it's made it to santa cruz. they were 81 yesterday, probably 61 today, and the wind has turned south and on and a wave oh pillar point, san francisco bowie. so it is just a matter of time now, before that works its way up and then you'll get a sea breeze in the city as well might happen before noon or one o'clock still warm to hot, though inland could be a late seabreeze for the bay, but inland temps will still be in in the nineties. it will be a little cooler for that ghost or a lot cooler. if you're down towards santa cruz are on the same matteo coast water temps are brutally called, continue to be really cold. but jacob, a buoy hit 46 again this morning. that is a very rare occurrence. it's only happened a few times going back about the last 30 years, but it's happened twice in the last five days when the water is that cold fog says all the thank you i mean, that's a that's a recipe for a fog. well, guess what. it's on its way. when you get nineties inland, all that needs a little help, and it's getting it. b

today, a new wave of labor movement hitting the shores of santa cruz. two starbucks locations voted today to unionize, becoming the first in california to do so. we will talk to a lead organizer about the vote and its impact. it is costing a bundle to borrow money. the average interest rate for a long-term mortgage is the highest in a decade while home prices dropped 20% in march. redfin's chief economist will share the forecast to help you determine when to buy or sell. first, the latest on covid. joining us is dr. peter jen home. if you have a question, please ask on facebook live. we want this segment to be of help. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. kristen:. several big headlines are the first, the european union will no longer recommend masks be required for air travel, citing vaccination levels and natural immunity. does that sound sensible? >> it is -- would we have done in the u.s. and may be people there with the -- would use the u.s. as a playbook. just because there is no requirement does not mean it is not a good idea for some people

it's the start of the peak fire season and now we'll tell you how santa cruz and santa cruz mountains dodged a majo i earn 3% cash back at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. so i got cards for birthdays, holidays, graduations, i'm covered for everything. which reminds me, thank you for driving me to the drugstore. earn big time with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. >> we're back at 8.15, the risk of fires as we know is going up here in the bay. area's temperatures are rising and we're getting deeper into summer. a lack of rain and the gusty winds make it easy for those fires to start on kron four's will tran is live in the south bay. he's been talking about that all morning. good morning. well, >> not windy right now, but the temperature is certainly climbing and will continue to climb and look over my right shoulder in front of a cal fire station. you can see that sign. it is moderate. i've seen it high fire danger in the past. but santa cruz, the south bay at this particular point classified as moderate. no red

cruz around santa cruz watson, ville salinas, monterey . that's about really all i can find. there's some offshore, but right on the immediate coast, that's about all i can find. that's a whopper of a system. as we turn the page from may into june, but the high will protect us today and tomorrow for warmer temps. and then that system is going to knock the high out of here, and the warmer will get bumped out of here as well. that will open the door to big fog man cooler temps and weekend changes, meaning possible rain. it sure looks like it if not late saturday, then early sunday , these totals would be really, you know, that would be impressive if santa rosa picked up a third of an inch. so again, stay tuned. that would be on the weekend 60 seventies eighties on attempts about the same tomorrow . then we started cooler process thursday and much cooler going into the weekend. steve thank you. the first pacific hurricanes now been downgraded to a tropical storm. it's crossing oaxaca into chiapas, mexico after making landfall with 105 mile an

cruz mountains, also around santa cruz proper. but the highest getting ready to get knocked out of here by a series of systems that will start tomorrow, bringing the fog and sea breeze back. and if you have travel plans to the mountains, there will be showers, thundershowers and possible snow. maybe down to 7000 ft. i know it happens every memorial week. i know, but this will be on sunday and the monday 67 up in tahoe sixties seventies eighties nineties and attempts we started cooler pattern tomorrow will carry us into a windy weekend. okay see you. thank you. thomas 6 53. we're still following the latest from the texas school shooting were 19 children were killed. the calls for changes. parents are searching for answers. and the debate over who will run a bmx track in the south bay you'll hear from riders who are frustrated at the santa clara city council out-of-state corporations wrote an online sports betting plan they call "solutions for the homeless". really? the corporations take 90 percent of the profits. and using loophole

down to santa cruz. santa cruz mountains wonder four inches of new snow, possibly between now and probably tomorrow morning. the low is going to form right over us hang out for a day. and then slowly drift to the south. and then he checked out of the area here. 34 it's no. a mountain. mount diablo is 30 degrees with a west wind at 25, ben lawman mountain 35. i mean, really, amazingly cold temperatures. i know for some agricultural interest, probably not what you want to hear. but there are a lot of 30 santa rosa 37 napa airport 36 wallet creek is a 36 degrees. lot of thirties even east. now lafayette's in their walnut creek, alamo, danville castro valley are all in the upper thirties. martinez at 41 pinole at 41 with elsa bronte 42 chilly degrees. see the activity again . this is kind of hit mrs. they move inland. they kind of wash out and fall apart, but some scattered showers in the morning , but the afternoon is really where the buildups will take place as that low moves in and it will kick out starti

