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for the war in ukraine, president donald trump and vladimir zelensky are set to sign a landmark deal to share revenue from ukraine's rare minerals. we're live with what kyiv is looking for in return. plus, this is the worst flu season we've had in the last 15 years or so. also battling an unprecedented flu season. the key decision world leaders made just hours ago regarding an updated flu strain for the next flu vaccine. this is a country continues to see a rise in cases and an economic blackout. the movement taking place today in solidarity with working americans and upholding the nation's dei values. the impact experts say this could have. this is today in the bay. a good morning to you. on this friday, i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. let's start out with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. good morning. good morning. and

it's been nice out there with some mild temperatures. and we're going to see that continue today. although we did see those clouds roll in overhead yesterday. we'll continue to o e that as well today but still well above normal. and we're starting out at 53 degrees as we go throughout the morning. temperatures hold steady up until about 8:00 and then gradually start to warm as we are going to make it into the upper 60s here in san francisco. we're headed back to the 70s for the inland east bay, as well as much of the north bay and 75 degrees today in san jose. i'll have an update on that weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. laura. it sounds good. kari. we will check back with you in just a few hours. president donald trump hosts ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at the white house. the leader of the war torn country comes to washington after he and president trump traded barbs over russia's war on ukraine. today in the bay's alice barr joins us live from washington this morning. and alice, president trump is trying to land a deal to gain access to ukraine's minerals in exchange

for this u.s. support. yeah, laura, there's a lot on the line and a lot of kind of baggage coming in to this meeting today that could mark a turning point. three years after russia invaded ukraine. i sat down with a ukinian human rights lawyer who says, no one wants more peace more than her people do, but that it can only come through a show of strength against russian president vladimir putin. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky coming to the white house today as president trump presses for a deal to end russia's war on ukraine. we're working very hard to get that war brought to an end. talking peace plans with the uk prime minister on thursday. it will either be fairly soon or it won't be at all. it can't be peace that rewards the aggressor. european allies have been working to bring ukraine's needs to the forefront in negotiations that began with russia first. we are discussing our future. we're discussing our home. oleksandra

matviychuk, a nobel peace prize winning ukrainian human rights lawyer, has been advocating for her country in washington while documenting russian war crimes and centering ukrainian suffering. we don't hear about people. she says a lasting peace can only come through allies, promising security guarantees to check russian leader vladimir putin not to live under constant threat that tomorrow russia will start bombarding massively ukrainian cities again. president zelenskyy is expected to sign an agreement today to share revenue from ukrainian rare earth minerals with the u.s. in exchange for some form of security guarantees, though president trump has said he wants europe to take the lead. the president alarmed allies by falsely suggesting ukraine started the war. claims president zelensky called out as russian disinformation, leading president trump to call the democratically elected zelensky a dictator. did i say that? i

can't believe i said that. next question. a key test today of where a critical relationship and the future of ukraine is headed. and the u.k. prime minister said europe would step up to limit future russian aggression at its doorstep. he also committed to putting british boots on the ground and planes in the sky to ensure peace in ukraine. we'll see. so much going on. you know, alice, while we have you, a judge in san francisco issued a ruling when it comes to the mass firing of some federal workers. what do we know? yeah. laura, that ruling grants temporary relief to those employees. late yesterday, the federal judge ordered the trump administration to rescind that memo directing the mass layoffs. specifically, this applied to probationary employees. the ruling calls the firings, quote, illegal and says they should be stopped. the judge, william alsup, appointed by president clinton, wrote, quote, the office of personnel management does not have any

authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency. his order, however, does not reinstate probationary workers who were already dismissed. this comes as the government's climate and weather agency, noah, laid off something like 5% of its staff yesterday. it's unclear what will happen next, given the new order from the san francisco judge. and then there's this foreign aid workers at usaid cleaning out their desks to cheers from supporters there. the recently fired federal workers were given 15 minutes to clear out. yesterday, the trump administration recently fired 1600 staffers and placed thousands more on leave at the agency that oversees foreign aid. laura. wow. just 15 minutes to get out. alice. a lot to cover there. thank you so much. activists today are staging a national day of action with the idea of hitting big businesses where it hurts. they're calling it an economic blackout to oppose what

