today, april 28th. a gorgeous look, i mean, it's just like a painting looking over the golden gate bridge, the marin headlands, a beautiful morning

across the bay area. all of our cameras really look spectacular right now. thank you so much for waking up with us. i'm kira klapper. cynthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. looks beautiful, but i know you say it's a little chilly, a little chilly, and a little bit breezy. and we notice all those happy little trees down there in the sutro tower. camera will start with 51. in the city still calm winds and the teens picking up in san francisco and through the peninsula. walnut creek, a beautiful look over the diablo range 52. and down here in san jose, we're just getting some gorgeous shots of our mountain ranges along the bay area. home sweet home for me in san rafael, mount tam. we'll start with 50 degrees out there and we're going to be gusty again today, especially out there near the coast up to 40 mile. an hour wind speeds. we're going to continue that into the start of our workweek, but eventually start to mix out to calmer days and more of that sunshine where we could possibly be looking at those low 80s by the end of the week. so i'll show you that forecast coming up in about 15

minutes, kyra. all right, cynthia, we'll see you soon. thanks we continue our coverage of protests at universities across the nation and at campuses here in the bay area. all calling for a ceasefire in gaza and for their colleges to cut off funding to organizations profiting off the war. this morning marks day four of an encampment of demonstrators at stanford today in the bay's marianne favro reports from campus during admit weekend at stanford visiting high school students found an encampment of protesters in the middle of white plaza. they say they're demanding that stanford separate itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel hamas war, understanding that students are putting their lives on the line, their bodies on the line, their futures on the line for something that, you know, something that could make a better place for palestinians, a better place, a better world. we're going to open up siemens hall at cal poly. humboldt. protesters have left the buildings. they barricaded since monday after spray painting

messages in classrooms. it's just important for us to be here for us to disrupt the system that is carrying out, you know, funding to these atrocities. in response to the protests, humboldt announced it is shutting down the campus the remainder of the semester and switching to online learning. sonoma state students are also calling for an end to deadly violence in gaza, as they camp in tents on campus. we would like the school, the administration and the school as a whole to call for a permanent and immediate cease fire. now students are also sleeping in tents on the steps of sproul hall at uc berkeley as part of a gaza solidarity encampment at university campuses across the country. the question is, will the groundswell of campus protests make a difference? protests are really good at elevating an issue into the national, sort of dialog. and we're seeing that right now that

these protests have put the issue of, the israel hamas war and the kind of suffering in gaza on the map, whether they will change, you know, investment policies at universities, seems unlikely in the short run here at stanford, protesters tell us that the university actually physically handed them letters saying that they could be expelled if they continue to camp out here overnight. but some of them told us they felt it was worth that risk to fight for change. at stanford marianne favro nbc bay area news. and this morning, there is a new development from the campus of usc, where the los angeles police department has called off its tactical alert. pictures posted by the student newspaper last night appear to show a large police presence on campus. this as usc closed its university park campus to anyone who is not a resident. video from earlier showing the tense still up usc has faced backlash from students for canceling a

pro-palestinian students commencement speech. since then, there have been clashes on campus between protesters and police. and just this week, usc announced it would cancel its main commencement ceremony over security concerns. back here in the bay area the postal service is hoping a hefty reward will help them figure out who robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint. the hope is $150,000 will help solve the latest in a string of postal robberies across the bay area. the latest happened three days ago in san carlos on the peninsula in a neighborhood near walnut street and saint francis way. neighbors tell us the area is typically quiet. a postal inspector says there have been quite a few robberies across the bay area recently, and all the thieves seem to be after the same thing. target. in almost all these robberies are the keys that the letter carriers carry in order to open mailboxes along the routes and deliver the mail. so the there's only one reason

