tip off. san francisco is packed ahead of tonight's all star game. we have live team coverage with a look at all of the excitement. plus showers popping up across the bay area. but will it impact your holiday plans? we're tracking the wet weather. hey! ho ho! limón huske has got

to go. and protesting elon musk again. the huge demonstration outside of a tesla dealershipp n the peninsula. what they're demanding tonight. good afternoon. thank you for joining us for a special edition of nbc bay area. i'm gia vang and i'm garvin thomas. we're on early to make room for saturday night live's 50th anniversary special. red carpet coverage begins in just about an hour. but that's not the only big celebration tonight. it's the culmination of nba all-star weekend. that's right. the streets of san francisco are packed with people out enjoying the festivities, even if they don't have a ticket to the game. tipoff is in just a few hours and all eyes will be on chase center. that is where we find nbc bay area's christie smith live at the center of all the action. christie. how's it looking out there right now? well, people are out now, and boy, the energy is really picking up out here. we've seen

people eating, shopping. really just taking it all in as the clock ticks down on the all star game. this is, of course, what people have been waiting for, but it's also been a big weekend in the bay. hours before game time, nba fans stopped by thrive city to take a look. all eyes are on san francisco. it's the bay area's chance to shine in the bay area with the all star game. oh, yeah. please. and the super bowl is coming too, right? yeah. so yeah, definitely the nba all star game is tonight at chase center. but all star weekend has been filled with events and festivities on both sides of the bay. simon streets is with magical donuts at park gardens and says there were plenty of customers for valentine's day friday, and they've only kept picking up steam. then an afternoon the nba fans started drifting in, and then saturday, who? full on nba fans. it's been huge. you know, it's been such a difficult time for small businesses here in san francisco since the pandemic.

erica robles is head of growth with spark social sf, a food truck park, community gathering space and event space. you know, evts like this where there's just a really positive light being shed on san francisco. a lot of these small businesses are really feeling it, and they're just you can feel a sense of gratitude in the air, but there's also just an energy in the air where, you know, we want to keep this momentum. in the mission bay neighborhood within walking distance of chase center, we have a really awesome activation going on with the national basketball players association for all star weekend. and we have the nba two k hoop bus that's out here. and another neighbor has noticed the increase in foot traffic throughout the weekend and thinks it's a positive sign. yeah, i think there's a ton more foot traffic, especially in the evenings. certain pockets of the downtown that usually are kind of quiet or dead at night, a lot more lively, livelier. it's much more excitement. i think also the lunar new year parade yesterday, there's a lot more people just out and about. so it was great to see the city kind of back on its feet. now. back here live. of course, warriors

fans certainly represented out here, but we're seeing fans of other teams represented out here too. and again, people we spoke with today really excited about what they're seeing in the city and would like to see the momentum keep going. reporting live in san francisco christie smith, nbc bay area news. thank you christie. and as christie just mentioned, the game is bringing a lot of people to the city and revenue for businesses in the process. but one san francisco nonprofit is also getting a big boost, too. you might recognize this guy. charles barkley served meals at glide yesterday. later in the day, he gave the church a shout out during his broadcast on tnt, and chuck announced he is donating $250,000 to glide. glide said it is very grateful for barkley's gift. chuck out in the community. i like to see it all right. a live look at san francisco right now. look at those clouds hovering over the city. might be a good thing. the all star game is inside chase center tonight. let's talk about the bay area. seeing some spotty rain showers today. take a look at the time lapse video showing the clouds moving through

earlier. and then a rainbow appeared for just a quick second. meteorologist rob mayeda is here tracking the showers. and when we could see a bigger storm. so is it a good thing that the all star game is inside? yeah, i think so. there's been a few sprinkles. it's nothing. i mean, it would be difficult to play on a wet surface outside, but we're not having any flood watches over this. just a few sprinkles at times. and you can see the cloudy skies around san jose and our storm ranger mobile doppler radar picking up on a few sprinkles near the coast. you got a lot of clouds, but not necessarily a lot of rain. and from here the skies should clear as we head through the overnight hours from north to south. and something to watch for tomorrow morning around 7 a.m. could be patchy. areas of fog forming around the inner bay. now, later this week we will see a stronger weather system, unlike today where we had scattered areas of light rain. look at the outlook with this midweek storm. you can see portions of the north bay and the santa cruz mountains, about a third of an inch to maybe a half inch of rain coming in with that midweek storm. then later on, if you've been looking for some spring like weather, we

