thanks so much for joining us this morning. it is tuesday, may 21st. >> time to get started. >> good morning theodore. >> good morning. >> you have a meeting in five minutes. want to try getting out of bed? get up. >> this movie gave us look into the future of artificial intelligence. but what are the limits? a hollywood actress demanding answer this is morning. i can't afford to live in san francisco anymore so this kind of felt like the only option that was the close to home. >> sick and tired of paying the rent prices? you are not the only one. and now some are making the move across the bay. to be able to give them the cake and they were like oh i'm

so excited a big birthday party and i'm so excited. my grandma ate this when she was growing up. >> a family tradition still very much alive at this bakery. i'd be climbing the trees and messing around and planting every ball i could possibly find and then everybody like -- everybody around me was like -- kind of -- acts like a bear. >> it may be one of the best nicknames around. bay area baseball player following in his brother's footsteps on the diamond. i mean, i guess all in the family right? i'm gianna franco and your older brother plays a little baseball and you might play too and be good at it too. >> we hope you are good at tuesdays. good morning, everybody. i'm reed cowan. we have a big morning where traffic is concerned. gianna is watching breaking news situation right now. >> this is over in fremont this morning. and if you are headed in and around this area, fremont boulevard a major crash. this is in-between thornton avenue and peralta boulevard and you can see in the live look there the car is just really damaged and at one

point apparently it was on fire. there a lot of debris on the roadway in and around the area and police say this area will be completely shut down for several hours. which will likely cause a bit of a backup in and around that area. this is a deadly crash and one person did die in the accident. so unfortunately, it's going to be out there for the investigation as well. and it could take some time. we'll continue to let you know the latest as when lanes open up and in the meantime let's take a look at traffic elsewhere. if you are taking 880 this morning, moving along okay and live look there at paseo grande, so you are taking 880 over down towards the fremont area. your freeways are good it's just you have the troubles once you are on surface streets. san mateo bridge a good start right now. westbound commuters over to 101 no delays or issues right now. all right, let's look live and get a reset this morning as we begin our tuesday. and you can see what looks to be a sleepy san francisco. there our bridges right there twinkling, jess, good morning my friend. circle back home and go to bed for a couple more hours? i really needed that this

morning. all right, let's take a quick look at what's going on for the weather headlines since we are up and you are watching i'm guessing you are slowly starting to wake up too. the next couple of days we're continue dog see more of the same when we see more of the forecast. today is actually one of the warmest days this week but then day-by-day we get a little bit cooler as dive into the weekend forecast. flex for example, some of the friends along the east bay 80s in the forecast for us today but then the weekend 50s are right around the corner and as that system moves in bringing us some cooler weather it's going to bring some passing clouds but still in rain in sight. we have been dry and high pressure sitting just offshore the reason why we're dealing with that nice little bit of a warm-up but then we have system coming in from the north cools us down a bit like i said. and speaking clouds this morning it's cool and cloudy along the coastline. that really pulls back though in the afternoon hours and we are left with beautiful sunshine and dry conditions today, tomorrow, day six, day eight and the reason why i bring this up actually is because the climate prediction

center is showing drier than normal conditions for all of us here in the bay area heading into the long-range models. the quick look at the map and daytime highs today, they are going to be nice and warm for us and better yet, i'm going to pull that up in just a bit. for now over to you, g. all right, so we're actually going to go to top stories. but it is traffic related and you might see extra drivers for lyft, uber and door dash on the streets of san francisco today. a car caravan from southern california making its way to the bay area right now. it's all part of the organized rally against proposition 22. that's of course the measure the voters approved in 2020 that defined app based transportation and delivery drivers as independent contractors. it also adopted labor and wage policies and only apply to app based drivers. and a company such as uber lilt and door dash. but in 2021 two sections were ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable in alameda county. since then the measure has been moving towards the california supreme court. those in today's caravan say 22 excludes them from minimum wage

