good at miniature horse rescue. i said, how many a year do you think it would be? they said 10 to 15. we took in over 200 the first year. >> make sure to tune in today to find out what inspired mary and her team to choose the name for the ranch. that's today at 3:00. a quick reminder, nbc bay area is streaming 24/7. you can watch us whenever you want on roku and other streaming platforms. thankfully we weren't higher in the hair, that more things didn't fly out. that no one flew out. i think it's incredible we're all safe. >> a mid-flight fright. the new details on a discovery of a part that blew off an alaska airlines plane in the air. boeing 737 max 9 now grounded as the investigation plays out. we're live with the impact on bay area travelers. all eyes on iowa. days after a deadly school shooting, presidential candidates make a last-minute push ahead of the state's caucuses. the actions students are taking

to get their attention. and a chilly morning across the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is tracking how cold it can get, plus the next chance of rain on the way. this is "today in the bay." good morning, everyone. happy monday to you. i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. >> i'm laura garcia. bundle up this morning. maybe just sit tight if you can. because it is a cold start to the morning, kari. >> it makes it hard to move. if you're sitting there nice and warm with a blanket or a cup of coffee, you know this is what you'll have to deal with. a frost advisory in effect for all of these areas shaded in blue, including much of the bay area and the interior valleys, and this is the reason why. we're only at 34 in concord, and we are below freezing in livermore and dublin. and we are just above freezing for a lot of spots like palo alto, sonoma, napa, santa rosa. it is right now in the mid-30s there. after a cold start, we're only going to make it into the mid-50s. so not much of a warm-up today.

reaching 55 in fremont this afternoon, and in san francisco. novato headed for 55 degrees. we are dry today, but tomorrow the rain comes in, so i'll have a look at that timeline coming up. mike, the bay bridge commute, is it recovering? >> we say recovering, folks, because if you missed earlier, there was a disabled vehicle on the span that jammed things up very quickly. the metering lights slammed down slow. now they are moving a little more quickly. we see speeds recovering across the span, the disabled vehicle is safely off the bridge in san francisco. slowing for highway 37, slowing for highway 4, and now pushing down 242 in toward walnut creek out of concord. we're watching, but nothing major. the build for 880, south through hayward and north 101, continues with the first burst through san jose. the big build, this is vasco road, look how much more time it is now, over 20 minutes. that's the commute coming out of contra costa county. back to you. right now, an investigation is unfolding after a door panel

flew off an alaska airlines plane mid-flight. overnight the door was found as the faa is grounding boeing's max 9 planes, causing flight disruptions across the country. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is at sfo. more impact for passengers today, right? >> reporter: that is correct, scott and laura. and it won't just be today. ntsb chair jennifer homendy saying the investigation can take weeks. the faa grounding a boeing 737 max 9 airplanes from this weekend. here at sfo, at least 33 united airlines flights have been canceled so far, 14 alaska airlines flights as of this morning. the number is expected to grow throughout the day. we're focusing on those two carriers as they are the ones who use those airplanes. the faa looking into what happened on an alaska airlines

flight from portland, oregon, to california friday evening. take a look at this video. terrifying moments, but a relatively calm scene on board, given the circumstances. now, just minutes into that two-hour flight, a plugged sealed door blew out as the plane was ascending, leaving a refrigerator size hole in the aircraft. now, one of the pilots on that flight declared an emergency and asked for clearance to descend to 10,000 feet, where passengers would be able to breathe without oxygen masks. the incident has been described by ntsb chair homendy to have been chaotic and violent. fortunately, there have been no reports of serious injuries for passengers and crew. the door panel is reported to have been found in a back yard in portland. >> i can just see the outside of the door plug from the pictures, the white portions, we can't see anything else. but we're going to go pick that up and make sure that we begin

analyzing it. >> reporter: and the ntsb has confirmed that there is nothing on the cockpit voice recorder because that has been overwritten. the number of flights across the country really impacted by this, over 300 flights from united airlines, and over 130 alaska airline flights nationwide so far have been canceled. we're seeing a couple of those cancellations on the board. so far, just two here at sfo, according to what we see here on the board. but you've got to watch out for those numbers to grow throughout the day, scott and laura. >> ginger, thank you. 6:05. turning to the latest developments on the israel/hamas war, there are new fears the war in the middle east is expanding. a new israeli air strike has reportedly killed at least seven people. yesterday was set to be the heaviest day of fighting between israel and hezbollah. this comes as u.s. secretary of

