live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news at noon. >> why are so many whales washing ashore beaches? >> take a look at this triple

digit drop. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. >> reporter: the big board happenings plunged, this is after the roast roast day this had yesterday. much of this is the result of concerns with china and potential hikes in tariffs. of course, chinese executives will be in the united states to discuss a with president trump. the stock market doesn't seem to be responding well. back to you. back to our top story now. marine biologists conduct another necropsy. what's causing them to wash ashore. jackie ward has more. ashore this year. typically they only see about

one to two per year. so far no believe this adult female died from being struck by a ship. >> these whales were not getting enough food in the arctic. >> reporter: gray whales migrate each year, feeding before heading south but scientists discovered a recent trend. >> when they arrives from mexico at the lagoons about 50% of the population was judged to be below body conditions. >> reporter: that's why they're coming into the san francisco bay area to feed instead of heading straight back to alaska. although we've seen several whales shecou thncture >> i don't think it's a once in ing mout oppoy to bring our 3-y- old down and check out a pretty

big signs event. >> in my view climate change. ship strike or climate change, either way, it's man made. >> reporter: they will figure out if this whale died from physical trauma, nutrition or disease. in san francisco, jackie ward. >> of the nine whales, only two causes of death have been determined -- haven't been determined yet. four died from malnutrition. three were struck by a ship. they haven't determined what they will do with this whale's body. we'll have more on the kpix 5 news at 5:00 and online at kpix.com. new at noon from alameda county firefighters responded to this house fire. chopper 5 s sce ter outhe mes a

illegal marijuana grow operation. three suspects are now in custody. so far no word on any injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. today is day two of testimony in the trial of two men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. >> one of the witnesses we heard from was a man who afreed to greet people at the door. he is a host and described the fire as a small glow and within five seconds it grew into an inferno. the smoke muffling the sound of the concert. he escaped with one of the defendants, max harris. harris and derick almena are

involuntary manslaughter for that warehouse fire in deals of 2016. the prosecutor said the two are responsible because there was no way for the people to else scape. the defense said arsonists started the fire and their clients can't be held totally responsible. some ruled it smoke inhalation. the defense osama bin laden to the showing of victims' pictures during the testimony. the judge allowed this. testimony continues this afternoon. in a couple hours stores will decide if cashless stait t cards. they said not having to handle cash is safer. back in march, the supervisor

proposted a cashless bestness best business ban ordinance. the ceo kicked off the two- day conference. >> live captions makes all content, no matter its origin, more access to anyone. incredible fingers and it works completely on device. there's no delay. with one click you can turn on captions for video, podcasts. >> thousands of developers are gathered at the shoreline amphitheater to witness google's new technology. google's leaders said the digital helper will be better at understanding the key people, places and dates in your life. the data will be used from user's contacts and calendars googleistaknft is set to releas

first quarterly report as a company today. it beat its rival uber to go public but the stock slipped before the ipo price. uber is set to make a stock market debut this week. as we first told you at the top of the broadcast, the u.s. stock market is plunging as increased tariffs on billions are set to go into effect later this week. nicole killian takes a look at what the tariffs could mean for all americans. >> reporter: china's government gotiationings as president trump threaten as tariff war. the president has threatened to increase tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of chinese goods. >> it will hurt the economy here. it will hurt the economy in china but i don't know how you

get china to stop cheating unless someone stands up to them. >> reporter: the president -- some economists warn consumerrers will pay the heaviest price. a tariff increase to 25% who cost the average family of four $767 per year and the u.s. could lose $1 million. >> tariff policy by tweet does not work. we need someone to lay out a comprehensive approach that actually benefits the united states. >> reporter: the new tariffs are scheduled to go into effect friday. nicole killian, cbs news, the white house. >> the president has warned if there's no progress there who be a tariff of 25%. the white house is ordering

former white house counse mcgahn not to comply with a subpoena. the president said mcgahn does not have the right to comply. mcgahn's attorney said house democrats need to ask the white house for the records first. his decision not to comply could result in a contempt of congress. this comes as jerry nadler plans to meet with department officials after the doj missed the deadline to turn over the unredacted version of special counsel robert mueller's report. a committee will vote tomorrow on whether to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for failure to comply with congress. meantime, republicans are stepping up their calls for demoats to stop investigating president trump. >> i told everyone there had been a conspiracy between that russia and the trump campaign. yet on this central question the findings are clear. case closed. >> that's just not a fact.

