right now at 5:00. a car struck multiple times by gunfire crashes on a major east bay freeway. live reporting why authorities are saying about a shooting and multiple victims injured. digging for answers. what led to the nations baby formula shortage. a live report from washington and steps taken by the white house. >> temperatures warming up and the winds are creating potentially dangerous issues in some places. this is today in the bay streaming on roku, amazon fire and apple tv and online. ., thursday morning. 5:00 . thank you for starting your day with this. first new overnight.

livermore firefighters investigating a string of three suspicious fires. it happened two hours ago. this is near a trail at the granada high school. police also are investigating this. we have been tracking the increased fire danger. >> it big fire at the altamont pass yesterday too. that is the danger where we have dry vegetation and gusty wind. that continues today. we are looking at increased fire danger and tomorrow the drive in continues. for the weekend, temperatures stay hot as you head out this morning. we are seeing low 60s. definitely warmer than where we normally start our morning. we are going to see temperatures wrapping right back up again at noon, 82 degrees. we talk about how hot it gets in some of the hottest spots in the valley coming up. also we look ahead to the weekend in a few minutes. right now, a mystery this morning for authorities in oakland. two people were hospitalized after their car crashed on

interstate 580. the car was riddled with gunfire. what are you learning? what do we know so far? >> reporter: we believe two, possibly three people were taken to the hospital. we are still trying to find out whether one of the people might have died. this happened about 8:30 in oakland. you can see on the map that we put together for you this was on eastbound 580 near the off ramp. not far from the highway 13 splits. this came in with injuries on the freeway. they realize the people in the car had been shut. four occupants shots on a local side streets and on the freeway. chp shutdown the off ramp with a good search for the entire

area. the 580 off ramp has since reopen. you might recall last week governor newsom announced he wants to install cameras and some of the three ways. they will be going up in alameda and contra costa county. barbara dell for today in the bay. a live look at capitol hill and the white house. the biden administration and congress now trying to speed up reduction of baby formula. they begin to ask what led to the nationwide shortage. chris pallone joins us live in washington this morning. likely getting a grilling from lawmakers? >> reporter: that's right, the head of the fda goes before a house subcommittee today as president biden votes to use

the defense production asked to give relief to the desperate parents. >> means u.s. health. >> reporter: growing baby formula crisis at the white house not taking action. >> i directed the team to do everything possible to ensure there is enough safe baby formula and it's quickly reaching families that need it the most. >> reporter: present biden and invoking the pretense production for production and sending defense department planes overseas to bring baby formula from abroad. >> the bill is now. >> reporter: also passing two bills late wednesday to cut red tape for parents purchasing formula with government assistance and provide more funding for the fda, the agency overseeing the safety of the plants which make form of it. >> we hope no one will pluck it as it is an immediate need. >> it shortage is so severe at least two hospitalizations. to tennessee's children with special dietary needs had to be admitted after the parents could not find the right formula. >> this is priceless for us in healthcare. >> reporter: the governments actions regarding a michigan baby formula plant which makes

a large percentage of the nation supply. >> i have questions why we allow the fda to lead the plant shutdown such a long period and why we are not better monitoring the potential shortages that occur when we have things like a plant go off- line. >> reporter: now the plant is set to reopen in a few weeks, but not soon enough for many anxious parents. >> the said is likely will take up both of those formula related bills today. don't expect quick passage of the fda funding as many republicans are skeptical the bill will actually help the current crisis. spike people need help right now. thank you so much. leaders in sweden and finland meet in washington today over joining nato. both countries recently pride for nato membership. the process could take some time and nato member, turkey

with the meeting seen as a show of support for the white house which still is confident the agreement will be reached. a san francisco firefighter facing felony charges in connection with the assault of a coworker. investigators say roberts mohammed confronted another firefighter at his home in february when both were off duty. mohammed accused of using a wrench to strike the man at a source tells the investigative unit that broke the man's arm. he's accused of assault with a deadly weapon. the motive is still in clear. track plans now coming together to mark one year since the darkest day in san jose history. one week from today victims in the railyard mass shooting will be honored. a worker shot and killed nine employees. the district attorney will lead a memorial and will be joined by the sheriff and other county leaders. the word on this week's fda

