[ sirens ] right now at 4:30, sirens blasting on bay area freeways. how police led a 30-mile chase spanning several cities and how it all came to an end. >> the major changes that could soon come for san francisco power players in the wake of then ongoing corruption scandal. and good tuesday morning. thanks for starting right here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to the morning compute. but first let's check the forecast with kari. >> it is clear and milder as we check out where we are beginning in livermore. 41 degrees, one of the cooler

spots and 50 right now in san francisco. san jose 44 degrees. as you head out of the door for the morning drive in antioch, low 50s there and a clear sky. a lot of sunshine again today as our temperatures warm up even more so than we were yesterday. so we're going to talk about 70s in the forecast. even a few spots reaching near 80 degrees this week. more on that coming up if a few minutes. mike, you have a different view out of dublin today. >> or i have a view of dublin and livermore. 580 much clearer. clear he drive right now out of the altamont pass and that slowing at grant line road. fog after that. toward the tri-valley, construction overnight and it is there. posey tube. and construction blocking all but one lane at i-80 toward caesar chavez but fog unexpected. but up in merritt island that causeway bridge is closed until

6:00 a.m. highway 37 is open but about 5:30 things get congested. so we'll keep track of things. new overnight. a chase spanning the bay ends with damage and a driver if custody. >> we are live along 880 this morning with new video and how this all started and ends. kris? >> reporter: hi there marcus and laura. this was a wild one. but the good news is the driver who is at the center of all of this chaos is now in custodiment the chase started in vallejo overnight with police trying to pull over a driver sus pufted in a shooting as we understand it when the driver refused to stop that pursuit continues. the chp picked up the chase as the driver i 80 westbound before getting back on to i-80 and the bay bridge into san francisco. where the car ultimately crashed at third and folsom. at this point we know the

drivers was arrested on several felony warrants. now at this point we don't know if there were shots fired during the chase but the shots fired technology was activated at some point and there is a bit of a discrepancy between what vallejo police and chp are saying so we'll try to sort that out this morning. but a good thing it wasn't a very busy time of night on the roadways because this was a very high-speed pursuit. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. 4:33. the search is on for a driver who killed a 12-year-old girl in casto valley and took off. the victims were steps from their home and in a crosswalk not too far from independent elementary school and they're looking for a whiter hispanic man driving a ford f-150 black pickup truck and they have very good surveillance video in connection with the incident. and san francisco police are

looking at hard to watch video posted to social media showing a man violently swinging a stick at a man collecting recyclables. that audio contained profanity and hateful words directed toward the man's ace who is crying as he tries to retrieve his cart. last night hillary ronan talked about this response. >> this is outrageous. we will thought tolerate this kind of violence and disrespect. >> police are try i to work out details including identifying the people deciding if a hate crime occurred and how recently this all happened. >> heartbreaking through. 4:34, the san francisco corruption scandal at city hall has many rethinking federal policies. the public works director mohammed nuru has since resigned. two separate reports in the

examiner suggest possible changes. one boost supervisor subpoena power to obtain testimony under oath. the other would be adding more funding to the ethics commission to look into a potential city misconduct. 4:35 and happening today. teachers will protest possible budget cuts after the superintendent sent a warning letter to staff. >> "the chronicle" reports the district is looking to cut $26 million next year for schools. each school would decide what to cut. such as supplies, field trips and possible staffing. the teachers union is negotiating other cost-cutting options. now to our "making it in the bay" coverage. state lawmakers are proposing bills limited development fees on new home construction and that could add to tens of thousands of dollars to the final price. local governments use the fees to pay for things like schools, roads and parks. lawmakers say that they have not

yet decided how the money would be replaced. "making it in the bay" could mean maybe working two or three jobs. a lot of hustle going on. still ahead on "today in the bay," we'll look at the bay area city ranked as one of the hardest working in the country. do you have trouble keeping track of what you watch on netflix. if you have it. we'll tell you about a new tool the streaming service is adding to help make it easier to keep up with what everyone is watching. and we're keeping our eye on the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. mike has his eye on all of the roadways to help with the morning commute. a lot more ahead. it is 4:36 right now. >> when you buy a car you shop around for the best price but what if you need an x-ray or surgery. >> i want people to shop for health care and save money. >> it can work. even if you have insurance. >> it is possible to get a much better rate than what your insurer is offering you. >> nbc bay area responds with a health care hack that could save you big money on your next

