enforcement so we are unable to comment at this time. >> he was a pediatrician there. later, two men accused in the attack that killed a well-known san francisco private investigator are. ed to be in court, here they are in the last court appearance, 76-year-old jack palandion died from injuries in the tack outside his home in the upper haith. the men game violent when he refused to hand over a new camera he was holding. the camera did manage though or he got a shot of the getaway car on that camera, which eventually ended up helping police make that arrest. right now at 6:00, day two of impeachment number two, it all begins in about three hours with house managers laying out their case against president trump. it follows yesterday's opening act, filled with a lot of passion, emotions, and some confusion on the defense's part. we're following it all as the day begins in washington, the third hour of "today in the bay"

continues right now. a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm cierra johnson. let's get right to "today in the bay's" tracie potts in washington. tracie, a dramatic first day in the impeachment trial. what's to come today? >> well, we are just hours away from the formal opening of the case, the democrats case against the former president. they'll argue not ohm did his words incite a riot on january 6th but they're also going to try to make the case that what he said in the weeks building up to that day laid the groundwork for that attack. this afternoon, house managers begin laying out their case against former president trump, after starting monday's debate with an emotional video. >> we are listening to trump, our boss. >> reporter: aiming to connect

mr. trump to the january 6th riot at the capitol. >> if that's not an impeachable offense, then there is no such thing. >> reporter: the lead impeachment manager recalling his daughter was there that day. to come back to the capitol." >> reporter: trump's defense calling democrats overly dramatic. >> they don't need to show you movies to show you that the riot happened here. >> reporter: but effective. >> we changed what we were going to do on a count that we thought the house manager's presentation was well done. >> reporter: most republicans backed the defense. >> president trump's attorneys made a pretty strong case for dismissal. >> reporter: one trump attorney admitted last night his colleague seemed disorganized. >> today he hadn't planned on going, and so i'm sure they'll be very well prepared in the future. >> reporter: in the end, six republicans agreed it is constitutional to try a former president. >> they made a compelling argument. >> reporter: but will 11 more vote to convict?

>> presidents can't enflame insurrection in their final weeks and then walk away like nothing happened. >> we shall stand in adjournment until noon tomorrow. >> reporter: it's an uphill battle with the trump defense arguing this entire trial is political. and new this morning, three sources telling nbc that former president trump is extremely disappointed in his defense team's performance on day one. we'll see what comes when they take center stage on friday. we are live this morning, i'm tracie potts, back to you. >> it was pretty captivating to watch. it was amazing. thanks so much, tracie. stay with nbc bay area all day for continuous trial coverage. nbc news will bring you the trial live this morning and be sure to download the nbc bay area app for on the go updates. developing this morning, crews are still in the early stages of trying to contain a

spill that sent hundreds of gallons of oil into san francisco bay. here's a live look at chevron's richmond refinery. workers first noticed an oil slick yesterday afternoon coming from an underwater pipeline. local agencies are now saying 600 gallons of oil spilled into the water and the spill is contained. a shelter at home order called for the surrounding city was lifted and surrounding beaches are closed and thousands of feet of boom in the water to limit the spread. the investigation into what exactly happened is just starting. our pete suratos will have a live report at the bottom of the hour. a wake hike for grocery store workers in san jose. the city is the latest to approve hazard pay for those putting themselves at risk every day. bob redell, how much money are we talking and when we can expect it to go into effect? >> reporter: good morning to you, cierra. thousands of grocery workers in the south bay will receive an

extra $3 an hour, this will start in about two months for those workers. last night the san jose city council voted -3 in so-called hazard pay ordinance to compensate workers for the added risk of working on the front lines during the pandemic. the wage requirement will apply to grocery stores and retail employs who employee 300 people nationwide. small businesses with less than 300 employees would be exempt. the reason why it takes a couple months in order to go into effect immediately require eight votes. mayor lick car yo own others voted against over store closings and increased prices for consumers. kroger's will be closing two stores in long beach in southern california because of a hazard pay ordinance passed down there. last week the california grocers association sued the city of oakland after that city council approved a $5 an hour increase

