reprioritizing the rollout. a possible big switch brewing in california with millions of essential workers awaiting covid vaccine. could it change your place in line? our radar lit up as rain moves across the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is timing out the forecast, and whether you can get your friday workout in outside. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington and kari, just to be safe, i will skip today's workout. >> me, too. >> okay, well, you know what? we're doing what we can and it's going to be much cooler today so if you are working out outside, you might need to run just a little bit faster to stay warm and also to outrun some of this rain that's moving in. we'll see some of these scattered showers moving in, already seeing some of that rain now, so the pavement may be wet as you're driving to work or headed out later today.

we're going to see these off own an showers, possibly some thunderstorms with this later today. we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes but mike, i know that commute is going to be a little bit more challenging for some, i should say. >> yes, kari, exactly. while maybe you're trying to outrun that on your work outrun don't do that in the car. use the windshield wipers. the san mateo bridge shows all the rain hitting it just like kari's radar showed. traffic and weather tied together, why you see on our maps as well. the green highlighting where the rain is most significant across 92 to the east bay but hitting the south bay as well. it hit the north bay earlier so looking at wet roadways and toll plazas, bay bridge, richmond bridge cameras showing that. the map shows it's around the carquinez bridge and benicia bridge as well. >> thanks. president joe biden's first 100 days now the main focus in washington. >> pandemic related job losses are front and center.

this week's first time jobless claims hit nearly 1 million. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in washington with the steps the president is taking today to help those struggling the most. tracie? >> laura and scott, people who have lost jobs, people who have run out of unemployment may want to pay attention to these latest actions happening today. it's sort of part two of this national strategy to deal with covid. yesterday we heard about how the bida how they plan to help people who are struggling financially. >> a nation waiting for action, let me be -- >> reporter: president biden offering hope. >> help is on wait. >> reporter: and a warning. >> we're still in a dark winter of this pandemic. it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: he's predicting half a million covid deaths by next month. rolling out two new orders today to provide economic relief, one expands food stamps and other

government assistance, including direct payments to the neediest americans. it pauses debt payments for veterans and underscores the right to turn down jobs that put a person's health at risk. the second order establishes a $15 minimum wage for federal workers. the white house says he's eager to work with republicans. >> they're looking for engagement. they're looking to have a conversation. they're looking to have a dialogue and that's exactly what he's going to do. >> reporter: but republicans question the president's priorities. >> the president can and should refocus his administration on creating good paying american jobs. >> reporter: and the price tag. >> we have to get serious about how we're spending taxpayer dollars. we already have more than $27 trillion in federal iden wants millions vaccinated quickly. >> getting 100 million people vaccinated in the first 100 days is quite a reasonable goal. >> reporter: but at least a dozen states say they don't have enough vaccine.

meantime here on capitol hill, today we're expecting at least three votes on cabinet nominees of president biden, secretaries of state, treasury and defense, and if retired general lloyd austin is confirmed, he'd be the first black americano t hold that position at the pentagon. >> tracie, i have to phrase this the right there, first time saying this, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell pledging to push back the start of trump's impeachment trial. >> he wants to push it back to february, maybe even mid-february to givehe president a couple of weeks to get his defense together. we know that's already hired a lawyer out of south carolina to help with that defense and you're right. now that the senate is split 50/50 with vice president kamala harris as the tie-breaking vote for the democrats, mitch mcconnell's title has changed. is he now the leader of the minority in the senate.

>> changes in washington lots of them. thanks for keeping us up to date, tracie. well, happening now, the search is still on for a d.c. capitol pipe bomb suspect. federal authorities now offering $75,000 for anyone leaded to information of an arrest, the man is suspected of placing two pipe bombs in d.c. the day of the riot outside the dnc and rnc headquarters. neither bomb exploded but investigators say each could have caused great process of le. 15,000 troops will be sent homen in the next ten days. about 7,000 will remain until the end of the month. last night some national guard members were told to sleep in the nearby parking garage. troops were quickly brought back to the capitol after angry lawmakers found out. california covid cases headed into the weekend already topping 3 million. the state added nearly 20,000

