to help rural and minority mostly in the north bay, also working into the east bay. businesses. >> we think that another $300 most of fairly light, billion, that's what we're some talking about, should be out this monday morning. as we get a closer look we can see that rain moving through a sufficient to reach almost everybody. good part of contra costa >> reporter: the stimulus would include -- >> an additional $100 billion in county. once again light rain to start out and we've seen it extending the public health space, $75 to the tri-valley and parts of the south bay. billion for hospital support and so we'll be tracking this the next couple of hours and another $25 billion for testing. clearing out the rest of the day. more on that coming up in a few >> reporter: president trump announced on sunday he'll use minutes. marcus? >> thanks, kari. the defense production act to on capitol hill lawmakers force manufacturing of more are said to be close to a deal testing swabs but insists to fund more small business testing is up to each state. loans as part of the country >> you can't have it both ways. begins to reopen. test something a local thing. and some governors say they're >> that's just delusional to be nowhere near ready. making statements like that. "today in the bay's" tracie >> reporter: parts of the kunl try are already reopening. potts is live for us this morning in washington with those beaches in florida, marinas in details. good morning,marcus, good the northeast, farmers markets in seattle. texas and vermont will open some morning. we have some new numbers this businesses today. morning to back that up which other governors say it's too i'll share with you. the big issue in washington this soon. >> we have increasing numbers week is going to be whether they every day here in the washington can put more money in the small region.

>> reporter: michigan's governor business fund that ran out last is concerned protesters may be week and it looks like that deal putting others at risk. >> without those important may land on the president's desk protections, it means they might have gone back to these parts of by wednesday. our state and perhaps brought the senate could act as early as covid-19 along with them. today one would be set aside >> reporter: vice president pence has a conference call with the nation's governors today. now we have some new numbers for you from our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing just over half the country, 58% these restrictions. just under a third, 32%, do think it's time to move on and loosen things up. but those numbers are differing by political party, less among republican voters, about 40% of them are concerned. independent voters a little more. 50%. democrats the highest with 80% of them concerned that easing the stay-at-home orders could lead to a second wave of virus. marcus? >> i just want to listen to what the doctors have to say about

that. thanks, tracie. new details this morning. one not so small restaurant chain is now returning the loan it received as part of the federal c.a.r.e.s. act. shake shack received $10 million. that's because technically each shake shack eatery employs less than 500 workers. shake shack says they had no idea the small business fund would dry up so quickly. new research shows covid-19 may not be as bad or lethal as originally feared. bob redell joins us live from his home. bob, what are scientists saying? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. scientists and medical experts believe the numbers of reported infections are possibly grossly underreported because a number of people aren't showing symptoms. the head of the cdc says a quarter of infected people may be asymptomatic. the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs believes that could be 60% to 70% of members of the military.

a doctor tells us that the reported numbers of infections can't be trusted because they are based on flawed and inadequate testing. on friday a stanford antibody study discovered that between the confirmed been infected. numbers. if true, this shows many more people contracted the disease, didn't show symptoms, and survived, which would mean covid-19 is not as deadly as doctors feared but on the flip side means it's impossible to know who's infected which complicates decisions about when we return to work, school, and normal life. now in a few hours in what will be a first for the country during this pandemic an entire community will be tested for coronavirus. we believe that all 1,600 residents of the marin county tounl town of bolinas will participate. bolinas is an ideal test site because it's fairly rural and

secluded. they hope they can use that information gathered there to help other communities. residents, by the way, raised more than $300,000 to buy the material for the tests and to build the test site. those tests are supposed to be starting around 9:00 this morning. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. 5:05 this morning and developing right nowshooting. police say the gunman disguised as a police officer killed 16 people included a police officer. it happened saturday in the providence of nova scotia. bodies were found at homes of rural towns and some homes were even set on fire. authorities say that gunman is a local dentist. officers shot and killed him at a gas station. a trucker and his wife were there getting gas as officers convened. >> she said, oh, my god, lock

the doors. he's here. and i peek out the window and i saw the vehicles and there were four or five uniformed with guns. >> today is a devastating day for nova scotia, and it will remain etched in the minds of many for years to come. >> you also heard from the commanding officer there. she says that the officer killed, heidi stephenson, was a 23-year-old veteran of the force. investigators are trying to figure out why the gunman snapped. and no update yet on what caused a freight train to derail yesterday. this is in emeryville. as you can see right there this is from the photo six cars derailed. it happened and traffic reopened in about five hours. no one was injured. concord police hope this video can catch a person who stole an 11-week-old puppy.

