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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 faster than anybody expected. The bay areas newest Baseball Team getting ready to make its debut. How the city of oakland is preparing for the ballers first game. And dont get fooled. These arent real pictures of katy perry attending the met gala. Artificial intelligence striking again and this time fooling even katy perrys mom. Good morning, im gianna franco. I mean. If that was an actual dress we saw at the gala it would have been stunning. A lot of pop stars not there. Really okay. Well, were here in real life. If i werent i would have abs and you would have a much better picture. But here i am. This is what you get. Im reed cowan and were going to talk about Mother Nature as well. As you can see at 5 00 in the morning, were glittering before the sun comes up. Jessica burch is here to talk about all things weather. Jess, its a little better where i live in terms of wind. In your area maybe but for the friends in the north bay specifically closer to Solano County a wind advisory over the next couple of hours. As we wake up this morning and head out the door, our weather headlines are off to a crazy start. We have some big changes in the forecast for us heading into this week you know, i want to start off with temperatures though because throughout the bay area, as were heading out the door and getting ready were off a cool chilly start but we have a big warmup in sight for us. As we head into the afternoon hours throughout the next couple of days. For example yesterday, San Francisco was only topping off in the 60s and now were already up in the upper 70s and today were expecting low 80s near oakland and all the way over into concord and antioch and continue to warm up as we head into this week. Low 80s that we have right now off into the east bay getting replaced with upper i potentially 90s off near antioch all throughout Solano County. Heading into arenous and friday forecast. Thats right around the corner for us. Another thing too we mentioned the winds. Its been breezy for us and we had the winds moving offshore all week long but theyre starting to gain strength and the National Weather service is actually issuing a wind advisory that will stay in effect unti11 00 a. M. For the friend in specific areas in the north bay. Ill highlight that coming up in just a minute but down into the Santa Clara Valley we go, 80s and 70s in sight for us today and tarps to warm up in the bay area. G . All right jess, thank you. Lets talk about the roadways right now and getting ready to take 880 this morning. So far, so good. In fact, traffic looks pretty decent for the most part in all of the bay area freeways and bridges. Which is nice. But thats what well usually see early in the morning and heres the overview all the green when i talk about the green i mean good conditions. You are seeing speeds above 55 Miles Per Hour. So when you see yellow and red, on the mapping system, thats when it gets a little concerning because thats when traffic really starts to slow down. The nice speeds out of the south bay right now. Northbound 101 no delays, 280, 87 all problem free, brake lights in the Altamont Pass and thats coming up in the next report. Right now though, its time now for a look at this mornings other top stories. Amidst weeks of pro palestinian encampments the Us Department of education is investigating allegations the Unified School District failed to address antisemitism in its schools. The complaint alleges that jewish students have been subjected to quote, severe and persistent bullying and harassment. School superintendent has been called upon to testify at a congressional hearing on antisemitism today. The u. S. Paused its latest shipment of bombs to israel as a sign of disapprove against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to fully invade rafah. The white house worries a promised Ground Invasion will worsen the crisis. Today, cia director bill burns will be traveling to israel to talk. Back here in San Francisco, a suspect is now arrested after being involved in two hit and run incidents one including a teenage girl. The first happened near jones and Market Street where the driver struck one pedestrian and it happened yesterday. The second happened shortly after as Police Chased the suspect to north beach where he hit a 14yearold girl right outside francisco middle school. Now 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 he hit the child. I broke down crying. I thought you know, maybe she wouldnt make it. Well, police finally stopped the driver at embarcadero and green and took him into custody. Both victims were taken to the hospital for nonlifethreatening injuries. Very scary though. Taking a live look at san jose where city leaders are looking at a 50 million budget deficit. Now this comes after raises to City Employees and a number of onetime programs were funded. The city is expected to void any layoffs. The proposed budget still needs to be voted on by the city council. Reed . All right, now to a developing story gianna, involving allegations of a rat infestation at an east bay fast food restaurant. Some of the employees who work there say it was so bad, they walked off the job. And a warning to those who have a phobia of rats, some of the images you are about to see could be disturbing. Take a look at the video here behind me from the cal osha complaint. You can