in ai. jushours ago, president trump announced a plan to pump half $1 trillion into the hot new tech in silicon valley. gd afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. we'll give you the details

on the ai funding project. we're also tracking other stories on this tuesday, including california wasting no time in challenging president trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship. the new sharp response from the state's attorney general also declaring only two genders exist in america male and female. our scott budman is looking into what president trump's executive orr means for passports and beyond, and gunfire exchanged between officers and street clothes and gunman in san jose. the new details investigators just revealed about that shootout. but let's go ahead and start with president trump's first full day in office. the president started the day with a prayer service at washington national cathedral. he also met with lawmakers at the white house as his day one executive orders begin taking effect. president also ordered the border sealed, which is forcing migrantseeking asylum to wait in mexico. pico boulevard appointments that were set for toy are now canceled overnight. criminal defendants in the january 6th attack on the

u.s. capitol started walking out of jails. the preside pardoned roughly 1500 rioters, including those convicted of assaulting police officers. one of those former capitol officers is now seeking a protective order. my thoughts are on protecting myself and members of my family. and amid queuestions about his ties to tech industry giants, president trump today announced more private sector investment in ai infrastructure, flanked by oracle ceo larry ellison and openai ceo sam altman. the firms announced that they will create a new company called stargate to grow ai infrastructure in the united states. the companies, along with tokyo based softbank, have plans to invest up to $50 billion in the coming years. but california's attorney general is vowing to see president trump in court. california, along with 17 other states and the city of san francisco, have filed a lawsuit

officially challenging trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. mr. trump signed that order on his first day in office. it would limit the right to citizenship to children who have at least one parent who is a u.s. citizen or is a permanent u.s. resident. attorney general rob bonta argues it violates the 14th amendment, which was ratified back in 1868. the president chose to start his second term by knocking down one of our country's foundational long standing rights and disregarding our nation's governing document. the questions around birthright citizenship have been asked and answered. this is settled. this is established, resolved in the highest court of the land. bonta says the order would impact more than 20,000 babies born every year in california. trump's proposal doesn't go into effect for a month. bonta is requesting a preliminary injunction to prevent the order from taking effect until it has time to move through the courts. another

executive order by president trump is leading to concern for some in the bay area and beyond. he's reorienting how the federal government recognizes sex, declaring there are only two sexes, male and female. so let's go and bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman, who's been looking into this for us. and, scott, this is already having an impact on people's passports, right? the passports, the two gender law will affect a lot of people in a lot of ways, audrey. but. right. passports you have for the last couple of years been able to put x where it says gender. so you don't have to put male or female and travel and it doesn't matter. people will not stop you for that. but because of this new executive order, we asked passport places that make passports if this will change that. and they say, yes, indeed. now when you check in at an airport, you will have to say male or female. you can't say x. and this is a very small minority of people that have done this. but if you ask people say in the trans community, they

will say, you know, a lot of them have have done this. and so they are concerned because the executive order is set to take place in 30 days. and after those 30 days, if you travel and enter an airport in the u.s. and your passport still has an x on it, there is concern that it may not be valid anymore. yeah, so it is a lot of people are concerned about this, especially the ones impacted by it. i know you got to speak with someone who has an x on their passport. so what are their plans? what are they thinking about doing next? well, the concern is, you know, they've got a trip coming up actually, and will will be ideally coming back into the united states. and so they're thinking, how do i get this done? do i still say, hey, i've wanted to be known as x because that's how i want to be known. or and but that would risk, you know, perhaps having a passport problem. so the passport agencies are reaching out to, to people like them and saying this may be an opportunity to expedite this, because the typical if any of you out there

have done anything to get a new passport or change a passport or get your child a passport, it can take 6 to 8 weeks. this order steps in in 30 days. so it's going to be a situation where a lot of the passport expediters are already starting to see a little extra business because of this. so what does one traveler do? they either roll the dice and say, i want to keep the x or expedite the passport, especially if the travel is coming up soon to say, okay, i'm going to go with either m or f, because that's what the executiverder says i have to do. all right, scott, thanks so much for elaining that. i appreciate it. and president trump signed a number of executive orders yesterday. you can read each one on our website. just go to nbcbayarea.com and find them on the trending bar of our home page. we do have new details this afternoon on a gunfire exchange involving the san jose police department, the police chief held a news conference today. he says around 1030 last night, two officers in street clothes were in an unmarked police car in san jose when they

