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9th. Almost to friday. Thankfully, but you know lets get started. They could have just named it oakland Bay Area International airport. You know . I feel like that might have been yeah. More clearer than this current change. Travelers landing in oakland as travel bosses on two sides of the bay prepare for battle over changing the name of oaklands airport. The vote today could decide whether travel titans square off in court. Our superintendent was the only person testifying that could not just flat out say we have an antisemitism problem. She couldnt do it and that was just that was a punch to the gut. Called to testify. The head of berkeleys schools grilled on a National Stage over claims of antisemitism. We hear from bay area parents concerned about their childrens safety. It felt like the perfect opportunity to build a really cool product for an app that we all love. X marks the spot for Young Developers taking an open door to make the platform formerly known as twitter a better experience for all of us. Their ideas ahead. The whole thing is a pure adrenaline rush. And fighting flames is a leap of faith. A team of firefighters taking you into a heros journey in fire country. Would you jump from a plane . Thats the question of this morning. Good morning, everybody. Im reed cowan. G, would you. Jumping from planes to save lives to fight fires. Im gianna franco. And thes on is no. Unless my life depended on it i guess. Wow. Lot of stories this morning and our 3 00 hour about people doing very daring things. Yeah. Very daring and we dare to talk about the weather because i felt the change yesterday. Did you . I did too but a but over along the coast it tends to get a little cooler. Kind of nice for us. Look at the beautiful view as we wake up on this friday jr. Thursday eve. All the names for the weekend almost being here. Jessica. Absolutely. And yeah, i felt the change too and only going to get even more pronounced as we head into this afternoon. Our daytime highs today are actually really impressive. Some of the hottest weather weve seen so far this year. So lets dive straight into our weather headlines waking up to the blue skies above all of us here in the bay area. Were gearing up for a moderate heat risk in our inland areas into this afternoon. Lasting into our forecast tomorrow as well. Temperatures are starting to climbed to and were going to see a similar trend into this weekends forecast. Luckily by this weekend we kind of start to see a split in each microclimate. The inland areas still stay hot along the coast we cool off a little bit quicker so as we head into this weekend, theres a lot of big changes in the forecast for us but were here to get you prepared for that and heres the heat risk in full force. If you see orange in the local community you are under a moderate heat risk today. And i want to show you what that looks like for us as we head out the door today, and get ready for the day and last into this afternoon, like i said you are going notice the blue skies above us. Clear conditions and windy still up in the north bay. A lot lighter wind in the south bay but can you ignore the temperature around me . Two days ago in the 60s in San Francisco and now were talking about low 80s. A similar trend along 101 spooredwood city and then 70s in the forecast for us near halfmoon bay. Were going to warm up close to the 90s this afternoon near antioch and livermore and yes, it is hot down into the Santa Clara Valley too. 86 this afternoon near san jose. Were going to continue to see a similar set up in the weekend but ill show you that coming up in just a bit. Thank you. Lets talk about that drive to work and school this morning. Because we are already tracking a bit of a backup here at the bay bridge. Metering lights are on. And looks like you are seeing delays from just about that overpass there. So not too bad just yet. But if you are commuting into the city from some of the east bay routes like 680 or highway 4, westbound out of pittsburg and bay point all of the areas are getting a little bit busy this morning. So just keep that in mind. And of course our busiest spots continue along 580 this morning couple of things to look out for. The ride heading into the altamont pass. Once you get to north flynn everything is moving along well. Until the area near the Castro Valley i dont have. Traffic is slow because of a crash blocking a lane. Travel times about 41 minutes, 205 over to 680. But Everything Else is Holding Steady with some pretty okay speeds. Reed . All right, thank you so much. Directors for the port of oakland will hold a final vote today about renaming Oakland International. The San Francisco bay Oakland International airport. Theyre getting all vowels there. Looking live at Oakland Airport this morning, we know if the airport gets that new name, San Francisco City Attorney they will sue for trademark infringement. Airport bosses in the east bay want the change. So guess what . Theyre basing their argument on what passengers say so we asked the passengers landing themselves. They could have then just named it oakland Bay Area International airport you know. I feel like that might have been yeah, more clear than this current change. I also dont know if people are making decisions about where to travel to based off of the name of the airport. So like at the point of which you are looking into the name of the airport, you are probably already decided that you are going to oakland. So im not sure thats the most like important feature of like the Decision Making for where you are going to travel to. So you are listening to mara and ben there visiting from chicago. By the way welcome to the bay area. We hope you treat you well. For now San Franciscos attorney wearing kid gloves and signaling they will collaborate with oakland on a different name. But we dont know what will play out here. But we will have the results of that oakland vote tonight at 5 00. Well, at the nations capitol, the head of berkeleys School District