additional yesterday, along with 570 deaths. more than 35,000 peoplessential workers may soon be eliminated in california's vaccine rollout. state advisers are debating changing it to an age-based approach focused on people 65 and older. that means people who think they are next in line, talking grocem workers may be waiting more months. but the state epidemiologist says it would help those who now make up the majority of hospitalizations and deaths. >> this is what we're struggling with, this small amount of vaccine, trying to look at who is again filling our hospitals, who is the next, who is dying and what can we prevent as soon as possible. >> health officials are dealing with a lack of vaccines that we just did not anticipate. this does not have full committee support at this point. at the current rollout rate, everyone 65 and older may not be

vaccinated well before may. solano county like the rest of the bay area trying to contain the pandemic. happening today, health leaders are holding a virtual town hall on the vaccine rollout starts at 3:30 on the facebook page. contra costa county is showing off a new vaccine dashboard, ho the percentage the county vaccinated. leaders will update the vaccine rollout at 10:00 a.m. in a virtual zoom event. a peninsula yoga studio closed this morning due to covid violations. pacifica beach yoga repeatedly ignored safety measures, including holding maskless indoor classes. the owner is facing thousands of dollars in fines. yesterday a judge approved a temporary restraining order. another hearing is scheduled for next month. eviction is not the only big concern for people struggling to make it in the bay. many are increasingly concerned about growing rent debt. in some cases, nationally

eviction fear eviction rates may double in the next few months. a recent ucla study finds 365,000 loces say the only way out is to forgive the debt, the past rent and allow renters to start fresh using federal funds. >> we need to cancel the debt of rent and mortgage and that can only come on a federal level. >> governor newsom recently signed a bill of banning evictions in californi for the next five months, butnly o if the renters pay 25% of their rent. firefighters wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of smoke and maybe even the occasional small fire over the coming months. in the czu fire burn scar area. earlier this week, you'll recall a string of fires started in the santa cruz mountains briefly forcing some new evacuations. firefighters are still keeping their eyes on the hot spots out

there. geologists are calling yesterday's small 3.1 quake near concord a normal aftershock. those would be seismologists. it happened around 5:00. it follows a 3.6 in the area last week. 5:08 right now. let's take a peek outside, this time in fremont and the bay bridge. look at that, rainy camera lens there. as that rain is already set to move in to some of the bay area, meteorologist kari hall really timing it all out for us. will we all see some rain no matter where we are in the bay, kari? >> yes, i think at some point today you will. it's being to be off and on. not everyone seeing it all at the same time but we're already getting this first wave of some light rain moving through right now. moving into parts of the east bay and also the peninsula, and it's approaching san jose, with some light showers moving over toward the foothills. we're going to see the showers once again off and on, as we take a look in dublin. some light rain as commuters head to work on 580.

tell be a break between 8:00 to 9:00 and heavier rain moving in late morning into the afternoon. i'll have more of a time line and what to expect this to make windshield wipers are working. >> definitely, kari. we showed that live picture of the bay bridge with the water all over the lens there, looking at the maps, the green highlighting at the bay bridge, golden gate bridge, carquinez bridge and benicia bridges all show you that, that will be slicker conditions. wet roadways out there. the carquinez bridge getting into the north bay some sort of traffic control called over there near the toll plaza. no slowing and no other reports, i'll track that and let you know if there's anything else that i hear about. meanwhile we see the green highlighting along the peninsula and east bay. light rain maybe reaches the south bay and the live camera in san jose sees that on the lens here, this is 101 just north of 680/280. laura? >> all right, thanks so much, mike. 5:10 right now. you know, this the countdown is on to the olympics. we're now just six months away.

still ahead at 5:25, the reason one u.s. national team calls last year's postponement a blessing in disguise. and a major food company delivering g the bond. >> you a oo? >> two years. >> yes, plus hollywood on hold. the latest major movie releases now being pushed back even further. 5:11. you're watching "today in the bay." >> i thought you two would get along.

