routes in the city, nbc bay area sergio quintana explains. for those who do not know the wiggle, it's a designated bike route through the dubose triangle neighborhood up to the panhandle neighborhood in san francisco. it's called the wiggle because it zigzags through the neighborhoods to make it easier for bikes to get up the steep inclines. it's extremely popular, but has also been a place where cyclists and drivers mix and what can be a frustrating way. this week, the street rebel group decided to install markers in the middle of the street along the start of the route on steiner. this is video the group shared with us a member also agreed to speak with us on the condition we did not identify them. we put the signs in the middle of the street because we wanted to slow traffic down. as you can see, there's highly trafficked corridor here. the group says the additions went up tuesday morning in the video they shared, you can see a combination of signs and yellow center line guides. the person we interviewed told us they also extended some of the red warning curbs to 20ft at crosswalks to comply with the newly enacted

day lighting, pedestrian safety, state law. their efforts got mixed reviews from residents. we talked with the signs seem mostly popular, i love them. i thought it was great for awareness and bike safety, a lot of pedestrians and bikes come through here and there are also many cars, so it can be dangerous at times. but extending the red curbs is a different story. personally, i don't love it because we need parking in the neighborhood, but i understand. i mean, you know, in ten years we'll, you know, won't even have our car. so we'll all be autonomous vehicles. so and while the red curbs remain, the signs in the middle of the street are already gone. all that's left are the bullet holes in the street where they were drilled in illegally. a spokesperson for the sfmta says their crews did remove those unsanctioned signs this morning. the sfmta spokesman says the agency hasn't received any requests to have official city signs installed here. the unsanctioned ones were removed because they didn't meet the sfmta standards. the agency is also looking into what to do

about the extended red curbs, according to the street rebel group, they're hoping their unsanctioned efforts will prompt a faster response on these issues from the city. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. sergio, thank you. governor newsom is expanding the chp crime crackdown operation statewide. the operation, launched about a year ago in san francisco to address crimes specifically in the tenderloin. last week, the governor's office said property crime is down 32% and violent crime is down almost 15% in the city. following the increase of chp patrols and tougher prosecution of fentanyl related crimes. now it's time to expand. this is a rolling commitment. it's not a one off, and we'll reconsider a similar strategies and saturation efforts proactive policing as we refer to it in the future as well. we'll be rolling up the last month and making a more substantive announcement in terms of expansion of our operations for the national guard, including task forces that we have assembled all up and down the

state that include and cover still san francisco in that respect. yesterday, the governor announced the expansion of the operation to bakersfield. he plans to share preliminary results from the first phase of that rollout next week. we are following yet another campus protest, this time at stanford. new video into our newsroom show students protesting the war in gaza, setting up tents in the main quad. there are hundreds of students joining in on this protest. stanford is one of several schools, as you may know, around the country, that has seen continued displays calling on university leaders to cut ties with the israeli government. and governor newsom also says he's been in touch with university of california president michael drake about how to properly address those campus protests here at uc berkeley. it's day four of demonstrations on campus. more than 60 protesters are now camped out in front of the university's administrative building. tents have taken over the steps lawn and lawn as well. at sproul hall, friday is the

last day of regular classes for the university, but protesters say they are willing to keep going until their demands are met. i think what's painful about this situation, as someone who is both a palestinian and a student, is that not only do my tax dollars go to funding this genocide as being a u.s. citizen, but my tuition money as a student also goes to funding this genocide. it's just one of the biggest institutions in the country, and this is a world class university. so what they say matters. and, i would be hopeful that, you know, there's something like a domino effect, a cascading effect. uc berkeley says they are not planning on removing protesters or involving law enforcement unless it does become necessary to protect the safety of students or faculty. officials also say while they're committed to free speech, they have no plans to change their investment practices. okay, let's go ahead and take a live look. now. this is in la. ucla students are still protesting at

this hour. you see dozens of them out there right now. so this morning another encampment was set up on campus, joining the national demonstrations we've been seeing this week. they built a wooden fence alongside the encampment with signs in support of palestinians . you see some of them out there right now holding up signs, holding up flags. unlike other schools, organizers are calling for divestment in companies tied to israel, along with the suspension of study abroad programs in israel and coming up at 630, nbc nightly news will have more coverage of the mass protests, a law that makes the content you stream equally fast no matter who provides it, is coming back. net neutrality was just reinstated, and everyone from tech companies to firefighters are cheering the decision. our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us now to explain. scott, this is a big deal. yeah, raj, net neutrality is admittedly not all that exciting to talk about, but it is important. it means no matter how big or small, your company, your content will stream through the internet at