state antony blinken continues a week-long tour of the middle east with a stop today in jordan. later this morning in san francisco, leaders will revisit a proposal calling for a cease-fire in gaza. this is video from last month when hundreds of people spoke out in support of the resolution. today a supervisor's committee will debate whether or not to send the resolution to the full board. if it gets approved, san francisco would join oakland and richmond in publicly condemning the war. across the bay in berkeley yesterday, hundreds of palestinian supporters gathered outside the now embattled people's park, calling for a cease-fire. our crews saw police carrying at least one person over a barricade. it's not clear what led to that confrontation, but protesters spent hours making their voices heard along telegraph avenue. >> i just feel like as we fight and continue to make our voices heard for palestinian, we need to see these parallels and continue to make our voices

heard about people's park. >> organizers are also calling for the halt to planned new housing for students on the park property. police last week helped the school clear out the park and line it with shipping containers. it's still not clear when the work on that development will start. it is 6:06. happening today in iowa, students plan across the state to walk out of class in wake of a deadly school shooting last week. that happened at perry secondary school west of des moines. des moines is the state capital. a sixth grader died. seven others injured. some students plan to march to the state capital today to demand new action by state leaders on gun violence. the group organizing today's march was founded following the deadly school shooting in parkland, florida, in 2018. gun control will no doubt be a hot topic in the days leading up to the iowa presidential caucuses one week from today. gop contenders are expected to

campaign heavily across the state. donald trump is still the front-runner in the polls. over the weekend he addressed voters in iowa to mark the three years since the attack on the united states capitol. he called for the release of those convicted, even calling them hostages, downplaying what took place. >> they indicted me because i fought against a corrupt election. i got indicted. >> meantime, president biden heads to south carolina today. he plans to speak at charleston at a church where nine people were murdered at the hands of a white supremacist in 2015. new at 6:00, firefighters are investigating what led to a fire that destroyed a boat shack operated by a popular north bay hotel and restaurant. marin firefighters posted images of the fire which happened yesterday afternoon on a pier at nick's cove. no one was inside at the time but the boathouse was considered a sentimental landmark which the owners would rent out for small

events. the restaurant and cottages were not impacted. in the south bay, taking a live look out over downtown san jose, it is a cold start this morning. be ready for that car seat to be very, very chilly, kari says. >> yeah, and, also, before you get in the car, you may have to scrape frost off of the windshield. that's what we're seeing in a lot of inland valleys, including walnut creek that's at 34 degrees right now. we're at 38 in san jose, as well as oakland, and san francisco at 42 degrees. after this cold start, it's going to be a dry day and we'll gradually start to see clouds coming in, as this system starts to make its way closer to the bay area for tomorrow. it looks to be moving fairly quickly and won't impact your entire day, but at least throughout the morning it will be moving from north to south and then gradually clearing for the afternoon. and then we are also going to see another wave of rain in the forecast on wednesday and again on saturday. so i'll talk more about this

active storm pattern we're in coming up in a few minutes. mike, how are the gas prices looking? >> we have $3.79 at the top of the list, tenth best for the state. vallejo, central gas on springs road. next number here is in alameda county. it's showing up with hayward, $3.93 at vallejo on hesperian boulevard. in santa clara county, the best is $3.95 at quick stop on pearl avenue. thank you for sharing all those price updates on gasbuddy.com. let's get out to the roadways. we're talking about a pretty smooth drive right now. there's a good amount of traffic. your typical suspects, the bay bridge the slowest, highway 37 and 4, i'll check out the crash on highway 4 near bailey. but the bay bridge itself remains slow after an earlier disabled vehicle around treasure island. that vehicle is off the bridge. the backup does fill the toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:10 right now. potential bay area first-time home buyers are hoping real estate prices will drop this year, and there is some new data

