grilled today about its future. also, pg&e trying to make it safer for people in the south bay. the project underway in san jose designed to cut down on wildfire risk while also increasing reliability and our climate in crisis, could impact the value of your home over the next 30 years. the new research that shows the vast majority of homes could drop in value by 2055. the news at 530 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. and i'm raj mathai. the future of california's 911 system is still on hold. today,he california office of emergency services faced some really difficult questions about the new project called next generation 911. after already rolling out in dozens of 911 centers, deployment was suspended as a result of serious safety concerns that our investigative unit exposed. investigative reporter candice nguyen is in sacramento with the

latest. a big difference since the last state 911 meeting. state officials not just speaking among themselves, but now directly to 911 centers and the public laying out actions they're taking to move this problematic and delayed system forward. but really, we're looking for the kind of technology that californians deserve. three months after the california office of emergency services or cal oes suspended deployment of its new statewide digital 911 network, acting deputy director lisa mangat represents new leadership at the agency overseeing the project. what is the address of your emergency? this pause gives us a good opportunity to really do a review of the technology. it's not just from the technical piece of it, not just the equipment and the network, but so the business side of it. what is the lived experience of the 911 call centers? the lived experiences of 911 centers like

the tuolumne county sheff's office and desert hot springs pd, which were the first to use the new next generation 911 network. the already half billion dollar project was supposed to update our landline based system for the internet age. this 911 los gatos severe emergency. but since november, our investigative unit has uncovered 911 outages, mis routed calls and location problems at those call centers that delayed emergency help. in response, cal oes suspended next gen deployment back in november, and a911 board member questioned whether the agency misled advisors and the public by failing to inform the board about the problems. we brought in a consultant who has vast experience, primarily with large state technology projects. maga and calabasas. 911 branch manager paul troxell announced other new actions, including creating a new board

subcommittee to dig into the issues and ramping up the role of their 911 outage officer. one one southers of the emergency. when a911 outage happens, that officer now helps get cal os to one of the 23 call centers that have next gen. we want our team out there at the psap experiencing what that psap team is experiencing. mongkut says despite the issues, some of which board members learned about from our reporting, cal oes is committed to making next generation 911 work for california. with so much technology, time and money at stake, it's too big to fail. that review is going to inform how we move forward with the project. but make no mistake, implementation of this technology continues to be a priority. full implementation of this new system into 911 centers across california has been delayed more than three years. we started the rollout in

smaller, rural 911 centers first candice nguyen nbc bay area. we investigate our other headlines tonight. watch your speed when you drive. san francisco is cracking down. the city is installing 33 speed cameras in 11 districts. they're focused on busier streets like geary and seventh in the inner richmond. the cameras will also be near schools and residential neighborhoods. the organization, called walk sf, says it's been pushing for these cameras for years and believes this is one step closer to safer streets. any car going over the speed limit is risking our lives. there are stories of children being walked to school and, you know, never coming home, or mom walking home from work trying to cross the street and just, you know, getting hit and lives changed forever. those cameras are up right now, but won't be turned on until next month. now, for the first couple of months,

drivers will get a warning of a violation. after 60 days, though, it's the real tng. you will be fined. a fire at the moss landing battery facility reignited. vistra energy power plant says flames areeen coming from the previously burned area of the building around nine last night. monterey county warned people to close their windows and doors out of an abundance of caution. nbc bay area sky ranger flew over it this morning, where you can see it was still smoldering. the facility says it's monitoring the air quality, and as of now, no hazardous air conditions have been detected. the new fire was considerably smaller than the one in january, where 70% of the facility was destroyed. the vistra energy power plant is one of the largest lithium ion battery storage facilities in the country. crews will be on site 24 seven to monitor the flames and air quality. meantime, community members are expected to voice their concerns over the martinez refining company at tonight's city council meeting. that meeting begins in about 90 minutes from

now at seven tonight. this comes as contra costa county leaders and the bay area air district is investigating the latest fire in recent flare ups at the refinery. at least six workers were hurt in the fire earlier this month. the investigation is ongoing to make sure the refinery is in compliance with all regulations. pg&e is showing off one of its projects in the south bay to prevent repeated power outages. it's undergrounding nearly a mile of power l lines so neighborhoods don't have to go dark when wildfire risk increases. for this specific stretch in san jose, it's an $11 million price tag. here's nbc's ian cull. pg&e has safety triggers on its power lines in high wildfire risk areas like the hillsides in san jose's almaden valley. so when a branch or tree hits them, it will cut off power immediately. that started four years ago, but neighbors say it also cuts off power to their homes way too often. last year, pg&e was down quite a few days, and this year

