Good morning it is saturday, march 9th. 7 00. A live look outside. The Golden Gate Bridge. We have been enjoying glorious sunshine the past few days and a nice morning to wake up to. Thank you so much for starting it with us. Im kira klapper. Cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. Yikes. [ laughter ]. I know. All of that sunshine all good things come to an end eventually. We have some sunny and the bay area. Dublin streaks out there. 44 degrees. Going on and look over the Golden Gate Bridge, beautiful skies. No rain just yet, but it will come here as we go on into the afternoon. San jose 50 degrees to start our saturday and here it is on satellite and radar. Still to the north of us. Impacting Northern California and eventually sweeping in. I think the rain is going to mostly stick to the north bay this afternoon. By tomorrow and into the early parts of next week a better chance of more substantial rain wiping through the rest of the bay area. There are warmer days and warmer temperatures ahead. Talk about that coming up in a little bit. Kira . Thats encouraging. Cinthia, thanks. We begin with breaking news this morning. A lockdown in an east bay neighborhood. We know that police have been on the scene since around 3 00 this morning. It appears to be at Westwood Village. This is in bay point west of pittsburg. That is on chadwick lane just off of canal road. People in and around that area are being told to stay indoors with their doors and windows locked until further official instruction. We have calls out to police and a crew headed to the scene. We will continue to update you on this story onair and online as soon as we get more information. Now to another developing story also in the east bay. 14 people are injured, in the hospital, following a chainreaction crash involving an ac transit bus. Two of the people are suffering critical injuries. Investigators are still working to piece together what happened. We do know it happened during the evening commute last night on 54th avenue and international boulevard in oakland a few blocks from the rainbow investigation center. Investigators discovered a chrysler sedan broadsided a toyota prius as it was making a left turn. The chrysler then spun out of control across the median into incoming traffic where it hit a bus. Headon. 14 people were hurt as we mentioned. 11 victims on the bus, plus that driver. The driver of the chrysler and toyota were also injured. The 11 individuals reported injuries onboard the bus were conscious and transported from the scene for evaluation. Our bus operator also was conscious and talking. Following the collision, and equally transported for evaluation. We are working to learn the updated status on all of those injured. Now to another Emergency Landing for united airlines. We are learning of more maintenance issues after yet another united flight was forced to make an Emergency Landing. This comes just a few days after the wheel fell off of a plane at sfo, as it was taking off. That wheel came crashing down on to cars below. Today in the bays reporter spoke with experts about safety in the skies. Reporter a new problem for united airlines. The plane out of sfo headed to mexico made an Emergency Landing at l. A. X. Due what the airline call as try drollic issue. Latest in a string of incidents that have people asking questions. Thursday a tire fell off a plane taking off. The tire land and a nearby employee parking lot damaging several cars. Captain comes on, air Traffic Control desk, theres an issue. Looking into it. And then ten minutes after that said we lost a wheel. Reporter in houston Passengers Evacuated after a plane slid off the runway. Earlier this week flames started shooting out of the engine during takeoff when bubble wrap got sucked into it. That same day an sfobound flight from hawaii an engine failure over the pacific and its not just united. This comes two moss after a door plug blew out of midflight on an Alaska Airlines plane. Thankfully in all situations the pilots have landed the airplane safely. It is unusual. Kind of a cluster, and statistically take any type of math class, statistics, you find clusters that cant be explained. They just occur. Reporter this consultant points out these are different types of incidents and hes waiting for investigators to determine what caused these issues. He also thinks social media plays into how much we hear. Two or three alerts one or twos, a plane an emergency, but no one heard about them because no one had a cell phone in their pocket and camera in their pocket, website, podcast or tiktok. Reporter telling us pilots train for these situations adding that flying commercially is still the safest way to travel. Every pilot when they go through training, they plan for failure in some type of extent. Reporter the wheel came off, this passenger was concerned but added the crew kept everyone calm. Passengers who ply frequently they say its concerning but they still feel safe. I do travel a lot back and forth to school in vancouver however great experiences with all flights. Air canada, united, all of them. Reporter united in a statement says we take every safety event seriously and will investigate each incident that happened to understand what happened and learn from them. Much of this worked together with the manufacturers, ntsb and was ale was manufacture components. This is a bad week for united. No common thread. These were different aircraft, different engines, different areas, different maintenance bases even. Reporter at sfo, jocelyn moran, nbc bay area news. Fire crews in the east