right now at 4:30, big news surrounding the former president trump. the accusations new york prosecutors say the former commander in chief turned into an inquiry criminal. plus -- >> my first reaction is not again, and we need to do something about this immediately. >> another asian-american woman attacked, police stopping short of calling it a hate crime. this morning, sop b.a.r.t. riders are on edge following another assault. "today in the bay" begins right now. good morning to you.

thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington on this hump day. mike keeping an eye on the roads for us this morning. first we start out with today. kari? >> good morning and it's going to be another really nice day. a little bit on the cool side compared to yesterday but as you're getting ready to head out through the tri-valley it is all clear. temperatures are coming down a few degrees and the winds picking up so we could see some evening gusts topping 50 miles per hour especially near the coast and in the hills and watching a storm system staying just to the east of us, so we'll talk more about all of this in the forecast coming up. mike, any issues for the early morning commute? >> yes, kari, a crash reported out of the altamont pass, as you come into livermore it's at north greenville. that crash was just blocking one lane, a couple minutes ago chp said they blocked all lanes temporarily, that usually means a couple of minutes so we'll track that closely. it should be reopening traffic

flow any minute now but we'll give you an update in a few. there's still that closure of highway 84 going through alvarado niles. you expect that one, not the big backup at the altamont. a couple of crashes in san jose i'm checking as well. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 4:31. a story developing overnight the new york attorney general's office opened a criminal investigation into the trump organization. a spokesperson saying "we have informed the trump organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature." the investigation comes from michael cohen, a source tells nbc news cohen testified to congress in 2019 that trump provided incorrect valuation of assets in official tax documents. so far no comment but the former president has previously called the investigation politically motivated. his taxes are also investigated

by the manhattan district attorney. a violent robbery on a b.a.r.t. train is leading to frustration and outrage. the victim an asian-american woman who police sway was on her work. asian-american community members are desperate for answers. terry mcsweeney has the latest. >> reporter: this is what's causing the shock and outrage, pictures of this asian-american woman her face bruised and swollen, the victim whose name has not been made public was riding b.a.r.t. toward the 16th and mission station when a man approached her. >> what i heard from her directly was that somebody walked past her and said "give your phone" expletive, and proceeded to pummel her face and her head and grabbed her phone and her belongings and the atta robbery as an anti asianletive was not a racial slur. still the attacks with asian

victims keep piling up nationwide and in the bay area. >> my first reaction is, not again, and we need to do something about this immediately. >> reporter: cynthia che is with chinese for affirmative action and wants victims like this woman to know they're not alone and help's available. >> let's make sure people who are victimized, who are survivors of violence get that full range of support and that we remove any barriers associated with that. >> reporter: we are told the victim was taken to the hospital, treated and is resting at home tonight. when he wakes up in the morning he'll check to see if there's another attack. >> as with all of these victims, they're innocent, you know, and nobody deserves this. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." the country is making progress in a fight against covid. daily covid infections have belw 25,000 yesterday across the u.s

has been fully vaccinated. this includes m 15-year-olds wh the cdc says have received a covid-19 vaccine so far. this comes less than one week after the agency provided the pfizer shot for that age group. there's a push in sacramento to end distance learning for california students and soon. state assemblyman phil ting of san francisco is pushing to end an waiver that ayou loss for at-home learning. districts were given a pass at the start of the pandemic. ting is calling for that to end next month saying distance learning has not worked for all students. the u.s. forest service faces a manpower shortage for its seasonal firefighters. leaders tell the "l.a. times" it cannot compete with calnts. hot spots travel the nation protecting national forests and

hiring in california is especially challenging. that's because entry level federal firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 an hour minimum wage. staffing levels in california are now at an all-time low. 4:36 and coming up here on "today in the bay," the one thing many workers don't want to change about post pandemic life. plus why making it in the bay is more difficult in contra costa county these days. what new numbers are revealing for you, next.

