residents to cut back on water use, and a lot. a live report on the water restrictions being imposed in the east bay and what you may need to know. >> plus, claiming victory. russian president vladimir putin says that his troops have taken over a key city, ukraine's dire situation and the growing pleas for help. this is "today in the bay." here we go on this friday, and earth day. we want to say good morning to you. thank you for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia has the day off. if you are on the go, you can watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> mike is going to talk about the commute in just a bit, but first we've got to start out with the forecast. we're still talking about rain in the bay area. >> we've still got rain on radar. we've got a couple of lightning strikes. a lot of that is staying off the coast. so we are expecting to keep the chance of showers really for the

first half of our day. here is a closer look at the mobile radar storm ranger. you can see rain moving into parts of the north bay, san francisco. so if you have to head out within the next hour or so, especially through santa cruz as well, we are expecting for some of the rain to continue its trek. by the afternoon i do have some good news, we are going to see that rain sort of clear out, but it will still be a wet morning drive for a lot of people.degre. by 9:00 a.m., the icon changes to a peek of sunshine. so we'll see what happens into the weekend in my full forecast. first, we do have an update with mike on that breaking news. >> this is in san jose, this investigation, because of a deadly crash. two vehicles, i'm told, were involved in the crash. our photographers is on the scene. this is montague expressway, the divided roadway at 1st. this is a major intersection. this may continue into daylight hours, so we're continuing to track this scene.

you see the slower sensors because of the activity you just saw. your alternate to montague expressway, to the south there's trimble, there are major roadways that will take you east and west. everything else sounds like it's okay for the south bay. there are slicker roadways. we saw some wet pavement, so just a word of caution. we're easing into the freeways for the morning. back to you. >> thanks, mike. now to our climate in crisis amid our ongoing drought. this morning about half a million people in the east bay are being asked to cut back on water use. "today in the bay's" bob redell is joining us live from walnut creek. something no customer wants to hear, they're being asked or could be asked to pay more money. >> reporter: that's something that is being considered. good morning to you, marcus. yes, the contra costa water district is asking customers now to cut back water usage by 15%, compared to their water usage back in 2020. the district, which serves about

500,000 people in walnut creek and martinez, concord, pittsburg, antioch, just announced a stage ii drought emergency. the start of 2022 has been one of the driest on record. the recent rain we've had isn't going to make much difference. measures need to be taken to conserve water. the district's reservoir is only at about 58% capacity. the district also proposing a temporary drought surcharge of up to 15% or 79 cents per 748 gallons of water used. if approved by the board, that would go into effect july 1st. the public hearing is june 15th. incidentally, next tuesday east bay mud, which serves about 1.4 million water customers in contra costa and alameda counties will vote on whether to also declare a stage ii drought emergency. reporting live, bob redell,

"today in the bay.." >> thanks so much for that update. ukraine's deputy prime minister says no humanitarian corridors will open today. the country is accusing russia of blocking refugees from escaping. brittain says russia is likely freeing up forces near a steel plant in mariupol and the city's mayor says an estimated 10,000 lives are in russian president vladimir putin's hands. more grim and deadly images are continuing to emerge out of the besieged city. brie jackson shows us the desperate battle for control of eastern ukraine. >> reporter: satellite images appear to show mass graves outside the city of mariupol. vladimir putin declared a victory there. ukrainian forces trapped inside a steel plant say otherwise. >> we're still fighting. we destroyed one one armored personal er drones and other weapons for ukraine are on the way.