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>> they're like, ah. >> all of that from here over. >> let's get ready for the day. it is milder than yesterday and we don't have the dense fog rolling across the bay area like yesterday. this is a view in palo alto. as we step out of the door, temperatures are in the mid-40s and we'll start to see it warming up as we go through the rest of the day. we'll be at 66 degrees at 11:00. and that is even above with where we should be for a high temperature this time of the year. so as we get a live look outside in the south bay, you're getting dressed. you do need light long sleeves but you may be olling -- rolling them up. our temperature trend, here at lunchtime and it is already 75 degrees in fairfield. it is 70 in fremont. and 68 degrees in palo alto.

and then doing into the the rest of the day, some of us will reach into the upper 70s. close to 80 degrees in santa rosa there as well as in fairfield, the valley at 75 degrees during the middle of the day. san francisco will be at with about 67 degrees. going into the evening commute, still going to be very comfortable and then tonight a mild one as we drop down into the upper 40s and still not a whole lot happening here. some very light patches of clouds moving by. as high pressure continues to build. it keeps us dry throughout the week and it looks like we're going to wrap up the month of february without a drop of rain. it does show some changes going into next week with some cooler air. but that is smart. it will be march 1st before with we start to see at least some slight rain chances across the region. so as we go into the week, record high temperatures in napa. looking at san francisco where the forecast is 72 but we may

reach -- well the record is 78 degrees and we're looking at 72 degrees. we'll take a closer look at the numbers coming up. and mike you're seeing the back-up on the one side. >> the left side is easing up. all of the cash lanes have opened up. i think there is still one cash lane right off the the fast track still closed. not a big deal. lighter volume of traffic but it is tuesday. we do expect this to kick in over the next 20 minutes. so we'll see. but we don't see any problems or slowing or any bottlenecks in contra costa county toward the maze. coming up from oakland, a nice smooth flow of traffic as well and across the bay into san francisco. we're hooking at san mateo and the dumbarton bridge still at speed. westbound the commute to the peninsula which moves smoothly at speed for 280. 101 clear sky so no problems as far as visibility. the drive across the san mateo bridge is smoothly over the high-rise in through foster city. 84 on the peninsula there is an

issue in la honda, a down so maybe a large branch into the hills and up the major the commute but it is dark in the area and if you dive there, now you know. back to you. >> thank you, mike. new this morning, the city of santa rosa reportedly ready to sue pg&e to cover fire fighting cost during last year's kincade fire. it amounts to about $700,000 in overtime pay for firefighters. pg&e has fired two employees and a trash hauling contractor for overbilling during the aftermath of the butte county wildfire. pg&e top executives say a union city contracting company overbilled large sums of money and dolled out expensive gifts to two pg&e supervisors. the contracting company is not commenting. santa clara county workers are giving count leaders until thirst to meet demands for a new contract or they say they will strike again. during the supervisors meeting yesterday hundreds of county

workers shouted at county leaders for not coming up with the deal. the 12,000 member union wants better people and more people in the work force. supervisors said they have offered the last deal but the union turned it down. 4:50 now and our investigative unit has learned hundreds of whales have died off the coast of california just over the past few years. many of them endangered. >> bigad shaban explains why a government plan to protect the whales might have stalled all because government workers reached out to the wrong people. >> reporter: here off the california coast, ships are unintentionally hitting and killing whales at the highest levels in more than a decade. five years ago the federal government started a voluntarily slow down of ten knots to protect whales but most vessels aren't following it. coast guard monitoring found ships broke the speed limit 54% of the time. and that lack of compliance is largely stayed the same for three years.