actually see rats and there they are scurrying around the establishment. They also took some images of the animals there. Yesterday a group of workers picketed outside the franchise mcdonalds on jackson. The Health Department shut that restaurant down last week. But as lauren toms explains the employees say they want some assurances before they go back to work. [ chanting ] reporter most days Oscar Ramirez is serving customers at this Mcdonalds Drivethru in oakland. But today hes taping notices on the 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 do anything. Reporter for nearly a year, oscar says hes 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. And indescribable stench of decaying rote dents are some of the scenes hes lived through just to earn a living. There are some containers where they put the sauces and sometimes the rat get into thecontainers. Sometimes you are going to get like a sauce and the cat rail out. Reporter ramirez along with five other workers from this mcdonalds declared a strike until the conditions are professionally cleaned and Angelica Garcia works in the prep kitchen. [ speaking in a global language ] its a rat problem has progressed since i started my job here. Weve seen dead rats, the smell is terrible. The odor from their feces and urine. Its gotten us to this point where were 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 mcdonalds on friday who gave us a statement from the locations Owner Operator that said its 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 hes seen inside. For now, hes hopeful the workers voices will finally be heard. So we reached out to mcdonalds again by email with more questions about the allegations from the workers. But so far, we have not heard back this morning. Gianna . Wow. All right, time right now 5 09. Coming up, the future of selfdriving cars on display in the east bay. 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Stanford medicine, advancing knowledge, improving lives. light gentle music 5 12 in the morning and we see and celebrate nurses in our communities who are building bridges to wellness. If you didnt know it, its National Nurses week. Shawn chitnis has the story of one woman in the east bay who says despite the challenges, nurses increasingly face exciting opportunities to help their communities. Hello, any name is ele that spoil going to be your nurse today. Reporter ele thatly monois in her final year as Nursing Student at cal state east bay. Easy to see shes ready to get started and take care of patients as she demonstrates a standard full body assessment in one of their labs. Its 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 she is a first generation student who says her mexican heritage informs the kind of work she wants to do in health care. She says theres a disconnect between immigrant families and medical providers. Whats 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 covid19 pandemic really brought to light a lot of the inequities that happened found in nursing. Reporter one of her passions as a Nursing Student is to work towards social justice to her 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 id 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 selfcare portion. You cant help other people unless you help yourself first. Reporter 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 im very grateful for what they do and im happy that im going to be joining them soon. All right. Lets take a live look outside on this wednesday morning as we celebrate student nurses and nurses and people who care for us. Look at that gorgeous view at the Golden Gate Bridge. Jessica, what a stunning perspective. It feels like twilight with just a little twinkling lights there and you see the red in the darkness. Absolutely. Lets start off with the live look because we can actually see good visibility. Think about it. Weve been seeing sunny skies all week long and were going to continue to see that trend as we have really big warmup right around the corner. I want to start off with the weather headlines and our offshore winds are starting to pick up and ill show what you that means for us coming up in just a second. We have low relative humidity and warming temperatures as we head into this week. And thats a big reason why we have that moderate heat risk in our indiansen as we head into the thursday and friday forecast. But lets start off with the winds. Wind advisory in effect until 11 00 a. M. This morning. For all the highlighted zones and counties on this map. Mostly the Sacramento Valley but notice how Solano County gets grouped up in that as well as the higher elevated areas near petaluma and all the way over into sonoma. Its been breezy and gusty and weve seen winds anywhere up to around 45 Miles Per Hour at times. And this is what were currently tracking right now. This morning, areas like fairfield, stretching all the way over into the napa we can see gusty conditions from the north and this is from high to low elevated areas. That wind starts to really kick up into the 8 00 and 9 00 hour. Close to fairfield and close to around 40 Miles Per Hour and as it moves from high to low elevated areas it really starts to condense and dry up. So its worth noting that we are going to keep aless eye on that and on top of the fact that our temperatures are also warming up and were under a moderate heat risk in all the highlighted areas starting tomorrow. Anywhere from the east bay