and overtime protections. listen. >> the message at the companies will say is that we make a fair share of their profit and it's not the case. the voter was deceived as well as the employee. >> so they're making their point and putting it on the road. drivers from downtown south make their way to san francisco, drivers from the north will be doing the same. they'll be coming in if the central valley and sacramento. live look at oakland this morning. good morning. today city leaders in oakland will vote for changes to its policy chase -- its chase mollsy for police. right now police cannot chase criminals unless they are deemed as violent and armed. so as robbery, crime numbers rise in oakland, councilmembers kevin jenkins and reed are taking a second look at that no chase policy. they're looking at a proposal balancing public safety with the potential dangers of police pursuits. if approved the police commission would be asked to provide reports on those police pursuits. we have a follow-up to a 2022 arson fire at a san jose home depot. that store slapped

with more than a million dollars in fines for code violations in connection with that massive fire that leveled its blossom hill store in san jose. prosecutors say dylan jay cruz gogue committed arson after the store but it would have been suppressed if the system hadn't been disabled it was. also the store is accused of fire lanes blocked and stacked with pallets. another fire to report this time at the tesla factory in fremont. our chopper was at the scene last night. fremont fire says it started inside and they don't know exactly why. but they think an oven could be the reason. no injuries though reported. gianna? lets get a live look at san francisco this morning. the bay area has been called and is considered the ai capital of the world. san francisco's openai has been ahead of the curve in creating the latest in technology. but is that technology going a little too far right now? a hollywood actress definitely thinks so.

scarlett johansson claims openai is copying her voice as our lauren toms shows us, the actress says their new personal assistant sounds just like her. >> would you like your os to have a male or female voice? >> female i guess. >> reporter: like a scene from a sci-fi movie, a familiar sounding robotic voice is ready to assist in ways ai expert ahmed benafa says is way ahead of schedule but this scene has become reality. >> the scenario we are living in now which is in 2024, started in 2022. we supposed to have it in 2040 based on the progression of the hardware and the software and the talents. it's a little bit concerning because we're going too fast. >> reporter: that speed has capuleted san francisco ai company openai squarely in a debate overing. >> lull property after the actress claimed the company's

voice feature named sky sounded eerily similar to her voice. the company has since suspensioned its use and it's an issue he says that comes down to intellectual property. >> but famous people who have some kind of a special tone that if you hear it, you know who's that actor. you know who's that actress. >> reporter: in a statement sunday, openai said it believes ai voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinct voice. and maintains sky's voice is not an imitation of joe hanson's. but rather belongs to a different professional actress whose name they have not publicized. according to a statement from joe hanson obtained by cbs news bay area, she did rticipate in talks wi openai to narrate the voice but ultimately declined. she said she was shocked and angered and in disbelief the company would pursue a voice so similar to hers that her closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference. >> it's like the wild west. we

trying to find our limits. and to find those limits, we have to hit some kind of cases like this. and say okay, so we're not going to do it again. >> reporter: lawmakers are rushing to pass laws to protect actors from growing ai industry. bay area assembly member rebecca bower can is working on laws to ban use of a deceased actor's image or voice for decades after they pass. >> we want to make sure every artist, likeness, voice artistic expression, is protect sod that things like this don't happen so that you know, you get consent to whether your voice is used or not. >> reporter: that consent, according to joe hanson, was not given. but the interest from openai to replicate her role in the 2013 movie "her" continued. in the movie, joe hanson plays an intuitive operating system that becomes a love interest of the main character. >> how's everything with you? >> pretty good actually. it's really nice to meet you. >> reporter: a concept openai's ceo sam altman

appeared to reference in a may 13th tweet with the same titlement "her." it's all about being fair with the owners of the features and intellectual property and talents. >> reporter: correcting the course, before it's too late. >> well, as you would expect, we are seeing a lot of reaction on social media this morning. steven ford posted, this clip of the actress in black widow writing, scarlett johansson raiding his office like -- and then while francisco and san francisco posted this video comparing the whole thing to "mrs. doubtfire" fighting with a thief over her purse. and matt business would posted this. writing openai listening to 400 voice auditions until they find one that sounds like scarlett johansson. >> this is not going away. >> no. >> actors are going the stand up and fight this one. this just gives more juice to it. >> we heard from a local actress recently. shawn did a story on that. how you know her concerns over the same thing. just being, you know, an