came to a stop at the intersection of melbourne boulevard and mclaughlin avenue. two unknown suspects in a vehicle confronted them. the suspects indicated that they were armed, so the officers pulled over and called for backup. and that is when police say a suspect suddenly started shooting the officer's car. an officer did return fire. the officers we not shot and the suspects immediately took off. that this was a reckless and senseless act of gun violence in a residential neighborhood. the suspects and suspect vehicle remain unidentified and outstanding. our detectives are working diligently, conducting interviews and gathering evidence, and will identify the individuals involved. as jpd says, the motive behind the attack is under investigation. evacuation orders are in effect in san diego as firefighters work to fight the lilac fire. the fire sparked just after 1:00 this morning near old highway 395. that's outside of vista. it's grown to 85 acres, 35% contained. the main worry right

now are those strong santa ana winds. area is under a red flag warning, and firefighters are still working to figure out what started that fire. and firefighters in l.a. county are also bracing for another round of strong santa ana winds. this as crews are still workingo fully extinish two major fires, the palisades and eaton fires. palisades fire stopped growing at over 23,000 acres, it is now 63% contained. the eaton fire near pasadena is 14,000 acres and is now 89% contained. almost 8000 wildfire firefighters and other crews are in southern california right now to offer support and a different story on the gulf coast. that's snow in new orleans. wow. snow on the gulf coast and almost zero rain in southern california going back to spring last year. we're seeing some wild weather extremes this month. it is something climate scientists have been suggesting would become more likely moving forward. i'm here now with meteorologist rob mayeda, with a

closer look at how climate change could be changing global wind patterns, leading to what we're seeing here and around much of the country right now. and it has to do with what's known as the jet stream or river or air that controls our track. is that right? storm track? yeah, absolutely. yeah. and oh, by the w, it's 29 degrees right now in new orleans. so that snow is not going anywhere. it's the ultimate in weather whiplash. you got these cold temperatures to the east yet fire weather in california. so let's give you the bigger view. here's that pocket of arctic air that has dropped into the us. but notice what's happening in alaska, the arctic and greenland. you've got above average temperatures there. and that plays a big role with the behavior of the jet stream. the jet stream in a typical winter thrives on those cold temperatures in the north side, warm temperatures to the south. that increases the temperature pressure gradient, which gets you that westerly flow a strong, healthy jet stream. but when these temperatures up north start to trend warmer, it loses its intensity. it's more prone now to these north south wavy spans with the jet stream. so

now you've got the ridging out west with high pressure and the cold air which sometimes drops down to the east. so instead of getting the storms here in the bay area in california, you're now stuck in this wavy pattern where you've got the dry conditions out west, yet at the same time, snow down towards the gulf coast in the same week you've got wildfires. unfortunately, at this hour burning again in the mountains east of san diego. so it's something that climate forecasts have suggested could happen with a warmer arctic. now we're just starting to see more of it also during winter as well. yeah. rob, can you go ahead and talk about how this pattern is impacting our area here in the bay area? if it is, yes. so far we've seea pretty good example. if youook at what's happening this month, go back to november and santa rosa. you had three days in november. you had more than a foot of rain. we had flood warnings all over the place. again, that was in a three day stretch. so far this month in santa rosa, we've seen less than a half inch of rain. that's 9% of the average. and what is typically the wettest month of the year. so it's part of that hydroclimate whiplash where you've got these high

impact, shorter duration events that as we move forward with this weaker jet stream, we're more likely to see these precipitation and temperature extremes, which could lead to wild changes between what we're seeing in california right now and what they're seeing east of the rockies at this hour as well. all right, rob, t thank yu and still to come, he's seen as a pioneering chef in the bay area. the culinary world is mourning the loss of the chef who started the slanted door in san francisco. our sergio quintana will join u with how charles fan is being remembered today. also getting ready to welcome the new lunar new year, our newsroom gets a sneak peek at one event coming up this weekend. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? i do have a survey up right now on my instagram. you still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories right here, grammy host announced black eyed peas upset fans or wine

chef charles fan of the slanted door, died of cardiac arrest yesterday and the news of his death is reverberating across the bay area culinary community. let's go and bring in our sergio quintana live in san francisco for us today. and sergio fan is being seen as a pioneering chef here in the bay area and beyond. yeah, most people know of chef charles phan, as you mentioned, because of the slanted door restaurant that he operated here at the ferry building from 2005 until the pandemic. of course, the two restaurants of the same name are still operating in san ramon and in napa, and also another one in france. but restaurateurs and friends say that he was also so integral in introducing heightened vietnamese cuisine to san francisco and the bay area at large that he still operates a banh mi sandwich shop, or his family still operates a banh mi sandwich shop in the mission