santa cruz animal shelter says that raccoon tude its way through the roof of a home in santa cruz mountains and then became stuck . wildlife emergency services got a call from the homeowner and since time was increased, very important, they told them. just push the raccoon back through the hole in the roof. they did, and it ran away to go back to her baby's. well the public payphone in new york city is now a thing of the past the city of new york. took out the last of new york's iconic payphone boost yesterday it was at seventh avenue and 50th street in midtown manhattan. the city started removing payphones back in 2015 and replace them with chaos that had free high speed wifi and also access to 911 and other emergency numbers. hot and dry, windy conditions are several small brush fires breaking out across the bay area that concerns about today's conditions and white firefighters may have an even harder time today, a chp officer injured in a hit and run what happened when the officer tried to help a stalled car overnight in the east bay. today marks exactly three months since russia forces

. >> and santa cruz and santa cruz mountains dodged a major bullet. thanks to cal fire. coming up, we'll talk about peak fire season and have a recap of what could have happened yesterday in a live report. ♪♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us >> we're back 6.14, is the time the risk of fire is increasing in the bay area as temperatures continue to rise, a lack of rain and the gusty winds will make it easy for fires to start covers. we'll try and live in the south bay with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. rain and james. yes, with humidity down and temperatures rising, it's not good for 2 million. the santa cruz mountains. you can see the sign right behind me at the cal fire st

santa cruz santa cruz mountains down towards gilroy. that's where most of it if not all of it is. but those water temps are just too cold. 49 san francisco boy means fog and windy pattern is probably in your near future. even if you get a warm up today and tomorrow, scotts valley and valley forward, both dropped 39 this morning i that's impressive . 40 petaluma 41 more gun hill, 42 woodside dropped to 43 degrees. there's just a fight between what's going on in the pacific northwest and the high and the desert southwest. one wins out for a day or two, and then another one comes in. so we get a combination of a windy, cool patterns and we get a little bit warmer. and then the wind comes back, and i don't think this is changing. anytime soon. maybe go all the way into early june. the way it looks to me patchy fog. kulov's mostly sunny. it's sunny. it'll be warmer for most, unless you're stuck in some of that fog and parts of the santa cruz coast or san mateo coast, but inland temps in bayside, they will jump up santa rosa, walnut creek, menlo park san jose, all moving up today was 80

you are not only the dean of arts at uc santa cruz. you're a film scholar and your past work has focused a lot on the empowerment of women, especially women of color. so why did you decide to make a film about the legacy of the japanese-american intern? experience i feel so lucky to be alive to make this film. it's the 80th anniversary of executive order 9066. which incarcerated 120,000 japanese americans in this country. i interviewed my father-in-law and my aunt-in-law about their experiences noticing that the legacy of family incarceration continues to be grappled with today by today by their descendants, and i want to put them conversation together because 80 years and of course a lot of films had been made on the topic, but there is a certain aspect that you felt had not been explored in depth, right? and what was that that you wanted to dive into i really wanted to ask japanese-americans. you know, who are who have the highest rate of out marriages for example among asian americans so many of them are mixed race. how do they clai

ktvu semantic in town is in santa cruz. now with what this means for those workers there, amanda yes, well, this is one of two locations here in santa cruz joining that national union called starbucks workers united. we've been seeing this a lot across the country where people are unionizing in these major companies such as amazon. they're forming unions to fight for their rights as employees. npr reports starbucks workers have formed unions at about 50 locations since december. creating one of the most significant union drives in the us, the union organizer here in santa cruz says it was important for this group to fight to make working conditions better. we're showing that not only can college students and young people organize their workplaces , but we're showing that true workplace democracy requires taking everyone into the battlefields in relation that we're fighting for all workers. our entire life is work. that's what our life is based around. so being able to dictate how it's affecting us and telling the people the

cruz invited if that happens, live in santa cruz, amanda kintanar, ktvu fox two news. today president biden is marking a grim milestone. one million deaths caused by covid-19 in the united states. it comes as the president is taking part in a virtual global covid-19 summit. lauren blanchard has more from washington, d. c. by a presidential proclamation. flags have been lowered to half staff to ensure the nearly one million americans who have died from the coronavirus. one million covid deaths. one million empty chairs around the family dinner table. president biden, marking the somber milestone with a virtual summit with other global leaders . but back at home, a new gallup poll finds that two thirds of americans believe the pandemic is getting better, and more than half of americans say they're not trying to isolate in any way . still during the summit, president biden called on congress to pass more funding. for testing treatments and vaccines to prevent future outbreaks. the request also includes $5 billion to keep up our global partnership in the fight against covi

