middle and high school students back to the classroom today. here is a live look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza for some wild weather with hail in some parts of the bay area. we're getting a break from the rain pretty soon. good morning and welcome to thursday, march 11th. let's check in on the weather and start with meteorologist mike nicco. hey, mike. >> good morning, reggie, kumasi, jobina. the key is soon, a couple of hours from now the rain will be over. it is going to leave some slippery conditions so we'll get to jobina in a second. been following real issues this morning. here is a look at where the low pressure is responsible for the wacky weather we have had. it is pulling the rain towards it over the ocean. here is a look at 87, you see light rain is falling and it is wet. light rain falling on the peninsula, there is a picture of sfo and you can see a wet tarmac. even around san rafael, we have a few sprinkles right there, so it is even reaching that far north. not into walnut creek,

here, we had three quarters of an inch of rain, pretty impressive there. we see partly cloudy conditions and mid to upper 50s this afternoon. let's get over to issues. >> thank you, mike. unfortunately the chp has confirmed for us that the sig alert we're following in orinda is a deadly crash. tng you to t map so you can see the area impacted because you're going to face a slowdown as you travel westbound on 24 before fish ranch road. the chp has shut down the wilder off ramp, wilder road off ramp in that area. they have not give an estimated time when all this will reopen. evidence tow truck called out to the scene. i want to really reiterate that it is rough out there, please take your time. reggie? >> jobina, thank you. police in fremont have investigating a death outside an apartment complex. armed officers and s.w.a.t. seen

overnight taping off and surrounding that area. we're working to get more details and will bring this to you as they become available. happening today, president biden is preparing for his first primetime address to the nation t comes one year to the day tort organizaon declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. yesterday the house passed the $1.9 trillion relief plan and jobina fortson is joining us live with what's next. >> president biden says help is on the way for many americans who are struggling during the covid-19 pandemic. yesterday, senate majority leader chuck schumer and house speaker nancy pelosi signed the co official passage through congress. no republicans voted for it. the plan includes $1400 checks for many americans, expense pandemic unemployment benefits and sends billions in aid to states and cities. president biden is expected to sign it tomorrow. >> i look forward to signing it later this week. everything in the american

rescue plan addresses a real need, including investments to fund our entire vaccination oversee the implementation of the rescue plan and the president is expected to detail what the government will do in the next phase of the covid response. the lives lost in the past year, and what he needs the american people to do. kumasi? >> thank you, jobina. the president is expected to speak for about 20 minutes starting at 5:00 p.m. and you can watch live right here on abc 7. and streaming on our apps for roku, fire tv, apple tv and android tv. you load now by searching abc 7 bay area. newt00, pfizer has released a new report on the effectiveness of its covid-19 vaccine. it confirms a study done in israel which says that the vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic covid infections by more than 90%. pfizer also says as vaccine can

prevent asymptomatic infections. researchers say unvaccinated people are 44 times more likely to catch covid-19 with symptoms and 22 times more likely to die from covid. the biden administration is looking for places to house a surge of unaccompanied migrant children at the u.s. mexico border. we're learning they're considering a vacant property at moffett field. in a statement to abc 7 news, nasa confirmed that a detention center may be open at their location. however, local advocates say it is not a solution. >> we feel betrayed. i think that's why the conversation is really important, it is going to tackle all the problems. >> the white house insists it is not a crisis and that biden -- the biden administration is trying to implement a more compassionate immigration policy.

this is a first in alameda county since the pandemic started. today middle and high school students in pleasanton will be heading back to the classroom. education is part of our focus to build a better bay area. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is outside foothill high school with the excitement. amy? >> reporter: good morning, kumasi. the parents plan to make a very big deal out of this, starting right here with the welcome back signs here at foothill high school. they also plan to line the streets outside the schools and cheer as the kids head into the classroom. it is their first time here in just about a year. these parents have been active in this issue. this is a rally they held in january, pushing for schools to reopen. and pleasanton got it done. the district says it is the first in the county, alameda county, to welcome back middle and high school students. six campuses will be opening this morning. elementary school kids in the district return to the classroom last week. the superintendent says many