district right now, and so the loss of charles pham, his friends and family say, obviously is very shocking. but they are also they also say it's just a huge loss to someone who was so integral to the food scene of san francisisco and the bay area. audrey. yeah, it's such a hard time for so many people. sergio i understand you got to speak with friend of fans. what did they tell you? yeah, i was i was able to talk with the chef,hris cosentino, who actually talked with me by video call from maui. he's currently opening a restaurant right there. right there. at the moment, he tells me that it's just a shock, in part because he knew charles pham as someone who had boundless energy and who was very generous, who waslways very helpful and a great mentor to so many chefs along the way through the years that he himself has been a chef. chef cosentino says that he he was someone that he would turn to

sometimes for just very, you know, basic advice about the restaurant business. but also, you know, when there were events that were happening in san francisco, he would often be barbecuing with him or cooking with him here and at other events. in fact, there's a whole lot of tributes that are coming in to chef charles pham from across the restaurant scene. also, people, places like meals on wheels, whom he was a very big supporter of as well. so it's just a big loss for the restaurant scene and for people who are big, huge fans of the slanted door and all the things that he contributed to the cuisine of the bay area. all right, sergio, thank you so much. i know we're going to be seeing your full story later on this evening, so we'll see you then. meanwhile, a popular restaurant in downtown menlo park is shutting down after ownership of the building changed hands. dennis lim has been the owner of shiok singapore kitchen for decades. he says the new landlord sent him a letter the day after christmas, telling him he has

until the end of january to move out. lim says he's rushing to find a new location, but so far he hasn't had any luck. in the meantime, lim says he'll keep paying staff for at least a month. the new owners of the building have not yet responded to requests for comment. i'm here now with our meteorologist, rob mayeda, to take another look at our weather today. yeah, it's nice right? it really is. it was warm. we almost got to 70 and a few spots south of san jose today. but big changes later tonight. freeze warning up for parts of the north bay valleys. that's from midnight to 10 a.m. frost advisories elsewhere. and a large area actually affected by that frost advisory. then some other changes headed our way this weekend, which may include some showers. i'll have a look at that coming up in just about a minute. right now, we're still enjoying 50s and 60s outside, but moving forward tonight, the area you see here in purple in the north bay, that's where the freeze warning is. but look where the frost advisories are set up throughout the south bay. all of the east bay, essentially away from the water. down the peninsula as

well. and up into the north bay. we'll zoom in on the areas that will see the coldest temperatures. the areas here in purple, much of the lower elevations of sonoma county, marin county and napa county will see temperatures tomorrow morning in the upper 20s to low 30s. that's from midnight to about 10 a.m. tomorrow, so bundle up as you head outside. it's going to hit you in the face as you head outside of those temperatures, dropping into the 20s and low 30s areas that might have their sprinklers run at night. be careful. that could be icy in the morning. now, by lunchtime, with the sunny skies, temperatures recover pretty well. we climb back into the low 60s around san jose and likely mid to upper 60s around downtown san jose, and even some 60s closer to san francisco and oakland. but as we talked about weekend changes just around the corner, cooler and breezy and even a chance we may begin to see some showers entering the forecast and perhaps much needed rain for southern california coming up tonight at five. jeff, we have a full look at these changes ahead in that 7-day forecast coming up tonight at five. back to you. all right rob sounds good. thank

you. today marks the national day of racial h healing wh the goal of paving a new path forward for americans exhausted by division. and it comes with some stark numbers from a recent gallup poll, a record breaking 80% of u.s. adults believe the country is greatly divided on most important values. and a recent pew research study found nearly two thirds of americans feel like they become exhausted. thinking about the political division. we recently spoke with the ceo of michigan's kellogg foundation about how to better connect with people across the political and racial spectra. the question is, how do i embrace this concept of healing? how do i learn to listen to others and build empathy for others who have situations different than my own? and that is the work of all of us. lejeune montgomery tapper recently released her new book called how we heal. it focuses on the need for connection and

