way area. as you get ready to head out, you may need a heavier jacket but later today it is going to even warmer heading intodegrees. as we look at what's going on out there now, absolutely nothing. this will continue. we'll talk about that and an update on our drought monitor coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's going on right now for the morning commute? >> kari, this is going to be a local report as we first start out with a circle area at the bottom right of your screen. this is santa teresa boulevard. a major roadway but not the freeway. there's a closure at chantilly. you can get over toward golf course lane a little to the west. there's a deadly crash that happened involving a single car. san jose police tell us that will be closed another couple hours, likely until sunrise. monterey road is clear through the area and so is the rest of the bay. no major issues on either side of the water or the north bay coming in towards san francisco, actually any of the directions.

back to you. >> thank you. governor newsom hasced the california is expected to receive another million doses of the covid-19 this week, this as many californians receive or are preparing to receive their second shot. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live from san ramon. bob, you sifted through a lot of data this morning. how are those numbers looking? >> reporter: well, good morning to you. we're nowhere near herd immunity yet, that's no surprise, but we are seeing a number of people who have received a second dose. we're starting to see that start to increase. take a look at your tv screens. the latest numbers we received from the county health department, at least the ones reporting out this information. santa clara county has administered the most number of shots, this includes second doses, almost 230,000. contra costa close to 140,000. sf just over 90,000. san mateo county around 82,000. marin, you can see there 30,000.

napa 24,000. alameda county is at least 26,000 and change. we know it's more but that's the best numbers we could gather from their website. now, if you look at the percentage of population who have been inoculated, here in contra costa county, you see just over 12% of the people who live here have already received their first dose. 2.6% their second dose. in marin it's a little over 11%. same with the second dose, around 2%. san mateo county around 10%. their second dose is 22%. that's a very high number there. and in san francisco, 9% have received their first dose, 3% their second dose. so let's say you've received your second dose. the vaccine is 95% effective. well, you can resume your pre-pandemic activity -- well, no. not so fast say the health experts. you're still supposed to wear a mask, maintain social distance. as the chronicle reports, it's

not clear whether those who have been vaccinated can still transmit the virus to others. there's also the question about whether the new variants of the virus could make the vaccines less effective. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." now let's head to washington. this is a live look at capitol hill where the battle plays out over the future of the republican party. republican congresswoman liz cheney is holding on to her high-ranking house position as conference chair fending off a bid by pro-trump conservatives to oust her. in a matter of hours the house will vote on whether to strip marjorie taylor greene of her committee assignments. tracie potts joins us live in washington, d.c. with a closer look at what we can >> reporter: laura and cierra, what we can expect today is liz cheney is back on the job. the republican congresswoman held on to her position after some question of whether she

would. she was one of the ten who voted for impeachment against former president trump, but now we understand that she is going to hold on to her job. house minority leader kevin mccarthy of california said he was pleased by last night's vote. >> we just had a very good conference. members together. but the number one thing that happened this conference was unity. people were able to air their differences. people were able to focus. >> reporter: resources told nbc that the secret balloting among republican members was 145-61 in favor of cheney. now, today the house is going to vote on another member, freshman republican marjorie taylor greene of georgia on whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. she has made several controversial comments mocking a survivor of theconspiracies.

mccarthy condemned her but declined to take action. now, what's going to happen today? take a look at this. a favorability poll by axios is hinting what republican voters may do. overall greene has higher favorability than liz cheney who held on to her job. republicans are arguing that the vote today to strip greene of committee assignments is premature because they think this needs to go to the ethics committee first. >> so interesting. thanks for breaking it all down for us, tracie. nearly a mon a seattle area proud boys member is being charged with four counts tied to the capitol breach. eth proud boys hawaii founder is conspiracy charges. this comes asboys a terrorist g developing this morning, san jose police are questioning a

man they say made social media threats to shoot up a mall. it happened yesterday at valley fair mall. authorities say he live streamed his threats on snapchat. within an hour, officers located the man, they pinged his phone fitting the description and they arrested him. they say he was armed with a handgun. >> he was an adult male with dark clothing and was wearing shoulder-length hair, purple in color. i would say a very distinctive description. >> the mall never fully closed, but police did shut down one area as they quietly moved in. a bomb squad was later seen in the parking lot checking a car believed to be the suspect's. in a follow-up, talk about a long time on hold. verizon and spectrum customers in the south bay yesterday suffered through a lengthy outage that as of late last night still lingered. a construction crew hit for lots of people.

