Weekend. It just shows that pollution and mismanagement of, like, ocean and river channels is a huge issue, and its terrible that a large, beautiful animal has to suffer because of it. Entangled. A whale moving up the bay area coastline trapped in fishing nets. We are live with the race to save the mammal and fears it could take days to do so. Also on tap, for the first time in decades, new federal Drinking Water standards. The big concerns prompting the change and the potential widespread impact. This is today in the bay. This is wednesday morning, halfway through our workweek. Thanks for starting your day with us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Did you feel the shaking overnight . It was a 3. 2 earthquake rattling parts of the south bay. It happened just after 1 00 a. M. , centered near morgan hill. No reports of damage. B. A. R. T. Briefly reduced the speed of trains. Service is expected to be normal during the morning commute. What a way to wake yourself up if you did feel it. Lets see if were going to feel the warmer temperatures today. Were starting right now already with some milder temperatures this morning. Were in the low 50s as you get ready to head out the door. Look at our highs. Up to 78 degrees in hayward and mountain view, 80 in martinez, and were in the upper 70s in the north bay, San Francisco in the low 70s. It will get even warmer for a few spots like the south county tomorrow afternoon, reaching 82 degrees. Well see the same in fairfield, while some slight cooling will start to get underway near the coastline, and then our temperatures really come down on friday, where most of us will be back to the 60s ahead of some rain on the way for saturday. So ill have a look at that timeline in a few minutes. Cinthia is in with a look at the calm roads we have to start. Good news to start off our wednesday. Good morning, everyone. Our sensors are green right now. We love to see that. The only slow spot is typical, building over the altamont pass. But theres no reports of any crashes, just some people out on the roadways bright and early this morning. It will take you about 20 minutes to get over 580 to 680, and if youre coming down into sunol or fremont, about ten minutes to get you to 680 from highway 84. Well watch the bay bridge, but no metering lights. Time is ticking to save a 30foot long gray whale entangled in a massive net off the coast of california. But, first, experts, they have to find it and they need your help. Today in the bays Ginger Conejero saab is live in pacifica. Do we know where that whale is right now . Reporter good morning to you, marcus. That whale was last seen off the coast of San Mateo County yesterday, it was caught on drone video very close to where we are, which is thornton state beach in daly city. You can see the whale is dragging with it two large orange buoys and there is a massive gill net connected. The whale was first spotted on march 22nd off laguna beach in Southern California and it was tagged with a tracking device. That tracking device soon became separated from the whale as it headed north on its annual migration. For the first time since, it was spotted yesterday along the san mateo coast. Now, efforts will continue to try to save the gray whale, but we are told it will be very difficult, and even dangerous. We spoke the California Marine mammal stranding response coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries. You get in tow behind the whale, we have an inflatable and well let the whale pull us and then we can pull ourselves up behind the whale and reach over the front of the boat with a 10 or 15 foot pole, 25 feet, depending on how reactive the whale is and we can try to reach up to make the cut. Reporter the response coordinator also tells us entanglements are very hard to remove and the whale does not want to stop. Noaa has never lost a rescue team member but the same cannot be said for similar organizations around the world. It is that dangerous. Noaa also asking for the publics help this morning or throughout the day, if you will be on a boat off the coast, particularly Sonoma County and up north, you are asked to keep your eyes out for a gray whale that may be towing with it two orange buoys. If you do so, call 1877soswhale and this might help experts get to the whale in time to save its life. Its good to know that and hopefully theyre able to get that net off soon. Ginger, thank you. Well, this morning it is the end of an era on the farm. College basketballs winningest coach calls it a career. Stanfords womens head coach Tara Vanderveer announcing her retirement last night. A News Conference is planned for later today. Vanderveer spent 38 Seasons Coaching the cardinal, on top of seven more seasons at idaho and ohio state. She guided the cardinal to three National Championships and 14 final four appearances. Reaction is pouring in, including from another bay area coaching legend, the warriors steve kerr. I loved her. Shes amazing. And weve connected quite a bit in the bay. Shes come to our practices, ive seen her down on their campus. I have so much respect and admiration for her. My initial reaction is im thrilled for her. Vanderveer set the new all time record for wins earlier this season and ended her career with 1,216 victories. Shes expected to stay with the program as an adviser. That News Conference i mentioned is scheduled for 1 00 p. M. And we plan to stream it live on roku and other digital platforms. You can also watch it live at nbcbayarea. Com. A live look at the white house this morning. This is where japans Prime Minister will meet later today with President Biden ahead of a state dinner. The president and Prime