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 velociraptor

not living, of course, but the skeleton which scientists say is quite the find. prepare though to pay up for it if you want it. that is the start of our dino news this morning. jurassic world fans. >> where do you put that? >> on the mantle next to your emmys. >> oh, right. there's no room for that. no room. [ laughter ] okay hey let's get a look at the forecast. it is friday. >> it is friday. it's going to be a nice one. great way to head into the weekend, moving forward, you know, we're going to be seeing sunshine, a little warm up as well, right now we're starting out in the 40s. 45 degrees in san jose. 41 in dublin. 46 in oakland. outdoor temperatures pretty mild overall. look at the temperature trend upwards by 10:00, 11:00 in the upper 50s. eventually in the mid-60s and for san jose, expect to see some 70s on the map today. look at this, by 12:00, which is entering your lunch hour already at 66 degrees.

a mix of sun and high clouds at times, but the weather is going to remain dry. you don't have to worry about the rain. i'll talk more about the extended outlook in a few minutes. >> thanks so much, vianey. 5:01. big dispute coming to a head in oakland, should make for an interesting day for school kids. teachers are telling parents to keep your kids at home, holding a one-day strike. >> at the same time campus also remain open. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live. bob, parents facing quite the clem ma this morning. >> reporter: correct, especially if they don't have child care. oakland unified gave them a heads up to give them time to prepare for a one-day strike and employees are required to show up at the schools but oakland unified does not think it will have enough extra staff to cover the thousands of teachers expected to participate in this one-day strike, so again, oakland unified asking parents to not send their kids in to school today, even though the campus will technically be open. later this morning, the teachers

will picket to protest the districts plan to close and consolidate several schools. they announced plans to close or merge 11 of the district schools for this year, seven the next year. district leaders point to a decline in enrollment, they'd no longer have the student base or finances needed to keep the schools open. the district asked the union to cease the strike, the oakland education association says 75% of its members voted for the strike and the move by the educators they point out is legal. >> we don't accept the school closures. we don't accept that they're saying there's no money in the budget, that we're in a deficit, they can't afford it. we don't accept it. >> school has been the foundation for this community since the '40s. people come here for access to a lot of resources that they don't have otherwise, health care, mental health, physical health, legal counsel, health, where to get healthy food and all this kind of stuff they rely on the

school for that. >> reporter: oakland unified says today's one-day teacher strike is illegal. teachers they say are allowed to strike in two situations, one, when there's 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 they say are true for today's strike. incidentally, ac transit will be closing down several lines due to this strike, that could have an impact on your morning commute. for now we send it over to mike inouye. >> thanks for covering that angle, we important for parents to know what's going on for the school district. if you are headed to the area through the area on ac transit, as bob said, these lines are affected. they're out of service today because of this. this will sound like we may be talking about the peninsula because the names are similar. listen up east bay, montera middle school, not montara.

montera middle school in the east bay, out of service for ac transit and the other area we're talking about is skyline around skyline high school, these are the lines that are also out of service today because of the oakland unified school district teacher strike going on today. so these lines are out of service. they're not just diverted or delayed. if you miss any of those lines, you can go back to the ac transit website, as we look to the maps here, again, we're talking about the area around oakland. even though skyline and montara are on the peninsula. we're talking about the east bay montera middle school and skyline high school. breaking news in the ukraine. the death of a military contractor. the family of willy joseph cancel tells cnn the former marine died while fighting alongside ukrainian military forces. nbc news has reached out to the family and the state department for independent confirmation. so far we've not heard back. the head of the united states --

the united nations rather says ukraine and russia are not ready to make peace as ukraine's capital of kyiv comes under new fire. in the late's tacks overnight, one person died, ten others are injured. this is a look at some of the damage left behind. search and rescue operations are still under way. all of this follows president biden's new request from congress asking for $33 billion in aid to ukraine over the next five months. the president plans to travel to alabama next week to tour a javelin missile production facility now supplying ukraine's military. a san francisco jewelry store owner is fed up after being hit by thieves two times in eight months. this amounted to thousands of dollars' worth of inventory stolen and the latest theft happened early in the morning wednesday at margaret elizabeth on chestnut street in the marina. the owner says she's been in business for a decade. >> this wasn't something common or happening a couple years ago