santa cruz, san francisco marin and san mateo. have the state's highest infection rates, almost double the state rate, and all nine bay area counties are in the 41 to 44 per 100,000 range. that puts them in the top 14 counties with the highest infection rates in the state beyond masking, distancing or not gathering at all to protect yourself and others way too many parents continue to show reluctance. to the very best option. the children between five and 11, where there's an emergency use authorization for the vaccine. have not gotten as well vaccinated. we know the statistics across the state is about a third in the last two weeks. positive news, california's death rate actually decreased by 18. tom baker, ktvu , fox two news update on a ktvu investigation involving allegations against richmond police, federal judges approving a jury's decision to award the plaintiff more than half a million dollars. authorities stopped the car and may of 2018 discovered it was stolen. several people were inside, including the plaintiff for cart

the university of california at santa cruz as one of the world's leading particle physicist. he has been a sloan fellow a guggenheim fellow a fellow of the american physical society and in 2010 was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences with ann nelson. he was awarded the prestigious soccer uprise for his contributions the field of particle physics. tonight he's joining conversation by fellow physicist lisa randall the frank baird jr. professor of science at harvard university. a member of the national academy of sciences the american philosophical society the american academy of arts and sciences. she is the recipient of countless honors and awards and was previously named among the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by empire magazine. this evening michael and lisa have joined us for discussion of michael's latest this way to the universe an accessible authoritative and up-to-date celebration of the core values of physics, which leonard suskin calls an extraordinary journal journey into what we know what we hope to know and what we don't k

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to santa cruz. starbucks are making history. they are the first starbucks workers in california to unionize ktvu lamonica. peters tells us, they say security issues and wages prompted that vote. the starbucks locations on mission and ocean streets will now join starbucks workers united, the national union for starbucks workers, the group's tweeted this message today celebrating the first starbucks in california to unionize even though starbucks has broken the law and the national labor relations board had said so. by threatening workers. uh the workers are still winning. um they're not afraid of this giant corporation. it's happening all over the country workers at major companies like amazon and starbucks are forming unions fighting for rights they say are beneficial for all working class people. joe thompson is a shift supervisor for starbucks in santa cruz and a union organizer . we're showing that knowledge in college students and young people organize their workplaces , but we're showing that t

so santa cruz, santa cruz mountains, scotts valley area. they most certainly dodged a major bullet over the weekend. >> time now to get you a check of your weather forecast. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge right now. blue skies, things are warming up and they're only going to get warmer throughout the week. cropper meteorologist dave spahr has your forecast today. well, today, noel today, everybody. and we're doing it again with that red flag warning coverage, area, solano county. but was telling you, there's fthers are still watching real carefully into these dry conditions that will play out at least over the next 24 hours. now, the statement >> goes until 8 o'clock. one of the reasons for this is a technicality. it's a forecast office out of sacramento that made the call there. moderate office. the covers the rest of the bay here just didn't put anybody else in the red flag warning, but everybody should be watching real carefully with a summer show. humidity in just a bit. nice shot from the east bay shoreline, blue skies, b

it stops at santa cruz. in the bay area, a lot of sunshine. the cool spot, right here, 52. 61 in san jose -- 60 in santa rosa. mid 60's in concord and livermore. it is cooler than 24 hours ago we warm it up once again. it is a cloudy santa cruz. temperatures from the 60's to the 70's at the local beaches. by noon, 80 inland, 70 bayshore. cool with gusty winds at the coast with mid and upper 80's with a slight warm-up inland. liz: new developments, the first operation baby formula shipment has arrived in the u.s., arriving a short time ago to address the shortage. the secretary was there to greet it. he says another supply is coming later this week with more formula. faith abubey has the latest. faith: the white house sing this critical operation speeds it up to 72 hours. it will be inspected and fast tracked for delivery. desperate families waiting to receive 71,000 pounds of specialized formula. >> this is special cargo because of the importance of getting baby formula to families who need it. faith: on board is specialized formula made for b

santa cruz capital. still down towards the monterey peninsula. you're heading down there. fire weather watches out . rightfully so the hills are turning. brown already turned brown from many north north breeze. there somewhere is it's a northwest. it's really not at the surface yet, but some a county airport has turned northerly and they've jumped to 61. so we'll go with that 92 today. oakland 76. there's not a northeast breeze in the oakland berkeley hills yet conquered will go from 85 to 93 in san jose 76 to 84. that's santa rosa is now north. so that has turned. that's 40 minutes older. fairfield conquered everyone else kind of favoring more of an onshore breeze. but it's not that strong. diablo's north middle peak is north mount vader's north, and after that, it's more of a west or west southwest. so we'll keep an eye on it. they will see if that does turn normally later tonight for many sixties for temperatures. not sure that's 71 in brentwood they get a north breeze, but fifties and sixties for man

