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

road. zanker will keep you clear as well. we'll send it back to you. ukraine's deputy prime minister says no humanitarian corridors will open today. the country is accusing russia of blocking refugees from escaping the country. brittain says russia is likely freeing up its forces near a steel plant in mariupol and that city's mayor says an estimated 10,000 lives are now in russian president vladimir putin's hands. more grim and deadly images are continuing to emerge out of the besieged city. "today in the bay's" brie jackson is live with more on the desperate battle for the control of eastern ukraine. >> reporter: good morning, kris. ukraine and the united states deny vladimir putin's claim of seizing control of mariupol, which would have been a key win if russia -- which would be a key win for russia's campaign to take over parts of eastern

ukraine. meanwhile, ukraine's president continues to call on allies for more military support. president biden is trying to meet those needs and calling on congress to do more. satellite images appear to show mass graves outside the besieged 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 tank today, two armored fighting vehicles and one armored personal carrier. >> reporter: president biden says more heavy artillery, drones and other wepsens for ukraine are on the way. >> to help prerare ukraine for russia's defensive that will be limited in terms of geography but not brutality. >> reporter: in addition to an $800 million military assistance package, the u.s. is sending $500 million economic aid and banning russian ships from ports and fast-tracking refugees into

the united states. >> this program will be fast, it will be streamlined. >> reporter: some advocates fear the new program will limit access for vulnerable groups, including those without ties to the u.s. >> those who have needs or are connected to american institutions are 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, probably 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. president biden says that money has nearly been exhausted. >> that money goes very, very fast. thank you, brie. 6:03 right now.

about half a million people in the east bay are being asked to cut back on their water use. so the contra costa county water district is asking customers to reduce their consumption by 15% this year. they say the reservoir there is about 58% capacity right now, and a public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for june 15th. if approved, it will go into effect july 1st. now we have an update on mike tyson and that incident at sfo. the boxing legend is across the country, this is after he was filmed punching a man aboard a flight from sfo. he's still in hot water this morning. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. mike, come on. >> today tyson is in miami. this photo was taken there last night at a conference. now, a witness told tmz that on wednesday tyson was friendly,

but changed when that man kept bothering him and he asked him to leave him alone. no charges have been filed at this point, but legal experts tell us that it's 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 that the d.a. might consider. >> on wednesday tyson was in san francisco, this was to promote his cannabis brand during the 4/20 celebration. both men were detained and then released. we are getting a new look at the man accused of starting the fire that gutted a san jose home depot. police say this photo here shows dyllin gogue on the day of the fire. it was captured by a security camera at another store that he was at before he went into the home depot. if you saw him wearing what you

see in this picture, investigators want to talk with you. police arrested him monday for starting the fire at home depot and stealing from other nearby stores. investigators believe he set that fire to distract employees while he attempted to steal those tools from home depot. 6:06, and this is what it looks like right now up in the sierra. more than a foot of snow fell in parts of central california since wednesday night, and in the sierra the heavy rainfall made for treacherous driving conditions and lots of snow. the national weather service is warning drivers to expect delays and avoid travel, if possible. the snow showers are expected to last through this afternoon, slowly tapering off throughout the day. so if you were hoping to head up and enjoy it, there is a window, it's just not open right this minute. >> wait until tomorrow. there's still a winter storm warning in effect right now. that's going to remain in place through 11:00 a.m. here's the reason why. you can see the snow on

satellite radar, not only is there snow, but also gusty winds, 50 to 80 plus miles per hour per hour. that is not something you want to be driving through. there's also an avalanche warning right now. not a good day to head out. wait until saturday. that will be your best window. we clear out from the rain on saturday and the conditions definitely are expected to improve. as far as here a little closer to home, temperatures will be in the 60s. we'll get some early-morning shower activity pushing through, not as heavy as some of the pockets we saw yesterday. but as the instability continues to clear out we'll get a nice mix of sun and clouds into the afternoon and also into the early morning hours on saturday, we'll get some fog. but that's going to make way for a dry weekend ahead into saturday and sunday. now let's get an update on how the roads are doing with mike. >> we still have the leftovers. damp roadways, and especially as you showed the radar in the north bay, 101, this corridor from novato toward the golden