teachers have received at least one dose of the vaccine. and saying they will have an vainated.ty thisga the returning here full time. in order to keep everybody spaced out, they'll have half the kids at home, half the kids at school, and the kids at home will be watching on zoom and they'll rotate that, switch places, every other day, so they will, you know, be able to have some space on campus. this is the hybrid learning plan and they'll have that fifth day will be the asynchronous day. today, a big day, here in this the school district and there will be a lot of celebrating. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. all week long we have been focusing on the learning losses that students have been t b in class, and he'till look a ou hpi ahe country and here in the bay area are reporting a significant increase

in suicidal ideation, that's on abc 7 at 6:00, join us for more open the learning loss happening across the bay area. new this morning, cvs pharmacies adding an additional 11acne sese california. cvs officials say the company will start administering vaccines at those locations as early as sunday and appointments go up starting on saturday. now, the additional sites brings a total number of cvs pharmacies putting vaccines into arms to 286 throughout the state. developing news this morning, lyft is showing solidarity with an uber driver who was attacked in san francisco. the driver in that attack that you see on this video says that he was assaulted andarsed by a passenger who refused to wear a mask. police say one of the passengers pepper sprayed his car. lyft responded to the attack saying, quote, although this incident did not involve the lyft platform, the unacceptable treatment of the driver compelled us to remove the rider

from the lyft community. coming up, lawsuit trouble, the cases against facebook that the company has asked a judge to throw out. what officials are saying about fishing season that could lead to higher prices at the market for one popular catch. and see how fuzzy our picture is from sutro tower over the bay bridge. that's some rain that is working its way back toward san francisco. yep, we have some issues with wet weather for the next couple of hours. this afternoon enjoy partly cloudy conditions and you can get back outside and not have to worry about being wet unt

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if you're heading out, it is a little cooler this morning. here we are in the east bay. low to mid-40s oth oth

in santa rosa, most of us in the low to mid-40toll plaza. light rain falling there. and also as you cross the san mateo bridge and head down 101, 285 on t 280 on the peninsula, palo alto, future radar shows this has a shelf life of about another hour or two before finally pulls away. it is cause something serious injuries on the roads. here is jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. the biggest issue we're following now is a deadly crash in orinda. the chp confirmed that for us not long ahe go. you're going to run into a slow down, speeds tracking around 11 miles per hour in the area also. the chp has shut down the wilder road off ramp, so heads up to you if this is part of your commute. they do not know when they're going to be able to reopen all this, deadly crash in orinda.

live look bay bridge toll plaza, it is a very slick in this area, you see the droplets on the camera, chp issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. i just checked mitering lights not on yet, you can see a slowdown, to ail circle back on that. i want to also show you a live look outside at the san mateo bridge, i lights as you make your way toward the peninsula. still ahead, the airline that is close to buying dozens of boeing 737 max jets and the concerns some families of crash victims. also if you like fair food, there is a place

in east bay, dozens turned out for a candlelight vigil to n who died after being held

down by police. >> i oppose violence. >> his family claims he died because of an illegal chokehold at the hands of antioch police in december. an investigation found the officers did not act illegally. his family and friends have formed a coalition demanding police reform. there are new developments in the effort to reform antioch police. city council approved a plan to buy body cams and in car cameras. it includes a $1.4 million contract with axon enterprise. the company says it hopes to have all antioch officers and patrol cars equipped by august. police were one of the last bay area departments without body cams. part of building a better bay area is fighting for racial and social justice. to find your ally, go to abc7news.com/takeaction. boeing is close to reaching a multibillion dollar deal to sell southwest airlines up to

