velena jones joins us with the da's 2023 annual report. it's been nearly a year and a half since alameda county district attorney pamela price took office. since then, price has been repeatedly criticized for being too soft on crime. now, as she faces a recall, price is releasing a list of accomplishments including, she says, actions to improve public safety, stabilize staffing in her office and increase community engagement. we have done much to restore the office in order to be able to move forward on our mission to protect public safety by advancing justice, the office we found was literally running on fumes today, the da highlighted the creation of a civil rights bureau focused on restorative justice, and touted the use of collaborative courts to redirect offenders to programs instead of prisons. she also spoke about expanding victim support services and improving accountability. over the last year, price says her office has

taken action on nearly 12,000 cases. we know that this is an important moment for the residents of alameda county who have just barely begun to see the work that we are doing and that we will continue to do to protect public safety. but as a recall election looms, critics say today's move is less about transparency and more about a last ditch effort to save the da's job. when you get into this situation, you have to portray that you're actually doing your job and that's all she's doing, brenda grisham, leading the recall effort, says she wants to know how the data reflects efforts to hold criminals responsible and get justice for victims families. we want to know how many people have been charged, how many people have been convicted, and how many gun related crimes have there been. those are details that the public really, really needs to know. county data doesn't currently break down how many convictions plea deals and other outcomes have come from cases. those are figures the da's

office says they're working to have ready by the end of the year. it doesn't exist at this time, as voters prepare to decide whether to oust her from office, price says the data shows the county's improving under her leadership. we have work to do, more work to do, but i do feel like we have made tremendous progress over the first year in oakland. velena jones, nbc, bay area news. a fire in the atlantic college in oakland left several people without homes. this is what it looked like from nbc bay area's sky ranger. just above as firefighters arrived. the apartment building is located on sixth avenue and east eighth street, just about a block away from the college. now, the flames did spread to that smaller house right next door. fire this afternoon, now under control, and the department is trying to figure out how many people were displaced. they do know that no one was hurt, though. the final count is in for the cinco de mayo celebrations in the south bay. the city of san jose marked the day with two big parades and festivals, and in the wake of these celebrations, there were questions about how it went off.

san jose police answered those questions today. nbc bay area's damian trujillo explains. several businesses along the parade route in east san jose say they were impacted by the festivities, and san jose police say they would support another celebration again next year. this weekend's celebrations drew thousands of people to san jose to see the colors and the traditions of cinco de mayo, which were all extremely successful, extremely well attended family events. san jose police say the official events were peaceful with no major incidents, but it was a different story in areas outside those festivities. we had officers who were getting bottles thrown at their vehicles and at them we had officers who had been assaulted. we had people driving drunk. we had one vehicle crashed into a patrol car and a double stabbing. some of the numbers. police made 17 felony arrests, impounded eight cars, seized six guns and issued 156 traffic tickets. we also had a lot of disruptive behavior that were not related to the event, and i want to make that

very clear. although they were in close proximity, they were not related to the event unlike last year when street and offramp shutdowns triggered a community uproar. police say they haven't heard any complaints this year. they credit early outreach and a public education campaign with king road closed off because of the parade. this year, the lucky seven supermarket had to rely on foot traffic. how did it go with sales? si si llego bastante gente? julia soto says the store was packed with customers, but they did have to deal with a few shoplifters and inebriated customers. another store in the strip mall said it decided to close instead. si pero la mejor un poquito de mas control. soto says she'd welcome another parade and festival again next year if there is a bit more security in place. yeah. estuvimos police say they look forward to being a part of next year's celebrations again, not just enforcing the law, but also celebrating with the community

in the south bay. damian trujillo, nbc bay area news, a san francisco based banking company, now has to fork over more than $4.5 million for failing to refund customers in a timely manner. online banking group chine must pay more than $1 million in compensation to customers, along with a $3 million penalty. now that fine coming down from the consumer financial protection bureau, it says customers had to wait months for access to their own money after closing accounts, which left many people unable to cover their basic living expenses. in a statement to nbc news, chime said the delayed refunds were caused by a quote configuration error with a third party vendor in 2020 and 2021. now, a mixed bag for the stock market today because investors are looking for clues on when the federal reserve will start cutting interest rates. the dow up nearly 32 points. tech heavy nasdaq dropped almost 17 points, and the s&p went up by nearly seven. an investigation into tesla's autopilot is getting