organizers call excessive influence from billionaires and the leading political parties. a group called the people's union usa is behind that campaign. it cites recent dei rollbacks as one of its inspirations, and it calls itself a movement for working americans. we spoke with people in the south bay who have mixed emotions. one day we'll do something, but it won't do enough unless people stand behind it. hopefully the word does get spread. that is definitely interesting to hear about. the same group is promising more action in the weeks and months to come. our kris sanchez is diving deeper into this story. she'll have the full report for us in our next half hour. new signs of improvement this morning for pope francis, who continues to battle pneumonia in a rome hospital. vatican leaders say he had another peaceful night and continues to rest, and also that he's now out of the critical phase of his recovery. church leaders are still not commenting on his prognosis, citing its complex cnical picture. the

pope was first admitted to the hospital two weeks ago on valentine's day, with many bay area health facilities still in the midst of weathering the current flu season. on a global level, health leaders are already pivoting. ahead this morning, the world health organization finalizing plans on the next flu vaccine. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning. and ginger, this all comes in the wake of one of the most severe flu seasons that we've seen in decades. that's correct, marcus. and, you know, the w.h.o. and doctors worldwide look at the various strains and they choose the strains moving forward because the flu changes every year. but there is an added layer of concern and interest this year. here's doctor peter chin-hong, a specialist of ucsf's infectious disease department, explaining a bit more on why. the reason why we're paying a lot of attention to the flu season this year is because we have a parallel

outbreak in bird flu, as people might know, and the more bird flu and the more human flu you have next to each other, the more chances that bird flu can exchange genes with human flu and figure out a way to get inside our bodies more efficiently, because right now, it's not doing a great job of that. and that's why we haven't seen more human cases. the w.h.o. is meeting today. they currently wrapped up discussions and recommendations not long ago about the chosen strains for the next flu vaccine. now, this is typical, but what is not is the surge, as you mentioned marcus and the flu worldwide this year. the united states is taking part in t that w.h.o. meeting. president donald trump saying last month the global health agency had mishandled the covid 19 pandemic and other international health crises. the trump administration also added that the u.s. will leave the world health organization, but it also comes as the fda

canceled its meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots. a spokesperson for the department of health and human services, which oversees the fda, did not immediately respond to an nbc request for comment. now, doctor peter says at the height of the flu season can still continue for another couple of months, so it is not too late for you to get your flu shot. he is also expected to speak more on this at a press conference later today in san francisco, ginger conejero saab today in the bay. continue to follow that, ginger. thank you. now let's take a live look outside. this is palisades tahoe, where people are hopeful about the return of snow as soon as this weekend. later today, state water agents should get a better sense of where the snowpack stands when they conduct that monthly sierra snow survey. current estimates put the snowpack at about 85% of normal for this time of the year. that's for the entire sierra. meteorologist kari hall

joins us now. and, kari, it sounds like some new snow would be very helpful right now. absolutely. and we always hope for a miracle march. but we are looking at our the breakdown of the different regions of the sierra and the northern sierra is actually a little bit above what we typically see for this date, but the southern sierra still has some work to do. so hopefully that's where the next round of snow comes around lake tahoe. we're going to get about 2 to 7in of snow just through the weekend. but as we take a look at that forecast, if you are headed there to palisades, it's going to be in the mid 50s today. so some of that snow will be melting with the warmer air and a lot of sunshine. also about the same tomorrow. but then sunday is when we get that next round of snow that will bring in a few inches, and there could be a little bit more coming in next week. so we'll be watching that. we'll talk about how much bay area rain we'll get over the weekend as well. and mike, you've been tracking gas prices that seem to get higher every day. it feels like it, doesn't it? but for the best price around the bay, we still

continue in san jose for 17. if you make most of your stop on camden avenue heading out through livermore, perhaps for the weekend, you fill up for 427 a gallon at springtown gas on bluebell drive. and if you're heading through san francisco to start your weekend in the 439 is your lowest price on the. to top off your tank there at double time on mission street, you can go to gasbuddy.com, check your area or where you're going. perhaps your destination on the roadways. destinations are pretty much at the minimum travel time there. we're looking across the bay bridge. we did have an issue at the treasure island on ramp, but it just cleared from the chp report. we see no disturbance to the flow traveling away from us. those tail lights move at speed across the span into the city. back to you. thanks, mike. meta is looking to compete with open ai. still ahead on today in the bay, the new app. the tech giant is set to launch as the company strives to become the leader in artificial intelligence. plus, diver two is on bailouts. i will come back for you. make sure the

more. good until the last breath, the diver and his miraculous story of survival inspired a brand new movie. so we're going to hear from him as he prepares to see his experience on the silver screen. keep it right here. we'll all watch together. got much more ahd for youea

