the crazy scene that played out over more than an hour today along san francisco's embarcadero. good afternoon. i'm

audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. our sergio quintana is in san francisco right now talking to police and people where that teen was struck by the car. he's going to be joining us in just a little bit. we're also tracking several other big stories on this tuesday, including what happened over the cinco de mayo weekend in san jose. investigators are giving us an update on a double stabbing, sideshows and other crimes, also a total rebrand for the boy scouts of america. this is big news today as the group comes out of bankruptcy, it is getting a brand new name. our ian cull spoke with some boy scouts in our area about where they hope to go from here, and not much has gone right for the sharks lately, but is that about to change? the news that came down just 30 minutes ago that could change the franchise's fortunes. but let's go ahead and get back now to that pursuit in san francisco today. it happened this morning as students were headed to school, a car that was being followed by san francisco police hit a teen and then just

sped off. our sergio quintana joins us live from the city. sergio, do we know if that teen was a student at that nearby middle school? there yeah. this afternoon the san francisco unified school district did, in fact confirm that the teenager that was hit outside of francisco middle school here this morning is, in fact, a student at the school. it happened around 930, which parents tell me is just as the last bell for the morning classes to begin went off. that student was taken to a local hospital. we understand that the that she is with her family and is expected to make a full recovery, but that student is one of two people who were hit in this incident that actually started off over in the tenderloin. police were first called out there about an hour and a half before. for a person who was hit at jones and market street, and then police happened to spot that vehicle later on in the tenderloin. probably a little while after that initial incident, followed it all the

way here to north beach. this is where the collision with that teenager happened. and then they stopped their pursuit. that vehicle continued on to the embarcadero, where it was eventually where it eventually crashed again. and that's where the driver was taken into custody. audrey shirley a chaotic morning out there in san francisco. thankfully, it sounds like that student is going to be okay. sergio, i know you got a chance to talk to people who saw it all happen. what are they telling you? yeah, i in fact, just a little while ago talked with a parent who was out here at the time that this all happened. she had just dropped off her grandson. she says that she was waiting right at the intersection. kind of close to where this all happened. and the car came screaming around the corner, hit that teenage girl and then continued on. she says that the girl seemed to be in shock after it happened, tried to get up, but then kind of fell back down to the ground. there was one police car that had been following that, that vehicle, that officer or those officers

stopped helped the teenager and then called for backup, so far, again, as we mentioned, that the teenager was taken to a local hospital is expected to survive. but we understand from the school itself that there were other students outside at the moment. they saw what happened. so the school district says that they were referred to counselors for support for the through the day of course, we're still piecing together some of the details on this. we'll have a full report coming up on nbc bay area news at 530. audrey, i know you've been extremely busy getting us all of that latest information, so thank you, sergio, for that preview. we'll see you later on this evening. in the south bay, a driver has been arrested after hitting and killing a cyclist near a school there in san jose. police say the driver of this red truck ran a red light at the intersection of center road and capitol expressway. this is right in front of andrew hill high school and that's when the driver ended up fatally hitting that bicyclist. the driver also slammed into another truck in that intersection. police say he then tried to run away, but they

were able to arrest him at the scene. this is the 16th fatal accident in san jose so far this year. well, we are hearing from san jose police today after what went right and what went wrong during a busy cinco de mayo weekend, police ended up making 77 arrests throughout the weekend while the department says festivities were peaceful, officers did respond to fights, sideshows and duis, including one where a driver hit a patrol car. other officers even had bottles thrown at them. san jose police also stressed that nearly all of the issues that they did respond to didn't happen at the official cinco de mayo events. want to try to emphasize is this is kind of the reason why we always have additional resources every year, and it's not for the people who are celebrating the cultural event. it's people who are coming here trying to use the culture event to do criminal activity. today, sapd also talked about a double stabbing that happened on sunday. a man and a minor are still in critical condition after they

were stabbed. near story and king roads. it happened close to eastside cinco de mayo celebrations. but at this time, san jose police says that the stabbing was not tied to any event and no arrests have been made at this point. well, after more than 100 years in existence, the boy scouts of america is changing its name. new name is the latest major change for the group, which has ended prohibitions on gay scouts and girls over the last 15 years. but this afternoon, some are questioning the motive. nbc bay area's ian cull has been following the story for us, joins us now. ian, let's get to it. why are they making this change? do we know? yeah. so? well, the president of the boy scouts says this will make scouting more inclusive and welcoming to everyone. excuse me. so after 114 years, the boy scouts of america is turning into scouting america. the local chapter in the south bay was celebrating the change. today, it's the latest change for the

