right now at 5:00, taking back oakland streets. police cracking what they are calling a large-scale armed robbery ring. the suspects all identified as juveniles. ahead in a live report, the new

plan from oakland's mayor to boost safety everywhere. >> florida governor ron desantis expected to announce his candidacy for president today, with the predictable reaction from the front-runner. you're watching "today in the bay." here we go, 5:00 on your wednesday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get a look at the drive times in just a moment. first we want to start with the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. >> it's been s so nicee outside. yesterday therere was a cooldow but it did get really chilly in the evening once the wind picks up. we're going to see the same thing today. as we're starting out with clouds this morning, we're going to see it gradually clearing up, going from 55 in san jose this morning at 8:00 to about 59 degrees at 10:00. a slow warm-up as we briefly touch the low 70s and then come right back down into the 60s going into this evening. so we're only looking at a high

of about 73 degrees today, 73 in dublin and also 73 in martinez. a lot of these temperatures a little bit lower than what we typically see for the end of may, and this is what we'll see for a few more days. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you were tracking a small fire off of 101. >> just off the shoulder here, 101 northbound, right around capitol expressway near the on and off-ramps. it should be out in the next couple of seconds. no slowing past the scene and no closures associated with that. we'll track the rest of the south bay. the build hasn't come in just yet. a smooth drive along the perimeter of the bay and getting out from the altamont pass we have that typical slowing as you have the merge with 205. that's the slowest speeds and things get better and better until you pass north flynn and vasco. you're at speed coming out of brentwood, byron and discovery bay. florida governor ron desantis is expected to announce

he's running for president tonight. >> scott mcgrew is in the newsroom for us. he's going to make the announcement on twitter. >> with a follow-up interview on fox news. desantis expected to make the announcement on twitter in a conversation with elon musk. some past video of desantis in iowa, home of the first republican caucus and a must stop for republican candidates. twitter, though, is an unusual choice. we think a lot about the company here in the bay area. it's based here. but it's not as important to the national discussion as it used to be. and the announcement will come on twitter spaces, an audio conference call featured on twitter. again, a fairly obscure way to launch a nationwide campaign, and the decision to use twitter spaces got the attention of the political action committee supporting donald trump, which said, quote, this is one of the most out of touch campaign launches in modern history. the only less relatable thing than a niche campaign launch on

twitter is desantis after-party at the uber-elite four seasons resort in miami. donald trump, who will challenge desantis, also reacted on truth social this morning in the expected way. trump's poll numbers far, far ahead of desantis, by double digits, but trump constantly reacts to desantis. largely ignoring the other more traditional candidates like nikki haley, asa hutchinson and most recently tim scott. desantis will be live on twitter spaces at 3:00 this afternoon. >> so interesting. thanks so much, scott. new developments this morning in oakland. this is where police have solved what they are calling a large string of violent robberies. the mayor and the police chief plan to go into greater detail in a matter of hours. >> bob redell is live this morning. i understand police say all those suspects are minors. >> reporter: you are correct. good morning to you, laura and marcus. opd says they arrested nine

juveniles as old as 17 and as young as 12. police say that they are responsible for 35 robberies in 14 neighborhoods throughout the city of oakland. you can see in this map we have put them all up on your screen there. on sunday, officers spotted a car that was linked to one of the crimes at a business in rock ridge where they spotted the car. officers arrested five people there. four others took off running. officers eventually caught up with them and they were also arrested. later this morning at 8:30, oakland mayor sheng thao and acting police chief allison will discuss the arrests at a news conference. the city says there has been a 7% increase in robberies from a year ago and that in recent weeks the city of oakland has, quote, been terrorized by violent individuals wreaking havoc and committing robberies upon unassuming community members. we'll be following today's news conference and bring you updates in our midday newscast. reporting live, bob redell,