the dog was taken from a garage on montgomery avenue over the weekend. the man on the bike is believed to be on a gold and white bicycle. if you know the dognapper call concord police. san bernardino county is reporting the first death of an inmate due to complications from the coronavirus. authorities say more than 650 inmates there have been tested. at least 100 have tested positive. and happening this week in contra costa county work will wind down at the marathon martinez refinery with complete shutdown expected by next month. the refinery is not closing permanently but it will only sit idle while demand for gas is low. so the company says that none of its nearly 750 full-time workers will lose their jobs, but contractors will. the refinery contracted about 1,000 workers prior to this outbreak. taking a live look, the bay bridge toll plaza.

new this morning traffic down about 50% and so are crashes and accidents. researchers at uc davis say prior to the shelter at home order there were nearly 500 injury or deadly crashes statewide every single day. that's now down to 240, and that means the state is saving about $40 million a day in emergency response costs. time now to get a look at our forecast for this monday morning. what's in store, kari? we're starting out with clouds, light rain but we're not going to see that throughout the day. as we get a look at our live camera, we're going to see mist. as we look at our have some muc temperatures in the forecast over the next few days. as we check out where we're headed for today, mostly some mid to upper 60s for the east bay and parts of the north bay

with some low 60s near the coastline. we'll talk more about this and get a look ahead to much warmer temperatures in the forecast. mike, how is it looking early this morning for the commute? pretty good but i have a warning. there's an adjustment in a week coming up for folks on the early bird express. it's being cut back. because of the drop in b.a.r.t. ridership including the early hours especially there during the pandemic, well, next monday will be reduced or completely cut. do keep that in mind if you are an early commuter. i'll give you that reminder again. a smooth, easy drive, no problems. green sensors all over except look at this. this is over in oakland where we have a traffic flowing very slowly north 880 around 23rd. i think there's an overnight crew that is possibly clearing.

they should soon, marcus. back to you. 5:10 for you that morning. still ahead for you, tragedy near sacramento. a small town mayor killed in a plane crash. coming up for you at 5:25, how social distancing rules are impacting the search for clues. you can also stay up to date -- stay up to date by following our live blog. we're putting together the headlines and new developments all in one place. easy to find. head to nbcbayarea.com.

right now at 5:13 we are starting out with some light rain moving mostly for the morn. we'll talk about this moving out and some warmer days ahead coming up in the forecast. good morning to you and a very happy monday as well. some really intriguing news. the company says it will do an american-based blind testing of hydroxychloroquine. the anti-malaria drug president trump has been touting as a wonder drug in his words but it's never actually faced the sort of traditional scientific tests that are standard here in

america. some covid-19 patients are going to get hydroxychloroquine. some are going to get hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic. and some will get a placebo. that's never been done. up until now. the good news and bad news about hydroxychloroquine have come from very small tests done overseas and didn't use a control group. futures tall for a lower open. gilead had good news about a treatment saving people on ventilators. the stock jumped significantly on that news. and, marcus, we were up huge on friday. might not be surprised to hear netflix is doing very well. but would you believe the company is now more valuable than exxon mobil. shares of netflix put the overall value of the market capitalization at 185 and exxon

is worth $182 billion. you may know there's stimulus money that may be ahead. tracie was talking about it. congress on a very close deal on that. the first round the government ran out of money almost immediately. this includes funding for hospitals and municipalities. how are we going to pay for that we'll talk more about that coming up in about half an hour. >> looking forward to that, scott. thanks. if you're going out and about starting today walmart will require all employees to wear their facemasks. if you go there you'll see worke worke workers and at sam's club will be required to wear a mask. retailers is encouraging shoppers to wear face coverings. all right. it's 5:15 for you right now. and, parents, time for something good and the kids of all ages

