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expectant mother in the united states than any other industrialized nation. the solution some policymakers believe we should all be pushing for. this is "today in the bay." very good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at the commute coming up, but first let's start with the forecast. didn't feel much rain coming in this morning. >> and you were probably in the minority there. because there is rain pretty much everywhere around the bay area. and we are seeing quite a bit of some of the showers moving through the north bay. and it has been pouring quite heavily in some spots. we're seeing steady rain up around santa rose up around sonoma with slightly heavier rain there. for the east bay, it is approaching concord and right on 680 just north of san ramon, and also seeing the off and on

showers as you are heading up and down 101 on the peninsula. and then another round of rain is coming over the santa cruz mountains about to head back to the south county. only cleared out for a few minutes there and we'll see another round of rain moving in as we'll see this wet weather off and on throughout the bay area for today. and then gradually tapering off into the afternoon. but we're still looking at wet weather for the early commute. the evening commute is looking pretty good. more about that coming up. mike, you've been watching the chute. any issues? >> and we have the water on the lens, water on the roads. this is looking south. so no traffic break. traffic is just pretty sparsely populated here for south 101. but you notice the wet roads. and there is ponding around highway 37. and we're okay at thatt park an ride over there.

a crash off 101 right around 580. but no flooding reported. wet roads wherever there is green highlighting all around the bay, south bay and east bay. for one man on a life changing trip up the coast, a quickover night stop in oakland has become a nightmare. he was moving all his possessions to portland in a u-haul when he parked it outside for the night. when he woke up, everything was gone. and concerned strangers have since tried to help. >> reporter: >> so i'm moving from san diego to portland, this was my overnight pit stop. >> reporter: and it turned into a horrible experience for tony. it was supposed to be a new beginning for the high end bicycle designer. he pack up everything he owned in this u-haul van. and he says it ended up like a bad dream. tony's halfway point from san diego to portland is here in north oakland. and he park the van and u-haul

right over there. when he got up in the morning, it was gone. >> anything from my pants to my trash can to my computer, to my bed frame, literally just visualize any room in your house and whatever is in it is gone. >> reporter: his entire life was inside this u-haul which includes family heirlooms from germany. also stolen, his vintage volkswagen that was in tow. that was saturday morning. after reporting the theft to police, he then took to social media for help. >> volkswagen groups, other areas of the internet that are all here to help, and slowly but surely it was shared multipied pretty quickly and slowly i start to getting information that you should look here, these are the crime hot spots. >> reporter: and that took him to the wood street underpassed where the unhoused lives and fires have broken out in the past. tony found his van there and called police. >> they realized that there was

somebody inside it. so they called in reinforcements and it ended up being several squad cars and about a two hour standoff. >> reporter: tony took this video of police pulling a squat out of the van. it was ransacked, all his belongings gone. the u-haul truck with an arizona license plate with the bird on the side of it is still missing. also gone, a couple very expensive hand made bicycles, each worth up to $17,000. >> everyone is like this is not oakland, this is not what we want. >> reporter: tony feels a lot of gratitude for all the help from total strangers. all he wants now are his belongings back. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." and supervisors will hold a second reads on the plan to allow police to army robots with

lethal force. last year they voted only in extreme circumstances. but one wants to change the yes vote to a no. but san francisco police chief says the option is needed because it may save the lives of officers but oe opponents argue that it sets a dangerous precedence. and some are arguing that overturning abortion a access is compounding problems. correspond to new data, nearly 1200 people died as a result of child birth. and the robert wood foundation institute says that number could go up. >> frankly more than 80% of the pregnancy related deaths in the united states are preventable. and that meaning that it is just a matter of making the right

investments, providing the right attention to this crisis. and starting to implement the solutions that we know will work for mothers okay cross the country. >> and he also says legislatures should be working to close the health care gap to provide equal access to care, increased reimbursement and increased number of priors. and because abortions are one of the top five causes of maternal death. because california is already doing many of these things, it believes that it has a lower mortality rate than the rest of the nation. an assault left a worker blind in one eye. white carter was arrested. he is facing felony assaults charges. the incident happened last month at a hamburger habit. video shows the man get into a

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good tuesday morning. at 4:41, you need the umbrella. the rain will be off and on and most of it is on for the north bay while lot spotty elsewhere. we'll be tracking the showers the next few hours before it starts to wind down. i'll have more on the chilly temperatures ahead in our next storm coming up. and you can kind of sheen see the sheen here. and we still have the wet roadways, so watch those speeds. this is as you are traveling north, a little slowing out of fran. but first, let's check in with silvana henao. >> good morning. wall street is set to open a little higher after the market sold off yesterday. the dow you will taking nearly 500 points while the s&p 500 dropped 1.8% and the nasdaq by nearly 2%. stocks coming under pressure

following stronger than expected growth in the services sector last month. it is seen as a gauge of the health of the broader economy. investors are worried that recent economic data could force the federal reserve to hike interest rates for longer than previously thought to bring down inflation. pepsico is reportedly laying off hundreds of workers in the snack and beverage divisions. "wall street journal" says that it will be heavier in the beverage unit based in new york state. the snack decision based in chicago and texas has already trimmed off through ale volunteer retirement program. in a memo know, they say the layoffs are aimed at making their operations more efficient among worsening economic conditions. and microsoft is raising prices for new video games for the ex-board. starting next year, it will be

