uncensored thoughts at the school board meeting. they did not realize the meeting was being streamed live and the parents caught again the uncensored thoughts. now that hot mic situation played out during the livestream of the meeting, and at one point you could hear the board president requesting parents wanted the in-person classes to resume because they wanted their child care back. another member was heard cursing when discussing some of the responses on social media to the return to school. take a listen to what parents heard as the oakley school board members were caught on that hot mic. >> are we alone? >> yes. >> okay, [ bleep ] if you're going to call me out, i'm going to [ bleep ] you up. >> it's really unfortunate. they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back. >> reporter: right now the parents are reacting, a parent we spoke with said she was shocked by what she heard. another parent so concerned about the livestream they

started an online petition calling for the board members to resign or face a recall. again, the board president has stepped down and in terms of that online petition at last check within 20 minutes ago that online petition had 4,500 signatures. so we will continue to follow the situation there in oakley. live in marin county, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> i can't imagine students hearing that. uh, thanks so much, cierra. oakland schools the latest victim of an obscene zoom bombing. offensive languages showing up in the meeting's chat functionm then when it reopened later the same thing happened again. the culprits not yet known. statement from superintendent reads in part "to be clear, racist, hurtful, violent and obscene language or images with v no place anybr in oakland much less within an ousd activity meant to celebrate the great wok

of our students, families and schools that they're doing in literacy." the district is investigating. president biden heads to michigan today to tour pfizer factory. he plans to get an up-close look at how the covid vaccine is manufactured, one day after democrats unveil a new proposal to overhaul immigration in the u.s. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington to break down the possible impact for immigrants seeking citizenship. tracie? >> and i know that's a big deal in california. lots of people waiting to see what if anything the president and the democratic congress can get done. they unveiled this plan yesterday. the hallmark is a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in this country. the plan includes an eight-year path to citizenship for what's predicted to be or expected to be as many as 11 million undocumented immigrants. it would apply to those who arrived in america before

january 1st of this year. dreamers were brought to the e card. there's also a change in terminology instead of illegal aliens the government would use noncitizen in all of its federal laws and official communications. democrats say they will go it alone if necessary. republicans call this a non-starter. >> we are writing the next chapter in our shared story. for many of us here today, immigration reform is intensely personal. >> passing minor reforms is not enough. >> now immigration reform was a big promise of president biden during the campaign. it's something he wants to cash in on, that promise, but it might be an uphill battle for a couple of reasons. first of all, congress hasn't passed a comprehensive bill in

years, and also covid relief is now at the top of their list, so this is going to be tough. >> all right, tracie potts in washington this morning, tracie, thank you. happening today, vice president kamala harris is returning to her southern california home, this is where she lived primarily for the past three years, after getting married. "l.a. times" reports she will not be attending any public events, but plans to handle some personal business including packing up some belongings. new efforts by oakland police to build connections with the asian-american community. it comes in the wake of recent spikes in violent attacks. yesterday opd introduced a new asian community liaison officer mae fu. her goal is to create a safe place for the community to report crimes or talk to her directly. at the same time, the "east bay times" reports walgreens and target are paying overtime costs to opd to boost protection.

the department was already allowing officers to work overtime at home depot stores. contra costa county teachers the latest to get the green light for covid vaccines. the signup window open for the county's 16,000 school workers at all levels. some districts have already resumed in-class learning for lower grades, including san ramon valley. one high school teacher there with prior health conditions just got the first shot. she says she's still teaching remotely. >> i hope that everybody is really taking the precautions, we all kind of are committing to taking and i hope that there's some semblance of normal but i know it's going to be so different. >> teachers and counties including marin and sonoma have been vaccinating teachers for weeks. other bay area counties have yet to start. santa clara county plans to begin vaccinating teachers february 28th. a follow-up starting today, cal students can do something they've been unable to do for weeks, exercise outside. it comes after a campus wide

lockdown was lifted following the most recent covid outbreak. since last september, nearly 800 students living on campus have tested positive. a new road block this morning in the long awaited return of san francisco's iconic cable cars. that line shut down shortly after the pandemic took hold nearly one year ago. and "the examiner requestis reporting restoring service will be "more complicated than bringing back any of the other muni lines." the nearly 150-year-old cars require specialized training and are expensive to operate and let's face it, the tours are still nowhere to be found. muni says more essential lines will be brought back first. now a live look outside at the san francisco skyline this morning. a cool start as we head into parts. meteorologist kari hall timing out just what is in store for us so we can make some plans to, you know, maybe visit the backyard instead of the front.