deeper today. federal highway safety investigators published a letter to tesla asking for the company for data on how it's trying to make its autopilot safer. it wants details. tesla recalled 2 million vehicles in december to issue an online software update, after the tech was linked to nearly 470 crashes and 14 deaths. the national highway traffic safety administration wants to know how tesla developed that software update, and how the company tested the update to make sure it would actually work, the letter reveals. there have been 20 new crashes since that recall on the seven month anniversary of the october 7th terror attacks against israel, president biden delivered a speech aimed at combating anti-semitism. i'm part of a holocaust remembrance ceremony, he tied the atrocities together and urged americans to stand united against all forms of hate. this comes as israel strikes targets in rafah, where more than a million palestinian civilians are sheltering. even as negotiators head back in

search of a cease fire deal, nbc's alice barr has the latest from washington semitism. in an impassioned plea for holocaust days of remembrance, president biden calling on all americans to reject a surge in anti-semitism. this hatred continues to lie deep in the hearts of too many people in the world. he warned of the danger of forgetting the holocaust horrors and drew parallels to the october 7th terror attack. hamas unleashed this terror that was hamas that brutalized israelis. the speech comes amid nationwide college campus protests, part of an outcry over israel's tactics in gaza. the president, drawing a hard line between protected peaceful protest and any acts of hate or intimidation against jewish students. my commitment to the safety of the jewish people, the security of israel and its right to exist as an independent

jewish state is ironclad. even when we disagree. the biden administration has been pushing the israeli government to do more to protect palestinian civilians, arguing against a ground invasion of the overcrowded city of rafah. overnight israeli troops moved in, taking over the gaza side of the rafah border crossing with egypt closed that critical entry point for desperately needed humanitarian aid and dropping bombs just hours after warning people to leave the area, an israeli official telling nbc news this is not the start of a large scale rafah invasion, but rather a very limited operation aimed at putting pressure on hamas in ongoing negotiations for a cease fire and hostage release deal. back here at home. the biden administration announced new actions to combat anti-semitism, including offering new guidance to school districts and colleges, giving

examples of the kinds of discrimination and other forms of hate that could lead to investigations into civil rights violations. in washington. alice barr, nbc news. the adult film star at the center of former president trump's hush money trial took the stand in new york city today, day 13 of the former president's trial featured testimony from stormy daniels. she's the woman who claims she had an affair with trump in lake tahoe in 2006. prosecutors say he attempted to pay for her silence on the stand. daniels gave explicit details about the alleged encounter, so explicit that trump's lawyers called for a mistrial. while trump denies the affair, his former lawyer, michael cohen, says he paid daniels to keep quiet about the affair during the 2016 election. the criminal case centers around whether or not trump faked his business records to hide those payments. daniels is expected to testify again on thursday. could abortion bans be impacting the

workforce? a new survey found that younger workers are now prepared to move away from states that pass abortion bans, as cnbc and research company the generation lab surveyed more than 1000 people between the ages of 18 and 34, 16% 62% of those surveyed said they would probably not, or definitely not live in a state that banned abortion. 45% said they would reject a job offer in a state where abortion is illegal. in the past two years, since roe versus wade was overturned, more than 20 states have either banned or restricted access to that procedure. still ahead, big bucks in the bay where the bay area ranks on a new list of the world's richest cities, and a life changing donation for a group of middle school students. how one nonprofit made the unforgettable gift come together . i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. what a big difference today from that cold and wet

weekend. look at the numbers here from 58 in santa rosa on saturday to 74 today, and things are going to continue to warm up the temperature trends here across the bay area going to the warmest stretch we've seen all year long. look at this as we head into friday's forecast. all the way up to 88. a full look at these temperatures, plus the wind buildinin.g

some perspective on why, thanks to a report on the richest cities in the world, it shows new york city is the richest city in the world. that's according to henley and partners, a uk based consulting group close behind new york, the bay area in the past decade, our millionaire population has gone up by 82. following the bay area is tokyo, singapore and london. economists say many of the wealthiest cities are in the u.s. that's because of the surge in tech wealth and the rise in the stock market. no surprise there. all right. tonight, our bay area proud story really sounds good. as in literally

