spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! you're good. right now at 5:00, pressing for police. oakland's mayor makes a big request to city leaders today. the big money commitment she's asking for, as the debate over police's role in the city continues. shots in arms and money in pockets. >> president biden and vice president harris continue their tour across the u.s., selling the latest covid stimulus bill. this as another crisis looming larger, the growing immigration issues they're dealing with at the border. and a live look at livermore this morning, where it is 34 degrees. yes, a frost warning advisory now in effect in parts of the

bay area. meteorologistha's forecast just minutes away. "today in the bay" continues righwoo, we need a warm cup of coffee out there. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. new for you this morning the mayor of oakland urging her sit zens to per sway the city council to restore parts of the funding for the police department. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live this morning. bob, what mayor libby schaaf specifically wanting people to do? >> good morning to you laura and marcus. mayor libby schaaf of oakland is asking oaklanders to dial into today's 1:00 p.m. city council meeting and speak up to ask councilmembers to immediately restore critical police services using money from the $1.9 trillion america rescue plan recently signed into law by president biden.

oakland is slated to receive $192 million. mayor schaaf wants full restoration of cease-fire strategy, support for the cleanup of homeless encampments and enforcement of laws banding sideshows. even with the $192 million from the federal government the city of oakland faces a budget shortfall of $126 million that needs to be dealt with. according to the latest crime statistics from opd, violent crime in oakland is up 5%, compared to 12 months ago. however, homicides up over 300%. 29 people murdered this year so far in that city, with regard to one of those high-profile homicides, opd arrested a second person in the deadly attack of an elderly asian man near lake merritt. the alameda county district attorney's office charged demetrius britton, the accused getaway charge who faces murder charges.

75-year-old pak ho was murdered and robbed. during the attack he hit his head on the ground and sadly eventually died. the first person arrested in this case, 26-year-old keonte bailey of oakland faces a special circumstance murder charge as well as first-degree robbery. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. you can help stop the hate. nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast will be partnered with the bay area-based asian pacific fund providing grants to organizations working to stop attacks against the asian and asian-american community. we added a link to our website, nbcbayarea.com. president biden and vice president harris are touting their benefits from the rescue plan but facing a growing issue at the border, a sudden and massive influx of hundreds of

children entering the u.s. without their parents. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live with more in washington. tracie, this is concerning. >> it is concerning and the president sending federal help down to the border to assist with the problem his critics say he created. he's on the road today promoting and explaining this covid relief plan. >> shots in arms and money in pockets. >> reporter: the help is here tour continues today with president biden in pennsylvania and vice president harris in colorado, pushing the american rescue plan. >> it's not selling it. it's literally letting people know their rights. >> reporter: $1,400 relief payments are rolling out, now president biden says 100 million covid vaccinations will be done in the next ten days. republicans accuse him of taking credit for a rollout that was already under way when he took office. >> their effort to sprint to the

front of this year-long campaign should not fool anybody. >> reporter: vaccinations are critical now spring break approaching. >> we have seen footage of people enjoying spring break festiviies maskless. >> reporter: despite travel warnings, the tsa says 1.3 million people flew on friday, a record during the pandemic, and now a different crisis. the federal emergency management agency, fema, is headed to the border to temporarily house 3,200 migrant children, arriving without parents, after president biden relaxed the trump remain in mexico policy. >> this is a human heartbreak. there's no other way to claim it that a biden border crisis. >> we want to expedite getting kids out of the facilities as quickly as possible. >> reporter: this week, lawmakers consider two immigration bills, legal status for undocumented farm workers, and a path to citizenship for dreamers who came here illegally as children.

tracie potts, nbc news. happening today, south bay transit workers have a chance to get vaccinated. vta employees can go to the santa clara county fairgrounds starting at 10:00 a.m. to get their shots, this going on as nine bay area counties say the new johnson & johnson vaccine is safe and effective. the statement acknowledges the perception the new vaccine is less effective than moderna's or pfizer's two-shot vaccine. it adds that all are extremely effect fife in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. if you're looking for information on how and where to get your shot, go to planyourvaccine.com, put in your state, age and occupation. it will pull up the closest vaccination sites to you when you're eligible. the entire bay area is in the red tier, but could do one . rate meet the criteria to move into the orange tier as soon as today. if that happens, most indoor businesses like restaurants, wineries and breweries can increase capacity.

offices that are not essential can bring employees back to work. over the weekend, sonoma and contra costa counties joined the rest of the region in the red tier, allowing restaurants, gyms anrestrictions, of course. california's new vaccine eligibility for millions of people this week is prompting new calls for people not to jump the line. yesterday the state loosened those requirements to include people with disabilities and high-risk medical conditions. it's mostly an honor system thing with the state not requiring people to prove their diagnosis, this is due to confidentiality. we spoke to people in one line and they say they know others who are lying to receive that shot and a lot of disability rights activists are not happy about this. >> i would just ask people that don't really need the vaccine now, because they're not at increased risk of getting covid or dying from covid to wait and let people with disabilities and serious health conditions get access first.

