. >>> a bittersweet evening for us, our longtime colleague cheryl hurd is leaving us after 25 years onir you have likely seen her, passionate and accurate, off the air she is a great friend who makes us laugh. >> i did talk to the family tonight, they are happy about the movie honoring oscar grant. >> reporter: cheryl hurd is amongst the few journalists in the history of bay area television that made such an impact for so long. she said the black community matters will be for black lives matter, she fought for equal coverage for marginalized communities in oakland, richmond, vallejo and beyond. every day people trusted her to share their stories accurately and compassionately. and high profile people did not run from her, in fact they went to her, coaches and mayors and quarterbacks and quarterbacks and most recently vice president, harris on the tarmac at fs oh, stop for one journalist. cheryl. what you see is what you get, honest and blunt, but don't stand in her way of telling the story.>> the teargas one often is pretty strong. >> reporter: from protester fires to the red carpet, s

cheryl hurd is now on the scene in oakly. what do we know? >> reporter: well, a lot of activity here. we're at ohara avenue and main street. you can see behind me, a hazmat team is here from contra costa county. i saw a drone in the air headed over to that train right across the street. you hear a venting sound. we do believe there's something emitting from that train carrying some type of chemical. we don't know what is inside those trains. authorities here are working on the situation. they're calling out more personnel to block off some of the streets nearby. there are know vacuum wagss ordered right now. we're waiting for more information so we can bring it to you. reporting live in oakley, i'm cheryl hurd. >> thank you. >>> new video tonight of a dramatic rescue at point reyes. crew members called the coast guard to report one of its crew was having a cardiac episode. they immediately dispatched the helicopter. a 63-year-old man air lifted by that helicopter to safety. that man is expected to be okay. >>> let's take you outside and give

in oakley, cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," covid numbers on the rise in one bay area county, but it's a different county bringing back its mask mandate. coming up, we'll tell you where you'll be required to mask up once again. >>> and we are under a microclimate weather alert. a stormy saturday ahead. a lack at storm ranger, we're expecting widespread rain and gusty winds that will impact not only your saturday but a look ahead at how much rainnd that a >>> welcome back. moving you forward, we are taking a live look outside in san rafael as the rain is coming down, and we are expecting much more of this as the day progresses. vianey arana and cynthia paymantel will be along in just a few minutes with your full microclimate weather alert. >>> covid cases are forcing alameda county to bring back its mask mandate in specific settings. alameda county is in the cdc's medium covid tier, which is based on the impact to local hospitals. the county is now requiring masks in homeless and em

in humboldt county, cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> there is one section of the county that did not lose power. the airport and the nearby coast guard station stayed up and running thanks to a micro power grid in arcata that allows them to run on batteries. >> to run in a sustainable format is how we need to go and this is a great example of how we can do it. >> humboldt county is encouraging people to check gas and water lines for damage. power could be back on by 3:00 p.m. today. the world central kitchen is working to make sure those in need have a hot meal. they sent a team and are getting food trucks set up for meal service. >> they're coming to pick up water and distributing it out. multiple senior living facilities where they're sheltering in place, no water, no electricity and no food. >> world central kitchen started in 2010 in response to the earthquake in haiti. since then the group has provided meals for communities in crisis all around the world. >>> the earthquake is a wake-up call for being prepared even with the my shake app they are urging you and your families

she sat down with "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd to talk about her unbearable loss and what justice would look like for her. >> reporter: she sat down with us tonight with interpreter oakland chamber of congress president charles khan by her side. you can see the weight of last year on her shoulders. >> translator: all day thinking about every single day about why we lost our little baby jasper. >> reporter: and even though we don't speak the same language, you can see the pain of losing her only son in her eyes. >> often visiting in a cemetery, pretty much every week just to kind of like getting close to little jasper. >> reporter: also difficult, she's sharing with us new personal video of jasper. last november he was the victim of a rolling gun battle along 880 in oakland. a stray bullet slicing through the front windshield hitting him in the head killing him instantly. on thursday, alameda county's d.a. along with the chp announcing that three arrests have been made in the case. law enforcement releasing one mug shot of one of the suspects. >> and although nothing will replace l

reporting live in san francisco, cheryl hurd. >> that's exactly right. not just brittney griner. another american was released from russia and is on her way back to california. but this was into the prisoner swap. let's bring in gia vang. >> reporter: she was face timing when she saw her friend grabbed and taken into custody. it's been her mission for more than a year to bring sarah home. the last update he got, sarah was oon layover in dubai. she will help her repair the damage done to her. >> i know she's got a lot of anxiety and depression and ptsd. i want to get her help. >> reporter: she was teaching english, but when sarah tried to leave the country in 2021, she was convicted and incarcerated in december. for what? her friends say trying to defend herself when she pulled a knife and hurt a male roommate who was beating her. even after her release, ame at says she won't believe it until she's able to hug her friend. >>> we want to warn you, the video we're about to hoe is disturbing. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> during a foot chase that led up to the shooting, the video s

