can do. >> always want to make a difference. cool. >> we'll be watching. thank you so much, scott and other scott. right now at 6:00, a picture of unity? >> i am hopeful we can pass a sixth bipartisan covid relief package. >> today marx the first full day of a federal mandate requiring anyone traveling on planes, trains and buses to put on a mask, up next, how bay area commuters are responding to that new rule. the third hour of "today in the bay" conditions right now. bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> even i'm laura garcia. we'll get to that soggy commute out there with mike in just a little bit. but let's check in with kari, where we're waking up to some

wet weather on this tuesday morning. >> yes, we are, and it's been a slow moving system, moving across the bay area, but starting to clear in parts of the north bay, most of the rain right now san francisco, east bay on southward, and we are going to see this gradually tapering off for today but there still may be some rain chances here in the forecast and also much cooler temperatures now that this cold front is moving on through. so we are going to feel the difference today, once that rain moves out. we will see some clearing for the afternoon, even though you can see the raindrops on the lens there as we look at san jose. we are going to see some spotty rain still left in the forecast. we'll talk more about all of this coming up in just a few minutes but mike, that commute may have some very slow spots. >> and i think the rain is a factor, kari. we've had a few spinouts in san francisco. i didn't mention folks know the view of the metering lights or the toll plaza last look show

the metering lights effects there. they were turned on just before 6:00 in the morning and i think it's because on the map we saw slowing headed down the decline getting in toward san francisco where we did see a couple of crashes or spinouts in the last hour. oakland spinouts have cleared including 580 westbound, around park, so do keep the areas in mind for slicker roadway there is and around the rest of the bay. back to you. >> all right, taking you to washington now, with tracie potts. a key meeting between president biden and republicans last night, are we any closer to a new stimulus deal and what's the latest on receiving another check for people? >> some people may receive checks, laura, others may not and the amount of that check up in the air as we take a live look at the snow-covered white house in washington, the negotiations are still under way between president biden and republicans now on what this covid relief stimulus will look like, coming out of a meeting yesterday, republicans called it

productive. the president through the white house said it was an excellent meeting, but there's still some things they think republicans have left out that are critical. let's take a look at what these two plans look like, the differences, $400 less is what republicans would put in that stimulus check. they've also got some differences on unemployment, that would go down by $100, compared to what the president proposed. same amount of money they're pitching for vaccines and testing, but a lot less for schools. republicans see that as more of a union issue than an issue that can be resolved with money. but the good thing is, they're still talking. >> democrats welcome the ideas and input of our senate republican colleagues. the only thing we cannot accept is a package that is too small or too narrow to pull our country out of this emergency. we cannot repeat the mistake of

2009. >> meantime today president biden is expected to talk about immigration policy, as he continues to negotiate with republicans. they think that these negotiations are going well, but they've still got some things to work out. >> i think it was an excellent meeting, and we're very appreciative that as his first official meeting in the oval office, the president chose to spend so much time with us in a frank and very useful discussion. >> today the president shifting gears to immigration, signing those delayed immigration executive orders. he was waiting on congress to approve his homeland security secretary which should happen today. those orders, we're told, will

include a wholesale look at immigration policy for legal immigrants, what can they change there. what's happening at the border, trying to create a more orderly process for requests for asylum, and creating a task force to reuniteamilies who were separated at the border. back to you. >> so many moving parts, thank you. 6:05. cases in california hit a low we haven't seen in weeks as a new federal order requires to you wear a mask any time you take public transportation. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live at the dublin b.a.r.t. station. bob, a lot of people in the bay area probably used to this mask mandate. >> reporter: correct. all bay area transit agencies like b.a.r.t. behind me here in dublin already require to you wear a mask so that's nothing new for news the bay area, but this has not been the case necessarily in other parts of the state or throughout the rest of the country, so what happened last night an executive order that president biden had signed

went into effect and it requires travelers throughout the country to wear masks, when on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis and rideshares like lyft and uber. also in airports, cruise terminals, bus and train stations and other transportation hub so not just in the vehicles or the airplanes themselves but in their actual stations or airports, all in an effort to minimize the spread of covid-19. we are now in week 47 of this pandemic, and we're seeing a sign of hope, progress here in california. cases are dropping. this is the 14-day average of new cases in the state. we put a graph together you can see it on in your tv green. january 13th, we peaked at just more than 40,000 cases per day, but now we're down to 20,000 new cases a day. when it comes to hospitalizations, on january 16,000 16th, 22,000 californians