100 737 max jets. this deal would keep southwest as an all boeing carrier. the two years after a flaw in software was blamed for an ethiopian airlines crash that killed 157 people, families are still questioning if the jet is fit to fly. they met with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> we want the plane grounded again, because it is unfit to fly. we asked them that. he didn't answer. he just said that he would need to learn more about it, and that he needs to havefaa. >> boeing after the 737 max was grounded worldwide. since then the faa and 159 other countries have given the jet the green light to return to service. facebook is asking a judge to throw out antitrust lawsuits against the company. the federal trade commission and a group of states filed separate lawsuits accusing the social media company of maintaining an illegal monopoly. the lawsuits claim that instead

of competing with instagram and whatsapp, facebook just purchased them. they said the ignoring the realities of fierce competition in the tech industry and failed to prove it has monopoly power. happening today, fishermen will get details on how long the salmon fishing season is goi lt lower compared to 2020 in bay area coastal waters. the pacific fishery management council is a shorter season and that means they're going to pay more for salmon at the grocery stores since there will be fewer fish caught. commercial salmon season is slated to begin may 1st. get the fair experience right from your car. alameda county is giving you a chance to safely indulge in fair food. a new grab and go food drive through is opening at the county fair grounds in pleasanton today. venti vendors are surfing favorites,

corn dogs, churros and funnel cakes. that will be open thursday through sunday this week and next. look at this. so much hail falling across parts of the bay area yesterday. this was in san jose. you can see it just pouring down and piling up on the streets and sidewalks. and then over in santa rosa, similar story, hail covered this home's backyard. wow. leaving it kind of if to put a all this wild weather, we captured this sliver of a rainbow. isn't that pretty? framed by the clouds over san francisco yesterday this was north toward the golden gate bridge and marin county. i saw a rainbow yesterday too. >> where did you see that? >> oakland. prty. >> nice. >> i like this winter. i don't know what to call is so to me. except the hail, i guess, attacking you, but outside of

that. >> at leastou ow, destroy things. ours it just sitswe're, li that o h once, maybe to toome throh. there is the potential monday for some wintry showers. but that's kind of putting the horse -- the cart ahead of the horse. we'll get to that in a second. we have a few showers out there this morning, around for a couple of more hours and then partly cloudy and little milder this afternoon. it is going to be cold the next few mornings. if you put tender vegetation in the ground, make sure you cover t sunday to monday, rain and wintry showers. today, how about mid to upper 50s in most of our neighborhoods with that partly cloudy sky. definitely dryer this afternoon than this morning. and the area of low pressure is pulling down into so cal where they'll deal with some wintry showers, thunderstorms possible,

some small hail and some mountain snow there. for us, it is leaving behind some colder air, look at the wealth of 30s tonight. just a few low 40s around half moon bay, san mateo, oakland, richmond, and san francisco. so here we are sunday, let's look at future radar, as we head into the evening hours, sun will set around 7:20 that evening. daylight saving begins. most of the day is going to be the morning hours dry, then increasing wet weather from north to south during the afternoon hours. and then wintry showers will roll in monday. so after today, we got a slight chance of another quarter to a third of an inch of rain, from that storm. notice temperatures back to average, low to mid-60s tomorrow and saturday, back to the 50s briefly monday with that wintry weather and back into the mid-60s starting tuesday and wednesday with more sunshine and another extended period without rain. have a good one. here is kumasi and reggie. >> thank you. ginger zee is with us now with a look at what's happening at 7:00 on "gma."

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into the santa cruz mountains where it turns over to a little bit of a wintry mix heading through the summit. watch out, things could be more slippery there if some of that frozen precipitation does make it down to street level. this is going to be around about another hour, hour and a half. the later you leave, the more likely you're going to not have it deal with it. but leftover slippery conditions definitely going to be out there for the rest of the morning commute. so far we received half inch to little more than an inch. but we need about 2 and a third inches to 4 1/2 inches to be average for march. we still got a couple more weeks for that. temperatures tomorrow, back to average, mid to upper 60s. back into the 50s and barely some 60s as we head into sunday. let's talk more about that commute, or go back to kumasi, excuse me. >> thank you, mike. abc and espn are back in business with the national hockey league. yesterday, the two sides announced a ven-ar broadcast agreement that starts next season.

