i am really worried more state reports are rolling back. >> the johnson & johnson vaccine ready to roll but health directors worried about the expanding openings. the latest from a live report from washington. more bay area counties set to escape their purple reopen tier and reopen wider. in a matter of hours we're tracking the businesses in line to open the doors and the steps being taken ahead of time. schools not screens, schools not screens. >> mounting pressure from parents, governor newsom presents his new return to school. the hurdles to clear before children head back to the classrooms. "today in the bay" continues now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. as the first americans prepare to receive the one-shot johnson

& johnson covid vaccine, there's new action in the works for president biden's stimulus plan, in california, schools are weighing governor newsom's return to the classroom plan while more bay area counties prepare to roll back covid restrictions. there's so much to digest this morning but we've got live team coverage to break it down for you. first "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the new vaccine that's rolling out today. tracie? >> laura and marcus, it is a shot in the arm, not only for the people getting that vaccine, but also for congress here in washington, while people are starting to get today those 4 million johnson & johnson shots, the single dose vaccine. congress is considering more money for vaccines, and a lot of other things, including schools, and $1,400 checks. it passed the house and president biden hopes it passed the senate. democrats with concerns so he's calling them up for a lunch time

lobbying session to make sure with the narrow 50/50 margin that all democrats are on board. >> we reserve time in his schedule to ensure that he can be engaged, roll up his sleeves and be personally involved. >> so the first senate vote on this could happen as early as tomorrow, and while there are no republicans who have signed on, there's some democrats with concerns as well, some want to tighten up the income requirements for the $1,400 checks so they go to people more low and moderate income and not people who have plenty of money and don't need it. others want to roll back business taxes since they weren't able to get in, or tax breaks since they weren't able to get in that minimum wage increase, that's not going in the senate bill. a lot of things to discuss that the lunch time call today. congress at odds as this pandemic rages on. back to you. >> i know, coming up on a year here now. thanks so much, tracie. today is shaping up to be a

big day for more awaiting the chance to reopen. several bay areauding san franc clara and napa counties are all on the verge of moving into the less restrictive red tier. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in san francisco, and cierra, business owners must be relieved this morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus. the business owners wake up, they will wake up with a sigh of relief, that's because after 11 months of roller coaster opening and closing, they have once again received the green light to proceed to the red tier. those businesses include restaurants and gyms, movie theaters, operating indoor reduced capacity. restaurants can operate indoors at 25% capacity, or 100 people, whichever is fewer, movie theaters can reopen at 10% capacity, museums can also open indoors at 10% capacity and retail stores can bump up their capacity to 50%. now, these three counties, san francisco, napa and santa clara,

they now join san mateo and marin counties with the shifting of tiers. they will officially be able to resume their modified business operations on wednesday. business owners are hoping this will provide a much needed boost in business, after nearly 11 months of opening and closing. >> i'm hoping it's going to bring more people in as long as they're not scared to come out, you know? they've got the vaccination coming in and hopefully we got people that want to come and sit down and eat and support us. >> reporter: this is also some good news for the school districts that have not already resumed that in-person learning. after five days of being in the red tier, those schools are legally allowed to reopen indoor learning in-person learning, so we will continue to follow that to see if any of the districts take advantage of being in the red tier five days from tomorrow. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> cierra, thank you. in order to get in the red tier, counties have to meet three requirements. the first one, the daily new case rate cannot exceed cases

per 100,000 people, that's seven cases per 100,000 people and the positive rate or percentage of people testing positive has to be less than 8%. also, equity score for disadvantaged groups must fall in the range below contra costa counties meet the criteria for positivity rate and equity score, but it's the case rate where they need to make some progress. you can see right here on this map right now, sonoma has a case rate of 14 per 100,000 people. alameda county is the closest in the criteria but not there yet with the case rate of 9.5 per 100,000. vaccines still a big sticking point in getting teachers back into the classroom, but now in addition to vaccines as an incentive, governor newsom is offering money to districts that get their youngest students back in class by april. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live this morning, pouring poring over

