where the heroes act stands in i've heard such good things about you, you washington. president trump says he's been this is for you. taking a controversial drug to prevent coronavirus. michael, you didn't have to... we'll have a live report and, straight ahead. we're going to need some help with the rest. plus, phase two reopenings you've worked so hard to achieve so much. continue today, and more shops perhaps it's time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough open for business. to understand what your wealth is really for. next, where reopenings stand in every county. key measures considered by several cities to keep people in their homes even beyond the pandemic. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you and right now it's 6:14. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. this road downpour happening in parts of the east bay from union right now let's get a check of city down to milpitas. the forecast. i'll be watching out for this meteorologist kari hall has been working hard on that. kind of weather pattern where looks like the rain is gone for random showers pop up. at least now? more on that in a few minutes. still some lingering clouds good morning. this morning. a live look outside in walnut very happy tuesday to you. today two of the most important creek. we have temperatures started in the low 50s this morning and people running the american then as we go through the day economy will meet together and some sun peeking out from behind talk to the senate today. the clouds with our temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin

i am still watching out for a and fed chairman jerome powell few spots that may still get will go before the senate some rain. more on that in the forecast banking committee as it looks coming up if a few minutes. into why so little of the money set aside by the c.a.r.e.s. act has actually reached american thank you very much. well, this morning there's mixed businesses. that hearing starts at 7:00 our reaction that we're hearing from president trump's unexpected time. the stock market rocketed upwards monday after a small announcement he's actually taking some kind of pill company reported positive news prevention in a sense to help about the search for a vaccine prevent coronavirus. house speaker nancy pelosi says saying eight patients built a high level of antibodies against she doesn't think that the president should be taking it. coronavirus. airlines, hotels, any industry checking in with "today in the hit by the pandemic moved bay's" tracie potts live in washington with more on that higher. the dow up nearly 1,000 points. plus some testimony on capitol hill that we're expecting today. good morning, tracie. let me caution this vaccine news is good but at the earliest they can get it out to market if it >> reporter: a meeting we found does, indeed, work past phase out 30 minutes ago, live to one would be not this june but the following june, they say. capitol hill. right now as we speak there's a that's june of 2021. meeting going on between senate right now according to numbers majority leader mitch mcconnell, by johns hopkins there are kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, and vice president pence 16,868 americans right now in the icu in critical condition. on capitol hill talking about

what republicans want to do to so continue to be careful out help fix the economy, the there. the coronavirus turned out to be funding that they want to pitch. a little bit too much for pier 1 nancy pelosi and the democrats have pitched their idea which which had already shut many doors. now it's asking a bankruptcy republicans don't like so now they're meeting this morning to judge to let it go out of try to figure out their side of business. women's wear daily, something i the deal. don't normally quote from, is and while that's happening, washington is talking about this reporting amazon is looking at announcement that the president jcpenney as a purchase. made that he's taking the drug that the fda isn't quite sure amazon already owns whole foods. even works. the magazine says there are e c executives at penneys right this >> so far i seem to be okay. >> reporter: president trump with the stunning revelation he's been taking minute. square says employees can choose to work from home forever if hydroxychloroquine, one pill a day, for the last week and a half, under a doctor's care. the white house physician saying they want to. legal history made in texas as a the potential benefits outweighed the relative risk. court there held jury selection clinical trials found it doesn't over zoom and then posted the whole thing to youtube live. work. >> if it doesn't you're not going to get sick or die. we have video but we were so surprised we need to have our >> doctors in particular stopped lawyers wake up and tell us if we can show it on television. using it because it doesn't seem

to work that well and it does you can in texas. have issues with heart who knows what you can do in california. arrhythmia that's a big concern. >> reporter: reaction on capitol hill. >> reckless. simply reckless. it is fascinating to watch. one juror is sideways and can't he's giving people false hope. quite figure out how to get her to pop up this way. >> reporter: federal reserve chair jerome powell on whether the $2 trillion spent so far on another stands up and leaves to the economy is working. take a phone call. democrats want $3 trillion more. the judge is like, no, you need to come back to your seat and be >> there are states that will a juror. have to cut services, raise this is challenging but is legal taxes or both unless they have an infusion in cash. history. >> i wonder if they're trying to >> the 1,800-page door stop get kicked off the jury. speaker pelosi dropped last week no one usually likes to do jury was appropriately greeted. duty. >> just wander away. >> hey, where did you go? the legislative equivalent after >> i don't know how this stand-up comedy. computer works. >> get back here, scott. >> reporter: a stalemate as americans begin to see more crowded bars and beaches and mixed caseloads. stable in colorado and georgia, 6:16 for you this morning. dropping in illinois, but the trending for you, be honest, how biggest spike yet saturday in many excuses do you make a day? texas.