hospitalized with covid. today the first sign of a consistent drop, 18,000 people are in the hospital. reporting live in dublin bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:06, thanks, bob. a new state inspector general report concludes what many already suspect, an inmate transfer led to last year's deadly covid outbreak at san quentin prison. 28 inmates died. more than 2,200 infected. the report cites what it calls misguided efforts to protect inmates at a southern california prison. already infected inmates were brought in to san quentin's inmate population creating what authorities now describe as a public health disaster. east bay education leaders are going to join the call for a faster vaccine rollout. 15 contra costa school board presidents sent a letter to the county asking to prioritize vaccines for all school staff as soon as possible in order to help schools reopen in person.

most counties are still only vaccinating health care workers and people 75 years and older. >> so many people talk about how critical it is to have safe, open schools to the economy, and to the public, to the entire public health, right, but we need to really take action on that. >> a lot of districts are still all distance learning but los gatos schools did open yesterday for kindergarten through second grade. new data from san francisco schools reportedly shows the educational divide widening for low income students during this pandemic. according to "the examiner" attendance for the entire district is holding steady but engagement levels are down for some minority groups especially those with english as a second language. a board member says the district is working to bridge that gap and get students back into the classroom as quickly as possible. happening today, san francisco supervisors will urge muni to bring back more lines cut during the pandemic. the mta recently restarted some service but many more lines are

still halted. supervisors have drafted a resolution arguing too many people rely on muni, including essential workers and seniors. san francisco transit leaders are still on track to approve permanent closures spreading from the slow streets program. last month they recommended the plan for page street in haith and sanchez and shotwell in mission. they received nearly total support for the people who live in those areas. the final decision could be made in april. all right, april showers usually bring may flowers but we're in february. here's another little storm system headed our way. >> yes, and it's good to see because february is usually our wettest month of the year, and we are seeing this last little push of some ra,in starting to taper off for much of the bay area, leaving some light rain, but we can see it with storm

ranger, mobile doppler radar picking up on where we're seeing showers moving on through, giving us a wet commute. this is a live look in dublin and we are going to see that continue for the next couple of hours but as we go into the rest of today we'll start to see the sun breaking out by about noon into the rest of the afternoon. as this system moves away, there still will be a slight chance of rain in the forecast through tomorrow, and much cooler temperatures behind this front but it looks like even tomorrow, we could see some hit or miss showers in the forecast. we won't be quite done with the rain yet. we'll talk about how much rain we measured, coming up in a few minutes. mike is giving us a look at the morning commute. what's going on right now, mike? >> kari, let's look at something behind my front, which would be the maps in back. let's take a look at west 580, a couple of spinouts reported there, passing by high street, three over the last 40 minutes. keep the area in mind. they cleared from the roadway. 880 a report of a crash past 980, a couple of vehicles

fates facing the wrong way. the arrow the bay bridge toll plaza has the metering lights on, we saw some slowing getting to the city with minor flooding reported and that might have inspired the lights. the rest of the bay shows green highlighting, slick roadways. new crash on the peninsula near 92 getting off to the shoulder and a live look of 92, the san mateo bridge soupy and flashing lights. we will check what's going on westbound direction coming up. back to you. >> thank you. actor dustin diamond died yesterday at the age of 44. he was known to many as the bebeloved characterer scrcreech "saved by the bell." next a look back at his life and sudden death. >> plus -- >> and they say everything old is new again. so could that be the case for what is considered one of the best shows ever on television?

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sitcom "saved by the bell" is being remembered. he was just 44 years old and died three weeks after learning he had a fast-moving cancer. his former co-stars have been paying tribute on social media including mario lopez who wrote in part "life is extremely fragile and something we should never take for granted." and legendary singer tony bennett is revealing more about his own personal health struggles. >> "today in the bay's" marcus washington joins us now more on that. good morning, marcus. >> good morning. talk about an icon. tony bennett has been that for a lot of people but he is revealing that he is battling alzheimer's disease, and many people here in the bay area probably know him best for one song they probably love a little bit more than others. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪

>> the 94-year-old made the revelation in an interview with aarp magazine saying he received the diagnosis in 2016. in that article, he said "life is a gift, even with alzheimer's." also trending for you this morning "frasier" plans listen up because a "frasier" reboot is apparently getting off the ground. sources say the plans are in the works for a new take on this sitcom. it may feature a new take on a younger frasier character. if the show pans out it could soon be debuting on a streaming service. look out for that. and it is finally groundhog day and up no you know what that means. we'll toss to an old movie clip. >> once again the eyes of the nation have turned here to this tiny village in western pennsylvania. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. there's no way this winter -- >> that never gets old. of course the old classic for you there, "groundhog day."

we loved that show and a will the of people watch, bill murray plays the weatherman, covering the annual celebration in punxsutawney, pennsylvania. the annual event virtually, took place and the groundhog saw the shadow, you know that means six more weeks of nterwi as we were saying, you know what? six more weeks of california winter? i'm okay with but the east coast winter, yes, keep that over there. i was just talking to a friend over in maryland and he was just like, yeah, i'm over it already. >> my sister-in-law lives in brooklyn and people were cross-country skiing down the street in front of her place. >> i saw that. >> this is nuts. >> but if we have laura's soup recipe we can make it through six more weeks of california winter. what do you think, kari? >> that looked good, too. >> i have to get that to you. i keep forgetting. there we go. it's a california soup kind of day today. >> gumbo yesterday. >> kari, i'll take that recipe, too. >> ooh!

>> yes, it was good. >> what's cooking in the the weather department? >> we are going to see some more of this rain coming in, in the next couple of hours. this will not last all day. we were out walking yesterday with short sleeves so we can't complain about our winters. and we are going to see storm ranger tracking some of the heavier rain now shifting over towards parts of the east bay and south bay, but look at the wider view, it's showing this storm system is winding down. this is all out ahead of a cold front so we'll be cooler today and i think gumbo will be appropriate for this afternoon. as we go through how much rain we've measured, we have already seen two inches of rain in the north bay, checking out mt. tam, other areas were lower but of course our higher elevations tend to get some upper amounts of rain and the east bay in tilden park over an inch of rain there. we are approaching an inch of rain as we check out ukiah, even though the rain has tapered off. in san francisco a half inch,

redwood city a quarter inch and where it just started it's lighter but clears out. if you're looking for a chance for the kids to get out between home schooling or after home schooling in concord, we're looking at sunshine. it won't be as warm as yesterday but still pretty nice and the grass may still be wet after getting this early morning rain and we are going to see it moving out for the rest of today. there still may be enough energy with this system coming through that could bring us spotty rain into the day tomorrow. we are going to watch out, just keep that umbrella close by, if you'll be out and about, between today and tomorrow. but we're also checking out the boost in the sierra snowpack we've had. just remember last week before that big snowstorm, we were only at 40% of normal in the central sierra. today we're at 73% of our normal amount of the sierra snowpack so we've seen some huge gains here and there's some more light snow in the forecast for us today. we're going to see up to about a foot in some of those ski

resorts. going through into the weekend, we're going to clear out and warm up. we have a lot of sunshine by the end of the weekend, move of our california winter. it's going to feel more like spring as temperatures reach into the upper 60s. ail he watching that for you. mike, what are you watching for the morning commute? >> my eyes are kind of glazed over. i heard you say gumbo and my mind started wandering, maybe you can share that recipe later on there. back to the traffic, focus here. the san mateo bridge we did see flashing lights westbound with the tail lights away from us, we do see things jamming up on the flat section but the flashing lights cleared. i think you're okay on the span as the sensors on the map show no problem geting to the peninsula. it's slippery around the ralston area. the bay bridge toll plaza the

metering lights are on and starting to build with the backup. back to you. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. up next, scott mcgrew joins us with business and tech headlines. good morning, scott. >> good morning. kris and laura, i know you're willing to watch a movie about chess on netflix. would you be willing to watch gamestop? the u.s. futures, will show you gamemestop falling mighty hard. you're watching "today in the bay."

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the cbo says jobs returning to take until the end of the decade. pandemic is still raging but the numbers are starting to turn. other news, hollywood is racing to make movies about the gamestop story, at least two. one by mgm, another by netflix. it would not be the first time hollywood has taken on complicated financial stories. "the big short" was really quite good. a lot of people saw it showing a movie about the economy can pay off. it's notable gamestop has done nothing to take advantage of the situation. experts say now is the time, maybe the only time the dying store chain has to issue more stock and sell it to build up its coffers, use the money to reinvent itself but doesn't appear to be taking action.