to have one of these keys if you're not a letter carrier. and that's to steal mail. he tells us the letter carrier in san carlos was not hurt. the only suspect description is a person wearing a hood and a mask. we are told these robberies have been increasing the last few years, but the postal service says this has been a dangerous month, in particular for mail carriers in the bay area in just the past two weeks, carriers have been robbed in alameda, milpitas, san bruno, oakland and union city. again, the postal service is offering a $150,000 reward for any tips that can lead to an arrest and conviction . a reminder on this sunny sunday, parts of two major bay area freeways are shut down. caltrans shared video of crews repairing southbound 680 in the east bay. the road shut down friday night. southbound lanes are closed between the five 8680 interchange to koopman road in

sunol. northbound lanes are still open. here's a look at that closure on a map if you need to get around it, you'll be directed to take alternate routes on five 8880 and highway 84. caltrans says this is the fourth and final closure of southbound 680. in that area. the road is set to reopen by 4 a.m. tomorrow and in the north bay, westbound 37 between vallejo and sears point remains shut down for road repairs today. you can see closure causing quite a traffic backup on alternate routes. detour options include taking northbound highway 29 to westbound highway 12, westbound 37, also set to reopen tomorrow, just in time for the commute. bringing people together in a struggle for safety. oakland's little saigon neighborhood is hoping that a new event at a troubled park draws back crowds. it tested out a sunset market, and leaders have high hopes it could help the businesses and

community members grappling with a list of security problems. here's today in the bay's alyssa goard. saturday, an upbeat dj set, vendors and even a bouncy house took over the lawn at clinton park in oakland's little saigon, all part of the first sunset market here, hosted by the oakland vietnamese chamber of commerce. we are encouraging folks to come out, even if it's not late at night. you can come out, you know, after four, like that's going to make a big difference for our sense of safety for our communities. unlike a night market, a sunset market goes until, well, sunset. the challenges around, aapi hate during the pandemic, compounded by the economic challenges of the covid pandemic as well, really brought these issues to an intense level that we've never seen before, chamber president jennifer tran says. many nearby businesses close

early because they're worried about crime or hate targeted towards asian americans. she hopes the sunset market will help bring the community back into public spaces. this event was made possible thanks to an activate oakland grant from the city. so this is one of several programs we are going to have to bring multiple generations together and really get people outside the banana pudding, have some peach cobbler, something else that's brought people together. food from small businesses like ray's home, sweets got to come out and just enjoy the community and show some love for the small business owners. actually, this is the first time i've ever, i actually found out that there was a little saigon here in oakland patronize our businesses, patronize these markets, organizers say this won't be their last sunset market in little saigon, and they're hoping to see continued investment from the city into this community. alyssa goard. today in the bay 709. right now, we have much more head on today

in the bay. coming up, we take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with kristen welker, who has a preview of this week's meet the pr

and at the same time, in new york, witnesses testified in the former president's hush money trial. please join me in welcoming kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen. great to see you this morning. thanks for joining us. you had the opportunity to sit down. great to see you. you had the opportunity to sit down with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell back in 2021, amidst former president trump's second impeachment. lynette mcconnell said something along the lines of former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by civil litigation or the criminal justice system. i'm wondering if he mentioned

that. does he maintain that stance, as obviously we are amidst that argument right now? kira, it's a great question, and it is one that i put to him and look, it took me a couple of tries to get him to answer, but ultimately, kira, ultimately, he says, yes, he does stand by that, which is significant. now he also says, look, in this instance, it's going to be up to the supreme court to have the final say in that regard. he is right about that as well. what's notable about what we saw in the supreme court, of course, this week is that the justices seemed poised to kick this to a lower court that would ultimately mean that this case would be delayed beyond and election day. and of course, if you go back to some of the conversations we've had in recent weeks, the trump team's goal has always been to lay delay, delay. so in this case, at least, it looks like they are poised to have a win in that regard. we'll have to see how it plays out. but kira, just

taking a step back, i think it underscores what we heard from mitch mcconnell. some of the divides within the republican party. we talked a lot about that as well, particularly as it relates to national security leader mcconnell, quite concerned about some of the divisions, some of the isolationist threads that are really emerging in his party. it will be interesting to get that inside. peek in your interview, christian, and to watch you hold his feet to the fire, so to speak, on that issue. christian as always, we look forward to your show today. thanks for joining us with that preview. we hope you join kristen for this morning's meet the press. you can see that full interview with senator mitch mcconnell, plus exclusive interviews with senator tim kaine and historic american civil rights activist ruby bridges. if you just stick right here with us for today in the bay, meet the press is on right after us at 8 a.m. and coming up in about 30 minutes from now, we'll talk to nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at that ongoing 16th congressional district recount affecting san