>> right? we are going to see some low clouds starting out this morning, and all of the light showers that we're seeing right now. we're watching it on storm ranger, and it's a morning where you have to drive to work with cars splashing up water and turning on the windshield wipers, parts of the city, the east bay and fremont light showers coming down and then as we take a live look outside in dublin, here it's still dry but we'll see some rain within the next hour or so, continuing into at least 6:00, and then we'll see a mostly cloudy sky, as our temperatures remain in the 50s throughout much ofrng. we'll talk about what's ahead this weekend, that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, any problems popping up for the friday morning commute? >> it's just that rain, kari, that we're talking about, that's the problem folks will have to teal with as they get out there. as we look outside the speeds are just fine on the sensors. one disturbing report, northbound car going on the

southbound side of 87, that was just one reportio there. we're watching for that, any other updatesf the bay shows a smooth flow of traffic. you see the green sensors just outside the altamont pass, a little slowing there as you come down past north flynn. no delays getting across the bridges but as we look at the san mateo bridge shot you see the effect of that rain, just traveled across the bay. it's moving toward dublin so we'll track that as we look at no real delays. back to you. >> that's nice. thanks, mike. 5:08 right now. behind bars and later released. still ahead on "today in the bay," 5:25, the alleged bribe that landed two tourists in handcuffs in hawaii. it's kind of feeling like a trend for the second time in about a week, somebody has to testify online they're not a cat. ♪ and i will always love you ♪

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traveling around palo alto, mountain view, we're seeing light rain coming down here and it's going to continue to move closer to sunnyvale within the next few minutes. we're watching some spotty showers for our morning commute. more on that and what's ahead for the weekend, coming up in a few minutes. and one spot got showers, the bay bridge camera shows you when you don't have windshield wipers. dublin there may be a disabled vehicle there. >> good morning, happy friday to you as well. great b its employees like employees and not wage and vac time. we'll keep an eye on that. meantime, washington ramping up the congressional hearings. yesterday the house financial services committee grilled the key players in that gamestop stock rally, including the ceo

of menlo park based robinhood and an influential trader named keith gill who goes by the name roaring kitty online. he assured under oath he is not in fact a cat. facebook, twitter and google expected back before congress at least twice in the next month before the house judiciary committee next week. the house energy and commerce committee in march. looking into the role of at tack they may have played the role on at tack at the capitol and anti-competitive behavior. we're a long way from the early days of tech in washington when most politicians particularly democrats courted high tech for its money and influence. now there's a bipartisan attitude the silicon valley has gone too far and needs to be reined in. mortgage rates creeping upward. the highest they've been in months. investors are putting money into government bonds as a hedge against inflation that has the incorrect effect of pushing mortgage rates higher. a state lawmaker from san jose has suggested california stop giving tax deductions for

the interest paid on second homes. that extra tax money would be, was charged to people with more than one home would go to help people trying to buy their first home. we published this week's podcast of "sand hill road" this week's episode, we talked talk to a silicon valley investor about hiring military veterans and why you should never wear a hoodie to a pitch meeting and why this movie of 1958 is the best of july time, how it can teach us a lot about how to run a business. find sand hill road on apple podcasts, google podcasts, spotify, you can ask you know who, i'll not use her name because then she'll start playing which is not a bad thing for the numbers, start playing all over the bay area but you know who i'm talking about. >> we know who. >> my son was saying that the other day, can you ask you know who you know what? >> yes! >> thanks, scott. 5:14. just in, the duke and