testified in the first ever hearing on antisemitism in k12 schools. The superintendent faced criticism and scrutiny over the handling of alleged incidents in the district. Our john ramos spoke with a parent who traveled to washington, d. C. Where she says her son has felt threatened at school. Now going to the great city of utah, mr. Burgess, you are recognized for five minutes. Reporter only three people testified at the hearing on school antisemitism and berkeley unified superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel was one of them. Since october 7th, the district has had formal complaints alleging antisemitism arising from nine incidents in our jurisdiction. However, antisemitism is not pervasive in the berkeley unified School District. Our superintendent was the only person testifying that could not just flat out say we have an antisemitism problem. She couldnt do it. And that was just that was a punch to the gut. Reporter elaina pearlman has a jewish student at Berkeley High who had to leave the art class when art was that was antiisrael on a poster was being displayed to the students. Dozens of students have been pulled out of berkeley unified School District classrooms when they have complained about antisemitism and thats wrong. My son included, spent a week in the Student Health center and library because there was nowhere to put him. Reporter across the bay area, there have been attempts to hold socalled teachins about gaza. That are usually pretty condemning of israels actions. But some say the angst towards israel is extending to outright hatred of jews and at one walkout in Berkeley High, some students were alleged to have chanted kill the jews, but another parent in the district rejects that as a lie. Liz jackson, who is also jewish and supports the palestinians, says the complaints of antisemitism are coming from a small, vocal group of parents. We completely reject the notion that theres an antisemitic climate here. Yes, of course there are instances of hate, that happens. That happens everywhere and it happens here too. But what these this small handful of parents are complaining about is political discomfort. And political discomfort is completely different than unsafe. Reporter jackson says she is comfortable leaving instruction about the conflict up to the teachers. And says she is confident that students can process information without it turning to hate. The hearings this morning had absolutely nothing to do with the wellbeing or safety of jewish students. It was about a right wing attack on education and a right wing attempt to censor information. Reporter they say the First Casualty in any war is the truth. But where the truth actually lies in gaza is a matter of perspective and isnt something thats likely to come out of a classroom. And another civil rights complaint was filed against busd this one alleging discrimination against palestinian, muslim, and arab students. It also accuses the district of punishing teachers who publicly support palestine. We reached out to the School District for comment. But didnt hear back. Well, President Joe Biden arrives in the bay area today, his administration is pulling back on sending weapons to israel. This while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains resolute about a ground attack in the city of rafah. So this is a clear message by biden to israel that while he remains committed to israels defense, he does not support that rafah ground invasion. Why . Well, more than a million Palestinian Civilians havesheltered there in rafah also according to the israel the major last stronghold of hamas. More than 100 hostages still held this morning. Its unlikely reporters will be able to ask the president about it while hes in the bay. People with deep pockets hosting he and the parade today. In fact one event at the home of a former yahoo ceo in palo alto and another in the valley. This is by the way the second time this year biden will stop in the bay area ahead of the november election. Meanwhile, the man who is the Presumptive Republican nominee for president that will go headtohead with joe biden will be in court today. Listening to testimony by a former adult film actress testifying against him. You are talking about the hush money trial for former president donald trump. Its going on again in manhattan today. Well, despite trumps defense team calling for and not getting a mistrial, daniels testimony is a buildup to hearing from trumps former attorney who says he was a part of getting daniels paid to keep quiet about an alonged affair between trump and daniels. Lets go to another headline about another candidate for president. This is a big one this morning. All over social media in fact. Robert f. Kennedy jr. Had brain worms. Sounds train. But it was confirmed by the campaign. Worse, the times reporting this morning it was a parasitic worm that ate a portion of kennedys brain. Before the parasite died. Now while this was just coming to light, kennedys team wants you to know this was a decade ago and their candidate is now in robust physical and Mental Health despite some early connivety issues. In fact kennedy is harnessing the headline here. Making light of the revelation. Posting online quote i offered to eat five more brain worms and still beat President Trump and President Biden in a debate. G . Time right now 10. Taking a leap of faith while fighting wildfires. Still ahead meet the team of firefighters jumping into the flames. And the platform formerly known as twitter taps into the brain power of some bay area students to try to propose to elon musk how to make a better place on social media. Their ideas were heard by light gentle music unraveling lifes mysteries. At stanford medicine, its part of our dna. Our World Class School of medicine and adult and Childrens Health systems Work Together expanding what we know and sharing what we discover to accelerate breakthroughs and inspire the next generation of code breakers. Stanford medicine, advancing knowledge, improving lives. light gentle music did my legs shrink . I can move them. I mean, i knew Alaska Airlines premium class had extra legroom but this. This feels different. Okay. Crazy idea. On the count of 3. Im going to try and cross my. Ohhhhhhhhhhh boyy thats nice. Woooooo well, its a debate about data. Has x really rebounded since elon musks takeover of social media in 2022 . Well, thats what musk posted just last week saying the platform reached another alltime high in usage. Last fall x reported the average user spends more than 32 minutes on their platform each day. And that the company is seeing over half a billion users every month. That averages out to be about 1. 