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 express lane and it could make

your commute a lot easier. this the stretch we're talking about. starts at mission boulevard in fremont, goes over and ends at highway 84. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live along 680 to explain how this is going to impact your drive. good morning, bob. >> good morning to you, marcus and laura. caltrans in alameda valley chose to extend the hot lane over northbound 680, sunol grade. right now we're looking at one of the top ten most congested corridors in the bay area. later the government will break ground on the project. take a look at the map. it is a nine-mile stretch that the extend from mission boulevard in fremont north on 680 over sunol grade past highway 4 exit to livermore. when complete it will be like other hot ones through the area. carpoolers or anyone with clean

air stickers use it for free. solo drivers can use it as long as they are willing to pay. the toll will fluctuate based on demand. >> i'd use it for sure. >> you're willing to pay? >> yeah. i use the one up and down 580 in the dublin area and it works out great. >> how much time do you save? >> half hour. >> half hour. >> how much do you have to spend? >> two bucks, even three bucks is worth it to me. >> traffic already sucks here. why are they going to make us pay for something we already pay for. right? we pay gas taxes, right? why are we paying to drive on a freeway we already pay gas taxes on. >> the project is supposed to cost around $205 million, most of that coming from measure b. construction supposed to be finished fall of 2020. reporting live in sunol, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much.

his microphone getting scratchy there. 6:02, happening now union city police are trying to help track down take 12-year-old girl last seen yesterday. take a look, psi say camila rodriguez left for school with a friend but she never showed up there and never returned home. police also say her cell phone is turned off. they say they don't know why. she might have rupp away. she was last seen wearing a black north face jacket. across the bay an 11-year-old girl missing. police asking you to keep an eye out for diana flores lava. she was last seen at 4:00 camino real and bay street. she was wearing a green sweatshirt with the word "pink." 6:03, it's turning into one of the most difficult weeks in years for airline industries. lingering in minds, some of you will take to the air soon.

this is from atlanta, new photos from the terrifying scene. can you see smoke coming from the engine after it touched down. the delta plane had just taken off from hartsfield-jackson in land on its way to london. firefighters waiting for that flame, quickly hosed it down. no one was injured. mvp while ntsb investigation and those investigators are now in philadelphia trying to determine how a ruptured fan played caused an engine to explode. this during southwest flight on tuesday. the mother of two was hamp hars sucked out of the hole in the plane and later died. investigators working on the wear and tear of the plane. one can only imagine what the southwest flyers were going through. 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. diana is from concord but now lives in texas. her husband talked about their texts to one another as the plane's 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. investigators say 22 minutes passed from the moment of the explosion until that plane safely landed. >> it is 6:05, happening today, more than 100 people will have to look for a new home. they are getting cleared out of a big homeless encampment in santa rosa so new apartments can be built there. this map, in fact, shows you where it is. it's behind the rosen village shopping center in santa rosa. live with a controversial move that starts in just a few hours. pete, we should tell people, too, this is really part of a bigger problem facing

communities. we see it across the bay area. >> reporter: pretty big problem indeed, laura. we've seen it in san francisco, berkeley, city officials clearing out homeless encampment trying to figure out housing options for folks living in the encampment. standing in santa rosa in the shopping center behind dollar tree. right now getting daylight, you see where the homeless encampment is. it's been here about two years. i just spoke with someone not too long ago. we'll get to her interview in a mome moment. she was there was 150 people living in the encampment. showing you pictures over the years. 150 people called this encampmentover home over the last two years. originally they wanted to clear it out march 30th but a district judge issued a court order to postpone the date after the county was sued by folks in the encampment as well as advocates saying it was a violation of

their constitutional rights. the hope by that judge was to give advocates more time to find shelter or housing for those in the encampment. we know santa rosa police in charge of clearing that out. if police will take aggressive, first warning people to leave, issue citations. if that doesn't work and people are still there, they will begin to make arrests. as i mentioned, i spoke with a woman who lived in the encampment fur months and she says she doesn't know where to go once police clear out the area. >> they have made it so impossible out here to camp, to be homeless. we were going to share a campground over here locally, a couple of other couples, and they aren't open. normally they are open april 1st but this year not until june 1st. take you back out here live to that encampment, which is going to be cleared out in a matter of hours. the city eventually wants to

