good morning. it is friday morning. we're looking live from our san francisco camera. there is the beautiful city skyline. it's chilly out there, so grab a coat before you leave the house. "today in the bay" starts right now. it does feel chilly when you get outside. i have some goosebumps over there. >> later today i'm going to take you up on that, mike. what are we looking at to warm us up. >> it will be sunny, but it will be a cooler day and also breezy that will make it feel cooler on this friday. let's look at what to expect. out the door it's 53, and breezy

in the trivalley. 43 in the north bay. after the cool start we'll see the higher temperatures, gusts much to 30 miles an hour around the coast and in san francisco. north bay, sunshine up to 65. not too bad. it gets milder as we head into the weekend. we'll have a look at that forecast, mike is checking in on a crash in el cerrito. >> one of few incidents out there on the roadway. your speed sensors are green, but to the upper shore, and at central avenue, we do have an earlier crash, but seconds ago it looked like chp was getting ready to clear ever off the board there. and the upper east shore freeway is not seeing major problems. that sounds good. breaking news just into our

newsroom. a suspected arsonist may have struck again. two more car fires overnight, this time in walnut creek. >> these latest flames are just a handful of a map. it's popped up in the area the last few days. neighborhoods in martinez and brentwood have also fallen victim. we're live from walnut creek this morning with what fire investigators are say about the latest round. good morning. >> good morning to you, sam and chris. i did speak with the fire marsh marshal, and he tells us he believes this car fire and a second one this morning in lafayette are related to at least ten other car fires, including the string of car fires, that the same person or persons are setting these ablaze. the only difference is these cars are parked in the street, not the driveway.

the one here in walnut creek happened around 2:06 this morning. the second one was reported about ten minutes later just unit three miles away. the fire marshal says there a common thread, but would that divulge what that is, does not want to taint the investigation. yesterday morning there are two car fires, one in brentwood, the second one about a mile and a half away. early wednesday morning there was another car fire at a home in walnut creek, and a second one in lafayette, sort of like this morning. in early monday morning you had this car fire outside a home in mar thin. in all incidents, no one was hurt, all the homes escaped serious damage. this is near a home yesterday, and you can see a person walking through the -- they believe that person is a person of interest. back out here live.

you can see the damage to what was looks like a honda sedan, perhaps a civic. it's on juanita drive in walnut creek. within the next 30 minutes we're going to head over to the location where we'll be interviewic that fire marshal on tape. not a way to wake up. thank you, bob. b.a.r.t. reportedly plans to address what it sees as a decline in ridership, that is the number of homeless people in stations and trains. they sayed number of complaints surrounding homeless activities has gone up, and at the same time b.a.r.t. ridership is dropping. the agency plans to launch a new effort to clean up b.a.r.t. stations and to help homeless people find shelter, but elsewhere. we will have a live report for you coming up at 5:30. b.a.r.t. directors are also reportedly laying out what they

plan to do -- most of that money will go to boosti ining infrastructure. more than one third of the money will go for a train control system. about $500 million will go into repairing the tunnels and other structure. an emergency meeting about to do so under way in contra costa county. it has to do with a grand jury's recommendation to remove the d.a. there. yesterday a grand jury announcing that mark peterson in its opinion should be ousted for misconduct. jurors determined that peterson has spent $66,000 in campaign money on himself over the course of several years. back in december, peterson admitted to spending the money on meals, clothing and movie tickets among other things when he was serving as treasurer for his reelection campaign. a high school that's reportedly seen a surge in racist behavior is planning to take steps to combat that

problem. the chron. >> caller: reports that a handful of piedmont students have been suspended, it annilprompted a student assembly. the student is planning an action plan, including a hotline allowing students to easily report abuse and bullying but anonymously. after-school programs are going to start hitting the pocketbooks of families. it is reported that they plan to charge kids for enrowling in after-school and summer programs. those programs were fully federally funt funded, but the district still fashions a, so those fees may cost $5 0 to $50. we'll bring you up to speed on a technical glitch that

affected thousands of people just trying to use their bank. "saturday night live's" signature satire is back. the reason that melissa mccarthy is all dressed up and singing show tunes with her hosting duties this weekend.

