the new cholula buttery jack. part of the buttery jack family. only at jack in the box. francisco good morning and thank you good thursday morning to you. 4:30 as we take a live look. a beautiful sight to begin our morning on "today in the bay" in san francisco. the weather today -- good morning, thanks for joining us. >> a cool start to the morning. >> atmosphere cool start. we've got clear skies. i was watching the system overnight that pretty much skipped around the bay area. as we get a look at storm ranger mobile doppler radar. the red on the map, those are the wind turbines elsewhere. it is all clear. here is the system that's bringing some rain closer to parts of the central coast and heading to l.a. we'll be watching that moving

away from the bay area today with clearing skies. taking a live look outside in san jose, 50s to start and mid-60s by early afternoon. it's going to be a really nays day and even nicer weekend. details on that coming up. we're tracking the morning if commute. >> you can see a little slowing along 680. that just popped up. i will look into that to see what's going on there. other than that chp not reporting any accidents at this hour aside from a couple of fender-benders over night. a look at palo alto shows you how empty the roads are for now. >> thank you. 4:31, happening now union city police are trying to help track down a 12-year-old girl last seen yesterday. police say camila rodriguez left school with a friend and never

showed up and never returned home. police officers say her cell phone is turned off. they say she don't know why. she might have run away. she was last seen wearing black north face jacket. >> across the bay, an 11-year-old girl also missing. police asking you to keep an eye out for diana flores. she was last seen before 9:00 near camino real and bay street. diana was wearing a green sweatshirt with the word "pink" printed on it. frightening moments in a neighborhood, a mountain lion. caught on camera walking down the sidewalk in east foothills. instead of heading back into the hills, it wonders deeper into the neighborhood. as you can imagine, neighbors taken extra precautions. >> the bay's jean elle talks to them. >> reporter: a mountain lion caught on security camera walking down the street before midnight monday headed towards

the house. >> keep the children inside. >> he says he'll be keeping a closer eye on 9-year-old mary dell. >> i think it's a good idea. i don't want to get hurt. >> she plans to keep the cats inside. no more checking out strange noises outside. >> i heard some noises a couple nights ago. i went outside but didn't see anything. kind of scary. >> back on juliette avenue. >> not bad looking. >> art woodall says he's okay with the big cat visiting as long as he only comes by late at night. >> they have go small kids there. i have my grand kids come over here all the time, but they are not out at night. it's okay. >> nbc bay area news. 4:33 for you right now. the warriors nba playoff serious against san antonio was suddenly taking a big back seat. the news that the wife of spurs head coach gregg popovich had died. tonight's game three going on as planned. right now there's no word on

whether popovich will be on the sidelines with the team. erin popovich passed away yesterday at the age of 67. the team did not give any more details other than that. the warriors are among many in the nba reacting to that news including star kevin durant who found out about this at practice. >> win or lose it's about the brotherhood we built as nba player. >> warrior star steph curry tweeted, i can't imagine what coach popovich is going through but i am lifting up prayers to you and your family. the warriors are leading the series two games to none. >> at 4:34 right now, could homeless encampment. they are calling on sjsu to make a plan. they have 300 homeless students,

legalized housing or tent cities. overpass looked at details on the issue, tracked homeless hot spots. it said more than 200,000 reported being hemless in the 2016-2017 school year. that's 3% of california students. 3:35, new details on the san jose's first b.a.r.t. station. under construction eight eight, 101. building up around the area. the artist rendering of the transit buildings last night psi called marketplace san jose and located at the flea market. will be able to live, work, and shop there. >> drivers on the san rafael bridge. you can see from outside, not really packing it. pretty light when you count it. if you drive this road we have good news for you this morning. you're going to notice a new lane opening up on friday.

eastbound drivers will get a third lane. as you look up right lane open on marin county side. twenty sets of overhead green arrows will guide people through. caltrans says the lane will open between 2:00 and 7:00. >> take whatever they can get. >> 4:36. more changes at whole foods as the grocer is ending digital coupons and customer accounts. we'll talk about what's replacing the program. >> save up before you fill up. prices at the pump on the rise again here in the bay area. you could save energy

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a mixed sessions for stocks yesterday. nasdaq and s&p 500 rose but dow slipped on the back of ibms disappointing earnings. oil prices at levels not seen since nature 2014, nearing $70 a barrel. a government data shows drop in u.s. crude supply and saudi arabia called for higher prices. dow falling to 2478, nasdaq adding 14 to 7295. whole foods shutting down its awards program, digital coupons and customer accounts may 2nd. the grocery chain will pull everything to amazon prime. reports say unused rewards won't roll over into prime.