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good monday morning. the time is 6:13. let's get a look at our day planner for saratoga. we're starting out in the 30s. it's going to be at 37 at 8:00. cold morning, but then we're going to gradually start to see more clouds coming in. at least it will be a dry day as our highs mid the mid-50s. even cooler weather ahead along with rain. i'll have more in a few minutes. my numbers are all in the 60s. that's the speeds for the south bay here. san jose shows a nice, easy drive. the first slowdown for 101 did fully clear. we have not fully recovered for the bay bridge. there's a crash on highway 4 in contra costa county coming up. and taking a look at business news this morning, we do expect a dip on the dow. boeing aircraft, we expect that stock to drop about 8% on all of that bad news about that 737-9

coming apart. friday's stronger than expected jobs report may push mortgage rates higher. mortgage rates are more closely related to government bonds than rates the fed sets. better than expected news on the economy can make houses more expensive. ideally higher mortgage rates are offset by lower house prices. we spoke to an economist from bmo who says their forecasts call for very steady house prices in 2024 in california. a slight rise in prices, in fact. >> i think we could see a lot of stability in the housing market, and certainly homebuilding, we haven't been building enough houses in california and construction active has been solid here. so we actually raised our forecast on california home prices. we see that we could even see maybe a 3% or so home price increase over the next 12

months. apple may drop an official announcement on the vision pro mixed reality headset this week or next, conveniently timed with the consumer electronics show, which apple doesn't attend. bloomberg reports it's been shipping to u.s. warehouses on a install scale and may be in stores as soon as next month. meetings have been scheduled for employees at apple stores across the country next week for training sessions planned the final week of january. right now, the first-ever commercial mission to the moon is under way. the unmanned space craft launched last night from cape canaveral, florida, carrying ashes for space burials. if things go as planned, it will be the first publicly funded mission to make a controlled landing on the moon. >> if you take those astronauts

that so many years ago laid foot on the moon, what they would have thought of commercial flights. >> landing without any government help, et cetera. if they can do it -- it's tough, india tried to do it and it's a very difficult job. >> we'll see. trending this morning, i don't know if you caught it last night, the glitz and glamour and historic wins at the golden globe awards. one picture came out on top last night. >> a sweeping story about the ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses $1 billion, does that track? no. unless and but because universal went all in on christopher nolan. >> robert downey jr. accepting his win for best male supporting actor in motion picture "oppenheimer." christopher nolan's film was the big winner, taking home five wins, including the prize for best motion picture drama,

score, best director and best performance by an actor. as for comedy, "poor things" took home the top prize, beating "barbie." the movie's star, emma stone, won best actress comedy for her lead role in that film. in the meantime, a san francisco native made history during last night's ceremony. comedian and actress took home the golden globe for her role in the netflix show "beef", the first asian american to win the award in that category. during her speech they thanked her husband of eight years. the pair had been separated for more than a year. she filed for divorce last month. >> i knew none of those things. >> watch the news. >> that was a roller coaster. >> she won the award, she's going through a divorce, but she thanked her husband. a lot going on. a lot going on in the weather, too. >> you better wear more than

that little dress that barbie was wearing. >> absolutely. it's time to layer up. we are feeling very chilly temperatures. some of us below freezing to start. and as you get ready to head out the door, you are going to have a chilly morning commute. that's a live look at the bay bridge, and we're going to check in with mike to see what's going on there. take a look at our temperatures, we're at 39 in san francisco. pretty much all of the bay area in the 30s. and we are below freezing in dublin and livermore, 31 degrees. and we've seen a few of our valley locations checking in now below freezing, but it is going to be dry today. but things will change quickly as we go throughout the week. we're going to see clouds coming in and we can see the long connection of clouds all the way out into the pacific. that's tapping into that subtropical moisture. so that is an atmospheric river, but it is too the north of us. so as we go throughout today, it's going to be cool. only reaching into the mid-50s. antioch heading up to 55 degrees, and lafayette reaching