for grocery store workers. that trade group argues the hazard pay ordinance is unconstitutional. a new brookings institute report finds top retailers have seen their profits soar during the pandemic, while pay for their front line workers hasn't changed much. this includes grocery stores like kroger and albertson's. the brookings report says that kroger did bump pay by $2 an hour early on in the pandemic and did approve a one-time $400 bonus but it has since reverted to some of the lowest wages in the industry since. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good information, thank you, bob. developing this morning, another attack on the asian community in the bay area, this time hateful words written near a chinese-american elementary school. an anti-asian racist slur painted on a building across the street from the chinese-american international school in san francisco. we talked to one man whose two daughters go there. he wants the graffiti removed right away. he and others say the asian

community is being blamed for covid-19. >> i really think it's -- it just sends a bad message to kids that this type of language is okay, and it's not. >> this is happening as anti-asian violence caught on video is being posted to social media. the surge in racism has caught the attention of community leaders as well as police leaders, like the new oakland police chief. they're all vowing to step up their efforts to fight the problem. people have raised more than $100,000 for a doordash driver whose two kids were taken while he was dropping off some food. you may recall this story, it happened sunday night in san francisco. jeffrey fang was in the pacific heights neighborhood dropping off an order when his van, along with his 4-year-old and 1-year-old children inside, was stolen. it triggered a massive search, an amber alert. the kids along with the van were found hours later in the bay

view district. they were okay. we talked to jeffrey fang about what he describes as a frightening experience. >> a stranger, a man was in my car, in the driver's seat. knowing that they were safe, it was like a big weight off my, off my shoulders and just -- god, i thank god, i just thank god. >> so lucky those kids were okay. after the incident, many people online were asking why a father would be making deliveries with his kids inside. while others came to fang's defense saying that this is reality for many people who are just trying to make ends meet and cannot afford child care. this might help some struggling parents, president biden working to dramatically change the federal tax credit. the president is proposing married couples making $150,000 or less with two kids under 6 would receive $7,000 a year through the tax credit. that's about $600 a month and

instead of claiming the credit when you file your tax returns, the payments would actually come through direct deposit or prepaid debit cards. the congressional budget office says it could lift more than 4 million children out of poverty. the plan is part of president biden's covid-19 stimulus package. happening today, san jose's happy hollow park and zoo is reopening. guests will be able to do a walk-through outdoors between two zoo areas and do a virtual tour. the zoo reopened briefly in november but closed again as cases started to rise. guests are required to make a reservation and following social distancing rules. chicago zookeepers are joining the fun in the frozen pants challenge. keepers at the brookfield zoo posted pictures of visiting var animals like bison, polar bears and sea lions and kari hall, looks like fun. i'm glad we're not that cold here, from my friends and family in the midwest, i am thinking about you all because it looks

very cold. >> cierra, it is a whole 9 degrees in chicago. i don't even want to call my friend there. i'll be like hey it's going to be in the 60s here today and she's probably just going to hang up on me. take a look at how cold it is there. we are taking a look at our live view in san jose, and even though we're starting out with a few clouds, light patches of fog, here is a look at how much it will warm up today. it is going to be beautiful out there, reaching into the low 60s, and we are going to see mostly 60s across the bay area today. we'll talk about those changes ahead in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> looking great. the temperatures again much better than 9 degrees you talked about in chicago. over on the roadways, we're looking at the speed limit for most of our drivers on the freeways. great stuff. we did have some slowing which actually just cleared up seconds ago. southbound 808, as you get toward whipple an earlier crash has cleared to the shoulder, very quickly, very good

recovery. the bay bridge toll plaza is slow across the span a bit. a live look at the toll plaza shows no problems but we will slow a bit and the middle lanes i think the metering lights just turned on seconds ago. >> thanks so much. 6:10. have you noticed flynn ty day's gifts taking over your grocery store probably because it's the only place we're allowed to go these days. it got our team thinking just how much are people getting into valentine's day this year during the pan demme ick? up next, we're tracking how much people are spending. plus -- >> in business news, we'll take a look at a new space race that has nothing to do with rockets. take you out to the futures. the move is shyer this morning, inflation not a factor, that pleased investors. a serious court hearing takes a turn when a cat makes an appearance. no, probably not what you're thinking but it's certainly getting laughs around the world. coing up, what a judge is now saying about that pet in his