$69.99 for those that cost previously about $10 less. so just more things going up. >> add it to the list. >> all of it. and saving our sequoias. coming up, the beautiful tree now at risk of extinction. ahead for you, the

welcome back. we are looking over here at the golden gate bridge where the crew stationed here moving north getting ready to pick up all the cones. still a few here as you travel north from san francisco and a little slowing across the span as crews travel north there. also another crew here where we've been telling you about it for weeks. and you see the wet roadways dominating. and through the south bay as well. over toward the tri-valley, a mild build here out of the altamont pass. no real issues as far as the timing. we're looking at minimum brentwood from marsh creek basically down to 580.

same thing for the altamont pass. no slowing but we'll have slicker roadways here this morning. >> yeah, looks like a sloppy commute through the north bay as we take a live look outside. we can see those taillights there. and most likely the windshield wipers on as we see the rain moving through the north bay. we'll see the wet weather continue for a little while longer and we've also seen some pockets of some heavy rain that we're dealing with especially as you move through santa rose as well as petaluma, the rain getting always lighter there compared to san rafael, as well as the richmond/san rafael bridge getting a heavy down downpour. toward danville, showers starting to taper on. and 280 is looking like that is a bit of a headache there, sloppy commute as well. and then we head over toward the south county where you are getting a break from the rain now, but it is about to head back in as we see more of the heavy downpours move over the santa cruz mountains and off

towards the east. so we'll continue to see this pattern as least through 8:00 to 9:00, but then it becomes a lot more spotty in terms of where we're seeing the rain. at noon, we're not seeing much at all, but there still will be a slight chance at even the south bay could see some rain into the 5:00 hour while other areas are seeing some sunshine today. later on tonight, the sky clears and then we're dry for at least a couple of days before the rain comes back late thursday and continues into friday. so as far as temperatures, we're in the upper 50s for today. much more of the same tomorrow and thursday and then the next storm am is moving in. and we're looking at additional rainfall on top of what we're already measured. some spots could get another 2 to 3 inches in the north bay. 1 to 2 inches across much of the rest of the bay area while the sierra gets more snow, there may be at least 2 to 4 more feet of

snow throughout the weekend. so we do have a bigger storm system that will be arriving heading into saturday and you can see how long that rain lingers. and then there could be another storm system behind that for next tuesday. so not letting up with the rain here and i think that we'll take it because we do need the rain so desperately. we are getting it as we go through this forecast. and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. and for san francisco, we'll also be in the mid-50s in the forecast. cool temperatures and also very cool mornings. as we turn to our climate in crisis, giant sequoias are the largest tree on the planet found only here in california. but the majestic sequoias that are existed for thousands of years are nearing extinction as our lack of forest management have cost an overpopulation and as well as explosive and intense wildfires made worse by climate change has killed 20% of giant

sequoias. and greg bledsoe shows us the fight to preserve our trees. >> we're here to create a defensible space around each and we'll come back and burn these piles. >> we have treated over 2200 giant a coy i can't say. >> we've seen the consequences of us doing nothing. >> the u.s. forest service and crews are working to pull back fuels away and planting new seedlings. you can watch the full story on nbcbayarea.com and as well as lx.com. and if you are on social media, there is a good chance you've noticed a growing trend. over the last few days, people have started using artificial intelligence apps to create incredible art. but submitting your photo may lead to problems. so the bud man explains. >> new medium for modern art.

these images are not painted or photographed, they are created by ai, artificial intelligence. >> we're definitely in an exciting time with the development of artificial intelligence, it is becoming really, really sophisticated at this point. >> sophistication that is introducing ai to millions who never used the technology before. check your social media feed. you will see images like this from an app called lensa. or answers from questions caughted by a company called open ai. ai trackers call it a crossover moment. >> so that is kind of interesting how this shift in this kind of ai, in some way it has been there after quite a while, now given like a new life for a new company that makes american people more comfortable embracing it. >> but it is also raising concerns like what happens if

those ai generators give you the wrong answer or do the work for you? >> if we have students who have the ability to just go online and have an ai write an essay for them, we'll have to figure out new ways to evaluate students. >> also the question of how much do we give of ourselves to the companies generating the ai. in the case of lensa, the beautiful pictures from a head shot, they get to keep the images forever. do with them whenever they want. and never have to pay us a dime. not really an even deal. scott budman, nbc bay area news. and this historic landmark is turning 15. coming up next, how to celebrate a big milestone and growing demand for office space. but first happening now, walnut creek leaders are getting ready to finalize a new downtown outdoor dining policy. council me members gave the

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one of the owns recalled the first time he saw the pyramid in 1979 as a child visiting san francisco from his homecountry of israel. >> i remember seeing the golden gate bridge, cable cars and of course the pyramid. looking at will building and coming from israel at the time in the '70s living there with no running water and no electricity, this was the future. i felt like i was on a different planet about and it changed me forever. >> and we asked him why invest the money now as we're about to enter a recession and he said there is no good time or bad time to buy a building like the trans america pyramid calling it an icon. and he tells us there is more demand for office space in the mere mid now than pre-covid. >> it is an iconic building. 4:57 for you. and voters deciding on a

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to allow police to use lethal robots. why some believe certain procedures were violated and how it may impact today's final decision. starting over from scratch, a moon moving from oregon loses everything when thieves steal his u-haul truck. and the help he's gotten to help restore some of his life and possessions he fears may be lost forever. and also easing cannabis restrictions, new ordinance up for debate that may widen access in parts of the east bay. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you on this tuesday. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get a look at that forecast. and kari hall is tracking that. >> and starting out wet, but it will gladly start to dry out for some as we get a look at the radar and satellite showing that we are seein