hesperian while the white audi was headed east on lewelling. authorities say it's too early in the investigation to know which driver is to blame. but now is a good time to remind drivers. >> when you see an ambulance, if you hear the sirens, the best thing to do is to check your surroundings. >> reporter: you can see crews have managed to get the balance back on its wheels. it's on the truck. and thaw plan to open this area of roadway. we noticed there was an uber sticker on the white awe dy. it's unclear whether the driver was working for uber at the end of the incident.

>> melissa has been tweeting updates from the scene all day. who's got the power? >> that is the chant along the picket lines of ucsf medical center. it's some of the thousands of hospital workers who hit the picket lines today. nbc bay area's mark matthew is live with what the strike means for patients there. >> reporter: i think the hospital and strikers will tell you it hasn't affected patient care. some of the picketers are still out here. you can see them behind me. the picketers who numbered in the hundreds today, down to less than half that number. the strikers and the hospital have taken steps to preserve the level of service to patients. as the strikers marched for a

10% pay hike over the next five years and the right to protect their jobs from outsourcing. 12,000 patient appointments were postponed. those who couldn't be postponed told me their procedures went off without a hitch. >> it was fine. >> reporter: his brother is recovering from a kidney transplant. >> he's in recovery, so it's fine. >> reporter: any of this concern new. >> no. i'm a retired afsmce member. >> reporter: union workers say they want limits on how many of their jobs can be outsourced to labor contractor. they hope both sides get back to the bargaining table but today went as smoothly as expected.

>> we had an overabundance of staff. some staff worked in other areas, some went home and so we are now preparing for tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow, 900 nurses will join the 1,000 or so strikers here in the bay area. the nurses walking out in sympathy with the service workers. also today, kamala harris passed up an opportunity to give a commencement address at berkeley. >> the union analyzed information about the lowest paid workers that it requested from university of california. it found women and people of color are paid less than their male and white coworkers. latinos earn 21% less than white

workers and black workerers earn 20% less than white. and women started at $2 less an hour of men. first charges of domestic violence now charges of animal cruel cruelty. new charges against reuben foster. there have been some details that have not been made public back in the incident of february. elissa ennice told police that during an argument, foster threw her dog across the room. the dog was not hurt. ennice also told police foster hit her hard, but not that hard, an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. and now she has reversed her story saying foster never hit

her. the 49ers have suspended him from all team activities until this case is resolved. strange circumstances led to an officer involved shooting in san jose. a police officer shot at a suspect after that suspect allegedly refused to put down a handgun. they were chasing two home invasion robbery suspects when one of the suspects tried to hide in a 55 gallon drum filled with lard. when he got out and refused to put down his gun, the officer fired at him. no one was hurt, though. and the suspect gave up. >> it's not something we train for at the academy, to apprehend someone covered in lard. we are on the eve of a pivotal night here in california in terms of politics.

tomorrow the candidates for governor square off here in the bay area. about 700 people are expected to go inside to see the top six candidates debate on nbc bay area. this will be televised live statewide on nbc. you can see six podiums set up there on the stage. gavin newsom, the lieutenant governor has agreed to do this debate. this is the only debate he agreed to do before the june primary. he is leading in the poles. >> we are setting up the stage for the candidates and panelists as well as the entire theatre. weer taking over the entire space. every room is being filled. >> a drawing was held to determine where each of the candidates will be standing. other local and state leaders will be in attendance, as well as voters who received a ticket through a lottery system.

they have been set the stage all day. there's time lapse. the june election is a few weeks ago. the top two vote getters in june advance to the november election. for many of the voters this is week one just now getting our ballots. what's the takeaway here? what do people have to gain or lose from the election? >> reporter: that is right, a lot of people don't get into this kind of primary race until the last few weeks before the june 5th primary. this is the dry run, obviously those are not the actual candidates. 650 people are going to be in the california theatre for this tomorrow night. the top six candidates will be standing behind me to the left. that's where chuck today d is gg to be moderating. and, of course, this race is going to focus on california's

economy and also the state's changing identity. it's a glow yous time to be in the golden state with business booming and california's economy grabbing headlines. they'll hit refresh on their leadership after eight years under jerry brown. >> california could be looking at a generational turnover, in particular if gavin newsom is elected. he's born in 1967. >> reporter: he's one of the six candidates that will be on the stage tomorrow. vying for two spots regardless of party in the general election. bill says from here on out it's a sprint to the june primary. >> ballots are in the mail, it's go time. you can see that why? tv ads are popping up. >> reporter: those ads are trying to convey who the