all the way over into areas up into the north bay too. So lets head over there realigns and starting up in the north bay, notice how temperatures are a lot warmer today. Were sitting in the upper 70s and lower 80s near napa and all the way over into petaluma. Upper 70s today in San Francisco. We are definitely feeling that warmth all along the peninsula today with 80s near redwood city. Its a big jump from yesterday when we were still sitting in the upper 60s. Down into the livermore area and fremont area, a very similar trend. Were going to continue to hold on tight to the low 80s today near san jose. But by tomorrow, were actually picking it up into the upper 80s as well. Were going to continue to see this warmth last into this weekends forecast. Plenty of sunshine in store for us saturday and sunday. Heading into early next week, partly cloudy skies return as early as monday. But still no rain in the forecast for us and as we head over to the bay, oakland, San Francisco, daly city, were also seeing a similar trend. 80s turning into 70s by this weekend and 60s heading into early next week. G . Thank you. Lets talk about the roadways right now. As you get up and out the door on this wednesday morning, halfway through the workweek friends. Richmondsan rafael bridge, moving along really nicely heading over towards 101 this morning. No delays or issues there. And in fact, the good news is most of the bay area bridges are looking pretty darn good. Live look here at the bay bridge and you can see here no metering lights smooth sailing into the city and overview of 92 also known as the san mateo bridge, and the dunbarton bridge just below that. Everything in the green so moving at the speed limit. As you head across the span both directions between the east bay over to the peninsula. That ride along the peninsula moving along smoothly. Now we are tracking brake lights for that ride into the Altamont Pass. Its busy. 205 getting on to 580 and were tracking about a 43 Minute Travel time from tracy over towards the dublin interchange. Well, lets get a live look and take a look at the bay area bridge once again this morning. And think about what your commute might look lick in five years. Now in the bay area suburbs, selfdriving transit cars might be part of that vision. Well, it turns out its probably closer than you think. Right now, nearly 300,000 people live in eastern contra costa county. A majority of them commute to other parts of the bay area for work. So that means a lot of traffic along some of the busier areas like highway 4 and its only expected to get worse. But now we have a glimpse at a groundbreaking new transit experiment a Company Called glide cars is building 28 miles of enclosed roadways for their zero emission autonomous electric vehicles. The podlike cars can fit up to four people and the Company Plans to have 56 pick up points stretching from brentwood through oakley and antioch and ending in pittsburg. We have designed it so the drivers experience is fantastic and that will mean we start reversing this trend thats there today of declining mass transit tradition. Glide cars hopes this new program will increase transit accessibility while reducing emissions and traffic congestion. The first section between brentwood and antioch is expected to be finished by 2027. And a similar project by the same company is also under way in san jose. Reed, this could be a game changer for a lot of people. We like Game Changers where we live. 5 19 in the morning. For the community by the community. And your community station. Cbs news bay area. Were partnering up with oaklands newest ball team. And the dream to keep you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . Im listening. Well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward every month you save. Both cash reward . And theres a cash bonus when you open a new Checking Account to get you started. Wow. Anything you cant do . mugs. Bmo why choose a sleep number smart bed . Can it keep me warm when im cold . Mugs. 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But if you do, making that appointment can help you get ahead of stroke risk. Contact a doctor and learn more at notimetowait. Com wow, the Exciting New Partnership with the oakland ballers and well be airing the ballers friday home games onpix . Crews have been shaping up the park to make sure its ready to go for the teams inaugural season. Our Wilson Walker got a closer look and how the community will benefit from the ballers presence. Reporter you know the hardest stuff that we had to do and we were started this about a month ago was getting the fields done. As you can see the field is almost entirely done and now weve 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 for ballers cofounder 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 were partnered with for the breechers have done this before. This Company Called inproduction. They turned all of las vegas into an f 1 race. For them putting together a 4,000 seat, you know, ballpark, in a month, you knowing 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 dont have a lot of extra time for unforeseen things to come up. So we just got the keep shopping away and make sure june 4th is a success. Which is 28 days away. Reporter in his words its warp speed on every level and thats 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 brothers and some of the greats that have played down here, lee lacey. Frank robinson. Jesse gunder,. Got it. Reporter 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. 