meeting with lawmakers who may help cement his stimulus plan. plus a busy weekend for california's vaccine rollout. up next how the sta in-person learning, as it continues to face backlash for some of its teachers getting vaccinated early. a live report next and the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is going to join us again a little bit later this hour. >> that's right. i'm laura garcia. mike has a look at the monday morning commute in a little bit but kari will tell us about change in the works, at least it's dry right now. >> it is dry right now. we do have the south, out aheada cold front that's going to also cool us off. but we are going to also have

some mild temperatures especially for this time of year, with the rain coming in this afternoon. it lingers for tomorrow, moves out early on wednesday and we're dry the rest of the week. we'll talk more about this as well as how much rain you can expect, coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's going on right now for the morning commute? >> kari, we're checking by the bay bridge, the arrow behind me, show you full screen. mild slowing on the sensors headed through the toll plaza no metering lights. the crash is on the transition from west 580 to 980, so watch out there. one lane might be blocked. it's not really heavily used ramp but there's traffic there, so do note that. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive with great recovery from the earlier crash in rodeo. no other problems. back to you. >> thanks so much. we begin live in washington. today a true test for president joe biden and his mission to bring unity back to capitol hill. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts is here. biden meeting with leading republicans to discuss that

stimulus plan and maybe not the republicans we'd expect. >> right, they asked for this meeting. the president agreed. the white house says he is ears open, and they're planning to hold him to this inaugural promise of working together, because republicans are putting a very different plan on the table. president biden has agreed to meet this afternoon with ten senate republicans pitching a new covid relief plan. >> the president has said repeatedly he is open to ideas wherever they may come. >> reporter: the republican plan is a third the cost of biden's with the same money for vaccinations, but nearly 90% less to reopen schools. >> that issue is teachers unions telling their teachers not to go to work. without kind of bailing out the teachers unions. >> reporter: stimulus checks id

$300,000 a year getting a check and many of these people have had no impact from covid, some are doing quite well, others are struggling. let's focus on those who are struggling. >> reporter: democrats argue relief must do more. >> we cannot have children in america going hungry. people being evicted, schools not open, we need to open our schools in a safe way. >> reporter: the money can't come fast enough. new strains of coronavirus have arrived in the u.s. >> the surge that is likely to occur with this new variant from england is going to happen in the next 6 to 14 weeks. >> reporter: more illness, more deaths. experts say more shots are the best way to fight it. >> both the biden plan and republican plan he'll hear about today have the same amount of money for more shots for vaccines so that may be a starting point for their negotiations. the white house really wanting to speed this up, and make some

headway this week. next week the impeachment trial starts and lawmakers will be consumed with that. laura, kris? >> we'll be consumed with watching as well. tracie potts, thanks so much. one year ago this morning "today in the bay" was reporting the first bay area covid case in the south bay. since that time, the state has seen more than 3 million cases. this past week we saw a further decline in new cases and hospitalizations but the state topped 40,000 deaths, including some 4,250 people in the bay area. in the mean time the golden state vaccinated nearly 3.5 million residents, some 200,000 shots were given out for the first time in 11 months, the los gatos school district will resume in-class, in-person learning. the district has been in the news a lot lately after some teachers were offered an early chance to get a covid vaccination.

"today in the bay's" bob redell is outside blossom elementary school. bob, what's the school day looe you, kris. good samaritan hospital in san jose as you recall administered the first round to 65 teachers within the los gatos school district and they did this without the approval from the santa clara county health department. at a meeting last week the school superintendent, paul johnson says his district never requested those shots. he says good sam reached out to him to offer the vaccinations to his teachers. the hospital tells us they have leftover doses and contacted the districts so it would not be wasting the doses. the next day admitted a mistake and cancel the rest. an email to staff, the superintendent wrote "they" referring to good sam "mentioned that our kindness last weir year was not forgotten and how much they appreciated it." he was referring to the

