right now at 5:00, a former san francisco police officer in court answering to criminal charges five years ago he shot and killed a man after a few days on the job. the new calls this morning for more accountability. desperate evacuation efforts continue for ukrainians trapped at a steel plant in mariupol, this as first lady jill biden arrives in europe to meet with refugees. new developments including new signals from russia ahead of a critical day for its military. and vaccination without consent, a controversial california bill clears a major hurdle. this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm marcus washington. don't forget if you're on the go this morning, you can watch us with you. we're on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> everywhere. we're going to take a look at the forecast after we say good morning, mike.

>> good morning. >> kari, you're tracking some changes? >> yes, we're starting out with some drizzle coming through the tri-valley. take a look live at our camera, you may have to turn on the windshield wipers, other areas it's dry and you can see the stars. we have temperatures in the upper 50s with peeks of sunshine going through late morning. it will be a nice and comfortable day as we head for the upper 60s at noon, reaching 71 for a high. 77 in san jose. notice how much warmer in the south bay compared to the north bay where the clouds linger longer. we'll talk more in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. happening today, a former san francisco police officer charged in a deadly shooting set to appear in court. >> the shooting happened back in 2017. if you remember, it took three years for city prosecutors to file those charges. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in san francisco to explain the rather unusual circumstances surrounding this

case. >> reporter: marcus and kris, five years ago that rookie officer christopher samoya was involved in an altercation which left another dead. the district attorney filed several charges against him including involuntary manslaughter, assault by an executive officer, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and negligent discharge of a firearm. the charges stem from that 2017 incident in which the officer was on his fourth day on the job, that's when he shot and killed 42-year-old kita o'neill an unarmed carjacking suspect who police say ran from a stolen van. the city agreed with a set almost of o'neill's family. the family says it's not enough, they plan to show up in court today. we'll follow the story and the outcome of the initial appearance and update you on air and online with any

developments. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you, cierra. 5:02. former mma star kane velasquez is due in a south bay courtroom for a plea hearing, velasquez accused of shooting into a truck several times in february, targeting a man accused of sexually assaulting one of his young family members. another person in the truck was injured. developing now in ukraine, evacuations continued overnight at a steel plant in mariupol.re some 500 people escaped but 200 or more are still trapped. russia's foreign minister ace the kremlin will not use nuclear weapons in ukraine but the statement comes as troops are preparing for victory day celebrations in mariupol next monday and despite objections from the city's ukrainian leaders, also u.s. defense

department now says intelligence provided helped ukraine sink a russian warship last month but the intelligence was offered without knowledge of ukraine's real intentions. meanwhile, at this hour, first lady jill biden on her way to romania, after landing in ireland overnight. she'll be meeting with ukrainian mothers and children impacted by the war. a controversial state measure allowing children over the age of 12 to get vaccines without their parents' consent is now moving to california's full senate. the senate judiciary committee approved the bill yesterday. other than vaccinations for sexually transmitted diseases, minors cannot currently receive a vaccine without permission from their parents or guardians. this bill would expand any vaccine approved by the fda and cdc. okay, so the golden state warriors continue their playoff bat well memphis tomorrow. game three takes place at chase

center. >> the matchup is getting fans a series' worth of dramatic moments. laura garcia joins us now. some of the drama is hitting draymond green and his bank account. >> oh, yeah, good morning to the two of you. yes, green is find $25,000 for flipping off memphis fans. he did it while he was walking to the locker room on tuesday after being elbowed in the eye and bleeding. meantime the grizzlies will be without dylan brooks for the game three of the series. he was suspended for his flagrant foul that left gary payton, jr., out for approximately a month with a dislocated elbow. >> doesn't matter. gary's out. gary's out for the next, you know, foreseeable future for weeks. that's the only thing that matters to us. >> yep, that's in the past, so let's look towards the future for game three of the western conference semifinals, the warriors and grizzlies have now won one game apiece. we asked the team to put us in touch with one of their