some of the plan's details and what could happen next. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. governor newsom cannot force school districts to reopen. it makes it hard for districts to say they can't afford to do that safely, with this money. lawmakers are expected to approve this plan thursday, offering up $2 billion for districts that return students in transitional kinder through second grade and all outrisk students of any age, counties in the purple tier. you heard cierra what happens with schools in the red, have to welcome back all elementary schoolers plus one grade of middle school or high school in order to get that money. for some parents, it seems like money, though, is not the only impasse. >> there' like this energy, not a positive energy, it's a frustrating, disappointed boiling point kind of energy for parents that we're seeing.

>> reporter: there is no vaccine requirement in the governor or the lawmaker's plan that's going to be discussed today. however, 10% of all california's new vaccines are set aside for teachers and school staff and that amounts to about 75,000 this week alone. i have heard from some of the teachers that i know, either gotten their vaccines or getting their vaccines this week. the governor is still pushing for even more money beyond that $2 billion. he wants $4.6 billion set aside in the budget to help schools get those students back and make sure that they are where they need to be after a year of learning at home. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. 5:07 right now. also happening today, tamalpias students return. health screenings and masks will be required. most marin county schools are partially open with many classes doing a hybrid model.

later today, san francisco families organized another zoom-in doing their distance learning near closed campuses or in san francisco parks close to schools. today's protests are taking place in the mission inouye valley. some supervisors are expected to take part. 5:08 a follow-up on a string of recent anti-asian attacks in oakland. one recent suspect due in court for a police hearing. the yaya muslim is seen pushing down a 1-year-old asian man about one month ago and tied to at least two other incidents. this comes as a new team of volunteers protecting oakland's chinatown, the east bay toyshonn association organized the effort. volunteers are unarmed. their job it to report potential crimes to police immediately. nbc bay area and telemundo and comcast are partnering with the

asian-pacific fund to provide grants to organizations and if you like to donate any amount will help. just go to our website nbcbayarea.com and look for that link. happening today weter idea d this year's sierra snowpack levels are. the latest survey is getting under way in a matter of hours. february was dry in the bay area and kari, you keep track of all this so closely. we really need sop juicy storms to pass our way. >> yes, we know that big measurement that we have on april 1st, that's the one where we really watch because kind of shows us what we're leading in to spring and summer with, but we also have all of these manual sensors out there, rather automatic sensors that show us the percentage of normal, and so the southern sierra is doing the worst at 45%. the central sierra only at 69%. as we bring you back home and look at what's going on, it's going to be a sunny day but also

good to see that we have some rain and sierra snow in the forecast so we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, any issues right now for the morning commute? >> no, just folks trying to wake up, make sure you got your eyes wide open and ready to go. you're mostly at the limit. for your commute an easy drive. santa cruz mountains southbound 17 down toward the bottom of this map, there is a disabled truck right near the summit, sounds like everything's off the shoulder, maybe one lane blocked but no slowing shows up. circle to the top of the screen, highway 29 and near rutherford, a report of a car fire, an engine on fire, watching for that. no injuries reported. though there was someone in the car, they got out and east shore freeway at the top, goes at the limit even though there was construction over at ashby. that crew cleared on time, i've heard of no delays. back to you. this next one should be breaking news. those cookies you love so much are back. next on "today in the bay," the beloved cafe and bakery chain

now back in business at one location. >> probably not open at 5:10 so i'll stick around at least for pice. coming up, an unusual invitation by elon musk. plus -- >> there's a lot of uts out there just sitting in this weird limbo, getting deeper and deeper in debt every day and no one helping us. >> you know as they say, the show must go on especially for a bay area performance venue. the unique way some are working to raise funds to stay afloat and how you can help. 5:11. you're watching "today in the bay."