district's $60,000 in fund-raising that they used to feed the hospital staff. johnson apologized at last week's meeting for putting it that way. >> this was done out of the sincerity of our hearts, and not to give in order to get. >> my conclusion is paul's actions were ethical and legal. >> please do something to ethically and justify your actions. legalities aside, this decision does not appear unethical -- does appear unethical. >> reporter: that last person you heard was a district staff member expressing a written comment that was submitted to the district. santa clara county continues to investigate what happened at good sam and says the county is withholding vaccines from the hospital until the hospital submits a new rollout plan. the county said the teachers who received that first shot will also receive the second dose so the vaccines that were administered aren't wasted. the district says its hybrid reopening plan follows the newly

released state guidelines, released last month and this is a plan that's been approved by the county. reporting live in los gatos, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. 6:07 now. uc berkeley coping with a covid surge. the university says 44 new cases were confirmed just over the weekend. many of them among undergraduate students. despite the increase, starting today, some outdoor campus activities will resume and small trial classes will resume indoors starting february 16th. uc davis and medical center going the extra mile to try to keep the school and surrounding cities safe. the university is making free coronavirus testing available to everyone who lives and works there. the school has also trained dozens of graduate students to help with contact tracing and hired nearly 300 undergrads to fight health disinformation and also to hand out masks. the city also offers free housing to anyone needing to isolate program

has caught more than 850 potential outbreaks in just two months' time. a man is now in jail in san jose after police say he broke into a preschool and viciously attacked a pet tortoise. it happened saturday morning during a vandal attack at the play n learn preschool near alum rock. the tortoise is 70-year-old and police say it was beaten with a metal post and suffered cuts from broken glass. a veterinarian treating him says he's shocked. >> i'm speechless. you know, i tell them this guy is older than my grandparents, 70 years old. he can't defend himself. he can't do anything. so he basically probably just stood there and got beat up. it's just wrong in all sense of the matter. >> police say the man arrested is facing multiple felony charges, but is also undergoing a mental health evaluation. the tortoise is now at an animal

hospital. vets say his shell actually helped to save his life and he should be able to return to the school in about a month or two. what is the matter with people? geez. all right, to yosemite, look at the destruction from last week's storm as it moved through. the pictures are from mare poe is agrove. at least 15 of its iconic giant sequoias toppled over. it is so sad to see the area is closed indefinitely. the rest of the park, however, is expected to reopen today. meantime skiers and snowboarders are enjoying a ton of fresh snow in the sierra, sugar bowl says within the last seven days six . the resort sold out the forecast. >> looks so much fun. taking a live powerful winter storm there.

parts of the city like queens expecting a foot or more of snow. the major nor'easter is expected to affect 110 million people. let's check in with kari hall this morning. kari, i understand what they're seeing back east is actually part of the same storm that we endured last week? >> yes, so it traveled across the country and now we can see what's happening now as we take a look at the radar, a lot of snow coming down, and it's just going to get heavier today, once again looking at about a foot of snow and 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. so it's going to cover a big chunk of the east coast, with some rain, and snow, while we are going to see some scattered showers moving in today with a new storm that's rolling into our coastline, and we'll be moving in mostly for this afternoon. first starting in the north bay, sliding across the bay area, later on this and the ground is already wet from the storm system we had last weekend, so we are going to see this coming on top of that, and we're going to see the potential

of some rainfall totals anywhere from a tenth to quarter inch of rain, maybe even up to a half inch of rain so we'll talk more about that when it comes in, when it moves out, that's all in just a few minutes but mike, it is dry right now for the morning commute. >> yes, and it's great right now for the morning commute. the conditions as well as look at the speed sensors on our big view of the bay. i had a couple of key spots to show you, where the slowing was kicking in, and kind of leveled off, and now the south bay i was going to show you 101, where we're seeing another burst of traffic, only lasted a couple minutes. the arrow was where we had slowing sensors. traffic is great throughout the south bay. silicon valley no problem. tri-valley no problem either. 101 through palo alto, taillights headed north but both directions are smooth and easy. back to you, laura. >> thanks so much, mike. can you it's february 1st already? this morning we're also kicking off a month-long celebration of honoring people from the bay area, and beyond, who are making

an impact. coming up at 6:25, we'll introduce to you one woman making a difference when it comes to defeating covid. plus -- >> elon musk is one step closer to reading your mind. the futures in new york city the dow and other markets moving higher after a drubbing last week. plus -- ♪ mama mia, mama mia ♪ ♪ mama mia let me go ♪ ♪ beelzebub has the devil put aside for me ♪ >> plus, we're not worthy. we're not worthy. "today in the bay's" marcus washington joins us next with a look at a project that has medians mike meyers and dana carvey reuniting once again. we'll be back.

