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us for our midday newscast. i'm ginger conejero saab and i'm scott mcgrew. we will get to the president's trip in that top story in just a second. there is breaking news. big bart delays for commuters a wayside equipment problem is leading to a service interruption between bart's richmond station and oakland's macarthur station. now that interruption is impacting red and orange line services. you're looking at video from the ashby bart station in berkeley, where people showed up this morning to fight closed gates and had no way of getting on board. now, this all started around 515 this morning. we caught up with some commuters at the macarthur station who say they are frustrated by the situation. i got to jump on a bus now to get home, i hope this doesn't happen tomorrow. i don't know if it's just a one day thing, but yeah, it's definitely an inconvenience. and, they should have had shuttles for the people getting off the train to take them to the destination at least. but that wasn't the case. mike inouye has been tracking the details about this all

morning long. and no, no sign of this wrapping up yet. no not really a lot of update at all. they just don't know. bart bart's crews are on scene trying to take care of it. let me show folks over here. mr. corral, you just heard from him. he's over at the macarthur station in oakland. now, between richmond and oakland, there's sort of a serpentine route there. none of those trains are running because of that problem alongside the tracks. and oftentimes we will hear about a bus bridge dedicated by bart to the bart relief. but there is no dedicated train service. i also want to point out that even though it's friday, we still see slowing on the east shore freeway as well as richmond. so i-80 westbound, which would be your alternate if you're taking the roadway instead of those bart trains, it is a little heavier traffic than we often see, perhaps. related. that's the note. now, let me lay it out. there's a lot of words here, but we're talking about no red line service until further notice. now, along that same track operates the orange line that's not operating between richmond and macarthur stations. and so you can take the bus some bus routes to the macarthur station. from that point, you can get over to millbrae, where you take the shuttle to sfo.

important note as well. yellow green and blue lines are not impacted and we just follow bart for those updates. their twitter account has been updating a couple of times, but not a lot of info. we've got what we've got. that's what it is right now. we'll update you if it happens to have a change before the end of the show. back to you. all right mike, thanks. live. look at san francisco. the president, first lady preparing for several bay area fundraisers . and as you might imagine, protesters are getting ready to preparing to line the president's route to portola valley. and that's where nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins us live with what the president will see as he goes on by chris. are these protesters just arrived and started to gather in the last five, ten minutes or so? you see them here, they're going out onto the field where they hope to line alpine road with these messages on their boards. hands off. rafa says stop arming israel, stop the support of the war, stop the genocide. and then also messages to fund schools instead and to

spend the money domestically as well. they plan to be here as the president makes his way from san francisco to his first fundraiser here in portola valley. now the president landed at moffett field in mountain view yesterday for today's fundraisers, the one here in portola valley is at the home of venture capitalist vinod khosla, the one in palo alto later today is at the home of former google and yahoo executive marissa mayer. now, while the president is fundraising for the general election, which is just six months away, protesters here want the president to focus on what is happening now. they say that they don't want their tax dollars to be used to fund a war . while the president has said that the pro-palestinian protests on college campuses have not changed, the position of his administration, his position has changed a bit. the president is warning that he will cut off weapons deliveries in israel fully if israel fully invades rafah. now, after the events here in the bay area the

plan is for the president to head north to seattle and the first lady will head south to southern california in portola valley. kris sanchez, nbc bay area's thank you, chris. well, new at 11. there's a disruptive graduation ahead for the uc berkeley law school protests in favor of israel as well as of palestine are happening right now on campus. now we're going to take a look at some video where you can see some pro-israel protesters organizing a billboard to go around campus. the billboard names nine student organizations that signed a petition. the petition banned speakers who support the state of israel from participating in campus events. the protesters are calling the act anti-semitic. the billboard will move around campus throughout the day. meanwhile, some pro-palestinian protesters are at the commencement. they're watching as guests and chanting. you can see they're holding posters that say, hands off rafa! rafa rather and divest, let's take you out now. live to

a camera in sacramento. governor gavin newsom speaking about critical changes. he's making to the budget. major cuts seemed inevitable at this point. back in february, a nonpartisan group calculated the state's shortfall could be up to $73 billion. the l.a. times reports hundreds of millions of dollars could be cut from low income housing, foster care and prisoner release programs. the governor's original budget budget added more than a quarter billion to higher education. that's probably in doubt as well. now, one other look at the governor's speaking there. were listening to this speech to learn the specifics of those cuts. we'll have a full update coming up in our evening newscasts. well, a warehouse in fremont caught fire around 1215 last night on millmont drive. crews spent the morning monitoring hot spots, assessing the damage. roads are now back open in the area. crews say the building was a food storage facility. nobody hurt

