ad lib live picture of golden gate bridge. wednesday, april 3rd. taking a live look at the gold especially gate bridge on this wednesday morning. not a lot of traffic. at least it's clear. the lens as well. the rain washed away. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> kari is back. >> it starts out with spotty showers. a mostly clean sweep on storm ranger. we're watching not only one but two storm systems. it brings us shors system will be here on friday. that could bring us heavier rain. that's a live look outside in palo alto.

keep the umbrella handy. mike, the freeways are moving as well. >> they are. i had to use a couple of swipes of the windshield wipers. very light traffic. one crash in berkeley. i'll talk to you about that in a second. the next report, i wanted to take this opportunity to show you how light the traffic was on the bay bridge. and damp roadways. not the puddling we saw yesterday. good stuff for the top stories. back to you. >> the housing crisis playing out on the peninsula. a battle is brewing over the construction of townhomes that would force low-income residents out of their homes. >> kris sanchez joins us with what's happening. kris? >> reporter: hi there, marcus and this is an apartment complex that is home to about 59 different families who say they can't afford to pay more than they could find a place even if they could. the folks who live here say they pay between $1,000 and $3,000 a

month. they have been worried about losing their homes since this other development started going up down the street. this is in rock view. it will become luxury townhomes. a representative said they have helped people pay future rent and moving expenses in the past for folks who are qualified and that they are willing to do it again. the community members rallies before the start of the conversation. the meeting ended with six council members voting in favor of this development moving forward. and one abstention. there is not a lot the city council can do based on how their coding is written. there is no way to raise a reasonable objection othern vie sanchez, "today in the bay". a lot of changes. thanks, kris.

. this morning we are learning new details about a freak accident. 100 people turned out to solano county to comfort each other. two teenagers were electrocuted. nick sweeney reports on what parents are being told. >> he was always so light hearted. like he would always make the room brighten up. he was always so close with all of his teachers. >> reporter: they came together in grief for two dixon high school students killed. >> everybody we spoke to yesterday sai i a joke? this is a good one that jake is playing. >> reporter: four friends and a dog were out near the s.i.d. canal. jacob of elk grove and 17-year-old jacob schneider of dixon jumped in to save the dog. >> that's the kind of person he was. he just goes out and helps anybody. there was nothing he was afraid of doing. >> the current was strong.

they grabbed onto a gate. it was hot with electricity. >> reporter: the dog survived. the boys did not. >> it is sad to not see him coming back to school and seeing him in class anymore. a grim anniversary for youtube. a woman walked in and shot three employees before taking her own life. she had a long-running grunge against the company. her father reported her missing days before the attack and told police she might be headed to youtube. the three victims in that shooting survived. a new list paints a broader picture of the number of south bay clergy members tied to credible allegations involving sexual abuse of children. san jose diocese released an updated list. it adds 23 names to the original list of 15 accused priests. all but one of the new names involved, well, they worked in the south bay but were not actually members of the san jose

dioce diocese. most previouy amed elsewhere. and most are now deceased. . meanwhile, alameda county prosecutors are talking about the abuse charges filed against an east bay priest. father hector david mendoza veja. he is accused of abusing a teenager a lot saint john the baptist in san lorenzo three years ago. he was later transferred to corpus christi church in fremont. actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin are set to appear in a courtroom. huffman paid $15,000 to doctor her daughter's s.a.t. results. and laughlin $500 in bribes to have her two daughters designated as recru t usc crew team.

30 other parents are charged in the scandal. a live report in pwaufboston co up. 4:36 now. this is a battle overpay this afternoon. interns and residents at highland hospital in oakland are planning to walk out. they say they're hoping to draw attention to yon going contract negotiations. the medical employees are asking highland for increased wages and housing allowances. many are members of the labor union called committee and interns and residents. it represents more than 6,000 workers at oakland's highland hospital and half a dozen other hospitals around the state. . 4:36 right now. . coming up on "today in the ba bay", yon going changes to all contract workers. . many are finding out they owe uncle sam this year.