so a vaccine could certainly >> the average american more help with that. we know it's under development. than 2,200 a year. several companies vying to be the first to come up with the top excuse on the list, something that works. there's one biotech company, being too tired, not having enough money, not enough time, maderna, getting a lot of attention today because early results are out on their vaccine inconvenient, too forgetful. trial and even in the small what? group they found that it actually works preventing the look, it's something i'm sure virus in some people and doesn't we've all used at least one of harm others so it may be those at some point in our lives. effective for some and safe for all. i try not. it's a small trial. >> not to count them. will try to scale it up. i'll keep tabs. laura? >> at least it sounds promising. tracie potts, live from harry styles is dropping a washington, thank you so much. new video for us. people have been waiting for their coronavirus stimulus >> a little treat. payments. they may soon be getting a debit card. the treasury department says take a look at this. about 4 million people may soon start receiving a visa card in the mail, the people who don't ♪ watermelon sugar high have direct deposit with the irs and would otherwise have watermelon sugar high ♪ received a check in the mail. about 10 million people are still waiting for those stimulus payments.

>> guess what that's called? contra costa county begins "watermelon sugar." the video was shot back in moving into phase two. january whe manufacturing can resume and offices can reopen. the singer says he doesn't like to explain what's behind every the counties you see in the green are already in phase two. today contra costa county in hit, just wants us to enjoy it. yellow will enter phase two and >> one thing for sure you don't santa clara county, the last bay forget the name of the song. he says it a lot. area holdout, will officially >> you could add one more begin phase two on friday. excuse. you don't have to explain it if south bay health leaders say you just say i don't have to explain it. hospitalizations and icu cases are trending downward. >> that's when you're a testing is ramping up and superstar. positive tests are down just 1%. they say that this is a positive thing moving forward. 6:19. >> let's get back to the >> we see whether there's an excuses, marcus. increase in activity and then hey, if the weather is not good, you can't exercise, so then when we see that we haven't seen you're pinning it on kari. >> this is true. that uptick and we've been able it's not an excuse. it's just reality. to do it safely we take the next >> she's like, mm-hmm. step and then watch again.

>> santa clara county does not have a face covering ordinance but everyone is asked to wear a >> we've seen some rain that may mask i be keeping some people in the east bay inside as we check out you are also strongly encourage what's happening right now on storm ranger. ed. karcar parades are back on. we've put our radar trust there. the county had a change of heart we're getting a very detailed two weeks after banning them, view of the downpours mike is but the county was officially now hearing outside of his forced to reverse that ban window. you can see from the wider view that not a lot of rain is because the governor's phase two happening this morning. we're still in this unsettled reopening plan allow karpa raids. weather pattern where we may see at times rain moving through parts of the bay area. it looks like our wet weather urging states to proceed with cautions before reallowing will continue for some but not all of us. visits into nursing homes. they want to have special as we look at this wide view we are seeing the rain, even some restrictions in place, new snow over the sierra and the guidance is recommending the chance more pop-up showers could people inside the nursing home and those treating them all test happen in the north bay today for this afternoon heading to inland east bay and parts of negative for at least 28 days. contra costa county, down to the solano county health leaders tri-valley. reportedly confirm a total of 11 expect a chance of a pop-up deaths at a vallejo nursing home shower or two for today. then activity starts to wind