>> to help prepare for ukraine for russia's offensive, that's going to be more limited in terms of geography but not in terms of brutality. >> reporter: in addition to a new $800 million military assistance package, the u.s. is sending more economic report, banning russian ships from ports and fast-tracking refugees into the united states. >> it will be fast, streamlined. >> reporter: some advocates fear the new program will limit access for vulnerable groups, including those without ties to the u.s. >> if they're connected to american institutions, they're going to have access. but those who have fewer resources, they're going to struggle. >> reporter: as russian forces gain ground in the east, ukrainian soldiers say more military aid is still needed. >> but, again, it's not enough. >> reporter: to keep weapons flowing to ukraine, president biden says he'll ask congress for additional funding next week.

and last month congress approved $13.6 billion in aid for ukraine, including $6.5 billion in military assistance. but president biden says that money has been nearly exhausted. kris? >> it goes very fast. thank you very much, brie. and now to an update for you, mike tyson and the incident at sfo. the boxing legend is across the country after he was filmed punching a man on board a flight from sfo. >> hey, hey, hey. mike, come on. >> mike is still in hot water here. so today tyson is in miami. this is a photo that was taken last night after a conference. a witness told tmz that on wednesday tyson was friendly, but then really changed when that man kept bothering him after he asked him to leave him alone, after tyson asked him to leave him alone.

no charges have been made, but legal experts tell us that it is usually up to the victim to press charges. >> there's also the question of whether this person has a history. we know that mike tyson has somewhat of a criminal history, including violent incidents, but we know they're not very recent, so that is something the d.a. might consider. >> on wednesday, tyson was in san francisco to promote his cannabis brand during the 4/20 celebration. both men involved were detained, then released. now to a follow-up, police have identified a man they say hit and killed a woman in san jose. the search is still on for him, however. officers say he was driving a pickup on april 7th when he hit a mother and an adult daughter in a crosswalk. police say he is still on the run. the crash happened at a cola avenue and oakton court. officer say he left the scene after hitting the two women.

we're getting a new look at the man accused of starting the fire that gutted a san jose home depot. police say that dyllin gogue, this was taken at a store before he was at home depot. if you saw him wearing what you see in this picture, investigators want to talk to you. police arrested him monday for setting fire to that home depot, but also stealing from other nearby stores. investigators believe he set fire to the district employees while he stole stuff from that home depot. police in two cities are working together to crack down on sideshow participants. turlock police say this week its officers located that vehicle participating in a recent incident in brentwood. it was seized after the driver fled. meanwhile, brentwood police last week did the same thing to a

vehicle suspected in participating in a sideshow in turlock. both vehicles were impounded for 30 days. let's take a live look at the sierra. more than 1 foot of snow has fallen in parts of central california since wednesday night. in the sierra the heavy rainfall made for treacherous travel conditions. the snow showers are expected to last through this afternoon, slowly tapering off throughout the day, but even when the snow stops falling, vianey, we know the roads can still remain slick. >> i would honestly wait until the weekend. there is a winter storm warning in effect today through about 11:00 a.m., so keep that in mind if you did think, it's not really raining right now. we've still got a lot of activity on radar and it might be slowing down today. hold off because the conditions are

treacherous. storm ranger, you see light rain moving in through parts of the north bay, san rafael and san francisco. here is a closer look going to light rain. around 9:00 a.m., we go from cloudy and rainy at times to a mix of sun and clouds. we are expecting to clear out by the afternoon. it will be a cozy friday before we get sunshine into sunday. let's get an update on breaking news with mike. >> first we'll talk about the gas prices. we do want to start with some opportunity to get a little bit cheaper, a break at least. pleasant hill it's $5.25 for gas per gallon at arco on pleasant hill road. cash only for that one. the rest you can use credit. vallejo it's royal gas on tennessee street. gas there is $5.09 a gallon. south san francisco, it will be the costco on south airport

boulevard. gas is $5.19 there and i don't think you need a costco membership to buy there. talk to the person who is manning the pumps over there. we've got a smooth drive. slicker roadways. no major problems on the freeway. this scene we continue to have our crew on the seen at montague expressway and a closure deadly crash overnight. the closure continues for montague expressway. your alternates are trimble. we'll talk more about this and i'll show you the scene coming up. coming up on "today in the bay," a guy posted a youtube video, everyone thinks it's fake and now the government is weighing in. plus -- ♪ ♪ >> can you believe it has been almost 20 years since that song was released? a new edition being released to help with the war in ukraine. first, here's a look at what's