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or call during business hours. good tuesday morning. right now at 5:13, let's check out martinez and home school recess forecast, getting out in the backyard, getting fresh air and starts out cool with the temperatures today, heading back into the low 70s. we'll talk about what's ahead in our forecast, coming up in a few minutes. well, good morning. very happy tuesday to you as well. united airlines is moving forward with its plan to furlough more employees. united is one of the largest employers in san mateo county says,000 people at sfo will lose their jobs temporarily. this follows united national furlough of 14,000 employees last month. the airport recently said it didn't think travel would be back to pre-pandemic levels for

years to come. gilead sciences in foster city is laying off more than 170 in palo alto, vmware laying off 107 and san francisco's academy of art university has cut 78. tracie mentioned some of the work they're doing on the stimulus and unemployment relief continues in washington. the latest markup on the bill has $1,400 stimulus checks going to anyone making $75,000 or less, that includes dependent children, and for the first time dependent adults. income above $75,000 the benefits start to phase out to zero if you make $100,000 or more a year. some good economic news, apple stores it shut during the height of the pandemic. for the first time in nearly a year, all of them are open. many are still by appointment only though. an unusual story involving elon musk which is not that unusual. russia says it's not moving

forward with an invitation that musk had made to vladimir putin. did it on twitter using the kremlin's twitter handle, he invited the russian president to have a conversation on the app clubhouse. when reporters asked the russian government about it, it said it was waiting for more detail but none ever came so the russian government says it considers the matter closed. so i'm reading that as saying basically, marcus and laura, yeah, we would have done it if you followed up or given us any information about who, what, when, where and why. >> hmm, interesting. thanks, scott. >> opportunity missed, yes. >> there you go. 5:16 this morning and the fight over instacart heating up, between safeway and its workers. the union accuses safeway of violating rights to represent store employees, including those who deliver groceries by making its agreement with instacart. safeway is referring online customers there. in the latest development, "the chronicle" reports a federal

court ruled safeway must allow to cease the contract with instacart, a non-union company. nine months after the specialties cafe and bakery chain filed for bankruptcy, one of the stores reopened in mountain view, introduced new menu items and brought back some old favorites as well. more than 50 cafes were forced to close last year during the height of the pandemic. the owners of the pleasanton based company say they hope to open more locations in the future. good for them. trending this morning, marcus, do you talk too much? >> it depends on who you ask, laura. researchers say most conversations don't end when you want them to. a new harvard study finds when conversations go on for otoo long it's often because people are too polite to end them and the average length of a conversation misses the mark by 50%. only about 10% end their conversation earlier than desired. the bottom line here, people just don't know when to stop talking apparently and hopefully

this story doesn't run any longer than you are expecting. >> it's funny though, for us, we have our producers in our earpieces going wrap, wrap it up. what if we did that in a normal conversation? >> i do it in my head sometimes. i'll like wrap. >> get to the point. >> mike, you better make it short and sweet. >> let's talk about traffic. out to the roadways, traffic flow is very niecely. there won't be any reason to slow down anywhere that you're not expecting to slow down. we have the new incident in san jose 101 near oakland road and i'm checking on that, that just came in. over here the alt month pass, you know it's going to be a little slow as folks make their way there. top of the screen, vasco, no delays out of brentwood and discovery bay, 17 minutes 580 and the bay bridge no backup and the richmond bridge a clear drive. you can see from the sky, i

don't know anything but i go on looks like, you got better tools, what's the forecast like? >> even though it's all clear, it's all very cold and that's something you can't see from that view. take a look at these temperatures, and you want to make sure you're wearing a heavier coat for to you start out this morning, but not so much this afternoon. we're going from the 30s and 40s in the morning to the 60s and upper 70s. upper 60s to low 70s i should say reaching 72 degrees, as we take a look at concord, 71 in napa and 67 degrees inll as oak ne, and a calm wind, but we are seeing some changes here. let's talk about high pressure moving out of the way. that's what's kept us dry here and by the weekend, we'll see a storm system approaching that will bring us some scattered showers, starting on saturday, and then a little bit of a break before another one comes in right behind that on monday. now, even though we have two

