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asistio. welcome to nbc bay area news at 4:30. our ian cull is looking into how exactly your pg and e bill will look different. he's going to be joining us in just a little bit. we're also tracking other stories on this thursday, including the bidens coming to the bay area in separate visits. we are tracking the first lady's landing at sfo. that could happen any minute from now. and when president biden will touch down in silicon valley, also, 25,000 pills of fentanyl found under a crib. the san jose parents, now under arrest and who's now caring for their one year old baby and her home insurance bill, doubled in an instant. it's an ongoing problem across california right now. we've talked about this. our damian trujillo talks to the frustrated homeowner and an economist about the state of our insurance bills. but let's go ahead and start with that decision to change the way we pay our electric bill. this is going to impact all of us, probably vote by state regulators today. could bring those bills down a bit for some.

but here's the catch. it's likely to make bills rise for others. nbc bay area's ian cull has been following this closely all day for us, so ian can you just help us understand what exactly is changing here? yeah. so there's good and bad news here basically. so first off you're going to have a $24 a month flat rate added to your bill starting in late 2025. that money used to be collected through usage rates and could vary depending on how many kilowatt hours you use, but this change updates california's power bills to allow align with how the rest of the country does it. as a result, you'll get charged 5 to $0.07 less per kilowatt hour. so that might be good for some, but bad for others. customers we talk with fear. even a small change won't be enough to make a real difference. the electricity is just outrageous. it's hard to even pay a bill normally a bill was 6070 bucks. now it's almost $200 and it's a small house. a lot of people are struggling.

ian, the question a lot of people want to know right now who is going to be paying more and who's going to be paying less. yeah and according to the utility reform network, it depends on how much power you use. so the executive director there, mark tony, says people who could pay more are those using solar and they don't have much of a power bill. they might also have to pay that full $24. and people along the coast who don't really use air conditioning, they won't see as much of a relief from lower rates. but he believes still that those lower rates will offset, and they'll only see an increase of about 3 to $5 a month. but those who could have lower bills include people in hotter parts of the state like the tri-valley, the south bay and the central valley. because it will be cheaper to run the ac, low income households and electric vehicle owners who charge at home should also see a small drop. the proposal's goal is to make utility bills more equitable and make it cheaper to go electric. tony says. it's a good start. there's a lot of work to be done to stop future

rate increases, to push for policies that actually provide rate relief. the more we can do to reduce rates before before this takes effect, the better customers are going to feel. now, critics argue the new flat fee effectively punishes people for conserving power while subsidizing people who use more. that change won't go into effect until late 2025. we'll have more on this change coming up at 530. all right. we'll see you at 530. ian. thank you. i want to go ahead and take you to breaking news now because within the past ten minutes, a name change for the oakland airport. we've been following this now for weeks. oakland port commissioners made it official at their public meeting just now. so you'll remember last month, oakland officials voted in favor of changing the name of oakland international airport to the san francisco bay. oakland international airport. this is despite san francisco threatening a lawsuit over what

it says is a trademark violation . the airport's three letter code, o.r.k, will remain the same. the bidens are coming to the bay area today. first lady is arriving first. any moment now, so let's go ahead and take a live look at sfo, where we are awaiting the landing of jill biden. she's flying in from portland, oregon, where she attended a political finance event earlier this afternoon. and this is video from her landing in portland today. tonight in the bay area, first lady will be speaking at another political finance event in marin county. then it's wheels up once again. she'll be flying into burbank tomorrow morning for another event in los angeles before taking off to phoenix. meantime, president biden is set to touch down in the south bay tonight. he took off after hosting wnba champions the las vegas aces at the white house earlier today. he is set to land at moffett field in mountain view at around 8:00 tonight. president doesn't have any

events scheduled tonight, but tomorrow he is attending two separate fundraisers. we do know one of them is going to be happening in san francisco, hosted by billionaire venture capitalist vinod khosla. the other is in palo alto, which is hosted by silicon valley execs marissa mayer and joseph ansanelli. after that, he's going to be taking off to seattle for more campaign events there. they are busy, and we, of course, will be following both the president and first lady's arrivals with live coverage in all of our newscasts tonight. and we want to go ahead and take you back to sfo now, where we are taking a live look at the first lady, jill biden, just touching down there at sfo. she has officially arrived in our area, in the bay area as i just mentioned, she just came from portland, oregon, and this is just a busy time for the first lady and the president as they are in the middle of their campaign events. and this is going to be a quick stop for

