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.

they say they 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 asked you to keep an eye out for her. last seen yesterday morning near intersection of camino real and bay street. diana was wearing a green sweatshirt with the word "pink" on it. if you drive through the east bay during rush hour, it can become a mess. today caltrans will break ground on express carpool lane nobody 680 right there to ease some of that congestion. "today in the bay" bob redell along that artery and the impact it could have for us and thousands of drivers. that's a tough one. >> reporter: it is, laura and marcus. that's why caltrans and alameda county decided that hot lane. this is one of the top ten most congested corridors in the bay area.

anyone who has driven it like i have for years can testify to that. this would help alleviate the traffic. later this morning the government will break ground on this $200 million project that will extend nine miles from mission boulevard and fremont, north on 680 pass highway 84 exit to livermore and sunol. anyone with clean air sticker can use it for free. solo drivers can use it as long as they are willing to pay. the toll will fluctuate based on demand. >> you don't mind paying. >> if it gets me out of traffic, i don't mind paying. >> how much would you pay? >> the tolls aren't bad where they are, as long as they don't go up. it will be fine. >> i don't think we should have to pay for it. i think it's something that comes with driving on the

freeways. seems like we already pay for our roads and what not. >> reporter: this project supposed to cost around $205 million with most of that money coming from measure b funds. construction supposed to be finished by fall of 2020. reporting live here in sunol, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 5:03 right now, to a developing story out of washington this morning. we're learning more about that meeting that may or may not happen between president trump and north korea's leader. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live. tra tracie, what does the president say. >> reporter: the president saying this meeting may or may not happen. if it looks like nothing is going to come of it, he'll walk out. he's leaving the door open to cancel or walk out of a meeting with north korea's kim jong-un. >> if i think it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting when i'm there is

not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting. >> he's aiming to meet by early june somewhere neutral, possibly switzerland, sweden or singapore. kudos from congress, even critics for doing his homework sending mike pompeo to north korea last week. >> it is good news for diplomacy. i'm glad that the meeting took place. >> how was north korea. >> meeting with kim won't necessarily help pompeo's confirmation as secretary of state. >> i'm very disturbed that the cia is the group that is trying to work out the parameters of the meeting. >> the goal, getting north korea to give up its nuclear program. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> at 5:04, it is turning spoke one of the most difficult weeks enyears for the airline industry. something lingering on the minds of people about to fly.

forced an emergency landing in atlanta. this, in fact, is new footage from the terrifying scene last night. smoke was coming from the engine after it touched down. the delta plane had just taken off from hartsfield-jackson on its way to london, a long fight there. firefighters waiting for the plane quickly hosed it down and luckily no one was injured. in the mvp time ntsb in philadelphia trying to find how a ruptured fan blade caused the problem. a mother of two was sucked through the window and later died. they are focusing on the wear and tear of that blade. one can only imagine what those southwest flyers were going through. it turns out one bay area native was on board that flight. this is a moment she reunited

with her husband chad in dallas. no words, just tears of joy. she's from concord but now lives in texas. her husband talked in texts to each other as the engine was failing. >> for the next five minutes we said all the things we wanted to say to each other if that was the last thing we got to say. >> can you imagine that. investigators say 22 minutes passed from the moment of the explosion until that plane landed safely. >> 5:06 for you right now. new this morning, you really may have to let your inner ear fill in the blanks on this story. we do have a look. take a look at the photo. menlo park fire district testing old fire system side by side with the new system using voice alerts. firefighters say voice alert system really worked much better. this is where you let your imagination take you away. we actually don't have the audio of that. but firefighters plan to ask the board to fund the new system to

use in the event of a potential dam failure or wildfire. >> today 100 people might have to find a new place to live. sonoma county clearing out a homeless encampment to build apartments. joining us live in santa rosa with more on the controversial move about to get under way just a few hours from now. pete, this is part of a bigger problem facing communities across our area. >> big problem across the area. we've seen cities such as san francisco and berkeley struggle with clearing out homeless encampments, trying to find housing options for folks living in those encampments. we're standing at the roseland village shopping center in santa rosa, not too far behind homeless encampment cleared out in a matter of hours. i was going to show you guys some pictures, pretty dark back there as far as seeing what was at the encampment. cleared out in a matter of hours. as you mentioned, more than 100 people lived in that encampment