duchess of sussex will not be returning as working members of the royal family. a statement from buckingham palace said that the royals were "saddened" by their decision but that harry and meghan remain much loved members of the royal family. honorary military appointments and royal patronages such as harry's affiliation with the royal marines will be returned to the queen. new this morning, dolly parton is asking tennessee lawmakers to put the brakes on a bill that would create a statue in her likeness at the state capitol. the country music legend said, look, there's enough going on in the world and dolly being dolly doesn't think now is the right time to put her on a pedestal. porton hopes several years down the road they still feel she deserves the honor. i should have more of a dolly tw >> stick around. 5:15. the weekend is here and that

means an all-new episode of "snl" and it's set to air. >> that's right, "bridgerton" star reggie page is set so far. >> i'm rege had-jean page and hosting "snl" with bad bunny. >> i'm going by bad melissa. >> my bunny is already cool so i'm going to keep it. >> watch "snl" on nbc bay area tomorrow night. it's nice, early 8:30 for us morning folk. >> and i love it when it comes on that early. oh, yeah, it is on early here. >> we used to have to wait until 11:30. >> that's too late for us. even on a saturday night. >> yes. >> all right, it is 5:16. >> what is the weekend going to look like? >> yeah, kari? >> it's looking pretty good. we're just getting a little bit of rain. i think it's just enough to wet

the grass and then before you know it, the rain is out of here. let me show you what's happening on storm ranger, as we're tracking some of those light showers moving through marin county, extending down to san francisco, the peninsula, at least along the coastline, and parts of the east bay, but it's been so hit or miss, and the rain is very light, but storm ranger showing us exactly where it's raining right now, as we look at richmond, moving over toward danville. livermore as well as fremont getting some light rain, and if you are planning to head out to the park today in spots like el cebrane, maybe later in the morning. there will be light rain moving through, a cloudy sky and temperatures reaching into the mid-50s for a while. this rain passing by is mostly for morning hours as kro the bay area. we'll have a lot of clouds today and peeks of sunshine but

tomorrow morning another chance of showers passing by. 2:00 in the morning seeing rain moving through parts of t sky c i think we'll get much more sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. so two waves of rain passing by and looks to bring us 0.1 to 0.25 of an inch of rain, not as much as we need. if you're planning to head to the sierra this weekend, squaw valley and pine meadow also have slick roads today but better travel conditions tomorrow. i would bring the tire chains and they're looking at in the upper mountains still 100 inches of snow on the ground. so that's pretty good, and we'll get some additional light snow for today, anywhere from 5 to 8 inches and we go to more dry weather at only in across the sierra but here in the bay area and look at how much warmer it's

going to be on monday and tuesday. we'll be watching that. mike, what are you watching right now for the commute? >> well, we're watching those sierra conditions as well kari so you're right, they had some chain requirements and chain controls overnight for i-80. right over here looking at 580, the live shot through dublin, watching for any disabled vehicle on 580 itself, with the headlights. you see them streaming here past el charo. it shows slowing but it cleared up where i circled because they removed the disabled week from the roadway. the raintri-valley. so far not a problem. the wrong-way driver reported for 87 was an initial report, no other after that. hopefully good news and the bay bridge toll plaza is good news except for the wet conditions, slippery out there. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:19. next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> we have a trio, three

viewers, three problems, and almost $3,000 on the line. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. okay folks, we made it to friday, now we have to make it on through. i don't know about you but i always start my day with a big cup of coffee, it's always smiling. i like to sprinkle in some happiness. how do you take your coffee? let me know what you're drinking on facebook, twitter and insta fwram. gram, all up and online. we'll be right back, too. it's 5:20.