good morning, i'm landon dowdy. here are your top business headlines. the wall street will try to end

the week on a positive note, the nasdaq snapping a five-day winning streak, investors reacting to disappointing earning. look for data today on retail sales and inflation, and today earnings from j.c. penney's. the nasdaq down 13 to 6116. full-time jobs may in and out be easier to get, data shows the number of parttime workers who would prefer fulltime positions fell to the lowest level in nine years. experts say that's because of a shrinking pool making it harder for companies to find job candidates. instead many firms are turning parttime jobs into fulltime positions to atrablgt more applicants. jpmorgan chase says it's back online after an outage last night. customers could log into the website or mobile app, but they were not ability to transfer

money or pay bills. it also showed not available where account balances should be. they apologized saying sorry for the stress and thanks for your patience. is a -- sam and chris, back to you. >> "no funds available" will freak you out. >> a flashback to college days -- oh, no,s i'm a grownup now. i do have a little bit of money. actress melissa mccarthy says she feels pretty. ♪ such a pretty face ♪ such a pretty smile ♪ such a pretty me a one-minute tease for tomorrow night. she sinked "i feel pretty" from "west side story." she dancens datzs her way to the --, the character debuted in

february, you can catch the show right howaere. >> it's the last few impressions didn't go well with the administration. i can only imagine the reaction to that. >> i wonder why we haven't seen him in a while. >> it has been a few days. a check in with carrie and the breezy school temperature. >> as we take a live look outside. the temperature in for santa clara clears all of those cloud out. we'll take a like ahead to the mother's day forecast, coming up next. we'ric looking at this easy drive at the bay bridge. what a great friday so far. the crash has cleared right at central ave.

water leak - it is a quarter to 5:00 this morning. these are live images from the international space station and the two u.s. astronauts expected to do a space walk today. that has been delayed. the nasa astronauts were going to perform a landmark 200th space walk. the reason it's been put on hold -- leaking in what's called a umbilical hose. some water started leaking out

of the hose connected to jab fisher. he's sharing the hose, and they're going to get that ironed out and they'll -- >> if you're calling it an umbilical cord, you know it's a lifeline. >> i could reel myself back in. >> no. no oxygen also helpful. we're getting ready for your weekend. for the moms out there, what do you have in store. >> beautiful weather, though you may need a jacket when ear heading out. looking at this beautiful shot, you can see the clouds overhead. at you head out this morning you'll see a few clouds, but all of that will be clearing out. it's 45 degrees, and out the dao are in fairfield as weigh get a closer look, we'll see the high up to 66 deletes, even a bit

cooler than yesterday. our normal highs are in the low 70s, but we will struggle to make it into the low 60s like san mateo. and staying in the 50s for most of san francisco, another the mission direct will make it up to 61, and 65 degrees today? santa rosa. as you're looking out the window getting ready for the day, standing in the closet, it will be a dat for a hat, because the winds will be picking up today. also a nice warm jacket especially starting out this day as we go into the noon hour, we see that on-shore wind flow bringing in the cool temperatures. and then as we go into this evening, our winds gets even stronger, close to 30 miles an hour. that's where we may see some of those gusts. with those gusty winds and cool

temperatures, you want to make sure you're prepared for that. tomorrow a lot of sunshine, but look at the high temperatures feeling a bit more comfortable inland with a high of 69 degrees. the seven-day forecast shows we do have a chance of lane. for staying in the lower 50s to upper 60s. the inland area in the upper 60s for the next -- >> something, four bags of something. we're looking at no major problems for the speed sensors, but as we move it up toward walnut creek, we may see some slower sensors, and maybe some -- because four bags of something are bouncing around the roadway and insulation seen on the shoulder, so presumably that may be it.