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good friday morning. time now for the tahoe report. if you're going to the sierra, we're going to see some light snow this weekend. squaw valley and pine meadows have about 91 trails and 27 runs open today, and it's going to be a nice day for skiing tomorrow, but more snow coming down on sunday. we could see the potential of up to four feet of snow over the next week in the sierra. that is great news. we'll talk. how much rain the bay area will see coming up. >> pane kari, someone used the windshield wipers speaking of rain at the toll plaza camera. the open cam over the last couple of minutes turned blurry. the roadway will be wet. you'll need windshield wipers in good condition. folks should check them before they leave the house. back to you. >> i guess.

checking business and tech headlines, you may have seen dr. fauci yesterday saying it may be fall before we begin to get back to normal. that's hard to talk about in january, whether or not we're going to have halloween, but you're seeing some of that on the markets this morning, as businesses fear more shutdowns or at least slowdowns. parler has still basically nonexistent online this morning. yesterday a federal judge sided with amazon after the web hosting company picked parler off its servers. parler sued, parler would not take downhe posts that threaten public siege and amazon was well within its rights to refuse service. an attorney for parler says since then at least six companies have refused to host their site. instacart cutting nearly 2,000 jobs insiders claim that includes ten employees who recently formed a union which the company is denying. the company says grocers are

increasingly using instacart's platform to receive on their ow morning, the new james bond film "no time to die" has a bit more time until it hits theaters. the pandemic yet again causing the film to be pushed back, this time from easter to october 8th. many other blockbusters delayed including the new "cinderella" movie and "ghost busters: afterlife" and "uncharted" basted on the playstation game. also trending everyone is talking about the nation's newest style icon who set things on fire during the inauguration. >> you saw it, bernie sanders getting lots of attention for his inauguration look, the buzz centering on his jacket and mittens casual there. the senator is new snapchat fil you put sanders anywhere you

want, on google and in a chair outside your house if you wish. >> yeah, i was hang fun. also now some mystery surrounding a performance at president biden's inauguration. bon jovi singing "here comes the sun." the announcer claimed it was performed from miami, but viewers noticed the pier not located in miami. we've now learned it was filmed at a beach 20 miles away and a person who watched the recording said it was not sunny the day of films so many think the sun itself was photo shopped and the mystery deepens. president biden already making himself at home in the white house, that means out with the old, in with the if you. first thing to reportedly go was donald trump's diet coke button. hehis to have diet cokes delivered on demand, what it became called over the last four years. apparently the button predates trump but when you press the

button, depends what happens, what you want. president biden just removed it from the desk all together. >> wow. a push of a button and whatever you want on demand. what would you guys order? >> kari has one, too. look, oh, look, look, look, there it is. diet coke and a coffee. i'll take the coffee right now. >> i have coffee in the morning and probably some wine at night. let me tell you that. ha, ha, ha. >> oh, i have two buttons. >> let's check in with kari this morning. >> all right. yeah, we're starting out this morning with some rain and we are so excited at least i'm excited to see it. it's friday. we know we need this rain, and so we got two things we need, the weekend and some rain coming our way. and so we're going to see the scattered showers moving in, light rain, as you get ready to head out in parts of the east bay. it's kind of easing up on the peninsula. as you head down toward san

mateo as well as down to san jose, we're seeing some of the showers moving on through. it's going to believe off and on so we'll take a break for ap unr of the storm starts to roll in. we could see it to the north, pushing through and giving more energy to the rain that could also help produce some thunderstorms. through the time line i'll stop it here by 8:00 when a few more people are up and out the door and we could see a few isolated thunderstorms especially along the coast, but not everyone seeing all of the rain at the same time. then as we go through about 10:00/11:00 into noon, we're going to see some of those downpours getting heavier in spots, once again off and on hours showers but at some point today we're all going to see some rain, maybe heavy and also a few isolated cells could pop out some light small hail. as we look at the rainfall totals, though, not a whole lot here. this system rolls through, brings down that colder air.

