of education in the crosshairs. as president donald trump is reportedly ready to sign an executive order to dismantle the department. supreme court delivers a new setback for elon musk and doge. coyote sightings

increasing in one peninsula neighborhood. the reason they keep popping up and the steps experts say you should take if you see one. and here is a live look outside for you this morning. getting started off with some rain in the south bay, but how long will it stick around? meteorologist kari hall is tracking all of that in her forecast as we inch closer to the weekend. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike for that morning commute in just a little bit. but let's start out with a look at the forecast. little lingering showers depending on where you are. yeah. and we're going to see that not only this morning but possibly throughout the day. this storm system is going to keep it very unsettled as we see the area of low pressure just spinning across the region. and you can see the rain and snow that's been happening across the region. so as we get a closer look at the bay area, there is some rain to the north of us. there's some to the south. so we are going to see this as it rotates and spins

around the bay area, bringing us waves of rain that will be possible as we go into the afternoon as well. right now it's along the coast and the peninsula, but we've also seen that rain over the south bay. and a closer look at some heavy snow coming down around mount hamilton for some of the san jose foothills. we will see that rain changing over to snow, but at least for the 101 drive, it is dry for now. after some early morning showers, the roads may still be wet and looking at the timeline of the rain over the next couple of hours, we could see more waves of that rain, at least for the next few hours, so i'll be tracking that. mike, you were getting updates about a car fire? yeah, a car fire. then we have also a little bit of damp roadways and some potential ice or snow up there. the hills, mount hamilton area. so lots going on in this map. the car fire. no injuries are reported, but it will be a distraction as crews arrive on scene at north 101. the on ramp from great america parkway is where that car fire is reported. i hear they may have to close that slow lane over there as you're

passing by the scene, because a crew may have arrived to address it. no slowing shows up, but when you're on the scene, if the car is engulfed in flame, that will be a distraction. and definitely for the northbound side heading up in through santa clara and up towards sunnyvale and mountain view. meanwhile, we have more continued wet roadway here for 880 and 680 coming down through fremont. tri-valley moves well. there's a new incident reported in castro valley. i'll check on the direction for 580. looks like right around redwood road. back to you. all right, mike, thank you. well, this morning, president donald trump will reportedly soon issue an executive order to abolish the department of education. wall street journal is reporting that may happen as soon as today. his education secretary, linda mcmahon, was confirmed by the senate monday. now, this all comes as the white house head of the department of government efficiency, elon musk, met with republicans in congress today in the bay's alice barr joining us live this morning from washington. and alice, members of the gop are facing what we're seeing, a growing number of number of angry voters out there as the white house is seeking to

shrink the federal government. yeah, marcus, a lot of us have probably seen those scenes from town halls all across the country of people voicing frustration over lost jobs or worries about benefits. elon musk now sitting down with both senate and house republicans to address concerns. and we're making good progress. president trump's top adviser, elon musk, meeting with republican lawmakers w wednesday night, seeking to reassure as elected officials in both parties hear from constituents angered over sweeping job and spending cuts. we are all going to suffer from these. the consequences of these actions. republicans, largely defending musk's department of government efficiency, discussing a possible package to codify the cuts into law. he's helping us uncover allhe spending and letting us know where the waste is, while pointing to angst among veterans over looming cuts. i wanted to make it crystal clear, and i did that. we have to make sure

there's no degradation to veterans benefits. and he. elon musk was crystal clear that there shall not be that, as the veterans affairs secretary announced plans to slash 15% of its workforce, up to 80,000 employees. we're going to accomplish this without making cuts to health care or benefits. democrats skeptical, saying the harm will land on veterans, a betrayal to the promise of our service members. it's going to mean longer wait times, fewer appointments. all as the white house looks to limit harm from new tariffs. announcing a pause on the 25% tariffs for cars and auto parts coming from mexico and canada. after hearing directly from the big three automakers. but it's just a one month exemption before president trump wants reciprocal tariffs on a broad swath of u.s. trading partners to kick in. many american businesses bracing for a blow. it's anticipated that the spring sales will be down significantly. president trump