since last month. down tonight and i think after "the chronicle" reports at least that we'll be pretty quiet here 130 people have been infected at as we get ready for high the windsor vallejo care center pressure to move in and our temperatures will be warming up. and about one-fourth of those infected have been some of the workers. we'll see high pressure building and some hot weather as we go into the end of the week into the weekend and, of course, this a mobile testing site is memorial day weekend so quite testing at city college of san often we get these little spikes francisco and a site in the in temperatures. bayview district. we're going to see that again oakland is also increasing its this year so that may mean a lot of people will want to head to testing. both cities try to reach people in vulnerable communities. the beach, but we do have to be san francisco supervisors mindful of all the rules and regulations there. are voting on a plan to help as we look at our temperatures people struggling to make it in over the next few days, we are looking pretty nice and mild for the bay at single room occupancy today and the next several days for the inland areas. hotels and ban evictions for we'll see those temperatures anyone unable to cover their ramping up to the upper 80s, rent. supervisors will also vote on a even up to 90 degrees in time plan to open up space for for memorial day. homeless to pitch their tents on so some hot weather is headed park property. our way. and, mike, we were saying you don't like that too much. >> i'm not a big fan of that. many of the agendas today for several city councils across the bay area. san jose councilmembers, in i'm a fan of the smoother

fact, are considering a wide range of new protections speeds. including giving renters until the radar activity over the east the end of the year to pay back bay you may have some slick owed rent. also, stopping evictions and roadways. do be careful. making it illegal for landlords many spots 680 and now 880 and to charge late fees during the 680. shelter at home order. 580 was the big slow drive out observing leaders are of the altamont. still there but the crash has considering extending the cleared of notice the other arrow over 84 shows a smoother moratorium. and in richmond the city council drive now, that burst clearing out of the area from sunol and will consider extending the rent payback period. today el cerrito out of livermore. the san mateo bridge and the steady flow of traffic. no problems there. councilmembers consider we are seeing good volume canceling raises. heading to the peninsula. two of the major unions agreed back to you. >> thank you, mike. to forego a 3% salary hike. getting back to business. the council will vote on coming up next on "today in the bay" we're going to take a look canceling raises for management and mandating 13 furlough days. at the southern california casinos that are opening and what could happen here in the bay area. but first, our team always new details on pay cuts on social media check out this coming to the uc system. photo of kris sanchez's daughter. she's been busy cooking and even cherry spitting. janet innapolitano says they wi find out more about that. take a 10% salary reduction and if you want to know more about

freezing salary for nonunion what's keeping -- how we're all keeping busy during this tough employees. new estimates indicate more than time be sure to follow us on some good news this morning. parking lots at california state social media. parks and beaches are starting we're on all the platforms. to reopen including parks in you can follow kris. it's 6:23 this morning. sonoma and santa cruz. you're watching "today in the bay." 27 parks and beaches have parking lots open. only half of those spaces are available. this is to keep the crowd levels down during the pandemic. when you have nice weather, a lot of people want to get out and explore. >> not too many people all at once. make sure we remain socially distanced. a look at our live view as we check out our morning sunrise z3vx9z z1s6z over the cupertino hills and the south bay, really nice. just a few clouds there in the background. our temperatures starting out in the low 60s by 10:00. and we'll stay in the upper 60s throughout much of today. mostly sunny sky and it's going to be a little bit cooler than

normal with 60s and 70s across the bay area. i'm still watching out for a slight chance of rain. more of that in the forecast in a few minutes. mike, have you seen anything new happening for the commute? y3vx9y y1s6y well, kari, the radar, talking about the activity, and i see that over free mon right when we have a report of a crash. we'll zoom in. talking about that in a second, a disabled vehicle. that's what chp says. i'm worried a little bit of rain, wet roadways. i do hear wet roadways and am in the city of fremont. the rest of the bay, out of the altamont, the second week for this pattern. 6:10. excuses, excuses. do you make them?

up next on "today in the bay," we're going to have a look at the number of excuses that the average american is said to make and the common ones they use day after day. >> i don't mo what you're talking about. reopening parts of new york entering a new phase today. a look inside texas gyms that are now allowing customers to work out. plus, might amazon buy jcpenney? legal history made in texas. let's take you to new york city and the futures. rock 'n' roll day yesterday on wall street. not so much today. ♪ harry styles releasing a video for a hit song. we'll show it to you next and 6:25. welcome back. developing for you now, federal why you may want some watermelon. atf investigators have joined an investigation into the massive fireball saturday at a los