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try'em today. only at jack in the box. good wednesday morning. it is 4:38 and a wind advisory kicking up this afternoon starting at 5:00 this evening into tomorrow morning for the areas shaded in brown where we may have some gusts reaching 50 miles per hour this evening. we'll talk about that more in the forecast coming up. we'll talk more about the altamont pass but i think that crash has cleared lanes or at least cleared some of the lanes west 580 greenville. san jose, flashing lights headed top of the screen is south 101 at 280, crash just cleared but northbound the headlights may jam up soon. i hear about another possible traffic break here and we'll check in with bertha now. >> good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc.

wall street looks to open in the red this morning, stocks falling for a second straight day yesterday despite early enthusiasm over strong earnings from walmart, home depot and macy's. that faded at the end after we got some really big concerns about inflation and weaker than expected housing data. today we're going to be getting the minutes from last month's federal reserve meeting which could offer cues into what members are thinking when it comes to raising rates and inflation. we've also got more retail earnings this morning, great results from target, missed from lowe's. tjx, tjmaxx still waiting for numbers. new survey from the harris poll and "usa today" finds that 40% of us prefer to work from home full time, that compares to 35% who seek a home/office hybrid kind of model and 25% who want to go back to the office

full time. a lot of workers citing a variety of concerns about going back to the office, including losing the flexibility they've enjoyed while being at home, getting back to their precovid routines and get this, social anxiety over having to make small talk again with co-workers. i'll take that any day over zoom, currently a third of adults are working from home all the time. another 21, had head to the office some of the time, 19% all of the time and 20% never worked at home at all. google is adding a new search inside screen shot lens for its photo app which will try to find products that match ones in your photos. google also has a new feature in chrome to keep track of pending purchases displaying all your open shopping carts and expanding partnership with shopify to help merchants showcase their products and

search youtube and more. i don't know about you, marcus and law camera, i don't need anything that makes it easier for me to shop. it's far too easy. >> it is. >> right. >> and you look up something on your phone and go to the computer and it's there. whoa, wait a minute, i was looking. man, i guess i will buy those, bloop. >> or the store says hey, you liked this, you liked this, why don't you buy it? >> right. >> and you keep seeing it. >> send you an email after you've seen it. >> taking all my money. >> it's far too easy to shop. i guess we help the economy. >> yes. >> yes. too many shopping carts on my desktop. thanks so much. coming up, controversy, a mother says her son's assignment she's calling for now., you're watching "today in the bay."

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little bit cooler today, but yeah, the winds are going to pick up. it's going to be more than a breeze. it's going to be more of a gust, so let's take a look at these temperatures for this afternoon, reaching into the upper 60s for the south bay, you'll notice it's going to be milder compared to yesterday. seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen, as we'll see our highs today, in spots like antioch, still in the mid-70s but much more cool as we head toward livermore and pleasanton, some upper 60s there. fremont reaching 65 degrees and getting the ocean breeze kicking inland and for the coast, it's going to stay in the upper 50s and low 60s, but we're up to 67 degrees in palo alto. san francisco today is going to be nice and cool, with some sunshine, highs near 60 degrees and our north bay temperatures reaching 72 in napa, and cooler today in ukiah and clearlake, compared to yesterday where it did warm up. later this evening, the winds

will really start to gust and we could see in some spots gusts over 50 miles per hour especially in the hills. near the coast, a wind advisory in effect and here is a look at our hour-by-hour wind speed forecast. it's a windy day and really seeing the peak of those winds at about 7:00 to 8:00, even into later this evening, before it gradually calms down early tomorrow morning, but the reason why we're not calling this a red flag warning is because we've had such cool air coming in, as well as much lower humidity, so some of the humidity levels staying well above what we would issue for red flag warning. so it's good that we don't have that high fire danger but we still have to be really careful. mike, you have some breaking news going on in your department. >> i do, kari, not just one spot but two spots now, the first south bay. the first one out of the altamont pass over there livermore for west 580, we have i'm calling an alert because there's an unusual backup, even

for this early drive, because a crash now moved to the middle of the roadway, the center divide west 580 at north greenville, crash visible to traffic, easily distracted as folks are narrowing down through the area and the closure for highway 84. that one is not an alert. this is in san jose, has just turned into an alert, the chp sent me a note saying they don't know how long it's going to take to clear the right two lanes northbound 101 approaching mckee, a relatively new crash and there may be some water, maybe a busted sprinkler on the roadway. watch that stretch of 101 through san jose. the rest of the we ininess lamoves nicely. back to you. >> thanks, mike. alameda prosecutors declined to file charges in the march accident that killed a school leader, katherine kuo was struck by an suv as she loaded items onto another car.

