under threat. president donald trump signs a new order calling for the elimination of the agency overseeing one of san francisco's most iconic parks. we are live there this morning with what this could mean for the famed area. when he said the word contamination, red flags went up. mysterious solicitors leaving people in one bay area community on alert. the excuse they're using to convince homeowners to let them into

their homes, and the warning from the city and the bay area. warming up today, meteorologist kari hall is tracking just how long these changes and conditions will last. this is today in the bay. bottom left, a little while. all right. we'll want to say good morning to you all. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. mike is keeping busy with his eyes on the delayed on my commute, i apologize. yeah. no kidding. he's got a look at that forecast for us, and it has been nice. yeah, it has been nice. we are just starting out chilly and a few patches of fog here and there. this is a live look in san francisco with a clear start for now. and as we head across some of our inland areas, we have been seeing the fog developing. otherwise, it's going to be sunny today and a little breezy in the hills. and then looking at a spring-like weekend coming into the bay . but right now we're at 44 in danville, 43 in sonoma, and it's 41 in santa rosa, while san francisco is currently at 50 degrees. looking at those highs

today, mid to upper 60s, a little warmer than it was yesterday. a lot more sunshine and the rain is out of here and may not return to the bay area for quite a while. so we're going to start a warming trend and by tomorrow it will be in the upper 60s and even a couple of low 70s. so we'll talk about what's coming our way. coming up. mike, how's that backup looking now? it's getting back to what we would normally expect. so filling in from the middle lanes out as well as off the 880 overcrossing a little bit delayed because again, we saw a little bit of a break for ten minutes. now things are back to the build. we expect these sensors. i did check there are no incidents in the area. i'll be helping the computer correct those in the next few minutes. there is a little bill through richmond, just like we expect highway 37 and highway four again, showing the most backup that we see this morning from pittsburg bay point and into concord. so that may be an additional delay for folks in contra costa county. typical bill coming up through hayward. no problem. across the san mateo dumbarton bridge and typical slowing should start in san jose. we may have a new crash right here on 280. we'll check back to you. all right. we'll

check back with you. thanks, mike. we know this morning president trump's administration is taking aim at federally funded entities. it's calling, quote, federal waste and abuse. the local presidio trust, which is entrusted to keep a historical national landmark, is now among those on the chopping block. today in theay's ginger conejero saab joins us live with more on president trump's plans. ginger. good morning, laura and marcus. president trump has issued an executive order to eliminate the presidio trust. and as you mentioned, that is the body that's responsible for running and protecting san francisco's historic landmark. it's important to understand that the presidio trust works in partnership with the parks conservancy and the national parks service. together, they maintain and operate the 1500 acre park, which has been a national historic landmark since 1962. the trust was created by congress in 1996, but almost 30

years later it is on the chopping block, along with three other federally funded entities targeted by trump's commencing the reduction of federal bureaucracy executive order. the others include the inter-american foundation, the united statess african development foundation, and the united states institute of peace. according to the executive order, the presidio trust should be eliminated because it is unnecessary in 2023. former speaker nancy pelosi announced $200 million from the federal government would be heading to the presidio as part of the inflation reduction act. in a statement, congresswoman pelosi said that the presidio trust act was passed in a bipartisan way when republicans held the majority in congress and has retained bipartisan support ever since. she goes on to say, in part, the presidio trust is statutory, and it has been protected from assaults over time by its statutory strength that will be tested now with the president's

executive order. now, the next two weeks will be crucial to see how this rolls out. the presidio trust's head and the head of each body that is listed, or that is targeted by the executive order, is expected to then submit a report to the director of the office of budget management or management and budget, whether or not it will confirm its compliance with the new executive order will be closely monitoring this as the weeks continue. we're live in san francisco, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. all right. thanks for all the details there, ginger. well, in another executive order, president trump is ending access to federal benefits for unauthorized immigrants. the white house says that order will end all taxpayer funded benefits. it is still too soon to know which benefits will be targeted. that move comes in the wake of a new white house legal setback to end birthright citizenship. the ninth circuit late yesterday denied the justice department's bid to reinstate the president's order, which was signed on his first

