we like it out here, especially since we had such a nice day today. but if they open up inside, yeah, it's -- yeah. everybody's looking forward to it. >> right now at 4:30, a waiting green light. bay area businesses on edge this morning as they wait to get a key update about our covid tiers. the preparations many are already making to get customers coming again. >> plus, plagued with problems. the help that could soon be on the way for those trying to navigate the state's overwhelmed unemployment system. and unlocking more vaccine. the key decision that could soon lead to tens of millions more

covid-19 vaccines being shipped out. "today in the bay" starts right now. good tuesday morning, to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. the team all here this morning. mark taking a look at that commute. first, let's start out with meteorologist kari hall as we get started with another beautiful day on tap, kari. >> yeah, this was going to be a really warm day. and we're starting out anywhere from 61 degrees in hayward to 35 in ukiah. so we do have a wide range in temperatures already to start out our morning. but then we close the gap and all of us reach into the mid-70s for today. that is well above normal and near-record highs. we're going to talk more about that. a cooldown in the forecast, and also some concerns that i do have. we'll talk more about that in just a few minutes. mike, do you have anything you're watching for the morning commute? >> well, kari, first of all, your concerns are our concerns. but, yeah, we do have a couple

of scattered incidents. let's take a look at the big map. the bottom in fremont, we have a crash on the shoulder. 880 at fremont boulevard. it looks like everything is over on the shoulder without any major injuries. eastbound 588. a live look from our camera at the toll plaza shows you westbound traffic coming towards us is just fine. very light. on the other side over on the far right, we can't see any problems, but we'll track any updates for any breaks. back to you, laura. >> thanks so much. today, we are expecting a critical decision, especially for restaurants and workout facilities. indoor dining could return as soon as tomorrow. some counties are expecting to move out of the restrictive purple tier. san mateo, marin counties are preparing business owners for the red tier. >> that's some good news for business. here's today in the bay's jean elle. >> restaurant owners here in san mateo county are preparing to welcome people back inside later

this week. a development they've been waiting for. >> each table they have a place, a partition. i did this work in april last year. >> reporter: ellie is ready to welcome customers back inside. while outdoor dining is popular, not everyone is comfortable outside. >> i have a very old clientele. it's cold outside. they are very -- they sit inside with no problem. >> reporter: san mateo and marin county leaders say they are leaning state metrics to be allowed to move from the purple to the less restrictive red tier. the public health department has alerted some business owners to prepare. >> we have been talking with some of our businesses saying, while we can't guarantee we're going to open on wednesday, things are looking good. >> reporter: an announcement from the governor's office is expected. a move to the red tier would mean things like movie theaters and indoor dine can go resume with limited capacity as soon as

wednesday. >> i'm very excited to be able to open indoors. >> reporter: some diners are also excited. >> we like it out here, especially since we had such a nice day today. but if they open up inside, yeah -- yeah. everybody's looking forward to it. >> reporter: others aren't ready. >> i think i'll still continue to eat outside for a while. >> reporter: most say they'll feel more comfortable inside when more people are vaccinated. jean elle, "today in the bay." tens of millions of more covid-19 vaccines could be on the way. later today, five vaccine makers are expected to testify. this is before congress. executives with pfizer and moderna, they will say that those shipments couple double, possibly triple in the coming weeks. "today in the bay's" ian cole has more. >> reporter: more than half a million americans have died from covid-19. the bells at the national cathedral in d.c. sounding 500 times, each marking 1,000 lives

lost. >> today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone. >> reporter: the president honoring the victims of the pandemic. >> that's more americans who died in one year pandemic than in world war i, world war ii, and the vietnam war combined. >> reporter: the fight against the virus was delayed much of last week as winter storms slowed vaccine distribution. >> i reported on friday that we could catch up on deliveries by the end of this week. we now anticipate that all backlogged doses will be delivered by midweek. >> reporter: there's also some hope. hospitalizations and cases are falling across the country. a house subcommittee will hear from the five major vaccine manufacturers to explain the steps they are taking to ramp up production. and later this week, johnson & johnson's one-shot vaccine could receive emergency use authorization or eua.

the company says it will deliver 20 million dose by the end of march. >> it will not be a lot of doses right on the heels of the eua. but that will accelerate, as we get into the months towards the contractual arrangement of when 100 million doses will be given. >> reporter: and more good news. it may only take one shot to get significant immunity from the virus. a study out of israel showing the pfizer vaccine was 85% effective at preventing covid symptoms after just one dose. and kaiser permanente, which serves about 25% of californians, says it now expects to vaccinate 600,000 people a week. in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> we want to help you get your shot. we've been telling you about the new website called plan your vaccine. enter your state, a map, and your age. go to planyourvaccine.com.