over the next several days the potential of one to two inches of rain in some spots. this is one of those significant rainfalls that we as it comes in several waves, but it's going to be much cooler today compared to the weather we've had. only reaching into the 50s. then some 40s in the forecast by next week, as that rain continues off and on and some very cold morning temperatures. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, heading out the door, we need the umbrellas, the windshield wipers and the coats. >> that's right, and the focus. you have to focus on the roadway and also the discipline to lower your speeds, kari, not yours, but i mean folks out there. look at the san mateo bridge shot. you see the rain really hitting the pavement. it will be slick out there. gusty winds sometimes across the bay bridge earlier. looks like things have calmed down but that is the condition out there. as we look at the map, the green highlighting there across the 92, mid screen there, as well as along the peninsula and east bay, they're all going to mean wet roadways.

the note for the carquinez bridge, the activity there, it's not a chp activity. for some reason they called it an electrician for something going on and chp got notified. well, you don't have to worry. back to you. >> interesting. >> sounds good, thanks, mike. 5:20 right now. possible game changer in the fight against covid-19. next on "today in the bay," the new device you can wear. its creators say it tells if you've beenexposed. plus "nbc bay area responds." >> a couple of our viewers are sliding into the weekend with a couple extra hundred dollars in their wall hes. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. but fir, our team is always on social media. check out this photo of the moon. scott budman shared on twitter. moon with a little rainbow halo and to the right, mars. be sure to follow nbc bay area on facebook, twitter and instagram. we'll be right back.

welcome back. lori loughlin's husband wants to spend the rest of his five-month center in their $5 million mansion. he and loughlin pleaded guilty to paying $500,000 to get their daughters into usc. giannulli's lawyer says the measure is to protect him from covid in prison have left him in

isolation. happening today, dr. talk a. panelists will include several faith leader from the african-american community in baltimore. fauci will also discuss equitable vaccine distribution. it will happen at the u.s. conference of mayors winter meeting. a possible game changer in the fight against covid-19, a sticker that's warn on your mask. researchers at u.s. san diego say it collects droplets while you wear it. at the end of the day you click a blister pack and if it changes color, that means that you might have been exposed to covid. i don't know if that would be helpful or freak me out constantly. it is friday. that means our "responds" team is doling out the dollars. >> consumer investigator chris chmura here with some complaints we helped resolve for viewers like you. >> let's start with martha in pleasanton. she's one of many people who

asked for help with an unresponsive travel agent. she wasn't getting anywhere getting a refund herself but we helped her get back $1,485. now let's talk about donald kessey in san jose. called a department store to fix his oven. they charged him for a part the tech didn't use and donald told us, he made nine calls over seven months and sent one letter, got zero response. our team contacted the corporate office of that store and it responded with a $456 refund for donald. 2021 is barely out of the gate but we've already saved our viewers $14,227. perhaps we can help you, too. go to nbcbayarea.com, then click the "responds" option from the main menu or give us a call 888-996-tips. tokyo marking six months until the start of the summer

olympics with little fanfare. it's hard to build things up when right now the nation is in the depths of this covid crisis. the massive undertaking of olympic games is now leaving many people in doubt. >> olympic and government leaders insist it is all systems go even if the games have to be played without fans. the postponement of the 2020 olympics changed so many of the lives of the olympic hopefuls. a group of trainers in the bay area say it there was actually one benefit to it all. the u.s. national artistic swimming team, used to be called synchronized swimming practice swimming at a high school in moraga. the pandemic and wildfires forced them to train over zoom in backyard pools, even in living rooms, but they say all this adversity has better prepared them for the world stage. >> i really think it's the way to get stronger faster. when you have the mentality of nothing will stop me, i don't care what it is, no? >> coming up at 5:00 on nbc bay area, hear from a member of

the team from the bay area who was able to pursue her olympic dream only because of the pandemic. next as covid continues to spread, east bay law enforcement officers souing. plus, growing concerns surrounding the already problem-plagued edd, and talk of possible new bogus claims.