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built buld covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> now at 6:30, coronavirus one year later. the world health organization declared covid-19 a global pandemic on this day in 2020. the relief now on the way for millions of struggling americans and president biden's mess

angaage to the nation tonight. growing frustration with the edd. why some unemployment benefits have stalled forcing many californians to reapply. it is back to school for middle and high schoolers in the east bay. the greeting they'll get as that he rife ththey arrive this morn we start with mike with a look at our forecast. good morning, mike. >> good morning. hi, everybody. still dealing with the lingering showers. here is a look at live doppler 7. and sutro tower. you see the rain falling on san francisco. it is going to move from the bay side to the coast side as these storms are moving backwards. this morning and we don't have the energy necessary for hail, so i wouldn't expect a repeat of what we dealt with yesterday. you see it moves down 280 and 101 all the way down to the south bay. you'll notice it is cooler this morning. 30s and 40s, a little milder this afternoon. 50s under partly cloudy sky. >> thank you, mike. happening today, president biden is set to make his first

primetime address to the nation, coinciding with anniversary of the announcement of the global pandemic. here is abc 7 news reporter alee peruse. this morning president biden's preparing for a primetime address, expected to talk about the sacrifices americans have made in the more than half million lives lost during the pandemic. he'll lay out the next steps to get the virus under control and what is still required to defeat it. his speech coming exactly one year from this announcement. >> we have the formed the assessment that covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. >> reporter: it comes hours after congress approved biden's $1.9 trillion relief bill. >> the motion is adopted. >> reporter: biden expected to sign it tomorrow. meaning by the end of this month, most americans are

expected to receive their largest stimulus check yet, $1400 per person. the white house also announcing it is purchasing another 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson single shot vaccine. >> a lot can happen. a lot can change. and we need to be prepared. >> reporter: federal officials warning the battle against covid is not over. the cdc reporting 90% of the population is still not fully va maryland, new york and new jersey joining a growing list of states lifting restrictions, relaxing rules on restaurants and businesses. wyoming dropping the mask mandate and texas fully open for business. austin and other cities opting to stay masked. the fight ove f fm ove the texas attorney general isit r following theover washington,. president biden's dress to the nation starts at 5:00 p.m. tonight. watch it here on abc or on our streaming apps for roku, fire

tv, apple tv and android tv. dr. fauci, one of the most prominent faces during this past year, says we are getting closer to a new normal but shouldn't rush it. jobina is at the live desk with more on the progress we have made. jobina? >> thank you, reggie. on "gma" this morning, dr. anthony fauci said as more people get vaccinated, the closer we get to going back to normal. he cautioned it cannot be done too fast. one major concern is the possibility of yet another surge in cases of too many restrictions there lifted. he said it is a mistake that has been repeated multiple times in the last year. >> you want to start pulling back towards normality, which we should be doing. it is much better to do that gradually and prudently instead of just saying, okay, all bets are off, do what you want to do. you have to be careful that you might trigger another surge because that has happened in the past, at least a couple of times over the past year.

>> fauci added the cdc is work on new less restrictive guidance for those that are already vaccinated that could then motivate people to get vaccinated. you can watch that full interview coming up at 7:00 on "gma" here after abc 7 kumasi? >> thank you. most of the bay area is in the red tier. alameda, solano and santa cruz counties advance this week. that allows for more reopenings including limited indoor dining and gyms. sonoma and contra costa counties are still in the purple tier. that could change very soon. health officials in both counties say they expect to move as soon as next week. you can see where your county stands in the reopening process anytime on our website, this map shows you what's open and what is closed in each tier. find the tracker at abc7news.com. this morning, middle and high schools in pleasanton unified school district reopen for in person learning. this is the first time we're seeing this in alameda county as they welcome back older

students. amy hollyfield is live at foothill high school with the become welcome they have planned. hey, amy. >> reporter: i think they're excited. look behind me at this sign they have here at foothill high school, welcoming the kids back. the parents also plan tool ando as they the first time in about a year. we have seen these parents before. in january, they held a rally pushing for schools to reopen for in person learning and all the pressure paid off, the school district says they are the first district in alameda county to open middle and high schools. and they're able to make this move now because the county entered the red tier this week. six schools here will be opening today. the elementary schools open here last week. this will bes at school, half watcng h switch. that way they can give everyone enough space here at school to stay six feet apart.