it's been better so far. so this is good progress. david gold went solar because he was sick of it. there's always every summer, there's blackouts every summer, whether there was 1 or 2. but, you know, sometimes three days we'd be out for three days, you know, and all my fridge, my food got ruined and everything. both were happy to see pg&e crews starting work just west of leland high school to improve its reliability for thousands of customers. a long stretch of power lines in their neighborhood will now be buried underground to prevent so many outages. while the power cut off settings it calls will only affect the lines in the hills. incredibly beneficial in terms of wildfires safety. but of course, the reliability challenges have been a problem and we have continued to improve not only the number of people impacted, but the duration of outages. over the past two and a half years, pg&e says nearly 10,000 customers were impacted in the almaden and santa teresa areas when the safety switches

were tripped. the company says when this project finishes in june, most of them won't experience that anymore. so with this work, we are obviously continuing to improve wildfire safety as well as reliability for our customers in south san jose. the company says this one project will cost around $11 million, and it has plans for nine more projects like it in san jose. we asked pg&e if the project is funded by current rates, or if it will need a separate rate hike in the future to pay for it. and we're waiting to hear back. but its relief neighbors hope, will keep the lights on in san jose. ian cull, nbc, bay area news. wildfires, flooding and hurricanes are having a major impact on the u.s. housing market. first street, a climate risk firm, released a report looking at the effects of climate change on home values. it found at least 20% of u.s. homes will be devalued by the effects of

climate change over the next five years, and 84% of homes may see some drop in value by 2055. that will cause the housing market to lose more than $1 trillion in value. researchers also say climate change will cost the price of insurance, maintenance and eney costs to go up as well. apple unveiled its latest iphone model today. it's called iphone 16 e. apple says it's meant to offer the same powerful capabilities of its other iphone models, but it's more affordable. it sells for about $600. that's $200 less than the cheapest version of the iphone 16. it's integrated with apple's artificial intelligence that gives people advanced photo editing, writing, and search functions. users can also choose whether to integrate chatgpt. the phone, though, will have a single camera versus the three that most advanced models have. it goes on sale later this month. okay, want to buy a 10% share of the 49ers? it's going to cost you. the york family

owns the team. they're still going to own it, but they're looking for a minority owner. this could be either a private equity firm or wealthy individuals or families. it's hoping to value the entire franchise at around $9 billion. so do the math. 10% would be $900 million. now, selling minority stakes is a growing trend among pro teams. the new york giants announced they're exploring a sale, and the raiders just did it, selling a small share to tom brady. coming up, pushing radio stations to pay them for their music. why musicians are now asking congress for help when it comes to getting paid. hey there. i hope you're having a lovely evening. if you're heading outside for dinner plans, here's what you can expect. at around 7:00, we're going to dip down into the 50s, so you definitely want to pack some layers. heading into tonight. we're running a few degrees cooler because of that early morning rain, but the rain will soon be fully making its exit, including the cloudswe'll talk.

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named musicians are asking radio stations to start paying for the rights to play their music. as nbc's ryan nobles explains, some are now heading to capitol hill to ask congress for help. boys. when boys to men burst onto the music scene in the 90s. motownphilly back again. the number one place people found their music was on the radio. i would never have been exposed to your music if it weren't for the radio. right. so you benefited from that a little bit too, didn't you? 100%, yeah, we definitely did as well as the radio stations. but now that that's not where normal people find their music from, it's like it's about time to pay people. they argue it's time the compensation structure changed with the new business dynamics. by requiring radio stations to pay artists for the right to play their songs, these new artists, you know, they they

don't. they never had to rely on radio, you know what i'm saying? they they rely on streaming, tick tock. and all of the things that's going to get their music out there. social media, streaming services and the internet give music lovers many platforms to find new artists. good morning. you're on the radio. but for radio djs like bill keeler in utica, new york, the connection between pop music and radio is special. radio has been the place where music gets to promote its artwork. radio stations pay licensing agreements that then lead to royalties to the music publishers and songwriters. but the performers are left out. keeler argues it's the record companies, not the radio stations, that need to fix that imbalance. i'm sure they should make more money, but you don't take it from the hand that feeds you. but the performers aren't counting on the record companies. more than 300 recording artists, from carly simon to jelly roll, joined boys to men in sending a letter to congress pushing for the change.