56 degrees. as we go into the day tomorrow, our temperatures don't change much, but rain will be coming in and quickly sweeping across the bay area. only lasting a couple of hours for most of us. and during that time we're looking at about a tenth of an inch of rain or less. it may be a little bit higher farther to the north with ukiah measuring about a quarter inch of rain. so then after that passes, there's another round of rain coming in on wednesday. and that's mostly during the late morning, early afternoon, and then it will also clear out quickly. we have a couple of days of dry conditions before a bigger storm system arrives for the weekend. and most likely this is going to be the atmospheric river we were looking at farther to the north. as it moves into the bay area, it's going to bring in heavier rainfall, as well as some heavier sierra snow. as of now, models are still going back and forth on how much rain we could see. in total, it does show that in areas in red we could have about an inch and a half of rainfall,

heavier rainfall staying to the north. for the sierra, we could see possibly with the first round of snow about 9 to 14 inches, and additional snowfall this weekend. heads up if you do plan to travel there, it's going to be hazardous trying to get to the sierra. our temperatures, very chilly. look at thursday morning. we are down to 31 degrees, so even colder than this morning. and our highs in the upper 50s. then the rain coming in on saturday along with some gusty winds. i'll be tracking all of that for you. mike, you're tracking a crash in contra costa county. >> we're also following -- the recovery on the bay bridge, it was very slow earlier, a disabled vehicle, continued clearing on the span. the backup goes through the maze. the build at the richmond bridge, highway 37, and then the crash on highway 4. it's over at bailey. it's in lanes right now. there is more of a backup forming back from about kirker pass road. that would be railroad exit that transitions. one of your cut-downs toward

walnut creek. bailey road is also where you can get out of it, but you're already dealing with a slower drive. after you get past, it's a benefit for folks into concord, walnut creek. oakland looks great. the volume builds for 880. slower on the nimitz toward the san mateo bridge, but smooth across. back to you. >> thank you, mike. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a viewer is hung up on a phone company fight because a phone company fight because a couple hundred bucks aren the o

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welcome back. nbc bay area responds to a south bay man who says his cellular company cut its promise in half. >> he was set to lose 400 bucks, so he called consumer investigator chris chmura's team. >> good morning. wireless companies continuously offer deals to trade in phones, to trade up. that's what jim in san jose did. he upgraded that iphone to a new one with verizon. verizon sent a note saying he would get a credit of $22.22 each month for 36 months for his old phone. after a few months, though, no credit. jim called verizon, he says a rep couldn't find the offer. verizon countered with half the credit, $11.11 a month, even though jim had a written offer of $22.22. he dialed us in. we contacted verizon. it said, we apologize for any inconvenience, restored the other half of jim's credit.

that is a $400 win over 36 months. we've received quite a few cases lately about phone rebate issues involving several carriers. do what jim did, save a copy of any offer you accept. if a company isn't fulfilling its promises, let us know. scan the qr code on your screen to fill out our consumer complaint form online. thanks so much, chris. 6:25 right now. coming up next, the top stories we're following, including a chilly morning, and more rain on the way. meteorologist kari hall is tracking it all for us. we're live at sfo with today's impact of the faa grounding boeing's max 9 airplanes. we have the flight cancellation numbers for you ahead. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay." we'll also cover a massive shortfall. governor gavin newsom expected to present his proposed budget this week. the growing concern schools may

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settlement, cruise offers california money to close a dispute involving a controversial accident. and completely shut down, uc berkeley leaders expect to fully enclose people's park in order to launch plans for new student housing. the critical steps still required before construction can start. this is "today in the bay." 6:30 on your monday morning. thank you so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has this monday morning off. let's start with kari. as i got in the car, i had to put my back against the car seat, it was chilly. >> it is a cold start. you want a lot more layers on. it is a bit of a shock because we are going to have this cold morning near freezing for a lot of spots in the inland valleys. and there will be more ahead. we're at 34 in walnut creek. oakland and san jose at 38

degrees. 42 in san francisco. we do have a frost advisory that continues until 11:00 this morning. and we are going to have some of those upper 20s in parts of the north bay. but then heading into the afternoon, it will be in the mid-50s for highs, and it will be a dry day. but we are also going to be tracking more rain ahead. so i'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. developing right now, bay area flyers may be facing more disruptions today with boeing's 737 max 9 planes grounded nationwide. this, of course, follows that mid-flight scare after a panel suddenly blew off. >> "today in the bay"'s ginger conejero saab is at sfo. investigators have located a very critical piece of evidence. >> reporter: they have, scott and laura. that was the big update last night, the door panel has been found. that will really contribute to the investigation moving forward. but ntsb chair jennifer homendy