"today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. in a matter of hours the man accused of the deadly stabbing of tech executive in san francisco is expected back in court. investigators say momeni stabbed bob lee after a dispute involving momeni's sister. last month he pleaded not guilty. he's scheduled for a status conference. the suspected driver in a deadly south bay hit-and-run is scheduled to enter a plea. in late march police arrested 27-year-old accused of killing lee choa who was struck with her daughter and family dog. the young girl suffered minor injuries. the family dog also dying. police say license plate cameras led them to her car, which was left abandoned outside of city

limits. 5:06 on your wednesday morning. taking a live look outside overlooking san francisco, it looks like a repeat of yesterday. what about temperature-wise? >> it's going to be a repeat of yesterday. we start out cool, also clouds across the bay area. it's going to clear out as we head into today. take a look at what you're stepping out the door to. this looks familiar, 49 degrees in palo alto and it's 54 in concord. mostly temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s, 54 in san mateo and mid-50s for san jose. as you're heading out in gilroy, temperatures will be in the low 50s, a mostly cloudy morning through about 10:00 and then we see a mix of sun and clouds clearing for the afternoon as we head for the upper 60s in san martin. it will be 75 degrees in livermore and 68 degrees in oakland, and in san mateo. so we will see more weather like this heading into the holiday weekend. we'll talk about that in the forecast coming up.

mike, you have a look at lower gas prices. >> you call that livermore so i'll call out livermore. livermore has reached a special price, $3.99 at the arco on east stanley boulevard that hasn't been called out recently. thanks to you reporting through gasbuddy.com. in the north bay, vallejo with a low of $4.11 at the shell on tennessee street. and in the south bay we're going to check in with san jose, we're looking at $4.19 at the excel gas and mart on north 1st street. thank you for reports around the bay. on the roadway we're looking at sensors and we don't have any big issues as far as the tri-valley goes. north 680 has traffic flowing coming up through sunol. there was slowing just where the arrow was, there's a crew at bernal, the slowing just cleared in the last few seconds. i believe the crew may have cleared from the freeway off-ramp as well. the rest of the east bay, contra

costa county moving nicely out of antioch on highway 4 and highway 37 out of vallejo, no slowing just yet. back to you. 5:08 right now. beware binge watchers. next, the new action netflix is taking to crack down on password sharing. >> plus, the rise of side hustles, the growing number of americans taking on side gigs to help make ends meet. keep it here.

good wednesday morning. the time is 5:11. let's head to brentwood where it is a windy start to the day. 25-mile-per-hour winds and we're right now at 55 degrees. it's going to be breezy today and clearing a lot more quickly than we'll see for the inland areas, but still keeping those cool temperatures, like we saw yesterday. so we'll talk more about what's ahead heading into the holiday weekend coming up. speaking of that holiday weekend, we may see traffic a little different. we're seeing a nice, smooth flow southbound with taillights through san rafael all the way to the golden gate bridge. we may see a little more traffic tomorrow. good morning. happy wednesday to you. as i've been pointing out for a week or so, wall street does not appear to be that worried about a default, even as some in washington are growing very, very uneasy. ford, which at one point

announced it would no longer put a.m. radios in its cars has reversed itself. target pulling some pride nasdaq off the shelves because of threats. inflation falling below 10% in the united kingdom. remember, inflation is a worldwide problem. in fact, it's generally worse overseas. when our inflation was at the highest, it wasn't 10%. the tsa says teenagers will be able to tag along through tsa pre-check if their parent has tsa pre-check. that used to be restricted to 12 and under. it's hoping new rules will help speed up security lines. and netflix is sending emails to american account holders who share their passwords outside their households. the company posted an update to its website saying a netflix account is for use by one household, pointing out you can share your password for an additional $9 a month. i've got two adult sons who in

turn have roommates who have he roommates. i have no idea, but i do know how many people are on my -- you know, you were just watching, continue watching, no, i don't watch that. >> exactly. >> so i think a good portion of santa clara valley is about to discover their netflix password doesn't work. >> if your kids are in school, they go away, that's not considered the same household? >> it is not considered the same household. will log you off of, let's say, use it at your house, but i tried to use it at my house, it gets shut down. >> there is a premium account that allows extra people and many tvs. if you're paying the premium and you're not five or six people watching netflix simultaneously, maybe knock it down because you're paying too much. check out the features of premium. it's a lot. most people don't need it. >> so many people have cut cords, but how many different streaming avenues they pay for

