against the war in gaza, setting up camp at stanford. we check in nearly 24 hours after the university's deadline for them to leave. plus, they're going to

they're having weapons pointed at them. they're being physically abused, beaten and shoved on their routes. thieves targeting mail carriers. the latest postal worker robbery. what the post office says the criminals are after, and road closures causing headaches for drivers across the bay area. the highway shut down underway. we'll tell you how to get around those closures. the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm gia vang and i'm terry mcsweeney. pro-palestinian protests continue to heat up on college campuses across the bay area and the nation. demonstrators at stanford remained on campus overnight. administrators warned students to clear out of white plaza near the student union by eight last night. if they didn't, they could be disciplined or even face arrest. now, according to the san francisco chronicle, this morning, santa clara county deputies attempted to identify students involved going through that tent encampment there. so far, though, we have not heard of any arrests at stanford. our

marianne favro is speaking with students right now. she's going to join us with the very latest developments later tonight. now at sonoma state, students there have set up a similar camp. they're protesting their university stance and alleged investment in the war in gaza. students who organize this protest say they're forming their own chapter of a national student organization called students for justice in palestine. we decided to start a local chapter here at sonoma state, we haven't seen as much activism in regards to palestine as we've wanted a sort of bystander effect. and so we decided it's, you know, it's time to step up and show solidarity, not not only with gaza and columbia, but all else, too. students say they have four demands for the administration at sonoma state divest and disclose any financial connections to israel. stop discriminating against palestinian students who face study abroad restrictions. have palestinian history recognized in the curriculum, and call for a permanent cease fire? now, nightly news will have more on

the campus protests across the country, as well as the latest on the hostage video just released by hamas. coming up right after this newscast. new at five. it's happened again, this time on the peninsula. scary moments for a usps letter carrier robbed at gunpoint on their route. nbc bay area's christie smith spoke with a postal inspector about why you need to be aware about these crimes. she's in san carlos. it happened early thursday afternoon. a letter carrier robbed in this san carlos neighborhood. and the postal inspector says this isn't the only place this has happened recently. it's sad. very sad. neighbor suzanne greene learned through an online post that a letter carrier in san carlos was robbed at gunpoint thursday afternoon near walnut street and saint francis way, mail carrier, during the middle of the day. it's that's just i've never heard of it, i guess, my husband said he's heard of it in other towns, so we're in shock that it's even happening in our town here. the postal inspector says

the suspect wore a hood and a mask. i'm shocked. i wasn't aware we ever had crime like that in this area. sadly, in san carlos last week, a letter carrier was robbed on their route. this is a depressingly common scenario for letter carriers. it was the fifth or sixth robbery in the bay area last week of a letter carrier who's just trying to do their job. matthew norfleet is a us postal inspector and says similar incidents have happened in san bruno, milpitas, union city and oakland, all within about a week or so of each other. the target in almost all of these robberies are the keys that the letter carriers carry in order to open mailboxes along the routes and deliver the mail. so the there's only one reason to have one of these keys if you're not a letter carrier. and that's to steal mail. and there may be more to it. the keys are being traded and sold among mail thieves, and so we want to let the public know, number one, that we take this crime very seriously. this is an intolerable situation for letter carriers to have to be frightened that they're going to

be robbed on their routes. they're going to they're having weapons pointed at them. norfleet says the us postal service takes this very seriously and points out postal inspectors are criminal investigators for the postal service, and these crimes are their highest priority. the reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone who robs or assaults a postal employee of any kind, including these letter carriers, is up to $150,000. so the postal service takes this very seriously. the postal inspector says the reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone who robs or assaults a postal employee, including these letter carriers, is up to $150,000 in san carlos. christie smith nbc, bay area news as christie mentioned, there have been several mail carriers targeted recently. just last month, we reported how thieves broke into a mail truck in fremont. the postal worker says he was making deliveries when the thieves forced their way