we want to test the operations and make sure we have the sites in place and can be scaled up. >> right now at 5:30, ready to roll. the mass vaccination site hours away from opening in the bay area. how it could play a key role in president bide. 's pandemic strategy. years later the heartbreak will never fade for families killed in the ghost ship warehouse fire. the plea deal expected for the man at the heart of the criminal case. a live look outside on the bay bridge where the roads are soggy. spotty showers moving across the bay area. meteorologist kari hall tracking how long this wet weather willinger this weekend as "today in the bay" continues right now. good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. kari, first of all, we need the rain, can't complain but secondly what a long string of beautiful, beautiful days it

was. >> absolutely. and hopefully you had a chance to get out yesterday, enjoy the dry weather and the warm temperatures. now the rain is here mentioned, we do need it, so as east bay, we are going t umbrel also the jackets. it's going to be much cooler today. we can see where the rain is now moving down the peninsula, into the south bay, and there's going to be a lot more where that came from so we'll get a look at the forecast ahead for the weekend coming up. mike how it is it looking for the commute around the bay area? >> we're looking at where the rain came through. oakland where we had the lens wet, the roadway wet, slicker continues, it's just the warning for folks driving out there. as we look at the map where the highlighted green is, where it's even wetter than what we just looked at. be careful both sides of the bay as kari is talking about. this may have played a factor, a couple of single car crashes, 24 and i-80, both on the shoulder, back to you. a car sliding a big step today in getting

as many people vaccinated as possible in the bay area. san francisco poised to open a brand new mass center. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live in san francisco. cierra, this may be the first step in a lot of similar openings. >> reporter: good morning, scott. yes, this week alone we've learned of several cities plans to open their mass vaccination sites, but the one right here at city college behind me, you can see the white tents, this is one of the first and it's slated to open in a matter of hours at 8:00. now this site is drive-through only. it's similar to some of those other covid testing sites we've seen, but because of the nature of that vaccine and its sensibility to temperature, each vaccine is given by appointment only. now this site is fully booked but the department of health explaining 500 people made appointments through ucsf and dignity health. the health care chains are also providing the vaccines. there are plans to open two additional sites but that will

not occur until more vaccines arrive. >> we want to test the operations and make sure that we have these sites in place and can be scaled up. but because vaccines are in short supply, we can't open up. >> reporter: alameda county updated its residents when they could see vaccines available in their community with a virtual town hall. officials there is a mass vaccination sites won't be up and running until about mid-february, with oakland coliseum as one of those likely locations. so back out here live, it's really important if you do qualify to make that appointment, you need to get here on time, because they need to thaw out the vaccinations. a lot of the sites will not have a freezer on site so it's crucial you both qualify for the vaccine and arrive on time when you do make that appointment. we're live at city college,see yes cierra johnson for "today in

the bay." >> how many people have been vaccinated in the bay area? three counties are detailing how many doses they've administered. in san francisco about 31,000 given. santa clara county nearly 100,000. contra costa county nearly 65,000. >> contra costa county is even giving us more detailed look as well. 54,000 people received one of the two doses of the vaccine. 10,000 people have received both doses, and that means they are fully vaccinated. it may seem like a decent start but it's only 1.2% of the entire county population. as we just struggle to get the vaccines out nationwide, you may be surprised to hear many police officers have not been vaccinated. law enforcement officers in the east bay worry they could be exposed to the virus at any time. alameda county sheriff's deputies say their members are

rate and worried about their health and exposing people they're sworn to protect and serve. >> we're spending every day on the streets of oakland, on the streets across the county, protecting our community and there's no sign of us getting the covid vaccine. >> on a day-to-day basis, usually short 20 to 40 people, currently sick at home under mandated quarantine because they had direct exposure to the virus and not allowed to come to work. >> not only a problem in oakland. san francisco put out an urgent letter expressing the exact same concerns. out of 1,500 officers, 148 have tested positive. two have been hospitalized, close to 200 filed covid-19 workers los angeles, where more than one-fourth of the county's 14,000-plus covid deaths have occurred since new year's day. health leaders reveal new data, saying deaths among those hospitalized for covid doubled

in recent months. "l.a. times" reports it was one in eight last fall and since november it's been one in four. experts point out the difference may actually be due to overcrowded hospitals, where only the sickest patients are now being admitted. for updates on the pandemic, including cases and the vaccine rollout and the changes that are happening, just head to nbcbayarea.com. other news, derek almena the tenant of the ghost ship warehouse will be sentenced in connection to the fire that killed 36 people in 2016. he's expected to plead guilty to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. the deal would avoid a second trial after jurors could not reach a verdict the first time. the "east bay times" reports nine-year sentence. not clear how much time additional because he's already been in jail for so long.

