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>> you know, we've put in san francisco in the -- past 33 years and we often say it's in our dna. it really is a great location for us. >> a cyber security conference bringing thousands of people to the bay area. how this mega event could help push the bay area over the brink of pandemic recovery. it's always been a very big goal of mine to act as a bridge between my community and, you know, health care. >> and a nursing student building bridges in her community. her hopes to make a difference as she looks forward to her graduation. this project proves that oakland can get stuff done and can get stuff done faster than anybody expected. >> the bay area's newest baseball team getting ready to make its debut. how the city of oakland is preparing for the ballers' first game. and don't get fooled. these aren't real pictures of katy perry attending the met gala. artificial intelligence striking again and this time fooling even katy perry's mom. what they should do is take that dress and make it in real life. it is absolutely stunning. if we saw that at the

met gala, i mean she would have been on one of the best dressed lists for sure. >> i'm sure somebody will do that for sure. hey, easy idea just make it. i'm reed cowan and nice to have you with us. taking a live look outside on this wednesday morning. it's 6:00 in the morning. pour that coffee and look outside and just open the window and just take a minute to reset. get out the task list everybody and just look at the beauty all around us. maybe that's the best way to connect with our communities. let's talk to jess right now. another shared experience is the weather and wind. i know. it has been so windy and interestingly enough, that's not even the biggest weather story for us. it's this little heat dome that's occurring over the bay area today and areas like san francisco are going to hit the upper 70s and we have low 80s in the forecast across the bay bridge all the way up into -- actually over into the bay bridge into oakland and then across the golden gate bridge also all the way up into the marin county too. so as we head into the afternoon hours, we're going to continue to keep accomplice owe on the winds though because the offshore winds are starting to pick up. to add to that low relative

humidity and warm temperatures in the forecast for us through the rest of the week and a moderate heat risk in our inland areas as the concern for us. areas like the east bay, stretching down into the santa clara valley, and some of the valleys close to napa and sonoma, we're keeping a close eye on those areas too. this heat is going to pack its punch as we head into the next couple of days and we're already starting to feel it right now. and heading into this afternoon i should say. upper 70s near san francisco and 80s all the way up into wine country today. and all the way off into the east bay, some areas like antioch and concord could potentially hit the 90s as early as tomorrow. once we head down into the santa clara valley, we're definitely going to feel upper 80s tomorrow too. but today, we're kind of gradually warming up till that point. low 80s in the forecast near san jose. a live look behind us in san jose. a few clouds in the forecast and that will clear up this afternoon with plenty of sunshine in store. jess, thank you. if you're getting ready to head out the door this morning and look at that. that bay bridge ride certainly getting busy this morning. for folks working

their way over into san francisco. so it's about that time where you want to grab that coffee and hop in the car and get going. so you don't get stuck in all this mess for too long. no crashes. that's good news. not bad at the san mateo bridge. that's looking a lot better through there. over at 880, at least the portion in oakland, near the coliseum is moving along beautifully in both directions. in fact, there's not a lot of cars through there. it's really south of there where things starting to get a little bit slow as you approach 92 or even just past that point. i if you are taking south 880 but actually doing pretty good for the most part on the roadways. time now for a look at this morning's other top stories. the us department of education is investigating allegations the berkeley unified school district has failed to address anti-semitism in its schools. administrators have not done enough to stop it. berkeley school superintendent has been called upon to testify at a

congressional hearing on anti-semitism today. the u.s. paused its latest shipment of bombs to israel has a sign of disapproval against the plan to fully invade rafah. the white house worries a promised ground invasion would worsen already dire humanitarian crisis. today cia director will be traveling to israel to speak with with benjamin netanyahu. and in france a suspect is now arrested after being involved in two hit and run incidents in san francisco. one including a teenage girl. the first incident happened near jones and market street where the driver struck one pedestrian. that happened yesterday. now the second happened shortly after as police chased the suspect to north beach, that's where he hit that 14-year-old girl right outside francisco middle school. we spoke to one woman who saw it happen as she was dropping off her grandson. >> i saw the child in the crosswalk. and at the time when i saw the crosswalk, i opened

