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jails, two inmates at a san francisco county jail refused to leave their cell, leading to officers, how was it resolved, live in the city. and what happened today, each search to get a new trial. and the climate crisis, reaching new heights as the world looks for more and more ways to burn clean energy. welcome back, starting right now, things for joining us.>> a tense situation behind bars, two sentences jails remain on lockdown, several violent attacks on deputies, today, despite days lockdown, reporting new issues, at the jail, with various problems.

>> reporter: the latest in a series of events. and no one was injured today, a different story earlier today, a lot of activity here 11 this morning, two inmates, refused to come out and the handcuffs. and six deputies dressed in tactical gear, responding to the situation. they also found jail made weapons they believe were used by individuals. after nearly two hours of negotiation, the latest in a series of incidents at san francisco county jail's. according to the sheriff department, nine deputies and staff have been injured or sultan since march 29, while the public defender's office believes that staffing shortages are to blame,

pointing to carotid jails and violent offenders and delayed court cases as the major factors behind a spike in violence. >> the uptick is something we want to address immediately, which is why we are doing what we are doing right now. it will not just be a lockdown as was mentioned earlier but the follow-up that will involve not just our staff but command staff, all the resources and partnerships with behavioral health and mental health. >> the sheriff department has deployed 130 deputies to join the joint drug task force in the tenderloin. so they do have staff that are out in the fields, doing other things. so that is kind of one source that we would point to.>> reporter: now both the downtown sam cisco jails have been in lockdown since monday, and a deputy sustained a head injury after being punched repeatedly, and at one point, and the

national guard be called in to help bridge the staff shortage but today the sheriff says he believes deputies can handle the situation without outside help. the lockdown the jail to, downtown san francisco will be lifted tomorrow, here that is set to reopen. in a couple of days later this week, reporting live in san bruno, nbc area news. a shooting killing two teenage girls, and riverside drive, the sheriff's office says it arrested 22-year-old john nicholson junior of alejo, leading up to the shooting, and also arrested, charges of aiding a felony and so far no motive has been revealed.>>

scott peterson was back in court, the first in three hearings to determine whether the convicted killer will get to enter new evidence in his fight for a new trial. ian cole was in the courtroom in san mateo county, where the 51-year-old peterson appeared virtually. >> reporter: today scott peterson made his second appearance in court virtually this year, sporting a ponytail and only speaking to confirm he could hear and see the proceeding from millcreek state prison. >> i can, thank you. >> reporter: emotion to seal documents from public view in a push to get his murder conviction overturned, serving life without patrol -- parole for the murder of his wife and unborn son.>> reporter: they want to take the identity of people they interviewed, who fear retaliation from the modesto police department. but after it was agreed, the names will remain redacted. >> ultimately the defense will

make a motion for new trial, laying the groundwork right now.>> not on this case but has followed it for years, says the next hearing will be more intriguing, that is when peterson's lawyers will ask them to let the team do dna testing on multiple pieces of evidence. they have pointed to a burned- out orange man containing a bloody mattress, and disappeared, and believed to be in police custody. and in the dna. and killed by burglars who broke into the home across the street around the time she disappeared. >> let's say those materials are tested for dna. and lacy peterson's dna are on some of the materials, that to me would give rise for a good basis for a motion for new

trial.>> reporter: peterson dumped the body from his pregnant wife from the fishing boat, on christmas eve, also where the body washed up months later. lawyers on both sides declined to talk after the hearing today. >> there is a protocol that allows scott peterson to come to the court and say, i did not get a fair trial. there is information that was not given to my team, there is new evidence that needs to be tested, all of that is going into his motion and the court will rule on that once this is all culminated. >> reporter: next up is the second of three hearings put forth by the innocence project, they will focus on the dna evidence, scheduled for may 29. at the san mateo county courthouse, nbc bay area news. two children of the late senator robert f kennedy are getting involved with the district attorney's race, will be endorsing the former u.s. assistant attorney general mac nathan hochman, challenging the

incumbent, they say that the gas going policy of prohibiting prosecutors from attending parole hearings helped allow their father's assassin, sir hans her hand to be found eligible for parole. -- sirhan sirhan. >> we're standing here for some of the most beautiful people in the world, each of these mothers has lost a child, and they have to go and face the court system alone. without the support of the district attorney. without the government on their side, and that is dead wrong. >> governor newsom intervened and reversed the parole, and he remains in prison. new traffic cameras have the green light in san francisco, the mta approved new speed cameras at 33 locations across the city, this begins next year, once the speed cameras are activated they will dramatically -- automatically