it has been about a year since they have been here so the parents and the teachers plan to do what they can to make today special. reporting live in pleasanton, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. the south bay santa clara county officials say they have stopped scheduling first dose vaccinations for covid. the appointments for those. county health officials say they found out yesterday they were short 12,000 doses, they expected to get from the state. they say the county notified several thousand kaiser patients who scheduled appointments from march 11th through the 21st. kaiser says they will be reaching out to those members to reschedule their appointments as soon as they can. this comes as county leaders resist a plan that put blue shield in charge of the state's vaccination efforts. this afternoon they will be holding a news conference with the health clinic ceos and city council members. officials are posing this plan because it requires them to hand over con of vaccine distribution to blue shield. instead, county executive jeff

smith says the county wants to use its current appointment system and get vaccine supplies directly from the state. he's negotiating and hopes to have an agreement by thend of the week. >> moderna says the first trial volunteers have received boosters of the vaccine. some modified for a variant. >> slight fever and chills earlier today, took a little snap, ibuprofen and i'm great now. >> after his first two shots, seattle resident neil browning is recovering from a third vaccine injection. moderna is testing a third booster of the original vaccine. a modified vaccine to better target the south african variant and booster containing both the modified and original formula. currently moderna, pfizer and johnson and johnson are working on the second generation vaccines. former presidents barack obama, george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter are banning together to urge americans to

get their vaccines. >> i'm getting vaccinated. we want this pandemic to end as soon as possible. >> we urge you to get vaccinated when it is available to you. >> roll up your sleeve and do your part. >> this is our shot. >> it is up to you. >> you might notice who is not in any of these psas. people who are already struggling after losing their jobs or losing more time and money with stalled unemployment benefits becauseto reapply and know it. state assembly member jim patterson said if you had one year of unemployment, you have to reapply. the edd told our notifying people when the benefits have expired. several people say they haven't gotten that notification. >> i never received any type of notification like that. hope and pray that my claim doesn't get stuck in the california system like a lot of

claims have. >> an employee with maximum who did not want to be identified said they were hired by the edd to help with 1099 g tax phone calls. however, most of the calls are people seeking help, more recently with refiling. 7 on your side has been helping thousands of people navigate the edd throughout this pandemic. if you need help, you can go to abc7news.com/seven on your side. coming up, could lifestyle influence the effectiveness of the covid-19 vaccine. the call for volunteers to help answer that question. and let's take a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange. up now about 70 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. and first step to getting hired is to look good on paper. jobina talks to a service that helps with the job hunt. >> right. all right. before we get to that, 6:39. we're checking in with mike. why are you laughing, mike? >> that look, jobina gave, right before we came to the three shot of us. i was, like, wow. she always does such an

excellent job with these. francisco. rain thos san 42 to 46, our temperatures and you can see most of us in the lows. ligh the sosa.thing t thiyet. o. you notice the rain, the flags are blowing out towards the west. we have an offshore breeze, moving to the west. around for an hour, hour and a half. they'll taper by the time we get to 9:00. it will be much dryer for our evening commute. a look at live doppler 7. they're all very light. green which means likelihood of hail, just not in these. they go up and down the peninsula, all the way down to around 101, runs into los ail toeltos. this low is starting to sink down to the south. that's why we have an hour and a half left of the showers.

future radar will back me up here as you can see. little mountain snow is possible up around 3,000 feet. let's get over to jobina, talk more about the dangerous commute this morning. jobina? >> -- spinouts and crashes and our biggest issue is a sig alert we're following in orinda. the chp confirmed this say deadly situation. so as we bring in the maps here, he want to point out the slowdown that our commuters are going to face on westbound 24 before it looks like fish ranch road, but also the wilder road off ramp has been shut down, speeds are down to 13 miles per hour in the area. we do not van estimated time when everything will reopen again. deadly crash in orinda this morning. moving over now to a live look, showing you the bay bridge toll plaza, mitering lights came on plaza. slow ride across the bridge into san francisco. and also it is slow from richmond all the way through

emeryville. anyone traveling on 580 or 80, traveling westbound, expect delays. and lastly here as we head to break, a live picture from the south bay, showing you san jose and