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will see a few clouds here and there as we go throughout the day, and it's mostly those high clouds that just kind of filter the sunshine a little bit. it's still going to be nice and temperatures go from upper 40s now to 71 degrees at noon. you know, it's going to be a another warm day, but not so much this weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. we're looking at the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive, tail lights west, heading toward the peninsula at speed across the span. all your bridges are moving very smoothly, but we still got to get through the morning commute. of course, it's friday, so let's check in the business world with silvana. thank you mike. good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. markets are set to open marginally higher across the major indexes this morning after new tariff threats from the white house and a big drop in tech bellwether stock. invidia sent markets down in thursday's session. the tech heavy nasdaq is on pace for its worst week since september. now in focus for investors this morning, it's the release of the personal

consumption expenditures index. this measures the change in what people are paying for goods and services, and is the federal reserve's preferred gauge of inflation. the securities and exchange commission announced thursday night that most meme coins, such as the one that president trump launched just before his inauguration, are not considered securities under federal law and are more like collectibles. now, this long sought after clarification means that people who offer the digital assets don't need to register with the sec. but on the flip side, also means buyers are protected by federal securities law. and meta is planning to add a standalone ai app along with facebook, instagram and whatsapp. cnbc has learned that meta ai is expected to debut next quarter, and it's a big step forward in the company's bid to become a leader in ai by the end of this year. meta is also planning a test of a paid subscription service for meta ai, along the lines of what competitor openai does for access to more powerful versions

of its chatgpt. guys. interesting. all about ai. it really is. it's amazing. thanks so much for who you are. for real, right here, right now. just saying. well, joining this morning the hollywood release of a new deep sea thriller based on a real life rescue. and we should warn you, if you do plan to go see the movie last breath with woody harrelson and you want to avoid knowing what happens. okay, there is going to be a little spoiler, maybe two coming up ahead. so give us a second. all right, here we go. slow your breathing down for me okay. you're pushing too hard. copy on the job now. keep it focused where it needs to be. okay, so harrelson stars in the diver duncan allcock, who's called to rescue a deep sea diver trapped hundreds of feet underwater. now that diver, played by finn cole. but the character's name he's portraying is chris levins. his story unfolded in 2012, and many

believe lemons actually should have died. mike inouye recently actually spoke with lemons, and he fully agrees with nobody there at all. there was nothing but a black sea above me. it dawned on me very quickly, but this this year was absolutely so i thought going to be the place that i died. so yeah, that was a strange and lonely experience, as you can probably imagine. wow. yeah, i know, we're like, oh, i don't want to do that. but last breath is opening in theaters everywhere today. we should also mention it is distributed by our sister company, universal pictures. that is amazing. he was the spoiler. that was, i think, right. you know how it. so i told i'm glad to be speaking with you. very glad to be speaking with you. that's kind of amazing, though, to talk to the actual. it sounds like a really amazing story to watch. it's a thriller. yeah, that's that's the only way i'll go. deep sea is to watch it like that. someone else do it surrounded by breathable air. all right. speaking of air and sunshine, meteorologist, you're the breath of sunshine and fresh air. thanks for now this

weekend. hold on to it. let's think about it, because i know it's coming. yeah. we're going to talk about some rain, but that's also needed as well as it's been kind of dry around here lately. so let's get a look at the high temperatures for today where we're headed for the low 70. once again it's been so great to have our little taste of spring going outside for a walk and enjoying the warmer temperatures that are headed once again back to 75 in palo alto. it will be in the mid 70s for the east bay as well as the south county, with gilroy headed for 77 and 73, in santa rosa, 75 in napa. tomorrow is when we feel that a little bit of a chill in the air with a jacket needed throughout the day, and then later on tomorrow night, an umbrella. and then on sunday, we're not going to make it into the 60s. so there's going to be this huge change coming our way with a cold front, and we're also going to see some rain chances as well, all coming along with this system. this little disturbance that we're

