right now, thousands of uc medical workers back on the picket lines in the bay area. and across the state. the 4th strike in a year. good afternoon, i'm anne mackovec in for kenny. >> i'm michelle griego. strikers say uc officials are using i

ward is >>sa b are is tin away from their contract talks. >> our members are saying we're done. we've had enough. >> ask me local 3299 liz pearlman says the situation between uc and union members have gotten out of hand, they've been offered a pool party if they agree not to go on strike again, but seriously it has gotten violent. >> they need to stop attacking, beating, bribing and intimidating our members. >> what are you doing, officer? >> back in february of last year, an african-american uc berkeley employee was tackled and pushed to the ground by three uc police officers before being arrested. it happened during what the union says was supposed to be a peaceful protest. >> they're desperate. i think they're arrogant and they show a contempt for the people who do the work here. >> the general tone is a sense of frustration and we

want them to end. >> sheila, s operating operator of ucsf says 200 replacement workers have been brought in. hundreds of surgery and clinical appointments cancelled or rescheduled and the last s it's still a distraction and disrupt. >> income and equality and rcing jobs are the main reason these workers and ucf cannot reach an agreement. jackie ward, kpix5. the university sent a statement saying quote, uc focused on reaching on an agreement while ashmy is intent to staging strikes. we offered -- new reports indicate uber could have one of the top ten ipo's of all time. the san francisco based ride share company is reportedly seeking to sale about $10 billion worth of stock. that will make it

the biggest ipo. they're seeking 100 to $90 billion and investors could get a peek. shares of rival lyft dropped to a new low. ahead of work aboutay uber's plan, trhe as questionean gas ion in downtown north carolina killed one person and sent 15 others to the hospital including a firefighter, and a utility company employee. the explosion partially collapsed a building and blew out the windows of others nearby. residents liking the sound to a bomb going off. the explosion was triggered by a contractor to struck the gas line while boring under a sidewalk. hundreds of people across san francisco ditched the bus commuting to work by foot. it's apart of walk to workday in the

city. christin ayers talks about the dangers that pedestrians face on the street. >>reporter: it has been a deadly year in san francisco for pedestrian and today, mayor breed and other city officials are using walk to workday to call for safer streets. a 14-year-old girl walking her dog killed when this black mercedes struck her near lake merced. she was one ofixpedestrian killd in traffic incidents this year. >> we're walking to work today. >> it's a problem that mayor breed and other city officials hope to highlight as they walk to work today surrounded by cameras. >> it's about public safety and making sure that we don't continue to have some of the challenges we've had. >> breed says san francisco's streets need improvements to protect pedestrian and bicyclist. >> how are you working to make the streets safer? >> part of what i said earlier, extending the timing on some of the lights, protective bike lanes. >> it's about public safety. it's about keeping

-- >> the mayor rallied with walk sf on the steps of city hall. jenny yu told the story of the damage done when her mother was injured in an accident. >> her life is defined by suffering. she's suicidal and has periods of time when she thinks her children are evil and plotting against her. >> the city could pass legislation that would stop private vehicles from driving market street between stuart and van ness making that stress more pedestrian-friendly . changes that supporters say could be a matter of life and death. in san francisco, christin ayers. >> the organizers of today want to eliminate all traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2024. it's apart of a plan called vision zero. oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting from overnight as a homicide. just after midnight, officers were called to

osian avenue and they found two men -- the other was taken to the hospital. so far no arrests. a new report calls for a bay area wide push to tackle the region's homeless crisis. the bay area -- more than 28,000 homeless people are in the nine county bay area. the 5th largest concentration in the country. they estimate it would take $2.7 billion to pertinently house those people and the report calls for a bay area wide data base to coordinate services for the homeless and for the state to create a new agency to tackle the problem. oakland's ghostship warehouse trial continues today. at issue, what testimony and evidence should beinuded. the defendants derrick almeno and harris is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. pools of potential jurors filled out questionnaires for next week's

