marianne favro joins us with these new developments. marianne? >> reporter: well, this restaurant here in san leandro is the last place mariah was seen alive. and that was on wednesday. now a missing persons poster was posted outside on the restaurant. her car was later discovered in san leandro. early this morning, a body was discovered near lake chabot dam. the family has been informed the body found is mariah. police are investigating and consider this case a suspicious death. mariah was just 18 years old, and she would have turned 19 on halloween. reporting live in san leandro, marianne favro. >>> we have new video of police removing a man from an alaska airlines flight headed to san francisco. the flight was getting ready to take off last thursday. the airline says the passenger went into the restroom and wouldn't come out. they called police to come on board that flight and get the man out. passengers were told to stay in their seats as this all went down. the woman who captured this video is from elk drovgrove. she was on the plane and was

nbc bay area's marianne favro is here with new information about the gunman and response from president trump. >> reporter: federal prosecutors have charged the gunman with 29 counts including murders and committing hate crimes. >> every available unit in the city needs to get here now. >> reporter: 11 people, all adults, shot dead. six others injured, as they celebrated their faith. >> we're under fire. we're under fire. >> reporter: it was the sabbath at tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. 100 people were inside when a man armed with a rifle and handguns burst in and started shooting. >> it's a very horrific crime scene. >> reporter: police captured the gunman an hour later. hes >> we have no knowledge that bowers was known to law enforcement before today. >> reporter: tonight the fbi is digging deep into his past, searching his home and digital footprint, including a social media account filled with hate speech and a stream of anti-semitic ramblings. bowers even appeared to criticize the president at times. ♪ as people gathered outside the synagogue to show support for the victims

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> so how does this new report stack up compared to years past? we looked at how the traffic patterns have changed. here's a map from the latest report once again and here's a map from the last year's report. all the trouble spots remain the same with a few notable exceptions. 880 between fremont and hayward is no longer in the top ten worst spots. in its place, a section of 880 through oakland and near alameda has been added. this is a section between union and 29. by the way, if you want to see the complete report, just head to our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> a tense stand-off today in the east bay. it happened when oakland city crews and police tried to clean up an merritt. >> you are the eviction king. >> the city came to this homeless encampment to get rid of debris and clear tents from the walkway. the city offered people beds in tough sheds but many refused to move in. >> we have to stop these moved around because there's nowhere else for them to go. >> we have to balance the needs of the entire cityshelter. we

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you. so we're not gambling, we're doing it for a good cause. >> for the kids. >>> still to come, grab and go without checkout lines. amazon's cashierless grocery store now open for business in san francisco, but is it living up to the hype. >>> also born on the bay bridge. how about that? one man's quest to find and thank the medics who helped bring him into the world 28 years ago. that's part of our bay area proud series. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we might have clouds moving in right now, but there will be no rainfall coming from this. we'll let you know what's in store for us in november with my long-range outlook. that's coming up in about seven minutes. you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got mo

"today in the bay's" marianne favro has more. >> reporter: in a private ceremony, brett kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th supreme court justice. after contentious confirmation hearing and fbi investigation, the senate voted 50-48 to confirm him. >> i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory for our nation, our people, and our beloved constitution. >> reporter: a much different reaction at this protest in oakland. more than 200 people came out to say they do not support kavanaugh. >> we had looked at the whole of his work, his world view, his understanding of what it means to be a man, i think we could have come to a different conclusion. >> reporter: dr. christine blasey ford accused justice kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. her close friend told "nbc bay area news" she is upset with the decision, but is confident she did the right thing for herself and the country. dr. ford asked jay backstram to fly to d.c. to be with her when she testified. she says she's extremely private and showed incredible strength in coming forward. tonight, in palo alto, people we talked t

today he spoke with marianne favro about the sexual assault allegations and the investigation. >> reporter: jamie roach is now a ceo of a bay area company and today he told me he expects the fbi to talk to him about allegations from a second accuser, debra ramirez. she alleges kavanaugh exposed himself to her while they were both students at yale. >> reporter: the senate's top republican is pushing for a vote on friday. today nbc news has learned the fbi does not currently plan to professor christine blasey f th hearing is enough. and now there are new questions about brett kavanaugh's sworn testimony about another accuser. >> if you say, well, maybe he's telling the truth and maybe he's not, he doesn't belong on the supreme court. >> reporter: text messages obtained by nbc news suggest kavanaugh knew about a claim by debra ramirez well before it went public and tried to do damage control. that doesn't line up with his testimony last week. >> when did you first hear of ms. ramirez' allegations against you? >> in the last, in the period since then, in "the new yorker" story. >> reporter: ja