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hours, that's coming up in just a few minutes. and looking again at the bay bridge toll plaza, we look at all the lanes now sort of evenly distributing the slowdown. chp did not register this metering lights on yet, but we see slowing across the incline, we'll track that build out of the east bay and more, coming up. well, good morning. happy wednesday to you as well. more news about companies telling their employees they can work from home or work from wherever until whenever. this time it's salesforce. there's symbolism here. the company builds the tallest building in all of san francisco, and now says workers don't necessarily have to work there. this is part of a trend we have been watching for a while and the folks over at the "san francisco business times" dubbed it the space race in reverse. i like that. companies racing to get rid of space.

uber scaling down its mission i 100,000 square feet in the financial district. a number of telecom companies are looking to take advantage. a sales video from a canadian company called art media, the hologram pod, your boss can show up like the emperor in "star wars." but much nicer i'm sure. twitter warns when people get back to work they may use the service less often. for now the social network gained more users even after it kicked donald trump off the platform. the company posting big profits. the stock is at a 52-week high. for what it's worth, facebook says its growth is slowing. mark zuckerberg blames all the political posts on the site. we got important information on inflation. it is not a problem. hasn't been a problem in the past, but we'll keep an eye on it. very low inflation. uber reports profits today. i want to introduce you to jake saper.

this is not what he looks like right now. this is what jake looks like when he goes to the office but he's been at home for a year so he has super long hair now. jake and i talked about our first money-making ventures on the podcast "sand hill road." he went around as a kid in texas selling rocks out of a little red wagon. the minute he said that i realized my first money-making venture involved a little red wagon as well. hear about it on "sand hill road" wherever you get your podcasts. >> funny. i used to buy and sell whatever was popular, cabbage patch dolls and resell them, put ads in the newspaper. we all have some entrepreneurial start i suppose. we have to look for it. thanks, scott. 6:17. so do i need to remind you the day of love now just four days away. talking about valentine's day and that means some may wait until the last minute to maybe buy flowers, candy or loved

ones. how much will americans spend? retailmenot the amount americans plan to spend depends on how longcouple will spend $243, those married for ten years or more are going to spend $467. the most popular gift remains to be chocolates. >> always a good choice. married women may be the ones shelling out more money on their valentine's gifts than their husbands. the bureau labor and statistics finds in some cities women are the main bread winners for nearly three and ten dual income married couples, the numbers doubled over the past 40 years and for mid sized cities, santa rosa ranks 11th. fresno came in at 15. large cities, tampa bay, florida, was number one, los angeles is 14th. trending this morning, the former first lady returning to netflix and a zoom legal meeting goes viral. >> let's check in with "today in the bay's" marcus washington this morning, with more. good morning.

>> good morning to you both. well, we've got to talk about it, former first lady michelle obama is actually cooking up a new show on netflix, this is to be a good one. she's going to executive produce it, called "waffles and mochi" and going to play the owner of a supermarket that employs puppets. mochi and waffles are best friends, aspiring chefs and this is michelle obama's mission to encourage kids to eat healthier. the ten episodes are going to debut on netflix march 16th. a lot of people are using zoom these days and zoom court say common thing but just imagine, this what i'm about to show you is certainly going to make you laugh. stop what you're doing, turn around and watch what happened. >> mr. pot, i believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings. >> yes, he did. this video happened in texas

during a civil hearing and it's about 30 awkward seconds, mostly funny there, the attorney, rod pontin struggled to remove that filter. the judge later told nbc news it was an honest mistake from an attorney that he knows well. >> i've got my assistant here, she's trying to, but -- i'm prepared to go forward with it. i'm here live. i'm not a cat. >> look, that attorney will be on the "today" show this morning to explain it all. you set up everything at home probably. how could you make this mistake? it's not acceptable to me. i don't know. what do you two think? >> you obviously don't have kids. kids do this stuff. >> exactly. >> kids put filters on all the time. >> i'll take it off.