my door but before i could get out he hit the child. just broke down crying because the way he hit her. i thought you know, maybe you know, she wouldn't make it. >> police finally stopped the driver at embarcadero and green and took him into custody. now both victims were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. new a developing story. allegation of a rat infestation at an east bay fast food restaurant. some of the employees who work there say it got so bad, they just left their jobs. they walked off. so a warning if you have a phobia about rats some of the images here might be disturbing. so take a look at this video here behind me. it came from the cal osha complaint. you can see the rats scurrying all around the establishment and in fact they took images of the animals there and yesterday a group of workers picketed outside that franchise mcdonald's over on jackson. meanwhile the health department shut the restaurant down last week and lauren toms explains that the employees say before they go back to work,

they want some assurances. [ chanting ] >> reporter: most days, oscar ramirez is serving customers at this mcdonald's drive-thru in oakland. but today, he's taping notices on that same facility, demanding change after he and other employees say a rat infestation has caused unhealthy conditions for employees and customers. >> i feel embarrassed. but -- what we can do, we can't do anything. >> reporter: for nearly a year, oscar says he's been ashamed to call attention to conditions inside this location on the corner of 14th and jackson that has been temporarily closed by the health department. scurrying feet, feces and urine, an indescribable stench of decaying rodents are some of the scenes he's lived through just to earn a living. >> there are some containers where they put the sauces and sometimes the rat get into the containers. sometimes you are going to get like a sauce and

the rat come out. >> reporter: ramirez, along with five other workers from this mcdonald's, have declared a strike until the conditions are professionally cleaned. angelica garcia works in the prep kitchen. she says alongside rodents darting between appliances. >> [ speaking in a global language ] it's a rat problem, has progressed since i started my job here. we've seen dead rats, the smell is terrible. the odor from their feces and urine. it's gotten us to this point where we're now speaking up. >> reporter: in a complaint letter to osha, angelica stated quote, i see rats in the kitchen every day. i see rats at the grill where we make the hamburgers and i have seen rats nibbling on pieces of bacon or hamburgers that are ready to be sent to customers. in the complaint are images of rats on what looks like kitchen equipment, including one rat that appears to be dead and surrounded by blood. the

employee union also released video of rats scurrying across the kitchen. the workers are demanding a professional cleaning and want to be paid until the issue is resolved. we reached out to mcdonald's on friday who gave us a statement from the location's owner/operator that said -- it's very important to me as a small business owner in oakland that my employees have a safe place to come to work. when we became aware of the issue, we immediately contacted pest control and continued to work with them to address. oscar says he wants to return to work, but has been scarred by what he's seen inside. for now, he's hopeful the workers' voices will finally be heard. >> so we reached out to mcdonald's again by email with more questions about the allegations from workers. but we have not heard back as of this morning. gianna? it's 6:09. coming up the future of self-driving cars on display in the east bay. details on ground-breaking new transit experiment that will connect communities.

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building bridges to wellness this morning. it's our pleasure to do this. it's national nurses week and shawn chitnis has the story of one woman in the east bay who says despite the challenges, nurses face, she's excited to help those in her community who need her the most. >> hello, my name is elina and i'm going to be your nurse today. >> reporter: elina limon is in her final year as nursing student at cal state east bay. it's easy to see she's ready to get started and take care of patients as she demonstrates a standard full body assessment in one of their labs. >> it's been really fun. and i feel like i have developed a lot of new skills and have grown both as a nurse and as a person during my time here. >> reporter: elina is a first generation student who says her mexican heritage informs the kind of work she wants to do in health care. she says there's a disconnect between immigrant families and medical providers. >> it's always been a very big goal of mine to act as a bridge between my community and, you know, health care. >> reporter: her education began during the pandemic. a

moment that made her think hard about the profession she was pursuing, but also motivated her to keep going. >> i think that the covid-19 pandemic really brought to light a lot of the inequities that are found in nursing. >> reporter: one of her passions as a nursing student is to work towards social justice. to elina, that means addressing the setbacks people without access to healthy food and good medical care face when they show up as patients. >> my vision for myself, i'd really like to work with more vulnerable populations. so children specifically is what i feel very inclined to work around. >> reporter: but she knows that since the pandemic, nursing shortages and health care workers dealing with burnout are two likely scenarios in her own career. >> we do really emphasize that self-care portion. you can't help other people unless you help yourself first. >> reporter: so she hopes more resources will be given to take in larger classes of nursing students in the future. but

before then, she looks forward to graduating with gratitude for all who helped her get here. >> i have met a bunch of brilliant nurses throughout my clinical rotations and i'm very grateful for what they do and i'm happy that i'm going to be joining them soon. >> and we are very grateful for what you are going to do as well. now taking a live look outside on this wednesday morning. i love saying we're halfway through the workweek because it's very exciting to know the weekend is right around the corner. this is beautiful. look at the version of the -- skyline and then you can kind of see why that reflection you can see that off of salesforce tower. it's because of this. here. the sun is coming up over the bay and look at that. oh, that's so pretty. jess i want to just stare at that all day. i need that picture on the wall. >> more of that every single day this week. so get out there and enjoy the sunrise and enjoy the sunsets too. it's been beautiful this week. and it has been a warm week for us here in the bay we're going to continue to warm up all throughout the bay area.