let's bring in marianne favro in san leandro with the very latest. >> reporter: the last time mariah davis was seen alive was here at this restaurant on wednesday. her family says she was with her boyfriend at the time. and now that boyfriend is behind bars, accused of murder. he is 19-year-old anthony pimental. arrested for first degree murder. east bay regional park police say they discovered a body early this morning near lake chabot dam. they have not confirmed it is mariah, but her family says it is. but now her boyfriend is behind bars at the santa clarita jail. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> vowing to fight on san francisco's new plan to put in drug injection sites. >>> storm ranger mobile doppler radar is showing our storm system starting to move into the bay area. we'll have an hour by hour look at 6:19 tonight. >>> a lot of screaming in the skies above. fleet week could mean one thing. the blue angels are in town. our own vickie nguyen goes in the dock pitd and in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ens

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, marianne. >>> a bay area neighborhood that sprang into action to rescue a teen hit by a boat. >>> confused by all of the propositions? you're not alone. the political ads and flyers, now just eight days from the midterm. >>> clearing skies right now across san francisco through the entire coast. it's a sign of a drier and warmer wind. we'll have a new update on the red flag fire warning in about eight minutes. hopyard road in p now closed as police have a mountain lion surrou >>> we have updates on the breaking news that we've been fot's in that tree or spotted it in that tree. this is off of hop yard and we learned from thehut down ho both directions. we don't know where that started, where it ends. that's across from the pleasanton sports park. we also saw just moments ago a drone flying over that section of trees where police seem to be facing. a mountain lion was called in about 4:30 this afternoon. people in that little strip mall, which is right by there, were escorted to their cars because of danger. this is near a lucky's, in plea

nbc bay area's marianne favro here now with new developments. marianne? >> well, governor brown himself admits that this new law may face legal challenges, but he says it was really needed to close the gender gap. and if companies don't comply with the new law, they could face fines starting at $100,000 publicly traded companies do not have women on their board. of the new law, state senator hannah beth jackson from santa barbara. but that's about to change. today governor jerry brown approved the law that would require publicly traded operations headquartered in california to include at least one woman on their boards of directors by the end of 2019. and that's not all. there must be at least two women on board with five members and three women with boards with six or more members, potentially impacting more than 300 companies in california with all male boards. senator jackson says putting more women in power could reduce sexual misconduct in the workplace. >> i think it's great for women to be there. it's very empowering for women to be on the board. s

marianne favro was in the courtroom. she's here. marianne. >> reporter: this is unprecedented. halbower had dozens of outbursts today in the courtroom and repeatedly interrupted the judge. that led to an emotional response from the victims' family. >> reporter: they were both in high school. 17-year-old paula baxter and 18-year-old veronica cascio. in 1976 both were found stabbed to death in san mateo county, victims in the so-called gypsy hill killings. 42 years later a jury convicted this man, 69-year-old rodney halbower, of raping and murdering the two girls. today a judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole, a sentence paula baxter's mother thought may never happen. >> do you have any sense of closure whatsoever? >> yes. >> reporter: steve bishoff was paula's friend. he was also the one who discovered her body behind a church in millbrae. his reaction to the sentence? >> justice would be he loses his life and we get veronica and paula back. that's not possible. >> reporter: ron kane says he was the first to investigate paula's death. >> i worked 16 hours a day se

nbc bay area's marianne favro is in san jose with these late details. marianne. >> reporter: that listening session just wrapped up inside this church. about 100 people attended. and more than a dozen spoke. but none of them said that they had been molested by a priest. however, we did talk to some victims and they said that when that list comes out tomorrow morning they fear it's going to be too little too late because they don't think any priest on that list will ever be prosecuted. bishop patrick mcgraw invited parishioners who've been victimized by priests to come forward with their stories at four listening sessions including one here at holy trinity in san jose and another this afternoon at santa teresa catholic church. some victims including a leader of snap, the survivors network for those abuse by priests, say the church should not be in charge of investigating itself. >> this whole investigation should not be controlled, conceived, and managed by the bishop. he should -- he should ask the district attorney sarah carrera or the attorney general