good morning. >> i'm sending the triplets over to your house. >> they'll start messing with stuff and you don't know how to undo it. >> marcus as a cat. kari, take it away. spoken like a true mom. >> that's, yeah, that's pur-fect. let's get a look at the fog we have this morning. we're going to stop with all of that and look at the low visibility that we have to deal with in parts of the north bay. it is going to be really foggy especially up around santa rosa. we've seen the visibility dropping in napa so as you're making your way to work it's been drifting around for the north bay, but it will not stick around long, in fact we'll have a really nice day and our temperatures heading into the mid-60s, reaching 64 in morgan hill, and we'll see a high of 62 in palo alto as well as oakland, now as we go through the forecast, we'll be slightly

cooler because we have a lot more changes headed our way. we're going to see the approach of several storm systems over the next few days and they are just lined up out there in the pacific as they start to move in. we are going to see those rain chances going up. we can see what it looks like with all of those clouds out there, and then we'll be developing with some rain moving in for tomorrow. by the afternoon, i think we could start to see some of that rain in parts of the north bay by late tomorrow morning. so we have not only just one but two, even three storm systems headed our way before early next week, and all of them look pretty weak, but maybe bringing some much needed rain without all the extra problems that we get sometimes with some of those atmospheric rivers, so it's nice to see that the rain is spaced out. it will have a chance to kind of soak in each day, but won't do a lot to help out with our rainfall deficit, with this first wave of rain bringing about a quarter to half inch of rain. mike, headed out the door this morning, the fog is really the

only issue we're seeing with the weather related commute. >> that's right. just the note for the north bay, maybe a little misty and visibility is okay, but still use extra caution in the north bay. napa specifically over the course of the morning. as we look at the rest of the sensors, and the speed sensors are looking great. we don't have any major problems associated with that. we're looking toward the tri-valley, 84 the cut through toward sunol just starting that second build which tends to stick around for at least an hour or so. the bay bridge toll plaza has a backup as the span itself slows a bit. the toll plaza showing that bit of backup as well and check with chp, they're not registering those activation on the metering lights yet but you see the slowing that will meter itself. back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, mike. cierra, a lot of people are continuing to talk about this. the "new york times" produced documentary framing britney spears, apparently britney spears talking about it as well. it's all new, and it's up next. it's 6:23. you're watching "today in the

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welcome back. a massive earthquake in the south pacific, a 7.7 magnitude quake in the loyalty islands near fiji, there are concerns about the quake triggering a tsunami and now a tsunami watch in effect in american samoa. no reports of any major damage or injuries but we are keeping a close eye on any potential

impact here at home. so far, the usgs says it is carefully monitoring the situation. there is a 6.2 magnitude quake shortly thereafter in indonesia. new details, the ntsb agrees spacial disorientation played a role in the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant his daughter and seven others. it's now been a little over one year since their helicopter slammed into a hillside in calabasas. in closing the case the ntsb said the pilot's disorientation was likely due to confusion from relying on visual cues with almost no visibility. investigators say the pilot should have avoided the adverse weather and landed early. coming up next on "today in the bay," we're heading out live back to richmond, as cleanup crews resume their work at the site of the chevron oil spill. up next, what they'll be looking for as the sun comes up. plus san francisco's lawsuit against the school district was heard around the charges being added. we'll break it down next.

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. right now at 6:30, hundreds of gallonless of chevron oil spill into bay. we're live in itch are mond as the giant joins local and state teams to clean it up.

day two of the impeachment trial starts. our scott mcgrew is watching it all, his analysis ahead this half hour. and levi's increases its vaccinations today as oakland gets ready for mass vaccinations, and this morning, we know exactly how many more doses are heading to the golden state. "today in the bay" continues right now. happy wednesday morning to you. i'm cierra johnson. >> and i'm laura garcia. thanks so much for joining us. let's get right to "today in the bay's" pete suratos, he's in richmond this morning with the latest on that big oil spill. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and the bay area air quality district tweeting out about 600 gallons reporting petroleum and water mixture leaked into the bay as a result of that richmond so quite a cle effort ahead for them this morning. here's what we know as far as this time line goes. we know about 3:00 p.m. yesterday refinery workers noticed what they called a sheen on the water near the richmond