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i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. it is 5:15. taking a live look at satellite radar, we've got plenty of sierra snow and shower activity over l.a. we're not in the clear. we've got a few showers pushing through with some lightning off the coast. i'll talk about the impact to your friday and weekend forecast coming up. >> so far, light traffic on the freeways, but the major impact on this major surface street, montague expressway at north 1st, where this investigation continues. someone has lost their life as a result of a crash overnight. we're following this and i'll give you the workaround as they continue to work on this tragedy. good morning to you. very happy friday.

the stock market will likely take a dip again today, just like it did yesterday, after the head of the fed, jerome powell, indicated more interest rate hikes are on the way. the dow fell more than 300 points on thursday with red arrows for this morning as well. powell was speaking at the international monetary fund hosted by our own cnbc reporter, sara eisen. you may not have watched this start to finish, but wall street investors sure did, and they keyed in on one thing in particular. powell said it is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more quickly, and said i think there's something to the idea of front-end loading. more quickly means may, next month. that's when we're going to get a rate hike. front-end loading means a bigger hike than last time, at least that's what we think he's saying. the fed doesn't set interest rates, but when it hikes rates, mortgage rates tend to go up,

too. and clearly the era of low rates is over. 30 years at 5.1, the highest it's been since 2011, that makes homes more expensive to buy, as your monthly payment goes up. have you seen this? a youtuber claimed he had to jump out of his plane because his engine quit. it looked fake from the get-go. the faa now agrees, saying the youtuber deliberately crashed his own plane in the santa barbara area for the youtube views. take a look. i suppose i should mention, he does have a parachute. he parachutes to safety and the plane hits the trees. everybody from the get-go realized how fake this was. he's a qualified pilot, although not a very good one. and the first thing you do when you lose engine power is not

jump out of the airplane. first of all, you don't wear a parachute in an airplane that size, anyway. there's a procedure that's been trained into every pilot on exactly what to do. and the thing that people that don't fly don't realize is a plane without power will stay up a long time. you can glide forever in a plane like that. >> he could have started a forest fire, hit people. >> i don't know what the criminal charges are, but the faa says you're no longer a pilot. >> and the insurance company is saying, we've flagged your account for fraud, right? my goodness. >> thanks, scott. this is trending this morning. a throwback during the latin america music awards, a tribute to the people of ukraine. ♪♪ >> we all know that song, it is "where is the love" by black

eyed peas. they sent a message of peace. "where is the love" was written nearly 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks and was remade again. >> you know what, that song really touched a lot of people. i remember when they won the grammy for that song and they sat on the steps of the award show with the grammy. that song, it really touched a lot of people. >> it does resonate and it's nice to know it's being used to raise awareness of something so terrible happening in our world right now. >> music connecting us all. >> it really does. i love music and i love rain. >> we need it. >> that's why. california has such a love/hate relationship with rain. we're like it's supposed to be sunny all the time, but we're in extreme drought and really do need the rain. let's talk about your microclimate in san jose, downtown, look at this, pretty calm. but if you look at the roads we are getting a little bit of rain

activity out there. that's because the last of that system that impacted us into the overnight hours, bringing in some small hail yesterday and lightning strikes, you can still see a couple of lightning strikes and some activity. but we are still going to keep the chance to see some showers in through the first half of our morning until about 11:00 a.m. let's talk about our storm ranger mobile doppler radar. it is up and scanning. if you look at this line of showers from the north bay all the way down to san francisco, it's going to sort of continue its trek inward, and then also we've got plenty of shower chances moving in to central california and down through l.a. so if you're traveling on the grapevine today it's going to be really important that you check the road conditions first for any accidents or anything like that, because that's definitely going to be impacting your commute down to southern california, or if you're heading to san diego. right now the current temperatures are in the 40s and 50s, but it is really humid in a lot of spots. look at novato, 100% humidity.