gate bridge will have slicker conditions, as well as to the oakland hills. no major problems and lighter traffic flow. general expected slowdown, but it's friday with a lighter volume of traffic. there's still puddling and ponding along the coast. use caution in many areas. not the rain we saw yesterday at times. we did have slicker roadways and still do on local roadways. montague expressway is closed because of an overnight crash, a deadly crash. bob redell is out there. he's got more details. we're hearing something about a pursuit. what did you find out over there? >> reporter: good morning, mike. you see behind me first street and montague shut down, this intersection here. traffic being diverted because of a collision between that white car, and if you look to the right by the lit-up sign you can see there's a van or an suv that's overturned.

that's two cars collided sometime during the 1:00 hour early this morning, and, yes, as you mentioned, santa clara county sheriff's office confirms to us that deputies were in pursuit of one of these vehicles. it's not clear which one. it's also not clear if the pursuit was going on at the time of the crash or if they had backed off and then the driver continued on and had this collision. the driver of one of these vehicles did die at the hospital. again, not clear if it's the suspect who was being chased by the sheriff's office or the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision. but as you can see, the intersection is shut down, and because this is involving a fatality and also the fact that there was a pursuit involved, this investigation is going to take a little longer than normal. so you can expect this intersection to be shut down for quite some time as traffic is being diverted at the intersection of first and

montague. reporting live, bob redell for "today in the bay." a youtuber posted something to youtube that everyone thinks is fake. now the government is weighing in as well. we'll take you to the futures this morning where it looks like it's going to be another rough day. >> and starbucks employees, they are starting to unionize. the latest store to form a union and the reason the employees say something needs to change. >> marcus, kris, good morning to you. coming up, our earth day extravaganza. we're going to kick things off with al live in puerto rico this morning. he's exploring the innovative work being done there in the wake of a devastating hurricane five years ago that could hold the key for the rest of us in the search for clean energy. and we're excited to be partnering with you this morning, along with your team in the field, we hope to set an earth-friendly guinness world record. the most people watering plants simultaneously. we're going to do it. the countdown is on from coast

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it is 6:13 right now. in dublin it's about 47 degrees and we have shower activity moving through parts of the bay area. you may encounter a slick commute, but it will clear out by the afternoon. temperatures are expected to top out in the upper 50s, a couple of 60s through the forecast.

i'll take a closer look at how the weekend is shaping up coming up. >> friday light for the freeways. first street, right here, we're looking at the closure for montague expressway. a deadly crash and the investigation continues. bob redell told us about the pursuit that happened before the crash. i'll talk you around it coming up. well, good morning. very good friday to you as well. a 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 more red arrows this morning. powell was speaking at the international monetary fund hosted by cnbc reporter sara eisen. i know you didn't watch this from start to finish, but investors did and they keyed on one thing in particular. powell said it is appropriate,

in my view, to be moving a little more quickly. he also said, i also think there's something in the idea of front-end loading. so more quickly means a rate hike in may. that's next month. front-end loading means a bigger rate hike than last time, so probably a half point instead of a quarter. at least that's what we think he's saying. the fed doesn't set interest rates, of course, as far as mortgages go, but when it hikes its interest rates, mortgage rates do go to. clearly the end of low rates are over. the 30-year now at 5.1%. that's the highest it's been since 2011. that makes homes more expensive, as your monthly payment will go up. have you seen this? a youtuber claimed he had to jump out of his airplane because his engine quit. now, this looked fake from the get-go. even the person in our newsroom said, yeah, this is totally

fake. the faa agrees, saying the youtuber trevor jacob deliberately crashed his own plane in the santa barbara area for youtube views. take a look. so the plane would continue to fly and eventually hit trees. thank goodness it did not burst into flames. this instantly got a thumbs down on youtube, although it got millions of views, as people watched, and any pilot who had seen this watched, and there is a procedure that you follow when your engine quits, which doesn't usually happen. but there's a long procedure that he doesn't even attempt to do. oh, the engine quit, i'm gone. >> i think you're wrong because my check engine light went on in my car and i jumped onto the freeway. >> fake, fake, fake. >> to get views, he got dropped.