adamant short term pain will be worth long term gains for the u.s. economy. and in a pair of legal setbacks for the trump administration, the supreme court rejected a bid to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid payments to usaid contractors for work that's already done, while a federal civil service board ordered the department of agriculture to temporarily reinstate more than 5000 fired probationary employees. marcus. all right. a lot to follow there. alice barr in washington for us. alice. thank you. 505. firefighters in the east bay so far providing few details about a house fire last night where a dead body was found. it started a little after 6 p.m. at a home on saratoga avenue, east of port chicago highway in concord. they say it was out by the time crews arrived. the department says crews then, however, found the body in that area. they're still not indicating if it was inside

the home or somewhere nearby. the identity of the person is still not known. happening today on the peninsula, san mateo county's rapid response team will brief members of the immigrant community about actions being taken to protect people from detainment and deportation. leaders say over the past few weeks, they've trained hundreds of people to use rapid response, which they say can make all the difference for ice detainees. the reality is that in practice, most people who are detained and in deportation proceedings don't have access to an attorney unless we, the people, provide that through the rapid response hotline. and so we're able as a community to provide people with a basic american right, which is representation as they're interacting with with the federal government system. tonight's forum will update people about the progress being made to inform immigrants about ice activity, while supporting immigrant families who face the threat of deportation. the

immigration institute of the bay area wants to make sure you know your rights. if detained or questioned by ice officers. the qr code on your screen will take you to their red card, which you can print out. they're available in eight different languages, including tagalog, korean, and farsi. well, there's been an uptick in coyote sightings on the peninsula. humane society says more people have called about coyotes in their neighborhood within the last month. ken wolf was one of the people on his bike in menlo park when he spotted a coyote. he captured this video showing that coyote walking down the street in broad daylight. many neighbors have been posting pictures and videos on nextdoor over the past few weeks. of all the coyotes they've come across, mostly in menlo park. one person sending us two videos of separate coyote sightings in the last two weeks, and it's been a busy month there for the peninsula humane society, who says that it is getting a lot of those calls all about coyotes, late winter, early spring, right? at this time they tend to be out looking for mates,

looking for dens and then following that, maybe in august we'll start seeing them with their little pups. they really are everywhere. it's kind of their home too. and that includes, you know, around where we live, i guess. love is in the air, right? so if you do see a coyote and it comes toward you on the peninsula humane society, they're saying, get big and loud, don't feed them and make sure that your pets are on a leash and avoid keeping your pets outside. all right, well, let's take a live look out in walnut creek. no coyote sightings out there. at least none that people are talking about. wile e coyote. remember him? yes. all right. maybe some rain, though. here and there. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that coming into work today. it was, like, nice and dry. and then all of a sudden, it was like a downpour. yeah. so it's been very spotty. and we're going to see that continue today. not everyone getting the rain, but where it is raining it is going to be throwing down. so

we are going to see that as a possibility, along with some isolated thunderstorms today and heading into the weekend. it will be mild and mild and dry with all of this moving out but for now, once again where we are seeing the rain, it has been coming down quite heavily and we're seeing that on storm ranger as we track this system coming through for the next few hours, and we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend coming up. mike has a look at where we can save a little bit of money at the gas pump. yeah. we're trying to find your lows around the bay. we'll start in alameda county today. san leandro has that county's best of 415 at national on wasngton avenue. then in the north bay in vallejo, there's a similar price for a similar name. we have 419 at national petroleum. just added a little on to the same chain there. springs road is the location in the south bay. we'll check cupertino. that's not the lowest in santa clara county, but it's the lowest for that city for 39 at aria gas and market on stevens creek boulevard, you can check the changes and maybe some higher or lower prices. gasbuddy.com on

the roadways, green sensors dominate our map. so does the green, highlighting some slicker roadways throughout the south y. and watch those south bay hills may be slippery. don't go up there because there may be snow or ice possible. you avoid the area. eastbound 580 we talked about just past redwood road. there is a crash reported near the onramp at grove, and so do watch the activity there. but the freeway itself moving very smoothly. back to you. i hope everyone is okay in that crash. how's this sound? waking up a millionaire? yes. ahead on today in the bay. the lucky local super lotto winner from last night's drawing. and the reason? you may want to check your tickets. all right, fair enough. some really ugly talk this morning about tariffs. let me show you what the futures are showing for stock market. those are rough numbers. all the world. just simply confused about what happens next. we'll try to straighten it o

it's past the hour. and as we take a live look outside in oakland here, it's fairl dry and we're starting out with chilly temperatures. we're in the upper 40s with a breezy wind. it's going to stay breezy with a mix of sun and clouds, and every now and then we may see some rain come through. i'll be tracking that. we'll take a look ahead to the weekend forecast as well, coming up in a few minutes. and we've been tracking the overnight road work, which is now clear from the southbound side of golden gate bridge, marin county coming into san francisco. all clear once again. the northbound side may get a traffic break in a

little while to clear that littear thatew will track it.