nbc bay areas marianne favro is live at a voting location in san jose with a look at why people are casting ballots early. >>> why people are casting ballots early. >> there is a voting tent right inside the library on the avenue in san jose. one of self-thveral that opened today. today more than 65 people came to this center to cast their ballots early. some say when they realized they would be working on traveling on election day, november 6. they decided to come here and get it done early. others had much different voti saying over and over. vote early because the vote will count. >> still others say they just wanted to beat the crowds on election day. the center is now closed. it will reopen tomorrow from 10 until six. then it will stay open every day through election day. reporting live on election day. nbc bay area. for all you need to know about the upcoming midterm election. go to home page nbc bay area.com. you can find an entire section devoted to decision 2018. help you find the voting location as well as give you prove of the key races and state population. >> november right aro

reporting live in the area, marianne favro. >>> helicopter nabbing peeping tom. concord police requested chopper's help looking for suspect, found in walnut creek hiding next to a fence. chp told concord police where to go, found the man, took into custody. >>> petaluma police calling early morning stabbing random act of violence. aarrested this man in the case. found with deadly weapon. stabbing happened b and 8th street. multiple weapons to torso. $30,000 bail. >>> contentious race crossed line. >> says defaced banner with swastika and other markings. hours before the candidates are in forum tonight. >> justin shaw tells he he will be here this evening. also was very upset to learn someone defaced campaign banner in way he did. police are looking into whether it was a more serious crime. >> that's why it's so shocking and so flabbergasting, just to see this. >> can't believe his barren was defaced in diverse city like fremont. >> to use this symbol which everyone in the world knows is referencing one of the most horrible tragedies in our human history. >> he's

nbc bay area's marianne favro live near the crash. this has to be frustrating beyond belief for people stuck in that mess. >> reporter: absolutely. you can see crews are still investigating. the coroner just arrived here on scene. after he's done tonight the vehicles still must be removed. the chp told me it will be at least an hour and a half before they can reopen the lanes. some drivers are frustrated the chp shut down this entire section of highway 101 for more than seven hours for an accident involving just two vehicles and they question if it was because a caltrans truck was involved. it all started back at 10:30 this morning. chp officers say the man driving this white dodge pickup truck and his dog were killed when he hit a caltrans vehicle. >> for an undetermined reason at this time a truck, a white dodge, was traveling in the number one lane we're estimating between 65 to 70 miles an hour and collided with the rear of that shadow truck. >> reporter: the caltrans truck was acting as a safety buffer for a street cleaner cleani

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> okay, marianne, thank you. jammed up in san jose but again, some good news coming onto the bay bridge. here's a live look at the commute. by the way, if you want to see that full report of the worst traffic spots in the bay area, head to our website. nbc bay area.com. >>> from the bay area all the way to the vatican, two people who say they are victims of sex abuse by priests are taking their case to the church headquarters in italy. at a news conference today they accused the vatican of destroying documents and covering up sexual misconduct by priests. they say a known predator priest was allowed to work in the oakland diocese as a youth coordinator. one victim said she was sexually abused by this priest for two years. >> i was repeatedly raped, molested over that two-year period. multiple times. during catechism on saturday. during weekend retreats preparing for my confirmation. >> last week the san jose diocese released the name of 15 priests accused of abuse. but another report released yesterday but a law

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, marianne. take a look at the traffic backup on southbound 101 this afternoon. it's all the way backed up to mountain view. again, the chp was hoping to reopen the freeway at 5:00 but that time has passed. your best bet, take 280 as an alternate. avoid this area. you could see it's just right on southbound 101. cars are not moving at all. they're being diverted off. we'll bring you any updates as we get them both here and online. >>> just in to our newsroom, microsoft co-founder paul allen has passed away at the age of 65. the billionaire's family released a statement said he died from complications of nonhodgkin's lymphoma. they revealed the cancer had been in remission since 2009 had returned. just two weeks ago. and now he's gone. estimates of $20 billion. he was the owner of the seattle seahawks and portland trail blazers. >>> the power is back on in parts of the north bay after extreme fire conditions led pg&e to take extreme measures. >> the embattled company turned the power off last nigh

reporting live in oakland marianne favro, bay areas news. >>> make sure you tune into "nightly news", which airs right after our newscast at 5:30. >>> dangerous weather conditions across the bay area in just a few hours, a red flag fire warnings takes effect. strong winds put firefighters on alert. rob may yett-- mayeda has more. in the hill tops starten around 8:00 for the north bay, extending southward as we head through tonight. notice these wind advisories that are up. it's alternates differe be wind speeds in the hilltops being stronger that we've seen recently. wind gusts up to about 30, 40, and some of higher hills could get gusts to 50 miles per hour. any fires that get started could see a rapid rate of spread, and at the wind speeds expected above 1,000 feet it's possible we could see some power outages and tree damage. you may notice that during the day on sunday. earlier this week, we did have in vain, so the fire danger may have been reduced very slightly, but in 36 hours, the dry winds will enhance that fire danger. we'll be watching that closely, and also check this out.