approval of booster shots for children ages 5 to11. they are expected to meet today to issue a recommendation for or against. if the recordation is given the cdc director has the ultimate say. only 30% of all children 5 to11 are fully vaccinated in california. the ratio goes down to about one fourth nationwide. inching closer to the weekend. what a lovely live look outside. the lights are glistening there. we have a look at the forecast today. we saw temperatures creep up yesterday. how are we looking today? >> we red flag warning. that with the wind advisory for a lot of the bay area hills as well as winds picking up again today. lighter winds yesterday as well. gave us really hot temperatures on the inland areas. today as we get a slight breeze and slight cooldown, the winds will really start to pick up. we are watching out for that and not only today but tomorrow

as well. some of the wind gust topped 23 miles per hour. 36 santa rosa. 39 in san francisco. we still see high winds and we will talk about that with the weekend coming up. we look where we can find cheaper cast. >> we are looking in oakland. $5.79. look at this. in oakland on alaska. it's called alaska. it's on set paltrow avenue. antioch also $5.44 per gallon. san jose, 5:45 a north 14 street. those are the options. options i spotted yesterday were all over six dollars. checking in today. looking over here, no delays tracked right now. a look at san francisco showing you the bay bridge and we can see headlights coming towards us. no delays to the other side, back to you.

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good thursday to you. we are going to see another warm day in the inland areas. we look at the forecast high hitting a record just for belize degrees below. warm in concorde. san francisco in oakland looking pretty mild. we talk about the wide-ranging will temperatures in the forecast today coming up in a few minutes. slow traffic around a. nothing unsuspected. buildup in the contra costa county area. headlights south, tail lights north. problems either direction. good morning and very happy thursday to you. looks okay really rough day on wall street today. let's take a look at the snowball but as the future. looks like a lower open and he could get a lot worse. markups getting hard yesterday. the dow fell 1100 points. the s&p 500 down more than 4%. this after two big box stores, walmart and target, said

inflation was hitting the profit margin. super important details for those of us who shop at places like target. target said it would do it's best not to pass that on to customers, the high prices. that inflation would cut through the store profits and spare the customer as best they can. target stock fell hard on what has been is for target but good news for you. when you see all of the bad news about the market and your 401(k), there is good is to be found. >> at the big board from yesterday. we sped it up a little bit to give you a better idea what it looks like at the time. other news, the ntsb investigates the crash of a test of the kill the people in newport beach. the investigation will focus on whether the car was in self driving uber. investigators investigating 34 total classes of the 34, 28

involve tesla. the new york times releases information on the elon musk crash course examining danger behind the tesla so-called autopilot feature. i went to end on this story from tiktok. you may have seen the guy who tossed a beer can into the ocean intentionally. if not, here it is. he looks right in the camera and in a number of videos posted to tiktok he throws trash into the water. one, he says he's feeding the turtles. in comments, he seems to dear people to find him. he has been found. a tammy florida city commissioners behind the manhunt and posted his own tiktok. ken russell says he is an active server and a politician and worked against polluters before. he asked the internet a help them find the beer can tossing guy. >> i think we found a winner in stupid games and stupid prizes. i would really like to give him

a trophy. >> you might imagine it works. the unit was able to track down the tiktok man in louisiana. >> took about two hours or less for several people to identify who the person was, where he lived, where the marine is and the name of the boat he uses. so, i realize he is outside my jurisdiction but i headed over to the louisiana department. >> in this internet world, there becomes an idea of we will cost him his job and that sort of thing. that was not your intention. they did not do that. >> i was very clear to my followers, over 2000 today. the goal is simple accountability. we didn't want anybody taking his family are job. i said in my videos, i never posted his full name or address on any of my posts. >> authorities have been notified. if you commit a crime or appear to commit a crime.

people will find you they will find. >> fisher well. >> we will see. he probably won't post again. all right, thank you. this morning, when it comes to the four-legged friends, do you prefer hearing a bark or meow? time to survey 3000 americans to find out which test they prefer . the break it down state-by-state. which you see here. this is what came down to the wire. 56% consider themselves duck people. 43% prefer feline friends. in california you see there, dogs had their day in the sun. we took the debate to you. the loyal today in the bay viewers putting it on twitter this morning. let me know if you our team

katter team dog right now. look at that. team dog winning by 54% suffer. they're accused to people of the newsroom. watch it. >> i said cat people are out too early. >> the cats are all over you. >> i don't have either but you know. i'm a dog person. >> who let the dogs out? >> it is about time we let the dogs out. great weather and that it gets warm. watch the concrete as it can hurt your dogs paws. temperatures in the upper 50s. already warm start to the day from what we are used to seeing. an upper 60 10:00 reaching low

