live report in just minutes actress felicity huffman expected to plead guilty in the college bribe scandal. a late season storm eyes the bay area. kari hall is tracking when the rain will get here. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> and a good monday morning to you. a great way to start out the workweek. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. hope you had a great weekend and a freight mother's day. did you, kari? >> yeah. it was beautiful. nice to wake up to some flowers. >> and? >> all right. we do have clouds this morning. but we are also talking about rain in the forecast. and this is a live look outside in walnut creek as we start out this morning. a lot of people already up and out the door. temperatures start out with mid-50s. we'll see at noon a few clouds

and 68 degrees. the rain that we are seeing on the satellite imagery will get here by wednesday morning. i will talk about what we're expecting. you're still tracking highway 24. >> i am. the rain coming in is good for the flowers but not the roadways. we will watch those as changes happen. all lanes have cleared. vehicles on the shoulder, though. slowing at the bay bridge. cash lanes opening for the morning commute. something new popped up for highway 1. we will check on that. >> check back with you in a bit. >> absolutely, mike. we have breaking news out of contra costa county. a violent night in richmond. police are investigating multiple reports of shooting. >> one near an apartment, the other near a play grouped. pete suratos joins us in richmond with more. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, guysment the details are still minimal on the two

incidents we're following in richmond. i confirmed with an individual inside this apartment complex. cypress pines apartment complex in richmond off 47th and portrayeo. four police units here as they investigate what appears to be a shooting incident. i want to show you video of inside of that apartment complex, at least in the parking lot that you are seeing behind me. self casings down there and markers town there as they investigate what took place. it's not too far from booker t. anderson park. still trying to gather more information as far as the number of victims. another incident we're following, this was off esmond avenue, north of where we are standing in richmond off the 2500 block of esmond area. you see a white van. officers in white shirts looking for clues in what appears to be another incident.

that is east of 23rd street in richmond. and it is unclear the number of victims or the time of the shooting as well. we want to take you pack out here live at 47th and portrero. we will provide you with any updates as they come in. pete suratos, "today in the bay". certainly going to be an active morning there. pete, thank you. taking a live look at the skyline in oakland this morning. the question a lot of people are asking, where will the a's play? today in the pay bob redell live outside the coliseum. bob, not everyone is on board with this move correct, laura. but the team wants to move out of the coliseum which is 50 years of age and not surprisingly showing its age. look at this. this is the proposed new 34,000 seat stadium built howard

terminal, just north of here in the downtown area. commissioners will vote on whether to approve whether they would have four years to secure land use approvals and enter real estate agreements for the new ballpark. not everyone is on board. east oakland stadium, business owners and some fans will hold a news conference at 11:45 a.m. to express their opposition to the proposed plan. the concern for them is the proposed stadium would impact thousands of jobs and oakland's economic base. it would allow them to lease the land at a much lower rate. they have organized their own rally at jack london square before the board meets at 1:30 this morning. live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay". >> 5:04. felicity huffman is expected to

plead guilty. the "desperate housewives" star admitted paid $15,000 for the proctor to change her daughter's answer to improve her score. she could face between 4 and 10 months in prison. huffman and one other parent are expected in court today. they are among 14 parents, including some from here in the pay area who agreed to guilty pleas. lori loughlin and her husband will fight the charges. the couple recently turned down a plea deal that included jail time. uber and lyft ramping up efforts to get your business. the san francisco based companies lost $13 billion due to their yon going fare wars. the losses are being seen as a positive look for wall street investors. they believe it scared off

rideshare competition from entering the marketplace. as you see here, the ipo debuted yesterday. the stock price debuted friday. it slipped 8% by the closing bell. lyft has fallen 26% since debuting six weeks ago. if you live in the north bay and you see drones flying overhead the next few weeks, this is in the latest effort to boost fire safety. pg&e is flying the drones. we got a firsthand look. it is also including helicopters. electrical towers, poles will be analyzed for potential problems. it requires the company to pay for and provide more prevention. >> it really just adds to the inspection. it enhances them, gives us a more robust inspection. allows us to look at the structures from different angles. >> the drones will commonly fly

