to do a concert for him. yeah, fantastic. imagine the music they're going to make. all right, a quick reminder you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. we are streaming 24 hours a day, seven days a week on roku and all those other platforms. you can watch live newscasts, breaking news updates, and more local content. well, right now at six, new fallout from the racist text message scandal rocking the antioch police department, and a hearing today that could set for murder suspects free far sooner than expected. not backing down. we're live in washington dc. with the new push to reach a ceasefire in gaza and continued white house support for israel. this as fears grow about a new humanitarian crisis, plus a helping hand for farm workers whose lives were shattered in the half moon bay shooting rampage. the new seven figure promise from peninsula leaders this is today in the bay thanks

for joining us on this wednesday morning. i'm kris sanchez and i'm chris chmura. marcus has the morning off and laura is on assignment. while she's resting, her voice this morning at 6:00 right on the nose. and we're going to check in with laura a little bit later. first, let's get the weather. good morning. carrie. good morning. it's a beautiful start. we are seeing our morning sunrise is happening earlier. those sunsets a little bit later. and now we're transitioning from a springfield to the air to more like summer. it's going to start to heat up today. and those winds will also pick up some of those gusts. today, 45mph. and of course, when temperatures heat up, we head to the coastline. but we're going to see temperatures inland up to near 90 degrees for tomorrow. and the coast, as well as some of the bays in the 80s. so we're also going to continue into the weekend with hot temperatures. but today in mountain view, we're going from 56 this morning to upper 70s for this afternoon. and mike, you are concerned about a crash in

san jose? i am curious, a major surface tree. this is actually state route 130 alum rock avenue. there's a crash at harriet which is just off of white road. this is a major intersection and it's near james lick high school. a pedestrian reportedly hit, so we're following that in the newsroom. i haven't heard about a closure, but alum rock does show slowing coming toward white road as folks travel toward the freeway as well. now we have the freeway 101. that first slowing. we talk about. it's starting to ease up already, but that second burst will kick in about 640. that's the typical schedule for the south bay. nothing unusual showing up right now. as far as the flow of traffic. of course, the backup forms and builds at the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you, mike. thanks. also on the roads new this morning, one person is dead after a car crash in the south bay. here's what we know. chp says around 830 last night, a driver was speeding on 101 north, exited at the trimble road offramp too fast and flipped their car. the driver died at the scene. the 101 on and off ramps were closed, but they are now back open.

happening today a landmark case in contra costa county is set to play out as four men on trial for murder will now be spending a lot less time in prison than expected. it's the result of the racist text messaging scandal plaguing the antioch police department and tainting the legal cases of the officers involved in it. today, in the bay's tom jensen is live in martinez with more details. and what some are saying is the first major test of the state's racial justice act. tom good. good morning chris. that's right. all four men originally did face those murder charges. and now, these were this was four, of course, that 20, 21 drive by shooting where one person was killed and another person was injured, they have all now entered plea deals, pleading no contest to manslaughter. instead of those murder charges. that deal came after the court learned the antioch police officers involved in this case, texted messages, dozens of them about the suspect

that were racist. the judge ruled the officers violated the racial justice act. and today, two of those men will be sentenced, the other two on friday, the suspects, who had originally faced the possibility of life in prison, will now serve sentences ranging from less than 14 years up to 20 years in prison. first and foremost was ensuring public safety, to make sure there was accountability. and those responsible for this violent act are behind bars for a lengthy periods of time. prosecutors agree with legal analysts who say this is the first time california's racial justice act has been tested. in a major case, the mother of the victim has already expressed her anger over this. latest developments, the change in those, to those with those plea deals lowering the charges and the sentences for the suspects in this case. and the da's office says there will likely be more cases that have been tainted and will be affected by these racist text messages involving these. antioch police officers. we're

live in martinez. tom jensen today in the bay tom, thanks very much, chris. well, developing right now in gaza, concerns about a new humanitarian crisis after israeli forces seized control of rafah, all important border crossing. the united nations is now warning about the potential collapse of flow of aid to palestinian people. this as gaza already endures famine conditions. the us is responding to israel's new incursion as well, stopping a large shipment of weapons amid fears that israel would use those weapons in rafah. now, this morning, negotiations continue between israel and hamas, with that cease fire and hostage deal still in a delicate balance, president joe biden is emphasizing that the us is ironclad support of israel, and he's also condemning anti-semitism today in the bay's brie jackson is in washington with the latest brie. what else is the president saying? good morning. so during that holocaust remembrance ceremony