build apartments on this site and plan to make room for affordable units. we know that encampment is going to be cleared roughly around 9:00 a.m. advocates are going to hold a rally an hour before then at 8:00 a.m. live in santa rosa pete suratos on "today in the bay." happening today vta will show off new fleet of fully electric buses. you might be riding them soon. they also plan to talk about the power system. vta hopes to have close to 40 electric buses on south bay streets within the next two years. >> okay. so if you're co-workers are a little plebleary eyed, it's for good reason. they were up late celebrating with the sharks playoff in. >> did you see it, thomas heardl deflected the goal. it broke 1-1 tie and sharks went on to beat anaheim.

they beat anaheim. 2-1 p fans afterwards were certainly pumped pup. >> this is sharks territory. we don't like ducks. we like sharks, baby. >> they were excited. lots of celebrating. the win means sharks will face las vegas golden knights in the second round. they don't like ducks and i doubt they like the knights, kari. >> wake up and snap out of that fog you're in from staying up late last night. if you're about to head out the door for the morning in the peninsula, it is chilly. that will wake you up as you step out. if you're not dressed appropriately, it is going to be a little bit of a shock to you. in the low 60s later on today. here is a look at our highs. such a beautiful afternoon headed our way with some sunshine, low 70s for inland valleys and 66 in livermore today. same in san jose.

61 in st. francis. we'll talk about what's ahead coming up. vianey has a look at the roads. >> the roads have managed to stay fairly quiet even as we're inching closer to 6:30 hour, 6:10 right now. we're starting to see yellows and reds pop up because of the building traffic out there. do i have an update on the south bay crash from earlier. that accident cleared 101 alum rock avenue. it's recovering from an earlier crash with a a motorcycle and van. palo alto looking nice. we haven't seen delays out of this area. a live look in san jose. it's starting to wake up out there and so are the road. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. >> coming up on "today in the bay," tickets swiped. the reason you need to be careful next time you buy tickets for the happiest place on earth. >> just one month away from the royal wedding.

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good thursday morning. it is 6:13. we still have clouds rolling acrokrocross parts of the souths you wake up. all of this will clear out. let's go to evergreen, a cool morning, at 10:00, 54, low 60s at 1:00. mid-60s, which is still a little

bit lower than where we should be for this time in april. it's about to heat up fast. i'll show you that in the forecast. >> metering lights are definitely on. they have been on since 5:30. now you can really see the heavy delays. i'll have a look at your drive times coming up. 6:14 for you. new this morning we have to let your inner ear fill in the blanks on this next story. don't worry, we have you covered with. they are testing out the old siren system side by side with the new system using voice alerts. firefighters say voice alerts work much better and this is where you allow your imagination to take away with that because we 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 potential failure or wildfire. california highway control warning everyone to be aware if you buy disney land tickets from

an unofficial third party. 8,000 tickets stolen from future farmers of america association. thieves took off with their trailers near sacramento. this security footage shows one of the suspects in a truck driving away with the trailer. inside thousands of dollars worth of tickets. it was for the group's annual leadership conference. .organizer said they will have to make due. >> financially we're not out, just more of an inconvenience. >> tickets canceled and new ones printed. >> 6:15 in business and tech news you might notice changes next time you go to the grocery store. >> for more on that, check in with kate rogers. she's at cnbc headquarters. good morning, kate. >> good to see you again wall street set to open flat following mix ed session for stocks. nasdaq and s&p 500 rose but dow

slipped on the back of ibms disappointing earnings. oil prices at levels not seen since late 2014, nearing $70 a barrel, a drop in u.s. crude supply and saudi arabia called for higher prices. dow falling 38 points yesterday to 24748 while nasdaq added 14 to 7295. amazon says it now has more than 100 million paid prime members worldwide. that's more members than costco. also the first time amazon has given a specific number on a subscriber. it came in the company's annual letter to shareholders and jeff bezos says amazon ships more than 5 billion items with prime, also said amazon music has tens of millions of subscribers. whole food shutting down rewards program on may 2nd. the grocery chain will fold everything into amazon prime according to e-mail sent to customer this is week. reports say unused reports won't roll over to prime so you should try to use them before they