can do this. >> how about story time with a former first lady. >> hi, i'm michelle obama, and welcome to mondays with me. >> how cute. michelle obama joins pbs kids on facebook and youtube all for story time t. starts at 9:00 a.m. and will run every monday for four weeks. and today's book is "the gruffalo." cute. >> i love that. story time is always a good time. >> we can do mondays with that week. >> i have some kids who will listen. >> want to start with all of your kids at home. time to get a look at the forecast for you that morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect for today. what is that behind you, kari? that is beautiful. this is earth week. we're leading up to earth day. we've been doing a little bit of

some information tidbits here and there on how you can help with reducing your impact, your carbon footprint, doing a lot to help each other out. how about helping out the planet. here are a few tips of things you can do to help out. reduce your carbon footprint. you can hang dry your clothes. that may be something you can try out while you're at home. that also keeps you from having to run so muchunused lights. and i know it's hard with the kids in the house every time they walk out of the room they forget to turn off the lights. be mindful of that and also unplug any unused appliances. you can also pay your bills online. that's a good way to help keep from using all of that paper and getting more junk mail as well. and then reduce, reuse, recycle. we always talk about that as a way to reduce your carbon impact. plant a tree.

some good family time to go and helping out the planet. a little bit of rain for that garden today but not a whole lot in the forecast. moving through parts of the north bay now over to the east bay. more of those showers moving to contra costa county. so as you head out this morning, you're going to see some light showers in a few spots. this is not a heavy soaker. even as we head to the east bay we're also seeing some of the showers moving through the tri-valley. once weep get through this we're all dry for the rest of the week and our temperatures starting out cool today only reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s right along the immediate coastline and then going into the next several days we're going to see some upper 60s turn to upper 70s and then even some 80s for the inland valleys reaching from 65 today to look at that dramatic increase to the mid-80s by the end of the week. so as we think about earth week

and ways we can reduce our carbon footprint, having to run the air conditioner. we'll try to hold that off as long as we can. f a ne of the unexpected carbon footprint. we'll talk about those numbers later. it's earth week. we are looking at some slowing in the east bay. over to the maps. we're looking at a slower drive as we look in toward northbound 880 right around north of the coliseum heading up to 23rd. we do have that slow drive developing and continuing because i believe the crew that's been there overnight is still blocking two of your four lanes. they're scheduled to clear but will clear about 5:30. caltrans has been able to take a little bit of extra work going on. 880 past the coliseum. a very smooth drive as you look

to the rest of the bay. no major problems. keep that in mind because we are at higher speeds. back to you. thanks, mike. >> thank you, mike. 5:20 this morning. up next a southern california county loosening stay-at-home restrictions. find out who is being told to stay home. >> and we continue to celebrate bay area graduates who are going without an official ceremony. good for you. you all did it. you can share your pictures with me and we're going to try to put them on tv. we're getting a lot of them. thanks so much. you're watching "today in the bay." right now, staying connected is more important than ever.

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5:23 for you that morning. investigators are trying to unravel what caused a small plane to crash killing a mayor. this is caught up in controversy, that mayor was. this happened on saturday morning. family members say auburn mayor bill kirby died. a second person onboard was injured and is in the hospital recovering. kirby was supposed to step down today. this is after a recent controversial statements about trump supporters. the ntsb is virtually

investigating the crash due to the pandemic. infected sailors aboard the uss roosevelt will be participate of a new study by the navy and the cdc. the study will look at how the virus spread. at least 660 sailors have tested positive. but only about 40% ever even showed symptoms. one expert says the numbers are probably skewed because crew members are typically younger. >> in the community you would expect a much larger symptomatic because younger individuals are more likely to not develop any symptoms at all because their immune systems are working. >> of course this is the same ship that had its commanding officer dismissed after a call to navy leaders for help. of the hundreds of sailors who tested positive on the ship the navy says seven were sent to the hospital. one crew member has died.