now, too. >> if they put it altogether, we could call it cable. >> what a day that would be. thanks, scott. we were talking about target earlier, a controversial new move coming from the company. the chain is pulling merchandise from store shelves that triggered backlash among some customers. scott showed you the stock price dropping. the products they pulled are all tied to pride and they roll out ahead of pride month. but the company says this year the merchandise is igniting customer anger, even confrontations with workers. the company is not indicating which products it's removing but a new statement says, quote, since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work. given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior. target says the items will be removed from all u.s. stores and from its website.

new this morning, many americans are taking up side hustles to make ends meet and a new report from bank rate found that nearly 40% of adults have a side gig in addition to their main job. side hustles earn about $810 per month on average and about one-third primarily use the extra income to pay for living expenses, while 27% use it for discretionary spending. 25% on savings and about 12% pay off debt. >> got to make ends meet. pigeon ready for some prime time. take a look. >> a mix of sun and fair weather clouds. my gosh, the bird startled me. >> live television, it happens. this one happened at monday's nbc south florida station. you probably already know she's standing in front of a green screen there. it beats the spiders that we sometimes see crawling across

our bay area cameras. we had one just the other day. >> we think about that, too. there's always some creature on the camera and it happens a lot. >> it's nature. >> dropping iguanas, right when it gets cold. >> we'll leave that to florida. >> they can have that. >> then i'll watch that clip. we're taking a look at some of our live cameras. we'll see what's going on in walnut creek. it looks pretty quiet here. we're seeing a few clouds rolling by, but also it's going to clear out quickly. we're dealing with a lot of pollen right now. you're probably suffering with all of the wind that's been blowing the pollen through the air. it's mostly oak, cedar and pine that you're allergic to if it's bothering you now, but also grass pollen is high as we see the warm weather and sunshine. let's head to novato where we're seeing a mostly cloudy start,

it's 51 degrees. as we go into the rest of the morning, gradually starting to clear out. we'll climb into the low 60s. by lunchtime we're at 61 and it's all clear and sunny. the high temperature there today will head for 71 degrees, upper 60s for san francisco, across the bay to oakland it's 68 degrees, and 71 in hayward, while dublin will be back to about 73. it's about the same as it was yesterday. tomorrow we're also expecting low to mid-70s for our warmer spots in the inland valleys. by friday we're getting even more of a cooldown, especially for the inner bay and parts of the tri-valley, parts of the north bay, upper 60s and low 70s once again. there's not much of a change. you've probably seen that at the bottom of the screen as we take a look at our seven-day forecast. and a lot of the more active weather has been over the rockies. a lot of people will be traveling as we head into a long holiday weekend, and it looks

like that's where the storms will remain, but also nudging back toward the sierra, where every single day we've seen these storms firing up and that continues into the weekend. saturday outdoor plans in the sierra, a heads-up that you may need to get inside quickly in case we do see storms popping up. it also continues into memorial day and even into next week where that rain could move into far northern california up around reading. in morgan hill, we're going to see a significant cooldown, temperatures in the upper 60s for highs. we only make it up to about 75 on saturday, which is about normal, but then we go back below normal heading through next week. for a lot of our inland valleys it's going to be nice and mild, breezy wind, starting out with clouds, afternoon sunshine. but a lot more clouds for san francisco, as well as the coast will struggle to make it up to about 60 degrees. mike, you've been looking at i-80 this morning. >> the eastshore freeway, or this particular shot called the