scouts, which began allowing gay young people to join in 2013 and five years ago began welcoming female scouts. membership peaked in 1972 at almost 5 million, but has slowly eroded since then. today, there are just over 1 million scouts, including more than 170,000 girls and young women. it reflects our inclusive mission. we want everybody, all children, regardless of their gender, to be part of our program and we want them to join us. meanwhile, ian, a lot of people have questions about this, and some are questioning what exactly is behind this name change. yeah, and for various reasons. and there were thousands of comments about the change today below, the scouts social media posts, some sex abuse survivors believe that it's an attempt to hide decades of scandal and abuse. and the boy scouts $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan took effect last year. that plan allowed the scouts to keep

operating while compensating more than 80,000 men who say they were sexually abused as children. while scouting, i spoke with curtis garrison, who is a boy scout sex abuse survivor that shows that they're really desperate to recover and try to rebound from, you know, 82,209 claimants, in a child sex abuse, bankruptcy. and we'll see how it works for them. but we're not stopping a survivors. we're going to keep holding them accountable. the boy scouts won't officially become scouting america until february of next year for the organization's 115th birthday, and the local council hopes it will encourage more young people to join on the scouts next chapter. we'll have a full story coming up at 530. a lot of changes today, indeed. we'll see you at 530, ian. thank you. san jose is hammering out its budget while dealing with a $52 million deficit. much of that deficit is tied to costs of cleaning up home encampments and pollution in the city's

waterways. to get back in compliance with the clean water act. we did speak with mayor matt mahan this morning, and he believes the city will dodge major cuts for now. you may remember last year the mayor spoke out against a three year pay raise of up to 15% for the city's union workers. he stood by that warning today, arguing that next year's budget situation may force cuts, even layoffs. and i'm proud of our workers at city hall. i think it's the council's responsibility, though, to look at the numbers and be really honest with everyone about the trade offs we may face, and i think we took an unnecessary risk last year. again, i supported 80 plus percent of that raise. i just think it went a little too far. i'm hoping next year that we don't come to regret that decision. mayor also spoke on downtown crime and break ins. he's hoping new foot patrols and bike patrols roll out this year. will help boost safety. but he says more needs to be done to stop repeat offenders. a finalized budget will have to be adopted next month. let's go ahead and talk

about our weather now with meteorologist vianey arana, because vna is feeling really good out there right now, i'd like to be outside. are you ready for a warm up? yes. okay. that's what's going to take place, audrey. and this is why it's feeling good out there. we've got 70s on the map right now. look at san jose. that's actually where location of our station is. if you didn't know. fun fact los gatos 67, san mateo 63. but things are only going to get warmer. so let's get right to that microclimate forecast. now, this is all thanks to some ridging that's going to happen in the next couple of days. and if you notice, compared to the past 24 hours, we are already seeing a boost of about seven degrees in inland areas. look at concord 70 degrees. there livermore six degrees down through san jose. and here's how it looks sky wise. we've got satellite radar showcasing those beautiful, clear conditions. but what's in store in the next couple of days? well, let's take a look ahead into your wednesday. look at this. today we saw upper 70s. we're going to start reaching those 80s into tomorrow for san jose 80 degrees san francisco 75. but looking

ahead sneak peek at the warm up that's on the way thursday. look at this. we're talking upper 80s. and yes, that is a potential 90 in through areas like concord stretching down through san jose. this is always a great reminder to start thinking about what you're going to be doing if you're going to be out and about as the heat risk increases. we're also going to notice a nice flow start to increase. that's going to boost the wind speeds. and because of that, there will be a high wind advisory that goes into effect for the highlighted areas. we're talking santa rosa, calistoga, napa, san rafael into fairfield, starting at 1 a.m. on wednesday through 11 a.m. so gusty conditions could reach upwards of 45 plus in through parts of tomorrow. but for today, we're going to see nice, clear conditions by tomorrow. in addition to that wind, we're talking lots of pollen. so if your allergies have been acting up there is a reason why. and then of course looking ahead towards the late week, we're talking about that warm up. so make sure to join us once again at 5:00. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is going to have more details on that warm stretch, and make sure to watch

for that pollen. if you have bad allergies. audrey. all right. appreciate the heads up, bianna. thank you. last play, sharks got a huge boost. about 30 minutes ago. the team found out it will get the chance to draft the best college hockey player. so the nhl held its draft lottery. and being the worst team in the league, sharks had a 25% chance to get the first overall pick. and those odds worked in their favor. it will be the first time the team will draft first overall, and that player is expected to be macklin celebrini . he won the hobey baker award, given to the best player in college hockey. he was a junior shark back in 2019. his father, rick, is vice president of player health and performance for the warriors. so you see there a lot of local connections as the draft goes down next month. still ahead, using underwater robots to understand how the climate is changing and how our sea levels are rising. it's what researchers are doing in san diego right now. vienna