5 million new signups a day. However, multiple independent reports cite data showing that since musks takeover, users for x have actually dropped. Still the platform is a place for millions to get news and offer their opinions. Shawn chitnis is joining us now with the story of x actually tapping into the brain power of some of our young bay area minds to maybe think about making x better. Reporter very young and really care about issues like this. And the time is also important. The need couldnt be any greater right now. Given that people are talking about some of the most controversial and divisive topics that are out there. When x challenged developers last month if they could create a cool feature or app that improves the experience for user, the winning team came up with the way to promote more honesty and encourage different perspectives. Plus they got to pitch their idea to elon musk. So when we saw this challenge, it felt like the perfect opportunity to build a really cool product for an app that we all love. Reporter four friends all studying Computer Science at Santa Clara University got an Incredible Opportunity well before they start their careers in tech. A challenge to make x, the platform formerly known as twitter, better for the average user. And then they would later learn present the idea to the companys owner, elon musk. It was amazing. It was a great experience. Hes an extremely down to earth nice guy and asked a lot of questions about our product and hes extremely understanding. Spent the time out of his like busy day to come and speak. So i was extremely grateful for that. Reporter they spent 30 hours working nonstop during the competition to come up with a product they called insight x. The idea is to give users more perspective and information. So when someone posts on the platform, you can easily get access to their history of posts and learn how truthful their post is. You also get presented with other posts with different views to give you all angles on a topic. We didnt know how it would play out, but we built a tool that we thought really at its core functionality addressed a need of a user. Reporter for these four active users, it was a chance to work on a platform that they already enjoy and be in the room when elon musk joined them over video call as they explained their idea to him and company leaders. I actually was really surprised. Hes a very humble guy and hes very down to earth. He made it a very pressurefree environment for us. He just came in and hes making jokes and trying to understand our product. Reporter this team of juniors and seniors hope their work is a sign of the change that can come with a new generation of tech workers and leaders to make social media more accurate and more meaningful for everyone. Theyre trying and theyre making lots of positive progress towards towards where they want to be. Reporter so its not clear if x will adopt the idea and add this feature to their platform. Its also important that we note that in recent years, critics of all social Media Companies have questioned the motivation of the tech giants. Suggesting profits come before safety as well as whether they are going far enough in their use of content moderation. So at least for now, we see that the young people are coming up with the ideas that we need and hopefully can have that kind of influence. I mean, theyre smart and obviously from a technical coding standpoint. Very creative. But i feel like they care about getting good information out there and making sure you know and you are well informed before you make decisions. Brings me peace to know they were thinking about that. Number one pay the kid. Number two elon musk frame up your shot. Just like this. You elon musk. All of us, not that concerned about how hes framed up. [ laughter ] why would he be. Great to see the kids get the opportunity. A live look outside on this thursday morning. Why dont we take a look at the Golden Gate Bridge . What a gorgeous view. Every time i see pictures of the bay, reed, or live shots like this, i want this on my wall or something. Its stunning. Jessica, its going to be a Beautiful Day and you know, its warm and calm here in the bay area today. But we hear that its not really the case in other parts of the country. Absolutely. Thats right. Gianna. This is actually the Third Straight day of dangerous and possibly deadly weather moving across the country. More than 51 Million People are in the path of todays massive storm stretching from texas to virginia and this warning follows the night of devastating storms that demolished parking lots of the midwest and the ohio valley yesterday. What you are seeing behind me is the wreckage of at least 16 tornadoes that tore through the seven states last night. Some very active weather here in the bay. It looks and feels different but lets take a look at whats happening for us today. Were sitting in the 80s widespread throughout the bay area. We are warming up a lot and were in a moderate heat risk off in the east bay. The Santa Clara Valley. And for sections of the north bay too. Throughout the sonoma and napa valleys. Today were sitting in the 80s actually near San Francisco. Which is wild to think that gosh two days ago we were in the 80s. Heres the reason why we have had dry and warm weather too. High pressure sitting directly offshore driving in the warm conditions. But offshore winds continue