her. as i mentioned, she's going to be arriving here for a campaign event, and then she's going to be taking off pretty soon. so we, of course, as i mentioned, are going to be staying on top of this for you. again, joe biden just landing in the bay area, san jose couple now facing multiple charges after investigators say they found huge amounts of drugs being stored within feet of their baby. county drug task force swarmed the home at an apartment complex on rocky mountain drive. this happened on tuesday. that's where the da's office says all the largest seizure of fentanyl in santa clara's county. santa clara county's history 25,000 pills as well as cocaine, marijuana, cash and a loaded firearm. 27 year old octavian moreno and 23 year old crystal delgado were charged with three counts of possessing narcotics for sale, as well as a felony count of child endangerment. just one of those pills has the power to take a

life and the defendants in this case willfully caused an endangered their child by dealing such large quantities of drugs out of their apartment. and our office intends to hold them accountable. a judge set bail at $200,000 for delgado, 250,000 for moreno. couple is due back in court july 13th to enter a plea. the one year old is now living with relatives. santa clara county has a fleet of new ambulances. take a look. 12 new ambulances are going to help bring patients to three hospitals and 16 clinics in the santa clara valley health care system. they include a nicu and a life support ambulance, which will be used to treat critically injured patients. health leaders say that the new ambulances will help improve response times and save lives. this will benefit patients with urgent medical conditions such as stroke, heart attacks and complicated fractures due to falls, trauma,

vehicular accidents. these patients will no longer have to wait for transport, which might have taken several hours or sometimes even days. by the way, the ambulances were partially paid for by donations. let's go out and take a look now at our weather. i am with vianey arana, our meteorologist vna arana. now as we take a beautiful look outside, it's just been fantastic. it really has. i mean, from the coast bay all the way to inland areas, we felt a bit of summer warmth right the past two days. and look at this. this is a live look in san jose. so let's get to how those temperatures are doing as far as the daytime highs go, here's what we currently stand right now we've got 80s on the map in san jose. it's about 85 degrees. you'll notice in dublin 85 fremont also in those 80 san francisco. right now at about 71, santa rosa inching closer towards that 90 degree mark. now these are just the current temperatures. believe it or not, we're expected to get even warmer as we head in closer to your friday forecast. i'll get

to that in a second. we've got our satellite radar right now. if you notice we've got clear conditions. we've got that ridge of high pressure. of course, it's a drier air, so that dome, that heat is kind of keeping all of that gunk on the ground. and we saw some wind the past couple of days. so if you hear me a little bit muffled, it's from those allergies you're not imagining things. we've got high pine and oak moderate to high when it comes to the grasses. and unfortunately that allergy forecast does remain pretty high heading into friday and even into the weekend, because we're still going to see that high pressure lingering around at least less wind in the upcoming days, which should help ease up just a bit. now for tomorrow. look at this. we've got some 90s in areas like concord and fairfield, san jose and los gatos. we're talking 88 and even around san francisco. now. this is for your friday. of course, it's mother's day weekend, so if you're curious to see what we can expect into saturday and sunday, i do want to give you a sneak peek. so notice things stay dry and the rain does stay away. but what are we going to do when it comes to the temperatures? if you're celebrating mom outside, i

definitely think some planning for the heat will be absolutely necessary, but make sure to join us once again at 5:00. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri will have more details on what to expect this weekend. coming up, audrey, it's a big weekend for all the mamas. all right vanna, thank you. we'll see you in a little bit. all right. now to the ongoing home insurance crisis in california. we've been telling you for months now that some insurance companies say it's simply not worth it. they paused or stopped writing new policies in the state because of growing risks and costs. and now homeowners are feeling the pain. so let's go to bring in our damian damian trujillo. now, damian, you spoke with one homeowner who is not happy about the changes. this is obviously impacting her. what's she telling you? yeah. well, audrey, pamela lives in willow glen. she has a second home in amador county, and she used to pay $9,000 a year in her homeowner's insurance. and then she got a bill recently. it doubled she to a whopping $19,000 a year. so