spacex will send private astronauts into orbit, civilians, the first time that private astronauts have orbited outside of trips to the space station. billionaire jarrick isaacman will pilot the mission along with three other unnamed civilians. the mission is a massive fund-raising effort to raise $200 million for cancer research at st. jude's personal hospital. he's written a personal check for $100 million. musk says he's a little nervous. >> any mission where there's crew on board makes me nervous, just because the risk is not zero. we'll do everything we can to get as close as possible to zero risk. >> you can join them, there's going to be a search for additional crew members announced during the super bowl. these will be the first private citizens to go into orbit. they have already had private citizens go to space that was

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it's another morning of rain, san francisco, walnut creek, dublin, everyone a little soggy on this tuesday morning. meteorologist kari hall's forecast is straight ahead and "today in the bay" continues right now. thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in a little bit and in case folks are headed out the door it's a soggy commute. kari, how long will this rain stick around? >> not too long. the rain is slowly moving out but this has been a slow-moving system, lingered over parts of the north bay for a while but now mostly san francisco on southward but we've seen some of the heavier pockets of rain starting to taper off and we've been tracking it with storm ranger. we can see that the wide view of this system shows it is making

its way off towards the east, the rain will start to taper off but there will be slight rain chances as we go into today as well as tomorrow. we'll talk more about this, that's coming up in just a few minutes and mike, how is the commute rolling? >> kari, the storm like a lot of folks in the morning slow moving also at the bay bridge toll plaza, because of the wet roads, the metering lights were turned on just before 6:00, so about 40 minutes of slowing right there, now is filling in all lanes finally in the last few. map shows you still slow 880 southbound, a couple of crashes as you pass by broadway headed through the downtown and the bay bridge may have an issue on the lower deck coming out of san francisco approaching treasure island, i'm tracking that. we have the wet road bays. the green highlighting obvious around the bay, use caution out there. back to you. >> thanks so much. let's talk about the pandemic. new bay area efforts to beat back covid through vaccines but boosting pay for workers who are

most at risk. >> cierra johnson is looking into racial disparities when it comes to vaccinations but first we'll start with sharon katsuda live in san jose, a city now coidernsg possible hero pay or hazard pay at grocery stores. >> reporter: all sides are taking a hard look whether the workers should receive heroes pay, $5 extra per hour on top of their normal pay. oakland city councilwoman nicky fortunato says she sees the workers as heroes. grocery stores with 500 or more, safeway, whole foods and costco pay workers a hazard or heroes pay. in santa clara county, there's talk of doing this for restaurant workers, too, but san jose mayor sam liccardo says the city should wait to find out what the county decides especially since there's pushback from grocery store chains. in a statement he says two chains, kroger's and food for less announced they'll close

25% of its stores as a result. similar challenges will consume hundreds of hours of our city's scarce staff time before expending those resources. it would serve us well to determine whether the county will pass the measure that will preempt ours as seems highly likely. >> this would go a long way in the event they get sick or a loved one might get sick. >> reporter: there is opposition to this. president ron fong says more than 30% pay raise would translate to additional costs to customers. >> one will be to pass the costs along to our consumers and cg has done an economic study amount to somewhere near $400 per family annually. >> reporter: fong also said the city of long beach recently approved a $4 per hour heroes

pay increase and albertson's and food for less closed down in that city. berkeley and san francisco city leaders already expressed support for these workers for the heroes pay. reporting live in san jose, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thanks, sharon. cierra johnson, numbers now show people of color are falling behind in vaccinations. >> reporter: good morning, despite the fact there are new mass vaccination sites as well as walk-in vaccinations sites which we'll get to in a moment, there seems so be disparities in exactly who is getting vaccinated. to start with look at the overall picture. how many folks across the nation have been vaccinated right now 31 million folks across the u.s. have received their shots. nearly 3,500,000 people right here in california. a little less than 800,000 vaccines were given in l.a. that according to politico there seems to be some significant gaps in where the breakdown of

the distribution by race. over 60% of those vaccinated were white, 14% identify as multiple races, 11.5% hispanic and asian and blacks vaccinated at 6% and 5% respectively. leaders in san francisco recognizing that disparity and they're opening a mass vaccination site with the focus on the latinex community getting them inknock serrated. mayor breed provided a tour monday of a new site at 24th and cap in the mission. that site will deliver between 200 and 400 shots each and every day. >> the focus of our work has been to address the communities most impacted by covid and we know the latin-x community has been hit the hardest so we want to make sure it's accessible. >> reporter: take a look at this tweet by one of the board of supervisors with san francisco, beginning today at 9:00, those 65 and older will be able to walk in and get vaccinated at a new drop-in no appointment