from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day but not on sundays. pg&e hopes to finish the aerial inspections by the especially on the month. >> heads-up if your commute takes you to the south bay. work is getting under way between santa fe and scotts valley. it will close from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. they are working on fire prevention efforts. we are gearing up for fire season. good news, we have rain in the forecast. >> we do have rain. i'm wondering if it could delay some of the efforts to get ready for the fire season. as we track this next storm system approaching the bay area. you can see a lot of clouds. we will start to see rain arrive by wednesday morning. it will be off and on throughout the day on thursday. that's when we could see thunderstorms in the forecast. not only one but two storms headed our way by the end of the

week. by saturday and second the second will approach bringing additional rain. looking at quite a bit of wet weather. once again starting on wednesday, continuing into thursday and more for the weekend. i'll have details on that. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, you have more info on highway 1. >> i do. the crash possibly having injured a door north of half moon bay. the lanes of the freeway are open. there may be activity. shouting out one of the few reports we have. 24 is clear. it is south 680 past walnut creek. we will take you to waze if we have that working there. a number of reports clustering around our area. they tell us the crash is there but blocking one lane. thank you to our team member. look at that cool waze icon. join nbc pay area so you can get the community more information.

slowing just past 24. 5:08. ahead on "today in the bay", san francisco's brand-new fire chief opening up about a personal battle. the growing health concern that she hopes to shine the national spotlight on. the latest on the trade war and the latest tariffs that may effect you when "today in the bay" continues. is this our new car? it's a new buick envision. and i got it with wi-fi for all of your wi-fi stuff, wireless charging for your phone. cool! wait til you check out the back!

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morning with cool temperatures. that's a live look at san jose. a few clouds here and there. that all clears out. 57 by 9:00 in campbell. reaching into the mid-70s again today, which is where we should be. we will see very unusual rain and maybe even sierra snow. we will talk about that in less than five minutes. a live look at the dublin interchange. going up the grade, dublin, no problem. castro valley, maybe a little slowing. walnut creek, a few more details on that crash. and good morning and happy monday to you. the south bay's tivo says it wants to break into two companies. investors got out friday. the numbers are not very big. but that's a big percentage drop, 14%. today will be uber's first full day of trading after market debut friday. shares started trading three hours in and promptly fell. you can buy uber stock for less

than the bankers and insiders bought it on its ipo. not that i'm suggesting you should. waiting for two things when it comes to the trade war with china. details will be posted today on the new tariffs we put on them. they are expecting to put new tariffs on our goods. what is not happening so far is a plan for the two sides to meet. the iphone has so far avoided tariffs we have put on chinese goods. the next is the white house is talking about putting tariffs on all chinese goods. the iphone is definitely a chinese good. now, it is worth repeating because it gets confused so often. when a tariff is placed on a chinese good, say the iphone, we are the one placing the tariff. we are also the ones paying the tariff. when chinese put it on an american good, say soy beans, they pay their tariff on our product. the president insists what i'm saying isn't true.

he often say the chinese pay our tariffs. here is a twist. the journalist chris wallace pinned the top economic adviser larry kudlow on fox news sunday, not letting him go until they hammered it out. yes, americans pay the tariffs on chinese goods. a link to that interview is worth watching. wallace is dogged on the way he asks questions. he is not going to let you go until you actually answer, something we can all learn from. >> well, mother's day, let's take a little recap pause it's so fun. duchess of sussex as a new mom. i love little baby feet. baby archie's feet. major league baseball celebrated by wearing pink.

