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your first destination of the day right here, right now, monday -- no, it's tuesday morning. >> we already lost an hour. don't take that away from us. >> let's not lose a whole day. good morning, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike has the commute in a bit. first the forecast with meteorologist kari hall, today a dry drive. >> but also very cold. we've had some chilly temperatures starting out, even some frost in some of our valleys starting out but there will be sunshine today and it will slowly warm up but we also have some more rain ahead in the forecast. we'll talk more about all of that coming up in a few minutes. all right, kari. let's show you that the san mateo bridge we do have an issue there reported by chp on the high-rise westbound. you see the lights, those are not headlights going the wrong way, i believe that's the activity from the crew in the

service lane headed toward the high-rise. the same thing we see on this live shot we have something going on but no slowing on the sensors. we'll keep following that. the dumbarton bridge is fine as well. the rest of the bay we may have something going on near the bay bridge toll plaza. no details and no slowing on the sensors. we have something out of the altamont pass as well, laura, back to you. >> thanks, mike. this morning there are calls from disability groups for people to stop cutting the line. our crews say they saw this at multiple vaccine centers yesterday, people in some cases even admitting it to us. "today in the bay's" ian cull has a look in the new loopholeless letting people sneak in and get their coveted shot. >> reporter: large vaccine sites, days like today 4.4 million people became eligible at other sites some of our crews witnessed people abusing the system. right now you are allowed

in tier 1 and b. those with high risk conditions and disabilities but as eligibility opens so does the opportunity for more line jumping. this man on the peninsula didn't have an issue admitting it. >> i met this lady in a wheelchair so we moseyed on up, and i played it off like she was my mom. >> reporter: several more told us they heard of others do the same. andy imperato is executive member of disability rights california. >> i would ask people that don't really need the vaccine now because they're not at increased areissing of getting covid or dying from covid to wait and let people with disabilities and serious health conditions get access to confidentiality, the state doesn't require people to prove a diagnosis or disability for a vaccine, but you are required to sign a legal document that you meet the criteria. >> it's a tradeoff, right?

the stuff that you do to make it easy for folks to access the vaccine creates a risk that some people will game the system. the things that you do to vaccine. >> reporter: ucsf epidemiologist george rutherford says taking an appointment away from someone who needs it makes the pandemic harder to fight. >> we don't want "the hunger games" to the vaccine. there is a logic to this. please wait your turn. >> reporter: others argue vaccinating anyone will help to us get to herd immunity faster. >> the more people get vaccinated, that's the most important thing. >> reporter: ian cull, "today in the bay." new numbers showing some americans either not getting their follow-up vaccine shot or late in receiving it. the cdc says more than 20% of the u.s. population has received at least one dose or 70 million people. as of mid-february, nearly 10% who received a first dose were late in getting that follow-up,

but still inside the recommended 42-day window. % never received a second dose and were outside the window in that study. it amounted to about 1.5 million americans. the oakland school district is planning to have some students return to campus by the end of the month. the district and the teachers union handed out a tentative deal. some teachers and a civil rights group have big concerns about that plan and are urging the union to vote down the agreement. "today in the bay's" thom jensen is breaking down the ongoing back and forth. >> reporter: a tentative deal between oakland unionified school district and its largest teachers union has pre-k through second starting march 30th, all staff back by april 14th and thousands of students returning five days later. >> this has tock rejected.

>> reporter: that's mark airgood of equal opportunity now. >> if we bring together students at schools, we're creating a petrie dish for the further development of the covid mutation. >> reporter: his civil rights group says wealthier neighborhoods in the oakland hills are dictating an urgency to reopen ignoring families and teachers and neighborhoods where covid-19 rates are higher and vaccination rates are lower. we checked the county's website and compared it to census data and found white people in alameda county are being vaccinated at roughly twice the rate of black people. >> it's going to very much deepen the already deep inequalities in oakland. >> reporter: a teacher and a few parents joined the group on a zoom call protest of the reopening agreement. >> we will only have 20-something days left in the school year, just enough time for families to get infected. >> i got covid. don't know how i got covid, and

then i infected the rest of my household. >> reporter: an oakland unified spokesman says the district realizes there is less support for reopening in neighborhoods hardest-hit by the virus and he encourages vaccinations for educators as soon as possible. >> frankly, all of our families, do, too. we know vaccinations are the way that we as a nation, as a world, are going to get to a point where we can move past this pandemic. >> reporter: a leader of the oakland education association told me the union considered those areas where covid rates are higher when they negotiated this tentative deal and it's encouraging members to approve it. the union also counting on vaccinations over the next month to reduce the threat of the virus spreading in schools. in oakland, thom jensen, "nbc bay area news". new details on one east bay school district's to return. pittsburg board members decided to remain in distance learning through the rest of the school year. in a recent letter to parents, they cited public feedback and

data suggesting the hybrid model would create too many hurdles and disruptions. the goal is to focus on returning to school the next school year. new this morning, a decision by alaska airlines hitting close to the heart for some bay area travelers but right in the gut for businesses struggling in hawaii. the airline is reportedly discontinuing all direct flights from oakland airport, and that move takes effect may 21st. right now the particular flights are suspended due to the pandemic. there's no change to service from san francisco and san jose. right now, let's get a look at our forecast for this now tuesday morning. kari, are we in the clear? >> yes, it is all clear out there, but we've basically removed our little blanket that helps keep the bay area warm, and so our temperatures are dipping and fast.