and now it's happened twice in the last eight months. so it's frustrating and scary. the whole thing feels really terrible and violating. >> she says an alarm system notified her about the break-in while the store was closed. also happening today, all vta transit workers are required to be fully vaccinated from covid. workers can request medical or religious exemption. anyone who does not meet the requirement as of today could potentially lose their job. let's take a peek outside on this friday morning, a live look at san francisco. it's a cool, crisp start to our morning. what will the finish feel like? let's check. maybe a smooth bordeaux. with our pinot forecast, here's vianey. >> you won't have to worry about any rain today. a nice, light breeze. temperatures are running a

little bit warmer compared to yesterday. we topped out in the 60s, low 70s today, we'll see a couple of mid-70s. look at san jose, 73 degrees for your predicted high today. 73 in milpitas, 75 in areas like morgan hill, even down through gilroy, upper 70s today so very pleasant and seasonable through the afternoon. meanwhile into the interior valley areas like antioch and concord upper 70s so mirroring that 80-degree mark which by the way into the weekend there's a better chance that we'll see some 80s out there heading into saturday and sunday. 69 degrees in oakland. 68 in hayward and around the peninsula. breezy winds from the northwest at about 10 miles per hour, but temps today will be in those upper 60s. now let's go to mike, he is tracking some gas prices. >> vianey, every day about this time we try to give you some options for you like in larkspur in the north bay, cheaper option, marin gas on magnolia

avenue is only $5.03. i said only, i wouldn't have said that a year ago. san mateos go $5.21 and in newark find gas for $5.29 at national petroleum on mallory avenue, those are examples of lower prices around the bay. as you drive around the bay a smooth flow of traffic coming across from the north bay, no problems south across the golden gate bridge, and north bay a little bit of slowing here on the sensors, should be that crew getting ready to completely clear from their work overnight. great work out here by our road crews maintaining the freeways, without any major problems across the san mateo bridge, that's the last of the four-day overnight closures. cleared without any incident. a smooth drive, all lanes open both directions. maybe breezy, gusty winds. san mateo, dumbarton bridge called out by chp. south bay moving fine. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it is 5:09. what are the bay area's top internet searches? coming up next one google

insider fills us in on the answers bay area residents are searching for the most. a bay area tech company tells its employees live anywhere you want. plus -- >> run! >> your favorite. >> not so bad. >> ex-stinkt species are back on the screen. the late e "jurassic park" installment. stay with us, you're watching "today in the bay."

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♪♪ welcome back. it is 5:12 and just like the song says, you will be walking into some sunshine this weekend. we got the dry weather continuing, even though we're starting out in the 40s. we've got 70s in the forecast today, guys. great weather to look forward to, full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. all right, you should not be walking on the freeway. we're checking that for you over here, the nimitz freeway, a nice drive heading southeast, headlights toward silicon valley, headed north toward oakland. watching for a build that should be kicking in some of your farther drives on a friday. we'll track it, coming up. good morning! very happy friday to you. we get critical data on consumer spending here in a few minutes. the american consumer is the most important part of the american economy. our economy kind of depends on you shopping. now this comes a day after the

gdp numbers were released the f. normally have larging news. as we went over yesterday, there are factors that say don't worry too much about this. look how wall street reacted to the negative gdp numbers, dow gained 614 points. nasdaq up 3%. oh and that woman ringing the bell there in the center in the red, you should know her name because she's the coolest person in detroit. she's chief engineer at ford linda zhang. she's in charge of the electric ford f-150, one of the most popular preordered cars in history. amazon said growing expenses caused a financial loss for the company, the first since 2015. some of this was due to amazon's investment in the electric truck company rivian. it lost about $7 billion on that investment as shares in rivian fell. let's point out tesla has lost 19% of its overall value

since elon musk announced he'd buy twitter, partly by using his shares as collateral for a loan. musk sold about $4 billion more in tesla stock just this week. he's promised he won't sell any more. two senators, markey from massachusetts and blumenthal of connecticut say musk should testify in front of congress why he wants to buy twitter and what he plans to do with it once he's in control. he'll probably end up in front of congress a lot. congress likes putting tech ceos on the stand. here he is back in 2014 talking about how important it was at the time to give up our dependence on russian rockets. well, he was right about that. airbnb says its employees can work from anywhere. more importantly, regardless of where they work, they'll be paid the same. other companies that allow remote work like google may adjust your pay based on the cost of living in your new location. in a letter to employees, airbnb