of the 74 shipping companies that sent vessel into the bay in 2018, only 23% followed the requested speed limit. noaa, the federal agency in charge of the slowdown said one reason for the lack of cooperation is that they may not have contacted all of the right people in the shipping companies to educate them about the speed limit. but remember this policy has been in place for about five years. so noaa is now renewing the efforts to reach out to who it needs to. now the federal government has warned it could make that suggested speed limit mandatory with hefty fines but so far there are no plans to make that happen. in the annual slowdown just outside of the bay it is expected to start up again in less than three months. watch our full investigation right now. just log on to nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >> that is the same place you can contact our investigative unit or by phone, 888-996-tips.

now to a live look in southern california. big bear lake. for nearly two months the pair of bald eagles in the san bernardino national forest have watched vigilantly over two eggs laid in early january however it looks like the eggs are not likely to hatch. they say the chicks should have been born around valentine's day. >> oh, hate to see that. well 4:52 this morning. and it is likely that you haven't won the lottery lately but if you have, we have a home for you. a look inside of the mansion and property once owned by hollywood producer and it is on the market right now waiting for you. and plus nbc bay area responds. >> two words could help you save a lot of money on your next hospital visit. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how to shop around for health care next. breaking news happening now. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has died at the age of

91. he led egypt for 30 years and one of the allies in the middle east receiving tens of billion dollars in american military aid. he was overthrown during the the arab spring uprising. he was arrested in 2011 after being ousted from office and sentenced to life in prison. he was acquitted in 2017 on charges that he ordered the killing of anti-government protesters. a lot more news ahead. it is 4:53.

good morning. lots of us shop around when looks to buy a car or major appliance and you could do that with hospital care as well. joe b an rodriguez craig was stuck with an $800 hospital bill with her daughter got sick and later she was surprised to learn she might have saved hundreds of

dollars if she had not used her insurance. >> i called into the hospital and they told me, oh, yeah, if you had paid cash it would have been 30% less. >> she created a website to help find lower cost care in california. tonight at 11:00, we'll show you how it works and opting out of the health insurance could sometimes save you money and the questions you should ask to determine whether you should use your insurance. if you have a consumer problem to share with us, head to nbcbayarea.com and tap responds in the main menu. or just call us at 888-996-tips. i'll join you again tonight at 11:00. >> thanks, chris. 4:56 and a new distinction for san francisco. a new survey named it america's second hardest working city. >> largely because so many people have to work two jobs to get by. anchorage, alaska, took the number two spot.

and san jose was 40 and oakland 49. and wallet hub compared unemployment rates of each city. massive property in napa valley is on the market. it was once owned by late legendary hollywood film and television producer steven botchco. >> it includes 47 acres of land, two homes an a pool. the cost -- the cost is $8.5 million. >> he was behind dougie houser md. >> stay with us. a couple rescued after spending days in the marin wilderness and we have moments from the crew who actually saved them. it looks again today as we start out with cool temperatures in san jose. willow glen will be at about 44 degrees. at noon we're at 66 and continuing to warm up from there. we'll talk more about this and what is ahead coming up next.

and a quick check of the track. b.a.r.t. has a dozen trains online moving for the morning commute. these other longer rides, no roche, no delays reported. and a 12-year-old bay area girl hit and killed blocks away her home. now police are searching for the hit-and-run driver. the reason police are confident they'll soon track down the driver of that black truck. >> when you buy a car, you shop around for the best price but what if you need an x-ray or surgery. >> i want people to shop for health care and i want people to save money. >> it can work. even if you have insurance. >> it is possible that you could get a much better rate than what you're insurance is offering you. >> nbc bay area responds with a health care hack that could save you big money on your next medical bill. >> in my experience, it happens a lot. >> tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. we investigate. now, we know the trump strategy-

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control suv slams into a police car and two people overnight. a live report from the scene in san francisco where more on what police are revealing about the driver. plus -- >> i'm just asking you to talk to your friends and tell them about me. >> the debate stage is set. what is expected at democratic presidential contenders square off for one final time before not only the next primary but super tuesday. and new coronavirus outbreaks here. the action taken in the u.s. as new cases pop up for the first time in more countries. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> and good tuesday morning. thanks for starting it right here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. it is fat tuesday today. coming up, we'll take you to new orleans where one of the biggest mardi gras parties in the world is well underwaym the annual celebration and the clean-up it will take once it all comes to