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afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 430. our ian cull has been speaking to election officials in santa clara and san mateo counties. he's going to be joining us with what he's learning today. we're also tracking other stories on this tuesday, including a suspected brothel busted in the south bay. our marianne favro is talking to investigators today about the arrest they made and the evidence they see. she'll be joining us live in just a bit. also, take a look at this video. vacant three storey commercial building catches fire. this isn't far from the concord bart station. investigators right now are looking into what sparked that fire and in desperate need of your help. bay area food bank says it's facing a critical shortage and may run out of food by the end of the week. but let's go ahead and begin today with the results of that recount. in the highly contested race to replace retiring congresswoman anna eshoo with sam liccardo already moving on to a november runoff, the fight is over. who will face him?

right? and today, the tie for second place appears to have been broken. so let's go ahead and bring in our ian cull, who has been following this race closely for quite some time now. ian. so what's the latest today? yeah a lot of phone calls to campaigns this afternoon. everything like that to. yes. so the santa clara county registrar of voters finished its recount and published the results late this afternoon. here they are. evan low gained 11 votes and joe simitian gained seven. right now, that's the difference. the recount found no change in san mateo county. so for now, low leads by four votes. so if it stands, he will face liccardo in november. but as it has been with a lot of things in this recount, it's not quite over yet. and that's because there are 16 ballots that are still in their envelopes in san mateo county that have never been counted. those have been challenged, so they could be included in the final tally. the ballots arrived after the deadline in both the county and the postal service are investigating the postmarks on

the envelopes to decide if they should be admitted. what what they have to look for right now is there a full postmark, are there may be two, which sometimes can happen is one, what about a postmark that isn't fully stamped? only partially. what do you do with that? what do you do about the ballot without a postcard? in which case you have to go back and you can trace it. the post office can trace these things as to where they came from, okay. so we're going to have to wait for those until it's final. this is very stressful as well, especially for the two finalists. right so have you been able to speak with the candidates today or. yeah. so we'll start with, you know, after weeks of, you know, steering clear from questions raised about the recount, front runner sam liccardo actually issued a statement today. he said in part, quote, i did not request this recount. neither i nor anyone in my campaign has communicated with padilla or his donors about the recount candidates and their campaigns

cannot lawfully communicate with independent expenditure groups, liccardo added. the messy recount process shows new laws are needed. he believes there should be automatic recounts in tight races, and that all contributions to super pacs should be made public within 24 hours. in fact, it was a recently formed super pac. count. the vote that paid for this recount. the recount was requested by jonathan padilla, who worked on liccardo san jose mayoral campaign ten years ago. he says the donor list will be published by mid-july, which is in compliance with fec rules. liccardo added, quote after the recount, let's accept the findings and move on. we asked each campaign for an interview this afternoon, and each said that they are going to wait until all the results are in. you'll hear more about this race. it's its history and get reaction from larry gersten coming up tonight at 530. okay. we'll see you then. ian, thank you for that preview. both of the election. meanwhile it is now in the hands of the alameda county supervisors. as we speak. the board is debating when

voters should go to the polls to decide whether to recall county district attorney pamela price tonight, supervisors are going to receive the certification of the results of the recall petition, and then they will set an election date. both supporters of price and those looking to recall the da rallied outside of the administration building. you see right here ahead of tonight's meeting. and those who want to recall price believe she is too soft on crime and are asking for a special election to be called immediately. but other county residents have said that it should just be added to the existing november election to save money. and a separate news conference today, da herself accused recall organizers of illegally securing an election through fraudulent signature gathering and questionable finances. we're calling upon the board to reject this illegal effort, this ill funded effort, this misguided effort to overturn on the first

opportunity that the people of alameda county have had in 100 years to democratically elect a district attorney. there are no illegal things done by safe. we followed every rule that was set before us right here. everything we did that we did was by direction of the registrar. voters estimates a special election would cost 15 to $20 million. the board now has 14 days to set an election date. well, it all started as a tip and it ended up with a suspected brothel getting busted in san jose. officers and fbi agents recently served a search warrant at a home not too far from the downtown area. so let's go ahead and bring in our marianne favro, who has been speaking with investigators today. marianne, what can you tell us? well, police first got a tip from neighbors back in november, and they began investigating along with the fbi. and then on april 19th, they served a warrant at

