. they may be clearing the crew before the 5:00 scheduled opening. better news for all commuters throughout the area. and toward the bay bridge, no delays. no problems at the maze or approaching the bridge. >> thank you. 4:31. new this morning, a big police presence overnight in contra costa county.

police officers, fire crews and an ambulance were called to this home just west of pittsburg, but detectives wouldn't tell our crew why they were there. the neighborhood is south of highway 4. our crew has calls out to investigators to find out what happened. >> there's another airline brawl to tell you about. a fight breaks out on a southwest flight, and a bay area man broke it up and is speaking out. >> sheryl herd talked to him and has details on another bizarre fight. >> passengers scrambling to get out of the way of two men fighting in the aisles onboard this southwest flight that landed in burbank. >> the guy beating him up is the victim. >> daniel green should know. he's the one who broke up the fight. >> the victim did nothing, he was just getting ready to disembark. the guy who started it, according to the victim, said this guy just started going crazy on me. >> the cell phone video shows

passengers attempting to calm tensions between the two men. >> what was awesome was the women were the first ones there. they were trying to grab this guy. and tried to break them apart, but they couldn't. >> a female flight attendant rushed in but ended up in the seat. >> if you watch carefully, she's going to collapse underneath both men. >> with the men slugging it out on top of her. >> i saw people with their cell phones, but nobody is helping. >> that's when green, a retired firefighters stepped in to break it up. >> it's surreal. you see it on tv, and all of a sudden it's happening in front of you. >> nbc bay area news. an emotional council meeting in san jose last night. landlords were heard booing when a fourth person was removed for interrupting council members.

at issue here, fast tracking safe guards for renters from no-cause eviction. last month, the city council did pass a law requiring a legal reason if landlords want to evict somebody. that legislation was slated to take effect next month, but renters argue they need it right now. >> thank you for all standing up for hundreds of unjustly evicted families in your districts and for over 400,000 tenants here in the city of san jose. >> the only winner of the just-cause eviction are lawyers, housing departments, and criminals. >> so renters had complained that no-cause evictions were spieging ahead of the new rule. on tuesday night, the council approved an urgency ordinance which means the rules take effect now. landlords have to prove at least one of 12 reasons if they want to evict somebody. that include not paying rent and committing a crime. >> east bay water customers may soon pay higher rates to cover system improvement costs.

they're suggesting a 19% rate hike. it would upgrade old pipes and water systems. that would amount to a 9% increase this july. pete will join us with a live report at 5:30. >> happening today in oakland, taking a stand against violence. discussing a department of violence prevention. oakland residents are encouraged to speak out at city hall. >> a fire left people without a home at walnut creek on sierra drive. firefighters got the call around 8:20. they kept the fire contained to the second floor of the building. luckily, no one was hurt. >> san francisco mayor ed lee is reportedly launching a new effort to speed up the city's 911 response times. recent staffing shortages along with technical glitches have

impacted response times. the national standard is to answer 90% of emergency calls within ten seconds. examiner reports the mayor says san francisco is currently at about 75 pest. >> today is national bike to school day, and student in san jose will be busy pedaling. reed elementary school students and teachers plan to walk and ride to school with city officials going with them. that starts at 8:00 this morning. students and parents aren't just getting exercise. there's going to be a giveaway of free bike helmets, a raffle for a free bicycle, and a bike rodeo during recess. >> 4:36. coming up, trying to gain a leg up. the subtle change amazon made to try to win back customers from its competitors. >> plus, turning up the heat on jan napolitano. what blistering accusations are now leading to calls for her resignation.

good morning. i'm landon dowdy live from cnbc world headquarters with your top business headlines. wall street and global markets apire to have a muted action to president trump's firing of james comey. traders say the move likely won't impact stocks as investors focus more on earning reports to gauge whether indexes such as the nasdaq can push past recent highs. marginal moves tuesday amid

falling oil prices and comments from a federal reserve official. most expect another interest hike next month. the dow falling 26 points. the nasdaq rising 17 to 6120. that's a new record high. also, watch disney's stock today. shares are down in premarket trading. the media giant reporting quarterly profits that beat wall street forecasts thanks in part to the box office success of beauty and the beast. they did miss on higher programming costs and continued subscriber losses at espn as more people are dropping their cable package or known as cutting the cord. espn hoped to offset that by launching a subscription streaming service. >> amazon has dropped the free shipping minimum order back to $25, back from the $35 it set back in february. the move happened some time last week. amazon appears to be trying to counter lower free shipping

offers by target and walmart.com which dropped its minimum order for free two-day shipping to $35 back in january. back over to you. >> competition is on. >> the secret is out, and i heard laura say, ooh, when you said it's down another $10. more shopping to be done. thank you. >> good shopping. >> thank you very much. >> 4:41. there are new calls in sacramento for uc president janet napolitano to resign in the wake of allegations she meddled in a state audit that uncovered secret funds. the record found uc's central office potentially mishandled $175 million in undisclosed funds. also allegationsnapolitano's staffers are accused of tampering with audit documents sent to each of the ten uc campuses. all right, it is official here. it is disclosed. it's dropping. temperatures going down today. kari hall watching that drop. you warned us about this. >> yeah, cooler today, and as we