over the past two years. sonoma county officials originally wanted to clear this out on march 30th. a u.s. district judge issued an order to postpone that date after the county was sued by residents and advocates saying it was a violation of constitutional rights. the hope by this judge was to give advocates more time to find shelter or housing for those in encampment. santa rosa police will clear out encampment. according to the democrat they will take aggressive approach forcing people to live, then issuing citations. if people remain, they will begin to make arrests. the plan for the city is eventually build apartments there, affordable units, plan to clear out this encampment. they plan to clear this out by 8:00 a.m. live in santa rosa, pete suratos, today in the may. >> 5:08, vta will show off new fleet of fully electric buses. you might be riding them soon. they soon also plan to talk

about the new system that will manage the power system. vta hopes to have this close to 40 electric buses on south bay streets within the next two years. >> okay. so if your co-worker is a little ple bleary eyed, it may be because they celebrated the sharks playoff win. >> laura feeling herself, for good reason. did you see, this goal right here with 10 minutes left in the third period. it broke the 1-1 tie with the sharks. 2-1 in the shark tank. with that win sharks sweep ducks fans. afterwards they were pumped up. >> shark territory, we don't like ducks. we like sharks, baby. >> eat ducks. >> you can bet there was a lot of celebration going on.

the win means sharks will face las vegas golden knights in the second round. congratulations to our sharks out there. job well done. >> waking up this morning really excited right now at 5:10. we've got a clean sweep on storm ranger, mobile doppler radar, parked in san jose as we track the rain moving away from the bay area. it did stay offshore for us but is now moving in around santa barbara and heading to l.a. within the next couple of hours. we are going to get some mostly clear skies, some sunshine today. your day planner in san jose starts out cool with 50 degree temperature at 8:00. noon at 61 and 65 later today and tonight about 57 degrees as we watch the sunset. we're going to have more nice weather in the forecast. i'll talk about that in a few minutes. vianey has an update what's going on on the roads. >> commuters equally happy the rain kept its distance.

this morning clear roads overall, dry roads at that. so far we haven't had any major accidents. but i do want to give you a quick look at drive times to make sure you get to work on time. southbound 101, highway 85, about 19 minutes, northbound 280 from highway 101 to highway 85 about 8 minutes. so far south bay nice and clear. back to you. >> hope it stays that way. 5:11, coming up next on "today in the bay," sweeping up scooters in san francisco. the new efforts going on right now to confiscate the controversial ride. plus thousands of disney land tickets swiped. the warning you need to know before planning a trip to the happiest place on earth. plus -- >> i think i would have starr starred -- starved at the olympics if i didn't have him give me food. >> coming up 5:24, a peek at savannah guthrie's interview with gold medal gymnast.

what she's revealing about the years of abuse she said she suffered.

right now it's 5:14. we walk out the door to a chilly but cool and clear morning as we take a live look outside in san jose. let's go to santa clara. we'll be at 46 at 7:00, then warming temperatures throughout the day. mid-60s at 1:00 and a lot of sunshine. we've got a lot of sun in this forecast, too. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend coming up in

less than five minutes. >> a live look right now at the bay bridge. can you see traffic starting to build. just off to the right-hand side, an earlier traffic minor fender-bender that moved off. no worries about that blocking traffic commute. an update on your drive times coming up. >> 5:15 right now, continuing coverage at san francisco continues its crackdown on dockless scooters. three companies provide those scooters which riders leave wherever they feel. city leaders working on new regulations. yesterday public works teams confiscated two more. following up on complaints they were blocking those sidewalks. they remember last week workers confiscated close to 70 of those scooters. >> the california highway patrol is warning everyone to be aware if you buy disneyland tickets from unofficial third party. 8,000 tickets were stolen from the future farmers of america association. officers say thieves took off

with their trailer in sacramento. this shows one driving away with the trailer and thousands of dollars worth of tickets. it was for the group's annual leadership conference in anaheim this weekend. the leader of the organization said this is a huge setback for them. >> financially we're not going to be out any money for that. it's more of an inconvenience. >> the tickets are canceled and new ones would be printed. >> 5:16 for you right now. business and tech news this morning. laura, do you have an amazon prime membership. >> i do, too. we're not alone here. it's really a lot more than originally anticipated. >> kate live at cnbc headquarters and how that's connected i think to whole foods. right, kate? >> that's right, marcus and laura. good to see you both. kick it off, wall street opening flat following mixed session yesterday s&p 500 rose, split on