prosecutors determined there was no criminal intent. a central valley mother outraged her son's homework assignment included a racial slur. melissa cheek says it was included twice in her eighth grader's assignment, from shasta elementary. the assignment also asked students to look up the slur online and visit a museum for jim crow racist memorabilia. the mother says the family were shocked. >> it has been a word that has come up in school, one that we don't use as a family, one that is again offensive. he knew that it wasn't a word that was okay to use. >> school and district officials did pull that assignment saying it doesn't meet their standards. as for the cheek family, the son is now in a different class but the family is calling for the teacher to be held accountable. it's not clear if that happened. new details now, fines are going up for illegally dumping things on san jose streets and

if you're caught, it will cost youity council approved thein crease last night. san jose has seen a dramatic jump in legal dumping during the pandemic. some new numbers showing you more bay area real estate getting out of reach for first-time home buyers and looking to make it in the bay, of course. i'm sure you've heard this before, home prices are soaring. want to look at some of the latest year over year percentage jumps for you here in california, the california association provided these, and bay area median home price hit 1. million dollars in april. sflan had the smallest jump, prices are already high, they only saw just under 6%. making our own way in the music industry this morning, shining the spotlight on an

asian-american r&b singer using her voice to send a powerful message. what she reveals with our own marcus washington. traveling to the european union just got a little easier for fully vaccinated people, eu ambassadors came to an informal agreement that paves the way for travel restrictions to be waived for people who can show they are now fully vaccinated. this could allow for more tourism in the european union and be a boom for the countries who rely on the industry. this is still just a recommendation and each country will still have its own guidelines and restrictions. 4:51. we'll be right back.

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it is asian-american pacific islander month, and a young bay area fashion designer is using her voice in a unique way to stop hate. ashlyn so is 13 years old and her day beau at new york fashion week is old news, it happened four years ago. more recent years the middle schooler in february organized a march and rally in san mateo to raise awareness about hate crimes against the aapi community. she also recently made a pop sugar list of the most influential people under 21. she's organizing a rally for this weekend, and hopes can unite all people of color and talks about it in an all-new interview on nbc lx, 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable or any time on lx.com. check it out. as part of our coverage we recognize bay area artists twee.

>> the 29-year-old independent artist is making musing on her own. even in the bay area she was always trying to fit into that box. i talked to twee who now lives in l.a. and things changed when she took a chance on herself. ♪ if only i could get away ♪ >> i think growing up, because i didn't really see anybody that looked like me in media, i never thought it was a career choice. i never even thought it was possible. ♪ you could be anything, anything you dreamed of ♪ >> i definitely want to pave a way in the music industry where it's just more representation of just asian-americans in music industry in general. this is an anomaly. i'm not an anomaly. i want people to look in the future and see so many asian-americans in media that it's a career choice, it's a possibility. >> what is that like for you as

an asian-american to create this space that really hasn't been formulated for you to fit in? >> in college, i pushed away my asianness. i wanted to be blond so bad, i wanted to fit in with all these girls and to do all of that and still not be able to fit in. at the end of the day, it's about me being true to who i am, being myself completely and being proud of who i am, where i come from, my culture, my identity. >> that's important because a lot of people always try to mimic something that they want, you know, i'm going to mimic mariah carey or something like that, as opposed to saying do m better than me. >> exactly. i need to be my best self. i have this one life and i want to live it to the best of my ability. it might be scary, putting myself out there, but at the end of the day, i need to do that,

because i need to live my truth. ♪ i get a rush from your energy ♪ >> what do you hope people get from your music? >> i hope people when they listen to my music, they feel something. i used to listen to music if i was going through something, if i was heartbroken, if i was upset about a test, music would make me feel good. >> is there a piece of a song that motivates you and if so would you use it? >> it is called 111 and if you are familiar with angel numbers it's a reminder when you see the number 111 to continue to stay positive, you know. your life is what you make it. i listen to it when i'm feeling down. ♪ sometimes i feel like i can't move, like to a stranger in my shoes, i cried, pray for life ♪ ♪ dark clouds never bring the light ♪ ♪ don't eight fight what you can't fight, don't cry baby, dry your eyes ♪

>> i just love her energy, i tell you that. one thingly say about thuy, she's so strong. growing up looking into the pop artists out there, no one looked like her but that hasn't stopped her and she's hopefully being a representation for other little girls and even boys asian little boys and girls saying oh, i could be like thuy, i can do that, too. i love it. so cool. >> right or wherever you are in life. your life is what you make it. >> yep. >> that's good advice for anyone at any age. >> absolutely. >> nice interview, thanks. >> thanks. join the conversation watch more at nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica.

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