>> we have upper 30s in santa rosa, mostly 40s for most of the north bay. then our afternoon highs head for the upper 60s and a few low 70s. it's going to be very nice this afternoon. take it in, enjoy it. do all the things you would probably plan to do tomorrow, because that's when we get the

rain. we're going to talk more about when the rain arrives in a few minutes. how is it looking for early morning commuters? >> aside from a couple of overnight crashes, the speed sensors are showing things moving along throughout the bay area from the north bay to the south bay and the peninsula. i want to check in on your tri-valley drive times. westbound 580 to 780, it's pretty standard. nothing out of the ordinary for any of the bridges. we're seeing a smooth commute toward the rich bridge. westbound 92, about 12 minutes. i'll have a closer look at the rest of your drive times throughout the bay area coming up. >> thank you. 4:32 and to the latest out of ukraine. the war now more than four weeks old and russian forces continue

to come barred ukrainian cities. >> in new video, smoke can be seen rising over the western ukrainian city of lviv. several missiles hit an aircraft repair plant at the airport complex, destroying its building. witnesses report hearing at least three explosions in different parts of the city. >> today president biden is set to speak with chinese president jinping and this will be the first time the president was spoken with his counterpart since the war started. the administration is warning china, one of vladimir putin's strongest allies, not to assist russia. >> this was as a way out for those trying to e has become more dangerous. officials warn it's likely a temporary slowdown. >> already more than 3 million refugees have left ukraine. 1.8 of those traveling to poland. "today in the bay's" jay gray has been following the humanitarian crisis along the border and has the latest on the situation there.

>> reporter: kharkiv, mariupol, kyiv. ukraine is a country under constant attack, russian missiles gutting cities, towns and villages, fuel, water and fuel scares, if available at all. >> people lost their homes, they lost everything they had. they lost relatives, they became refugees. >> reporter: refugees struggling to escape, and for those who do make it to the border, the effects of their harsh journey and the horrors of war are more evident than for those who came before. >> the refugees who have been coming across are more vulnerable and in a more traumatic state than those who came in the first days and maybe the first week. >> reporter: it's been more than three weeks now. the conflict seemingly growing more intense and deadly every day. as the way out gets more difficult and more critical for those caught in the cross fire.

jay gray, nbc news along the poland-ukraine border. >> grief counselors are on hand helping students deal with the tragic death of a 13-year-old boy struck and killed while riding his bike to school. this happened yesterday morning in mountain view. he was riding his bike when a driver in a truck hit him. police say that person did remain at the scene and was very cooperative. the family of the grand middle school is in shock. >> he was always our family. he tries his best. he was a good student. he always had good grades. he was just a really good person. >> this is the worst place for traffic. it's as if they don't see you. something about the corner or something something, but they just ignore you and drive on. >> they say there have been at least three crashes involving

students with with bicycles and cars in that location and back in the fall the school did hold an event about bicycle safety. also today, the man accused of shooting and killing a security guard protecting a television news crew last september is set to be in court. oakland police identified three men connected to the shooting. they believe mitchell pulled the trigger. federal marshals arrested him this week in san francisco. a second suspect was also arrested last month. police are still looking for a third suspect, gilbert. the victim, nevin nishida died in a shooting in downtown oakland and was a former bay area law enforcement officer and that made solving the case even more personal for fellow officers. >> i've spoken to his wife, i committed that we would do everything we could to identify the people responsible, and so it is rewarding to be able to come before her and the family, friends, and say that we have

identified those individuals, and they are being brought to justice. >> again, police are still trying to locate leron gilbert. if you know where he is, call oakland police. cocktails are making a comeback. coming up on "today in the bay," when american airlines travelers can once again toast while in flight. plus, going electric. the high end car company now making an all electric sports car. how much it's going to cost you.

