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Book. It shouldnt be hiding behind criminal lawyers, paid for with utility customer money. Reporter hill said hell try and stop the p. U. C. From getting the 6 million. But he tried last year to stop a similar request for 5 million. The p. U. C. Responded by threatening to gut programs. Eventually the legislature relented. San brunos mayor notice this years 6 million request on top of the 5 million they got last year adds up to double the p. U. C. s annual budget for Pipeline Safety regulation. This is ridiculous. This is crazy. Its an outrage. Its a slap in the face to taxpayers in the state of california. Thats Mark Matthews reporting. Were still waiting to go hear back from the p. U. C. Meanwhile, the woman who prepared this request is the same person implicated in those emails between the p. U. C. And pg e. Our Investigative Unit tracked all the turns in this investigation with this cozy relationship between the Public Utility Commission and the pg e. You can see those on our web site at nbcbayarea. Com. Its just after 8 00 p. M. Midwest time and the polls are now closed in wisconsin. The president ial race could take an interesting turn in these next 24 hours. All day take a look the lines have been long in fact theyre projecting a record turnout in the state of wisconsin. Donald trump may be the frontrunner but polls show hes not expected to win. That could put a stop to his momentum. The latest polling shows ted cruz in the lead. And on the democrats side a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The senator from vermont had slight leads in the polls. Its still too early to make any sort of conclusions here. We are, though, expecting some early results within the hour. Well make sure to pass it along to you. State investigators could soon be digging into the San Francisco police department. San franciscos public defender jeff adochi is now urging attorney general Pamela Harris to open a civil rights investigation into the departments practices this. Comes after a new batch of officers were found to be sending racist and homophobic Text Messages to each other. The aclu also made a similar request of the department of justice. New fight, same jail. This afternoon we obtained this fogt photo showing the aftermath of an inmate brawl at the Santa Clara County jail. Nbc bay areas robert handa is in san jose this evening. Robert, the last time there were surveillance cameras there but not today. What happened . Reporter well, there has been a lot of scrutiny into the jail system. And each incident he especially a fight involving inmates will be reviewed thoroughly, now and in the future. There are no private cells or security cameras here. The brawl at the Santa Clara County main jail in san jose took place inside this second floor medium security wing shortly before 8 30 this morning. Just last month, newly installed cameras caught a brawl between inmates released from cells for recreation time. But todays incident was a little different. Happening between inmates who live together in an open dorm. They comingle 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is not a rare occasion. Last year we had over 225 fights throughout just the main jail. This year already were up to 78 fights. Reporter the Sheriffs Office says two inmates started fighting, others got involved. One of the combat achants went the hospital for stimtches and s back in custity. The man who helped start the Blue Ribbon Commission says todays fight highlights the need for more cameras and a new jail facility. With Mental Health populations with violent criminals coming out of the state which were now having to house in local jails. Just with some of the Gang Activity and types of organized crime we see in our area here. Reporter legal analyst steven clark says each fight increases the scrutiny. Youre never going to eliminate all inmate fights or altercations. But the question now becomes, why have there been so many and of such a broad scale. Reporter steven clark also says how that question is answered could lead to higher awards from juries in certain civil cases. The Blue Ribbon Jail Commission will be presenting its findings to the county supervisors in one week. Live in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Robert, thank you very much. Another mess to clean up. Graffiti taggers have once again hit San Jose City hall. This is the second time in a week that graffiti has shown up on the walls there. Surveillance video from last monday captured a group of alleged taggers in city hall plaza. City leads say they dont have the money to reinstate Security Officers who used to patrol outside the building. Instead they may now add more lights to the complex. Hopefully you like the heat because its about to get even hotter tomorrow. A little bit of summer in april. Meteorologist rob myayeda is here. 70s and low 80s by concord. 