reporting live in palo alto, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> not just here in the bay area, protests across the country in opposition to justice kavanaugh's confirmation. hey hey hoho kavanaugh has got to go. >> this one unfolding in new york's times square tonight. with midterms around the cone, many protests are are hoping their voices will be heard at the polls. >>> kamala harris has been one of the most outspoken lawmakers against justice kavanaugh. after his confirmation she released a skating statement reading millions of americans are outraged at this hasty and unjust process which threatens to cloud account legitimacy of the supreme court of the united states. it is now up toce and equality and hold our government accountable. in california, account other snoer dianne feinstein released this saying "kavanaugh's confirmation is putting the ability to hold president's accountable for a generation." our coverage continues tomorrow morning on "today in the bay" and on nbc's "meet the press." >>> a red flag warning holding throughout the night. this is a map showing how widespread

nbc bay area's marianne favro joins us live from solano county with the plans tonight. marianne? >> reporter: well, you can see behind me there is a chp officer stationed here to make sure no one drives back into the areas where there are active fire lines. firefighters tonight confirm that one home was destroyed. the people who lived in it are okay. in fact, i spoke with their son, and he told me that his parents were able to ride out the fire in another section of their property. crews heading to the fire lines tonight are dealing with much less wind than they faced earlier today. flames pushed by 40-mile-an-hour winds consumed a home, and this structure in just seconds, and went on to burn at least one other building. a fire also torched at least two cars. crews are welcoming the calmer weather conditions tonight. >> the fire pretty much ran out into the marsh. so that's problematic in that we can't get to it in the marsh, but there are no more structures that we know of that are in front of it. >> reporter: the fire started shortly before 11:00 this morning south of travis ai

. >> nbc bay area's marianne favro attended one of today's protests, spoke o'sexual assault counselors, and they worry the president's comments could send victims into the shadows. >> reporter: during a rally last night in mississippi president trump commented on the testimony of dr. christine blasey ford, the palo alto mother who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. many see it as the president mocking a victim. to a cheering crowd. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how'd you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. >> reporter: dangerous words, says erica elliott, the sexual asxault prevention program manager at community solutions in the south bay. >> i think again, it sends a message that for survivors that you could be called into question, that you're not credible and that you're not going to be believed and there's this idea that when you're coming forward these are the things you have to deal with. and that creates silence. >> reporter: she also says the president and the pub

but let's begin with marianne favro in one of the napa county communities in the dark tonight. marianne? >> reporter: well, i'm here at deer park, which is just north of st. helene. around 8:00 tonight, pg&e purposely turned off all the lights because they're trying to protect this area from the danger of wildfires. now, if you take a look behind me, you'll three is absolutely no power at this hour. and if you look at the house next door, they have actually lit candles at the front doorstep. if you listen closely, you might be able to hear the generator going, and that's how they're able to power some of the lights inside. other than that, this entire neighborhood is pitch dark tonight. this is the first time ever pg&e has shut off power proactively to reduce the risk of wildfires. i just got off the phone with the pg&e spokesperson about the conditions in napa, sonoma, and lake counties tonight that led the company to make that decision. >> this is based on localized weather forecasts calling for gusty winds of up to 50 miles an hour tonight into monday morning. so approximatel

"today in the bay's" marianne favro has more from the los gatos foothills. >> reporter: this 150 foot tall eucalyptus tree bears a yellow x an indication crewed hired by pg&e plan to chop it down to provide better clearance from the power pole and reduce fire danger. neighbors say this doesn't need to be cut down, just cut back. >> there's no reason to kill this tree. there are other trees where they're perfectly justified, but they need to discuss that case by case with each of the people who own the property. >> reporter: in a statement, pg&e says it is accelerating its vegetation management work in los gatos to further reduce the risk of wildfire and keep our customers, their families and our communities safe. >> all the trees in front here, are marked to come down. >> reporter: some neighbors in the aldacrop heights posted signs reading "please do not touch this tree." they believe that removing them could create more dangers. >> if these trees, these five trees that are right here get cut down and it loosens the road, propane tank could come rolling down the hill and that could b