so you're going to get that muggy feeling yet again today. 97% in los gatos. hour-by-hour, it's very spotty. i took the timestamp to about 6:00 a.m. and we get a lot of rain mainly focused over the santa cruz mountains, but it will be light to moderate at times. we're certainly expecting to see some beautiful afternoon clearing. that's going to lead to a foggy start on saturday, but it will make way for a sunny weekend ahead. temperatures today will be in the 60s. let's go ahead and get a check of traffic with mike. >> unfortunately, we started off with the scene in san jose. we continue to see crews move around, the santa clara county sheriff's office and san jose pd on montague expressway. it was a two-vehicle crash which has this large roadway closed. montague expressway is closed at 1st and you will avoid the

intersection. to the north we have plumeria, orchard parkway. but avoid north 1st and the activity that may have the intersection closed in all directions for a period of time for the investigation. slicker roadways continue, but traffic is relatively light right now. back to you. >> thank you, mike. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> the hotel gives his bags away and then refuses to pay in full. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next.

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it is 5:24 this morning. when you give your suitcase to the hotel bell man, you're expecting to get it back. >> heck, yeah, but that did not happen for one san francisco visitor. he called consumer investigator chris chmura for help. >> good morning. bob brought two bags to the marriott marquee in san francisco. he gave them to a bell hop and went to a baseball game. while he was there, a thief showed up and claimed he lost his ticket. someone at the marriott fell for it and gave the thief bob's bags, with some expensive electronics in them. >> basically handed over close to about $9,000 worth of stuff. >> bob did not get all his money marriott pointed to an old law that limits hotel

liability to $1,000 for personal property. we asked marriott about bob's case but did not receive a response. >> bob said he was stunned and he's speaking up to warn folks like you. we'll explain how he now wants to change state law and will help you get paid if your personal property is ever stolen on a trip. our team tackles travel trouble all the time. share your story at nbcbayarea.com, click the responds option or call us, 888-966-tips. round one of the playoffs and the warriors have clinched game three after winning the first two games right here at home. >> here we go in the mile high city, breakout star jordan poole and late in the game warriors had a one-point lead. steph curry, though, misses the three. warriors get the rebound. curry passes it to poole, who puts up a crazy layup shot, kind of like i did in high school. warriors take a commanding lead

in the series 3-0. next up, game four, which is sunday afternoon once again, in denver. >> let's talk about the a's, winning day for the bay area sports teams. the a's also wrapping up a four-game series yesterday against the orioles at the coliseum. the a's star in the making the christian pache and he actually came over in a trade from the braves. so he hit his second home run of the year to put the a's up 1-0. the a's win 6-4 and it takes a 3-4 in that series. next here on "today in the bay," the top stories we're following this morning, including a rash of car break-ins in one east bay neighborhood and how those residents are now left cleaning up the mess. we're going to tell you about the steps they're taking to try to catch the culprit. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 5:30, a major change for one bay area festival, one of the biggest in the bay area. we're talking about the gilroy garlic festival, is no more. we're going to tell you the reason organizers say it is not coming back. >> plus rain is moving out of the bay area after a major downpour. we'll look at how it added up in rain totals and how the state is trying to combat drought levels. this is "today in the bay." good friday, and happy earth

day. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm lark marcus washington. if you recently purchased a smart tv, you know you can watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. this is a live look at france where cierra johnson and a local organization are trying to help the "today" show set a world record, all aimed at helping our climate in crisis, and it looks like we might be watering some plants today. >> she's ready to go. >> first we want to start with mike because we have breaking traffic news in the south bay. >> we've got a road closure because of this investigation. it's getting more complicated. bob redell is heading out here. we're looking at the full closure of this divided road, montague expressway. there was a crash you see on the right side of the screen. one of the two vehicles involved