24hour temperature change 9 to 11 degrees warmer than the same time yesterday. And well probably add about the same amount onto tomorrows temperatures as numbers continue to climb. Right now dout solve downtown toward Santa Theresa 84 degrees. East bay temperatures well into the 80s around the trivalley. San francisco not anything in the way of fog toward ocean beach right now. Instead youve got sunshine there. As the winds turn from being a sea breeze to trending offshore during the day tomorrow, this is the reason why. Areas including San Francisco have a chance of climbing into the mid and upper 80s tomorrow and close to 90 in oakland. The numbers to beat for record highs tomorrow, these are in reach as we see a hot wednesday shaping up. But just as soon as these temperatures soar, interesting changes ahead. More clouds, increasing chance of rain by the end of the week. So well go from one extreme to the other and well show you when you can expect the rain to arrive and when the heat will be gone in ability 12 minutes. Back to you. You can get robs forecast 24 7 on our free nbc bay area app. Right to your phone. Its a great resource for our changing microclimates. A former stanford wrestler is accused of a disturbing crime in the north bay. Police arrested anton sherba on sunday afternoon for allegedly trying to rape an 80yearold woman. This photo of sherba was found of stanfords web site. Officers took him into custody. Investigators say a neighbor heard the attack and pulled sherba onto the woman. Hes arrested on suspicious of trying to commit rape and elder abuse charges. Today San Francisco police releasing the booking photos of the two men arrested in connection to a break in at the Makeawish Foundation offices. You see the surveillance tape on the left side of your screen. A scooter that once belonged to giants star hunter pence was among the items stolen. Nbc bay areas pete suratos. Reporter sfpt are still looking for another suspect but that scooter donated by pence is now in good hands. The police have recovered the scooter. Reporter all smiles for San Francisco marry ed lee this morning at the Makeawish Foundation offers on hawthorne street. He was originally there to donate ipads taken in a weekend burglary. The three suspects broke into the building on saturday. They were caught on Surveillance Video stealing backpacks full of items, and most notably an autographed scooter donated by San Francisco giants outfielder hunter pence. A donor paid 40,000 for the scooter. And had yet to pick it up. It was only two years ago that this same scooter was stolen and eventually returned to pence. But as the mayor was talk today, he was informed by police that the scooter has been found. Hunter pence hunter pence yes the two suspects, 37yearold judd janky and 26yearold nicholas tiller, were spotted by foot beat officers in the tender loin. They recognized the two from the Surveillance Video and made the arrest. A search of a building on Fourth Street led them to the scooter. The men face charges of burglary and possession of stolen property. You become very familiar with the people that are in your area, suspects and people youve arrested. So they were able to recognize these folks. Reporter now the Makeawish Foundation can breathe a sigh of relief. To get the news that hunters scooter has been recovered and suspects have been found, i think its really the best news we could hope for. Now this case is still under an investigation by sfpd. As for the two suspects who were arrested they have been booked at the San Francisco county jail. Live in San Francisco, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Very glad to hear they have that scooter back. If 880 near the coliseum exit resembles a parking lot right now its for a good reason. A lot going on out there. Live right now to oracle anrena and oakland coliseum. The as play in about an hour. The warriors tip off about 30 minutes later. If you plan on heading over, be patient or find another method to get there other than driving your own car. The warriors have a chance at history tonight. If they beat the timberwolves they would join Michael Jordans Chicago Bulls as the only team to win 70 games in a season. Nbc bay areas collin resch is talking to the players. He will join us later in the newscast. As the doctor was examining him the doctor saw some aluminum in the mouth. Its an odd one. A man who led police on a chase gets more than just time in jail. Its what he swallowed that also sent him to the operating room as well. Also honoring a legendary rock group. How pilots flying in and out of sfo are paying tribute to the grateful dead. Unintentionally. Im Michelle Roberts in San Francisco where the board of supervisors made history today. Voting to approve fully paid parental leave. The details are coming up. New tls coict seofnde jath ho new details on a convicted sex offender. Jonathan hoppner is looking for a place to stay after pet lue ma said no to his parole there. He went to ronard park for just a few hours. The Parole Department placed him in a ronard park motel. The Public Safety manager alerted the manager at that hotel. He was not registered as a guest so they asked him to leave. The state says the Parole Department is moving hoppner to a rural area. San francisco is leading the way. Its the first city in the nation to give new moms and dads and samesex couples six weeks of paid leave. The board of supervisors voted unanimously to make the move late this afternoon. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts is outside of city hall this evening. Michelle its good for a lot of people but theres also a lot of opponents here. Reporter yeah, raj, it does come at a cost. This law goes above and beyond whats currently available in california for new parents. Currently parents are eligible for about half their salary for six weeks. This would be 100 and some new parents say it would be a game changer in their household. To keep a home and keep bills paid and stuff like that and food in their kids mouth its wonderful. Reporter shes a single mom. When her son was born she didnt have the opportunity to take six weeks off from work. Starting next year, every new parent in San Francisco will have the option to bond with their child and receive 100 of their current salary for six weeks. I think its about time. Especially for mothers who are single mothers and work really hard to take care of their kids. We need to stop forcing parents to make the terrible decision about whether to bond with the child or whether to put food on the table. Supervisor maher . Reporter San Francisco board of supervisors unanimously approved the law that will go into effect january 1st for all companies with more than 50 employees. Smaller businesses have until 2018. Fully paid family leave will make it more likely that women will return to work, return to their previous employer, and return with the same or higher wages. Reporter when the new law takes full effect, San Francisco businesses will share the the pair antial lea parental leave law with the state. The president of the San Francisco Small Business Commission Says that cost along with high rents and taxes may deter new Business Owners from opening in the city. Companies with less than 20 employees are not affected by this law. And to be eligible you must work for a company for at least six months to receive the full paid leave. Reporting live in San Francisco, im Michelle Roberts, nbc bay area news. Michelle, thank you. Twitter also making an announcement today. It will offer new parents up to 20 weeks paid leave as long as theyre a fulltime employee. The new policy starts may 1st. Well, a troubling trend has police, parents and students on alert in berkly. Yesterday two students at berkeleys Martin Luther king jr. Middle school say a man parked in a car, called the kids over and said he would drive them home. Boys ran off unharmed. The news comes after reports of at least two other attempted abductions in berkeley dating back to september. Before yesterday the most recent abduction attempt happened a month ago at the malcolm x elementary school. Berkeley police are now investigating the cases. 13 hours and counting right now crews are still working to fix a broken water main in emeryville. Our nbc chopper flew over this area this afternoon as crews here below worked to replace a busted 11footlong pipe. Its a busy area near san pablo avenue and 47th street. The break happened around 5 00 in the morning. Six customers there still have no water. One of those customers a bilingual school that had to close for the day. The cause of the main break is not yet known. San pawn lblo avenue remains blocked. There might be some dead heads at the faa. The faa is naming wait points for pilots going in and out of sfo after the grateful dead. Terms like truckin too, grateful and dead head are being used. These terms are used to communicate where a plane is along an approach or departure route. Its not unusual. The faa has a tradition of naming airport waypoints after things that are wellknown in the sur rounsing area. Thats so cool. Started in a garage in palo alto. Seems like the right thing to do. Ever been to a grateful dead concert, rob . Oh, boy. Theres lingering aftereffects for sure. As we set up around the bay area, San Francisco as you can see right now youre looking at sunshine. Temperatures, speaking of San Francisco icons theres one. Golden gate bridge right now 72 degrees, sunshine. Also sunny looking from the north bay back into San Francisco. 