. >>> two santa cruz coffee shops made california labor history today. they are the first baristas in the state to unionize their starbucks location. the announcement came in a tweet proclaiming workers just won the first starbucks store in california, located in santa cruz. the vote 15-2. the ocean and water street store wins the second unionized location in the state. that vote 13-1. a third santa cruz starbucks holds a union vote next month. >>> drought conditions forcing price hikes in the east bay. east bay mud will impose an 8% drought surcharge for customers beginning july 1. agency is also mandating a 10% reduction in water use, limiting outdoor watering to three times a week, and restaurants can only give water to customers who ask for it. east bay mud says for the average single-family home, using 200 gallons of water a day, the surcharge will amount to about 10 cents a day, which is $3.08 more a month. that surcharge will remain in place until the drought emergency declaration is lifted. >>> we want the take you back to orange county now where

se extiende a santa cruz y mire nada más esto es en vivo. veremos también un cambio. si está hacia el interior, se mantiene arriba de los 90 grados. con 93 con 81 san josé 83 grados y temperaturas un poco más frescas con 70 grados. mire nada más en santa cruz, pero también les quiero mostrar la diferencia en el cambio. vemos 10 grados en san francisco y casi 10 grados y todo a un sistema que está hacia el norte. sí traerá u poco de nubosidad y veremos algunas lloviznas en lo que viene siendo san francisco, pero hacia el interior se mantienen las temperaturas en los 80 grados avanzando hacia mañana. vemos al norte de la bahí y moderado en el sur moderado y hacia el este también moderado. peligro de incendio continúa y siguen condiciones secas. en términos a velocidad del viento que se espera el descenso y mañana veremos de diez a 20 grados. regreso con ustedes >> todos lo sabemos, lo hemos vivido, la pandemia trae grandes cambios. personas antes disfrutaban salir y estar con amigos, ahora estas acciones causa ansiedad. nos cuenta a detalle >> la ansiedad

we are starting to see more activity popping up here for parts of the santa cruz mountains that could go into the south county, in parts of the north bay, i'm really keeping an eye on this area because we had some heavy rainfall yesterday in santa rosa, with some hail, and now we could see it again today, just a little farther north of napa, around st. helena, toward calistoga as well. some of the heavy downpours may bring in small hail, thunder and lightning. beware of that for later today. and that's where we could see close to an inch of rain while other areas see absolutely nothing. so definitely a mixed bag of weather here while the sierra will get about one to three inches of snow for today. and we deal with this active weather today, everything quiets down and we go to spring for tomorrow as well as thursday, then look at friday, more feeling like summer out there, and definitely a summer feel to the air on saturday, with our valley temperatures in the upper 80s, while san francisco will go from the 50s to the low 70s this weekend. >>> mike, how is it looking for the chute? >>

unless you're down towards santa cruz capital. they'll bump into the seventies, but navarro, alamo, atherton and san jose all looking for eighties today 86 85, 83 80 degrees north wind and mount diablo 41 mph after that, it's not too bad, but i've seen about 25 to 30. some of the higher peaks. how mountain as a pretty good little breeze, but mount veeder atlas peak. it's a north wind, but so far not too bad. high pressure will give us fair weather and warmer weather today and tomorrow then i'd rather strong system is on the way so warmer for tuesday and wednesday then that starts to disappear as the fog comes back. and it looks like some major for us. i don't say that very often. but for june some weekend changes with possible rain. most of forecast models are in sync on that. they're just not in sync on how much some forecast models are pretty wet. that would be impressive for the first weekend in may to get 11 100 over a third of an inch of rain 60 seventies and eighties on your attempts today and tomorrow, then we start to cool

in santa cruz, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> all right. one of the most important facts of the any holiday weekend has got to be the forecast. >> and it's looking pretty good as we head into the weekend. i'll say pretty good, because we do have a lot of clouds out there. a lot of fog. it's on the cool side. but it's late may in the bay area. cool weather kind of comes with the territory this time of year. temperatures are in the 60s at warmest. in the low 70s. this is just such a huge change from what we had earlier when even at 6:00 in the evening, we had temperatures in the upper 90s. this cooler weather is going to stick around into the first couple of days of the three-day weekend. by monday, we're going to be back to near average tonight, and it's going to be pleasantly cool. if you're headed to bottlerock in the napa valley, temperatures topping out just above 70 degrees. that's below average. there is going to be more clouds than sunshine, but no hint of any moisture falling out of the clouds. in napa county, plenty of sunshine on s

santa cruz, you're expected to hit 79 degrees. we want to make sure you have sunscreen and plenty of water if you're going to the boardwalk high temperatures versus average. a good 13 degrees above average in napa pit san jose, seneca -- 74 is the average pit 13 degrees above where you should be. air quality is declining should pockets of moderate air quality along the bay shoreline and the haze is evident from our east bay hills camera. good to moderate air quality the next four days. still safe to be outside. live doppler 7 showing you will -- on you the lack of rain should inland highs in the mid 90's along the coast. we will have a nice wide range of temperatures pit thursday, a dip in those temperatures is a dry cold front comes through friday and then temperatures will rise as we hit the weekend and going into next week you will notice numbers coming back up into the mid-90's. dusty with fire danger in solano county thursday going into friday before those temperatures come up and the fire danger subsides for the weekend. >>

