breaking right now at 11:00, the city of san francisco is suing the city of oakland. we are live with more on why san

francisco plans of renaming the oakland airport is already dealing an economic blow to sfo. ♪♪ ♪♪ good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we start with that breaking news just coming into our newsroom. we have been working to get answers for you from san francisco leaders. >> and we've actually been sorting through this multiple-page compliance surrounding the all-new legal allegations. nbc bay area's bob redell is live in oakland international airport which is set to be renamed the san francisco bay oakland san francisco airport. let's talk about what's in this new lawsuit, bob. >> it is a mouthful. injunctive relief, laura. the city of san francisco is asking a federal judge to tell the city of oakland not to rename oakland international airport where weer at right now. we just spoke with s.f. city attorney dave chu who told us

within the past hour he fileded a federal lawsuit with the district of california and in the 39-page complaint that you can see on the screen he's asking the federal court to intervene and stop oakland from renaming oakland international to san francisco bay oakland international airport. chu argues that the addition of those three words, san francisco bay, will confuse travelers especially non-native speakers of english into thinking oakland international airport is san francisco's airport. he argues that confusion will lead to travel mishaps and infringe on sfo's trademark name san francisco international airport. the city of san francisco alleges the renaming plan appears intentionally designed to divert travelers who may be unfamiliar with bay area geography and lead them to believe that oak has a business relationship with sfo which it does not.

the lawsuit points out that airlines have already started using the san francisco bay oakland name. as you see on the name, when you type in san francisco on the search bar, both sfo and oakland come up as options. the lawsuit alleges that they've already suffered economic harm as a result. >> san francisco and oakland are allies and we work together on many things and we have friends and families in each other's respective cities. we have utmost respect for oakland. this is an awkward conversation that we certainly didn't expect. we got a 30-minute heads up before oakland announced a few weeks ago that they would move forward with this, san francisco and other culverts have reached out to them to ask them to pause this decision and to have a conversation with us. oakland refused to engage with us and that refusal has left us

with no choice but litigation. last week the board of commissioners and the port of oakland unanimously approved this name change. final approval scheduled for may 9th and oakland international says they want to change the name to broaden the market reach and remind travelers that it is on san francisco bay which literally it is and provide access to many parts of the bay area and remind people that it does provide access to many parts of the area. the airport's three-letter code, o-a-k, oak, will stay as it is. it will not report on this lawsuit or reach out to anyone on this lawsuit until 11:00 a.m. they agreed to their embargo and they've not been able to ask oakland international to respond to this lawsuit. we asked the city to do the same and we'll have a full report tonight on nbc bay area. reporting live at oakland international airport, bob redell, nbc bay area news. thank you for that. we do have breaking news for you

this midday to tell you about. he's been tracking the east bay. what's happening there. >> a tragic situation, the worst thing i have to report and it's a deadly crash and that's what's been reported over there and most of the morning commute has eased up as it turns toward the green and the yellow shows you the traffic backed up into the pass that has built over the past two hours. this crash happening almost exactly two hours ago after 9:00 a.m. and westbound 580 and all five lanes blocked on the right and the left before squeezing by and the speed sensors looked like they were improving a little bit and there may be movement. there are three larger vehicles and a motorcycle that's involved as well as a coroner arriveded on scene. as of three minutes ago they had arrived and we are monitoring this in the newsroom. back to you. >> all right, mike. thank you. today marks 118 years since

the great san francisco earthquake. the city commemorated the fateful date earlier this morning. [ siren ] the fountain on market street was dedicated to the late senator dianne feinstein for her service to the city and people of san francisco. the wreath laying marks the moment in 1906 when the earthquake with the magnitude of 7.9 hit the city destroying much of san francisco and even sparking a devastating fire. former mayor, willie brown and the fire and police chiefs attended that ceremony remembering the victims. >> we have many more capabilities than we had in 1906. we have redundancy in water supply. i don't think we'll need to blow up van ness avenue to save the

city and the fire department is also here training, learning new techniques and hiring young people and you know, we're ready for you on a daily basis. >> the community went to 20thing and church streets near dolores park to repaint the fire hydrant that helped put out the fire in 1906. >> on the day marking that historic earthquake, some people wonder if they'll be able to rebuild when the next one strikes. it is a growing concern as more insurance companies pulled back from covering californians. kris sanchez talked to a woman who knows about this first hand and what it could mean. >> when people talk about the rebuilding of san francisco following the 1906 earthquake and fire you hear the word resilience a lot. we also know that a big component of rebuilding is also insurance, and today we found out that two more insurance companies gave notice to the state of california of their intention to withdraw this summer.