in the crash. we'll show you the map. so we have the closure and here is zanker, which is clear and here is montague expressway. a few blocks are closed and it reopens at lafayette street. you can use trimble as an alternate. the freeways are not filled in, but still damp from overnight rains. >> we're not seeing heavy downpours like yesterday early on, but we will at times get light to moderate rain. here is a closer look at our mobile doppler storm ranger. you can see it through parts of the north bay and then look at the line of showers just south of the golden gate bridge. that's going to impact a lot of the monterey county area, as well as central california. so if you had plans to travel along the grapevine. it's something to consider. in the afternoon, take a look at your hour-by-hour forecast,

we'll stay in the 50s and bump into the 60s later this afternoon. >> new overnight in the east bay, police are searching for a man who opened fire near uc berkeley at about 2:00 in the morning on durant avenue, when the suspect flashed a gun and stole a necklace from a man sitting in his car and then drove off. after the victim chased after him, the suspect turned around and started shooting. police say the suspect ran off once again. fortunately, no one was hurt. now, this comes as the campus is already on edge. cal was on lockdown yesterday after police received what they called a credible threat against specific people on campus. police found the person they were looking for, but did not give us any other details at this point. classes are set to resume today. this morning the gilroy garlic festival association says that it is canceling the annual event indefinitely. organizers say that it will instead hold smaller events,

starting with a golf tournament, a concert and a dinner this year. in a letter, the festival board blamed the pandemic, along with high insurance premiums. ultimately it was about money. >> it was, over the ten years, of just losing money, was the main culprit and main cause of what was going on with the festival and being able to be sustainable. >> you may remember last year the festival was a drive-through event and it was called off in 2020 due to covid. in 2019 the garlic festival was the scene of the mass shooting that left three people dead and 17 injured. happening today, the trial of sunny balwani continues this morning. this comes after a break yesterday. earlier this week a former walgreens executive testified that balwani was very involved in the relationship between theranos in walgreens. but the blood testing machines gave wrong results and largely used third-party equipment. balwani is accused of defrauding both investors and patients.

a new video shows a row of car and trucks broken into at an east bay apartment complex, happening wednesday. this is at the bella vista apartments in richmond. police say 10 to 15 vehicles were hit and the resident who posted the video says this isn't the first time cars have been vandalized. he's been hit a couple times. we talked with a tenant who says security at the apartments is definitely an issue. >> i come out to the street because they don't let you smoke on the premises, so i come out here every night in the dark, and there's no security nowhere. >> we did reach out to the apartment complex to talk about security concerns after hours, and we have not yet heard back. this morning close to 90 san mateo high students are recovering from covid after attending prom earlier this month at the asian art museum in san francisco. in a stam, the school district says the masks were strongly recommended, but many of those students chose not to wear them. so far all of the cases that have been reported, they are

mild or asymptomatic. the district is now testing students every day. we are learning about a new record for covid. listen to this. a health care worker caught the virus twice, but within just 20 days. this happened in spain during the winter surge. the health care worker is 31 years old and fully vaccinated. she tested positive on december 20th, and then again on january 10th. further research found that she was infected first with delta and then with omicron. the 20-day gap between infections is the shortest on record. researchers say that shows how powerful omicron can be. a new scenic view in san francisco three decades in the making is opening this weekend. this is battery bluff in presidio. beautiful scene right there. it includes six acres of open space. look at the views. so this is all part of a project that transformed the presidio

parkway tunnels and doyle drive. the space is open for media preview today. it marks the efforts of the government and community restoring 50 acres of landscape. the battery bluff is open to everyone tomorrow, along with picnic tables, benches and, of course, sweeping views of san francisco and the bay. >> it's all sunny in that video, but we know that's not what it looked like over the last couple of days. april showers arrived in the bay area and we got so much welcome rain. >> better late than never. we wish we could have gotten it sooner. we have seen some good rainfall totals so far. these are unofficial numbers but this is sort of what we saw with the initial round of showers yesterday. we still have to tally up and add what's left on radar. look at ben lomond, 1.69 inches. so far, not bad. some of the interior valleys got

