christy smith live in heyward. what's going on. >> reporter: the bottom hien is really their years of hard work and study come down to this. i want to step aside you can see what's happening here at pioneer stadium as the graduates are entering. we took a look around and people do look rain ready. we saw them with umbrellas in their hand and ponchos. it is dry, but we did have a downpour an hour ago. the commencement ceremony was originally set for 10:00 this morning but there was concern about the weather here. about 750 graduating seniors are expected for the ceremony. now, i just had a chance a little while ago to speak with a few of them. of course, they are excited for the big day. but they also tell me they were by the delays because family and friends made plans a while ago. >> yeah. i'm from sacramento. not too far of a drive, but some of my family was planning oncoming down. couldn't make it. but my parents and girlfriend and aunt and uncle came, so they were still able to make it. yep. >> reporter: now, a

san jose, santa clara, heyward and fremont getting steady rainfall. scattered showers and downpours for the north bay. speaking of sonoma county, two inches of rain fall today. maybe not that big of a deal in february. in may it's the second wettest may day on record. we have not had that much of rain since 2005. about a quarter of an inch of rain in san francisco. rain lets up after midnight tonight. the morning commute tomorrow, spotty showers. the rain will pick up in coverage and intensity by lunch time tomorrow. there is low pressure that moves through. the radar is active after a wet evening. we will talk about the forecast and the next storm moving in coming up in a few minutes. >>> the storm is causing serious delays at bay area airports. here is a live look at sfo. delays are averaging about 90 minutes. united is letting passengersto at no cost. >>> complete storm watch coverage begins at 4:30 tomorrow morning. we will get you set up. >>> now to the big roar you heard in the south bay. the sharks in the overtime thriller. >> the team is in st

heyward here is astroturf. still a handful of graduates decided they were disappointed by that and they will hold their own small ceremony in concord, anyway. again, the commencement here getting underway at 5:00 p.m. reporting live in heyward, christy smith. >> thanks very much. the threat of rain and thunderstorms did not stop tens of thousands of people from doing this. in san francisco today, the 108th bay to breakers race. plenty of ponchos. 40,000 people signed up. organizers say the weather didn't seem to impact the your honorout at all. we talked to that group we saw a moment ago dressed as ruth bader ginsburg. i hope there was eight of them. >> it's actually a lot of team work goes into staying coordinated while trying to run fast. >> i don't know if the notorious rbg wears her outfit that short, though. >> most came to enjoy the costume run. there was actually a competitive race in there, somewhere. the winner finished in 35 minutes. the second was 39:28. >>> a bold move from a republican congressman

on 880 in heyward. the chp investigating another freeway shooting. right now the gunman is on the loose. we are live with more information from orte the manh continuing tonight. the shooting happened right in the middle of rush hour around 6:00 this evening. on 880 north. the car that was hit is a white jeep. we counted four bullet holes on the passenger side officers say a fifth a bullet blew out the back tire. officers noticed the car driving with a flat tire on the highway to 38 connector in heyward and stopped it. the driver and passenger told officers someone had opened fire on them. >> the passenger side of the vehicle was the side that all the shots were fired. they started at the rear of the vehicle and went through the front of the vehicle. nobody was injured inside. >> reporter: officers briefly shut down 882 search for the shooter but did not find the suspect. they say the victimsh or the vehicle that the person was driving. they say because there were a lot of people in the area, it was rush hour, they are asking anyone who saw this happe

once again, an officer-involved shooting in heyward. the 28000 block of capitola. the officers okay, chasing suspects now. at the live news desk, i'm ken bastida. >> all right, ken, we appreciate it. >>> still ahead. our planet has earthquakes, the moon has moon quakes. a stunning explanation behind a lunar mystery. >>> this just in, u.s. attorney general william barr has appointed a top prosecutor to look into the origins of the russia probe. now, the goal is to determine if intelligence collection was lawful. barr has signalled his concerns about the russia probe during congressional testimony, particularly the surveillance of trump associates. >>> okay. we've all heard of earthquakes, but what about a moon quake? nasa says the moon is shrinking and possibly shaking. it has lost 150 feet over the last several hundred million years. scientists say the interior is cooling, and as the moon shrinks down, it's brittle crust wrinkles and then breaks. scientists say the resulting thrust faults produce these moon quakes, and some of them can be pretty strong. >>> we're t