overnight crew will track it. well good morning. very happy thursday to you. okay, so this looks like a lot of good news a lot of up arrows. but it's old news futures calling for markets to fall again on the open this morning as bond yields rise. we talked about that wednesday morning how important that is. and over further confusion about tariffs alice mentioned the pause on tariffs over cars. that's good news for ford and general motors though. those stocks are down about 14% since president trump took office. speaking of tariffs, strong words from the chinese this morning. the chinese embassy in

the u.s. tweeting, if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we are ready to fight to the end. defense secretary pete hegseth, responding on fox news. well, we're we're prepared. those who long for peace must prepare for war. we are, we are. that's why we're rebuilding our military. that's why we're reestablishing deterrence. and the warrior ethos is because we live in a dangerous world with powerful, ascendant countries with very different ideologies. back here at home, the exercise app cocompany strava has opened a nw headquarters in san francisco. company ceo says san francisco has served as the launch pad for so many iconic brands, and we aspire to be part of that legacy. a new report says it's san francisco's nightlife that's likely to bounce back first. a company called deputy, which helps businesses, staff, employees, says hiring for evening shift shifts are ■up 40. hospitality bars entertainment

venues saw the biggest hiring boost. so the night shifts in sf are growing by 40% year over year. now i would say we're you knknow, covid recovery is way, y behind us, right? we saw across the country a covid recovery in 21 and 22. but san francisco has been much, much slower to see that recovery. and now in 2024 data, we're seeing it for the first time. speaking of jobs, we'll get the big jobs report tomorrow. we got the layoff report today up 250% because of all the cuts to government. so the jobs number may not be very good tomorrow. yeah, i would imagine. yeah. thanks, scott. you know, somebody might not be thinking about jobs at all this morning because in the north bay they woke up this morning $30 million richer. the only thing they think about maybe is quitting. i'd say so far, this much we know. someone won a super lotto jackpot last night,

purchased in sonoma county from a 76 gas station in cotati. someone else in nearby rohnert park won $11,000. they matched all five numbers except the mega number. can't win them all. but they were so close. but here's the winning numbers in case you need to check. three, 13, 17, 23, 35 and the mega number, the mega ball was 24. i didn't play, so just imagine you're imagining you saw me go there, didn't you? oh, there you go. check the tickets. you never know. yeah, well, don't have to imagine the rain. it's here. yeah, we are going to see it. just kind of off and on. very spotty across parts of the bay area today, as we take a look at what we've been seeing this storm system spinning across the region. and that center of the low pressure is just off the coast here. in fact, we can kind of see it there as it rotates in all of this moisture being drawn in and also giving us some beneficial

rainfall before we make it to the weekend. so it's been nice to see as we track it with storm ranger, we are seeing some of the off and on showers moving through, and the splotches of green here and there indicate where you may encounter some rain on your drive to work. that includes that richmond san rafael bridge that we are seeing the rain coming down on right now, and then heading down towards from 101 down through mill valley, as well as the sausalito area and then into san francisco. it's dry for now, but we may see that rain coming back. probably saw some earlier this morning. and then we're also seeing some rain in fremont and just north of milpitas. and a lot of that extends over toward the foothills, where we are seeing some snow on some of our higher elevations. so you'll see that this morning once the sun comes up, looking at also the peninsula where we've seen some rain right around the south city area and then over toward the coastline. so we are going to see it off and on once again throughout the morning. but rain chances will decrease as we go throughout the day, but there may be that slight chance that