everyday actress trying to pay the bills and here we have a major movie star obviously dealing with the same issue. it's a thing and definitely going to be a big problem for a lot of people moving forward. >> going into the political system. the political cycle right now. you know, you think about we have a lot of politicians whose fake voices could end up on our answering machines. and our voice mail. and -- i don't know. it's really scary to me. >> it's concerning especially in something like that when you are trying to make a decision on who's going to be say the next president. >> i just said answering machine. i don't have those anymore. >> it's okay. but didn't even faze me because we grew up in the same era. >> voice mail. a live look at sfo, planningen a trip to asia? about to get even easier to book a flight. >> i think that's something that even -- you know, my mom and dad would love. >> definitely thought about it for sure. you know, multiple times but it's really hard to do that. hopefully we can make that happen. >> bay area brothers with

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completely shut down a lot of debris still in the roadway and police said the area will be closed for several hours for the investigation. fortunately, someone did die in this accident, so we'll keep you updated. throughout the morning. give yourself some extra time. if you're traveling in and around that area, let's take a look at traffic elsewhere. if you're taking 880 over towards fremont main lines of 880 look good. no delays there if you're taking taking the san mateo bridge, from the nimitz, so far, so good. for that ride through there. and over at the bay bridge toll plaza, we're not tracking any brake lights or issues just yet. it's pretty quiet and light as you head into san francisco this morning. and really our other hotspot is on the freeways. westbound 580 into the altamont pass, that's where we're tracking some brake lights for that commute as you work your way on to 580. and a south bay is off to a good start. let's take a live look outside on this tuesday morning. 5:15 in the morning and looking down at grace cathedral. beautiful lit up structures there. let's talk to jessica about the weather and jess, nice last night. kind of warm outside. >> yeah, absolutely. and it's getting warmer today and we're

expecting upper 80s in the forecast. in our inland areas throughout this afternoon. take a look at this. all throughout the bay area, as we wake up this morning it's cool and it's mild. later into this afternoon, we're expecting low 80s near san jose. upper 80s near concord and antioch. upper 70s into the city of redwood city. it's beautiful for us this afternoon. san francisco, just along the shoreline, will stay a little bit cooler but the more inland you go you could potentially see 70s. 80s into the heart of novato. warm weather for us this afternoon. another thing to mention too, it has been 17 days since we've seen rain. the only reason i bring that number up is because we are coming out of that season where we would see it pretty much every week and now a little bit of a week and the climate prediction center is showing drier than normal conditions for the next six to ten days. just keep that in mind. the rest of this week's

forecast drier than normal conditions and into earl flex week too. not a drop of rain in sight for us. gustable skies and mild conditions and light winds also at least in the morning hours. i can't say that's the case into the afternoon. here's what it's looking like just by 10:00. winds continue to stay light but then we get that stronger on shore breeze and yesterday i was running in san francisco and the wind definitely started kicking up around the 3:00 hour like what we're going to see today and hold on tight to us as we head into the evening hours tonight. other than that though beautiful mild conditions for us. the 7 day models and day-by-day we're going to cool down actually. 80s in the forecast for us this afternoon. and wednesday. we cool down into the 70s just by thursday and friday. saturday rolls around and suddenly we're talking about 60s. why is that the case for the inland areas? well, we have an area of low pressure sitting just offshore and that's going to keep us nice and cool and we're going to see a similar trend along the bay. more on that coming up. g? all right, jess. let's get a live look at sfo. south korean airline air people yea

has launched direct flights between san francisco and south korea. service starts on friday and operates four days a week. this is their strategy to expand services into the u.s. to create for diverse options for korean immigrants and travelers heading to korea. and you know, we don't say it often enough we're so grateful that you join us every weekday here on the community station. >> it's especially gratifying to learn when one of our own has peers in broadcasting cheering her on. jessica burch this is for you from the morning show radio friends at 99:7 now. >> this is the special edition because it is -- what the bleep, weather edition. featuring -- big bay morning favorite, meteorologist jessica burch. >> yes! >> uh-oh. >> that was -- >> what's up? >> she has become a part of the bay mornings and we watch her forecast every day here. multiple times a day. >> how about -- we love her so much she gives us a shout-out? >> okay jess. how about it? >> go straight to us. well, how