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oh, my gosh, i almost said quarter to 7:00. who's trying to push this week along? it's quarter to 5:00 in the morning. let's take a live look outside, a beautiful look at san francisco this morning. cooler temperatures out there as well. >> two hours earlier. >> it's friday, everybody. >> no daylight savings time. we would have warned you about that. and there's never a bad time to brew up coffee. >> and you'll wand to grab hot coffee this morning because it is cool as you get ready to head out the door. here's a look from at&t park from the embarcadero. clouds starting to mix in this morning. you may even feel some mist. looking live at palo alto, as folks get out there on the roadways, we'll see our temperature trend in sunnyvale starting out in the upper 50s,

and then into the upper 60s by lunchtime with mostly sunny skies. our temperatures today will be right where they should be for this time of year. our average high, 72 degrees. and we'll be there as we go into the day. looking now at some of those temperatures in the mid 50s and upper 50s as you head out the door in oakland, and then throughout this afternoon, we're going to see those highs in oakland reaching 66 degrees. 73 degrees in napa today. also 73 in morgan hill. half moon bay will be at 59 degrees. and san francisco, 62. we are seeing the change happening, and looking at the bigger picture here, the satellite imagery showing there is a large area of low pressure here. the swirl of these clouds just to the west of us. and this will also help bring in some cooler air for the next several days. and also some gusty winds as well as a slight chance of rain. especially for the north bay tomorrow. during the afternoon, we will have some light rain clipping the north bay and then moving off towards the east. the rest of the bay area stays

dry, even going into the weekend. it will be dry. but then next week, we'll start to see rain rolling back into the bay area by tuesday afternoon and continuing into wednesday as well. so looking at that seven-day forecast, fog this morning in san francisco. 62 degrees. and it will continue to cool off into the upper 50s with some gusty winds, especially on friday. once that storm system we're seeing just off to the west not bringing any rain, but it will cause an increase in wind speeds. for the inland areas, 74 today, and some upper 60s for the weekend. we'll be breezy and that chance of rain next tuesday. as we head over to mike, it looks pretty calm on the roads now. >> that's right, and a lighter flow of traffic starting to take effect now through the summertime because i'm already seeing on social media a lot of graduation pictures posted from last weekend. looking over here toward a nice drive to the bay bridge and the rest of the bay, no major slowing on the roads.

b.a.r.t., no delays. same for caltrain, ace train. let's take you to waze and give you a choice, an easy choice. any way you drive, from walnut creek to hayward, no major problems and also very similar travel times including if you're taking crow canyon on the green line. easy decision, doesn't matter what you choose. if you want to make the decision later, check the waze app on your phone. consult with the app because it will continue to update travel times. you want to be on our team because it will update you and the rest of our time. nbc bay area wazers. a reminder how to do that, visit my facebook page. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> 4:48. new video to show you this morning. the moment a van was carried out to see with two people inside. it happened in florida on monday. the van entered a jetty in venice, drove into the sand, struck a beach, accelerated into the water and eventually sank. two people were inside. sadly, they couldn't be saved.

crews found the van later and identified the victims as an 88-year-old man and his 65-year-old daughter. some of the communities threatened this winter by the oroville dam crisis are now raise tharg concerns with governor brown. leaders of seven downstream towns including oroville have sent the governor a letter listing a series of concerns including a full review of the damaged design and how it should operate in the future. >> 4:49 right now. we have new details this morning on a plan to possibly charge visitors to see san francisco's crooked stretch of lombard street. there's an unexpected twist to all this. supervisors don't want to pay for a study to figure out if the plan might work. the plan originally called for $250,000 to study the toll. a vote, though, could still happen later this month. >> a transit group right now pushing for more time to use the carpool lane, although some fear