seeing just off the coast is headed farther to the south, but is bringing in those high clouds that we've seen. so it will be partly to mostly cloudy today. rain chances increasing as we go into the weekend. so take a look at the timeline. it's cloudy today. we start to see the showers early tomorrow morning and it just kind of continues off and on. not the entire time, but we will see some waves of rain throughout the weekend. we're looking at rainfall totals for the most part, about a quarter inch of rain in parts of the east bay, and it could be as high as a half inch of rain for los gatos. and in san francisco, a little bit less than a half inch of rainfall. so all of that much needed at this point. and we are going to, of course, as we enter into meteorological spring on tomorrow, it's going to get cooler. yeah, we're going back to winter and highs in the upper 50s and low 60s next week. mike, you're taking a look at the oakland cam. yeah we're looking over eight 880 by the coliseum heading north with these taillights toward downtown oakland. everything moves smoothly. light friday traffic, as you would expect at 521 in

the morning. no slowing, but there is report of a roadside fire in the shrubbery alongside the seventh street offramp. so watch for the activity. off ramp still reported open. there may be a new incident over here near the five 813 split. we'll track that for oakland and over in the north bay. it looks like a lot, bubut i sord out the issues and i think there's just one going on right now. south 101 around sir francis drake on ramp. the on ramp again is open. there's a little slowing approaching the scene, so there may be a crew that's just arrived heading south down past the tiburon exit and down toward the golden gate bridge. the rest of the bay does show a smooth drive coming out of the altamont pass. no problem for dublin. just a little slowing on 580. back to you. thanks, mike. it is 521. coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. two families are fighting battles for five figures each. i'm consumer investigator

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bay area responds to consumer cases of really all sizes because, you know, at the end of the day, every penny counts. and recently, consumer investigator chris chmura team tackled a pair of cases where families had tens of thousands of dollars on the line. happy friday. let's start with jean from the south bay. she told us she and her husband made a mistake paying off a $30,000 bank loan. they said they accidtally made that $30,000 payment to their credit card at the same bank. jean said the bank wasn't helping her undo the mistake, so she was stuck

with a $30,000 credit on her credit card. jean contacted us. we contacted the bank. it then freed up jean's money. next, we helped derek up in the north bay. his college landlord did major roof work and put him in a hotel. he showed us a photo of what his apartment looked like there. look at all the equipment. well, recently, the property owner wanted to move derek back to the complex, to an apartment with three other students. even though derek's parents had leased him a solo pad. derek's frustrated family contacted us. we contacted the landlord. it then cut a deal that keeps derek put and saves his family about $14,000. if you need us to school the company, here's your homework. snap the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. have a great weekend. easy to do? you too. thanks. well, next to the top stories we're following today, including taking legal action. the lawsuit one businesses now filing following the fire at the

moss landing battery storage facility. the reason they say it's causing their business a lot of damage and money. well, what do you plan on buying today? several groups are asking you to buy nothing. we're talking about an economic boycott, a latino freeze. what does it all mean? and what can you do? we'll tellou in y

not only the consumer, but young people are saying right now, at 530, a social media driven, 24 hour economic blackout. the national boycott taking place today urging shoppers to avoid big business. we're breaking down theotential economic impact, and this shocking image went viral. and now two bay area women are in custody accused of violently kicking a small dog. new outrage over that video may impact charges all against those two. and a live look outside while you soak in this nice weather we've been having. you may want to keep that umbrella handy. headed into the weekend. meteorologist kari hall tracking the return of wet weather. this is today in the bay. soaking up

the sun. soaking in the rain. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. let's get a look at that forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking those numbers out there. not too bad to start out. another decent day for us. yeah, it's going to be really nice and comfortable. not as sunny as earlier in the week, but we are still keeping the warmth todays we start out this morning. a lot of us are in the upper 40s and low 50s to begin our friday. and as we go into the afternoon, temperatures are headed back to the 70s for a lot of us, including san rafael. that's right. now, at 45 degrees, it's all clear. and those high clouds kind of giving us a filtered sunshine throughout the day. and we'll be at 70, a really comfortable lunch hour as we head for the mid 70s for later today it will be 75 for that max temperature in palo alto and 68 in san francisco, 69 for oakland and 75 for san jose. we'll talk about that rain coming back this weekend. but now, mike, you're starting to see more cars through the toll plaza. it's a

subtle change, but you see it here and across the span. no problems on the bay bridge friday. traditionally a lighter and a lighter build here. that's what we're seeing right now. it's 531 and there's no there's no major issues there. no metering lights yet. the issue over in oakland, a crash not disturbing the flow at the five 8013 split over in the north bay. we did sort it out to just one incident. a deer was apparently hit by a car there. outside of lanes, there's activity watching as you head south past that blythedale exit, and thatat's why tre's a little break tapper easing up on the accelerator there. a smooth flow down across the golden gate bridge. across the bay. also, same thing for the san mateo and dunbarton bridges. the traffic is just starting to build a little bit. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. today is a day of action, a latino phrase that's evolved into a call for a full economic blackout. the goal is to send a message to companies which are ending their diversity, equity and inclusion policies. today in the bay's kris sanchez joining us live this morning over in willow glen. so kris, break it down.