yesterday, president biden, he connected the horrors of the holocaust to hamas's attack on israel, the indifference of the world. president biden denouncing the nationwide surge of anti-semitic incidents since hamas attacked israel on october seventh. there is no place on any campus in america, any place in america, for anti-semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind. his remarks came during a ceremony honoring the 6 million jews killed during the holocaust, and as campus protests against the israel-hamas war continue, republicans criticized the president for not speaking out sooner. instead of protecting jewish students, joe biden has pandered to the pro-hamas wing of the democrat party overseas. israeli military forces seized control of the gaza side of the rafah border crossing with egypt as part of what officials call a very limited ground operation. it wasn't an operation in these

civilian areas that they had ordered to be evacuated, so, we will continue to make clear that we oppose a major military operation in rafah. make that clear then, privately, as well as publicly, negotiations continue today as israel and hamas try to bridge the gaps between their proposals. the u.s. is pushing for more aid to gaza and a ceasefire. we continue to believe that there is space to reach a deal, and we are trying, incredibly hard to push one over the line. president biden says he'll continue to push for peace at home and abroad, and for those held hostage by hamas to come home, just as we have freed hostages already and will not rest until we bring them all home. cia director william burns will be in israel today for the latest round of negotiations. us and hamas officials say there will be no deal if israel continues aggression on gaza. back to you. all right. thank you very much. brie here at home

in the east bay. police are looking for two people who tried to rob a postal carrier at gunpoint. the holdup happened monday near obispo court. police say two armed men in black masks approached the postal carrier. they threatened her with a gun for her mailbox key and cell phone, then ran off. this is the latest in a string of attacks targeting postal workers. you might recall someone robbed a san carlos postal worker at gunpoint about two weeks ago. investigators released these pictures of a stolen getaway car, and oakland investigators are offering a $150,000 reward if you can help them solve this postal robbery. last week on euclid avenue, a carrier walked through a gate. at least two thieves stole the carrier's master keys. thieves robbed another worker on that same street in march. 608 now on oholone on nbc bay area. a south bay family is demanding justice after a stabbing near cinco de mayo. celebrations left a man fighting for his life. it happened in the late afternoon

on sunday near king road in east san jose. a 30 year old man was critically injured and a child was also injured. we are not identifying the victim because the family says that they fear retribution, but the victim's sister wants the people who are responsible to be held accountable. my brother is a real good dad. he's always there for his daughter. he's there for us to where we need favors. he's there. and he's a really good person. i want them to get those people that did this to my brother, because it's not fair. the victim's mother tells us that he is in a coma, and his five year old daughter keeps asking about him. so far, police are saying very little about this investigation. san mateo county is set to fund a new housing project for the families displaced by last year's mass shooting in half moon bay, a gunman killed seven farm workers last night, the board of supervisors voted to grant

nearly $6 million for the project. the money will be used to purchase manufactured homes for farm workers. the 19 families displaced by the shooting are going to get top priority. at least 28 units of the new stone pine cove neighborhood will be set, a set aside for them. happening today. concerned residents are planning to meet with los gatos leaders surrounding a proposed housing development that critics say goes way too far right now. the project calls for a seven story housing development on benedict lane, near the new town shopping center. at this point, the plans are preliminary, but the san jose spotlight reports that this includes more than 200 apartment units with some 50 units set aside for affordable housing. it would also include a two level parking garage. the next real step is a formal application, which developers are expected to file by mid september. now a live look at hoover middle school in san jose. i don't see any kids on the sidewalk there, but it is national walk, bike

and roll to school day. the event highlights the importance of safe. hey there, somebody safe? active transportation to school and promoting accessible spaces for all active trips to celebrate marin, santa clara and solano counties are holding events today. the question is, will the weather cooperate? let's check with carrie for an expert opinion that looks good. yeah. i mean, obviously the sky is clear. we are seeing temperatures nice and cool this morning. it is a beautiful start to our day and probably the most comfortable for a bike ride to school. coming home from school it's going to be heating up, but right now we're at 54 degrees. at 9:00. we are going to see temperatures in the low 60s, and at lunchtime it will be in the mid 70s. as we go through the day, we're headed for the low 80s. so this is a big bump in our temperatures compared to what we saw over the past few days. remember the weekend when it was in the mid 50s and raining? yeah, that's going to be a distant memory. as our temperatures continue to heat