is going to be joining us once again to show us how they work. also, apple has brand new products. our scott budman is going to be showing us all the updates and the new focus for the tech giant. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? i have a poll up right now on my instagram. you still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories. you see right here. nintendo's next console, marvel, focusing on quality over quantity or the future of panera's charged monade. we'llle t

and the social media company unless it was sold. we've been talking about this for quite some time now, so let's go ahead and bring back tech and business reporter scott budman. scott, you've been following this. you've been staying on top of it. was this expected? not really. audrey it seemed that when that bill was signed. and

remember, this is the one thing that has brought democrats and republicans together is a desire to get rid of tiktok. we thought what would happen, and i think what tiktok users were hoping to see is that a company or maybe a big consortium of venture capitalists would come forward with a gigantic check and say, okay, bytedance, chinese owner of tiktok, let's buy an american version off your hands so that a money can still be made and be all those users will have their favorite app instead. this kind of mucks things up. now there's a lawsuit they're claiming their first amendment rights are violated, and they're also hinting that china and the chinese company that owns tiktok is really not willing to get into the ring and bargain. and that's what has to happen, according to this bill that was signed by president biden, for tiktok to not be banned in the united states. okay. yeah. they're not going down without a fight, that's for sure. scott, let's go ahead and switch gears. now. i want to talk about apple because they just released their new ipads today. can you tell us more about that? my son kind of

needs one. and you know he's got a lot to choose from now, audrey, from all sorts of price ranges. the new ones are very thin, extremely powerful. they use apple's most powerful chips. and i think what apple is trying to do here. first big update of ipads in some years. trying to say, hey, we know inflation is out there and that these tech gadgets cost a lot of money. sometimes the ipad or excuse me, the laptop might be a bit out of reach. the ipad now does almost everything your laptop does in a smaller, even thinner form factor. the prices will start for from about seven $800 up to $1,300. the good news is for your son, who probably doesn't need the most powerful ipad in the world, is for about $350. you can still get a new ipad. that's just not the super, super up to date version. it's kind of like what apple does with iphones. and really, it's my job to point out, by the way, there are plenty of tablets from amazon and lenovo and even google android tablets out there that are much less expensive. i know people love apple, and if they want one, these are the thinnest, fastest really almost

laptop computers out there that you can carry very quickly in a in a purse or something like that. these are really powerful things. and i think that's where apple wants to go right now. okay. everything being very small, thin and light okay. my son doesn't need one i just want one. well using this they are very, very distracting. and they do a lot these tablets these days reading, watching gaming. it's really the go to mobile device i get it. all right scott, thanks for that update anytime. appreciate it. the commute of the future was unveiled in contra costa county today. look at this south san francisco based company glide ways debuted its new autonomous shuttles today, cars are all electric, fit up to four people in those little pods. their company is partnering with contra costa county to help connect they with the rest of the bay area and east traffic on highway four, shuttle would run on their own dedicated pathway through pittsburg, antioch, oakley and brentwood. it's an electric car, it's automated and it's a room. it's very, very

spacious. it's your own personal space. you are in control when you are there, whether it's temperature, lighting or many other things. music many, many other things, you are absolutely in control. that is how we've designed it. the cars were unveiled today at the ninth annual redefining mobility summit, which brings transportation leaders together in san ramon, contra costa. leaders hope to have the new transit system up and running by 2030. all right, turning now to our climate in crisis. scientists say only 5% of our ocean has been explored, and a team of underwater robots is helping us understand climate change and its connection to sea level rise. meteorologist vianey arana is back here with more insight, so vianey explain to us how do these robots work? robots right. great minds. now, this story was originally done from our nbc affiliate down in san diego, which is actually the location of the scripps institution of oceanography. and the robots are known as argo

floats and have been used by the institution for more than two decades to monitor climate impacts in our oceans. now, here's how it works. they are deployed all over the world and dive for days on end, measuring things like temperature, salinity, and of course, our oceans. they can dive about four miles in remote locations. so we're talking all the nooks and crannies. remember, we've only explored about 5. the information they gather then gets sent back via satellites and the public can actually see this data completely free. now, what they have found is showing some troubling insight. it should be something we're all concerned about. we see this very steady long term trend and it is increasing every year. it's been increasing every year we're getting hotter and hotter and hotter. now. research shows that as our planet warms up, the ocean absorbs over 90% of that heat. and as it warms, it expands literally, which connects to sea level rise, flooding and erosion impacts that are directly connected to the bay area. now, a strong el nino pattern also brings impacts