>> even animals joining in on mother's day festivities. a polar boy enjoying a special bouquet of treats with her baby cub. >> they're so beautiful. >> very nice. such a great day to celebrate. >> did you all have a great mother's day? >> i did. it was wonderful. kids made their their own little version of breakfast in bed. you can tell they were going to the kitchen like, uh. candy and yogurt. >> all the food groups. >> and they know i like to go to church. okay. they got ready. it was really nice. >> oh, they got ready? >> you got flowers. >> i got flowers, we went out to the park, went out to eat. it was lovely. >> one day. it's over now. >> now we are getting ready for fathers take. we're going to have rain between now and then. but we enjoy the sunshine while

we have it. concord's temperature trend getting you out the door with 50s and mostly clear skies. a few more clouds late morning into the arch. another nice day to enjoy the lunch outside. but we still have a lot of tree pollen, grass pollen. now they are pine, oak, and olive trees. the weeds and mold are registering low but still showing up on the pollen count. we are also going to have something to help us out over the next few days. some storm systems moving in. it will give a boost to the rainfall totals that we can see with this area of low pressure that starts to move in on wednesday. we will see that rain falling. this is the first significant rain chance since the beginning of last month. we are going to have big changes here. we have kind of gotten used to dry weather. by thursday, as the low moves closer, there will be enough

energy for the potential of thunderstorms. this time of year we could get hail and heavy rain enhanced by the warm temperatures and the sun that we have giving more energy. by friday, that starts to move out. then on saturday, there will be another area of low pressure moving in. now, we notice that low is a little bit farther away. but we're still looking at rainfall totals and additional sierra snow. for here, look at this. this is what the computer models are putting down. for the may of may we get 3/4 of rain. we could double that. maybe an inch and a half. check out what's going to happen in the sierra. the potential of getting -- it's hard to imagine the end of may we could get possibly close to two feet of snow in our higher elevations. so really amazing. we'll see how that pans out. we are also going to be tracking that rain that will be quite heavy, especially on wednesday. the potential of some thunderstorms on thursday,

clearing out on friday and the weekend. more rain chances in the forecast. mike, you have more infor for contra costa county? >> there is another crash. northbound 680. counter commute. not showing slowing. vehicles out of the roadway. a slower drive at the bay bridge toll plaza. 24, olympic off-ramp, right two lanes blocked as crews have arrived on scene. tow trucks will clear these from the shoulders and the lanes. the right two lanes are blocked. that's jamming up traffic on the walnut creek interchange. folks are driving toward the 24 interchange. we'll watch that. early commute where we typically see slowing anyway. we'll see if it clears up. the south bay and the peninsula, it's an easy drive without any issues.

a ride on the rails, no problem for parking lot. they have resotored all service. no problem. as scheduled. back to you. coming up here on "today in the bay", cancer concern. the new chief taking a stance. >> plus, off to the races. the amgen bike race kicking off in sacramento. >> our team celebrated mother's day over the weekend. kris sanchez sharing a photo of her mom, saying she is the perfect example of love and kindness. be sure to follow her on facebook, twitter, and instagram and let us know how you celebrated mother's day. 519.

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welcome back, everyone. 5:22. here's some of the news making headlines around the nation and the world. a police officer shot over the weekend in georgia later died from his injuries. the suspect died, along with the officer, who served the savannah police department for two years. two saudi oil tankers

sustained significant damage on an attack that appears to be sabotage. the guard yann says one of the tankers was pound for the u.s. and a 6.1 earthquake in panama near the costa rican board. there is growing concern over san francisco firefighters diagnosed with cancer. >> the last decade, 250 departments active and retired firefighters, men and women, have died from various forms of cancer. >> the new chief jeanine nicholson is also a cancer survivor. >> i've often said that there is a cancer sniper in the fire service. it's not if, it's not when, but what colleague of ours is going to be the next one to come down with cancer. >> nicholson battled breast

cancer. rates are 25% higher than the national average. watch more of the chief's interview at 7:00 on the "today" show right after "today in the bay". happening today, stage two of the amgen tour of california. >> a sprint through sacramento yesterday. today they start in rancho c cardova to south lake tahoe. a trip up and down mount hamilton, ends in morgan hill. we're giving you a fair warning for fans of "this is us". the show is coming back for three more seasons. >> >> you can start to buy the tissues in bulk. it is not unprecedented. it is rare for most tv shows to pick up season three. they are sharing exciting news. it returns for its fourth season this fall. >> and if you haven't seen it, try to watch it from the beginning. you really get a good story line of the parents. they have triplets.

