ad lib live picture of san welcome to friday morning. taking a live look outside, this time from the north bay, a welcome sight, because it's friday. good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i i'm laura garcia. look who is here with me and us. >> i'm kris sanchez in for marcus. mike, glad you're here. >> i'll speak in a deep voice. >> be extra masculine this morning. kari is with us. the oakland teachers are still on strike this morning, it is going to be chilly. >> it is going to be chilly. grab your coffee and as you get ready to head out the door, another morning where you need a heavier coat. a live look in palo alto, low 40s and dropping down to 38 degrees by 8:00 and temperatures start to rise headed into late

morning and another day with some sunshine. we'll talk about w weekend fore the overnight roadwork continues. >> it doesutin their weekend early hopefully before 5:00, the richmond to san rafael bridge, light traffic flow, that's why they scheduled the roadwork, one lane in each direction continues for 580, whoops, right there for 580, and no slowing for the bay bridge and highway 37. contra costa county an easy flow through the caldecott tunnel. a minor crash over on the shoulder west 80 at grant line road and easier traffic, because it's friday, out of the altamont. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. breaking news in south america, that is where a 7.5 earthquake struck about two hours ago, it was parred near the border of ecuador and peru 200 miles southeast of the capital of quito. so far no reports of damage, but

the quake is centered in a remote location. back here in the bay area, nerves are frayed in oakland, as teachers get ready to start day two of their district-wide strike. talks of merging schools to save money had parents angry, school kids anxious, and oakland unified district staff frustrated. last night superintendent dr. kyla johns trammell met with parents. as sergio quintana reports she was nearly shouted out at the meeting. >> reporter: the superintendent described another round of campus consolidations. >> we're in the process right now of merging alliance and elm hurst community prep. >> reporter: parents shouted her down not happy with the prospect of more schfact-finding committee indicated to the teachers that we don't have a lot of money. we are in a situation where we are already cutting money, going into next year's budget before

we factor in any kind of raises for anybody. >> reporter: school spokesman john sasaki says the district offers teachers 8% raise, up from 5% it offered months ago. teachers maintained a demand of 12%. lots of students joined teachers on the picket line, the union president conxwrat lated members and families for their efforts on this first day of picket lines. >> strikes are won in the streets, not at the bargaining table, so we need strong lines like we had today. >> reporter: parents who did not want to cross the picket lines opting not to take their kids to schools, instead, took them to one of more than a dozen places called solidarity sites, which offered day care, some education, supervised physical activities and even lunch. one parent brought meals for kids at the salvation army site. >> the salvation army has been gracious to give lunch to them but they don't have breakfast, so i'm bringing them some breakfast. >> reporter: strike negotiators are scheduled to meet again. sergio quintana, "today in the bay." >> we'll continue to follow the latest developments on the

oakland strike, and any potential deal in the works, both on air and online and that includes our website. check out our breaktown on how much oakland teachers make, compared to teachers in other districts right there at nbcbayarea.com. in just a few hours, a south bay man found guilty of killing his parents returns to court for sentencing. hasib bin golumrabi faces a sentence of life without parole. a jury found him guilty of the 2016 murders of his parents in their home. he represented himself, you might remember, in what was at times a reportedly bizarre and rambling defense. golumrabi has a younger brother who was preerl cleared of the same murder charges in the case because of insufficient evidence. it is 4:34 and developing now, actor jussie smollett is out on bail. he was reportedly on the set of his fox show "empire" last night, after being released from jail. he apologized to the cast and crew. police say the santa rosa native

paid two brothers $3,500 to stage an attack on him last month, all to promote his career. smoel e smollett original smollett's high-profile attorney said "mr. smollett is a young man of impeccable character and integrity who fiercely and solemnly maintains his innocence" but chicago city leaders think otherwise and they're furious. >> absolute justice would be an apology to this city, that he smear smeared, admitting what he did. >> reporter: smollett faces a felony charge for filing a false police report. 4:35 now, in just a few hours the two men charged in oakland's deadly grosseship warehouse fire are court, derek almena aax face 36 manslaughter during the 2016 fire. this morning, a hearing will be

held on the use of evidence in that case. both almena and harris are set to go on trial in april. a business owner in los gatos says a president trump supporter has crossed the line, the co-owner of a yellow brick road jewelry store said real estate agent cindy sheehan taped a sign on his front window last night. witnesses saw the group says they were wearing make america great again hats and chanting outside. the business owner says this goes back to an incident months ago where he voiced his opposition to the group. things have escalated since. >> they say i don't believe in free speech, and i'm an eye american, just because i don't support trump, right. i'm allowed to support whoever i want to support. >> after taping the sign to his store window a witness shot video of the group at a nearby bar. we talked to cindy sheehan. she said they used in would not

vandalism. to a disturbing discovery in a contra costa county canal. a dead dog was found near medburn road in the unincorporated community of clyde. they are asking for your help to figure out what led to the small brown dog's death, a terrier found tethered to his crate, which was covered in green nylon covering. the dog weighed approximately 15 pounds. authorities are trying to piece together the mystery, first by finding the dog's owners. downtown san francisco going to look a lot different today. lower stockton street reopened late yesterday after seven years between geary and ellis street. construction crews had been working on the central subway. it's expected to be completed this december, when computmuter will take muni from the fourth street cal station all the way to chinatown. >> wouldn't that be nice, not to have to park in chinatown. >> especially this weekend, the big aparade. > come up next, apple is behind the plans for an apple