a little less. san jose tends to fall in the rain shadow, but even in san jose we got a little over a quarter. also, i do want to show you the update. this gets updated weekly and we actually have a little bit of good news. a lot of this is still in the extreme category, but i do want to show that there is a slight improvement. now, 95% of the state of california is still in a severe drought, but look at the improvement from last week. so last week we were in the deep category, 46.87%, the d-4 category. as of this week, 40.81%. i also want to remind folks this does not include the latest storm numbers. that's going to populate within the next couple of weeks.

it's always good to see any sort of improvement, helping us remain hopeful. overall we are going to see the last of this rain activity continue to push out, and take a look at the sierra snow. so we've still got a lot of snow activity, reminding folks that there's still a winter storm warning, very much in effect. and that's going to remain in place through 11:00 a.m. today. there's also an avalanche warning and gusty conditions, 50 to 80 plus miles per hour. not a good day to commute to the sierra. you'll notice the heaviest rain is now focused south of the golden gate bridge near central california, down through l.a., expect to see some shower activity through there. temperatures today will remain mild, in the 50s, and we'll get breaks of sunshine into the afternoon. it's still very humid out there, 90% to 100% humidity in a lot of spots. mike, how are the roads? >> we still have this breaking news, this deadly crash and the

investigation, the more that we're hearing about what led up to this crash, very interesting, very complicated. bob redell is getting more detail. the tragedy is someone has lost their life as a result of this crash and the traffic impact, you're looking at montague expressway, which is closed at north 1st. that's a very important roadway for folks traveling to local businesses. there's also river mark. i believe montague expressway is open near river mark. we'll keep watching that impact on the local streets for the south bay. moving ahead, we're looking at a weekend closure, highway 84, it will be closed all weekend so you cannot connect between 680 and mission boulevard. that's through to monday morning, starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight. remember, the a's are playing texas tonight, but it is still a 6:40 game. back to you. >> thanks, mike. kris, i know you're ready because we have been talking about this all week.

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good morning, it is 5:44. a quick look at your temperature trend for san jose. we'll have a couple of light showers pushing through the bay area, and then our temperatures will top out comfortably in the mid-60s with peeks of sunshine, clearing out by this afternoon. the full forecast coming up. >> we continue following this closure for montague expressway. those in the south bay will know it's getting crowded as folks are traveling through these business areas. closure is because of a deadly crash and an investigation and many more fascinating details we're finding out. bob redell is heading to the scene. i'll talk you through the closure so you can avoid any further delay. 13 sexual assault victims of the former usa gymnastics doctor

larry nassar are suing the fbi. each victim is seeking $10 million from the fbi claiming they failed to act on allegations against nasser which led to more abuse by that doctor. the justice department's inspector general concluded last year the fbi made fundamental errors when it became aware of allegations against nasser that year. one of the victims spoke with the "today" show and says the claim is about more than just a financial settlement. >> it's never about the money for me. for me, it's about accountability. i want to hold these institutions who failed us over and over again accountable for their inaction or their complete disregard for our safety. >> you can watch the full interview on the "today" show coming up at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." 5:45 this morning, and president biden came into office promising to be one of the most environmentally progressive