berkeley curve. i want to show you this since we have a second. this is what we refer to as the berkeley curve through many media outlets around the bay area, but it's closer to emeryville. that's a little confusing, i know. we talk about 80 going over toward the bay bridge. we're talking about this direction, which is west 80. you see it noted at 580 as well because this stretch of that freeway is a continuation of eastbound 580, as well as westbound 80. so things get really confusing around the area. that's probably why they call part of it the maze. these are all the locaters i'm talking about. good news, all of them, no matter what you call them, they're green, at speed. no backup at the bay bridge toll plaza and no problems. highway 4 just showing little tiny blips so that means more traffic is coming. that's what we expect for wednesday, a little more volume compared to the rest of the week. and we should see a good volume tomorrow morning as well. tomorrow afternoon, evening, and

especially friday, folks probably making a drive or going to the airports. out of san martin, a little bit of heading toward morgan hill, indicating the volume is starting to build and we'll see slowing in about 20 minutes pop up in san jose as well. no surprises. back to you. >> thanks so much. it is 5:20 right now. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> staffing issues inside pharmacies have led to a recent rise in mistakes with medicine. it's pretty easy for you to verify the pills in your medicine cabinet. i'm

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welcome back. 5:23 right now. and our investigative team found a labor shortage at some pharmacies and at the same time more mistakes with medicine. >> what can you do? consumer investigator chris chmura is going to show us how to verify your prescription. >> my investigative unit colleague candice nguyen reported the state received more than 500 reports of pharmacy medication errors causing patients harm during the pandemic. knowing the stakes are up, you might want to make sure your pharmacy filled your prescription properly. you'll need your pills, a security or smartphone connected to the internet and maybe a magnifying glass because we're going to read some really tiny

type. drugmakers stamp each pill with an imprint code. we're going to show you how the pill search works on poison.org. on the home page click pill i.d. to get started. here is how it works. there are two boxes. one for each side of the pill. grab your magnifying glass, read the code, then punch it into the boxes exactly as you see it. you should instantly get a result that shows you the name, a photo and dosage. if you discover a mismatch between the prescription your doctor ordered and the pills the pharmacy gave you, contact the pharmacy as soon as possible for help. the state might also like to hear from you. in california the pharmacy board says errors in filling prescriptions or suspected misconduct by a pharmacist may be violations of pharmacy law and should be reported whether or not a patient was harmed. >> thank you, chris. 5:25 right now. new this morning, a book is teaching kids about how to save our climate in crisis.

it's called "c train" the story of a young girl on the new york city subway. the little girl grows up and the subway keeps transporting riders. when the train gets older, it's time to put it out of service. in an effort to teach kids about repurposing, the train gets a new life. the author helps the series will help kids create solutions to our climate in crisis. >> the environment is such a magical thing, right? and i think especially at such a young age, hope is critical and the creativity at that age is incredible. some of the things that children are able to come up with is really impressive. >> if you want to find out what happens to the subway train, the book comes out june 8th, which happens to be world oceans day. >> who knew? 5:26 right now. next, the top stories we're following on "today in the bay," including tracking super typhoon mawar, taking aim at the island

of guam. meteorologist kari hall is timing out when it's expected to make landfall. >> reporter: the attorney general's office says it will review district attorney brooke jenkins' decision not to prosecute the man who shot and killed banko brown. will the brown family get the answer they're looking for and the d.a.'s response

somebody needs to be held accountable for this and the video clearly shows that he was

beaten up before even being murdered. >> right now at 5:30, under review. responding to protests and calls from san francisco leaders, the state attorney general steps in to review the deadly shooting by a walgreens security guard. we break down what is next and the new response from the da who declined to press charges. >> 12 months later we're in uvalde to see what's happened in the wake of a deadly mass shooting. i'm jay gray. we'll have that coming up. >> also, a neighborhood battle heats up over housing. ahead in a live report, the growing pushback over one proposed development and the face-to-face meeting today that may provide some answers. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you on this wednesday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is here tracking what we can expect. >> for a lot of people you had