we're told most if not all internet service was restored around 9:00 last night. so far no update this morning from verizon. oakland now getting a major legal pushback on its plan to require an additional $5 an hour in hazard pay to grocery workers during the pandemic. the california grocers association has filed a lawsuit against the city. it claims the approval of extra pay violates federal and state law. the association also says higher pay will not increase worker safety. san jose and los angeles are also considering the hero pay for grocery store morning, pos new life soon for a building that housed a landmark san francisco restaurant. the cliff house closed late last year but the chronicle reports the national park service is actively working to fill that space with something new. in a perfect world, it will be a new restaurant. they're hoping to find a

long-term tenant by this spring. i don't know, whenever i would go into this cliff house there was a accepts of nostalgia. it had been there so long. you imagine how many people have been there and the sights that we were seeing from that vantage point. i hope they can review it. >> beautiful views. >> i can't imagine it not being open. >> i know. we'll see what they'll do. we'll keep track and keep tabs on it for you. in the meantime kari is keeping tabs on the weather for us. how would the view be by the beach today? >> it's going to be another spectacular day. in fact a lot clearer than yesterday. but we are starting out cool. let's head to the tri-valley as we look outside in dublin. some very light we're watching for that elsewhere across the bay area.r temperatures making it into the upper 50sl temperatures, a little warmer for parts of the north bay reaching up to 64 degrees in

napa and 57 today in san francisco. we'll take a look ahead to some warmer weather in our weekend forecast that's coming up. mike, that's going on right now with the commute? >> i just heard you say weekend, but it's a weekday right now, kari. to answer your question, we're looking at green sensors on all perimeters of the bay. we are looking at one incident for san jose police on santa teresa boulevard in san jose, but that's the only issue and it's a major roadway but not a freeway. over here 580 and 84 showing your typical pattern for the tri-valley. in fact not so bad. very light as we expect on a thursday at this time. 5:09. getting over to the contra costa county dck to you. >> thanks so much. advantage uber and lyft. next on "today in the bay" why the effort to resurrect california's gig economy law may have just reached a dead end. of course you can drive your car, maybe an apple car. that's back in the news that has

appeal. marcus will get to the core of it coming up. i could do this all day. >> scott, you know what, it's not uncommon that taylor swift nor music ending up in headlines. ♪♪ this time it's landed at the top of a lawsuit. it's landed taylor in court. we'll tell you who's suing the artist and what her team is saying about all of this. it's 5:10 this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."

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toyota. let's go places. right now it is 5:12 on our thursday morning. make some plans to get outside today. it is going to be a beauty. let's check out martinez and our park forecast. we'll start out with some upper 40s this morning for that early morning run, but we'll see those afternoon temperatures in the low 60s today. we'll get a look ahead to some warmer air in our weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. we're going to take a live look at the san mateo bridge camera where the taillights are going west. that would be what we consider the commute direction for the morning. a very easy drive right now. one of your neighboring bridges does have a report i'm a little concerned about. we'll give a note for those drivers coming up. well, good morning. a very happy thursday to you as well. today the new treasury secretary will gather some of the country's most important