the same speed as your competitors. it was repealed by the trump administration seven years ago. today. it's back to your favorite app. they just want a good show. that's all they want. and your favorite movie will stream at rapid speeds. no matter how big the company. now that net neutrality has been brought back, hopefully people will be able to, you know, go online and they'll see that, you know, this video service is just as fast as some other video service. reversing the 2017 repeal of net neutrality, the fcc now says internet service providers or isps like verizon, at&t and comcast cannot slow internet traffic of one company at the expense of another. rather than let the isps make choices about what we watch, make choices about which ones which services are faster or slower, there should be a level playing field for everybody. the push for net neutrality also came from the

santa clara county fire department, which saw its cell service throttled while fighting the 2018 mendocino complex fire. firefighters banded together using personal devices from different carriers that maybe weren't being throttled or hadn't reached a cap in order to get the job done. now silicon valley tech companies say they welcome the equal playing field. we as carriers should not be, in my opinion, picking and choosing not only what people can get to, but how it perrms when they interconnect it. i should mention that comcast, one of the leading internet service providers, is the parent company of this tv station. the new net neutrality rule is set to go into effect in 60 days. audrey, back to you. so much. prepare for rates to go up significantly . that is the message from the president of the state's insurer of last resort, california fair access to insurance requirements, or fair, is a program for homeowners in high risk areas who can't get fire

coverage in the private market. during a state oversight committee hearing today, planned president victoria roach says that their numbers are growing too fast because large numbers of californians have been recently dropped by insurance companies. the fair plan is required to have rates that would allow it to have enough money to cover operating expenses, and the cost of claims filed by those insured under the plan, roach says its current rates are insufficient. well, it is national crime victims rights week and at a special ceremony in the south bay today, victim advocates recognized the unsung heroes who stepped up and came to the rescue of people in dire situations. nbc bay area's robert honda joins us from los altos hills to show us why they're being hailed as heroes. well, there were a lot of inspiring stories told here today, as those who work with crime victims had a chance to sing about their unsung heroes without all of you, we couldn't do the work that we do. so thank

you. thank you. from the bottom of my heart. heroes and rescued victims filled the ceremony inside the morgan estate in los altos hills. the 2024 unsung hero awards is sponsored by mam mothers against murder, who have spent two decades helping crime victims. we need more of awareness and empathy, feeling for what? victims go through in their pain, the sufferings and some cases, the trauma lasts forever, for and ever. there were so many heartfelt stories, including a recent robbery victim who thanked oakland police. they were amazing. they calm me down. they put me in their car. it was raining and they caught the robber that night at 1130 at night. one honoree from mam showed heroism is often not a single heroic act . attorney connor o'carroll of global law firm reed smith, worked five years to help obtain

asylum for a family that fled iraq. when isis took control, o'carroll was finally able to get one of the family's stranded sons out of iraq. earlier this month, the family had a tearful reunion in san jose after ten years of separation. o'connor and the son, philip, reunited here. whenever i see him, i just say thank you so much. thank you so much. really, the thing he did for us was unimaginable, you know? so thank you again. i'm just happy for everybody. it's not it's not really about me. it's about them. and that's i think the whole event here, the theme was just it's the work we do for others. it's a privilege and we're humbled by it. the list of honorees shows there's no shortage of heroes. real heroes are the term unsung hero is very appropriate because these are folks that don't get recognition, but they are making a huge impact. and i don't want to sound cliche, but they are saving lives. literally. it would be nice to have enough time to tell all of their stories. this is the first unsung heroes event since 2019 pre-pandemic, so a lot of heroes

may have missed getting recognition over the years, but in listening to the victims, their appreciation is probably enough. in los altos hills, robert honda, nbc, bay area news robert, thank you up next here at 6:00, a fun day in the city for kids to learn about their climate. our climate. the message from the mayor on how the city is trying to reach its green goals. plus, a woman in santa cruz county is doing her part to get us out of a jam. and as we continue to celebrate earth week, see how she's making sure food doesn't go to waste. and i'll also continue our earth week climate coverage and tonight we're going to take a close look at sea level rise and what could happen out here in the bay area. as we look several decades ahead. so more details on this