state lawmakers are stepping up to try to prevent future horror stories at the employment development department. the agency is not only wading through billions of dollars in fraud, but many people have had their accounts frozen. others have been taxed on money stolen from their account on identity theft. now lawmakers are introducing a slew of new measures that includes a new bill of rights to protect people from future blunders authored by assembly member buffy wicks. >> my goal is to provide resource for people in the community. >> reporter: it would also establish a new claim and advocacy department within the agency. happening today, leaders in two bay area counties are scheduled to debate hazard pay for grocery store workers. supervisors in san mateo and santa clara counties will look at ordinances similar to those passed recently in cities like san jose and oakland. in those cases, the temporarily hourly pay hikes are tied to

workers at large chain stores. happening today, community activists will hold a virtual call to action. this is in the wake of the recent chevron fuel spill inlls they're calling a mix of low-level fuel and flush water spilled on february 9th. authorities do not believe any wildlife was impacted. the news conference comes ahead of tonight's richmond city council meeting, which is also supposed to focus on what caused the spill. new details about the engine fire on that united airlines flight raining down parts of the boeing 777 on a neighborhood just outside of denver. the chairman of the ntsb now says it appears one of the engines' fan blades may have damaged another. no one on the plane or ground was hurt. the pilot was able to safely land the plane back at the denver airport. boeing has recommended airlines ground all 777s with that type of engine while the investigation continues. >> glad everyone's okay. turning now to texas.

this is where the hardship goes on for millions still struggling after that deep freeze. and while the power is back on for many, clean drinking water is still a huge problem there. lines of cars there filled with hungry families, desperate for help. state leaders promising change and solutions for sky-high energy bills. the governor actually recently told those companies, don't cut off the power to many of those customers if they cannot pay. 4:39 right now, making a case for in-person return to the classroom. still ahead on "today in the bay," the north bay parents now shelling out cash to make their message heard. the tweet that caused elon musk to lose billions of dollars in just one day. you're watching "today in the bay," 4:39.

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right now at 4:41, we are starting out with some cool temperatures this morning, but look at these highs for today, reaching 72 degrees in oakland, 74 in san jose, and as warm as 76 in napa. not supposed to be this warm, but we'll talk about when we go back to some more seasonal weather, that's coming up in a few minutes. we'll take that. we're looking over here towards fremont. the crash cleared the nimitz at fremont boulevard. a live look shows traffic is just fine. let's check in with our friend,

bertha. >> good morning. i' from cnbc. we've got wall street set to openni after a mixed session yesterday. we saw the dow up about 27 points with stocks tied to the reopening of the economy like travel, airlines, and cruise lines leading the way, as those numbers are starting to come down in terms of daily coronavirus infections. but tech stocks fell. they had a huge run with the nasdaq down 2.5%. stocks like zoom that are tied to staying at home are selling off now. also, we've been watching the treasury yields. the rates on u.s. treasury bonds. those higher yields can make it harder to justify the value of stocks, because pplre going to have to spend more to get a mortgage, you know that the rates are jumped quite a bit. meantime, we're starting to look at some of the data that we're getting today. we're going to get reports on home prices, consumer crisis.

we've also gotten earnings so far from home depot. better than expected, but their outlook is a little fuzzy for this year. not quite sure where things are headed. macy's also better than expected. and we're going to hear from fed chair jay powell this morning as he testifies ahead of the senate banking committee on capitol hill. spotify ceo says the streaming service is going to tread carefully when it comes to raising prices in the u.s. daniel ek telling the "financial times," spotify is rolling out a pricier subscription option with better sound quality, there are no immediate plans for a broader price increase. spotify's main subscription has been 10 bucks a month for years now, even though it has added podcasts and songs to that platform. and netflix is adding a new mobile feature that automatically downloads movie and show recommendations based on viewer history. it's now available for android users. you need to opt in to use the future, and then set how much space you want to use.

one, three, or five gigabytes. more space equals more downloads. netflix is also testing that feature right now for ios devices. those are the latest headlines from cnbc. marcus and laura, back over to you. i don't know if i would want something automatically downloading with that much storage on my phone. >> right. and i don't think it's the storage you've got to worry about, it's finding more time with a busy family to watch all of it. thanks, bertha. >> 12:45. tesla ceo's elon musk's net worth dropped over 10%. he lost a total of $15 billion in just one day nap drop came in part after musk tweeted that bitcoin prices came high over the weekend. his announcement came two weeks after tesla add $1.5 billion in bitcoin to its balance sheet. following the tweet, tesla shares also dipped over 8%.

a quarter to 5:00 right now. a state-run covid-19 testing lab now under fire. coming up next on "today in the bay," the major mistake found that has some officials raising the alarm. we'll be right back.

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a little nice stretch of weather that we've been getting. i went for a walk yesterday and a neighbor of mine said, this is why we live in california. but i was just thinking of what you said. these are unseasonably warm temperatures. >> and it's crazy, because it's going to be even warmer today. so we are going to compare that to normal. i know a lot of people are going to be out, taking it in, me included. so if you're making plans to get out there and go for a hike, let's get a look at our south bay hiking forecast. because we will start out with a few clouds, temperatures in the upper 40s, but then look at this trend for today. how about some low 60s around 10:00, but then low 70s at noon. you can see how fast it warms up as we reach into the mid-70s during the middle of the day. then as we look at our forecast high compared to the record high, in santa rosa, we're just 4 degrees shy of a record today, if we meet our forecast. and as we look at concord, 76