selection. barr told a senate panel he's reviewing whether -- >> i think there's a spying did occur. yes, i think spying did occur. >> well, let me -- >> but the question was whether it was predicated. and i'm not suggesting it wasn't adequately predicated but i need to explore that. >> barr also said he plans to examine the genesis -- president trump is calling the investigation an an attempted coo. president trump heads to -- the trip comes as his administration is laying out details of a new strategy on immigration. reporter natalie brand breaks down that plan. >>reporter: president trump called on lawmakers to help change immigration laws as he left the white house for texas this morning. >> the whole asylum, rules, laws, and regulations have been taken

advantage of by people, there's very bad people in my many cases and it's important that the democrats change these loopholes. >> as part of a new tougher strategy on immigration, a senior add minute administration official says the president wants the right to detain migrant children for longer. and make it harder for asylum seekers to get work permits. the changes could face court challenges. >> what in the world is next with this trump administration? they have a failed immigration policy, and they've decided getting tougher is the answer. they're wrong. >> a new government figure show in march, more than 103,000 people were apprehended or denied entry at the u.s.-mexico border and more than 92,000 were stopped between ports of entry. >> white house adviser miller has emerged as the administration's point person on immigration matters. the president praised him this morning, but made clear who is in charge of immigration policy. >> there's only one person that's running it. do you know who

that is, it's me. >>? democratic lawmakers are concerned about miller's hard line stances. >> miller who is not confirmed by the senate, strikes me of having an extreme view of immigration of the united states. and my concern is that we will soon be back to a family separation policy. >> the president says he's not considering reinstating the controversial policy on separating families at the southern border, but sources tell cbs news, miller is reviewing all options. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. today is dhs secretary neilson's last day. customs border patrol commissioner mclean anyone will be sworn in. netanyahu has worn a 5th term as the prime minister. netanyahu's party tied with former army general benny gantz. netanyahu was put over the top. world leaders including president trump rushed to congratulate netanyahu on his victory. >> he's been a

great ali. and he's a friend. i like to congratulate him. that was a well-thought out race. i can tell you. >> the israeli prime minister won despite an indictment on corruption charges. gun reform -- lawmakers voting almost unanimously to change the country's gun laws and this comes less than a month after two mass shooting at a mosque left 50 people dead. the people of the parliament voted to ban semi automatic weapons. if approved, the bill could go into effect as early as friday. scientist seeing the unseeable today. coming up, the first black hole photographed. plus cell phones getting faster. the first phone on the market set to reach a higher speed. a gorgeous day across the bay area. beautiful blue skies and we're tracking breezy conditions. the winds are going

to kick up with our neglect weather system. and i'll show you future cast coming up in a few minutes.

for the first time ever, astronomers are revealing the image of a black hole. it's a project that took more than a decade. a network of telescopes and hundreds of researchers to accomplish. as reporter tom hanson explains, scientist are planning to dive even deeper into outer space. >> here it is. [applause] >>reporter: a group

of astronomers made a groundbreaking announcement yesterday. the first image of a black hole. not even light can escape. >> we have visual evidence for a black hole. we know a black hole that weigh 6 -- this is the strongest evidence we have to date for the existence of black holes. >> the glowing ring is at the center of a galaxy called m87. 55 million light years away from earth and capture by a global network of radio antennas. >> we know black holes drive large scales of the universe. >> the only images we have seen of a black hole created by artist in hollywood. >> here we go. >> and scenes like this in 2014 inter stellar. the black holes captivated the minds of scientist and the public all

the way back to albert einstein who first theorized their existence. >> confirming einstein's theory is the next step and the black hole at our galaxy, the milky way. we can talking to bay area experts right now about the black hole image. we'll have much more on this story coming up on the kpix news at 5:00. your next smartphone is getting a speed boost thanks to 5g -- the company says 5g can provide speeds ten times faster for lightning quick photos, but the latest lag will allow new technology like driverless cars to talk to each other. >> the goal is to get to less than ten millisecond. so if you can get that level of information to a