presidents ever. >> scott, he is going to celebrate earth day today, along with the rest of us. but he hasn't quite lived up to some people's expectations. >> more drilling on public lands, and he's supporting more than trump did in his first year. he couldn't get congress to pass build back better, which had new energy policies, and his current concern seems to be getting more oil from the middle east to get gas prices down. there's no question why his priorities have changed. there's a war in europe. on thursday the president talked about all the weapons headed to ukraine. >> in the past two months we've moved weapons and equipment to ukraine at record speed. we've sent thousands of anti-armor and anti-missile helicopters, drones, grenade launchers, machine guns, rifles, radar systems. >> it being earth day, the president will make remarks about it from the white house later this morning. meantime, a lot of activity surrounding the january 6th attack on america. a new book says republican leader kevin mccarthy of

california told fellow republicans he would demand president trump resign after the attack on the capitol, and looked into the 25th amendment to oust trump, if needed. mccarthy, reacting to those claims, said he never said anything like that. well, there are tapes. "the new york times" publishing, and msnbc, publishing audio of mccarthy saying the very things he said he never said. part of a conversation with fellow republican liz cheney, he clearly says he's going to ask trump to resign. mccarthy issued his denial before he knew about the tape, and we have not heard an updated response from his office. an investigation by the "washington post" into the voting habits of trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, shows meadows was registered to vote in three states, north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. no indication he voted in all three, but meadows often pointed

to people being registered in more than one place as evidence of fraud. donald trump jr. has indicated he'll speak to the january 6th committee. you may recall his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle, spoke to the committee for more than nine hours, his sister ivanka more than six. the french elections are sunday, pitting the current president macron against the conservative right wing le pen. le pen is a threat and has close ties with the kremlin. she's more than willing to admit that. her party, formally the national front, takes a hard anti-immigration stand. she says if she's elected she'll remove france from nato's command structure. we'll be talking more about that on social media. >> thanks, scott. so in honor of earth day, our friends at the "today" show are once again looking to secure a spot in the guinness book of

world records and a group from right here in the bay area, they are going to help with that mission. >> so "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us from union square where that group is preparing to make their contribution not only to the environment, but beyond. >> reporter: yes. good morning, kris and marcus. breaking news, we have officially accomplished setting that world record. this group of about 60 people were joined by nearly 800 others around the world for the most people simultaneously watering trees and plants around the world. so if you guys want to give yourselves a round of applause [ cheers and applause ] >> we're all doing this in honor of earth day. i'm joined by rachel, part of one tree planted. what does the day mean to you and your organization? >> it's all about bringing awareness to our environment, sustainability, conservation and that's what one tree planted is all about. earth day is every day for us. we're on track to plant 40 million trees this year.

it's just about bringing community together. >> so what can everyday folks, just briefly, what can everyday folks do to help take care of the environment? >> get involved with your local restoration efforts, get involved with the community. we've got a lot of planting events across the globe in april and you can go to our website and sign up. get involved. get your hands dirty, plant some trees. >> reporter: she did mention earlier, this is a global group. there are folks from across the world coming together to celebrate the earth and take part of this awesome event. they said this week they'll be at golden gate park for another tree planting. definitely check out their website. we are here with world record setting folks here at union scare. cierra johnson for "today in the bay" news. >> congratulations to all of them. we want to get a look at the forecast. they wouldn't have needed to water those plants yesterday. >> the rain held off a little

bit so they could set that record and now it's going to come through and we've got the storm ranger mobile doppler radar. it's going to be a busy day for the first half and then it's going to clear out into the second half of the day. here's a closer look. we've got a little rain in the north bay and a little bit of a break from the rain in san francisco, but look at all of this action we've got going on, a little bit closer to central california, near the santa cruz mountains, a line of showers moving through the peninsula. daytime highs today are going to be in the 60s. oakland 62, san jose 64, and we do get some nice afternoon clearing. now let's get an update on how the roads are with mike. >> overall the freeways are just fine but it's this expressway, montague expressway that is still closed at north first. you see the intersection, the sun is coming up. let me show you on the map. montague expressway, the divided roadway, you're forced to reroute at first.

at montague and zanker, that's clear, get to trimble and you should be okay. zanker will keep you clear of all the activity. the rest of the freeways themselves are fine, just damp. be careful. back to you. >> thanks, mike. education advocates pushing for a $632 million commitment from governor newsom. the money would help fund about 360,000 uc and cal state students' tuition. advocates say the scholarship would provide a $1,000 to $3,000 grant depending on the income. they are pushing for governor newsom to include that in part of his budget this june. >> alaska's glaciers are melting at an alarming speed. we'll take a look at how the melting is having rippling effects across the nation. but first, here is nbc bay area's investigative reporter.