financial regulators together and ask what do we do about gamestop or any other stock where amateur investors are rushing in causing huge fluctuations in price, what wall street calls volatility? or do we do nothing at all? yellen will meet with the heads of the s.e.c. and federal reserve which she used to run and other organizations and agencies as soon as this morning. now, as we've talked about before, it's not exactly clear what regulators can do in that it doesn't appear that anyone broke any rules or if you wanted to prevent such frenzies in the future, what rules you could invent. if there's a takeaway from this, it's that the new biden administration is not afraid of getting its hands on the financial markets with regulation. yelp is going to sell its san francisco headquarters building as it downsizes its workforce, that's according to the business times. it's the only pacific telephone and telegraph building on montgomery. the company has not said where it would put its headquarters in

san francisco or elsewhere. stitchfix says it will sell its san francisco warehouse and cut staff. it is a subscription clothing service that offers you clothes that stylists think would suit your individual taste. it's also going back to that gamestop issue, a stock that's been shorted by a lot of professionals that's on wall street, stitchfix. they think shares are too high so they're betting against it. that's attracted the attention of some of those same people that ran up the gamestop shares. stitchfix stock is on a tear. the ceo of parler says he was fired from that company. he was trying to introduce some rules about what you can say like don't call for violence. it originally billed itself as anybody can say anything market places and amazon web services because of it. launch an apple car built by hyundai. i have been covering silicon valley more than 20 years and

apple car is one of those stories that pops up about every other year. it's entirely possible there will be an apple car, but it's one of those where, oh, yeah, that one. i've heard that one. >> exactly. we're waiting. we're waiting to see. thanks so much, scott. it is 5:15 right now. new details in a new legal victory for ride share and delivery app companies. the state supreme court has rejected a bid to overturn proposition 22, that's the measure approved by voters last fall putting an end to california's gig economy law. it allows companies like uber and lyft to avoid giving drivers full benefits by preserving their contractor status. drivers and labor unions led alling the measure reportedly made. marcus washington joins us now with the comments and more. good morning, marcus. >> good morning, cierra. we're talking about country music awards 2020 best new

artist of the year, and now the music of morgan wallen is off the air. this all comes after he was allegedly caught on video obtained by tmz using the "n" word. he was in front of his tennessee home shouting that racial slur. he was suspended immediately from big loud label, which produces his music. other country music stars taking to social media expressing their outrage. others like kelsea ballerini suggested while his actions do not represent country music. nbc reached out to wallen for his response, but we have not heard back. he did issue a statement to tmz saying that this in part, quote, was no excuse to use this type of language ever. and singer taylor swift is facing a new lawsuit. this is from a theme park in utah. evermore park said that it sued -- well, they're suing because of the title of her 2020 album "ever more." it violates the park's trademark

rights. swift's lawyer said the allegations are baseless and now we know where evermore park is located. and today nominations are out for the screen actors guild awards set to be announced later. lily collins and david digs will host those on instagram live. and a lot of people wondering if the crowd will repeat all of the nods it just got during the golden globe nominations. they are now the most nominated tv series of 2021. and it's a good series, no doubt. >> i just started it so i'm excited to trudge through it. >> oh, you did? i love it. i love it. i love those stories of royalty, right? it's as close as i can get to it. >> i know. it's like that inside look. even if it's not all true. >> all right, king marcus, we'll check in with you later. right now let's check in with our queen of weather, meteorologist kari hall who has a look at our week-long

forecast. >> i have yet to see it. i think i'm going to have to watch that this weekend but it's going to be hard because the weather is going to be so nice. maybe during those late evening hours once the kids go to bed. let's get a look at our temperaturd out for work it is below 30 degrees in ukiah. napa a little milder there as the temperature is 42 degrees and it is 42 degrees also in livermore as you head out for that morning commute. so the heater is on to start but if you want to warm up today along the peninsula we are going to make it into the mid-50s here. sunshine and i think the best time to go hiking is about 1:00 to 2:00 today. you'll still need a jacket there but we'll see warmer temperatures in parts of the north bay as we reach up to 64 degrees in napa. we'll see a high of 60 in martinez and as well 60 degrees in san jose. san francisco staying in the upper 50s and i'm watching the drought monitor.