fun is that? i mean, not only -- do they watch you every morning and you are their favorite. we know and love you but clearly they love you too. >> it's the virtual reality set. it's not me. it's the virtual reality set. >> no. they did not say heying we love their vr set. in fact, one guy about jumped off his chair and in fact i think he did jump off the chair as if there was an electrode on the chair at the mention of your name. >> can you imagine. >> they need their own forecast. this is big bay mornings 99.7 now forecast. go for it. >> absolutely. here we go. and i just looked at the address up too to make sure i got it directly right. san francisco overall we're in the 50s this morning and here's the big bay mornings forecast for us. getting out the door today, you guys actually have the best weather all throughout the bay area as we head into this afternoon. we're expecting 50s this morning and upper 60s around the 11:00 a.m. hour and warm up close to the 70s this afternoon. get out there and get some fresh air, it's beautiful weather and we'll keep you updated on that. for now back to you, reed. >> i want to have that much

enthusiasm in the morning. thank you so much. 5:19 in the morning. oakland scrappy baseball start of the ballers are on the road. we preview the road to victory straight ahead.

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looking live at the oakland coliseum. the rockies play the a's tonight and the a's is on the eight game losing streak. this is the final year for the a's at to coliseum before they move to sacramento and then on to las vegas. but the loss is an opportunity for the form of ballers' baseball team building a future in oakland and they are playing the first game ever on the road against the glaciers range riders in montana. the game gets us ready for the ballers' home opener at raimondi park where crews are working hard. look at that. taking shape. they're getting ready for the first home game june 4th. your community station the official tv partner of the ballers. you can watch every friday night the home game on pix+ 44 cable 12. g, it's going to be exciting. >> it is going to be a lot of fun. and speaking of baseball -- the st. mary's baseball team will head to las vegas this week for the west coast conference tournament. the gales are hoping to make the ncaa tournament. but their freshman catcher has even bigger goals. so let's say hello to connor bear harrison. he's actually the younger

brother of giants' pitcher kyle harrison. but as matt lively reports the catcher doesn't spend too much time in his shadow. >> awesome that i'm close to home and close to him. it's awesome that i love the sport and i'm glad that we both made it pretty far in the sport. and hopefully we can keep on rising. >> reporter: that's bear harrison kyle's little brother. he's a freshman for st. mary's putting up big numbers. >> it's cool you know. it's -- he's always my little brother. so you know, i love beating up on him for as long as i can remember and love how he's settling into division i baseball and he's doing great so far. >> harrison drives this one deep to right field. going back at the wall. book it, bear harrison round trip. >> reporter: the pair grew up playing baseball in the bay and bear always admired his older brother of four years. even getting his nickname while he watched his games. >> i'd be climing the trees and messing around and playing every ball i could possibly

find and everybody around me was like let's call him a bear. he kind of acts like a bear. >> kind of came when he was always watching my games being such a good little brother going to every travel ball tournament and u know, just the bear. >> reporter: it's every parents' wish to have the kid stay close although one harrison brother utilizes the trips home more than the other. >> i'm definitely bringing home laundry and getting home cooked meals for sure. yeah, that's kind of the only reason i go home. sorry dad sorry mom. >> i told him you are a cleater, you have to do your own laundry and college life ain't too easy. >> reporter: you not going home nearly as often? >> not nearly as often. no. i have kind of outgrown that. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the two hardly get to watch each other in-person now. but their first memories in the sport were with each other. >> for as long as i remember, he was my off-season buddy you know, playing catch in the squad. >> we were little for sure and we'd play in the backyard and maybe get down in a squat. >> reporter: bear saw kyle's mlb debut in philadelphia last season. a payoff to all those days in the yard. >> seemed like i was like right

there pitching every pitch like i was like let's go get him right here. it seemed like i was up there too really playing, it was cool. >> reporter: bear has his own mlb aspirations and the brothers have their own harrison dream. he did say it would be a dream to one day be in the majors. what would that be like for you. >> that's something that even, you know, my mom and dad would love. but he's got to stay on it. >> definitely thought about it for sure, you know, multiple times but it's really hard to do that. hopefully we can make that happen one time. >> all in the family. >> wouldn't that be amazing though to have the moment of both the boys being in the majors and going head-to-head. >> except for the one that says i'm outgrows every home. the over one i go home for laundry. mom. >> you always go home right? regardless, never outgrow going home. just saying. >> do your own laundry when i go home. >> please please. it's 5:26. still ahead -- >> i can't afford the live in san francisco anymore. and so