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good morning. i'm frank holland cnbc headquarte headquarters. renewed optimism over a trade deal between the u.s. and china. talks will resume later this week. yesterday was a mixed session for the markets. the dow snapping a four-day win

streak. today we will focus on hiring in the private sector. google will require all temp and contract workers be given a minimum wage of $15, comprehensive health care, 12 weeks of parental leave. it comes after employees and other workers protest tested. they rely on a massive contract of third parties who don't provide the same benefits as the company's full-time employees. well, millions of americans are finding out they owe uncle sam this year. nerd wallet were finds 18% owe additional money beyond their withholdings. 8 million people received a refund this year may owe this time around due to miss calculations associated with the new tax laws. on average those who owe money have a tax bill of more than $2,100. back over to you. >> boo! >> i like your tie. >> yeah. hello. wow.

we're matching. >> i can't see you but i'm sure you're very well dressed. >> great frat brothers think alike, frank. >> obviously i didn't get the memo. i talked to kari and she looks very spring-like today. >> nice and springy. we also have spring showers too. we're going to see the rain off and on in the forecast. today mostly cloudy in san jose. making it to the upper 50s. and just keep the umbrella handy. we'll talk more about that in the forecast coming up next.go. we're lookinglle

and good morning to you. taking a live look now of a beautiful bay bridge sight this morning. a few clouds up there. kari is going to look at all the weather coming up in just a bit. 4:44 for you right now. how about right now? >> right now, right now. >> it's probably not all the sunshine people would like to see. i am happy to still see some rain in the forecast and we need tar of thatf the week getting you out the door this morning. a look at the golden gate brge met. misting and drizzling with low clouds and fog. temperatures fairly warm consider we are now in the upper 50s in oakland. and it's 52 in santa rosa. mid-50s for the south bay and inland areas. seven-day forecast is up at the

bottom of the screen. we check out our temperature trend for martinez today. mid-50s to start. then reach into the low '60s as we get closer to noon. mostly cloudy today. even though we are not seeing a lot on storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, you may still encounter very light rain, just enough to make the roads wet. so we are dealing with this disturbance right now that will keep it most live cloudy. at times some rain. our next storm system on friday does look a little bit stronger. and it will be here bringing in some heavier rainfall totals. overall scattered light showers today into the afternoon tomorrow. starting to see the rain picking up in intensity as we go toward friday morning, into the afternoon. it looks like we will see widespread rain until it wasps tapers off early on saturday morning. our rainfall totals anywhere from half an inch for parts of the east way to over an inch for the north bay. that's where we will see over an inch of rain, inch and a

quarter, an inch and a half in santa rosa closer to th weekend. a live look outside at squaw creek. it is raining. it will change to snow. we are still talking about more snow in april. we are looking at the potential of giving our higher elevations another foot of snow. we will track a storm system for the end of the week. by saturday or the rain starts to move out. highs in the mid-'60s. and warming up for sunday into monday as we dry out. and that continues into the start of next week. mike, you were looking at a crash in berkeley. >> i am, kari. it is all about details on that one. i want to also let folks know early morning tomorrow -- this time tomorrow, that bore should be open for eastbound through the cal cut tunnel. overnight, bore number one eastbound again away from the bay bridge will be closed for overnight maintenance. 9:30 to 4:00 a.m., 4:30 should be open in time just for the start of the show.

so we will be monitoring that. just know traffic flow will be one way in that direction. ashby slowing a bit toward adeline. there is a crash reported. don't have a lot of detail. this is still in the traffic reports right here. watch the major roadway. meanwhile, the rest of the bay shows a slow flow of traffic. a little debris on 237 around sunnyvale area. app issue with one of the signals off the san mateo bridge in foster city. no problems reported. no crashes. over here at the peninsula, flashing lights traveling past here, willow and up toward marsh. the overnight construction crew is there. freeway traffic flows smoothly. 101 in the north bay, no delays, guys. good stuff. back to you. >> thanks, mike. stopping on the side of the freeway as cars whiz by is one of the more dangerous things done by a driver. >> but officers force people to

do it all the time during a traffic stop. here is investigative reporter vicky wynn. >> reporter: good morning. one look at these photos and you can see why drivers are taught to avoid stopping on the showered. is it any safer when an officer pulls you over? that's the question we asked police after seeing hundreds of crashes like these. state data shows more than 2,700 crashes since 2013 involves a parked law enforcement vehicle including highway patrol and local officers who are helping stranded drivers and directing traffic. we talked to chp how to reduce these dangerous situations and what drivers should do if they don't want to pull over on the shoulder. they told us slow down, put on your blinker and move to the right. even then drivers say they found themselves in a scary situation when the police thought they were trying to he get away. here why cops drew guns on this man and arrested him even though no charges were ever filed. we have posted our full report, along with an interactive map,