refinery wharf. a response was initiated and it was determined an oil spill took place coming from a leak in an underground pipeline, the pipeline is used to transport oil and products to the refinery. that leak has been secured and if you're in this area you know there is that health advisory in place. that has since been lifted, but the big question this morning is the cause of the leak. that still needs to be investigated. here is what locals as well as county incident. >> the reality when we're in this industry that's pretty smelly and has environmental consequences and hasn't changed much in our life times so it's time to go green, let's go to the next phase. >> ultimately this is unacceptable. we're in an urban environment and we expect industry to operate safely, not have spills into the bay, not have air releases. >> reporter: several agencies will be on hand to investigate this oil spill, ranging from the coast guard to fish but the response efforts will

continue a little bit later this morning. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. here is a live look at capitol hill, today marks day two of donald trump's impeachment trial. house impeachment managers begin their case in favor of convicting him for surrection. they'll have up to 16 hours this week to present their case. attorneys for the president will take their turn after that and it's still an uphill challenge for democrats to convict the former president. it will take 17 republican senators joining them to get 67 votes in favor. coming up in less than 15 minutes our scott mcgrew will take a closer look at what's at stake today. some first day of school excitement for families in the east bay. another district is reopening classrooms after months of pressure from some parents. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live in danville this morning with details on that and the new legal action to try to open other schools as well. good morning, kris.

>> reporter: good morning to you, laura. of pressure by their parents leading up to this point. this is one of the ways that parents tried to protest their local school district to get kids back into the classroom drive by protests and threatened three board members with a recall effort. today students in transitional kindergarten through second grade will return to class. next week third through fifth graders return along with special day collapses and the board is still working out when sixth through 12th graders will return. meanwhile the legal pressure is mounting in san francisco, where the city attorney added to the lawsuit against the city's public school district, accusing san francisco district of violating students right to education and treating rich and poor students equally. mayor london breed said she can't see how schools will reopen this school year. i asked governor newsom will

reopening schools yesterday at levi's spoint, teacher vaccines. is there anything that you can do to standardize that response to the reachers and the teachers unions about vaccination oso that we can get our public school kids back in class? i speak to you as a public school parent. >> that's what the legislative package and statewide plan was all about. that's what the $6. billion framework is all about. >> reporter: the governor says that we could the go in a $.6 billion package this week which addresses learning loss and incentivizing safe reopening and the package includes standards for testing, spacing, perhaps would allow for an extended school year and maybe extended school day, not what the kids want to hear. as for teacher vaccines, the governor says the state is not getting enough doses to vaccinate all teachers without taking doses from people 65 years and older who have more serious outcomes from covid. he adds that the state is

following cdc guidelines that say teacher vaccination is not critical for safe reopening. now that being said, the cdc is expected to release revised guidelines for school reopenings today. however, we expect that those guidelines will build on the existing f changing that positi but stay tuned because we'll bring you that as soon as it is released. in danville, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, thanks so much, kris. in the meantime, getting people vaccinated it's so important and health workers at levi's stadium are expected to vaccinate 100 people today. the mass vaccination site opened yesterday administering 500 shots. it's hoped 15,000 vaccine also eventually be administered every day making it the largest vaccination site in california. work is being done to get the oakland coliseum ready for its opening next tuesday. this is new video from cal's office of emergency services.

fema will also be assisting there. now for a check on the vaccines headed here, another 622,000 doses are set to arrive in california next week. that's 29,000 more shots than we got last week. so far, california has administered nearly 5 million doses. that's about 65% of our allotment. all right, let's take a little break and a breather. a fresh look outside overlooking san jose, a nice start to our day, hoping to enjoy this midweek wednesday because some rain is coming our way. kari has a look at our foreca >> looks pretty good for today especially starting out with the clouds and light spotty sprinkles we had yesterday. today we'll see more sunshine and rain returning in the forecast for tomorrow. we'll see those off and on showers throughout the weekend, so we will have much needed rain