mateo and santa clara counties, and why the recount that was supposed to go quickly is still happening. 714 right now, using tech to help you drink responsibly today in the bay's marcos washington introduces us to the new app helping people build a better relationship with alcohol. well, april marks alcohol awareness month, and one san francisco based company is working to help people build a better relationship with drinking. it's called sunny side that apps helps track people's alcohol consumption. its primary focus is helping individuals stay mindful about how much they're drinking. the company says that its members have actually reduced their drinking by 32% in the first 30 days. we're providing a path for people who maybe aren't interested in the idea of kind of quitting entirely, or for whom alcohol is kind of a positive part of their lives, but maybe is a little bit out of balance with their overall health goals. and we believe that by kind of providing this type of alternative, we can get

millions more people working on drinking as a component of their proactive wellness routines and really help them to improve their lives. and the app also uses texting to help people discreetly track their drinks while out in social situations. now for stories like this, you can join us monday through friday on today in the bay. we start at 5 a.m. monday through friday, and you can actually watch nbc bay area whenever you want. we're on 24/7 on roku and other streaming platforms. i'm marcus washington. back to you. all right marcus, thanks so much. well, we are hearing word this morning that the annual white house correspondents dinner in washington, d.c. last night did not disappoint the event, as you likely know, brings together the president, hundreds of journalists, celebrities and one feature comedian. this year, saturday night live's colin jost was the main entertainment poking fun at president biden, former president donald trump and members of the press. sometimes he managed to hit all three in the same joke. and i would like

to point out it's after 10 p.m, sleepy joe is still awake. while donald trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning, though, fox news said he was just being anti-woke . the president himself gave a speech as well, cracking jokes at his own expense. but most were aimed at his rival donald trump. and biden did turn serious at the end of his speech, commending journalists for the vital public service they perform. he also thanked jost, who returns to saturday night live next week. the all new show will feature dua lipa doing double duty as host and musical guest. and that shows protesters gathered outside of the washington hilton last night, where the white house correspondents dinner was being held. the demonstrators protested loudly as the event was going on, shouting through

loudspeakers as guests arrived. the protest was not mentioned during the correspondents dinner, which is a private event back here locally, san francisco's japantown is marking the start of a renovation project. we have a look at the plans for the renovated japantown peace plaza, new decorative, accessible and functional updates are planned. the goal is to make sure the plaza remains a community hub in the heart of japantown, all while preserving its unique legacy. yesterday's event to break ground included mayor london breed, the consul general of japan in san francisco, and speaker emerita nancy pelosi. and today, we're thrilled to be the home again of the oldest japantown in america and fuzing our city with rich culture and leadership. indeed, it was always say, come to san francisco. the beauty is in the mix and what a thrill it is to be here. shortly after the northern california cherry blossom festival, which always

brings such vitality and beauty to the city, the japan center malls will stay open during construction. the new plaza is set to reopen in early 2026. by the way, this is just one of three japantowns left in the entire country. the other one is in the south bay at san francisco's golden gate park. today, a celebration for one pandemic policy that was too good to get rid of. today marks four years since jfk promenade closed to cars. the one and a half mile stretch of road was reserved for pedestrians and bikes during the pandemic, when people needed a way to space out, get some fresh air. many people supported making the road permanently car free. which city and voters approved in 2022. the celebration to mark the fourth anniversary is set for noon today, and peacock meadow have a festival type atmosphere. food trucks, activities and special guests. so let's see how the