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come. a family member says it was a selfie that turned deadly. we're learning more about the couple that died after falling off a cliff in yosemite. >>> also, she calls it a bolt of lightning. the life-changing message a woman heard inside of this church and how it turned into millions of dollars for south bay charity. >>> mostly clear in san jose right now and 71, but what about for halloween? i'll have a look at the trick or treating forecast in about six minutes. you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. national park last week. vish >>> new details on the death of a couple who fell at yosemite national park last week. they moved to the bay area from india when he was hired to work at cisco. they chronicled their adventures on instagram. their brother says they set up their tri pod tuesday near the ledge. early wednesday, visitors just saw the tri pod and alerted authorities. their

nbc bay area's marianne favro live near the crash. this has to be frustrating beyond belief for people stuck in that mess. >> reporter: absolutely. you can see crews are still investigating. the coroner just arrived here on scene. after he's done tonight the vehicles still must be removed. the chp told me it will be at least an hour and a half before they can reopen the lanes. me dvers are frustrated the chp shut down this entire section of highway 101 for more than seven hours for an accident involving just two vehicles and they question if it was because a caltrans truck was involved. it all started back at 10:30 this morning. chp officers say the man driving this white dodge pickup truck

. >> marianne favro joining us now with some ideas. we can take a look around in san jose and see what the popular choices are. marianne. >> reporter: i can tell you, terry, i'm going to be poison ivy. but here at this pumpkin patch on hillsdale avenue in san jose parents and kids have spent all night selecting the perfect pumpkin. they're also having a lot of bouncy house fun tonight even though it's 9:00 at night, they're still out here having a blast. but parents say picking out a pumpkin is easy, it's finding the perfect costume that requires patience. at halloween stores across the bay area hundreds of people rushed in tonight in search of just the right costume. one of the most popular choices this year, chewbacca, the incredibles and fortnite characters. 6-year-old cody garza is having a really tough time narrowing it down to one. >> spider-man and police officer. and now we're going to go get the other one. cowboy. ind therter: 5-year-olda costume she's been searching for. others are here because they wanted to make a last-minut

probably. >> reporter: in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> staying with the halloween theme you got to go on twitter @rob mayeda. >> cute! >> and check out his twins. >> we were asking about them earlier. >> superman. >> they had a good time. they just turned 3. its first trick-or-treat weekend. the weather was wonderful. they were happy the whole time. they were getting candy. >> exactly. >> lucky man. that. >> trick-or-treat plans for the family coming up this week, more of the weather we saw this weekend. in fact, it may be borderline warm to hot during the afternoon. and there is more on that coming up. let's give you the hour-by-hour outlook for your halloween wednesday. and look at the temperatures. 5:00 approaching sunset. it likely will have numbers in the mid- to upper 70s. trick-or-treat time coming up. the skies get dark around 7:00. we should be in the 60s around the bay area. instead of dodging raindrops, you're really going to have to watch the wind. this is the reason why temperatures will have to climb. tomorrow night less green as the winds begin to sh

marianne favro will have that storey coming up at 6:00, >>> a big pay out. the board of supervisors has agreed to pay $14.5 million to a woman who was paralyzed by a tree limb. it fell on emma zhou when while she was at washington square park with her kids. it weighed 100 pounds and it paralyzed her from the waist down. she sued the city saying the parks department didn't properly maintain the trees. the trees have been removed from the park. >>> cole white is from clayton in contra costa county. last year we reported that he was forced to resign from his job at top dog after it was reported he took part in the rally in charlottesville. he was arrested. he along with three others traveled to virginia to incite a riot. and that they're part of the "rise above" movement, a militant white supremacist group based in southern california. they face sentences of a combined ten years in prison. >>> we have new information about the plane yacrash in se the pilot was delivering the passengers for medical care. he had trouble finding the airport, but he had flown there

reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. also noted here, palo alto congresswoman anna eshew was the first politician she went forward with her allegation against judge kavanaugh. >> yonti don't understand why t haven't interviewed dr. ford and judge kavanaugh. >> and so far they have not. coming up at 6:00, our own robert honda talks with the congresswoman about this friday's possible senate vote. and if any senators will be swayed by the findings or lack thereof of this fbi investigation. >> take a live look across the bay area right now. storm ranger is tracking some more wet weather that is over the bay area. parts of the bay area. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking it, too. where is it coming down the heaviest, jeff? >> it looks like now based osht current data we have, it's along the interstate 5 corridor and it's now hitting tracy. you can see all of this heavy rain, numerous lightning strikes, even hail as we pull up particulars on storm ranger, you can see hail a half inch in diameter, possibly moth ball s