expire. since amazon bought whole foods, discounts for prime members and giving 5% cash back for shoppers with prime rewards credit card. guys, back over to you. >> some incentives. thank you, kate. >> we're one month away from the royal wedding. whatever will you wear? get that party planning started. if you haven't been invited, maybe the invitation is in the mail. but will and kate's kids will be there to celebrate harry and megan. >> we know what they will do. >> a pageboy and bridesmaid. it's not confirmed by kensington palace but it's a given. >> ring bearer and flower girl. may 19th marks your calendars. >> exciting. everybody loves a wedding. >> we do. >> i like the wedding cake.

sunshine, too. we have that around the bay area. it's going to be nice. we watch the system pass by close to the bay area yesterday evening. they didn't bring us rain. storm ranger mobile doppler radar, red scan seeing parts of san jose now. giving us clean sweep as you step out the door. that rain was so close to the coast but see it makes its way on farther down to the central coast and now getting ready to bring rain to l.a. we missed out on this round of rain. i think a lot of people just don't mind at this point. it's going to be cool behind that system as it continues to move away. we're going to see a lot of sunshine. as you're walking kids to school in livermore this morning at 7:00 we're at 40 degrees. definitely a cool start. at recess they will have temperatures already in the upper fif upper 50s. it will be a day where temperatures quickly warm up.

oaklandf 56, low 60s as you head home. our highs reaching into the upper 60s. south bay, san jose at 6, 68 in gilroy and milpitas 63 degrees. if you're going for a job in cupertino, once again a cool start. only 40s this morning. around noon i think that will be a better time to get out there, take in some sunshine and low 60s. we know it's going to be worming up and a nice beach weekend. here is a look at that weekend forecast for santa cruz. if you can hang out for about 20 minutes, i'll have a full wrap up of things to do for this weekend coming up at 6:38. now vianey, anything happening on the roads? >> kari, i know in the weather department it's a lot of sunshine but here in the traffic, we don't have much going on, which is great news for out on the road. for right now we are seeing a couple delays out of the east bay and south bay typical build up 880 before hopping on bay

bridge. if we look right now on the bay bridge see metering lights off since 5:30. this definitely shows that. aside from that we haven't seen major accidents. palo alto smooth commute looking good out there as well. a quick check of north bay drive time, we are seeing slight delays web 37p to lakeville highway 20 minutes, acceptsend k to you. >> that's vianey. coming up next a shocking interview with mikaela maroney, why she relied on team doctor larry nassar even though he molested her hundreds of times. >> 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. guam or. >> what's healthier pizza or

grilled cheese. depends what you put on it. it's a complicated answer. go to vianey's twitter feed and also read that article. it's interesting. to move california forward, we need to help more californians get ahead. that's why antonio villaraigosa brought both parties together to balance the state budget with record investments in public schools... and new career training programs. as mayor of la, he brought police and residents together to get illegal guns off the streets - and keep kids out of gangs, and on the right path.

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cheap flight deals. welcome back to today in the bay. it is 6:23 right now. nbc 11 bay area responds to get another issue involving cheap flight deals. >> chris chmura 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 ticket. 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 book 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. >> thank you, chris. 6:25 right now. olympic gold medalist gymnast mikayla maroney continues to open up. yesterday she revealed a team doctor molested home run hundreds of times. new this morning she's talking about life at usa gymnastics. maroney tells "today" show savannah guthrie despite the abuse, she still relied on that doctor.