while wanya, nate and sean went all er capitol hill, meeting with senators and house leaders to make their case for coming. the system was a little weird, so it's only now in 2025 that people are actually seeing it, acknowledging it and trying to right those wrongs. hoping to find a balance that everyone can benefit from so the music will live on. men abc, bbd. it's interesting we're talking about this, right? because we used to turn to the radio for all of our music most of the time. right now there's so many streaming services. okay, let's talk about our weather. i was actually on the app and it was going to rain exactly like 1130. and i was it was like 1125. i'm like, oh, there's no rain. and then bam 30 hit. it's from nbc and i sprinkled for like the 20 minutes. that way if you're outside and you don't want to get caught off guard like i've done that my hair. because in here, you know, things like this are important. okay? your hair looks good. thank you. but, you know, as far as the temperatures

ahead, good little summer spring like playlist up ahead. although i kind of have a nice variation leading into, you know, depending on the mood. all right, let's talk about the temperatures. what's ahead, what we saw. and this is a live look in the sierra. now i don't know what song you would place over this image, but it's live. and they got a good amount of snow this past week. and right now they're still seeing a lake wind advisory. so if your plans include the sierra today, i would hold off until tomorrow when conditions improve. but it is beautiful now. temperatures right now we've got 50s. we've got some low 60s up through napa, but it definitely felt a few degrees cooler for the afternoon. and notice in san francisco it's a bit cooler as well as breezy to gusty at times around the coastline. let's take a look at satellite and see where that rain went. now, just as we had forecasted, it was a very weak cold front. quick moving. got a couple hundredths of an inch you can see in the sierra. they're still getting a bit of that. but aside from the cloud cover heading into tonight, we don't have to worry about any more rain. we're going to be seeing a warm up on the

way as high pressure builds in, and notice some fog as well. so please be mindful of this not only into tonight, but also into tomorrow morning as well. we've got some fog around the coast expected, but it could stretch into parts of the south bay as well into the early morning hours. now, speaking of tomorrow, what can we expect temperature wise? well, no freeze frost advisories or freeze warnings in place. and for noon we're going to be in the 50s. nice afternoon there. notice we're going to see some warming starting tomorrow. really upper 60s. this is going to set us up for what's to come. and i mentioned the wind speeds because i do want you to note depending on where you are heading into tonight and tomorrow, you will keep the windy conditions in san francisco. but also tomorrow afternoon we can expect to get some breezy to windy conditions as well, stretching into parts of redwood city, san jose, but also up to some of those higher ridges.. no wind advisories, so we're going to fall below that criteria. shouldn't get too gusty. now your long-range outlook right now here's what we can expect. i took this timestamp forward to thursday, february 20th. so this is through tomorrow. notice kind of that orange glow that you see down below. and the

precipitation just up top. now this high pressure is going to build in. that's what's going to help keep any sort of system just to our north and away from us in time for the weekend. if we do see anything out of that system, it will be mostly cloud cover to our north and really far up through parts of ukiah. aside from that, once that ridge of high pressure builds in, here's what we're setting up for into san francisco over the next seven days. so breezy hills for tomorrow, friday, 64 degrees saturday and sunday, upper 60s for san francisco. and here's where you can really see that stretch heading into inland areas. so really warming up on saturday 72 degrees. fantastic weekend to go on a nice hike. taking your dog out you know into the afternoon. it's also not goi to get too cold. but if you really want to look ahead to the ten day stretch, we don't have any major changes in the forecast. in fact, we're going to settle into the warming temperatures not just for the weekend, but into the start of next week. and that includes your monday forecast at 72 degrees. so hopefully this forecast puts a little pep in your step. if you've been feeling a little cloudy with the

little rain that moved through, but we're still in winter, guys, it's all looking good. yeah. the variation. absolutely. thanks, vianey. thank you. vianey. well, up next, the earthquakes are ready to kick off the season. so what you can expect for saturday's season

it kicicks off ts weekend. the earthquakes open the mls season at ppl park. fans are excited the quakes have a new high

profile head coach and a lot of new faces on this roster. here's nbc's anthony flores. after more than a month of training camp and the preseason, bruce arena is not ready to make any predictions about his first game or his first season as head coach of the san jose earthquakes. guys listen up. but the u.s. soccer coaching legend, who has won five mls titles, does have an expectation for his squad after they finished last in 2024. my identity is to be better than we were last year. the quakes were busy this offseason. they made plenty of changes to their roster and added a few international stars who can put the ball in the net, including 2018 mls mvp josef martinez. we want to be a team that's certainly better defensively than we were last year. we have some players that have a history of scoring goals, and hopefully we can be positioned where we're in games where those guys can make a