73 degrees. And into san jose right now, still pretty warm. Its 82 degrees and over towards dublin 79. One more stop very busy in oakland right now. Youve got warriors and as. Right now 73 degrees. Gorgeous for the as game with first pitch temperatures in the low 70s. Tomorrow morning our morning temperature in San Francisco will be 60 degrees. The average High Temperature is 62. So were starting off with these mild temperatures, breezy in the hills. Then by lunch time already approaching 80 around the bay quarter on our way to some low to mid 90s around the south bay. San jose near 90 degrees. Look at San Francisco not really not much help from a sea breeze tomorrow. Late in the day youll see the winds turn briefly on shore. Mid 80s around downtown. Close to 90 redwood city. North bay were seeing the temperatures soar into the mid and upper 90s. What we have right now weve got strong High Pressure in Place Holding on for your wednesday forecast. Then some interesting changes. Increasing clouds. And what will set the stage for cooling is an area of low pressure out of the south that by thursday may make it feel more like south florida. Were going to see increasing humidity, slight cool down in temperatures and increasing chance the clouds will eventually bring us some rain. Hot temperatures on wednesday. Cooling into thursday and friday and coming in our next half hour well let you know how much rain we could be talking about out of the storm and maybe how much snow is on the way to the sierra. Well have that coming up in about 30 minutes. Can you spot the evidence hidden inside this mans body . Im Elyce Kirschner live in walnut creek tonight. Ahead how police finally recovered the stolen property. Whavnewesech outowlong lov onun how losing a loved one unexpectedly can actually affect a persons heart. Could you be at risk . That story just posted to our twitter feed. Tennessee lawmakers make the bible the states official book. The idea is sparking a ton of controversy. Were back with more news in a moment. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette ye ths rininse a now to a nbc bay area exclusive. A wild story here starting with this xray. That is a ring inside a suspects body. Police believe he stole the ring and then swallowed it to hide it from officers. How did they get it out . Nbc bay areas Elyce Kirschner is in walnut creek this evening. Not sure weve ever covered a story like this, elyce. Reporter authorities here say this is quite a unique case, too. Doctors had to perform a surgery just to recover stolen property hidden inside this suspects body. Look closely and you see it. Evidence taken from a place police rarely find it. Its pretty unique. Reporter Authorities Say the suspect, joel steppenson stole the property from his walnut creek home thursday morning. Can you hear me . I can hear you. Reporter the homeowner called 911 from his backyard after he woke up hearing the man break into his house. Stay where you are at, all right . I am. Dont go inside the house. Reporter the nextdoor neighbor was at her walnut boulevard home, too. You could seat helicopters. Oh, my god whats this around whats happening . Reporter Police Arrive and a chase ensues. Our officers have to chase him through several yards and fight with him to get him into custody. Reporter Walnut Creek Police arrest steppenson who crashed his car at a nearby bart trackway. Then lieutenant lany edwards says he was transported to a local hospital. When the doctor was examining him he saw some aluminum in the mouth. Reporter an xray shows what steppenson was trying to hide. Never had photographic evidence of stolen property via an xray. Reporter edwards says the suspect even admitted to taking more than just the ring. He admitted to the investigator officers he had smoked methamphetamine. Thats not good at all. Thats very frightening. Very very frightening. Reporter Authorities Say they also discovered about 5500 worth of jewelry stuffed into a pillowcase inside the suspects car. They believe he also stole that from the local home. Hes facing several charges tonight and is being held at the county jail. Reporting live from walnut creek tonight, elite kirschner, nbc bay area news. Two san jose light rail lines are back to normal after a cash crash shut them down this. Was the scene this morning. 8 00 a. M. A light rail car on north first street hit a car at co component street. Emergency crews used heavy equipment to get the driver out of that car and rushed him to a local hospital. Buying parts off of ebay for bart . Its just one of the things that workers are doing to keep bart running. We take an indepth look at all the expensive maintenance problems that are starting to pile up. Im Marianne Favro live in san jose where a Court Decision today could pave the way for hiring more Police Officers. That story coming up. Wions. G tecrubeaoutorunrs t nbc news right now projecting the front returns arent the winners tonight in wisconsin. Ted cruz beating out donald trump in the republican primary. Over to the democrats right now before we take a look here at ted cruz, but on the democratic side Bernie Sanders beating out Hillary Clinton. No surprise there. He was favored to take wisconsin here. But right now both cruz and sanders winning in the latest polls. Now, the candidates will be looking ahead to the New York Primary which will take place in two weeks. Also at 6 30, a win for Public Safety. Thats how San Jose Police Officers Union is describing a critical Court Decision today. A judges ruling essentially nullifying measure b. As you might recall, measure b was overwhelmingly approved by san jose voters a few years ago. The goal there to cap rising pension costs that threaten the citys budget. But it ended up causing a mass exodus from sjpd. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is at the courthouse in san jose with the latest twist. Reporter this is a fouryear fight that cost millions of dollars. Today the San Jose Police Officers Union considers it a major victory, one that will improve Public Safety. A major step in beefing up a dwindling police force in san jose. Thats how the president of the citys Police Officers association describes a judges decision today to grant a motion to overturn measure b. A Santa Claracounty superior court judge denied a legal attempt to stop the city from repealing the Pension Reform Initiative voters approved in 2012. A measure the Police Union President says caused officers to leave in droves and prevented new recruits from signing on with sjpd. It brought a tier two that was the worst tier two for officers coming in in the nation. It would not protect officers that were currently here or would come in as tier two if they got hurt on the job. Theyd be let go. They wouldnt have a job. They wouldnt be able to fight for their disality. It was absolutely destructive. Reporter mayor sam lacardo responded to todays decision saying i am pleased we are one step closer to implementing our negotiated pension reform settlement. An agreement he says will save taxpayers 3 billion over the next 30 years. Former city council million Pete Constant and the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association launched the legal fight to preserve measure b. He says the city should not ignore what voters decided. We believe that the only way this could be changed is by a vote of the people. The council has an opportunity to take action to put it on the ballot in november and let the voters decide. Reporter Pete Constant an the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association are still pursuing other Legal Options to try to preserve measure b. In san jose, Marianne Favro, nbc bay area news. San josebased pay pal is cancelling plans to expand into north carolina. This all stems from lgbt rights. Last month north carolinas governor celebrated the announcement that pay pal was opening a Global Operations center in charlotte. 400 jobs were at stake. But days later, governor pat mcgrory signed the controversial legislation which restrict gay rights. Pay pals president issuing a Statement Today saying the new legislation goes against the companys core values of fairness, inclusion, and equality. On a related note today, mississippis governor signing a law allowing people to refuse service to gays. Opponents argue it will essentially legalize discrimination. The law allows churches, religious charities and private businesses among others to refuse to serve to people quote violating their beliefs. The president ial motorcade returns to bay area streets on friday as president obama makes his second local visit in two months. His last visit was in february. And it took him to fund raise rz in atherton and palo alto. On this trip he has Democratic Party meetings that will take place in San Francisco. Thats also where the president will spend friday night. Then hell make time for a fundraiser. On saturday will return to washington, d. C. Bart riders at the end of the pittsburg bay point line are on schedule for the first time in weeks. Bart is running normal Train Service in both directs at the bay point and North Concord stations. Two weeks ago a mysterious electrical surge started knocking out train cars. Bart is still looking into the cause of these problems. Service disruptions and weekend shutdowns are becoming the new reality for bart as it scrambles to keep the aging system on track. Bart officials have told nbc bay area Investigative Reporter jackson van der becken that bart faces a 10 billion long term maintenance backlog expected to take a decade or more to resolve. Reporter as barts trains enter a fifth decade of service, richard severo, maintenance supervisor at hayward says workers are forced to be creative to keep them rolling. The Computer Systems are in on obsolete. We need to look for parts on e. Bay. Sometimes we fabricate them in house. Youre like santas workshop. That is correct. Reporter last summer about five trane air conditioners began to fail each day. Crews equipped hundreds under the tranes. Elsewhere technicians grind down barts oneofakind steel Aluminum Wheels to keep trains in service longer. And rush to build components burned out in recent unexplained power surges. Severo says barts technology is clearly outdated. So its like buying a computer