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happy friday. it is 4:39, and as you're stepping out the door in san jose, we're going to see temperatures in the 40s to start. a lot of sunshine today. it's going to be pretty nice as we go from the mid-40s to 70 degrees today. enjoy, because we do have a big change tomorrow. we'll talk about that in the forecast coming up. >> and a live look right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're off to a friday light commute so far. no major accidents. i'll take a closer look at how the drive times are doing in the peninsula, the east bay and the south bay coming up in a few minutes. first, let's check in with business and tech. good morning. >> good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. wall street is set to open lower as the markets may take a breather from this week's rally. the dow is on a four-day winning

streak, up nearly 5%, and on pace for its best weekly gain since november 2020. the s&p 500 is also up nearly 5%. the nasdaq has surged 6%, headed for its best week since february of last year. oil prices are rising again, with u.s. crude back above $100 a barrel on uncertainty over the peace talks between russia and ukraine, and worries about a shortfall in supply. in focus today, a report on existing home sales. american airlines will resume selling alcohol on many domestic flights on april 18th. american is the last major airline to bring alcohol back to economy, although it's offered in premium cabins and beer and wine have been available on long international flights. it will resume selling beer, is wine and spirits on flights over 250 miles, and the mask mandate

on flights and airports is set to expire. mazerati will offer electric versions. it's a 1200 horsepower roadster that has a top speed of 190 miles per hour. they also plan to halt production of gas-powered engines and go fully electric by 2030. the luxury automaker, owned by chrysler's parent, didn't offer pricing details, but likely buyers will pay anywhere from the high 5s to the mid 6 figures. back to you. >> pretty penny. >> that's above our budget bracket. thank you so much. coming up, we're going to check in with meteorologist kari hall and she'll have a look at the weekend weather forecast. plus -- >> reporter: two bay area men say they had an amazing time on

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take a live look out our window over san francisco. we see a little bit of cloud cover there atop the trans america building. the weather is changing.

>> it's going to be all over the place. i guess this is kind of the battle we have with winter and spring and temperatures going up and down. we're going to fight it out with rain this weekend. i'm really excited to see it because it's been extremely dry. we're going to talk about that in just a bit. let's get you out the door ready for work this morning with a look at 580. your drive through dublin and the tri-valley. we're starting out with temperatures in the low 40s. we'll see a few clouds to start out, a couple of areas with patchy fog. as we go into the rest of today, sunshine and it's going to be so nice. take a look at these temperatures reaching into the upper 60s in dublin, 67 for a high today in novato, san francisco to about 60 degrees and los gatos reaching 70. tomorrow it's going to be much cooler, and it's all thanks to cloud cover, rain. the rain is going to be with us throughout much of the day. on sunday, the first day of spring, we start to see those temperatures coming up a few degrees with some low 60s. so here is our next weather

maker, the next rain we're going to see. it's going to continue to move into the pacific northwest and approach the bay area going into early tomorrow morning. i'm stopping it right where we start to see the rain moving in for much of the bay area, at about 8:30 tomorrow morning. so if you do have some outdoor plans, i know little league is getting going with opening day this weekend, and unfortunately it's going to be a soggy one. so everyone needs to be bundled up. not only will it be raining throughout the day, but it will be cool and windy and winds really pick up in the evening as the rain starts to move off tword the east. as far as how much rain we're going to see, it's possible for about a tenth of an inch for the north bay, but may be higher for the east bay and south bay with a quarter to a half inch of rain. when we talk about how much this rain is needed, remember the start of the rainy season where

sierra snow was at 160% of normal and we had so much rain, the strongest storm since 2017, and we saw the percent of average for our rainfall at up to 160%. now we've experienced a record dry and we are going to continue to unfortunately see the sierra snowpack going down. we're only at 55% of normal, and our rain continues to decline as well. so this system is a big deal here as we can only see about a quarter to half inch of rain. but it's so much needed at this point, and then look at the temperatures afterward. we're going to really warm up, so it's going to be dry and sunny throughout much of next week. vianey, are you seeing any issues for morning commuters? >> no issues. especially for our friday morning commute, things are light as we head toward the weekend. a look right now at our traffic map. notice it's green everywhere. i'm not even seeing a ton of yellow, which is typically what we see right around this hour because construction crews work

overnight. in the south bay, north 101 from highway 85, about 19 minutes. northbound 280 from highway 101, about ten minutes. southbound 680 ten minutes, and southbound and northbound i-80, no issues. you're looking at ten minutes. i'll continue to keep a close eye on the chp reports. for now, all things are quiet in the traffic department. >> thank you. two men in the bay area are still in shock, feeling like maybe they dodged a bullet. a young man they recently met during their vacation in honolulu is under arrest for a brutal murder and it appears the body was hidden in the very house they visited. we have the story you will see only on nbc bay area. >> reporter: ronald wu and mohammed daudie's recent vacation in hawaii was something they'll remember forever. on one of their nights out, they