>> and that could have been a forest fire. >> it could have been a disaster. >> and who can just throw a plane away like that? >> apparently you can make a lot of money on youtube. i'll look into that. >> note to self. since we're talking about money, workers at starbucks flagship roastry in seattle have voted to form a union. 26 locations have moved toward unionizing nationwide. it is the second in starbucks hometown. starbucks has more than 8,000 company-owned stores, but just six of the roasteries worldwide. employees say working there comes with increased responsibilities but without the matching pay. this is something else trending this morning. buzz is back. >> you were talking about coffee, but that's not the buzz we're talking about. the new light year trailer is

out. "toy story" fans can't get enough. >> it's a grand adventure. >> then you come right back to us. >> to infinity -- >> -- and beyond. "toy story" never covered much of buzz's back story. it's the origin story of buzz lightyear and it follows the space ranger after he's stranded millions of light years away from earth. you may not immediately recognize his voice. chris evans replaced tim allen, who voiced buzz in the "toy story" movies. it hits theatres on june 17th. >> i do love chris evans. >> tell me more, guys. >> this will be an animated character, with his voice. >> i know, i know. >> you're trying to borrow the kids. >> give me a kid. >> i have a niece and nephew.

it will be a good day for the movies. i watched a movie at home yesterday. that was fun. san jose right now, look at downtown. it's going to be really nice because even though we have a little bit of activity on the radar, look at the cloud cover. it's kind of a cozy feel. satellite radar, you can still see the snow coming down in the sierra and plenty of activity for southern california. so if you're going to be traveling there today, remember to check the roads and call up your friends that you're visiting or family members just to be safe. let's talk about this line of showers that continues to sort of trek on through. it is very light right now, so not exactly as heavy as yesterday. look at san rafael seeing a little bit of rain, starting to get light showers pushing through san francisco. mobile doppler radar you can see the line of showers pushing through monterey and santa cruz mountains. once this continues to move inward, we'll see it clear out and temperatures right now are in the 40s, but eventually they're going to bump up into

the 60s this afternoon and it will sort of feel very muggy. 64 degrees in san jose, 66 in martinez. santa rosa, 63. san francisco will top out at about 60 degrees today. here is an hour-by-hour outlook. it's very spotty all the way through about 7:00 a.m., but we do get a couple of shower spots. then it sort of starts to completely break apart. by the afternoon, this is about 12:00, any spotty shower chance clears out and then we get the cloud cover. that's going to mean a foggy start to our saturday. if you're wondering about estimated rain, this is on top of what we've already seen. just a couple hundredths of an inch, maybe a tenth for some of the higher elevations, but overall yesterday was definitely more of a rainmaker. this, so nobody better get stuck because there is a winter storm warning in effect until 11:00 a.m. today, but even when the winter storm warning clears, it's still going to be windy out

there and the travel is going to be treacherous. your window for travel up there is going to be tomorrow. leave nice and early, still check the roads. and then heading into sunday you'll be good to go, for sure, 67 degrees for san francisco and temperatures in inland areas are going to start to bump back up into some 80s. so sunday is going to be the perfect day to spend outdoors, but so is saturday, just a little cooler if you're going to be out and about this weekend. let's get a check of how the roads are doing, mike. >> we'll continue to follow this deadly crash investigation in the south bay. this is the intersection, the vehicles you're looking at, the crash was over on the right. one of the vehicles involved in a deadly crash on montague expressway and the reason it's still closed at forth first, extending to about rivermark, off to the right under that tree there's another vehicle involved in this crash. again, a deadly crash investigation, much more going

on. bob redell is following the details. avoid that intersection, which is right here. you can take zanker as an alternate. we're looking at trimble showing a little slowdown as folks pass by. or alternate to the south of the scene. we're looking at a smooth drive throughout the south bay outside of that section of montague expressway. west of the section and along the coast, we still have rain that happened earlier and there will be slicker roadways. use caution. lighter traffic flow allows you to go at the speed limit. it's friday with a lighter flow of traffic. still 20 minutes down vasco road to 580, which moves smoothly out of the altamont. lighter traffic at the bay bridge. >> 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. >> and join our very own mike inouye as he hosts the hearts and hands luncheon today supporting kids and families in crisis. so make sure you go to mike's facebook, instagram and twitter page. you can find the information there. mike, i tweeted it out, too, so there you go. much more ahead this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."