70s. also a place where temperatures are bad today. even south of the bay. 79 degrees. reaching 84. for the east bay, upper 80s this afternoon in antioch. oakland 70 degrees. still the paper is picking up. the coastal temperatures in the 60s for today as well as 50s in san francisco. notice the winds picks up this afternoon. about 25 miles an hour. north bay mid 60s and 65 in clearlake. 85 i should say clearlake. 86 napa. warm temperatures with no rain heading our way. at least not for a while. possibly we see changes heading towards memorial day weekend

and the week after that we see hopefully cooler weather as we go through the forecast for livermore. warm but it really revs up again early next weekend to the 90s. get ready for more spikes in temperatures early next weekend as we continue with dry weather. the main concern in the near- term is high wind and we have to be careful as we continue into the start of the weekend. not much of a cool down here until early next week. san francisco will keep it nice and mild. a nice brisk breeze picking up with temperatures staying in the upper 60s there. you have been keeping an eye on the commute, how is looking heading out? take a look out there. we are looking at san jose with more headlines appearing, kind of blurry, we show you where the arrow is. headlights heading in the

direction past the 680 where the camera is. dissection shows 15 to 20 minutes they turned green there on the altamont pass. no prob now you notice flowing that just started at the interchange at the 84 and the 680. out of alejo. back to you. a new push to close the only nuclear power plant still operating in california the actions groups are taking and whether it hurts or helps the climate crisis. fun days at the beach. her daughter loves flying kites

and seeing her brother flagged them in the sky. simply adorable. i love it. if you want to see more fun in the sun, followon social media. go fly a kite. but not yet, stick around, there's more to come on today in the bay, it is 5:21.

welcome back. environment groups urging the governor to close the nuclear power plant along the pacific coastline. it's already projected to close in 2025. governor newsom recently said it's may remain open past that point. in a letter to the governor this week, environmentalist and anti- nuclear wrists call the idea outrageous. earlier this year a group of academics and scientists including the former u.s. energy secretary wrote a separate letter to support keeping it open. they say provides clean electrical energy and helps combat climate change. >> accounts for the number of deaths with climate change. to compare power to what we have. certainly it is safer. certainly much better. >> governor newsom has no direct authority over the operating license for the canyon owned by pg&e.

a silent ride to remember bay area cyclists on the area roadways. dozens took part in a silent eight mile tribute ride last night. the group road from the high school in lafayette to the olympic traffic circle. the side of where one of the cyclists was killed. the longtime nfl coach was honored as part of the ride last night. the uc painful experience to raise awareness about the dangers of drunken-driving. >> there are 1160 names on the list of riders memorialized tonight. four on the forefront because they had this recently. 1160 names with every single one of them. i am% say distracted driving is preventable. >> the ride of silence has taken place annually around the world the last 20 years. the 18th installment of the

ongoing series. a candid conversation on the ongoing violence in asian communities, the perpetual foreigner, not just about the [ null ] and the nazis. it's the mythical belief of being white being superior from other races. >> yeah jostling for position? but no one was to be on the bottom. >> it's how white supremacy works. they wanted to aspire. >> the executive director of advancing justice, the author joins us on race in america, the conversation tonight at 7:30. you can watch that right here on nbc bay area. robert hunter was also part of the conversation. >> i'm looking forward to it. stories we are following including a warm up in the

forecast. a warm-up indeed. hears a live look outside. we're tracking conditions for you. >> parking out and about and paying for parking. what if you're asked to pay to park when you went to work? some workers are protesting the policy in we show you where and when it could affect you if you are not heading to work this morning. you are watching today in the bay.

paying to park at work. focusing to enter new parking fee. how it may impact your shopping plans. a wild night and a big win for the worriers. game one of the western conference finals. we have the highlights. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire and apple tv . it is thursday morning. here we go. closer to the weekends let's take a live look at the san

francisco botanical gardens this morning. a what about kind experience kicking off today. it's beautiful. music lovers are rejoicing. it's all coming up ahead in a live report. the sun is starting to come up. we look at the forecast for you. meteorologist cary hall tracking it for you. >> solano county and the north bay hills as well as east bay hills under a wind advisory starting this evening. we could see guss kicking up 50 miles an hour. already we have seen guss 40 miles an hour in san francisco and elsewhere at 20 to 30 mile an hour winds today getting stronger tonight. we will monitor that and talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes.