we could see a pop up shower or thunderstorm. slight chance of that as we get this cold air mixing in with this storm system that creates a lot more energy. and every now and then we may hear some rumbles of thunder looking at temperatures today, staying in the upper 50s, low 60s, and even just staying in the mid 50s for parts of the east bay like dublin and livermore, will only see a high of 55 today. this will be the coolest day because we see the temperatures already starting to bounce bk tomorrow with more sunshine and mostly mid 60s across the bay area, and then upper 60s on saturday as that sunshine continues. so even though we're dealing with some cold and wet weather now, we will see some much nicer weather in time for the weekend. for the next few days, high pressure builds and warm temperatures surge in, but that quickly moves away and makes a way for the next storm system arriving on monday tt could strengthen just off of our coast, but could die farther to the south. and then right behind that, there is the potential of an atmospheric

river. so next week is going to be busy. we're going to enjoy this break of the sunshine that we'll see for the next few days. it's going to be a chilly one, and the overnight lows dip down to the upper 30s. but each day we see it starting to bounce back with upper 60s for the weekend, and san francisco will see some off and on rain today. but much more sunshine tomorrow. mike, you're tracking a crash on i-80. that's right, not the bay bridge. but i wanted to show you the bay bridge is moving very smoothly here. it's farther up the east shore freeway, westbound 80 as you come through pinole. crash reported there. there may be one lane blocked, so we're tracking that, but no major injuries. although it sounds dramatic, a big rig and a smaller truck or a smaller car are wedged together. again, no major injuries. a little bit of start for highway 37, right on schedule. everything through contra costa county, right as your normal speeds would predict. south bay, we have that again. damp roadways coming down through fremont, the corridor there towards san jose. maybe santa clara county will see some more damp roadways as you hit the road. there is still a car

fire reported the onramp to northbound 101 at great america parkway. we've still got the slow lane blocked. according to the chp report about crews on scene. no injuries and it doesn't look like it's affecting the flow of traffic. just note if you're traveling up through santa clara. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. 21 after the hour. coming upp next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. id theft is everywhere. it drains your wallet and your energy, but you can defend yourself. and we want to help. i'm consumer investigator chrisis chmura.e'll show you how next. but before we go to break, i want calling all young artists. we're talking about the painters, writers and storytellers. so rci is growing up in america. art essay and video contest is back celebrating 30 years. and this year's theme is facing my fears and it's challenging. k through 12 students across the bay area to reflect on how they manage fear and turn it into strength. now, whether it's through painting a personal essay or

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data, seeming to show trump's argument simply just doesn't add up. this is today in the bay. good thursday morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. let's start out with a look at that forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking a little rain lingering in parts of the bay area. yeah, and that's going to be the case throughout the morning and possibly into the afternoon. not everyone seeing the rain, but where we are seeing it, it has been quite heavy and we're even seeing some snow on somef our upper elevations across parts of the bay. but this storm system coming through is a cold one, and it's also producing some lingering rain that we're seeing not only to our north, but our south as well. and some off and on showers right now across parts of the south bay in fremont. the rain is starting to clear a little bit, moving off towards the south and east. some light rain in milpitas, but mostly over the foothills. and take a look at all the white and blue there. that's snow on elevations above 3000ft. and

we're also seeing some rain near the coast that's been pouring for some spots. we were seeing some rain earlier on the richmond-san rafael bridge, but now it is cleared out. we're going to see a mix of sun and clouds today with gradually warming temperatures. we'll take a look ahead to the weekend coming up. but mike, you were looking at the colors in the south bay. you're talking about right here where we showed some of the snow and ice. and a reminder, don't go there just because we talk about it. it's not a place to drive. let's look at the maps a little closer for you. you can see that over on the lower right, just above the clock, where those areas there may belippery roadways. mount hamilton, for example. and over along the coast, as kari talked about, some of that rain hitting the peninsula as well. no major problems reported by chp or into chp. we do have a little bit of slowing highway 37 and typical for highway four, we see those sensors just start to change now coming into concord, indicating a little more traffic. at the bay bridge, we see a little more traffic flow and some slowing on the incline as we lose the lanes across the span. but approaching the toll plaza, we're just fine right here. back to you. thanks,

mike. well, this morning, the investigation continues into another terrifying shooting on a bay area freeway, this time near orinda. today in the bay's. kris sanchez joins us from the newsroom this morning. and kris, investigators may not have video to work with. well, it does not seem like there are any traffic cameras in that stretch of roadway where this happened yesterday. but there are license plate readers that capture all vehicles that get onto the freeway and off the freeway. let me show you where it happened. this is highway 24 near orinda, and that is where a stray bullet blewut the rear window of this white subaru during morning traffic. that person was caught in the crossfire between two people firing at each other from different cars. that victim too shaken to talk. but the supervisor for that area says that after two shootings previously in a week, the community is unnerved. it was another shock, just as it was last week. this typically is not what we see on highway 24, really on either side of the