venturan their stay-at-home restrictions. leaders there announced that plan saturday. coincidentally the deadliest day of the pandemic in neighboring l.a. county. those changes include allowing small gatherings of up to five people. reopening parks and allowing nonessential businesses to open again with reduced staffing. seniors are still advised to stay home. all right. so here is something good trnin. take a listen. ♪ >> the pandemic hasn't stopped opera singer victoria robertson from touching the lives of others in san diego. yesterday for a second sunday in a row robertson performed from her front porch. >> the crowd there, people had the lawn chairs out in the road just sitting there watching and listening. she had a full-on concert.

and, you know what, that's what a lot of people need. we can't really go anywhere right now. >> i've always wanted to unleash my voice on this stage, so to speak, but i've been too shy. >> wow. what a neighbor to have. she plans on singing every sunday at noon until all the quarantine orders are lifted. >> that's really cool. i was just yi but people have concerts in their streets or neighborhoods. >> it depends on who you live next to, i guess. >> that's true. i think everyone should have -- >> you could go outside and sing actually. >> i could. >> you're so talented. >> you know what, thank you. maybe i'll come to your enabled and sing outside your house. >> why don't you drive by my house. >> i just might do that. if you hear somebody singing -- >> that would be awesome. i miss seeing you in person. >> it's been too long. >> exactly. let's plan on doing that. that would be fun.

>> i'm going to do that. 5:27 this morning. much more ahead including the top stories we're following today including cover your face. this week more bay area counties will begin enforcing face covering requirements. coming up in a live report when and wear to cover up plus the one bay area county still holding out. and it's 4:20 but celebrations plans are up in smoke due to the pandemic. up next how park rangers are making sure people stay out of golden gate park. a lot more news ahead. it is 5:27. you're watching "today in the bay." teammates help each other find a way to win,

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good morning. at 5:30 right now in washington lawmakers and the white house are close to a deal to fund more small business loans. that's another $250 billion after the nearly $350 billion in the original stimulus plan ran out in just days. wall street's opening bell in just about an hour. and in the bay area we check with local health departments for local numbers. more than 4,300 cases with 199

deaths. and in the north bay today everyone living in the town of bolinas will be allowed to be tested. the coastal town in marin is the first in the country to take on such a task. good morning and thank you for joining us on this monday morning for "today in the bay." i hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> the team all back together again. mike will have a look at the traffic in just a few minutes. kari hall with a look at what we can expect with this monday forecast. >> some changes, light rain moving through parts of the bay area. some of that rain has been moving through mostly the north bay and parts of the east bay that we've seen around contra costa county. most of us are starting out with some spotty sprinkles here and there. we're not going to see any really heavy rain. some of the showers will move out as this day goes along.

warmer temperatures ahead. >> thanks, kari. if you happen to be out over the weekend doing essential things like picking up groceries you probably saw a lot of people wearing masks or scarves. this week more people will be ordered to wear them but not in one county. roz plater is live. this is an important distinction this week. we want to make sure people are aware of the information out there because it is changing day by day. >> reporter: it is indeed. let's give you an example. i'm in fremont, alameda county. just behind me milpitas, that is santa clara county where the masks are not required. officials saying they don't want you to get a false sense of security. they will be required just about everywhere else, sonoma, san francisco, contra costa county,

most will start enforcing the orders on wednesday. it'll be manneders to when you're out running errands. some already begun wearing the facial coverings.re they walk through the door it is an ordinance that we need to have you cover your face even if it's with your shirt. >> reporter: the one place you're not required to cover your face is santa clara county, the area with the highest number of covid-19 cases. health officials are strongly recommending it but don't want to you get complacent because this does not replace social distancing. it could be a cloth mask like i'm wearing, a scarf, a bandanna, anything you make to cover your mouth and nose while out in public. i'm roz plater for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, roz. well, sometimes you can smell this event before you even see it in san francisco.

certainly not this year. 4/20 celebration of everything marijuana is literally up in smoke due to the pandemic. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda joins us live this morning to show us how police are trying to make sure people don't even try to head out for this event. sharon? >> reporter: today's event is usually packed. hippy hill is walking distance. we're seeing police and park rangers ready to warn people not to show up. tens of those of people in the bay area celebrate marijuana in all forms. this year with the pandemic the city it trying to make sure people follow the stay at home order. park rangers have been walking around reminding people the area will be closed today and gatherings are not allowed.