and the cause of the fire still under investigation. well, we made it to our friday here. it's been a warm couple of days and a warm weekend is on tap. we surely will see some people flock to our bay area beaches. sky ranger was over crissy field beach yesterday where people were enjoying the sun. not just humans, of course. you're seeing man's best friend there cooling off in the water to shake, shake, shake. running around in the sand and it seems like it's going to be a good weekend to continue just that, right? yeah it's. yesterday was the peak of the heat for the coastline, and in san francisco, one of those rare days where you are seeing temperatures in the 80s, it's going to be cooling down for the coastline today. so take a look at half moon bay throughout the rest of the afternoon. temperatures will hold steady here in the lower 60s, and that's definitely a big change compared to what we saw yesterday and what we're feeling for the inland areas. we're reaching the peak of the heat today and mother's day weekend will be sunny and warm and gradually cooling into next week. right now, as we take a

look at our microclimates, we are seeing temperatures in oakland in the upper 60s, low 70s for san rafael and in the mid 70s for san jose. we're headed up to 87 for a high this afternoon. their 90 in concord, while novato will see a high of 87. san francisco will be in the upper 70s, so we'll take a look at the rest of our weekend forecast and some events going on around the bay area. that's coming up a little bit later. back to you. thank you. kerry. tomorrow begins a new chapter for oakland as its new police chief, floyd mitchell, takes the reins. mitchell joins opd after serving as chief of police in lubbock, texas. this will mark the end of a 15 month period without a permanent chief. oakland mayor shengtao says even though it's been about six weeks since she made the announcement, there's been lots of work going on behind the scenes. he's working closely with interim chief allison and also assistant chief chief tony jones. we're really bringing him up to the different strategies that we are working on, but the first order,

of course, when he gets in is always about bringing down crime rates. the mayor says mitchell is coming into an improved situation. she says oakland's overall crime rates for the first part of the year are down more than 30% compared to last year. well, he got some niners football coming to you today. they're taking on the field as rookie minicamp begins. top picks will join us drafted rookies both with the same goal, which is to make the team. everybody should be excited to start playing football again. you know, longer running 40s or doing broad jumps or like, you know, verts. none of that. it's trying to just, you know, put the pads on and make some plays. so i'm very excited for that. well, team workouts begin later this month, and next wednesday is a day to mark on the calendars for fans. the league will release its regular season schedule well still on sports. it didn't end pretty for the giants, who end an ugly road trip by getting blown out yesterday in denver, the rockies

won the game 9 to 1 to avoid a sweep. the giants, meanwhile, have now lost seven of their ten last, but they turn. they can turn things around here at home. so here you go. tonight they start a three game series at oracle against the cincinnati reds. and guess what? you can watch that game right here on nbc bay area. well negotiations for a cease fire in the middle east are on hold. president biden is withholding weapons from israel ahead. we hear from one retired israeli commander on the impact the developments are having on the ongoing war, plus the all new competition in google search engine could soon be facing, and the san francisco based company behind it. we'll be right back

adult film star stormy daniels, $130,000 for her silence during trump's 2016 presidential

campaign, trump facing 34 counts of falsifying business records when prosecutors say he hid his reimbursement to cohen. testimony, meanwhile, resumed this morning. former white house aide madeleine westerhout returned to the stand. well, new at 11. the united nations just just decided to reconsider. palestinians request for full un membership sometime in the future, and they decided to give its people new rights and privileges. the palestinians at the united nations right away, the united states and israel voted against that idea. last month, the us vetoed a security council resolution to make palestinian state to become the 194th member of the un. unlike the security council, though, the us does not have a veto in the full assembly. so this morning's resolution was approved by 143 other countries. meantime, the biden

administration has delayed the delivery of heavy bombs that were part of the military aid to israel to prevent that country from using them against targets in the city of rafah, 1 million people. we spoke with a former general in the israeli defense forces who said he warned his government over and over hamas would attack, and he's now warning the israeli attack on rafah should go forward with or without american help. here's retired brigadier general amir avivi. it all depends on rafah. and when that especially sends that don't want to go, they don't want israel to do a ground incursion in rafah that basically calling israel to lose the war. israel cannot lose the war. hamas will be able to rebuild itself from scratch in a few months. they will gain a full power again. and everything, everything we lost all our losses, our soldiers and everything will be for nothing. the pentagon says an american