the home on 16th street. and that's when they made an arrest. they arrested 53 year old jose huang lieu. now they believe that he is the one that was operating this brothel in this family residential neighborhood. and they also believe that they are now looking for possibly other suspects and possibly other victims as well. that part of the investigation is still ongoing. they also confiscated $1,000 at that home. okay so they confiscated money. they made an arrest. i'm wondering, marianne, were any sex workers found during that search, and if so, what happens to them? well, when officers went into the home, they did discover that there were two women. two women, rather young adult women who were inside the home and they say that they consider them to be victims of human trafficking. those women have now been given

services to help them. marianne, you know, this obviously you mentioned happened in a residential area. anyone in that neighborhood say anything to you ? yes. this afternoon i talked with several neighbors. they tell me that this has been going on for about a year, and they have been complaining to police about this. what they told me was they would often see men parked on the street at all hours of the day, waiting in their cars to go inside that home. they also told me that they would see groups of men, 3 or 4 at a time, that would go inside the home for about an hour and then come back out. and there was a constant parade of men going into that home at all hours of the day, during the morning, during the night, 2 a.m. all hours. and it got so bad that one of the neighbors actually put a no parking sign on their driveway because so many people were parking there

and blocking the driveway. now, neighbors also told me that they saw a lot of women at night who would come out of the house with luggage and just be waiting there for an uber or a white van that would pick those women up and often they say that men in very fancy cars would come by and pick the women up as well, and then drop them back off hours later. so neighbors are very disturbed about what was going on. there are a lot of kids in that neighborhood, and it's not too far from san jose high school, and neighbors are still concerned even after this arrest, because they say that men are still coming to that home. wow. they've witnessed a lot for sure. seems like a lot of activity happening out there. marianne, thank you so much. i know we're going to be seeing your full report later on in our evening newscast, so we'll see you then. we're going to stay in san jose because the san jose school district is settling three lawsuits for abuse that took place more than 20 years ago. former sierra middle school

teacher ronald gardner was recently convicted for sexually assaulting students in the early 2000. he's serving a 22 year prison sentence. the san jose berryessa union school district was accused of ignoring blatant red flags about his behavior. the district will settle the lawsuits for more than $10 million as well. firefighters spent the day mopping up after a big fire raced through a building in downtown concord. it happened at around 1030 last night in a vacant three story building near sunset avenue. you can see just how big that fire was. when firefighters arrived. they immediately searched that building. didn't find anyone. they did get the fire under control in about three hours. thankfully, no one was hurt. the roads around that fire are still closed right now because of the cleanup. the biggest challenge for this one is, of course, the safety of all that we're fighting. this fire. we had external collapses, we had internal collapses. the roof collapsed inside the building.

so just making sure everybody was safe. so at this point, investigators are looking into what caused that fire. and firefighters are watching for any flare ups. now look at this. if you were caught in traffic on the bay bridge this morning, that's why this was the view from our traffic camera. a car caught fire in the westbound lanes near treasure island, ended up blocking three lanes, slowed down traffic heading into san francisco. crews were able to clear that area, get all of the lanes back open just before noon. no word yet on how that car fire started. well, those who provide the help so many families need are now in dire need themselves. a bay area food bank says that the need is so great in its area, it's actually running out of food and could be facing empty shelves in a matter of days. volunteers at the monument crisis center on market street in concord. you see right here, they spent the day stocking what food they have left onto the shelves and then into bags. they say they're running so low on some of the

items. some of their shelves are empty, and the shortage comes even as a campaign to bring in more food triggered a new round of donations from nearby residents and businesses. today the amount of people that are in need of food has only increased, but the amount of donations or food to supplement that need has not been met. unfortunately, the monument crisis center says it will be open tomorrow from nine to noon, giving out food as long as the supplies last. and it's not the only food bank struggling right now. tonight at 6:00, we're going to show you why several bay area food banks drove up to sacramento today trying to convince lawmakers to help them feed more people who need the help. all right. clearing another hurdle. people leading the push for a new city in the bay area, say they have got enough support when a key decision will be made by voters. also, how warm are our oceans getting? meteorologist rob mayeda has new numbers to show us and our climate in crisis

series. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast to have a poll up right now on my instagram, a lot of you have already voted, but for those of you who haven't, still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories right here. dave and buster's getting into gambling. nbc and roku team up

step forward tonight. over 20,000 solano residents have signed the petition. that's the ceo of california forever announcing this morning that his company has secured more than enough signatures to qualify for the november ballot. the solano county registrar is now in the process of verifying all of those signatures. california forever has said that it wants to build a green community in east solano county. group claims

it would include thousands of homes, walkable neighborhoods, shopping, dining and open space. but many local and federal leaders don't like the plan. i think the reality is there's a there's a small but vocal group of opponents who really dislike the project, but the more people in the county learn about it and the more they look at the facts, instead of all of this misinformation that's being put out there, the more people are beginning to say, why is anyone against this? they have said that they will pay their fair share. well, now, who's going to pay the remaining share? it will be the taxpayers of solano county of california. and sure, as we're talking, they're going to try to get federal money to build the infrastructure. the solano county registrar of voters office says it will likely take several weeks to count and verify all of those signatures. all right. in today's climate and crisis coverage, while the calendar says it's spring, global temperatures are showing a very different story. april will likely continue the trend of record breaking warm temperatures over land and the ocean. and that can be that can

have profound impacts on the weather we're seeing now and moving forward. so our rob mayeda joins us now with a closer look at the numbers. so rob, there are times we break records. right. and then there are other times that we're literally just off the charts. and this appears to be one of those cases, especially when it comes to our oceans. yeah and that's the perfect example of trying to jump off the charts as it applies to ocean temperatures will give you the wide view here. this orange line is the record setting year we had just last year. the average is down here at the gray areas. that's where we are right now. so we continue that record setting pace of ocean temperatures. it's part of the long term trend we've seen really accelerate over the last two decades. you can see the trend of ocean temperatures above the average. and it's not just the ocean temperatures, but the air temperatures and land temperatures as well. you can see tracking above close to record breaking levels there for late april. so as the atmosphere heats up and the oceans heat up, that does have a big impact on weather patterns. it allows for

higher rain rates. it allows for more rapidly strengthening hurricanes and you can see the progression in the ocean basins from 2000 to 2010 versus what we're seeing right now. so you really do begin to see a lot more of those above average areas in the same zones, where you have the highest rainfall rates on earth near the intertropical convergence zone, where we see those tropical storms and hurricanes form. it's lengthening a lot of times, that tropical cyclone season earlier in the year and lasting longer later in the year. okay, so rob, if more of the ocean is favorable for hurricanes to form and then the ocean temps like you said are hotter, what does this mean then leading into hurricane season and how does that impact the forecast for the rest of this year. yeah. and it's actually leading into probably one of the more extreme hurricane forecasts we've seen for the tropical atlantic in many years. average number of hurricanes in a typical season about 14 to 15. the forecast is up to 23 this year. and a lot of that is tied into those warm ocean temperatures. and a

developing la nina pattern, which tends to eliminate wind shear and where these storms like to form. so it's not just the fact that we're going to see this above average year, but you can see the areas where these storms like to form. that playing field is essentially become larger. so they have the ability to strengthen more rapidly and they will likely have a bigger impact this summer into early fall. in terms of potential of landfall, impacts across the united states. yeah, that's what i was going to ask you about, you know, the summer because, you know, it's been cool lately. we're even maybe expecting some rain over the weekend. but, you know, with things can still can things still change for us this summer. yeah. well we talked about la nina, so we're beginning to see that right now off the coast of south america. that will provide a little bit of cooling to the ocean temperatures off the coast of south america. but we had last year was a similar cool spring. the ocean temperatures off the coast of baja california did stay warm enough. we had tropical storm hilary, which managed to hold its strength longer and had a big impact on southern california. so as long as those ocean and air