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from a train station. amtrak station and not too far also from a few schools near there. certainly might affect drive with reduets. stick with surface streets but try to avoid the area near fremont between thornton and peralta boulevard. muchs elsewhere. live look at 880. if you are commuting to fremont and taking that this morning the main lines of the freeway are all clear with no delays here. it's where we're seeing problems on that surface street area where that will be an issue. san mateo bridge looking okay too as you head westbound towards 101. all right, let's go to the top of the mark and take a look at san francisco. where we see a pyramid there. and a beautiful sight. always just screen grab that and you can just use it as a desktop screen saver. so beautiful out there. jess, we just want to know is your ego bigger because of the shout-out from the radio friends? >> no. not at all. stay humble. especially -- that's like number one rule in aviation. ego, out the window. all right, let's take a quick look at what's going on outside on a day like today. here in the bay area. we are waking up to some

cool, mild temperatures. but this afternoon we're going to warm up a lot. daytime highs are actually going to top off in the upper 80s throughout the inland areas and 70s into san francisco and throughout the peninsula. it's going to be a nice warm day for us today. we're kind of back to normal by tomorrow lasting into our thursday forecast. and then we're diving into some actual cool weather as we head into this weekend. an area of low pressure is actually going to be moving its way in from the north and not bringing in any rain necessarily but more clouds so just keep that in mind as we get closer torte weekend and speak of clouds, it's a little bit cooler and cloudier along the coastline right now from half-moon bay up into the coast of san francisco. within the next couple of hours we get rid of that and we'll see plenty of sunshine all throughout the bay area. we are talking about dry conditions not only today but as we head into the next six toton days and i want to dive into more of that in just a bit. but the beautiful upper 60s this afternoon and lower 70s from san francisco down into daly city and 60s along the coast for us today near half-moon bay. we're finally dropping out of the 050s and then off in the east bay we go

close to the 90s near antioch and sit in the low 80s down into the santa clara valley. gianna? jessica, thank you. let's get a live look outside at the east bay this morning. and we all know firsthand just how expensive the bay area can be. but believe it or not, rent is actually getting a little less expensive. over in oakland. our kelsi thorud spoke with one renter who is already taking advantage of the drop in prices in oakland. >> a lot of like -- yeah, we also just want a space that feels really like -- calming and definitely one of my favorite parts was the kitchen and the -- like i said the corner windows. i'm -- a big cook and i love cooking. so having a lot of counter space and having nice new appliances was really important to me. >> reporter: india rose carter bow lick just moved from san francisco to this apartment in oakland with her partner. >> i can't afford the live in san francisco anymore. and so -- this kind of felt like the only option that was relatively close to home. >> reporter: india says they

too are are dozens of apartments during their search and definitely noticed the lower prices in oakland. >> we were aiming for a two bedroom. with the hopes that we would have a space for an office. >> reporter: here, this were able to get that. they landed in a modern two bedroom, two bath near lake merritt. >> yeah we're going to have a desk and we're actually going to move that small blue couch out there in here so we have a little lounge space to work in. >> reporter: local rental experts say oakland is one of only cities in the bay area seeing a decrease in rental prices right now. they say the main factor contributing to that is the amount of empty rental units in the city. many new apartment buildings sprouted up before the pandemic, now with remote work and the issues the city is seeing with crime and safety, not as many people are choosing to live here. meaning landlords have to decrease their rents to attract new residents. but even with the decrease in prices, the overall price of apartments in oakland remains high

compared to other cities across the country. and still prices out many people who lived in oakland for years. that's something india told us she thinks about a lot. >> so i don't really know if the apartments that are more accessible to lower class incomes are having that same change. i don't know if they've decreased as much as like these apartments in downtown oakland have changed. [ bell dinging ] >> reporter: india told us she hopes the city can be a place where everyone who wants to live here can find an affordable and comfortable place to live. she and her partner are already hitting the ground running, excited to call this city their new home. >> every morning i wake up and i'm so excited to be here and i'm really excited to get to know this community. and create more connections with the different pockets of communities within oakland. >> all about coming together.