degrees, but the record is just 77. so we're only 1 degree off of that record, as we're expecting those high temperatures there, 2 degrees off of a record high possible today in oakland and san jose may see more of the same. so we are looking at some very warm temperatures, but then, as we get ready for some cooler air starting tomorrow, those winds will pick up tonight. so as we go through the forecast, a little bit of a breeze today, at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. but look at late tonight, into the day tomorrow, we'll see those winds picking up, especially in the north bay and some of our hills, reaching 35, 40, possibly 60-mile-per-hour winds. and we know that we've had very little rain. so when you get these high winds coming in from the north, there could possibly be a lot of drying there, and we'll have to watch very closely, because there could also be some wind damage as we get those winds picking up, calming down as we head towards thursday. and that's as high pressure moves away. we'll see a couple of areas of

region. as that cool air comes down, still very dry and no rain in the forecast, at least into early next week. so as we look at the seven-day forecast, mid-70s today, but the rest of the forecast is 60s for highs into early next week. mike, what are you watching right now for the morning commute? >> kari, i'm watching folks who do their work overnight. we'll take a look at the golden gate bridge. the last time we take a look, it was completely basically without traffic on the southbound side. well, that's over on the service lane. i believe we should have traffic heading south. let's take a look at the map. we have a little slowing coming down toward that north tower. and that's where we have those three lanes that were blocked from overnight road work. i believe they are doing a traffic break up on the north side to clear that. also, we're looking at the crasu get off that richmond bridge, right near the toll plaza. lanes are cleared. the rest of the bay, that means

green. green means go. >> keep it going this morning. thanks, mike. angry parents in the north bay area, they're making their stance on reopening schools crystal clear. their message on an electronic billboard, this is along highway 101 in sonoma county. those parents say they wanted to make sure that education leaders don't miss their message. here's "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney. >> reporter: the electronic sign, shared with several other advertisers, says, missing, all california students, last seen march 13th, 2020. reward, their future. #opensonomacountyschoolsnow. >> the campuses should be ready. they've been empty for 11 months. there's money on the table that's completely unused. and there's no excuse not to have a plan at this point. >> reporter: will soaper has two children in sonoma county public schools andhe message on this billboard, which is schools. a gofundme site has raised thousands to keep the message up there. organizers say children are suffering and need to be at school five days a week. soaper says millions of dollars

in covid relief money is available to provide a safe reopening. >> i'm not sure if it's between the union and the board of trustees or the administrators, but it's certainly not the teachers. >> we are working fast and furiously to reopen and prepare our campuses for instruction. >> reporter: school district superintendent myra perez says she understands their frustration, but the protocols for reopening keep change between county public health, the state, and the cdc. and add to that, sonoma county has been in the purple tier for 25 weeks. >> we have installed 580 ventilation units to make sure that your children are safe. >> she says the district has also spent money to ensure safe distancing in classrooms, purchase materials so students don't have to share, and set up on-campus health screenings. >> we have been planning the entire time and our campuses will reopen shortly. >> we see the trustees, we see the administrators, and it's not

enough action. >> reporter: superintendent perez says there's one more hurdle for school districts to meet. and that is to reach the goal of vaccinating every teacher before classroom instruction begins. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. a troubling report about california's new coronavirus testing laboratory. state health officials say inspectors found, quote, significant deficiencies at the site. a report released yesterday says that a fraction of the 1% of the more than 1.5 million tests performed at the valencia branch laboratory have had problems. the company that runs the lab says the problems found during the december inspection have been fixed. california's health department is also investigating whistle-blower allegations of mismanagement and reports of workers sleeping on the job. well, returning to the arena. coming up next on "today in the bay," the limited number of fans who will get the chance to watch the warriors take on the knicks tonight in new york.

and the big changes being made due to covid. happening now, the wife of mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman accused of running his drug empire is now in the u.s. and will be in federal court. the 31-year-old arrested at dulles international airport yesterday outside of d.c. the justice department also alleged that she helped her husband escape from a mexican prison in 2015. it's also said she participated in a planning of a second prison escape, this is before guzman was extradited to the u.s. in 2017. guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years back in 2019. 4:55. we'll be right back.

4:57. welcome back.

even before tonight's game against the warriors, new york knicks fans may already think they've won something. that's because for the first time in nearly a year, madison square garden will have fans in the stands. we're talking about 2,000 people will be able to attend tonight's game. the warriors lost the tough one there last time when charlotte beat them after a last-minute meltdown by draymond green. well, facing tough questions. still ahead on "today in the bay" at 5:00, a live report from washington, d.c. on the hearings set to get underway on last month's capitol hill siege. plus, the two bay area cities now offering cash to small business owners.

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we're ready to work shoulder-to-shoulder to defeat covid-19 and rebuild economies that work for everyone. >> now at 5:00, going one on one with a foreign leader. key issues president joe biden is set to discuss hours from now with canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. also on the hill, tough new questions lawmakers are raising following last month's capitol siege. readying the relief. the stimulus checks soon to be sent to millions of californians struggling to make ends meet. plus -- >> you know, there's been a hostile environment for immigrants, and this isn't anything new for the asian american community. >> a new response to the recent string of violent attacks against asian americans. a live report on actions being taken at