day in office. a judge's suggested that trump administration attorneys did not sufficiently show that they could successfully win their appeal. that case will likely end up in the u.s. supreme court. turning now to the latest in gaza, hamas overnight released the bodies of four israeli hostages, among them what's believed to be the remains of the two youngest captives seized in the attack, which started the israel-hamas war. one was just two years old. the other five. their mother's body is also believed to be among the victims bodies placed in caskets. their father was released from captivity february 1st. israel says the bodies need to undergo forensic testing before authorities can confirm their identities. new at six. people in fairfield are sounding the alarm after unknown solicitors made claims that their water is contaminated in order to get into their homes. now, martha andrade says that she heard similar stories in neighborhoods across fairfield about a group of people going door to door claiming that their water is contaminated. she says

that the two people captured on her doorbell camera insisted on coming inside to test the water. she told them no and then called the city the next day. the city said that no one was scheduled to come out. martha says that she is grateful that her camera captured the entire interaction when he said the word contamination. red flags went up and i was like, well, then i, i, i haven't gotten an email from the water company. it's a first line of defense, actually, if you ask me. he was insistent. that was my concern. he was insient. well, let me just go in, you know, two minutes, two minutes. i said, nope, not happening. wow. okay, so fairfield's assistant public works director, who handles the city's water utilities, says no solicitors do work for the city. and if there was a contamination, that would be much broader communication to the public. 607 right now. happening today, homeless advocates will argue to block berkeley's plans to clear a

homeless encampment. the camp is at eighth and harrison street, berkeleyside reports. earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily blocked the sweep after people living tre sued for restraining order. the city claims the area poses health and safety hazards, and people who live there are taking legal action to clear it. a hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. let's take a live look out in san jose. there you see the beautiful sunrise there and a beautiful forecast ahead for us. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect across the bay area today. kari, the clouds are clearing in the south bay and it is a cool start, but we will be warming up and continuing to see some nice afternoons ahead. we made it down to 43 rht now in walnut creek, so it is very chilly in some spots, and we are going to see it mostly sunny throughout the day and a great commute for at least the start of the day into the afternoon. it's going to be sunny warm windows down in antioch. we'll see the trend taking us into the mid 60s. for mountain view, look for a

morning start at 46 degrees and a few clouds. sunshine the rest of the day and temperatures reaching into the mid 60s. it will be in the upper 60s for concord and some of our inland valleys. we'll have some warmer temperatures with upper 60s and even low 70s by tomorrow. we'll take a look way ahead to see if there is any rain, and we'll talk about the drought monitor in a few minutes. mike is trying to save us a little bit of money. kari. but instead, i might have found you maybe two lotto numbers. because we're looking at a theme here. we're trying to find you the cheapest places to fill up this morning. and this is relative. mountain view is not the lowest for thehe south bay. san jose is. but i'll explain that in a second. in alameda county, we have fremont. the best in alameda county is fremont. 429 at vargas on grimmer boulevard. again, san jose has some cheaper prices, but i talk about that city all the time. they usually have the lead, so mountain view will check with their lowest listing. also happens to be 429. this is at diamond gas and mart on east evelyn avenue. and then for the clean sweep our last check is in san francisco city and county. 429 is the best in the city

there arco on fell street. so your lottery numbers four and 29. hope that brings you some luck, but not the luck that i would normally get over here. gasbuddy.com we have your checking your area as well. the maps haven't seen any major issues. it's actually a relatively light commute for a thursday. highway four has seen the most slowing in the longest distance from pittsburg bay point and into concord. that will be your delay for contra costa county and out of contra and contra costa and alameda counties. the bay bridge has a slower build, but it is filling all the lanes. now. just the top right ones are the best. back to you. thanks, mike. pushing to get more pandas in america. the san francisco may still not be next in line. coming up next, we're going to talk about the latest city throwing their hat in the ring in hopes of getting a pair of furry creatures of their own. plus, defense cuts will affect silicon valley companies. we'll take a look at one. let's go out to the futures this morning where wall street is not planning a party. plus, i see gold and white. y'all, right

now i see blue and black. i've always seen blue and black. okay, you know the colors, right? well, it's been ten years since the dress went viral. and, you know, the one we're talking about? blue or black or white or gold. we're going to take you back to the phenomenon and the debate still raging

we are closer to the weekend and right now at 613. as you're heading out for work, we've seen a little bit of fog moving around. you can see it in this walnut creek camera there in the distance, and it's overall mostly clear as we go throughout the day. sunshine and temperatures going from low. 40s to mid 60s for the afternoon. even warmer this weekend. we'll take a look at our microclimate forecast coming up. and starting in oakland we're looking at the nimitz. more company but still at speed. southbound headlights going down toward hayward. northbound we're seeing a drive toward the bay bridge, both directions moving smoothly, as you would expect. other side of the bay. picking up the volume again, as you'd expect for 101 through palo alto. you're at speed. those taillights make it to the city without any problems. south bay starting to build up just a tad bit as well. good morning. very happy thursday to you. we got a chance to look over the fed minutes. the notes that they publish after their interest rate meetings. and it's clear interest rate rates are not