>> on monday starting very early there will be road closures. all the entrances at the east end of the park will be closed and there will be no parking anywhere. >> reporter: some artists are doing virtual 4/20 celebrations online that people can watch from home and promoting zoom meetings where people can safely participate from home. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> all right, sharon, thank you. san francisco health leaders say the outbreak at laguna honda is widening. the senior care facility is now with 19 confirmed cases. that's up from 14 just two weeks ago. four of those cases involve patients. the others involve staff members. health leaders also stress that they don't believe they've seen the latest with the outbreak or the last of the outbreak at the facility. it's a growing concern from doctors because people are

avoiding necessary doctor visits because they're actually fearing catching coronavirus. doctors at in patients. people putting off critical care, may be putting their long-term health at risk. one physician says if you are having chest pains or stroke you need to go to the hopped no matter what. >> it doesn't mean we are no longer having heart attack, stroke, other bad pneumonias, other chronic illnesses that sometimes need immediate assistance. >> many hospitals recommend if you cannot visit an e.r. center you can still take advantage of medicine options. more than a month into the pandemic a lot of people are still having questions about what's going on inside hospitals and if the situations are

improving. joining us to talk about that is dr. ramchandani in fremont. thank you for joining us this morning, doctor. >> sure. >> so let's talk about -- i know we spoke with you last month when testing was still limited. we've seen, of course, more places lightening the restrictions when it comes to testing. we saw bolinas, the town, they are saying everyone there can administer -- or have those tests. so talk to us about that. what does that mean when we're still expecting that peak with cases here in the bay area? >> testing is -- was restricted and still is right now. we do not have all the supplies to test each and every person. we are still asking if they have symptoms and prioritizing for patients. >> you're clap raollaborated b

don't see that happening for every single person at this time because of the loss of life that we have. >> and the fact we don't have a lot of testing we're hearing about lifting the restrictions. is it a good time to lighten some of those restrictions we're seeing? we saw ventura county lightened their restrictions over the weekend. >> at this time we're not at that number and our protections we might hit peak in may or early june. i would be very careful in saying we should left the restrictions. we need to do the testing first. we should be looking at key

steps before lifting the restrictions. >> i know asymptomatic is something we talk about a lot. bob redell said 60% to 70% of military are asymptomatic. how does that affect us? are we in danger -- what does that mean? >> the testing right now is telling the immunity, but it could have false positives, also. so at this time i think a lot of studies are needed to find out. it doesn't mean that patients are immune or asymptomatic and nobody knew it. >> i know the governor has been giving updates about the hospital beds and icu as far as ventilators. how are things looking with the number that we have available?

>> we have seen fewer hospitalizations at this time in california and the bay area. it doesn't mean that it will continue like that. so we are getting prepared. we are getting prepared not just for the ventilators but also in california. the volunteer list has been going on for people who want to volunteer and work in outpatient clinics and might be able to help in the hospital settings. >> doctor with tri-city health center in fremont, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> laura? 5:40 right now. new details as soon as this week. struggling bay area transit agencies will divvy up emergency funding. the $2 trillion stimulus bill approved last month allocates

more than $1 billion to bay area agencies. the metropolitan transportation commission decides how much goes to each agency and when the money should be released. an initial vote is scheduled for wednesday. time now for a look at the forecast. >> all right. 5:41 for you this morning. let's get a look at that forecast for you, meteorologist kari hall track that ing that forecast. looks like some rain is coming our way. >> we've seen light rain moving through this morning. a lot has been very light. not all of the bay area is getting it. falling in parts of the north bay over to solano county. we're going to see it tapering off today. we're starting out with mild temperatures mostly some low 50s and then as we go into the rest of the day a little bit warmer than yesterday. we've had a couple of cool and breezy days but once the rain

