he can't get out of this urn. >> reporter: the case is now in the hands of alameda county's district attorney pamela price. today virginia has lost faith the men accused of murdering her husband will be held accountable. >> and i'm extremely worried and the reason why i'm worried is because i've had no communication since she's taken office. >> reporter: virginia was one of dozens of people who rallied monday in support of jesper wu. protests were sparked by published reports the d.a. planned to drop criminal enhancements against the suspects that would result in less prison time. >> alameda county needs somebody who is going to voice for them and really take these criminals and give them full punishment and she's not doing that. >> reporter: price has publicly said her office has not made any final decisions on the charges in the wu case and says the suspects will be held accountable. today in a one-on-one interview we asked pamela price about the nishita case and virginia's

concerns. d.a. price says no one inside or outside her office has asked her to review the case. >> i can't speak to what her concerns are. i have no idea what the people who killed her husband, how many are in custody or what they're charged with. we're reviewing cases on a case-by-case basis. >> reporter: many of price's critics cite her office's lack of communication as one of the reasons they feel she's too soft on criminals. it's an accusation price says has a long history rooted in racism. >> at its core is racism because the only people who were the subject of tough on crime were black people. let's be clear. so that's a racist message. >> reporter: price notes she was elected on a platform of criminal justice reform including reducing sentences. she says she'll always fight for

victims but also believes the current justice system has to change. >> the system is broken. that's why we're here. and we are here to fix the system. we've done a lot restructuring the office in less than four months. we've pushed the envelope as far as we can. >> reporter: for virginia the new d.a.'s policies will lead to more crime. >> incarceration is the answer. and for us to feel safe that they're off the streets, we're not safe. >> reporter: in oakland, velena jones, nbc bay area news. a bay area representative is calling for senator dianne feinstein to resign. senator feinstein has been recovering from a case of the shingles. since then she's been out of congress and missing key votes. some democrats are raising concerns that her absence is hurting chances to get democratic judges into office. south bay representative ro khanna said lawmakers need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty.

nancy pelosi said feinstein deserves more time to come back. >> senator feinstein has been a champion for california. she deserves the respect to get well and be back on duty. it's interesting to me i don't know what political agendas are at work that are going after senator feinstein in that way. i've never seen them go after a man who was sick in the senate in that way. >> feinstein has said she won't be running for re-election but she has 20 months left in her term. senator feinstein release add statement less than an hour ago saying quote, i intend to return as soon as possible once team advises me that it is safe for me to travel. in the meantime i remain committed to the job, and i will continue to work from home in san francisco. senator feinstein asked the senate to find a replacement for her on the judiciary committee, though. growing outrage about another batch of jaw dropping racist messages. antioch police officers exchanged with one another.

this happened during a 2021 investigation. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has obtained the new 14-page report detailing the texts, photos and memes, a report that has been kept from the public until now. clearly none of them belong in law enforcement. none of them should have that kind of power over another human being because they lack the basic humanity that one would expect of a stranger on the street let alone a law enforcement officer. >> reporter: that's the reaction defense attorney caramango after reading through the racist text messages 17 antioch police officers exchanged with one another while investigating her client and three other defendants. we obtained a 14-page report that included the texts. in them officers repeatedly expressed excitement about shooting rubber bullets in the days leading up to the arrest of

four murder suspects. bro, i can't wait to 40 all of them says one, referring to firing less lethal ammunition during the stakeout of the suspect eric rombough texted so many black people. officer adams replied, bro they all look the same. rombough responded, tell me about it. i feel like i'm at the zoo. in another exchange officer rombough sent adams an image of a horse labelled black knight while texting lmao it's getting dark and we can't see them anymore. they stopped smiling. later officer tom smith sent a photo of a suspect to rombough who replied, you think it's him? they all look the same anyway. after the arrest officers shared photos of two of the suspects' injuries photos taken of them in the hospital. i field goal kicked his head texted rombough. i tried to knock him unconscious and he got muzzle thumped six