tunnel. typically it's a pretty safe area. now, last tuesday, a different victim was shot twice in the leg while driving on highway 24. that time, though, on the oakland stretch. chp officers also investigated a possible shooting on southbound 880. on broadway there, two license plate readers could help investigators track down the vehicles involved. as for the driver in the car shot yesterday, the car was shot. the driver was not. so they are okay, at least physically. laura. that's frightening. all right. thanks so much for the latest there. 33 after the hour. as the u.s. pulls away from ukraine, europe is trying to fill the gap. and scott mcgrew is here right now. and scott french, president macron reminding everyone france was powerful to turn against the russians. well, france has nuclear weapons. so macron saying on tv last night he would discuss extending the french nuclear umbrella over europe to protect it. french president

meets with other european leaders today in an emergency meeting over ukraine. macron saying in a public address last night nobody believes russia will stop at ukraine. france and the u.k. have said they are willing to commit troops once there is a cease fire, to keep the peace. the pentagon, meanwhile, has suspended both american military weapons and military intelligence to ukraine. president trump says he's worried about the conflict growing. you may recall what he said to the ukrainian president last week as you start having cards, cards? right now you don't. are you playing cards? you're playing cards. you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war three. you're gambling with world war three. now, some think tanks and analysts point out america's attempt to avoid that bigger war could actually be destabilizing. back here at home, a lot of chaos over hiring and firing the department of agriculture has been ordered by a labor board to

bring nearly 6000 workers back to work. the centers for disease control also asking some workers to please come back. president trump may sign an order as soon as today to close the department of education. he's long said he would do that. most interpretations of the law say he can't without congress, and the va plans to cut between 70,000 and 80,000 workers. here's the head of the va making that announcement. our goal is to reduce va employment levels to 2019. end strength numbers. roughly 398,000 employees from r current level of approximately 470,000 employees. now, that's a 15% decrease. secretary collins says health care for veterans won't be affected. u.s. congress trying to get a spending plan together. it needs. it's got a hiccup, though. it needs to know how much doge is saving in order to account for it in the budget. but as many have reported, doge's numbers are inconsistent at best. it's an extremely

important part of this is any type of doge cuts. we've got to work into our legislation and work into our budgets and appropriations. and that's a that's a large amount of planning that's happening. sierra zero eight. what are you planning to talk to house republicans about here? that was elon musk giving a fake phone number to a reporter as he walked into meetings with congresswoman greene and others to brief them on doge. earlier in the day, he met with senate republicans, and the house could vote as soon as today whether t. you remember, he's the one who interrupted the president during tuesday's speech heckling the president. unfortunately not new. marjorie taylor green, you just saw her, did it to president biden, as did republicans boebert and wilson. but, laura, they were not censured. so much to watch. thank you very much, scott. well, happening today, sonoma state students and staff will rally and march against proposed budget cuts to offset a $24 million deficit. school leaders

are calling to eliminate the entire athletics department, cut teaching positions and eliminate six academic departments. opponents are demanding a seat at the table during the decision making process. at noon today, they will gather at stevenson quad. alameda county leaders are looking for some clarity on the pending sale of the oakland coliseum complex this afternoon. supervisors are scheduling a closed door meeting to get an update, and they are promising to provide some comments. following the meeting in january, they signed off on a term sheet, greenlighting selling the property for $125 million to the african american sports entertainment group. last year, oakland leaders approved the sale of their share. oakland is now relying on that money to help balance the budget. new this morning, a detailed reply from the presidio trust to president trump's executive order seeking to eliminate it. the president issued that order last month, calling the trust unnecessary. well, the trust then promised a detailed response, showing that it does not rely on federal appropriations, and last did so