coming down any time soon. apple introduced a lower cost version of its low cost iphone, and shares in palo alto's palantir crater. look at this on news of big defense cuts, secretary hegseth sent out a memo saying he wants an 8% cut by monday. that first reported by the new york times. palantir is a data company that helps the pentagon and american intelligence analyze information. peter thiel is a co-founder. it's been controversial in the past, as it also helps with homeland security and surveillance. speaking of cuts, about 6000 irs employees will apparently be laid off today, many of them new employees put into place during the biden administration to speed up returns and look for tax fraud. reports say all employees have been told to report to their office, bring their government property with them and they'll learn today if they're part of the layoff. more signs the american consumer is

growing uneasy. walmart predicts slower sales, and wall street was already thinking walmart would have trouble. walmart's quarterly report, slower than even analysts had predicted. retail sales in general had their worst month in two years last month. the electric car company or truck company nikola filed for bankruptcy in delaware court wednesday. if you're thinking, i think you already told us about this, i sort of did. they said they planned to file for bankruptcy last week, and now they have. it's named after nikola tesla, but tesla was taken. nikola became rather famous for this demonstration, where it looks like they succeeded in building a truck, but in fact it had no motor. it was just coasting downhill. and microsoft startled the world after it announced it essentially had created another state of matter. as it tries to perfect, perfect quantum computers. you know, matter like solid liquid gas. they now have topological qubits. and

researchers at oxford say they've been able to transfer information from one quantum processor to another using entangled pairs. so teleportation not the star trek kind that moves people or things, but information. as we were talking about earlier, you can split a particle like a photon and they will know what the other one is doing, even if it's on the other side of the world. it is so odd and cepy that even einstein called it spooky. wow. right. it's cool. i feel like it's a connection with, like, multiples for me. my kids. right? yeah. magic. not magic. it's science, but a connection right there that exists that no one else can see. instead of soulmates, they're element mates. yes, exactly. there you have it. all right. thanks, guys. well, new at six. pandemonium. back as that debate to bring those pandas to san francisco. still in limbo. another city looking to bring the animals to their zoo. the atlanta, georgia zoo says that it is now in talks with china about the future giant panda program. the zoo says it also is

looking at how to expand its panda conservation center. back in october, four pandas at the zoo were taken back to china. this comes as two new pandas made their debut at the smithsonian national zoo in washington, d.c. crowds flocked to see the white and black bears. it feels great to see these pandas again. it's so cool. and i just miss them so much. i like that hat. right now, only four u.s. zoos have welcomed pandas with long term loan agreements with china smithsonian, atlanta, memphis and the san diego zoo. if only china could go. you get a panda and you get a panda, you get a panda. all right, so let's talk about a throwback for you this morning. this one's a real throwback thursday story for you. yeah it's a debate. this morning in fact marks a decade since a fashion statement really divided the nation. ten years ago, this dress really had people on the internet talking, typing, weighing in. the debate was, is the dress black and blue

or white and gold? buzzfeed turned it into a poll that really highlighted the differing opinions. and this morning, the website's community manager, who first found the photo and posted it on the website, is opening up about how it all happened. i turned to my colleagues and just said, hey guys, what color is this dress? within five minutes, there were 20 people behind my desk just screaming at each other, and i figured if we were yelling about it, maybe the rest of the internet would. in case you're wondering, the poll on buzzfeed is still up. a decade later, and we checked, 2.5 million people are siding with white and gold. 1.2 million, meantime, say it is black and blue. and i think i've seen both in the video that we're showing. the first one i saw was more on that mannequin like tt was blue and black, and then the one that was just hanging on a hanger was white and gold. so we're together. all i will say is, it's amazing how many of those people can be wrong. you decide. i think it depends on

e lighting. probably. yeah, probably. all right. well, no debate on this forecast. nice. yes, we do have some great weather ahead. feeling like spring. and as we go into the next few days, we are going to have a lot of sunshine. but i wanted to give you the drought monitor update that just came out minutes ago. so the yellow is abnormally dry. not yet in a drought status, but we were seeing that in the south bay as well as the east bay. and then as you head farther south, the drought conditions are getting worse around southern california. we were in that extreme drought just a couple of days ago. but then as we take a look at today's drought monitor, you can see the improvements. so they've basically taken the south bay out of abnormally dry and we are looking at still some moderate drought developing just to our south. but they've also been able to shrink the area where we are seeing the drought, the extreme drought in southern california. so it is improving a little bit. and once again, now even san jose is not even abnormally dry. so it's good to