into his truck, stealing his wallet and keys. when he returned to the post office, he discovered they stole his car and last check. no arrests have been made and the thefts are still under investigation on the bizarre story here. an arrest has been made in the east bay after an attack on an elderly man and a struggle with the police chief. this all started about 430 yesterday afternoon at a hardware store on grand avenue in piedmont. police say willie gomer was spotted hitting an elderly man from behind, knocking him unconscious. paramedics took him to the hospital. no word on how he's doing. gomer ran away before police could get there. officers later found him nearby. they say he started a fight with the officers who sprayed him with pepper spray and tased him, but gomer somehow ran away again. police say he broke into a nearby home and threatened a person inside. a short time after that, he left the home and that's when the piedmont police chief confronted him and police say gomer tried to jump into the chief's car. the chief stopped him. he was eventually arrested after a brief struggle. well, a

heads up for drivers in the east bay, part of a major freeway is shut down this weekend for repaving. this is what southbound 680 looked like this afternoon. all lanes are now closed from the i-5 8680 interchange to koopman road in sunol. however, northbound 680 will remain open. caltrans shared this video of crews working to repave those southbound lanes and take a look at some of the detour options right here. drivers will be directed to take alternate routes on highways five, 88, 80, and 84. caltrans says this is the fourth and final closure of southbound 680 in that area. i know a lot of you have been wondering about that. the road is set to reopen monday at 4 a.m. up in the north bay. caltrans has shut down westbound lanes on highway 37 two. that's between vallejo to sears point. this is video today from people driving along an alternate route. detour options include taking northbound highway 29 to westbound highway 12. during the shutdown, crews are repairing that road. the lanes are also set to reopen monday at 4 a.m. san francisco's japantown is

celebrating a renovation project, all about peace. this is a look at the plans for the renovated japantown peace plaza. a lot of new decorative, accessible and functional updates. the community was invited to come out and break ground with the mayor, the consul general of japan in san francisco, and other leaders as well. today, they say the goal of the project is to make sure the plaza remains a community hub right there in the heart of japantown, all while preserving its unique legacy. this is one of three living, active peace plazas in the united states. this space is incredibly important to san francisco's japanese american community, and it is incredibly important to our entire city. city's recreation and park department says that project should be done by 2026. all right, well, moving on now. nearly 20 homes in the bay area got some much needed repairs today. rebuilding together silicon valley recruits, volunteers and sponsors to help low income homeowners with repairs, and

hundreds of volunteers came out to east san jose today. they made small repairs, touching up paint to 18 different homes. the nonprofit says its goal is to help people stay in their homes for as long as possible. we've been in the south bay for about 30, almost 33 years, helping keep people safe and healthy in their home. our mission really is to help preserve affordable housing, to make sure that people can stay in their home and have a safe and healthy home as they age in place. the organization also does major repairs on homes such as plumbing, heating, and electricity upgrades. coming up, tornadoes tear through the midwest. the communities cleaning up and more bad weather may be on the way. plus, rebuilding after the flames. the effort to plant new trees after wildfires, and the roadblocks keeping it from happening, and the weekend starting off with some blue skies around san jose. watching some wind speeds this weekend. and if the showers up here in the north coast drop south and in fact impact effect,

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mayor of omaha says the destructive tornado moved through rural farmland and then hit the suburbs. no deaths have been reported, but several people are injured. one person describes the tense moments when the tornado hit their house. you could hear the debris hitting our kitchen floor. we were under our kitchen and the pressure changed. your ears popped. and just in an enormous amount of debris just was falling on the floor above us. wow. national weather service says there were more than 30 reports of damaging winds and 60 reports of hail in that region overnight. and it's not over yet. more tornadoes damaging winds, and large hail expected tonight over the last decade, wildfires have burned more than 70 million acres across the u.s. that's as much as land as the entire state of nevada. when those fires burn through forest, it doesn't just pollute our air, turn our skies orange. it also creates a