greater empathy. okay. a big show is coming to the shark tank in honor of the lunar new year. and our marcus washington got an up close look at the celebration. nbc bay area is getting ready to welcome in the year of the snake, and the san jose sharks are getting ready to. we actually got an up close look at part of the planned celebration. with performers from the rising phoenix dragon and lion dance troupe entertained uin the today in the bay studio, so they'll all be a part of the events taking place saturday night over at sap center. this is when the sharks take on the florida panthers. we spoke with the sharks public relations director,r, jim spara. he says that the troupe will be part a major part that is, of all of the events before the game starts. so they'll actually bring the dragon in out and they're going to be dropping the puck. they'll also be performing on the concourse pregame and

also in the arena bowl during the intermission. and check this out. our very own laura garcia got a chance to take part in the ceremony painting of the dragon before it took the stage again. the rising phoenix dragon and lion dance troupe, who you can catch this weekend, will be part of all the events taking place saturday night at sap center. this is when the sharks take on the florida pthers. game time is 7 p.m. and all fans will receive a commemorative beanie. you can see stories like this when you join us for today in the bay. every morning from 5 to 7. i'm marcus washington. back to you. all right, marcus, thanks so much. i am with our janelle wang now who's working on the 5:00 news. but before we get to that, you're actually going to be taking part in all those. i'm so excited to be at the sharks game to represent asian representation and celebrating lunar new year and ringing in the year of the snake. that's awesome. hopefully bring good fortune and blessings to everyone. but we've got a lot going on in the 5:00 newscast. seven finalists. one will be chosen as the new alameda county

district attorney. supervisors right now are interviewing their final candidates. that person will take over for pamela price, who was recalled by voters i november. we have the list and when the top pick will be announced and being proactive, fire crews in contra costa county are building a fire break and eliminating dangerous fuels around one of the most high risk communities in contra costa county, where this $3 million state grant is being used. all that and more coming up at 5:00. all right. we'll see you then. janelle. thanks so much. still to come. top trending story as voted by you on my instagram survey. also, the newest members of baseball's hall of fame are announced and a bay area native has made the list. we'll tell you who will soon be enshrined.

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for the fifth time in his career. show didn't have a named host before today, making many wonder if it would go on without a host this year or if it would even happen after the wildfires across the city this month. the award show is set to take place on february 2nd. its goal is to raise funds to support relief efforts, and as always, i will be posting links to the other stories you voted for on my instagram. a baseball star and bay area native will be forever immortalized in the hall of fame. cc sabathia grew up in vallejo, pitched in the mlb for 19 years, mostly with the yankees, and today voters chose to send him to cooperstown in his first year on the ballot. 2025 hall of fame class also includes closer billy wagner and outfielder infielder ichiro suzuki. it was ichiro's first appearance on the ballot, and he fell just one vote short of a unanimous selection. he now becomes the first asian player ever elected to the hall of fame. three players will be officially inducted into cooperstown at a ceremony in

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being proactive to try and protect ourselves from disastrous wildfires the work crews did in contra costa county today as thankful neighbors looked on. also, who will be alameda county's next district attorney? the community pushed for some candidates as a decision looms and pushing back against president trump's executive order to eliminate birthright citizenship. the action california's attorney general is taking, along with more than a dozen others. good

tuesday everyone. the news at five starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. and i'm jessica aguirre. california's attorney general says he has o message for president trump. see you in court. less than 24 hours after mr. trump signed an executive order eliminating birthright citizenship, 18 states have sued to stop him. both california and the city of san francisco have joined this lawsuit, arguing the order violates the 14th amendment of the constitution. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is in san jose's immigrant community, with local reaction. many legal experts predict the executive order will eventually be deemed unconstitutional. but some fear the damage may have already been done. yeah. san jose lawyer andrew newcombe says his phone has been ringing off the hook since election day. people in the undocumented community are refusing to go to hospitals, refusing to go to work and refusing to send their children to school because they're afraid that one misstep

could cause their entire life to be shattered as they know it. newcombe isn't surprised that today, california attorney general rob bonta issued a legal challenge to one of president trump's many day one executive orders. in this case, the order eliminating the birthright of children born to undocumented immigrants. critics of the president say his order violates the 14th amendment, guaranteeing that any child born on u.s. soil is automatically a u.s. citizen, regardless of their parents status, as he did today, with what is, frankly, an un-american executive order. i have one message for president trump. i'll see you in court. we are filed. the order is currently set to take effect in 30 days, but legal experts believe a federal court is now likely to issue an injunction barring the law from taking effect until the legal challenges are over. the president chose to start his second term by knocking down one of our country's foundational