in 1980 and trying to keep it alive today. And you go back dell and say can you repair this . Theyll say that thing belongs in a museum. Randy rentzler, spokesman for bart says barts maintenance has reached critical mass. Bart is not young anymore. Its past middle age. It needs a great deal of maintenance. Reporter another key issue, time to fix the problem. In many cases workers have less than two hours each day to perform vital tasks on the tracks. Working between the last train at 1 45 a. M. And system start up at 3 45 a. M. And its really one of the more challenging parts of maintaining this infrastructure. Reporter to bridge the gap, bart has turned to weekend shutdowns. Thats something bart managers had long resisted. And thats the new reality for bart. Reporter the extra time is urgently needed to fix switches used to reroute trains. After two minor derailments, inspectors found that the track ties at the switches also called interlockings, were crumbling. Bart has rebuilt three switches in recent months. A total of 40 need mending. Three out of 40. We got a long ways to go. Reporter that means a lot more weekend shutdowns. We now have started an aggressive program. This is why we have the weekend shutdowns. Because replacing, tearing out an interlocking, replacing the ties and putting a new interlocking in place is a major mainly job for us. It cant be done with 90minute maintenance window. Reporter so were looking at periodic weekend closures over the next decade at a cost of more than 600 million. A transit veteran who worked in barts early days, larry don, says maintenance money has been sporadic with a system focused on expansion. If you follow the money, if the money is made available for extensions, then you build extensions. Absent an ongoing Adequate Funding program, our Transportation Systems deteriorate. Reporter bart board member tom ridulovic agreed that bart neglected maintenance as it expanded. It wasnt wrong to expand. It made sense to go to the airport and san mateo county, out to suburban areas. However, the way we did it should have been wasnt the right way. Reporter a proposed 3. 5 billion bond measure, he says, should renew the focus on maintenance and safety. So at this point i think bart needs to mature. Its not about just branching out anymore. Its about really focusing on the core in a way that bart never has. Reporter but even if the bond passes, it will not meet all of barts needs. Barts Operations Manager paul overseer says the measure will only provide 1 billion of the 2. 5 billion cost of replacing hundreds of miles of deteriorating high voltage power cables in detake substatiocayin. He says the need is critical. These High Voltage Cables are one of our biggest vulnerabilities. Reporter although bart has half the 10 billion maintenance tab it needs, oversear says even with the bond money there will be a shortfall. Both applying in San Francisco. The reason these inflatable bunnies are popping up just outside of city hall. Also a rough morning for a cat in the east bay. The unique tools firefighters had to use to get the cat out of a wall. Mmm. Bacon is lookin good. Lets instabrag. Honey, jalapeno boom boom, hhow is there no bacon emoji . Dennys new honey jalapeno bacon, part of the red white and bacon menu. Dennys. Welcome to americas diner. the search is on for a burglary suspect in san jose. Police tell us a suspect broke into a home on lance avenue in the cambrian neighborhood just before 10 30 this morning. Officers set up a perimeter and used their canine unit to search the area but the suspect escaped. A new way to watch thursday night nfl football. Twitter. This is part of a nfl experiment. Ten thursday night games this fall will be streamed live on twitter. These are games that are broadcast on nbc and cbs. The nfl wants to see how it can reach new audiences online. Twitter refuses to disclose how much it paid, but the web site ricode says twitter paid 10 million bucks force treatmenting rights. Facebook is rolling out a 234u tool aimed at helping the bland and visually impaired called see facebook. It use as form of Artificial Intelligence to determine whats in a picture and then it will use apples siri to describe the contents of the picture to the user. Right now the feature is only available to apple iphone users. But the social Media Company plans to add it to other platforms very soon. When a cats in trouble who do you call . The Fire Department of course. Using some high tech tools this time to help out with some oldfashioned rescue today. For a kitten in san leandro it was a good day after the Alameda County Fire Department showed up armed with their thermal imaging camera and some power tools, the k kitten had been up in the attic wandering down. It fell down between the wall studs. The rescue team used the camera to track the curious kitty behind the wall. Once they knew exactly where to cut they safely removed the kitten and posted these happy