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welcome back. 5:22. it's friday. you know what that means for our "responds" team. >> it's time to put money back in people's pockets. consumer investigator chris chmura has the complaints and the cash back. >> good friday morning. i have three quick cases to share with you. let's start with lee emerling in saturday doing bat well roadside assistance club. we to front 300 bucks for a tow with the promise of reimbursement but that didn't happen so he called us. we called the auto club and lee got his 300 bucks back. in martinez, denise hillman told us she was having trouble getting a refund from a european airline. she sent 20 emails but got zero response. our team got the ball rolling and denise eventually got $1,435 back. larry long in pleasanton told us

he was having trouble with a department store where he bought $500 worth of gift cards and later told they were useless, a ski row balance on all of them. our team got a hold of the store and it made good, that's a $500 win for larry. we just made a how-to video about protecting gift cards from thieves. check it out on our youtube channel and share it with your friends and subscribe, please. you can see every episode of our how-to videos on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and click the "responds" option from the main menu. have a great weekend. >> thanks, chris, you, too. new this morning, san diego county is reporting its first case of a fully vaccinated person contracting the covid-19 virus. it's a health care worker, but public health leaders say they don't want this case to scare people. they say the vaccines are about 95% effective at preventing covid-19 infections, so there is a small possibility that a small group of individuals will become infected even after taking both

doses. this one not your average aloha. two arriving in hawaii are accused of bribing a honolulu airport screener to bypass rules. the authority offered $3,000 to pass through without having to quarantine. the employee did not take the money and instead notified authorities. after being arrested and released, they got a one-way ticket back to their home in louisiana. new details this morning, according to sf gate the north bay restaurant that closed after in sonoma closed from backlash after a worker said she felt pressured to quit for wearing a black lives matter mask at work. she claims management says she would be sent home if she wore the mask again so she quit instead. the restaurant later issued an apology. it reopened for outdoor dining

and takeout. next, top stories we're following today, including new road blocks for oakland police. the proposed changes now in limbo as the department seeks new ways to deal with mental health calls. plus, threatening new action, the legal issues now being raised in san francisco's return to school plan. but first, it was nearly a century ago when the idea of black history month started. we here at nbc bay area were keeping the conversation going. last night, jessica aguirre and i hosted the tenth installment of "race in america: the conversation." if you missed it, we posted the entire episode on our website. it was a good one. go to and watch that one and the past episodes. we'll be right back.

it could be a game changer. no questions about pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. does it really have to be stored at deep freeze temperatures? that answer could mean millions of more shots faster. plus -- >> we had no heat and no power and yesterday my daughters asked if they could take a trip with some friends. >> texas senator ted cruz now backtracking from cancun. the criticism now piling up, as he tries to set the record straight about why he left the lone star state during a time of crisis.s.

>> the special tribute aboard "perseverance" to victims of the northern california wildfire. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. new covid vaccine information this morning that may impact supply, including possible changes to cold storage requirements. how many doses are needed, and eligibility requirements. and it could all impact communities most in need of getting the vaccine. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live at the vaccination site at levi's stadium. let's start with a possible storage hhere. >> reporter: yes, so before mass vaccination sites like levi's stadium could open up, they had to secure the specialized deep freeze freezers to keep those pfizer and moderna vaccines

viable, but that could soon change. in the last two hours or so, pfizer announced that it submitted new data to the fda showing that the vaccine can be kept stable in pharmaceutical freezers and refrigerators, much more commonly available, not just in a research lab situation. the company says this would make transportation and distribution a little more flexible. meanwhile, on february 26th, the fda will review johnson & johnson's request for emergency use approval for its vaccine. but the company is reportedly now considering recommending two doses of the vaccine instead of one. >> whether they do or not is not going to affect doses we're going to get. >> reporter: if that's true, that would be very good news because the rush is on to vaccinate people as infectious disease specialists are warning that the new variants could derail progress to contain the virus in particular that variant first identified in south africa and now detected in nevada.