sounds good. that's because it's about the gift of music for a community that has gone through some really tough times. garvin thomas joins us now with the story. hi, garvin. hey, janelle. hey, jessica. you know the community we're talking about is pajaro in monterey county, where they experienced a devastating flood last year. now, the effects of the flooding are still being felt by many, and that includes a group of sixth graders who are supposed to be in middle school this year. but because that school isn't fully repaired, they're spending their sixth grade year in their old elementary school. not fun for them, which makes what one group of musicians did that much more meaningful. dimitrios douros romance with guitars and guitar music began many years ago, and many miles away from his current home of santa cruz. my father always loved music, and we always heard it when i was in greece growing up, i heard it on the radio and that kind of

stuff. i can't explain what it does for me. i can, i can tell you that i can listen to it 24/7, which explains why when dimitrios moved to northern california, he sought out others who shared his interest and discovered the south bay guitar society. it's a nonprofit that looks to promote classical and similar styles of guitar music. they hold concerts and open mic nights and offer master classes. for those just getting started. but last year, when demetrios saw what was happening in pajaro, he thought there was another way the group could share their passion for guitars and music and do something good at the same time. you see, when the pajaro middle school was damaged in the flood, everything including their musical instruments, was destroyed. demetrios reached out to the school district almost immediately. the money was there , the need was there. it was just a matter of, oh, great

thing with thought about it, because the need is there and we could we can meet it. this morning is sort of a special day for all of us. it took a few months to work out the logistics, but yesterday demetrios and guitar society president josh friedman came bearing the gift of 24 brand new guitars. one, two, 340 yeah, that was pretty good for two dozen very grateful sixth graders and their teachers. denise phipps, greg's is the district's academic coordinator. so grateful. i mean, i heard about this and i'm like, wait, what? and it's amazing to me that they reached out before anyone else. and so i'm really grateful for that. there are of course, many big problems that linger after the flood, making the road back to life as normal. not an easy one, but thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of some music lovers, the future for these kids great is sounding better already. hahaha and what a wonderful way

to combine what you're passionate about with doing good. i always love it when those things come together in a story, and i see that in people. it's like, obviously the people of that community need a lot, you know, there's food. they lost their homes and all those things and those have to be dealt with. but if you can take what you're passionate about, like music and just share that, i just think it's that much more meaningful. what a respite for the kids from all their troubles, to be able to lose themselves in music, right? yeah. music is so healing. yeah, yeah. thanks so much, garvin. beautiful. let's talk about our weather. oh, wow. quite the warm up just between yesterday and today. and it's going to get even warmer. yeah, we're going to get close to 90 i know. welcome back to by the way i had to say that. thank you very much. you're out for a little bit. yes. we're back from back surgery i know. and you're making a remarkable recovery. we are happy for that healthy recovery. thank you. you got it. and our temperatures here? yes. warming up. some of the hottest weather here across the bay area. we have seen all year long. let me show you more details on that. plus some wind

coming in in your microclimate forecast as we take it outside right now. you know, we had lots of blue sky today. even if you were just out here for a little bit right now in walnut creek, 74 degrees and we'll hang on to 70 next couple of hours, then eventually down to some 60s later on tonight. now we do not have any chances of rainfall coming our way all the way through this upcoming weekend because this area of high pressure is really just putting its feet firmly here across the pacific, moving that storm track off to the north. but the one thing we are watching right now is this low pressure that's going to be developing towards the east of us, just because it's so close to this high pressure, it's just going to help to kick up some wind here for parts of the bay area. i do want to get to that wind forecast, and we should start off and say it'll elevate the fire danger a little bit. but thankfully we had that rainfall this past weekend and that is really helping us out with a lot of the vegetation, with a high water content at this point. so as you roll through tomorrow morning here winds out of the