>> i'm here at the corner of fremont street. that's where the millennium tower is sinking and tilting the most, and we've learned there's now concern that the digging here is making the problem even worse. >> the old expression, when you've dug yourself into a hole, you should stop digging, it's particularly applicable in this case. >> you can watch my story of what's going on at the tower right now, along with other stories we've been doing on the subject at nbcbayarea.com/investigation.

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turning to our climate in crisis on this earth day. we're getting a firsthand look at the impact of global warming on glaciers in alaska. >> the rippling effect is already reaching the mainland. >> so the glacier is 5 miles wide at the very bottom, 25 miles long, goes up to 9,200 feet. >> reporter: alaska's glaciers hold almost unreal beauty, but what's very real is how quickly they're melting. >> this is all new right here.

this iceberg broke off probably about two weeks ago. >> reporter: tyler and brian guided us over a half dozen glaciers near anchorage and the evidence of climate change almost everywhere beneath us and all around. >> this is one of the places where you can most clearly see evidence of the glaciers melting. this is lake george which will melt as we get into summer, and then if you look down here you see these chunks of ice which broke off of colony glacier last year, and then even along the edge you can see how the ice is already separating from colony glacf the glacier that breaks off this summer and possibly ends up in the lake, and eventually melting. >> what's less visible is the deflation of the glacier. so we see the margins, that's obvious, and we see it receding or retreating and that's obvious, but the thinning is less obvious, and that's really where most of the loss is

happening. >> reporter: brian is a climate scientist with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. here's quick context. one gigaton of melting ice would cover new york's central park in water and that water would be deep enough to submerge the chrysler building and then some. scientists say the world is currently losing 300 gigatons of ice from glaciers every year. >> that's the only direct tangible way. indirectly, it's increasing the instance of wildfire, it's affecting when we can plant crops and overall agricultural productivity. my kids, who are teenagers, they talk about what it used to be like here. i mean, so the changes aren't occurring on natural geologic or even sub-geologic scales. they're occurring at yearly and decadescales. >> reporter: the climate

scientists want to make it clear that our lives in california are directly connected to what's happening here. the intense wildfires we have every year, the drought we're experiencing, all of those things linked to melting glaciers, melting in part so quickly because alaska is the state that's warming faster than any other state. it's 4.2 degrees warmer here than just 50 years ago. we're going to dive deeper into the connections between alaska and our lives in california during our live special on nbc lx that airs at 11:00 a.m. i'm chase cane with nbc lx. >> thank you. again, you can watch the special coverage on lx on xfinity channel 185 or over the air on channel 11-5. and breaking for you right now at 6:00, a deadly crash in san jose now under investigation. i want to say good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez.

laura garcia is off today. if you're on the go, you can take us with you on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. we're going to get right to mike with more on that deadly crash that happened in san jose. >> good morning, kris, marcus. if you are getting ready to leave the house through san jose, driving perhaps to one of the local businesses, you may know montague expressway. if that is your route, you're going to have to adjust because montague expressway is a divided roadway here in san jose at north first and it's shut down. we have a live camera on the scene and bob redell arriving to the scene. now, you see san jose pd and you might see the santa clara county sheriff there as well. they're investigating what was a deadly crash scene and much more, it sounds like, leading up to this crash closing this intersection. i believe it is closed from north first to about rivermark. at that point i believe montague expressway is fully accessible to the north. you can use tasman, trimble