heading into the next couple of days as offshore winds start to really develop throughout this morning and lasting into this afternoon. we're also seeing high pressure move just close to us to the point where we're seeing daytime highs jump well above average. we'll get to the temperatures in a second and and let's start off with the winds though. a wind advisory in effect for the friends near solano county and napa and sonoma county too. just in the valleys though in those areas where we can see wind speeds anywhere up to around 30, 40 miles per hour this afternoon. we're going to continue to watch the wind adopt through the next couple of hours. that wind advisory expires at 11:00 a.m. but still breezy past that too. 10:00 fairfield up to 40-mile-per-hour winds there. and these are coming in from the north to the south. so inland areas, to our coastline, meaning that higher elevated setup to the lower elevated setup is allowing for the air to stay really dry and brisk and evening hours tonight that air will continue to stay very, very dry. relative humidity drops down to around 10% heading into this afternoon. let's actually dive straight into our forecast for us for our daytime highs today. the

sun is starting to rise and we're going to warm up a lot throughout the bay area. upper 70s expected today near san francisco and that's about a ten degree jump compared to just yesterday. and we're seeing that trend widespread throughout the bay area. upper 70s near napa and 80s already off near antioch and this is only the middle step. continue to warm up even more in the forecast tomorrow. so with that in mind let's take a quick look at our next seven days. lots of sunshine in store for us still windy conditions and to add to that we're going to warm up in the upper 80s tomorrow lasting into our friday forecast. similar trend into saturday and then we slowly start to cool down into early next week. that's the inland areas though. closer to san francisco parts or oakland parts of the bay, well, hold on tight to the 80s tomorrow and today but then we drop in the 70s this weekend with partly cloudy skies and a similar trend into next week with 60s returning as early as sunday. g? sounds good. let's talk about the drive to work this morning. or maybe to school or maybe you are just getting up and at them and getting out the door early to try to enjoy a little bit of the wednesday.

and it's going to be nice. so that's good to hear. not so great though is the ride into san francisco with the metering lights on. you can kind of see it sort of sets the tone of the morning drive. similar story here at the richmond-san rafael bridge. there's no metering lights but it is a slow crawl for folks heading near the toll plaza. that's a pretty busy commute to the marin side. all right, we are getting word of some b.a.r.t. delays also this morning. as you head through san francisco and maybe towards sfo. about 20 minute delays on that san francisco airport line. so check that schedule before you head out the door. muni, capital corridor, a.c.e. rail all looking pretty good. the bay area bridges this morning. and think about what your commute might look like in five years. if you live in any of the bay area suburbs self-driving transit cars might be a part of the vision. it's closer than you think. right now nearly 300,000 people live in eastern contra costa county. that means a lot of traffic along some of the busier areas

like highway 4 and it's only expected to get worse. but now we have a glimpse at a ground-breaking new transit experiment a company called glide cars building 28 miles of enclosed roadways for their zero emission autonomous lek trek vehicles so these pod-like cars there can fit up to four people. the company will have 56 pickup points stretching from brentwood and it will travel through oakley and antioch and end in pit burg. >> we have designed it so the driver's experience is fantastic and that will mean we start reversing this trend that is there today of declining mass transit tradition. >> well, glide cars hopes this new program will increase transit accessibility while reducing emissions and traffic congestion. now the first section between brentwood and antioch is expected to be finished by 2027. a similar project is under way by the same company in san jose. time right now 6:19 in the morning. for the community, by

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we were first to bring you news of the exciting new partnership with the oakland ballers and will be airing the ballers' friday home games on pix+. crews have been shaping upraimondi park in west oakland to make sure it's ready to go. our wilson walker got a closer look at what it takes to build a baseball team from scratch and how the community will benefit from the ballers' presence. >> you know, the hardest stuff that we had to do when we started this about a month ago was getting the fields done. as you can see, the field is almost entirely done and now we've got some time to let it seed. >> reporter: from the outfield grass to the infield dirt, baseball is taking root in west oakland. again. >> so many little parts to do a ballpark. right now, this is the guardrail for the dugout.