candidates are, as much as what they're about. candidates are more familiar with the issues. >> we have a lot of immigrants in palo alto with the tech industries. >> probably most pressing in california has been environmental regulations. >> reporter: waylop says the policies of donald trump loom large in the race. >> he polls at about 30% of most approval ratings. you're tied to him with a rock and that's a rock that could sink to the bottom of the ocean. >> reporter: in order for the republicans to claim the top stops, they would have to get the rnc. ahead at 6:00, what role do

california voters want to play when it comes to the federal government. there is a lot of drama and plenty of story lines going into the debate tomorrow night. another look at the california theatre. our coverage continues at 6:00 paul manafo. chuck todd is here, he'll talk about how pivotal this debate will be for the front runner, gavin newsom chuck and i will be asking a lot of questions but you can tweet us the questions you want to ask. separating families at the border that's the new immigration policy. separating parents from their children if they cross the border illegally. the old policy was to keep them together at the same detention center. now parents will be prosecuted

while children will be send to another detention center. a lawsuit was filed in february to challenge this practice. looming this week for president trump an expected anountment on the iran nuclear deal. he tweeted he'll announce his decision tomorrow. the sanctions were lifted in exchange for iran limiting its nuclear program. president trump has blasted the deal since he was a candidate however u.s. allies are urging the president to amend the deal if he must but not pull out completely. still to come at 5:00, a delivery driver caught on camera dump%ñ%uing garbage in a south neighborhood. how a stolen van ended up careening inside this home.

>> i'm jonathan velasqueff ranil day today. we expect more changes tomorrow. we'll let you know how much cooler. that's coming up in about 8 minutes. led california's fight ofor clean, renewable energy.or he cleaned up pollution at the port of l.a. and created more good-paying jobs.

antonio villaraigosa for governor. powerful. rivers of fire. you can;t stop it. all that can be done -- is clear the images are incredible and powerful. rivers of fire and you can't stop it. all that can be done is clear the path of the creeping lava. the national guard has been called in and hawaii's big

island remains under a state of emergency. this latest activity involves more than spewing and spitting lava, there's also those violent earthquakes we've been talking about and a growing concern of the toxins in the smoke plumes. more than 2,000 residents have been evacuated. the lucky ones get to pack up. >> we were praying we'd get one opportunity and be ready to take it. >> 26 homes have been destroyed. they're in an area that's considered remote and rural. scientists don't know when the eruptions and earthquakes will stop. technically it's been erupting since 1983 with only occasional periods of quiet. a wild ride for a suspected car thief. police say a woman crashed a car into a home after stealing it from a business.

investigators say she was speeding and lost control while trying to take concerns. no one inside the house was hurt. >> i was out front in my yard and heard a large bang, crash, and i'm like that's not normal. so i thought i'd come see what it was. >> houses on barnard drive in fremont. it's a problem in virtually every community in the bay area. san jose is starting to hand out stiff fines when they find people dumping trash on the street. we're live. >> reporter: a lot of people said they shook their heads in disbelief when san jose vowed to crack down on illegal dumping but it has shown results. now the city wants to do more because as you'll see apparently some bumpers couldn't careless.

you don't often catch someone dumping in the neighborhood. this man was caught this past week on camera throwing out trash near the home in san jose. the homeowner said it's a food delivery worker and some of the trash was old food that did not and will not be delivered. the homeowners said for those that don't think it's a big deal. >> are you going to dump it in front of your house? no. you're treating my house and neighborhood as a garbage can. >> reporter: we're told the man in the video will be cited and fined 2,500. the city is promoting junk endorsement. >> the more we talk about it the more the message will get out. we need everybody's help in getting that information out. >> it's an ongoing, almost a daily occurrence where people

toss trash. the small stuff, along with the bigger items, the mattresses, the refrigerators, all of that. >> reporter: now the city says part of its message is to remind the public fines can go up to $10,000. coming up at 6:00, how the program can get tougher. our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri is with us. everywhere in the bay area seems beautiful today. >> it's a ten across the bay area. tomorrow we'll see changes but a nice stretch of weather overall. let's take you to our forecast right now. a live view here. mostly clear skies. we'll take you to concord, one of the warmest at 84 degrees. humidity down to 29%. so we are starting to see the fire danger creep up. we'll see 70s return as we head