good morning to you. a happy monday to you. let's start with monkey brains, why not? elon musk said he hooked a monkey up to the computer wirelessly and the monkey can play video games with his mind. you note this is file video of musk. he says he'll supply us with video of the animal playing video games in the coming months. said musk "he's a happy monkey. we have the nicest monkey facilities in the world. we want them to play mind-pong with each other." musk launched neuralink in 2016, it has labs in the mission. the end goal is not video game

playing monkeys but helping people with practical his eventually musk hopes to hook up your brain to an artificial intelligent computer. the markets get their start this morning after some of the worst volatility in months. that reddit robinhood gamestop thing is still a thing. many on reddit purchasing silver options driving the cost of the metal higher than it's been in morning a deindicate. the options allow a customer to buy silver at a set future price and it's the options that are really driving much of what you're hearing about in the news because they're not expensive. you can buy an option to buy gamestop for instance for less than the actual share price of the stock then sell it for a profit.s n do and buy, which as we reported last week left a lot of people wondering wait, can they do that? right now robinhood only lets

you buy a single share of gamestop. big brokers like charles schwab pointed out it didn't limit buyers from buying what they wanted though it, too, adjusted its margin requirements. the margin is where you buy on credit instead of using the cash in your brokerage account. somebody.ed out, kris, laura and marcus as well, when it comes to robinhood, they were early in making it super easy almost like a video game to buy a share and the big traditional brokerages are still using clunker interfaces. once big brokerages can figure that out, robinhood may be in more trouble. >> big brokerages might not want to make it easy for us. >> perhaps not. >> yes. >> well, they make more money every time you buy and sell. let's bring in marcus washington for a lock at what is trending this morning as well. couldn't get enough of the gamestop frenzy.

>> absolutely, laura. if we're talking about it, "saturday night live" will tackle it and of course this was the first show after the hiatus and they did not disappoint. the live weekend update had to tackle all of those issues that we're talking about. let's take a look. >> it's been a big week for the store, my favorite store the staten island mall gamestop. a group of wall street guys at reddit figured out how to get rich bankrupting a bunch of hedge funds. if you don't understand how that works it's a lot like and i've been waiting so long to reference this, 2013 magic themed heist movie "now you see me." >> so you see it there. co-anchor ran through some of the topics including opening days of the biden administration and the capitol insurrection. audiences got a ticket to literally see the downfall of machine gun kelly. you saw him there tumble off the stage after they were horsing around as he tried to pick up

pete davidson. also gaining a lot of attention something we're not worthy of, a lot of people are talking about a reunion. take a look. >> we're back. 2020, man, that was a great year. >> not! >> yeah, really sucked. >> it sucked donkey. >> good one. we just wanted to say that we'll see you soon for the game. for legal reasons could not be named. >> medians mike myers and dana carvey, teasing an uber eats ad set to air during the super bowl. speaking of the super bowl, someone who will not be there, packers quarterback aaron rodgers, he confirms he was caught in that video in the back of a pickup truck with a case of beer. yes, that's him. the truck belongs to a teammate and that video causing stir on social media, and of course you know, growing up, laura and

kris, of course i rode in the back, not necessarily safe right now, but this is the tailgate of its own. >> oh my goodness, yeah, we all did, we won't do it anymore, though. thanks, marcus. >> no. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall, a look at our week-long forecast for us, with some precipitation coming our way. >> yes, we had such a nice and dry weekend, but we're starting out with watching a storm to the north of us. we've already powered up storm ranger, even though right now it's showing that as you get ready to head out on this monday morning, we are not seeing any rain yet. but it will be rolling in later this afternoon. we can see it to the north as i widen out the view and show you what's happening across the state as we are going to see some rain but after all of that rain we had last week, you're probably wondering how are we doing right now our rainfall deficit? we still need a lot more rain. look at santa rosa, we still need nearly 12 inches of rain to catch up to normal.