saying this investigation could possibly take weeks, could take a longer time, so that impacts to flights might not just last for today, but really into the coming days ahead. the faa is grounding boeing's 737 max 9 airplanes and here at sfo this morning, 33 united airplanes flights have been canceled, 14 alaska airlines flights as well, and the number is expected to grow throughout the morning. we're focusing on the airlines because those are the carriers that use the max 9 airplanes. take a look at some of this video, those terrifying moments from friday evening. this is at the center of that investigation. a relatively calm scene onboard, given the circumstances. now, just minutes into that two-hour flight from portland, oregon, to ontario, california, on that alaska airlines flight, a plugged, sealed door blew out

as the plane was ascending, leaving a refrigerator size hole in the aircraft. now, one of the pilots declared an emergency and asked for clearance to descend to 10,000 feet where passengers would be able to breathe without oxygen masks. the incident has been described by ntsb chair jennifer homendy to have been chaotic and violent. miraculously, there have been no reports of serious injuries for crew or passengers. overnight, the door is reported to have been found in a back yard in portland. we've spoken to passengers, a number of them unaware of friday's incident and the current grounding of max 9 planes. we did find one man who has been directly impacted by alaska's cancellations. his flight to d.c. was canceled yesterday, leaving him in san francisco for an extra night. >> it's pretty horrifying what happened on friday, but i would take a safe than sorry approach here. if they've got to cancel the

flights to make sure the airplanes are safe, then i would prefer that. >> reporter: now, i did ask him if the airline compensated him for his extra night. he said because the faa ordered the grounding of the aircraft that the airline is not compensating them. they did have to go out of pocket for that. he is one of 25,000 passengers who were impacted yesterday from these cancellations, and today, as of this morning, hundreds more of those flights are already impacted nationwide. so we'll keep a close eye on that throughout the morning and throughout the day. >> so many people, not just the ones on that flight, it's affecting. >> thank you, ginger. new at 6:00, the robotaxi company cruise is reportedly offering $75,000 to settle a dispute with state regulators over the handling of a crash last year. it happened in october. investigators say a driverless car struck and dragged a woman who had just been hit by another

vehicle. state puc regulators then accused the company of covering up information about what happened. the sf standard reports cruise is offering $75,000 to settle that dispute ahead of an evidentiary hearing scheduled for next month. cruise is currently facing a more than a million dollars in fines tied to the case. its cars are not currently operating in san francisco. seven people injured, two critically, after a rollover crash in eastern contra costa county. it happened around 5:00 last night in byron on vasco road near walnut boulevard. the chp says the driver of a truck illegally tried to pass another car, lost control, struck yet another car and flipped over. witnesses say a woman and child were ejected from that truck. chp is not saying what kind of charges the driver will face. uc berkeley leaders are hoping to have people's park completely closed off to the public as soon as today. last week police helped clear

out the park. at that point crews started lining up stacked shipping containers to encircle it. streets around the park are blocked by pedestrian barriers and there's heavy police presence. once the park is completely enclosed, school leaders are promising to reopen all surrounding streets. opponents, meantime, are vowing to continue their fight to preserve the park in its current form. it's 6:36. it's a live look there at the state capitol, shaping up to be a pivotal week. governor gavin newsom wednesday will lay out his 2024 budget plan. california is expecting a $68 billion budget deficit. just a few years ago we had a $97 billion surplus and california gave that money back to taxpayers. state analysts late last year hinted at cutting spending for schools and community colleges. as deep as the cuts as they were back in the recession years of

2008, 2009. here is a spokesman for the california school board association. >> schools were devastated. the budgets for education funding were cut almost 20% at the state level. that trickles downhill to the local schools and it resulted in 17,000 teacher layoffs, many thousands of layoffs of classified and support staff. programatic reductions and school closures. we don't want to go back to those days. >> education advocates say 17,000 teachers lost their job over five years in 2008, starting in 2008. they're hoping the state instead cuts back on special projects and even considers dipping into reserves to help keep school funding in place. this morning, a winter wonderland up in the sierra slopes. recent storms have granted skiers' wishes, dumping a good amount of snow. over the weekend, some areas got over a foot of fresh powder. skiers and snowboarders are very