to work, you've got just a few more days before a long weekend, so let's get you ready. we get a look at oakland. it's going to be a mostly cloudy morning, temperatures in the low 50s. it's our usual start. we're starting out with temperatures in the 50s around the bay area. we can see by late morning we're starting to clear out, we're heading for the low 60s. eventually reaching 68 degrees there. 71 will be the high in novato. we'll get a look ahead to the weekend coming up. we're looking at 101 southbound past university, if i turn the camera south it's too far out of range for us to see. i'm going to point it out on the map. fortunately, we don't see any slowing on the sensors here. the crash reported just off highway 101, so no major reported, no slowing shows up. we do see more traffic heading off of university toward the

dumbarton bridge. all of the bridges right now are moving smoothly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. we are following breaking news. just coming into our newsroom, meta is starting its final round of layoffs this morning. this is what sources are telling reuters. this is part of the company's plan announced back in march to eliminate 10,000 jobs. scott mcgrew is following this story. he's going to have more coming up at 6:15 right here on "today in the bay." and california's attorney general now promising to provide some clarity on that deadly shooting dividing san francisco. that's a shooting by a walgreens security guard that killed a suspected shoplifter, banko brown. >> ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco this morning. what's the likelihood the da's decision might be overturned? >> reporter: laura, it is a high bar. even the family's attorney conceded that and there is no guarantee that they'll get a different decision in prosecuting michael an thrown,

the security guard that shot and killed banko brown last month. the family says the review itself is significant. state prosecutors will examine if the da abused her discretion when deciding not to file charges against the security guard involved in that deadly shooting. the announcement comes amid growing outrage after the release of security video and the da's conclusion that anthony was acting in self-defense. >> she's putting out the message that it's okay for the police to kill people or security to kill people. >> somebody needs to be held accountable for this and the video clearly shows that he was beaten up before even being murdered. >> reporter: in a statement, da jenkins, responded, we provided the highest degree of transparency possible that we could with this case. we welcome the attorney

general's review and will assist and cooperate as needed. dozens rallied once again yesterday in support of the transgender activist, as supervisors voted on a resolution urging the attorney general and the u.s. department of justice to take a second look at the case. now, we reached out to the attorney general's office, but have not heard back. brown's mother says she is meeting with the district attorney later this week. marcus and laura. >> we'll continue to follow it. thank you very much. happening today, mixed martial arts star cain velasquez turns to court for a pretrial hearing in san jose. he pleaded not guilty to shooting at a car carrying a man authorities say abused his young relative. another man in that car was hit by gunfire and injured. that incident happened more than a year ago. since early january, velasquez has been out on bail. south bay parents and students unnerved by recent school safety threats will meet today with police and school leaders. the most recent incident

happened last wednesday at willow glen high school where police say a school resource officer tackled a student armed with a loaded ghost gun. no one was hurt, but for a time the school went on lockdown. other scares have included threats at willow glen middle school where tonight's meeting is scheduled to happen at 6:00. making it in the bay seemingly on hold in the peninsula as the battle brews over one proposed housing development. the fate of the project may ultimately rest not with town leaders, but the state authority. kris sanchez is live in los altos hills. there is a chapter in this story that is a hug of war. >> reporter: yeah, so later on this morning in just a few hours, the mayor is going to meet with some residents here who say that they want low income housing to be spread throughout their community and not focused on one specific location. i want to give you some backstory because this has been going on for a while.

there was a property owner who wanted to take down his single-family home and build a 20-unit complex, and wants to use a provision in california state law to force los altos hill to approve the project. here, zoning allows for just one home per acre of land and a 40-foot setback, so as you would imagine, that's a lot of space. the head of yes in my back yard says that los altos is failing to meet the state's benchmarkin. >> they thumbed their nose and did not comply with deadlines and now they have to face a reality that builders can do what they want. >> reporter: now, this has been going on for a while and when we asked the town manager back in

february about this, they wrote to us, the town adopted a substantially compliant housing element prior to the state law deadline. the town is currently reviewing the proposed builder's remedy projectpohis point we now that is more than one, we're trying to find out how many there are here in los altos hills. the meeting is happening in a few hours and we'll bring you updates after it does. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. 5:36 right now. developing this morning in the south pacific, the u.s. territory of guam is bracing for potentially catastrophic damage from a powerful typhoon. some parts of the island are already without power. president biden is approving an emergency declaration. the storm is packing torrential rain, a life-threatening storm surge and perhaps category 5 strength winds. right now it's projected to be a direct hit. meteorologist kari hall joins us. she's been following this as well.