ibms disappointing earnings. oil prices near 2017 as government data shows drop in u.s. crude supplies and saudi arabia calls for higher prices. dow fell and s&p added points. amazon has, as you mentioned, more than 100 million paid prime members worldwide. more than costco and the first time amazon p given us a number on subscriber base. this annual letter to shareholders jeff bezos said amazon skipped items with prime. said amazon music has tens of millions of paid customers. whole foods shutting down its rewards programs, digital foods and customer accounts may 2nd. the grocery chain will put everything into amazon prime according to an e-mail sent this week. rewards won't roll over to prime so you should try to use them before they expire.

since they bought whole foods, discounts for prime members, giving 5% cash back for shoppers with a prime rewards credit card. marcus and laura, over to you. >> merging the two. >> discounts, too. thanks, kate. it's never too early in the morning to watch kung fu panda. at least your kids may feel that way. now that movie is coming to life at universal studios owned by parent company. new attraction in june part of the dream works theater. it will be a fun thing. watch it before peugeot to the park and do to the ride there. so much fun. >> i took my kids to universal recently. they had an area cordoned off and lots of hammering going on behind the scenes. they are getting that ready. >> it's so funny because they are so chubby. that's what makes it so funny. come here little panda. >> let's check in with kari right now. a look at our forecast for today. a cool start on this thursday

morning. >> clear, cool, but we can get outside and enjoy it. no worries over the next few days and we're going to get sunshine heading into the weekend and warming temperatures over the next few days. it does start out cool, step out the door around oakland. taking a live look outside at the coliseum where the a's are coming off yet again another win yesterday's high scoring game. if you missed it, you do want to check that out. upper 40s at 8:00, noon 57 degrees, low 60s today. and it's going to be just a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. we had quite a bit of cloud cover keeping those temperatures a little bit lower. then the seven-day forecast up at the bottom of the screen. you can get a look at microclimate while i talk about the hiking trail or parts of the south bay. at noon still be a little cool with breezy winds and all clear at 1:00. we'll keep that sunshine as our highs make it into the low 60s today looking at all of our high temperatures for the south bay. gilroy 68 degrees for the high

today. we're also going to be warmer in the east bay. 70 in danville and also in antioch. oakland 64 degrees and 56 degrees, still cool along the coast. half moon bay at 56, 66 on the other side of the hills and in the mission district up to 61 degrees for the north bay up to 71 today in napa. so looking at napa's weekend forecast in the 80s. if you haven't yet made plans of what to do this weekend, if you can hang out for about 20 minutes and i'll do my weekend forecast and things going on around the bay area as we look at beautiful sunshine, san francisco in the upper 60s to low 70s. a touch cooler early next week but we still keep the dry weather inland area. up to 83 degrees, so really starting to heat up over the next few days. tracking several issues on the roads with an early start. >> a couple of fender-benders,

thankfully not too big to cause major delays. look at the traffic maps. still looking pretty good. for the most part bay bridge, slowing we see earlier, that's cleared to the sides. now just regular typical morning delays. a live look at san mateo bridge. a commute along that bridge. i'll take you over to the bay bridge. earlier traffic hazard cleared off but now we're starting to see heavy delays at this hour from the typical morning commuters. a look right now as well at bridge drive times westbound 580 towards richmond bridge 7 minutes. we started to see slowing westbound 80 bay bridge, about 12 minutes. earlier 7 minutes. so definitely want to take that coffee to go. don't get caught in all that mess. i'll send it back to you. >> thanks a lot. 5:21 right now. coming up next on "today in the ba bay", shedding new light on prince's death. two years later and the charges

that could be filed. >> throw pac thursday, maybe showing an old photo with friends. bob redell sharing one with us, actually remembering the time he wanted to be a fighter pilot. look at it. he would have been a great one, too. you can join the conversation on social media, find him on facebook @bobredell. mckayla maro