according to the website apartmentlists the average rent is just below $2,000 a month in oakland, that's 10% drop from last year. for comparison the average rent in san francisco is at over $2,600 a month. $700 more than what you would pay in oakland. san francisco also saw a decline in rent prices, but it was only a 1.5% drop. now as she mentioned for oakland it's a supply and demand issue. the east bay rental housing association says it's likely temporary as the market straightens out a little bit. but it could come at a loss for the city as a whole. >> it sound great on the surface to have the vacancies because you will likely have more reduced rate. however, it means that municipalities won't necessarily have the kind of revenue to sustain the city and city services. >> well, he says the glut of uppity apartments is mainly in higher end units around the

corridor. pro palestinian protests at uc santa cruz saw hundreds of graduate student workers walk off the jobs. the union says the entire system allowed attacks on pro palestinian protest and in fact they point to a ucla incident in april at the end of the month saying police did not intervene when clashes broke out between protesters and counterprotesters. as to the strike, the university says it's illegal and the union says the strike will continue and could spread to other campuses. this is all playing out as the international criminal court seeks to arrest israeli and hamas leaders for war crimes. that means israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could soon have a warrant out for his arrest along with three key leaders of hamas. the icc says both sides have breached international rules of war. however, in a speech for jewish history month, president joe biden said what's happening in gaza is quote. not genocide. u.s. officials worry the criminal courts call for arrests could derail peace talks in the

region. meanwhile, former president donald trump's hush money trial continues today with the defense team trying their best to hoke holes in donald trump's ex-attorney. we're talking about michael cohen. and his testimony. well, yesterday, cohen admitted to stealing money from the trump organization back in 2017. later this morning, the department of energy management in san francisco will thank first responders during the annual emergency medical services awards. this comes at a time of shortages in nursing and 911 staff in san francisco. so to fight that supervisor and mayoral candidate safai is pushing to expand benefits for medical workers. if approved the measure will be in the november election ballot. we are counting down to carnivale san francisco. the largest multicultural celebration in california. more than 400,000 people attend the two day event every year. latino community leaders are all about celebrating milestones but as kenny choi shows us, they're also shining

the spotlight on a problem for many in their community. >> reporter: when maria's husband got deported to mexico, she understood her journey would come with struggles. including cleaning three large homes a day with most of the payments going to the small business she worked for. >> i'm starting almost nine years ago. with $80 a day. >> reporter: that's $26 and change per home. and less than $9 an hour. at the onset of the pandemic, when she couldn't find much work, she began volunteering at the mission food hub. which launched food distribution days to three times a week. >> the people asking for the a little bit more. so i'm telling maybe two or three pieces more. >> reporter: she not only served, but also received much-needed food assistance. lately it's a challenge as the hub recently reduced distribution to once a week. >> the rest of month what do we do? i need looking for the --

food pantry. >> reporter: roberto hernandez is founder of the mission food hub. with office vacancies still at all-time highs, essential jobs depending on workers commuting to the city have hit hard times. and the demand for food hasn't faded. >> what happened to the janitor that was working there when you think about the hotels. all the people that work in the hotels? and hotels aren't being filled. what about all those workers? >> reporter: hernandez says the hubs serve 9,000 families me week at the height of the pandemic and still sees maria helping at the warehouse despite her cleaning business recently growing to serve seven clients. >> having, you know, a family and all those struggles, she's -- has brought so much life. >> reporter: with the starter command of english and a decade of adapting to a once foreign country. she believes she can find a better paying job with health benefits but her teenage son has special needs and multiple therapy sessions a week and she's building a

small business on her own for the flexibility it allows to take care of jonathan. >> i don't feel -- basined to work. it's only me and him. nobody else. >> reporter: that's why she visits food pantries. it's an assist she one day hopes she won't need. >> i'm working hard so when i feel exhausted, i thinking about you. you need me. so that's why i'm making us strong. that's why. >> reporter: it takes courage to tell one's story of struggle. but she's sharing it knowing it could help the ones who need it even more than her. >> well, hernandez says the mission food hub is not getting the government funding or donations like it did during the pandemic. and he also says there are newcomers who visit after seeing other food pantries run dry. just five days away from the parade through san francisco and you can watch the live special coverage starting at 10:00 a.m. this sunday on pix+ 44 cable 12. and streaming

on the free cbs news app. 5:40. how much do you think this pineapple costs? the price might have you taking a -- doing a double take. plus. some -- 50 years. >> how about coffee cake with a crunch and