times before he gave us his hand. an unnamed person texted back glad you're having fun, babe. >> the behavior of the officers is indescribable. laughing about injuring them, planning to injure them taking pictures of my client's naked body as he lay in a hospital bed after they did injure him. >> reporter: one of the officers text add photo of a football referee. officer rombough texted bro, my foot hurts, lol. officer adams responded, did you kick the guy? rombough replied, yep, like an effing field goal. the aunt of one of the suspects targeted in the text says this kind of behavior has been swept under the rug for far too long. >> as far as the officers you don't go around doing dirty thinking dirt can't come back your way. >> reporter: the attorney believes the case against her client should be dismissed and will file a motion to do just that. >> yes, where you have egregious

governmental conduct and you have individuals who are racially targeted in the course of the investigation of the charges for which they stand accused, yes, it's appropriate. >> reporter: in contra costa county jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. efforts to clear a large unhousing encampment have come to a standstill. opd and city workers trying to move people out of the wood street camp to build more housing units there. unhoused people living there have been fighting with the city over the property since last year. it's still going on. they say they don't have anywhere else to go and managed to -- you can see a large pile of trash blocking the police who lined up behind a barrier. city leaders say they're offering support to the people in the encampment including available space at shelters. they expect the process to take about two weeks. a bay area lawmaker in the

growing push to better regulate what social media companies can expose children to. state senator nancy skinner introduced legislation that would penalize companies that knowingly fuel social media addiction or the sale of illegal drugs to kids. as nbc bay area explains that bill passed a hurdle. my name is sophie shedd. i'm a first-year student. >> reporter: she told a senate committee she first downloaded instagram on her 10th birthday only to end up being bombarded with media that she says led her to develop an eating disorder. >> i talked about content that outright told me how to starve myself. i was 10 years old. for the next five years i put my body through absolute hell in order to get to a place i was about to die. >> reporter: she testified in favor of california senate bill 287 authored by senator nancy skinner of berkeley. the bill has now passed unanimously through the

committee. it would require platfo regularly they're not feeling social media addiction in kids and would punish platform that allows content that creates medical issues like eating disorders or drug addiction. a fine of up to $250,000. >> social media is an unregulated space. >> reporter: professor shawn fletcher sees growing regulation of social media companies, but he doesn't expect social media companies will accept it without a fight. >> it is a dangerous precedent and potentially a bridge to nowhere to expect these organizations are going to police themselves. >> reporter: from her stanford dorm room sophia will continue to watch the bill make its way through her legislature. >> you're not trying to outright abolish instagram, but we are trying to put up safe rules that need to be in place. >> reporter: we reached out to instagram and other social media

platforms for comment on this bill but we have not received a response. up next saying good-bye to twitter. the reason npr says it's no longer logging in. >> reporter: here in the flood-ravaged town of pajaro aid is on its way. why some people say it's about time. and just about 6:10 on this wednesday afternoon. sunshine continues in san rafael with breezy conditions as we go into tonight. we'll have your full microclimate forecast next. right now 911 calls from the louisville mass shooting released revealing just what police were heading into. also more of our reporting on migrant children working in slaughterhouses. one teen now shares his story with us when we join our viewers

more than $100 million in federal relief will be flowing into the small monterey farming

town of pajaro. they spent more than a week under floodwaters. some people are questioning why it's one of the last places to get any federal and state help. here is robert handa. >> reporter: there is a sense by many people we talked to here at this red cross center that pajaro and watsonville have been low on the priority list and that has made making repairs and getting back to normal much tougher. >> to be honest i think it's taken so slow really slow. >> reporter: just about everywhere you go in this town of about 3,500 people you see repairs under way in homes, in businesses and on the roads themselves. the red cross and other agencies have set up relief stations that help with day-to-day needs. people say they appreciate federal and state leaders coming to offer aid, they needed help immediately. >> i had to stay three weeks not working.

we have to pay over there food hotel. who is going to us. >> i had to rent a hotel for two weeks i had to rent a hotel over here in casterville because the rain was too much. >> reporter: today along the pajaro river padilla led a group announcing $149 million as part of its emergency decklaration to provide repair assistance. the group acknowledged pajaro and watsonville shouldn't have had to wait so long. >> we'll continue to work together the biden administration expedites funding and protects this community the way it deserves. >> reporter: some residents remain skeptical after watching emergency aid get delivered so fast to other higher income communities. >> santa cruz.