you should try to use them since they expire. since amazon bought whole foods added features in stores including discounts for prime members and 5% cash back for shoppers with prime rewards credit card. chevy owners can pay for gas in their own cars. the owner is teaming up with shell to let drivers pay for in infotainment. you can make a reservation. >> still got to get out and fill it up, right? we need full service. >> thanks, kate. 4:40. we look to save money, cut costs where you can. you're not going to be able to do that at the pump next time. gas is more expensive in the bay area. aaa puts national average $2.74. california's average $3.55. prices are even higher opinion marin, san mateo, napa counties.

people we talk to blame the long drive to work. >> because it's in higher demand, it's more expensive here because a lot of commuting. >> higher prices are the tradeoff for a booming economy. californians also pay an extra $0.12 a gallon in gas tax. >> 4:41. coming up next on "today in the bay," a cool start to thursday morning. grab a jacket before you head out the door, a cool start. live look at palo alto shows a nice, smooth drive. all clear skies. our temperature trend starts out in the 40s and low 60s later this afternoon. it's going to be much more comfortable for the week. we'll take a look at that forecast coming up next. >> it's only around 4:41 but i'm already tracking slowing along the bay bridge. have a look at what's going on on the bay bridge. looks like there may be an accident plus a look at drive times around the bay area. jose

ad lib toss to wx and traffic 4:4 right now as we take a live look in san jose. looking at the shark tank, quiet right now but a different story last night as san jose sharks took home that four-game sweep against anaheim ducks. congratulations to our team ♪ this is how we do it >> no kidding. nice to see. >> the temperature has been all over the place. >> started out cool this week,

we know we're going to warm up for the weekend. we're going from winter to spring to summer all in one week. here is a look at the system that moved through yesterday. really it just stayed offshore for the bay area. then as we look at that loop, all the green, it's going to start to work its way inland just to the south of the bay area. it's continuing to move closer to l.a. and also producing some lightning. we are done with the rain as that moves away from us. look at how cold it is now. you walk out the door in naapa, 35, 49 livermore, san jose. forecast at the bottom of the screen. you'll see warmer temperatures just in time for the weekend. low 70s for parts of the north bay and santa rosa, 70 antioch, 66 livermore and palo alto, 65 not pad at all. as we get dressed this morning, one of those days you do need a jacket.

you'll probably want to take it off later today as temperatures warm up. because we don't have any rain today you can wear your nice dress shoes and not worry about stepping in puddles. also because we have such dry conditions and everything blossoming and blooming right now, the tree pollen is really high, oak and mulberry and grasses. but the good news is you can go ahead and wash the car because there's for rain in the forecast as we go into the next seven days and temperatures will warm up. going from 61 in san francisco to low 70s for the weekend and 80 degrees on saturday. the warmest day sunday 83 degrees. looks like we'll have a beach weekend ahead. do over to vianey. any issues on the road? >> no but i'll take you up on that offer for the weekend and also get a car wash. we're off to a good start. we haven't seen major accidents but now chp is reporting looking like a traffic hazard along bay

bridge, westbound side right near the toll plaza. can you see the slowing there. our traffic cams are showing. chp not reporting exactly what the traffic hazard is but judging by this, it's either the traffic hazard or metering lights are on or combination of both. bay bridge is your commute head out now, we're seeing that back-up building in that area. drive times 680 from 580 to vargas road, northbound 238 to 580, only about two minutes. send it back to you. >> thank you very much vianey. 4:47. king coverage now we're hearing from the pilot who safely landed that southwest plane in philadelphia after its engine exploded. captain tammie jo shults made history as one of the first female fighter pilots in the navy. she's now being credited for keeping an amazing sense of calm

after a fan played punk toured the plane. as captain and first officer of the crew of five who worked to serve our customers aboard flight 1380, we all feel we were simply doing our jobs. the author of "military moms" knows her personally. >> i'm really proud of her, proud she's getting the recognition. she's just a wonderful, warm, amazing person. >> you can see that entire interview with author linda maloney on the "today" show. >> youtube employees will return to work a day after rattled by threats. they found a post on instagram promising another shooting at the headquarters. federal agents tracked that threat to pennsylvania where they arrested a child. this comes two weeks after a woman opened fire at the youtube campus in san bruno. she shot three employees and killed herself. the shooter was upset youtube

was censoring her content. a ban for events like protests, the examiner reports supervisors are now talking about widening it to consider small events. the board may approve the measure as soon as next month. a live look at our nation's capital this thursday morning where we should soon see toddlers on the senate floor. here is why. they decided to bring children as young as one years old into chambers. inspired by illinois senator tammy dpuk worth who gave birth to her daughter last week making her the first senator to have a baby while in office. 4:49, something we've all dealt with telemarketers blowing up your phone. a local congresswoman is trying to stop that from happening. yesterday jackie speier introduced a bill to give cell phone technology to block