required vaccination site in bay view hunter's point but you will need to live in one of the two zip codes listed on the website. we are making some strides but as you can see, there's still some major disparities in the racial breakdown of who is getting vaccinated but the city as well as the feds are working to close that gap. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> cierra, before you go, men versus women. i understand a lot more women have been vaccinated. >> reporter: correct, yes. i think we have a graphic there, it looks like it is between 37% of men, 63% of women that were the difference between the vaccinations there. >> huh, that's interesting. and as well more women are losing their jobs during the pandemic, so interesting to see some of the numbers. thanks so much, cierra. it 16:36.

wanted for hire in southern california. security guards, a large security company is holding jab fairs this week to assist at vaccination sites. companies looking to hire hundreds of guards and pay up to $28 an hour. it says it has nothing to do with the protests that briefly shut down vaccines over the weekend at dodger stadium. a new look at the highway washout in big sur. this is drone video. the monterey county sheriff's office showed that huge gap yesterday. there is flooding and lots of debris in that area as well. the road collapse happened after heavy rain, of course and mudslides where the dolan fire wiped out vegetation last summer but officials say the damage isn't as bad as it was in 2017 when that landslide cut off the tourist destination for more than a year. turning to meteorologist kari hall who is taking a look at why rising sea levels may

spell financial disaster for bay area cities if we don't prepare. kari, you took a trip to ocean beach. >> yes, and this is part of our climate in crisis. it's a continuing team effort from nbc bay area, raising awareness on how climate change will shape our future. i talked to a scientist at the pacific institute who says if we aren't planning for rising sea levels and flooding now, we're putting lives and livelihood at greater risk. >> we can build buildings that are able to accommodate and deal with sea level rise. they can, that can be designed into them but we have to be proactive in doing that, going back and retrofitting buildings can be incredibly expensive, and you know, depending on what it is, we may choose not to do that. >> cooley tells me how fast their research says sea levels are rising, along our coast and you can find that interview as

well as wide-ranging stories on climate change now at nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. we're not seeing fog along the coastline affecting redwoods. there's interesting angles on that climate page, laura and kris. >> thank you, kari. it is 6:39. coming up next, the abuse congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york is revealing that caught many by surprise. . senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to tamp down on some of the things said by some of the people in his heart, calls them looney lies. out to the big board, where gamestop stock, let's not do that then. hey, marcus! >> you said game we're talking about the big game and are you

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welcome back. capitol police officer brian sicknick died from injuries he sustained after a pro trump mob breached the capitol in a violent riot. hit in the head with a fire extinguisher during the hour's long fight for control of the building. new york representative alexandria ocasio-cortez is describing the trauma she experienced during the riot. she spoke out last night on instagram live and revealed something deeply personal.

>> i thought i was going to die. and i had a lot of thoughts. you have a lot of thoughts i think when you're in a situation like that. >> at times she was close to tears, criticizing calls for everyone to just forget the attack and compared it to her experience as a sexual assault survivor arguing the rhetoric used to justify the abuse is nearly the same. 6:44. president biden is pushing for bipartisanship and republican leaders try to distance themselves from the fringe. scott mcgrew joins us now, strong words against republican margerie taylor greene this morning. >> green is the new republican representative from georgia, who said school shootings are fake and california's governor started the wildfires with a space laser. we can go on but you get the idea.

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is speaking out against such nonsense, though he does not name her specifically he lists some of the things that she says and then said "loony lies and conspiracy theories are the cancer for the republican party and our country. somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the pentagon on 9/11 is not living in reality. there is pressure to remove representative greene from her commission, the same way iowa representative steve king after many racist statements. this battle will tell us a lot about the future of the party because while there is a push by traditional republicans to strip greene of her power, the trump side of the republican party is trying to strip wyoming representative liz cheney of her power because she supported impeachment. the woman who comes out on top could tell us a lot about the future of the gop. meanwhile, in the oval office, a show of bipartisanship

