commute. mike is tracking waves of showers, lightning hail and even snow in spots. two bay area counties could be reopening more businesses soon. the move into the red tier. and cdc new rules about gatherings, masks and hugs for people who are vaccinated. plus an update on when we expect the final passage of the stimulus package. >> and the biden's dogs head back to de. the incident that forces german shepherds champ and major to leave the white house. good morning everyone it is tuesday march 9th. a check on your accuweather forecast and mike nicco. hey mike. >> good morning reggie, kumasi, jobina. hi everybody. we'll start with our storm impact scale, our exclusive way to kind of tell you what is going to happen in a short form. today through tomorrow brief heavy showers, thunderstorms. that means lightning, hail, gusty winds, even some snow down

to around 3,000 feet. and i think we'll get a couple inch on hamilton maybe a little less on diablo. mainly right now across the north bay and during the overnight. but looks like all of us get a chance as this marches a little north of east. and you can see yellows in those. so that means some of those brief downpours are possible the next hour or so. not much going on right now as we look down the embarcadero from our roof camera there. every hour, 7:00, noon, 4:and 7:00 is sful of chances of showers and thunderstorms. happening today. two more bay area counties could be moving into the red tier. alameda and solano are currently in the purple tier but a move would allow for more reopenings including indoor dining. live in berk, amy hollyfield with the details. good morning.eley, amy hollyfied with the details. good morning.

>> reporter: looks like pretty soon you are zbroing more options than just the outdoor dining. soon you will have the option to eat inside which is good timing as the weather is turning cold and possibly rainy. so right now we have five bay area counties in the red tier. and and it is looking like today we'll hear that alameda and sloolano counties may join them. indoor dining, gyms and movie thete theater os reopen. >> everyone is cautious and elated, understanding that we

>> -- and grants to small businesses throughout alameda county to try and help support them but they point out the best support is for customers to come back as they open up more and more. we do expect to hear that announcement later today from the state. live in berkeley, amy hollyfield abc7 news. now we're checking with jobina who is tracking over covid headlines including new cdc guidelines for people who are vaccinated and president biden's stimulus plan. jobina? >> thank you kumasi. senior democratic aid tells abc news final potassiassage of the stimulus could come tomorrow. the new cdc guidelines mean fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with small groups without masks. vaccinat vaccinated grandparents can

visit and hug family members who are low risk even if they are not vaccinated. the cdc is still urging people to avoid non essential travel. some medical experts are on password. others say they don't get it. >> so this is one of these examples where i think the cdc is being far overly cautious in a way that defies common sense. it just doesn't make sense that you can't travel, especially if you now can get together with loved ones. >> as spring break season hits, the tsa says sunday saw the highest number of travelers since the postnew year's rush. health leaders are all unified on one thing. saying masks and social distancing when in public are still as important as ever. reggie. the governor is going to deliver his annual state of the state address today. it will be virtual. the governor will be at dodgers stadium in l.a. which is currently a vaccination site. his address comes as we get encouraging news about the state's vaccine supply.

>> 320,000 j&j vaccines arriving in california this week. we received just 21,000 last week. and i'll just say this. if there is a vaccine i'm looking forward to when it comes. it's j&j vaccine. that's just personal when it is my turn. but the single dose one and you're done. >> governor newsom says more than 10 and a half million people have been vaccinate aed in california. and that is a huge boost among educators with 210,000 vaccinated last week. exceeding the state's goal of 75,000. the total will go a long way in helping getting schools back open. and you can watch the governor's state of the state address on our connected tv app. we'll be streaming it there starting at 6:00 tonight. download there on your apple tv, madrid tv, amazonfire tv rookie. parents have a few days to decide if they are going send their kids back to inperson