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the former minneapolis police officer charged with killing george floyd is going to face an additional charge. a judge has just granted the prosecution's request to reinstate a third degree murder charge against derek chauvin. this adds to the second degree murder and manslaughter charges he already faces. overnight, a defense appeals court denied the defense team's appeal to stop that additional charge. jury selection in the trial continues today and so far five jurors have been chosen. the senate has confirmed president joe biden's nominee for attorney general. merrick garland will lead the u.s. justice department. he says his number one priority to prosecute those responsible for january's attack at the capital. the confirmation comes five

years to the day since president obama nominated him to serve on the supreme court. the senate never voted on that nomination. this morning, prince william is responding to accusations the royal family is racist. it is his first time we heard from him since prince harry and meghan markle sat down with oprah. >> can you just let me know is the royal family a racist family sir? >> very much not a racist family. >> it is hard to hear, but he says we are very much not a racist family in response to the question. the prince made that remark as he was visiting a school in london today. he alson his brother since the interview but that he will. in that interview, meghan markle said prince harry was questioned by a family member about how dark their son archie's skin might be. buckingham palace says the matter will be addressed privately. now to your morning money report, new jobless claims have dropped to a 3.5 month low. according to the u.s. labor

department, 712,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. that's a decrease of 42,000 from the revised numbers from the week before. economists forecasted 725,000, more than 4.1 million people are still receiving state unemployment benefits, that is down more than nearly 220,000 from the prior week. now let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. we're up now by 140 points. city college of san francisco may be laying off nearly 200 full time faculty and administrators amid another budget crisis. this is according to the chronicle. city college said faculty can cuts are needed or the school could shut down. final notices will be issued by may 15th. however, the curts are subject to negotiations between the college and the union. at abc 7, we're committed to helping to build a better bay area and that includes addressing the impact the pandemic is having on our economy. so now to our weekly segment,

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interpreted by the hiring manager, that can make or break your application. >> and this company sounds interesting to you, she has one more note. >> grammarly is a bay area employer. we are hiring. >> all right. so here is a job that is open with grammarly right now for a recruitment marketing manager, the duties include partnering closely with the recruiting and employer branding teams to develop marketing strategies. much more on abc7news.com. kumasi? >> thank you, jobina. researchers at ucsf are looking into whether age, stress can affect the longevity of the vaccine. in the past, studies have shown sleep or stress could affect someone's immune response. this would be the first study to look at covid-19. 500 volunteers are wanted, specifically older participants, who may have a more wked immune system. i love this story, residents

of a senior living community in virginia, they're beat koeg individual 19 in more wathan one. >> i like how he has the whole crowd into it. the community celebrated getting 99% of the residents vaccinated al also hadome lip balm and lled hand sanitizer inside. we need that. the center has now reached herd immunity, just in time for spring. she's, like, where is the alcohol? >> i don't want this. >> take this. >> lip balm, hand sanitizer, alcohol and candy. >> everything you need. >> that's a combination. >> let's look at what's going on

weatherwise, thank you for joining us this morning. live doppler 7, you can see the last pushes of organized hours moving westward across marin county and the entire peninsula and even a little wintry mix up in the santa cruz mountains. watch out if you're passing the summit. it may be a little more slippery there. some of the snow could make it down. no hail coming out of this storm right now. here is a look at what it did 280 and 17, it is wet in most areas, here is the light rain falling on sfo, going to be cold the next couple of mornings, hopefully you will cover any tender vegetation, so, you know, the cold doesn't get to it. sunday, monday, rain and another chance of wintry showers. mid to upper 50s for highs today. not quite average, but not quite as cold as yesterday. if you're dining outside, we'll be dryer, look at the temperatures flirting with the

upper 40s to near 50. and mid to upper 40s at 8:00. tonight, 30s out there. a few handful of 40s around richmond, oakland, san mateo, half man pbay and san francisco. the afternoon hours up to when the sunsets about 7:20, we have a chance of some light rain and then some wintry showers and temperatures back in the 50s for monday. will see increasing sunshine tuesday and wednesday. back into the mid-60s like tomorrow and saturday. i just checked tahoe, partly cloudy and ten degrees. we know they received a lot of snow, tell us what' going on with the roads. >> ten degrees, okay. thank you, mike. it is time for the toyota tahoe traffic report. on that note, we have chain restrictions. chains are required for 50 as you're headed up to hech avenly. base total, 46 inches to 72 inches and echoing mike here,