also have that coming up in the 7-day forecast. a look at how that could impact next weekend's weather coming up in about ten minutes. all right rob, thanks. and don't forget you can track the weather while you're on the go. just download our free nbc bay area weather app. all you have to do is scan that qr code you see right there on your screen. you'll get access to stormranger, the bay area's only mobile doppler radar. it's close to the ground, so it gets a better scan of your neighborhood. it was a busy night for police after several illegal sideshows popped up across the bay area, one even blocking the bay bridge. it all started around 1230 in richmond, but police quickly shut down that sideshow. a short time later, another one popped up in oakland, then another across the bay in daly city. then around three this morning, police broke up a slide show on the bay bridge. you can see traffic was at a complete standstill. it is unclear yet if any arrests were made. the search continues for a person who fell into the water along san francisco's embarcadero. it happened just before 1030 last night near pier 32. two people actually fell

into the bay. firefighters were able to rescue one of them and took that person to the hospital. no word on how they're doing, but crews are still looking for the second person. firefighters and police are using boats and thermal imaging cameras as part of the search. police have also used drones. now, it's unclear how the pair ended up in the water. a large group of demonstrators walked from san mateo city hall to san francisco to protest mass deportations. the march was organized by rights over borders. the group gathered early this morning on the peninsula, then walked up to the city demanding immigration reform. it's about the people that came before me, the people that can't do it. opening pathways to citizenship and residency and changing immigration laws. so it's really personal for me. the demonstrators stopped in san bruno and daly city during the march. volunteers were stationed along the route to show support and offer information about the cause. well, it is day two of protest against elon musk in the

bay area. and. pretty loud. dozens of people lined the streets outside of the tesla dealership in palo alto. the group marched back and forth across the street, carrying those signs you're seeing right there. they were chanting. protesters say they're concerned about president trump appointing musk to lead doj's the department of government efficiency, tasked with cutting costs in washington, protesting elon musk's unfettered control over the federal government and access to data on individual citizens that is being granted at an unprecedented level. there is a lot of concern over what are the proper uses of that data, what are the proper, what are the regulations on power that he's been given, and where are the checks and balances? musk and president trump say doge is cutting down on wasteful government spending and finding fraud in federal budgets. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is laying out his

vision for ending the war in ukraine, with the help of president trump. during an interview on meet the press, he made it clear he would never accept a peace deal between the u.s. and russia without ukraine at the table. he also said he believes that russia's president is afraid of president trump. i think he is really a little bit scared about the president trump. and i think the president has this chance and he's strong. d i think that really he can he can push putin to peace negotiations. yes, i think so. i think so he can. but don't trust him. don't trust putin. don't trust just words about ceasefire. this interview comes as members of the trump administration, european leaders and zelensky gather in germany for the munich security conference. during that meeting, zelensky called for european allies to join the negotiating table to help end the war. he also warned about what could happen to nato if russia is not stopped, or if the u.s. withdraws from the group. coming

up, we continue our nba all-star weekend coverage. we check in with the players before they hit the court. plus, if you're hoping to make plans to visit yosemite this summer, you want to hear about delays just announced to its reservation system. we'll have all the details. and we're wrapping up the weekend watching for a few scattered showers around the bay area. this ahead of more rain midweek and also spring like 70 showing up in that 7-day forecast. we'll have a look when we come right back. ahead for us, the deadly weather emergency in kentucky. crews racing to rescue those caught in the floods. and celebrating 50 years of saturday night live. how the show has stayed relevt foran

and it is just about to reach its peak tonight in just a few hours. the nba all star game tips off at chase center with a whole new format. that's right. so much anticipation as fans lucky enough to score tickets

pouring into thrive city. and that is where nbc bay area's anthony flores is joining us right now live. anthony, you guys got a production. so what's happening out there? well, we've got a big production, but unfortunately we are interfering with another telecast is broadcast. so they're kind of kicking us off the air, but everyone's still pretty excited. let's just show it real quick to give you a flavor of the vibe here. we've got people from mexico city, san jose, irvine, taiwan, oakland, the east bay, and all parts in between. all excited for the nba all star game, which kicks off here today at 5:20 p.m. but again, like i said, we're getting kicked off here because we're interfering with another telecast. so we'll send it back to you in the studio. the nba all-star game tips off at 520. guys, one more time, let's give a big shout out. let's go baby. that is live

tv for you. exactly. i was left wanting to hear. hear what else anthony had planned for us. but we'll check back with him later, i'm sure. maybe later. all right. lawmakers have been watching while we've been looking at how much money home contractors are charging customers before they do work. dozens of bay area homeowners have shared horror stories about a builder taking big money in advance, but never finishing a project or doing no work at all. laura and martinez tells us she paid $40,000 to a contractor who only filed a permit, then went belly up. it's a sense of absolute violation, of course. laura had to hire a new contractor to get her adu off the ground. she and others have spoken up for months now. a bay area lawmaker is listening and taking action. he's poised to change the contractor law statewide. tonight, after the big snl anniversary show will