>> reporter: and for ballers' co-founder paul freedman, seeing the vision become reality has to happen in a hurry. final approval for the build-out came just last week. so just about everything you see here has been done in a matter of days. >> the folks that we're partnered with for the bleachers have done this before. this is a company called in-production. they're the company that turned all of las vegas into an f1 race. for them, putting together a 4,000 seat, you know, ballpark in a month, you know, they feel like they got plenty of time. >> reporter: for the ballers, however, the task is an enormous one with just over four weeks to pull everything together. >> you know, we don't have a lot of extra time for unforeseen things to come up. so we just got to keep chopping away and make sure june 4th is a success. which is 28 days away. >> reporter: in his words, it's warp speed on every level and that's not just the ballpark itself. the city has committed to resurfacing nearby roadways and if you are familiar with the area, you know that some of them were nearly impassable in recent

years. but oakland is now paving a way on surrounding streets and sidewalks. >> this project proves that oakland can get stuff done and can get stuff done you know, faster than anybody expected. >> raimondi park has a lot of history. the raimondi brothers and some of the greats that have played down here, lee lacey. frank robinson. jesse gunder. got it. >> reporter: roddell harrison was born and raised in the neighborhood and she says the ballers' aryal is great news for an area that has the faced tremendous challenges. on one end of the park is wood street which just two years ago, was home to one of the largest homeless encampments on the west coast. well, now affordable housing is rising on that site just as the park is redeveloped for the ballers and for harrison -- >> this is a good positive step for -- especially this community. seems like it's been neglected and hopefully oakland ballers' will be a real

success here in west oakland. >> yeah, i mean, this is a historic community. this is a historic park. it's a park that saw some tough times recently. but we think that the best times for this park for this community, are in front of us. >> reporter: so the transformation reaches beyond the park and beyond baseball. but it has to happen fast and for freedman, that means staying focused on every detail and trying not to think about that first pitch. >> you know, i can't let myself start to think about baseball happening because then i get a little bit emotional. [ laughter ] i start to get a little bit excited but i will tell you, that first opening day when the first let's go oakland chant starts to break out, i don't know how i'm going to start -- stop from crying. like it's going to be a very emotional event and i think it's going to be very energetic and i think people are going to want to be here. >> i can hear it. let's go oakland. i can hear it. all right, and here's a look at the broadcast schedule. you can watch the ballers' first game on pix+ on friday, june 7th at

6:30 p.m. the season wraps up friday, august 30th. and if you'd like to see the ballers' games in-person, tickets are on sale right now at a reduced price and you can find the details p our website. just head to kpix.com. i mean i can hear the crowd and i can see the colors. and i can see life and just wonderful things happening in that community. >> right and if you ever get up on a saturday or sunday and you feel like you are not a part of the community. go to friends of raimondi park. ic that's what it's called. volunteer to clean up the park and shine it up and make it beautiful. i have seen you on social media feeds and you are beautiful and there's not one person that's frowning in the photos. >> how could you? seeing people doing that. >> love it. time right now 6:27 in the morning. call them servants or helpers, and call them scouts, please. a historic change for one of the nati

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risk. and then on top of that, a wind advisory too. that's kind of our weather headlines as we wake up and head out the door this morning. as we head out the door this morning, some of the biggest concerns for us is the fact that we are warming up a lot right around the corner. i don't know why that's glitching but behind it this we go. this is what i want to talk about. low relative humidity and warm temperatures. that's what we're expecting as we head into the forecast for us this week. fire danger, it's not too high but a big concern for us is our inland areas under a moderate heat risk especially in areas like concord and all the way over into antioch and down into the santa clara valley as we head into our forecast tomorrow. we're going to notice that warmth today but cranks up even more in the forecast tomorrow as high pressure ridges over us. to add to that we're also dealing with some winds moving offshore so wind speeds anywhere up to around 45 miles per hour. expected in that ma and sonoma and all the way off into the areas like solano county too. we're going to keep a close eye on the winds right now as we get reports we're seeing wind speeds anywhere up to around 45, 40 miles per hour and areas like fairfield all the way over into

