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now to disturbing allegations against a bus driver in san francisco . he )s accused of driving while intoxicated - with a high school swim team on board. this morning that driver is off the streets and facing criminal charges. today in the bay )s sergio quintana spoke with the swim coach-- who noticed something was off and called 911.

this morning c-h-p is investigating an accident that killed a person ... who was walking on interstate 580 in oakland. it happened near high street - and closed all westbound lanes last night. no word yet on the victim )s

identity. happening today in the east bay: a martinez pastor - who ran away to mexico before being convicted of child molest happening in the east bay, y martinez pastor who run away tom mexico before theon convicted child molestation is xpeked to ma sentenced today. captured earlier this month repa extradited back to thete u.s., e 37-year-old is expected in the martinez courtroom later this morning. he was convicted in december of repeated sexual assault onth a h child who attended the church.io >> security follows a scary incident nearby. a man tried to lure a child int his car. this reportedly happened near te petaluma junior high yesterday afternoon. not saying much about the man eg expect he was driving a red honda civic. >> surveillance video appears t show a brutal attack on a som

restaurant owner and worker. two men tried robbing them outside webster street. people who frequent that area are now concerned about their safety. >> definitely makes me think twice about the security that in feel like i have is now -- ha >> police have not said if they have arrested anyone. r happening today,brown depoa armygo veteran will become a u.m citizen.deport governor brown granted hector it barahas citizenship after pardoning him of crimes that got him deported in 2010. since then he's worked for the u.s. veterans administration ant he was sworn in today. he will be sworn in today in san diego. depor nbc bay area's investi unit helped bring to life the story of dozens of veterans d s deported after serving honorably in the military. you can watch that on the t safe investigative unit onty entary nbcbayarea.com. >> san franciscoo

leaders will al is teach students aboutse street ee safety at gened parker elementy school.ra san francisco general hospital participating.n plan" the hospital set to launch a a custom custom built doctor. >> farm of the zero vision plan aimed at eliminating traffic related death and injuries. mountainomorrow view wants brain storming new ways to raisi n revenue. tomorrow is the deadline and the survey asks for feed back for including transportation. 4:36 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," new set of eyes monitoring what's going on at the post ba office. the recent action fromto presit trump. >> a change at the oakland zoo, a newest addition sure to take you back to the wild wild west.

here are today's top business headlines, wall street is set for a positive open, stocks rallied yesterday as concerns over a potential military strike in syria eased. bank shares led to gains anticipating strong earnings across the financial sector, dow closing 294 points higher. the nasdaq gaining 71 points to close at 7,140. after spending months criticizing amazon and ceo jeff bezos, president trump signed an executive order creating a task force to evaluate the u.s.

postal offices operations and finances. while the executive order doesn't mention amazon by name, the president accused the e commerce giant of harming the postal service in the weeks leading up to the announcement. the newly minted task force is expected to submit findings within 120 day. credit card signatures are about to become a thing of the past. major credit card companies will no longer require signatures to authenticate purchases. it goes into effect for master card and discover and visa will follow suit later this month. ultimately it will be up to the store to decide whether or not to eliminate them completely. back over to you. >> with identity theft, why take away a layer. >> there you go. >> time 4:40. happening today, east bay is about to look a bit more like the wild wild west. >> 14 bison are on their way to the oakland zoo.

part of the historic herd from the black feet nation of montana. apparently linked back to the original herd from 1873. the animals will be a part of the zoo's california trail expansion of 56 acre exhibit that features animals native to california. but that are no longer here. >> i like that. >> coming up here on quts today on the bay, the forecast for the weekend kari hall, looking good. >> we start out this morning with chilly temperatures, all clear skies as we take a live look outside in san jose. as we go to campbell, 47 degrees, a chilly start but a nice warm-up today and we'll be reaching up to about 70 degrees. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend coming up next. >> here's highway 101 through san jose, a nice flow through the south bay. no trouble on the peninsula or north bay either. we'll talk about a new crash i've been told about.

4:44, taking a live look outside from downtown san jose this morning. finding some clearing skies just in time for the weekend. >> what. >> the weekend is here.

>> well, if you didn't notice, a live look at oracle arena, game one against san antonio begins at noon and today you didn't know -- it is blue and gold day. hello. >> exactly. wake up, fans are being encouraged to take part in blue and gold lights warriors flags will all decorate oakland san francisco and city hall. fans can get car flags in fact while they last at warriors team score location. >> first ever playoff game scores his first stanley cup playoff goal! >> playoff hockey is here, san jose sharks beat the anaheim ducks last night in game one. the official watch party was in downtown san jose. more than 250 fans packed the bar to chieer with the beer wit

the win. a friendly wager off the ice, the mayor of both cities have a bet on who will win round run. this is locardo for eggo waffles and san jose's mayor for chur ros, eggos were invented in san jose. the sharks and ducks in the best of seven game series and next game is tomorrow in anaheim and then they return to the shark tank on monday for game three. very nice. >> leggo my family -- >> you're on facebook, you saw the picture on mike's page, holding the stanley cup, filter on facebook. we like to see your pictures of your warriors gear today, suppowe

