team just purchased in vegas that have a lot of folks

believing the team has one foot out the door. reaction from city leaders and fans ahead. plus, looming legal trouble, the class action lawsuit expected to be filed in a matter of hours, this following the reveal of racist and homophobic text messages sent by some police officers. this is "today in the bay." here we go. thursday morning. 4:30 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am kris sanchez. marcus washington has the day off. kari, it felt mild as i was walking out the door. >> it felt mild in the south bay, but as far as we walked into the studio, bone-chilling cold. good morning, clear skies as you wake up and head out the door. currently 48 in san josé. 49 for you in san mateo. just a little cooler as we make

our way into santa rosa and fairfield in those low 40s. we will warm up nicely today for your thursday. if you have a three-day weekend or fun activities coming up, you will love the forecast. we are starting in the 70s and could get to the 80s. we have the calm before the commute. actually, the north side of the bridge shows it moving slowly. we do have just one section past gold hill with the overnight crew. they may be clearing, and it looks like they are greenback there. a new crash in hayward and we will check on that for 580 coming up. we begin with breaking news

while you were sleeping. the a's taking a major step in plans to leave oakland for las vegas. the team agreed to purchase land for a new stadium off the strip. they are buying 49 acres of land near the raiders stadium. the a's lease ends next year, and it's not clear how the team could play in the desert without some kind of domed stadium in place. here's a statement from last night. for more than 20 years the a's have focused on securing a new home for the club in oakland, even with support from fans, leaders at the city, county and state level. the process to build al new ballpark in oakland has made little forward progress. we recognize this is very hard to hear as we shift our focus to vegas, we will continue to share details about next steps.

oakland mayor issued a response saying i am deeply disappointed the a's have chosen not to negotiate with the city of oakland as a true partner in a way that respect a long relationship between the fans, the city and the team. fans on twitter also reacting to the news. many saying they are certainly disappointed. as an a's fan, they say, this is a truly heartbreaking day. the a's were the final hope for oakland to keep a sports tradition alive. here, kris, they have bought some land. >> that's tough for a lot of folks for the green and gold. speaking of gold, blue and gold, tonight is a big night for the dubs nation. the warriors now down 2-0 in the series. probably don't have to remind you of that. it will be all hands on deck,

minus draymond green because he was suspended from the nba one game without pay, and this is for stomping on the chest. they say his history of unsportsmanlike conduct is part of the reason of the suspension without pay. >> i was extremely surprised and immediately into what is next? how do we win the game? there's no time to spend, you know, worrying about it, or thinking about it or complaining about it. doesn't matter. >> the chase center will be lit up in yellow. every fan will get the yellow gold blooded t-shirts.

the warriors partnered with a local brand for the shirts. >> it's amazing. the thing is, it's like putting on your uniform as a fan and you feel connected to the people around you and show support for the team. >> you can watch the game on our sister station, nbc sports bay area. pregame coverage starts at 6:00. later this afternoon, former theranos executive, sunny balwani is heading to prison. his former boss is asking for something. >> let's talk about this, this sunny balwani case, and his

defense team have been making attempt to prolong his going to jail. do you think they have run out of attempts at this point. >> the day of reckoning for mr. balwani has come and he will have to self-surrender. his defense team will remain with the appeals and he will have to be in custody while that is going on. he will not remain out of custody while that is going on. the government was concerned about the image this was portraying, why are these two not going into custody? i think the message the court wanted to send is the only send a message is for you to do your time. his fight will continue but he will remain in custody. >> what will that process look like? when he arrives in prison, and he will do fingerprints, and what does that look like? >> he was assigned to the federal prison in atlanta even

though he's a low-risk offender, and that could be a difficult time. >> as far as time for balwani and holmes, how much time do you think you will spend behind bars? >> in federal time, you have to do 85% of that. we are talking about a lot of time. there are incentive programs to ensure good behavior, so he may shave a little of that time off, but in federal prison he will do 85%, and that's a long haul for him. >> will we see the same with elizabeth holmes? >> she is continuing her fight and will have the same issue, and it's the same fate for her where the appellant court will say it's time to start your time, and she is scheduled for the end of april where she will have to report, and that will be

difficult for her, she will be away for her children and that will be challenging for her for the next, at least, ten years. >> kris and laura, back to you. >> thank you. we have learned a class action lawsuit is going to be filed today against the antioch police officer after the string of racists and homophobic texts from officers. the fbi discovered racist and homophobic text exchanges between the police officers. 45 officers are under investigation. the press conference will be at 11:00 this morning. we have a follow-up now to the shooting at a home depot that left a store security worker dead. the family of that victim are talking about the life cut short. the victim died on tuesday after

he confronted the woman about stolen items. one friend of the victim is in utter shock over what happened. >> he would have given the guy whatever he was trying to steal, and paid for it himself if he could have. but that's the kind of guy he was. >> he also says the 26-year-old was engaged and in the process of planning his wedding. he had bigger plans to one day become a police officer. >> sad. preparing for bankruptcy. ahead, the chain filing in a matter of day. does facebook owe you money? we will show you how you make sure you are getting your cut of a class

at 4:42, good morning to you in gilroy. if you are getting ready to head out the door, grab a light sweater and crank up the heater, maybe. temperatures are in the 40s. we will dip a little as we see the sunrise and then warm up nicely in the 60s by your lunchtime hour. we will talk about the warm-up, coming up. and then the crews are traveling north and you can see them making their way around the bend, and the cones are still there and they will pick them up