. >>> starbucks employees in santa cruz could be the first in california to unionize. votes tallied from workers at two stores. employees are pushing for better wages, benefits and safety standards. workers at 35 other u.s. starbucks stores have successfully voted to unionize. >>> well, tonight, things are settling down after wild weather today. we saw hail in several locations in the north bay and solano county. and that wasn't all. this video from pg&e shows a lightning strike in sonoma county. it started as a small fire southeast of santa rosa. >>> never want to see the fires. but we want to see a little rain. unfortunately the thunderstorms were accompanied by actual rain. opposed to dry thunderstorms we worry about later. the rain put the fire out as soon as it got started. now the rain is done. we're out of the unsettled weather pattern. but the storm system that led to showers and thunderstorms is moving farther and farther east. and that reduces its influence on our weather. so we're going to stay dry for next couple days. we'll see passing clouds and feel the

peter is in santa cruz tonight. lamonica thank you. the surge in prices for many everyday items has eased just a bit. the april inflation rates showed year over year it's at 8.3. that's just slightly lower than the 40 year historic high. in march, the labor department reported this april compared to last april. food costs were 9.4% higher. president biden again laid part of the blame for the rising prices on the war in ukraine, on wall street and early rally faded as investors took a look at the inflation numbers. the dow fell 326 points today. nasdaq dropped 373 more than 3% as tech stocks fell and the s and p lost 65 u. s. crude oil rose 6% today and shares in energy companies were also higher back now to the wildfire down south in orange county. it's acres and at least 20 homes. reportere that fire is burning. cocoa paint the picture tonight for us where the firefighters in this battle against the coastal fire good evening. so we are hearing that the coastal fire right now is 0% contained as you mentioned at least 200 acres have bur

santa cruz mountains down towards santa cruz and monterey. um a little bit warmer, though most locations will be in the seventies inland. tomorrow, though, will bump them into the low and mid eighties and maybe some operators by the time we get to wednesday but that's the law giving the snow in the rockies. the high well knows in as it does, temps will rebound. remember the days are long angle of sons much higher now, so it doesn't take long to jump up sunny skies. it'll be warmer, especially as we ended tuesday and wednesday, then it comes right back down. our good buddy. the european forecast model, which is considered the best of the bunch, has some rain on a saturday. others have a lot of cloud cover and cooler temps. so my guess is it'll probably just be cloudy cooler. breezy maybe some drizzle. but still five days away, 60 seventies to near 80. tomorrow, it's all about more sunshine and warmer temps, especially in the wednesday then here comes the cool down. end of the week. you guys okay? see time is 5 53. a lot of people will be trave

. >> health officials in santa cruz county are urging people to take precautions. they are advising that people mask up to avoid the spread of covid and they recommend to stay home if you are sick. keep windows and doors open. santa cruz county is one of three counties in california advancing to the moderate level of covid risk. new data shows the bay area is getting hit harder than other parts of the state. dustin dorsey spoke with experts about why this is happening and when cases may drop back down. >> we are hearing troubling information. we have some good news despite a cases. hospitalizations are only slightly up taking. >> what is happening is that the cases go up but hospitalizations are staying low. that was true for the vaccinated with omicron being one. >> now, the taft's, nine of the top 10 counties with the highest covid infection ratings are bay area counties. working from home and health mandates have -- that has allowed people with infection to spread. >> everyone is tired of the pandemic. we wanted to recapture some of the missed opportunities. mak

a couple trying to make their way out of the santa cruz mountains. we will be tracking the showers offshore as we head into the evening. i think we will be mostly dry for tuesday. we will have to wait until 3:00 in the afternoon. some of these could develop into full-fledged thunderstorms developing from the north. maybe making their way as far south as concord or san francisco but likely no farther south than not. spots in getting into the mid-60s. right around 60 for the east bay . low 60s for the north bay with a little more cloud cover. maybe even the thunderstorm capable of lightning and small hail. similar temperatures farther north and in the mid-50s for lakeport and clear lake. temperatures will drum, jump. temperatures keep on warming up as we head into the weekend. temperatures will be into the 80s over the weekend. the warm spell will go into the middle of next week. highs in the mid to upper 80s and even along the coast, temperatures will get up into the mid-60s. that will be it for the rain chances and your entire seven- day forecast. >>