it will soon be updated today, but we've seen the drought conditions continuing. and this does not take into account the atmospheric river we had last week, so i'm really excited to see the updates that we get as we head through the morning. hopefully we see some improvement mere because we do still have some extreme drought conditions for part of the north bay. so that update coming up. look out for it on social media because we'll head into an extended period of dry weather the next week. as high pressure builds that keeps the rain away. the latter part of the weekend and early next week we are not seeing any chances of rain here and our temperatures will be warming up, which of course we know tends to dry out vegetation. at least it won't be too bad as inland temperatures will be comfortable, reaching into the mid to upper 60s, while san francisco will see some lower 60s here into the next several days. mike, watching the commute, anything that may cause some issues popping up right now? >> i'm a little concerned

because there are not really any crashes going on. there's one minor crash that just showed up in fremont and i'll check on that but i want to show folks the map because green sensors do mean a great drive for most. i'm concerned about the dumbarton bridge. a lot of times the san mateo bridge gets a lot of focus but right now the dumbarton eastbound, the arrow shows they're going to the high rise. reports of two lanes being blocked for overnight road crew. i'll check on when they're going clear that but we see mild slowing there. the rest of the bridges, including the bay bridge look great, including the live shot we have of that bridge. back to you. >> beautiful shot there, thank you. next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds. >> we found an app that might save you hundreds of dollars a month on groceries, all because it cuts the amount of food you waste. i'm consumer investigator chris kumara. we'll show you how it works, next. and we always give you a little peek into our personal lives as well on social media.

so my daughter last night asked if this wite-out was nail polish. her brother's response was don't touch it, it's from the olden days. this is what it's like distance learning, home schooling. when was the last time you used whiteout on facebook? you can tell me i should say on facebook, twitter on instagram. do you even have it in your house? i doubt it. you've watching "today in the bay."

how many times have you found something in the back of the fridge that was once edible but is now a science project? too often. the natural resources defense council says as much as 40% of food is never eaten, it's wasted. so let's look at how to waste less food and money using your smartphone. >> in the app you can create lists for your freezer, fridge and pantry. >> reporter: that's a computer science student in denmark. he developed a free smartphone app called no waste that helps you do a food inventory. here's how it works. you use the app to scan the bar code on every bottle, bag and box that you have. the app keeps a running foods inventory for you. that should eliminate guesswork while you're grocery shopping and prevent you from overbuying stuff. >> so basically you will always know what food you have at home. >> so what about privacy we asked? he assured us he's not selling any user data. if you're still skeptical, it's

okay. you can sign into the no waste app with a pseudonym. switching gears a little bit here, let's talk about vaccines. who should get the next ones? state health leaders are now considering priority for people with disabilities or medical conditions, but under the proposal, people could only qualify if their medical status can be verified. the policy would not apply at mass vaccination sites. the state's top epidemiologist is calling for all preconditions to be clearly defined. here's new proof things look a lot different in other parts of the country. in some places you'll find many people still refusing to wear masks despite the rising number of highly contagious covid-19 variants. this video comes from a grocery store in naples, florida. lots of customers as well as employees not wearing masks and ignoring the clear advice from health experts that say double up. >> if one mask serves as a physical barrier, if you put two

on, if you're looking for enhancing the physical barrier, it makes common sense that it certainly can't hurt and might help. but it doesn't yet reach the point of an official recommendation from the cdc because of the lack of data. >> unlike california, florida has no statewide mask mandate. individual cities and counties can impose their own measures. 5:27. coming up next on "today in the bay" the top stories we're following, including facing new fiajor bay area health care provovid worker safety violations. what the company said investigators misunderstood. and bracing for a bumpy ride. the roadblocks muni faces trying to map out an uncertain future and the possibility of job cuts.