in 2013. that new report to the office of management and budget outlines that in detail, highlighting its reliance on self-generated revenues and private donations. the trust launched in 1996, shortly after the government handed control to the federal park service. okay, so spring break travel rush is coming soon, which means the tsa is preparing for that influx in passengers. travelers once again are being urged to be mindful of what you put in that carry on so you don't hold up the security lines. the tsa says power tools, knives, guns, fake weapons, none of them are allowed, and no large bottles of liquid like alcohol or any large liquids for that matter, according to tsa. get this. sunscreen is really one of the biggest offenders there. any sunscreen you bring, it has to be under that 3.4oz focarry ons, or you're going to be asked to put that in a checked bag. want to turn things over to meteorologist kari hall and look, right now in our area,

sunscreen might not be. or at least sunbathing might not be a thing that we're thinking about. not today, but maybe this weekend it's going to warm up a little bit. the weather will be clearing out. and here's a look at the weather we're seeing across the country, where our high temperatures today around denver, salt lake city will be fairly cool as we see a mix of rain and snow showers there. we've also seen the cool weather starting to push down into parts of the midwest. so in memphis today, we're only going to see a high of 55 and 34 in cleveland. so a lot of those temperatures cooler than normal. you might want to stay here at home, where we've got a lot of sports events happening this weekend. kicking it off on saturday w with gias fan fest that starts in the morning. throughout the day, we'll see temperatures going from low 50s to low 60s with sunshine, and then you might want to hang around in the area through saturday night where we have the warriors game starts out in the upper 50s and then temperatures dip very quickly, but at least it will be clear if you're nowhere near the city. maybe you'll be going to the san

jose game. the san jose earthquakes game for saturday night. it's going to be very chilly, so make sure you're layered up as it will be nice and clear out there. and then at ththe sap center for the sharks game, it's going to be in the mid 50s as you're heading in and once again looking pretty good. but this is the weekend. we'll remind you over and over again that daylight saving time starts. and it happens this saturday night into early sunday morning. so don't forget that you get one less hour of sleep. and mike, you're seeing that the wait has now arrived. yes. i was not waiting for that time change, but we were waiting for the metering. lights are right on schedule here and now. the wait has arrived as folks pause to pay and then get into the incline, they squeeze to where we lose a few lanes, and then things move smoothly in towards san francisco. that's how it goes across west 80. we still have this crash reported in through pinole. there may still be one lane blocked, but no slowing shows up. traveling down the upper east shore freeway, highway 37 highway 4 continue to show the build right on schedule here. contra costa county. the rest of it moves very nicely.

and over here in the city, i guess behind me i should talk about the golden gate bridge first. same configuration overnight as last night. this morning they were clear with those crews southbound just before 5:00, so no interruption to the flow of service. there is a continued interruption, though for the central subway. remember no central subway until the 14th when they have this project completed. they're doing repair work for those tunnels. they use the busses overhead, and that's well planned and well publicized throughout san francisco. the rest of the bay, we just watch for those wet roadways along the coast here for highway one and throughout the south bay, and many patches, the fremont, milpitas, san jose corridors. just be careful. back to you. thanks, mike. expanding resources for moms dealing with postpartum depression. straight ahead on today in the bay. the way doulas are assisting new mothers and the changes they're experiencing. i'm ginger conejero saab in berkeley. we're live from the lawrence hall of science. follow me as we talk about what the future of food the other side of tll see you on

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almost 15 minutes until the top of the hour. and as we take a look at storm ranger, if you're getting ready to head out the door, we've seen some hit or miss rain, and right now it's really hitting anywhere between oakland all the way down to fremont. as you're driving on 880, it's going to be a soggy morning commute. but we're also seeing that rain just now starting to clear milpitas. i'll

be keeping an eye on all of the showers and the possibility of thunderstorms. more details coming up. and across the bay from all those spots, we have a very calm, light and dry roadway riright now in palo alto. at let here, just north of university. a smooth drive heading up towards san francisco. we'll track those changes, mostly in the east bay. coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. quarter till six. so back to our special coverage. earlier this week on today in the bay, we presented a story of a young mother from san jose. she was experiencing postpartum depression. doctors say treatment varies. miriam villarreal from our sister station telemundo 48, explores resources found in our region. yes, treatment may vary by patient. it can be medication, therapy or support groups and looking for resources. we found a center in san francisco that lends a friendly hand with doulas, women who help other women in their most vulnerable moments. noemi migrated from guatemala two years ago. her daughter is only one month old.