. >> santa cruz county raised the rainbow flag to owner the lgbtq plus community. they are honoring the contributions of the first openly gay official. they are taking steps to increase awareness and celebrate diversity in the classroom. >> let us remember the real work of uplifting our community, it takes place in our homes, classrooms, and community, and hearts. >> the santa cruz council of education is encouraging all schools within ■the county to raise the rainbow flag in solidarity. >> a new way to show team pride, take a look, the creation of specialty 49ers branded california license plates. it reads faithful to state parks. part of it will go to the california national resources agency. people can reserve a plate online at 49ersplates.com. >> a black bear warning for people in fact avail, if they're in the tree this morning. not far from some schools. students went to class, the current plan is to observe the bear and not take any action unless he poses a threat. the hope is he will simply wander back to his home. >> pretty clear conditions on this first

of the marine layer trying to climb over the santa cruz mountains. east bay, a mix of low 70s and lower 80s. far cry from the 100s we had today. low 60s in the city, mid- to uppe upper 60s in the upper bay. farther north, no marine influences. inland, lake county, temperatures into the 80s there. temperatures wobble up and down a little bit. cool conditions continuing into the first couple of days of the memorial day weekend. looks like sunday will be the coolest day for inland parts of the bay area then we warm up again but not as far, only 80s in san jose. by tuesday and wednesday, farther into the 80s for inland parts of the east bay and north bay, sara. >> thank you. >>> as parents are stuck searching for baby formula, lawmakers ask how did it get this bad and how soon will the shelves be stock >>> the head of the fda faced lawmakers on capitol hill today in response to the ongoing baby formula shortage. house lawmakers asked why it took his agency months to inspect the michigan factory at the center of this. he said a covid-19 outbreak at the fa

. >>> starbucks workers in santa cruz could make history as the first to form a union in california. employees at two locations have been voting for a couple of weeks. the votes will be counted and announced just before noon. the two shops employ about 60 people. starbucks is against the idea. >>> and the latest inflation report came out about a half hour ago showing we may have already hit the peak of high prices. costing were up .3% in april. a slower rate than march but prices are still up more than 8% over april 2021 and stock futures have been down on the news because these numbers were a little higher than many had predicted. we will see where it stands when the opening bell rings. >>> this morning santa clara county's top health officer is urging people to put their marks back on. >> it is time to break out your mask and break out your tests and just be a bit more careful. > despite the alarming rise in the number of new cases, she is not imposing new restrictions. she said that the responsibility is now on individuals to protect themselves. this comes as california's positive

there's santa cruz 45 degrees right now temperatures will be in and around 70 degrees there later today 45 in mountain view. it's 49 downtown 46 in oakland with 42 in santa clara exploratorium camera, you can see how clear it is low 40s, santa rosa 50. conquered and it's cooler mainly around napa mountain view and oakland this morning. there's the bridge no wind to speak of and as we get into the noon hour upper elevation north winds allowing for 60s and 70s bayside in inland still cool and breezy at the coast upper 70s and upper 60s for the shoreline and inland valleys by about four o'clock today jr. thank you so much lisa. we begin with the war in ukraine. it's the russian assault escalates this morning. surprise unannounced visit to the middle of the war zone. house speaker nancy pelosi of san francisco traveled to the ukrainian capital of kiev on saturday. this was new video sent from ukraine's president. zelensky speaker. pelosi is the most senior us official to meet with ukraine's president since the war broke out more than two months ago. we believe that we are visiting you to sa

good news is the santa cruz mountains look at that. we'll zoom in on that sign in front of the cal fire station moderate. so this particular area not under red flag warning a little closer say fairfield as we head closer to sacramento, there most certainly under red flag warning. but this particular area, even though it says moderate oh, boy, they dodged a major bullet over the weekend. and let's face it. most of the bay area so far. so starting tomorrow, all the way through july, according to cal fire's, typically the peak of their season that let's face it, it's fire year. it never ends, especially as we get closer to fall. we've seen that historically of the past say 5 or 6 years or so. but they say they're on record june 1st, all the way through july is when it usually is the peak fire season in san ramon, we actually saw fire break out over there a couple of weeks ago and then pittsburgh along highway 4. >> we've seen it all over the place from time to time. got to tell you, there have been hundreds of wildfires in california sinc

. >> santa cruz police have arrested a 36 year-old man accusing him of attempted to meet with under age girls and engage in acts with them. according to police, victor calderon, rosales was reaching out to girls on instagram and solicited them to meet up for. the suspect was detained after he arrived at specify location to allegedly meet with a minor. there. evidence collected his lead detectives to believe calderon may have previously met with and engaged in acts with under-aged girls, any victims or people with information on calderon are asked to contact santa cruz police department. in san francisco. an undercover operation helped recover thousands of stolen items from car break ins and other thefts. the city's district attorney's office conducted that operation kron four's. so he says stasio brings us that story. >> take a look at these phones, computers, electronics, just some of the 1000 items discovered monday when a special san francisco de a task force served a search warrant at a bubble tea shop in san francisco. the cash dha submitting says a small fraction of stolen goods r