what do we need to know about this. so this is a call for you not to spend anything. to not buy anything in stores or restaurants, in person or even online. and this is a one day call for action. the latino freeze is what the organizers are calling it. it's organizing on social media as a way to send messages to companies which either eliminated or rolled back their policies toward diversity, equity and inclusion. as you said, people are calling out specific companies, including best buy, target, amazon, walmart, home depot, starbucks, mcdonald's, just to name a few. now to contrast the delano grape boycott of the 1960s took five years to force growers to addres poor pay and working conditions. so you might wonder what difference can a one day boycott make? we got an answer from the head of a latino think tank that tracks the data. what i can tell you is this those companies will notice. i don't know if it's going to be public,

i don't know, but those companies know perfectly well what their sales per day is are, so they will notice. now consider that latinos contributed 14% of the u.s. gdp. the total of all goods and services produced in 2022, which is the most recent data available. that amounted to $3.6 trillion. 13% more than the year before. and according to the 2024 latino donor collaborative report. in california alone, latinos contributed more than $935 billion. now, the head of the latino donor collaborative says the latino freeze stands to say a lot about a large part of the latino community, which is the young people who want to be reflected in hiring policies, not just now, but in the future. and according to the u.s. department of labor, 78% of all new workforce workers will come from latinos in the next ten yes. as much as somebody can tell you, don't use the social

justice term of dei or equality. et cetera. when the market calls, the market calls. these companies are for profit companies that need to know where the growth is coming from. so the call is for you not to spend any money today, as i said. but if you have to, the call is f for you to shop local and to use cash so thathe banks get that message as well, or to use one of the stores that have included and have continued their dei policies. stores like savemart and costco in san jose. kris sanchez today in the bay. if people want to participate, maybe they need to do a little homework. yeah, absbsolutely.ll right. thank you chris. yeah. well, two women are now in custody. this is after a video went viral showing a dog being kicked across a front lawn. it sparked a lot of backlash in contra costa county. now, pittsburg police say that the women seen in this viral video are a mom and her daughter and a

dog named gigi. gigi's owner posted this video to social media. it shows what happens in this front yard. ultimately, gigi was kicked and went flying. the dog's owner says this all followed a dispute with his neighbor, who ran over his plant, and that his neighbors and the daughter and granddaughter came over and threatened him with a gun. but then one of the women kicked his dog. she hit the planter right here. i mean, she hit it hard. it wasn't like she got kicked and tumbled. she got kicked and smashed against the planter, is what happened. any juror that sees that video is going to be appalled. and this would be a very difficult case to take to trial. now, police say gigi is safe at home. the owner thanks the community for their support. the operators of the battery storage facility that went up in flames in monterey county last month are being named in a new civil lawsuit. hello. you've

reached the hot enchilada in moss landing. we are currently closed to the public due to the ongoing lithium battery fires. for about two weeks after the fire. that was the recording callers would hear whenever they called the hot enchilada restaurant, cafe and gallery in moss landing. and the owners say ever since they reopened, business still has not recovered. they filed a new claim against vistra energy and its subsidiaries. this is the second suit seeking damages caused by the fire. vistra did not respond to a request from our station, our sister station, rather for comment. if your weekend is somehow incomplete without a little cold shock, we've got the perfect idea for you. how about a polar plunge into the san francisco bay? well, tomorrow is five k and polar plunge takes place over at crown beach in alameda. it benefits special olympics northern california. we actually spoke with one of the special