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so when you give your suitcase to a hotel bell man, you expect to get them back, right? >> those vacation clothes are cute, right? that didn't happen for one san francisco visitor and he called consumer investigator chris chmura. >> good morning. bob brought two bags to the marriott marquis in san francisco and gave them to the bell man. 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 my stuff. >> bob did not get all his money back because 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 says he was stunned and he's speaking up to warn folks

like you. tonight we'll explain how he now wants to change state law. our team tackles travel trouble all the time. share your story at nbcbayarea.com, click the responds option, or call us, 888-966-tips. next, top stories we're following for you, including the search for a man who opened fire near uc berkeley overnight. >> plus, a rash of car break-ins in one east bay neighborhood and we're going to tell you how residents are left cleaning up the mess. much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." it is 6:27.

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right now at 6:30, a beloved bay area event, the gilroy garlic festival, is no more. >> meteorologist vianey arana is tracking the rain totals for us this morning. she has a look at when more rain will be heading our way, including thunderstorms rolling back into the bay area. this is "today in the bay." thanks for joining us on this friday morning. it is earth day, also. i'm kris sanchez. happy earth day. >> you wore green. >> i did wear my green. >> i can't wear green. >> laura is off. >> i'm marcus washington.

if you have a smart television, you can catch us live. we're everywhere, roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> so now the rains are a little bit behind us and we do want to start with a situation that's breaking in the south bay. you're tracking a deadly crash. >> this is a tragedy for those involved and those who have to drive through. montague expressway is still closed. bob is talking about the pursuit and investigation happening at the scene. you see two vehicles, one vehicle in the trees, the other vehicle involved in the crash. i'm going to talk you through this. avoid the area of first and montague expressway. i believe by the time you get to rivermark you're okay, but you can avoid it by staying on trimble, tasman, and you can use zanker. the freeways are moving smoothly but may still be damp. a look at the b.a.r.t. system, they just lowered speeds because

of wet rails. i know there's less rain today than there was yesterday, but we do have active rain. >> we do. it's always important to double-check and make sure that everything is working, when i say everything, i mean your tires are good and windshield wipers. look at the radar. if you look off the coast you can see a couple of lightning strikes. the majority of those lightning strikes that passed through yesterday did stay off the coast. we had reports of hail. you can still see a lot of instability up through the sierra. the pink and blue you see there, that is snow and that is expected to remain a factor through today. once these showers sort of clear out into the afternoon, we're going to get a mix of sunshine and a little bit of cloud cover through there. we're taking a live look at storm ranger, san rafael getting shower activity as well, and take a look at the scan. now, the biggest impacts are going to be through central california. check out monterey right there, and also down through the l.a. county area as well. if you're going to be traveling anywhere along the grapevine you

definitely want to check the road conditions just to make sure you're being safe. i'll give you a closer look at rainfall totals and the latest drought monitor update in a few minutes. >> thank you. new overnight, police are searching for a man who opened fire near uc berkeley. this happened about 2:00 in the morning on durant avenue when the suspect flashed a gun and stole a necklace from a man in a car and ran off. after the victim chased him, the suspect turned around and started shooting. police say the suspect ran off once again, fortunately, no one was hurt. this is different from what we reported as breaking news yesterday. the campus on cal already on edge, it was on lockdown after police received what they said were credible threats against specific people on campus. police found the person they were looking for, but have not yet given us more details. 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, instead, they're going to hold smaller events, starting with a golf tournament, a concert and a dinner this year. now, 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, it was the main culprit and the main cause of what was going on with the festival and being able to be sustainable. >> so last year's festival was a drive-through event, and then the year before that in 2020 it was shut down because of covid. now, in 2019, that's when the garlic festival was the scene of that mass shooting that left three people dead and 17 others injured. happening today, the trial of sunny balwani continues, after the trial was on break yesterday. this week a former walgreens executive testified that balwani was very involved in the