napa and it's going to stay pretty breezy as we head into the next couple of hours. this is into the 10:00 hour. those winds diving in from the north continuing to push all the way offshore. into the afternoon hours today. and that's coming in from the sacramento valley. but here's what it's looking like for us today. 70s and 80s in the forecast with plenty of sunshine in store all throughout the bay today. we're expecting 80s near concord and 70s into san francisco. upper 60s and lower 70s along our coastline throughout this afternoon. we'll continue to keep a close eye on the temperatures through the next couple of days getting closer to the weekend. for now over to you, g. thank you. taking a look at the roadways right now as we see things getting busier now closer to the 7:00 hour. that's our busiest time for the morning commute. but right now 6:30, bay bridge toll plaza, slow ride as you head into san francisco this morning. little hard to make out how far the backup is. you have got the sun sort of just glaring through there. but on the sensors, looks as far back as to the maze with that westbound 80 ride being the approach. lot of brake lights

heading towards the richmond-san rafael bridge this morning. that's certainly pretty slow and go. hey, just got the update from b.a.r.t.. they're back on time. so good news there. still college the schedule before you head out the door, dealing with some delays on the sfo line but they're good to go as most of the mass transit agencies are this morning. knew knee, vta, caltrain all checking with no delays or issues as well as our ferries. reed? all right, well, i bet you never thought you'd see this. a former adult film star testifying against a former u.s. president in a criminal trial. we're talking of course about the hush money trial against donald trump. with stormy daniels testifying for the prosecution. so despite objections from trump's defense team, daniels testified for hours about trump's alleged 2006 sexual encounter with her something trump denies. trump's lawyers argued the jury should focus on the documents and called for a mistrial. but the judge denied that request. the case continues with buildup to the testimony of trump's former fixer this chief michael cohen. that is not the former president's only legal battle. but he did get some good news

in the florida classified documents case. trial was set for may. but yesterday, judge cannon canceled the trial and did not set a new date. she says she needs more information before the case can go forward. so this means the trial could happen just before or even potentially after the presidential election. this is really interesting because this pause in this particular case comes not long after the u.s. supreme court also hit pause on the question on presidential immunity with the decision not expected until july on that matter. okay. to the east bay, police need your help this morning. look at this sketch. okay land place hope you will recognize a murder suspect connected to a 2023 shooting on east 19th avenue. this suspect took off in a white ford f-150 pickup truck after police say he shot and killed one and set another victim to the hospital. also have a follow-up to a shooting and police chase that went over the richmond-san rafael bridge. probably remember this one. the person in the case is still in

critical condition after shooting himself. the solano county da tells us the suspect started what turned into a chase by an hours long standoff from shooting out the window of an suv on highway 101 near santa rosa. we have the update on the plight of the farm workers in san mateo county. the board of supervisors there throwing $6 million at the work to build new and affordable farm worker housing. 47 new homes coming to house 19 families displaced from last year's mushroom farm shootings. well, there's something that none of us can ever escape. our society is dependent on computers and that makes us all vulnerable. hackers could wreak havoc on the systems that keep us up and running in the usa. so what's the fix? well, that's what these people are looking at. among the 40,000 people from 130 countries that are in the bay area, they're all helping to figure out cyber security at moscone center. here's loureen ayyoub with word from a professional hacker speaking. >> reporter: it's one of the

largest and most prestigious cyber security conferences globally. this year's rsa conference brings together the boldest and brightest in cyber security. that includes guest speaker and tech founder casey ellis. casey is a professional hacker who created the company bugcrowd. ensuring programs like election systems and even aviation systems are hack-proof. >> essentially, what we do is we take, you know, all of the people that hack computers in good faith. the good version of hackers, locksmiths, not burglars in that sense, from all around the world and connect them with security problems that need to be solved. >> reporter: the themes focused on this year include burnout, risk management, and of course the rapid developments around ai. casey believes with such innovation happening quickly, it's important to make room for prioritizing security efforts. >> you know, the speed of progress in general is the biggest kind of threat across all sectors at this point in time. there's such a pressure to innovate and get new technology out into the market.