olympics events directors, and she says that this event offers participants a lot more than just diving in and lacing up their running shoes. it's a peer to peer fundraiser, so we ask that you raise a minimum of 125. that gives you the free event t shirt, that gives you a meal for the day, and you get to come take the plunge with us. so if you want to register ahead of tomorrow's event, you can head over to plunge.org. and you can also donate to the special olympics through that website. that's nice, but i'm going to need a little more than a t shirt. but that seems like it would be like a great team building activity. get some friends together. yeah, you know, that would be fun. so are you suggesting something? well, we're a team, right? we are. okay. do you guys do it? i do it. let's talk about the temperatures. because not only will the water be cold, it will be in the 50s. we are going to see temperatures also starting out in the 50s. so there's no

way to warm up there as we are starting out at five, 445 745 i should say in the morning it will be 53 degrees. and then throughout the day, as we are going to see those clouds linger, only some peeks of sunshine there in alada. it will be in the low 60s. the weekend planner starts out like this, so we'll have some sunshine today. highs in the mid 70s, but then tomorrow it will be cooler with rain chances developing late off and on showers through sunday. and that also continues into monday as well. and this is the last weekend before mardi gras, and we are going to have still some parties going on here in the bay area. if you're not going to new orleans in north beach, there will be that party kicking off at 130. it will be 60 degrees, and throughout the day, rain chances once again will increase with temperatures dropping down along the coastline. just wanted to give you a heads up that there will be a beach hazard statement, in effect from late this evening into early tomorrow morning, where we could see some sneaker waves as well as 20 foot

waves. so of course, we always remind you to stay well away from the coastline and keep an eye on everyone around you. it will be in the mid 60s and cloudy today. cooler tomorrow with upper 50s and then rain moving in on sunday. but there is a lot of ways to enjoy your time out and about in the bay area this weekend, including wrapping it up in napa valley with the marathon, a half marathon, as well as five k going to be a little soggy out there. and mike, you're looking at the drive through dublin. yeah. and true to form for friday we're looking at a smooth easy drive approaching the dublin interchange westbound your commute direction. there's very little slowing. anything below the speed limit. you're just easing off the accelerator a little through the altamont pass. no red showing orange at its worst, which is basically just about 50mph at the very worst. with the merge here, the interchange picks up the volume a bit, but no problems here. south, down through sunol and into the south bay. everything moves very nicely sometimes monday through thursday we'll see some slowing already on north 101. we don't see that on the sensors right here for san jose, but the live camera does

show you the volume is increasing, so we may see those brake taps in the next few minutes. meanwhile, getting through the east bay, a nice easy drive with highway 37 showing the change in those sensors there. and we're looking for concord. no light traffic for highway 4. true to form for a friday. back to you. friday is right. thanks, mike. well ahead, the deepening mystery surrounding the death of gene hackman and his wife. those clues inside his home that might lead investigators to an answer. also this morning, we hear from a man whose loved one died in a plane crash over the potomac river. the way some of the biggest names in figure skating will come together to honor the lives lost. and after six decades in business, a beloved local bowling alley in danville is closing. we have the details on its final day. and what's next for that property. but first, today is friday, and that means another edition of our school shout out series. hi, we're from vargas lomita elementary in the beautiful city of oakland. good morning, bay

area. all right. that's great. the class got larger and larger. hey, good morning to you. to kids. don't forget, you can send us your school shout outs by emailing school shout out at nbc. dot com. lot more news

40 minutes past the hour. as we take a live look outside in san or oakland this morning, as

you're heading out the door, we are seeing it's already busy and a few high clouds overhead. temperatures go from upper 40 to mid 60 at lunchtime and it will be a day almost as warm as yesterday. but we'll talk about a major cooldown in our weekend forecast coming up. and there's no backup or metering lights active at the bay bridge toll plaza. but those taillights, you see more of them. there's less spacing. you're still at speed into san francisco for westbound 80. we'll show you what may be going on. i have a new incident near the golden gate bridge. we'll talk about that coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. new mexico officials are awaiting toxicology results in their investigation into the death of acting legend gene hackman and his wife, as well as their dog. the bodies of 95 year old hackman and his 64 year old wife, betsy arakawa, were discovered by a groundskeeper at their home in santa fe, new mexico. officials say there was no sign of foul play, with initial autopsy results showing no external trauma. however, in