relationship between theranos and walgreens. the blood testing machines gave wrong results and largely used third-party equipment without disclosing that. balwani is accused of defrauding investors and patients. this is video showing rows of cars and trucks broken into at an east bay apartment complex. it happened wednesday at the bella vista apartments in richmond. police say in that incident alone, 10 to 15 vehicles were hit. the resident who posted the video says this isn't the first time that cars have been vandalized and we also talked with a tenant who says security there is lacking. >> 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 the security concerns after hours. we have not yet heard back. we are learning about a new record for covid. a health care workers caught the

virus twice within 20 days. this happened in spain during the winter surge. the health care workers is 31 years old and fully vaccinated. she first tested positive on december 20th. then again on january 10th. further research found she was also infected with two different varieties, the first delta, and then omicron. the 20-day gap between infections is the shortest on record. researchers say these cases show how powerful omicron can be when it comes to invading immunity. and now to a live look at the l.a. skyline. l.a. county having a quick turn on the mask debacle. so it is now asking travelers to put them back on. this comes after the ruling on monday when a federal judge tossed out that mandate. the county is now following cdc guidance and starting today it is requiring masks on public transportation and in hubs. the move comes as covid cases

are increasing within the county. we want to get a look at the forecast today. we know the rain is coming, but still not enough to really combat that drought we are experiencing, vianey. >> this gets updated weekly and we did see a slight improvement, however this does not include the latest rain totals. those will populate within a couple of weeks so we can see the impact of that. but the state of california, still plenty of red. we do have good news, though. we saw an improvement, about a 5% improvement compared to last week when it comes to the d-4 category, which is extreme. last week we were at 46.87%. this week we're at 48.81%. however, 95% of the state of california is still under a severe drought. this does not include the latest rainfall totals that we've seen, but it is nice to see an improvement instead of it getting worse. we can only hope for more rain.

however, over the next seven days we do dry out a bit. heading into saturday and sunday your weekend forecast is looking quite sunny. we'll start out with fog, but then temperatures will get a nice boost into the 70s for inland areas and maybe a couple of 80s heading into sunday's forecast. so things do end up drying out just in time for any sort of outdoor activities into the weekend. now let's get a check of how the roads are doing with mike. >> we'll take you out to the freeways and you may have damp roadways. where you see the blue on the map there's still a chance of puddling and ponding from overnight rain. this is highway 85 south of 280, so cupertino, it may be a factor. highway 9, haven't heard about any major problems. same thing for highway 17, although there may be a crash northbound. we're tracking that. the big factor is the deadly crash scene, the investigation and the closure for montague expressway, basically between first and the rivermark plaza. avoid that stretch of montague

expressway. this is first, which will be affected. you'll have to reroute as well. stay to zanker, which will keep you clear, trimble and tasman will keep you clear of the crash activity. bob redell continues to follow the investigation. over here we're looking at the peninsula, very easy drive, just slicker roadways. over in the tri-valley, contra costa county, i showed lighter volume. alameda county as well showed lighter volume for friday. starting tonight at 10:00 through monday morning, this section of the niles canyon highway 84 will be closed all weekend, not just overnight, all weekend. avoid that using 680 and mission boulevard. looking ahead, we see a little slowing, 880 past the coliseum and tonight the a's play once again. tonight's game also 6:40, different opponent, versus texas tonight. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we are celebrating earth day

all morningt, we're joined by a local organization that's not only working to beautify our community, but also setting records in the process. coming up, we'll introduce you to that group. and -- >> a new place set to open in san francisco. the 30-year project and when you can visit. >> the white house celebrating earth day as well, plus a politician says, i never said that, but there are tapes. take you out to the big board. dow industrial off 280 points after fears interest rate hikes are going to be bigger than expected. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay." (music throughout)

taking a live look right now at storm ranger, we've got raindrops up there. we are going to see the last of the shower activity clear out just in time for the weekend. i'll have a closer look at what to expect coming up. >> we're still following this closure of montague expressway in san jose. this important intersection, we see tow trucks on the scene. there are two vehicles. this deadly crash investigation continues. bob redell gathers more detail and i'll get you around this closure coming up. president biden came into office promising to be one of the most environmentally progressive presid us but he hasn't quite lived up with some people's expectations.