temperatures stay near record highs, we're likely to see those storms producing those extremely high rainfall rates, the potential of stronger and more intense heat waves, both here and in places like the pacific northwest. but that's the x factor. as we head towards winter, could we begin to see some cooling for those ocean basins? but the flip side to that, unfortunately, is likely to enhance the atlantic hurricane season this year as well. so that's a compounding factor in terms of that forecast . so many things going on, so many changes. and i'm grateful that you're keeping track of all of it and keeping us informed. all right rob thank you. well we know now we now know what likely caused a dead gray whale to wash up off the shore in alameda. remember, california academy of sciences actually says it likely died from a vessel strike. the carcass of the 40 foot long gray whale was spotted floating near crown memorial beach earlier this month. the coast guard towed it to angel island for a necropsy. scientists determined its injuries were consistent with blunt force trauma. i'm at

the anchor desk now with our janelle wang, who is working on the 5:00 news. hi, audrey. good to see you. you too. family's livelihood up in flames. such a tragic story. it's the south bay family. it's trying to regroup after their food truck was destroyed by fire. it cost them nearly $100,000 to buy this truck to create their business needed to support their family and their children. our damian damian trujillo spoke with the family and has their story and an east bay resident transforming his city through cycling. his mission originally was just to build up his community by organizing rides around richmond, but it has turned into something much bigger than just cycling. it's our bay area proud story, all those stories and much more coming up in just minutes at 5:00. i'm looking forward to it. janelle. thank you. we'll see you in

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side of summer? yeah, in august. the weather then will be fine if you have plans out at the coast this weekend though, we're going to see some changes. first up will be the wind will be watching picking up tonight 80s for a few areas next couple of days, but big changes just around the corner as we move forward towards the weekend. let's show you the wind forecast. that's going to be a change starting up later tonight for the north bay hills out towards the diablo range. notice those wind speeds by tomorrow morning and the wind direction dry and offshore. that is going to be different than the sea breeze we've had in place over the last couple of days. wind speeds coming down as we get into wednesday evening. and here's the trend for the south bay. notice wind speeds picking up for the morning, decreasing as we head towards wednesday evening. so as the wind speeds go down, temperatures are about to climb on. up there you see upper 70s around san jose tomorrow should see 70s bayside wednesday and thursday. probably the warmest days of the week. friday also still pretty warm, but the wind is going to change direction again. we'll begin to see onshore winds leading to those changes as we roll into the weekend. worth pointing out.

this time of year we don't really typically see much rain per day. in fact, we're down below about five hundredths of an inch of rain. at least that's what climatology says. but here's what meteorology is throwing at us for the weekend. rain and sierra snow on the way. as we head towards that weekend forecast. stay tuned. today at five, chief meteorologist jeff rodeo will show you how much of this storm system will impact those weekend plans around the bay area and beyond. back to you. all right, rob, thank you. and thank you for joining us at 430. janelle and garvin are working on the 5:00 newscast next, and we're back in just two minutes.

but before that, it's up to county supervisors. today though, the da spoke out directly for the first time against those recall efforts. also protests on university

campuses across the bay area and the country continue tonight. those ranging from peaceful to violent. the biden administration condemning the violence, all while working toward a deal overseas and a south bay family, loses everything after a fire destroys their food truck. how they're picking up the pieces and reaching out to the community for help. the news at five starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang and i'm garvin thomas as we come on air tonight, the alameda county board of supervisors is debating when voters should go to the polls to vote on whether to recall county district attorney pamela price, and there's no shortage of opinions about it. nbc bay area's velena jones details what's next in this recall process we call price. we call price ahead of tonight's meeting, dozens looking to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price and her supporters rallied in front of the administration building. we love price. we love price. where is the data? we

don't see on paper anything that the district attorney's department has done to make this county safe. nothing is words and we don't need no more words. tonight, supervisors are receiving the certification of the results of the recall petition. then they'll set an election date. price's opponents say it needs to happen as soon as possible. and what the supervisors to call a special election. but supporters of price say a recall is a waste of money and undemocratic. they and others are calling for the election to be added to the existing november ballot. there was an election that happened and the people chose pamela price, and the people chose for everything that she said she was going to do. and these recalls started the efforts of the recall started in february. pamela price came in in january. she never had an opportunity to even do her job. d.a. price is also speaking out, questioning whether any election should happen today. she once again