Minister are expected to discuss upgrading u. S. Military operations in japan, as well as japans participation in nasas artemis moon project. To decision 2024, and the hotly contested race in the south bay to replace representative anna eshoo. It is now looking like a recount is coming to decide the second place winner in the primary there. Election leaders now say second place resulted in an exact tie between joe simitian and evan low. While sam liccardo is locked in as a finalist. Recount requests have been submitted. All three candidates will appear on the ballot, but a recount could change all of that and some political experts believe it may benefit liccardo. The person who has the most to gain from a recount is sam liccardo, because right now hes looking at a threeperson race. He would probably do better, have a better chance in a twoperson race. We reached out to all three campaigns, and liccardos campaign responded saying, more than 100 ballots were not included in the final tally, due to issues like unverified signatures. And they understand why there would be an effort to make sure the votes are fully considered. Lows campaign is accusing liccardo of playing dirty tricks, saying in part, quote, sam liccardo who does not live in the district, did not file a recount himself. Instead, he had his former staffer do it for him. Whats he afraid of . Joe simitian says, eventually this process will work itself out. My job is to stay focused on how i can best represent the folks in our district and thats what im doing. Now to a live look in San Francisco, where today a candidate for city supervisor will introduce a plan to end open drug markets. Now, for the past year, mayor london breed and the San FranciscoPolice Department have been working to crack down on drug markets. These markets have contributed to hundreds of fentanyl deaths in the city. He said that he wants to help get it under control. Hes running to unseat dean preston. Hell be at the corner of 7th and Market Street to introduce his plan. New federal standards to make your Drinking Water healthier. The Environmental Protection agency has established a new National Limit on the presence of certain types of substances called pfas. Each is nearly there you go, impossible to destroy, has been associated with certain cancers and other health concerns. The limit require them to be the lowest level detectible. Public systems that dont monitor have three years to start. If they detect levels above epa limits, they will have two years to fix it. Lets get a look at the forecast with kari. No water coming from the sky over the next few days. We are headed for some warmer temperatures and sunshine, and were starting out with temperatures all over the place. Los gatos is now at 61 degrees, but were at 53 in martinez, 50 in oakland, and we have some mid40s in much of the north bay. Now, looking at the clear view that we have now, the storm system, any chances of rain still well to the north of us. So weve been watching whats happening across parts of the south with a Severe Weather outbreak in texas and louisiana, tornado warnings going up. Well continue to watch out for that. Here at home its going to really be warm for the afternoon, with a mostly sunny sky. Santa rosa headed close to 80 degrees. More on that in a few minutes. Cinthia, you were checking on drive times. Ten past the hour and its quiet. I thought we would go around the bay. Coco county, if youre coming off the antioch bridge, concord, pleasant hill, walnut creek, that will be about a 30 minute ride. The traffic is growing on the altamont pass, about a 24 minute commute to get you down to 680. How about we go to the north bay . Its quiet up there along 101, and westbound 37, a 12 minute ride to get yourself in and out of vallejo. There is a change thats going to come up on highway 37, well talk about that at 5 38. Back to you. Costco is cashing in. Next, the impressive sales the company is bringing in from gold bars. If you can get them. Plus, focusing on artificial intelligence. The all new announcements coming from google this week. We get important inflation data, plus, its a really good me to buyti good wednesday morning. The time is 5 14. Lets head to gilroy with a look at our day planner. Were starting out chilly, only in the upper 40s. At noon it is already 73 degrees, and were headed up to 80 this afternoon. A significant warmup for today and tomorrow, and then a big drop in temperatures for the weekend. More on that coming up in a few minutes. Some cars might be blasting the ac this morning if its too warm, but traffic is flowing smoothly over 101 in san jose. A check on the drive times in the south bay, just under 20 minutes to get yourself on 101 or highway 85 into mountain view. Well, good morning. Very happy wednesday to you. We get two important bits of information today, the Consumer Price index, inflation, and the minutes from the most recent fed meeting. And of course those two are related. The fed looking for a 2 inflation rate, as it waits to cut interest rates. The two most recent cpi reports for january and february were higher than that. Now, one way to hedge against inflation is gold. You can buy these from costco online. Theyre selling well. Analysts at wells fargo estimate be they are selling 200 million a month. Unlike most things you get at costco, you cant return these. Were looking for 3. 