and it was quite a show. these pictures are exactly what what president biden and the white house wants the american public to see. ten republican senators talking with the president about what's best for americans. the sides are still very far apart but as ronald reagan once pointed out pictures matter. people remember picture, not policy. that said, americans seem to support the president's view. 79% of americans polled by morning consult supported the plan for bigger stimulus checks. 69% support the president's plan for more funds to help local governments. and finally this morning, donald trump's pollster has put together a postmortem on why he lost the presidency, as you probably guessed, it was trump's response to coronavirus that did him in. the 27-page report obtained by politico showed a vast majority of americans thought trump did not take the pandemic seriously and a vast majority of americans favored shutdowns and other measures to fight the disease

over strengthening the economy. we're watching what's happening with the stimulus checks and the whole stimulus plan. we're tweeting about it as well. find me on twitter i am @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. 6:47 right now. major league baseball players not exactly ready to play ball at least when it comes to shortening the season. the union shot town a proposal for 154-game season in may. mlb wanted to expand playoffs and offered to pay players in full. the players say there isn't enough protections in the proposal. the league is still instructing teams to report to spring training as scheduled two weeks from now. the countdown to kickoff to the super bowl is on as well. "today in the bay's" marcus washington joins us live with a look at some of the preparations under way in florida. >> absolutely. laura, can you believe it?

just five days away from the big game, super bowl. i'm talking about it, the showdown happening in tampa. let's take a live look, the stadium right there, where tom brady and patrick mahomes will go head to head on sunday. who are you going for? let me tell you about a this. the wilson factory in ohio they've been churning out the footballs to be used during the big game. they have the official logo, the names of the teams as well with the commissioner's signature. also trending, nike rolling out the new hands free sneaker. it's sneaking up on you. that's right. no laces, no zippers, and thanks to the hinge on the heel of that shoe it can be slipped on and off without effort. it looks pretty cool, right? the sale of the comfort shoe has been booming during the pandemic. the nike shoes will set you back a little bit $120. i'll wait for them as a gift. and finally for you, something surely to put a smile on your face this morning action talking about kari this morning.

the snow one cool district are officially embracing the snow day to remake a justin timberlake song. take a listen and watch. ♪ i can't stop feeling ♪ ♪ it's our first snow day ♪ ♪ i can't stop the feeling ♪ ♪ it's our first snow day ♪ >> you hear it there. i like that song. connecticut superintendent rydell harrison told the students close your computers, dust off the sleds and frolic in the snow. and have a good time. you know what? if we had snow days here, i wish our bosses would tell us that as well. the whole show just on the slopes, hmm, take the show to tahoe. >> that would be fun. >> they say sanchez, put on your rain gear, go outside. >> i'm in. hey we found a way to do it from our homes so maybe we'll take it on the road. that would be nice. >> all right! >> i'm all in. >> kari, let's get more snow then if we're doing that. >> yes, and i really like that they are giving the kids a chance to enjoy the snow, because they're really

distracted, even during the virtual learning but snowing outside and they're having to sit there in front of the computer, what fun is that? we're going to have this rain we're seeing right now, california snow. we're seeing that moving on through, as we are going to see some of these showers starting to taper off but last little bits of rain moving through early this morning. this is all out ahead of a very slow-moving cold front. it did bring us some decent amounts of rainfall today especially in the north bay, mt. tam, over two inches of rain and the east bay, tilden park measures over an inch of rain there, just below an inch of rain in ukiah, san francisco, about a half inch of rain in redwood city, about a quarter inch of rain, so after this moves out, we have temperatures today that will reach into the upper 50s. so it won't be as warm as yesterday but still pretty nice especially once the sky clears but we are still going to have a slight chance of rain after that cold front pushes through. we are going to see the rain tapering off but still some

lingering showers as the upper level disturbance moves across the region and even for tomorrow afternoon we could see some hit or miss showers but not all of us will see it. we'll just have to keep an eye on storm ranger, and then as we look out the next two weeks, climate predictions center puts out the outlooks and saying we're going to have below average rainfall, that is not good. february is usually our wettest month of the year, so seeing that in our two-week forecast and looking at even our seven-day forecast shows that we are heading into a stretch of some dry weather, and it's going to warm up. by saturday/sunday, temperatures in the upper 60s and that's well above normal. we'll see that continue into early next week. we're watching that. mike, what are you watching for the morning commute? >> kari, i'm consulting with the traffic prediction center which is 15 years of data right there and also accident reports on the roads. the map shows you also big factor the wet roads around the bay's maps not playing a major