i think i would have starved at the olympics if i didn't have him give 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." .issue of ballot security and privacy on the agenda. members of the government committee meet this afternoon. >> it's never too early in the morning to watch kung fu panda. now that movie is coming to life at universal studios owned by parent company. new attraction in june part of the dreamworks theater. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," pushing for stricter

gun controls. it could affect schools across the state. >> remembering barbara bush. what they are telling people to wear today to pay tribute to the first lady. you're watching "today in the bay." right now at 6:30--

we )re off to a cool start, but the weather warms up as we a very good thursday morning. how was your wednesday night? were you lucky enough to cheer on the ducks -- no, see the ducks fall. the sharks win. i'm tired as a lot of people

are. sharks sweeping ducks right there. cool start this morning. weather heating up as we head into the weekend. check in with kari in just moments. good morning to you, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> let's head to kari and get the very nice forecast here. >> i can see that beautiful sunrise behind you, too. i like that. we are going to see a lot of sun as we go through today and san francisco making it up to 61 degrees. by saturday we're at 70 degrees, then it does cool down a few degrees there while the inland areas will keep the warm weather, up to 69 today and 75 tomorrow. low 80s for your weekend. what are you doing this weekend? we'll talk about things going on around the bay area, some places you may be heading. that's coming up in seven minutes. vianey has a lo at the morning commute. so far, so good. >> i was just mentioning it's managed to stay relatively calm on the road. we're seeing slowing 101

northbound and southbound side in the south bay. in san jose, if i show you a live cam, this is actually a look right now along 101 and just north of 280 you can see it doesn't look like there's major issues. i think people do a little morning traffic crawl at certain points where you're like what's up there. chp isn't reporting anything. i'm not seeing anything on the traffic cam, i think traffic maps picking up slower vehicles. a quick look at drive times, we are seeing traffic building towards bay bridge. you're looking at 14 minutes. san mateo 20 minutes. quickly go to twitter, which is healthier, grilled cheese or cheese pizza. we'll see who gets this right. send it back to you. >> 6:31 right now. students from the bay area heading to sacramento. this is to push for gun control. you might already know a nationwide school walkout planned for tomorrow to protest

gun violence. kris sanchez with what the students are hoping to discuss this morning. kris. >> hi, marcus, we talked with students starting to gather for 8:00 departure time for six different locations. they are going top fellow students as well. we know they have been working on this a while. this is a video at their last strategy meeting at berkeley. they were talking about their action plan for the state capital today. there are about 300 bay area students. they call themselves bay area student activists or basa for short, which means enough in spanish. we talked to one student who said she was inspired from parkland students who went from victims to activists. >> i think they inspired every

student in the united states, they aren't going to stand down. we are the generation of mass shootings. i have never lived in the world where there hasn't been a mass shooting. >> when they arrive they will ask lawmakers to support four bills, one that would raise the age to buy a long gun to 21, another make weapon data public and one that waves the fee for people seeking gun violence restraining orders. also a bill that puts a lifetime ban on weapons possession for anyone convicted of domestic violence. these students head to sacramento one day ahead of the national student walkout that marks the 19th anniversary of columbine school massacre. this is video of the student walkout back on march 14th that honored the lives of the victims in parkland, florida. today the students will arrive in sacramento around 10:30. we will check in with them and bring you the latest at 11:00 in our midday newscast. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris.

6:33, warriors playoff in san antonio taking a big back seat to the wife of spurs head coach gregg popovich has died. >> right now there's no word whether popovich will be on the sidelines with lis team. erin popovich passed away yesterday at 67 years old. the warriors are among many in the nba reacting to that news including star kevin durant who found out about this at practice. >> it's bigger than the game, bigger than winning or losing. it's about the brotherhood we built. >> 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. it is 6:34. continuing coverage we're now 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 the fan blade 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 a book called "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 a little later this morning on the "today" show. new this morning, youtube employees will return to work a day after they were rattled by disturbing threats. 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 campus in san bruno. she shot three employees and killed herself. the shooter was upset because youtube was censoring her content online. the city of houston will pay tribute to former first lady barbara bush on the steps of city hall. people are encouraged to wear their pearls or the color blue. she wore a three-strand necklace of faux pearls in 1989 setting off fashion buzz and certainly a trend. >> 6:36. a scary sighting in east san jose. what would you do if you or neighbors saw a mountain lion walking down the street right there. look at the tv you saw it there. this is the big cat caught on surveillance video. this morning people living nearly juliette and rosemont are