forecast will be. time now to check in with cynthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. another breezy day this weekend. the theme is just sunshine and winds as we take a look outside in san francisco right now we are waking up to temperatures. not too bad. in the 50s, a lot of sunny skies, but it will be accompanied with gusty winds at times around 20 to 40 miles an hour. our satellite and radar shows us a clear picture through most of the state. the weird weather we had out west has calmed down, but we continue to talk about what's going on through the south as far as texas and up towards the midwest. what's really driving these storms, tornadoes, every kind of severe weather event that they're reporting is because we have the cold air coming in from the north. it mixes in with the humid air from the gulf coast. and that creates all of that instability. so if you know anybody that lives in these midwestern states, give them a call, make sure things are okay. we're going to continue to track that severe weather as we go through the day today, back here at home, we continue to talk

about the winds, especially towards the coast. so if your plans are driving you closer to the water, make sure that you bundle up and also keep things hunkered down. if you have any picnics or any plans outside barbecues. i know those are nice to have as the spring warmth builds, but we are going to be dealing with these gusty winds even as we try to get to bed. tonight. could be rattling the windows a little bit. our temperatures will be just a touch warmer than what we had yesterday, climbing into those mid 70s for santa rosa, fairfield and down through the santa clara valley along the immediate bay that onshore breeze will keep things just a touch cooler in those upper 60s for san mateo. as we go on into the last couple of days of april saying hello to may, we will be waking up on our monday morning with a few areas of some patchy clouds. the breeze and the temperatures day by day will start to warm up. we climb into those upper 70s in some spots as we approach tuesday, building that, warming as we get on into the first day of may. some of those spots could get into the 80s as we go deeper into the

inland valleys, and that should continue until we go on into about friday, into next weekend. we'll stay tuned to see if any of these showers that are starting to come into the pacific northwest. drive a little bit further south and change up our weather pattern a little bit. a bit cooler and breezy. so track those changes here in the 7-day forecast. san francisco windy over the next 2 to 3 days, but the temperatures will be nice as we calm down those wind speeds by the middle part of the week. and into our inland valleys. breezy weekend, but temperatures not too bad in the 70s upper 70s. by the middle part of the week, and we should see that inland warmth continue on into thursday and friday. so we'll go from the windbreakers to the short sleeves and the sunglasses as we go on into the weekend. love it looks good. cynthia thanks. there is much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up next for inning thriller for the giants at oracle park. would a 10th inning homer by jorge soler be the spark the giants needed to rally for victory against the pittsburgh pirates? sports is next

high drive to left and you can forget about it. jorge soler with a two run homer in the bottom of the 10th, but that's as close as the giants would get. the pirates go on to win it four three, in extra innings. also, the a's lose seven. nothing at baltimore. well, the nfl draft is over. the best move for the 49ers might be the one they didn't make this weekend. yet deebo samuel and brandon aiyuk are both still on the team . the niners made five picks on day three of the draft overall, they selected eight players saturday. they picked a receiver, a safety, a running back, offensive lineman and a linebacker. the challenge for the niners is figuring out if a player is needed now or later. you know, being close like we were last year, feeling we're

going to have a chance to at least have an opportunity to try to do something like that again. you want to think always what helps us now, but then you get to that spot and there always isn't that answer right then. and so you go with what kind of helps us now or what helps us more in the future. and so you're just constantly weighing that, whether it's the draft, whether that's free agency on the pitch, the earthquakes in nashville down a goal in the second half. jack skahan scores his first of the season. the match ends in a11 draw. the quakes. here's a positive note. they end a ten game road regular season losing streak that dates back to last year. bay fc on the road in san diego to take on wave fc down a goal to start the second half. azeezat oshoala right place, right time. she scores on the rebound that ties the match, but san diego would answer with a late goal, and wave fc beats bay fc by the final of 2 to 1. and how about this toe is returning to the 40

niners? well sort of. the team signed receiver tyreek owens to an undrafted free agent deal. now he's the son of hall of famer terrell owens. that's a look at your morning sports i'm anthony flores for today in the bay i was wondering what that meant. all right anthony thanks. still to come on today in the bay. coming up. they are not backing down. another night of protesters camped out on bay area college campuses, including stanford, where students say their calls for a ceasefire in gaza are more important to them than the risk of expulsion or arrest. and a not so warm welcome at the a's new temporary home. we take you to the protests, playing out i