they had several inches of rain last week and so we are seeing elsewhere across the bay area at least five to seven inches of rain needed from oakland to san francisco to livermore. we've only measured about 40% of our normal amount of rain in santa rosa, and we are doing even worse in san francisco. livermore and san jose almost half the normal amount at this point. as we watch our next system coming in, if you're in novato and want to let the kids go out and run around in between home schooling we'll have nice weather for most of the day today. make sure they get out there early because rain comes in later this afternoon and into the evening. as we go through the timing, i'm going to stop it here at about 5:00, when we start to see that rain approaching clearlake and moving closer to santa rosa. won't be in until later this evening we'll see the rain moving into parts of san francisco, down the peninsula, as well as the east bay, and early tomorrow morning, we'll wake up to some off and on

showers moving in. it will cont day tomorrow, with some scattered rain and then gradually moving out by wednesday. so we are going to have some wet weather moving in, but not a whole lot. the ground is already wet so we are under a microclimate weather alert. as we could see up to about a half inch of rain for parts of the north bay, but elsewhere, it will be a little bit less. we're also going to see a decent amount of snow once again, moving into the sierra, anywhere from one to possibly close to two feet of snow over the next several days. good to see that, too. mike, you've been watching the commute. how is it looking right now? >> it was calm, kari, but now let's look at how it's looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights were just turned on just as a crash was reported right around the berkeley curve as well. the bay bridge toll plaza is backing up because the inle million are on, you see it first off of the 880 overcrossing and we circled the berkecally curve another crash might affect folks

coming through the area, a big change over the next few minutes as we track that. the rest of the bay is a smooth, easy drive from the east bay to the south bay, along the peninsula and in the north bay e bay" the crowds were out in san francisco and on main streets across the bay area this weekend. coming up at 6:30, a live report on what else is reopening this week and even major reopenings in the works for the spring. plus -- >> reporter: and coming up, we all know that one person that sees a problem and jumps in head first to solve it, coming up our changemaker to honor black history month. you're watching "today in the bay."

>> reporter: good morning. yes, we all know that one person when they see a problem, they jump into, and so when covid-19 first began making headlines and we learned that it was disproportionately impacting some communities dr. kim rhods is our first changemaker for the month of family. she is an epidemiologist and biostatistician with ucsf

focusing on cancer research and how the quality of care could be associated with disparities and survival but when covid began presenting itself in the bay area it quickly became evident some communities were hit harder and the rate of infection was higher in the black community. dr. rhoads spearheaded a community initiative that brought some of the first pop-up testing sites to the city of san francisco and later to parks and churches in oakland. her team brought together a group of community partners to get testing sites, covid care resources and other health treatments right to the community. the sites have become a model of community-based testing and today we honor dr. kim rhoads. >> i think what's so fulfilling about this is it's not really about me. it's about the number of community partners, faith partners, advocates, people from agencies across the county and the city who have come together to actually create something. >> dr. rhoads was determined to

take everything she knew to actually get testing and vital health information out to the african-american community. >> reporter: we spoke with oakland mayor libby schaaf and said their community was still battling with disparities in the numbers for covid rates and said the efforts by dr. rhoads helped bring to the forefront problems and work to solve them. we're thankful for dr. rhoads doing all she can to help her community. live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> good to see the positive action here at home, thank you. nbc's changemakers coverage does not stop here. on the "today" show meet the people behind the first student-sit-ins in the civil rights era. thousands of californians got their covid vaccine shots this weekend. we'll break down the numbers

next plus the rate of infections as it stands this morning. >> reporter: i'm sharon katsuda live in pleasanton. if you enjoyed going out to barber shops and nail salon this is weekend, there will be more reopenings this week. plus -- >> coming up in about ten minutes we're putting a spotlight on our climate in crisis. i'll take you to west oakland to show you the impacts the climate change is having. stick around with us. "today in the bay" continues.