up, it will feel more like summer. look at tomorrow's high temperatures with concord up to 88 degrees. also 88 in santa rosa. even san francisco will hit the 80s for the first time in months. we are going to see a big ramp up in our temperatures, so we'll continue to follow that. mike's been trying to find some lower gas prices. yeah, but i'm watching kimura over there. he's all happy about high temperatures. i'm not me so much these kid. i'm not. i'm. i'm a 441 guy here. that's livermore, an entry from livermore in the state's ten best list. that's great. 441 at fox. see gasoline on old first street. let's see what's looking good for sunnyvale. there we go. 479 at alliance on sunnyvale. saratoga road. it's across from fremont high school, not in fremont. sunnyvale. in san francisco we have 499. that's the best we can do at best. gasoline mini mart on san jose avenue. you can check these prices and you can report the prices. reminder we use gasbuddy.com today, but get out there and do your best to share out on the roadways. we're

looking like a smooth drive right now. i do want to point out the drive and vasco road still under a half hour. this is a couple minutes less than it took about this time yesterday. so that's a good flow of traffic out of contra costa county and down to 580 and alameda county as we get a live look out there, the golden gate bridge light traffic flow, clear skies as we talked about in san jose as well, but clear roadways as well. just building in san rafael. back to you. beautiful shot there, all right. you like it hot. we like it cool. you know? whatever. something for everybody. balance it out. the tesla's autopilot system once again under the microscope ahead on today in the bay. what federal investigators are asking of ceo elon musk and his engineers. and we're going to take a live look again at one of our bridges. and this is the bay bridge toll plaza. look at all those drivers. some might even say they're the worst drivers in america, not some of those drivers. others are saying that i know we're going to let you know about the bay area cities ranking among the worst of the worst or shame. all right. san

jose sharks promised the south bay community ice rink. when we return, we'll give you your first glimpse at sharks ice in gilroy. gilroy and what it's going to look like. keep it

it's getting some momentum from a fall in yields and treasury bonds. but that was offset when

disney shares slid 10. the entertainment giant reported disappointing earnings in focus today. more earnings results from the likes of affirm, uber, airbnb, tripadvisor and robinhood. investigators are digging deeper into tesla's autopilot feature. federal investigators published a letter to the company they are asking tesla for data on how it's trying to make its autopilot safer. the tech is linked to nearly 470 crashes and 14 deaths. the company recalled 2 million vehicles back in december to issue an online software update. well, here's the thing. now the national highway traffic safety administration wants to know how tesla developed that software update and how the company's engineers tested it to make sure it would actually work. the letter reveals there have been 20 new crashes since that recall. well if you lost money in the ftx collapse, you can now get in line to recover what you

lost with interest. under a new plan filed by the company's bankruptcy lawyers, nearly all of ftx's creditors and regular investors would get cash payments equal to 118% of the assets they stored on the exchange. that would come from assets that the lawyers pooled together. since ftx imploded in 2022, it still will take months for the payouts to start a movie. theaters are still seeing less foot traffic. a post pandemic. data from analytics firm placer.ai shows visits to amc were down 65% in april versus 2019 and 50% year over year. this decline is similar at cinemark and regal cinemas. some of the drop can be attributed to theater chains closing some locations and people still watching movies at home. okay, so they say california leads the way. and this is not one of those good ones. new at six. the

bay area takes two of the top three spots on a new list of the worst cities to drive in. who says this? forbes forbes evaluated driving conditions across 47 densely populated cities. it looked at four categories driving experience, safety, cost of car ownership, and access to maintenance services. oakland ranked number one because of the number of fatal car accidents, steep gas prices, and lengthy average commute times. next up miami, florida and rounding out the top three san francisco. wow. i feel lucky that i'm driving in the south bay mostly. yeah, right. let's keep it that way. also, new at six. things are looking up for the san jose sharks. not only did they win the number one pick in the nhl draft, but the team is showing off plans for a brand new south bay ice skating complex. and we can show it to you. yeah. this is exciting for the community. these are brand new renderings of the planned sharks ice facility at the gilroy sports park. it will