it flashes pack from when they were babies to older. somehow you are able to keep track of it stphrfplt ta. >> taking you on an emotional roller coaster. i love shows that take you back to the back story. >> 5:25. coming up next, our top story this morning, breaking news in west contra costa county. gunfire erupting near a playground and at an apartment complex. live with the latest on what investigators are saying. and a live look for you right there at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that backup is forming right now. mike inouye will have a look. and kari is tracking the rain. yes, i said it. the rain is coming to our area. it is 5:25. you're watching "today in the bay". ♪

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heavy rain, thunderstorms, and potentially sierra snow this week. yeah, it's going to be crazy. as we make up this morning, nice and quiet. mostly clear skies. a live look at palo alto. we will continue to enjoy our clear, dry weather. low 50s and upper 60s at noon today. once again, we're tracking the storm system. we will talk about when that rain begins and what's ahead for the rest of the week. mike, there is still some space? >> a little bit. the last couple of spots opening up. closing up right here on the right approach. so a little bit lighter build. but now we have the reason why the metering lights are turned on. the feed off the maze looking great. no slowing on any of your approaches. i am tracking a crash south 680 past 24. a disabled vehicle not effecting the commute as much.

5:29. breaking news in contra costa county. violence breaking out in richmond. police investigating reports of multiple shootings. >> one outside an apartment. the other near a playground. pete suratos live in richmond. you've been out there since 4:00. what are police telling you? >> not much on the scene, guys. we have confirmed from someone that lives in the apartment kphres, the cypress pines apartments. you can see a number of police units. we are reporting what we see on the ground. we have four units there. it appears to be a shooting incident. i want to show you a video. several markers down there in the parking lot. we are showing you several bullet casings as well. it is near booker t. park, east shore area. unclear what the motive was, a

number of victims. we are following another scene. this is esmond avenue, 2500 block of esmond. that one is near a playground. wendell playground area. you can see a white van with officers in white shirts. looking for clues in the incident taking place. unclear the number of victims, as well as the time of the shooting as well. back live off 47th and portrero in richmond. i don't know if this is and the other i just showed you are connected. we will bring it to you in the newsroom. pete suratos for "today in the bay". >> certainly going to be an active and busy morning for the officers. thank you, pete. 5:31. new for you this morning, new legal trouble for julian assa e assange. the swedish top prosecutor will reopen the sexual assault case that led to assange seeking

asylum in 2012. prosecutors eventually dropped the case as authorities beca. and plans to request an extradition even though the u.s. is making a similar request. the british courts may have to decide which takes precedence. >> we reported on california's crumbling infrastructure before. a new report reiterating the fact that the state is failing in critical areas. and you probably drive on them. "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us from san jose with where we are seeing some of this trouble. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. the state of california does get a passing grade of c. you can see for yourself whether c is good enough for you. i want to show you some of the critical areas this report considered. california gets one of its lowest grades in roads. california gets its poorest grade overall in energy.

but the best grades are c plus in the area of ports, aviation. california gets a c minus for schools and drinking water as well. this is a report put out every year by the american society of civil engineers which included in this time frame that 2017 failing of the oroville dam spillway. the nonpartisan group said it must bring the public into the know about this need for improvement. i have been posting some of the findings on social media. you can find me on twitter. thanks so much, kris. 5:33. a father is in jail for reporting his daughter was kidnapped when eyes car was stolen in the beast bay. it was all a reduce.

someone stole his car saturday night in oakland. police spotted the car in el cerrito. the carjacker crashed. he was arrested. but there was no little girl. she was later found safe with her mother. oakland police describe by a father would go to such measures. >> when his car was taken, he thought he would have a quicker response and a quicker recovery of his vehicle that was taken by lying to the police and saying that his 3-year-old daughter was in the car. >> police say the search wasted a lot of resources. we are still waiting to hear the exact charges. >> 5:34. people gather today at the same san francisco intersection where a commuter bus struck and killed a man on saturday night. it happened at 7:30 in the tenderloin on golden gate and hyd re streets. some neighbors call the intersection extremely dangerous.