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a very good monday morning to you, first day of february. a peek outside with the gorgeous golden gate bridge this morning, nice and clear. chilly start to our day, coming off a great weekend but you know, more storms in the works. we'll check in with kari in moments as "today in the bay" continues right now. good monday morning to you. thanks for being here with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is going to join us in just a little bit but first we want to get that timing of that rain, kari, because we like to go outside a little bit. >> yes, you'll have at least the first part of the day to get outside. the storm is still well to the north of us and we'll be watching it into the north bay and moving across the rest of the will bring us some fairly decent downpours for late tonight but it will be wrapping up by tomorrow.

the rest of the week is dry. "climate in crisis" is coming up in a few minutes. right now, mike, you're watching the roads. how is it looking? >> looking great, holding steady despite a crash. mo near the maze and the metering lights were turned on but despite those two factors we actually have no major problems, a live look shows you the bay bridge toll plaza, the backup is actually less than the last time we took a look. the 808 overcrossing looks better, the metering lights though are still on. back to you >> thanks so much. 6:33, busy weekend in san francisco as more businesses reopen and more people helded out to enjoy and take advantage of the nice weather. stores and restaurants and visitors for that matter are hoping things can regain semblance of normalcy and everyone follows the rules so feels good to have some sense of normality.

>> i think it's the way it was before when you just put the precautions in place and do the right thing and we should all be safe. >> it was a similar sight across the bay area not just in san francisco. most people trying to soak in sun or get out of their house a little bit. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live in pleasanton. >> reporter: i have to say it did feel good to get out. the dmv will resume in-person driving tests today. behind-the-wheel tests were postponed december 14th, they will be automatically rescheduled. new appointments will likely be

around mid-february at the earliest. walnut creek dmv has closed so do some research. the oakland zoo is getting ready to open back visitors, opens wednesday, a return to how the zoo operated before the holiday shutdown orders. you must reserve tickets online and anyone over 2 must wear a mask. indoor exhibits are still closed. large amusement parks like great america in santa clara can open once the county they're in reaches the yellow tier, the least restrictive level in the state's coronavirus guidelines. great america's target opening date is may 22nd. the park will have limited capacity to ensure proper social customer also go through thermal

screening at the entrance to check temperatghime. >> we are still in the early stages of vaccine campaigns nationwide. i would love to see us moving at a faster pace with more comprehensive coverage that is more equitable to all kinds of communities and right now we're just not seeing this. >> reporter: amusement parks in florida opened late last year with similar restrictions as announced by great america. now they remained open despite a surge of cases there over the holidays. and the state says the icu availability here in the bay area today is at around 8%. reporting live in pleasanton, i'm sharon cat katsuda. >> thanks for the latest. quick update how vaccines are going in the golden state. over the weekend over 200,000 californians received their of . more than 3.4 million shots have now been administered in our state. that's a little less than 10% of the state's population. some people in los angeles reportedly suggesting police showed a double standard when dealing with anti-vaccine and far right protesters on saturday

when they showed up at dodger stadium, which is now a mass vaccination site. the group halted vaccines for about an hour but then actually left on their own, after a warning from police that they needed to disperse. critics say officers showed too much restraint especially in light of the protests last summer. police say the small group followed orders and broke no laws. also, no appointments were canceled. more information on vaccines on our website which includes a tool that will help you figure out your approximate place in line. head to nbcbayarea.com and click on "vaccination line lookup" at the top page in our trending bar. this morning our special "climate i kari hall is going deep on sea level rise and the impact this could have on cities in the bay area. >> yes, so we are putting that spotlight on climate change and things we can do every day as we watch our turned weather and some of the scattered showers we

will see coming in. we'll see the rain off and on and seeing what we can do just every day to turn the tide on our rapidly rising temperatures globally and our weather every day is showing us we are in a crisis and need to act fast to slow the melting of our polar ice caps and the lost of the arctic sea ice is alone causing sea level rise and may make it harder for us to deal with our already extreme weather. climate scientist heather cooley is a climate scientist with the pacific institute and says cities like oakland, this could be a big problem. >> when there are storm surges, there will be other episodic events where we will see the waters go even higher and combine that with periods when we have these heavy rainfall events when we get our atmospheric rivers, where you have a lot of water coming off the land, that wants to go to the bay.