comes out -- moves out of the bay area highs in the mid to upper 60s. big warming trends on the way. mike, you're doing a newtopic t? >> today we're talking about grocery shopping, kari. we talked about a few restaurants offering foods and shopping at a grocery store. it's taking longer for our historical restaurants. let's talk about judy who posted original joe's of westlake in daley city started in 1956. it's definitely a traditional restaurant. they have it looking like a grocery store f. original joe's is doing it let's check around the web. spin a yarn is a landmark, selling items stocked from their kitchen as well as their prepared foods.

so what i want to you do is check your favorite local businesses, especially the ones here for a long time, and see if they are adapting and if you can support them in other ways. you can support me by sharing your new normal. we appreciate all of your help. we're working together. >> thanks, mike. 5:43. a dire warning from l.a.'s mayor. coming up the pay cut and furlough days for city workers. congress is working quickly to get money to your company to keep you employed. we'll go over the very latest coming up. plus, pets have become very popular on video calls. a lot of interrupted meetings. how one reporter took that concept to a whole other level. you're watching "today in the bay." what we do now will forever change our tomorrow.

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was killed in a crowded walmart by police. the family have now retained a federal civil rights attorney. video shows that drama as it all unfolded in san leandro. the man shot and killed is identified as 33-year-old steven taylor. police officers tased him twice. the bullet struck taylor in the midsection. he did not survive. friends say he hadn't been himself but they still can't believe it. >> sorry for his family. sorry for our friends. we're going to miss him. we love you. >> police are now investigating as is the alameda county district attorney's office. the officers are on standard administrative leave. mayor eric garcetti became emotional talking about the pain his city has endured. he says los angeles is under attack not only from the pandemic but from a suddenly faltering economy.

he says that the cuts lie ahead and that he has called for help from the federal government. he also tried to remind everyone to stay hopeful. >> our daily life is unrecognizable. we are bowed and worn down. we are grieving our dead. but we are not broken. >> garcetti says thousands of city workers will have to take 26 furlough days. that amounts to a 10% cut over the next fiscal year. a deal working its way through congress may help cities like los angeles. >> that's right. but the question is, scott mcgrew, will it actually be enough? right. will any amount of money be enough? good morning to you both. you remember, marcus and laura, when we heard about the first stimulus bill, the first ppe, we all gasped at the idea of a

third of a trillion dollars, and that money was sucked up almost immediately. now congress is back at is hoping to create another tranche of money of funding for this ppe program that would go to small business. democrats were pushing for and convinced republicans to go along with loans to state and local governments like los angeles. now just about everybody in washington is convinced we do need to spend this money to save americans, to save the american economy, but that's going to turn into just amazing deficits. remember we were already at historic record deficits in the good days just a couple months ago and now we are spending this kind of money. a conservative financial group estimates that by fall we'll be at $24 trillion of deficit which is the equivalent of the entire

american economy and that paying off just the interest on the loan will be our second biggest discretionary spending behind defense. a lot of protests all over the united states. anti-sheltering protests. "the washington post" has phrased the organizers to a set of brothers with right-wing protests. some of the signs and flags that appear at these demonstrations. some of the biggest were in michigan last week. the second highest death toll behind new york. twice the death toll of california. despite being a fraction of the size. president trump tweeted out a series of tweets saying liberate michigan. he was asked to explain that. >> watched the protest and they were all six feet apart and it was a very orderly group of people. some have gone too far.