ceo brian chesscy said they can work in different countries with a few limitations. "this means you can move from san francisco to nashville, or from paris to leeon. you'll have the flexibility to do what's best for your life, whether that's staying put, moving closer to family or living in a place you've always dreamed of." move to manhattan, just cause. work remotely, right? i always wanted to live in manhattan. how cool? >> tahoe, a lot of people move there, it changed the real estate market as well, tennessee. dallas. >> very high. >> oh yeah. sure is, but that's interesting that you say it, too, they could adjust your earnings according to where you live. >> i've lived all over the united states and if i could do bay area money living in des moines, iowa. >> right. >> that coup be a super cool little town, that would be okay with me. >> not yet. don't go anywhere just yet. we need you.

google revealing the top trending searches for the month of april. a google expert says this month one of the top searches americans were looking for, mask mandates. public transportation mask mandate hit an all-time high as the feds lifted that mask mandate for transit, in fact, the search tripled in just one month. by the way, b.a.r.t. is requiring masking right now in case you were looking up that. many people were looking if they needed to wear a mask when they fly, uber, the airport or disneyland. as we are getting out and about, google experts say since the pandemic the most searched covid questions changed every year. >> in 2020 the top search there was "what is coronavirus?" people didn't know what it was. in 2021 the question was about the covid vaccine, how do i get a covid vaccine, what is this, and now people are asking when can i get back to work? >> she says some of the other top searches were the grammys and the artist olivia rodrigo. in sports nbc playoffs and dub

nation was one of the top searches. >> top search at my house is can you get this stain out? how do you get this stain out? happening today the world gets a first look at the most complete skeleton of a velociraptor ever and you can call it yours if you have gobs and gobs and money. christies tells the "today" show it may sell for up to $6 million. >> wow! >> it is only the third complete raptor skeleton ever to be found. >> pretty amazing, those things dominated the earth. >> woo. from the dinosaurs of long ago to the dinosaurs of tomorrow. >> although these dinosaurs we think anyway you'll only see on the silver screen >> here's hoping. >> i promise you, i am going to get her back. >> trending this morning, the new "jurassic world" trailer is out, from the looks of it the dinosaurs are banking out

further. "jurassic world dominion" includes stars and cast from the rebooted franchise. it hits june 10th at the theaters. we should tell you the filmmaker universal studios is owned by our parent company comcast. whenever i'm squawking at the kids i imagine myself like that. argh, put your shoes on! it's always a fan favorite. >> they are classics. i'd go see it. >> the big one likes it. the little one sits there like this. scary. we made it to friday. good weather? >> good weather and join kyra and i at saturday and sunday. >> shameless plug. awesome! >> i work weekends and so does my girl kyra, erin kaufman and dana, our producer. join the squad.

january look at the view there, we're seeing a beautiful, sunny day ahead. for the most part we're starting out clear. notice not a lot of cloud cover out there and temperatures out the door this morning in the 40s. 40 degrees in morgan hill, mid-40s for san jose. as far as wind speeds go, there's no wind advisories in effect, it's not going to be as gusty today as what we saw yesterday but if i fast forward this time line to around 12:00, notice it does get a little breezy mainly around the coastline and pushing the time line forward around your dinnertime in the city, san francisco 30-plus and even down through the south bay and san jose, staying breezy on and off again winds into early saturday morning. look at this, at about 11:00 a.m. the winds pick up in the north bay. forecasted highs in the afternoon in the 70s today. the winds from the northwest about 15 miles per hour. cupertino 70 degrees. san jose 73. morgan hill 75. in through the east bay, we're going to reach potentially some

low 80s, maybe not today but into saturday and sunday look around the peninsula, upper 60s san mateo, 66. if you're in the city, mid-60s today. again, it is windy right now. 'going to pretty much stay that way around the coastline all day long. clearlake 72 and satellite radar paints the picture of the high pressure. today windy around the coast but rain chances we're still just hanging out and staying tuned. headed into sunday and monday we have a system that passes to our north, not expecting any real rain but we might get some early morning drizzle heading into early monday morning and also wind will pick up again and our temperatures will cool off. the drop in temperatures go from 80s back down into the low 70s and we warm right back up as soon as that system passes through the region. now let's see how the roads are doing with mike. >> vianey, it's friday morning. we expect a later start to the build and things are moving