angeles hash oil manufacturer. 12 firefighters became trapped in the fireball, four of them still in the hospital. all are expected to be okay. those agents are trying to reconstruct the scene and figure out the cause. a sixth region of new york is set to open today, this is in the western part of the state. new york city itself, though, remains closed for now with barricades ready to be put up at local beaches. in texas gyms across that state are being allowed to partially reopen gyms will not be able to open their lockers or showers. one of san diego county's largest casinos is open again. yesterday people stood six feet apart as they waited to get inside the casino and resort. the slots machines are limited and masks are required which

some found odd because smoking is still allowed. something good this morning. we introduced to you ben ramirez. he serves free coffee right out of the window of his home and today will appear on "the kelly clarkson show." >> pour-over coffee. it takes a few minutes so i have time to chat with people and sit in with them and see how their day is going. >> a nice, friendly face. you can see more at 3:00 this afternoon right here on nbc bay area. coming up next the top stories we're following for you on this tuesday morning including the latest city that may require to you wear a facemask. plus, the future of dining mrs. walker. outside. san jose considering allowing michael vasquez! restaurants to expand into the

come over here. streets. what that would look like coming up in a live report at 6:45. it's 6:28 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong public schools make a better california for all of us.

right now at 6:30, the markets are open. you can see right now the dow is down 70 points. they're expected to be flat this morning. this follows yesterday's huge bounce. the dow ended the day up more than 900 points. of course we'll keep watching how things shape up for you today. and now reopening continues here in the bay area.

i'm trapped. >> as quarantine fatigue takes root, another bay area county reopens for curbside pick yup a more. what's open for business today in contra costa county. and b.a.r.t.'s extension to the south bay is slowly rolling forward. next the big hurdles just cleared. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on that commute for you this morning. first, meteorologist kari hall with a look at a clearer forecast this morning. kari? we are starting out with some mostly quiet weather as we head over to concord and our temperatures in the mid-50s. we'll see some clouds to start and the mix of sun and clouds as our temperatures head into the upper 60s. i'm also tracking some isolated showers, even some heavy downpours in parts of the east

bay. we will have that chance as we go into the rest of the day. more on that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. this morning another bay area county will open. many more changes for about a million more people. phase two allows retail stores to provide things like curbside pickup. manufacturing can resume and some offices will be allowed to reopen. so entering the phase today contra costa county, this follows marin, san francisco, san mateo and alameda county who eased restrictions yesterday. on friday santa clara county will enter phase two. but let's talk more about what's happening today. sharon katsuda is live for us in concord with how businesses are gearing up for this change. sharon? >> reporter: marcus, this shopping area was a hot spot a couple months ago, but then much of the businesses had to close down. now it will be interesting to see how many stores reopen today. local businesses are getting ready for the change filling orders for curbside pickup.

with the phase two reopening retail stores can reopen for curbside pick yup or delivery, child care, limited manufacturing, car washes, pet grooming, landscaping, outdoor museums, open gallery spaces are all allowed to reopen. restaurant dining will also be allowed under strict rules and outdoor gatherings where participants stay in their vehicles such as church gatherings or gatherings for graduations will now be allowed. and for those vehicle gatherings you must have permission from the property owner to be a part of that gathering in the parking lot and only people from the same household should be in the vehicle. reporting live from concord i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> you've been everywhere for us. the last day for specialty's, the bay area bakery launched more than 30 years ago. the company says fallout from the pandemic decimated its business. specialty's started in

pleasanton, expanded to 55 stores in three states and made catering to local businesses a specialty. believe it or not when you're walking around outside in the public in san jose you're still not required to wear face coverings. but that all may change for you. santa clara county is not among the bay area counties that have approved mask requirements although it is strongly urged. san jose councilmembers today will vote on possibly requiring it within city limits. cupertino and milpitas have similar policies. after months of delays b.a.r.t.'s new berryessa station is finally set to reopen. i want to check in with "today in the bay's" bob redell. we don't know exactly when it will open. it seems this is a story we covered forever. >> reporter: it is and there have been a number of delays. we don't know yet but will know later this morning, laura, when the north san jose brand-new berryessa b.a.r.t. station will open. we believe it will be a matter