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i did not know that they supported that. i'm glad that they're doing it. >> right now at 5:30, coronavirus confusion. as san francisco prepares to open a new vaccination center, there are questions this morning about how exactly the city will dole them all out. plus, plagued with problems. the promises coming from the state's new employment agency leader, which is reeling from a massive fraud scandal. our climate is in crisis. i met with scientists to find out what's happening to our beautiful bay. they discovered toxic algae

blooms. i'll have more on how this is hurting areas like discovery bay, coming up. a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm cierra johnson. marcus washington will join us coming up. we're going to have a look at traffic in just a moment, but first a look at weather. good morning, kari. >> good morning. and we're starting out cold across the bay area, but it's going to warm up and actually turn out to be a pretty nice day. hopefully you have plans to get outside. if not, we have lots more of that kind of weather in the forecast as we reach near 70 this weekend. and just getting out between home schooling today or after home school for the home school recess in brentwood, we're going to see tempetures reaching into the upper 50s by early in the afternoon and reaching 60 degrees today. we'll talk about all of our microclimates and the weekend forecast coming up. mike, any issues for the morning commute? >> yes, for san jose, kari. san jose police as we marked on

the maps still over at santa teresa boulevard near chantilly doing this investigation. a single car deadly crash occurred overnight so that will probably last until the daylight hours. use monterey road to get through the area without any problem. meanwhile north 680 there is a crash getting over to the shoulder pretty quickly. i believe we'll track that. the rest of the bay, no major problems. back to you. >> thank you. well, in just a matter of hours in san francisco, a big a90s will take place regarding the opening of a mass vaccination site in the city. it's happening the same day cy officials hold an emergency meeting to discuss the distribution of the vaccine, so what gives? >> pete will join us live in san francisco to tell us what we need to know right now. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, guys. later today we'll get this announcement on a mass vaccination site in san francisco that's set to open tomorrow. but around the same time there's going to be an emergency meeting

by the board of supervisors asking for more information on when these mass vaccinan here. but here's what we know. we know that this mass at the muscone centertomorrow. if you're 65 years or older, you'll be able to get this vaccine. the city says the goal is to administer 7,000 to 10,000 doses per day. that's at a slow pace but eventually they want to get to 10,000 doses per day. as i mentioned, this emergency meeting has been called for today by the san francisco board of supervisors. now, they're calling for more vaccination data. they want more data from the department of public health and also more information on mass vaccination sites in the city. all of this is happening of course as the city sues san francisco unified school district to reopen their doors. one legal expert says that the city may have a case.

>> certainly has put some attention on the fact that san francisco has not educated any kids in person during this entire pandemic where a lot of other school districts have. >> this is a tweet that was sent out by san francisco supervisor matt hainey yesterday and he is calling for this emergency meeting. the tweet saying that he didn't have a firm date on the opening of this moscone center opening. mayor london breed will be at the site later this morning at 11:00 a.m. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." 5:34 right now. while covid infections continue to drop across california, there is something still alarming. the state is now dealing with its highest death rate since the start of the pandemic. on tuesday, the department of health reported nearly 7600 deaths over the past two weeks. that's an average of 542 deaths

per day. more than 41,000 californians have died since the start of the pandemic, roughly the same amount of people who live in the entire city of danville. kaiser permanente is appealing fines issued by cal osha for two facilities. the fines together amounting to more than $100,000. in one case cal osha says kaiser failed to properly handle or prevent possible worker exposure to covid. in the other case, workers in san leandro were allegedly forced to use defective ppe gear. in a statement, kaiser calls the allegations isolated and from early on in the pandemic. kaiser was hit with similar fines from cal osha at the end of 2020 and that also topped $100,000. we've got a follow-up for you now. the new director of california's problem-plagued edd is promising to clean things up and vowing recent mistakes will not be repeated. let's hope not.