storm systems coming in, the models aren't really showing that much in the way of rain, but it is something and it's nice to see some wet weather here, but we can only expect for most of us about a tenth to quarter inch of rain, as we see those two weather systems coming in. so looking at the seven-day forecast, we're in the upper 60s for the inland areas for the next couple of days, even a few low 70s and look at how much cooler it's going to be this weekend. going from 70 and sunny on friday to some upper 50s on saturday, and then we're going to see that cooldown happening in san francisco. now we talk about our climate in crisis looking for things that we can do to reduce our carbon footprint and if you have solar panels, you are doing just that. let's talk about some of the numbers and how much solar energy you'll generate over the next couple of days in contra costa county. so if you assume an average usage, if you do have solar panels you're able to generate

about 145% of your electricity for today, that goes to 127%, a few more clouds tomorrow, and then by thursday, we're seeing our generation from solar panels at 153%. that's pretty good. that's like keeping a lot of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. all right, there's a lot of tips on nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. you can check out all of these links and see what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. laura, what's going on in the news? >> we have new video pretty intense flooding, look at, this prompting a state of emergency in kentucky. the national guard has also been activated. more than a half a foot of rain has fallen over the past three days in some areas causing all of the rivers to rise to really historic highs so a tough go of it for those folks there. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds."

>> many families are in the market for a tax preparer right now. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how to pick one who is right for you. that's next. but first, check out these photos right here, kari instagrs homemade wind band to test this week. kari is always posting a lot of great stuff and fun photos to look at and videos to follow. find her on all of those platforms, facebook, instagram and twitter. much more ahead for you on "today in the bay." it's 5:22.

welcome back. 5:4. this year, doing your taxes may be a little more complicated but more lucrative than years past. >> you might want to consider professional help to maximize your refund. consumer investigator chris chmura will show us how to pick a tax preparer. >> each year about 15 million people file their federal tax returns on paper. many are do-it-yourself, but this year with your taxes, there are lots of reasons to seek help. cpa lisa greene-lewis says you might be eligible for deductions or credits for first time. if you misunderstood the earned income credit and the recovery rebate credit you could short

yourself as much as $9,000. greene-lewis recommends using software for a pro to fill out your return especially if you procrastinate. >> people that wait until the last minute, they tend to leave things out. >> if you choose to go with a preparer instead, we have a word of caution about ghost preparers. that's what the irs calls people who do your taxes for a fee but refuse to sign your return along with you. that's a problem. when uncle sam spots a problem. >> then you're the one who ends up dealing with the irs. >> if you have travel with someone doing your taxes, file an official complaint with the irs. there are two forms, of course there are two forms, it's the irs. form 14-157 and 14-157a. you explain who you are, who they are and what you feel they did wrong and then you fax or mail in the forms. the original comic con a covid casualty. ohhers in san diego say this year's regular annual event will

be virtual for a second straight year due in large part to financial challenges. the event takes place in july but plans in the works for a smaller event in november, its hope can be in-person. one year into the pandemic and the owner of a popular san francisco performance venue says his site may not be able to survive. the owner of owe say sis said he tried to make ends meet with rooftop shows and tried what he called meals an heels, a food delivery and virtual entertainment. it may not be a venue this size expensive and it costs more money to be open than could be closed and it's expensive to be closed. >> on saturday, the oasis is turning to fans for help with a 12-hour telethon to keep the venue open. 5:27 right now. coming up next, new york governor andrew cuomo facing all new accusations.

a third woman now coming forward with claims of harassment. and the changes being made to california's vaccine distribution plan. we'll be right back.