of days or weeks not months. later this morning the valley transportation authority, the vta, will sign off on a project safety and security certificate to indicate that all safety tests have been completed. that's the last milestone before b.a.r.t. passenger service can begin. when will that be? they will announce the opening date at the 10:00 a.m. signing ceremony. it could be a couple weeks because the cpuc, the california public utilities commission, has 14 days to sign off on that safety verification. it will be interesting to see how many people are even riding at that point given that ridership on b.a.r.t. is down 90% so far during this pandemic. berryessa and the brand-new milpitas b.a.r.t. stations are part of a phase one ten-mile extension into san jose. both stations were supposed to open in the summer of 2018 but there were delays. most recently issues with the trains not stopping exactly where they're supposed to on the platform. turns out that was a problem in the communications system

between the computers on the train and the sensors at the station. phase two will take b.a.r.t. through downtown san jose and into santa clara. that project still years away, still in the engnoerg aineering preconstruction phase. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. happening today lake berryessa will reopen another boat launch. the day use areas remain closed along with the visitors center. the lake reopens its rv camping at five separate sites. that comes as nice weather comes our way, kari. i know we're expecting nicer weather this weekend especially memorial day weekend coming up. it's going to be heating up over the next few days. this morning we're still sewing some scattered showers popping up over parts of the east bay. from the east foothills all the way up to fremont, sitting over the same spot here over the past little while. i'll be tracking the potential of some rain even as we go into

the rest of today as we still see the storm system around the bay area giving us some unsettled weather, even some snow over parts of the sierra. once this moves out, temperatures heat up. i'll have more on that in the forecast coming up. pike, you're keeping an eye on the commute. how is it looking? >> i am. i'm keeping an ear out. i do hear the rain you're talking about. fremont down to milpitas, we're looking at wet roadways on the maps. that's about it. that's no problem today. what you might have heard from scott mcgrew and his report about door dash kitchens, they talked about ghost kitchens where restaurants were able to share prep space, sell food through door dash. a push to an already growing delivery market. even more demand now, this is chuck e. cheese we're showing you listing in cupertino. this is listed on grub hub. i don't generally look for the mouse when i look for takeout

pizza. that's the problem when that's the only option. i might try a place called pasqually's pizza and wings. at the same address, though. food and wine magazine reports this alter ego for chuck e. cheese makes a higher end product intended to capture more of the delivery market. i haven't tasted it. i do have to say it's pretty cleav clever. sounds like they're trying to do something with a different market i marketing. >> what also might be new, dining outside for you. there is a plan in the south bay for leaders considering to help follow social distancing rules and make a profit. next a live report of what dining outside may look like for you. president trump has said a number of startling things in the last 24 hours. one could really cause him a lot of trouble. let's take you out to the big board. a huge spike yesterday. the dow was up better than 900

points. not so much today. a little money coming off the table. "today in the bay" will be right back.

6:41 a cloudy start in san jose. spotty rain for parts of the bay area. i'll be tracking this in the forecast and what's ahead coming up.

president trump says he is taking a daily dose of hydroxychloroquine. >> and that, scott mcgrew, caught a lot of people off guard. >> oh, it really did. he says he is taking it with his physician. hydroxychloroquine will not stop from you getting covid-19, and a va study, and, remember, that's the government, found it was associated with more deaths in people who had covid-19. this is up to the president and his dabbing tore and a private choice. he says he's been taking one pill a day for about a week and a half. the big story is mike pompeo. the president told us he fired the state department inspector general at the request of secretary of state mike pompeo. the inspector general was investigating pompeo at the

time. you have the person investigated asking the person investigating him be fired and the president did. congress has some limited power to put a stop to this and some republicans are saying hold on a minute. the president says he didn't know why he was being asked to fire the inspector general but he did. >> that i can't tell you. i don't think so. i think maybe he thinks he's being treated unfairly. again, he wanted to -- he asked me if that would be possible. i said i'll do that, sure. i think it should have been done a long time ago. this is a man who has had some controversy, this inspector general. >> this is the fourth time the president has fired an inspector general. inspector generals are watchdogs over government spending and government behavior. we don't know what pompeo was being investigated for.

