twists and turns in the south bay baby kidnapping case. new revelations about the suspects who police say are behind the bizarre crime and new reaction from the baby's family this morning. also, a teacher strike is looming in the east bay, and it will impact when kids go to class. we'll tell you what the demands are that the teachers are making. plus -- >> there has to be consequences. there has to be. >> parents are demanding action after a violent attack in the north bay. the injury two teens had, and who parents believe is behind the attack.

this is "today in the bay." good friday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. thanks for joining us. remember, you can watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. if you are on the go, and we'll check in with mike for the traffic situation but first the friday forecast because it's friday. >> the wind advisories expired yesterday. you might see a little bit of breeze out there. aside from that, the temperatures will be running a few degrees warmer today. we're headed into our warming trend just in time for our weekend. in san francisco it's about 49 degrees and then by 10:00, 11:00, we start to bump up into the upper 50s, eventually in the mid-60s. san jose right now waking up to 48 degrees, clear skies, and look at your 9:00/10:00 a.m. hour, upper 50s. we'll top out into the upper 50s, and low to mid-70s in the

afternoon. the winds are calm and looking ahead at our next chance of rain, maybe? we'll check in on that ain a few minutes. let's check in with mike. >> we'll talk about the wind from chp reports as well. this report should be clearing any second. happened overnight, since 11:30, they've had activity at the transition from highway 4 to 680 moving right there heading south but it should clear in the next couple of seconds and we're looking at wind across the benicia bridge and carquinez bridge. there were winds overnight gusty at times but the advisories are clearing. it may be pushy before daylight comes for the bridges. no major problems and green sensors extend down into south county. kris, back to you. >> 10:00 and 2:00 or 3:00 and 6:00. this morning we are learning new details and allegations surrounding that san jose baby kidnapping case. the suspects are due back in court for a plea hearing today but a third person who was initially arrested in the case was released and now does not

face any charges. "today in the bay's" ian cull talks with brandon's mother and has her reaction. >> reporter: our sister station telemundo 48 talking with brandon's mother, jessica, as she discussed being in the courtroom and seeing the two people accused of taking her baby boy. she says "believe me, it was hard to endure to see them and not be able to do anything." she had strong emotions when yes settia ramirez and jose port tee yo walked into the courtroom, cuffed as the judge laid out the charges against them of cade npg, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, child abduction and burglary.ye with hate in her highs. evidence will show she purchased a baby carrier nearly a month before the kidnapping even

though she has no children. nbc bay area privately reviewed surveillance photos that show ramirez walking around with the carrier and wearing a with igin wig in the days before the abduction. >> as to why it happened, it's not something we can completely explain or may ever be able to explain. >> reporter: i sat down with ramirez's court-appointed attorney who was surprised she was denied bail. >> she has no apparent history that comes anywhere close to the seriousness of the allegations before the court currently and we have a woman who from what i can tell is terrified. she's never been to jail as far as i can tell. >> reporter: the d.a. confirmed what sources are telling us that the facts of the case appear to be mystifying even for a child abduction case. legal analysts say most kidnappings involve some kind of family custody dispute. for jessica and her baby boy, she's happy to be home as investigators continue to

uncover and eventually unveil the motive. "if it were up to me, they'd sta i in prison for life." >> brandon's baby mother had a lot more to say. see all of it on our nbc streaming app or roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online, search for the bay area app and download it and the video under our "must see" play list. in about three hours oakland teachers are set to walk off the job. the union says 75% of the members voted for a one-day strike. earlier oakland unified said it didn't have enough substitutes to cover the classes so it asked families to not send students to school today. teachers say the district has broken a promise to work with the community as it comes to school closures. ousd says the one-day teacher strike is illegal. teachers they say are allowed to strike in two situations, one when there is no contract and both parties are going through a long process of resolving

differences or two, when there are emergency health and safety issues, neither of which the district says are true for today's strike. "today in the bay's" bob redell will have a live report on the strike coming up in our next half hour. the kids say it has been a game that's been played for years but a family in benicia says it's racist and dangerous. the game is called la migra. it is a version of hide and seek. migra being immigration. two teenagers got caught in the middle being chased and attacked with an air soft gun. "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd at at the town hall meeting where the community is demanding change. >> 40 minutes were me and my partner terrorized. >> reporter: telling a room full of community members and city leaders about what happened to him on april 8th while going for ice cream with his girlfriend on first street in benicia. >> to hear my pursuiters tell each other that me and the person who i love are to be hunted with the purpose of

killing. >> i was frantic. i called 911 immediately. >> reporter: chavez's mother found out her son got caught in the middle of a game called la migra, a hide-and-seek activity where older students act like border patrol agents and younger students the role of detainees. you're looking at video of 2018 where police and school officials alerted the community it was happening and it was a problem. now, four years later, chavez and his girlfriend say they are pawns in this so-called game by being hit with ice bullets from an air soft gun and called racial slurs. >> the fact that my son is latino and his girlfriend is biracial and then they were thrown racial slurs and assaulted with pellets, bb guns it's not acceptable. >> number one it's not a game. i don't even like the characterization. >> reporter: the police chief says countless hours are being