right now at 5:30, opening its books and records. an east bay city trying to build trust between its people and the police department. the unusual step antioch is taking after two people died

while in custody. once you build trust then we'll start to see a cadence of reopening across the spectrum. >> governor newsom, trying to get schools reopened on a roll. the latest case numbers that suggest the state may be headed into the right direction. plus, on the menu today, possible restaurant relief. the funding plan for businesses and a popular east bay destination spot and how soon owners there can apply as "today in the bay" continues right now. it's tuesday morning. terrific tuesday as marcus likes to put it. i'm, go fwrs. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. one city is trying to strengthen trust in the police department. >> reporter: "today in the bay's" bob redell is live outside antioch city hall with more on what the mayor is planning to do. >> reporter: mayor lamar thorpe

released a statement and in it he's asking his chief of police to release all the information that is legally allowed regarding two recent cases involving in-custody deaths. you could see the statement on your tv screen. the mayor wrote that the release of information is a part of a culture of reform he's trying to establish in his police department and moving forward, he's waiving the ten-day window police have to respond to public information requests when it comes to high-profile cases and the information in the quinto case would be released by midnight last night, it refers to 30-year-old angelo quinto, the family called for a mental health crisis. they allege police snatched quinto from his mother's arms, they jumped on him and put a george floyd tight hold on the back of his neck, those are the words from the family attorney. quinto became unconscious and

died at the hospital three days later. the second in custody death involves a man who the merck identifies as a 33-year-old from san francisco named arturo kallel. february 24th a lyft driver reported a man in his car was trying to steal his cell phone and took off running by deer valley high. when officers arrived, they said the man was yelling, appeared to be paranoid, they tried to came him down but the man ran into traffic, tried to get into a car waiting at a red light. officers caught up with him and used a taser, the man lost consciousness, paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he died. mayors proposed reforms for the police department, including a establishment of the mental health crisis team to better teach officers how to deescalate training and police accountability including body

worn cameras and dash cams. reporting live in antioch, bob redell, "today in the bay." follow up on the sacramento plastic surgeon whose zoom appearance got national attention when he appeared during the operation. dr. scott greene paid his fine for speeding and registration violations to avoid a second appearance. in a livestream of the hearing posted by the city, the judge quickly rescheduled to allow greene to focus on the patient there on the table. the state medical board is investigating. greene did not respond to "the bee's" latest report. more signs of a plateau in california's new covid cases 373,500 new infections were reported yesterday statewide a huge drop from the highs during the whole day surge. now case numbers are mostly unchanged from the day before. health leader credit the effectiveness for the vaccine decline. in the long run it bodes well for schools to reopen as well. he talked about this when he

laid out his new $2 billion plan to boost covid protections for the classroom. >> we are in that phase, that transition phase where we want to lean in, and we want to step up, get our kids back in school. >> it's possible the governor's this week. newsom is hoping all tk through second grade students are back in the classroom by the start of next month. no glitches from blue shield's first day of taking charge of california's vaccine rollout. the go el is to streamline vaccinations statewide by the end of this month. blue shield is serving a handful of counties, none in the bay area. blue shield hopes to fully vaccinate 25 million californians by the summer. appointments will be coordinated through the state's my turn app. a live look in san jose this morning, two cities anticipating a slew of new reopenings. right now, only san mateo and

marin counties are in the state's less restrictive red tier. several other counties including san francisco, santa clara and napa on the verge of red tier status perhaps as soon as today. in the red tier, gyms can open at 15% capacity. restaurants, churches, museums and movie theaters can open at 25% capacity or up to 100 people. schools that are not ready to open can do so after just five days in the red. keeping tabs on that for you. in walnut creek, city leaders plan to vote on extending relief for restaurants who lost business of course during the pandemic. tonight city council will discuss some additions to a new program that the city estimates 15% to 20% of restaurants could qualify for under the new proposed criteria. 23 restaurants were turned away for aid because they did not lose at least 25% of their business. new fallout in san

francisco's public works scandal. five executives and companies have been suspended from ever doing business with the city again. the companies owned by florence kong profiled in a recent report from our investigative unit are among those banished from future business. kong is tied to the bribery scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru. city attorney dennis herrera calls yesterday's move by the city unprecedented. happening today, a powerful reminder of bay area history expected to make its debut at san francisco city hall. jock mcdonald's temporary art imstaulgs features of portraits of san franciscans morphing and blending into each other. it's entitled "we the people" and healing division, imlum nating connection and inspiring others through humidity. the installation runs nightly march 2nd through the 7th, it starts at 6:30 at night. fun to watch.