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disappointing economic data, fueling fears of a potential economic slowdown. investors are also watching the latest round of high-level trade talks between the u.s. and china. apple has drawn up a blueprint for its own foldable device in a patent application published last week. this describes a display between with hinges that can fold in half or thirds. the screen can be used in phones, tablets, laptops or wearable devices but the application only means the idea is out there. it hasn't been approved just yet. ride share news, lyft hass the same vehicle to split the cost of a ride and not subject to search pricing. s always requires riders to wal designated pickup spot and may drop them off walking distance of their final destination. lyft said about 35% of its rides are shared. laura, i know you're more of a limo person but the rest of us,

good news. >> frank, exactly. will someone carry me instead of walk? >> fanning her the whole way. >> that's right, because my heels are very high. >> she's so down to earth. >> thanks. i drive a van with a bunch of kids. coming up next on "today in the bay," it's friday. we're so excited about that weekend forecast, kari. >> it does start out cool this morning as you get ready to head out the door. a live look at san jose, we'll drop down to the upper 30s this morning, and then it starts to warm up, but we keep that sunshine. we'll get a look at the full microclimate forecast coming up next. a clear view and a clear drive across the bay bridge span. look at that beautiful view of san francisco, but chp said i might be a little windy. cameras holding steady now. i'll show you what else the other bay bridge camera shows, coming up.

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good morning to you. looking live at oakland on what is a clear and dry day so far, but it is chilly out there, so make sure you think about that, as you look through your closet this morning. quarter to 5:00 right now. singer sam smith firing back at body shamers this morning. he posted this picture on instagram of him s the beach. he says in the past, if he's done a photo shoot with even a shirt on, he's rifled through every photo, normally taken down due to his body image issues. while some may

narcissi narcissistic, it took courage due to the body trauma he experienced as a child. if it makes you feel good about ad a problem with that? he looks like a normal person. >> i guess people, body shamers, not nice. no one's perfect. >> i think if you body shame someone, you should be required to also post a picture of yourself. >> yes. there's a lot of internet trolls out there. >> for sure, for sure. he'll write a sappy song about it and be fine. as you get ready to head out this morning, you do need more than a shirt or maybe a coat. put your shirt on. here is a live look outside in san francisco. all clear to start out, and the seven-day forecast is coming up in the bottom of the screen. we are below freezing in the north bay right now, with ukiah checking in at 29 degrees. it is 33, so just above freezing in santa rosa. s a live look outside in san jose, as you get dedthis d

scarf and a coat will serve you well because it will be a very chilly start, but as we look at our high temperatures, very much like yesterday, we're heading back into the mid to upper 50s again today, and we get to keep that sunshine for a little while longer, but we do see a storm system developing out there over the pacific, and that will be another atmospheric river, but it won't be targeted across the bay area for quite a while. we see it moving into eureka and ukiah, as we go into sunday, as well as early next week. we're on the outer fringes of this from sunday into monday. we may not see much rain at all, until this system starts to drop down on tuesday into wednesday. then it looks like we get a quick round of some rain moving in, could bring in some pretty decent rainfall totals for the ast part, we're looking at half of an inch of rain or less, for areas south of the golden gate bridge. then you head to the north, and those rainfall totals will be much higher, santa rosa close to an inch, but maybe something like three inches for ukiah, and

areas farther north. so we are going to be tracking this, any slight shifts in that atmospheric river could drastically change our forecast. otherwise, we're going to enjoy a nice clear weekend, with some highs in the upper 50s, a few more clouds tomorrow, and then those north bay rain chances on sunday. i'll be watching that for you, with another update and mike, you have folks already waiting at the bay bridge. >> i do, kari, just like yesterday, we have all cash lanes except for two open, this one on the left approach, that is presenting a little more of a backup. on the right approach, folks changing lanes out of the longer backup just off the fast track lanes moving over. they may have just opened that one on the right side. we'll track that, it's light. light volume throughout the approach, no slowing, a little slowing eastbound highway 24, just past highway 13 and that sometimes happens about this time of day, so we'll track that. so far it's just a crew that i know about going through the area. no crashes there, and no other oming s except for the one on through the altamont around grant line road, no problem.

back to you. 4:48. nearly $1.25 million over three years is how much a major tech company recently paid a silicon valley city and it's not a donation. >> it is to cover the salaries of two city employees who work in the department that regulates the very company. investigative reporter liz wagner has been looking into an arrangement that's raising some eyebrows. >> we learned the tech titan's money is funding the cost of a traffic engineer and transportation manager in a growing south bay city. now we investigate, does this deal pose a conflict of interest? we showed the funding agreement to a government ethicist at santa clara university. she points out the corporation has business before this city and says even if it's not the intended effect, the aing rahment gives the appearance arrangement gppearance that the company may be trying to buy influence with local officials. >> in situations where the gift is designed specifically to pay for somebody's salary, how is that going to affect the employee whose salary is being paid for? can you serve two masters?

