Around. Good afternoon. Welcome to nbc bay area news. Our meteorologist will be joining us in a little bit to go over the strong wind and we are tracking other stories on this thursday including a plea for help from the Cycling Community on the peninsula. They want to know who hit a cyclist and then took off. We have been talking with friends of the victim and investigators. Fed up with the drug crisis in the tenderloin. The legal action neighbors and businesses are taking against the city and how the mayor is responding. A crash and Contra Costa County involving a bus carrying seniors. David hernandez is along highway four with exactly what happened there and how the seniors are doing. Lets begin with weather as we take a live look at walnut creek. Taking a close look, you can see the trees are swaying. For some of the highest peaks, including mount diablo and not hamilton, we have seen wind gusting at 70 miles an hour. Testing at 2030 miles an hour. You see the wind gusting. Thankfully, we have a lot of rain that we have recently and it helps with the vegetation as well. Lets get you a number you will like. That is a 70 in san jose. The conditions are stunning downtown. Even in San Francisco. 68 degrees and a gorgeous day. This is the beginning of a warm up. We have wind speeds right now in santa rosa catching a break. We have a kntv advisor in effect for wind to pick up again especially into early tomorrow morning. The wind advisory will be in effect until 11 00 a. M. Lets take a look at some of the wind speeds that we can expect. I took this forward to about 7 00 a. M. We do have 40 plus in napa. Fairfield through concord. Mount diablo, 48 plus. San francisco, upper 30s as well. That will continue for tonight and into early tomorrow morning. It is not until tomorrow evening at 5 00, 6 00, that we see the wind diminishing. 3040 plus in spots. Down to about 10, 15 or 20. Gusty into friday. And heres a closer look at the satellite radar. We have High Pressure that has been building over the bay area that will keep us dry over the next several days. Also warmer. Here is a look at the current temperatures in the 70s. Heres a look at the 24 hours temperature change. We our degrees warmer in san jose in the longridge outlook shows good news for the stretch of friday, saturday and sunday. It looks like we will see mid 70s for the weekend. Stick around for the 5 00 show. Our chief meteorologist will talk about the warm up we have on the way. The weekend is looking okay. But now chp is asking for your help. Officers are looking for a hit and run driver on the peninsula who severely injured a cyclist another cyclists friends say they are going to make sure the word gets out so the driver is found. We have more now. Can you start by telling us what happened . The hit and run crash was reported around this time last thursday and unincorporated san mateo county. A 62yearold mother was hit by a car while riding her bike near 92 and 280. Her friends gathering at the site today say that the hit broker back and left her with other major injuries. They say that the car was coming down the hill and ran through a stop sign and they claimed the driver even stopped at first and got out but then sped off. Friends say at the moment they are not naming the victim but they want justice for the crime. With some work, you can find the driver. This is a felony. She is badly injured. She may be injured permanently. I understand that there have been a few collisions like this on the peninsula recently. Some cyclists say they are riding in groups for safety. Last month, and palo alto, woman in her 20s was hit and killed on her bike. In this case, the driver stopped and cooperated with police. Another cyclist was hit and killed one year ago in redwood city. One of the cyclists today wrote a letter to the county that the side road slope into the main artery is a dangerous design. Asking that the county immediately change the intersection in order to make it safer and to prevent future tragedies such as this. Chp is investigating the case and asking for the publics help. They did not get a good description of the suspect or the car so they hope that someone saw something or heard something and they can help out. And if you can, reach out to chp. A live look outside at sfo. United airlines is reporting yet another mechanical issue on board a flight to San Francisco today. United flight 1816 took off from dallasfort Worth International at 5 30 a. M. This morning. Just before landing at 7 30 at sfo, united airbus experienced a hydraulic leak. Thankfully, it was able to land safely. Today patients issue is just the latest in a string of recent mechanical problems on the united airplanes. Last thursday, a flight to japan out of sfo was diverted to los angeles after a wheel fell off during takeoff. The next day in houston, passengers had to be evacuated from United Airlines plane after it rolled off of the runway during landing and got stuck in the grass. That very same day, united flight to mexico city from top sfo was diverted to lax because of a hydraulic issue. Earlier this week on monday, a flight headed to sfo from sydney, australia had to turn around midflight after fluid was seen spewing from the right rear landing gear. All incidents are under investigation and have aviation experts questioning their connection to the San Francisco airport. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit accuses San Francisco of turning the tenderloin into a containment zone for growing drug use and homelessness issues. The federal lawsuit was filed today on behalf of two businesses and five residents in the tenderloin. It accuses the city of tolerating encampments and illegal drug markets and not doing enough to address the longstanding situation. It says public spaces have become unsanitary and inaccessible. Residents are not seeking monetary damages but instead they want a judge to enforce the city to do more to solve the issue. We did speak with their attorney. That the city has for years treated the tenderloin as the containment zone for narcotics activity and associated harms without. And that conditions have gotten much worse in recent years. Maybe in part because of the fentanyl crisis. Separately, the uc college of law filed a motion for a court to enforce prior legal action against the city. In 2020, a judge ordered the city to make all reasonable efforts to bring encampments to zero in the neighborhood. In a statement, the City Attorneys Office said they will review the complaint and respond in court but said the city has taken major steps to reduce crime and disrupt open air drug markets. Now to a crash in Contra Costa County. A bus carrying seniors was actually hit by another car on highway four in antioch. Several of them got hurt and they were taken to the hospital. When we heard about it, we sent Jody Hernandez out there today. She joins us live now. My first question is to you. Reporter what started out as a very fun morning of activities at the antioch senior center, turned into something else. Some