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 its 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. Its 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 cant 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 lets go oakland chant starts to break out, i dont know how im going to start stop from crying. Like its going to be a very emotional event and i think its going to be very energetic and i think people are going to want to be here. Heres a look the prod cast 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. Like to see the ballers games inperson tickets are on sale right now at a reduced price. Find the details on the website. Kpix. Com. Whether you love baseball or not, reed, you have got to get out there to support that community. Talk about a bay area bounceback. We talk on the community station all the time about investing in people. You see the before and after the 2022 drone shots that wilson just showed you. And what it looks like now. Thats progress. And thats hope and thats dignity for so many people in that neighborhood. Absolutely. And i look forward to seeing a lot of people out there wearing the green and you know how it is oakland. You wear green and gold all the time for the other team. Its the ballers now. Thats gianna going like this. You better show up. 5 26 in the morning. Call them servants or helpers. Call them scouts. A historic change for one of the nations oldest youth organizations that will bring a lot more inclusivity to all. 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If youre over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist 5 30 in the morning and look at the golden glow on the horizon. Were halfway through the workweek everybody. Have to check the box of wednesday and weather and were on to checking into the weekend. Good morning, jess. [ laughter ] right around the corner, right . But its interesting from now until that weekend forecast, were going to warm up a lot. Lets dive straight into the weather headlines and its clear at Golden Gate Bridge right now. Its thanks to High Pressure sitting directly over us keeping us with blue skies and Clear Conditions but a big warmup and offshore winds too are starting to warm up. I want to dive into the moderate heat risk that starts tomorrow. To the point were in a moderate heat risk for all the highlighted zones and areas on this map in orange. So off into the east bay, down into the Santa Clara Valley, and some highlighted spots in the low valley areas throughout napa and sonoma. Were going to keep accomplice owe on you guys as we head into this weeks forecast. Bouillottes dive into the forecast today and highlighted zones and counties on this map so just the valleys or actually the hills closer to petaluma and napa too were dealing with some gusty conditions. Wind speeds anywhere up to around 45 Miles Per Hour are expected. We could see downed trees and Power Outages possible due to this and its interesting too because the winds are moving from inland areas to offshore, this is dry condensed air as it moves its way offshore and were going to continue to watch gusty conditions develop in the 9 00 hour near fairfield all the way over into napa. Stretching down into concord too. And those winds continue to pick up all the way to the 11 00 hour and advancing the clock into the evening hours tonight, still stays breezy too. But speaking of tonight and today in general, i mean, we are warming up a lot. Yesterday we were in the 60s near San Francisco. Today we jump to the upper 70s close to the 80s. And once you have crossed that bay bridge you can see it right above me over into oakland we will hit the 80s today. As well as areas like redwood city and all the way down into the Santa Clara Valley. Where were waking up right now with clear skies and well have more on that in a bit. For now over to you, g. Jess, a good start on the roadways as well. Getting up early and if youre getting ready to head out the door, no delays really to slow you down on most of the bay area bridges and freeways. Live look at the richmondsan rafael bridge. Nice commute across the bay there over to the marin side. Bay bridge toll plaza, also looking pretty good. No metering lights just yet. But those likely get flipped on within the next five to ten minutes. And right now, not seeing too many brake lights or issues on any of the major freeways with the exception of the Altamont Pass. Supercommuters, its pretty typical for the morning commute down to about 12 Miles Per Hour from 205 getting on to 580. And improves quite a bit once you are past north flynn the rest of the way. Reed . All right, g. Well, i bet you never thought youd see this. A former adult film star testifying in court against a former u. S. President in a criminal trial. Well, were talking about the hush money trial against donald trump. With Stormy Daniels testifying for the prosecution. Now despite objections from the defense team representing donald trump, daniels testified before hours about trumps alleged 2006 sexual encounter with her. Trumps lawyers even called for a mistrial but the judge denied and the case continues today with build up to the testimony of trumps former fixer in chief Michael Cohen and thats not trumps only legal battle. He got some good news though in the florida classified documents case yesterday. Trial was set for may but