learning. parent wills choose either five days on campus or distance learning from the rest ol school year. tk through 2nd grade will go back in about three weeks. march 29th. students in 3-5th grade return in about a month, april 12th. parents will need to make their choice by thursday at noon. today the san francisco school board will be meeting meeting to discuss the return of inpersoning learning. according to the district, 66 several education sites and elementary schools are expected to reopen april 12th. special education students and elementary law schools are moderate or severe disabilities will also be starting that same day. schools with just a few requests will have full pirn person days. >> if you have a student in pre k. moderate severe, special day

class or county school and choose to return to inperson learning, your child will attend five days a week. >> it is expected that most if not all teachers will be vaccinated by april 12th. now, ma rib is one of the few counts where kids are already getting the classroom experience and that is helping them to get on track. that is question. we're digging into that tonight at 6:00. all week abc7 news is featuring stories about the learning loss students have been experiencing the last year. you will also find all of our stories online and social media wherever you stream. more snow on the way in the sierra, the weather already has caltrans requiring chain controls. anyone without four whooeld and snow tires has to have chains.e and snow tires has to have chains. >> if they don't chain up they will get stuck over the top. >> they want to make sure they actually fit your tires appropriately and you know how to install then before you

travel. >> and drive the speed limit which is only 30 miles per hour when chains are required. caltrans says people who drive too fast are the cause of most crashes when it is snowing. yeah that looks great. and we need so much more of it. one to two feet of snow above 3,000 feet. you can see on the western slope starting at noon today through 7:00 tomorrow evening. so watch out for even more snow over the peaks and a little breezy at times. if you can get there early today you have a good chance of cleaner streets, let's just say that. because it is going to get quite heavy tomorrow. thursday afternoon starting to clear up and by friday. green. you can two. a look pack home where we've mostly cloudy, temperatures from 40 to 50 in san bruno on the peninsula. north bay, upper-30s to mid-40 there is. east bay same thing without the fog and mid- to upper-40s in the south bay and around the bay. so far no rain in walnut creek.

your activity planner all revolves around staying inside or staying dry because smours are more norms today and temperatures chilly. the entire area. all of our neighborhoods under threat of a thunderstorm and future radar shows increasing chances of wet weather through morning commute. and by noon that first wave is starting to move out. but more waves are developing for the afternoon and evening hours. so the evening commute could be even dicier than the morning commute. let's talk more about that morning commute and say hi to jobina and see how things are going. hi jobina. hi mike. thank you. good morning everyone. so we do have some roadway flooding reporting in port of madura. north bay 101 before lucky drive is where this area is and they are saying here that there is at least a foot of water across all the lanes right now. so this is part of your morning commute, heads up to you there. and you could also see fog popping up there on the maps.

want to bring you now to a live look outside. we're going to start in emeryville here, showing off 80. and again these headlights are making their way westbound towards the maize, if you are not too fella are with camera. and lastly, san rafael, keep an eye to be north bay for but you so far things are looking good this morning. reggie and kumasi. coming up an upgrade for san francisco pets. the new state of the shelt they are just opened. a legal win for kobe bryant's wid doesmt information she'll be able to learn about the crash scene. and historic land mark honoring vice president kamala harris. want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile, you can.

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>> proceedings have just gotten back under way. lawyers are sparring over reviving a third-degree murder charge against derek chauvin, to be former minneapolis police officer who was seen on video around the world kneeling on george floyd's neck. chauvin did make an appearance yesterday, seen taking notes in court with a navy suit and black faimds face mask. he's pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. abc news chief medical analyst dan abrams is on gma this morning explaining his defense. >> you hear them say the cause of death may very well have been drug use and underlying medical conditions rather than the incident itself. i think you are also going hear them argue on this question of intentional assault that he was, even if you think he went too far still acting within the scope of his police work. >> minneapolis remains under tight security with fortified

fencing and concrete barriers up around the courthouse prepared for protests. some of which we showed you here live yesterday on abc7 news mornings. well the families of the victims killed in the gauche shah fire. got their stance to say how they feel. -- he had to face does offense family members appearances by zoom yesterday. and they delivered statements to the judge and alameda himself. 36 people died in the fire. >> almena police department guilty to 36 counts in january. received a 12 year sentence.