have a lot going on. >> all coordinated this morning and we're ready for a great weekend. we start out with nice weather this morning, all clear, skies. another view of that building you can see there lit up in warriors colors. as we look at the seven-day forecast, it's coming up at the bottom of the screen. here's a look at the highs, up to 74 degrees in santa rosa, one of the warmer spots today and palo alto, 68 degrees, 70 in livermore and 72 in antioch. you do need layers, it's a chilly start. also, a hat, nice warm jacket and then later on today you'll be able to take off those layers but it's going to stay cool at half moon bay today. and a lot of people are getting ready for the weekend. if you're making beach plans, head ae head's up that there's a beach hazard statement in effect. we will have long period swells up to 20 feet with the breakers. watch out for the sneaker waves

and rip current and currently we're seeing winds come in from the north at half moon bay or around half moon bay with waves at 13 feet right now. we still have these storm systems offshore, many of them have been fairly weak and we're seeing rain to the north of the bay area and as we go into the weekend, that system will be dipping in bringing us rain by early sunday morning. we could still see the light rain by early turs morning with snow in the ee esierra. more rain moving in. we will still have several waves of some showers moving in. meantime we're going to enjoy a nice weekend warming temperatures. san francisco up to 68 degrees. look how much it cools off early next week. showers moving in on monday, inland areas go from 75 on saturday to 58 for the high on monday. as we head over to mike, a

new -- you have new info -- >> from an unnamed source. his name is aaron, nice beard. he was checking on highway 17 and highway 17 through campbell, san jose, moving nicely. as with all of these, it's a light drive for much of the bay. but highway 17 southbound, right around vine hill, there was a car that crashed into that. a few minutes and that completely clear. no slowing on the sensors but at the scene you're down to one lane. the south county for highway 101, moves nicely, gilroy and morgan hill and without delay. good stuff. we'll take you out toward our waze system, slowing out of tracy and livermore for westbound 205 and 580, pretty typical. this blue line takes you over two hours but look at this, zigzag gets you past the slowing and jump back on to 580 past the

scene and that's what folks are doing because of the traffic. a little extra backup this morning. no construction delays reported but we do see that slower drive. we'll get you back to the other map system and show you in addition to waze, we have live cameras and street sensors, a few cars coming through up until a few minutes ago i didn't see any traffic. no delays on rails, good stuff for mass transit. 4:50. live look at the bay bridge poll plaza, a warning for drivers. law enforcement will be cracking down on distracted drivers today. they have been for quite some time. don't ask me how i know. put down your cell phone. april is distracted driving month and it reminds a very serious issue even though stu studies have shown a decline. 23,000 distracted crashes, 10,000 less when the law took effect. two wheels will trump two feet when it comes to boarding

cal trains by cars, anyone with a bike will board first. they are trying out a pilot program in hopes of avoiding delays. will you get a vote? this morning venture capitalist tim draper says he has enough signatures to put a plan on the november ballot. the cal 3 initiative, one state would cover monmonterey to l.a. second from orange and through fresno. the third would cover the bay area and above. even if it does make the ballot and voters approve state lawmakers also have to get the okay. >> 4:51. coming up on quts it's in t"to." >> problems with appliance and parking tickets and medical bill. some of the cases nbc bay area is responding to. i'm a recap next. first happening now screen

actor's guild calling for an end to auditions and other meetings in hotel rooms and homes in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal. new information as well about a previously unreleased book by j.r. tolkein being described as the holy grail of those texts, takes place before the lord of the rings. stick around. corporate red tapea

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revelations, asian american pioneer airs this sunday april 15th at 7:00. we check that forecast with kari. >> going to be a cool start. all clear skies, palo alto, you do need a nice warm jacket. we'll be in the upper 40s through 8:00 and nice warm-up today with a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about that weekend forecast coming up next. we'll stick with the traffic shot and show you a smooth flow of traffic. speeds from the south bay all the way to the city and continuing through the north bay. we'll give you a look at that coming up. closer to answers, this morning the new clues we're learning about the disappearance of a southern california family heading to san jose. a live look

m happy friday to you. quickly approaching 5:00 a.m. let's take a peek outside at the last morning commute of the week for many folks. everybody out the door already this morning, clearing skies on the way. should be a nice one ahead. >> i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. this weekend surely will be one if you have activity, little league, swimming, this is it. >> this is a good weekend and it's going to be sunny and warmer weather on the way, even though we do have a really cool start this morning, as you get ready to head out, we've had 30s in parts of the bay area. look at half moon bay, 39 degrees and 38 degrees in

livermore. mid 40s for the south bay. here's a live look outside in san jose. no issues as you get ready to hit out. make sure you're dressed appropriately as we get a look at our temperature trend for today we'll be in the mid-50s to start at 8:00 and then some upper 60s later today. now mike, you're checking on the drive. >> most of the drive is great but we do have slowing out of the altamont and there may be a new fender bender on 205. i'll let you know if it's a major issue for folks towards the commute in livermore. thr through sunol, reports of a crash sounds like the same incident approaching highway 84. be careful through the area, overall traffic is light. here's the berkeley curve with no delays or backup at the bay bridge. >> we could expect to hear more today, get an update in fact on the ongoing search for a missing southern california family. it comes after a grim discovery of debris and personal items in a