ship called the sagamore is ready to unload desperately needed supplies into gaza. but the floating dock that the us is building isn't ready yet. israel, in the past has prevented gazans from building their own harbors and closed most land crossing. and that means it's very difficult to get food and other supplies into gaza. 1114 now, a big announcement for artificial intelligence agents is on the way, and it's happening right here in the bay area. san francisco based open ai plans to unveil its artificial intelligence powered search product on monday, raising the stakes with its competition with google. google and bing have incorporated ai into their search engines, but this will be the first ai powered search product. the announcement could be timed a day before the tuesday, which is google's annual i o conference, where tech giant where that tech giant is expected to unveil a slew of ai related products, now flips,

acrobatics and eccentric costumes. cirque du soleil is back in the south bay. the spectacular production is called kooza, and it's about an endearing yet naive clown looking for his place in the world. there are hundreds of costumes, some of which you're seeing on your screens. there specifically made for all the stunts that you'll see cirque du soleil comes back to san jose after five years. we need to take into consideration their acrobatic performance and security first. that's the main concern, and that's my main concern when i design. the cirque du soleil show is playing at the santa clara county fairgrounds until the end of may . tickets are still available for their shows now. also this weekend you can celebrate asian american, native hawaiian and pacific islander heritage month with a polynesian party. it's the kumu hula association. they have deep roots in hayward, as many native hawaiians left the islands to make their home here

in the 70s. they're hosting the hawaiian may day festival this saturday with music and dance, arts and crafts, and of course, native food and treats. the organizer says that while all ana p people are special, you can recognize native hawaiians by their big hearts. whether or not you were hawaiian or whatever nationality you are. you know, hawaiian people are really gracious to everybody, and they love one another, and they'll give you the shirt off their back. all right. the hawaiian may day festival is tomorrow from noon to six in the evening at b street and main. that's in downtown hayward. and it looks like it's going to be a lovely, if somewhat warmish weekend for such a celebration. not yet feeling like hawaii's weather, but you know it will be warm. we're not going to throw in that humidity. we're going to have some nice comfortable weather for us. if you are going out to the may day festival in hayward, it's going to start out with some low 70s at noon, and we'll reach the peak of those

temperatures at about two at 78 degrees. and then coming down gradually as we head into the evening. but overall it's going to be a beautiful day today. quite a bit of a warm up here over the past couple of days with our valleys in the upper 80s. we're back there for this afternoon. los gatos and milpitas will reach a high of 87 degrees and 89 in walnut creek in oakland today, 83 degrees there, and antioch, as well as concord hitting 90 degrees really hot in the inland valleys. but along the coastline, it's coming down to the upper 60s, low 70s in redwood city. expect a high of 83 degrees, and san francisco will be in the upper 70s in the mission district and downtown. and you're probably already looking at that 7-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. eventually, we'll see the numbers coming down a few more degrees, but it's still going to be hot today in the north bay, up to 88. in santa rosa, we will have the cool weather for tonight for the giants first pitch will be in the mid 60s, but you'll also be able to

right here on nbc bay area if you don't want to get out there in the crowds, it's going to be really nice to watch it at home. but if you're there, at least the weather is going to cooperate and it's going to be a great evening. now we also need some music for this one. the mill valley music festival happening this weekend. this will be going on throughout the day. throughout the weekend we're going to see those temperatures there in the low 70s. so it looks really nice. and then of course when it heats up in the valleys, we think, i want to go to the beach. well, stinson beach will be in the upper 60s for today and then low to mid 60s for the rest of the weekend. a little bit warmer in santa cruz, a high of 72 today, 67 on saturday and 71 on sunday. monterey will see those temperatures in the mid 60s each day, and then we still are going to have the warmth in our valleys with morgan hill in the upper 80s today and tomorrow, but then we'll see some low 80s for mother's day into the beginning of next week. that's still above normal, but it's