>> more drilling on federal lands. biden allowed more drilling than trump did in his first year. he couldn't get congress to pass build back better and his current concern seems to be getting more oil out of the middle east to get gas prices down. he's got a different priority, he's got a war in europe. the president talked about all of the new weapons headed to ukraine. >> in the past two months we've moved weapons and equipment to ukraine at record speed. we've spent thousands of anti-armor and anti-missile helicopters, drones, machine guns, rifles, radar system. >> it being earth day, the president will make remarks about it from the white house later this morning. meanwhile, 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.

mccarthy, reacting to those claims, said he never said anything like that. well, there are tapes. it's part of a conversation with congressional republican leadership a few days before the attack, they recorded it for themselves. mccarthy tells his fellow republicans he will ask trump to resign. >> the only discussion i would have with him is that i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign. i mean, that would be my take, but i don't think he would take it, but i don't know. >> now, mccarthy issued his denial, that he never said any of that, before he knew about the tape. we have not heard an updated response from his office. there's more coming up on the "today" show. donald trump jr. has indicated he'll speak to the january 6th select committee in the next few days. you may recall his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle, spoke to the committee for more than nine hours, his sister ivanka for more than six. it's not american politics, but

a reminder the french elections are sunday. those pit the currentidt macron conservative right ling la pen. macron is expected to win, but la pen is a threat. la pen has close ties to the kremlin. her party takes a hard anti-immigration stand. she says if elected, she would remove france from nato's command structure. we'll be tweeting about that and what's happening on earth day as well. you can follow me on social media. on twitter i'm @scottmccrew. >> a new scenic view in san francisco three decades in the making and it is opening up this weekend. this is battery bluff in the presidio featuring six acres of open space, and what a view. it is part of the project from the government and community transforming parkway tunnels and doyle drive. battery bluff is opening

tomorrow, along with picnic tables, benches and sweeping views of the bay. our friends at the "today" show are looking to secure a spot in the guinness book of world records and a group here in the bay area helping with that mission. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live for us this morning from union square where the group is preparing to make their contribution, not only to but t something big this morning. >> reporter: good morn's a litt an hour ago, but the energy was electric. that's because one tree planted, a group from around the world, convened here in san francisco and worked with hundreds of other folks around the world to take part in a guinness book of world records. it was the most folks simultaneously watering a tree or plant around the world. we have great video of that.

we're joined by jody, with one tree planted, an organization, their mission is to plant trees and improve the environment. in your opinion for you and your organization, what does earth day mean to you all? >> yeah, thank you. that's a great question. so to me, my personal opinion, earth day is a time where we can kind of reflect on everyday actions and how they impact the environment on a small scale and on a global scale as well and just implementing changes every day. and i would encourage people to use it as an excuse to connect with the natural world and have that physical connection. >> so we were part of that world record, i was actually a part of that really cool the environment, the individual act of planting a tree or a plant like this? >> absolutely. especially i would say in urban environments and communities, planting one tree can make all th we talk a lot about canopy

cover, tree equity, environmental justice and just planting one tree in a schoolyard in an urban area can make all the difference to those children in that area. so, yeah, i would just say that planting one tree can really make all the difference at a local level. >> and i know you were mentioning there are some e convenience for earth day this weekend. golden gate park is going to be a good one, but there are hundreds of events around the world taking place all because of one tree planted. thank you so much for joining us. it is earth day, we are expected. there are events. we'll be covering earth day all day long and you should be doing something to take part in it and help your environment. we are live in san francisco, union square, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> that was fun. thank you very much. the "today" show is teaming up with college students, environmental organizations and nbc station to say set the guinness book world record for most people watering plants simultaneously. it kicks off on the "today" show plaza this morning and you can watch it at 7:00 this morning.

let's take a look at that forecast today. another wet start to the day. >> and we're getting some pretty good areas of rain right now using our mobile doppler radar storm ranger. storm ranger is up and scanning and you can see some raindrops on the camera. that's not the only area seeing raindrops. we've got lightning strikes firing up just off the coast. you can see the storm ranger scanning some showers, pushing through san rafael and also expect to see some of that moving into central california. but mike inouye pointed out the oakland camera, and for good reason. we've got a good amount of heavy downpours right now if you're going to be traveling through the oakland area. where you see the highlighted yellow/orange area, it's coming down pretty steady. we have that approaching rain and that's exactly what we're seeing right now on radar. if i zoom this closer to areas like east palo alto, sunnyvale,