difference as well. along with the new coach, new players and a new attitude, there's also new eats here at pay pal park. oh, this looks great. oh, wow. this is wonderful. hey, you know, let me get some veggies, right. this is just a sample of the new items on the menu. right here is our korean style kimchi fried rice bowl. this is our chicken and vegetable pot stickers. this is our beef and lamb gyro. we have a greek salad. we are really excited to present this concept to papal park started by shaquille o'neal. we have an original big chicken sandwich. we have a buffalo chicken sandwich, and we have hand-breaded chicken tenders. we also h have our clam chowder and chili bread bowls and we also have bibo's pizza. we just hope to bring a good variety of food for our fans and hope they enjoy everything, good food in the stands and hopefully an even better product on the pitch. it's always exciting to start a

season with the team and especially a new team. a new season kicks off saturday night at home against real salt lake at paypal park in san jose. anthony flores, nbc bay area. i'm going for just the food and then the game. the potstickers. that chicken sandwich. euro. euro looked good. up next, some of the biggest athletes have had their homes broken into. we talked about that. it's a nationwide crime spree now. a dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change. it's back. but only for a limited time. high five. five years? -nope. comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business.

suspicion of drug smuggling has been released. security agents stopped caleb byers ten days ago at the moscow airport. he was suspected of carrying cannabis laced items in his luggage. officials say he was released yesterday. byers was freed just hours before talks between senior, senior u.s. and russian officials were held in saudi arabia. the trump administration called byers release a welcome gesture, and it hopes russia will free all americans it has detained. pro-athletes are getting some closure today. federal prosecutors say they found the man who had been robbing the homes of athletes across the country. court documents say there are seven members of this theft ring. they targeted nfl and nba stars. the documents include a photograph which shows here there's three men posing with the safe and jewelry. police say the jewelry was part of a home robbery of milwaukee bucks player bobby portis. you can also see there in that photo, one man was

wearing a chiefs shirt. prosecutors say the ring targeted both chiefs players, travis kelce and patrick mahomes. this ring is accused of stealing more than $2 million worth of goods. pope francis is in the hospital in rome. on monday, the vatican rushed the pope to the hospital. he's been battling an ongoing case of bronchitis, but now his diagnosis is pneumonia. the pope returned to some duties yesterday. the vatican says his condition is stable and that the pope is in good spirits. a new twist in a real life hollywood drama. the legal battle between actors blake lively and justin baldoni is intensifying. both actors starred in the movie called it ends with us in december. lively filed a civil rights complaint against baldoni, who also directed the film. she accused him of sexual harassment during filming. it also alleged that baldoni retaliated against her after she raised issues about his behavior. baldoni denied all the allegations. tod, lively's

attorneys filed an amended complaint, claiming there are other unnamed witnesses that support her claims and are willing to testify about it. a lot more news in the next half hour. jessica geary joins us now with what's coming up next. well, right now at six frozen funding impacting the most vulnerable communities tonight, bay area lawyers who represent immigrant children say their offices are in limbo as the federal funding freeze makes an impact here at home. also, how much of your well earned income is being spent on housing costs? our business and tech reporter, scott budman joins us with some staggering numbers on $1 billion investment, bringing a major health care campus to the east bay. we're going to tell you about the new plans. the news at six starts right now. good evening, and thanks for being with us on this wednesday. i'm raj mathai. and i'm jessica aguirre. chiren being held by immigration agents in the bay area may have just lost their best hope, their attorneys. the trump administration cut the

funding to a program that pays attorneys who represent immigrant children living in this country without their parents. nbc bay area sergio quintana has that story. at legal services for children in downtown san francisco, there's a mural on their lobby wall that was done by teenage artists. this is a team that services some of the most at-risk youth in the bay area. it's a lot of young people who are particularly vulnerable, who have been abused, exploited. yesterday they got a notice from the federal government to stop work on their contract to provide legal services to their young clients. in fact, one of their attorneys was in immigration court yesterday with one of their clients. when that work stop order from the administration was issued and the attorney had to continue with the proceeding because the attorneys are legally obligated to. the executive director of legal services for children says the federal government is also required to pay for their services. if the federal government is going to detain children by themsel