see those improvements. i think last week's storm really helped us out. and now as we open up the picture to see what else is out there, it's been fairly dry and all of the storms going toward the pacific northwest as we go into the weekend, the next several days, that is where the storm track will stay. you'll see that the rain comes very close to the nor bay for the weekend into early next week, but these storms continue to weaken as they approach the bay area, very much like what we saw yesterday. so nothing major coming our way, but there may be some slight rain chances next week. our temperatures warming up and we are going going to see a lot of sunshine. temperatures up to 64 in palo alto, as well as los gatos and fremont today. and then tomorrow we'll bring it up a few more degrees for some of those spots, even starting to see some 70 and then more widespread 70 for saturday. so that's really comfortable. just perfect weather heading into our weekend. whilee're talking about 60 and 70. take a look at

the big change and the drastic other side of the coin that we are seeing for the east coast and parts of the midwest, even down to the south, where dallas today, the high temperature is right below freezing. so we are going to have some very cold air there while we are headed for the 70s for the wkend. and once again, no significant storm systems coming in. looks pretty nice as we go through the next seven days, but i do expect with the warmer weather, things will really start to bloom this weekend, so you might want to get outside and enjoy. and mike, you're saying the commute is pretty tame right now. right now i don't want to jinx anything, but we're looking at a smooth drive. we filled in the lanes, except for those right lanes between the 880 overcrossing and the rest of the traffic flow. still a little bit of a break there. you will have to slow down though for the merge as the lanes narrow on the bay bridge span. holding steady with richmond and now out of richmond across west 580 the bridge getting some more congestion there. everything else holding pretty steady, including the slower drive extending over on highway four. we've seen quite a

delay there, a little more than you might expect. and so that is the drive that we're looking at for contra costa county vasco road, barely under a half hour, but it is under a half hour out of the county and down toward alameda county. and 580 has maintained a nice smooth flow outside of the altamont pass. you see it right here on the maps anywhere south bay. we're looking at northbound 101 for your first slowing. that should kick in for your second slowing. that should kick in right about now. looks like that's what we're seeing. back to you. thanks, mike. 622 for you this morning, we are continuing to celebrate black heritage all month long. ahead this morning, we're going to introduce you to one meteorologist whose new book is helping kids understand the weather through music. keep it right here.

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black heritage heritage month, and we are highlighting a meteorologist and children's book author, brittany schiff, from our sister station in philadelphia. now, brittany is a stem advocate for young students, and she is celebrating the release of her new book, all about the weather. look up, look up, i make it rain. what's up, what's up? i make it rain. it's called drippity drop the rapping rain drop. and it's about teaching kids about rain, snow and storm. safety through rhymes, music and dancing. brittany released her first book in 2016, but she wasn't finding the right book. she wanted in the bookstore for school visits,

and for her, it was important for kids to see themselves in what they read. growing up, i didn't see many meteorologists that looked like me or you. and i wanted them to have a book that they could reference and know, hey, this is what a meteorologist looks like. this is what a scientist looks like, and i want everyone to feel confident that they can pursue education in stem. if you take a look at some of the numbers, especially when it comes to girls pursuing stem careers, they lose confidence when they get to junior high school. and that's just looking at gender. if we start to look at race and diversity, the numbers go down even more. so representation is so important. i believe if children can see it, then they can believe it anand they will have the confidence to pursue it no matter your age or background. brittany adds that if you have a dream, keep pursuing it. you never know what may happen. and we have that book posted on our website nbcbayarea.com. laura marcus, how about that song? because

it's pretty catchy there. thanks a lot. it is 627 right now. we've got a lot more ahead at 630, including school closures, finalized leaders in school districts take decisive action, but not entirely. the looming decision leaving thousands of families in limbo this morning, while even with kids in school, a lot of families need childcare in order to go back to work in person. but with 700 fewer providers than ten years ago, two cities are getting creative to move the bay area forward in finding afforble and reldaia

no cost of living. but the inflation is still going up and our pay is not going up right now at 6.30. courthouse workers extend their strike after paralyzing legal proceedings in the east bay. we're live this morning as they take to the picket lines once again with a new message from workers. san francisco's presidio under threat this morning. the new order from president trump. many fear leaves its entire future uncertain. plus, connecting parents with quality childcare. the way two south bay cities are moving the bay area forward with a much needed boost for families. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm

marcus washington. time to get a look at that forecast for you. something i'm sure you'll likely smilebout today. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. and beautiful there. yeah. you'll be smiling about this sunrise, even if it's starting to peek through the blinds and waking you up this morning. we are going to have a beautiful sunny day. and as we go into the weekend, more days like this, even warmer. so here's what to expect. we have seen some patches of fog in parts of the east bay and the tri-valley. it will be breezy in the hills for this afternoon with a spring-like weekend coming our way. here's a look at our temperatures and what you're stepping out the door to. we're seeing a lot of low to mid 40s for the start of the day, but then headed for the mid 60s for this afternoon, and it will be a littleit warmer than it was yesterday. that warming trend continues into the weekend. so we'll talk about some events that will help you celebrate the warmer weather coming up in a few minutes. thanks so much, kari. 632 right now, court workers in alameda county are extending their one day strike into a second day today. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live from outside the hayward

hall of justice. bob, you were out there yesterday as well. they were allowed once they went go got going out there. what's the reason for their continuation this morning? well, first off we were expecting to union be out here at 630 outside the hayward hall of justice. that's what they said in a statement. they're not out here yet. not reading into that, just pointing out a fact. in a statement yesterday, the union that represents alameda county superior court workers, they said that they are extending what was supposed to be a one day strike into a second day. that would be today because, in their words, quote, to answer your question, laura, court management still isn't hearing what they have to say. yesterday, hundreds of court workers. that includes the courtroom clerks. they walked off the job. they picket picketed outside courthouses here in alameda county again, including the hayward hall of justice behind me. the one day strike did shut down courtrooms. it disrupted the processing of court filings and other documents. the workers union has been negotiating for a new contract since before their last one expired last december. workers say they are unrstaffed and overworked, say

that new hires aren't trained adequately, and say they want more money, that they aren't paid enough. cola is an issue. i mean, we live in the bay area. the cost of living folks can't afford eggs, folks can't afford gas. so cost of living is always an issue. but more importantly, some of our huge issues centered more around training. well, basically getting poorer every year. no cost of living, but the inflation is still going up and our pay is not going up. a superior court spokesperson says training and staffing have not been the union's focus during negotiations, and that the courts have done their best to retain workers in the face of an annual budget cut of nearly $4.5 million, adding that the judicial council of california crunched the numbers and, quote, based on the current caseload at the superior court of alameda county, our court is overstaffed by more than 100 employees, unquote. the union disputes that figure. the court told us

yesterday that if there's a civil or criminal case that can be delayed or postponed, it will be. but if there's a strict deadline that is mandated by law, then the case will proceed with the help of managers or workers who aren't represented by the union that is on strike. we assume that that would be the same today. we know that yesterday many people with business before the court here in hayward, including attorneys and their clients, they were turned away. a spokesperson for the court says anyone with jury duty notices or pending cases should still show up in court, unless if that they're scheduled, unless they're notified otherwise. reporting live here oututside theayward hall of justice. bob redell. today in the bay, a very active day. i'm sure it will be. bob. thank you. well, san francisco leaders this morning still trying to comprehend the latest executive order from president donald tru calling to eliminate the presidio trust. want to give you a live look this morning. now, his order, issued late last night refers to the trust as, quote, unnecessary. now, the trust was

established back in 1996 to run and protect the park. shortly after, the government handed control over to the federal park service. former house speaker nancy pelosi already issuing a statement vowing to carefully review the language of that order. new this morning, in a late night vote, santa rosa school leaders have reportedly finalized at least part of their plan to close schools. the press democrat reports they agreed to shut down three elementary schools, brook hill and albert will close this june, and steel lane will close next june. the board is still trying to settle planned closures for secondary schools, likely one middle school and one high school. but for now, that decision is on hold indefinitely. and a follow up this morning out of vallejo, where district leaders have finalized their plan to close schools. board members last night voted to close mare island health and fitness academy and loma vista environmental science academy. neither will reopen next fall. also, vallejo charter school will relocate to mare island campus. the district is