yesterday, judge eileen cannon canceled the trial and didnt set new date. Cannon says she needs more information before the case can go forward. So this means the trial could happen just before or potentially after the president ial election. And this is interesting because a pause in this case comes not long of the u. S. Supreme court also hit pause on the question of president ial immunity with the decision there not expected until july on that matter. Okay, lets come home to the east bay and get a good look at this sketch. Police need your help. Oakland police specifically. They hope you will recognize a murder suspect connected to a 2023 shooting that happened on east 19th avenue. Heres another clue. The suspect took off in a white ford f150 pickup truck after police say he shot and killed one and sent another victim to the hospital. And a followup tot to the shooting and a police chase across the richmondsan rafael bridge. Suspect in that case still in Critical Condition after shooting himself. The Solano County da says the suspect started what turns into a chase and hour longs standoff by shooting out of the window of an suv on highway 101 near santa rosa. Weve also got the update on in 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 Housing. For farm workers. Talking about 47 new homes. It will help 19 families displaced from last years Mushroom Farms shootings. Well, theres something that none of us really can escape. Our society is computer dependent and you logged on this morning or if you have not. You will this morning and that makes all of us a little bit vulnerable because hackers could wreak havoc on the systems that keep us up and running in this country. Whats the fix . Among the 40,000 people from 130 countries that are coming to Moscone Center at a Cyber Security conference, is a hacker and Loureen Ayyoub has what he has to say about keeping us safe. Reporter its up with of the largest and most prestigious Cyber Security conferences globally. This years 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 bug crowd. Ensuring programs like election systems and even Aviation Systems are hack proof. Certainly what we do so we take you know. All of the people that Hack Computers in good faith. The good version of hackers and locksmiths, not familiars 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 beliefs with such an innovation happening quickly its 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. Theres 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, saysty spite chatter around the safety of thebay 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 put in some San Francisco for the fast 33 years and we often say its in our dna. I mean its really a greet location for us. Its in the heart of Silicon Valley and 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, its how its always been and think theres an element of like this is my hometown conference. Almost feels like a homecomingcon because over the years of building bug crowd 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. Major rebrand for the boy scouts of america. For the first time in its history, the organization has announced its changing its name to scouting america. Its all part of a commitment to being more welcoming and inclusive. A decade ago they lifted ban on gay scouts and five years ago they let girls in. Amanda spoke with a female scout whos been an early part of the change here in the bay area. I have my like 43 merit badges total. Reporter a boy scout sash completely filled with merit badges. But this sash belongs to a young lady. 17yearold sydney yi. She 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 theyre almost like equal amount of people. Them. Reporter she says shes even recruited some of her friends and she likes the rebranding. Scouting america. And thinks the new name could attract different people. I believe its more inclusive. Reporter in her five years with the organization she has already achieved the high status of eagle scout. The eagle scout necker chef lead and many of the patches are 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 life skills and 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 shes been waiting for this change. At little awkward still being the boy scouts. Reporter heal 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 raydys so it just made a lot of sense for us and then that nationally its 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 doesnt have a brother in boy scouts and she says there are times shes the only girl at certain bsa activities. But shes learned to embrace it. Im 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 organizations 115th anniversary. Well, more than a million young people are currently enrolled in the boy scouts of america with over 176,000 being girls and young women. And again, as amanda just said the name change will officially be effect on february 8th of 2025 which is the organizations 115th anniversary by the way. Congrats scouts. Well, 5 40 light now. U. S. Lawmakers try to force the sale of the chinese owners of tiktok, a legal battle explodes. Big tech suing Big Government ahead. And take a look at this. These pictures of katy perry are going viral but not for the reasons you think. Katy the latest victim of ai generated photos, look at that. The shoot from mount diablo. Look at that. 