tokio marine america and transpacific interest, they're not major players, but it comes on the allstate, state farm announcing they are not issuing new homeowner policy. >> my great-grandmother and my grandmother were here in 1906 and they lived in chinatown. so everything totally burned down, but luckily they got out alive. >> andrew young's 125-year-old family home was nearly destroyed by a fire last year. we met the fourth generation san francisco an at the painting of the hydrant that saved san francisco's mission district after the 1906 quake and fire. she told us without insurance she'd have nothing. >> homeless. yeah. totally unhoused. if you don't have insurance, and i understand it's harder to get fire insurance in california now, i don't know what i would

have done without the insurance and you know, the red cross and other resources that the city has offered me after the fire. after years of catastrophic wildfires in our state, the state's insurance safety net, the california fair plan is reaching a breaking point. it was created to provide basic fire insurance coverage for high-risk properties when people cannot get traditional coverage, but with so many insurance companies pulling back from california it is overwhelmed by demand and funded by a pay-in program by all insurance companies doing business in california and now there are fewer of them. just last month california state insurance commissioner, ricardo lara announced a reform plan that would try to make it more affordable for companies to stay in california by allowing them to raise rates and premiums. of course, that would make it more expensive for homeowners, as well. in san francisco, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> three people are now behind

bars for being arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man in the south bay. back in february, a man was kidnapped and tortured in san jose. they assaulted the victim several times but eventually let him go. after an investigation police identified the suspects as duc nguyen, kim ho in the middle and dayton pham. during a search warrant detectives found evidence related to the kidnapping, illegal gambling machines and illegal marijuana. they are facing charges with kidnapping, torture and assault with a deadly weapon. let's take a look outside this midday and this time from the east bay overlooking walnut creek. we are tracking your thursday forecast. >> look at the clouds over san francisco. the weather, do you feel it's been too warm or just right? >> just about right. >> well if you felt it was just

right it will stay that way, laura, lucky for you before we clear out a little bit and a lot of folks have been telling me, those of you who have been enjoying the 80s you'll get one more day of that, and right now we're at 63 degrees in san francisco and you might notice the haze out there. well, we'll get a mix of sun and clouds through the afternoon and note that by 3:00 we'll be in the 60s. wind speeds right now are nice and calm generally around the coastline. here's how it looks in san jose. temperature, 70 degrees and another area with wind speeds being calm, and i talked about the 80s mark and i'll have an extended outlook on that coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. we'll check back with you. >> attorneys representing a 15-year-old girl say investigators -- they say that she was the victim of sexual assault and they have now announced a civil suit against

the suspect and the campbell union school district that the suspect worked for. san jose police last month arrested 56-year-old sean thomas. he was the teacher and coach at lee high school and los gatos high school. he's accused of sexually assaulting the girl at lehigh where he taught physical education. the suit says thomas impregnated the girl and then forced her to have an abortion. thomas' wife is accused of being complicit and he's not entered a plea in the criminal case. we are learning new details after police shot and killed a person wanted for murder. this happened before 10:00 last night when sacramento police notified opd about the suspect. responding officers came out of that home holding a gun and officers fired. sacramento police source telling us that the suspect's name is dominic bront. he is accused of killing his

girlfriend rama al saraj. we are monitoring this on air and online. a great resource is our nbc bay area app which is free and available now to download. check your fridge. trader joe's issuing a recall for 29 states including california. next on nbc bay area the item now being linked to salmonella. [ inaudible ]

making it in the bay is taking center stage in oakland. state attorney general rob bonta is there now talking about ongoing efforts to ease the housing crunch. he visited the fruitvale transit village called casa suenos where they opened a new affordable housing development. these are renderings before it

opened. there are 145 homes for low-income families and the unhoused. bonta says there is more that needs to be done. >> we need to build more housing. it's that simple. we need 2.5 million new homes by 2030. on average we are building about 100,000 new homes a year. we are not on pace. we need to do more. we need to accelerate the building of more housing, what is happening here in fruitvale is an example of what is possible. >> construction crews are also still in the process of building a new cultural hub there called juntos fruitvale. an alternate juror in the trump hush money trial is being dismissed by the judge. >> those are two that have made it to the jury box and have since been sent home. >> we thought this thing would take less time than expected and the trump trial took a break yesterday with seven jurors seated, but just this morning as

you said two of them are gone. the first was an oncology nurse who said she had reconsidered whether she could be fair and unbiassed. another juror was dismissed after prosecutors say they found a person with that person's name had been arrested for tearing down political signs. potential jurors get excused all of the time, but it's exceedingly rare for a seated juror to be dismissed. that juror had originally answered no when asked if they had been accused of a crime and there are now seated jurors with 13 more to go. 12 will serve on the jury, of course, six will be alternates. half of americans polled say if trump were convicted in this case he would not be fit for office and that is one criminal case. we can update that with three other conspiracy cases, that he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his handling of classified