pictures on instagram. A job well done. Down to eight lives now that cat. Thats peggys favorite story of the day. I do like that one. Rob, look behind us, looking outside, pictures say it all. Not too far away from emeryville. Hayward one of the spots today we just checked broke a new record high. Well show you the list of records broken and how more could fall tomorrow as temperatures climb even more in a forecast when we come right back. Im hoping they dont we come back tomorrow and theres 30 of these. That could happen. Thats what happens. San franciscos newest art display certainly eye catching but there is a serious message behind these inflatable bunnies. Weanngetacko oeltiocovage. Ju 10w 8 45 p. M. In wisconsin. We want to get back to our election coverage. Just about ten minutes ago, winners were declared in the wisconsin primary. This was a pivotal night for this election. On the democrats side Bernie Sanders is the winner there. Youre looking at live look now at a Bernie Sanders rally. Its actually happening in wyoming. The democratic candidate is already there ahead of that states caucus on saturday. On the republican side, take a look. Ted cruz has overtaken frontrunner donald trump. Want to show you live pictures now from ted cruz at a watch party in milwaukee. We expect senator cruz to take stage. Not sure if thats him. Not quite yet. But ted cruz will be taking the stage in just a few minutes. Key victories tonight for Bernie Sanders and ted cruz. Well continue to update the story throughout the evening. San francisco today dedicated a new temporary art installation in civic center plaza. This installation has a serious message attached to not so serious images. As nbc bay areas joe rosato jr. Shows us, the plaza is really hopping. Reporter i think its totaltota it is sometimes said a lot of air circulates in political venues like San Francisco city hall in this case, however you cant miss it. Thats for sure. Reporter the air was breathe breeding a strange sort of life outside in the plaza. Even in a city that sees a lot, this sight was certainly smartphone worthy. Ive lived here long enough that nothing shocks me anymore. Reporter not even inflatable r rabbits . Thats okay. Reporter try five inflatable rabbits rising just outside the windows of city hall. What do you say about this city hall . The mayor is in there working somewhere. An there are these huge white inflatable bunnies outfront. Reporter you could say the rabbits are an art installation by Australian Artist amanda pair. Thats like the eeyore bunny. Reporter this installation carries a serious message about the introduction of nonnative ran bits into australia which caused havoc. Theres a message. An environmental message about considering sort of what we do and the ramifications environmentally. Reporter but since San Francisco doesnt have much of a rabbit problem, the rival was mostly welcome. Im hoping we come back tomorrow and theres 30 of these. That could happen. I was thinking okay we already had easter but the bunnies are showing up late. Reporter the rabbits light up at night and will host evening food truck gatherings during their threeweek run. Art is being used so much around the country to create a sense of place, to change a place. Reporter and if you want to go down the rabbit hole yourself, the installation will remain in civic center through april 25th. Joe rosato. I want to work for these people. Reporter nbc bay area news. Looks pretty big. A beautiful day, too. Sort of highlights the incredible weather we had today. Blue skies. Rob mayeda is here. I see 8s and soontobe 9s behind you. We broke records from concord, santa rosa, hayward, Oakland Airport tied a record. The areas to watch tomorrow north bay, trivalley and south bay. Those are spots that will be running we think into the low 90s by tomorrow afternoon. Right now still pretty pleasant at San Francisco. 72 degrees. No sign of any fog. 82 still in downtown san jose. Over in oakland busy night around the east bay at the warriors and athletics both at home 73 right now. Gorgeous conditions in east bay. Overall our 24hour temperature change you see the 70s and 80s outside right now. Half moon bay 68 degrees. Isnt exactly chilly. 24 howe temperature change will show 9 to 11 degrees warmer than this time yesterday and well probably add another 5 to 8 degrees of warming on top of the temperatures we saw today. So for tomorrow morning whats interesting is just how warm the day may start in San Francisco. 