feedback loop which accelerates climate change. however, replanting forests is complex. it's expensive. so who's going to pay for it? national climate reporter chase cain shows us how a new business is encouraging wall street to invest in the woods. imagine yourself here. three and a half years ago, you'd be standing under the canopy of a mature forest as a professional forester, lisa loves seeing new life return to this land. but aches thinking about the north complex fire, which scorched more than 300,000 acres and at the height of its fury, it burned through a thousand acres every 30 minutes. a build up of brush and conditions amplified by climate change fueled one of the biggest fires in california history. when a wildfire burns this intensely, it's not just killing the forest right now, it's also killing the forests. future because the cones, the seeds which would help this forest grow back on its own, they get incinerated in the fire. this is why it's necessary to step in and replant intentionally, as

well as being intentional about climate change, lisa works for mass reforestation, a unique company helping landowners recover after devastating fire. they're a one stop shop with experts who collect seeds, grow them into seedlings to replant, and then they pay for it by recruiting investors, climate investors projects like this are expensive. the only way that gets funded is through this voluntary flow of funds into the carbon space. zander's talking about voluntary carbon credits. to keep it simple, a company pledges to be net zero. so while they're cutting emissions, they invest in things like this replanting a forest. and then as that forest grows, it absorbs carbon dioxide, offsetting their emissions. the financial markets haven't really engaged with carbon finance in the way that they could. that capital then gets unlocked. and then we're really talking about millions or tens of millions of acres, which is the scale that we need to operate at in order to address climate change. carbon streaming sourced the money for the three families who own this land to

restore the forest, and in exchange, the land will be permanently preserved. if we had tried to do that on our own, we would have gotten lost at the first turn. like it makes it all possible in a way that's this incredible win win. we're doing it for future generations. we're doing it for our kids. i think about the legacy i leave in which we actually hear this wind that's coming up over the ridge, and we hear it through the needles of those pines. there's a certain way that it sings through the needles, and it sounds so wonderful and refreshing, and that will happen here on this site in 20 years in california. i'm national climate reporter chase kane. rob mayeda joining us now. a moment ago, i could have sworn you were talking about showers. well, you know, it's the weekend. it is. so they don't typically go this way. right? you always looking over your shoulder and there's a little something up on the north coast. but it's not getting in the way of our sunday plans for outdoors. so we will be just fine tomorrow. but you're going to have more wind than what

we're seeing outside right now, and has been kind of a blustery day around the bay area. even san jose wind gusts close to 30mph, 66 degrees got the sunshine close to 70. in walnut creek peak. wind gusts so far up to 24mph, and you can see the trees moving around san rafael at 64 degrees and at times, winds near san francisco, close to 40mph at 60 degrees. and with the wind and dry conditions, if your allergies are off the charts right now could be the grass pollen that has come up within the last week. oak and cedar pollen still running relatively high around the bay area as well. now here's what we're seeing on the wide view. looking across northern california, you notice those showers up there. they might try to get as far south as mendocino county early tomorrow morning, but nothing south of sonoma county. so we're safely breaking that trend of some rain at times over the weekend. you can see tomorrow we've got low clouds to start the morning. any chances of showers staying up to the

north there north of ukiah. so kind of a similar day to what we have today. we're going to have the cool and breezy conditions with the areas of low clouds for the morning, 40s and 50s to start. then as we move forward around lunchtime, upper 60s to low 70s. but with the wind tomorrow, which will be from 15 to 35mph, may not feel all that warm. close to 71 degrees in san jose, mid 60s for san francisco and 68 degrees in oakland. and a look at the wind speed. you see how those wind speeds are right now about 15 to 25mph. fast forward the next 24 hours and those wind speeds will be a bit stronger tomorrow. so if you have those outdoor items in the yard, you might want to secure them. as we wrap up the weekend. things looking more windy for your sunday now for monday and tuesday. high pressure strengthens a little less wind. and finally, those warmer temperatures returning to the east bay valleys around the north bay should see mid to upper 70s and by wednesday as we start, may could be close to 80 degrees around fairfield, upper 70s around san jose. and we're