part in any problems because of lighter volume of traffic, but we are seeing a number of issues which can possibly be attributed to slicker roadways. a number of spinouts, flooding cleared from exits. southbound 880 seventh past 980 to about oak street a couple of crashes on the shoulder still working there. the bay bridge we had a disabled vehicle reported at treasure island, slowing out of san francisco, i've circled it there, the slowing has cleared on the lower deck. but the bay bridge toll plaza still has a backup over on the oakland side. you notice the wet roadways here, flashing lights also i think those are the folks who were stalled over at treasure island, cleared to that parking lot and you notice there's a little less backup, just a bit in the left lanes. back to you. >> sure does look sloppy, though. happening now, tesla agrees to a major recall, the bay area electric car company recalling 130,000 of its model s and model x vehicles, regulators found the cars have problems with their

touch screen displays which could cause them to go blank, interfering with the driver's ability to change the heat, air conditioning, defrosting and rear view cameras. as part of the recall, tesla will fix the problem for free. coming up next a quick look at top stories including the new federal order requiring anyone traveling on planes, trains and buses to wear a mask. up next, how bay area commuters are responding. and it's all about the weekend this week as we get ready for sunday's super bowl halftime show. a weekend factoid now, he's had three number one hits in the u.s. including "love me harder" with ariana grande. you're watching "today in the bay."

oroweat bread. gathering, baking and delivering ththe goodnessss of naturere... frfrom one geneneration to the nexext anand from seeeed to slicece. ♪ ahhh. ahhhhh. ahhh. a ah. ♪ welcome back. here's a quick look at the top stories, a new mask order for pretty much anyone on the go putting others at risk. >> bob redell is live at the dublin b.a.r.t. station. a lot of bay area commuters aren't going to have to change their habits at all. >> reporter: no, because all bay area transit agencies kris and laura including b.a.r.t. behind me in dublin have been requiring masks for quite some time. this hasn't been the case in

other parts of the country until now. a new executive order signed by president biden required travelers to wear masks on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subway, buss, taxi, rideshares, you name it, all to stop the spread of covid-19. we're now in week 47 of this pandemic and starting to see some signs of progress in the fight against this disease. you can see on your tv screen cases are dropping. this is the 14-day average of new cases in the state of california, january 13th, we peaked at just more than 40,000 cases per day, now down to 20,000 new cases a day. and when it comes to hospitalizations, january 16th, you can see 22,000 californians just over that were hospitalized with covid, today the first sign of consistent drop in the hospitalization numbers, 18,000 people are now in the hospital. reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. 6:57. taking a live look in oakland, city leader also vote

on a pay increase for grocery workers. any grocery store that employs more than 500 people like safeway, whole foods and costco would have to pay workers extra $5 in hazard pay. san jose is considering similar so-called hero pay plans. companies are already warning the extra costs will be passed on to customers, even if the plan is only temporary during the pandemic. let's head outside, looking at the san francisco bay bridge, gorgeous there, we see some mist there in the distance, and we know that the roadways are a little sloppy this morning. kari, how long is it going to last? >> it will start to wind down over the next couple of hours. storm ranger is showing most of the rain san francisco down the peninsula and east bay, as we go into the next several hours, we will start to see this rain pushing on through but it's been

moving very slowly, most of us getting a quarter to half inch of rain, higher for some spots in parts of the north bay andine. we'll see the rain chances winding down and a view of storm ranger if you have the nbc bay area app, check out where the rain is falling and get alerts as rain approaches your location and check out our climate in crisis page as well. mike what's going on right now the commute? >> kind of what you've been talking about, exactly what you've been talking about, the rain came through the area this morning, stalled out and left the roadways wet. the toll plaza did have the metering lights turned on, still does, the backup is lightening though over on the san francisco side there was some flooding and spinouts and i think that's why that inspired those lights to be turned on, again, smoother drive now. here is palo alto soupy on 101 just north of university. >> yes, looks like you definitely got to keep that umbrella handy for most of the day out there. that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. >> we'll leave with you a live

look at nbc bay area storm ranger, it is scanning and you know that means we can see the lower level rain better than anybody else. you can get it on the app, nbc bay area. good morning. buried. the snow still piling up in the northeast, as one of the biggest winter storms in years rages on. >> about every half hour, i come out to keep up with the snow. >> more than 2 feet in some cities. accidents and rescues all across the region. commer trains grounding to a rare halt, as howling winds fueled dangerous flooding. and this morning, al is already tracking a new cross-country storm before this one is even over. new strains, new urgency. >> we are focused on this every hour of every day. >> health officials racing to speed up the vaccine rollout