driverless car, it can be that much accurate and more safe. >> 5g networks are built across the country starting in the big city. pediatricians and grieving parents are pushing for the recall of a popular baby product. consumer reports says the fisher price walk and play sleeper is tied to in bies who2 rolled over and suffocated while in the seat. the american academy of pediatrics urge parents to stop using the product immediately. today, we'll know whether students and staff at sonoma state will be able to drink their tap water. the university warned the tap water on campus is not safe to drink or cook with. test results are expected today on whether there's been contamination of the water supply. the warning applies to the school, the rest of roanoke park is not affected. a popular piece of land in alameda will be used for a wellness center for the homeless. there was a special election held to

decide what to do with the property on mckay avenue near crab cove and voters approved a nonprofit to build a $40 million facility featuring permanent housing for the aging homeless population. a competing proposal would have preserved the property as open space. but measure a got about a thousand more votes. time to check our wednesday afternoon weather forecast. looking lovely, mary. >> oh, my goodness. just spectacular day across the bay area with plenty of sunshine. temperatures are warming up pretty nicely this afternoon. concord, 66. oakland, 59. 64 livermore. 60 downtown san francisco. 64 for san jose as well as for santa rosa. so your wind speeds, looking at breezy conditions, redwood city, 20 mile-per-hour winds out of the north, northwest. 16 in san jose. 14 at sfo. 10 for downtown san francisco. 16 mile-per-hour winds in oakland, berkeley at 13. 15 in san jose. we'll continue to see breezy conditions as we

head through our afternoon, about northwesterly winds 10 to 30 miles per hour later today. so here's the ridge of high pressure keeping us high and dry with plenty of sunshine. the dominate weather feature for us, not as windy as yesterday, but still looking at breezy conditions for today with that sunshine. future cast to show you clear skies for today. we'll see increasing clouds for tomorrow with the weather system moving in. and with that, stronger winds for tomorrow. future cast wind gusts to show you breezy conditions today. and then we are expecting for tomorrow, the winds to increase. but your pollen count because of the dry weather and the winds, looking at medium high levels today, tomorrow, and then increasing by friday. looks to be the worst of it for allergy suffers, the pollen count friday and saturday. our sunset at 7:40 and sunrise at 6:40 tomorrow morning. daytime highs today above average for this time of year. mid to upper 60s to low to mid 70s. here's the 7-day forecast. so it is going to be a little cooler tomorrow with

increasing clouds and windy. but still dry. plenty of sunshine friday and saturday. warming up there, and still dry as we end out the weekend and into early next week. >> we like it. all right, mary, thanks. >> sure. coming up, it is more than just a cute animal. why this baby rhino being born is a big deal.

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she say her birth is a big deal because black rhinos are listed as -- they're listed as endangered. >> call the hotline if you have a consumer watch. 1-888-5-help-u. we'll be right back.

today's tip-bit, honey due coming into the u.s. it has to be the perfect the first time. otherwise when you cut them, it's going to be like a cucumber and that you don't want. it can be bitter. this is what you want to do and do not compromise. get a beautiful color all the way around. very important. heavy for the size. when you bring them home, you store them on the counter, not in the refrigerator. and wait a few more days. one, it becomes nice and sticky when you run your hands on top. that's when they're ready to enjoy. and then enjoy them. a used portion you can put in the refrigerator, but don't store them in the refrigerator otherwise they won't ripe because once a honey dew gets -- select it right, and enjoy

them at the perfect time and you won't be disappointed. and i'm tony the uba river is overflowing. the flooding concerns that has a community on high alert. that story and lots more at 5:00. >> that's going to do it for kpix5 at noon. we went for a walk earlier and it was so nice. >> beautiful. >> if you can get outside. >> the sun is shining and nothing but blue skies. >> true. have a good afternoon, everybody. to simone, i leave the van gogh.

to harrison, the wine collection. grace, you get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the redheads.

the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. the beaches to the bums. and the fog to, who else, karl. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california.

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