grieving students at freed mont's washington high school will remember the boy killed over the weekend in a wrong-way head-on crash. 16-year-old arman da canales died when a woman driving the wrong way on highway 17 slammed into his car. four other teenagers in the car were also hurt. grief counselors will be on campus when students arrive today. the woman was driving under the influence. >> testimony is scheduled to resume in the deadly ghost ship warehouse trial. that trial took a break last friday. some of the witnesses provided emotional testimony. prosecutors are trying to establish a warehouse did not meet those proper fire codes and was a potential death trap without adequate exits. testimony should last several more weeks. the trial resumes at 9:00 a.m. >> happening today, crews expected to haul away a tree

that fell on a cupertino home over the weekend. the section that broke out was six feet around and 60 feet long. four adults and four children were able to get out of the house through a back window. look at the damage. can you imagine the sound of it? the tree likely snapped because of old age and heavyweight. >> a live look at the shark tank. this morning get ready for another fan frenzy. >> game two of the western conference finals. >> just past the midway point of period two. to the net. he scores! >> don't you just love it? >> game one saturday. they won 6-3 in a game seen here on nbc bay area.

outside the shark tank. the game starts at 6:00 p.m. on nbc sports network. the rally gets under way at 4:00 p.m. >> okay. warriors fans, we know who the dubs will play for a spot in the nba finals. get ready for a battle in portland and a matchup between the curry brothers, steph and seth. it mattered in yesterday's game 7. they had one of the most spectacular finishes ever. >> score! >> toronto won it 92-90. so they move on to face milwaukee in the eastern conference finals. >> all right, mike. what do you say? >> i say that's exactly what you talk about exactly when you play on the play grouped.

the only different one would be the one that spins around and around. sharks will be playing. downtown san jose. south 680, let's zoom in to that out of concord, into walnut creek. lanes blocked, a couple lanes blocked. you see the slowing drive. south 680 is jammed up here by the parking lot station in the foreground where the parking lot is filling up now. >> it's monday morning.

>> we're going to have the potential of thunderstorms across the bay area. and this is the first storm that will be moving in mid week. we have two storms headed our way. wednesday, thursday, rain arriving and possibly some thunder and lightning thursday. clear weather on friday. by saturday, the rain chances will be back. so we're also going to see that in the forecast going through the next seven days. so it looks like as we make weekend plans we will have the plan for the possibility of some showers and running back inside as some of that rain falls. this is a live look at the sierra this morning. if you can believe it, we have more snow in the forecast there. there's a possibility that we could see in some spots like squaw valley another foot of snow in the end of may. yeah. we head over to the tri-valley. it's going to be raining for saturday off and on and then continuing into sunday. you can see the lightning

strikes there. there could be thunderstorms there. if you're making it a beach weekend, heads-up. that may not be the best one. highs in the low 60s. this forecast looks more like february or march. today's temperature trend coming up in three minutes. >> 5:40 right now. california yoga school accusing dennis rodman of robbing the place. up next, how rodman got away with a 400-pound crystal. tensions with iran seeming to increase as mike pompeo makes an emergency meeting in brussels. we'll tell you all about it when "today in the bay" continues.

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mike traffic tease good monday morning. 5:43. look at this clear sunrise. a live look at walnut creek. our temperatures will be in the mid-50s to start. and upper '60s by noon. we'll talk about how long that sunshine lasts and the rain headed our way. that's coming up in less than five minutes. we saw this slowing in the background of kari's shot. cleared near the walnut creek interchange. another report around the bay bridge. we'll check that outcoming up. thanks so much, kari and mike.