headed our way. as we look at our forecast in antioch, between home schooling heading out no the backyard, temperatures reaching into the 60s. we'll talk about the time line of the rain coming up in a few minutes. mike any problems for the morning commute? >> kari, a new crash in fremont. our camera is south of the crash and doesn't see a problem on 880. as you approach auto mall parkway an overturned vehicle as well as a big rig involved in this crash blacking left lanes. crews are arriving on scene, slowing back at thornton. that is the issue southbound but half the nimitz is still open past the scene. the rest of the bay moves smoothly but the bay bridge toll plaza slower because the metering lights have been activated for about 15 minutes. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. tomorrow, a high-profile case involving britney spears heads back to court. she is asking a judge once again to separate herself and her finances from her father who

currently has conservatorship over the pop star. this case making headlines due to this. >> we stand up for you, britney spears, and we won't stop until you've reached freedom. >> framing britney spears premiered on hulu friday. the documentary is generating buzz as it recounts spears' ups and downs in the whole free britney movement an effort by some of her fans that were supporting the separation. spears commented about the film on twitter saying "each person has their story and their take on other people's stories. we have so many different bright, beautiful lives. remember, no matter what we think we know about a person's life, it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens." 6:39 right now. marcus is back and what do you have for us this morning? >> we got a lot to talk about this morning.

i'm going to talk about who inspires me, coming up in a bit. we're talking about black history and today's bay area black history month series, we're spotlighting a disability rights trailblazer. haben girma was born in oakland, lost lost her vision and hearing at a young age and despite that she graduated from skyline high school, and in 2013 became the first deafblind woman to graduate from harvard law school. the same year, president obama named girma a champion of change for her advocacy work. in 2019 she published her own memoir about her experiences and is now based out of menlo park, where she works as a disability justice lawyer and speaker. we salute haben girma.

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right now at 6:43, as we take a look at where the fog has been drifting, and visibility is down to zero in napa. be really careful on your way to work especially in the north bay. the rest of the day is looking sunny. we'll talk about that and the return of rain in the forecast, coming up in a few minutes. and my buddy ben was able to catch those flashing lights, there you go, left top of the screen, southbound 880, your left lanes are blocked at auto mall parkway, an important stretch heading south through fremont, the crash involving a

big rig, tracking that as well as the backup at the bay bridge. scott? this was some of the most graphic and powerful video ever aired on american television. the attack on the capitol from the point of view of the attackers. >> scott mcgrew, even those who lived through at tack saw it on tv were shocked all over again by the video that they presented at the impeachment. >> yes, it ran on network television, cierra and laura. the house managers were playing it at the capitol live, people cursing and threatening and hitting police officers with flags. a woman shot. 13 minutes of violent video. i'm going to play a small clip, no cursing, no shooting in this probably want your small children to see. [ yelling ] >> ahh! >> an attack on america. interspersed in all this video, president trump urging people to

go to the capitol and people at the capitol saying they were there for president trump. the video caught everybody off guard, but most especially donald trump's defense attorneys expecting the first day to be a much more procedural system and not that shock and awe and they had to adjust on the fly. >> i'll be quite frank with you. we changed what we were going to do on account that we thought that the house manager's presentation was well done. and i wanted you to know that we have responses to those things. >> bruce castor got criticism from all sides. alan dershowitz who defended trump at his first impeachment said "i don't know what castor is doing." in fact, one changed his mind. >> if i'm an impartial juror and one side is doing a great job an

the other side is doing a terrible job on the issue at hand, as an impartial juror, i'm going to vote for the side that did the good job. >> now the question whether the procedure was constitutional was settled with a vote. the senate deciding it was. then again, it held an impeachment trial for someone out of office in the past already. today we'll hear from the house impeachment managers on opening arguments. i'm also answering some of your questions on twitter. one person pointing out the senators who act as jurors are also the victims, and the eyewitnesses to the same crime. that is true.rs are jurors. there's no other system that's been spelled out. the founding fathers do trust the senators to be objective. another view, senator leahy is acting as the judge. does he get a vote? yes, he does. leahy is the judge, a juror, and