all her to we officially still a few weeks away from spring, look at this. spring has arrived in carlsbad. check out this video here of the flower field at carlsbad ranch at full bloom making their debut just yesterday. popular tourist attraction was closed for almost a year due to the pandemic, mask, health check-in at the entrance and online ticket sales are a few of the safety measures in place right now. beautiful. >> i've been there. >> can't believe it, spring. you have, mike? >> i've been there. the runuculus. they grow the flowers and harvest the seeds so we're seeing blooms as a result what have they need to get so they're just charging people for that, too. they get double profit. smart. >> beautiful, they deserve it. >> i want to go there. >> it would be a nice road trip. let's check in with kari, maybe we should stay home this weekend or try to get away?

>> well, we're getting the rain that will help us later see those flowers here in the bay area. we're already starting to see those mustard flowers blooming in some parts of the bay area and if you're headed out for a hike today in the north bay, you'll enjoy all of the sunshine and the cold start, but it will warm up later on this afternoon, as we head into the mid to upper 60s for later today, i like those warmer temperatures, so i'd probably head out around 2:00 or 3:00 today. we'll talk about the rain coming in the forecast, how much we may see in a few minutes. mike, you're starting out with breaking news. >> two spots to watch, the first one someone sadly died as a result of the crash in san pablo. westbound 0 jammed up, two right lanes are blocked from what i understand now, they called the coroner and there was for some reason someone walking on the freeway. there may have been an earlier crash or disabled vehicle.

right lane is blocked, one person dead as a result of a crash and a fewer more vehicles there holding folks off the carquinez bridge through san pablo. the other incident san jose north 880 about gish slowing traffic on the transition off 101. we'll talk about that more coming up. back over to you, laura. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:40 right now. for the first time lady gaga's dog walker is opening up about his close call with death. coming up next on "today in the bay," what he's now revealing about the moment he was shot and her dogs taken. also the recovery process still lies ahead for him. a report partially funded by the education department is expected out today. it's going to push for more teaching of civics and social stuies in schools. right about now we all could use an out of this world vacation, right? still ahead for you, the california company looking to

make your overnight stay in space a reality. we'll talk about it, when we return. 5:40.

right now at 5:43, we're making plans to head out in the backyard for today. let's check out martinez and our home school recess forecast. it's going to start out with some mid to upper 50s this morning, but then 70s once again

for this afternoon. enjoy that time outside because we have a lot of changes in our forecast. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> kari, we have breaking news in the traffic department. two alerts to tell you about, the first one i'm mentioning here is north 880, just about gih north of 101, two lanes blocked because of a crash jamming up traffic north 101 as well making that transition and there's a deadly crash we told you about already in san pablo. left lanes are blocked 80 at san pablo dam road. we'll check the jam up coming south off of the carquinez bridge. >> we'll continue to check back with you. developing in new york, some wonder if governor andrew cuomo's political future is at stake in the wake of recent schedule harassment accusations.

the state attorney general is investigating claims. the new orleans archdiocese is imploring catholics to avoid the johnson & johnson covid vaccine in a letter the church calls the injection morally compromising it uses an abortion derived cell line in vaccine development and production and testing. they urge catholics to receive the pfizer or moderna vaccine option. johnson & johnson is not responding to the claims. public health leaders urge people to get whichever vaccine is available. president trump and former first lady melania trump received the covid-19 vaccine before leaving the office. nbc news confirming that information through a former trump adviser. not received whether they received pfizer or moderna's injection. president trump and melania trump tested positive for covid-19 in october. president biden may order more sanctions against russia