the san francisco environment department held its climate in action youth summit at the yerba buena gardens amphitheater during that event. students from across the city presented their climate action projects. mayor london breed says that she hopes events like this will inspire the next generation to go green. the work that you are doing today to highlight all the challenges with global warming and how we, as stewards of this earth, need to make sure that we are electrifying, that we are introducing clean power, that we are getting rid of styrofoam and straws and all the things that create problem for our environment. you are helping to make that happen. so more than 1000 people, including students, teachers and community organizers came to that event. well, we are celebrating earth week here at nbc bay area. we're taking a look at how we impact

our planet and identified ways to improve that relationship. the way we grow and consume food is a big environmental impact. nbc's joe rosato jr. shows us how a woman in santa cruz county is doing her part to get us out of a jam. reporter the santa cruz county town of watsonville may not be known as a gourmet ghetto, but in the kitchen of a closed up restaurant, tabitha stroup is all about creative cooking. today we are making a pear butter with nutmeg, ginger. for stroup, a former gourmet restaurant chef, every ingredient on her cutting board is sacred. i feel like i get closer to the product, like i can feel it. i can understand it. these are blueberries from a small farmer that has two acres in corralitos. after decades working as a chef and caterer, she's now chasing a different understanding of just what is

beautiful food. the berries and fruits and vegetables that i receive are what america deems not good enough. in her business, she calls terroir in a jar. stroup is making perfect jams and preserves out of what some would call imperfect ingredients. we have such an idealistic view about food, and we demand perfection. whereas mother nature never got that memo. imperfection is what she specializes in. what stroup specializes in is taking the imperfect produce local farms can't sell, and turning it into something they can. strawberry is only going to hold for so long, and after a summer day at a farmer's market, they start to degrade a bit. they start to overripe in and that is where i come in, in this circle of nutrition and economy. it's starting to rock and roll now. the farms bring stroup their castoffs. she makes them into

jams or other products and sells them back. the farms then get to sell their produce. but now in a different form. what was once a waste product? no revenue, all of a sudden is a year long shelf life product that speaks of their sense of place. this is an early bloom we have, and this is a crab apple in the orchards of dahle farms in the nearby town of corralitos, blackberry in the other side. sylvia dahle and her family grow apples, berries and other treasures. nathan gaugh west in this farm. i grew up in italy and nothing grows, but sometimes the produce the family takes to the farmers market doesn't sell. it's just the looks, but the flavor is very intense. and that's i tell people i said, don't look the beauty, look for flavor. and that's where stroup comes in. finding beauty in the flavor, turning it into special jams or the roasted heirloom tomato.

produce has come into this demand of perfection, which also comes with a price point that becomes elitist. we in america grow enough produce to feed every single human being here. three meals a day. in stroup's version of a melting pot, all people get fed, all food gets used, a rugged carrot with the twists and turns is so much more dynamic than this very static, perfect looking root. the end product may just be love in a jar. food is love. it is there to nourish and to feed, and every single person on this planet deserves that love. joe rosato, junior, nbc bay area news. that is legit. our earth week coverage continues tomorrow . in fact, we wrap it up tomorrow from the special events across the bay area to our various climate stories. it all begins at 5 a.m. and our chief

meteorologist, jeff ranieri has been very busy on this earth week. taking a look at a number of issues, including sea level rise. that's right, you guys. we're going to take you out to the beach tonight here with our augmented reality and into the future. what sea level rise could look like here as we head throughout the next several decades, we hear so much about sea level rise. but again, what would it mean for us here along our beaches? so let's go ahead and take a look here at the year 2040. and what we see happening with that is we could get the sea level rising up over a half foot. then by the time we get to 2060, we're talking about it going up over one foot. but where it gets dramatic is by the time we get to the year 2100, we are looking at a sea level rise here that could go up over three feet. that, of course, is substantial and would set off quite a few changes here throughout the bay area. when you think about three feet of water, you know, on the surface and you put it up next to a car,