oakland police investigating a series of multiple shootings in the new year, the latest along apricot street rast night. one person was hurt. no word on their condition or any arrests. this comes following a sharp rise in violent crime. right now investigators are looking into 11 people killed in 2021. compare that to one at the same time last year. city says it's continuing to redirect resources to areas impacted by violence. police also plan to meet with the city's mayor to work on strategies aimed at reducing gun violence. let's take you out live to the golden gate bridge, and the san mateo bridge there as well. you can see the radar, but boy, you can also see those cameras with water on the lens, rain moving across parts of the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is going to time it out for us. kari? >> yes, we're starting out with some light rain, now moving into the east bay, down the peninsula and into the south bay. as we track t we are seeing the initial wave of light rain coming in but it will get

heavier today once the next round of rain arrives. we may see a few thunderstorms as we go through the time line, a couple of isolated storms popping up along the coastline, at about 8:30 and as we go later into the morning, we'll see a li the nbc bay area app so that you can get a as the rain and possibly storms approach your location. mike, getting out the door heading to work. how is it looking for the commute? >> kari, over my shoulder, folks could see some of the blurry shots we have, water on the lens, specifically that san mateo bridge we showed earlier. i want to show it again because you'll notice not just water on the lens but the refraction of those lights. there's some kind of crew there trying to address some has are in the middle, maybe some debris. looks like traffic on the span is just fine and the sensors show coming off the toll plaza you are fine for 92. look at the green highlighting on either side of both the san mateo, the dumbarton bridges, south bay and all over the east bay. that's wet roadways, slicker conditions. do use caution out there. back to you, laura.

>> always good advice, mike, thanks. 5:39, security coming at a cost. next on "today in the bay," the bill taxpayers are now footing for a show of force at the state capitol surrounding inauguration day. six months until the 2020 tokyo olympic games. the athlete from here in the east bay who will be going for her third olympic gold. plus, jackpot fever picking up ahead of tonight's mega week's powerball winner. but first, nbc bay area and telemundo 48 are teaming up to make a positive impact on our community through project innovation. a grant challenge powered by comcast nbc universal foundation. project innovation recognizes and awards $315,000 in grants to local nonprofits. learn more about the program and submit your application at

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good morning. check egg out squaw valley and alpine me dose, some scatter the snow showers today, a break from the snow tomorrow with more coming in on sunday. it's going to be great to see all of that snow falling in the sierra. we'll talk about how much rain is headed our way for the bay area coming up in a few minutes.

also time for the peninsula report. scattered light showers along pretty much all the bay area roadways, reflecting the blurry view of 101. traffic flow is not the problem. traffic conditions ones to watch this morning, scott, back to you. new fallout from the capitol hill chaos. the senate ethics committee will investigate senators ted cruz and josh hawley. they led objections to president biden's victory even though it was abundantly clear it would fail and the evidence against them. yesterday seven democratic senators sent a letter to the committee to launch that probe in their words to "fully understands senators roles and whether there was misconduct." those senators have not yet commented. some details this morning on the cost to protect the state capitol in the days between the d.c. insurrection and the inauguration. the totals this morning approaching $20 million. the high security in sacramento

worked, they encountered one dump protester during inauguration. as all new strains of covid pop up all over the world, uc irvine scientists are creating a vaccine that would attack all strains of covid-19 including ones that haven't emerged yet. according to dr. fauci, some new strains are indicating the vaccines we have may not be as effective. uc irvine scientists want the new vaccine to be transmitted with a patch similar to a nicotine patch. clinical trials will start early next year. southern california port leaders are pleading with health leaders to vaccinate dockworkers. port executives say cargo is coming in at the l.a. and long