facing a $36 million budget deficit. the board also approved other cuts amounting to nearly $13 million. well, as we know, more employers are calling people back to work in person. and for families, that means childcare needs are certainly evolving. two south bay cities are putting money towards connecting families with quality childcare that could help move the bay area economy forward. today in the bay's kris sanchez. now with more on the impact fo those families, providers and really the larger economy here, kris. right. we know families can't get back to work if there's no one to take care of the kids, but the availability of cost of care is one part of the equation. availability is the other one. silicon valley child care for one infant wilill st a family more than $36,000 a year. nearly 68,000 for a family with an infant and a preschooler, and nearly $90,000 for a family with a baby, a preschooler, and a school aged kid. now, one way to bring down

the cost is to make more care available. and that is why the city of san jose and the city of palo alto are investing in the child care network upwards. san jose $1 million. palo alto $234,000 over the last two years. the company's boost program helps providers grow their businesses so they can maximize how many children they can care for. and then the platform also helps to streamline the business part so those caregivers can really focus on the children. we need child care providers. they are the backbone of the san jose community. we don't have child care providers to care for the children. then families can't return to work. that's a massive impact on the economy. so providing this essential care, this really empowers families and that drives the economy. now, according to the child advocacy agency california first five, quality child care boosts workforce participation. it allows parents to be moree productive. reliable care also means lower turnover for companies and more early

childhood development. but there are 700 fewer daycare facilities in san jose than ten years ago, which is why the city is helping those caregivers restart if they close during the pandemic or expand their businesses. and that is a critical component. how families can use upwards for free to connect with daycares, nannies or babysitters who upwards then monitors daily. beyond just the once one time state licensing now upwards also provides free care for military families when they are doing their training, which is probably a big sense of relief and also helps families that have creative and interesting work schedules like we do. right? overnights, weekends, late nights. so that certainly helps a lot of folks who work those nontraditional hours. it would have been nice to have a couple years ago. right. oh, yeah. more than a couple years ago. it was now. now our kids are providing the care. so. yeah, exactly. i want to have a

service where i just. i can come and walk your baby in a stroller. you go take a break, take a shower, paint your nails, and then my husband's like, who's going to just give over your baby for a while? my kids are like, don't talk to that baby. you are weird. that's what my kids say, too. i'm like, look at that. sorry. we see you out in public and we talk to your baby. sorry. all right. that's a good story, though, and it's ininterestin to seeow it could affect, you know, our economy. all right. well, let's talk about the bay area for you this morning as we take a live look across all aspects for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall, of course, keeping track of what we can expect weather wise out there. and it looks like you know what? weather wise. slam dunk. yeah, i think so. if you're still on that high after the nba all star game, you want to travel to sacramento with the warriors. it's going to be really nice. but temperatures in the upper 50s at tipoff and it's going to cool down. so make sure you're layered up. maybe going out for dinner. around sacramento. and we are going to see at least clear conditions. and a good drive there and back. looking at the lunar new year parade happening in oakland

starting on saturday morning. it will be partly cloudy and in the mid 50s, but warming up into the low 60s as we go throughout the day. and also in oakland, the black joy parade and festival on sunday. it's going to start out at noon, 60 degrees, and then head for the mid 60s. and really comfortable temperatures there for not only that, but a lot going on around the bay area. that's a live look at palisades tahoe. it's going to be a nice weekend getting there, and hopefully it doesn't take you ten hours to get there like it did me last weekend. mike, you're seeing the south bay commute now arriving and i'm not laughing at you. kari i just chuckle at your telling of the story last week. we're looking over here this this week. we're looking over here towards san jose where the volume is starting to build. here. 101 actually had a lot of slowing and it kind of eased up. so someone might have hit their brakes a little harder. that tends to pull back and then recover. that's right where we expect to see the slowing. same thing for 237, a little build coming past first street and

then clearing. by the time you leave san jose southbound. 680 a little build through pleasanton, no drama there. 880. same situation off of 238 and the build toward the san mateo bridge. typical pattern. there may be an issue on the 238 flyover. i think it's at the onramp to 238 from 14th. that's the latest i heard in the area. i'll let you know if there's anything worse in the area coming ahead. oakland coliseum just a bit north of there starting tonight through the weekend. we'll have disney on ice at the oakland arena. so do note there may be some slowing at those off ramps, and there's some slowing through. richmond. pretty standard for the rest of the bay. maybe some fog through concord and additional slowing. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 641 right now, the legendary paul simon touring again. and it's all thanks to researchers at stanford. next, the way a team of elite doctors helped the singer get back on the road after suffering severe hearing loss. president trump says he wants to share the savings that doge is making. how much that would mean to you coming up. and then let's go out to the big board. looks like a lousy day on the stock market. defense cuts part of that right