superfans. we talked to jeff thomas, the san francisco-based teacher has been a season ticket holder since 1975, when his dad first started taking him to the games at the oakland arena. the thomases have some of the best seats in the house, lucky, about 13 rows up on the aisle at center court at chase center. we asked him how he feels about his team headed into tomorrow night. >> it's been, you know, watching them older version of our great team, i think they got to, you know, without wiseman they have a tough road but i like our chances if they can start making some threes. >> we're good at those threes though. >> yep. >> lalooked like a painful injury, the fractured elbow looks painful. draymond green said it was worth it, laura. >> he said he'd do a few more appearances to pay that off. he's not worried about it. >> i've been that mad but i

don't have that kind of money. >> but still, mind your manners. >> he was down in the south, southern hospitality, although the fans were booing him as he was walking out. >> he was bleeding. come on, that's not very classy. >> my hometown, that's how they do it. >> glad to see you're wearing your gold. >> check in with you later. >> thanks, laura. >> taking a live look at san francisco, you can see it, carl the fog up all night partying, enjoying the view. meteorologist kari hall, kept things cool in san francisco. >> i was listening in sierra's live shot you can hear the foghorns in the background. you need that as you head out around the coastline and some of the areas dealing with low visibilities. the clouds are higher for the south bay and we can see but it may be misting. temperatures are warmer as a result of the blanket of clouds so we're in the upper 50s right now.

we'll head for the low 60s, only peeks of sunshine there today and a chance of sprinkles this morning and again later on tonight as our high temperatures head for the mid-70s in the south bay, we'll see some upper 60s in much of the north bay. we'll talk about your mother's day weekend that's coming up, and mike gets a look at the roads that may be wet in some spots. >> that's right, also instead of flowers, maybe gas because the prices were up there. vallejo is a bargain, below $5 a gallon. royal gas on tennessee street, just north of the carquinez bridge. san jose prices closer to $5 rp 19 like yesterday. l&d on south king road and morgan hill, farther south you can find gas for $5.29, at the 76 on monterey road. a variety of prices there. have lay hoe has one below $5 a gallon. on the road, 65 is what you're supposed to go, we see the green to the tri-valley, a couple more green spots.

highway 84 reopened from the overnight roadwork. on the right a little bit of yellow, a little slowing between ruby hill and 680, the paving work has been cleared from the cal trans report, better news for folks coming off of 580 and out of pleasanton. looking at the north bay and across the carquinez bridge we talked about the great gas price in vallejo and a great drive, highway 37, no slowing yet. kari talked about that fog, that will be a factor. we've seen mist on the san mateo bridge and also here, the golden gate bridge, which is open for business, there we go, proven by the headlights that are moving south. it looks like a big deal but folks who travel across the golden gate bridge know this is not the worst they've ever seen. >> thanks, mike. you heard of chirping, going global. next on "today in the bay" we'll talk to a local dancer representing the bay area in worldwide street dance competition. >> super cool. we're going to get good news when we think about jobs here in

a short period and terrible news on wall street. we'll compare the two, coming up. >> terrible news and some good news here. forget about taking time off for latin pop superstar bad bunny. after completing his world tour and also being cast in marvel's new movie as a superhero, he's dropping a new album. we'll take a listen to that coming up in a bit on "today in the bay." let's get this party started! you're watching "today in the bay." >> pump it up!

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right now at 5:12 on your friday morning as you're heading off of work in fremont, it's starting out locally cloudy with upper 50s. we'll see some upper 60s later this morning into the afternoon and it's going to be a nice day, with the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. we'll talk about that and more changes in your weekend forecast coming up. >> as kari talked about, fog in some places, others clear. at times we've seen blurry from the mist on the lens. oakland moves nicely as the clouds move around. we'll show you the commute moving around even on a friday. happy friday to you. we'll get the labor department jobs number at 5:30. the unemployment rate is at 3.6 right now. if it drops to 3.5, that would be as low as it was before the pandemic back in 2019. so that's the good news.