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd has more. >> reporter: warriors' star stephen curry on the red carpet, "sports illustrate's" person of the year. >> this is a special honor, you look at the list of people who have won this award and back in 1954, to think i'm on there now. >> reporter: the red carpet in san francisco filled with who's who in sports and entertainment. >> steph curry is lucky and blessed to win this award, and all the hard work that he put in has paid off. but i think "sports illustrated" is just as lucky, if not more blessed, to have a guy like steph curry representing their brand. >> reporter: curry did it all in 2022. he had a stellar performance in the nba finals. he had a two-year comeback from injury and he and his wife fight back against food insecurity and promote childhood literacy. he doesn't mind sharing the stage with brittney griner who was released in a prison swap for a convicted arms dealer. >> for her family, i can't imagine what she's been through personally over there. it's a reminder all the other americans that are unlawfully detained abroad. >> repo

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd untangles what is believed to be a twisted family drama. >> this tragic incident on friday could have been prevented. >> reporter: lopez family spokesperson margaret petra says danielle lopez's death on the 680 freeway could have been prevented if police would have been willing to listen. >> and we wanted law enforcement to have all the evidence that danielle's family had. >> reporter: that evidence, they believe, would have helped police figure out how danielle ended up being hit and killed by cars on highway 680 in san jose in october. and they believe that may have prevented this man, louie lopez, from allegedly being involved in a revenge killing where reynaldo cantu was killed in his own driveway in newark. investigators believe the gunman was danielle's father. investigators believe lopez killed cantu because he believed cantu's son, who dated danielle for two years killed his daughter. >> the suspect confronted the victim about who he was and was looking for another family member, and ultimately shot the victim in the driveway. >> reporter: a spoke

our longtime colleague cheryl hurd is leaving us after 25 years. i've been with her for 15.e whole 25, right? >> yeah. we here at nbc lose a first class reporter, but the deeper story, the bay area loses a first class reporter. >> i did talk to the family tonight and they're happy. >> reporter: cheryl hurd is among the few journalists in the history of bay area television that made such an impact for so long. cheryl said the black community matters well before black lives mattered. she fought for equal coverage for marginalized communities in oakland, richmond, vallejo, and beyond. everyday people trusted her to share their stories accurately and compassionately. and high-profile people didn't run from her. in fact, they went to her. coaches, mayors, quarterbacks, and most recently, vice president kamala harris on the tarmac at sfo stopped for one journalist, cheryl. >> good to see you. >> what you see is what you get, honest and blunt. but don't stand in her way of telling the story. >> the tear gas just went off and it is pretty strong. >> reporter: from protests to fires

as "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd explains, many are wondering if the mandatory mask requirements may come back. >> reporter: in downtown walnut creek, you can see people aren't wearing masks like they used to. >> believe me, i'm all for health, but i think i'm past the mask right now, and i think it just has to do with being careful. >> reporter: careful, yes, but health experts admit the country is embarking on something we've never seen before, a tri-demic of covid-19, flu and rsv. one in three people experiencing symptoms of a respiratory virus are testing positive for flu. while the flu is eclipsing covid as the biggest threat this season, masking is making a comeback because of a surge in covid cases. san jose state telling faculty and students that starting december 19th masks will be required in all indoor spaces. alameda county is forcing the return of face coverings in jails, inside long-term health facilities, shelters and warming saernlts. the city of berkeley making masks mandatory for people attending upcoming council meetings. even though alameda county is bringing back