bay will spend this morning monitoring hot spots at the site of this massive brushfire. It broke out just after 3 00 yesterday afternoon along the San Joaquin River in antioch. The fire burned 19 acres sending black smoke billowinging into skies. It happened near costco. No structures threatened, no one hurt. Too firefighters about four hours to put out the flame. Deputies asking for the Publics Health identifying this man. Investigators believe he is responsible for a deadly double shooting in Alameda County. It happened back on february 9th on east 14th street in san leandro. The Sheriffs Office says the suspect got into an argument with a man and woman opening fire shooting both of them. Both victims were taken to the hospital. The woman later died. If you know anything about this man call the Alameda CountySheriffs Office. Theres a new message from a group of oakland Business Owners who say theyre fed up with criminals threatening their safety and driving away customers. The owner of la perla puerto rican cuisine is calling on other businesses to boycott paying their oakland city business taxes. Until the city provides more police protection. The owner tell us us his restaurant on fruitvale avenue has been robbed twice in the past two years saying he rarely sees police patrols. Were not saying were not going to pay you the taxes. We say were going to defer the taxes until you give the service that we deserve as businesses as a citizen. We deserve much, much more. They not doing anything. A spokesperson for the mayor says the city is making progress adding that Police Officer numbers are on the rise, and property crimes are dropping in the fruitvale district, thanks to opd surge patrols. Happening today, the group hoping to recall oakland mayor sheng thao is inviting people to a town hall. The Group Oakland unite to recall mayor sheng thao, or oust hopes new supporters will come add signatures to the recall petition. The superior judge will lead the event. People are invited to ask questions share their perspective. The town hall is at the former restaurant on clay street in oakland and it starts at 4 00 p. M. A bustling night chinatown in San Francisco filled with thousands of people who came to experience the first night market of the year. It comes after a successful stint of this kind during the apec Convention Last fall. This is the first of several upcoming markets with hopes it will get people back out and into a community thats been struggling to recover from the pandemic. Today in the bays pete suratos takes us there. Reporter if we can keep momentum up it can bring back night market. Reporter its the first night market of the year. We want to eat and shop. Reporter lily lo a cofounder of bechinatown. Thanks to a grant from the nonprofit pacific joy fund it will become a monthly event. Lets of people from different parts of the city. Feel the energy in the air. Electric. People are inside the shop purchasing things. Reporter it has full support of mayor london breed, also in attendance. There is nothing like a night market to bring people together and thats what we want to make sure continues to happen in the city. Reporter with the night Market Making a return in San Francisco, giving vendors a chance to showcase their businesses to new customers. Henry chang with this bakery says it led to uptick in business. So nice to know young people, this kind of product in chinatown. Come out, enjoy, have fun. Reporter locals like rebecca of San Francisco feels its giving a muchneeded energy to the city at the perfect time. Really nice to see people out in the public. If you told me three years ago this is what we would be doing i would have been bristling. Now, look at all of these people reporter theyre scheduled twice a month until the end of the year. A welcome back. Hundreds of people in San Francisco are not giving up a fight for peace in the middle east. A massive crowd gathered at sf city hall to voice their hope for a ceasefire in gaza. The crowd so big it blocked traffic at one point. Participants telling us they want the march to serve a reminder palestinians are still fighting for their lives especially women. Happening today, another protest, this one on the Golden Gate Bridge. The Group Code Pink sf bay area puts on the event as an extension of International Womens day, which was yesterday. They, too, will be calling for a ceasefire in gaza. The march begins at noon and then at 1 30 there will be a rally at the Golden Gate Bridge welcome center. Beginning this weekend and for the First Time Ever the s. A. T. Will be taken entirely online. The test is set to be an hour shorter. Students can use their own tablets or laptops but must perform the exam at the site. Many dropped the s. A. T. But some highly selective schools recently reinstated that requirement. And a friendly reminder. We spring forward tonight. Daylightsaving time will spring us forward at 2 00 tomorrow morning as we set our clocks one hour ahead. The morning will be a little darker, but well get more daylight in the afternoon and evening. Well remain in daylightsaving time until we fall back in november. Happening today, flowers are about to take over at San Franciscos union square. Its all to mark flower bold day which is a real thing celebrating all things tulips. It includes a colorful deplace of more than 80,000 tulips in yoon yin square. The event runs today from 1 00 to 4 30. Today in the bay is celebrating womens history month. There are many events happening across the bay area highlighting the work of women. And today in the bays mike inouye has