it could impact the efficacy of ra -- i'm in santa people not to lose their focus on covid testing, even with the added push to vaccinate. statewide testing levels are down more than 30% from december. "the press democrat" reports similar decline protest in sonoma county. the fooer is it may slow the recent progress in reducing covid spread along with tracking newer strains. california the latest of the 50 states to still ban indoor dining. "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us in downtown livermore and bob, i'm hearing indoor dining may be on the return soon. >> reporter: good morning to you, and correct, marcus. yes, you'll recall earlier this week governor gavin newsom predicted that counties could soon are moving out of the purple tier and into the red tier of reopening, which would allow restaurants like the one

behind me here in downtown livermore and other ones throughout the bay area to reopen indoor dining but in a limited capacity at roughly 25%. this is as case rates here in the bay area have dropped by anywhere from 55% to 73%. we've seen those kinds of drops since january and that depends on which county you live in. as "the chronicle" reports this morning, california is the only state in the country to still ban indoor dining, with the exception of a few rural counties in our state. even though california is doing better than some of those states when it comes to covid, the paper cites national restaurant association data that shows some of the states that do allow indoorin in some sort of capacity have higher case rates than california. restaurants have suffered during the pandemic, especially during the holidays, when governor newsom issued that stay-at-home. back in december, bloomberg reported that more than 110,000 restaurants have closed down permanently or long-term as a result of this pandemic, that's

over tri-valley california is launching taste tri-valley, exclusive specials from more than 40 restaurants and wineries here in livermore, pleasanton, dublin, danville, and you can logon to visit trivalley.com, the restaurants are offering deals, they've been suffering since the start covid. reporting live in downtown livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." san francisco schools under new fire for their reopening plan. "the chronicle" reports city attorney dennis herrera is threatening new legal action with unions requiring full vaccinations. he says schools can and should open immediately based on health guidelines. and the demand will be challenged in court. san francisco parents staged a zoom-in protest yesterday meant

as a message to schools, they laid out blankets, set up small desks at the midtown terrance playground to show isolated online learning can be. duties to mental health workers is treading water. last year the council approved the pilot program to use counselors and paramedics to respond to mental health calls but eight months later that program is still waiting to take flight in oakland and this week, two nonprofits vying for the contract pulled their applications. the council committee will resume debating that plan next month. happening now, the slow-moving winter disaster that pummeled texas with snow and ice taking aim at the northeast. we have a live look in houston and dallas where thousands remain without power. in the lone star state, 7 million people also under a boil water notice, and it likely won't be lifted until monday. many have been lining up outside stores that remain open with

power to try to stock up on supplies. texas senator ted cruz is on damage control after flying back from cancun. cruz returned to houston after being caught boarding a plane. initially the senator said he was dropping off his daughters in mexico for a trip with their friends. last night on fox news, he clarified even further. >> i had initially planned to stay through the weekend and to work remotely there but as i was heading down there, you know, i started to have second thoughts. >> the senator adds what's happening in texas is unacceptable, and is demanding answers on why the power grid is failing during the storm. 5:36. >> 5:36 right now. >> we get a look at the forecast. >> 5:36. >> since we're not together, we talked at the same time. >> right here. >> ahh. meteorologist kari hall has a

lock at that forecast for us today. kari, how is it looking out there? >> hey, it's still cold as we look at what's happening in texas, and elsewhere across the country, and wow, those single-digit temperatures continue. it's been that way all week long. for us, it feels a lot milder and we have some light rain coming through. storm ranger tracking it for us, that's our mobile doppler radar in the red scan that you're seeing there, gives us a very high level of detail view of what's happening and exactly where that rain is falling. so we are seeing some light, spotty showers in marin county and san francisco. moving over toward parts of the east bay near concord and fremont, and we're also seeing some light rain right now around milpitas and san jose, so this is what you'll see as you get ready to head out the door, and mike, we need to slow down if you're driving to work this morning. >> absolutely, kari, because this is also what you'll see if you're driving through oakland. the bay bridge toll plaza camera again getting hit with the rain. it's not that heavy but it is sticking on the roadways, of

course, and kicking up off the tires there, so there you go, light traffic but those conditions. as we look at the map no delays aside from just right through the toll plaza. use caution, folks. be very careful as you're going through the off-ramps and the on-ramps as well. we have an incident near the altamont pass and talk about that coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. nasa's mars rover already sending back photos from the surface of the red planet. take a look at this. two black and white images were the first to be shared from what "perseverance" sees on the ground. nasa aims in mountain field helped provide key components. >> this is great to see if we have humans sent to mars how can they live on mars. >> among the items on board the rover a plaque with the names of 85 people who died in the paradise fire in 2018.