to be the trend for us. Thats the other big weather story for us due to low pressure sitting just in our inland areas. Well continue to watch this gusty conditions through the next couple of hours about 45mileperhour winds in areas like calistoga and sonoma are currently occurring. And that continues to push offshore into the 8 00 hour. A wind advisory at that point will expire but were still left with breezy conditions even after that. Into the 9 00 and 10 00 hour the winds continue to build offshore up into sonoma and vacaville as well. All the way down in the south bay they have a completely different trend. I mean its a lot less heavy when it comes to those wind down closer to san jose and los gatos. But lets drop this monitor real fast and look at the next seven days. A lot of changes in the fork for us and we know its a hot day today in our indiansen but its going to be even hotter tomorrow. Close to the 90s throughout most of the inland east bay and Santa Clara Valley, we hold on tight to the warmth on saturday and by sunday slowly starting to cool down into early next week. With upper 70s flirting with lower 80s around the corner. Notice how well see some partly cloudy skies on the monday forecast. At that point, in our inland areas, but we see the clouds rolling their way back in even sooner closer to the bay. If you live near San Francisco and oakland, you will notice those partly cloudy skies building as soon as saturday. At that point were in the upper 60s and lower 70s. All the microclimates are doing something a little bit different. But were still dealing with that heat nonetheless. Today alone. G . Thanks jess. Lets talk about the freeways. And if you are up early this morning trying to go across the san mateo bridge, right now is an okay time to do so. We are seeing more cars out there it is getting a little bit crowded but you can see its moving along okay for the most part for westbound commuters and eastbound too but the commute direction is typically heading west over towards 101. Coming out of hayward. If you are taking 880 to that area, heres paseo grande live look here. You can see its crowded but again, not moving too slowly. Just a little sluggish out of hayward and a little south of there. And its busy getting into that area coming out of the Castro Valley y. Theres a crash there. Just a heads up as you work through there. All right, lets take a look at traffic here at highway 4 westbound commuters you are definitely going to see some slow spots this morning. As you come out of pittsburg into bay point and if you are headed forwards 80, connecting off of highway 4 once you are past 242 looks better the rest of the way and right now 80 no major delays. We like that. Time right now 6 22 in the morning and you know, life is just better when we cheer for each other. You want to get some feel good in your morning . Were going to take to you oakland where the cheering is music to the ears of so many students including a first generation student light there with his mom claiming a dream. Its thursday and forerunning on empty on the inside, were going to fill you up right now. Congratulations and good morning to you graduating seniors watching this morning. We know this is the time of year when so many of you open up those College Acceptance letter and start to decide your future. We cheer you this morning. Really is such a special moment and students in oakland got together to celebrate one another as they made their decisions. Ill be going to San Francisco state. Staying local. High School Seniors Lighthouse Community Charter School cheered each other on announcing where theyll be pursuing higher education. One of the students is east oakland native and the fall hell be moving on the uc berkeley and he is a first generation american and will be a First Generation College student. When i got that news, i was my jaw dropped and i was just super excited and so were my family. It means a lot for me and my policewoman because my family are immigrants from ethiopia who worked really hard day and night for me and my sister to receive a higher education. To be able to go to the best Public University in the world is very meaningful to me. Over the last 13 years o moment of walking up on stage and announcing this moment hell be attending berkeley felt like a distant dream until now and look at hi students cheering him on. Amazing and i mean, i always get choked up seeing stories like that. I love it. I mean, really congratulations to that whole family and what i mean, just whats in store for him at this point. And uc berkeley. Wow. Excellent and you know what you think about his parents who struggled so hard to get here. And the hard days that lead up and that lived experience. And now he is claiming the dream that they laid the foundation for. Its beautiful. I love it. Right now 6 26 in the morning. Seeing and celebrating a bay area story. And an often overlooked civil rights battle led by a little girl. How an 8yearold chinese american child fought the system and won. Ryan its so fun to watch jessica in this space. This is a look at those clouds right now in realtime, but lets head underneath this cloud layer and take a look at our rainfall. [narrator] the virtual view studio, part of morning edition. Weekday mornings starting at 5 on kpix. Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. Part of morning edition. you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. 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Get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. 