an eyewitness, that's extremely unusual. it would never work in criminal court, but remember, this is not a criminal court. i welcome your questions and comments as we live out history together. you can find me online on social media. nbc's coverage of the second day of the second impeachment begins this morning at 9:00. >> thanks so much, scott. we've got new details on a new push to fund california's high speed rail project. organizers of the project want to tap into big funding to get the job done. those behind the long efforts to connect san francisco to los angeles want to use more than $4 billion in voter approved bond money. the state now expects to finish that construction by 2023, a year later than the last proposal. even with all the covid problems in the california prison system, prison guards collectively are still apparently a little hesitant about getting vaccinated according to "the sacramento bee." testifying in sacramento this week, a corrections department

health officer said only half are ready to roll up their sleeves but he added another quarter would "like to see their buddy get it first but they still want it." he also says well more than two-thirds of state prison workers statewide received their first vaccine or been infected along the way. here is a live look at los angeles and finally a glimmer of hope in the city overwhelmed by covid. the city's hospitalizations are less than half of its high point. early last month, roughly 8,000 people were hospitalized and that number is now below 4,000. marcus washington, back with us, today launch a new segment as part ofur black history month coverage called who inspires me. >> that's right, every week we hear at "today in the bay" talk abt a special person we'd like to honor who has had a personal impact on our lives. marcus washington with who inspires him. >> yes, this is such a pleasure to do this, this morning and you know as we celebrate the

achievements and contributions of black people in history, i can't help but to think about people in my own family, particularly my grandfather, percy washington. his story takes back to the south, 1950s, graduated high school, attended tennessee agricultural state. now tennessee state university, where he met my grandmother, and that's where our family started but then he would later become a teacher and then administrator and then his most important job, my grandfather. he did so i can do. my family history is black history and this morning, i it's cool that i have a piece of his history, this is his actual diploma, when he graduated college. so cool to be able to have this. i got this just a few years ago after my grandmother died, and it's so cool to be able to have this and share with him with so many people and cierra, my

grandfather has something in common with your father, they're both men of alpha phi alpha fraternity. they can't be perfect because i'm kappa alpha psi fraternity but a great man who inspired me in many ways. i love sharing him with you all because he means so much to me. >> good stuff we love to hear. thank you, marcus. >> no doubt. i like seeing the pictures of you as a little boy, too. so cute. thanks for sharing. marcus, when he was little, a long time ago. let's check in with kari right now. she has a look at the forecast and see how we're looking today. today is the day to get out and about. >> yes, absolutely. it's going to be a beautiful day. i wanted to show you this shot to start out your wednesday morning, and it's a nice one. we're getting ready for sunrise. we're about ten minutes away, so get the camera ready, but all of us can't see the sunrise this morning because of the dense fog but once that clears out, we are

going to see our temperatures warming up and headed for the mid-60s today, which is slightly above normal so it's going to be nice and mild, but take a look at all of the storms that are lining up out there over thehey marching our way as we go line of the rain, once again today is the day to get out. i'm going to stop it here for tomorrow afternoon, when we first start to see the north bay making it into the -- north bay i should say as we go into early in the afternoon, and then seeing the scattered showers spreading across the bay area for tomorrow evening. friday is looking dry and then another round of rain coming in by saturday morning, that should clear out by saturday afternoon. i know a lot of people have some valentine's plans this weekend. we are going to see some rain coming in, but most of it measures up to be about a quarter to half inch of rain. decent amount but these storms won't be really strong. we'll have the rain, a chance for it to soak in and another

round of moderate rain going into the next several days. so as we go through the forecast, we've been also monitoring the snowpack and we've seen it going up. right now for the central sierra we're at about 71% of our normal amount. of course we have some more work to do here but it is good that we have some more snow in the forecast there, if you'll be going there this weekend, it's going to be a little bit hazardous getting there with all of the snow coming down. we'll be watching that, mike, what's going on right now for the commute? >> we're watching this crash in fremont, kari, tracking it, actually watching the details and chp and a live camera as well. the live camera hasn't changed. we have the flashing lights at the top of the screen. we tone it down a bit as the sun comes up here but south 880 as we look at the map toward auto mall parkway there's more flashing lights that just cleared the scene. we still have your three left lanes blocked, southbound 880 at around auto mall parkway, the backup starts back at dakota road, highway 84, headed across