5:43. a mystery perhaps with a sliver of imagineeo to it. this is water from the sheered off fire hydrant. hopefully you will see it here soon. police had the lights going. maybe you won't there. it was like that. it was crazy. the driver who hit the hydrant drove off. it happened near 2:00 a.m. there you go. it looked like the imagineeo with the lights going on as well. it sent water shooting into the air for more than an hour. >> new for you this morning, authorities in southern california are investigating reports of unwanted touching a board a flight that landed in san diego. the sun country flight took off from minneapolis. a male passenger was accused of touching a woman. they did not arrest that man. so far charges have not been filed. former nba star dennis rod man at the center of a police investigation, accused of helping people make off with a

400-pound crystal and clothing at a yoga studio. rod man was caught on camera in one of the incidents with the three accomplices. the four worked together to distract an employee. rodman returned the following day and tried to distract a different employee while an accomplice grabbed even more clothes. l.a. police say they are investigating. 5:45. new for you this morning, l.a. metro subway riders will have to wait longer for the completion of the downtown subway project called regional connector. it will link three underground downtown rail lines. the new completion date is march of 2020. more than two years after the original completion date. this is due mostly to labor shortages. the final weeks of negotiations under way in sacramento when it comes to state budget talksment the governor handed off his $213 billion plan to lawmakers.

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different on iran. eu and other countries stayed in. washington is signaling the situation with iran reaching a crisis level. not clear why right now. mike pompeo, as you pointed out, canceled the meeting to fly to the capital of the eu, brussels. the foreign minister said she only pound out last night. and she would go through multilateral talks to consider supporting the iran nuclear treaty. america signaling something has changed. we are seeing a lot of movement in the military. abraham lincoln diverted to the middle east. the defense department handed out video of b-52 bombers from qatar to louisiana. &uae says four tankers have been harassed by an unnamed country.

we presume its iran. back in washington, president trump will meet with the 00 tkpaeur yann prime minister today. his first invitation to more than 20 years. former adviser steve bannon called him a right wing nationalist trump before there was a trump. the white house getting criticism for meeting with him. critics said president obama was wrong when he said he would meet with any world leader regardless of politics or human rights records, including the leader of north carolina. though there was never a meeting. obama's offer to meet with kim showed a lack of judgment. we heard the chinese have retaliated with new tariffs on american goods. we talk business coming up in 30 minutes. meanwhile, i'll be on twitter@scottmcgrew. >> sounds good. thanks, scott. an update on the new adorable prairie dog pups at the san francisco zoo. they now have names. look at them.

trout, rad issue, walnut, and meadow. the zoo received 2,700 suggestions from the public inspired my various plants and flowers to fame of thrones characters. they were born two months ago. if you think those are cute, take a look at this. caught a camera. police actually taking this unusual walk on the job in scottsdale, arizona. officers responded to a large bird on the loose strutting their stuff. >> the officer or the emu? >> you be the judge. >> they are all strutting. >> they tracked down an emu that escaped. it was safely returned to its owner. maybe the emu is leading the officer back. this is where my home is. let's go. >> just following standard protocol when you come across an emu, this is how you walk the emu.

>> is it going to be hard to walk the dog this week? >> today and tomorrow we're good. wednesday we have rain headed our way. we wake up to sunshine. a live look at dublin. nice cool start. it's time to get outside and enjoy it before we see some changes. here's a look at our highs for today. it's going to be beautiful. our perfect weather continues with highs in the mid-70s inland and low 60s for the coast. oakland reaching 65. san jose tops out at 74 degrees. if you're going to the shark tank tonight and going to be out there for some of the pregame festivities, low 70s. no worries. let's hope for the wind tonight. and storms will be moving in by wednesday. we're seeing a lot of clouds out there extending across the pacific. we will see not one but two storms headed our way within this week. the first one starts to bring in some rain on wednesday morning into thursday. as this area of low pressure gets closer. we could see some thunderstorms. it looks like there could be