going to be a bit of some relief compared to the upper 80s and even a few low 90s that we're seeing today. if you're planning to take mother's your mom out for mother's day, it's going to top out at about 84 degrees, so it's still warm ish. but if you get out for brunch early in the morning, it's still going to be nice and comfortable. will be in the low to mid 80s next week, and san francisco's already made it past the warmest day with low 80s. yesterday will be in the upper 60s on sunday. ginger and scott thanks a lot, carrie. well, you talked about music there at the mill valley music festival. here's some more music. symphony san jose will celebrate the work of one of the most well-known composers this weekend. as operas may sound familiar even to people who don't go to opera. nbc barry is bob redell hits a high note. i am gaga for giacomo. giacomo puccini, passionate for puccini is the name of the production. taking place saturday on sunday here at the california theater. if you're not familiar with him, maybe you've heard of la boheme

or madama butterfly by famous operas of this italian composer created over 100 years ago. sadly, he's been gone for 100 years, but his music still resonates. we got ben gulley. he's a tenor. you were asking for a tenor. i got you a tenor. ben. you'll be performing? yeah can you give us a little taste of what we're going to hear? oh, sure. nothing like a little street side serenade de laiguana cathedral on the desolate promenade. botticelli all. all above him. chair of ventura. you'll be in a chair. heard you had me at vincero. and you feel it right 100. i had to step back. and i meant that as a good way. i can feel it. yeah. hey, that was awesome. oh. thank you.

yeah. robert matsui is the artistic director, what do you say to people who don't know the opera? i mean, we've heard of la bohme. we've heard of madame butterfly. but what do you say to people who don't know opera? yeah, i would say you probably do know this. this is the most passionate romantic music ever, ever scripted. and it's been used in television. it's been used in movies. it's been used in commercials. we've got puccini's best arias, duets, choruses. we've got a full chorus. we've got incredible singers. we've got the amazing symphony san jose. and right here this weekend, the best of puccini. jennifer schuller, soprano. good morning to you. happy pre mother's day. thank you. all right. what do you what do you have here. key figueroa e signore. i don't know if you can feel that. and i don't know how

this microphone if it even does justice. what does that feel like to you? and i was asking ben the same question. when it's coming out of your own lungs. your own diaphragm. yeah, it's, it's a whole body experience. and you embody the character you know, in this example, this is from the end of siddhartha, from tosca, one of the most famous operas that puccini wrote. and it is the most emotional climax, almost of the piece. it's very emotional and happy mother's day. i know your newborn's going to be here. here in mama on stage. it's going to be a great treat. all right. passionate for puccini's only two performances is saturday and sunday here at the california theater in downtown san jose. you can go to symphony san jose. org to get more information. it sounds like it's going to be an absolute treat. happening now. a surprise announcement leaving parents, teachers and students stunned and shocked in newark, leaders at new horizons charter school say today will be the school's last day forever. the pre-k, elementary and middle school are all shutting down. an email was

sent to parents citing financial problems, low enrollment and staff shortages. the school operator is also filing for bankruptcy. about 100 children attend the

this stretch of the bart line has been restored. service. once

again. over there on the orange line and the red line. let me pull up the orange and red. in fact, even though bart service has been restored back to the macarthur station and richmond, we do still have heavier traffic westbound 80. so you don't have to take that reroute anymore, folks. get out of your way to see that traffic flow. once again, bart has told us that just after 11, about 1115, just after i gave the report, we have restoration of service between the richmond station and the macarthur station. that's for both the red and the orange line, and that should get things going back again for the afternoon commute. so that's good news. if you ride bart for your afternoon and weekend activities, if you are riding bart to work, boss might tell you you can get to work now. oh yeah. no and mike remind people as well there's the highway in the north bay. yes. and that shuts down this weekend as well. oh, yes. that's right. i'm sorry. yes. highway 37. thank you. highway 37, which goes along the perimeter. northern perimeter of the bay. so that goes from sears point over to

vallejo. that will be closed in that direction. eastbound direction all weekend starting tonight. scott, you're right. there's a long way around up through the north bay. and that goes on this weekend and probably next weekend too. reopening for the monday morning commute. that was great. they can't delay it because of the weather. this yeah. no excuse to be out right. it's going to be hot. and we're seeing it already cooling off in san francisco but still pretty warm today. upper 70s by the end of the weekend. we're in the upper 60s. while the valleys are going to continue to see upper 80s through tomorrow. thank you. carrie. well, it's been a pleasure. thanks so much for joining us. we're streaming 24/7 on roku, amazon fire and other streaming platforms. we'll see you on monday

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