talking about this close call. >> i heard some noises outside. i went outside but didn't see anything. kind of scary. >> the animal went back into the hills. we talked to animal dispatchers and they told us no one reporting mountain lion. happening today san francisco will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions faster. acting mayor said it the bring the city in line with paris climate cords many cities fulfilling that after president trump pulled out of the agreement. >> if you pull into the gas station, expect to pay more. gas more expensive in the area. aaa puts national average at $2. 4, in california the average is $3.55. prices are higher in san francisco, marin, san mateo and napa counties. people we talk to say they blame the long drive to work. >> because it's in higher

demand. it's more expensive here, because a lot of commuting. >> people need that gas. experts tell us higher prices are a tradeoff for a booming economy. californians also pay an extra $0.12 a gallon in gas tax. a lot of commuters this morning were late not just the high cost of gas but traffic. this morning we're seeing dplas especially along southbound side along 880 in east bay right now. definitely seeing some delays. i looked at chp reports and it doesn't look like there are any accidents. i think it's just a lot of heavy traffic starting to come to a crawl, reaching closer to the 7:00 hour. a quick look right now peninsula drive times southbound 101. to sfo, 12 minutes, hopefully won't be too late to the airport to catch a flight. metering lights still very much on. the update on my poll i'm taking right now on twitter and

instagram, which one is healthier grilled cheese or cheese pizza. >> you're really into this one today. >> instagram says grilled cheese but twitter says cheese pizza. >> which one? which one is healthier? >> i can't tell you, you have to tune into the final segment. >> this weekend we are going to have that cheese pizza or grilled cheese on the beach. it's going to be a nice one. our temperatures warming up around the bay area. low 70s for the coast on saturday. the bay will see a high of 74 degrees and sunny up to 80 degrees. so many people on social media, are you serious, really, finally getting more weather. yes, warmer on sunday, up to 82 degrees for those inland areas. the comcast employees, nbc, we're going to be out volunteering this weekend. there's a lot of volunteer events going on around the bay area. and on saturday we're going to be in san jose sprucing up a

middle school and it's going to be nice weather. starts out cool, mid-50s at 9:00. it does quickly warm up. i think we'll want to get our work done early under all of that sunshine. if you're going to northern california cherry blossom festival in japan town, we have some beautiful weather both days this weekend reaching into the upper 60s and low 70s with a lot of sunshine. then heading out of town, maybe going to carmel valley, cooler tomorrow, 70 degrees but a touch warmer for saturday and sunday with mid-70s there heading to the sierra. you better get there soon because our highs in the mid-60s will be melting that snow very soon. mostly sunny skies thoroughout the weekend. you shouldn't have travel issues getting there and back. let me know your weekend plans @karihall on twitter and facebook. you may get a personalized forecast. i had a friend say she was going

to sip and stroll and we'll have great weather for that. temperatures for campbell coming up. thanks. 6:40, coming up on "today in the bay," the reason a famous musician is revealing if tips. a plan to bring bart so south bay. take a look right now, can you see the dow is down 51 points there. this is the chipmaker's slide and decline. the time 6:41. you're watching "today in the bay."

it's 6:44 now. as you get ready for work or school we're watching a beautiful sunrise. take a look out the blinds as we see a few clouds over south bay. campbell we'll be at 53 at 10:00, some mid-60s today. normally we're at 70 degrees but don't worry we have some very warm weather in the weekend forecast for you. we'll take a look at that. also what to wear today coming up in less than five minutes. if you've got to take a bridge this morning, that traffic is starting to build, westbound 80 bay bridge 12 minutes. check out san mateo bridge westbound 92 towards san mateo bridge you're looking at about 22 minutes. i'll have an update on any traffic collisions throughout the bay area coming up in just a bit. >> thanks so much vianey and kari this morning. new details the first b.a.r.t.

station which will include more than catching rapid transit. this is where it will be, construction near 880 and 101. developers building up the surrounding area. an artist rendering unveiled last night. located at the old flea market. you'll be able to live, work and shop there. >> drivers on the richmond san rafael bridge as you see there, take a live look right now. if you drive this roadway, there is some good news for you. you'll notice new lanes opening friday. reports eastbound drivers will get a third lane. as you look up you'll see right lane open signs there, the marin county side. sets of overhead arrows will guide people. open between 2:00 and 7:00 a.m. could homeless encampments come to san jose state. tat 2:00 students say they will call on san jose state university to make a plan.