smoothly and light traffic flow on the peninsula. over in the tri-valley there is one new crash reported here, traveling south 680 coming down toward andrade. sounds like a vehicle hit a guardrail and bumped another car and i think they're able to get off of the freeway without incident between highway 84 and andrade. we're tracking that area. no slowing showing up over the last few. lighter flow of traffic, no delays contra costa county 580 or approaching the maze. back to you. >> thank you. next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> we have two new consumer cases worth almost 15 grand combined. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. but first, nbc bay area investigates the backlog of public police reports and how it's now affecting crime and accident victims. the reason they say it's led them to lose their cars, even their jobs. you can find that story right now on nbcbayarea.com.

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hand getting $3,000 back from an airline. she said she was promised a refund seven days after a canceled flight. that turned into weeks, and then months, so maria called arlen, who landed the $3,005 refund with one email. vicas asked "nbc bay area responds" to settle a five-figure dispute at a computer company, at odds over a data recovery contract dating back to 2018. our team got them talking and closed the case with vikas getting back $10,650. in english, 888-996-tips, in spanish 844-408-4848. have a great week. 49ers fans, things get more real in the nfl draft. >> to vegas where rounds two and three of the nfl draft happen

later today. last night neither the niners nor the raiders made a selection. jacksonville had the top overall pick and chose travon walker, a defensive lineman from the university of georgia. a record five defensive players selected in the first round. i love seeing those families at home. >> i was just going to say the same thing. >> how many practices did they drive those kids to over the years? >> right? just yesterday alone. next top stories we're following today, changes in the north bay, a game that kids play they now say is not only dangerous but also racist. and two suspects in court in the disappearance for baby brandon. they have their day in court, plus the piece of evidence prosecutors say they've uncovered. we'll have that story coming up next.

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hall meetings. this is "today in the bay." good friday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington has the day off. >> so nice to have you here. i'm laura garcia. don't forget, you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. did you know, this weekend is the start of national bike month. that's right. get on your bikes and give them a roll. ahead at 5:45, we'll talk to a biking coalition on the rise in ridership amid the pandemic. if you're able to find a bike. >> it's so hard. i was going to say that and it's shaping up to a beautiful weekend to go for a little roll. >> absolutely. >> meteorologist vianey arana is tracking that. >> i'm tracking the sunshine. it will be warm, 70s and 80s warm so seasonable weather, whether you're around the coastline, hiking a mountain or heading inland, that's the beautiful thing about microclimates. you can take your pick. san jose downtown right now looking beautiful. look at the skies, very lovely

as the sun gets ready to say hello. here is a closer look at your commute. the temperatures to start in the 40s and low 50s but if you notice, we're going to warm up pretty quickly into the 12:00 hour, we're already going to be at about 69 degrees. eventually topping out in the mid-70s. for the evening we'll see the winds kick up a little around 4:00 dinnertime. we're not expecting any wind advisories in place today. i'll guide you through saturday in the seven-day outlook in my full forecast. surprising new revelations in the investigation into the south bay baby kidnapping story. the story shocked people as it unfolded this week in san jose and "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live with us this morning with new information from prosecutors raising questions about exactly what happened, cierra. >> reporter: yes, good morning, kris. right now the "why" remains unanswered but later today this case will be back in court with those two suspects.

that happening later this afternoon. ramirez and portillo were handcuffed as charges are charges were laid out yesterday. now they face charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, child abduction as well as burglary. prosecutors believe ramirez provided the vehicle jose portillo used to commit the kidnapping and they say evidence will show she may have purchased a baby carrier nearly a month before the kidnapping, even though she has no children. nbc bay area privately reviewed surveillance video that appear to show ramirez walking around with that carrier and wearing a wig in the days before the abduction. we spoke with the mother of that abducted baby on her feelings towards the pair involved in the disappearance. this is what she told us. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: if it were up to me, they'd stay in prison for life.