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd explains. >> reporter: the uncertainty surrounding mayor-elect sheng thao's win over loren taylor is the reason behind the call for a recount. >> we're saying that with ranked choice voting there are so many things that can happen. >> reporter: holland says some seniors have expressed their confusion surrounding ranked choice voting and the naacp blames the alameda county registrar's office for that confusion. the votes were certified on december 8th showing thao beating taylor by just under 700 votes. however, there is a small window of opportunity where there could be a community led recount that could cost well over $100,000. in november taylor says he would not be leading a recount effort, but he understands others are exploring that option. >> if oakland residents pursue this course of action, we should not object. >> reporter: if an individual wants to fund a recount to bring additional assurance that each and every vote was counted accurately, that is their right, and i welcome that. holland says the naacp does not endorse candidates. the organi

in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> a federal appeals court rejected a bid by republican- led states to keep a trump era border policy in place. title 42 allows the expulsion of migrants at the u.s./mexico border. the trumpet ministration put it in place to stop the spread of covid. the restriction is said to be lifted on wednesday. gop officials had sued to keep title 42 in place arguing that lifting it would burden their states. >>> the longtime era fairfield has died with only four days left on the fourth and final term in office. the northbay city announced mayor harry price died early this morning. the 85-year-old have been there since 2005. before public office price taught in fearful for some 30 years. he is being membered remembered as a longtime advocate for the community especially youth programs. so far we have no word up cause. >>> a live look and oakton were tonight a local chapter of the naacp is demanding a recount of the city's mayoral race and they want the county to pay for it. civil rights group says the ranked choice voting system was poorly explained.

as nbc bay area's cheryl hurd found out, the taylors light up their home with thousands of lights inory of their daughter. but that tradition will soon come to an end. ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell ♪ >> reporter: they call it the christmas house of glen cove. >> i've been coming here my whole life. it's kind of like it's my childhood coming here with my brother. >> reporter: they come to see this home in vallejo all decked out with lights, statues, a ferris wheel and of course santa. >> ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. >> i love being here. it makes me so happy. >> reporter: making people happy is the goal for bob and linda taylor. but that hasn't been their only goal. bob and linda have been putting on this light show for 23 years, and they do it in honor of their daughter. >> i lost my daughter in a plane crash 23 years ago. and christmas is her favorite time of the year. so we dedicate this to her every year. >> reporter: it takes three months to put this spectacular light show on. and it takes another three months to put the lights away. and the light show's not cheap. the taylors' light bill fo

and i think i've come close to it. >> reporter: in vallejo, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> wow. the city of vallejo posted this on instagram, thank being the taylors for, quote, 22 years of pure joy. now recently, the mayor and other local leaders visited the taylor home to give the family certificate of appreciation. what a story. >> and this weekend would have been good to see holiday lights, but later this week? >> wind and rain coming in tomorrow night. and this will have a big impact, not so much on tomorrow morning's commute, but tuesday morning, if you've got places to go, you might want to rethink those plans. that shows you a preview of tomorrow morning which involves patchy fog. novato, similar story in livermore. those locations tomorrow morning you may see reduced visibility at times. slow down on your morning commute. hazy conditions elsewhere. air quality issues. then increasing clouds throughout the day. temperatures still hanging onto the 60s. upper 50s from san francisco to oakland. pretty good-looking weather system. this particular storm looks fairly robust as

. >> and "today in the bay"'s cheryl hurd has the latest. >> reporter: the power of tuesday's earthquakecaught on camera. >> i had to come out three times to get a breath before i found them back in the bedroom and found them but couldn't save them. >> they explained how their two dogs died when their home caught fire after tuesday's earthquake. they left the house for 20 minutes that morning checking to make sure the fire was out in their wood burning stove before they left but it was not. >> some of the embers must have got up there and caught. >> their friends started to gofundme page. but there are some others without a home because they were yellow or red tagged and 34 homes in the area are still without water, and those that do have water are under a boil water advisory. >> it's important that you boil your water before you drink it. it will be sometime before we are able to test the system to make sure that it's clean. >> tough times for people like chris and kalashakti. >> love each other and reach out to your neighborhood and how important that is, and it's unfortunate that some

tonight jasper's mother sat down with our reporter, cheryl hurd. you see them there. she spoke through an interpreter. cheryl says that even though she and jasper's mother don't speak the same language, she could feel her pain. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: it has been extremely, extremely difficult living through every single day, still remembering that they lost the child. >> she says she's grateful for the investigators who worked and continue to work on this case. >>> well, not a day goes by without more drama at twitter. this time several journalists had their accounts suspended without warning. apparently for reporting on elon musk. according to musk's own twitter account, the reporters were suspended for tweeting about elon jet, which is a twitter account that tracks the movements of musk's private jet. that account, by the way, is also suspended even though musk previously tweeted that he would not suspend that account. the new batch of suspended accounts include journalists from several publications, including "the new york times," "washington post,"

cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> a deadly fire in san francisco this morning in the inner park side district. despite the flames, firefighters rescued someone from the second floor. unfortunately, the person later died. >>> more drama and controversy at twitter this time several journalists had their twitter accounts suspended for reporting on elon musk. our business and tech reporter scott budman has the late details. >> another chaotic 24 hours for twitter and its users after several journalists from among other outlets "the washington post", "new york times", "business insider" and "cnn" had accounts suspended by elon musk. >> it seems from the outside like musk is taking retaliation against journalists who are reporting about him, often critically. >> reporter: in this case, most of the reporting was about elon jet, a twitter account that tracks the movement of elon's private jet. it's too been banned with musk saying criticizing me all day long is find by doxxing, making realtime location endangering my family is not, johnny is one of the banned reporters

tonight the little boy's mother spoke to cheryl hurd. amily, cheryl. >> reporter: i can't imagine. it's been very difficult for this family especially for little jasper's mother. he was her only child. tonight, she sat down with us along with her interpreter, the president of oakland's chamber of commerce chuck charles khan. even though we don't speak the same language, i could feel her pain. she told me her family has been waiting for the arrest of the person responsible for the freeway shooting. she's happy three people who may be responsible for this are behind bars. she says for the past year, it's been hard to see reports of freeway shootings and it has been especially hard today knowing one of the men believed to be responsible for her son's death was in court today. she says her family is lucky that an arrest has been made and also says she's in favor of more cameras on bay area freeways. >> translator: she's hoping there will be more cameras on the freeway and which is necessary to not only catch bad guys but detour crimes and she

i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> many will spend the holidays trying to pick up the pieces and figure out how much damage was done by yesterday's magnitude 6.4 quake. what are you hearing and more importantly what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, you know, it's definitely been an emotional day for many people throughout the county. just take a look at this hair salon behind me. it's leaning to the right after being pushed off of its foundation, and if you take a closer look, it's about an inch from where it's supposed to be. now, we went inside of the salon with the owner's permission today, and you can feel how wobbly the ground was and unstable beneath us. now, many people are wondering just how much it's going to cost to repair these damages. >> this is not an uncommon sight, buildings barely hanging on to their foundation, like this hair salon in fortuna. it's the kind of damage that means six people are now out of a job, right before the holidays. >> we need a new place to hang our sheers. >> reporter: we walked inside h.h. and company salon as bobby jo lewis saw the dam

we say goodbye to cheryl hurd, our longtime reporter who grew up in vallejo. 25 years here at nbc. yl, you're a class act. good luck on your next chapter. >> we are going to miss cheryl so much. you can see on that seven-day forecast, dry as we head through christmas weekend. the storm day is tuesday with that heavier rain. a second storm thursday and friday. more at nbcbayarea.com

cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> and supervisors will hold a second reads on the plan to allow police to army robots with lethal force. last year they voted only in extreme circumstances. but one wants to change the yes vote to a no. but san francisco police chief says the option is needed because it may save the lives of officers but oe opponents argue that it sets a dangerous precedence. >>> and some are arguing that overturning abortion a access is compounding problems. correspond to new data, nearly 1200 people died as a result of child birth. and the robert wood foundation institute says that number could go up. >> frankly more than 80% of the pregnancy related deaths in the united states are preventable. and that meaning that it is just a matter of making the right investments, providing the right attention to this crisis. and starting to implement the solutions that we know will work for mothers okay cross the country. >> and he also says legislatures should be working to close the health care gap to provide equal access to care, increased reimbursement and increased number of

cheryl hurd reports, his family has a little closure now but their pain is still overwhelming. >> reporter: these an imagines of jasper wu are etched in the minds of many people here in the bay area who wanted justice for the random freeway killing of this young boy. after 13 long months of a multi-agency investigation, they got some relief tonight with the arrest of three people. donnie jackson seen here, and two others, trevor green and ivory bivens. >> at some point, they thought that it's not time to give up. but when they heard about this, they were so, so excited. happy, but also very sad. >> reporter: with the help of carl chan. president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce, jasper's family says they are sad because they are once again forced to relive jasper's death. he was killed when a bullet pierced throughout family car drive on 880 in oakland. >> how could this horrific tragedy happen? it happened because two rival gangs were having a gun battle across the freeway at 2:00 in the afternoon. >> reporter: nancy o'malley and chp say it was bullet casings from an automatic