cars collided. Fortunately, we are told that all six of the seniors on board the bus were able to walk out of the bus with the assistance of the driver and some Good Samaritans that stopped to help. They all ahead to be transported to the hospital. And i did check with the bus company a short time ago. They were trying to check up on the seniors. They told me that they are still at the hospital being examined and being treated. It appeared that the injuries were minor but again, they are still being treated at the hospital. What is sad about this is that it started out as such a great day for the seniors. They were here listening to a live band. They were having lunch. Im told that the driver said they were actually singing when the crash happened. So very, very sad. Are you learning anything else about the crash and how they collided . Reporter obviously, the crash is still being investigated but the bus Company Tells us that the driver reported that the driver of the suv had actually run a red light. They were attempting to exit and had just turned left on to laurel road when the driver of the suv apparently ran a red light and crashed right into them. Again, that is under investigation. It is not clear whether the driver was distracted or what was the cause of it. Fortunately, it appears that there were not many major injuries. It looks like it was all minor injuries. Thank you for that update. We appreciate it. Bart is recovering from multiple power issues that disrupted service in several areas. A power issue in the Berkeley Hills tunnel stop service for about one hour between rock ridge and orinda around 10 30 a. M. Another power issue also temporarily stop service between Castro Valley and pleasanton this morning. Delays lingered all the way to the antioch line. Fighting to save a middle school in east san jose. The parents putting up a fight and the message students are sending to school administrators. Robert honda is looking into that story for us. Trying to strike a deal. We are learning about another closed door meeting between the 80s and the city of oakland. We will tell you what that means for the teams immediate future. And we want to know what trending story you would like to see later on in the newscast. We do have time to vote for one of the stories on instagram. Free wings for bust ed some intense moments at a high school in san jose. Piedmont high schools forced to shelter in place as police looked for suspected that jumped fences and round of the School Campus. The shelter in place was activated as officers did search for the man. Robert honda has been tracking a story for us all day. Robert, what is the issue . Why does the school need to close . Reporter actually, it is really sort of a partial closure. What happened was about 12 years ago, this Elementary School did have to close because it was called goss elementary. Pretty much for the same reasons that schools are closed now. So to kind of rescue it they turned into a k there eight middle school. So the parents were upset because it was turned into a middle school, aptitude academy. Now the sixth, seventh and eighth graders will probably be moving on to another middle School Campus and back into that because they wont have easy access. This impacts so many families. What else are they telling you. . Reporter they are showing up at this meeting tonight and the school board to try to get them to change their minds. It has been an ongoing issue for a while. They want the district to look for more solutions. They feel as though, again, a partial closure was necessary. What is the superintendent saying . She actually has to make the regulation to the board. She is recommending the partial closure take place. It is for the same reasons a lot of people had to experience this here. This is due to declining enrollment and families moving out of the neighborhood. A lot of the schools here have to live on borrowed time because they were rescued by onetime state and federal funding given as emergency funds during the pandemic. And so she feels as though, as reluctant as she is to do it, it is a math problem and they dont have enough students to justify the cost as well as generating the funds. She says that they probably need about 700 students to make a middle school work and they have about 410 here and the projections show they are going up to 300 for the next few years. Thank you for that preview. Looking forward to that story later tonight. A plan to give st. James park and san jose a makeover is on hold for now. The state court of appeals ruled in favor of a Historic Foundation that represents the interest of the st. Clair club which is located right next to the park. According to the mercury news, the foundation said that the city failed to follow environmental assessments related to the project. They say so far, the city has not responded to the request for comment. And an important meeting is happening today. Officials with Alameda County are looking at a possible lease extension for the as coliseum. This after last months meeting about the lease that expired after this season. The as are looking for a short Term Contract while they build a new 1. 5 billion stadium in las vegas which likely would not be ready until 2028. So the team is considering aaa ballparks in Salt Lake City if they cannot come to an agreement on the coliseum. Bands say that the city and county should hold out for a longterm lease extension. If the as one an extension, there needs to be an expansion franchise guaranteed. Otherwise, it is kind of just leaving them in oakland and making it even more painful for the fans. And it is also helping john fisher in the long run. I hope the city really does hear with the fans are saying and what everyone in the city of oakland is saying and i hope they listen. We did reach out to the as for comment on the meeting but have yet to hear back. In a statement, the Mayors Office said the city was looking forward to a productive conversation. New technology is helping reduce pollutants that run off into the bay. What you are looking at right here is the wastewater facility in san lorenzo. The San Francisco bay Regional Water quality board hosted a tour there today. They highlighted new technology that helps treat wastewater for reuse as well as the processes that help lower levels of nutrients that end up in water sources through runoff from our homes. We are talking about things like remnants of lawn fertilizers and even pharmaceutical drugs that end up in the wastewater. The hope is that by reducing nutrient loads today, which we are committed to doing and continuing to do, we will reduce the extent of the damage. The next tour is happening march 21st at the Wastewater Treatment facility in palo alto. It is womens History Month and almost dinner time. [alarm rings] [alarm rings] get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. you made a cow actually its a piggy bank. My inspiration to start saving. How about a more solid way to save . 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