and, you know, haste is kind of the natural enemy of making good decisions that reduce risk. >> reporter: and speaking of risk, linda gray-martin, the svp of the conference, says that despite chatter around the safety of the bay area and conversations around new possible locations, she feels confident that san francisco continues to be the sacred and secure location for the annual gathering. >> you know, we've been in san francisco for the past 33 years and we often say it's in our dna. i mean, it's really a great location for us. it's in the heart of silicon valley and it's in the heart of the technology industry. >> reporter: and casey agrees. he planted his company in the bay area over a decade ago and he believes the cyber security conference belongs here. >> look, it's how it's always been, so i think there's an element of like this is my hometown conference. almost feels like a homecoming-con because over the years of building bugcrowd here, all the folk that i have worked with -- you know, they -- this is kind of a meeting point for everyone. so i kind of love

that aspect of it. >> reporter: a meeting point for the world of technology still seeded in the city by the bay. this subject of online security so important. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken interrupting his travel schedule to be a part of this discussion. gianna? major rebrand for the boy scouts of america. for the first time in its history the organization has announced it's changing its name to scouting america. it's part of a commitment to being more welcoming and inclusive. a decade ago the boy scouts lifted a ban on gay cutes and five years ago they let girls in. amanda h ari spoke with a female scout who's been an early part of that change here in the bay area. >> i have -- like 43 merit badges total. >> reporter: a boy scout sash completely filled with merit badges. but this sash belongs to a young lady, 17-year-old sydney yi. yi started with the boy scouts of america, or bsa, back when she was 12 in 2019, shortly after the organization

allowed girls to join. she found out through her neighborhood troop. yi says initially, she was one of the only girls. >> when i joined, there was obviously a bigger ratio of boys to girls. but as the years have gone on, like our girls' troop has expanded and they're almost like equal amount of people in them. >> reporter: she says she's even recruited some of her friends and she likes the rebranding. scouting america. and thinks the new name could attract different people. >> i believe it's more inclusive. >> reporter: in her five years with the organization, she has already achieved the high status of eagle scout. the eagle scout neckerchief slide and many of her patches have the word "boy" on them. she says she wanted to be a scout because she likes the outdoors and enjoys learning about camping, hiking and boating among other skills. >> and teaches you like good -- life lessons, but it teaches you a lot of like life skills and like survival skills which

i think -- is good for more females to get introduced to and for more to know. >> reporter: scout executive of the bsa golden gate area council, mike hale, says he's been waiting for this change. >> it was a little awkward still being the boy scouts. >> reporter: hale says since 2018, the number of girls that are a part of the organization continue to grow. >> at least in our council, 20% of our membership are now girls and young ladies, so it just made a lot of sense for us and then that nationally it's about the same. >> reporter: he says at first, the majority of the girls who joined already had brothers who were part of it. but now girls are joining on their own. yi does not have a brother in boy scouts. she says there are times she's the only girl at certain bsa activities. but she's learned to embrace it. >> i'm representing like -- girls and maybe inspiring other girls to also partake in these activities. >> reporter: the name change will officially go into effect

on february 8th, 2025, the organization's 115th anniversary. more than a million young people are currently enrolled in the boy scouts of america with over 176,000 being girls and young women. reed? all right, g. thanks so much. time right now 6:40. u.s. lawmakers are trying to force the sale of the chinese owned tiktok. but now a legal battle explodes. we're going to be talking about big tech suing big government. and check out these pictures right here. katy perry apparently at the met gala. or is that katy perry? these photos are going viral not for the reasons you are thinking. katy perry at the latest victim of a i generated photos. all right, nice costume katy and this is a nice golden look at the golden gate bridge from treasure island. good morning, everybody. whether you are crossing a bridge to come into san francisco or you are going up to the north bay or the east bay or beyond, we

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time now for a look at what's coming up later on "cbs mornings" and we check in with our friend nate burleson. >> hey reed, good morning. good to see you. here's what's coming up on "cbs mornings." the ongoing feud between rap superstars drake and kendrick lamar is one of the biggest trending tommics online. we will break it all down for you and we talk with an r&b and hip hop expert about why it's happening and its impact on pop culture. plus are you financially ready for retirement? if not don't worry. jill schlesinger will be here with advice to help you enjoy the golden years. and we have an inspiring story of a woman with autism.

we will introduce you to jordan zimmermann and she may not be able to speak but she's using her voice in amazing ways to be an advocate for others. we will have everything you need to know and of course more on the show, we'll see you at 7:00. >> all right. nate. outdressing me once again this morning. time now for your money watch report you know as lawmakers fight to force the sale of tiktok from chinese ownership, tiktok legal titans are suing the feds. so on one side of the argument, the u.s. government with national security concerns. for instance, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken who is coming in for a conference to the bay area, he blames tiktok for a blowback against israel's war against hamas. the other side, tiktok users making a free speech argument. tiktok loses the lawsuit, the app will be removed from the app store unless its chinese parent company bytedance sells the app. let's talk tesla. 2 million teslas recalled last year and knew the feds want tesla to make fixes on the