spent to investigate the incident and prosecuting people involved won't be easy. >> hate crime is very specific, certain things have to occur for it to be categorized as a hate crime. >> the only way that this is going to change is if we have serious consequences to these actions. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." it is 4:38 right now. and cyber monday what? next on "today in the bay," this year's amazon prime day is now being revealed. we'll show you when you need to mark your calendar. plus getting the option to work from home forever. which companies are allowing the majority of its employees to stay home if they want to. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

good morning bay area. it is 48 degrees right now in san jose. temperatures throughout the bay area all in the 40s and 50s but if you look at the icons we're going to bump up into the mid-60s by the afternoon. we'll talk about what you can expect into saturday and sunday, coming up. and we're looking at a live picture of the north bay, the tail lights headed south, the commute direction through san rafael and the golden gate bridge. this is a calm drive. we're looking forward to a slight build over the next half hour in the north bay and we'll track those changes but for now let's check the changes in the business world, good morning, bertha. >> hey, good morning, mike and good morning to all of you. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc.

wall street looking like it's going to start in the red on this friday morning, after yesterday's big gains. the reason, we got disappointing earnings last night from amazon and apple. amazon reporting its first quarterly loss in seven years as it deals with rising labor and shipping costs, and it says that consumers are starting to spend a bit less. apple's results beating forecasts on strong iphone sales but companies warning that revenue could take a big hit this quarter due to those covid lockdowns in china, where it makes the majority of its products and the continued chip shortage. the markets surging yesterday with the dow up more than 600 points and the nasdaq driven by all the big tech stocks was up 3%, but when you look at the month and the last trading day of the month, the dow off more than 2% for april, the nasdaq, well, it has been a cruel april indeed, down 9.5% on pace for its worst month since march of

2020. this morning, we're waiting for some economic data, we'll get reports on personal income and spending, manufacturing and consumer sentiment. and set your calendar, amazon prime day will be back in july this year. the annual shopping day which targets prime members has shifted around the last couple of years. it was in october in 2020 and june last year. amazon making that announcement as part of its earnings report but the company not sharing the specific date at this point or what it expects but i would think amazon devices are at the top of the list. airbnb is telling employees they can work remotely forever. ceo brian chesky saying while a small number of roles will be required to be performed in the office, majority of employees don't have to come in if they don't want to. they won't have to take a pay cut if they move away from

cities near the company's offices. employees can live and work in more than 170 countries for up to 90 days a year in each location. that's as long as they keep a permanent address on file. kris, that sounds pretty good. i've been going back in the office for my later shifts and it's hard. it's just louder there than it is at home. >> it's louder, there are a lot more folks that you haven't seen in a while so you want to catch up and say hello, so yeah, it's definitely a challenge to get things done. i suggest big headphones. you don't even have to turn them on. >> really is. >> thanks, bertha, maybe get those on amazon prime day. everyone is dealing with inflation of course, but for those trying to make it in the bay, things are getting a lot harder a lot faster. ahead on "today in the bay," we talk with a chief economist about the high demand in housing, and he breaks down tips for first-time home buyers. we'll be right back.

it is 4:47 on a friday morning and the winds are a lot calmer than what we saw yesterday but we've still got some breezy locations throughout. a live look right now in san francisco, take a look at that, city skyline looking good. we aren't seeing as many clouds right now. we will get some high clouds, clear my throat, rolling through san jose downtown. it is going to be dry through today. look at the current temperatures right now as you head out the door in the 40s and overall mild

to start, not too cold. let's look at the winds right now. notice -- oh my goodness, what is happening? it's going to be in the 6 to 7-mile-per-hour range but it is breezy overall and wind gusts, 10, 15 miles per hour until about 11:30 and then the winds start to pick up right around 4:00, around the coastline. look at san francisco 30-mile-per-hour winds, down through san jose 20-plus but again no wind advisories in effect right now and we are expecting the winds to remain breezy to calm into early saturday morning. forecasted highs for this afternoon will be in the mid and upper 60s. san jose 66 degrees. morgan hill 67. east san jose 66, and take a look at the interior valleys, concord will be comfortable but as we head in towards the later portion of your saturday and sunday, our temperatures are going to bump up so now my graphics are going a little crazy and so is my clicker.