next on "today in the bay," california spent more than $10 billion on bow guts jobless benefits during the pandemic. the new steps being taken to stop it from happening again, an today he's headed off to a plant that makes the pfizer vaccine. but first, today concludes the third week of our black history month series. we're shining the spotlight on the co-founder of a political movement. bobby seale grew up in oakland, attended skyline high school and in 1966 he helped cofound the black panther party following the assassination of malcolm x. he was one of the chicago eight, a group charged following the riots at the 1968 democratic convention. recent years he's worked as a social justice advocate and has published books about the party and his life. we salute you, bobby seale.

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storm ranger is showing rain moving through parts of the bay area, a lot of the rain fairly light. we can make plans to get outside later today. we'll talk about the time line of when we'll see showers coming in, that's coming up in a few minutes.

the camera lens at the richmond bridge. traffic is light but light rain, light traffic means you have to use a little caution lower the speeds a bit. next month will be a make or break for the gop party, pushing to recall governor newsom. the deadline to submit signatures for a ballot measure is march 17th. starting today the state gop holds its virtual convention and there's talk of in-fighting within the party over the recall strategy. the governor meanwhile says that he remains focused not on the recall but the job at hand. that's getting the state through the pandemic. recent polls suggest a successful recall is still a relative long shot. president biden will visit a pfizer facility in michigan today. scott mcgrew, a visit scheduled for earlier this week. >> right, but delayed by that terrible weather hitting the midwest all the way down to texas. president bide listen visit that

facility outside kalamazoo, michigan, where he'll talk with people on the front lines of making that critical vaccine. we continue to get good news, a new study out of israel shows one shot of the pfizer vaccine is 85% effective. that doesn't mean we'll change anything but those who have just had their first shot so far should be happy to hear that. the white house says it is willing to negotiate with iran about returning to the eye iran nuclear deal. it was the u.s. that left the deal. at the time iran was sticking to its side of the agreement but has since started breaking the rules on how much uranium it can process and how pure that uranium can be. the u.s. slapped new sanctions on iran, so now there's a diplomatic chicken and egg problem. iran won't stop breaking the rules unless we get rid of the sanctions. we're unwilling to get rid of the sanctions unless iran stops breaking the rules. we expect the white house to release an unclassified report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, "the washington

post" journalist was waiting to get a marriage license. the saudis cut his body into pieces. mohammad bin salman was said he ordered the murder, something he denies. the release of the report will likely cause a rift between the u.s. and saudi arabia, a big switch from the trump years. trump had a close relationship with m.b.s. his son-in-law, jared, had several back channel contacts as well. mr. trump's first overseas trip was to saudi arabia. and kongwoman of colorado lourn bobert appears at a meeting with two rivals, a shotgun and precariously perched handgun on the bookshelf behind her, criticized for not storing the weapon its safely. she has four children at home and says she's not storing them. they're ready for use. >> the second amendment is very much a pampt of the constitution of the united states. it doesn't matter how you feel, how you classify it. this is an enumerated right that

american citizens have to keep and bear arms. >> we're watching everything that's happening in washington of course including mr. biden's trip to kalamazoo. we will watch that and talk about it on twitter, follow me there, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> 5:46. the new leader of the troubled employment development department trying to chart a future free of fraud. rita sands yesterday held a conference call so outline some of the steps to turn the agency around. they are trying to stop fraud with better stop gaps. the agency handed out somewhere north of $10 billion last year to people who filed bogus claims. san jose state's baseball's program is suspended and "the mercury news" is reporting 16 positive sayses involving spartan athletes.