excited. >> two days ago there was a fair amount of dirt visible. yesterday, after the wind and snow, most of the snow is gone and it looks like a completely different resort. >> resorts say they're hopeful the season will last until early spring. we're bringing in meteorologist kari hall right now. we know more rain is on the way for the bay area, so that equates to snow in the sierra? >> yes, it's going to be great. they had decent snowfall totals over the weekend. take a look at some of the numbers in palisades, 17 inches of snow. and we also saw 15 inches at northstar, bear valley had 14 inches, and a foot in homewood and heavenly. we are going to see the active storm pattern continuing, even though as of now we are seeing a bit of a break. but eventually that snow will be coming back. and between now and thursday, we could see an additional 9 to 14 inches of snow, and it may be even higher for those upper

elevations. then going into the weekend, there will be more storms coming in. so in total we could see about a foot to possibly a foot and a half of snow between now and early next week. so, yes, the active storm pattern continues. we'll talk about what that means for the bay area coming up. mike, you're starting back again in coco county. >> over here, highway 4 where the crash has been cleared without any major injuries at bailey, we are now seeing the traffic flow more easily into concord. that's not great news for concord, but it is for the overall commute. slowing for highway 37 continues from vallejo toward 121. the backup at the bridge, richmond toward san rafael is standard. the bay bridge has a backup, it's clear but still there. on the ferries, we have two lines that are going to be impacted, 7:05 and 7:20, because they canceled them. i don't know exactly y. just

those two ferries we're talking about. as far as the bridges go, they're moving smoothly. we are tracking this over the weekend, southbound 680 will be closed from friday night through tuesday morning, southbound from 580 down through sunol. back to you. >> thank you, mike. 6:39 right now. a judge set to come face-to-face again with her attacker. ahead on "today in the bay," the man behind a viral video facing that judge again. what we expect to play out in court. plus, overcoming an olympic size challenge, gold medal gymnastics legend mary lou retton is opening up in an exclusive interview about her life-threatening health scare. from past olympians to future olympians, and some dreams could be made here in san jose as the north american championship happens for fencing. fencing. i'm going to talk to look mom, i found one. oh, yeah, you did.

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good monday morning. it is a cold start. we're taking a look at our day planner for gilroy. we are near freezing now and we'll still be in the mid-30s by 8:00. it will be a sunny start with a few clouds for the afternoon, as our temperatures head for the mid-50s. we're getting ready for rain in our forecast. i'll have more on the timeline in a few minutes. we're looking at palo alto. 101 moves slowly, but picking up volume northbound with taillights up from university heading toward marsh.

a smooth drive on this side of the bay, but a smoother drive at the bay bridge. it's moving a little better than it has over the last hour. i'll explain why coming up. >> thank you so much. 6:43 right now. happening today in nevada, the judge attacked last week by an angry defendant is set to face him again in court. cameras captured the drama which happened last wednesday in las vegas. take a look here. the judge had just sentenced that defendant for a violent attack with a baseball bat, when he jumped over the stand and tried to attack her. she was not seriously injured. but today the judge is expected to finish the sentencing. the defendant will appear in court tomorrow to face new charges tied to now the second attack. 6:44. moving you forward this morning on a major bay area investor conference, bringing together some of the largest drug and medical companies. the jpmorgan health care conference is an invitation-only event starting today in san

francisco, including appearances by company leaders updating their earning guidance and clinical trial research. the ceo of san francisco-based virtual health care services company included health, expects three major takeaways from today's conference. the continued consolidation of health care companies, increased access to drugs that help combat obesity, and the evolution of ai in health care. he says his company has been using ai for years to match patients with doctors and identify underlying health care needs that patients may not be aware of. he says he sees a future in which ai better utilizes your existing medical and pharmacy claims, your mental and emotional online check-in, and data from devices during your workouts. >> these are passive data streams that we're generating every day that actually provide a lot of clues about the kinds of care interventions we need. these technologies we've been talking about, they really offer us a way to do this at massive

scale. so to offer a really personalized experience, but to be able to do it for tens of millions of people at a time. >> the conference runs through thursday. some 8,000 people are expected to attend. a u.s. olympics icon is speaking out this morning for the first time since a health scare left her near death last year. 1984 all-around gymnastics gold medalist mary lou retton contracted a rare form of pneumonia. she's still in the process of recovering at her home in texas. she tells "today" show's hoda kotb, she almost lost her battle. >> this is serious and this is life, and i am so grateful to be here. i am blessed to be here, because there was a time when they were about to put me on the life support. >> retton is still using a breathing apparatus as her lungs