i didn't know what to do. sometimes i will cry with my baby. but they helped me. looking for help, she was referred to birth companions community center in san francisco. somos doulas. we are doulas. we help moms before, during, and after pregnancy. according to california health care foundation, there's a growing interest in the care provided by doulas. 57% expressed interest, 39 would consider it, and 18 definitely wanted a doula. in 2023, medi-cal expanded access to doula services and in centers like this one, help is free, and our doulas have had training to detect signs that sometimes the mother doesn't realize that she is beginning to have postpartum depression. jenny is the co-founder of the center. they teach classes, hold workshops, and private consultations that can help reduce the risk of postpartum depression and manage initial symptoms. un espacio this is the space for when a mother comes with postpartum depression or needs to be heard.

we bring her here privately so she can sit down. we can talk about what she needs. theresa is also a doula. she says that the current political environment, the immigration changes and the fear among the community has made less mothers come forward. they want to raise awareness. tener una doulas. having a doula makes them feel like having a cousin, a sister, an aunt, someone holding their hand and understanding what they are going through. a doula is like a second mother. although treatment for postpartum depression varies among medication, therapy and support groups like this one, stephanie found relief in virtual communities. i started like joining these apps for moms, and that helped me get the weight off my shoulder. now she enjoys every moment in this new phase of motherhood. i need to hug my old self and let her know you went through everything and you did it. and we want to reiterate that the treatment is different for each woman, but the most

important message, they say, is that there is help available and that you are not alone. back to you. well, here at nbc bay area, we're celebrating 70 years of serving the bay area for it, and we're opening up our video vault to take a look back. okay, so this is the year 1966, and the u.s. involvement in the vietnam war is escalating. take a look here. you see those protesters marching through downtown san francisco? this is near the ferry building. some, as you see, carrying signs as symbolic coffins as well. they're all demanding the end of the war. now it's one of dozens of marches nationwide. and, of course, the bay area has a long history of demonstrators marching and protesting, from free speech to equal rights. demonstrators and demonstrations are part of the bay area's dna. and we continue to see this even now as we celebrate 70 years on air. we will continue to bring you the stories shaping our community and moving the bay area forward. new this morning an innovative and interactive

way to think about food. in fact, what will your morning breakfast look like 25 years from now? today in the bay is ginger conejero saab live for us this morning at the future of food exhibit over in berkeley. okay, ginger, what have you tried? i'm saving the taste test for live tv. so that is what you guys are going to have to watch out for. but you are talking about the future of food this morning here at the lawrence hall of science. joining us from behind the bacon kelp, i want to talk about that is the executive director, claudia bustos. she's the you're putting this exhibit together, which is interactive. it's targeted towards family and kids to really learn about what the future of food is like. absolutely. so one thing that's important to us is to bring the community together. and there's no better way to do that than through food. and here at the lawrence hall of science, we'll

be exploring all kinds of themes around the future of food. and right now we are in our aquatic baking kelp forest about how the future of food is aquatic. a lot of the conversation right now is about alternative proteins and what where people can find those. and we are currently in a model of baking kelp, which is a product that has been made locally in the bay area by food scientists, that takes kelp and creates it into baking it just like bacon. but it's an exciting time to think about how can the future of food be regenerative and fun as well as we're getting engaged with science? that's so fascinating. i mean, it's just a different way of experiencing the science that is such, such a core part of how we consume food, how we create food. okay, claudia, we're going to find out more about this interactive in bianca la, because you talked about alternatives to proteins. bianca, this is fascinating stuff. you're from mission barns, and this is the cell

cultivated meatball. that's right. so this is our cell. cultivated pork meatball. it's essentially real pork without the animal. so you all know how delicious pork fat is. that fat is flavor. and so we've been able to create that without the animal. so in a much more resource efficient way. all right. and talk to us. talk to us about the process of creating that as i try it. here it is. so we have a donor pig named dawn. so this is served with our marinara. so dawn is a pig living in a climate sanctuary right now. and we actually took a small sample of meat from her. and we used that sample to grow all the meatballs, bacon and sausages that you can think of. and that allows us to have dawn still alive at this climate sanctuary. while you can enjoy this meatball. wow. fascinating. i mean, i'm definitely tasting. tastes like sausage. it tastes like pork. i that's right. and you can actually see how juicy and feel how succulent it is in your mouth. that is the real pork fat that we've developed. i think i'm only supposed to take