>> to watch this full interview about the impact of climate change in oakland as well as other parts of the bay area, go to nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. tomorrow morning i'll take you to fran. we'll talk about how rising sea levels are affecting ocean beach, coming up about the same. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? >> actually we're going to take it from here, thanks so much, kari. 6:39. coming up next, a big day in washington. >> scott mcgrew, the president meeting with senate republicans on the relief bill. >> that's right. they're going to look for some bipartisanship, despite the fact the democrats could get that passed all by themselves. we'll take a look at that. and today kicks off our black history month coverage. each day honoring a trailblazing

black american with connections to the bay area. today we recognize award-winning actor danny glover who grew up in san francisco. he attended george washington high and san francisco state. in addition to long acting career in films like "the color purple" and "lethal weapon" glover is also a civil rights activist and a u.n. goodwill ambassador and board member at the center for economic policy research. we salute you, danny glover. we'll be right back. you're watching "today in the bay." i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adventure,... more community. but with my hiv treatment,... there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor... and switched to... fewer medicines with dovato. prescription dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with... just 2 medicines... in 1 pill,... dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed...

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metering lights turn on at the bay bridge, so you know what that means, right? let's take a live look, no, you're wrong. the backups up. >> thanks, mike. bipartisanship the word of the day at the white house as the president meets with ten republican senators. >> scott mcgrew, they're going to try to hammer out a deal on a new coronavirus relief bill. >> it's notable the ten senators going to the white house today are not from the key group of republican leaders. they are themselves people who have shown bipartisanship in the past, we're talking senator murkowski, obviously mitt romney as well.

democrats in congress have pointed out they don't need republicans' help. they can pass things like bigger checks to american families and more money for vaccinations by themselves, but the white house has repeatedly called for a deal that both sides can accept. here is president biden's economic adviser. >> the president has said repeatedly he's open to ideas wherever they may come that we could improve upon the approach to tackling this crisis. what he's uncompromising about is the need to move with speed, on a comprehensive approach here. >> those ten senators will meet with president biden today and we will certainly be monitoring that. meanwhile, we're hearing a lot from congressman adam kinzinger, the republican from illinois who called then president trump to be removed via the 25th amendment, later called for his impeachment. he's starting a new political action committee, to, he says bring the republican party back to its roots as a party of conservatives and not a party of trump.

>> it's hard to have seen an insurrection three weeks ago to say that's no big deal and to lecture democrats on something. we've lost our moral authority and need to regain it as a party. >> republicans like kinzinger or romney sometimes get called rions, that's republican in name only by people in their own party who don't like them. but don't mistake the argument with democrats that donald trump committed, an agreement with democrats donald trump committed another impeachable offense with them somehow being liberal, they're not. kinzinger is a tea party member, the conservative wing of the conserative party, a traditional republican. the "new york times" reporting much of the money donald trump raised from his supporters to fight the elections in court was not used the trump team raised $170 million "the times" said used about $10 million in the court fight. a major shuffling of president trump's legal team.

over the weekend the two main lawyers we thought would respect trump at his trial quit it was a mutual decision. another lawyer left as well. trump has two new lawyers but just a week from the trial, as the defense they don't have to reveal what their defense is but many republican senators have already gone on the record saying there shouldn't be a trial in the first place so he may not need an air tight case. we're watching everything that's happening, particularly the meeting happening later this afternoon at the white house. we'll talk about it on twitter. find me @scottmcgrew.>>hank you. >> thanks so much, scott. covid hit close to home at "today in the bay." my co-anchor marcus washington was diagnosed with covid and working from home. >> he joins us with more on his story and the response he's getting. marcus, so good to see you and so good to finally be able to tell folks at home where you've been. >> yes, you know what? i was out for about two weeks, i