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filled post about ukraine on truth social. scott mcgrew joins us now. the post shocked a lot of allies in europe and no doubt, ukraine. yeah. no doubt. good morning. it's the clearest indication yet that trump does not support the fight against the russians in ukraine. and in fact, the truth social post reports some russian talking points. trump earlier this week blamed the war on ukraine. though ukraine didn't start the war, russia did by invading. the truth social post is a long one, so i'm not going to read all of it out loud. but the key points are trump calls ukrainian president zelensky a dictator, says he's unpopular with his people. he once again says ukraine started the war. that's a lie. and says zelensky will not allow elections. now, taking that point by point, zelensky is not a dictator. he was democratically elected in free and fair elections. a kyiv university poll puts zelensky's approval rating at 57%. gallup puts our president's approval rating at 48%. ukraine did not

start the war. that one is just silly. and then ukrainian law says you can't have new elections during wartime. they prohibit elections during wartime. that was a law put into place before he became president. uk didn't have elections in the second world war either. the white house published a fake time magazine cover that said long live the king. repeating something else, president trump said on social media as he stepped into the debate over congestion pricing in new york city, joking about a king. of course in america is fraught. our country was created as a rebellion to a king. the founding fathers took great pains to limit a president's power. they even argued about what to call the president. the senate wanted to go with your highness because that's all they had ever known. and the house pushed back with mr. president. president trump's push to overturn the constitutional right to birthright citizenship was blocked again in court, this time by a three judge appellate

panel. the next step is either the full appellate court called en banc, or the supreme court and president floated the idea of sharing savings doge finds with the american people. now, as we've talked about before, the amount of money doge claims to have saved and the amount of money it did prove it can save are miles apart. here's the president, and there's even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the doge savings to american citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt, because the numbers are incredible. now, using doge's numbers, which again appear to be badly inflated, that would work out to $11 a person, according to a calculation by the washington post. the president also says he'd like to use some of those savings to build an iron dome over america, a missile defense system similar to israel's. israel, of course, about the size of new jersey. our older viewers will remember president

reagan wanted a similar defense system, a sign of the times. the media at the time called it the star wars plan. new defense secretary pete hegseth has told the us military and pentagon leadership to find an 8% cut and have that list to him by monday. the new york times first to report that, then another 8% next year and the next for five years. now, those cuts have effects in the bay area. we certainly saw that with palantir in palo alto, the stock fell 12. and very, very, very briefly, the vote to confirm president trump's nominee to run the fbi, kash patel goes before the senate this morning. marcus. all right. thanks so much. well, legendary musician will soon be heading back on tour, thanks in part to a team of elite doctors over at stanford. all my thoughts escaping home where my music's playing. did you catch that sweet sounds there? paul simon. this was the start of snl's 50th anniversary special.

well, simon retired in 2019 due to severe hearing loss, but last year he underwent surgery to correct that problem. raj mathai last night spoke with one neurosurgeon about that procedure. we help paul with hardware and introduce him to the cutting edge technology and what we are really focused at. the stanford initiative to cure hearing loss is the next generation approaches, and they include regeneration, stem cells and gene therapies. wow. that's fascinating. very impressive. right. all right. so simon's upcoming tour includes three performances over at san francisco's davies symphony hall in july. that duet with sabrina carpenter really was beautiful. yeah. really nice. well, training for you this morning. make sure you give your furry friend some extra love today. yeah, today is national love your pet day. we, of course, are big dog and cat lovers here at today in the bay, so our pets always get a lot of love. these are actually a few shots showing a few of the ones that change some of our lives. but here's a

furry fun fact for you. while there are more cats than dogs in the united states, there are more households with dogs and cats, but only by a whisker. so give your pet some extra treats today. maybe a longer walk. yep, we'll be out and about, that's for sure. good stuff. they keep us up at night sometimes you time or you can love them from afar. i love your pets. okay, marcus admirers. our pets. one of these days i'm going to get him to get a dog. one of these days we're working on it slowly. it's good to get you out. get you active. got to go for those afternoon walks. yes, and the weather is going to be beautiful. it's going to be a really nice weekend. and as we are getting started, we've been talking about it drying out. i wanted to give you an update on the drought monitor. and if last week's rain really helped us out. so taking a look at how it looks across the state, you can see that in the bay area we were not yet in a drought, but we were abnormally dry. and the farther you go south across california, the worse that drought was getting. extreme