plus the law you need to know when it comes to traffic stops. it's on nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >> ready for the dmv. give the investigative unit a call. 888-996-tips. or logon to nbcbayarea.com/investigations. coming up on "today in the bay", new hope for people with pancreatic cancer. >> the new treatment that has some patients living longer. >> but first nbc bay area responds. >> if you forgot your i.d., you don't have to cancel your flight or rush home to try and find it. the tsa says you can fly without an i.d. if you tell them about it at the security checkpoint they can identify your identity in a different way and let you fly. call us at 888-996-tips. or nbcbayarea.com/responds. . 4:50. georgia will soon be the latest state to allow the sale of medical marijuana. there are already 8,400 medical

marijuana patients registered. for patients suffering from severe seizures deadly cancers and other illnesses. the state didn't provide a way for them to purchase it. 33 states now have legalized medicalmarijuana. georgia's governor is expected to sign the bill today. 4:50 right now.

4:52 right now. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. cars making it through. a look at your commute coming up with mike inouye well, the boss usually makes more than you.

in silicon valley, it's way more. tesla ceo elon musk earned $2.2 billion last year, equaling out to 40,000 times what the company's median worker earns a year. for comparison, apple ceo tim cook made $15 million with 283 times more than apple's median employee. mark zuckerberg made 37 times more than what facebook employees earn. and robert swain, 211 times his workers. . 4:53. a new treatment regimen is giving hope to patients with pancreatic cancer. patients are living longer than traditionally expected. it often kills its victims within two years of diagnosis. long-term survival is possible if patients receive chemotherapy before surgery. the chemo is used to kill the pancreatic tumor before doctors remove it.

patients who under two this regimen are living as much as five years and beyond. . well, there's a baby boom at a sacramento hospital. >> 10 nurses at the labor and delivery unit are all pregnant. take a look at them. three of the pregnant nurses have the exact same due date,up 4. four other nurses have given birth since january. more than 6,000 babies are born at the hospital every year. >> wow. that's interesting to see. busy in that unit. hmm. the warriors seem to gellint just the right time. >> they took on denver. right there oakland radar antonio brown making a fashion statement. back to the game now. denver and golden state are in the race for the top spot in the west. nuggets could not stop kevin durant. he scored 21 points before he

was ejected in the third quarter. 116-102. it wasn't even close at all. there are five games left before the playoffs start. . and the basketball world is really buzzing this morning after oklahoma city's russel westbrook. last night he did something done once before in nba history. they call it a triple twiny, triple-double with 20 points, 20 rebounds, 20 assists. the legend wilt chamberlain is rebound, he said that is for nipsey, referring to rap star nipsey hussle shot and killed on on sunday stpwhraofplt coming up, we will c kar ep forecast. >> some rain moving through. we have a lot more rain on the way. a live look outside in walnut creek. you can see a lot of clouds. and you want to make sure you keep the umbrella handy throughout the rest of the day. we'll talk about what's ahead

coming up next. . over here, richmond-san rafael bridge, light volume of traffic. not even the light puddles we saw yesterday. we'll show you what's going on farther south. i think i see something at the bay bridge. . calling for more public school funding. the east bay teachers holding a rally outside the state capitol tomorrow amid recent strikes. for 50 years, cracker barrel

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whistle-blower speaks out. how white house staffers got security clearances. the brewing controversy. amid recent strikes, east bay teachers take their demands for better pay to the capital. will need the umbrella. it is still going to be raining off and on throughout the day. then we will see more rain in the forecastment right now we're not seeing a whole lot on storm ranger. if you're out driving around the bay area, you will notice mist and drizzle. that's because we have this disturbance very low in the atmosphere. there's another one right behind that. as we go throughout the day, keep the umbrella handy. off and on mostly light showers but heavier rain is in the forecast. mike, you're also seeing that

drizzle at the bay bridge. >> i am, kari. it shows a misty drizzle coming through the area. a little bit more clearing now. i'm noticing we still have one, two cash lanes that are not yet open. things should start to smooth out over the next few. with mist and the drizzle, be careful. the maze is not a problem. south bay shows smooth driving in south county. a crash you see on the map is berkeley. that's coming up. . moving to capitol hill this morning, controversy brewing over how president trump's family and other white house staffers got security clearances. a whistle-blower is speaking out saying the team who did their background checks recommended against it. tracie pots has the answers. >> reporter: exactly. and the whistle-blower on that

team that does the background checks for the security clearances, she said the white house has repeatedly been overruling their recommendations. she's concerned national security may be at risk. >> 18-year security veteran, trisha newbold says she's speaking out to protect the country. >> it's important we stand out to do the right thing no matter what. >> reporter: she said the white house overruled her team's recommendations 25 times, approving security clearances for the