should say down for about two weeks, out for a month now but you know what? i'm feeling so much better and i can tell you what, hey, i'm happy to be back and so are a lot of people on facebook. i've seen a lot of posts, viewers have been asking am i okay and yes, i am feeling so much better, about 98%. look at this. ellen heldebrant says "happiness is when marcus is back to work and the team will be back together again." i couldn't agree with you more, ellen. chris rad says "i'm sorry to hear this but i'm glad you're on the mend and looking forward to your return when you're all better. take care." i posted something from friday about my return and laura posted the elephant in the room or the bear in the room, my beard. a lot of people responding to that as well on facebook and said some nice things. some people like it, some didn't. catherine e. power says that the beard, i love the beard, not everyone looks good with a beard. marcus, you rock it, and of

course my recovery i wanted to pass along some tips of how i made it through, some things that might help those infected with the virus right now or maybe you're in quarantine or know someone infected with covid-19. make sure you or they drink plenty of liquids, also a lot of vitamins to take to make sure your body can handle what's going on, consult a physician if you're taking other medications to make sure and also get plenty of rest. for a lot of people like myself i'm always doing stuff, always going, but you know what? your body needs to just sit down for a minute and let it fight. >> rest is so important. >> it's good to see you're doing so much better, marcus. we're glad you're back. >> i am. >> good to see you in person, it will be, that's for sure. we'll see how long he keeps that beard, too. let's check in with kari with a look at our forecast. >> yes, we are starting out with

some dry weather again this morning, that continues from the weekend, but we've got storm ranger already powered up and ready to track this next storm system that will start to bring us some rain later on today, as i open up the view, you can see where the showers are now well to the north of us, and making it first into the north bay later on this afternoon. but then we look at how much rain we need to catch up to normal, we are still lacking a lot of rain here in four areas like the south bay, we're not going to see that rain until later on this evening. temperatures reaching into the low 60s, and then by 8:00 and 9:00, 10:00, we start to see the rain moving into the south bay. as we go through the time line, hour by hour, first that rain at 5:00, still moving into ukiah and clearlake, approaching votes. so once again, this will be a late evening rainfall into early tomorrow morning as it spreads through, we're seeing some pockets of some heavy rain, where we see the yellows and oranges, as we wake up tomorrow morning, head out, we're going

to see some of the scattered efe it gradually starts to taper off early on wednesday morning. so as we look at how much rain we could see out of this, the possibility of about a tenth to quarter inch of rain and then for the sierra, we could see another foot of snow possibly closer to two feet in spots like kingvale, so it is good to see a lot more rain and snow in our forecast, because we do still need a lot more of it, but then we're headed back to dry weather into the end of the week. it's going to start to feel a little bit more like spring with all of this sunshine, highs will reach into the mid-60s, and for san francisco, rain moving in later this evening, continuing through tomorrow, moving out on wednesday, and then we'll see those temperatures warming up for the rest of the week into the weekend. mike, you've been watching the roads. how is it looking right now for the commute? >> it's looking like i'm chasing down sensors that keep going back to green. we're looking at the south bay

map northbound 101, the arrow is for ten minutes. more slowing, looked like traffic was building but now easing up back in toward the green area again, good stuff. tri-valley nothing major. we're looking at where i circled westbound 580 at redwood city. be careful, there may be one lane blocked by a recent crash. no major injuries but a note, also see slowing on the cast rowe valley y. peninsula looks great, easy drive across most of the bridges. the bay bridge toll plaza there's a little slow across the span and the metering lights were turned on just about an hour ago but look, there's no backup now. things have actually improved during the 6:00 hour. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now, reverend jesse jackson is in the hospital, his rainbow push coalition says he was recently admitted with some abdominal discomfort, underwent surgery and now resting but a spokesperson says jackson is in good spirits and will be discharged in a few days. coming up next, we'll have a

quick look at our top stories, a horrific attack on a giant pet tortoise at a school. what vets are saying about its recovery. plus a south bay school district welcomes back teachers and students for in-class learning as it continues to face backlash for the early vaccinations of some teachers. we're pumping up the weekend to get ready for the super bowl. super bowl sunday is coming, performing at the big game is on the canadian artist bucket list as well, what a nice one to cross off. as "today in the bay" will condition in just a little bit.