the case is not closed. >> democrats also want to hear from mueller himself on why he did not recommend obstruction of justice charges. the white house calls mueller's testimony unnecessary. today georgia's governor signed legislation banning abortion once a fetal heart beat is detected. that could be as early as six weeks. it marks the beginning of a possible legal battle. the aclu says the law is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court. georgia is the sixth state to ban it. iowa and north dakota laws were intacted. similar bills in kentucky, ohio and mississippi are also facing some legal fights. georgia home is many tv and movies. more than 100 stars promised to

boycott state if the abortion bill becomes law. >> there is an amber alert in texas for a girl with serious health issues. the man pulled over on the side of the car with car problems. he told police that's when someone got out of a blue pickup truck and attacked him. when he whoak up 20 hours later there was no sign of malia davis. malia has had numerous brain injuries and needs lots of care. baby name buzz over the newest member of the royal family. >> i think it will be charles eye like james. >> i think it will be hall better. >> all good choices. what odds makers are saying for the name for prince harry and meghan markle's little one. >> plus this looks like something out of a movie. where this dust storm sent the town into darkness within minutes. >> the southbound bay, san

jose, you're catching some sunshine. i will let you know when all of us will see the sun. also tracking a weather system that will bring us showers. i'll show you futurecast coming up.

all right. now that the royal baby has been born, lots of you can't wait to learn his name. prince harry and meghan markle are expected to reveal it very soon along with a glimpse of their newborn sun. we have the report from windsor, england. >> reporter: the changing of the guard is a top attraction

at windsor castle, but it's taken a back seat to the newest boy by. prince harry and meghan markle will give the world a glimpse of their child on wednesday. >> a baby boy. >> reporter: harry's older brother prince william welcomed him to the club. >> i welcome him to the sleep deprivation society oar oar prince harry said he and meghan are still picking the name. so what's in a name? about a million dollars with all the bets. >> 7-2 is alexander. alexander ahead of james at 4-1 and arthur at 5-1. >> i think it will be albert. >> reporter: there was a flurry over the name spencer, the maiden name of princess diana. >> could be american.

>> nicholas. >> washington. >> no. >> jefferson, adam. >> reporter: some are just happy top once again have a regal connection. >> we're american. so this would be nice to have an american in the royal family. >> reporter: until the duke and duchess reveal the name, the 7- pound, 3-ounce baby will be knowns a baby sussex. this storm rolled through the small town of victoria. it started as a thick cloud of red dust covering the entire sky. then whether strong winds it covered the town in pitch black darkness. people who live there slay this is the worst dust storm they have seen in decade's. all right. we are seeing some severe grayness out there. i'm looking forward to the sunshine. >> it's coming. we're going to have the sun as we head through the rest of the

day. the south bay already catching sunshine. the clouds, they're still there, looking north. we'll see clearing for all of this as we head through the rest of the afternoon. temperatures running in the upper 50s to low to mid-60s. the satellite and radarview, that upper level low that did bring a few showers yesterday morning now well to the south and the ridge of high pressure will be in control. with on shore winds, that's why we had the clouds this morning. we had the patchy drizzle as well. as we go through the day on future cast, you can see sunshine. so we are going to have clearing and clouds come right back for tonight into tomorrow morning. this is at 6:00 a.m. could see some patchy drizzle gnome morning but the sunshine as we go through the afternoon tomorrow. temperatures will be warmer for your wednesday. tracking our next weather system, that could bring some showers for us for thursday afternoon into friday morning. the weather models are not in

great agreement but we'll be watching that and will have a better idea. the sunset is at 8:05. the sunrise is at 6:06. it's mild and right around where we should be. 63 in san francisco. low 70s in mountain view. 70s santa rosa. here's the seven-day forecast. a little bit warmer for tomorrow. then shower chances late thursday into friday but just in time for the weekend this. looks fantastic. plenty of sunshine, above average temperatures and it looks great on sunday for mother's day. >> mother's day celebration. >> mother's day present. >> meant to be. have you ever noticed a bart train slow way down in one area of oakland? >> fight over a failing hardware store decades ago is still forcing the train to hit

the brakes on a sharp turn. >> originally on eighth street and had to move it. they moved this enough to make that turn. >> you can see our original report. the political favor behind bart's tight turn. that's tonight on the new kpix 5 news at 7:00. >> still ahead, the new addition to the oakland zoo. handlers hoping for a mon which i match.

this tonight oakland zoo is welcoming its new member of the family. >> he is pretty cute. check it out. alberto was brought to the zoo to provide much needed companionship for electra. tamrins fill in family groups. zoo officials said she is doing much better since alberto arrived. >> alberto suave, providing some love. if you have information to send to us, send it to consumer watch. we'll be right back.

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