flag them, they get it mailed to them, part of a pilot program to make the street safer. six cities will receive the speed cameras including san francisco, oakland and san jose . a record year for wind power, according to the global wind energy council, installing 117 gigawatts of new wind power, a record for new wind installations, however they say much more is to be done to unlock growth, saying it has to triple the annual growth of power by 2030 to meet international climate change agreements. a win for transgender athletes in west virginia, a federal court overturned a law, introduced in 2021, the court positive the law last year, today it cited with a 13-year- old transgender girl from west virginia. she argued that the law

prevented her from running on the girls cross country team at her middle school. the court decided the bill violates a law that prohibits six based discrimination in schools. meanwhile the judge said that offering transgender women a choice between only playing on a boys team or not playing at all is actually quote, no choice at all. we know olympians have it covered when it comes to the track and field and wherever they may excel but what happens after they retire, partnering with guild, a denver based education company, to help with life after sports. announcing an online platform to help olympians get college degrees and develop life skills after they step away from their sport. it offers one-on-one career coaching, offering 250 different programs, within days of the launch, they said monday five athletes have created plural files -- profiles of the platform. is special skill that helps

to solve cases, the bay area fbi agent that has a growing advantage when it comes to recruiting informants and locating witnesses. i am your chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, we are not done will storms just yet, taking a look at the long range forecast, and what we can pect this ex

a special agent in the bay area never thought being latina would be one of them. >> one of the only spanish- speaking agents in the bureau's office, here is natalie.>> reporter: at the fbi field office in san francisco, there are fewer than 10 spanish- speaking special agents. >> i was born and raised in san juan, puerto rico. >> reporter: she says she never imagined one day she would work

for one of the most prominent law enforcement agencies in the world. and that her culture would play a big part. she first joined the bureau 20 years ago as an intelligence analyst. >> i was hired to work latin america matters initially but 9/11 it happened in 2001, and so they realized they needed more support.>> reporter: so she was reassigned to international terrorism. >> they trained me and i learned a little bit about islam to be familiar with the culture and the religion, and a little -- i learned a little bit of arabic. >> reporter: working alongside special agents for years under the assignment, and many were women. >> i looked at them and i figured i think i can do this there. >> a lengthy process in 2006, moving to the bay area,

cracking scams targeting the latino community. >> a compelling case, a lot of immigrants that did not speak english were victims of these three individuals, and it was a wonderful experience to be able to use my background and my spanish language to be able to connect with victims. >> the agent tells me being latina and bilingual has been key when it comes to recruiting informants for cracking multiple informants. >> reporter: crediting the skills with helping investigate one of the most notorious crimes freeze now plaguing san francisco. smash and grabs. the bureau has been able to intercept attempts to help a stolen electronics, with the hispanic committee in the mission district. now looking back on the last two decades of putting her life on the line. >> a lot of risky moments. moments in which i have felt

very vulnerable. >> reporter: she shared the one thing that keeps her going. >> the feeling that you're doing something good for the world, putting bad, violent people behind bars and you have that purpose of making everything around you safer. it helps you get over the anxiety. we met in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> are very impressive. >> yes, for sure. and the weather, quite a turn, enjoying the sunshine. so nice to be outside and soaking that up. in for more of that over the next couple of days, the rainfall though looks like it will be in the mix, maybe over the next 10 days, we will take you to the long-range forecast. about a minute and a half, the temperatures, we got lots of 70s right now coming across the bay area, napa 72, concorde 75

and 76 in livermore, 67 degrees right now, 57 in half moon bay with the ocean breeze in place. the southern branch of the jet stream going to be moving into central and southern california. some of the cloud cover into the south moving towards us tomorrow, and sunbreaks, and not going to be too bad for us, starting it off, this weekend, that we had the rainfall in the 30s to low 40s, a lot more comfortable as you head there tomorrow morning. south bay, and needed, little bit in the morning. and head through the afternoon. a couple more degrees. 80s, and check it out. 80 for san jose, downtown san

jose, 79, 80s and the east bay, antioch in livermore, alejo, at 77. and you are close in palo alto at 78, half moon bay, 67 with the ocean breeze, some parts in san francisco, get on the 70s, the mission to downtown to the outer sunset. 78 here towards mill valley, 74. we don't have to feel guilty about these temperatures and the sunshine as we have in years past with the drought, right now we are sitting pretty good especially with the sierra snowpack. look at the numbers right now, snow this past weekend, put us in one 25% of normal for the northern sierra, central 108 and southern at 108, all- important, providing a third of the states water supply. let's look at the numbers

and break them apart, some of the data we've compiled, looking back over the last 20 years, what really sticks out to us and what is so great is not only above-average this year but also last year, last time we had back to back snow years above normal was way back in 2010 and 2011, we had drought years from 2012 into 2022. awesome to see that. what do i see coming our way, dry weather through the weekend, 70s and 80s, next week, next week, rainfall and a quarter inch and el niño fades in a 60% chance that a la niña develops. what it could mean for the rainy season, but in the past it has meant above average rainfall, we will keep a close look on that, everyone is keeping a close eye on the saturday forecast. >> and the sunshine right there. [ laughter ] >> and the weekend, how about

that. >> it is been a while. are you ready? live in sacramento, before the warriors tip off against the kings, the kings right there in the foreground, warriors in the background, a live look,

tonight it is do or die for the warriors. the season is over if they lose, they need to win.