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time now for the money watch report. if you have any extra spending money, maybe you'd like to buy yourself some premium fruit. well, southern california seller melissa's produce is offering this. right here. it's ruby glow pineapple. at nearly $400. that's the price tag. wholesaler del monte took 16 years to develop this fruit known for its red hued color and its sweet yellow interior. the company first started selling it in china at the beginning of this year and only a few thousand of these costa rican grown fruits are produced annually. >> $400. >> it's really pretty and i'm probably not going to spend $400 on a piece of fruit. >> yeah not happening but good on you. >> if you can do it, let us know how it tastes. >> well, this might make you hungry. a small bakery? san francisco made a name for itself with the cake that kept a lot of you coming back for 50 years. our sharon chin talked to the man who started it all and now something we're seeing

in a lot of our areas. the next generation of these family businesses going to grandchildren. >> reporter: while his grandson crunches up a tray of candy coating, moses still can't help but sneak a piece of the signature dessert he himself had baked for decades. >> somehow or other, i lasted 50 years. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the san francisco native opened the sweet stop in december 1974. that was your dream. >> yeah. yeah. i'm happy. >> reporter: the 87-year-old recalls how he could not refuse when friends offered him a space for a bakery inside a grocery store. >> well, now -- when i was a lot younger, i have always said i wanted to open a bakery in japantown. >> reporter: why? >> why? because there's no bakery in japantown. >> reporter: moses made a name

for himself perfecting his own twist on the classic coffee crunch cake made famous by the old bakery on union square. a glowing newspaper review changed everything for the young business owner. >> i really took off and ever since my business has gone up. >> reporter: the publicity stirred up demand for the coffee crunch cake from locals and visitors from across the country. moses' wife hatsie helped decorate the cakes and her smile became the face of her bakery. then in 2020, she passed away after exposure to covid. >> she was really good with the customers. me, i was grumpy. grumpy guy in the back. making -- [ laughter ] >> six and seven heavy. >> reporter: today moses is retired because of health issues. and he's turned the shop over to his grandson. a graduate of the french culinary institute. >> grandpa didn't have any of his kids want to do it. so --

we skipped a generation. >> reporter: the city's named the bakery a legacy business. and he says keeping it open isn't just good for the family. it's also good for japantown. >> we've been losing a lot of the really old businesses around here and it's nice to know that one of them is going to be sticking around. >> reporter: so far he's following his own recipe for success. it's a semifinalist for a 2023 james beard award the culinary equivalent of the oscars. he admits he can't bake his family's famous cake and eat it too. >> it's 15 year of having it at every single birthday and you get tired of it eventually. so i don't think i have actually -- had it beyond just taste testing to make sure that it's right. >> reporter: for him, the icing on the cake is making people happy. >> that's one of the things that i enjoy the most about it. is you give them the cake and

they're like oh i'm so excited. it's a big birthday party and we're so excited. my grandma ate this when she was growing up. >> reporter: and so with his grandfather on the sidelines, kenji keeps the family tradition alive celebrating five decades of growing a sweet spot for the sweet stop. >> such a great story and now i'm super hungry. >> looks so good. i know. >> coffee crunch cake. >> i'll take it with my coffee. all right, you can watch our hour long special roots and resilience featuring family stories like these. it's friday, at 4:00 p.m. on kpix and then streaming on cbs news bay area. all right, let's get to traffic right now. get you updated on this closure in fremont. we've been monitoring an accident that happened just after midnight. you can see right here live look right behind the hertz sign there. is the vehicle that was involved in the accident. someone died in the crash unfortunately. so there's an investigation under way. and just looking at that