6 30 in the morning and the sun is up and bouncing off buildings there in San Francisco. What a beautiful sight that is. Good morning to all of you. So a little transition. I felt it you likely at home if the it as well. Temperatures are heating up. In the bay area. And that means fire season and being ready. Jess, you got to see itay hods story and i love this because its not only about the technology they use, but actually the willingness to jump out of airplanes. I know, fighting California Wildfires is a science. And fires sometimes burn in dense forests and other areas that crews just cant reach and they need people to get on the ground. So thats why they call in this team right behind me that jumps out of planes for a living. Our itay hod rode along with some of those Smoke Jumpers. Reporter when 33yearold cole skinner says hell be dropping by his workplace, he means it. Literally. The whole thing is a pure adrenaline rush. Reporter for the past four years, this has been his commute. A 3,000foot deathdefying dive with views that are hard to beat. Check my canopy. And connected. Reporter cole is part of an elite group of firefighters thats been operating in places where roads dont exist. Reserve, lower rsl. Reporter called Smoke Jumpers, they parachute directly into the flames. When the sirens sound, Smoke Jumpers pack on their gear and load on to a short c23 sherpa plane. Once the horn blows, we have about two minutes to get our jump gear on and then were boarded on to the planes in less than ten minutes. Reporter becoming a smoke jumper isnt for the faint of heart. Rookie candidates are expected to be in top physical shape and have some Fire Fighting experience. The groups missions are often miles away from civilization. Which is why they bring everything they need with them. Their gear can weigh up to 120 pounds. Looks good. Reporter and as we learned, wearing it all in the middle of summer isnt exactly a breeze. How hot does it get in one of these things . Incredibly hot. Yeah. On the tarmac sitting out there, the tarmac can be well over 110, over 120 degrees. This is made of kevlar material. It doesnt breathe. Reporter smoke jumping dates back to 1939 when the u. S. Forest service realized it needed to stop remote fires before they became too big to handle. In all, there are about 400 Smoke Jumpers in the u. S. ,but as Climate Change intensifies, their job has become more in demand. I experienced stuff that i had never seen before. Reporter Mitch Hokanson is the redding based manager and a smoke jumper for 25 years. He says these days, fire seasons are getting longer and longer. Instead of getting laid off in october, we are working till december. And we were starting earlier. Normally fire season wouldnt start till june. Now its starting end of april. Reporter the daily grind can be both dangerous and physically demanding. And thats exactly why cole says the moment he heard about the program, he jumped at the chance to join. No one else gets to parachute out of a plane to go fight fire and thats what we do here. It was a dream and when it came true, it was it was everything it was supposed to be. Reporter and now that hes landed the perfect job oh, yeah baby. Reporter the sky is no longer the limit. Lets got it. Oh moi gosh. Such an adrenaline rush. The sun is starting to shine over the city of San Francisco. And everywhere throughout bay. And as we wake up and head out the door this morning, that sun is the big talk of the town and a hot one for many of us here in the bay. Just two days ago in the 60s in San Francisco and today were hitting 81degree so temperatures are continuing to climbed to. Thats the number one weather headline and to add to that also under a moderate heat risk in many of the inland areas, ill highlight that in just a bit. We have cooler weather along the coastline in the friday forecast but for the inland areas still hot in this weekends forecast. With that in mind also dealing with some gusty conditions too. A system just inland has been the big reason weve seen the gusty winds especially in thenorth bay move offshore. Right now this is current winds anywhere up to around 40mileperhour winds near sonoma and are still lasting closer to petaluma were seeing about 30mileperhour winds and last into the next couple of hours. Now into the 8 00 hour, notice how areas like petaluma start to strengthen actually. Same trend all the way up into healdsburg. And it is a gusty day for us in the north bay. But luckily thwind advisory will expire at 8 00 a. M. And at that point we start to see a better recovery slowly into this afternoon. With winds dying down to around 15 Miles Per Hour just into that 3 00, 4 00 hour. But those are wind gusts. Lets take a quick look at whats going on for us throughout the bay area though. With all this warmth and heat, were warming up a lot and i mean 81 degrees in San Francisco. 71 in halfmoon bay and today a beach day if you ask me. Im sure plenty of surfers are going to be out there and in the east bay well, clearly no surfing there. But it is going to be a warm one for us so make sure you are hydrating now and you are wearing plenty of sunscreen and hitting 86 degrees today near san jose. G . Lets take a look at the roadways, jess. San mateo bridge busy westbound as you work your way over towards 101. Were starting to see a few more cars out there for that ride over towards the peninsula. If you are coming out of hayward things are slow there as well and in fact a live look here from one of the caltrans cameras and yeah, you can see that southbound side which is more toward the middle right hand side of your screen next to the trees there. It is a little bit busy there. Northbound doesnt seem to be an issue at all. Working your way over into oakland and if you are headed along 880 into oakland, traffic is actually moving well along the nimitz. But reed, you have breaking news out of oakland right now. Yeah, we certainly do. Out of oakland, more than 7500 pg e customers in the dark right now near lake merritt. Take a look at the outage map and watching this minute by minute and looks like most of the electricity lost is happening on the east side of the lake. Even maybe into the Highland Park neighborhood area. Were seeing the outage actually spread as well. We have the crews on way to the scene right now. So does pg e. It should be restored around noon but if you work from home or know somebody who does, the chances are, you are going to want to find another place to plug in. Well keep you updated on this story throughout