>> the contract says the corporation won't get special treatment or front of the line pass, but coming up tonight, we'll show you the received the money, the transportation and traffic decision, is making decisions about whether this company is doing enough to reduce traffic and we'll show you which tech giant and city we're talking about. that's tonight at 11:00 on n"nb bay area news". see you then. >> sounds good, liz. if you want to get a hold of anyone in the investigative unit, give them a call, 888-996-tips or if it's easier, logon to our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. all right, we have a medical update on these two orphaned mountain lion cubs that were rescued in half moon bay. we've been talking about these guys all week. the oakland zoo released this video of their medical exams and we know the siblings are 4 months old. they were dehydrated and malnourished and covered with ticks. one had a nose wound from a little scrap with a skunk.

>> experts say they're too young to hunths on for a facility where they can thrive. oakland's mountain lion habitat is full so the search is under way for a permanent home for the cubs, who are cute now, but they get bigger, though. >> precious, little predators. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> got a trio for you today, a guy who can't get the phone company to take his money, and two different people with two different problems in the driveway. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. and happening now, breakout of chicken pox and mumps, forcinuantine at a colorado i.c.e. center. 260 people are in quarantine after two people were infected with chicken pox and two oth contracted mumps in the last month. i.c.e. are giving mmr vaccinations to everyone at the facility out of an abundance of caution.

more news after this break. it is 4:51.richmond.

looking live from our window over richmond, and you can see folks getting a little early start. hopefully you're still having coffee with us and will be with us for a little while. it's a cool day. >> exactly, iv:54, nice to have kris here. nbc bay area responds to dozens of consumer complaints every week. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here to share our latest successes. >> good morning. since we got started back in the middle of 2016, we've now worked on more than 13,000 cases for consumers just like you. some of our most recent , kenneth in mountain view who said his phone company stopped accepting his personal checks to pay his bills. well, we sorted that out and g$. now, two different problems in

the driveway, first for russell in san francisco, he was unhappy that the pavers that were installed into his driveway faded after they were installed. we helped him get replacements worth $2,600. second problem in the driveway, nori in san jose told us she couldn't get a newspaper to stop delivering to her home. we made a call for her and the deliveries stopped. she now reads the paper online. maybe we can help you, too. call us any time, 888-996-tips or online at nbcbayarea.com/responds. have a great weekend. all right, we got the weekend started last night with a thrilling game in oakland for the warriors. there was also some comic relief from former warriors coach don nelson >> nelly, who now lives in hawaii was back at oracle and asked what he does now that he's retired. >> i've been smoking some pot, actually. >> it's legal

i played or coached. >> he's just trying to be honest, i suppose. got a haircut with jason richardson and steven jackson, they were honored, the we believe warriors team last night. >> is marijuana legal in hawaii right now? i know if he lived here, he would be fine. >> people smoke everywhere. coming up next on "today in the bay," we're looking at the forecast, in case you have weekend plans. >> it will be a cool start to the morning and as we take a live look in fremont this morning as you get ready to head out, heaters on full blast, dropping down to 36 degrees and it will be another day with some a look at when the rain returns, coming up next. >> looking at the san mateo the say it may be gusty at times, across the bay bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge, another note headed into the north bay. plus new, analyst facing charges in the michael cohen case. we'll break down the new connection to stormy daniels and the president. wimpy trash bags? c'mon.

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san francisco: an i-r-s worker facing charges in the ca michael cohen connection in san francisco, an irs worker facing charges now in the case involving president trump's formal personal lawyer, accused. plus on alert, police in contra costa county communities on the lookout for burglary suspects targeting cars. coming up, how close officers came to catching the suspect. and woman power in the south bay today. tennis star serena williams and

feminist icon dplgloria steineme in the silicon valley. "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks for joique joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for marcus with a little woman power for you, too. >> we have mike here, too. >> i consider my power very feminine as well. >> you're representing. i love it. it is kicking off the huge women's conference, the largest on the west coast. we'll have more on that coming up in a bit. what about the forecast? >> looks pretty good this morning, but it is very cold. check out these numbers, before you step out the door, we are the coldest now in ukiah, 28 degrees. it is 28 degrees, yes, very cold, and some upper 30s for even the south bay, so you may have to scrape some frost off the windshield before you head out, headed out to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, a heavy coat needed with 40s and the sunshine warms us up. a look at the microclimates coming up and mike, you'r behind me flashing lights may be moving the crews right now from the overnightroadwork.

right now consider one lane for each direction the upper and the lower deck each with the overnight road crew continuing of course that expansion joint repair work, and that will continue again overnight for the next week or so. the rest of the bay shows an easy drive, no problems through contra costa county, no delays. a little slowing out of the altamont pass for west 580 and that's about it. that's a great start to this friday so we hand it back to you, laura. today marks day two of the oakland teachers strike. they'll return to the picket lines in just a few hours. we have a live look at the haven's corps middle school in east oakland. a news conference will happen there at 7:00 a.m. the two sides will meet for more ne