she in her words, she was flabbergasted. the fact that she got this high of an increase. she called the company farmers insurance and they told her. she says that it's because of the inflation in california. and so she didn't understand how that could be. she called triple a, which is a policy she has for her other home in willow glen and her automobiles. that policy premium then dropped back to $6,000. so just an inexplicable how it can double with farmers insurance. we did reach out to farmers. we haven't heard back from them. see what they have to say. but it's happening not just to her, but many, many people with different agencies all across the state. sure. shocking. absolutely. damian i know you got a chance to speak with an economist as well since they're bringing up inflation. was that economists telling you? well, he says that the well, he was floored as well by the doubling of the premium from pamela. he says that it's like the oil and gas prices, the

premiums are that they'll they'll go up and down depending on supply and demand. and so he doesn't expect these rates to stay high and to remain high or to double that much in the near future, but just a matter of these insurance companies riding that wave and hoping things settle back down before those rates come back down. so he's optimistic, just also incredulous of the doubling of the premium, all right, damian, thank you for that preview. i know we're going to be seeing your full report later on this evening, so i'm looking forward to that. sure. a lot of other people are as well. bay area company is now using ai to protect our environment. we're going to be showing you how it's making recycling easier and putting cash back into your pocket. also, california's teacher of the year is named. what makes him so special and the unique connection he actually has with our vianey arana. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? have a poll up right now on my

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so earlier this year, castlemont high school students visited japan, taiwan and the philippines. the group was made up of nearly 30 students and teachers who were part of the pacific bridge club. during their visit, they got to do some volunteer work along with sightseeing, trying new food. of course, today's students visited elmhurst united middle school to share their experiences and encourage other students to travel abroad. it's one of the best things you could do and it opens your eyes to different things and you just get out of your comfort zone, basically trying new food, speaking a new

language, trying to learn a new language. socializing with different kind of people that are that are not from where you are. and i, i would totally recommend this. the students also got to try snacks that the club brought back from their trip. snacks are the best part. all right. turning now to a special week that honors one of the most important roles in the next generation of leaders. we are talking about teachers. this week is all about appreciating their efforts and highlighting ways we can also better support them. so let's go to bring in our meteorologist vianey arana vianey. i understand nasa is actually highlighting some resources available to teachers. can you tell us more about that? you know, they've got a great platform that includes everything from kindergarten level to higher education. and that website is full of everything from lesson plans to content, everything you can use in the classroom setting. audrey now their library. look at right here, this incredible image has materials not only on stem

education, but also history and art, just to name a few. they also have a ton of content available in spanish. things like hands on experience, and those lectures can certainly help enhance your lesson plans. i will absolutely make sure to include a link for this. it's a great resource for teachers and of course parents as well. perfect. i know they're going to be looking forward to that. so teaching obviously very challenging, but very rewarding as well. and i know you were able to chat with this year's caltech teacher of the year. i was a big title, casey. he is currently an english teacher down in southern california at valencia high school, and he's using his platform to highlight the magic in teaching. but he's also bringing to the forefront the work that is still in progress to encourage careers in teaching audrey, attracting great talent to the teaching profession which we which we must do. you know, i passionately believe that a democracy depends on a robust public education system and we

must address some of these issues that are happening right now with the teacher shortage, with teacher retention and you mentioned teacher pay. it is a big issue. i mean, we need the best and the brightest. we need kids that are graduating from ucs and the cal states to say, i could be a doctor, maybe i could be a teacher. and we need those to be realistic, a realistic choice. and vienna, i understand getting to speak with him was actually a full circle moment for you. it really is. and you know, he is so humble. he mentioned, you know, he went to capitol hill, but his biggest play in this was he was excited to get back into the classroom setting. there is a passion there. teaching is a passion. but in order for teachers to show up for our kids, we have to show up for our teachers as well, right? and he was also my english teacher back in the day in southern california canyon high school. he used to teach at canyon high school, and my parents still live in santa clarita, so it was really nice to catch up with him and see all the incredible work that he's doing there. he was always such an intentional teacher, and he really made it available for us