feature two nhl sized ice rinks, a cafe, a fitness center and a shark store on the first floor. fans can also watch hockey games at a bar and restaurant there on the second floor. and right now, the plans call for a grand opening by the end of 2026. south bay represent for gilroy. i mean hockey is big, hockey is big. can you imagine how much it must be costing to keep ice cool in gilroy right now? yeah, especially in gilroy in the next couple of days. it's going to be very expensive. not only that, but just trying to stay cool for ourselves. running the air conditioning. yeah, we're going to have some heat ramping up and it's going to stick around for a while as we are taking a look at some of our current temperatures that are now at 50 in san francisco, nice, cool, refreshing start to our day, but it's already getting a little bit warmer for parts of the north bay from vacaville to napa, mainly because the wind is being kicking up here and the wind keeps those temperatures

up. when the wind calms down, temperatures are allowed to cool off quite a bit overnight. so we are under a wind advisory for these areas shaded in brown. that continues until tomorrow morning. and we're looking at a steady northerly wind at 15 to 25mph. but some of those gusts may reach 45mph. that's enough to bring down some tree branches and possibly cause some impacts to power. take a look at the 7-day forecast that's coming up at the bottom of the screen. we're going to go hour by hour with our wind gusts forecast. we're looking at a northerly wind coming in to the north bay 2530 five miles per hour. and here we are at five, six, 7:00. it's 8:00 tonight. it's still pretty windy. so that's the reason why that wind advisory continues until tomorrow morning. even along the coastline. and some of our valleys are going to have a pretty high wind gusts starting to pick up today. as you're going out for that run this morning and enjoying the morning in foster city, it is a cool 53 degrees in the next hour. and this is sunshine continues. our

temperatures really start to ramp up. we're headed for the mid to upper 70s here. 80 in mountain view as well as 80 in hayward and 81 in san jose. tomorrow's when we really start to feel that heat with dublin looking at a high of 85 degrees about the same in oakland, as well as much of the north bay santa rosa, a high of 88 degrees, and there will be a few spots hitting 90 on friday. that's concord and fairfield. some of our well inland spots will have some hot temperatures and walnut creek. the warmth still continues into the weekend . on mother's day, we're going to cool it off a little bit for mom and then still see those upper 70s for early next week. if you are planning to get outside. the weather is looking nice and sunny. probably heading out for brunch will be your best bet before those temperatures heat up and will be in the low 80s for early next week for highs inland, while san francisco will see temperatures in the mid 70s. today we'll get very close to 80 degrees. if not see some low 80s in the city for

tomorrow afternoon. mike, you're still concerned about that crash in san jose? i am carrie. i mean, the freeways, the major freeways are just fine. one on one. just starting to show another build another 15 minutes or so. we'll see more slowing, but it's here. alum rock avenue, which is actually state route 130. and that's why i'm getting these reports from chp. they have now categorized this crash involving a pedestrian as a felony hit and run. so they are here on alum rock avenue just shy of white road. you see that major intersection right here on the speed sensors. it's slowing there. this is not far from james lick high school. it's an adult reportedly involved in this crash. it's not a student, from what i understand. and it was too early for the school kids to be heading through the area. but that note will show some congestion through the area. and of course, we're watching for the updates in the investigation through that area. meanwhile, highway 37, highway four, these are typical slowing the bill for contra costa county. there is a burst water main over on carlson, so watch that. if you're taking city streets through richmond, the build toward the bridge there and of course the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza continues.

that's not going to let up. back to you. thank you mike. all right. highlighting issues in the foster care system a head on today in the bay. we'll hear from one bay area author on his experience and the steps he's now taking to empower youth going tough thehr

to raise awareness of issues surrounding foster care, genome. medeiros, of livermore, was recently signing copies of his new autobiography, broken boy. he wrote the book to let people know about the childhood trauma he suffered in the foster care system between the ages of five and 17. medeiros cycled through 25 different homes and facilities until he met judy welsh, who became his forever mom. welsh adopted him, and when he turned 50, she passed away. medeiros, who now lives in the north bay, has started a fund in her honor to help young adults just out of foster care. medeiros asks applicants to write a letter of 500 words or more. tell me how you got into this situation and tell me how you want to get out of the situation and more importantly, tell me how you're not going to get in a situation again, because that one question is something that we all take for granted, that our parents teach us how to not continue to repeat the same mistake twice. well,

when you're just struggling to survive through your own childhood, you don't have time for those lessons. and if they're even mentioned, which is rare, you don't even listen. so the idea behind my mom's fund is to help ask those tough questions of these kids. if you'd like to contribute to the judy welsh fund and know someone who should apply, you can find the information on the valley of the moon children's foundation website. it is 627 now and ahead at 630. a possible setback for scott peterson's legal team. they want new dna tests, but prosecutors are calling this a deadnd. e