eight 729 a live look outside. a beautiful look towards san francisco from our oakland camera. sunny skies, a little bit of cloud cover there. let's

see what's on tap for this sunday. thank you so much for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. cynthia pimentel has that quick look at our microclimate forecast. how's it looking? it's looking pretty good. people that want to get out there closer to the water and take those morning walks right now, is the time to do it because as you've noticed this weekend, we've built up the breeze as the morning has gone on. as we go down here into the south bay, beautiful look over the city and up towards mount eminem there and we will continue to see those sunny skies for today. we're starting off mainly in the 40s and 50s today, and we'll start to turn things a little bit breezier as we head on into noon, and temperatures are going to start to be feeling mild. 70 in santa rosa, 68 down here in san jose. and we'll get a few more upper 60s and some 70s as we go on into the afternoon. but the coastline will remain cool in those 60s, and we have some warmer temperatures ahead for people that want to get these wind speeds to die down a little bit and build up those temperatures, that's coming by

the end of this upcoming workweek. so i'll show you in the in the extended forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. kyra. all right, cynthia, thanks. we'll see you soon. student protesters across the country continue their calls for a cease fire in gaza, and bay area campuses are no exception. listen at stanford, today marks day four of a sit in this during stanford's admit weekend, when the campus welcomes admitted high school seniors who were welcomed by this tent encampment of demonstrators in the middle of white plaza. the students are demanding that stanford separate itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war at cal poly humboldt, protesters have vacated the buildings they had barricaded since monday after spray painting messages in classrooms. in response to the protests, humboldt administrators announced they are shutting down the campus for the remainder of the semester and switching to all online learning students at sonoma

state and uc berkeley. here, closer to home, also have tents set up as part of the gaza solidarity encampment at universities across the country. understanding that students are putting their lives on the line, their bodies on the line, their futures on the line for something that you know, something that could make a better place for palestinians, a better place, a better world. it's just important for us to be here, for us to disrupt the system that is carrying out, you know, funding to these atrocities. at stanford, our crews learned that the university handed letters to protesters saying that if they continued to camp out there past 8 p.m. last night and stayed overnight, they might be suspended. did they remain there this morning? at last check, the students we spoke with say it's a risk they're willing to take to fight for change. and this morning we have a new development from the campus of usc, where the l.a. police department has called off its tactical alert. pictures posted

by the student newspaper last night appear to show a large police presence on campus. this as usc closed its university park campus to anyone who is not a resident. video from earlier showing that the tents were still there. usc has faced backlash from students for canceling a pro-palestinian students commencement speech. since then, there have been clashes on campus between protesters and police. and just this week, usc announced it would cancel its main commencement ceremony over security concerns as those protests continue at colleges across the u.s. calling for a cease fire in the middle east, we are now seeing another video just released. the video shows two hostages held by hamas, including one american in his family, now sending their own message. nbc's megan fitzgerald reports. hamas releasing another video showing two hostages, 47 year old omri miron and an

american israeli, 64 year old keith segal. keith segal this undated video is the first time the two have been seen during their 204 days in captivity. keith, who works for a pharmaceutical company, and aviva, a kindergarten teacher, have lived in kibbutz kfar aza for 40 years. they were both taken by hamas on october seventh, but aviva was released during the last deal. 51 days into the war. aviva, with their two daughters releasing this video. seeing my father today only emphasizes to all of us how much we must reach a deal as soon as possible, she says. aviva saying keith, i love you. we will fight until you return. this latest hostage video, coming just days after hamas published this footage of american israeli, 23 year old hersh poland goldberg, shalom. nbc's raf sanchez, speaking to his parents on thursday. initially, you know, we were