to have a dialog within the classroom, which i think was such an important aspect. and here's what he had to say when i asked him if i was his first ever former student to interview him for a television newscast, and this is what he said, you are the very first vienna. you are the very first. i have such fond memories of you in the classroom. everybody who's watching. she had that same passion and that fire and senior year in high school, everyone knew vienna and you know, i didn't mess with vienna. i knew that. and seeing that passion from you and now being able to be passionate about what i do is just incredible for me. and i just want to say thank you. it is, it's so cool to be on the news with you, vienna years later. and thank you for what you had to say. i really appreciate it. oh, it was so awesome to catch up with him. and, you know, he was telling me with this new generation, they are so open to talking about the

issues that we're currently facing. everything from activism on the climate to political aspects in the classroom. and, you know, he uses the changing technology, social media and the advancements to really apply that to all of his students. so i think that if we continue to support our teachers in the way that we need to, we'll have more teachers that are readily available for our students that are teaching that next generation, because we need our teachers. and i just am so excited to see what he does next. and it was awesome. i felt that love in that interview. and also we get to experience your passion every day, so we appreciate you. i'll post an extended link as well to that interview on our website. sounds good vienna. thank you. okay, now to our climate in crisis. one bay area company is using artificial intelligence to help people recycle and get them money back on the spot. so you may have seen these cubes outside of safeway stores, gas stations, other places as well. they're called the olen cubes. it can take up to 2500 items a day, and it uses ai to identify

and sort through all those containers. and plastic pollution is a huge global issue, right? state leaders say less than 9% of plastic is recycled in california, and the united states, and that puts the climate at risk and our health as well, because microplastics have been found in some of the things we eat and drink. well, one of the big problems with recycling, particularly recycling of plastic containers and crv material, is that there's really no funding or economic model to support the collection that sortation at the front end once it gets contaminated with other material, it becomes uneconomical to actually sort and process into new containers. so the app tells you information such as how much plastic pollution you kept out of our oceans and how you helped to reduce emissions. there will be about 200 cubes around the bay area within the next year. our janelle wang is working on the 5:00 news for us. hi, janelle. hi. today. yes, happy thursday. not good news for bart. it's giving a grim outlook on its

future. it's heading for a fiscal cliff. the transit agency says ridership levels are just not returning post-pandemic. people are still working from home part of the week, and with much fewer people riding bart, that means revenue is way down. bart projects a shortfall of nearly $400 million in just a few years from now. it has a plan, but it has to pass because bart has no plan b. we're going to lay it out for you and ahoy, matey, a pirate themed fantasy land in a south bay man's backyard. it's a private passion of his, but it's now being made public with a history lesson about a south bay city. it's a story that will make you a bay area proud. it's all coming up at 5:00. it looks amazing. it does looks like an amusement park. yeah, it really does. looking forward to that. janelle thank you. we'll see you in a few minutes. yes okay. still to few minutes. yes okay. still to come. top trending ( ♪♪ )

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arriving in the bay area, doctor jill biden touched down just about 20 minutes ago. the president lands in a few hours where they're headed. also disturbing charges in the south bay. a san jose couple is accused of stashing 25,000 fentanyl pills under their baby's crib. the details we're learning at this hour. and could bart go off the rails financially? the strong claim the agency is making as it desperately looks for money. the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre and i'm janelle wang. it is being called the biggest bust fentanyl bust in santa clara county history. and much of that record drug haul was found stashed under a baby's crib at a couple's san jose apartment. nbc bay area's robert honda joins us from the courthouse, where the couple faced charges today for child endangerment. the couple was

very emotional in court today, holding back tears and even crying at times. but the prosecutor and even the judge were not sympathetic. the couple faced charges together in superior court today, but spent much of their time hiding their faces. 27 year old octavio moreno and 23 year old crystal delgado were charged with three counts of possessing narcotics for sale as well as a felony count of child endangerment, a county drug task force swarmed their home at an apartment complex on rocky mountain drive tuesday, where officers made what the district attorney's office called the largest seizure of fentanyl ever in santa clara county's history. a neighbor watched the drama unfold. the stairs are right next to our door, so i heard a bunch of steps up, and then they knocked and banged about. the police. police, police are here. they took everyone out and then searched the searched the apartment. did they, did you hear the couple or the woman say anything? yeah. all. all i really remember hearing is like, er