north 20 to 40mph. i really think the focus is some of the strongest wind gusts would be right up here towards the north bay. so that is 7:00 tomorrow morning on and off wind gusts here, strong at times, especially through the north bay mountains into thursday morning. and then as we head through thursday evening, that wind would start to come on down. so as we roll through tomorrow morning's forecast, with that warm up, beginning numbers will start off a little bit more comfortable out here. lots of low to mid 50s and sunny skies. it's going to leave you down here to 55 in san francisco, the east bay at 54 and temperatures for tomorrow. we are going to see it numbers back in the 80s. so this is just going to be some nice weather for us to thaw out after those 50s. this past weekend, 78 here in cupertino, low 80s from san jose down to gilroy. let's move it over to the east bay. 81 martinez, 80, in hayward, 83, in antioch peninsula starting to warm it up a little bit here. i think it's going to be beautiful day in half moon bay 68 and you get out

to redwood city will be at 80 up to san francisco. look at this. seven seas here in downtown and through the mission and the marina, outer sunset, you're close to 70. will be in the upper 60s and across the north bay. 82 here in napa. low 80s as well. novato and santa rosa. now this trend is expected to continue right into this upcoming weekend. we're going to 88 on friday, 85 saturday. we'll see some upper 70s and low 80s on sunday and really will stay with similar weather here through that next ten day forecast. so i think besides the wind, the only other thing that might start to cause your problems is your allergies. we still have oak, cedar and grasses right now in the high category, so just know that going into the next couple of days and maybe you can do what you do when those allergies start to flare up and you'll be good to go on that 7-day forecast. here it is, 70, in san francisco all the way through saturday's forecast that mother's day coming in with some incredible weather on sunday, 83

and sunny skies. so maybe take mom out to brunch. there's going to be lots of outdoor seating, i'm sure getting set up for this upcoming weekend. that sounds perfect, right? right. i like the idea. outdoor dining? yes. thanks jeff. yeah. coming up, a shooting at the home of rapper drake leaves a man hurt and kicks up new questions about an ongoing feud with fellow rapper kendrick lamar. it details we're learning and as we go to break, we'd like to let you know that if you have a story for garvin that you think will make us bay area proud, you can send garvin a tip. you can reach him at bay area proud at nbcbayarea.com or on faceb

approval to use the drug to treat patients with post traumatic stress disorder. this will be the first time the fda will formally debate a psychedelic treatment. the company, commonly referred to the drug pardon me, commonly referred to as ecstasy, would be intended to be used in combination with psychotherapy. now at this point, there is currently no approved psychedelic based therapy in the united states. a shooting outside rapper drake's toronto home has left one of its security guards seriously wounded. it happened just after 2 a.m. canadian police say they believe the guard was standing outside a gate when he was shot by a passing vehicle that car then took off. it is not clear if drake was home at the time. the shooting comes amid an escalating rap feud with los angeles rapper kendrick lamar. the security guard remains hospitalized in serious condition. while perplexing new video tonight of a dump truck slamming into a bridge. it

happened on interstate 66, in centreville, virginia, about 25 miles from washington, d.c. now watch the truck there. it's got that raised truck bed. you saw it slam into the overpass. amazingly, the bridge wasn't damaged and no one was hurt. some lanes, though, on the freeway, were closed so that crews could clean up that mess. a surprise for some southern california homeowners. the unexpected guests in their swimming pool. we'll show

home for lunch break to find he had company. yes. the guest, a family of bears took place yesterday afternoon at a home in monrovia, 20 miles from downtown l.a. you can see it there. homeowner looks out the window and looks mama bear and her two cubs in the backyard. mom obviously needed a little break from the warm spring day, so she took a dip in the pool. her cubs cautiously stayed poolside. mommy, where are you going? the bears played in the backyard. they climbed a tree, and then they finally wandered off. she had the right idea. she had to cool off. it is warming up all over california. the little swimming thing, the floatie, the floatie. monrovia that that area has seen bears before. before. don't forget, you can watch our newscast 24/7 on roku and other

streaming platforms. raj mathai joins us now with us coming up next at 530. there's a lot happening. a police chase in san francisco. it ends with the teenage girl hit by a car while walking to class. we'll show you what led to this chase and how that 14 year-old girl is doing. also, is the san francisco fire department's own gear, putting firefighters at risk. we investigate the health concerns and how san francisco could become the first city in the nation to take steps to protect those who protect us, and a name change for the boy scouts of america. but will it be enough to alter its controversial image ? welcome to the news at 530. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang and i'm raj mathai. a scary scene on the streets of san francisco. two people were sent to the hospital, including a middle school student, after they were hit by a speeding car.