now look at the bad news. the dow fell more than 1,000 points on thursday. the nasdaq even more when you measure it as a percent, down 5% in a single day. now we were talking about this yesterday, the economy's doing well. we're near maximum employment. the stock market is not doing well. money's moving out of stocks into bonds as interest rates go up. the economy is not the stock market, and the stock market is not the economy. cnbc reports elon musk will take over as interim ceo at twitter once he's completed the purchase. that's led a number of people to wonder if musk overextended himself. he already said he sleeps on the factory floor at tesla some news. the business editor at "axios" tweeted i'm old enough to remember it was a problem twitter's ceo had only one other job ben jack dorsey on the right was the ceo of twitter, also the

ceo of credit card processing company square at the same time and a lot of analysts said at the time that was too much to concentrate on. dorsey eventually stepped down as twitter's ceo. musk would be the interim ceo of twitter, the leader of tesla, chief engineer at spacex, as well as the company's neural link boring company and open ai. you think we look forward to friday, holy cow. >> yeah, i don't know. some people who put deposits down on the tesla truck might be going -- >> i have a friend who ordered a tesla, and it's been pushed back twice. it's like three months past the date. >> isn't it just incredible, yes. >> nevertheless, elon musk is the richest man in the world. >> in the world. >> with all the jobs, i don't see why he wouldn't be. >> he has to work five jobs to get that. >> right, how about a cot, though? not on the floor. 5:15 for you this morning. we've got some new video to show you, look at your screen, what

is that? a warning for folks in florida, the beachgoers, those are sharks swimming in the water. authorities along the gulf coast released this video of what's believed to be black-tipped sharks which can grow up to six feet. so experts say the black-tipped sharks move towards the coast during the summer and spring months. this is not unusual but this is a good thing here, kris. if you decide to go, you and the family they typically don't pose a threat to humans. you should be okay when you and the family go there. >> i decided i'm not spending another dollar in florida ever. >> we'll move on at 5:16. it may be spring but bad bunny is already moving toward summer because he's just surprised his fans with a new album. >> it's titled [ speaking in foreign language ] or "a summer without you." ♪♪ >> good beat there, i like it. >> it doesn't seem typical of

his other videos, dressed so normally. that's [ speaking in foreign language ] "teach me to dance" one of the 23 tracks released last night. it has caribbean flavor and his signature latin track sound. he has now released four albums since the pandemic and i think we're supposed to say eh. >> eh. latin draft. >> if you watch that video, you have no idea the real personalities. >> i was like is this a video for the song or sitting on the beach? >> i thought it was a snoop dogg corona commercial. i speak both languages and sometimes i find it hard to understand what he's saying. >> oh, really? ♪♪ >> just got to speak the language of music as you do. >> and as you get me to move, might be a hit, i don't know. >> kari, what do you think? >> yes, i was still confused,

like is this the video? >> right. >> still picture, just chillin'? that's the vibe, right? let's get you started on this friday morning, where we can see some clouds but at least we're going to have a clear and nice day as we go into the afternoon, but a nice sunrise, too. as we get a look at how the day shapes up for the south bay, we're starting out at 8:00 at 58 degrees and then we'll see our temperature at noon 70 with a few peeks of sunshine. i think this is going to be a really nice day. reaching into the mid to upper 70s for the south bay, and martinez look for a high of about 71 there, san francisco 64, and 69 in novato, and santa rosa reaching the upper 60s and a little bit warmer in some spots, while we'll see it cooling down in the south bay as that breezy wind picks up, kind of shifts the direction of the wind, and then on sunday, we'll see a mostly cloudy sky, even a chance that a few spots could get some spotty sprinkles,

another cold front dropping n the reason why our temperatures will be much cooler than what we usually see for early may. as we go into our hour-by-hour forecast don't be surprised if it starts sprinkling on you, light rain in the north bay but that could happen anywhere across the bay area. clearing out for the afternoon, another chance of rain late tonight. if you're going to be out there at the giants game, you'll be out doing some late night activities, just a heads up there could be some rain moving through. going into saturday, it's looking great. this will actually be the better of the two days this weekend to take mom out for mother's day and we're going to see another storm system passing just to the north of us on sunday into monday, that could bring in a chance of some more spotty showers, but nothing that we're seeing here in the forecast looks like a big significant storm or what we need to help make up that rainfall deficit that we have. we're going to see the possibility of about 0.1 of an inch of rain over the next week. it does look much better ukiah,