one bite on live tv, but i have now taken multiple. but this is another kind of alternative to the meat, to the protein that claudia was just talking about. how important is it to create these alternatives for communities as we move into the future of food? yeah, well, delicious food without feeling guilty, you know? so we want to provide these alternatives to feed families around the world and to ensure that we're not using precious resources like land, water and emitting greenhouse gases. well, we're going to learn more about how people can learn how to do that as well as implement that. claudia, i want to bring you back in to talk about kind of how this exhibit and when this exhibit is going to be open, what do our viewers need to know? absolutely. so this exhibit opens to the bay area community on saturday morning at 10 a.m. admission is $10 or $20 to the lawrence hall of science. and we also have various free ways to access our programs, whether you have an ebt card or for active military families, we have free programs for them to attend as well. it's an

inclusive way to really educate our community on what the future of food could look like. thank you so much. we have much more in the next hour, but guys that that cold cell cultivated meatball pretty tasty. not just not just for your kind of breakfast sausage, but also for your dinner meatball. that was nice, guys. i don't know if i can send some over to you guys, but, yeah, i'm good. cultivated meatballs for breakfast. i like that. really interesting. i just wanted some bacon. no. and the kelp garden of bacon. but it is interesting for our future generations to start thinking about it. with climate change and everything, climate change and how much land and water is used, we often don't realize that. yeah, and it's great for people who are, you know, moving towards that vegan thing. i know you were trying that for a minute. that's why i pointed. yeah, i'm still vegetarian. so i mean, the thought of that. not for you. that wasn't okay. that's okay. i'm good. yeah, well, there you have it. all right, well, it is breakfast time for a lot of people. before

you head out the door, take the umbrella today, will you need it? it's. i think you should just keep it handy, because the rain that we've seen has been so off and on. and hopefully it will help continue to put a dent in our drought and abnormally dry conditions. it's been really bad for southern california, and the good thing is that we are seeing for the bay area, we are seeing abnormally dry conditions in the east bay as well as the south bay. and that's exactly where we'e've seen the rain. a t of the rain now pushing farther to the south. so once again, hopefully that does help put an end or at least a dent in the abnormally dry conditions. but we've seen the rain off and on and where we have seen the rain, it has been coming down quite heavily but also moving fairly quickly. so we were just seeing some rain in oakland. now that has since pushed to the south around union city. it continues to move to the south, so we'll be heading toward milpitas as well in the next few minutes, snow on some of our upper elevations and then some rain near the coastline. we are going to see that in the forecast throughout today, from late morning into the afternoon, and

also clearing at times. so we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. eventually we won't have to worry anything about having to bring around the umbrella, because the weekend is going to be dry and much warmer, but next week we'll see some more storm systems coming in, and the next one also moves across southern california, with the possibility of an atmospheric river next wednesday through thursday for the sierra, we're going to see some light snows and then much more ahead for next week. so at least if you'r traveling there for the weekend, it will be dry. but we'll be watching a series of storms coming in as we start our new workweek. but looking at the forecast for today, slight chance of rain, highs in the upper 50s and then warmer for our weekend forecast. back to you. all right. thanks so much. penance. a coyote sightings are increasing in a peninsula neighborhood ahead at 6:00. the reason they keep popping up in the steps experts say you should take if you see one. and don't forget, nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you like on roku or other

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the department of education under threat. president donald trump is reportedly ready to sign an executive order to dismantle the department. this, as the supreme court delivers a new setback for elon musk and doge. he was very, very calm and at home. why are so many coyotes showing up where they shouldn't be? the peninsula neighborhood where sightings are happening daily, and what experts say you need to do if you see one. plus, bay area cities looking to expand the new efforts in solano county to join in on california's newest possible city. this is today in the bay. a lot to talk about this morning. good morning to you all out there. i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. we'll check that morning commute with mike, see how things are rolling out there or not. hopefully they're rolling along. the rain going to kind of momove throu. yeah, we are seeing it in waves. so it's going to be off and on

throughout the morning. affecting the morning commute. but i think by the evening commute most of this should be out of here. we are seeing some hit or miss showers that is spinning around that area of low pressure off the coast. and look at the rain that's developing now as we're able to track it with storm