through 6:00 and 7:00 tonight and 60s as we head through 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00. all this warm air brought us well above average. we should be at 74 this time of year. livermoore at 81. i do see a change in the faefs tomorrow. high pressure with the warm air is going to start to fade a little bit. the jet stream, all of a sudden high clouds move closer to the bay area, so cooler and a little bit of cloud cover. let's look for tuesday morning. patchy clouds across the bay. also starting with 54 in the east bay, san francisco 52 and the north bay at 51. let's look at that fast for tomorrow. overall i think temperatures will be dropping off about 4 to 7 degrees. it'll be noticeable but still an

amazing day as we look at the may temperatures. 77 in san jose, still warm in morgan hill and gilroy in the low 80s. isolated across contra costa, alameda county, 84 in antioch, concord at 81, danville at 80. and cooler by the bay, down to 68 in oakland. 72 in redwood city and 69 in san mateo. 60s across the board in san francisco. when the wind kicks up, it's going to feel like the upper 50s and marine, napa, 79 in santa rosa and 77 in sonoma. the good news, pollen dropping a little bit, oak and walnut trees in the moderate categories grasses and molds in the low.

on my extended forecast. low 70s in san francisco friday and saturday. >> a nice mother's day with 64 degrees. across interior vales, 78 tomorrow, 73 on wednesday. by friday and saturday back up into the upper 80s and by mother daps and sunday, we're down to 83 degrees. a little something for everyone on that extended forecast. a nice mother's day forecast for you janel. >> thank you so much. still to come, a disappointing end to prom night. what some local high schoolers found at the end of their day. he's been called a rockstar lawyer. he tops the charts on progressive causes...

winning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. it could be contaminated

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saturd a bizarre crime in the south bay, involving kfc. a man was driving near 14th and santa cla a street when another man jumped in his car and ordered him to drive to kfc in mountain view. police say this is the suspect. alberto ullua-abila. they said when they got to the kfc he tried to rob the driver. police say alberto ullua-abila got in the driver's seat and chased the driver. he's now facing kidnapping and other charges. a senior ball eastbounded o sour note. police say dozens of cars were broken into at this car lot. >> it was a fun evening but ended in unfortunate disappointment for the students

who came back to the school and were informed there were several cars broken into. >> what's stolen from the cars? >> charges, headphones. >> there are security cameras in the lot and the school is not clear whether the cameras caught video of the burglaries. embarrassed and apologetic. bay area rapper g-easy said he was story. he posted an apology on instagram that reads in part, embarrassed and apologetic beyond words. a lot of bad luck and some worse decisions. i'm grateful to be a free man. tmz got video of him being led aaway by police. a hardened stowaway ends up in the back of a deputy's car --

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he defended women's healthcare, banned military-style assault weapons, banned workplace discrimination, and more. antonio for governor. san jose )s police department. tonight at 6:00, claims of islam phobia within the san jose police department. the chief is speaking up tonight and so is the officer that says

racism was direct at him on our 6:00 forecast. take a look at a baby deer that warned in a deputy's patrol car. they fou spotted him in the middle of the street, and when they arrived to help, the fawn hopped into the backseat of their car. and after 30 seconds the fawn found its way out on its own and was reunited with the waiting mother on inside own. come on, past the coffee cup, into the front seat out the door. we're going to go outside with jeff ranieri, we're getting darker. it's sun tan weather. >> you have to remember the spf the next couple days. we'll see temperatures drop a few degrees with but not cold. we start to see things warm up by friday and saturday with

upper 80s. summer is right around the corner. we're close to it. as. >> lester holt is next. >> we hope to see you at 6:00, by folks. tonight, new devastation in hawaii as an angry volcano has now destroyed dozens of homes. >> i don't even know if my house is standing. >> people being warned to get out now before it's too late. also tonight, breaking news from president trump and his critical decision to keep or kill the iran deal. melania's moment, the first dy combatting bullying on social media. >> let us teach our children the difference between right and wrong. >> critics pouncing as her husband so often uses social media to attack. an uproar after students are rushed, even pulled off stage while getting their diplomas. why a major university is apologizing. cocktails and calories and the new numbers coming to a meea