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gymnast mikaela maroney continues to open up. yesterday she revealed the team doctor molested her hundreds of times. she was talking about life after gymnast gymnastics. she tells savannah guthrie besides the abuse she still relied on the doctor. >> i think i would have starved at the olympics if i didn't have him bring me food? >> why? i would think you would have as much food as you needed. you're an athlete. >> your coaches are always watching you, wanting to keep you skinny. there's other things about the culture that are also messed up. that he used against us. >> nbc news exclusive airs sunday on "dateline." >> 5:25, happening today after a two-year investigation, we will learn today whether charges will be filed in the death of music icon prince. the minnesota d.a. will make the

announcement sometime this morning. we will send out an alert when this happens so download our nbc bay area app. he was found unresponsive in an elevator. an autopsy found he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl. the city will pay tribute to barbara bush with celebration of light service. people are encouraged to wear pearls or the color blue. this is a tribute to the beloved former first lady. mrs. bush wore a three-strand necklace of faux pearls with her blue royal inaugural gown in 1989 setting a fashion buzz and trend. >> sure did. same thing with reagan red. >> yeah. >> two amazing ladies. 5:26 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," pushing for change. bay area students making their way to the state capital this morning. the discussion they are hoping to have with lawmakers about gun control. plus taking a back seat.

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fremont good thursday morning to you as we take a live look out on fremont. can you see people already on the go there. as we get ready on this friday eve. >> get excited. >> friday eve. there we go. 5:29, almost 5:30. good morning, i'm marcus

washington. >> moving along i'm laura garcia. check the forecast, cool this morning, kari? >> cool and clear morning. no worse about rain today. a look alt storm ranger, mobile radar parked in san jose and around the bay area with not a drop of rain. the system we had last night stayed offshore but moving its way into the central coast and heading over toward l.a. right now. we are going to continue on with some dry weather over the next few days. it's also going to warm up into the low 70s for the weekend. early next week a touch cooler. for the inland areas it's going to feel like summer in a couple days. we'll talk about what to do this weekend in about seven minutes. vianey tracking the morning commute. looking good? >> you could hit snooze but i don't recommend it, never a good idea. green means no major delays, light slowing in 101 popped up

on the map. i think it may be the typical morning commute. drive times 680 to vargas, northbound 580 to 880, you see that two minutes to four minutes. that traffic is starting to build not just for south bay but also east bay. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you so much. 5:31. happening today bay area students living for state capital in just a few hours. they will be talking about a serious topic that's on everyone's mind, down control. live in santa clara, a kris sanchez. kris, coming ahead of a big march planned for tomorrow. >> reporter: they will head to sacramento at 8:00. they are starting to gather. we stopped by to talk to one of those students about their agenda for the trip to sacramento. here is video from one of the latest strategy sessions they had. they were together in berkeley

sunday talking about their action plan for today. in all, there are about 300 students headed to the state capital. they call themselves bay area student activists or basa, which is also spanish for enough. we talked to one of the students headed to sacramento. she told us the parkland shooting moved her to action. >> i think they have inspired every single student in the united states. they have shown that they are not going to just stand down and let this happen again because it happens way too frequently. many people say we are the generation of mass shootings. i have never lived in a world where there hasn't been a mass shooting. >> laura mentioned that big student walkout planned for tomorrow. students plan to walk out of their classrooms to mark the 19th anniversary of the columbine school massacre in colorado. this is video of the mass car march 14th intended to honor the

lives of 17 people killed at the florida school shooting a month before. there are students at 2,000 schools nationwide who are participating. they are calling for a ban to assault weapons. universal background checks, gun violence restraining orders so people mentally unstable cannot have a gun and also improvements to school safety. today the students will arrive in sacramento about 10:30 this morning. at 6:30 coming up in the next hour i'll talk more about what their plan is for today as they meet with some of their lawmakers. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> really using their voices. >> warrers nba playoff series taking a big back seat to the news pft head coach's wife has died. >> no word whether popovich will be on the sidelines with the team. erin popovich passed away yesterday at the age of 67.

the team did not provide any more details. many reflecting on the news including kevin durant who found out about this after practice. >> bigger than the game, bigger than wpg inning or losing. it's about the brotherhood we built. >> steph curry tweeted i can't imagine what coach popovich is going through but i'm lifting up prayers to you and your family. warriors leading series 2-1. 5:34, continuing coverage, we're now hearing from the pilot who landed safely 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 blade pun punctured 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 shults 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. >> 5:35 right now. this morning youtube employees will return to work the day after they were rattled by a disturbing threat. san bruno police say 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 this is in san bruno. she shot three employees and later killed herself. the shooter was upset youtube was censoring her content. very exciting in east san jose, what would you do if you or your neighbors saw a mountain lion walking down the street.