met a 23-year-old, the one on the right in this photo. they liked him immediately. >> we wanted to make friends and he seems very nice, actually. >> we danced with him, we drank. >> reporter: they became fast friends, going to brunch and heading to the beach. on the third day he invited them to what he told them was his house in an exclusive neighborhood. >> we didn't notice anything except there was a bar on the bedrooms, like you can't just enter easily. and i was observing everything. we went to the balcony of the house. >> reporter: less than a week after they left, that house became a crime scene. honolulu police discovered the body of 73-year-old gary ruby, the homeowner, in a bathtub covered with concrete. ronald and mohammed were back in the bay area, but another friend who had joined them in hawaii decided to stay an extra week with baron. police initially believed he was involved in the crime.

he's on security camera video walking around honolulu with him. they're sure he had nothing to do with the murder. >> he's a close friend of mine and i invited him to hawaii and paid for the trip. >> reporter: meanwhile, baron fled hawaii and was arrested on a greyhound bus. he's await k a hearing before getting sent to honolulu to face murder charges. ronald and mohammed say they still cannot believe they spent so much time with a man now accused of a gruesome crime. >> i believe he's a psycho killer. who would stay in that place for weeks with a body there? >> and casually invite people over and hang out with everyone as if nothing happened. >> reporter: "today in the bay." some new video, hard to believe it wasn't staged. the person who posted it on social media says she caught two

people in the middle of the day stealing a catalytic converter from a parked car. it happened monday near martin luker king park. we talked to police who are still looking into the video. they say these thefts are too common around the bay area area. >> it is absolutely a very common theft now. this is something that's happening multiple times a day all over the nation, really. this is widespread. it's not just richmond, exclusive. >> to avoid a catalytic converter threat, experts recommend etching your vin number on the part or installing an anti-theft device. you can find a video on nbcbayarea.com. head to our responds tab where investigator chris chmura explains how to mark or etch your car's converter. san jose's first of its kind gun law, requiring gun owners to

carry liability insurance and pay a fee to help reduce gun violence in the city. now three fiscal oversight organizations are suing the city. they claim the suit isn't about gun rights, but rather forcing people to pay more taxes. the law is supposed to take effect in august. 4:53 right now, coming up next, drama, st. mary's college taking down indiana hoosiers. what's next for the east bay team as march madness has begun. >> i was waiting for that to come up. va hey low is warning residents about a new scam. city has received reports of fraudsters demanding payment for outstanding water bills. the city says it will never call you if you're a customer and ask for payment over the phone, however you can pay your water bill by mail, in person or online at vallejowater.org. we'll be right back.

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march madness is now in full swing and college english majors may call it a tale of two west conference schools. jamari hit a clutch three-pointer over halftime. murray staying stronger over the stretch. they won the game, 92-87. valiant effort, though. so how did things turn out for st. mary's? >> it's great when the opponent's best play comes from the cheerleading team. did you see this? check out what happened. the ball got stuck behind the backboard, so they just used a cheerleader.

>> getting her up there, getting the ball. get the game going as well. as for the game itself, fans hardly broke a sweat. st. mary's went up 31 after a basket in the second half. they go on to defeat big ten power house indiana 82-53 and now they're facing ucla on saturday. >> they like to bust the bracket. they're the spoiler. >> just like my sister, it's on. >> that's going to be fun. i would love to see the family text on that one. >> i have to post it. coming up on "today in the bay," a four-day strike comes to an end in san francisco. the deal that was made to help resolve teachers missing their paychecks. >> we're going to get you going in vallejo with temperatures in the upper 40s. it's a cool start, but it's going to warm up with a lot of sunshine. we'll talk about the weekend rain headed our way coming up next.

>> and let's check in on those tri-valley drive times. westbound 580 from grant line road to 68022 minutes. no issues on southbound 680. all clear around westbound 84. i'll have more drive times coming up.

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biden not holding back in his view of vladimir putin, as he prepares for a high-stakes meeting today with china's president. a live report ahead from washington on the new warning for china if they assist in the russian invasion. >> a new health alert in san francisco. it follows a string of recent drug overdoses. the sometimes deadly mistake health leaders say most of the victims are making. also, drugmaker moderna moderna hoping to get approval for a fourth covid vaccination shot. who would be eligible if they get the green light? this is "today in the bay." good friday morning. so nice to say that. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington has this friday off. if you're on the go, we are broadcasting not only to your tv, but you can watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> we'll g t