we could get closer to an inch of rain and santa rosa about a quarter inch of rain, but we are also looking at a nice snowfall for the sierra, could be tricky getting there, especially on sunday or coming back on sunday. that's when the snow really gets going and then we'll see the potential of more snow next week, up to about a foot in all. here we're going to see slight rain chances, temperatures cooling down, really much cooler on sunday, and monday also a slight chance of showers, we're only up to 60 degrees on tuesday and then starting to warm up after that. mike, you've been watching how the mist and drizzle may impact the commute as well. >> so far it's no accident reports attributing to conditions. the golden gate bridge the mist and drizzle may be a factor and north i just saw a whole bunch of cars heading north, i think there was a quick traffic break as they paused to remove cones and crews from the north side of the bridge. you see slowing coming of aof

lombard to the city streets. i think everything's set for folks to get through their friday as weook toward the right now.ari has for the green sensors out of the altamont pass, slowing toward grant line road and clear. vasco road an earlier crash up there and the antioch area perhaps buy rum may be affected by fog and across the bridges, just be careful. back to you. >> thank you, mike. still ahead on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> who gets to see your private pay stub? more people than you might think. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we found a bay area startup that's looking to lock down your salary info, next. okay, kari, i guess we missed the invite here, because mike and kris, they both celebrated cinco de mayo cooking up mexican dishes. chris made molle and mike made

chicken molle verde. where are the leftovers? >> crazy. >> next year. >> pot luck. >> catch them both on facebook, instagram and twitter, you see the handles there. we have much more for you and maybe an invite. i'm waiting on it. we'll be right back. it's 5:22. if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet,

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shouldn't have, let us know. go to nbcbayarea.com and slick the responds option or call us 888-996-tips. i'll join you tonight at 11:00. new this morning, turfing, a dance style born in oakland is taking you to the national competition stage today. >> the style of turf, stands for taking up room on the floor, a dance that features free-flowing movements, gliding, popping, bone breaking. one on one battles of different dance styles. no planned choreography and no pre-selected music. >> what you expect to see with t.u.r.f. dancing is a lot of grooves, a lot of authenticity, originality, a lot of storytelling and a lot of creativity. >> it reminds me of this dance in memphis they call juking. it's a compilation of a lot of stuff. the competition at the frank

agawa plaza starting at 6:30 tonight, last-minute tickets are $20, the crowd will decide who -- that's good. >> cool. >> you got to entertain for the crowd, red bull dance your own style there and the winner will advance to the national finals two weekends from now in new orleans. >> he's worked with kendrick lamar, too. >> look at that. >> and different kinds of dance, too, not just t.u.r.f.ing. the bone-breaking, woo. ♪♪ that's it. don't try that at home. 5:27. we're following the top stories today including shifting the response to non-emergency calls. the new program provided in one east bay city that would side-step police. and a story you'll only see on nbc bay area, another san jose police officer accused of wrongdoing on the job, the

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right now at 5:30, another san jose police officer accused of misbehaving on the job. more troubling allegations, you'll see only on nbc bay area. plus caught on camera. a brazen theft in a driveway. what the owner of that truck believes the thieves were really after. this is "today in the bay."

thanks for joining us on this friday morning. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm marcus washington. we're broadcasting not only on your television, but you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. this morning we are celebrating mother's day a little bit early. oh, there's my mom and look there's mike. >> there's mike. that's kari. >> oh my goodness. >> that's scott's mom. >> that's scott's mom. >> laura's mom. >> oh, all right. look at your mama. >> hey, my mama. >> pretty lady. there's my mama again. hello, mrs. inouye. a touching tribute to our moms, they come from different walks of life, somehow they continue to lift us up every single day your mom has not aged a bit. >> she'd love to hear that, thank you. >> couple of moisturizers i need

to know. >> i'll ask her. >> and i'll ask chris to get me that for mother's day. >> i have some. >> you do? it's the good stuff. [ laughter ] happy friday to you. we have lots to celebrate this weekend and we're starting out with some more low clouds and fog. it's kind of drizzling right now in san francisco, as our temperatures head for the mid-60s. oakland today reaching 68 degrees and 68 in san mateo, upper 70s for the south bay, and the north bay will see highs up to about 70 degrees. we'll be watching out for the sprinkles today but it's going to be a nicer day tomorrow with a clear sky and mother's day heads up it's going to be cool, breezy and a chance of rain. i'll be watching that. mike, what do you have your eyes on for the morning commute? >> kari, you talked about the fog and the mist. no problems attributed directly to that, but you may have a problem because of it.