"the wall street journal," though, reports it may have been over an arms deal between the u.s. and the saudis fighting in yemen. the u.s. congress forbids the president from selling weapons but found a way around it by declaring an emergency. obviously the story continues to develop but, again, the president confirming he fired the inspector general at the request of mike pompeo. we'll be tracking that and we'll be tracking senate hearings just about to get under way. we will talk about it on twitter. you can find me ther there @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. in the south bay the city of san jose is looking for ways to help its businesses be social dist dist dist distant. kris? >> reporter: hi there, marcus. the next time we dine out we might actually be dining outside

in areas like this one, a parklet in downtown san jose, willow glen, i should say, expanded into the parking lane and has a little bit of a barrier to protect people from the traffic. this is the same kind of idea that could apply to downtown san jose and anywhere that the city can identify as areas that would be safe for al fresco dining, even outdoor exercise. the goal is to help ease the pain for restaurants which could lose up to half their seating indoors. the public health department has to sign off but already this has support from city business organizations and from restaurant owners like jorge sanchez. >> that's what we need from our city government. we need them to help us get the ball rolling. >> reporter: san mateo is also considering more outdoor seating on sidewalks and in parklets like this one, closing two streets to allow restaurants to serve customers outside.

berkeley is voting on june 2nd. regardless of what our local governments decide here in the bay area, restaurants will have to have the federal government's permission to serve alcohol outside of their bars and restaurants. now the san jose city council is expected to take a vote at 1:30 this afternoon. the conversation is already going on facebook and on twitter. i asked what do you think about having more outside seating. is it good for restaurants? would you feel comfortable going? let us know and join the conversation online. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." thank you very much, kris. as you heard there, there is a lot going on in the city of san jose right now. leaders are also working to address a $72 million budget shortfall. what cuts can they make and where? also that al fresco dining proposal. joining me is mayor sam liccardo to address the issues. thank you for getting up early this morning with us. >> good morning.

good to be with you. >> always good to have you. we don't have a lot of time so let's first get to the $72 million -- recently you had to furlough some san jose workers there. you have cuts going on. tell us the state of the city right now. >> a lot of cities are going through tough times. san jose is no different. during the good times we really saved as much money as possible to prepare for a downturn and we're using a lot of those reserves now to deal with this very challenging moment. obviously some services are being cut, particularly a lot of summertime services we might have had that frankly would be prohibited under public health orders, things like having the public pools open for kids, summer camps, those kinds of programs that we cannot operate anyway. so we'll save some of those dollars and use those to help keep the wheels on as we get through the tough time.

>> so things like that can help you get through. i know three city councilmembers just penned a memo that says some of these cuts can be avoided even further because you have an investment portfolio with the city worth about $2 billion. in a sense it would be like an individual borrowing from their own 401(k). is that something that you would consider, borrowing from some of those investment reserves? >> i think some of the experts will be talking about that today. there are a few fundamental challenges. in many cases i it would force the bond ratings of the city to plummet. and basic challenges we're borrowing from funds, for example, the utility funds people pay into that we then use that money to pay for electricity contracts. if we don't have those dollars then obviously we have a city without electricity.

so the bottom line is borrowing is a great idea if you're confident you're going to have the money to be able to pay off the obligation. the idea -- >> exactly, to pay the debt back. >> simply hoping things will get better next year not a great financial strategy. >> exactly. we need to talk about masks, the possibility of that, and this al fresco dining proposal, businesses and bars want to get >> yeah, they do, and i would love to get them up and running. it will all depend on the public health orders that come from the county obviously to enable us to get started. we need to get further along in this phase two as the governor described it and so what we want to do at the city is get out of the way. we want to make sure they can have whatever permits they need to use public space whether it's on the sidewalks, the parking lot or out on the street in cases we would be closing lanes of traffic, to be able to move more commerce outside, not just

restaurants but yoga studios who want to have classes or folks who want to engage in outdoor commerce. we know it will be essential for a lot of businesses. that are not going to be able to bring many inside. >> so many things to deal with. we thank you again, mayor liccardo, for joining us this morning. 6:50 for you that morning. and just the possibility of baseball in the bay area again even without people in the stands is really getting fans excited. governor newsom is suggesting it may be possible for sports to return next month. of course to actually see baseball again at oracle park a lot still has to happen. major league baseball first has to work out a deal with the players union if there's any hope of saving the season. details onboth sides are nowhere when your favorite gemini vegetarian will return to the big screen, just announced as one of the screenwriters of