the dumbarton bridge. the rest of the bay moves smoothly but the bay bridge backup continues with all lanes filled in. the lanes off to the left, the closest to us, they've actually started to ease up a little bit. back to you. >> sounds good. happening now, pet cats and dogs in seoul, south korea, will will be now tested for covid-19 if they show symptoms. the country reported the first confirmed case of the virus in a kittenositive, it must be quarantined at home. globally pets and wild animals have tested positive for the virus. just last month, two gorillas at the san diego zoo contracted covid-19 from a human handler. coming up next a quick look at our top stories including teams preparing to remove hundreds of gallons of oil from the san francisco bay, after yesterday's spill amidst big concerns about wildlife. we'll have a live update from richmond. it's 6:53. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. a quick look at the top stories we're following including the cleanup after yesterday's oil spill in the san francisco bay. >> "today in the bay's"s. sps live near richmond chevron refinery. you have a new update from fish and wildlife. >> reporter: that update is that there are no reports of oil, the wildlife at this point so that at least part of the investigation is cleared but the air quality said about 600 gallons of this oil leaked into

the bay. it was noticed around 3:00 p.m. yesterday refinery workers noticed a sheen of water near the richmond refinery wharf. a response was initiated and crews located a leak in an underground pipeline used to transport oil and products to the refinery. now that leak has been secured, but that cleanup and investigation continues this morning. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you. new this morning, a wage hike coming for grocery store workers in san jose. city council voted to approve hazard pay for those putting themselves at risk each and every day. grocery store workers will receive an extra $3 an hour starting in about two months. it will apply only to large chains. mayor sam liccardo and two councilmembers voted against the ordinance fearing store closures and price hikes. happening today the san ramon valley district is reopening classrooms.

mayor london breed believes schools will remain closed through the end of the school year. it's adding to the list of violations in the lawsuit claiming the closures violate students' constitutional rights. some breaking news we're following, there's been a massive earthquake in the south pacific a 7.7 magnitude quake in the loyalty islands near fiji. we're finding out the usgs will not issue any tsunami watches for the west coast of the united states. so far, there are no reports of any major damage or injuries. soon thereafter there was a 6.2 near indonesia. bringing you back home, and a live look outside from the east bay, city of walnut creek this morning, hoping for a nice wednesday, as the sun makes its arrival in the bay area. how are we looking, kari? >> it's going to be a really nice day. once that fog clears out from the north bay, we'll be able to see the sunshine,

mid-60s. some upper 50s tomorrow as the rain moves in, mostly during the afternoon. a break from the rain on friday, but we could see some more of those showers moving in by saturday morning. and mike, heading out for the commute, at least weather wise it looks pretty good. >> yes, so we don't see the problem for the green highlighting which we may see tomorrow, some damp roadways, but we're looking at the non-green sensors here in through fremont, from the dakota road. the dumbarton bridge cut off there, all the way down to auto mall parkway, we have this solid jam now, your left three lanes are blocked, a vehicle on the right shoulder and they're going to try and right this subaru involved in the crash. no major injuries but awe big backup. the other backup at the bay bridge but that's because of the metering lights. >> thanks, mike and kari and thank you at home for letting me sit in marcus' chair this week. i'm back out on the streets tomorrow reporting live for you. >> there's always a seat for you at the table and we appreciate

you working in the field hard, too, cierra. kris sanchez will be join me tomorrow. we're back here tomorrow morning bright and early, 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. every day. the "today" show starts now. have a fantastic day. good morning on trial the official start to donald trump's second impeachment opening arguments just hours away on capitol hill. >> fight like hell. >> just ahead, the house prosecutors' graphic, opening presentation, using trump's own words against him. >> if that's not an impeachable offense, then there is no such thing. >> the president's lawyers arguing the trial itself is unconstitutional >> they hated the results of the 2016 election and want to use on trial the official start to donald trump's second impeachment opening arguments just h