more details one event you can go to today. Reporter good morning now, today history san jose hosts womens heritage day as part of the monthlong celebration of womens history and their, of course, ongoing celebration of san joses diverse history. The day includes an allwomenowned low rider exhibit, shopping amongst rows of womenowned businesses brought together by a Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley and multiculture dance performances collaborating through mosaic america. I spoke with organizers hearing why this contemporary lineup was curated for an event at history san jose. Our goal for the takeaway of this day is that people have fun. That they make memories, and they realize that they are part of a living history. They are part of a culture. A deep culture that is here in san jose that is alive and well. Low riders come with a dose of entrepreneurship and iran innovation. Do we understand the work it takes and history of more than resistance and resilience but of power and strength, tenacity and, again, innovation. That women have been a part of that history throughout. Our programming is really there to uplift all of these different stories, and also were not really overlapping in our programming. Reporter so kira, admission is free and runs today from noon through 3 30. Its held in and around some of san joses most historic and iconic buildings. Love it, mike. Thanks so much. Cinthia pimentel is here with a look at the microclimate forecast. How will it be for those events . South bay, stoic majority cloud cover for the day but a chance of rain in other parts of the bay area. Get to that mishgt climate forecast. As mike said it is as history park in san jose and notice that those temperatures not going to be bad, but we will keep the cloud cover. Just make sure you bring sunglasses, if sensitive to all of thats reflection from the clouds. As we go into San Francisco for the free tulips at union square, thats busy. I dont see rain in the forecast. Youll be okay. Bring a jacket, because those temperatures are going to be in the upper 50s. As we talked about the rarngs its going to be spotty, mainly sticking to the north bay. As we go on into the next couple of hours in the morning, before lunchtime it could even be out of here and just leaving us with majority of clouds hanging around for saturday plans. Going into tomorrow, for our sunday fun day, going to stick with most of the day as we go on into lunch time planning your brunch ahead, going to stay dry. Going into dinnertime however, bands of showers pushing through. First to the north bay. Then into the east bay and the peninsula. By around dinnertime. Then later on into the south bay as we go on into the midnight hours. As far as our monday morning commute, going to be fine. Stay dry, but then more rain ahead for our tuesday commute and get to that in a second. Our winds pick up on sunday. As we go on into the afternoon, going to be especially gusty along the coastline, parts of the diablo range and down through sunnyvale and san jose. As far as our temperatures for today, really stunning day yesterday. Temperatures going to be just a touch cooler through san jose. 66 degrees. 62 in oakland and cooler up there into the north bay with showers on the way. Talked a little ago turn clocks forward. Springing forward. Change those Smoke Detector batteries, six months a good timeline to get situated theres lose an hour of sleep eventually more daylight hours. Getting almost equal amounts of daylight from the sunrise through the sunset. Sunset and rain chances returning. Go on into our tuesday commute with light spotty rain. Mainly going to be beneficial and then sweeping out of here as we go on into wednesday and then finally some good news for the sunshine lovers and warmer temperatures. It will be a stunning weekend next weekend as we see return of 70s. Upper 70s maybe 80s. Spring forward today. Spotty rain chance or two and feeling like spring into next weekend, kira. I love the later sunshine. Me, too. Hard to wake up my kids. All right, cinthia, thanks. 7 21 right now. 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As today in the bays bob redell explains its paving the way for a new era in racing. Reporter good morning, kira. Looking at 23 years of wear and tear. Some of the old asphalt used to be the bedrock, the foundation, for the racetrack here at the sonoma raceway. As you come out and look, after two months of work theyve got a brand new pavement that you at home can come test out this upcoming monday. More on that in a minute. First of all well see what the difference the new asphalt has made for professional race car drivers like jeff. Good morning, jeff. Buckle up here before we start hitting speeds of, what are we going it hit today do you think . Around 100 miles an hour. Reporter i like it. Okay. New asphalt. Ready . Reporter yeah. Im ready. First talk about, what were the benefits of the old track, of the old asphalt . Had it since 2001. Replaced over the wintertime. Absolutely. Did a great job for us over 20 years of use over that period there was definitely some some wear and tear that we could use to our benefit from a coaching standpoint, having some cracks and asphalt replacement patches allowed us to use those as point of reference for braking zone where we want to position the car in the corners. Having this new blanket of fresh asphalt i can already tell, a much smoother driving experience. Reporter what whoa. Asphalt brakes well. The car brakes well op the new asphalt. Your impression this being third time on the track . Definit