reporting live in oakland, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> now to photos showing justice kavanaugh being sworn in by retired justice anthony kennedy late this afternoon during a private ceremony. kavanaugh can now participate in the court's work right away. >>> president trump watched the senate confirmation vote on air force one as he headed to a rally in topeka kansas. he celebrated the confirmation with the cheering crowd and took sharp jabs at democrats. >> i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victo victory for our nation, our people, and our beloved constitution, and i want to thank our incredible republican senators for refusing to back down in the face of the democrats' shameless campaign, a of political and personal destruction. >> the president announced a for justice kavanaugh. that's going to be held monday night. democratic senator die an fidia fine stain releasedry of the day, the weather. this right here is a live look at the oakland hills which is an specially vulnerable area this weekend with those powerful winds creating a fire danger. meteorologis

today he spoke with marianne favro about the sexual assault allegations and the investigation. >> reporter: jamie roach is now a ceo of a bay area company and today he told me he expects the fbi to talk to him about allegations from a second accuser, debra ramirez. she alleges kavanaugh exposed himself to her while they were both students at yale. >> reporter: the senate's top republican is pushing for a vote on friday. today nbc news has learned the fbi does not currently plan to professor christine blasey f th hearing is enough. and now there are new questions about brett kavanaugh's sworn testimony about another accuser. >> if you

. >> marianne favro is there live with reaction. >> reporter: this protest has really grown in size sincet came to you at 5:00. right now there are about 200 people gathered here in downtown oakland. they are chanting, listening to speakers and talking about change. most are here tonight to voice their disapproval of brett kavanaugh's confirmation today. organizers say the senate judiciary committee turned its back on survivors of sexual assault, and they're calling kavanaugh a sexual predator and saying he should not serve on the u.s. supreme court. they say they are both heartbroken and mad. >> he's embedded in a world view that sees women and people of color as less intelligent, less vital, less important, that they provide service, that that's the role of everybody but rich white

marianne favro sat down with the two men hoping to be the next state school superintendent. >> reporter: what grade would you give california schools? >> a b. >> probably a c. >> a b. >> reporter: they say they will work to improve those grades. both are democrats vying to lead one of the most ethnically diverse school systems notice nati -- in the nation. a social worker lives in rich mopped a richmond. his priority for california schools? >> close our teacher shortage. provide better training for our teachers, strengthen what we do around special education and expand opportunity for all of our opportunities to learn another language and learn about technology. >> reporter: marshall tuck grew up in the bay area and has worked as an administrator for more than a decade, focussed on turning around low-functioning schools. >> tons o bureaucracy. let's get serious about serving all kids. >> reporter: he' how both msay they'd tackle the teacher shortage. >> i would build a teacher housing program so teachers can live where they work. >> the short term, let's get free college. >> reporter: t

. >> that was marianne favro reporting for us. >>> coming up, are you spending more time stuck in traffic while you're in the city? new evidence that shows rideshare companies may be to blame in san francisco. >>> plus $1 billion up for grabs. the jackpots that are bringing customers out to a lucky san jose store. >>> fall back at the coastline. we'll let you know what you have in store and when rain moves in to the coastline in about seven minutes. francisco, is li >>> it is certainly frustrating to try to get from san francisco. under the new report on traffic it is likely to resonate with a lot of people. it says rideshare companies share the lion's share for gridlock. >> reporter: it is not just the ridesharing companies contributing to the traffic in san francisco. the report finds that they are responsible for more than half of the spike that we have seen between 2010 and 2016. now uber and lyft said those findings are incomplete and they ignored certain metrics like freight deliveries and tourism. >> i can say without hesitation that there's no cherry picking of any data. you know,

nbc bay area's marianne favro is at the lucky spot in san jose with a last-minute rush. tell us about. >> reporter: ernie's liquors is crazy busy inside. the line here is so long it's winding through the aisles and the reason people are coming here to buy their tickets is because they believe it's a lucky store because it sold the last winning mega millions jackpot ticket in july, and they are convince it had can happen again. convinced they will become billionaires tomorrow hundreds rushed to buy lotto tickets in san jose. at lunchtime officials said $85 now in mega millions tickets were sold in california every minute. the $1.6 billion jackpot was enough to convince bettera reyes to take a chance. >> first time ever to buy a ticket. >> reporter: many drove across town in san jose which sold a $a 543 winning mega millions ticket in july. the store owner won $1 million for selling it, but has been so busy he hasn't had time to enjoy it. it's been crazy for the last three, four days, especially the prize of $1.6 billion so it's been really crazy. people are like in lines