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the new proposal is now being floated to help rescue a struggling district. plus, pushing for a change. our investigative unit showed you some outrageous behavior by an east bay school worker, and now we know the school board is talking about showing the superintendent the door. plus his first order, of course, when he gets in, it's always about bringing down crime rates. that's oakland mayor shengtao talking with us just days before the city's new police chief starts his job. our laura garcia goes one on one to find out how the mayor is pledging to move the city and its small businesses forward. this is today in the bay good wednesday

morning. i'm chris chmura and i'm kris sanchez. we are filling in for marcus who is off this morning, and laura, who is trying to recover from a nasty case of laryngitis. but she's going to join us in just a few moments with that interview with oakland mayor sheng tao. we also want to check in with meteorologist kari hall. you're watching quite the warm up. yes, a lot of big changes here as we go into the next couple of days. today it's going to be a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. and we're going to also see those winds picking up at times gusting to 45mph tomorrow, with the inland highs headed for 90 degrees. i think a lot of people will make it a beach day if you can. the coast will be heating up to about 80 degrees and the heat continues in the valleys for the weekend, while the coast will catch a little bit of a break as you're heading to work in the north bay. that's a live look at san rafael, where we are now in the low 50s, and we will see a quick

ramp up in those highs headed for the upper 70s for today. and 79 will be the high temperature in oakland and 80 in hayward, as well as 81 in san jose. mike, you're tracking that crash and an investigation in san jose. this is a major roadway in san jose, folks. alum rock avenue, state route 130. it's just shy of white road as you're heading towards 680. that is your commute direction, and we're starting to see more surface street traffic passing by james lick high school. now, this happened a while back. it's an adult that was involved, but it's a felony hit and run as categorized by chp. so we are definitely tracking it here in the newsroom. and out in the field. we are looking at the rest of the field and the smooth drive. just the typical build for 101 over in the tri-valley. the east bay for six, 88, 80. and of course your bridges back to you. thank you mike. new developments now for san francisco unified. we know there is now a plan of action as california's department of education takes control of the school districts spending today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco and ginger, this is really just

the start of what's going to be months of moving forward. that's true. chris, just the beginning here. but at least there is a plan moving forward for the district and how the board of education, the state's board of education will hold their hand through that. let's show you some video from last night's meeting when the fiscal crisis management assistance team from the board of education audited sf, usd, they presented their interim reports. they presented their findings from that to the school board. no big surprises there still bad news for the school district, including downgrading the district from qualified certification to negative certification for one of those interim reports. sf usd has also been assigned fiscal advisors with veto powers. when it comes to the district's spending. now, the school district says it has eliminated a significant number of open positions. it is also now in the process of identifying which

schools will be closed in order to save money, the district will need a hiring freeze as well. a corrective plan will be in place by the end of the month. the school district will have a series of meetings, then kris with sf, usd families as well as other community members to really get down to which schools might be closed by the time that the next school year comes around. that vote can happen as soon as december, and that is definitely a vote that a lot of families, whether you're in kindergarten or all the way up, you know, to higher school or upper school, that's really something that they're going to be watching out for because it's such a huge change. it is such an emotional thing for families. when schools close and kids have to transition somewhere else. so we'll be watching. thank you, ginger, at long last, the city of oakland is set to begin a new chapter, at least when it comes to leadership in its embattled police department. a new

permanent police chief is waiting in the wings. our regular today in the bay anchor laura garcia is in our newsroom, still healing from a nasty case of laryngitis. laura oakland mayor shengtao says she's ready to move forward. yeah, yeah, most definitely. she wants the best. understandably for her city, new chief floyd mitchell officially takes the reins on saturday. that's 15 months since the firing of leronne armstrong and oakland mayor shengtao says that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to oakland, turning the corner on all of its recent troubles. we sat down with her virtually to learn more about the future plans for the city, and why she believes things are really looking up. and to her, it all starts with lower crime rates. overall, crime in the city of oakland is down by more than 30% compared to year to date. last year. specifically, we are seeing reductions in homicides by 17. robberies are slightly up by 6. however, that number is starting to flatten out since mid-february. now she credits