the department is believed to have handed out billions and billions of dollars to people who filed bogus jobless claims. yesterday the new director appeared before lawmakers, sidestepping the specifics about missteps made in the past but promising it won't happen again. lawmakers are now reviewing two audits and may reveal more later this morning. muni is facing yet another budget shortfall. sfmta met twice this week to try to hammer out the budget agreement for next year. it's facing a $134 million shortfall due to the pandemic and it's unknown where cuts will come from. the transit system is completely dependent on outside funding. according to the chronicle, the board's transportation director says pre-pandemic muni service levels may not resume fully until next year. a cold start to our day but dry out there. that should help the morning commute as well. >> that's right, laura. absolutely. looking great right now.

you said the conditions are great for the drive. we are looking at the map where we see green sensors surrounding the bay on all areas of the perimeter but we're looking at one issue, maybe two crossing the bay. first we'll talk about what i just learned about the eastbound direction where at the high rise we have two lanes blocked. that project for road work has been approved until as late at 10:00 a.m. we'll watch that. no slowing right now. in the opposite direction at the toll plaza, a crash clearing from the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. it wasn't ever in lanes. the bay bridge all lanes are clear as well and a very nice, easy drive. great conditions for the drive, kari. what about the rest of the day? >> as we mentioned, it is cold this morning. i don't know if we can say that enough. let's c this cold start we'll have a nice day and we'll head into the upper 50s and low 60s by late morning into the afternoon. here's a look at all of our highs across the bay area.

a little warmer for parts of the north bay where we'll see a high of 64 in ukiah, 60 in oakland as well as 60 today in san jose. so we are going to have some warmer weather in the weekend forecast. that's coming up in a few minutes. but we do want to turn our attention to our climate in crisis series that we have going on and our weather team has been fanning out across the bay area talking to scientists. we are talking about all of the issues surrounding the bay area. forecaster vianey arana, what were you able to find? >> hey, good morning, kari. you know folks back home hear us covering the weather every day but we're also paying c with a team of scientists and focused on those impacts, especially the one it is having on discovery bay in stockton. so the beautiful sights of our bays may look picture perfect but there's something toxic

happening beneath the water. we need to act fast before those blue waters aren't blue anymore. toxic algae blooms are increasing and the toxicity levels are hurting our wildlife and can hurt our health if we don't make a change. john rosenfield says the warm temperatures are only making it worse. >> they are microorganisms that when they multiply a lot form these mats that are green and are on the surface or just under the water. but these unlike regular old ponding algae, these algae release a toxin that can be very powerful. >> to watch this full interview impacting the bay area go to c climate in crisis tab.

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right now at 5:43 on your thursday morning, we have a look at our current temperatures that are freezing and farther to the north in the north bay but we are starting out very quil chil. i just got the update on the drought monitor. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. we're looking at a smooth drive around most of the bay, although i did get a new update about the crash during the dumbarton bridge toll plaza. there's lighter traffic at the limit but farther north along the peninsula we may have a new i'm checking with chp. >> sounds good, thanks so much. breaking news just into our newsroom, the latest weekly job numbers are out one day ahead of the monthly employment report. 779,000 people filed first-time claims. pretty healthy chunk, lower than

the 830,000 forecast. it's also slightly down from the week before. another 4.5 million people filed continuing claims. it is 5:44 right now. president biden wants new coronavirus relief checks to get to americans as soon as possible. >> yeah, and scott mcgrew, he's willing to compromise to get those checks out the door. >> exactly right. as we've been saying, the democrats, who have the votes to do whatever they want, could put them out tomorrow. but president biden still wants to reach some sort of compromise with republicans and the latest idea is to keep the amount of the next round of checks at $1,400 but decrease the number of americans who would qualify to get them. the last checks went out to anyone earning $75,000 or less a year. the new proposal would decrease that to people making less than $50,000 a year in hopes of getting republicans to sign on. president biden met with democratic senators at the white house yesterday.