robocalls, a blocking system to better control calls and texts. coming up on "today in the ba bay", nbc responds. >> he booked a trip to hawaii for one price but his credit card shows another and it's not lower. i'm consumer investigators chris gomorrah, nbc bay area responds next. but first happening nowp shaking in the middle east, a magnitude 5.5 struck southern iran near the country's only nuclear plant. there are no reports of damages or injuries. but can't imagine the concern there. officials say the nuclear plant is built to resist damage from a quake. plus saudi arabia's first movie theater in 30 years is in business this morning. the first movie shown, "black panther." a lot of changes in saudi arabia, women will soon be able to drive. more news when we come back after the blachlt break. reak. ad

emeryville a very good thursday morning to you. a lovely live look outside overlooking emeryville. nice and clear but that means it's cool as well. as you step out the door you'll notice it. 4:53 right now. >> nbc bay area responds to yet another issue involving cheap flight deals. >> chris gomorrah helps a san francisco man with a low fare mix-up. >> with three to choose from travelers in the bay area can often find great deals on flights if you know where to look. nathan is one of those bargain hunters. when he saw united airlines selling round trip flights to hawaii for $197 each, he quickly snapped up two seats. but a few days later nathan noticed his credit card was charged $347 per addict.

that's $150 more than he thought he was paying per seat leaving a total of $300 up in the air. nathan said he called united airlines and was told there was a system error. united then offered to cancel the trip and refund his money. but nathan wanted the bargain fare he initially paid for, a flight to hawaii for less than $200. that's when nathan asked us to help. we reached out to united. the airline told us a technical error occurred when our customer booked his tickets causing an incorrect additional charge and a delay in the tickets being issued. united let nathan keep the flight, it apologized and refunded the $300 that was in limbo. whenever you try to pookbook a flight, especially can't miss deal, you've got to make sure you get an e-mailed receipt almost immediately after purchase, within a couple minutes or hour or so. if you don't get a confirmation within that period, call the airline right away to ensure the

purchase actually went through. if you run into a problem like nathan did, call us 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> chris always solving problems. >> exactly. >> 4:55 right now. you may have seen this story on social media. >> a 10-year-old girl singing to stop bullying. stop what you're doing and listen. ♪ >> a quick snippet there. >> an anti-bullying anthem getting popular. people listening on itunes and spotify. >> makes me feel like i am a voice for the people being bullied. >> the nonprofit group paid for the session and promoting kids in impoverished countries. >> give you a little snippet because they want you to go on and buy it pref coming up on

"today in the bay," school start to the morning but warm up in sight. >> did you just say monday. it's thursday. >> that's the second time i did that. i did it in the newsroom. >> i don't want to go back to monday. that was cold and we had all those storms. today much calmer weather as we take a look outside in fremont. our temperature trend starts out 40s and 50s and reaches into the mid-60s today and a beautiful weekend ahead. we'll take a look at that forecast coming up next. >> some bridges are doing a lot better than others. one of those doing great, the san mateo bridge. a smooth commute across the board. a minor incident to report this hour. we'll look at your drive time coming up. >> moving along where express lanes will help commuters along bay area's busiest routes. >> first a live look outside in san francisco this morning. beautiful look at trans america pyramid. make it out, no clouds in sight. stick around, more knaunews to .

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close to 5:00. good morning, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. an update on what's going on weather wise. today looks like a nice one? >> it is a great day. it does start off cool but then sunshine warming those temperatures late morning spoke early afternoon, it is going to be beautiful. that morning drive, though, is going to be chilly. make sure you grip the steering wheel. all the high temperatures in the 60s and 70s today. this is where we should be. this weekend with record highs. i'll detail that in a few minutes. the morning commute, we're looking at that san mateo bridge. >> starting to see traffic build up, also spots on the road, 680. i do have a an update on the

bridge. near the toll plaza. i've been monitoring chp reports. they haven't given exact details on exactly what the traffic hazard is. i did notice on the live traffic camera, off to the side it looks to be a tow truck, i saw a patrol car swooping in. that seems to be off to the side. hopefully that will ease up the back-up happening earlier on at 4:30. even then we're starting to see back-up along bay bridge. taking a look at the bay area, palo alto looking pretty good out there. nice and smooth commute. bridge drive time westbound 580 towards richmond bridge only 8 minutes. not too bad. bay bridge, as you know, does typically get busy. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:00. happening now union police trying to track down a 12-year-old girl seen yesterday. camila rodriguez left school with a friend but she never showed up and then never returned home. police say her cell phone is turned off.