>> reporter: a third person was initially arrested in this case. that person was released and does not face any charges for now. nbc bay area spoke with him last night over the phone. right now he's saying he's emotionally exhausted and really just wants to focus on the family and his health right now. we're live, cierra johnson for "nbc bay area news." >> thank you, cierra. we'll be in court when they are as well. more details surrounding a san jose church where the suspect is said to have met baby brandon's family. the church is at a property where some 20 people live. no residents we spoke to attend the church but the property owner says police showed up the day of the kidnapping. self-months ago police showed up when the pastor's 3-year-old granddaughter died inside the church. at the time he was told the child was sick and that no one ever took her to the hospital. >> i told him, hey, you can't keep the little girl inside dying if she's sick.

>> he says baby brandon's family attends the church along with the woman now in custody. the building's owner changed his mind about renting the church to anyone. baby brandon's mother has h a lot more to say. see all of it on our nbc bay area streaming app on your roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. download it and find the video under our "must see" play list. testimony resumes in sunny balwani. prosecutors are focusing on investors who lost millions of dollars. the prosecution strategy is similar to the one employed in the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes there on your right whom jurors convicted in january. the defense meanwhile is trying to portray balwani as more of an investor than someone who called the shots. balwani is facing charges similar to the ones holmes faced. parents in benicia are demanding action, they are raising concerns about a game

that they say has racial overtones and recently included two teenagers being shot by pellet guns and subjected toration slurs. a 16-year-old boy says he and his girlfriend got caught in the middle of agame kids in benicia have been playing for years. they call it la migra, a hide-and-seek where older students act like border patrol agents and younger students detainees. many students participate and no one really sanctions it. the teen girl and the boyfriend say they were terrorized for almost an hour. >> to hear my pursuiters tell each other that me and the person who i love are to be hunted with the purpose ofpolic people involved and are investigating. the school superintendent says the district is trying to teach

students why that game is offensive and in some cases even illegal. 5:36. this morning, covid concerns are growing for parents of students at berkeley public schools. the district confirms so far it has tracked 91 new infections this week alone. the superintendent says it's more than triple compared to the previous week. students were on spring break march 28th through april 1st. 90% of the district staff is vaccinated. let's take a live look out our window over san jose as the sun is starting to peek up over the mountains there in the distance. we are expecting a very nice weekend on tap. vianey, you have the details. >> it really is going to be pleasant and breezy to windy at times especially around the coastline and san francisco. here's a closer look at what to expect. right now winds are at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. the temperatures we bump into the mid and upper 60s this afternoon and 70s on the map for napa valley. a you canal of high clouds.

if you look at saturday and sunday, we start to warm up into those upper 70s and look at the icons, clear skies and lots of sunshine. planning ahead to south lake tahoe, beautiful weekend. great weather all around. temperatures in the upper 50s. maybe thinking of headed to yosemite, saturday and sunday we're getting lots of sunshine and our temperatures will be probably the warmest into saturday and sunday, as well as today 68 degrees, before we start to cool off. meanwhile in big sur, look at friday today in the upper 60s but the skies will be clear and into early saturday we'll get a couple low-lying clouds around the coastline, early morning fog typical. by sunday 69 degrees opinion temps remain in the low 70s mark. if you're headed to l.a., down to southern california, upper 60s and then we get those 70s on the map so this is going to be the beginning of a bit of a drying trend and warming trend headed into the weekend but then we cool off heading into the

start of the work week. now let's get a look at how traffic is doing with mike. >> we're looking at the fremont camera, traffic is moving smoothly on the overcrossing as folks head across the freeway from tesla from our camera. farther south it slows down a tad bit over here because of a crash as you get down approaching auto mall parkway. that was a little to the north of our shot. so there's a crash a single car involved. we're watching because it's reportedly overturned. sounds dramatic but the impact doesn't look like it's as dramatic as that report sounds. so we're watching that. san jose has that slight build typical about this time even on a friday, 5:40, we see that. we're predicting that along with this evening oracle park giants game tonight, 7:15 so only one event, not the warriors game tonight, just the oracle arena and giants baseball. across the bay the a's are also playing. 6:40 became, looking at slowing potential over there, after work as well. also in oakland tracking that

teachers strike and impact on ac transit. the freeways are moving smoothly. bob redell and i will outline the impact as well as the impact on transit coming up. back to you. coming up on "today in the bay," the american president, the mexican president going to discuss the problems at the border. we'll fill you in on everything. also we're all feeling the pain of inflation but for those trying to make it in the bay, it's getting harder. one leading economist points how high demand for housing is hurting first-time home buyers and the best tips for you if you're in the market. ♪♪ just a little suspect on this day in 1967, aretha franklin released one of her moat iconic hits, one still played all over the world today. for that, we are so happy. what a great song.