5:31 right now. breaking overnight. new zealand in parts of australia rattled by a 6.7 earthquake. what happened in the last two hours or so and centered on the coast of both nations. for a time a triggered a local tsunami warning. but the warning was later lifted. so far, there are no reports of damage. attention shoppers. parking could impact you today if you head to a popular south bay mall. the people most upset about it work there. kris sanchez is outside at the mall for us. they're still the disputes going on there? >> reporter: the protesters i'm going. the policy for parking has been in effect since february. workers say they should not have to pay to park in order to work. workers and allies have been pushing back against the

parking policy since it was first announced. this is a protest back on february 20th. workers point out with minimum wage in the county, $16 an hour, it forces them to pay to park and it comes out of their paycheck. now employees are charged three dollars a day or $40 a month. the monthly fee amounts to two and half hours of work at minimum wage. guests park for free two hours but then have to pay a dollar an hour after and up to 10 hours a day. management hopes to deter non- shoppers from taking valuable parking. we did talk with one of the protest organizers. >> we are seeing this coming from those in charge at the mall. again, i still do not quite und out, you know, money from the employees. just so they can make a little extra profit. definitely issues of classism.

the elites trying to continually oppress those who are of lower income. >> reporter: here is the other side of the argument. we reached out to westfield valley fair management and they say we support the right of employees who work at the center to voice their opinions but we remain committed to our control parking plant. the protest is planned for 10:30 this morning. if you have business at westville valley fair, bear in mind, you may come upon that as well. you can show support or commenting other time. happening today, two men charged in the death of a young girl at a south bay church are scheduled to appear in court. authorities arrested the pair, the gra 3-year-old girl who died last fall in a church in san jose.

investigators believe the young girl suffered by suffocation during some sort of ritual the girls mother was arrested in january. the same church where the alleged exorcism happen now is tied to the recent kidnapping of a three-month-old boy.

all chairs at the chase center last night. a lot of fans are hyped there.

chase had serious buzz. the winner of the series goes on to the nba finals with the warriors. 22 points, hitting double figures. the final score, 112 against 87. >> we did an excellent job defensively but we are under no illusions.. we have to stay committed and stay aggressive.

in san francisco reaching into the low 80s friday with upper 80s for saturday and sunday as the sunshine continues. san jose has upper 70s on friday. then trending to the mid-80s. plan on the warm weather. if you want to hear the waves crashing and showing up for the weekend, check out santa cruz. it will be warmer on friday compared to what we will see on saturday and sunday. still, the brisk ocean breeze picks up and keeps temperatures mild.

>> starting to increase here. we see metering lights turned on in the next 10 minutes. we will build after them. they talked about the giants and we had plans for your weekend, both the giants and the warriors heading around the same time tomorrow. that will be a factor shining the light on mental health. >> i might have the tools to help someone else but i still do not have the tools to help myself. >> coming up next on today in the bay, we are marking mental health matters month with a personal journey and resources for anyone in need.

new alliances, sweden and finland make the case to join nato. at the san francisco botanical gardens with the story coming up.

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we c leaders of finland and swim at the white house i know. they made it official and they want to join nato. >> nato was going to make it happen as quickly as possible. needs the agreement of all of the other countries and we need approval from the senate which approves all u.s. treaties. we muster to speak at the white house later this morning. earlier this week, two countries sent applications to the secretary general of nato. i mentioned all countries >> strong once. turkey country relations with the curves.

and apple tv. the interview is streaming at nbc bay area as well. happening today in san francisco. music and nature.