continue to hear. at the time her lack of health insurance was also an issue but the topic was not covered in this interview. you can watch the full interview later this morning on the "today" show at 7:00 a.m. it's coming up right after "today in the bay." also this morning, the road to the paris olympics runs through the south bay. america's top fencers are in san jose competing to qualify for the events. >> that is why we find "today in the bay"'s kris sanchez, live this morning. you're getting a firsthand look at this competitive sport. are you going to suit up? >> reporter: i'm not going to suit up. there are three main weapons, and the one that you would have used if you were challenging somebody in a duel to protect your honor, we have a two-time olympian. you specialize and you were saying why? >> so when i was a kid, i loved reading books about swordfighting and i wanted to be a knight.

i played a lot of other sports, but i said, can i try fencing? there was a local club in the area and they signed me up and i loved it, like beyond everything else. this is what i want to do. >> god bless your parents for listening to that. because you just never know, right? you are also a medical student. so you're trying to qualify for the olympics. how does it all come together? >> it's very hard, i won't lie. trying to go to medical school while competing on the international circuit is definitely a challenge. but i want to be an orthopedic surgeon and all my search i'm doing now focuses on fencing sports med and fencing sports science, so i can really meld the two into the two things that i really love most. so there's a lot of tears and a lot of hyperventilating along the way, but those kind of moments where i can kind of meld those two things make it worth it. >> it's amazing. so you have been to the olympics twice. you're trying for your third time. what are we watching for if we

come out to see you? >> sure. so actually, the past world cup, a few weeks ago in vancouver, we just took the silver medal. that is giving us a lot of momentum going into the games this summer. so we've got a newer team, a younger team, and we've kind of -- over the past, since tokyo, the past few years, been getting to know each other. i think we've hit our stride and we are beginning to beat teams that are ranked top in the world. and so i think we have our eyes set on something shiny. >> that is awesome. speaking of shiny, this is poking only, full body. >> yeah. you can hit anywhere on the body and you hit with the tip. it's kind of like a clicky-top pen. when you compress it, the light goes off showing that you've gotten a touch. >> so nobody gets hurt. because you're not a doctor yet. >> not yet. >> reporter: so you can come out and watch all of this competition for free. it is open to the public, and

it's happening here at the san jose convention center. hopefully you'll come out, this was really exciting. the sport don't take themselves too seriously, so you can relax and enjoy and not worry you're doing something wrong. >> they make it look easy. >> they do. it's so fast. cool. >> reporter: they do make it look easy. >> can you imagine getting up at 6:50 in the morning and seeing a person who has been at the olympics studying to be a doctor and you're just trying to get your monday started? i'm with you guys on that. >> it's a cold start to the morning, too. we are going to start out with temperatures in the 30s for much of the bay area, some of us very close to freezing. we are at 34 now in walnut creek. it is 38 in oakland and in san jose, and 42 in san francisco. in union city, it's in the upper 30s, a clear start. we're going to start out clear,

but then eventually start to see clouds coming in today. and the warm-up happens so slowly, you'll probably want to keep that jacket on throughout the day. for the south bay, we're hitting a high of about 55 degrees all across the board, and then we are eventually going to see more clouds come in. by tomorrow, the rain is rolling in between 9:00 to 10:00 for parts of the north bay. 11:30 to noon for the peninsula and the south bay. for the evening commute, it is winding down. that is just round one of rain. it looks to bring us, for most of us, about a tenth of an inch of rain or less. so it's not going to be a big, heavy soaker. it may be slightly heavier for our wednesday rain, and that, also, will be moving fairly quickly. we're dry on thursday and friday, and then for the weekend, potentially a bigger storm coming in. we'll see if the atmospheric river will enhance the amount of rainfall. that may give us a soggy weekend

until at least early on sunday. then once again, seeing the system winding down. as of now, it's hard to tell exactly how much rain we're going to see. models still going back and forth, but showing in total that we could see potentially an inch and a half for parts of the north bay areas in red, along the coastline an inch and a half, and then for the valleys about a half inch of rain. so once again, it's kind of all over the place. we'll be tracking that as we get closer. two rounds of rain midweek, upper 50s as we head toward tuesday and wednesday. we're dry on thursday and friday, and then watching out for that saturday rain. mike, you said the bay bridge toll plaza is improving? >> from what it was. we see visible movement. for the last hour things have been really gummed up here at the toll plaza, after there was a disabled vehicle stalling traffic on the span itself. notice how smoothly the span moves now, and that enables folks to get through the toll plaza more easily. the backup extends.