. >> her cultural repertoire expanded when the santa cruz teenager led jewish violinist david arben at a music camp years ago. >> i wrote him a card of thanks. he wrote me back. that was the beginning of our friendship. >> reporter: the friendship became one of teacher/student when jackson moved to new york to attend julliard and would take the bus to philadelphia for lessons, a 34 year veteran of the philly orchestra. >> he would teach me violin, and then we would walk and stroll the streets of philadelphia. >> reporter: as a child growing up in poland and engulfed by world war ii, he and his jewish family were ripped from their home and sent to concentration camps. >> he is a little one. mr. arben was the sole member of his family to survive the holocaust. it was because of the violin. >> reporter: how did the violin save his life? one day, his captors took him and more than 100 people to the camp to the woods for extermination. >> in the last moment, a man saw him and said, he is a violation violin virtuoso. he is the only one to survive. >> reporter: after the war, with his entire

officials in santa cruz county are urging people to take precautions in protecting mom. they are advising to mask up to avoid the spread of covid. they recommend staying home with your sick, be upped up -- up-to-date on your vaccinations. according to the cdc, santa cruz county is one of three in california advancing into the moderate level of covid risk. we are following news out of concord. police confirmed they are investigating a shooting outside sun valley mall. it happened in the parking lot. luckily, there are no reports of injuries at this time. the warriors are now two wins away from advancing to the western conference finals after they blew out the grizzlies in the first game at chase center. the warriors came out on fire after leading by seven points at halftime. steph curry and klay thompson had huge nights with a combined 51 points. jordan poole added 27 points. the warriors beat the grizzlies 142-112. >> we have an interesting team. they are very talented. we can be erratic. i thought we were erratic in the first half. it was coming from a good place. we we

a pretty view here, santa cruz. but there will be wind. if you can shelter yourself from that breeze, the sun is pretty strong. 61 by the delta. the wind will get breezier throughout the day. low 60's in livermore. look at the fog. about 70 san mateo today with that sea breeze allowing for that free ac. partly cloudy this afternoon. it is a cool start to the holiday but we get warmer each day temperature wise, the winds kick up as well, then we continue that warming trend through the middle of the week and then things will cool off. here is a look at the cloud cover. here's to :00, then that low cloud deck pushing on shore as the trough begins to swing through. we circuit -- we could see a sprinkle from sonoma through perhaps the shoreline, a few sprinkles along the coast as we get into the evening. look how quickly things clear out. starting sunday for sunday. that is a warmer day. mid 70's to low 70's today. it will be breezy, then for sunday, upper 70's. pretty nice in one country. the rest of the bay area for sunday, it remains cool an

any victims or people with information on calderon are being asked to contact the santa cruz police department on the peninsula. a hate crime investigation is underway at stanford university after a noose was found on campus. this is the 3rd noose found at the school. >> in the past 3 years on sunday night, university security received a report about a noose hanging from a tree outside brenner hall, which is an undergraduate residents on campus. it has since been taken down by police and collected as evidence. students tell us they were sad about this discovery. >> i have never felt like. >> on safe on this campus. but it's really scary to think that there is like people out there that are committing hate crimes. and like coming here to somewhere, that's like a safe space for me and doing things like that. at first, i wasn't sure how to react, but it it's like very shocking and jarring to see things like that. especially like where we live in, like riley said, like, find a safe space here. >> and i think time for teens, especially are very quick to speak about things make things heard. >> stan

upper 60s down to santa cruz. tomorrow the heat starts to turn a little bit and some inland areas reach into the low 80s. we see upper 60s in san francisco. temperatures this weekend, we talk about that in a few minutes. where can we find cheaper gas? >> let's e. bus stop on mckay road, 529 don there. and dublin amador valley boulevard. 5:37. mountain view, $5.37 there as well. you need to swing by there probably later this week. hopefully they still have the same price. officially around a, mountain view near the top and south county no problem there. around the peninsula. the east bay it. altamont pass. contra costa county not showing the flow but great getting into concord and the bay bridge. construction and the closure eastbound into berkeley has cleared, back to you. >>> officially sold out. next on today in the bay, after announcing the continuation, apple ipods no longer available on the apple store. we show you where you can snag one. but at a cost. >>> bitcoin plunges in crypto crunch. >> i am fly with m

maybe santa cruz, maybe big basin gets a drop of rain out of this, it's heading that way, from the story we just watched, there won't be a lot to it. here is a classic example, also a live picture, another one of our views looking over the tri valley. you're not going to get any rain out of this. we'll all look like that by the second half of tomorrow. tomorrow starts out gray but much sunnier for the second half of sunday and monday it stays that way. carnaval looks great. it's going to do what you expect the mission to do. it's going to be sunny, that's the reputation of the mission, one of the sunnier spots in the city. it's also going to be breezy tomorrow. if you read the fine print, by 2:00 in the afternoon it will feel kind of cool because of a 20-mile-per-hour breeze, stronger than what we had today. i pulled out the mission here just to kind of get detailed on that microclimate. sunny, yes, but also right kind of in the brunt of that strong onshore wind tomorrow. so a 23-mile-per-hour wind for the mission. we've got a 33-mile-per-hour wind, that's your strong onshore wind. we'll