beach ports and they're trying to prevent a slowdown from everything coming in. from the start of the pandemic to now, nearly 700 dockworkers have gotten covid-19. california's latest surge in jobless claims raising concerns about a new effort to bilk the system. the state is already investigat to be massive fraud tied to pandemic related jobless benefits. some estimates this week have grown to perhaps $9 billion plus paid to bogus claims. the state this week reported a surge of 77,000 contractor related claims, nearly one-fourth the total of such claims nationally. some call the spike suspicious, the edd says it expected an increase after congress extended benefits in december. covid protocols wiping out another bay area sporting event. stanford's men's basketball team was supposed to play at usc last night in santa cruz. that never took place due to contact tracing within the usc program. right now, no makeup date scheduled. ix s months from today we believe the summer olympic games will begin in tokyo.

we only say that because japan's recent covid surge is raging new doubts. ioc leaders insist the games will go on. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in danville, home to one of the best water polo players in the world, and bob, maggie steffens preparing for these games a second time. >> reporter: correct, good morning to you. maggie played water polo at go for her third gold medal last summer before tokyo postponed the 2020 olympic games. it was a punch in a gut for a the of athletes who worked so hard but as maggie sees it, when you're training for the olympics, you are already training for adveradversity, be able to deal with hardships surrounding the pandemic is what being an athlete is all about. >> we always want to control what we can control but

sometimes that gets smaller and smaller and smaller. >> reporter: with six months until the tokyo games, maggie steffens and her water polo teammates have only recently been aloud back in the pool. for six months, training on dry land no, chlorine. >> i think it's made us appreciate the training that we have even more and almost like we've been given this extra opportunity to improve. >> reporr:te steffenleds hadder o gold in the 2012 and 2016 games. she's confident she can bring home a third gold in what she believes to be the most important olympics ever. >> there's almost this greater power to this olympics. there's this idea of we now have an opportunity to portray our resilience and our inspiration, not just as a team, or not just as a country but an entire

world. >> reporter: moggie comes from a family of water polo stars. older sister jessica helped team usa win the silver in beijing. father top for cal in the 1970s. >> all the more pressure and excitement about going to the olympics on maggie for sure. >> she's got it in her blood. very nice. good luck. 5:49 right now. we've been talking about the jackpot frenzy with lotto. it's grown once again in morning ahead of tonight's mega millions drawing. right now the top prize just under $1 bird largestlotto hist. its longest stretch mega millions has gone without a winner. you've got a one in 302 million shot of becoming very rich tonight. so good luck to you. meanwhile the mystery growing this morning over who

won wednesday's powerball jackpot. one small town in marand called laniconing, someone is holding a winning ticket another $731 million. they may never find out who that is. the mayor of the town says the ticket belongs to a local couple, but they want to remain anonymous, and maryland rules allow for that to happen. i wonder if these multistate lottos if you win it, say i get a california ticket and i win it but california requires me to say i won it, could i fly to maryland and turn it in there? if somebody knows, tweet me. i got a 1 in 302 million chance of needing to know. >> yeah, why don't we cross tha scott, you wouldn't be know, i t said a number of lotto winners still come to work if they find their work fulfilling, and we just have to see, wouldn't we?

but i do love my job. >> i do. i love "today in the bay" working with this team. right, kari? especially these crazy hours, right? but hey, we just do it because we love it. let's get a look at what we're doing to get ready for this day, now that we do have to work. we didn't win the lottery. we have some green on the radar with some rain coming down. some of the scatter sedwers moving through parts of the east bay, and also hearing it hitting roof in the south bay right now. we are going to see these off and on showers. there will be some breaks in between but as we watch another system that's farther to the north move in, it's going to bring in the potential of some afternoon thunderstorms. we see the bright reds here, as we take it hour by hour, stopping it late this morning especially near the coastline, but then as we go into this evening, we could see a lot more of the bay area getting some brief heavy downpours, even the potential of small hail in some of these downpours, as we get

off and on showers and the potential once again of those thunderstorms that winds down later this evening. by tomorrow, it looks like we take a break, but it's just going to be cool, breezy, sunny temperatures, only reaching into the 50s, and then another round of rain comes in by sunday into monday, but when that second storm arrives, this one could bring in some snow, especially for our bay area hills, and then there will be another storm system right behind that, so we're going to enter into an active weather pattern with several storms moving through and it looks to bring us some pretty beneficial rainfall, even though this first round of rain will only bring us about 0.1 to 0.25" of rain. the next round brings slightly more and more for the storm system coming in on wednesday, up to two inches, while the sierra, look what happens next week, the possibility of getting 73 inches. 73 inches of snow in kirkwood. that is going to be pretty amazing to see that happen if it does. we'll talk more about that.