the windshield wipers don't work, here is the lens at the san mateo bridge, it's a little blurry. mist has been hitting it off and on this morning. travel across picking up the volume, no major problems, that's where the arrow is, a live look. dumbarton bridge to the south only at the bottom of the screen a little bit of slowing, just starting. by 5:40 we'll have slowing 101 past oakland road. highway 4 is still at speed. highway 37 maybe a little tiny brake tap out of vallejo that indicates the typical pattern we see. we'll track it bay bridge no backups. back to you. the story you'll only see on nbc bay area, another san jose police officer is accused of misconduct while on the job, and we have to tell you that these allegations are a little graphic and a little bizarre, too. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell joining us live in outside of police headquarters. bob, what about the police union? what are they saying? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris.

the san jose police officers officer says if the allegations are proven to be true, this person has no business being in law enforcement. a san jose police officer who responded to a home recently with a mother and daughter inside is accused of performing a solo sex act in their kitchen. this is the third recent case of serious accusations of misbehavior by a san jose police officer. last week we learned that 24-year-old rookie officer de'jon packer died from a fentanyl overdose in march following a night of partying with other officers, another officer was placed on administrative leave for allegedly being box indicated when he responded to the scene of a kidnapping of a baby boy, you might recall that story. sources with knowledge of the case tell us the officer had a blood alcohol level of 0.139, nearly twice the legal limit. >> having these different incidents really led us to a place where we want to start taking a much harder look at our hiring process, our

backgrounding process and really see is there something that's being missed. even though this only involves a small number of officers, there's a spillover effect that people will start to wonder what is going on at the san jose police department when you think of this many incidents in a short period of time. >> reporter: that's nbc bay area's legal analyst steven clark, who said the d.a.'s office will likely review every case involving these officers because defense attorneys are sure to use them as conduct to poke holes in prosecutor's cases which in clark's opinion could lead to some cases being overturned. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you, bob. it's 5:35 for you this morning. new overnight, santa rosa police are investigating a shooting during a side show. this happened at about 10:00 p.m. at sebastopol road and west avenue. one man was shot several times

and now in critical condition. he is expected to survive. despite hundreds of people being there, police have no suspects at this time. two people were caught on dash cam video, breaking into a truck in concord. take a look at this. the owner of that truck says expensive tools were taken and he's going public because he wants the thieves to be caught so this does not happen to anyone else. they got away with $2,000 worth of equipment. >> i do feel violated. we're new here in town and we have been feeling that it's a nice neighborhood. >> no matter how safe you feel, it could happen. concord police say the city is notlems of brazen car break-ins, catalytic converter rip-offs and property crimes. this morning berkeley leaders are reportedly giving the green light to a new community safety department that would work side by side with the police. the department would be staffed by social workers who would respond to conflicts and other

non-emergency calls instead of police officers as "the chronicle" reports last night councilmembers approved the plan but the city still has to find the funding. a live look at san jose as the sun is starting to come up. you can see some clouds in the distance and that's because the winds are a-changin'. >> i love that shot. that was nice. all right, let's get your weekend started with a look at your forecast tonight at oracle park. at 7:00 it's only going to be 58 degrees, and we do have a breezy wind that's going to continue. also high humidity, so at times it may be foggy. once we go into late tonight, it's going to most likely be drizzling and only about 56 degrees as we wrap up the game. tomorrow we have some nice weather for the mill valley music festival and at 1:00 it's about 62 degrees, reaching 63 and holding steady as we are going to see those temperatures falling late in the evening. that's maybe light long sleeves and breezy throughout the day. for our mother's day, here's