let's take you to the area with waves as well. as far as your drive from vallejo over towards san francisco, waze clearly outlines three major routes. the quick -- the slower one, this is the third slowest, because of some slowing right there, otherwise it would be quicker than that richmond bridge. you make the choice depending on what time you're leaving, and the with. a. ze system will help you on our phone. mac sure a member of the nbc bay area wazers. our crews are ready for water re could you tell us. the department says people should hold off on visiting the american and sacramento rivers. the water levels are still dangerously high because of the strong winter storms. not only that there's a lot of debris that washed into the

river during the flooding that can be hard to spot. >> we real listen don't thing of them as being good options for recreation at this point. >> there were zero drownings on the sacramento-area rivers last year. firefighters credit the increaseded availability of life jackets and more water patrols. the department fears people could be caught off-guard, though, following years of drought. happening later today, state public health leaders already responding to governor brown's revised budget and growing uncertainties about the health care issues. he also talked about how if president trump's health care plan ultimately makes its way through congress. consumer watch dog group is blasting pge for seeking to

raise its rates in order to shut down the diablo canyon planned. t.u.r.n. now says pg & e is asking for a new rail proposal. the extra money would help cover the cost of the demission of diablo canyon. that comes at the same ti time -- -- allowing a 1% raise. almost two dozens airlines are switching terminals. it's a part of the upgrade plan. the most noticeable will be with delta, which happens to be l.a.x.'s largest carrier. during the relocation, it may operate out of four different terminals, you could can conceivably go to three wrong places first. if you're transiting through l.

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far? >> ever, i think i'm at 18 miles. >> impressive, but this guy has you beat not by miles, sam, but by month. >> i can't wait to find out. first, though, there's been another scorpion reported on a united flight. we are finding ute this morning with a plane from houston to ecuador was delayed after a scorpion was spotted. again, this is the second time that's happened in less than a month one of those stinging insects has been reported. airbnb is giving the governments there what they want. it will be collecting and remitting taxes, the first such arrangement in latin m. we'll be back with more news in two minutes.

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lovers.. doctors are cautioning about an unknown hazard of eating a bit of a warning here. doctors caution eating sushi. it comes after a healthy po 2-year-old man became ill after eatic sushi. it turns out the fish was infected with a parasite that had to be removed from his stomach with a special net. so far most cases have been reported out of japan, but apparently it's on the rise in western countries. >> all right. enjoy your breakfast. a new study shows that tai chi re15 months nearly half of

the people in both those groups had stops of improvement in insomnia. tai chi also improved depression and fatigue. a man going coast to coast no returning shoes for the third time in less than a year. >> he does stop and sleep at some point, right? >> i think so. >> he says he gets his information from forrest gump. he does this just with a sleeping bag, a tent and apparently a stroller. the latest is taking him from syracuse to portland, oregon. >> it's fantastic to see the different types of environments, the lovely green fields of northern. pope says people say run

forrest run. >> he as using the money he once thought they was saving for a house. maybe it's long sleeves this morning? >> if you're heading to the giants game this evening, dress like you're going to tahoe. it will be cold out there at at&t park, especially when the winds pick up. we will look ahead to the mother's day forecast, ahead. >> and north bay san rafael is getting along just fine. no major crashes, but also use some slowing that i found over in the tri-valley. =runs 6=

=kris/cont.vo= more fallout... reaction pouring in this morning after lestor holt )s by his own words, it seems that he fired -- more fallout and reaction after lester hold's wide-ranging interview with president trump at the white house. the answer as fueling the controversy over mr. comey's firing. we're live in washington to break it all down for you this morning. we are also inching or way towards the weekend. a live look outside at san francisco and the transamerica pyramid. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good friday morning. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura. we know the lines for a mother's day brunch