sjsu announcing monday on its website all baseball activities are paused because of safety concerns regarding covid-19 and student athlete conduct. the team is scheduled to return to play on march 27th, but the series against san diego state. "the merc" reports it's unclear if the recent positive tests involve only the baseball program. some of the nba's very best players are guards in the western conference and only two can start the all-star game. one of them this year, yet again steph curry. he's been selected to his seventh all-star game in his 12-year career. this year he's averaging 30 points a game, second highest in the league. the game takes place on march 7th, always a lot of fun to watch. trending this morning, calling all baseball fans to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its first annual baseball card, topps is teaming up with snoop dogg and dozens of artists to create new reimaged baseball cards.

the exclusive cards cost $20 each. trending this morning, two of the biggest tv icons of the '90s are set to make a tool time return. >> more good advice, think safety when working with a spinning blade. you notice i didn't wear a necktie, we got a lot of letters nothing hanging out and no loose clothing. possibility -- >> what time is it? tool time! tim allen and richard card best known as tim "tool man" taylor and al borland are reuniting in a new competition reality show, called "simply required" in which contestants go head to head in construction challenges. of course the pair best known for the classic '90s sitcom "home improvement" and the show within the show "tool time" ran for eight seasons. >> it was a show about a guy who had a show. >> right.

you know what, mike, we could redo this show in your house. >> we could. >> i could see that working. >> we could do that. except for not the shirt. you can do the shirt thing, marcus. >> okay, i'll be your neighbor. you only see, i'll be the main in you only see like this part of my face. all right. here we go with the morning, it's friday, y'all. it's time to get excited. meteorologist kari hall has a look at the forecast which is looking good for us starting this weekend but this morning, a little rain out there. >> yes, a little bit of rain. it's just once again a little bit, and we need a lot more. so every little drop we are definitely welcoming that to move on through. now, we are going to see it mostly before sunrise, as we wake up this morning, get ready to head out for work. splotches of green here and there. as we get a closer look we've seen the rain moving from parts of marin county, now into san

francisco. hit or miss showers as you travel along parts of the east bay on 680, and we've also seen some of the rain in the south bay. now just south of san jose on 101. so that's something that may affect your morning commute. as far as your plans for today, most likely you won't encounter a lot of that rain, if you're headed out to the pork in spots like el sobrante, at 10:00, very light rain but a lot of clouds for today and our temperatures reaching into the upper 50s. we will have one more shot of some rain tomorrow morning, but we are looking at some drier conditions for the afternoon, going out for dinner, and any outdoor activities, looking pretty good for today. tomorrow morning, it is going to be still wet in some spots, with some showers moving through, but look at how early it's going to be, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, as the rain passes by and then the rest of the day is looking nice and sunny, so we'll

have a chance to dry out from that early morning rain that only looks to bring us about 0.1" to 0.2" in total with light snow coming down in the sierra. if you're going in that direction, expect the roads to be slippery. they were talking about chain controls and things like that, so make sure you're prepared to get another five to eight inches of snow. as we look at our weather, it is a soggy one and mike that, may slow people down for the commute. >> that's right, and in fact it should slow you down, that's our typical note, right, kari, we'd rather you get there safely and a little bit late and better than that, leave a couple of minutes early perhaps. the traffic flow is not a major issue but i did circle over here on the map, south 808 just off 238, reports of a single car crash, car drifted over in toward the center divide, sometimes visibility, sometimes traction is a factor, so i'm just keeping that as one of your issues to think about. over here a little slowing out of the altamont and we notice a little slowing heading north on