just crying. this was a tremendous validation. and on the other hand, we see him. he's in captivity. many more families desperate for a sign of life and pressure on netanyahu, mounting. and that was megan fitzgerald reporting for us. now to the midwest, where people continue to clean up this morning after that series of strong storms tore through the region, nearly 80 tornadoes were reported across six states, most hitting nebraska and iowa. we have video that shows a massive twister moving across the interstate in nebraska. the mayor of omaha saying the destructive tornado moved through rural farmland before hitting the suburbs. miraculously, no deaths have been reported, but we have learned several people are injured. one person describing the tense moments when the tornado hit their house. you could hear the debris hitting

our kitchen floor. we were under our kitchen and the pressure changed, your ears popped and just in an enormous amount of debris just was falling on the floor above us. the national weather service says there were more than 30 reports of damaging wind, 60 reports of hail overnight and it's not over yet. more tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail are still expected today. back here locally, fans who want to see the a's stay rooted in oakland showed up yesterday in sacramento, so they were at the game between the river cats and the las vegas aviators at sutter health park earlier this month. you likely know a's owner john fisher announced the team will temporarily play at that park in west sacramento for three seasons beginning next year, while a new stadium is being

built for the a's in las vegas. members of the last dive bar and the oakland 60 eights say they want fisher to sell the team. that way, the a's can stay in oakland. it's really sad what's happening. i grew up going to games, hoped to take my kids to the games in oakland, and they're just getting ripped away from us. they don't belong in vegas, and they certainly don't belong here. they belong in oakland. while it seems like the move to sacramento and eventually las vegas is in evitable, those fans tell us they will not give up. they say they plan to keep protesting. a reminder this sunday, parts of two major bay area freeways are shut down for repaving. caltrans has video of crews repairing southbound 680 in the east bay. the road shut down friday night. it's only the southbound lanes closed between the five 8680 interchange and koopman road down in sunol. northbound lanes still remain open as you can see

there. here's a look at that closure on the map. if you need to get around it, you'll be directed to take alternate routes on five, 8880 and highway 84. caltrans, by the way, good news says this is the fourth and final closure of southbound 680. in that area. the road will be reopened by 4 a.m. tomorrow morning. okay, it is 737 right now and we have breaking news right now. a deadly crash that happened in the south bay. it was on 101 south near the oakland road off ramp in san jose. happened just about an hour ago. currently, the northbound 880 to southbound 101 connector is closed because of that crash. no word on when it will be reopened. 738 right now. still to come on today in the bay in space, there are rules. when naming something new that is discovered will introdu

warmer than what we had yesterday from the south bay to the peninsula in those low 50s. a bit cooler as we make our way into the tri-valley in the 40s, upper 40s at that, to the east bay and san francisco clear skies, and to the north bay, also a touch cooler, a cooler over sausalito. some of your headlines as we get through today and the next couple of days, it will be another breezy day to wrap up the weekend. so if you have any plans to get outside, walk near all of our coastal paths. the time to do it is right now. as we go on into the afternoon. it could be picking up into those gusts around 20 to 40 miles an hour. the highs for today still pretty similar to what we had yesterday. just a touch cooler. 60s and 70s. but we'll build those temperatures up into the middle parts of the upcoming workweek, starting off may in those mid to upper 70s to possibly some 80s. there's lots to do around the bay area. going

out to oracle park today. pirates and giants first pitch is at 105, and as we advance the timeline forward it will get breezy gusty at times. so bring those jackets, maybe some beanies and those extra blankets to keep you nice and toasty out there. how about going up to the north bay? vallejo will have this decked out music festival that looks fun out at mare island. it will go from 12 to 4 and notice sunny skies and temperatures in those low 70s. you might feel a little bit of a breeze, but still looks good out there. and coming down in here into the south bay. cherry blossom festival. if you missed it in the city, another chance for you to see it out there today. temperatures should get into that 70 degree mark at around 3 p.m, looking out into the last couple of days of april and into the start of may, high pressure will keep all of those systems, mainly to the north as we look into the pacific northwest. some of those systems stay up there into next weekend, but we're going to watch if that track comes into the bay area, into parts of the northern, northern part of the state, and that should bring about some cooler temperatures and that