on monday he met with a team of ten republican senators. meantime on capitol hill, republican not to strip representative liz cheney of her leadership position. cheney supports donald trump's impeachment. that has angered the trump wing of the party, which wanted her demoted. that didn't happen. in fact the reported vote wasn't even close. behind closed doors members voted 145-61 against punishing cheney. now, the other big decision involves representative marjorie taylor greene. the republicans are under pressure to take her committee assignments away. she has in the past said that an airplane did not hit the pentagon during 9/11, that the parents at sandy hook elementary staged their own children's deaths and she endorsed internet calls that call for the murder of colleagues in the house. the full house, which remember is run by democrats, will vote today whether to strip greene of her assignments if her party

doesn't do it itself. >> it is integrity and the decency of this institution. now, if this isn't the bottom line, i don't know where the hell the bottom line is. >> greene had tweeted out yesterday the democrats don't want her sitting on the house education and labor committee because she's, quote, white, a woman, wife, mother, christian, conservative and business owner. now, her boss on that committee, fellow republican and ranking committee member virginia fox of north carolina is all of those things as well. she owns a plant nursery business and especially conservative, she is conservative. she voted against certifying the election for joe biden. i can't find an example of the full house stripping a member of their committee assignments in the past. the house has the ability to do it but it's been up to house parties in the past.

kevin mccarthy says greene regrets her statements. you can follow me on twitter i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. 5:47 right now. as many count down to kickoff at the super bowl, there's new covid concerns. we have a live look at tampa, florida. two kansas city chiefs players are now on the reserve covid list. this comes after a barber tested positive. 20 people, including quarterback patrick mahomes were in line for a haircut but only demarcus robinson and daniel kilgore came into close contact with the barber. they'll still be able to play sunday as long as they test negative. let's go to "today in the bay's" marcus washington. >> hey, marcus, you're looking at other super bowl things that are trending this morning. >> absolutely. so you know what, a bay area native will be taking center stage at the super bowl. i'm talking about educator

tremaine davis. he was born in pittsburg and now works at ucla. he makes sure students have resources and motivation to succeedvis knows about his stru. he his family, listen to this, to graduate from high school. and another bay area native will show up during the super bowl. >> 'twas the night before super bowl and what to my eyes should appear but the super bowl legends of yesteryear. >> that's marshawn lynch in a super bowl commercial. you know who else is going to show up? joe montana and jerry rice. even though the super bowl will not include the 49ers this year, the bay area will certainly be well represented, as well as her, the music artist, she's

going to sing "america the beautiful" so the bay area is represented throughout the super bowl. >> i'll take it. >> i'm excited. there we go, all right. >> thanks, marcus. >> let's check in right now with meteorologist kari hall. she's got a look at our forecast for today. a chilly start. do we get to start out with sweaters and maybe shed them later in the day? >> yeah, we'll have a nice little warmup today. we've had some beautiful skies over the past few days with clouds every now and then dotting the sky. i wanted to show you this picture i got on social media. i love when you all share your pictures with me because we can't get out and see the entire bay area. it's nice to see those pictures we can share with all of our friends. we are looking at a mostly clear sky for us to start, the weather has cleared out but that may not be such a good thing because i just got the update of the drought monitor and this is what it looks like. all of the bright reds is the worst of the drought and we're seeing that across northern

california. now, where it turns yellow, that's abnormally dry condition but that's an improvement after some of the spots around big sur last week got 14 inches of rain with that atmospheric river. despite all of the rain that we had in the north bay, we still have extreme drought conditions up there and for much of the bay area we have a severe drought, still ongoing, but there have been improvements in the santa cruz mountains down to the central coast. we are seeing high pressure setting up so that means dry weather for us, a lot of sunshine. back behind that there's not a lot of weather systems coming in. so the outlook for the next two weeks shows below average rainfall. hopefully we can see a turn-around by the end of the month. we are looking at some at least nice weather for getting outside. our inland areas will reach into the upper 60s this weekend and just slightly cooler for early