he's not going back to prison. instead he'll be serving a year and a half home detention and three years probation. a win in court for the widow of kobe bryant. she's going to be allowed to learn the names of the four l.a. county sheriffs deputies who allegedly shared graphic photos of her husband's deadly helicopter crash. this new judges ruling means vanessa bryant can add their identities to her ongoing lawsuit against the county. the tragic crash killed the nba legend their daughter and seven others. the l.a. county sheriffs says all photos shared by those deputies have been deleted. a resolution that could make the berkeley home where vice president kamala harris grew up in a historic land mark. the resolution would allow the residents to be given landmark status. if this passes it would need approval from the city council and the landmarks commission.

the two first dogs are back in their home in delaware this morning after an aggressive biting incident with white house security. it involved the younger german shepherd it. happened last week. 3-year-old major is the first shelter dog to be at the white house. he's reportedly displayed agitated behavior, jumping and even charging at staff members. now, the older biden dog, championship, 13 years old, much calmer because of his age. a new animal shelter just opened in san francisco's mission deryk. the facility on bryant and alameda is state of the art. a modernized vet sweep, better ventilation and more sanitary cleaning systems and also expanded play area for adoptions. animal care and control takes thousands of an mason a year from dogs and cats to pelicans and raccoons. the shelter is doing virtual adoptions for now but it is still accepting lost animals by

appointment. i have been to the older one. and let's just say i'm glad we have a new one. >> it looks really nice. >> yeah the older one was very institutional. and the looks a lot warmer. a win. a win for pet, mike. >> great to see. great to see the pandemic didn't hold them back as much as it could and still doing great on those adoptions. keep doing it virtually. everybody would use a friend right now and a forever home. we'll talk more about what is going on with that friday when we have another perfect pet on midday live. right now i want to focus on the weather. look at the south bay, 101 and 880. where so far no measurable rain there but it isble to today and tomorrow as wintry showers are going dominate the forecast. bringing chili temperatures for all of us, downpour farce few. hail, graupel and snow down to at least 3,000 feet and it will be measurable on hamilton. coldest mornings thursday and friday. wouldn't be surprised to have frost in the deepest valleys. those afternoons also start our

warming trend. 52 today at half moon bay to barely 58 in fairfield. molest of us around 53-56 degrees this afternoon, dodging drops and possibly ice. better chance of showers tonight and temperatures mid to low-40s. the evening commute just about all of us been touched by wet weather. but overnight even more rainfall. we wake up tomorrow to the most slippery conditions so far. and look at this. tomorrow we have a chance of more thunderstorms. so let's take a look at future radar. and you can see them rolling through. and notice the pink and the white in lake county and on hospital. that is snow going to kmumt there. as we head into wednesday afternoon into the evening hours you can see a definite tapering of the shower coverage and intensity. so i think the heaviest rainfalls tonight and tomorrow up to another quarter inch of rain, maybe even a third of a inch. the accuweather 7 day forecast, 30s thursday and friday.

but highs rebound into the 60s finally by friday and that continues through the daylight saving beginning weekend. lose an hour sleep, saturday night. a. scottsdale got a little too wild over their hand lotion routines. a full on brawl broke out at this bath and body works over the weekend. customers, employees, everyone got involved. the person who filmed this as apparently started when one come cut another woman in line. both women face assault and disorderly conduct charges. >> reggie, do you see this? >> yes. believe me i've watched this multiple times. >> reggie. >> look. i know it is a bath and body works but to me this is bed, bath and beyond. >> you have your lotion. >> yeah, i do. i love how we're on the same page. honestly my knuckles are cracked so we need -- >> my are too.

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number 1, tw more bay area counties could be moving into the red tier. alameda and solano county are expected to advance. and indoor dining limited. jim, and movie theaters. >> the return of inperson learning. parents parent parent.