the crime drop to several things, but it certainly got a big boost when governor newsom greenlighted added assistance from the chp. our ceasefire strategy and in our partnership with chp, it really involves multiple jurisdictions, right? everybody has to be operating at a high level and functioning together in order for the strategy to work. and we're seeing that it is paying off other priorities going forward include boosting efforts to clean up blight and illegal dumping, even a new tree planting push to bring the magic back to oakland and boost small businesses in the process. the people here in the city of oakland, we love our city and we know that we go through bad times and good times of what have you, but it is nothing compared to what we are seeing consistently, which is consistent negativity. when there are so many great things happening. we have hundreds of new small businesses opening up, and for generations now, our small businesses in the city of oakland is our backbone. and she really wants people to support

those small businesses. and that's supporting the city. now, the mayor tells us the incoming chief is already working with opd's interim chief and other department leaders to try to get up to speed on the city's new crime fighting strategies, and still, the goal continues to be not just flattening those crime rates, but eliminating them altogether and bringing oakland to a brand new light. guys, a lot of people want to see that. thank you laura. a new overnight, the pro-palestine encampment at george washington university in washington, dc is now empty. police cleared the students out of their tents early this morning, and at least two officers pepper sprayed protesters while trying to clear the encampment. about a dozen protesters were arrested, and right now there is a small group of protesters outside the police department demanding that the people who were arrested be released. this also follows protests at uc berkeley and stanford campuses yesterday day, on the same day as israel's new incursion in rafah. and it all

comes as tensions are already on a knife edge in the middle east and there's hope fading on israel agreeing to a cease fire deal at cal sproul plaza, hundreds of people gathered to rally palestinian protesters at stanford. meanwhile held what they called an all out for rafah rally and at both protests, activists maintained their call for divestment from israel. and today on capitol hill, house republicans are holding a hearing looking into accusations of anti-semitism in elementary and secondary schools. district leaders from berkeley, new york city and suburban washington, dc are expected to testify. the panel includes the berkeley school superintendent. republicans say the hearing will focus on students accused of making anti-semitic comments and lesson plans, demeaning israel. stanislaus county prosecutors are reportedly shooting down a request from la's innocence project to conduct new dna tests to win a new trial for scott peterson. peterson's team is

making the request as part of a series of hearings surrounding a possible new trial. at least they want one. peterson is serving a life in prison sentence for murdering his wife, laci, and their unborn son more than 20 years ago. his attorneys hope to retest evidence, including a mattress found in a van with the modesto bee reports. prosecutors responded last week claiming previous testing not only rules out lacey's dna, but matches a male profile, not a female profile. the new response also calls the latest hearings a fishing expedition in search of a boat. next hearing is scheduled for may 29th. happening today in east bay. school board may vote on the fate of its embattled district superintendent. the controversy stems from a story candace nguyen from our investigative unit, first brought to light. it surrounds allegations that the antioch schools maintenance director, ken turnage, bullied and harassed people, including a claim that he moved one employee's desk to a rooftop as punishment. see that there on your screen. turnage is now on

administrative leave in the wake of our report, and the allegations also include what some claim is a too cozy relationship with antioch schools superintendent stephanie anello. she has recused herself from any investigations into this matter. but again, the board president tells us tonight he plans to call for a vote to remove anello. previously, neither anello nor turnage would respond to our requests for comment. to watch our previous investigative unit coverage, you can look for that in this special section of our home page. if you've been watching the weather this morning, kerry has been telling us it's going to get really windy and up to 45 miles an hour in some places around here. well, there's severe weather hitting around the country in the central part of the u.s. this time, michigan and ohio are cleaning up after severe storms swept through there. and it's not just wind, it's tornadoes there. yeah, yeah, they're dealing with tornadoes across the midwest. and the month of april was the second most active in history, 300 tornadoes across the country. and it just continues

now into may. so yesterday was michigan that bear the brunt of those storms. and this is new video that we have coming in from portage, about 140 miles west of detroit. that's where a tornado most likely took a direct hit at this mobile park home. and that community destroyed mobile homes. there multiple homes, and it displaced people who moved to shelters to stay the night. and now thousands remain without power this morning. and we also have video of a small town in michigan where a tornado ripped off the side of a big fedex facility there. at some point, it trapped 50 workers and now rescuers are racing to clear those power lines, and it blocked their safe exit. and in ohio, severe storms moved through that state over the last 24 hours. and this is video from greenville, about 33 miles northwest of dayton. the weather caused down power lines and trees and also fell onto homes, and there were reports of damage