today. >> this after moscow jailed one of putin's political rivals. >> you'll remember marcus and laura, alexey navalny was the fella poisoned he believes by russian agents. we believe that as well. he was cured in germany and went back to russia knowing they'd probably put him in jail and that's exact will i what they did. the biden administration is expected to announce sanctions today, the first for the biden white house and they may include accusations the russians paid bounties for the deaths of american soldiers and sanctions against organizations that participated in the solar winds hack against the u.s. also in washington today, we do expect to hear from the head of the fbi and what his agency knew about the threats against the capitol. director christopher wray is expected to testify, looking at several things of what happened

january 6th and how much warning various law enforcement agencies may have had. a government-funded study commissioned before january 6th attacks says better civics education might help reduce the amount of discord in the united states. the study funded in part by the education department will be released today with a road map for civics lessons for school students. it's expected to say teachers should concentrate less on dates in history and this more on what makes the american experiment and american institution so important. as one teacher put it, right now, we teach american history and social studies in a way that would make you pretty good at trivial pursuit but doesn't necessarily make you a better citizen. we can end on a happy note. "the washington post" reports this morning business owners near the white house are seeing a lot of the first lady, who just pops in for coffee and pastries and other things. one business owner said he was so caught off guard he forgot to take a picture. they've gotten better at it. a few weeks ago jill biden her

own picture getting macaroons and the internet praised her for putting her hair in a scrunchie. follow me on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> maybe the scrunchie will make a comeback. lady gaga's dog walker was shot in a brutal attack. ryan fisher recounts his panicked screams during the ordeal and the bloody scene and the calls that one dog didn't get away during the attack and angel for staying with him after that attack. the good news here is he is expected to survive. ish iffer was shot nearly a week ago after two suspects managed to make off with the singer's french bulldogs. they were turned into police on friday. police are still looking for those suspects. such a violent attack. new this morning, the college admissions scandal that made national headlines sent

famous mothers to prison now it's getting the hollywood treatment. >> netflix "operation varsity blues" let's check it out. >> we help the wealthiest families in the u.s. get their kids into school. so i've done 761 what i would call side doors. >> the film uses real conversations recreated from fbi wiretaps and dives deep into the scheme where rich and influential parents bought their kids' ways into top schools. "operation varsity blues" drops march 17th. aerospace company spacex will launch another group of satellite, the falcon 9 rocket will carry 60 satellites into low orbit a record eighth flight for this particular falcon 9 rocket. trending this morning, an out-of-this-world hotel. a california company wants to build the first hotel in space.

okay, this is the thing. construction will start in low earth orbit in 2025, then the hotel would open two years later with restaurants and a spa. it would include room for 400 people, no word yet on just how much that project will cost and laura, i probably know the answer to, this but does this sound like a vacation you might want? >> well, i don't know. it's hard enough just getting 150 miles away from the house right now, because of all the restrictions. i can't imagine going out in space. >> mike might be interested in this one, though. >> well, i'm wondering what is the atmosphere like? oh, a space joke. >> ba-dum-boom. he's here all week, folks. >> checking in with kari with a look at our forecast. no need to get away too soon. >> yes, i'm just thinking, where is the beach when you have a

vacation like that? there's no place to like lay out and get some sun. maybe a little bit too close to the sun. i don't know. anyway, let's talk about what we'll see today with our temperatures in the mid-40s as we're starting out, a cool start and we'll see those temperatures warming up once again, and some upper 50s as we head toward 10:00. we know it will continue to warm up from there. so if you're about to lace up your shoes and go out for a run in the tri-valley we have a cold start, most of us feeling temperatures here in the upper 30s over the next couple of hours and at 9:00, we're at 51 degrees. you can see how far that trend goes up by lunch time. it's 64 degrees and heading into the upper 60s therefore today. some spots will reach into the low 70s, we'll see that in spots like san jose, and morgan hill. 71 today in napa, and 72 in concord. very nice and an overall change in our weather pattern. we can't tell you about a there's a storm system off the coast that will bring some more clouds tomorrow, high pressure