what to expect. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds across the bay area, and also some high wind gusts at times at about 20 to 40 miles per hour especially near the coast, and it's also going to be chilly as the temperatures reach into the low 60s, and for the sierra, we could see about three to six inches of snow, also a slight chance of thunderstorms just to our north. so we're watching out for all of those changes. if you will be in napa valley, tomorrow is the best day of the weekend to enjoy that time outside, because it's going to be windy and cool on sunday, and at the beach it's only going to be 59 degrees, but today we're looking at santa cruz reaching into the upper 60s with a lot of sunshine. we'll be watching that weekend forecast with all of those changes and mike, you're giving us a look at the foggy golden gate bridge. >> over here, kari, chp's warning for you this morning, watch out for fog, as you see over here. folks are used to dealing with this but from time to time we've gotten tougher to see so keep that in mind as we travel

through the morning, also the arrow shows you where there was construction that had cleared but a little slow coming off the city streets. i know there's still projects over there near the presidio. on the other side of the city, we're looking this evening predicting some crowds. there's a little more overlap tonight than last night. there may be crowds and also a friday night. it may be drizzly if you're going to oracle park rooting on the giants and the crowd should arrive after the game starts at oracle. one lane closed getting across the san mateo bridge, both directions remain open and on schedule, northbound 101 slowing from 880 to oakland road, your typical pattern even on a friday lighter traffic. wall street may be feeling the heat but the jobs market is supposed to be improving. next on "today in the bay," breaking news just coming in with the latest unemployment

numbers. in washington, democrats pushing for a congress-wide vote on abortion, just to get everyone on record. laura? >> scott, as we wrap up teacher appreciation week we'll sbre introduce you to a bay area teacher getting far more than an apple. happy friday. you're watching "today in the bay." if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet,

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it is 5:42, as you're heading out in the north bay, it's cloudy, maybe misting on your way to work. make sure the windshield wipers are ready. we'll see a lot of throughout today and cooler temperatures. we're onlyt60 degrees here at lunch tier in the forecast, coming up. >> kari, look at this shotm san francisco the bay bridge. it moves smoothly, picking up the volume a bit. the tops of the towers they were covered with low clouds and fog, now starting to just touch the tops of a couple. things are moving around, golden gate bridge, san mateo bridge, a little different. we'll show you some coming up. breaking news into oust newsroom, april's employment numbers are out. the labor department says the u.s. added 428,000 jobs last month, about 50,000 more than what experts forecast. april's unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.6%, but that's a low since the start of the pandemic. and the first lady headed to

eastern europe for mother's day. >> scott mcgrew, some of the plans have her just miles away from the ukrainian border. >> where she will meet with refugee families. she's going to be overseas for four days. dr. biden will also visit with nato allies and u.s. troops in romania, as well as aid workers before moving on to slovakia to help displaced ukrainians. the president has named his new press secretary, she's kerry jean-pierre. >> she'll be the first black woman, the first out lgbtq+ person to certain in the role which is amazing because representation matters and she is going to, she will give a voice to so many and allow and show so many what is truly possible when you work hard and dream big and that matters. we should not, we should

celebrate that. >> the u.s. denying reports it helped ukrainian forces find and target senior russian military leaders. the surprising number of russian generals have been killed in action in ukraine. the u.s. says it helped ukrainians locate enemy forces in general but not actual generals. however u.s. intelligence officials did confirm to nbc news america had a role in sinking the warship "mosca." intelligence officials didn't know the ukrainians were planning something beyond that. former u.s. defense secretary mark esper says former president trump wanted to conduct a missile strike on mexico to hit drug manufacturing facilities. the then president suggested the u.s. attack but then denied that the u.s. did it. we didn't carry out that strike. esper writing in a soon to be