. >> our cheryl hurd is interviewing steph curry right there. she'll have more reaction from steph and the other wnba stars about griner's release. this event happening in san francisco. of course, brittney griner expected to arrive in san antonio, texas, at some point tonight as well. that's coming up on our 11:00 newscast. >>> let's send it back over to rob mayeda to close out our program about the rain coming in right now. >> we're seeing round one coming through right now, impacting areas especially south of san francisco down to the peninsula. that will be the focus for tonight. then by tomorrow morning, we catch a bit of a break before round two rolls in late tomorrow night on into saturday morning. that will be joined with some gusty winds at times. much heavier rain, and it's going to last longer during the day saturday. so all signs point to a very stormy start to the weekend with showers continuing as we head into sunday. and look at those temperatures. one thing we haven't talked about is the chance we could see thundershowers once th

we start with cheryl hurd as people struggled to keep warm and safe as well. >> reporter: that is rightthe violent earthquake and now the rain is coming, the home you see here has been red tagged in other homes in the area knocked off of their foundations. we went patrolling and found families doing everything they can to survive. margaret had no power, no lights and no water, so tonight she and her son are sitting in the car to charge up her electronic devices. still reeling from the early morning earthquake or >> i felt quite a few earthquakes in my life, this one was not as bad as 1992, but as far as the destruction that it did my house, it was worse. >> reporter: bad enough to rock homes off their foundations, and disrupt power to 70,000 people and disconnect power to hundreds more. tonight tom was showing his daughter how to operate the generator. his mother has a lung condition so electricity is her lifeline. >> the house is like you through a bunch of stuff in a blender and take it on, that's what the inside looks like. [ laughter ] when it hit, me and my wife ran through a pile

. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> the city of san mateo still does not have a mayor. the first time this has happened in 100 28 years. city council is still in session right now in what has been a long comp located contentious meeting and within the last hour a bombshell dropped by one councilmember. nbc stephanie mac uihlein joins us. a lot of twist and turns this evening. >> reporter: yes, there is a lot to unravel here. the meeting is actually still going on right when i walked out they were discussing whether they should continue this meeting another day or go ahead and go on with the boat, so just so you know what's going on right now they are discussing potential allegations of backroom deals that involve one of the candidates that is looking to take in or take over the fifth council seat that is vacant right now. so, councilmember amourence lee is the councilmember who just minutes ago said someone went up to her on saturday and told her she would be mayor by wednesday if she were to vote for cliff robbins. that's one of the eight candidates looking to take ove

. >> reporter: in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> recounts are also in the works in antiochnd richmond. tonight incumbent city council member tamisha torres-walker was sworn in. she beat challenger joy motts by just three votes. but motts' supporters have raised money for not just a recount but a review of every box of ballots in the county. and in richmond, the dead heat city council race isn't over just yet. tonight, election workers geared up to pull ballots out of storage. city council member elect cesar zepeda and andrew got the same number of votes last month. the brother of but has requested a recount. those results will be announced next tuesday. >>> a shootout left one man injurered and fouour suspectete oaklkland gangg membersrs in ja that.. shoototout caughtt on c camera month inn san brunono. policece r responded t to that gunfire. and i in the prorocess theyy pu ovover a speededing car with th shooting victims i inside. lastst weekek, authorities ran gang raid, arrested the suspects in is, and seized several guns. >>> a controversial issue in san francisco, supe

cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >> our website is a great resource in emergency situations. you can access our tracker and receive fresh updates as we get them. >>> a stunning reversal for giants fans. it looks like the team struck out on signing free agent carlos correa. and with another team swooping in to sign him up. >> oh, no. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here. kris, this is all starting to feel like a soap opera with a bad ending. >>> in baseball a steal is usually excited unless you're talking players and not bases. carlos correa heading to the new york mets and not the san francisco giants. the giants were going to announce a 13-year, $350 million deal. fans were so excited to see he changed his twitter header to a shot of oracle park. then overnight to a picture of his family. it sound like something came up in his physical according to the associated press. not passing the physical can void a deal. "the new york post" and espn reported the new york mets took that moment to snag him at a discount. one year less than he would have signed with the giants. the