right now it's six. a letter carrier robbed at gunpoint on the peninsula. thieves are not just targeting the mail they have on them. there's now a massive reward to catch whoever did it. plus, protesters taking no breaks as the weapons pointed at them. and they're being physically abused, beaten and shoved on their routes. plus, protesters taking no breaks as they continue to camp on bay area campuses. the latest on the situation for stanford and sonoma state, and a traffic nightmare in the north bay and east bay highway shut down for roadwork. what you need to know to dodge the worst of it. the

news at six starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm gia vang and i'm terry mcsweeney. tonight, the postal service is investigating after yet another mail carrier has been robbed at gunpoint. happened earlier this week in a quiet peninsula neighborhood. while the carrier was on their route. and it's not the only recent postal worker robbery here in the bay area. so what is behind this surge and what's the usps doing to protect workers? nbc bay area's christie smith spoke with a postal inspector. sad. very sad. it was an online post that caught this neighbor's attention about a letter carrier robbed at gunpoint. the 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. it happened thursday afternoon in san carlos. people who live in the normally quiet neighborhood near walnut street and saint francis way were caught off guard. i'm shocked. i wasn't aware we ever had crime like that in this area. u.s. postal inspector matthew norfleet says

the mail carrier was not hurt in san carlos last week, a letter carrier was robbed on their route. this is a depressingly common scenario for letter carriers, he says. here in the bay area, there have been at least five letter carriers robbed in the last two weeks alone. there was also a robbery in san bruno last week, a robbery in milpitas, a robbery in union city and a robbery in oakland, all within about a week of each other. so this is a widespread problem. the postal inspector we spoke with said with these crimes, there's typically a common thread. 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. the crime is not limited to the bay area. the u.s. postal service says this is happening regularly across the country. 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. he points out that postal inspectors are criminal investigators attached to the postal service and solving these crimes with local law enforcement is 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. anybody who has information can contact us in san carlos. christie smith, nbc, bay area news. new at six south bay police are asking for help trying to find the person responsible for a deadly shooting video shared on the citizen app shows police activity last night, san jose police say it was about 9:00. officers were called to the area of fourth and saint john. that's down the street from high rise apartments and not that far from city hall. police found a woman who had been shot. paramedic paramedics rushed her to the hospital where she died. police say the shooter was gone when officers got there. right now there's no description. if you

saw something, you're asked to call san jose police. a man is in jail after a bizarre series of events, including an attack on an elderly man and a struggle with a police chief. it all started around 430 yesterday afternoon at a hardware store on grand avenue in piedmont. police say a man hit another elderly man from behind, knocking him unconscious. paramedics took him to the hospital. no word on how he's doing. the attacker ran off before police arrived. hours later, they found him nearby and say he started a fight with officers before running away again, breaking into a nearby home and threatening a person inside. well, a short time later, he left the home. that's when the piedmont police chief confronted him. police say the man tried to jump into the chief's car, but the chief stopped him and arrested him. take you live to washington dc pro palestinian protesters. you see them there? they've gathered outside the white house correspondents dinner. that's where president biden and members of the press are attending. and here's how it looked earlier. protesters got there a few hours ago when

guests were arriving. so far, it has been peaceful. dinner is an annual tradition awarding journalists for their work, but also a chance for the president to crack some jokes, take some at his own expense from comedians. by the way, saturday night live's colin jost is hosting tonight's event, and this also comes as sit in protests continue at campuses around the nation. here in the bay area, demonstrators at stanford university remained on campus overnight. administrators warned students to clear out of white plaza near the student union by 8:00 last night. if they didn't, they could be disciplined or even face arrest, according to sf chronicle. this morning, santa clara county deputies attempted to identify students involved going through the tent encampment. so far, though, we have not heard of any arrests at stanford or marianne favro is there speaking with students right now, she'll join us with the very latest developments later tonight. meantime, 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 are forming their own chapter of a national student organization called students for justice in palestine. they have four demands for the administration. we would like the school, the administration and the school as a whole to call for a permanent and immediate cease fire. now that is very important to us. i would also like to add that we are prepared to stay here and occupy the space for as long as it takes, until our demands are met. the university just gave us a statement a few minutes ago. a spokesperson tells us their main concern is making sure their students and staff are safe during this protest, and they support the demonstrators right to free speech. and more than 200 miles north of there, north of sonoma state, up at cal poly humboldt, pro-palestinian protests are cooling off. on monday, hundreds of student protesters occupied two separate halls on campus. they also sent a list of demands to the university. students use furniture, tents, other items to