in a pretty good pattern here weather wise. high pressure keeping the weather systems off to the north. just some breezy conditions at times. midweek warmup and likely hanging on to the 70s as we head into next weekend as well. so san francisco watch the wind tomorrow. i do think we'll have some gusts close to 40mph as we head towards the evening. slight warm up as we head towards the middle part of the week. and yes, a dry but breezy finish to this weekend with sunshine and a few areas by midweek that could be closing in on 80 degrees around those east bay valleys by wednesday. wow, no rain in the forecast. looking good. thanks up next, runners getting ready for the big sur marathon. on why a road closure is forcing them to change course

runners will take a different route. the big sur marathon attracts thousands of runners each year. it usually is a one way course starting at big sur station, finishing in carmel well over a month ago. heavy rainfall caused a part of highway one just south of rocky creek bridge to collapse. you can see how part of the road is missing on highway one right here. so organizers have changed the route to avoid the slip out. tomorrow, runners will start in carmel. turn around when they get to rocky creek bridge. they will also follow a loop through point lobos state park. well, it is back for the third year in a

row. our sister station, telemundo 48, hosting a youth soccer tournament. elementary and middle school teams facing off today in east san jose. this is for the copa tournament. telemundo 48 partnering with alum rock unified school district to put on the event at overfelt high school. the tournament started last night. teams are competing in the playoffs today and tomorrow is the finals and the trophy ceremony. families and friends are coming out to watch, eat food, play different activities. it's happening out there at overfelt high school. i love it. all right, still to come, tesla just updated its charging stations. how the change is helping more drivers recharge. ana quick reminder you can now access nbc bay area news whenever you want. we' on 24/7 on roku and other streaming platforms as well. thereou can watch live breaking news, news conferences and repeats of our newscasts

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agreed to. the company has not commented publicly on that penalty. well, if you drive a car an electric car charging that car on the go just got easier. the governor himself got behind the wheel to announce that tesla's supercharger charging network is now open to non-tesla vehicles. there's the governor right there. 10,000 fast or superchargers are in addition to the state's 105,000 public ev chargers. it's all in an effort to meet newsom's executive order in 2020 that all new car sales be zero emission by 2035, and so far, california is a quarter of the way there. all of this in an effort to continue the progress we're making in california, 25% of all new vehicle purchases in this state are now electric vehicles. california dominates in this space. we want to maintain that leadership, maintain that dominance as we transition from dirty tailpipes to a low carbon green growth future. this puts the state's electric charging network in perspective. governor

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get to both for free thanks to napa's vine transit system, the county is offering a special bus service for people going to bottlerock and festival la onda. the busses will pick up concertgoers from several park and ride locations and take them to the venues, and the busses will drop people back off at the lots. at the end of the day, the rides are free. by the way, bottlerock is happening on memorial day weekend festival la onda is happening the following weekend. stevie nicks, pearl jam, a bunch of others up there

at bottlerock. this time around, we're not going to ask for the forecast for that yet. that's a bit far off. yeah, but as far as this weekend goes, not not too bad. i think tomorrow we're going to have some low clouds and some patchy fog near the coast. you got more sunshine during the day. the item to watch though, will be the wind speeds that will be about 20 to 35mph tomorrow, and then as the winds back off, temperatures climb up mid to upper 70s inland by midweek. nice weather just around the corner. that's the beauty. rob, thanks very much and thanks for watching. all right. nightly news is next. we'll see you again at six. breaking news tonight. the devastating tornado outbreak across the middle of the country and the new forecasts, the worst may be yet to come. brand new twisters on the ground late today in oklahoma. and terrifying moments when tornados ripped across highways