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hello there. good morning. beautiful view of san francisco. what a great way to start our friday. look at the skies, very telling of what's to come. we're talking about the sunshine and your weekend temperatures coming up in my full forecast.

>> yes, city lights, i have headlights and they're slowing, clustering here in san jose. yes, even on a friday we have that slowdown right on schedule, it's 5:43. this is 101 just north of 680. we'll see how widespread this is. it's going to be relatively short-lived. president biden will speak with mexican president lopez obrador today about the border. >> scott mcgrew, the biden administration wants to lift some restrictions on refugees seeking asylum. doesn't sound like the courts will let them. >> the rule title 42 restricts the refugees to the mexico side of the border as they wait for their court case put in place because of covid. the biden administration talked about lifting it but all kinds of pushback, lifting the restriction would encourage more people to show up at the border. a federal judge blocked the deimplementation of title 42. the biden administration argues title 42 restrictions are no longer needed, arguing if you're

no longer wearing a mask, the laws covering communicable diseases at the border no long ear ply either. other news, the house select committee set june 6th as the opening day for the public hearings into the attack on the u.s. capitol. yesterday on cnn, anchor jim acosta was able to get mornlg ree taylor green so say she did send a text to invoke martial law to stay in power. during court testimony last week she said she had no recollection of that text. video of president zelenskyy thanking president biden of his offer ever more than $33 billion in military and humanitarian aid, that still has to pass through congress. early next week, president bide listen visit a factory in alabama that makes javelin anti-tank missiles that knocked out so many russian tanks.

british intelligence now estimates the russians have lost 15,000 killed in action in ukraine. that's a staggering number. that's three times, nearly four times as many american soldiers killed in iraq over the course of more than ten years. ukraine war is just a few months old. the u.n. secretary-general visited kyiv yesterday. two russian rockets hit the city around the same time. the head of the u.n. trying to negotiate safe passages for refugees, particularly out of mariupol. we'll be watching all that happens today, particularly the phone call between the two, we should get a readout later this morning. we'll talk it on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. now to making it in the bay. i'm not the first to tell you prices are on the rise from gas to essential items like food. prices sitting at some of the highest we've seen in decades and cause for a lot of concern. gross domestic product slumped to an an actual rate of 1.4%, making it the worst quarter in two years.

i spoke to scott anderson from bank of the west about the 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 spending is 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. so it's a little bit deceiving. the economy is still probably stronger than the gdp number makes it out to be. >> we're 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. >> you can watch my full interview. we talk about inflation, how your family can deal with the rising costs of just about everything, nbc bay area, on our streaming app, download it for roku, apple tv or other streaming devices, look for the interview under the "must see" playlist. 5:50 now and take a look at what's happening in downtown san jose. it is national bike month and that starts on sunday. right now there's a big pedal push under way, the silicon valley bicycle coalition reminds everyone bicycle something perfect for our climate in crisis and with soaring gas prices, there's another incentive for you as well. >> if you ride a bike, you can't help but just have a big, fat smile on your face. it makes you a happy person. you don't have to get to work or where you're going stressed out, sitting in traffic and being in

a car and importantly, riding a bike is good for your pocketbook. >> that's true. get out and ride. they do add that during the pandemic, a lot of people started doing that, improving air quality and community health. >> i don't remember the last time i rode a bike. >> oh really? you got to come over. i have an extra one. >> i'm going to look so awkward. >> the woman had a good point. you feel like a kid again. >> really nice. >> i'll come over later and bring binx. >> we have a little basket. >> binx like the house with a yard. if you have a yard, enjoy it. stunning today, the temperatures in the 70s and 80s. he also left cole a little gift when he went to visit. kris knows what i'm talking about, need a pooper scooper. the sunrise will come out in a few minutes and once that does come up, we're going to see a good warmup. right now, the temperatures are in the 40s to start. 43 in san jose. 46 in oakland, and it's going to