around the world from wet seasons to extreme heat. now, researchers at scripps say each one of those robots can do around 150 dives without help from humans and they're usually around for 3 to 5 years. so far, they've done millions of dives and brought back fantastic information. it is really interesting insight. the scripps institute does amazing research. we'll make sure to connect this link of course, in our climate in crisis tab at nbcbayarea.com. i love that we're able to access that data for free. anyone can. that's absolutely right. thanks. it is wildfire awareness week and cal fire wants all of us to be prepared this as firefighters have been busy with fuel reduction and mitigation to stop wildfires from getting out of control. they've also expanded their use of wildfire detection tech and aircraft to get to those fires faster. in the north bay, we've seen fewer wildfires in the past two years than we've been used to this past decade. but cal fire says families still need to plan ahead. wildfire can strike at any time, and you don't want to be caught off

guard. so are you having your go bag ready, do you have that plan for your family of where you're going to evacuate to, do you have are you ready to receive that information? you know, the alert notices. are you signing up through your county? cal fire is also doing tours around the state to teach homeowners about defensible spaces. and you can find detailed safety tips anytime on cal fire's website. our janelle wang is at the anchor desk now, working on the 5:00 news for us. hi, janelle. hi, audrey. well, fighting to keep her job. we're talking about the alameda county district attorney, pamela price. she's facing a recall. and just a couple of hours ago, she took to the mic to tout her accomplishments over the past 14 months in office. but critics say those accomplishments are hollow at best, and they say it's missing some key details. we're going to take a deep dive into the da's 2023 annual report released today. and after a year of losing everything, families and schools in pajaro are still struggling to recover from the devastating floods that put their town under water. some things they never got back.

musical instruments from a middle school lost in the floodwaters. but a south bay man rallied the troops and the funding to make their wishes come true. it's a story that will make you very proud. it's all coming up at 5:00. they've been through a lot. i can't wait for that story. all right, janelle, thank you. we'll see you in a few minutes. still

today, nintendo is getting ready to switch things up. the video game company had been tight lipped about a potential switch successor for years now, but today it announced that it will in fact come out with a switch two. company isn't saying much at this point, but that more details will be released by next march. the original switch has been extremely popular. nintendo has sold more than 141 million switches since the product was released back in 2017, and just last year sold more than 15 million. as always, i will post

links to the other stories you voted for on my instagram. and thank you so much for voting. all right, steph curry's foundation is making a splash off the court today. kids at bella vista elementary in oakland cut the ribbon for their new and improved playground. it was made possible by the eat learn play foundation, which was founded by curry and his wife, aisha. they teamed up with the nonprofit kaboom to transform the entire schoolyard and volunteers designed the play place designed on based on what the kids wanted to see, school principals says. before the makeover, they pretty much had just one play structure, so this maker over is a big difference. this is part of a larger project to build 25 new playgrounds for the oakland unified school district. all right. thank you so much for joining us. at 430, jess and janelle are working on the 5:00 newscast next, and we're back in two minutes.

pork comes amid calls to have her removed. why her critics say the report is about keeping her job and not transparency. the cinco de mayo celebration in san jose was one of the biggest this year. police tried something different. what they're saying tonight about their new tactics. and a group of music lovers band together to give an unforgettable gift to students the way the power of music is helping heal and strengthen a community. it'll make you berry a proud. the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre and i'm janelle wang fighting to keep her job. alameda county district attorney pamela price is facing a recall. and today she took to the mic to tout her accomplishments over the 14 months in office so far. but critics say those accomplishments are hollow at best, and they say it's missing key details. nbc bay area's

velena jones joins us with the da's 2023 annual report. it's been nearly a year and a half since alameda county district attorney pamela price took office. since then, price has been repeatedly criticized for being too soft on crime. now, as she faces a recall, price is releasing a list of accomplishments including, she says, actions to improve public safety, stabilize staffing in her office and increase community engagement. we have done much to restore the office in order to be able to move forward on our mission to protect public safety by advancing justice, the office we found was literally running on fumes today, the da highlighted the creation of a civil rights bureau focused on restorative justice, and touted the use of collaborative courts to redirect offenders to programs instead of prisons. she also spoke about expanding victim support services and improving accountability. over the last year, price s