>> -- number 4. so far outside of the north bay our storm's reach has been very limited but that changes today through tomorrow as those wintry showers become more numerous are downpours, lightning, hail and snow down to 3,000 feet. >> number 6, i'm continuing to follow developments in north bay following up with mike here, bring i don't go awe look at our map. because the chp is reporting flooding on northbound 101 before lucky drive. there is about a foot of water across all lanes right now. number 6, ma rib county resident kansas weigh in on the name change of sir france drake boulevard.rin county resident kansas weigh in on the name change of sir france drake boulevard. number 7, governor newsom will give his annual state of the state address tonight. speaking from dodgers stadium a vaccination site. you can watch it live at 6:00 p.m.

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a bay area school making plans to have students back. >> now that you are fully vaccinated and immunized that it is safe for me to come home and give you a hug. >> that is what this doctor is planning to tell his grandparents now that they are all vaccinated. the new cdc guidelines allowing

for some sense of normalcy. rain rolling in. mike is tracking the showers and when a warming trend begins. straight to mike for a look at that forecast and when the rain might be coming to you. kumasi, reggie. thank you. let's look at the overall picture and then i'll kind of dial down and unpack some of the greater details. today through tomorrow waves of showers, thunderstorms. which means hail, lightning, downpours even snow level down to 3u .3,000 feet. as it gets closer expect much more in the way of rain and what we dealt with yesterday. north bay, up to lake county. 101, a thunderstorm off point reyes and by 5:34, the mill valley. 5:40, san rafael, 5:49 novato and then vallejo. all the showers moving?

is even the peninsula in the south area get wet in the morning commute. temperatures today are going hang out in the 50s. it is going to be a chilly one. kumasi? >> thank you, mike. we'll be finding out today if more bay area county kansas take the next step in reopening. five counties currently in the red tier. five others including santa cruz are in the more restrictive purple tier. that would allow for indoor dining gyms and movie theaters to reopen in the red tier. take off your mask. bring on the hugs. cdc guidelines for people fully vaccinated against covid-19. as kris reyes explains, restrictions we've been living with the past year are starting to ease. >> i think the cdc is saying in plain language, you can hug your grandparents if you are vaccinated fully.

>> reporter: meet dr. kumar's grandparents from san jose. >> i'm excited about giving each of them a very, long, tight hug. you know. and a kiss on the cheek for all four of them. >> so now that you have been vaccinated, what exactly can you do. here is what the cdc says. >> two weeks after a final dose fully vaccinated people can gather indoors in small groups without masks or socially distancing. those vaccinated can also gather with another unvaccinated household without masks, as long as the unvaccinated group is at low risk for serious illness. the cdc is continuing to recommend fully vaccinated people still wear masks, avoid large gatherings and physically stance from others in public. >> i think it is terrific advice. i think it is -- it was important for the cdc to begin weighing in on what people can do after their vaccination. >> reporter: cdc is still --.

>> i do think it is important for people to recognize the cdc said, if you are vaccinated and you are coming in contact with someone who's at very high risk if they got covid it is probably smart still cob quite careful. >> reporter: in san jose, kris reyes for abc7 news. thousands of people will receive the vaccine at the coliseum site will not have do a redo despite potentially getting less than the recommended dose. state health officials say it happened february 28th and march 1st. officials say the doses were still within the required range. 6,300 out of a total of 1303,000 people were vaccinated possibly received the lower dose shot. anyone potentially affected will be getting a letter from the state. as the bay area ramps upped is vaccine rollout. one local county is just going skip the state's blue shield program. santa clara county has serious

concerns about the program it's centered around the vaccine supply. our media partners at the mercury news also report only one of the state's 58 counties has signed up so far. oakland based blue shield was set to take over the state's vaccination program by the middle of the month. and a deadline is quickly approaches for parents of l elementary student in berkeley. live outside berkeley arts school with patients options. >> reporter: this is for elementary school kids here in berkeley. it is about getting them back into the hallways and classrooms and parents do have an important deadline coming up. so pay close texattention to th options. parent kanscan choose an on cam five-day a week option or they can continue distance learning for rest of the year.