students say there are 300 homeless students. some suggestions include free housing or legalized tent cities. overnight we looked at more details on the issue. an education advocate site tracked homeless hot spots. it said more than 200,000 young people reported being homeless in 2016-2017 school year. that is 3% of california students. >> 6:26, all students at san francisco state now have access to free hiv stand std testing. the school gave lgtbq students access this week. originally only straight students got it for free. one student complained after being charged. puerto rico still has no power. the island dealing with largest blackout in american history. crews say it could take 36 hours to get things back on line. a private energy contractor hit a transmission line with a crane. the u.s. territory has unstable

power grid thanks to hurricane maria. >> fremont students will get encouragement to vote and get involved. california secretary of state going to california school for the deaf. they will register young people to vote. and a magician never reveals his secrets, that is unless he's in a legal dispute alleging negligence. that was the problem for famous illusionist david copperfield. he faced that yesterday when he took to the witness stand in nevada. the british man is suing him for injuries he said he received after appearing to vanish on stage and reappear in the back of the theater. he says that he fell while being guided down the stage by stagehands down a dark walkway. copperfield did not acknowledge responsibility and is due back on the witness stand next week. happening today if you're anywhere near beal and market streets in san francisco, just look up.

uc researchers doing their best birmd% nation in the name of research. they are nesting on the third floor of pg&e headquarters. researchers want to visit the nest and band them to track them once they are on the move. >> that will be interesting. >> always great to see this time of year in the spring. >> we were looking at red tailed hawk last week. that was the big sensation, the eggs hatching, two eggs hatching. >> they have names in san jose, clara. very well-known, a lot of audubon fans. >> we have great bird watching weather today. whatever you're into, it's going to clear out, cool morning but a nice, warm afternoon. let's get a look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. that's the red scan you're seeing coming out of san jose giving us a clean sweep, a clear start this morning. i was watching the weather system just offshore for the bay area. as this area of low pressure makes its way across central

coast it did bring rain just to our south. it is now approaching l.a. with some rain and also some low elevation snow. so we'll be watching that moving away. san francisco we can see all the way across the bay with this clear start this morning. but it's also chilly as you head out the door, especially in the north bay. look at naapa, 35, 39 in half moon, san francisco 49 as you step out and san jose 47. seven-day forecast up at the bottom of the screen showing we will have much warmer temperatures on the way. in fact today will be in the low 70s for the north bay and over toward concord and antioch. mostly low- to mid-60s for the bay and coast. upper 50s to low 60s of the starting out this morning, getting dressed, you do need a jacket before you head out. if you don't have one you'll probably run back in and grab it. a good day for dress shoes with no worries of rain. make sure you also get that allergy medication especially if

you're allergic to oak and mulberry. the trees and grass pollen still really high. good news, if you've got a layer of pollen on your car, you can go ahead and wash it off. there's no rain in the forecast over the next few days. also warming up with sunshine in san francisco, high up to 70 saturday and 80 for inland area, the warmest day on sunday and gradual cool down, still warmer than average. vianey tracking bridge and commute times this morning. >> they have been slowing down as we inch closer to the 7:00 a.m. hour. can you see by maps in south bay slowing along northbound and southbound 101 all due to morning traffic. however, chp is reporting an issue along baseball 580 right at north flynn road. it appears a large pothole is causing issues. you can see heavy delays. this area is already heavily commuted area that typically gets backed up fairly quickly. now you add a pothole to that

issue, some big delays coming out of tracy. as of right now slowing along 880 in the east bay but not because of an accident just regular morning buildup. at least we've managed to keep major accident-free. eastbound drive time slowing along southbound 880238 to highway 84, you're looking at about five minutes. send it back to you. >> thanks, vianey. coming up, a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay," including big changes for your commute. the relief you might begin to see soon in the east bay. >> first happening now, the men arrested at a philadelphia starbucks last week are breaking their silence. during an associated press interview just released this morning, the man says feared for their life after a worker complained. the video went viral. the men met with star pucks ceo and pushing for changes. breaking news this morning raul castro no long eer cuba's

president. the first time in a decade there has not been a castro in power. he remains head of powerful party that oversees activities. the new president is miguel if cannel. more news after the break.