next week. mike, what's going on right now for people heading out for the commute? >> a few updates, kari. first of all, the peninsula, i've circled there, 101 at peninsula avenue. southbound coming down in towards san mateo, a disabled vehicle in the middle lanes hopefully getting moved to the shoulder pretty quickly without further incident we hope. as we move toward the map, we're looking at the dumbarton bridge. there's a crash over by the toll plaza reportedly cleared from the grid and no slowing but the arrow shows you eastbound we still have two lanes blocked possibly until late in the morning so we're watching for any slowing but so far it's moving very nicely after the earlier slowdowns. getting to the south bay or from the south bay north, 680 at jacqueline, the earlier crash leaves the offramp closed as you head up past the mini golf course there. if you do get that closure, go ahead and use scott creek road and loop back. back to you. >> good advice, thank you. happening now, the leader of the tokyo olympics organizing

committee says he will not resign despite fallout from derogatory comments he made this week about women. the japanese newspapers report that he said women talk too much in meetings. it's one more problem for the postponed tokyo games which organizers are still trying to pull off this summer despite the raging pandemic. remember, you can only watch the olympic games right here on nbc bay area. well, there's a lot more ahead on "today in the bay" this thursday morning, including a week-long climate in crisis series. this morning, bike messengers delivering flowers. up next, what or who inspired one east bay co-op to pedal petals? you're watching "today in the bay."

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was a kid and of course more recently bike messengers. >> i think it's kind of the agreed-upon glory days, if you will, where the '70s -- or '80s up until the '90s there's an old film called "quicksilver" with a young kevin bacon filmed in san francisco who was a bike messenger. >> that movie, by the way, one of the most '80s movies ever. treat yourself and look it up. it was a long time ago. kevin bacon is no longer young. but in the east bay a co-op called pedal express is still going strong. bicyclists delivering intraoffice mail for city governments and flowers too. we gorgeous on monday. taylor jacobs a of ten people are excited to receive some flowers, unless, i guess, those that are delivered from a jilted

lover trying to make amends. they're not as always happy to receive that. but flowers definitely bring a much bigger smile to people's face. >> oh, the life of a bike messenger. taylor implies bike messeng pri deliver legal documents. but of course most of that has been replaced by email. but you can't email flowers, no matter why you're sending. >> who doesn't like getting flowers? it's great. thanks, scott. >> i'd rather get flowers than a subpoena any day. >> so true. all right. it's 6:00, quickly approaching. happening now, vaccinations are front and center. some people now starting to get their second dose. ahead in a live report where each county stands in the vaccine rollout plan. and get ready for an updated vaccine plan. the most at-risk californians who may have top priority when it comes to receiving their shots. plus decision day.

will congress remove controversial house lawmaker marjorie taylor greene from her house committee assignments? a live report straight ahead. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good thursday morning. i'm cierra johnson. >> and i'm l in just a little bit. and of course dmek with mike. you've got a look at that commute. let's check with kari right now. no rain in sight. guess what i did, i washed my car yesterday afternoon. >> that's good. you're clear for the next several days. now we have to worry about how to heat the home because these temperatures have been very cold during the morning hours. we're feeling that right now. that will continue into the weekend, but overall we're in for a very pleasant day and 70s in the weekend forecast for some spots. as we check out our current temperatures, yes,ayward right w at 39 degrees. it is 38 in morgan hill and below freezing in clear lake and

ukiah. we'll talk about the weekend warmup that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's going on right now as we have to crank up the heater in the car? >> yeah, you're going to have to slow down just a tad bit in san jose. i've marked it on the map with the arrow, north 101 heading up from 680 to oakland road. traditional spot, traditional timing. but at the bottom of the screen they still have the closure for the investigation after a deadly crash involving a single vehicle on santa teresa boulevard so use monterey road if that is where you're traveling. the area will stay closed possibly all morning long. for the peninsula, the earlier disabled vehicle has cleared 101 at the peninsula and the bay bridge toll plaza is an easy, clear drive. back to you. 6:00 where the battle is playing out over the future of the republican party. in a matter of hours, the house will vote on whether to strip embattled republican congresswoman marjorie taylo