block the doors. the university then ordered the students to vacate the buildings by yesterday or face discipline, while last night protesters dismantled barriers and opened doors. but today the university announced it's closing for the rest of the semester, so classes and finals will be remote. well this year's national crime victims rights week is drawing to a close in oakland. a number of organizations came together at lake merritt to honor the memory of those lost and to put a focus on healing. victims and survivors of violent crime were encouraged to come watch the ceremony or be part of it. organizers say they are all too aware of oakland's public safety crisis, and they say that in order to improve safety, the city, the state, they all need to center the experience of victims and survivors hurt people, hurt people, but heal people, heal people. and so the more access we have to healing services, the more support we have for each other in community. the more opportunities we have to process the trauma and the harm that's

happened to us and move beyond it. the more opportunities we have to keep each other in our community safe, the event was sponsored by crime survivors for safety and justice. there are 50,000 members in california over in the east bay. caltrans has shut down a major freeway for repaving. and this is what southbound 680 looked like this afternoon. all lanes are now closed from the five 8680 interchange to koopman road in sunol. northbound 680, though remains open. here's a look at that full closure on a map. if you need to get around it here, you're going to be directed to take alternate routes on highways five, 88, 80, and 84. caltrans says this is the fourth, and they say final closure of southbound 680. in that area. the road is set to reopen monday, 4 a.m. well, not the only road work happening over in the north bay. caltrans shut down westbound lanes on highway 37. that's between vallejo and sears point. this is video from today. people driving

through an alternative route. detour options include taking northbound 29 to westbound 12 during the shutdown, caltrans repairing the roads lanes are set to reopen also monday, 4 a.m. well, san francisco's japantown is celebrating the start of 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 break ground with a mayor, the consul general of japan in san francisco, and other leaders. and they say the goal of the project to make sure the plaza remains a community hub 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. while construction is happening, the japan center malls will stay open. the plaza is set to reopen in early 2026. still ahead, a contra costa county library set to close again this time for more than a month. what you need to know coming up in 90s. plus making sure everyone gets a fair chance to play. we'll take you to the special football clinic in oakland. right now. we've got blue skies, breezy conditions around walnut creek as a weather system drops down, not bringing showers in your weekend forecast, but more wind around the bay area tomorrow.

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so when you choose this, the forest people will replenish that. so those outdoor creatures can [ yells ] stay where they belong! a berryessa road and sandstone lane. police say two callers involved. one woman was taken to the hospital and she has life threatening injuries. it is unclear if anyone else was hurt right now. eastbound berryessa road shut down from sandstone lane to summer park court while police are investigating, they're asking drivers to avoid the area. new at six harvey weinstein is in the hospital just days after his rape conviction was overturned in new york. an attorney for weinstein says he was checked by doctors in jail at rikers island this morning before being sent to bellevue hospital for more thorough exams. no word yet on exactly what's wrong with him.

this week, new york state's highest court overturned his 2020 rape conviction, opening the door for a new trial. he is scheduled to appear in court wednesday to begin setting a schedule for future hearings. a library in contra costa county is getting an upgrade. the antioch library is going to close starting tuesday so it can get a new roof to. the building is going to close for the next six weeks. last weekend was a chance to pick up book orders there, but during this closure, people can still place orders online and pick them up at other libraries like the pittsburg or pruitt library. library is set to reopen by june 11th. the new roof is paid for by statewide grant program. well, 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 went out today to east san jose. they made small repairs, touching up paint to 18 different homes. the

nonprofit says this event helps bring the community together. sports clinics for kids very popular. over in oakland today, there was a clinic and it was there to make sure everybody got a chance to play. bay area based esports put on this inclusive football clinic for children of all abilities and needs. kids had a chance to practice football drills with cal football players miles williams and b.j. jones. very cool. the two volunteer through cal's athletics cameron institute, which finds ways for student athletes to serve youth. for jones, who has a brother on the autism spectrum, the connection is personal. inclusion is obviously important for different kids who might not have the opportunities that other kids have, because obviously typical kids, they can go play sports whenever they want. they can just, you know, like even for me, like i can go to the d-1 level and like, play football, but some kids, they don't have that opportunity. so i think really setting up programs like this is really helpful because it makes a community. it allows them to have fun. so cool. clinic was