a search warrant, a detective called the death suspicious as a front door was found unsecured and opened. but investigators say there was no signs of forced entry. on tuesday, santa fe county sheriff spoke out about the investigation underway and was asked how long the couple was believed to have been dead before their bodies were discovered. it's very difficult to put a timeline together, even with the help of the office of the medical investigator, just based on on their body and, and, and other evidence on the body. it looked, it appears, several days, possibly even up to a couple of weeks. the oscar winner was found in a mud room with his cane next to him. that indicates he may have fallen and was not able to get himself back up. his wife was found in a restroom near an unlocked front room. there was a space heater on the floor and an open pill bottle with scattered pills on the counter. an autopsy is underway to determine an official cause of death. u.s. figure skating will forever be

scarred but not broken, by last month's deadly mid-air crash on the potomac. but this weekend, some of the figure skating's biggest stars will take part in a special event to honor those victims. 16 year old spencer lane and his mother, christine, were just two of the 67 people who died in that crash. spencer was one of the hopefuls making a name for himself, with his mother almost always by his side. in a new exclusive interview with the today show, spencer's father is opening up for the first time about his tragic loss. i think more than anything, i think what makes me a little emotional is the thinking about all the friends back at the rink, because i think while this is painful, obviously for me and my family, it's painful for all of them as well. and so thinking about them is tough. describe the ice skating community. it's really, you know, it sounds like a cliche, but it's very much a

family. he's so strong. they're telling that story. yeah. well, the legacy on ice benefit is sure to be an emotional event. it will include top figure skaters, including bay area skaters kristi yamagucuchi and alysia lieu. and it's going to take place in washington's capital one arena on sunday. it is airing live on peacock starting at noon pacific time. it will be a nice tribute. well, you see, workers in one of two striking unions will walk off the job today for a third and final day. some 60,000 workers in two unions, afscme and upt, first went on strike on wednesday. it's impacting uc campuses statewide in areas including health services, labs, mental health counseling and service work. uc says emergency services are not impacted. only upt workers are back on strike today. unions cite issues including pay, benefits and bargaining strategies. uc, meantime, issued a statement accusing the unions of holding up contract talks. we are

celebrating black heritage this month and music is considered the universal language, and there's a young composer proving music can break down barriers and build bridges. that's the san francisco symphony playing the composition strange beast by black composer xavier music. xavier won third annual emerging black composers project, and we're actually talking to him about what it's like to make classical music as a biracial person. and you can watch that full story tonight at 5:00. our meteorologist, kari hall, did that story, which is cool. and he's got the perfect name for it. last name music. all right. who loves bowling? well, beloved east bay bowling alley is sadly closing after 60 years in business. danville bowl has announced it will shut down at the end of march. in a post on

instagram, the owner thanked the community for its support but said it's time to move on. this is so close to where we all hang out and so close to downtown. so it's going to be really sad when it closes down. everybody like congregates here and it's such a big community of people. the property has already been sold to developers. it's unclear what the property will be used for, but construction is expected to start right away. well, get your pickleball partners ready because new courts are opening up in the south bay. the grand opening of the courts will be at the luxury resort cordevalle in san martin tomorrow. the facility will be available to members and guests, featuring eight new pickleball courts. they'll have hands on training and one on one group lessons. the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 11:30 a.m, so if you're a member, give me a call. all right. all right. okay, so i want to tell you about this story. so a bay area woman donated her wedding reception to a nonprofit. this is after she was forced to cancel that event. she decided to make good out of

a bad situation. but for the first time, we are now learning who she is today in the bay's garvin, thomas has her story that will make all of us bay area proud. good morning everyone. i have an update for you for bay area proud story that ended up getting national attention. it's about a bride who had to cancel her wedding just weeks before the date. it was too late to get a refund for the venue, the caterer, and the deejay, so she donated the entire event, costing about $15,000, to parents helping parents, a south bay nonprofit that once helped her family. at the time, the bride wanted to remain anonymous. it was wild, but no longer. julia gallo says. she has come forward now because she wants others who may find themselves in a difficult situation like hers, to know that it is possible to find some good in the situation by doing good for others. you can experience the whole story at nbcbayarea.com. bay area proud, as well as hundreds of stories of people being good to each other in the bay area. i love

that. okay, so we're probably not breaking any news here when we tell you this. steph curry never ceases to amaze us. that's right. you can go ahead and add another career defining moment to his hall of fame legacy. that just typified the whole half. steph from three quarters, curry hits a three night night, right? isn't that amazing? okay, let's just say steph was on fire last night in orlando giving him a show. his buzzer beater at the half gave the warriors some serious momentum just when they needed it. and in the second half steph took charge. he hit 12 three pointers in all, scoring 22 points in the third quarter alone. his 56 points overall gave the warriors a nice 121 to 115 win. the dubs suddenly, suddenly find themselves in the seventh spot in the western conference. what a player. yeah, you know, it's great. well, also trending the highly anticipated fifth installment of the shrek