moving out of the way, and then by friday into saturday, we'll see a new storm system approaching, and this one is going to bring in some off and on showers for saturday. sunday looks dry but then there will be another behind that that could bring in a little bit more rain for early next week. so seeing those changes ahead with some wetter weather in the forecast, but not a lot here, about 0.1 to 0.25 of an inch so we're not expecting any heavy rain and our temperatures will definitely cool off by this weekend, once that rain arrives. mike, you've been watching the roads. what's going on with the breaking news? >> the breaking news continues for two spots. the bay bridge is not one of them, except for the update as you will have a light traffic flow there as we look at the map. no backup at the toll plaza, because of bad news a deadly crash which is holding traffic up coming off the carquinez bridge, heading through san pablo for west 80, two lanes are blocked there. your two left lanes, sorry, two right lanes are blocked as you're heading down toward san

pablo road. if you join at san pablo dam road you're probably past that. it's adding ten minutes maybe more now but quickly building. two lanes are blocked there. the rest of the bay an easy drive but the south bay the second traffic alert is over here, north 101 jams up approaching north 80, two left lanes are blocked by a crash there. no major injuries but this crash just north of 101 ties up our usual slow spot as traffic builds coming through san jose action, and that is probably sending more folks on to 280 and 87 as well. back to you. >> mike, keeping tabs on all of that for us. the sharks looking to rebound from losing three of their last four games. >> they took on the colorado of alarge, they scored two goals in the second period and four in the third. they won the game, 6-2 and host colorado again tomorrow. former cal bear and current

nfl superstar aaron rodgers giving back to his hometown. rodgers has donated more than $1 million to a small locally owned business in and around his hometown of chico. just last month he created the aaron rodgers small business covid-19 fund. nice to see the way they give back. >> yes. happening now, you can soon buy a new at-home coronavirus test. the quidel quickvue test got emergency approval by the fda. the nasal swap test needs to be prescribed by a doctor. it can detect covid-19 within the first six days of when a patient experiences symptoms. it's the second approval for art gets caught up in the name change debate. we'll talk about the school in question, named for a president with a lasting legacy, some argue is tarnished. and at 6:00, it may be a while more before live shows and performances can return. but some venue owners don't have

that luxury of waiting. we're going to talk about the help that they are looking for and how soon it's coming.

welcome back, everyone. 5:57. in myanmar police fired at an unarmed group of protesters in yangon. crowds of mainly young people fiercely opposed to the overthrown government last month. protests have been going upon the past few days. the u.n. says at least 18 people died sunday in several cities. happening today much closer to home, san leandro school district asking people about renaming woodrow wilson elementary school. school staff and parents want to change a name because the former president's views on race and segregation. tonight zoom meeting starts at 6:30. a follow-up on a string of anti-asian attacks in oakland. the yaya muslim is seen pushing down a 1-year-old asian man about one month ago and tied to at least two other incidents. this comes as a new team of

volunteers protecting oakland's chinatown, the east bay toyshonn association organized the effort to really help the unarmed volunteers helped to report potential crimes to police immediately. nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and comcast are partnering with the asian-pacific fund to provide grants to organizations and if you like to donate any amount will help. just go to our website nbcbayarea.com and look for that link. just got a little easier to visit yosemite. reservations are no accounts, is quite stunning, but now that it's over the park has dropped its mandatory online reservation requirement. that means you no longer need to

buy an online ticket to enter but you still need a reservation to stay there and a reminder, some services are still not available due to the pandemic. so just plan ahead. such a beautiful place. great getaway. well, right now at 6:00, back in the red, today seven more california counties are expected to escape the purple tier, allowing indoor dining to return and gyms to reopen. bay area counties may be on the list. we'll have a live report next on what this may mean for struggling businesses. school districts up and down the state may soon face losing out on cash if they choose to stay closed. this morning, there's one big question, will the governor's new pressure on schools actually work? we're aity with aing the first johnson & johnson vaccine to arrive in the bay area. this morning, we are tracking a delivery now en route. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues now.