this may be guam's strongest storm in 80 years. >> yeah, you have a couple of generations that have never seen anything like this. how do you prepare for something like that? and so president biden has declared a state of emergency there, helping to get people more prepared. but this with a direct hit category 4, it's most likely going to be very devastating. we have seen with climate change we're getting these storms more frequently happening due to warmer ocean temperatures as well. so we're going to continue to follow the developments on that. unfortunately, it does look like it's going to be definitely a big catastrophic storm. >> a lot of destruction? >> yeah, a lot of destruction there. we've had some fairly quiet weather around the bay area. we continue to follow what's happening across the pacific and we're seeing some of those storms heading farther to the north as well. and the storm track is staying away from the bay area, so fairly quiet weather. we take a look at martinez this

morning, temperatures in the mid-50s. a little breeze picking up. we're going from low 50s to the mid-60s, sunshine into the rest of the day. we're also seeing temperatures that are going to be slightly cooler than normal, reaching the low 70s, even in some of our south bay and tri-valley areas. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you have a look at the overview of the morning commute. >> it's a great overview now. mostly green, a little slowing in san jose, north 101, we expect that. as you look at the rest of the bay, the south bay, vta all week long, we have the bus bridge in place for parts of the blue and green lines as you depart the area. i've told you about it the last few days and we'll continue with that all week. mild slowing for 880 as you pass 92. this might be a surprise to you, heads-up, tonight you can no longer use the webster tube until the next morning. tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m.,

everything should be clear. posey tube had it last night. the rest of the bridges are moving smoothly. work for 121 all week, so keep that in mind. marking one year since an unspeakable tragedy. >> just imagine everything you love getting ripped from you. >> ahead, we're going to take you live to uvalde, texas, one year later, still so many unanswered questions. an update on the fight for change for young lives lost. >> and closer and closer. eight days remain until the government may run out of money. why agreeing to lift the debt ceiling is only the fir step. st

right now on this wednesday morning, it is 5:42, as you're heading out in the tri-valley. we're looking at dublin. it's a mostly clear morning and a cool start. temperatures at right about 53 degrees with a breezy wind. we're going to continue to have a cooldown, so we're only at 65 at lunchtime and reaching into the low 70s later this afternoon. the cooldown continues into our holiday weekend. we'll talk about how cool it's been in our forecast coming up. and we're looking right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights just activated. there is quite a backup over here off the 880 over-crossing going to the secondary set of lanes. it looked like whatever was happening, they might have had someone walking across the

lanes, perhaps maintenance, because now traffic is moving smoothly. it is 5:43 right now. we have the countdown this week and now there's eight days to go until estimates say the government will no longer be able to pay bills. >> scott, there seems to be no sign of progress in sight. >> no sign of progress, eight days until june 1st, eight days until treasury secretary janet yellen says the u.s. will start defaulting on its debt. something that's never been done before. the full faith and credit of the united states used to be a rock solid promise and that certainty is a big part of why the world's economy functions as well as it does. there are some who may yellen may not be right about the date, though those people provide no evidence. >> just unintentionally giving out wrong information or whether others who may be want to use scare tactics to apply undue pressure to try to force everyone into some kind of

subordination to that artificial deadline. >> one of the republicans backing yellen's estimates is congresswoman marjorie taylor greene who points out yellen is the treasury secretary, she probably knows how much money the u.s. has in the treasury. there's been little progress in the debt ceiling talks, but the crisis is more than just whether president biden and speaker mccarthy can come to an agreement. that's just the first step. after that, mccarthy has to go back to the folks in the house, get them to vote yes to the new plan. they've already voted yes to a plan that president biden won't support. some republicans in the house may not like the new plan, if we ever get one. they might even vote mccarthy out of the speaker's chair. so even if there's an agreement in the white house, it doesn't mean we won't default. >> other news, former president trump's lawyers have been told by a judge to set aside time in