el hombre que falleciÓ ayer en el puente de la bahÍa era presidente de heyward.stÁn demandando al gobierno a que le entreguen $1,500,000,000 para comprar mÁs vagones y tenerlos en caso de emergencia para transportar mÁs gente. mÁs adelante una medida que favorece a los estudiantes da un gran paso en el comitÉ estatal. >> tÚ reconoces que es esto? palmira: luego de que maduro secuestraron informaciÓn de jorge ramos con nicolÁs maduro recuperamos parte del vÍdeo. palmira: ahora mÁs que nunca hay latinos que quiere terminar su carrera universitario, pero como nos cuenta israel gÓmez los estudiantes se tienen que esforzar bastante y nos dicen que no ha sido un camino fÁcil. >> la vida en stanford es muy rÁpida y los alumnos andan de arriba para abajo, muchos piensa que al ser aceptado en estas universidades se necesita mucha suerte y si Éste puede ser el caso pero tambiÉn se necesita echarle muchas ganas. de las mÁs de 7000 personas que optaron en stanford sÓlo unas 700 fueron aceptadas. >> tirÉ mi celular en el cuarto y comencÉ a llorar, lo logre, mi maestro de quÍm

abc 7 news was at the office of education in heyward. the only issue keeping teachers and the district apart are salaries. teachers want a 10% raise over the next two school years. the district says they can't afford it. >> we are struggling to keep teachers in the area. we are struggling to have teachers who live close by to where they work. >> this is their strike, they have called it, they can call it off. we are exceptionally motivated to get our teachers back in the classroom with our kids. >> teachers walked off the job monday. by friday, only 9% of the district's students showed up for class. >> a fire has forced people to find a new place to stay. about 70 firefighters battled the flames at the three story home. flames also spread to a nearby building. no one was hurt, no word on what caused this fire. investigators say a dui crash knocked down power lines and shut down all lanes of highway 17 in santa clara county. at about 1:00 this morning. a ford pickup truck hit a power pole knocking down those power lines. officers say they

that means all the schools in union city, and two in south heyward, will be affected. >> the major financial setback for california's high-speed rail. the millions the project just lost. supercell of different gang associations that had come together. and so -- and was driving a lot of the violence in our city. >> police arrested 16 people during today's takedown. this wraps up a months-long investigation that included ten s.w.a.t. teams, including the fbi. >>> the first teacher strike in a district's history on monday. educators plan to walk the picket lines in union city and south hayward. da lin is live at james logan high school with how teachers and students are preparing for the strike. >> reporter: right. less than a month left in the school year. a lot of students worry about a long strike hurting their grades and college admission. teachers say the strike is about retaining good teachers and ultimately improving education. >> reporter: a lot of coordinating, and a lot of taping. teachers make the signs they'll carry on monday. >> i'm ready to go. anxious and nervous. >> reporter: sh

sunshine by afternoon, low 70s heyward to oakland, 72 castro valley. 79 in concord. 78 livermore. there's a couple of games going on this weekend. the giants hosting the reds at oracle park. 58 degrees in the evening. a little breezy. there wil to the mid 50s. as are going to be hosting the indians and the weather should be nice and mild tomorrow afternoon, 65 degrees coming up to about 71 degrees. you'll need the sunscreen tomorrow. fog and sunshine. nice weather for mother's day. cooling as we head toward next week. and wednesday into thursday bringing in a chance of showers but no showers other than sunshine for meeother's day weekend. >> well, warriors star steph curry has i do. check out the united explorer card. savin' on this! savin' on this! savin' in here. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com. >> take a look at the curry 6 international boulevard color way shoes. steph says when he was starting out with the warriors he would take international boulevard instead of 880 when heading to oracle. the colors are street art on that road. >> those are good-looking shoes. >