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make your business safer make this year's resolution better solutions. bounce get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade.oday. welcome back. here's a quick look at our top stories we're following on the one-year anniversary of the very first covid case reported right here in the bay area. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in los gatos. students head back to campus for the first time in nearly that long, just a short time from now. >> reporter: correct. in-person instruction does resume here to los gatos union school district after 65 teachers within the district received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine without approval from the santa clara county health department. those shots were administered by

good samaritan hospital of san jose. last week the school superintendent paul johnson says his district never requested those shots. he says good sam reached out to him to offer the vaccinations to his teachers. the hospital tells us they had leftover doses ael remaining ap, but in an email to his staff,"t referring to the hospital, "mentioned that our they apprec" he was referring to the $60,000 in fund-raising the district used to feed the hospital staff. johnson did apologize for what he called that to be a mischaracterization. he apologized at last week's meeting. reporting live in los gatos, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. 6:56. a live look at the dmv in pleasanton, one of many locations resuming in-person driving tests today. behind the wheel tests were postponed dth.

those previously pos also be automatically rescheduled. the dmv will be sending out texts to let people know the new date and time to come in. a lot of teenagers excited. new appointments will likely be available around mid-february at the earliest. >> a lot of parents biting fingernails i think. uc berkeley is coping with the covid surge. the university says 44 new cases were confirmed just over the weekend. many of them among their undergraduate students. despite the increase, starting today some outdoor campus activities resume and small trial class also resume indoors beginning february 16th. heartless attack over the weekend targeting a pet tortoise at a san jose preschool. one man is now in custody after police say he broke into the play n learn preschool near alum rock and beat a 70-year-old tortoise with a metal post. the tortoise suffered cuts from broken glass and the able to

return to school in a month or two. the man is undergoing a mental health evaluation. san jose no longer just the home in name only for the sharks. over the weekend, players resumed practice at solar for america, back from arizona earlier than first planned because they have two upcoming games in vegas cancel due to covid protocols for their opponents. they'll send to so cal for four games starting friday and play their home opener february 13th against the ducks but no fans in the stands. let's take you out to yosemite, look at the destruction after last week's storms moved through the area. these are from mare poe is agrove. 15 of the joy ant sequoias toppled over. the rest of the park is expected to reopen today, and that area is closed indefinitely. skiers and snowboarders are enjoying a ton of fresh snow in the sierra. sugar bowl says within the last seven days six feet of new

fell. oh, that video makes me want to go. go skiing, go now. more snow is coming this week, right, kari? >> yes, another foot to possibly two feet over the next few days. here in the bay area we're going so see some rain, it moves in later this afternoon. continues off and on tomorrow but then we are dry the rest of the week. heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> kari, the bay bridge toll plaza is really where the most action is and it's not really that bad, look at the slight build, the metering lights are still on. they were turned on an hour ago, almost exactly and now we're finally starting to see in earnest folks waiting there. there's a wait as you arrive at the toll plaza but at the san mateo bridge, it has no wait. you have a good volume of traffic. i guess the wait here at the san mateo bridge like many parts of the bay is for that next round of rain that you've been talking about, kari. we're fine. >> all right, sounds good. that's going to do it for us this monday morning. >> we leave you with a look at

the golden gate bridge, mike shows us the other two bridges but we can't get enough of this one. the "today" show starts right now. hope you have a great morning. good morning. winter wallop. one of the biggest storms in years slams the east coast. more than 70 million people across 17 states in its path. the snow set to be measured in feet with blizzard conditions for many. this morning, accidents and power outages already adding up. schools and businesses shut down. states of emergency declared. al says it's just getting started. covid crisis. the leading infectious disease official with a dire, new warning on the fast-spreading strains of the coronavirus. >> we are going to see something like we have not seen yet in this country.