march for his felony criminal trial, square in the middle of the gop primaries. trump is accused of 34 counts of falsifying business records. he also faces investigations in georgia and two federal investigations by the special counsel. trump's lawyers wrote to attorney general merrick garland this week complaining trump was not being treated fairly. >> an ethics committee made up of democrats and republicans has closed an investigation into california congressman eric swalwell with no allegation of wrongdoing. the fbi warned swalwell several years ago one of the volunteers associated with his office had connections to the chinese government, part of a broader attempt to infiltrate american politics. the congressman's office cut ties and no wrongdoing was alleged. >> and florida governor ron desantis expected to announce his candidacy for president this afternoon. we'll talk more about that at

the top of the hour. >> we'll check back with you. this is hard to believe, but exactly one year ago this morning an 18-year-old armed with a semiautomatic assault rifle walked into a south texas elementary school and opened fire. 19 students and two teachers were killed. >> for many of us, it was the first time we had ever heard of that small town of uvalde. "today in the bay"'s jay gray is live there this morning. i can imagine the families are still grieving and many of them still searching for answers. >> reporter: absolutely, marcus, laura. you can see from the sign behind us, we're on the edge of town, trying to give the families of the victims some space on this very difficult day. they're going to come together as a group a bit later and have asked for some privacy after what has been a very public and very painful 12 months here. a year later, uvalde is strong,

but still struggling. >> families devastated, hearts torn. >> reporter: 19 innocent unsuspecting children and two teachers murdered inside their classrooms at robb elementary. the calendar says it's been a year since the attack. >> it almost feels like time standstill. >> may 24th, as a family, the community members, there's no moving on. >> reporter: the pain of unimaginable loss overwhelming for families of the victims. >> every day, every second. just imagine everything you love getting ripped from you. >> reporter: agony magnified by a slow-moving investigation, a lack of accountability for responding officers who waited more than an hour to confront the gunman, and a failure of the texas legislature to pass stricter gun laws in the wake of the massacre.

>> everybody will say, guns don't kill people, people kill people. but we're allowing these people to use these guns to murder people and it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: for many here, nothing makes sense anymore. their small town dotted by murals and memorials, honoring friends and family gone for a year now, and never coming home. and texas governor greg abbott has ordered flags lowered to half-staff across the state today. he's also calling for a moment of silence at 11:30, the time the attack began a year ago this morning. >> i can't imagine what those families are going through. the sad part is some families do know because we've seen school shootings since then. we conontinue to be with them i prayer. thank you very much.

in the meantime, there are celebrations happening today. students at san jose state will be receiving their diplomas. sjsu will host ten commencement ceremonies over the next few days. today the lucas college and graduate school of business will have their ceremony at 9:30. then tonight at 6:00, the college of health and human sciences students will receive their diplomas. congratulations to them. hard work pays off. "the voice" is saying farewell to long-time host and now crowning its newest winner. >> blake s shelton got the send-off, but it was team niall that pulled off with the win. ♪♪ ♪ nothing compares to you ♪ >> beautiful voice there. that's 19-year-old gina miles, who grew up in illinois, but just a few years ago moved to sacramento. gina says she didn't compete in the show to win, but just to get

the experience and exposure and meet all those people, and you know what, it's a big win for her coach as well. niall there, too, his first win as a coach there on "the voice." >> for not competing to win, she did okay. >> she failed at that. now everybody is going to go to sacramento. >> you've got to come to california. >> there we go. good weather, too. it will continue to stay cool over the next few days. we're starting out with clouds as we take a live look outside in san francisco. and we're headed back to the low 60s there and that's just slightly below what our usual average temperature is for this time of year. in santa rosa, we're about 3 degrees cooler than normal, 2 degrees lower than we typically see in concord. all year long there's been a cool trend for the bay area, and napa has had 103 days of temperatures below normal since