take a look at surveillance video. neighbors are talking about the close call. >> i heard some noises out. i went outside but didn't see anything. kind of scary. >> we talked to animal care dispatchers who said no one reported the mountain lion. >> 5:36 happening today san francisco will commit to cutting greenhouse emissions faster. acting mayor says that move will bring the city in line with the paris climate accords meaning big cities and states are fulfilling that pledge after the trump administration pulled out of the agreement. your bank account will get emptier next time you fill up. gas getting more expensive once again in the bay area. aaa putting national average at $2. 4, california's average

$3.55, prices higher opinion san francisco, marin, san mateo and napa counties. people blame their drive to work. >> higher demand. more expensive here because of a lot of commuting. >> experts tell us higher prices ar tradeoff for booming economy. californians pay an extra $0.12 per gallon in gas tax. it is 5:37 right now. we're definitely starting to see a couple more issues. right now you see the overall look of the bay area. despite delays on the bay bridge we're starting to zoom in. reporting what looks to be a crash at alum rock avenue. a lane is blocked. you can see delays building there. this is your kmormorning commut hop on as they work to clear that out. chp reporting someone is on the way. they should have that cleared soon. drive times, starting to see

building traffic, bay bridge westbound 80 bay bridge 10 minutes 580 towards richmond bridge still looking fairly good. at about 8 minutes. a live look in san jose. the city is just now starting to wake up aside from that crash along alum rock avenue, we're not seeing anything huge at least for now in san jose or san mateo bridge. the san mateo bridge seems to be one of the better bridges this morning. >> you can also see in the forecast? >> the weekend, the weekend. >> it's thursday. we're excited about this beautiful weekend ahead. it's a busy one, so let's get right to it. your saturday will be nice and comfortable. if you're going to the coast, it's going to be 70 degrees, the bay at 74. inland areas 80 degrees. are you thinking of making it a pool day? it will be slightly warmer sunday up to 82 degrees for those interior valleys and 77 degrees for the bay. much cooler for the coast. we are all going to be

participating in comcast cares day. this is when we rebuild the playground and we also fix up a school. we are going to be in san jose on saturday working hard. i want to make sure all the comcast and nbc employees know exactly what to expect. it's going to be a beautiful start. a lot of sunshine, temperatures in the mid-50s but it will be heating up. so we better get that work done early as it will be reaching up to 80 degrees. we also have northern california cherry blossom festival. this is both days for the weekend. but the parade on saturday in japantown is going to be really nice reaching spot mid-60s during the late morning and early afternoon hoursp eventually 70 degrees. if you're going to be hitting the road out of town, carmel valley, low 70s for tomorrow. upper 70s for the rest of the weekend. so we'll be very comfortable. then if you're going to sierra heavenly, more of that snow is

going to be melting so you better make your trip there soon. we'll be in the mid-60s for the weekend with a lot of sunshine. let me know where you're going, what you're doing this weekend. i'm on twitter. a personalized forecast always @kari hall on facebook. temperature in three minutes. >> great. thanks, kari. coming up next on "today in the bay," moving forward. what you can expect from massive village slated for the b.a.r.t. station and how it may change the way you get around. >> south bay homeless students speaking out. we investigate a problem that has san jose students pushing for change.

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5:43, an all clear start as we take a look at the shark tank. a lot of people still celebrating and around san jose maybe a little bit tired this morning. as we go to santa teresa checking out the temperature trend we're going to start out with some 40s this morning. with that sunshine we make it into the mid-60s by early afternoon. we do go up a few degrees from there. a look at those numbers and what you can expect when you make plans coming up in five minutes.

>> i've been keeping an eye on the road palo alto moving quickly, fairly good ride out there. i do have an update on the crash in the south bay. i'll have details coming up. >> 5:34, new details on san jose's first b.a.r.t. station, catching the transit. this is where it will be. you said construction 880 and 101. developers building up around that surrounding area. the artist renderings of the building last night. it's called market park san jose, located in the old bay area flea market. who remembers that. you'll be able to live, work and shop there. >> right now we want to take a look. people are moving along at san rafael bridge, richmond san rafael bridge, as we look live. if you drive this road, some good news for you you'll notice a new lane opening up.