it could make traffic worse. according to the marin independent journal, the metropolitan division wants to expand carpool hours to last from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. right now, the carpool lanes ejd at 8:30. opponents are concerned longer hours would increase traffic and collisions instead of improving flow. >> 4:50. medical news this morning, the age a woman begins menopause and how she treats the symptoms may increase the risk of hearing loss. women who used oral hormone therapy especially for a long period of time had a higher risk of hearing problems. if you want to lower the sodium in your diet, shunning the salt shaker is not enough. a new study finds processed foods and restaurant fare make up 70% of americans intake of sodium. adding salt at the stable only accounted for 5%. that's why it's so important to read the sodium content when buying groceries and choose

wisely when eating out. >> salt is so good. >> i'm not a salt fan. >> pour it down. pour some salt on me. >> you should make a song. it's 4:51. coming up next, we investigate. >> it could make a mama bear very frustrated. >> thousands of people living in substandard conditions without toilets, heat, or power. up next, we investigate how landlords in one bay area city are getting away with it. but first, happening right now, new numbers coming out showing clashes between drug cartels in mexico killed more people than conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. 2016, 23,000 people died in the drug war. many of them have no links to narcotics. and the number of refugees arriving to the u.s. dipped to a six-year low. around 2,000 refugees came to america in march. of course, an executive order

signed by president trump in january decreased the limits from 110,000 to 50,000. we're back in two minutes with more news.

welcome back. look at that right now. a live picture from san mateo county. a full moon this morning. and it's clear enough that you can actually see it and enjoy it. if you're already out of your house, 4:54 in the morning. >> if not, just stay in and enjoy it. >> through the window perhaps. >> on the television. there. >> toxic mold, rodents running wild. homes without heat. all these conditions we found people living with for months. >> doesn't sound pleasant. >> vicky nguyen reviewed thousands of housing records to find out how landlords escape

punishment for these problems. >> this all comes down to health and safety issues. landlords are supposed to fix these problems in 30 days, but we found on average, oakland landlords take months to start repairs, if at all, leaving tenants with moldy walls, leaky roofs, even conditions inspectors them sfs called deplorable. this woman lived for a month without a working toilet. she and her 8-year-old son had to use plastic bags. we asked the city's director of planning and building how landlords can get away with these delays. he said it's a balance between respecting landlords' rights and making sure tenants have safe housing. hear more on oakland's new push to hold bad landlords accountable tonight at 6:00 p.m. or watch right now on our website, nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >> we investigate. if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call or send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com.

>> all right. a mystery solved to tell you about. a year ago, a san francisco family found a well preserved victorian era coffin inside of it, 3-year-old girl holding a single rose. now, we know who she was and when she lived. edith howard cook was born in 1873 and died in 1876. the nonprofit garden of innocence turned to a dna expert who found a great nephew living in nurin county and brought closure to the family. >> everybody needs a name. her parents lovingly gave her a name, and it got lost in the process somewhere. but now she's got it back. >> all right, no longer a footnote to history. garden of innocence plans to hold a memorial service for her next month. >> interesting looking coffin, too. two window panes. >> bizarre. >> get ready for some new faces at the oakland zoo. three now otter pups make their debut this morning.

they were born in early february. >> very cute faces. the zoo named the male seal, and the females, they roll off the tongue, these names. the pups are still nursing now, but they're starting to eat fish and meat. look at that. the zoo says it doesn't put otters on display until they're strong swimmers. they have some work to do. they make their debut at 10:00 this morning. >> 4:57 right now. good day to visit the zoo. cool temperatures across the bay area. >> so comfortable, especially when you talk about yesterday where we were topping out in the 80s for the inland areas. today, we're up to 74. we'll get a look at the complete microclimate forecast leading into the weekend up next. and i'm looking at the bay bridge at the bottom of the screen, very bottom. we see one lane is not open as far as cash payment. not a problem, but we'll show you how things are shaping up. >> plus, fallout after the

director of the fbi is fired. now, lawmakers are pushing for an independent investigation into russia's meddling in the presidential election. f-b-i director james comey is

out.. what this now means for th you're fired. fbi director james comey is out. what this now means for the russia investigation that he was leading. we're live at the nation's capitol with all of the overnight developments. >> new this morning, a string of overnight fires in contra costa

county. investigate is now under way to find out what caused all this damage. >> one day after antolin garcia torres was convicted of killing sierra lamar, the attorneys are preparing for the punishment phase. i'll tell you why the prosecutors who got him convicted may want to take the death penalty off the table. you're watching today in the bay. >> and a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us, or if you're just coming home from work, ending it with us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> that would be a late night. >> does happen for a lot of people. >> no question about it. it is 5:00, and this is normal, by the way, the temperatures we're seeing. >> finally, because it's been up and down all over the place. and as we are getting a look at -- as we get a look at what's happening around the bay area, we are feeling temperatures that are cooler and some mid 70s out there in the tri-valley. 75 degrees there. 73 degrees in the