why why? why? because they're white? >> reporter: senator padilla pointed out this is the fifth flood in pajaro in the past 30 years and said the army corps of epg nears engineers has been told to make repairs and changes to protect the levee from future storms. robert handa, nbc bay area news. major changes are coming for millions of medical recipients and many don't know it's happening. president biden ended the covid public health emergency on monday. the end of that declaration could lead many to lose their coverage. some officials worry not everyone knows what's coming. volunteers met up in chinatown to explain those changes. the state treasurer says the goal is to stop confusion. >> there is that language gap. people don't trust government. they're not looking at their mail all the time. they don't know who to call and

one day they may lose coverage. >> as many as 3 million californians will lose some or all of their coverage. more information can be found online at ca.gov. a major news organization says it is done tweeting. npr says it will stop posting new content on all of its official twitter feeds. last week twitter designated national public radio as government funded media. npr responded saying that label used for primarily propaganda outlets in russia and china is misleading and also said they worry the label undermines their credibility as a nonprofit editorially independent news outlet. npr's leaders say less than 1% of their budget comes from federally funded grants. cinthia pimentel joins us now. we are midway -- >> midway. and then when we get to the weekend it will be mid-april. can you believe that? and good weather. you've got it right, terry.

as you step outside, it might be breezy out along the coast of marin county. let's take a look at your weather forecast right now. swinging on over into fair field where we see plenty of sunshine continuing through the afternoon and then clearing out tonight with 50s in the forecast. now that wind advisory is that area shaded in that orange you see for the northern coast in the north bay through southern marin. then these areas into parts of solano county, yolo county that wind advisory will go into effect later on tonight. 8:00 through tomorrow morning. anywhere from 20 to 30-mile-an-hour winds locally and gusting upwards of 45. tree damage could be possible. so make sure your electronics are charged up. might lose power for a little bit and of course drive safely as you make your way out the door. what's causing this wind messing with us? it's that low-pressure system

mixing in with the high pressure that's giving us those clear blue skies. the wind speeds ramp up. we see all of that winter rain. as we look through the central part up through new york they're looking at red flag warnings as we go into tomorrow because it's so dry and humid. we're only beginning spring here. thursday morning windy at the coastline. don't put away the jackets just yet. we will be seeing upper 30s. forecasted highs as we go into tomorrow a lot of 60s on the board. then look at what happens as i make this go into friday and even on into saturday. 70s return once again. upper 60s as you make your way

no areas of santa rosa. unsettled weather returns as we go on into sunday night with that cloud cover returning hinting at some rain becoming more widespread as we go into late monday. behind that we could see some of the sunshine return. i'll leave you with the seven-day forecast am hold on to your hat as we go on into thursday's forecast. make those inland plans. we'll top out in the 70s. >> sounds good thank you. up next now hiring. the major industry looking for a few hundred good men and women in san francisco . - life is uncertain. it's okay to

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people matter. that new baseball pitch clock has made a big impact on the game but what you might not know it's also made a huge impact on the alcohol sales. >> mlb games are now about 30 minutes faster. a lot of people like that. that means you have a half hour left to order an adult beverage so some teams have extended alcohol sales instead of the

seventh inning into the eighth inning yeah we reached out to the giants and a's to see if they plan on making changes. the giants say their alcohol policy will stay the same. the a's say they're in discussion to maybe make the switch and we will keep you posted on something like that. tonight at 7:00 empty offices in san francisco at an all-time high. so the questionis why isn't the cost to rent those offices actually dropping? kind of complicated and what happens when you drop characters created by artificial intelligence into an imaginary ho do? ae to gossip.g up 7:00. up next on "nightly news," are you ready? has tupper ware gone stale? loved back in the '80s. the hero of tupper ware coming to an end. the company is facing bankruptcy begging for emergency money despite a covid-era resurgence. lester holt joins us from new york with that story and much more right now.

tonight, the toxic inferno forcing mass evacuations, billowing plumes of smoke spread from a former plastics recycling plant in indiana, and it could burn for days. officials warning of hazardous fumes. as many as 2,000 people evacuated within a half mile the plant's operator previously cited for violations what we're learning. just released, the desperate 911 calls during that deadly mass shooting at a louisville bank. employees pleading for help even the shooter's mother calling police. why she didn't think he owned a gun. tennessee officials vote to reinstate the second of two lawmakers expelled from the state legislature for protesting against gun violence. the new threat against the manhattan d.a. overseeing the new york criminal case against former president trump. what officials are saying our investigation