>> that is good advice, steve kerr needs to say that in his speech. [ laughter ] the warriors took an 85 mile road trip to sacramento. the state capital, it's going to be rocking tonight right? >> reporter: it certainly is going to be, from the golden one center in sacramento, this exciting, the nba version of march madness warriors and keying, and the right to move on, and less team -- last time they met in the playoffs, epic game, 50 points in sacramento, and game 7, if recent history is any indication, this game should be a nailbiter, the last three meetings between the warriors and kings this season have all been decided by a single point. >> we understand what it's like in this type of environment, it

must win scenario. the history of last year was sacramento, just the vibes are go win the basketball game and we know we can do that. >> i think we still have a chance to do something special. obviously it is an ncaa tournament, we have to get out of the first weekend, win the first two and get to the first round but we have a shot, so we are excited about that. >> reporter: injury update, the warriors will be without gary page, you will miss the game with a calf injury, they will be without malik monk, who had a great playoff series off the bench against the warriors, he is out with a knee injury. an interesting note, normally when we do live shots this time at chase center, stephan curry is always right behind me in his mid warm-up shootout, but

we don't see them on the court yet, tip-off is scheduled for 7:00, maybe you know something we don't, maybe it will run later but will have highlights and postgame reaction tonight on the news 11:00, live in sacramento, anthony florez, nbc bay area. >> trying to figure out how to outsmart stephan curry when it comes to his pregame routine. >> we don't want them to like the beam tonight, that's all i know. take you anthony. the olympic torch is on its way to th norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? but the good news is... xfinity mobile just got even better! now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. i gotta get this deal... that's like $20 a month per unlimited line... i don't want to miss that. that's amazing doc.

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the u.s. has with the path for julian assange to finally be extradited from britain, london's high court ruled, without certain guarantees from the u.s., he could launch a new appeal against being extradited back to america, part of the deal, the promises from the u.s. include that he could rely on the first amendment right to free speech in a trial here and prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. he faces 18 espionage related charges over the wikileaks release of confidential u.s. military records and diplomatic cables. the final push to the paris olympics has begun. the olympic torch was lit during a ceremony in ancient olympia, the home of the olympics, kicking off an 11 day torch relay across greece, it will end in aplin's -- athens,

were will be given to paris games organizers and it will travel by sea to marseille, where the french leg begins, culminating with the lighting of the olympic flame at the opening ceremony on july 26 in paris. back here at home, 100 athletes from team usa gathered in new york, petaluma native, the 18-year-old and alternate in tokyo a few years ago, and now she wants a big spot in paris, fun stories with her in petaluma. the qualification period for skaters ends in june. and on team usa, based on the world rankings at that time.>> it would mean everything. what i've been working to. hopefully i can make it happen. and enjoy croissants with my family in paris. >> yes. >> 100 days until the opening

ceremony, we've got you covered beginning on the morning sure in the bay, as we countdown and the today show, we will see everything transform into a very paris looking city of lights, dozens of hopefuls will join to share the path to gold, it should be fun. so exciting, now what is coming up next.>> armed carjacking suspect, shot by his own accomplice, the confrontation between the owner and arm thieves and what police are saying about the investigation.>> a big question a lot of people are asking, what happens next after pro- palestinian protesters shut down traffic across the bay area. san francisco's district attorney explains why she is not filing criminal charges, at least not yet. is san jose's only trauma center at risk of shutting down,

a penitential move that some say could cause and cost lives. the news at 6:00 starts now, thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with terrifying moments caught on cameron heyward, a man confronting a would-be thief trying to steal the truck, the suspect struck in the middle of the night but got more than they bargained for, here is jody hernandez. >> i did not have a plan when i ran outside the door, i saw people in the car and i wasn't going to let them take my stuff. >> reporter: 54-year-old francis jones calls a pure instinct, he and his wife got an alert from surveillance cameras showing somebody in their truck at 2:30 pm -- 2:30 am, barefoot and half-asleep, he darted out the door to confront the criminals.>> i reached into the truck and grabbed her around the neck. >> reporter: it shows jones pulling the suspect of the truck and holding him by e

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