shortly. let's check in with silvana. good morning. i am silvana henao at cnbc headquarters. the dow closed slightly lower. the s&p was flat and the nasdaq ended a touch higher. in focus today, we get results from at&t and american express. bed, bath & beyond may follow david's bridal into bankruptcy. they may file for chapter 11 as soon as this weekend. the company recently said it needed to raise $300 million by

selling stock. if it can't it would have to file for bankruptcy and likely liquidate its stores. the chain has seen a slump in recent years at their strategy flopped. and meta platforms have agreed to any u.s. facebook user that had an account between may 4th 2007, and december 2nd 2022 may be eligible to receive a portion of the settlement. you can file a claim by august 25th. >> i did it yesterday. >> how much money are you going to get? >> i don't know. >> you are way ahead of the game.

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a very good thursday morning to you. it's 4:48 right now. looks like traffic is rolling

along there as you look at the bay bridge approach this morning. mike keeps tabs on everything. you notice the trend of when people are starting to go back to work? >> we are seeing a little weird flow this week still -- >> oh, vacation. spring break. >> four weeks have been rotating around, and we will see more probably next week. we will check it out right now. the maps are mostly green. that's our favorite color, right, as far as the speed sensors go. east bay 580 is just going to clear in the next few minutes. chp had a crash reported east bay getting away from the maze towards castro valley. no slowing on the sensors. again, as i said, we should see this clear from the chp report, and we have slowing coming out of the altamont pass. cinthia, i will check out what

is going on. over here, the bulk of the commute on the bay bridge. look how clear that is. that's nice, mike. the temperatures are cool out in the valleys. still 40 degrees as you head out the door in santa rosa. the clear skies are thanks to the high pressure building around the golden state keeping any cloud activity and rain away from the bay area. good morning to you, antioch. 48 for you and clear skies. maybe grab a jacket and crank up the heater a little bit before we start to warm up in the afternoon approach. santa rosa and over into concord and the santa clara valley, 70s as you head out the door on this thursday. as you make your way into san francisco and half moon bay, a little cooler. look what happens as i advance this on to tomorrow. friday, what a beautiful way to start the weekend.

upper 70s for mountain view. fremont and in dublin. and then remember to keep yourself hydrated and wear the sunscreen as you make weekend plans as it gets warmer. you could see cloud cover return for friday plans in san francisco. i will leave you with the 7-day san francisco forecast. some of the warmest days will be as we go into tomorrow and saturday, but that warm weather will continue as we go on into next week. it's earth day on saturday. beautiful weather for you to get out there and do voluntary work. we will continue the upper 70s as we go into next week in the inland valleys, of course. i wanted to draw our attention to our climate in crisis. the city of hayward hosts a poster and writing contest for students to talk about conservation and renewable energy and the environment. let's look at some of the

winners. the poster winner for grades kindergarten through 1st, and it says water equals life. this one has quotes from climate activist, very beautiful. here's one of the writing winners for grades 4 through 5, and it's called clean the world. beautiful. thank you to the kids for all of their entries. the city is hosting the annual city-wide cleanup and community fair on saturday at weeks park. they will collect litter and debris, and we will have more information about the city of hayward's earth day activities, just visit nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis tab. >> i love when they get the kids involved. happening today, a big announcement that will impact fire departments up and down california. that will come around 10:00 this

morning out of sacramento. we expect the focus for it to be. this year's projection is expected between 400,000 to 1 million acres, so a big improvement. southern california is projected to be below normal. >> we are not letting our guard down by any stretch, but we will take a reprieve if it comes. at the end of the day we are fully trained, fully staff, and we will implement the same amount of resource level in case we see levels of fire like we did in the dixie and caldor fire. >> and there's a price for

wildfire detection and extinguisher technologies. next on "today in the bay," the red cross getting help from a legendary peanut's character in an effort to encourage more donors. happening now, a call for moreover sight in san josé. organizations, students for police accountability and are set to hold a rally inside san josé city hall. they are calling for an auditor to over see the san josé police department.

new this morning, april is national volunteer month and the red cross is hoping you can volunteer with them and give blood. the team is teaming up with the legendary character, snoopy. anybody that gives blood between now and sunday can get a snoopy t-shirt. and if that's not your thing, you can tour the museum. the red cross is offering incentives because they say now is an important time to donate. donated blood really only last so long. >> blood has a short self life. there's a constant need for blood. >> can you donate at the fremont, newark blood donation

tpher center, and go to nbcbayarea.com to see the full list. >> i stopped by the red cross because they showed me the t-shirts, and these are going viral. they have become popular and they are encouraging people to go online and sign up for an appointment to make sure you get your shirt. they have little comics there. it's cute. it's so successful teaming up with peanuts that they are probably going to do another campaign, a different campaign. >> that's fantastic. a lot of people say i don't like needles. it's once, and you save lives. >> yeah, it's great. >> let's do it right now. >> get your shirt. >> do your part. us for fair wages. we will talk about tha

right now at 5:00, looming legal trouble for one east bay police department. the class action lawsuit about to be filed in hours. facing a judge. the charges three men now facing following a deadly freeway shooting that killed a 5-year-old little girl. lighting up. a live report on the increased security and final preparations as thousands gear up to celebrate 420 in san francisco. this is "today in thba