the morning. Also affect traffic lights in and around surface streets there as well. Be very careful in the area where that power outage is happening right now. So lets take a look at some of this mornings other top stories. A north bay Cold Case Team used dna to identify a homicide victim after more than five decades. Sonoma county investigators say it started with a discovery of a womans body at the bottom of a steep cliff in 1967. Her cause of death was never determined. In 2009, with the help of an sf state professor, the case was reopened and it was determined the woman was murdered. Then finally in 2023, she was identified. Her name lilian marie carquinez of San Francisco. Well, update to a car theft in fremont. Police have arrested one of the two suspects who each stole a porsche from a Car Dealerships showroom. Now this happened last month. Police say suspects drove the stolen cars through the glass window of the dealership. And got away. They combined the combined total value of the cars was over 500,000. Now both cars have since been recovered. The Biden White House is looking to make changes to the u. S. Immigration system. According to two sources, the administration is likely to propose a rule that cracks down on migrants who are ineligible to claim asylum. This would give immigration officials the ability to quickly deny those who are not eligible to remain in the u. S. Republican critics of President Biden in particular have sharply criticized his immigration policies in the runup to the election. And former bay area congressman pete mcclose koa mccloskey died at 96. He represented San Mateo County from 1967 to 1980. He supported abortion rights and stem cell researchment heeventual licheninged haze for they to democrat and that was in 2007. His family says he died of congestive Heart Failure at his home in winters, california reed. Time right now 6 38 in the morning. Power bill based on yourpaycheck . Take a deep breath. Bay area, ahead a vote that could change what you see when you open the bill. Why one california lawmaker says they could be doing norman, bad news. I never graduated from med school. What . But the good news is. Xfinity mobile just got even better now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. Plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. I gotta get this deal. Thats like 20 a month per unlimited line. I dont want to miss that. Thats amazing doc. Mobile savings are calling. Visit xfinitymobile. Com to learn more. Doc . Welcome back. Time now for the money watch report this morning. Its College Graduation season and grads entering the work force will need to figure out their Student Loans while also navigating workplace benefits. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins us live to talk about some tips grads can use to help them understand the process just a little bit better. So jill, we know a lot of students, they take out loans to help pay for college and with that the total Student Loan Debt stands at over 1. 7 trillion. With more than 90 of those owed in federal loans. So what should College Grads know about paying these loans back . Reporter well, you are not alone by the way. Because you have more than half of graduates owe something in Student Loans. And so you want to start by detailing what you owe. The Interest Rate associated with each loan. The monthly amount. And when that first payment is due. Now theres usually a grace period of six to nine months. And during that period, you are not required to make payments. But you know what . Since the Interest Rate is interest clock is ticking, you really want to start as soon as possible. You want to whittle down the outstanding balances as quickly as you can. Now if you cannot make the Monthly Payment and you have a federal loan, you may want to consider an income driven repayment plan. It can reduce the monthly amount but of course, that doesnt come with no strings attach. The string is you have to pay for a longer period of time. Okay, so budgeting is another thing thats important to know how to do all of this. What are some tips for grads on how to handle these loans and other bucketing tips. I hate the word budget. Reporter lets strike that. You are not going on the a diet and not going on a budget. You are going to track where the money is going. Because i feel like people can do that. And theres so many apps to help you out but remember, the goal is you are going to try to identify where your money is going and then some amount every single month where you can take that and have it fund your emergency reserves. Now in an emergency reserve, six to 12 months of Living Expenses is what you are trying establish as a safety net but obviously only if you understand what the expenses are. Track and it will take you 90 days to get a handled on that. We know once graduation is over you need the job. What about when it comes to finding the right benefits . Reporter you know what . If you have got Health Care Option through new employer just remember could be cheaper to stay on your Parents Health plan because you can do that until age 26. Using employer insurance consider a high deductible plan and could be more affordable and even a student loan trying contribute up to the match. Grab the free money and you will be so happy if you do that now in the future. Your future selfof will lough you. Thank you so much and for more analysis you can go to jillonmoney. Com. Well, today the state Public Utility Commission will vote on whether to let state Power Providers decide on a fixed rate. Now the idea is to establish a base monthly fee depending on household income. Almost like a subscription service. Prices range from 24 for high income earners to 6 to 12 for lower income households. The bottom two fees are only for those enrolled in the states alternate rates for energy program. This means millions of mid and working class californians could see the bills go up actually. Well, you know we call our aapi month stories roots and resilience. And this story really is about resilience. 