held at mcclymonds high school in oakland, okay. this is also very cool terry. it is back. our sister station, telemundo 48, hosting a youth soccer tournament for the third year in a row. yeah, 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 to put on the event at overfelt high school tournament started last night. teams are competing in the playoffs today and tomorrow. the final game, the trophy ceremony families and friends are coming out to watch. check out the trophies, eat food and play all kinds of activities. very excited to hear what happens tomorrow. yeah. all right. rob mayeda is here now. and rob, you know, blue skies. we also got wind i noticed today. yeah we're going to have more of that tomorrow in fact. and instead of a storm that's going to bring showers our way, it will bring in a few clouds to start tomorrow and plan on more wind in that sunday forecast before temperatures start to climb.

trending warmer towards the middle part of the week. but really, wind is the story of the weekend. let's look at san francisco international airport. wind gusts over 40mph. so you got good visibility. but if any flights are taking off or landing right now, a bit of a bumpy ride. 59 degrees there. winds sustained out of the west to 26mph, now down to 63 degrees. clear skies in san rafael, 69 in walnut creek. also a little windy around contra costa county. we've had those gusts from 20 to 30 this afternoon and breezy into san jose peak. wind gusts close to 30mph at 64 degrees. we got those clear skies. so sunday, more of a winds day as we wrap up the weekend. 20 to 40 mile per hour gusts strongest along the coast in near san francisco. 60s and 70s here to wrap up the weekend, but by midweek should see upper 70s to near 80 for highs as high pressure builds in. so here's the weather system we're watching now. it is falling apart in terms of rain chances, but as it scoots on by during the day tomorrow, that's going to lead to the blustery

conditions. so notice we start the morning with patchy low clouds along the coast, maybe some spotty drizzle and then clearing skies. heading into the afternoon. but watch these wind speeds closely. breezy at times for the morning and then by mid afternoon and evening there you begin to see those areas in red around san francisco, the coast around marin county and the interior. diablo range. east bay hills will have guests anywhere from 20 to 40mph tomorrow afternoon, so partly cloudy skies to start with 40s and 50s moving forward to lunchtime tomorrow. more 60s to low 70s for highs. so a somewhat cool weekend, especially when you factor in those wind speeds for sunday. but watch what happens here as the wind speeds start to come down, temperatures starting to climb on up as we head towards tuesday, and especially wednesday. now out towards solano county areas south of downtown san jose have a chance of some low 80s, i think for the middle part of the week as we start the month of may, upper 60s and low 70s from san francisco into oakland. so high

pressure will hold on and strengthen for the middle part of the week as weather systems and rain chances likely stay to the north. as we head through the end of next week. so watching the wind tomorrow, then less wind and more warming as we approach tuesday, wednesday and thursday likely to be the warmest days of the week, should be good for those outdoor plans, except for those the outdoor lawn furniture. tomorrow you might want to secure that. it looks kind of gusty for the afternoon. a little more wind here on thursday and trending cooler as we approach the first weekend of may. all right rob, thanks very much. up next, getting to bottle rock without spending a dime on parking while the service rolling out this summer for music festivals in summer for music festivals in diabetes can serve up a lot of questions. like what is your glucose and can you have more carbs? before you decide with the freestyle libre 3 system know your glucose and where it's heading no fingersticks needed. now the world's smallest and thinnest sensor sends your glucose levels directly to your smartphone.