left behind by flooding and more than a thousand people. there remain without power in that area. this morning, in the severe weather just continues as we take a look at the satellite and the radar, we are watching a couple of systems moving through one up around the montana area and moving off towards the east, but we also have a severe thunderstorm watch for missouri. and then we're also seeing storms breaking out around northern tennessee. and then all of the activity is pushing off towards the east. so michigan may be dealing with some more severe weather up around the u.p. of michigan. so we'll continue to watch that here at home. as we mentioned, it's all clear. temperatures will be warming up, but it will be windy today as we're seeing high pressure building which giving us now the clear skies. and we also have low pressure that's just off to our east. and that pressure gradient is going to make it windy for today, especially in the north bay where we could see some of those winds 15 to 25mph. and some of those gusts up to 45mph. we'll be watching that, and we'll talk

about the high heat that's coming our way as well. mike, you've been watching a crash. what's the update now? we have a crew on the scene, carey. and before they can get the shot up there, they gave me the update. the scene has just cleared here. alum rock avenue at harriet. that's great news. because of traffic flow, at least for traffic flow. alum rock heading toward white and 680 all clear. and that's just well before that . the commute builds over toward james lick high school, which is in the area still following the investigation of that felony hit and run involving a pedestrian in san jose. but alum rock avenue is clear just as the south bay starts to show the build. same thing for the east bay. we do have a new alert though. this is breaking news over here for antioch eastbound. there's a crash and fuel spill right around hillcrest. that is a distraction for folks heading westbound in your commute. so there is a build heading out of antioch now. back to you. thanks. well, a bay area man says he's been the target of hate. this is wrong. you shouldn't do no stuff like that. especially in 2024. in san francisco, ahead on today in the

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against a black man not far from alamo square. terry williams found racist images and words on his doorstep. he said the first time it happened was april 26th, but then it happened again on sunday night. and williams tells us the second message worse than the first. he has been a professional dog walker for decades and often goes to alamo square and he thinks maybe somebody spotted him there and then followed him home. surveillance video from the neighborhood shows a potential suspect, except you can't see their face because it was behind a mask. williams says he has occasionally experienced racial slurs, but never like this. nothing ever like this ever in my life. ever. and i asked my friends, having went through nothing like this, i heard the stuff in the 80s was like 70s, but nothing, nothing, nothing of this nature. now neighbors are holding a rally at alamo square to show their support for him.

that's happening on saturday morning at 10:00. they're also asking people to contact their supervisor, dean preston, and the chief of police, bill scott. the parents of two brothers murdered while on a surfing trip in mexico say their hearts are broken over the attack. the sons callum and jake robinson and their friend carter road, who was from california, went missing in late april. mexican authorities say their bodies were found in a well. authorities believe thieves killed them while trying to steal their truck's tires. the brothers are both from australia, and their parents say they're ready to bring them home. our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us. now it's time to bring them home to family and friends. and the ocean waves in australia. baja community members are asking local leaders and police to make some serious changes. and here's something for you. the u.s. state department has issued a travel advisory asking people to reconsider visiting baja

california this summer because of safety concerns. those poor parents. the house of mouse is getting the green light for a major remodel in southern california. you can expect the disneyland map to soon have a lot more to it. that is because anaheim leaders yesterday voted unanimously to approve disney's massive expansion plan, called disneyland forward. it includes zoning changes and a road map for future development over the next 40 years. it also includes new housing and infrastructure improvements and some of the locals are thrilled. an amazing thing for our community as residents and my daughter's generation will get to see it all unfold. so far, disney is planning to spend $2 billion on new projects over the next decade on land that disney already owns. work can begin as soon as the ordinance becomes official, which will happen in 30 days. hopefully they add parking tonight, but tonight you have a chance to check out this cool new display in san

francisco beginning at sunset. this laser beam will begin shooting into the sky at telegraph hill. the blue green beam is the brainchild of a laser company ceo and the chief technology officer of tasl, a data security company. the display falls in line with the big rsa cyber conference in san francisco at the moscone center. all week long. is it going to be warm to take in the laser tonight? yeah, well, not tonight, not in san. yeah, it always cools down nicely. i'm hoping for warmth all i got all day long. yeah, it's going to be nice for the afternoons, but just as fast as it warms up, it cools down. and we're starting out with a nice, cool morning. and temperatures in the upper 40s in oakland. it's 50 in san rafael, and we're at 57. in san francisco it's sunny, but it will also be windy today. take a look at our hour by hour wind gusts forecast a northerly wind coming into the north bay through the sacramento valley and making it through the delta is going to ramp up to about 2530 five miles per hour for this evening. and we're also