documents. most voters believe he would not be fit for office if convicted in this case. the poll conducted by the a.p. and the university of chicago. big day for president biden and he was surrounded by the members of the kennedy family who gave him their endorsement. they are a dynasty. robert kennedy, jr. is running against biden and trump as an independent. kennedy's sister there in the red endorsing president biden instead of her own brother. >> that's right. that's right. the kennedy family endorses joe biden for president. [ cheers and applause ] >> now polls show robert kennedy, jr., can't win the presidency, but he can certainly play the spoiler. in elections where there is a serious third party, ross perot in the early '90s and the third-party candidate has drawn votes away from the incumbent. it's extremely unusual for a

family member's opponent and the only one i can think of in recent history is ron reagan, who is ronald reagan's son. the recent head of the republican party ronna mcdaniel supported when her uncle, mitt romney did not. there were families who disagreed politically. >> to be there at thanksgiving. >> to go to the kennedy compound this summer. >> probably no invite. thanks, scott. >> an important recall to tell you about from trader joe's. shoppers beware because the chain is pulling its infinite herb brand organic basil from shelves after it was linked to a salmonella outbreak and it was sold here in california from february 1st to the april 6th. the cdc says 12 people from serve states have been infected

with an outbreak strain of salmonella. if you purchased this basil you are being advised to throw it away or return it to trader joe's for a refund. >> let's go check the garden. >> and the weather finally cooperating a little bit. >> kari has a beautiful garden. she grows vegetables and flowers. >> i grow a lot of herbs out there. >> oh, very nice! a little basil, thyme, rosemary. >> a good time to do that today. the weather will be certainly for it and planting wise you want the window between no rain and some rain and you will get just that. right now, look at this. this is live. this is not a postcard. this is how south lake tahoe is shining this morning showcasing its beauty and also look at the mountains. we have the sierra snow pack. i want to start with this shot because a key component after we've seen snow in the peaks and the warming temperature and the snow pack tends to peak and as

we begin to see these warmer temperatures rolling in we see the snow pack melting and it flows into the reservoir. stick around i have numbers for you. the satellite radar, we have it through portions of central and southern california and for us locally, we'll see the high clouds rolling through and the high pressure will remain dominant through today, leading us into friday, as well and let's plan out your day in san francisco and notice the increase in cloud cover and the daytime high will climb into the 70s and we're falling down into the 50s and later into the evening and a live look there and by 2:00 it will be in the upper 70s and we'll inch closer toward the 80-degree mark and before we see the decrease and the areas like concord, 2:00, upper 70s and 77 degrees and eventually overnight we'll be at 57. so we've been going to sleep with the overnight lows on the

milder side and the daytime highs inching for areas like fairfield through santa rosa and 70s and by tomorrow we do start some slight cooling and there's a closer look at the daytime highs and notice around the city we'll start to see daytime highs only in the 60s. so a five or six-degree difference and meanwhile into portions of the interior we'll be in the low 70s and low 80s expected on the map and even so, areas like morgan hill will still manage to warm up quite nicely thanks to the high pressure. if you want to follow long, saturday 20th notice up to the north we have the system, the influence of that might be some trizel really far north and cloud cover. i do mean way out ahead i do mean we are talking about april 24th into thursday. we see the influence of the

system making its approach. and we'll stick around for those updated numbers and you see the sierra snow pack and the statewide average is expected to be at 111%. that is fantastic news. we like to see it over 100 once those temperatures warm up and the seven-day forecast we have a stunning weekend ahead and i hope you go out and enjoy it. that's for sure. i'll send it back to you. happening now, drivers thinking twice before getting behind the wheel if you celebrate 4/20 in san francisco. officers will be looking for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. they say in general more drivers actually test positive for drugs than alcohol with marijuana the most common. "time" magazine is out with the list of the top 100

this midday, one holiday a-lister taking an unusual new career turn. >> he's trading the big screen for a daredevil role in rell life. >> i wanted to be as close to deaths as i could possibly get. >> things could go wrong quickly. maybe it's the universe stepping in and going, not today, buddy. >> lord of the rings star orlando bloom hosting a new reality series called "to the

edge." bloom takes part in three extreme sports, wing suit, free diving and rock climbing. wing suiting is a type of skydiving that allows you to fly through the air at 150 miles per hour. you can watch the first three episodes of orlando bloom "to the edge" streaming exclusively on peacock. "time" is out with the top 100 most influential people of 2024. we have the big names making the list. du'a lippa among the names being name artist category. golden globe winner tarajip. henson and on the icons list and governor newsom, and his article authored by brian bennett and south bay-based nvidia president jensen huang clocking in as part of the innovators section. >> one last check of the

forecast before we go this midday. >> you guys will love the forecast because it seems like lately the weekend has been hit or miss. this time we're talking full-blown spring temperatures with somewhat of a cloud cover element and look at saturday and sunday for san francisco and you'll be out and about in the inland areas and enjoy your day in the 08s and we'll climb into the 70s for tomorrow and leaving us into monday with dry weather and then by next tuesday into wednesday we're watching for the development of a potential rain chance in our extended forecast. >> here we go again. >> i know, right? >> all right. thanks for joining us here on our midday newscast. don't forget, we are always streaming for streaming for

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