car you can see how mangled it is and at one point it was caught on fire. there's lot of debris in the roadway as well. so the investigation is under way. it's going to take some time to clear this vehicle out of the way. plus sweep up all that mess in the roadway. so unfortunately, the closure will affect you between thornton avenue and peralta boulevard on fremont boulevard and there's some businesses and schools and public transit not too far from this area. stick with the surrounding surface streets and again we'll heat you know when lanes open up. in the meantime updated on other parts of the freeways this morning. i'm showing you 880 near paseo grande. just in case maybe you are making that ride into fremont both directions southbound getting a little slow. northbound moving okay. but if you are taking 880 down south from hayward, it's actually moving at the limit with no major issues. san mateo bridge, not bad. so far, so good if you are headed westbound over towards 101. and at the bay bridge though, that's starting to get backed up. all right, so let's cross the bay bridge and go to the top of our salesforce tower camera to sort of expand our view of the bay bridge right there. beautiful shot. started

to see the golden glow up there in the east bay. good morning to you if you are in the east bay. we appreciate you watching. it's 35:50 in the morning. and jess good morning my friend. >> good morning to you guys. the sunrises this week are just amazing because we can actually see the sky. and think about it just last week around this time it was may gray and pretty much all week long. today is an interesting day though. high pressure is moving directly over us and it's actually one of the warmest days of that the -- this week due to that. we're expecting 80s in the forecast near san jose and upper 80s close to the 90s into antioch and concord. as we head north just a along 101 into san francisco and top off in the upper 60s and mostly throughout san francisco. especially on the coastal side. but we could also see some 70s just in our inland side too. it's going to be a nice, warm sunny day for us throughout many areas up in the north bay too. napa topping off at 82 degrees. beautiful conditions to get out there and get some fresh air. we see a little bit of that coastal cloud right now kind of hanging along the peninsula but just

into the next couple of hours that starts to dissipate. sunny skies along the coast too. if you are trying to find a fun outdoor activity the coastline is the place the go at least this morning. it does get gustier this afternoon. take a look at this. advancing the clock into around 10:00. we're still dealing with the light winds from moving in from offshore. it continues to develop moving in from the north as we head all the way into the 3:00 hour anywhere up to around 20, 30-mile-per-hour wind are expected there. a similar trend all the way up into the fairfield too as we make our way closer to the sacramento valley and the sacramento valley has been dry recently. but so have we. we've gone 17 days without rain and of course that's not the end of the world by any means but the drier conditions especially late portions of spring. drier than normal conditions expected for the next six to ten days here in the bay area too and that's one thing worth mentioning. no rain in sight we see all the hills isolated just off in the east bay. and down into the santa clara valley dry up fast with all that lush greenery that we had from all the atmospheric rivers. now we're starting to see just a little bit more drier browner

colors. now day-by-day as we head into this week we're going to continue to cool down. upper 60s by saturday. continue to cool down this weekend as low pressure moves in but it still stays dry. i can't emphasize that enough. more on what you can expect though coming up in a bit and that's your weather forecast. ♪ ♪ waking up to pearl jam on this tuesday morning. hi eddie. the band is playing bottle rock this weekend but it's more than just the music. we'll explain when we come back. my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop.

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( ♪♪ ) welcome back. big name celebrities are going to be in the bay area for bottle rock. napa valley there weekend. and we are not just talking about the musical lineup. okay. so some celebrities you might see bradley cooper and cameron diaz are among the celebs dishing it up on the williams sonoma culinary stage and actually one of the most popular attractions at the festival and it's no

surprise. steph curry will also be making an appearance. he's probably learned a few tricks from his wife. i hope so. the festival runs through the weekend at the napa valley expo when it comes to the music, you can expect stevie nicks and pearl jam and ed sheeran. really great lineup. i mean, napa bottle rock always has a wonderful lineup. that culinary stage though is where it's at. >> yeah. eat up and did i see paris jackson? that first little bit of sound we did. >> i think that was her. >> michael jackson's daughter. >> talented. >> amazing. all right, time right now 5:56. memorial day weekend is almost here. so if you have not made your plans just yet, you betterhurry. we'll chat with an expert from aaa on this travel tuesday. the fourth and final season of "evil" on paramount+. coming up on 7:00 over on pix+ 44 cable 12 we'll be chatting with one of the actors about the mysterious new season. if you are in san francisco we hope you have a great day ahead and the friends in the east bay and down in san jose we say good morning to you as

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