drought for southern california. but the update this week is showing that the bay area has improved quite a bit, mainly in the south bay. they're still abnormally dry conditions in the tri-valley, and we are seeing that drought shrinking for southern california, which is great news. but they do still have an extreme drought that continues to develop once again, a closer look does show that for alameda and contra costa counties, it is abnormally dry. and we're looking at the big picture. with no more storms headed our way, that storm track stays to the north. that means that we get a break from any chances of rain. it does get very close to the north bay for the weekend into early next week, but a lot of these systems that we're seeing approaching the bay area in the models just weaken before they get here. so there will be slight rain chances next week. but overall, nothing major coming our way and temperatures warming up. it's going to feel like spring this weekend. get outside and a nice long walk with the dog. we were talking about that lunar new year parade on saturday and

black joy parade on sunday. the weather will be perfect all across the bay area. now, mike, you're seeing some more east bay slowing. yeah, pretty predictable in most spots. bay bridge, the east shore freeway from el cerrito all the way down to the berkeley curve highway 37 holding steady and highway four has seen the most slowing. some of it might be due to a little fog registering there. look at the travel time now. we're at almost an hour from the antioch bridge all the way to 242. you saw the slowing there. vasco is over the half hour mark out of contra costa county and down toward 580, the rest of the bay moving smoothly. there's a crash on the nimitz around industrial. i think it's made its way to the shoulder, though. back to you. thank you so much, mike. it is 652. happening now. the former head of the spanish soccer federation is being ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. this after spain's high court found him guilty of sexual assault for kissing a player without her consent. when spain won the 2023 women's world cup in australia. luis rubiales did not receive a prison sentence, which

prosecutors sought, and he was acquitted on the charge of coercion. but the ruling also includes a physical restraining order and bars him from talking to her

welcome back. we are moving you forward this morning with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay. we're now on day two of the workers strike at the alameda county courts. in fact, we want to give you a live look at the hayward hall of justice this morning. few people already out there, employees are picketing outside the criminal, civil and juvenile courts countywide today, citing issues with staffing and inadequate training. the union also says it's now working with an expired contract, according to the court management, the county is overstaffed by nearly 100

people, but union analysis shows that the county is behind in similar jurisdictions. the second day of the strike could stop or delay trials system wide. once again, a live look at san francisco presidio this morning and city leaders there are still trying to comprehend the latest executive order from president trump calling to eliminate the presidio trust. his order, issued late last night, refers to the trust as, quote, unnecessary. the trust launched in 1996, shortly after the government handed control over to the federal park service. former house speaker nancy pelosi vowing to carefully review the language of that order in a late night vote. santa rosa school leaders have reportedly finalized at least part of their plan to close schools, the press democrat reports. they agreed to shut down three elementary schools. the board is still trying to settle planned closures for secondary schools, likely one middle school and one high school. for now, that decision is on hold indefinitely. vallejo district leaders last night finalized their plan to close two schools. one of those

campuses will then be converted to a relocated charter school. the board also approved other cuts amounting to nearly $13 million. the today show is up next at 7 a.m. with legendary actor robert de niro. he's talking about his thrilling new show, his appearance on snl, 50th celebration, and a lot more. plus, you know what? we're cooking things up on the today in the bay. 8 a.m. streaming newscast san francisco restaurant owner and his chef joining us live to talk about a new pop up opportunity in the city this weekend, and the excitement of it all smelling good so far. we can you can watch it all on nbcbayarea.com or wherever you stream. everyone loves when there's news in the or the food in the newsroom. yeah, and we always love these sunrises. what a day. it is so nice. it's beautiful. as we're starting out on this thursday morning and temperatures will be comfortable today, reaching into the mid 60s across many of our microclimates and headed for the low 70s for the weekend. no chances of rain here for the next several days. more clouds

on sunday. but then in san francisco, we'll see highs in the upper 60s for all of the outdoor activities going on over the next few days. i don't know if you see it beautiful, but looking good. looking great in oakland for the traffic flow. 880 moves without a problem through this portion of the nimitz. slowing a bit south through hayward and fremont. typical other side of the bay. palo alto looks nice as well. there's some haze in the air. there was earlier fog, but no reports of any problems around the bay, so that's good. that could be your thing. you're looking good. looking good. do the double finger point. yeah. here we go. no one's ever done that before. right. copyright that. yeah, this this sells it. there you go. you know, it's all good. everybody loves it. this sunrise is gorgeous today. hope you get a chance to go enjoy it. absolutely. well, that's what's happening for us here on today in the bay. good thursday morning. here >> yeah. we're talking even more cold snow and ice