some governors have gone too far. some of the things that happened are maybe not so appropriate. in the end it will not matter because we're starting to open up our states and i think they're going to open up very well. we'll be watching it closely. >> vice president pence today will be talking with some of those governors about their plan to open but the governors are saying they cannot do it without widespread testing. vice president pence says you're going to have to go with the tests you have. >> as dr. birx, dr. fauci and others have said, if there is a sufficient capacity of testing across the country today for any state in america to go to a phase one level which contemplates testing people who have symptoms of the coronavirus. >> of course we learned from th

asymptomatic carriers of the disease. we'll be watching everything that happens in washington and tweeting about it. follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. pretty much everyone working from home these days getting settled with working at home. you know who else will have to start, nfl teams, as they prem for their draft starting thursday. they will hold a mock draft today. the 49ers pick 13th. experts believe they may try to fill the void left by deforest buckner who the 49ers traded to the colts. well, something good for you as in good boy, good boy. we have been in those zoom meetings where the dog just pops up in there. you hear them barking in the back ground. one reporter took it to the next level with a "ruff" interview

involving several mascots. >> he decided to invite a bunch of college mascots to video chat over the weekend. it came to a halt when a doorbell rang with a fast food delivery. oh, my gosh. >> it would have been cool to have my school mascot. they have a real bengal tiger. >> oh, my. >> it has a big old compound out in another part of the state. kari, maybe they could see the sun rise behind them. my school's mascot was a bulldog, so maybe they had the mississippi state bulldogs on there. i don't know. i didn't get to see it. here is another thing that's cool, we've been trying to cool our planet by reducing our carbon footprint. we've been making a lot of changes here with home shelter in place but how about some good changes more for the planet.

here are a few tips, things to reduce your carbon footprint at home, hang your clothes up to dry. and then, also, turn off those unused lights and unplug unused appliances. that's something we sometimes do but being more mindful will help out. pay your bills online that helps reduce the amount of mail that you get. the amount we're recycling, if you pay the bills online you don't get the bills coming in. reduce, reuse, recycle. plant a tree or a garden with your kids. earth day is on wednesday. some light showers moving through. not a lot to water the garden but some dry weather the next couple of days as we track the rain moving through parts of the north bay, now into solano county, moving to the east bay.

the rest of the forecast shows more dry weather over the next several days. even as we go through the rest of the week high-pressure building will give us an increase in temperatures especially by the end of the week. evenly though we're starting out with some cool weather, in the mid-60s today but then the rest of the week from the mid-60s to the mid-80s by the end of the week. some big changes ahead in the forecast, marcus. >> thanks, kari. happening now iran has released video of an encounter with u.s. warships at sea. the u.s. navy says the small iranian speedboat made dangerous and harassing moves near american ships last week in the persian gulf. and they say that the same thing happened before. iran, meanwhile, claims u.s. forces sparked the tense incident. up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: if you're working from home, be alert.

hackers are taking aim at your computer and your phone. i'm investigator chris chmura. we'll have two simple rules to protect your data next.

>> reporter: good morning. here is an eye opening statistic. netskope, a tech security company tells us work from home traffic makes up 70% of all online business activity worldwide.

that boom creates a lucrative for hackers. netskope ceo sanjay beri tells us there are two simple rules to follow to shield yourself and your employer. >> never give any personal information to anybody over email, a cell phone, let alone a text. number two, don't go to any website via email that has a link in it. go to the places you know. don't go because you clicked on something. those two things alone will save organizations and people 95% of the problems that we see today. >> reporter: here is how cyber criminals are targeting people who work from home. they're calling and posing as the i.t. department. they ask you to give up your user name and pass words. some of them ask you to review an attached email file that gives them access to your computer. they're texting people, too, pretending to be your boss or

assistant requesting access to a conference call. they're going after your kids' computers and phones, by the way. the bad guys are posing as teachers and principals trying to weasel into your kids' computers as well. bottom line from the folks at netskope be extra careful with everything online right now. we're taking virus-related questions every day. send yours to nbcbayarea.com. click the main menu and then responds or call us 888-996-tips. and a good morning to you at 6:00. it's the third hour of "today in the bay." right now your headlines. that's right. starting this week, a majority of people that are living in the bay area will be required to cover their faces while out in public. face coverings are not a requirement in santa clara county which has the highest number of cases and deaths. >> plus, it's april 20th. that's 4/20. and today there are strong

warnings from san francisco leaders for people to stay away from hippy