autopilot feature. they have concerns about whether the update actually fixed the issue. this, after at least 20 documented tesla crashes since the recall. all right. listen up. people. we've got a message from uncle sam he's sitting on 20 -- actually more than a billion dollars in unclaimed tax refund from 2020. and you actually have a chance to claim a refund. but it's expiring soon. listen up. the irs wants you to know if you have not filed the 2020 tax return and you could be eligible for the refund you have think. you have until may 17th to get it in and by the way don't be afraid if you have a refund die. the irs says you will not face a penalty for filing late. well, artificial intelligence strikes again. this time getting the best of katy perry's mom. look at this. the singer katy perry didn't attend the annual gala in new york on monday. what you are seeing there are ai generated photos of katy in a garden themed dress. she ended up sharing the fake photos on

the instagram. her mom responding saying to katy didn't know you went to the met. you look like the rose parade. pretty good if you can fool your mom. your parent. >> i kind of love this. maybe we can use it to get us to events that we really don't want to go to maybe. >> wear dresses like that and look like katy in them too. >> just like her. >> i'll take it. okay. all right. a live look outside on this wednesday morning. we're climbing to the top of salesforce tower looking down on alcatraz. and beyond up into the north bay. good morning to everyone. especially if you are on one of the ferries crossing the bay. parts of northern california are expected to reach 90 degrees today and jess, we're actually hearing that cal fire is helping homeowners make sure they're ready for fire danger. we're come coming up on that time of year now. >> i know, absolutely reed and it's interesting. governor gavin newsom declared this week wildfire preparedness week in californiament cal fire says in recent years, more than 60,000 homes have been destroyed by statewide fires. take a look.

to help demonstrate the dangers cal fire actually simulated wildfires on two types of homes. and only the wildfire ready home actually survived. they say doing simple things like pulling back bark or mulch about five feet can help keep your home safe. >> removing any dead or dying vegetation, 100 feet from the home. whether that's dead weeds, whether that's leaves that have accumulated or pine needles accumulated on the ground or on the roof. is step one. creating an ember resistant zone. >> and cal fire also wants you to remember the six ps when it comes to safety. people, pets, plastics like credit cards and prescriptions, phone numbers, and of course papers like deeds and certificates. now let's change gears real fast because as we head in the next couple of days we're going to warm up and dry up a lot. and we're noticing that today already. daytime highs this afternoon they're going to be topping off in the 80s near san jose and upper 70s near los gatos.

warming up about ten degrees from yesterday just along the peninsula. 79 in san francisco. and speaking of san francisco real fast, take a look at this. daytime highs are going to continue to warm up more as we head into the next couple of days. we have heat really, really building throughout our inland areas too. to the point where we're under a moderate heat risk. tomorrow lasting into friday. but this is what it's going to look like for us tomorrow into san francisco. upper 70s close to the 80s for the thursday setup and a similar trend for the inland areas like san jose. topping off close to around 86 degrees tomorrow. it is going to be a warm one for us here in the bay area. and as we take a quick look at what we can expect allthroughout the bay, well, we're going to continue to see that heat last into this weekend too. so i'm going to drop in map real fast and we're going to talk about the next seven days. in the inland areas spots like concord and antioch and all the way down into the santa clara valley for that matter, daytime highs are going to continue to warm up. we deal with really gusty conditions at times and wind speeds anywhere up to around 45 miles per hour today. in solano county all the way up into the north bay too.

to add to that we're holding on tight to the 80s until saturday or upper 80s until saturday. at that point, that high pressure system starts to pull back and we'll see some partly cloudy skies into early next week. with low 80s in sight for us in areas like the east bay all the way down into the santa clara valley. but closer to the bay shoreline, oakland, san francisco, daly city for that matter, we're holding on tight to the 80s today and tomorrow. but then we'll quickly jump down to the 70s friday into saturday. partly cloudy skies return along the peninsula and especially along that coastline with some breezy conditions lasting into next week. and we'll see foggy conditions in the morning a little bit of that mix of sun and clouds into the afternoon hours as we head into monday and tuesday of next week. gianna? jess, thank you. let's talk about the roadways right now. couple of things to look out for. first off, if you are working your way along some of the east bay routes starting to slow down a little bit more than what we've seen the last 30 minutes. especially south 880. south 680. and if you are headed out of the south bay and northbound 101 through san jose. let's talk about westbound 80 though couple of things here. if you are