7 core inflation in todays inflation report, less than previous months, way down from the highs we saw two years ago, up more than 9 . Speaking of prices, the fcc is warning a program to provide low cost internet to low income families in america will run out of money next month, unless congress renews the affordable connectivity program. It subsidizes bills by 30 to 75 a month. Nothing captured the need for affordable internet more than a picture of two schoolgirls sitting outside a taco bell to use the restaurants internet to do their homework. The School District later provided the family with an internet hot spot. Jessica alba says shes stepping down as chief creative officer from honest company, the Baby Products company she founded, but just now owns 6 of. In a statement, the actress and entrepreneur said, from the first concept book i pitched from my friends at a mommy and me class, to ringing the bell at the nasdaq with the family by the side, this journey has been a ride of a lifetime. And finally, you may have heard the demand for electric cars is slumping. Tesla said for the first time in history it sold fewer cars in the most recent quarter than the quarter before, and it has cut prices on model y because its got so many of them. Not bmw, the bavarian motor works says sells of evs are up 28 yearoveryear. At some point we expect the chinese to get serious about selling evs into america if congress lets them, and its going to be a race to the bottom as far as prices go. So it is a very good time to buy an ev. All those chargers, too. That, indeed. Thank you, scott. 5 17 right now. Google is already diving even deeper into Ai Powered Technology with plans to roll out more tools for everyone. The Silicon Valley giant unveiled its latest plans yesterday at the google cloud next conference in las vegas. It is a new workplace ai feature that includes translated captions during video calls, also an ai security addon to protect files, and Better Organization features with its docs and sheets app. Advocates for googles new Ai Technology say it should make life easier for everyone. This is just the beginning of a lot of the ai initiatives that are happening. Ai is really going to be a big part of businesses moving forward, the evolution of ai is going to enhance business to make them go faster and be more productive. Google also recently developed new Ai Technology to help radiologists work more efficiently and more announcements are expected later today at the same conference, which runs through tomorrow. 5 18 right now. And trending this morning, one new york tshirt shop is going viral after the quick turnaround to get earthquake shirts after last fridays relatively minor earthquake. They were ready to go 15 minutes after the quake saying, quote, i survived the nyc earthquake. They say they sold nearly 10,000 worth of shirts in just 21 hours. Some customers waited in line for two hours to get the 10 tshirts. We need to make one for the one we had this morning in morgan hill at 3. 2. We need to get some tshirts made. Were kind of tough in the bay area here, you know. And then you think, like, in a few months people will look at the shirt, like, what earthquake . Things change so quickly. It will be a sleeping shirt. Were going to be talking about these temperatures today. Yes, its going to be very warm, and you are going to have to deal with whether or not to turn on the ac in some spots, or just wait it out until the temperatures come back down to try to cool off the inside of the home. As we get started in San Francisco this morning, we are all clear. Lets get a look at redwood city. Were going to see a few clouds and, overall, a sunny day, going from upper 40s this morning to then seeing those temperatures in the mid60s at noon, and then reaching into the upper 70s there. When we compare our high temperatures for today versus whats the record for this date, and santa rosa will be below a record high, but above whats normal. San francisco with a high of 74 will be nowhere close to that record of 91. Oakland, about 3 degrees below a record, possibly, but we are going to see a bigger gap in some other areas. A look at our sevenday forecast as it comes up at the bottom of the screen, today and tomorrow will be the warmest days, and then a big dropoff in time for the weekend. Were still going to reach into the low 80s today, highs in the low 80s for the east bay and south bay, and upper 60s for the peninsula into San Francisco. And then on friday, were all cooling down and back to the jackets. Not yet umbrellas, but we will need the umbrellas and heavier coats for the weekend as we see this storm system coming in. Such a big change saturday into sunday. Even the sierra getting some snow. And a modest warmup as we go into next week. Were not going to see the big bounceback like were seeing now. Temperatures are going to be cool with this rain coming down for the weekend with the possibility of about threequarters of an inch of rain, maybe an inch in the hills and coastal areas. The sierra is going to get anywhere from 6 to 13 inches of snow, maybe even up to 14 for kingvale. This looks like it has a decent amount of moisture associated with this system for the weekend. We are going to get some off and on rain. Were going from low 80s for today and tomorrow for the inland areas, to upper 60s on friday. And then mid50s on saturday. Sunday is not much warmer as the rain starts to move out. Then well be in the upper 60s and low 70s, which is about normal for this time of year. Cinthia, youre watching something at the altamont. This might be the reason we were saying that cars were slowing down over the altamont. 580 there is a stalled big rig, but its off of the highway. So we just might have some onlookers. Remember to keep driving so we can make it safely to our destination. The sensors are still green. Lets keep checking on drive times and get you out the door. 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