. >>> a heyward neighborhood was on lockdown after a shooting. police tell us nobody was hit by the gunfire and multiple suspects fled the scene in one car. >>> $2 billion. that's what a jury awarded the livermore couple after deciding that they both have cancer caused by using the weed killer round-up. it is the third straight verdict to go against monsanto and by far the largest seen yet. the couple for the chemical giant said they should have warned them. >> reporter: yeah. this couple awarded $1 billion each are saying they wish there had been some kind of a warning on those round-up containers. they never would have used the stuff. the makers of round-up are saying there's no need for a warning. even tonight they're saying their product does not cause cancer. guess what, the epa agrees. >> from their ads, we felt it was incredibly safe to use. >> reporter: that's why al and alberta used round-up on their properties dozens of times for decades. al now has nonhodgkin's lymphoma and alberta has a brain tumor. >> she was told that she would be d

he was a senior at heyward high school and a talented football player who already received a scholarship to play for the university of wyoming. >>> our time is 4:40. still ahead, fox is renewing empire but the actor jussie smollett may not be part of that package. >> how producers of empire plan to move ahead while dealing with it. >> >> how today's transitioning to a new head of state in japan is unlike any other in the country's past. >> good morning. right now we have traffic off to a nice start on a wednesday. coming out to the mccar there mains coming around the corner. >>> usually coming around the corner some fog, but it got wiped out, most of it. it will be sunny and warmer and weim so we'll show you're those temperatures coming up. (dad) this ice cream cake needs a freezer. (mom) freezer's full. (vo) only frigidaire's custom flex temp drawer can switch from fridge to freezer. (son) nice save! (vo) that's using your frigidaire. >>> welcome back. speaking of empire, return for six seasons on fox but the future of co-star jussie smollett is in doubt. he was not fired, but there are

officers noticed the car driving with a flat tire on the highway to 38 connector in heyward and stopped it. the driver and passenger told officers someone had opened fire on them. >> the passenger side of the vehicle was the side that all the shots were fired. they started at the rear of the vehicle and went through the >> reporter: officers briefly shut down 882 search for the shooter but did not find the suspect. they say the or the vehicle that the person was driving. they say because there were a lot of people in the area, it was rush hour, they are asking anyone who saw this happen to contact chp >>> we will have continuing coverage on this breaking news with our morning team starting at 4:30 and on our website kpix.com . >>> the search is on for the suspects who robbed seven uc berkeley students at gunpoint. the first four were held up around 1:00 a.m. near the delta chi frat house. been about an hour later three more students robbed on dwight way. in both cases, the suspects pulled up in cars but nobody was hurt. >> it's lit will on the main streets but on some of the street you

almora then fell to his knees near the plate and was consoled by teammate jason heyward and manager joe maddon. >> i want him to understand, listen, this is not under your control. there is nothing you could have done about that differently so please don't blame yourself. >> reporter: a photo taken by the associated press shows the girl conscious and crying as she was taken away. almora completed the at bat after taking several minutes to compose himself. >> the rest was kind of a blur. the rest of that at bat. i finally came to my senses r a. >> reporter: later almora went over to the section wherever the girl was sitting to find out her condition. he was seen speaking to a security guard when he became emotional crying on the guard's shoulder. >> when the half inning was over, i just couldn't hold it anymore. >> reporter: following a string of fan injuries in 2017, all major league baseball clubs were required to extend protective netting up the base lines. minute maid park in houston meets those requirements but witnesses say the little girl was sitting about ten feet past where the

union city and heyward teachers remain on the picket lines. each day it appears fewer students are showing up for school. so is there a chance that a deal can be struck this weekend? nbc bay area's robert honda has the latest. >> reporter: many of the last remainingtending school at loga hit their own boiling point today, coming to class only to be s tle holding areas. >> once you're in that area you're not allowed to leave. and basically the students are just in the gym like playing basketball. sitting down. >> march down to the ese, okay? >> many of those students in a planned move walked out. high schools. with more than 3500 students. before today's walkout, only 136 had come to class. >> there is no education. they we're not learning anything, just standing there doing nothing. >> the students marched to join a large group of the 600 teachers, counselors staff and nurses picketing at the district office. today's talks followed a tense showdown at the school board meeting when the superintendent adjourned the meeting and several board memb

hive in heyward with more on the growing tensions. >> reporter: it got pretty heated here. teachers were very frustrated with members of the negotiating team. they walked out ending negotiations for now. when members of the new haven unified school district walked out of negotiations and began at 9:00 this morning, teachers were frustrated. they even shouted at the district team as they got in their cars. two police patrol cars showed up. there were no physical confrontations. teachers are fighting for a pay increase and say they're frustrated the district did not stay to negotiate longer tonight. >> that they could so easily walk away. and there are 11,000 students who need to go back to school. they're not moving and they're not budging and they're offering the same thing they've been offering all along. it is unacceptable. >> in this statement, the district says it is offering a one-time pay raise and a 1% ongoing pay raise. they said giving teachers anymore would require serious cuts that would jeopardize student' safety and programs. she said her teachers have had a bi