lay out the proposed new penalty that a peninsula rep calls righteous. it hits contractors who don't deliver in the pocketbook. and that lawmaker believes it's hefty enough to scare off crooked or corrupt contractors and protect you. a tip to our team launched our investigation. if you have one for us or a consumer complaint, snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. i'll join you again later tonight after snl. back to you. all right. that was consumer investigator chris kamara. chris thank you. well you're going to have to wait a bit longer if you're trying to score a spot at some of yosemite's most popular campgrounds. the park announced it's delaying reservations for visits between june 15th and july 14th. this is for the upper pines, lower pines, north pines, wawona, and hodgdon meadow campsites. it is unclear what's behind the delay, but it comes as the park is up against a staffing shortage due to a federal hiring freeze. yosemite's reservation system is

also delayed. over the past few years, the park has used reservations for its busiest months to get rid of heavy traffic, illegal parking, long waits like you see right here. the national park wanted to make that program permanent this year, but the plan is on hold so that the trump administration can review the changes. no word on when that decision could come. rob mayeda joins us now. rob, i know you were teasing ahead to some springlike temperatures next weekend, but i swear this morning there was a hint of spring in the air. yeah, 60. that's not too bad. it could be in the 70s by next weekend. so the temperatures starting to trend upward. but for now we still have a few sprinkles. also around the bay area. cloudy skies on sunday as we take you over to san jose. as gavin mentioned, not too chilly. it's 63 degrees with mostly cloudy conditions. will take a look at our storm ranger radar in a moment with the view over the south bay. you can see out towards the tri-valley. east bay, 61 degrees in dublin under those overcast skies. and more of thats you head up to walnut creek, 61 degrees and into san

rafael. now a little bit cooler. 57 currently under those cloudy skies and san francisco seeing a few sprinkles west of downtown at 56 degrees. and this is a view from our storm ranger mobile doppler radar right there atop san bruno mountain, looking up into marin county and sonoma county. that is a few areas of brief showers passing through, and you can see this time lapse here on the radar. most of the moisture now has moved off wards the east, even though we've got a lot of clouds over the bay area. these aren't your typical big rain producing clouds, just enough for a few sprinkles at times tonight. then skies start to clear, which could set the stage for some patchy fog to set up for tomorrow morning's commute, so watch out for that to our friends up in mendocino county. showers may be ongoing for you into monday. you can see how the showers, for the most part, stay off to the north with partly cloudy skies as we move forward into monday afternoon. so morning temperatures starting off in the 40s watching for those patchy areas of fog. then, as we head through the afternoon

temperatures tomorrow upper 50s and again some low 60s south around san jose, heading down towards san martin and gilroy. upper 50s again around san francisco and oakland. so the midweek weather system will have more moisture and also be a stronger weather system at that. and you can see the impact right there tuesday night and into wednesday as we give you the timeline here. wednesday morning, rain into the north bay by around mid morning. rain all over the place, including san jose. unlike today where the rain chances are really scattered, everybody should get at least a little rain out of the system, with the north bay picking up about a half inch of rain during the day on wednesday. so this map looks different than we had today. the green and the yellow, about a third of an inch to a half inch of rain up there in the north bay santa cruz mountains, probably seeing similar and about a 10th of an inch of rain or less closer to san jose. then once that moves out, high pressure moves in. and this is what's going to lead to temperatures climbing. you see it there in the bottom of the

screen. and now as we go full screen, look at san francisco later this week after that rain clears on wednesday. could be in the upper 60s, which is quite a change from the upper 50s we're seeing outside right now. and for the valleys that have been in the low 60s this weekend, upper 60s and 70s in reach as we head into next weekend. so the trend of midweek storms continues, just not as strong as what we saw last week, but could be looking at some pretty warm temperatures. average highs this time of year close to 60. may see low 70s next saturday and sunday. good timing if you like spring weather. waiting for a weekend. perfect. all right rob, thank you. up next, snl celebrates 50 years. meet the team behind the cue cards and see what it takes to keep the cast on script. and a quick reminder we are now on streaming on pluto 24/7. you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. scan that qr code for our easy how to stream guide on your favorite streaming platform. you can watch our live newscast, breaking updates and other content.