. >>> plus -- >> i'm john ramos in the santa cruz mountains where these redwood trees have been saved in one of the best deals you've ever heard about. we'll explain it coming up. >>> and california walnuts are in high supply and demand. so why are some growers giving up op the crop >>> new at 6:00, the u.s. park police in san francisco say they are facing a staffing crisis. the minimum staffing level is 83 officers, but right now there are only a total of 11 patrol officers. those officers provide law enforcement and public safety service to the presidio and the golden gate national recreation area. the park service says one of the areas of concerns is the presidio where it only has three officers on patrol. >> basically, what's going on right now is families can't visit without, you know, feeling unsafe in that area. families are not as safe as they should be when they come to visit the presidio. they're not as safe as they should be when they come to visit these other national parks that we patrol. >> the u.s. park police falls under the jurisdiction of the national park service an

clara county line, mostly staying in upper elevations of the santa cruz mountains, as well as the marin county mountains. a few spots out in the east bay to where we've got some light sprinkles just enough to give roadways a bit of a glisten. those misty spots, light sprinkles coming for a few slick areas this morning. but nothing too much to slow you down. it is cool. it is breezy and it is a little bit wet out there for some of us snow in the sierra. nevada is not going to be as widespread as yesterday, but still some light snow showers up there for one last day before we really clear and dry things out tomorrow. this afternoon, you may hear a few rolls of thunder up in solano county out into the central valley in the delta. so we do see the potential of a few isolated thunderstorms popping up out that direction. tomorrow starts the beginning of a very noticeable change. high temperatures are going to begin to climb skies, clear out and winds which have been breezy the past several days are going to come down tomorrow. still in the midst of 25 to 35 mile per hour gusts today. a lot li

the vote at the defer and mission street in santa cruz was 15-2. an hour came another all caps message, another one. the ocean and water street store wins the second location in the state that vote 13-1. and a third santa cruz starbucks holds a union vote next month. >>> let's get back to our breaking news in orange county. we are awaiting word now from the orange county fire department on the status of this fire. this is in laguna niguel, just south of laguna beach and newport beach. you can see here the intensity and how widespread this is. the flames, the smoke, at least eight homes have caught fire so far, as far as we can count. evacuations are under way. let's bring in jeff ranieri. talk about the wind direction. really so many people trying to get home after the work day and realizing they can't even get into the neighborhood, and watching the coverage down in l.a. >> a really frightening situation for them down there. because the way the wind is blowing, it's pushing it all towards laguna niguel. that's where they've got the evacuations in

they are near the boardwalk and downtown santa cruz. a third location plans to join them next month. the movement began in november when a starbucks in buffalo, new york, won the right to unionize. 18-year-old shift supervisor joseph thompson helped lead the charge. >> it's only going to help organize other stores but specifically, this is a student led movement. most of the workers of our store are students and young people, upset and we need change. >> starbucks issuing this statement, quote, from the beginning we've been clear in our belief that we are better together as partners without a union between us and that conviction has not changed. so why is this happening and could more businesses like starbucks unionize? let's bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman. why this big push to unionize now? >> raj, we see the statements from the young workers and the company itself, miles apart. starbucks is a company and we can name others that make a lot of money and the people on the front lines dealing with covid concerns, the

some fog is down towards santa cruz and also monterey. but wednesday warmup on tap for your wednesday here. cool those, though a lot of forties, patchy fog with mainly south nice coast . it'll be warm to hot inland. so we're looking at seventies eighties 60 excuse me seventies eighties and some low nineties. well, i think we have some breaking news highway 92 has reopened. is that correct, sir? absolutely steve. i'm very happy about that. for people. from my end. dave gets the clap. so that's good. so people my friends and half moon bay in that area are now breathing asaib relief here because 92 is open as you drive from half moon bay over 35. there had been a utility line that came down. it was closed for six hours. but now it has reopened. let's talk about some of these other commutes here. you can see that traffic is moving well on highway four is beginning to slow down a little bit. and on the east shore freeway 21 minute drive from the car key industry bridge to the mcarthur maze, and that's a toll plaza. we have a little bit of a de

this is not just fog, but see that cloud cover getting stuck in the santa cruz mountains a little bit. and so over to pa graffiti, this will clear out in the afternoon. but you combine this with those cool breezy conditions and that keeps temperatures suppressed notice will be so then we're going to see for the next to the 7 day forecast and get ready for a warm-up. those short sleeve shirt. you have keep them handy and because we're going to talk about some warm hot temperatures. 61 54 san francisco. look at the area. temperatures around noon as we approach 60 on the east bay shoreline. 64 san jose 66 going on for any auc with all of this. speaking of those winds, wind advisory is with us until 9 tonight. this covers along north bay of the coast there. it's all point raise, as you can see. meanwhile, our winds there, they are on shore and they're going to build a little intensity for this afternoon to a break in your day down for you. got to do with this cloud cover. that's just kind of stubborn. it just doesn't want to give up in spots. this will be mostly san francisco peninsula. s