published book says trump san unprincipled person who given his self-interests should not be in the position of public service. nbc has not yet seen the book but reached out to president trump for comment overnight. we've seen a number of former officials and journal is reveal very startling things about what went on in the trump white house in their own books, legitimate criticism here if you know something's dangerous for america or democracy, don't save it for a book. at the capitol, chuck schumer will bring a vote on a woman protecting the woman's right to choose that applies everywhere in america, there's little chance it would pass. schumer wants to put people on record with their vote. while we're talking about all of the issues on social media, on twitter you'll find me @scottmcgrew. it's 5:46. all week long we're here on "today in the bay" and what we're doing is celebrating teachers as part of teachers appreciation week. >> for some newer teachers, this is the first time they can

commemorate the day in person because of the pandemic. laura garcia is here with one woman's story. good morning, laura. >> good morning to you both. you know, this year's teacher appreciation week wraps up today but not before we here at "today in the bay" want to personally shout out all the teachers who tirelessly take on the roles of educator, parent and friend to their students. after that, the newer teachers who have started their work in the middle of a pandemic, add to that as well, they managed to come out of it only to face some other hurdles from staffing to funding but for some, their purpose goes beyond the classroom. oakland's scend element stare celebrates the first teacher appreciation week in person and there's nothing better than being back in the classroom with her kids. >> getting to be in person with the students this year and celebrating teacher appreciation week in person with them and actually getting their physical

hugs instead of virtual is amazing and our school has made a huge effort into really making us feel extra appreciated this week as well. >> i love it. pugley ese says when her first graders began in-person learning they had a lot of social and emotional development skills to work on but says it made great strides over the past few months. her students have been working to earn stickers and they got enough and as a result they get to pie her in the face today. >> ooh! that's a good teacher. >> i know. so much for bringing apples to your teacher. i used to bring them flowers. she gets a pie in the face. >> you need to bring the pie. >> should be fun. >> not to the catholic school i went to, the nuns would not have appreciated that. >> might have gotten a little rap on the knuckles. >> with a ruler, right? >> thanks, laura. really thank you all teachers

out there. teachers not the only special people in our lives, of course. sunday is also mother's day. >> so here on "today in the bay" we actually wanted to let those very special women know just how much they mean to each of us. >> happy mother's day to my mom, maggie. thank you for being the perfect example of love and kindness and patience, not just for me but for my babies, too. si amo, mama. >> a mother's love is especially special. it starts before you even met and it extends well beyond that final good-bye. to all the moms out there, happy mother's day. to mine, i miss you, mom. >> happy mother's day to my mom who not only made me successful and a great mom, but she's also the best grandmother in the world. i love you. happy mother's day. >> a very happy mother's day to my mom, jackie, who found the time to be a wonderful mom, still is, even while working as a teacher with at-risk kids and after retiring working with

young teachers to recruit them into the inner city schools in chicago. we're just so proud of everything and so thankful of everything you've done. so from me and my little sister, a very happy mother's day. we love you. >> happy mother's day to all the mothers out there but a special happy mother's day to my mother, who has been a rock, my biggest cheerleader and a best friend when i needed one. mama, i would not be where i am without you. i love you so much. mwah! >> you know, honestly, mother's day is so bittersweet for me. i had longed to be a mother myself for so many years, and finally became a mother of triplets. my kids were born a year after my own mom passed away. so there is something very bittersweet about mother's day morning. i get to experience this joy of my three kids, who i love so much, but also i deeply miss my mom. happy mother's day to everyone. >> him that print lasts though forever. >> that it does.

i love that. the "today" show also celebrating some remarkable moms and daughters with a live pre-mother's day brunch on the plaza, and they share one thing, a commitment to giving back to their community. you do not want to miss that today, it's at 7:00, right here after "today in the bay." just an early happy mother's day to both you, kris. law camera, you at home as well right now and kari to you, happy mother's day. i see you all doing what you do, you're all strong. i'm telling you that. >> we try to mother you, too, around here. >> you do. you do. [ laughter ] >> kari, the plans might be changing for sunday because of the rain. >> yes, a little bit of rain possible. it won't be a washout, you may be in a spot where it doesn't rain at all but there will be some other areas in parts of the bay area. we'll see some spotty showers, and as a mom of the bay area, i'm like "make sure the