in the bay-- welcome back. before you head out the door, the time 654. top stories on "today in the bay." >> east bay drivers plan to get

relief. a live look at 680. today crews will start work on the sunol grade, over $200 million project. an express lane will run nine niles from mission boulevard to highway 98 livermore. it will cost that much money. you should be able took start using the lanes by 2020. union police trying to track down a 12-year-old girl last seen yesterday. camila rodriguez left for school with a friend and never showed up there and never returned home. police also say her cell phone is now turned off. they say they don't know why she might have run away. she was last seen wearing a black north face jacket. across the bay an 11-year-old girl also missing. police asking you to keep appear eye ute for diane florez lava. last seen near nine at the intersection of camino real and bay street. diana was wearing a green sweatshirt with the word "pink" on it. police officers expected to

follow through on a threat to clear out a homeless camp. the encampment located in an area where the city needs to develop new housing. legal hearings tied things up for three weeks. now they report the city has the all clear. more than 100 people live there. homeless advocates plan to hold a rally there this morning. >> the airline industry having a rough week. the latest incident a smoking engine that forced an emergency landing in atlanta. this is footage from the terrifying scene last night. you can see smoke coming from the engine after the plane touched down. it had just taken off at hartsfield-jackson heading for london. firefighters hosed it down. luckily no injuries. meanwhile ntsb trying to figure how a pup toured fan played caused the for problem frls

wednesday. ver focusing on wear and tear. next on the "today" show investigators reveal more detail on the deadly engine explosion. 6:56, students from across the bay area are leaving for sacramento. in about an hour they are pushing lawmakers to pass gun control reform. students tell us the parkland school activists were inspiring to them. local students want more transparency and want to stop someone from getting a gun after a domestic violence conviction. happening today after a two-year investigation, we will learn today whether charges will be filed in the death of music icon prince. the d.a. will make that announcement sometime this morning. we'll send a push alert when it happens to make sure you have it on the nbc bay app. he was found unconscious in an elevator at his paisley park estate. he died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl. vta will show off fleet of electric buses.

you might be riding them soon. they also plan to talk about the power system. the vta hopes they have close to 40 electric buses on south bay streets within the next two years. do you think palo alto is growing too quickly? one group opposing growth in palo alto reportedly says when it comes to commercial development, cutbacks are needed. pal pallet weekly reports they are working on november ballot measure to cut the cap for office space in half. >> do telemarketers blow up your home. a local congresswoman trying to stop that from happening. yesterday she introduced a bill to block robocalls. the bill starts an unblocking system, this is to allow you to better control calls and texts. shoots and scores! >> we should play it over and over. did you see it? the sharks celebrating a sweep this morning. the sharks held on to defeat anaheim 2-1 at shark tank.

that means sharks will face las vegas golden knights coming up in the second round. nice to see. >> love seeing the sharks. take a bite out of it. >> we've got some great weather. people will try to wake up this morning after a long night. it's going to reach spot upper 60s for inland area. 75 tomorrow. look at the weekend. looks beautiful. sunshine and low 80s. >> all right. how is that morning commute? >> not too bad. we're tracking a couple of slow spots but we managed to go the entire morning without major accidents but didn't manage to go without delays on the bay bridge as always. metering lights on since 5:30. close to 7:00 keep delays on tap. golden gate bridge, a couple of cars out there. as far as the answer to my poll, it's a little complicated so you can find that answer on social media. i'll post it. >> grilled cheese. >> happening "today in the bay,"

7:25 local news update for you. >> see you back here nbc bay area news at 11:00. have a great thursday. friday is going to be a beautiful day. good morning. fatal flaw? the faa orders emergency inspections of hundreds of engines in the wake of that tragic explosion on a southwest plane. investigators revealing it actually happened before. this morning, the desperate race to make sure it doesn't happen again, as we learn more about the ctim's final moments and the hero pilot's quick thinking that saved lives. ready to meet? president trump toning down the rhetoric and opening up about his plans for a sit down with north korea's kim jong-un. >> it would be a tremendous thing for north korea and a tremendous thing for the world. >> this morning, where those talks could happen, and why some are saying they should never take place.