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easier. governor himself got behind the wheel to announce that tesla supercharging network is opening to non tesla vehicles. the 10,000 fast or superchargers are in addition to the state's 105,000 public ev chargers. this is all in an effort to meet newsom's executive order back from 2020. that all new car sales be zero emission by 2035. so far, california is a quarter of the way there. well, a couple of big music festivals happening in the north bay this summer, and there's a way you can get to both for free. it is thanks to napa's vine transit system, the county is offering a special bus service for people going to bottle rock and festival la honda. the busses will pick up concertgoers from several park and ride locations and take them to the venues. then the busses will drop people back off at the lots. at the end of the day, rides are free, as we mentioned. and by the way, bottle rock is

happening on memorial day weekend festival. la honda happening the following weekend. all right. tomorrow morning on sunday. today, a conversation with the bay area basketball icon nbc's willie geist has a sit down with steph curry, the new member of this summer's olympic team. curry talks on about his future in the nba and the transformative impact he has had on the game. do you have an appreciation for the fact that 14 year old boys take two dribbles inside half court and jack up threes because of you, that you have truly changed the way basketball is played? it was never like an intention of like, that's what i'm here to do, but it's just how i see the game and the irrational confidence that i have to shoot all those type of shots. yeah. catch the interview early tomorrow morning. it gets. it's irrational, but he makes them so it kind of makes it really rational when you see him do it. i can't understand it. but anyway, sunday today, willie geist starts at 6 a.m, followed by today in the bay with our very own kira klapper. well, you also see it now with caitlin clark, too. she's shooting from

exactly downtown. but when i was growing up, even if you made that three pointer, coaches would say, hey, get on the bench because you're not supposed to take that shot. but he's changed the game and she is changing the game. talking a little nfl today . this was the final day of the nfl draft. who the 49ers called to come join the red and gold.

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brandon aiyuk and deebo samuel are both still on the 40 niners. check your phone, terry. yeah, they're still on. still there. but the niners might have drafted their replacements today . the niners selected jacob cowling from arizona in the fourth round. he's the second receiver taken in this draft class. remember they took ricky parsell in the first round. five of the niners eight picks were made today. they also selected a safety a running back offensive lineman and a linebacker. the challenge for the niners are you picking players for this season

or the future? you know, being close like we were last year, feeling we're going to have a chance to at least have an opportunity to try to do something like that again. you want to think always what helps us now, but then you get to that spot and there always isn't that answer right then. and so do you. go with what kind of helps us now or what helps us more in the future. and so you're just constantly weighing that, whether it's the draft, whether that's free agency, it's a really good roster. so it's going to be tough to crack for these guys. we do believe that they have the skill sets, the mentalities, the makeup that they can come in and you know, they can come in and compete right away. and i think all these guys can contribute this year. all right. rookie minicamp is the second week of may. a couple of local college football players got selected in the sixth round. the dolphins picked cal safety patrick mcmorris at 198. the rams took stanford kicker josh carty at 209 to baseball. a rough day at the yard for the a's against the orioles. the low light jp sears giving up back to back jacks in

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by a few billion dollars billion . barry sanders jaw dropped when he got his latest tax bill. he

was charged more than $34 billion in overdue taxes, penalties and interest. the bill was from the pennsylvania department of revenue and the amount is due is so big you can see it doesn't even fit on one line. barry says this year, his tax preparer noticed a mistake on his 2022 return and sent an amended return. yeah, he actually got a refund from the irs on the same day he got this bill, so it sent him reeling. the first one was i wish i made enough money to even owe $30 billion in taxes. then i was thinking, i'm going to need to drink a lot of coffee in order to work three full time jobs. i think more than three full time jobs, i think. i think more than that. yeah, but, you know, keep in mind they work with you. you can pay the $30 billion over several years. yeah. that's true. that's the good news. barry he reached out to the department of revenue to see what in the world is going on. they told him they're going to look into it and get back to him in a few weeks. they better look

into it. and i hope you hope you can get some sleep in the meantime. barry. right? yeah. wow all right. well, thanks for joining us. we'll be back tonight at 11:00. hope you can joins u joe rosato jr.: this is an nbc bay area news special. tonight, we meet up with a san francisco musical family, taking their music higher. maestro curtis: music is who we are, as the curtis family. joe: we'll meet up with a bay area photographer heading to his eighth olympic games. jeff cable: my job is to figure out what is the story that's unfolding in front of me and tell that. betty reid soskin: the music saved me. joe: we'll go inside a new movie revealing an unknown chapter about a bay area icon. betty: but there's a part of my life that i've kept hidden for half a century. joe: and we'll visit a wine country natural phenomenon, now up for sale. chris conway: it's time for someone else to take it over. joe: hello, i'm joe rosato jr., and thanks for joining me for this edition of "fog city stories."