going to see some breezy winds near the coast and in some of the valleys, just not as high as the north bay, where we will see that wind advisory continue today. but it's going to be beautiful, sunny, and our temperatures in berkeley going from 60 degrees at 8:00 to a noontime temperature of 73. and it will head for the upper 70s for today. there 80 in hayward and mountain view. it's going to be warmer than it was yesterday, but we'll really start to feel it tomorrow. even thinking, should i turn on the air conditioning for a little while? it'll be 86 in san jose for that high temperature, and fairfield, 87, in martinez, 87 and 88 in santa rosa. and still pretty hot on friday, even starting to see a few low 90s. and that heat continues into the weekend. so take a look at san jose, where our trend will be in the mid to upper 80s on mother's day. it's looking just a little bit cooler, but still pretty warm for this time of year. and that warmth continues throughout much of next week. a look at our

inland temperatures, where we are going to have a summer like feel extending into the weekend and early next week. lots of sunshine in our mornings in the lower 50s, san francisco will see a little bit more of a range in temperatures with some mid 70s today. and then upper 60s for the weekend. just enough of an ocean breeze to cool down the coastline, but that really won't help us out here in the valleys. and mike, you're tracking a fuel spill. yeah, this is after a crash. now, for those of you who are driving through antioch toward the antioch bridge, this is your direction. a fuel spill across three lanes. so at times, that's the majority of the freeway. as you travel through antioch toward here, the antioch bridge. this crash involves a big rig and injuries. so we are, of course, tracking that. and it's also got some backups. so that's a distraction for the westbound commute. but that is the main commute. so some slowing toward hillcrest out of antioch as well. bigger slowing through concord, pittsburg bay point, walnut creek, richmond. and now the build down the east shore freeway and throughout the south bay. right on schedule. back to you. thank you mike.

happening now, a potentially life saving change for bay area firefighters. just got the green light from san francisco leaders supervisor users voted unanimously to ban pfas or forever chemicals, from being used in the crews protective gear, as reported by our investigative unit studies have shown that the jackets and pants firefighters wear are made with those materials that are proven to cause cancer. this still needs a second yes vote next week to pass, but if that happens, the ban will be the first of its kind in the us. current uniforms would be phased out over the next two years. straight ahead. a final look at our top stories on today in the bay, including the continuing fallout from the anti text messaging scandal. the reason some murder suspects could get a lighter prison sentence because of it. plus a funding crisis for san francisco schools. a stark new recommendation from the state for the districtacing a f

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look at our top stories here on today in the bay. one person is dead after a car crash in the south bay. here's what we know. chp says around 830 last night, a driver was speeding on 101 north. exited trimble road too fast and flipped their car. the driver died at the scene. crews closed the 101 on and off ramps at trimble, but mike says they are now back open and new fallout in the racist text scandal situation. shaking up the antioch police department for murder suspects who pleaded guilty to manslaughter are expected to receive reduced sentences when they appear in court for their sentencing hearing. two defendants are expected to be sentenced today, the other two on friday. this whole deal came about after the court learned that the defendants were included in that

racist text message scandal, and those messages were exchanged by officers. the judge then ruled the officers violated the racial justice act. the defendants potentially a potential life sentence, is now expected to be reduced between 14 and 20 years. a new plan of action to tackle the big money mess in the san francisco unified school district. the state education department is temporarily taking control of district spending, and last night that team presented to the school board overall declining enrollment and millions lost in state and federal funding are to blame here. well, now, a corrective plan needs to be in place by the end of next month. the school district says it's eliminated some open jobs and is trying to identify schools for closure to help save money. all right. it is actually bike to school day, so make sure you're careful out there as you hit the roadways. mike i know you're watching a situation to. yeah. now this is on the main highway this highway four. but there's a big rig and a punctured fuel. so there's a

fuel spill there. eastbound highway four heading toward the antioch bridge westbound is distracted as well. so watch the area around hillcrest and a little bit warmer today and continuing to heat up as we go into the weekend. all right. thank you so much. the today show is moments away, but today in the bay continues on roku and our streaming platforms ahead of eight. age before beauty. the all new push to ban sales of anti-aging cosmetic products to kids in california. please join us then. and that's what's happening today in the bay. the today show is starting right now, live from rockefeller plaza in new york city. have a great wednesday. that outbreak of good wednesday morning. that outbreak of severe weather just won't end. >> more states rocked by tornadoes. more storms on the way. it's may 8th. this is "today." state of emergency. tornadoes rip through michigan. >> that's a to