tk-second grade would return to the classroom in three weeks, that would be march 29th. 3rd through 5th would go back in five weeks on april 12th. they are still work out the details. they would have to move some student to a different teacher and class. so they need parents to receilem know by noon this thursday. they are able to reopen because of the vaccination program offers here in berkeley. teachers will be test forward covid every two weeks and they are working on plans on getting students tested as well. reporting live in berkeley. amy hollyfield abc7 news. thank you amy. the final passage of president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill will be happening tomorrow. and fewer americans el i believe now. only people making 75,000 or less will get 1400 oors.

anyone earning under 80,000 gets a smaller amount. and weekly unemployment benefits have been reduced from $400 to $300. not a single republican in either chamber has voted to sport the bill. the white house says american kansas expect to see those checks in their hands by the end of the month. hazard pay could be coming to front line workers. an extra five dollars per hour to oh people working at grocery and retail stores with pharmacies. they join other cities with similar pandemic pay boosts. the south bay, restaurants, small grocery stores and -- may get a break on permit fees. the board of supervisors may consider a proposal today that would reduce or wave small business fees. those with fewer than 50

employee. >> this will result in 5 1/2 million dollars staying in the local economy, helping small businesses remain in operation, retain employees and begin to rebuild after an extraordinary difficult year. moving money from the general fund would help offset the income shortfall for the county. supervisors say 3600 food facilities in santa clara county are temporarily closed and a thousand shut down permanently. >> how you can get a covid vaccine even if you are not el available. the state's new volunteer program. and a push to skip spring break. uc davis offering a monetary incentive if students stay home. the cash offer. but first. >> oh man. want to show you that evacuations have been ordered in maui. heavy rains caused a dam to

overflow forcing people who live nearby to leave. you might notice if you are been to maui. tourists are being urged to stay in hotel rooms. >> like this happens in hawaii from time to time. it usually takes a long time to recover from it. especially a dam like thsm wow. more rain under way and a under a flash flood watch through tomorrow morning so they are not quite out of it yet. hopefully we can sound the all clear tomorrow afternoon and start the cleanup process and get back on their feet, which takes a while. back here we got the tri-valley, most up in the upper-30s to mid-40s. fog around movado. quarter mile visibility. mid- to upper-30s through the north bay. mid 40s to near 50 around the

bay and oakland at 50 and 41 in los gatos. western span of the bay bridge no measurable rain so far but that changes everywhere today. you may see rainbows from the showers because the sun will try to break through the clouds from time to time. if you capture it, love to see it. abc7 news now and grab the wet weather gear. you will definitely need it more today than yesterday. all of us under the threat of sthorms. future radar and as we head through the morning community. waves of showers heaviest in the north bay, and the best chance of measurable snow in lake county. through lunch could be a little bit of a lull compared to the wave this morning. another wave poised to come in as we end the evening commute and get heavier overnight. 11:03 tonight look at all that white on hamilton. and more wet weather for the commute tomorrow evening.

here we're look at just about everybody touched by wet weather. but look how much more rain while most of us are sleeping. up to a half inch to three quarters of an inch by tomorrow morning and there is more rain on the way tomorrow. that's coming up. here is jobina with our commute. hi mike. thank you. good morning everybody. a brand new crash coming in right now. the countercommute direction in pleasanton on east bay 580 near san ramon. a live look outside now, we're going to start with the san mateo bridge and see how traffic is there. already beginning to get busy as people make their way towards the pence. over to the east bay now. check okay oakland 880 and the coliseum camera there. for reference, the healthies are making their way south. that is the coliseum to the right-hand side of the screen. also want to show off