traveling out of hercules. san pablo. richmond, things are backing up through there. in fact stays slow into berkeley. that will affect the drive on the richmond-san rafael bridge. there's a water main break on main -- actually on carlson boulevard right at 47th street. so there are some closures in and around that area. if you typically travel through there for your morning, just a heads-up. and a lot of water on the roadways through there. we'll see if we can get you a live look coming up in just a bit. richmond-san rafael bridge, that's a busy ride westbound working your way to the marin side of things and a live look at 80 westbound heading towards the bay bridge. this is not too bad actually. not too far from that berkeley area. traffic is actually moving decently through there. once you get to the bridge though you will be tapping the brake lights westbound as you head into san francisco. so do plan for that. and a busy ride across the san mateo bridge as well. well, every morning we show you great views of san francisco and the bay from our cameras on top of the mark. like this one right here. mark hop tins hotel and when it comes to views it's really hard to beat the top of the

mark. ♪ ♪ >> hey, listen to that. top of the mark celebrated its 85th anniversary yesterday. they marked the occasion with a live band and great drinks and great vibes. it was in 1939 when top of the mark became san francisco's very first rooftop bar. >> very bold idea. nobody had done it before in the city and he wanted to do it he was scared of two things. the name and that people wouldn't tell the elevator up. >> and get this. 75 years ago, kpix began broadcasting from the attic above the famous bar. becoming the very first tv station right here in northern california. >> we love the squadron bottles. go to the top of the mark to see some really touching things people wrote the letters the sailors and soldiers. they're still there

a beautiful thing. 6:53. a professional poker player facing his biggest competitor yet. his wife. our vern glenn sat with the couple for a quick game to see if they can spot each other's bluff. >> little competition there. a live look outside from the salesf

welcome back. a big poker tournament going on right here in the bay area. it's called the run good poker series and runs through may 12th. >> two players know each other so well. vern glenn caught up with the local married couple who instead of saying i do. they enjoy saying all in. >> poker has become like soccer, all drama. my wife has to deal with a lot of poker chat. >> reporter: michael persky has been all in playing poker in his free time and has the hardware to prove it. >> this is the thunder valley ring. thunder valley was four days by myself. one night slept in my truck because they had no hotel rooms for 30-miles. >> reporter: he had a bigger cheering section last year when he won another tournament at graton. >> super exciting and like yay, let's go have a drink and a steak. >> reporter: the steak dinners and watching from the sideline got old for veronica. >> i just learned how to do it and then it was something for

us to do together. >> reporter: this year, the perskys will both be competing in the run good poker series. >> i don't play soft against him. he doesn't play soft against me. >> i bet. >> i fold. >> see, i had nothing. >> reporter: i got a funny feeling you're the one at home where you are like, hey michael. sit down. we got to practice this. >> no. >> reporter: no? okay. >> i'm more the one at home. >> reporter: you are the one. >> saying let's practice. i call. >> i bet. >> you got it. >> reporter: she won that hand? >> yeah. i played nice and i had her beat. i thought so. >> reporter: there is one part of poker that veronica doesn't need any help with playing against her husband. can you spot a tell, bam like that? >> there are a few things that he does that i can tell. yeah. >> reporter: fortunately for michael, they'll be at separate

tables for the start of the tournament. >> if we stay in the tournament, and we hash it out, then -- the cards will play. >> all in. >> i see now, you got me. i will fold. >> reporter: let's hope the perskys have better luck than the day they decided to deal me in. can i call her that? >> you can call and you can raise. >> reporter: i will call. >> i call. go ahead. oh. she beat me. you got it. >> got it. >> vern, number two. scoops it. that was good for the tv. >> reporter: where's the entry forms? turn me in. >> sign him up. >> reporter: get me in this thing. >> get into vegas. >> just going to say that. let's go to vegas. vern. >> all right. well, lots of fun up at graton. the price is going up at bay area bakeries. why back house is no longer taking tips. friends from "sesame street" are joining us to chat

about resources for your younger ones. and let's get a live look outside and this wednesday morning. you are looking live over towards the bay bridge. and we know traffic is getting busy and the weather is going to be quite nice. so join us over on pix+ 44 cable 12 we'll have the latest when it comes to your forecast and so much more. we will see you there. [ captions by: vitac 800-278-4822 email: marketing@vitac.com ] ♪ ♪ cue the trumpets on this wednesday. welcome to "cbs mornings." hello to viewers on the west coast.