eastbound drivers will get a third lane. as you look up, you'll see right lane open side, bridge marin county side. overhead green arrows will guide people. caltrans says that the layunes will be open between 2:00 and 8:00. students say they will call on san jose state to make a plan. they say the school has 300 homeless students. some suggestion include free housing or legalized tent cities. overpass we looked up details on this issue. a site that tracks homeless hot spots. more than 200,000 homeless people reported being homeless in the 2016-2017 school year. that's 3% of california students. >> all students at st. francis state now have access to free hiv and std testing. the school gave lgtbq access

this week. some complained only straight students could get the service. san francisco leaders reportedly expanding a ban on guns at a public gathering. last year supervisors approved that ban for events like parades and protests. but the examiner reports that supervisors are talking about widening it to include smaller events. 5:46. do you think palo alto is growing too quickly? one says when it comes to commercial development cutbacks are needed. palo alto reports the group working on november ballot measure to cut the annual cap for office space in half. >> when it comes to your cell phones we know this all too well. telemarketers blowing up your phone while pa local congresswoman trying to stop that from happening. jackie speier introduced a bill for phone comes to have technology to block robocalls, also control this.

take a look at the capital this 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 duckworth who gave birth to her daughter last week making her the first senator to have a baby while in office. 5:47 right now. you may have already seen this on social media. >> ten-year-old girl singing to stop bullying. take a listen. a little glimpse there. she wrote and performed the song. it's getting popular. listening on itunes and spotify. >> makes me feel like i am a voice for the people being bullied. >> it's tough being a kid. i knew it was important what she had to say but i didn't know it would be as relevant as it has

been recently. a nonprofit group paid for the recording session and using publicity to help kids in impoverished countries. music can help tell a story. >> very much so. >> good for her. she's doing a great job. >> can you tell the weather story by song. ♪ today is going to be a nice day get out and enjoy it ♪ >> i guess so. >> i've got to work on the tune there. >> definitely not "singing in the rain." >> as we head into the weekend beautiful around the bay area, a chilly start. you walk out the door, you may be running back in to get a jacket. here is a look at the storm system we were tracking for last night. it stayed just offshore for the bay area but you can see now as it works its way across southern california, about to bring rain to l.a. or loop from 12 hours seeing the track of that storm

system moving through. but we're still left with these cool temperatures this morning. you step out in napa, only 36 degrees. very chilly there. 40 in livermore, 47 in san jose, 43 today in oakland. now as the seven-day forecast rolls at the bottom of the screen you can check out microclimate now in the peninsula. where today we're heading up to 65 degrees and 61 in san francisco, it will be warmer in the north bay in the low 70s, also extending over to the delta. as you're getting dressed because we do have 30s and 40s, make sure you have a nice, warm jacket. with the lack of rain today and warming temperatures, a good day for dress shoes as well. let's get the kids out the door for school in the tri-valley. livermore once again cool, they do need a nice, warm jacket. later today they will take it off making it into the 60s. you also don't want to forget the allergy medicine. pollen count is high for trees

and grasses. with no more rain in the forecast, i guess it's going to get worse over the next few days. low 70s by saturday in san francisco. we won't stay there for long. going back to the 60s for sunday and lower 60s early next week. we'll also feel those temperatures warming up each day for inland areas up to 83 degrees. that's the warmest day on sunday. then still verifies but above average heading into next week. vianey tracking the more than commute. so far looks like a pretty good drive. >> i'm looking forward to 80s on the weekend. that's a good weekend to look forward to. right now the bay area starting to see a couple more issues popping up. chp reporting a couple fender-benders along 880. the one i want to close in onons the one in the south bay. a motorcycle, we're going to hope they are both okay. as of right now a lane remains blocked.

looks like we're still seeing delays. again, hop off on surface streets and get on after mckee because delays are very much there. because it is involving a motorcycle rider, we're going to hope everything is good and everybody is okay but they can work to clear that as well. south bay drive time 101 from highway 85, 23 minutes. northbound 280 from 101 to 85, 7 minutes northbound 85 from highway 101 looking at about 21 minutes in the south bay. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, vianey. coming up, you can file this next story under less than smart criminal. the delicious clue left behind that led to the arrest. that's the man right here in the bay area. first happening now intense shaking in the northeast. magnitude 5.5 struck southern iran near the country's only nuclear plant. no reports of damage or injuries but very great concern. officials say the nuclear plant is built to resist damage from an earthquake. must saudi arabia's first

movie theater in 30 years is in business this morning. the first movie shown is "black panther." a lot of changes going on in saudi arabia. women will soon be able to drive. imagine that. more news after the break. takin

our san francisco a very good thursday morning to you.