. >>> in heyward, one person was seriously hurt today after a big-rig overturned on 880 near the tennysonople were inside that truck, and one sustained major injuries. four lanes were shut down for almost two hours. and it caused huge delays for drivers. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> a 28-year-old man suspected of throwing rocks at vehicles on a south bay highway is now facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and felony vandalism. sheriff's officials arrested jeremy valdiz yesterday morning after witnesses reported seeing a man throwing rocks from the side of highway 152 near gilroy. >> upon the arrival of the deputies, they saw approximately 15 or 20 vehicles that were pulled over on the side of the road. some of which had damage. and they pointed out the direction that the suspect had fled. and the last witness said the suspect ran into a tall vegetation field. >> it was the help of deputies who were specially trained in tracking suspects. they managed to locate valdiz and ultimately took him into custody. >>> the president threatening to raise tariffs

. >>> in heyward, one person was seriously hurt today after a big-rig overturned on highway 880 just been 11:30 this morning near the tennyson avenue exit. two people were in the truck, and one of them sustained major jeerz. no other vehicles were involved in the crash. four lanes were shut down for nearly two hours, causing huge traffic delays. the cause of the crash, still under investigation tonight. >>> the city of san francisco has a new fire chief. janine nicholson was sworn in this morning at city hall. >> ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome janine nicholson. >> reporter: jeanine nicholson is sworn to her friends and family as "neen." she has been with the department for 25 years and has risen up through the ranks. she is the city's second woman leader of the fire department, and the first lgbt leader of the fire department. >> she has been a pair med ib, a firefighter, a lieutenant, a captain, a battalion chief, and now deputy chief of the department. working in so many capacities from suppression to administration. >> we fight fires in our own way and do a darn good job of i

. >>> in the east bay teachers with the new haven school district and union city and heyward went on strike for the first time in the district's history. they are opening for the same success that oakland educators had in their negotiations re as over the next two years which they say would help offset the price of health insurance which comes out of their pocket and the district isn't close to that number. >> if the revenue comes in higher, that we'll give an additional half a percent or 1% ongoing raise. >> we really didn't hope it would come to this. it's very sad and difficult to know that this is happening this morning. >> reporter: the new haven teachers rejected the district's offer. the distrit said the universityion did not provide a counteroffer. >> president trump has more than 60 million twitter followers but a bay area group wants him off that platform. women's march san francisco dropped off a petition with 33,000 signatures accusing trump of spreading hate and inciting violence in violation of twitter policy. petitioners claim they want his account suspended. >> if wha

. >>> breaking news in hey heyward. sky 7 is over what we're told is an officer-involved th is on cat far froms he hesperion boulevard. police say the suspects escaped in a vehicle. no officers or residents were hurt. it's not clear what the suspects were wanted for. you can see from this video earlier, a heavy police response. now we'll go to tape. at least one street is blocked off with several police vehicles in front of one home. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get more information. we're working the story hard right now. >>> today a unanimous decision means the oakland a's can move forward with plans to develop a new ballpark at the port of oakland's howard terminal. the vote came after a meeting that lasted pretty much all day. abc7 news anchor eric thomas has been there for hours and now joins us live with a look at what's next. eric? >> ama, it lasted all day because they heard public comments from people for more than three hours today, both for and against the project. we know that one major labor unio