there's improvement on the span. the backup extends approaching the maze, coming off 24, 580. the build for the eastshore freeway is traditional. not traditional, slowing north 101. there's a disabled truck at de anza boulevard blocking one lane. the owner and operator of some of the south bay's largest radio stations are filing for bankruptcy protection. philadelphia-based owns hundreds of stations, kbcs, 97.3, 95.7, and live 105. in the filing, the company announced a restructuring agreement and major debt reduction. executives are citing what they call a perfect storm of issues over the past four years, starting with the pandemic. next, a quick look at the top stories, including a mid-flight fright. new details on an overnight discovery, part of the plane that blew off an alaska airlines flight, boeing 737 max 9 now

grounded as the investigation plays out. we'll track the impact on travelers. plus, driving the push for a settlement. cruise offering california money to close the dispute surrounding a controversial accident involving one of its robotaxis. nu're back in three mi

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welcome back. we're moving you forward with a look at this morning's top stories, including new developments in that scare that left dozens of boeing 737 max airplanes grounded. >> it all happened on friday night on an alaska airlines flight from portland, oregon, to ontario, california. minutes into the flight a sealed door flew off. no one was hurt, but investigators this morning say the door panel has now been recovered in a back yard in portland. the grounded flights are impacting planes across the country for two airlines, united and alaska. here is a live look at sfo, where at least 33 united flights are canceled, along with 14 for alaska airlines. it's possible more cancellations may be announced. the robotaxi company cruise is reportedly offering $75,000

to settle a dispute with state regulators over the handling of a crash last year. in october, investigators say a driverless car struck and dragged a woman who had been hit by another vehicle. cruise currently is facing more than a million dollars in fines tied to the case and alleged cover-up. the sf standard reports cruise is offering $75,000 to settle that dispute. its cars are not currently operating in san francisco. uc berkeley leaders are hoping to have people's park completely closed off to the public as soon as today. last week police helped clean the park out. school leaders believe they're about to get the green light on starting a long anticipated student housing project. once the park is completely enclosed, school leaders are promising to reopen all surrounding streets, which remain shut down. opponents, meantime, are vowing to continue their fight to preserve the park in its current form. if you get out this morning to head to work or walk the dog or get the kids out, you need

the jacket. >> a heavier jacket, at that. and we're going to have temperatures today only reaching into the mid-50s. it's cold again tonight, but rain coming in, mainly from north to south late morning across the bay area. another round of rain on wednesday. then we'll see the chilly temperatures continue throughout the week. we've got a couple of delays on the peninsula, north 101 in burlingame, there's a disabled semi truck, blocking the slow lane. we showed you the slowing just north of the san mateo bridge. this may be a bigger deal because it's in the middle two lanes, north 101 in mountain view. that will slow traffic down coming off the merge with 85 off 237. this could be an issue. i'll track that and give you any information you need on x. >> perfect. the "today" show is just ahead. did you know you can get more local news right now? we continue our newscast live on roku and other streaming platforms.

alameda county supervisor tam joins us more with the legacy of an oakland police officer that was recently killed in the line of duty. >> if you're joining the "today" show, that is what's happening here on "today in the bay." >> a live look outside at san francisco. looks bright out there, but it is cold. bundle up. hope to see you for our midday news at 11:00 a.m. breaking overnight, a key discovery tied to that 737 max mid-air scare. >> investigators find the blown out piece of that jet in an oregon backyard. it is january 8th, this is "today." search for answers. federal officials racing to figure out what caused this large hole to break open at 16,000 feet over the weekend. headrests, cushions, even passengers' phones sucked out of the cabin, but remarkably no