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What a Wonderful World [laughing] ask your doctor about oncedaily trelegy for copd because breathing should be beautiful, all day and night. Time now for the money watch report. As lawmakers fight to force the sale of tiktok. They sue the federal government. On one side of the argument, the u. S. Government with National Security concerns. For instance, u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken reportedly blames tiktok for the blowback against israels war against hamas. The other side . Tiktok users making a free speech argument. So if tiktok loses the suit, the app will be removed from the app store. Now thats unless its Chinese Parent Company bytedance sells the app within one year. Lets talk teslas. 2 million recalled last year. Investigators say they have concerns. This after at least 20 documented tesla crashes since the last recall. Listen up people. Uncle sam is sitting on more than 1 million in unclaimed tax refunds from the year 2020. The ability to claim the refund is about to expire. Theoryst wants you toe no that if you have not filed your 2020 tax return, and you think you can be eligible for a refund, you have got to file by may 17th. And by the way, dont be afraid if you have a refund due. The irs says they will not penalize you for filing late. Artificial intelligence strikes again. This time, getting the best of katy perrys mom. Listen to this. While singer katy perry didnt attend the annual met gala in new york on monday it really looks like she did when you look at the pictures what you are seeing here are actually ai generated photos of katy in a garden themed dress. She actually ended up sharing the fake photos on the instagram and then her mom responded. Saying to katy, i didnt know you went to the met. You look like the rose parade. [ laughter ] i saw this pop up all over my social feeds and i saw lady gaga. The gorgeous, you know, what would look like something appropriate for the met gala. So i have a challenge for our viewers if any of you use ai or chatgpt. Put gianna on the carpet and tweet us or x us and then use the kpix. And we will show it on air if its appropriate. Well, you too. Okay yeah. Throw me on the met gala carpet. A live look outside on this wednesday morning. And you know what you cannot duplicate, this beautiful view. I believe thats the top of the mark. You said that right in my ear my friend . Okay. Top of the mark there. And beautiful shot. You know we also are understanding the parts of Northern California are expected to reach 90 degrees. Jess. Absolutely. Its interesting, because cal fire is helping homeowners make sure that theyre ready for the growing fire danger thats right around the corner. Now governor gavin newsom declared that this week is wildfire preparedness month. And more than 60,000 homes have been destroyed in statewide fires and take a look at the images light behind me to help demonstrate the dangers. Cal fire actually simulated a wildfire on two types of homes. A prepped home versus a nonprepped home. And only the wildfire ready home survived and they say that doing simple things can help keep the home safe. Removing any dead or dying vegetation, 100 feet from the home, whether thats dead weeds, whether thats leaves that have accumulated or pine needles accumulated on the ground or on the roof. Is step one. Creating an ember resistant zone. Now cal fire also wants you to remember the six ps when it comes to safety. People, pets, plastics like credit cards and prescriptions as well and phone numbers and papers like deeds and certificates, all the important things right . And as we take a quick look at whats happening for us this week here in the bay area, we are dealing with a very dry conditions. Some gusty winds as well moving offshore which means thats dry condensed air and also dealing with a big warmup right around the corner for us. I want to start off in areas like san jose throughout the Santa Clara Valley were going to be under a moderate heat risk heading into the forecast tomorrow. With daytime highs flirting back and forth with the mid to low 80s all week long heading into this weekend. So its not only the Santa Clara Valley, but also also off into the east bay and for the valleys all the way up into the north bay too and wine country. Where were going to be under that moderate heat risk. For the rest of us a low heat risk but still worth noting this warmth is going to almost come as a surprise. What i mean by that is i mean daytime highs are already sitting in the upper 70s today near San Francisco. 80s across the bay bridge over into oakland. And yesterday in the two areas we were talking at upper 60s so over a ten degree jump in certain communities as we head into the forecast today. Were expecting 70s and 80s anywhere from livermore all the way over into fremont with a similar trend into the Santa Clara Valley this afternoon. With that gradual warmup as we head into the next couple of days so theres lots of changes in the forecast for us. Were also under a wind advisory for some of our friends off near Solano County until 11 00 a. M. If you live in the local communities, take it slow out there today. Make sure you are prepared before you head out the door, the gusty conditions are going to continue as we head into the forecast this morning. A little bit into this afternoon. Now taking a look at the next seven days and more detail. All throughout the inland areas, each of the tubes shows you what the weather is going to look like for us and