be such a beautiful day. i recommend good old hiking. i do like a good hike, it gets binx's energy up. temperatures in the 50s early on. if you're trying to avoid the upper 70s, you may want to head out before noon. early morning risers, head out hiking after the show, wait for to us finish so we can get you informed throughout the day. by the afternoon, mostly sunny, temperatures in the 70s. in martinez, it's also going to be in the 50s early on and notice by about 2:00, 4:00, comfortable temperatures in the 70s. your weekend forecast looking ahead, we're going to keep the winds from the northwest 15 to 25 miles per hour at times into friday and saturday but look at the continues. no rain for now, but a chance of drizzle early monday morning, aside from that, we remain dry for our forecast. let's check in with mike. >> monday drizzle watch. 280 at the alpine road exit, that's where i used to use the freeway and head over to the stanford mall.

the accident is off of the roadway there, and it's kind of hilly, so someone will have some flashing lights when they arrive, but the driver was able to call for help without any major injuries. over here, this is continuing to block one lane as a crew arrived to help the crash, single car south 80 at auto mall parkway. light traffic hasn't kicked in for any commute spots, vasco 20 minutes. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now, more workers in san francisco are returning to the office, more than a third are back at their desks, according to a new kastle system back-to-work barometer, slightly above new york city and san jose. san francisco has consistently had the lowest office occupancy rate among the ten cities kastle surveyed during the pandemic. one family watched by an intruder as they soundly slept. disturbing new video out of southern california and the message that intruder left for his victims. and at 6:00, a san francisco business hit by thieves again,

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welcome back. a bizarre and unnerving crime caught on camera in southern california. this man here is now in custody, accused of breaking into a san bernardino home while the family was sleeping. the video posted on nextdoor shows that intruder rummaging through a bedroom in february. they say he stole a wedding ring and some cash and that's where it took a weird turn. >> it shows this guy in our room, we were sleeping. >> i posted it on the nextdoor app and a lot of people commented, oh my god i see this guy in my house, i woke up to this guy touching me. oh my god this, that an all these people have these things to say. i was like dude, no way. >> the couple says before that man left, he whispered "you should look your door. it's not safe." i can't believe it. police are now asking they say they are already investigating other crimes tied to the same suspect.

can you imagine getting that? >> no, he's pretty bold and that is quite frightening. 5:57 right now. new this morning, spring is here, and it's prom and graduation season. marin public health leaders want to make sure the events are covid safe. they are informed about the recent spike in infections and exposures. organizing of any gathering of 50 or more people require proof of vaccination and advising masking up for indoor events. more than 50 redwood high school students this month tested positive for covid following the school's prom. your favorite ma no employee token may make a comeback. >> hasbro is giving monopoly fans a chance to vote to bring back one of the six retired game pieces. they are the thimble, the wheelbarrow, the iron, the boot, horse and rider, or money bag. some younger people might be saying what are all of those things? with the retired token returning, another game has to go. fans will be voting to eliminate one of the eight tokens

cu scottie, the battleship, the race car, the top hat, the penning bin, t-rex, hazel or rubber duckie. what is the hazel? >> hazel i think is a little cat, is that what it was? i think. i don't know. >> call it a cat? >> i think they need to go back to the retro. i still have our childhood with the retroone. >> i like the jr. monopoly because it ends. >> this is a long one. breaking at 6:00, emerging reports about the death of an american fighting along side ukrainian forces. the new developments coming out while you were sleeping and a look at the aftermath of a new round of bombing in the war-torn country. frustrating, deflating, feels like almost terrorizing by the people you work for. >> oakland teachers walking off the job saying a promise has been broken. and there's a ripple effect ahead in a live report the impact on your kids and the issues some east bay commuters

will face. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. happy friday. it's nice to be here this morning. i am in for marcus washington. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're also live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. you can get our app and take us on the go with you. a live look over walnut creek. what a pretty sunrise we're about to see right there. later this morning talking breakfast including an interesting combination that has the internet on fire. we're not going to spoil it for you but we don't want you to miss it. >> let's get a first look at the forecast for this friday morning. vianey is in for kari tracking what we can expect. >> it's a chill friday weather wise. >> i like your vibe. >> hanging out, breakfast, do what you gotta do to get through today. mike and i were celebrating