60, two degrees below the average High Temperature at 7 00 a. M. Then by lunch time youre looking at numbers all across the bay area in the mid 70s, upper 70s closing in on 80 degrees. And eventually as we head towards the afternoon, now were talking 90degree temperatures around san jose. South of downtown, very likely could see a few isolated areas running into the mid 90s up notice the peninsula and San Francisco tomorrow not quite as hot still mid to upper 80s a few spots of downtown San Francisco will have a chance of 90 around 3 00 in the afternoon. North bay, trivalley tomorrow if we could manage those low 90s we will likely break plenty of records across the interior val valleys. If theres good news about this warmup its going to go away. High pressure will build very strongly for your wednesday. Then were starting to see some changes. The systems off to the west will begin to break through that ridge of High Pressure and a system that kind of undercuts it from the south starting thursday is going to brings in more clouds and eventually bring in increasing chance of seeing some showers. So were going to get in our transition day on thursday is a lot more cloud cover, increasing humidity but decreasing temperatures. So thursday afternoon as the giants have their home opener early afternoon looks like we should see upper 60s, increasing clouds, muggy conditions. Then by thursday night heading into friday morning now were talking about a chance at seeing some showers. But notice the temperature dropoff. After a very hot wednesday, San Francisco begins to level off into the low 60s for highs. Same around the trivalley and san jose. Sevenday forecast at the bottom of the screen shows you once these temperatures drop theyll be staying that way for awhile as those numbers begin to come down. San jose on 90 on wednesday. 70s on thursday. Back into the 60s. Heres the weekend forecast. Youll notice from friday through sunday were looking at some daily chances of showers. Friday probably the most widespread continuing on to the saturday and sunday. So that rain totals we suspect well see is part of this weather system pattern storm number one comes in for thursday into friday. Another one early next week. The better snow producers will be coming in of these systems to follow. Could see half foot of snow perhaps in the sierra by early next weekend. Around the bay area were looking at maybe. 5 inch to 1 inch of rain coming in over the next seven days. All this Getting Started on friday into the beginning of next week once the heat moves on. Back to you. You got me excited with that snow forecast. Thanks, rob. Lets touch back now on wisconsin as we just recently heard ted cruz the projected winner of the wisconsin primary taking in about 53 of the vote. Lets listen in. Campaigned tirelessly to make sure that tonight was a victory for every american. [ cheers and applause ] crowd chanting cruz ] you can see right there cruz supporters very excited about this. Does increase the chance of a contested republican cons eventual this summer but it did slow the roll of donald trump his top rival. Big night for ted cruz, the texas senator. Lets get back to our coverage here in the bay area. The warriors chasing nba history. Were going to check in with the players before tonights tipoff. Collin resch joins us next from the oracle. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com we are now four months away from the start of the summer games in rio. We are sending Jessica Aguirre to brazil for our live coverage. Shes got to be packing her bags starting now. Thats right. Opening ceremony is august 5th. Look out, rio. Here comes Jessica Aguirre. We should let them know. Very excited. Thats going to be a great time. Closer to home warriors chased off the Chicago Bulls regular season win record tins tonight as the warriors host minnesota. A wine tonight makes the warriors just the second team in history to reach 70 wins in a single season. Heres colin resch in oakland. Of course, the ultimate goal is another one of these, a championship banner. But to a man, the warriors will admit, chasing these regular season records has just been too much fun. 709 . I dont think i had that record throughout my high school career. So its something were proud about. You could call Klay Thompson a realist. Who knows next time you get a shot at 72, 73 wins . Even 74 . So we got to embrace this. And we got to make this time most special season we can. Harrison barnes was skeptical that this team could do what they did last year, win 67 regular season games. And now . To be where we are now its like wow. This speaks to the focus that everyones had on this team. Everyone wasnt complacent with what we did last year. Came back, got better. And here we are with a chance to especially win 70 plus games this year. Four wins in their last five games and the warriors would put the bulls in their Rearview Mirror forever. Thompson likes their chances. We should come out with maybe one loss. Thats how i feel like. And obviously its tough playing san antonio. That will be a fun game when we see them here. But i dont expect to lose at oracle again. Hopefully get the 72, 73 wins will be the cherry on top to an amazing season. In oakland, colin resch, nbc bay area news. I bet you a hot fudge sundae the warriors beat the timberwolves tonight. Ill take you on. 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