antioch livermore fremont san jose morgan hill and mountain view all 60's holding on in areas like heywardrancisco ranging from the mid to upper 60's today. here's your next 7 days temperatures not move in from the 70's on average for daytime highs tomorrow on thursday, the warmest of the workweek then come friday, a touch cooler and even a chance of morning showers saturday and sunday after that nice clear and dry and good days to be getting back outside. robin nice and slow that's what's happening here on west 5.80 leading up to. >>the richmond center fell bridge toll plaza big backup spilling all the way back beyond marina 10 like this for hours now so don't expect traffic to a improve any time soon 19 minutes as or drive to the north bay oakland to san francisco, big ackup for the cash payers the fast track is not the car colors are doing fine, but very crowded coming in so just under 20 minutes to fremont street. here's a new one northbound 6 80 at bowling shirt hanging as you head toward san ramon, new accident just popping up there so it's almost crawling or announced their from the

the vicinity out blowout in the east bay so nice dry slot shaping up for parts of the east bay like heywardermore a fremont down through san jose right now livermore you are actually still holding on to rain up and down the peninsula, some light rain and some moderate rain further. north zi ming in on 6.80 from danville down to the tri valley it is dry. but there's livermore with that rain brentwood. some of the heaviest of rain still lingering across the bay, lighter showers up north across the northern part of the bay area. so there's your dry skies for the middle of the day, a mix rain and some drier skies out there. and then we're going to be looking at a shower activity really kicking into gear. after 04:00pm and that's when you're showers are really going to be picking up as for conditions later on today. what we're going to be looking at. conditions out there of subdued the from 04:00pm to 06:00pm right in the middle of your evening commute today. and then we're going to be a a c and tomorrow afternoon, some thunderstorms popping up to let's get right to those temperatures now a dayt

that's not before some pretty significant rainfall today, totals of well over an inch in spots like heywardaring 2 inches of rainfall as we move on into the start of the weekend. temperatures today at the coolest only in the upper 50's to low 60's across the day. so an unseasonably cool day tomorrow, warmer a lot sunnier and a lot drier than come saturday, starting dry not ending that way of showers arrive in the evening. showers linger in sthen skies clear and through the rest of the day on sunday, staying dry likely on monday and then some chances of showers on tuesday before shower activity increases into wednesday. so inactive forecast from start to finish. robin eay birds making their wa to work and so far. >>they're in good shape. if you want to be in good shape get on out there with them now before it gets to batter to busy roads are slick. but the traffic is you know study a nice steady flow over to the peninsula here on the san mateo bridge and under 15 minutes off to one on one so we're off to a good start. it's been a very quiet so far this morning into san francisco using the ba

today's daytime highs, the coolest that they've been in a while only peaking in the 50's for areas like heywardakland, san francisco up to mill valley while 60's hold on a little bit further south like in the south bay in san jose today into tomorrow, big changes from the 50's and 60's to the mid 60's for your highs on friday under mostly sunny skies. saturday starts try but showers pushing into the middle of the day and then into the afternoon on saturday making for not your best day to be out and about come sunday, sky starting on the rainier side but clearing in the afternoon monday looks to be dry before showers into the middle of next week returning. rob just a quick mention of the capital cord or delay looks like 5.20. >>is late 20 minutes, late traveling between oakland and emeryville because of mechanical problems so they're waiting for 5.20 it's a little bit behind schedule because of those issues headg to the return center fell bridge traffic is quiet here leading up to the toll plaza busy. but not at 60 minutes that could to make it into the north bay from oakland to san francisco, t

. >>> students in heyward and union city are dealing with the first day of teachers strikes.rs and of course we'll have a live report at midday and we're also posting understand on our twitter feed. >>> police officers will be patrolling around hercules high school. the police are telling the bay area they are treating the threat as credible until they hear otherwise. more local news and weather coming up in an hour. our team iw storm taking aim at the bay area overnight. what to expect as you head out the door tomorrow morning. plus: a san jose family is saddled with a huge medical bill after insurance wasn )t paying as promised. our consumer unit finds a cure. join us tomorrow from 4:30 to 7. rockefeller plaz arcs this is the third hour of "today." >> welcome to the third hour of "today." al along with sheinelle, dylan, and of course the birthday boy. 40th birthday. >> which explains the whiskey and coffee. >> and your mother's mac and cheese. >> thank you. >> we got some surprises. we will do a little -- >> more surprises? >> it's your birthday. >> you know i'm not a fan.