we are below freezing in napa and ukiah. one degree above freezing in morgan hill, and hayward at 35 degrees. make sure you're all bundled up for the start of the day and it will slowly warm up as we go into late morning as well as the afternoon. mike, anything happening out there for the morning up around greenville for west 580. the altamont pass is just fine. the merge 205/580 starting to slow down. at greenville road there's a crash. reports say it's over on the shoulder but enough activity to be a distraction. there may be some temporary lanes blocked as they move some equipment around. vasco road comes past that scene. coming out of brentwood, discovery bay, you're fine. we have the issue on the san mateo bridge across the bay. no slowing at the high-rise. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 4:39. coming up on "today in the bay" a major step in the opioid

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right now at 4:42 as we take a break from the rain and get some sunshine in here. we're watching storms farther down the line, well out in the pacific. we'll time it out and talk about when our next chance of rain will be arriving in the bay area coming up in a few minutes. and chance of getting across the san mateo bridge a little better now that we have more detail as we look at our view from past the toll plaza, the toll plaza is where the disabled vehicle is reported. looks like the headlights are the lights we saw took a drive across the span and found no lanes blocked. again the toll plaza may be where the activity is but not on the span. frank? >> hey there, mike. good morning, everybody there in the bay area. i'm frank holland from cnbc. wall street is set for a mixed open this morning. stocks rising yesterday with the dow and s&p 500 closing at record highs amid optimism over the economic recovery and the reopening. this was the dow's seventh straight positive session, the longest winning streak since

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tuesday morning, here we go, terrific tuesday i like to call it. a live look at sfo, where you see the lights shining, looking nice and clear out there for us this morning. how will the forecast shape up for the rest of the day? well, that's where we turn to meteorologist kari hall because she has all the answers, at least i like to think so. >> it's going to be chilly to start out this morning, but then later today not so bad. let's look at where we're starting right now in walnut creek. wow, it's 39 degrees. we're going to dip a few more degrees before sunrise into the mid-30s and then slowly start t temperatures, so if you're heading out for a run this

morning or jogging or biking, whatever you do, to get those activities in, we're going to see some of those temperatures in the south bay, in the upper 30s and i'd probably wait until later this morning when it's in the 40s and 50s at least it will be a little bit milder, but we're only going to reach up to 59 today for a high. oakland reaching up to 58, and 56 today in san francisco. 59 in napa. so these temperatures a little bit cooler than normal, but we're going to start to see our temperatures rebounding, but then more rain headed back into the bay area on thursday, and it's going to just kind of be off and on from friday and then moving out on saturday, so we are going to see another wave of some rain coming in, a dry weekend, and then more showers right behind that for early next week. it's good to see this rain in the forecast because it looks like this next round will be fairly light, about a half inch for most of our

micromicroclimatemicroclimates and we need more than that. we'll continue to highlight this. we are nearing the end of when we get a lot of our rainfall, so as we go into march and april, of course, our chances of getting some of this much needed rain will go down, and so our forecast as of now still looks very active with some rain. every couple of days. we'll see our next chance of rain thursday. mike, have you seen any problems popping up for the morning commute? >> we have one now. one fewer. first of all i circled the area at the san mateo bridge near the toll plaza where the disabled vehicle was located, not mid span. that's great news. we have it over to the parking lot without any slowing. now over here, this is what we're talking out of the altamont toward greenville road, the off-ramp may be affected by this crash but the spectator slowing because there are only a couple lanes and a big rig is involved that is causing the distraction. let's jump over to the live look

we have of the bay bridge, you saw the sensors with no problems, green there and hardly any cars for the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. developing new a young at-risk girl in union city now safe. police located the 10-year-old, destiny xena about 3:3 this morning. there were concerns because she suffers from autism and possible schizophrenia. once again, she's safe this morning. she was missing. when the shutter order went into effect some bay area businesses shut their doors, some are no longer around. >> for some the pandemic was an impetus for change. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has a look at one small san jose business owner who survived by transforming her business. >> reporter: she's been in business for almost 14 years, most of them in this willow glen location face to face with her customers. >> everyone says e-commerce,

e-commerce, everyone' shopping online. personally, i didn't see the value in it. >> reporter: until the pandemic forced her to shut her doors. she retained her employees and started reaching customers online. the pandemic has taken a big toll on small businesses like oluwale's. one in six small businesses closed and 40% reported lower revenue. 56% of small businesses say they don't expect to be back at pre-covid levels for six months. through her website and a federal ppp plan, she kept all four employees and will soon ship almost double the sales she was making in person. for that reason she decided to close the physical boutique doors for good saying the pivots forced by the pandemic will ultimately save her company. >> even though we're closing the brick and mortar, everyone who wants to stay is staying. i'll have to learn new things. i have to learn new things, they have to learn new things. >> reporter: kris sanchez, "nbc

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