cloud cover as we go on into the second half of the week, mainly friday on into saturday. and you can notice it here in concord over the next couple of days, building those temperatures from the upper 70s to those low 80s. as we go on into wednesday, thursday, friday, i know it's going to be hard to get yourself to work as we see those warm temperatures and the sunshine, but you can do it. san francisco over the next couple of days will also be picking up on those winds as we go on through at least tuesday, and then calming down and seeing the nice mild weather that makes it just beautiful to live here in the bay area and our inland valleys will climb also from the low 70s to the upper 70s to possibly some 80s as you move further on into the bay. looks beautiful. cynthia. thanks 743 right now we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, nbc bay area analyst a political analyst, larry gerston is here with the latest on that ongoing race for the congressional seat held by anna eshoo. he has the latest on where

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name it, but most discoveries are named after men. today in the bay. scott mcgrew introduces us to an astronomer whose mission is to get more recognition for women. kira, listen to this. when astronomers find something new, like a crater, they get to name it. but the rules set down by the international astronomical union say they have to name it. generally speaking, after a famous scientist or artist, and that person has to be dead a certain number of years. now, when you think of dead scientists from years back, well, that tends to be a man. which is why, for instance, 95% of the features on the moon are named for men. here's a young astronomer trying to change that . i mean, because, men kind of came there as a first come, first served. it does mean that we have this de facto male occupation of space, but space

science is evolving at such an incredible rate that new discoveries are constantly being made. now that's astronomer annie lennox, who's leading the charge to get things named after women. she herself discovered craters on mercury, but then struggled to get the iau to accept any of her proposed women's names. but they did finally relent. i have had some craters names, yes. so that first one that prompted this whole project, i ended up calling the nairn crater after a scottish, poet and singer called lady catalina nairn, who was a contemporary, actually, of robert burns. she's a really interesting woman in her lifetime, it wasn't, considered proper for a lady to be a poet. so many of her poems were wrongly attributed to robert burns, and it wasn't really until after her death that she got proper recognition. recognition now there's the nairn crater on mercury that lennox discovered and mapped. you can see our full interview

on our program press here, right here on nbc bay area coming up at nine this morning. back to you. we look forward to that. indeed, scott. thank you. in the continuing recount in the 16th congressional district race in san mateo and santa clara counties, it was only supposed to last three days. instead, the recount for the second spot is entering its third week, which means former san jose mayor sam liccardo, who came in first place, awaits to learn who he will face in the november ballot. will it be california's state assembly member, evan lowe, or santa clara county supervisor joe simitian? only time will tell. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here with the latest. great to see you as always. where do we stand? time will tell. but how much time? right, exactly how much time? you know, this is absolutely incredible. 185,000 votes, probably close to a dozen candidates, and two of them tied

for the second spot. tied. what are the odds of that kind of thing now? here's here's what we have. we got three pots left and they're small. we got about 17 votes that are being challenged in san mateo county, 14 votes. can you small numbers, 14 votes. that are being challenged in santa clara county and about a dozen precincts that have that have not been combed for that recount. okay. and that's in santa clara county. you're talking about maybe when it's all said and done, three, four dozen. and we don't know how many of those are actually going to count, which is proof that every vote counts, really, for people who say, like, my vote doesn't matter kind of thing. so why has this taken so long? because they were they were tied. now now there's a split. you know, the registrars are using the normal process, you know, but how many times do you see a normal process for this kind of thing. and now what they're looking at is things like, you know, the signatures you put in the back of your ballot. well is it reflective of the signatures we've seen before? the postmark, is it

clear? is there a postmark, a return address, is there a return address? these are little things that most of us don't think about. we just put it down automatically. they are trying to figure all these things out. and i'll tell you something. it's not easy. it really isn't. i mean, personally, for me, in the 20 years i've been a legal voter, my signature has even changed, right? you know, i've gotten lazier. so that's got to be a hard job to do. so what happens next? okay, we're all we know. yeah. no no no no. they're going to go through the they're going to finish the process okay. but but because you look at something like a signature and you say well that looks okay to me. another person might say, well it doesn't look good to me. and that determines whether that is or not a vote. and so there's going to be some sort of disagreement. you bet your life on this. i don't know how many votes are going to be contested, but some will be you're going to expect to see this go to court. and then the question will be, what will happen then? but i'll tell you one thing. this is not about to be settled, not for a