142 years ago, president Chester Arthur signed something called the chinese exclusion act of 1882 you know. That devastated San Franciscos proud chinese immigrant community. And it denied adults the right to work and denied chinese children where we live the right to attend school. Guess what . One 8yearold chinese American Girl fought the system. Her story now is found on the pages of a Childrens Book written by bay area attorney turned author and our Ryan Yamamoto spoke to the author about teaching younger generations one very overlooked civil rights battle and the girl who led it. Reporter with her prized work in hand, a moment of butterflies for traci hauhn whose journey as a Childrens Book author is coming full circle. Yeah, im a little nervous. [ laughter ] but im excited. Reporter taking the floor and reading to the more than 200 students at San Franciscos Spring Valley elementary school. San francisco didnt allow chinese children in its schools. Mama and i went anyway. Reporter that moment four years in the making putting passion to paper titled, mamie tape fights to go to school. Mama always said a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Reporter the book, more than just a story, but a critical piece of San Francisco history. Local history, but more than that, its really american history. Reporter the pages following the true life story of 8yearold mamie tape, a chinese American Girl who, in the year of 1885, tried to enroll in school, but was denied because of discrimination. Papa said most americans didnt want Chinese People working here, settling down and raising children who would need to go to school. Reporter it is a case traci discovered while working as an attorney. And i was researching Asian American civil rights cases. And i came across mamies case. Tape v. Hurley. And i was really, really surprised that i had not heard of it or heard of mamie before. Reporter thats when she started down the archive rabbit hole. We are talking months and months of research. Reporter even in the 1880s, mamie tape was well covered by local newspapers, her case eventually making it to the high court. So this is a copy of the actual California Supreme Court decision in mamies case, tape v. Hurley. Mamie won her case and the court actually ordered the school to admit her into the school. But they were still able to find ways to circumvent that and prevent her from attending school there. Reporter that school, Spring Valley elementary. Where nearly 140 years after an 8yearold chinese American Girl was denied enrollment. So thats mamie tape when she was 8 years old. Reporter students at the same school listening with ears wide open about mamie tapes story. If mamie tape was not here, most of us wouldnt be here. It tells about the history of our school. How the chinese couldnt come, but now because of mamie tape, they can. Reporter for traci huahn, a piece of history with a personal connection. So i kind of felt almost a duty to tell her story. And so i i feel like, you know, hopefully shed be glad and proud of being able to share that here at the school today. Reporter the story coming full circle at the school where it all began and hopefully where the fight for justice will finally come to an end. Great story Ryan Yamamoto. Although she was denied enrollment at Spring Valley elementary because of the quote technicalities it forced the city to open segregated Chinese Primary School in 1885. And because of that ruling, it was a partial victory for tape and for the school, by the way, its Still Standing today. Its now called gordon lowe elementary not too far from us. Right now nearly 700 students are getting ready to go to school under that roof. Thanks. Beautiful story. Were going to bring you many stories like this one all month long. And you can find all of them on our aapi section of our web page, kpix. Com. And be sure to put this on your calendar. Its a special event for your family and a one hour special may 24th at 4 00 p. M. Roots and resilience featuring your proud bay area stories. G . And some amazing stories. A california lawmakers wants to ban stores from selling certain antiaging Skin Care Products to children under 13. South bay member alex lee told us it could force stores to post warnings or even require id checks for purchase. Doctors say some of these products like retinol based creams can be damaging to younger complexions. And just also arent necessary. When you are a kid, everything in your skin is working perfectly. It has a mechanism in place to exfoliate, to turn over, to do all things that it is supposed to do so you dont need any expensive fancy skin care. Well, the proposal is a first for california but just a few months ago, a swedish pharmacy chain actually restricted customers under the age of 15 from buying certain Skin Care Products. And earlier this year, actually covered the risks and safety issues over teen skin care and i interviewed a bay area mom and her daughter to learn more about her routine and you can find that story on our website. At kpix. Com. And you know, her brenna and her mom actually had great conversation with each other before she kind of even started using skin care. And creating, you know, that morning routine. And i think that is key, reed, because education is power. And this is something kids need to Pay Attention to. For sure because theyre talking about it and in fact, you fought to get this story on the air. Because you were listening to some kiddos in your world. So its really great that you fought for it and now the network is picking up on it. Which is great. A live look outside on this thursday morning. I see the weekend, i see the warmer temperatures. And i see this gorgeous view at the top of mount diablo area, looking over towards the east bay. And looks like its going to be a pretty nice day today, jessica. Im ready for it. Pretty nice and pretty warm if you ask me. I love how green it is still over there in the east bay though. And as we take a live look this morning, all throughout the bay area, whether