the start of the year. so that's about 73% below normal as we have started out this year. and it continues, so we'll just add more days to that as we reach 73 in dublin, fremont, san jose, as well as 73 in martinez. in novato today, 71 degrees. and usually by this time of year as we're going into our memorial day weekend, it starts to feel like summer. but we're still definitely feeling spring here for tomorrow as well as friday, with some upper 60s and low 70s all across the bay area. we also will continue with sunshine, meanwhile we're seeing storms firing up over the sierra, and if you're going there this weekend, passing through, heads-up that there could be some wet weather, some thunderstorms developing that we see just blowing up in the heat of the day. now, in fairfield, usually one of our hot spots inland, it's only going to reach the upper 60s for friday and mid-70s for the weekend and this cool weather extends through memorial

day as well as much of next week. we're just settling into this weather pattern with nice weather. mike, you're seeing the lanes filling in at the toll plaza. >> which is not a surprise. we know that's going to happen, and it has without any problem. so you're still moving slowly across the incline, but it's steady into the city. that's the distribution. the only thing surprising about this map is the slowing south 680 over here where there is a crash reported off to the shoulder. it's enough of a distraction to cause slowing past gold hill. the rest of the bay shows a predictable pattern. thank you. firefighters in the south bay preparing for fire season. santa clara county firefighters are holding wildland training exercises, so they're going to practice techniques like progressive hose lays, as well as practicing helicopter rescues and simulating an out-of-control wildfire.

they're saying if you see smoke near bernal road, this may be the reason why. training is expected to start at 8:00 this morning and wrap up around 2:00. a graduation present to one little boy that he'll never forgrget. ahead, the heartwarming homecoming during his kindergarten ceremony. also ahead, thousands of buildings in san francisco may not be prepared for the next big earthquake. the buildings not up to code and the reason engineers say fixing it would be too much. >> a quick reminder, you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you would like. we stream on roku, amazon fire, xumo, you can watch live breaking news, news conferences and repeats of our newscasts. a lot more ahead.

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>> the mom beat the kid to the punch. he's been stationed for the past year in the middle east far away from his wife and two kids in washington, oklahoma. during the ceremony, he hid in the back of the gymnasium before surprising his son. maybe the best news for his family, he now gets to stay home after starting a new job there. i love those reunions. >> i know. the mom was very happy. >> looked like there was a brother. >> we were just talking about "the voice" there. fresh off of his win, coach niall horan just announcing a new tour and it starts right here in the bay area. ♪♪ >> that's his single "heaven" expected to be on his new album out june 9th. but it will be a while before fans actually can see him on stage. the tour won't actually start until next year, with a stop at

shoreline amphitheater on july 26th, 2024. >> wow, over a year away. >> you've got time to pick up an outfit. >> and learn all the lyrics. so this is something else that's trending and i think it's happened to a lot of us weather people. there was a pigeon that was ready for prime time and it startled a morning meteorologist. take a look. >> a mix of sun and fair weather clouds -- whoa, my gosh, the bird startled me! >> sometimes we see birds. but usually around here it's spiders. that's live television and this all happened monday at an nbc south florida station. she's standing in front of a green screen, it's got a live camera. we always see the cameras that we've named, the one over san jose, we call it techie. >> that bird is not really that big.

>> when you're watching those clips online and then something scares you, it's kind of like that. >> just wait until what we put around kari in a little bit. just teasing. right now at 6:00 -- >> we crack down on crime. police bust what they're calling a large-scale armed robbery ring. the suspects all identified as juveniles. ahead this morning in a live report, we're going to tell you the new plan from oakland's mayor to boost safety everywhere. >> plus -- >> florida governor ron desantis expected to announce his candidacy for president this afternoon in an unusual way. good morning to you on this wednesday. thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we'll see how the morning commute is rolling, hopefully rolling out there. rolling through the clouds this morning? >> it'ss our usual start. we're seeing a lot of clouds

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