"legally blonde 3." so we're telling you this tar in advance so you have time to practice your -- >> so you bend and snap. >> bending and snapping. get it ready. that's right. get ready to bend and snap. there's no word yet on the release date, but did confirm the film is in the works back in 2018. should be a lot of fun for a lot of people. the forecast may be fun for a lot ofinching closer to sunny days, kari. >> we'll get there. we're still tracking some spotty showers and even heavy downpours sitting right over fremont, over to milpitas and creeping into parts of north san jose. as we get a closer look with our storm ranger, we have it parked on san bruno mountain and scanning with the high level detail of where exactly that

rain is falling. as we get a look at where we see the reds indicates heavier rain. elsewhere some lighter showers, just outside of those areas, but we're also going to see an active weather pattern today for some of us as the storm system remains across the region and brings up some of those pop-up showers. now we are seeing a lot of clouds as we look at what's happening in the south bay but then check out san francisco where it is all clear, not a cloud to be seen anywhere. so with that rain close by san jose i'll be watching out for that as it could possibly move a little bit closer for the morning but we are going to see a chance of those showers for now over the next 24 hours but then rain chances start to go down. so as we go hour by hour the best chance of rain in the north bay, inland east bay, and to the tri-valley. elsewhere it does look pretty dry as the storm system and that area of low pressure starts to slide down the coast and away from the bay area. then as we go into the rest of the forecast we're looking at drier weather and also temperatures that will be

warming up over the next few days. we're looking at high pressure that will be building as we head to the memorial day weekend and that's going to make it hot for the bay area. so we're going from some mild weather with basically some highs in the 70s to highs in the upper 80s and low 90s going into the next several days. marcus? >> thanks, kari. happening now for you, yellow stone national park is open for the first time since shutting down nearly two months ago. however, old faithful along with hotels and campgrounds are still closed. admission is free. yellow stone officials say people should protect themselves by skipping areas that are too crowded and keep social distancing. coming up next on "today in the bay," we'll have a look at our top stories including protecting renters. key measures across bay area next, where shops will be

opening for curbside pickup. a lot more news ahead. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. 6:56. >> a look at the top stories we're following this morning. >> a live look for you in concord this morning at contra costa county entering the first phase of reopening. seven other bay area counties veea moved into phase two. santa clara county the last bay area holdout will officially begin phase two friday. protecting renters will be at the top of the agenda for several cities. san jose councilmembers are considering a wide range of new protections including giving renters until the end of the year to pay back owed rent. also stopping evictions and

making it illegal for landlords to charge late fees during the shelter at home order. oakland leaders are considering extending the current moratorium for residential and commercial properties. and in richmond the city council will consider extending the rent payback period. governor newsom's proposal to spend another $3 billion on pandemic related items is raising red flags for state lawmakers. this week legislators are debating the governor's request. budget analysis raised major concerns. it comes in the wake of the state's recently announced $54 billion budget deficit. critics point out lawmakers have already given the governor $1 billion to spend for the crisis. expecting a surge in patients that never materialized. pg&e says wildfire victims are supporting a large fund that's being set up as part of its bankruptcy payment plan. victims last week actually voted on this fund. it would allocate more than $13 billion to cover losses tied to

a series of wildfires blamed on pg&e equipment. while not providing specific numbers utility says the plan won overwhelmingly a lot of support from victims. attorneys will present the results to the bankruptcy judge on friday. here we go on this good morning for us. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that forecast for us. you say there are still some showers sprinkling around the bay area in some parts? >> yeah, we've seen that around union city and down to milpitas. i've been watching the rain. as soon as this show ends i will hop on to facebook so follow me. i'm @karihallweather. i'll be tracking the rain and what's ahead. how is it looking for the commute, mike? >> a live look at oakland, traffic coming toward us southbound 880 around 66. you see slowing and see on the shoulder and the slow lane activity. it sounds like a motorcycle went down. reports of a fire but i don't

see one. no major injuries. that is slowing down to the coliseum. meanwhile over at the bay bridge toll plaza no backup. yesterday it was because of a crash in the san francisco area. no such thing today. there's no backup at the toll plaza getting into sf. all right, thank you very much. and thank you for joining us as well. the "today" show is up next. >> we want to leave you with a live lock at b.a.r.t. -- no, this is the golden gate bridge to get us started with this day starting out beautiful. here we go. getting through this week. thanks so much for joining us this morning. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning at 4:30. ♪ good morning white house surprise >> i take it. >> president trump reveals he is on a daily dose of an unproven drug to protect against the coronavirus. his rationale --

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