you are down into the Santa Clara Valley with the blue skies above us there, or all the way up into San Francisco, where its been beautiful all morning. We are going to warm up a lot as we head into this afternoon. Were actually hitting the upper 80s near san jose. Low 80s near redwood city. And today is one of the warmest days weve had so far this year. Especially off in the east bay. 86 this afternoon in antioch and 81 in the heart of San Francisco. Now you have to keep in mind that like i said, it was only just a couple of days ago that we were actually sitting in the 60s near San Francisco. So a big, big contrast in the weeks forecast. But lets drop this real fast and lets talk about the next seven days because we talked about the weather headlines earlier and one thing to really highlight though is the fact that were under a moderate heat risk in the inland areas this afternoon and thats going to be the same trend on friday in the forecast. Heres the Science Behind it. We have High Pressure offshore and thats the reason were warming and drying up but the system just inland is the big reason why weve been dealing with some gusty conditions. Especially up in the north bay. Thats going to last as we head into the afternoon hours today. And now its still going to be warm as we head in the weekend forecast. If you live in our indians in, but along the coast thats one of the microclimates thats going to coop down first and cloudier skies first too. Lets talk about these winds. If you live up in the north bay you know exactly what im talking about. It was breezy yesterday. I was flying up in napa yesterday with my mom and so gusty up in the higher elevated areas of course but even down at the surface level too. But that is what we have this morning. 40mileperhour winds. In sonoma, all the way over into calistoga. Close to stinson beach. Definitely cause Power Outages and of course downed trees. Take it slow out there today. We have blue skies above us and almost deceiving in a way but the winds are still very strong and it lasts until around the 10 00 hour. But the wind advisory expires around 8 00 a. M. But its stillgoing to be breezy for us until the lunchtime hours. Wind are just as fine as they were the past couple of days this afternoon and wetter than that, the next seven days. As we head into this weeks forecast, plenty of heat and sunshine and 80s in the forecast for us lasting into this weekend. Not until monday whether we see 70s return into the bay and also cloudy skies too. A lot cloudier and cooler along the coastline as we head into this weekend but more on that in a bit. Gianna . How are roads . Busy, jess as we get closer to the 7 00 hour were certainly tracking more brake lights out there on the roadways. And some crowded conditions as you take a look here. This is the san mateo bridge. Travel times getting a little bit busier here heading over towards 101. And now were starting to see things thicken up too on the ride along 880 southbound heading towards paseo grande. So a little slow there. And if you are headed south of there hayward into fremont were now seeing the brake lights and definitely seeing some brake lights also south 680 as you head into the sunol grade this morning. If you are taking highway 4 westbound, well, thats slow too from at least coming out of pittsburg into bay point and connecting on to 242. Walnut creek the whole area is slowing down just a little bit for the morning drive. But taking 680 say across the bridge into martinez that actually looks pretty good right now. Were not seeing any major issues there. New crash reported into the altamont pass. So adding to whats an already busy ride for supercommuters and i feel for you right now. Slow coming out of tracy and pretty backed up through there and getting on to 580 itself. All right, daredevils rappeling down the side of a San Francisco hotel. The couple taking the plunge before saying i do. Okay. Heres a live look outside. Lets take a peek at Treasure Island this morning and say good morning to anyone crossing the bay right now. Well be right back. Well, weve all heard the phrase tying the knot right . When we talk about getting married but how about tying on a harness . Like a rappeling harness. One bay area couple is doing just that rappeling down the side of the grand hyatt before saying i do at union square. Climbing down all 36 stories they were on a rock wall. Not for me but i love the idea behind this. It was put on by the group Outward Bound to raise money for School Scholarships in the bay area and they were joined by people and friends even professional rock climbers. Some friends also from the sisters of perpetual indulgence and local internet influencers. After this level of stress the wedding will be a piece of cake the couple says. Little tom cruise moment. [ laughter ] mission impossible. But yeah, it was it did get a bit windy. We kind of bounced along. But loved it. But wedding aok, but this i was most nervous for. Yeah. Hey, once you have done that, getting married is easy right . Wedding day is friday. So the first marriage but the third hotel rappel adventure for them there. Leading the way. Okay. Dont you want to know what theyre going to do for the honeymoon. I mean how do you top that . I dont know. Well, those kind of adventures there . I feel like theyre the type. If you are willing to do that. Destination. That would be fun. Well, the faculty at usc votes to reprimand two stop administrators for their handling of campus protests over the war in gaza. What those School Officials have now agreed to do. And muchneeded aheaded to Palestinian Civilians in gaza. Well take a look at the elaborate operation that include a floating pier to get help in. A live look outside. Its thursday, i see you friday. Saturday and sunday. I also see those warm temperatures. Jessica will have your forecast coming up and we hope to see you over on pix 44 cable 12 where the Community Conversation continues. [ captions by vitac 8002784822 emai marketing vitac. Com i love a good trumpet in the