taking a live look outside. recognize it? that's our san francisco camera this morning, weather will start out cool, warm up just in time for the weekend. check in with kari in a moment, 5:55. the battle between jerry brown and the white house continues. governor brown calling up 400 members of the national guard to help with border security. this diffuses some of the tensions with trump administration but there's a catch. troops will focus on fighting drugs and gun crimes not enforcing immigration or helping with the border wall. homeland secretary visited border wall yesterday and stressed the importance of the wall. >> until we can have operational control of the border, which in part means resources from congress to close some of those legal loopholes, the national guard will be here supporting men and women. >> national guard will be deployed before the end of the month. >> 5:55, trouble in paradise.

researchers say they notice more volcanic activity in hawaii who could threaten people who live below it. this is new video from usgs. pretty incredible display of mother nature there. researchers say magma building up inside the volcano. it happened before back in 2014 and 2016. in those cases new lava flows formed. dramatic video into our newsroom this morning, take a look at this. a house explosion in texas. dash-cam video. look at the officer as he approaches the car there. police say a truckdriver lost control and he slammed his car -- it was that white suv -- into the home. it hit a gas line. two officers were there when the house exploded. they have minor injuries. the family of flee in the home at the time, two of them still in the hospital. just in time for 420, which is tomorrow you might or might not want to study unofficial

holiday. a major impact on your brain. researchers studied 9,000 brains of adults, marijuana users had more problems with memory, attention and processing. the negative effects lasted about three days. police say they used a burrito wrapper to identify a burglary suspect. a parolee was arrested at his trailer for the crime. it shows the man buying the burrito. the man broke into two cars and stole golf clubs and an expensive gun. officers then found trash at the crime scene including that burrito wrapper. so they went to a 7-eleven close by and asked to watch their surveillance video. investigative work. >> think, think, think. >> new morning san francisco city worried about what birds are eating at a popular lake. now placing free bird food around the landmark.

this is in marysville in yuba county. a lot of people like to feed the geese around the layer. but the vice mayor says things getting out of hand, apparently throwing bread into the water is dangerous for the animals. here is why. >> contributes to blue green algae in the lake. not healthy for the birds, promotes growth of angel wings where they become deformed. >> i can't tell you how many times i've done that as a kid. do not do that, throw bread in the water. so now he's leading the project to install four gum ball machines around the lake to fill them with rice to feed birds. those machines will be installed in june. >> that's true, tradition for so many people. >> take the bag out there. >> they can get aggressive, too. 5:58. right now coming up at 6:00, relief on the way. if you're tired of sitting on traffic 880. crews opening a new express lane

on one of the busiest stretches in the bay. >> hundreds of people will be cleared out of a bay area homeless encampment in just a few hours. we're there and expected to go. and -- >> they sweep the series and advance to round two. >> yes, they did. moving into the next round of stanley cup playoffs. the game winning play everyone is talking about this morning. go sharks. "today in the bay" continues right now. it's really good to see you. good morning to you, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> lots to smile about. i'm marcus washington. thanks for joining us. we want to go to meteorologist kari hall to give us something else to smile about, the weather today. >> lots of sunshine, we all love that. it makes getting out of bed on friday eve a lot easier as we know it's going to be a beautiful day. then as you step out the door, you feel those cool temperatures. we're taking a live look outside in san jose. let's go to campbell. it's going to be in the low 40s through about 9:00 and then

making it into the 60s, mid-60s at 3:00 today. normally we're at 730 degrees. we'll be almost there but then we'll warm up quite a bit as we go into that forecast. we'll take a look ahead to the weekend in just a few minutes. vianey, what's happening on the roads this morning? >> i'm still tracking delays in the south bay due to earlier crash and overall look at the bay area. everything looks green but you look here in san jose you see yellow and red out there. the reason for that, there is a motorcycle rider down. it appears the bike is blocking the center lane and that is causing delays. crews are on the way. as of right now to clear that out. they probably are already on scene as this has been going on for half an hour. for now try to avoid the area there and hop on here. back to you. >> 6:00 right now. good-bye gridlock. caltrans breaks ground on a new