enough energy with this low to enhance the amount of rain producing thunderstorms as well. biff friday, that moves off to the east. and moves over toward the sierra. the second storm moving in. that could bring in additional rain. we're going to see the possibility, and this is a look at one computer model. both are agreeing that we could see over an inch of rain, possibly an inch and a half in santa rosa, ukiah. more than an inch and a half in the santa cruz mountains. this is the time of year we see the totals drop off. during the month of may, we normally get.4. we could get double, possibly triple the amount as we go into the next several days. so wet weather heading in. we'll be tracking it with more updates. our temperatures stay very mild with upper 60s and low 70s. and another chance of showers

heading into the weekend. mike, now you're tracking a new crash in hayward. >> i am. the report came in near the toll plaza. i haven't seen any slowing much one lane may be affected. the bridge could quickly clear. we'll track that and let you know if we're down to tollgate. south bay, peninsula, typical slowing. good news over here, walnut creek interchange, there's recovery. i want to take you to waze. both have cleared. if you're traveling down out of pleasant hill, alamo, we have a few routes plotted out. not a major issue. waze will help you out. pack out to our map system and show you the bigger look again. slower drive toward the bay bridge toll plaza. i don't see anything that's a problem on any of the lanes and the approach. pack to you. >> thanks, mike. people in virginia are cleaning up this morning.

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excitement for the upcoming well "today in the bay"'s pete suratos is tweeting about his excitement for the upcoming curry versus curry showdown in the nba finals. he said, quote, no shortage of storylines for the conference finals and it should be a good one. and we have to agree. follow pete on instagram, twitter, as well as facebook. give him your thoughts about the upcoming game, as well as sports right here in the bay area. nba bay area responds to a north bay couple whose round trip flight to the philippines nearly left them stranded. >> and it cost them more than they budgeted. they asked consumer investigator

chris chmura and his team get them a refund. >> good morning. andy gutierrez and his wife were at the airport in manila in the philippines said to fly to taipei and then on to san francisco, home. but the airline told them they only had a reservation from tie pie to sfo. on spot in manila, they had to book a separate flight and that cost them $380 on the spot. they asked expedia to pay for that missing flight. here's what happened. >> correct process was followed. we regret to inform you that my request for refund was fully denied. >> andy contacted us. we contacted expedia. a week later andy got his $380, plus a $200 bonus voucher for the hassle. in a statement expedia said, our executive team determined there was an error made in reissuing the customer's airline tickets.

call us at 1-888-996-tips or nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks, chris. soon you will be able to visit a galaxy far, far away. but only for four hours. >> disneyland is announcing it is employing storm troopers to impose strict time limits. during the first three weeks after opening, you will have to wear wrist bands to designate a time spot. the forces will escort visitors out of the attraction. it opens may 31st. i heard it has already sold out. >> crazy. i want to go. 5:58 right now. america's next generation of doctors heading out of the hospital and into the great outdoors. >> one week trading textbooks

for trail maps. >> heart attacks and accidents don't always happen near a hospital. >> i think it will help me in the hospital. >> i hope this course reminds them of the importance of the fundamentals using your head, heart and hands. you can go a long way with that. >> who thinks last week will make you a better doctor? that's the bottom line, right. >> that question came from medical correspondent dr. john torres. the course was in the spring. the students are now doctors across the country. we hope you run into them if you need them to the trail, i suppose. >> absolutely. >> right now at 6:00, breaking news. multiple shootings overnight at one contra costa city. one near a play grouped, the other near an apartment. details the crew at the scene is learning. >> the potential to impact

sports fans. the implication of today's decision on the future of the a's stadium. >> plus, the rain is returning. kari is tracking our chances and the timing of the next significant storm system set to arrive in the bay area. does mother nature know it's may? "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike will get us headed out in just a minute. first we want to talk about the weather, the incoming rain. >> we need to be prepared. that comes in on wednesday and thursday. we'll have another round for the weekend. so we're going to see a lot of changes this week. let's get out the door with a live look outside in palo alto as you get ready to drive to work. it looks pretty good on highway 101. our temperatures are in the low 50s. a nice warmup today with mostly sunny skies. we're tracking the storm system that could bring us heavy