pretty much sunny until early next week. Were not going see a cloud in the sky until we head into our monday forecast of next week. So lots of warrant and lot of heat. This is the time now to prepare with lots of sunscreen and hydration and of course just taking it slow ow there when you do any outdoor activities. Getting close to the weekend the its going to be a warm weekend for us. This week were recovering from that cold front last weekend and were starting to warm up even in the 80s all through the forecast today and tomorrow in the bay area. Closer to oakland or San Francisco, this is what its looking like for us. 60s and 70s heading intoering flex week. G . Thanks. Lets get a live look here at some of our bridges. Like the bay bridge. Which is already getting stacked up this morning. Metering lights are officially on. And now you can see that backup is building just beyond the overpass. So slowest approach coming off the eastshore freeway westbound its right on schedule there for the commuters heading into San Francisco this morning. Pretty much business as usual on most of the freeways and bridges. San mateo bridge pretty similar. Moving slower westbound. Taking 880. Southbound, hayward starting to bog down just a little bit. North of there though, not seeing any major issues if you are traveling through oakland heres a live look near the coliseum and you can see things are moving along pretty well through there and really our only hotspot the ride as you head into the Altamont Pass and now we are tracking just a few brake lights north 101 between 280 and 680 and the drive over to 880. Well, every morning we show you great views of San Francisco and the bay from our cameras on top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel and with views its hard to beat the top of the mark. The top of the narc celebrated its 85th anniversary yesterday. They marked the occasion with a live band. Some great drinks and of course some great vibes, it was a 1939 when top of the mark became San Franciscos very first rooftop bar. It was very bold idea. Nobody had done it before in the city. And he wanted to do it but he was concerned with two things. One, he didnt know what name he would give it. And two, he was really scared that people wouldnt take an elevator up to have a view with their drink. Go figure how times have changed right . Well, get this. 7 a years ago kpix became broadcasting from the attic above the famous bar becoming the first tv station in Northern California. A little history there reed. Fabulous there and we love anything that keeps us elevated in the morning. Still ahead a professional poker player facing his biggest competitor yet. The wife. Our vern glenn sat with the couple dupixent helps people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. And when you can breathe better, what isnt better . This is better. This is better. Thats better. And that. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. It works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. Thats pretty good dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. 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My wife has to deal with a lot of poker chat. Reporter michael 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 i had no motel rooms for 30mile. Reporter he had a bigger cheering section last year when he won another tournament at grayton. Super exciting and like yay lets 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 thence it was something for us to do together. Reporter this year, therskis will both be competing in the run good poker series. I dont play soft against him. He doesnt play soft against me. I bet. I fold. See, i had nothing. Reporter i got a funny feeling you are the one at home where you are like, hey michael. It is town. We have to practice this. No. Reporter no . Okay. Im more the one at home. Reporter you are the one. Saying lets practice. I call. I bet. You got it. Reporter she won that hand . Yeah. I play nice and i had her beat. I thought so. Reporter there is one part of poker that vie son coo doesnt 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, theyll 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 lets hope the family has 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 wheres the entry forms . Turn me in. Sign him up. Reporter get me in this thing. Vern is doing pretty fun stuff lately. Throwing himself into the stories. Are you supercompetitive . Me . Oh my gosh, especially my husband. You know me. Right . I cant handle it when he wins, especially in the board games like scrabble. Im on board with this one. Throw me on breaking news. Still ahead seeing and celebrating nurses as Bridge Builders in our community. Not competitive there. Theyre all service and thats how i pull up a chair and try to learn. Well celebrate them coming up. And heres a live look outside before we head to break. Eautiful bridge ther psst psst ahhh with flonase, allergies dont have to be scary. Spraying flonase daily gives you long lasting nondrowsy relief. Flonase all good. Also, try our allergy headache and nighttime pills. You know whats brilliant . Boring. Think about it. Boring is the unsung catalyst for bold. What straps bold to a rocket and hurtles it into space . Boring does. Boring makes vacations happen, early retirements possible, and startups start up. Because its smart, dependable, and steady. 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