franchise is adding a major star to its cast. yeah, and she's heading from her hometown of oakland to the swamp. hey, magic mirror, who's the fairest of them all? why, shrek, of course. don't you, dad? woo-hoo! mommy! like, who's making this stuff? not me. oh, well, there you have it. zendaya will join mike myers, eddie murphy, and cameron diaz in the upcoming sequel, so the emmy award winner is going to be the daughter. their animated film, slated to be released in december of 2026. it will be the first shrek film since 20 tens shrek forever after. and we do know that zendaya is a fan of the franchise. schreck's instagram account posted this ex post zendaya made back in 2017. it reads i watched shrek two often in my adulthood. all right, that'll be cool to see. we gotta wait all the way to the end of next year. yeah. yeah. the bills. it's a long time. yeah. i mean, you're just setting your

expectations. you can put that in your calendar. i don't want to have any plans, she said. and make the weather perfect. there you go. gives you time to watch one through four. there we go. review. review the storyline time. okay, so let's get a look at our forecast this weekend, which may have you, instead of catching up on some of the movies this weekend, we are going to also start out clear this morning for the most part. mostly sunny and another mild day, but it will get cooler for the weekend with spotty rain chances moving in. just kind of off and on throughout the end of the weekend into next week. but today it's going to be back into the mid 70s, well above normal, up to 75 degrees in san jose and 77 in gilroy for the east bay. 776 degrees in walnut creek in oakland will be in the upper 60s and then mid 70s for pleasanton, as well as antioch and concord. really mild day and 73 in redwood city, while half moon bay brings it down a little bit, but still pretty nice with a high of 64 and 69 in the mission district today and 68 downtown

for the north bay. we're looking at temperatures ranging from 60 near the coast to 81 degrees in ukiah. and we're going to see that filtered sunshine that we've seen. so hopefully it's clear enough for us to see this very rare event happening tonight. we've been talking a lot about it. it's the planet parade. we'll see seven planets lined up and a few of them you can see from the naked eye. you'll be able to see venus, jupiter and mars, but you will need binoculars to see uranus and neptune. but all of this happening, and with this alignment that we won't see again until 2040. now, the clouds was the other issue. i do think it's going to be partly to mostly cloudy tonight, and we're getting ready for rain that's set to move in late tomorrow night. it's going to be off and on from sunday into monday, as we could see the possibility of about a quarter to half inch of rainfall. but of course that is much needed after being so dry and it will be much cooler with temperatures near 60 degrees all

next week. mike, you had a crash reported on the golden gate bridge, right? exactly. now our camera faces away from the toll plaza looking to the north. i believe it was incoming traffic. someone reportedly bumped into one of the barriers. i believe at the second cash lane that would be over here on this side, we don't see any slowing. no one avoiding this lane. i'm going to say no injuries are reported and i don't think there's a major problem. we'll track that coming into the city across the golden gate bridge though. that's the icon we have here earlier. icon over there at the tiburon exit. we do have activity there, but the off ramp is open. a little slowing coming down the decline from treasure island into the city for the bay bridge, but no backup and no metering lights. we are looking forward today and throughout the rest of the first half of this month. remember that central freeway is closed, so you have to use the busses over the surface routes. back to you. thanks, mike. well happening now. mountain view based google announcing more layoffs. a spokekesperson tellig business insider that about 200 jobs could be impacted. the cuts

will impact human resources, cloud and trust and safety departments. a crowd sourced internal google doc reveals the most significant reductions include cuts within the ad sales group. it's a pivotal day for the war in ukraine. president trump and volodymyr zelensky are set to sign a landmark deal. ahead at 6:00. we're live in washington with what ukraine is looking for in return. plus two weeks in the hospital. a new update on how the pope is

in the last 15 years or so. right now at 6:00. protecting against the flu. as the country grapples with a rise in cases, the key decision world leaders just made hours ago to prepare for the next flu season. plus an economic blackout. the movement taking place today in solidarity with working americans amid sweeping rollbacks of diversity programs and putting president trump's mass layoffs on hold. but is it too late for those that already got the ax? the new late night ruling from a san francisco