yes, i was putting in the base totals this morning, we definitely have much more snow in comparison to last week. squaw alpine with 78 inches. no chain requirements for 89 or 80. to our other resorts, we have chains required for kirkwood, 3 hours and 23 minutes for that drive time. your quickest ride is going to be to sugar bowl, 2 hours and 51 minutes. the most snow with 126 inches. reggie? >> thank you. bay area public transit will benefit from the stimulus plan. about $1.7 billion is going to go to struggling agencies that have lost rider and revenue. san francisco will get $1.2 billion from muni and the central subway. cal train will receive $52 million to help with their upgrade to electrification. b.a.r.t. getting $87 million for a second trans bay tube. the b.a.r.t. extension did not make the cut. the u.s. airline industry is a big winner.

american airlines has told 13,000 workers they can tear up the furlough notices they were sent out last month. united airlines is canceling 14,000 billion in aid, airlines have to agree not to furlough workers before september 30th. we're all looking for a pandemic get away. how about owning your own island. little ragged island is for sale. it is just over a square mile. and it offers fresh water ponds, you can go snorkeling, do some fishing, it even has its own flamingos. and your nearest neighbor would be ten minutes away on a boat. $19.5 million, but there is no minimum bid, so -- >> mm-hmm. >> we could put in an offer. >> so if you owned it, would i be invited. i know you don't want people to come. >> you can come, friend. >> i can come?

okay. mike can come? >> of course. >> jojobina? >> of course, now that's it. don't add anymore. no more people. >> just going back to one thing. >> yes. >> earlier in the show so you see your brother on tv, say that racist things are said about him and his family, right, you see your sister-in-law say she wanted to kill herself, but you oh.ll haven't called yet? >> maybe a te dm? >> we don't know. >> snap? >> something. >> what a family. >> coming up next, the seven ne. here is a live look outside. there it is.

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it is 6:57. if you're just joining us, here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, today marks one year since the world health organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. later today, president biden will be making his first primetime address to the nation, you can watch it live here on abc 7 at 5:00 p.m. number two, middle and high school students in pleasanton are heading back to the classroom. six campuses reopened this morning. elementary school kids in the district return to the classroom last week. numberha wi b facing an additional charge in the death of george floyd. this morning a judge reinstated a third degree murder charge, he was already facing second degree murder and manslaughter charges. number four, prince william says his family is not racist. that was his first public comment since his brother prince harry and meghan markle sat down with oprah. william says he has not spoken to his brother since the interview, but he will. number five, remember those leftover wintry showers we talked about would be here?

there you go, live doppler 7. look at mt. tam, a little bit of snow up there at 2500 feet. this will be gone after the morning commute. number six, we had a bit of a dangerous commute this morning. crashes and spinouts due to the wet conditions on our roadways. busiest stretch right now is going to be traveling from richmond through emeryville. and number seven, alameda county is giving you a chance to indulge in fair food from your car. starting today, a new grab and go food drive through is opening at the county fair grounds in pleasanton. it will be open thursday through sunday this week and next. what's the first thing you would get, i'm getting a funnel cake. >> you love that funnel cake. >> mm. >> oh, yes. do you all like those elephant ears? >> oreos. >> you know what i'm talking about? >> is elephant ear the same thing as a funnel cake in. >> i don't know what a funnel cake is.

>> all of it is fried. >> like a cinnamon crisp. >> fried goodness and sugar. "g good morning, america. president biden announcing the u.s. is purchasing another 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson single-shot vaccine. >> there is light at the end of this dark tunnel of the past year, but we cannot let our guard down now. >> promising the u.s. will soon go from shortage to surplus. >> oh, my god! >> as more with their grandchildren. as more states ease restrictions and prepare for a flood of shots fauci inusive. massive deal. congs ressnearly $2 trilliid e est