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uc daisy is encouraging student stos stay in town for spring break by paying them. the university is setting aside $56,000 for the program. only 750 students can take home $75 each. they have to submit a proposal and application to be considerei fur a spring break grant. >> one is a get active grain. and a get rt gran and a --. and each is linked to a

community and student kanss can up a gift card at the store location. >> students have to be tested at least once during week of spring break. new report shows people are itching to travel. 64% of people miss traveling so much they would be willing to give up social media for a month to go on vacation. ooh, people are booking trips even if they might have to cancel it in the future. and the rise of the digital nomad is here. more than half say the freedom and flexibility of being able to live and work while traveling is more appealing now than it was before the pandemic. sure. well there is a new way to get vaccinated in california even if you are not in an eligible group just yet. that is volunteer program. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone explains how it works. >> reporter: this is david

dawson getting the moderna covid-19 vaccination shot in early february. he got it after he decided to help out and volunteer at the petco park site in san diego. >> i didn't want to jump the line and i didn't want to be a vaccine chaser. they were short of volunteers in early february. so i hopped on their website and signed up. >> reporter: for 8 hours dawson stood in the sun and observed those who had just gotten the vaccine to make sure they didn't have a bad reaction to it. doing volunteer work with the state of california is now recruiting for. >> we're just getting started. our hope is that clinics are going to come on board in the coming weeks to provide more volunteer opportunities. >> reporter: josh friday's california chief service officer who says that volunteers are needed in all communities right now and will be needed at vaccine sites as supply ramps up. work four hours and you are eligible for a dose of the vaccine. >> it will still be up to the site where you volunteer as to

just to validate the fact you have done the work but then also to make sure they have enough supply to meet all the eligible folks. >> reporter: while some online have voiced concern about people just coming for the dose. dawson who was offered the vaccine when he volunteered said the shot was a bonus to a very special day. in fact he's already signed up to volunteer again. >> after a year of so much uncertainty and negativity and upheaval, it was nice to do something that felt so positive. >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc7 news. and if you are interested in signing up to volunteer we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. >> have you tried it? >> what, friend? >> to sign up? >> no why, you can't. >> good luck. >> okay. see, people are that kind. >> yeah. as we get closer to widespread vaccinations people are willing to try anything and everything to be pandemic monotony.

researchers say try upgrading your daily tasks into rituals, even if it is something as unexciting as folding launtdry or making tea. have a go-to musicplay list or a quick set of stretches can help. researchers say it turns the mundane into meaningful. why we blow out birthday candles or eat turkey on thanksgiving. i don't know why we're seeing people run. run? okay. hi mike. >> because we know how much you love to run. >> it's the best. it is so fun putting one foot in front of the other. >> right. i am so much better in the pool than i am on land. it is not even close. >> i can't believe that you like to swim that. seems like absolute to me. because you can't even listen to music. >> sure, you can.

absolutely. >> what. >> they make buds that you can put in your ears. >> life changed. okay i'll be right back. >> oh we just brought reggie to the pool. yes, otherwise it gets very monotonous as you are struggling for breath for 45 minutes to an hour. all right let's take a look at what's going on in san rafael. almost a tenth of an inch of rain so far in this system. traffic moves nicely. we'll let jobina take that coming up. here we're going to be chili today with wintry showers. coverage and intensity is going to increase over what we dealt with yesterday. it looks like right now the models zone in on tonight when most of us sleep for the most coverage and heaviest rain to fall. and century inches of snorks especially on hamilton. the weekday, spring warmth and we spring forward. low- to mid-50s today, along the coast. mid- to upper-50s along the bay

and inland. tonight, still some 30s but most of us in the 40s. the coldest mornings will be thursday and friday with widespread 30s. a look at the current radar. a wall of water heading our way. yellows in there, even a both of lightning about 50 miles ofpoint reyes. that is not dropping anymore lightning. but when thunder roars, go indoors. and we have another chance tomorrow for thunderstorms. we'll pick it up another 7:00 tomorrow morning, and you can see wallet of valley rain and mountain snow. and that continues through noon and then watch as we head into the evening, it starts to taper as the low moves to the east and by thursday morning it is over. tomorrow's rainfall about another 0.1 to a third of an inch. the accuweather 7 day forecast. tomorrow is last day with highs in the 50s. mid- to upper-60s this weekend with sunshine. well guess who's birthday it is? bar bee.