i think it's too early on a friday morning. doesn't want to work. we are expecting to stay dry and sunny through saturday and sunday, which is the good news there. yeah, this graphic is going a little cuckoo. but the temperatures will warm up into the 70s. now i can't advance. this is just great, mike. we'll send it over to you now. >> it's friday, right? it's friday friday, so that's all right. nothing urgent, vianey was talking about the wind advisories. chp said the san mateo bridge expansion, it says "high winds on bridge." may be the case as you travel across the bridge, the 60-mile-per-hour winds vianey was talking about yesterday. much calmer, still hold on 10:00 and 2:00 or 3:00 and 6:00, depending what you learned or whatever is safest for the conditions as well. we have breezes across the dumbarton bridge and the san mateo bridge but the overnight roadwork closing one lane has completely cleared from the

span. we saw that on the live shot and took a look on the grid as well. no major problems south bay through south county and coming across the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges. you don't need me to tell you prices are on the rise from gas to essential items like food but prices are sitting at some of the highest we've seen in decades and causing concern for people trying to make it in the bay. our gross domestic product, the gdp slumped to an annual rate of 1.4%, making it the worst quarter in two years. our laura garcia talked with scott anderson, who is the chief economist from bank of the west about this trend. >> it was a terrible number, much worse than expected, first contraction since the pandemic, so consumers are slowing down their spending a little bit, still consumer spend something holding up pretty well. business spending was okay. what really subtracted from the gdp number in the first quarter

was the trade balance. we're just importing too much and not exporting enough. that's subtracted almost four percentage points and inventories that weren't built up as quickly in the fourth quarter. 'a little bit deceiving. the economy is still probably stronger than the gdp number makes it out to be. >> trying to recover from the pandemic. during the first year so many left the bay area for suburbs to work from somewhere else. it was pretty severe here. how hard did that hit our economy and are you seeing people ease back as we return to the workplace post pandemic? >> you're right. the bay area was hit a lot harder than a lot of other parts of the nation and even parts of california. the bay area over the past year has actually been lagging the rest of the state in terms of job creation, about 43% of the jobs that have been created over the past year in the bay area have been just the rebound in

leisure and hospitality jobs, so we do see services job growth information, technology firms are still hiring here, but it isn't as strong as it was in the last expansion, and you know, it's the cost of living, housing affordability, and we saw population decline in the bay area 2.5% last year, it's the worst i think in the history of the bay area, and again, it's a reflection of people being able to work from anywhere they want, and just people not wanting to face the high cost of living here. >> sure, exactly. in fact, some of the bay area existing home sales fell from a year ago for the sixth consecutive month in february, but yet we're still seeing low inventory out there, and it seems like what is out there gets snatched up so quickly. >> you're right. you know, the average home sale only takes a little bit over a week. we are seeing a little bit of lengthening of that time period but there's still way too much

demand, not enough existing inventory and home builders can't find lots to build and are facing building shortages and labor shortages as well. so we do think the housing market rebound in california and the bay area is starting to fade. mortgage rates have moved up over comfortable over 5% and the 30-year mortgage rate over two percentage points higher than where they started the year and we are starting to see that affect people's ability to buy homes, mortgage applications are down 20% from a year ago so this will be more of a gradual slowdown, rebalancing supply and demand. we're not expecting home prices to crash here, anything like what we saw coming out of the last housing bubble. >> all right, you can see that full interview with laura, we talk about inflation, how your family can deal with the rising costs of just about everything, you can watch that on the nbc bay area app. download it for roku, apple tv

or other streaming devices, look for the interview under the "must see" playlist. tackling big oil. a first-of-its-kind investigation and the reason the top prosecutor is going after exxonmobil. more workers in san francisco are returning to the office, more than a third are back at their desks, according to a kasle systems barometer slightly above new york and san jose. san francisco has consistently had the lowest office occupancy rate among the ten cities kastle surveyed during the pandemic. we'll be right back. this morning on "california live" "access hollywood" kim hoover dishes about her mother's day traditions and a magical look inside "haar pi potter and the cursed child" this morning at 11:30 on "california live."

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nationwide phenomenon but california is in a class by itself. more than one in five homes sold for more than $1 million. the inspection support network ranked home sales in 2020 and the south bay topped the nation with 61% of homes selling for a million bucks or more. san francisco's metro area was next with just under half the sales in seven-figure territory. l.a.'s metro area was third at 27%, followed by san diego and seattle. california's attorney general is announcing an unprecedented investigation of the role of big oil, plastics pollution, which he says is a global crisis. attorney general rob ta and his team gathered at an l.a. beach where millions of tons of plastic have washed up in recent decades. they subpoenaed exxon oil. he says oil and chemical executives have known since the 1980s the vast majority of plastics cannot be recycled.

>> the truth is the recycling rate has never surpassed 9%. the truth is the vast majority of plastic products by design cannot be recycled and 91% end up in landfills, are burned, or are released into the environment. >> he says as clean energy grows, big oil has doubled down on plastics to keep making money. we are following breaking military contractor who was killed overseas. what his family is now saying. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

he was like almost terrorizing by the people you work for. >> right now at 5:00, oakland teachers walking off the job saying a promise was broken and a ripple effect. ahead, the potential impact for some commuters. breaking news in ukraine, emering reports about the death of an american fighting alongside ukrainian forces. this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> thank you for joining us. marcus washington is off. we're live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online and of course all day we have a lot to get to this morning, including the start of a one-of-a-kind auction for a rare