we've got rain coming down in saratoga as well. san jose, you're going to start to get rain as well with that line of showers and through santa cruz, santa cruz mountains. highway 17, not going to be good to be traveling. it will move out later into the afternoon. temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. let's send it to mike. >> we continue to follow this investigation which has montague expressway closed here at north first. the scene, you do see the tow truck there. bob redell will have another report on what's going on in the last five minutes of our show. come back for the details. i want to show you the alternate, avoiding montague expressway at north first, there's tasman, trimble, and zanker connects the two. we're looking at a pretty subtle build over 101, more traffic up through mountain view. wet roadways along the peninsula. vianey talked about where the rain is.

look at this camera by the oakland coliseum right now. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now, education advocates are pushing for a $632 million commit from governor newsom. according to cal matters, the money would help fund about 360,000 uc and cal state students' tuition. advocates say a middle class scholarship would provide between $1,000 and $3,000 grants depending on income. they are pushing for governor newsom to include that plan as part of his budget this june. next, a quick look at the top stories, including a live report from the deadly chase and crash in san jose. plus, growing drought concerns despite our most recent storm. now one bay area county is asking residents to cut back on water use. but first, here is nbc bay area's investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken. >> kris and marcus, 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 new concerns 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, is particularly applicable in this case. >> reporter: 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.

welcome back. we're following breaking news in the south bay where a chase ended with a deadly crash in san jose. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us to give us an update of what's going on there. >> reporter: good morning. we're at montague at first street here in san jose, a major intersection for the morning commute, which has been shut down for the past several hours because of a collision between these two vehicles. it's a honda suv by the tree. the wreckers are getting ready to remove these so reexpect the intersection to be reopened sorlt. one of the drivers did die during the 1:00 hour earlier this morning and the santa clara county sheriff's office has confirmed to us that deputies

were chasing the driver of one of these vehicles before this collision. not clear if they were still actively pursuing the vehicle or if they had backed off when the collision took place. that's information we're still waiting to hear from the santa clara county sheriff's office. one person dead from a collision here at first street and montague. it appears, as i mentioned, this intersection should be reopening shortly. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. well, police in two cities are now working together to crack down on sideshow participants. turlock police say this week the officers located a vehicle that participated in a recent incident in brentwood. meanwhile, brentwood police did the same thing to a vehicle that participated in a sideshow in

turlock. people are going to be asked to cut back on water usage. the contra costa water district is asking customers to reduce use by 15% this year. the district says the start of the year has been the driest on record. it says the reservoir is at just 58% of capacity. a public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for june 15th. if it is approved, it would go into effect july 1st. well, today the bay area is celebrating earth day in a big way. at union square in san francisco a group of one tree planted is helping the "today" show set a guinness world record to water the most amount of plants at the same time. they did that this morning. you can watch that online for us this morning. now, in oakland a tree planting event at the recreation center, san jose city hall, mayor liccardo will lead a recycling

celebration. there is a san francisco youth day rally at 10:00 a.m. >> we want to get a look at our forecast as they were trying to water those plants. >> more rain for earth day. that's good. we've got the last of this rain pushing through right now. if you're commuting, you're probably going to encounter something, especially in the east bay. it will move through santa cruz. once that clears out, the weekend will be in the mid-70s, maybe even a couple of 80s. go out and enjoy mother nature. >> we are still following, unfortunately, in deadly crash scene and the investigation. as bob pointed out, they're clearing these vehicles, this one from under a tree on the side of the road. the other one at the intersection of montague expressway at north first. it should be clearing any moment. we are looking at rain out there, live cameras are picking that up. palo alto is getting hit with some rain. >> a little dryer in san jose. we'll leave you with a live look at that. >> there we go. we're going to come back at 7:25

to give you a live local news update, and don't forget to join us at 11:00 for our midday newscast. it's earth day. the "today" show coming up with much more for you. # is ooe good morning. face-off, the battle over masks intensifying once again. some major cities ending mandates, while others extend them. and the president? >> mr. president, should people continue to wear masks on planes? >> that is up to them. >> just where do things stand? we've got complete coverage straight ahead. mass graves, the disturbing new images from ukraine's most besieged city. the standoff dragging on that