mike, what's going on right now for the commute? >> kari, the wet roads, the conditions are nothing to worry about this morning or at least to think about as we look at the maps. the green sensors show that we don't have to really think about any big backups right now but we do have to think about slick every roadways. as we zoom out the green highlighting, wet roadways north bay throughout contra costa, across the bay bridge, all the toll plazas, you'll find puddling perhaps and getting across the bay. there's a tiny bit of slowing in the south bay. the live look 101 where that slow something heading north toward oakland road. we have wet conditions glowing on the lights, the with a thor kicking up is the issue especially at the offramps. happening now, a huge fire in the potato processing plant in washington state led to widespread evacuations. officials say it was caused by a dehydration unit that malfunctioned. there's concern for nearby residents because an ammonia tank could blow up.

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jose at the villa fair lane apartments. investigator arrest a person of

interest in a homicide, and a shooting in gilroy. that's when a confrontation unfolded outside the apartment complex and officers shot the man, who later died. it's 5:56. dozens of people showing their support for leaders of a san jose church accused of violating county covid-19 mandates. leaders of calvary church faced charges of contempt and nearly $1 million in fines for refusing to stop maskless indoor services. they were back in court yesterday. the church says the fines and santa clara county rules violate their constitutional rights to worship how they choose. >> it's sad to see the state which our country is, where you have the state fighting against the church or the church against the state. what we need to is remember that what made america great was our trust in god. >> santa clara county does not ban all religious services, since december the county has allowed services up to 100 people but only if they're held outdoors. coaches for youth sports in

california say they want out of the state's tiered reopening system. several coaches recently sent an open letter to governor newsom saying the system is causing mental health problems among student athletes and greater divide. affluent families can afford club teams outside the state. california youth sports are sidelined and there is no proposed starting date. in the meantime, parents have a growing concern the longer distance learning goes on, the effects of screen time on mental health. one child psychiatrist says devices have an addiction component. studies have been shown on an ipad for more than three hours can negatively affect your child's mood once that device is taken away. one psychologist meantime says since the pandemic started, screen time for kids has doubled, and it's important to take breaks. >> it's not your fault. these are designed to keep you coming back. some people say they're designed to be addictive. >> psychologists say another reason to monitor screen time is

the amount of so-called blue light coming from devices which can harm your eyes over the long run. very good to take a break and get focused on something else for a while. >> even at work. well, right now at 6:00 -- >> i'm unveiling a national strategy on covid-19. and executive actions to beat this pandemic. >> president biden unveils part of his new strategy to try to beat the pandemic. the new steps he's taking today and the warning he just issued on his first full day as president. our radar picking up on this rain that's coming down in parts of the bay area this morning. meteorolog tracking round one of a wet you made it now we have to make it on through. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> it's been quite a week. a lot has happened. i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. kari is ramping up the buzz ye

part of her week. >> yes, so we're going to see a lot of changes here as we go through the forecast. we've had warm and record-breaking temperatures, it's also been very sunny so nice to see some clouds and some rain rolling in. we're seeing those scattered showers as you head out the door in the east bay as well as the south bay but it's already rain elsewhere in parts of the bay area, so the roads may still be wet. we have a lot more rain where that came from and possibly a few thunderstorms by this afternoon. i'll time it out for you, we'll talk about what's ahead in the weekend before you make some plans, that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, what is it looking like planning to go to work this morning? >> kari, we saw some of that light rain on some of our south bay cameras in san jose and highway 87 on the map i've circled traveling north toward downtown reports of a single car that lost traction and spun perpendicular in the center divide. oftentimes those will be spinouts because of slicker