let's say, i mean that in some cases would go up to the top of the tire, maybe even above. so you can imagine the impacts it would set off here across the bay area. so specifically, how would that change how we live here through the bay? let's go ahead and show you some of the impacts. and really, when it comes to wildlife, a lot of our creatures and animals that would set off a whole new range of consequences. second thing, areas of the bay could be completely under the water, uninhabitable. and the third thing, we would also get flooding more frequently. now, all of these consequences certainly very scary to think about. but remember, we can mitigate this. we can make these consequences a lot less worse, worse, by acting globally, lowering that carbon footprint. we've got all kinds of useful solutions at nbc, bay area, dot com and our continuing climate coverage there. all right, let's move it into that microclimate forecast. and we'll show you what we can expect here, right now on that weather as we roll through tomorrow, we have a system moving in across the west that's going to give us just a

slight chance of a spotty shower. main thing will be the wind that will start to kick up. so as we started off tomorrow morning, we'll have some clouds, a little bit of sun mixing in. we'll need to watch out for a chance of a spotty shower here in napa county by about 230. then it moved to contra costa, alameda counties on the eastern side by about 5 p.m. so from napa down to alameda counties, you'd have the best chance of picking up a shower. then we would see that clear out by the weekend, and sunshine will be returning. wind gusts. i see it picking up the most tomorrow afternoon and evening, 20 to 50mph, especially for the coastal mountains. and right there through the peninsula. wind also starts to back off through this weekend. we're going to begin here with temperatures in the low 50s to start tomorrow morning, down to 53. in san francisco, 50 in the north bay. daytime highs only in the 60s throughout the bay area. on my 7-day forecast. san francisco stays breezy saturday and sunday, 15 to about 25, but we'll be dry saturday through next thursday. and for the inland valleys, sunshine 72.

saturday 74 on sunday. so as i was talking about yesterday, could be some good weather to maybe do a little barbecuing, kind of get that going. it looks it looks perfect. good graphic on the and the rising sea levels. when you explain it like it could take you up to that wheel level right of your car, that impacts a lot. i'm just thinking about oakland and san francisco airports immediately. yeah. and all of those communities immediately near the bay. you know, all that water has got to go somewhere. so we got to get those greenhouse gases down. the other thing that they're probably and we've heard they're looking into is shoring up all the marshland around the bay, because that can also help. we got to prep for it. thank you jeff. sure up next is the room in your home and your hearts for a new pet. there's an urgent plea in

new china basin park. it's on the border of the south of market and mission bay neighborhoods. park has five acres of active open space. sandy play area along the shoreline, a fenced off dog zone , and a garden. it's also great views of oracle park and golden gate bridge. wow. all right, are you ready for a dog? now might be the time. like this weekend, oakland animal services says it's bursting with more than 100 adoptable dogs. it's spotlighting some of its priority pups. the shelter reduced adoption fees on all animals for the rest of the week

, and it's waiving adoption fees for any animal more than seven years old might be the right time. audrey. okay, maybe. all right. up next, an old park in oakland getting a much needed makeover as a new baseball team hopes to call it its new home. it's going to call it its new home. tell you about the progress. and here's a look inside rockefeller center. lester holt is preparing for nightly news. one of the top stories today. the family of a hamas hostage born in the bay area, now speaking out after their loved one was shown to be alive in a new hamas video. business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. see why comcast business powers more small businesses than anyone else.

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in the minor league. oakland ballers are gearing up for its inaugural season, and they got to make the home look nice a makeover, of course, of course. so today, the grounds crew laid down new turf on the field. el monte park in west oakland is famous for nurturing more baseball stars than any park in the country. me and the ballers say it was their first choice for their home field. a team is thinking about $1.6 million in private investments to renovate that park, and that includes new turf and a video scoreboard. this is all leading up to the first game on june 4th, and tickets are on sale now. all right. tonight at seven, we crunched the numbers just how much more are we all paying after multiple pg and e rate

hikes, the rate hikes now approaching the most expensive in the country. and we're going to be live at levi's stadium to watch the 40 niners on draft night. that's tonight, the supreme court hearing donald trump's claims of immunity as his hush money trial resumes. the supreme court now weighing whether the former president can be tried for plotting to overturn the 2020 election, and if so, will it happen before november? what the justices appear to signal. mr. trump, meanwhile, back in a new york courtroom. david pecker, the former "national enquirer" publisher, back on the stand, testifying about the alleged catch and kill scheme to help mr. trump's 2016 campaign. the tense conversation pecker says he had over paying off stormy daniels. also tonight, usc canceling its main commencement after the arrest of dozens of pro-palestinian protesters. the new clashes as