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hello. hello. hey, we know that guy. captain clay was on treasure island yesterday promoting his new sneakers, playing basketball and signing autographs. he also says he wants to do the three-point contest. well, that would be next year. that will be ten years since he last won it in 2016. okay, we've been telling you about it all week, but tonight, tonight's the big night. saturday night live is celebrating five decades of the beloved show. live from new york. pastt host, former cast members joining the current ones to create some new magic. and some of the show's former writers, including john mulaney, tina fey, seth meyers. they came back to write for tonight's episode two. i mean, it's amazing. it's the greatest toolbox of talent that you would

ever have at your disposal. you know, a writing staff who has this many people who are game to do stuff. it's an embarrassment of riches. the writers, cast members and celebrity guests are not the only ones preparing, though. that's right. so are the show's unsung heroes. the cue card team. that's right. the cue card team. nbc's mark barger talked to their ringleaders about transitioning lines of sketch comedy from the printed page to those jumbo pieces of cardboard. i got no cue cards, man. what am i going to do? way back in 1982, host michael keaton feigned a freak out that snl might not have its trusty cue cards, something the show has tweaked itself about. i know it's hard to believe, but i'm reading a cue card right now. but even as snl has evolved into the digital era, this remnant of tv's earliest days remains essential. the show would truly not be able to run without them. that's because sketches are constantly being revised, even

while the show's on air. make those changes fast, make them accurate, and swap them out and keep them on order. i don't know how they do it. wally feresten knows it's all about spacing. he's been doing it for 35 years. wally, lower the cards. he leads a team of ten who write, keep track of, and update roughly 1000 cue cards per episode. the host for snl each week is in black. they're the only one that's in black, so they know their lines stand out. and then the other cast members share red, blue, green, and brown. occasionally, rookie hosts start their week mistakenly thinking they'll memorize everything and won't need cue cards. and then on friday, they'll kind of come up and say, hey, if i wanted to use the cards, where would you be? and by saturday, they're like, all right, i'm using the cards because they don't. they just don't understand how much the show is rewritten and changes. it's basically too much content to rely on teleprompters that aren't always reliable. so

they break and things happen so cards don't break. but that's not to say the cue cards are immune from trouble. the cards fell down. the cards fell down. yeah, that's like your full nightmare why that happened. on late night with seth meyers and snl, 40 was nearly disastrous. i wasn't smart enough to wear sneakers instead of the tuxedo shoes. so not only was i holding like these, these sets of cards that were 100 cards, i was slipping because the shoes were slippery. feresten's braced for sunday's snl 50 special that could have as many as 2500 cue cards, requiring five extra staffers to manage them. i'm excited. i'm i'm nervous just because of the amount of work it is. but it's special. it really is special and special for me to say. almost live from new york. it's mark barger, nbc news. i bet you wally is going to be wearing sneakers tonight. absolutely. he does not want that to happen again. but that was really interesting. yeah,

you may have noticed wally was not in his cue card area for the at studio eight, h for the interview. that's because the studio has been locked down tightly all week for super secret rehearsals for tonight's special. yes. watch the special right here on nbc bay area. red carpet coverage begins at four. it's followed by the live coast to coast special at five. still to come. you still got another day coming. your holiday weekend if you want to spend it with a bit of fun, a bit of culture and some good food. we have a sugges [ car engine revving ] get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer.

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talent shows and live music. if you can't make the festival today, it runs again tomorrow, 10 a.m. to five. that honestly looks fantastic. mr. fab says he wants to pour into the community, especially when it comes to his hometown of oakland. and today, the rapper and entrepreneur unveiled his latest venture. it's called the dope era playground, located at 44th and linden streets. the rapper renovated the basketball court he played on as a kid in the neighborhood he grew up in. prior to this project, no one had made any upgrades to the court in 30 years. it's good. it brings the community together. seeing all young kids, everybody of all ages, just coming out and supporting and just being in one. mr. fab is working with the nonprofit hoop bus. the bus has been going around the bay area doing basketball clinics. hoop bus's mission to build community through basketball. okay, before we go, i want to take you back to thrive city outside chase center. look at all the people there, the crowds. they are streaming in ahead of the all

star game tipoff. we are seeing lots of curry jerseys out there for sure. some warrior fans out there. it's a big night for san francisco and the bay area tonight. after the saturday night live special, we will have team coverage recapping the game, fan reaction to the city, and so much more. what an exciting time. yeah, it's going to be a great night to have the remote out between saturday night live and the all star game. absolutely great. thanks for watching. nightly news is next. snl's 50th anniversary kicks off from the red carpet at 4:00. we'll see you back here after. tonight, we are tracking the deadly flooding emergency in kentucky, from the huge winter storm system. at least eight people killed by the rising water. emergency crews launching more than 1,000 rescues.