>> the same kind of thing is rolled out. it is happening right here at the botanical gardens. we go live to golden gate park this morning. what do we get ready for? >> reporter: you should get ready for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. the director of the visitor experience and the botanical gardens as well as the musician himself and a creator of the experience. why folks can expect. a little bit of background. this is a work in progress with the events here. >> correct. yes. we want to work with hunter and the landscape in 2020 for the annual event with 12 pianos put all over the botanical garden. then we know what happens unfortunately. we really are excited that we are back here in 2022 and

hunter is able to be with his. >> reporter: i have a chance to see video on the morning show. i think probably it has been a couple of years, literally breathtaking. where did the idea of the immersive experience come from? >> came from me kind of finding the way from two things that i love most to come together. music and the great outdoors. we have the 90 people from the trailer. expect the botanical gardens at the state park in sonoma valley. the state historic park and >> can you play some so folks can get an experience of what they may be hearing? >> they listen with wireless headphone so they can listen and enjoy the landscape. [ music ]

[ music ] >> reporter: really, really just a beautiful. bring a bottle of wine and enjoy. you can walk around for all of the little nooks and crannies in the garden it. it is really relaxing. >> thank you so much for the music and waking up with us. it is sure to be a beautiful experience. live in at the san francisco botanical gardens. >> what a talent. how beautiful. i love it. >> all right, thank you. let's see if the weather is

going to change. it has been so dry and hots. that is raising trump concerns. >> the drought monitor up just a few minutes ago. what we are seeing for california really remains unchanged. we have a large swath of the state in a severe drought. we are also seeing the highest level of exceptional drought expand in nevada and that starts to make its way into san bernardino county. so, we are going to hear the severe drought as we go into a very warm we can. that also is raising concerns of a fire danger as the vegetation is very dry for the middle of may. we normally do not see red flag warnings coming up this early. we have concern for solano county today and extending to the central valley where there will be some higher wind. we are starting out this morning with sunshine and temperatures not as warm as yesterday. a fairly mild it was san jose

in temperatures going from the mid 60s at 8:00 to 77 at lunch time. upper 70s as well for later today. some of the valleys are still going to be really hot in concorde reaching 86 degrees, keep in mind the normal highs about 73. in novato today reaching 281. tomorrow, more of the same, still not seeing much of a change but we still see mild weather near the coastline. temperatures next week get even hotter after a very warm weekend. we are going to reach into the mid-90s next monday and tuesday. what is happening now for the commute? >> i am wondering about the 90s. we look at the commute and we have 60 in many places. there is slowing south 880 where the crash is located in hayward. the slowing showed up and another crash northbound 680, the counter commute should not be a problem on the shoulder already. no injuries there. we have a typical buildup.

already the camera shows especially lights, almost too lights, we have to make sure, back to you. happening now, south bay deputies need your help finding a cupertino man. they say he took off in a white two-door honda crv. he enjoys hiking around cupertino. if you know anything about his whereabouts, you're asked to call santa clara county sheriff's office. could you and your cats help the climate in crisis? still ahead, the latest hack to reduce the amount of letter you put into the world. at 6:00, suspicious fire overnight in the east bay. what investegators are saying so far on a day the bay area temperatures are expected to climates again. more news ahead, it is 5:53, you are watching today in the bay.

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and wheat. products often are flexible, biodegradable and do not contain harmful chemicals. switching to cat litter with plant-based ingredients means you are not contributing to the loss of forest and stripping of natural minerals that happens during the process of making safe cat litter. it means animals like birds, black bears and snakes gets to keep their homes. not to mention all of the plants that live in the forest. this time they are all grown up. for more stories like this, visit us online at nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate crisis tab. thank you so much. a historic achievement to tell you about this morning. >> the first all black team to scale mt. everest. now back on level ground. this is after climbing a matching tent in washington state last year. we are talking about really big. they trained for months. this double the total number of black climbers to some of the worlds highest peak. numbers there in nepal and the

meeting of their accomplishments. >> that we are able to take the security and take it back to the communities and tell the stories and share what we have learned a bit of a place. a future. >> you can watch the today show coming up at 7:00 right after us here on today in the bay. >> very cool. quickly approaching 6:00.. ahead, in a live report. about the shooting and the multiple victims injured. >> the directed the team to do everything possible to ensure there is enough safe form of the. >> digging for answers, lawmakers get to the bottom of what led to the nations baby formula shortage. the steps being taken now by the white house to help desperate parents. temperatures warming up with the winds. it's creating a potentially

dangerous mix in some places. meteorologist kari hall is monitoring the water. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire and apple tv . >> here we go point thursday morning. they are investigating a string of a three suspicious fires. they quickly put all of them out. this happened around three hours ago. police are also investigating this. >> let's check in with caracol, she is checking the fire danger . >> yesterday getting there with the big slowdown going to the ultima past due to the fire there on the shoulder. this is what we will see going into the next several days high, high winds as well as extremely vegetation and low