the iconic dolloll 62 years today. he first debuted march and barbie's also had a lot of careers, more than a 150. from presidential candidate, stroent, computer programmer. flight attendant and more.astro. flight attendant and more. >> did you play with barbie? >> no i had my own cute little doll. >> -- play but in. >> my mom got us like black girl calls with and then i had my own american girl doll. >> right. because jobina had one too right? we've been down there in the past. >> right. new at 6:00 the effort to save monarch butterflies in the north bay.

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marin county residents have a chance to comment today on the possible name change to sir francis drake boulevard. a public hearing is set for 1:30 this afternoon in the marin county board of supervisors meeting. fairfax voted to change the name but lark spur and ross decided to keep it. last year protesters marched along the 40-mile road. thousands signed a petition to rename it because of drake's connection to the slave trade. the fairmont is expected to reopen after abruptly filing for bankruptcy. the san jose mercury news they

the landmark hold filed for protection citing deaths from 100 to $500 million. the surprise came to hotel guests told they had to leave immediately on friday. including the nhl team the las vegas knights in town to play the sharks. a spokesperson for the fairmt says the hotel plans to reopen in 60-90 days. the city of santa rosa offering relief grants to musicians. >> there is a large music community here and pretty popular to have a variety of shows around the region. and so this is an attempt, a small step towards helping to support those musicians who don't have access to those live gates right now. >> grant funding from the annual juilliard concert series which was canceled last year. santa rosa plans to award 18 grants worth $2,000 each and the winning musicians will be

notified in may. an exhibition paying tribute to the work of vincent van go is quickly becoming the hottest tick in town. they have already sold 103,000 tickets the museum making its west coast debut is opening in a music venue on van necessary is a market and it is a one of a kind experience. >> incredible exhibition here. 40 projector, digitally mapping animated versions of van gogh's ha heart work onto the walls. we're so excited to bring this to san francisco. the exhibition is scheduled to one through labor day. let's take a look at what's going on outside. san francisco not nothing measurable. and the other big story is just how much colder it is going to be than average. up to 11 agrees cooler. we should be in the low- to

mid-60s. instead we'll be mainly in the mid-50s today. thankfully it is not going to be too breezy. 101 to santa rosa to the golden gate within the next half hour or so. and just off the peninsula coast, some showers, even moderate that should move on here in the next 45 minutes to an hour or so. and continue ours trend of getting wetter as the day goes on. now at 6:00, what the airline industry is asking the biden administration to do to make air travel safer as more people get vaccinated. and details about reopening san francisco public schools. the number of schools expected to welcome students next month and when teachers can can expect to be vaccinated. plus the biden family dogs back in delaware this morning. the reason why they have been

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abrams weighs in on what we can expect. plus, the investigation into facebook's hiring practices after several allegations of racial bias. good morning. it is tuesday, march 9th. thanks for being there. we'll check our weather now with meteorologist mike nicco. hi, mike. >> good morning, reggie, kumasi, jobina. a wet tuesday, a wild one also. we're starting off with a little bit of fog around novato. visibility down to a quarter of a mile. that is an issue for the morning commute. down to a mile in santa rosa. that has to do with fog and a little bit of rain starting to move in. you can see a line of showers, light, moderate, even a drop of lightning about two hours ago out over the ocean. that gives you an idea of what to expect. here is a little greater look at this one storm on our storm impact scale. it is light today and tomorrow. with brief downfors, lightning, hail, gusty winds, locally, and a snow level down to 3,000 feet. so far most of us outside the north bay have been dry. but expect that to change as we