windshield wipers are working before you head out!" we'll see mist and drizzle as you head off to work and your mom's voice probably doesn't sound like that. let's look at the temperatures for today headed for the mid to upper 70s. we'll see some low 70s for parts of the east bay for martinez, hayward reaching 69. 75 in livermore and 76 in palo alto. you head to san francisco, may stay in the 50s in the marina district. you head over to the mission district it's mid-60s and upper 60s for santa rosa. as we go through our hour-by-hour forecast, don't be surprised if you see some light, spotty showers passing by especially in the north bay, where we'll see some more moisture and then later on tonight, a chance of some quick-moving showers for the bay area, really not a whole lot here, it's all clear on saturday, and that's probably the better of the two days this weekend to go enjoy all of that sunshine and nice weather. we will see some rain chances ahead, but most of it staying to the north of us, even going into next week, and it looks like

this is going to be a better deal for the cierra, where we could see snow coming down, for us looking at a few hundredths of an inch of rain over the course of a week and there may be some higher rainfall totals for santa rosa on northward. once again for the cierra, this looks like it's going to be pretty good and may extend that snow ski season if i can get that out for next weekend into memorial day. mother's day low 60s and spotty showers, we could see that continue into monday. look how cool it is early next week but then we warm up into the upper 60s and low 70s for the middle to end of next week. and mike, how is it looking out there in the south bay? >> it's looking all right, kari. let's look at the live camera first. typically at 5:53 we see traffic crawling and sensors slowing at 5:40 every weekday. the camera shows orange sensors

but you saw how light the traffic was. things are moving smoothly. it lightened up quickly because of a lighter friday volume. the altamont and vasco road builds, just over 20 minutes there. a new crash sunol 680 at 84, i think that's the old crash re-reported. no major issues. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. happening now, bta board leaders approving the first major construction contracts for the b.a.r.t. silicon valley phase two project. the first round one of work is expected to begin later this month with the berryessa station already in place. phase two includes building stations in east san jose, downtown san jose and near santa clara university. passenger service is expected to begin in 2031. conjuring up some box office magic, still ahead hollywood's hopes resting on dr. strange. can he rescue more than just the world with his latest film? and at 6:00, the warriors

get ready for game three of the playoff series against memphis. we'll hear from a superfan who thinks the dubs already have this one in the bag and show you the latest drama unfolding both on and off the court. you're watching "today in the bay."

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and the hunt for the triple crown begins tomorrow with the kentucky derby here on nbc bay area. >> get ready not just for the horse race but the stylish clothing, big hats and mint juleps returning to churchill downs in kentucky. 20 horses have a chance to win thes it 3 million purse and we talked to "today's "dylan dreyer, with no covid restrictions everyone is going all-out and that includes the fashion. everybody wants to go the bigger traditional hats, the bright colors, a lot of florals and just really make it feel like traditional old school kentucky derby here. >> the epicenter is the odds-on favorite 5:1 to win, three other horses currently 6:1. "today's" dylan dreyer have more live reports along with nbc sports' mike tirico coming up at 7:00. the release of "dr. strange

and the multiverse of madness." >> this is the first release of the summer blockbuster season. let's take a look. >> what do you know about the multiverse? >> he believed it was dangerous. >> he was right. >> we won't give too much away. that story takes place after "spider-man: no way home." it follows the last dr. strange movie and the disney plus series wandavision, benedict cumberbatch plays dr. strange and hosted "snl" this weekend so here's what we to say about the new film. >> you know, it's great. always a bit of comedy in what i do no matter how dark it gets but this is nonstop in that vain. >> what? >> i don't know if you understood what he said. i didn't.

nevertheless, "saturday night live" he appears with muzical guest rk fire, tomorrow night at 8:30. >> thanks, benedict. right now at 6:00, a former san francisco police officer in court answering to criminal charges. five years ago he shot and killed a man after a few days on the job. the new calls this morning for more accountability. >> it's so important to the president and to me that the ukrainian people know that we stand with them. >> first lady jill biden arrives in europe to meet with refugees as rescue efforts continue for ukrainians trapped in the steel plant in mariupol. the new developments overnight including new signals from russia ahead of a critical day for its military. vaccination without consent. a controversial california bill for teens clears a major hurdle. this is "today in the bay."