while until all of these votes are not just counted, but disputed, clarified, and put in their spot. and who knows how long that will take. and i understand it's like $24,000 a day or something being paid by one person, $13,000 a day. and those days add up. they really do. my mistake there, larry. thanks so much for that insight. we know you'll have it all wrapped up for us at some point. we'll see you again. thanks. 750 right now. up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following on this sunday morning, including another night of protesters camped out on bay area college campuses where students say their calls for a ceasefire in gaza are more important than the risk of expulsioorn a

morning, including breaking news. we've learned about a deadly crash impacting 101 in the south bay. a traffic collision was reported around 630 this morning. this was on 101 south near the oakland road off ramp in san jose. currently northbound 80 to 101 south is closed. no word yet on when it will reopen, so good to avoid that area this morning. back to student protesters across the country, continuing their calls for a ceasefire in gaza and bay area campuses are no exception at stanford today marks day four of a sit in. we have a live look

at the encampment of demonstrators in the middle of white plaza. this is all unfolding during stanford's admit weekend, when the campus welcomes admitted high school seniors. the students demanding that stanford separate itself from any companies or organizations advancing military efforts in the israel-hamas war at cal poly humboldt, protesters have left the buildings that they once barricaded since monday in response to the protests, humboldt announced it is shutting down the campus for the remainder of the semester and switching to all online learning. meanwhile, students at sonoma state and uc berkeley also have tent cities set up as part of the gaza solidarity encampment movement at universities across the nation. understanding that students are putting their lives on the line, their bodies on the line, their futures on the line for something that, you know, something that could make a better place for palestinians, a

better place, a better world. it's just important for us to be here, for us to disrupt the system that is carrying out, you know, funding to these atrocities. back at stanford, the university handed out letters to protesters warning them that if they had continued to camp out past 8:00 last night, they could be suspended. but as you just saw from our live picture, the students are still there. they tell us it's a risk they are willing to fight for. parts of two major bay area roadways continue to be shut down on this sunday. caltrans is repaving. this is video of its repaving work on southbound 680. this is in the east bay. the road shut down friday night. it's only the southbound lanes closed between the five 8680 interchange and koopman road. they're expected to be reopened by 4:00 tomorrow morning. so here's a look at that closure on a map. if you need to get around it, you will be directed to take alternate routes on five 8880

highway 84. caltrans is saying rejoice. this is the fourth and final closure of southbound 680. in that area. again, the road will be reopened in time for the morning commute tomorrow. same goes for the north bay westbound 37 between vallejo and sears point is shut down for repaving that closure, causing a backup on those alternate routes. detour options include taking northbound 29 to westbound highway 12, westbound 37 will be reopened for the morning commute tomorrow. so before we go, let's check in with cynthia. last one last time. well, if you're stuck in that traffic in the north bay, it's kind of nice to veer off to the side, see the vineyards. you know? so take the good with the tricky. sometimes our forecast for the next couple of days will still be breezy out there towards the coastline, san francisco, the peninsula, all of our beaches could be not the spot to go as we go on through at least tuesday, but then we should see those wind speeds calm down and temperatures warming up our inland valleys

will go from the 70s low 70s to those upper 70s. by wednesday, first of the month. and then we go on into thursday. friday, still under that dome of high pressure temperatures and are far inland. valleys could reach the low 80s. but then notice, as we go on into next weekend, we're going to be tracking some disturbance disturbances that want to make it to the bay area that will cool down those temperatures and bring more cloud cover. well, hopefully those disturbances will change their minds and let us have that beautiful forecast. looks good. cynthia, thanks and thanks so much to all of you for making us a part of your morning. the final sunday of the month. we'll have more local news for you tonight at five, six and 11 and all day on nbc. bay

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