vasco in toward brentwood, discovery bay and everything smoothed out now, no problems as you come through the area. watch the darker roadway and slicker conditions there, as well as around much of the rest of the bay. the bay bridge toll plaza is clear right now but it is wet and so is the golden gate bridge camera. let's take a live look out there, you see that water hitting the lens and kicking you have behind these cars that are traveling in toward san francisco without delay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, the u.s. officially rejoins the paris climate agreement. that agreement aims to reduce global warming to one and a half degrees celsius, compared to preindustrial levels. president biden issued an executive order to rejoin the agreement on his first day in office. this is after president trump exited the u.s. involvement in 2017. world leaders say that they are anticipating an announcement from the u.s. on its goal for cutting emission of heat-trapping gases by 2030. much more ahead on this friday morning, including all new another bay area school

meeting zoom bombed. we'll have details ahead. plus when it comes to vaccinations, these two seniors are showing us how to get it done. up next, their journey just to get that shot. it's a great one. you're watching "today in the bay."

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bay." black history month marked with a heritage flight at travis air force base. the base shared video all as this happened, this was an all black flight crew, they practiced landing, refueling and approaches in the skies above solano county. yesterday's ceremony focused on the legacy of the tuskegee airmen in world war ii and the doors they opened for future black pilots. the flights were meant to honor the power of diversity and inclusion in the military. >> when i was a kid, i never knew i could be a pilot. i would hope me being in this position will allow kids black, white, of all races and ethnicities to realize you can do whatever you put your mind to. >> so true. the air miles per hour involved in yesterday's flight are part of the 9th air squadron stationed at travis. nearly a century ago the idea black history month

started. last month jessica aguirre and i hosted our "race in america: the conversation" our tenth episode. we posted it on our website, just go to nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. oakland schools the latest victim of an obscene zoom bombing. offensive languages showing up in the meeting's chat function yesterday during a virtual workshop on literacy. organizers shut the chat room then when it reopened later the same thing happened again. the culprits not yet known. statement from superintendent reads in part "to be clear, racist, hurtful, violent and obscen images have no place anywhere in oakland, much less within an ousd activity meant to celebrate the great wok of our students, families and schools that they're doing in literacy." the district is investigating. a 105-year-old woman who received her second dose of the covid vaccine.

nursing home resident nellie oder says she's seen it all and the secret living long is listening to her doctor like she did when she got that vaccine. she'll be turning 106 in a couple of weeks. so 105 to 90 years old. this one is looking great, too, 90-year-old fran goldman of seattle walked six miles to receive her first shot this week. a snowstorm made it impossible for her to get her vaccination any other way. so off she went. >> well, after the shot, you have to wait 15 minutes to make sure you have no reaction to it, and the person said you'll have to sit and wait until such and such a time. i said i'll be delighted to sit and wait. i've just been walking for an hour, and she said oh, sit as long as you want. >> it was three miles to the vaccination site and then three miles back home.

by the way, fran still drives, she's really hoping she can drive to get her second shot next month when the weather is hopefully a little better. but you know her longevity, doing all that walking. >> she did a few miles the day before just to see if she could do it. strong woman. >> i love it. right now at 6:00, anger and outrage in the east bay opinion. >> my heart rate went sky high. i couldn't believe that the comments they were making. >> parents sound off after board members make controversial comments during what they thought was a closed meeting, a story we first brought to you yesterday morning and on this friday, demands for the members to resign are growing. a live report straight ahead for you. the third hour of "today in the bay" continu >> good morning to you on this friday. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. a check of your morning commute in the weekend forecast coming up in a bit. but first let's get to the

outrage that is happening in contra costa county after an oakley union schools meeting. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live now some of the new details for us. cierra? >> reporter: good morning marcus and laura, the parents as could you hear were upset about what they heard, what the board members thought was a closed member. the parents are so upset some are demanding the board members resign. the president of the school board has already stepped down by an online petition calling for the others to resign or be recalled now. the hot mic situation played out during wednesday's meeting and at one point you could hear the board president suggesting parents just wanted in-person collapses to resume because they just wanted their child care back. another was heard cursing when discussing the response on social media. take a listen to what parents heard as the oakley members were caught on that hot mic. we want to warn you, some folks may find what you're about to hear offensive. >> are we alone? >> yes. >> okay, [ bep