>> while you don't have to prove your eligibility you have to sign a paper saying that you meet the criteria. let's take a live look in san francisco this morning, where a popular pandemic program may soon be a permanent part of the landscape. mayor london breed will introduce an other nance to maintain the shared spaces program. it alters outdoor dining in some neighborhoods and streamline permits for businesses and nonprofits to use sidewalks and full street spaces. in some cases, it may even permanently change traffic patterns. something to get used to. also today, supervisors will reportedly vote on yesterday's committee recommendation to scale back or even drop the time line for that big ferris wheel we've been talking about in golden gate park. "the chronicle" reports the rules committee voted unanimously to defer to the full board in allowing the observation wheel to keep running. other agencies agreed to keep it going for four years.

more recently supervisors said it should operate for the next year. this week, new guidance as people are traveling around the nation more and it's picking up. in some cases even schools are offering incentives to keep those college students at home. uc davis offered $75,000 in staycation grants for the first 750 people who signed up to keep students in town. aparentally this was a huge success. spring break next week. >> let's hope they don't go out there and party together. >> stay inside. >> stay away. this morning hopefully you get a chance to stay in and watch longer. it's a cold start out there, kari. >> yes, you need some coffee, a heated blanket or whatever you need to stay warm because look at some of these numbers. we are feeling temperatures in a lot of spots near or below

freezing. it's 4 in livermore and morgan hill and it's 31 in ukiah and napa, right now 32 degrees. after the cold start it will gradually warm up today and we'll get sunshine so make plans to head out to the park today. looking at martinez's forecast, 30s and making it up to 60 for later today. mike, you've been watching the commute. anything popping up? >> some clearing, so orange is popping up instead of red west 580, because some of the activity is cleared. the greenville exit has reopened after it was indeed closed for a bit of time. it ripples back to the merge off of 205 and also folks coming in, who are trying to get past 580 on altamont pass road. doesn't get you past there. the rest of the bay moving smoothly including the bay up, tinder is offerprice.

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>> right now at 5:13, a live look in dublin checking out 580, a lot of people up and out the door and our temperatures very chilly. this used to be part of my commute into san jose but it's been a year since i've driven to work and i'm going to talk about how much of a carbon footprint i've saved personally by not commuting to the station in a year, that's coming up in a few minutes. kari, thank you for doing your part. looking toward the roadways, 580 more traffic where kari was looking because of the crash that cleared at greenville. here is 880 through fremont, a couple of crashes on the shoulder there, no slowing and lighter traffic for the headlights coming toward us, that's heading south past tesla. scott? well, good morning, mike. good morning from my home, every good tuesday wish to you. we're seeing two countries talk about tech crackdowns. chinese president xi speaking

about his opposition to large tech company monopolies, something you'll hear out of washington as well but of course xi wants to slow information critical of him. in russia, reports twitter has been slowed down, sometimes unresponsive after russia accused the company of allowing illegal content to reach users there. back here at home, the fed begins a two-day interest rate meeting. these are usually not that big of a deal but the economy is getting better and some are worried about inflation. the data shows us it's still not a threat, but when jay powell does speak at the end of that meeting tomorrow, wall street will be paying close attention for hints on when interest rates may raise. interest rates go up when the economy gets better. yesterday we brought you the news that elon musk wants to be called king. tesla's filing paperwork with the company will be technoking and they're serious. i called up a reporter who is

writing about musk for a new book to get his thoughts. >> i think it reflects the fact that he would like the public to know that he is like a technical person in these companies. he's not just providing the funding and the vision. we've seen it in spacex. it's not the founder of spacex in official press releases, referred to as the chief engineer of spacex. he wants to be known as the person in the technical meetings. other news, dick's sporting goods launching a line of men's athletic leisurewear to compete with lululemon called vrst, high price point just like lulu. the lin rolls out to stores starting today. my kids got me some of the lululemon jogger pants and holy cow, are those comfortable. you can sit around in them, watch tv in them, read a book i. >> i've heard that. >> i'm just saying there's allegedly this jogger part of it, too, i haven't tried that

feature out yet. >> they have pants in there but not long enough for me. i've been in there trying. >> i bet not. >> 36 inseam. >> you need off. you have the top i'll take the bottom. >> i get a skirt. a team outfit. >> problem solved. >> next time we'll ask scott to stand up. new this morning, tinder is soon going to let you run background checks on possible dates. the match owned app is teaming up with a nonprofit aiming to allow people to run checks with only their name and phone number. this means users will be able to vet their dates with details such as arrest records or history of violence. but background checks will not be free. match is still trying to match a price point that's most accessible to users. >> very sting. this is interesting, it or t

this video you see right here yesterday, giving out his phone number so you can text him. it's a local one. it's 415-612-1737. he said the only rule he has is don't text him on game day and of course most of the texts more of the tb12 marketing variety than the personal ones. we'll see. >> there you go. you could find out a lot more of tb12 be healthy like tom. >> and a 415 number, that's bay area. >> what was that? >> that's a 415 number, right, a bay area? >> yes. >> well he's a san mateo guy. >> still got his old flip phone. that's tom brady. >> tell us how traffic is rolling in the 415? >> since tom's watching, tom, let's take you out to the roadways where the bay bridge moves smoothly as you know from your time living in the bay area. it's an easy drive right now, green sensors through the maze and not enough of a build

really, as we come out of the altamont pass where the build is because of the earlier crash at greenville, the off-ramp reopened and good recovery and the backup is back at 205 and the merge with 580 out of tracy, 84 to sunol typical pattern and flow. the rest of the bay shows a clear, easy drive but kari, i got to shout out to folks who have spring breakers or folks who may be returning from a long weekend. i-5 is closed through the grapevine, because of snow. >> okay. that's a good note. all right, and we are also seeing the rain that we had yesterday and the day before, kind of moving on out of here, so we can see the clearing conditions that we're seeing across the region. another storm well off the coast will take a couple of days before it gets here so we're heading into the upper 50s, even a few spots reaching 60 today as we enjoy sunshine, but it is a very cold start. we're going to see more mornings like this over the next couple

of days, as we go through the time line, our hour by hour outlook shows that we're clear today, and then going into tomorrow clouds moving in, raind into thursday afternoon, and then continuing kind of off and on throughout the day on friday, and so that's our next round of rain, it looks to bring us about a little close to about a half inch of rain for most of us, as we go into thursday as well as friday, and for the sierra, our snowpack is only at about 67% of the normal amount in the central sierra, so it's going to be good to get some more snow in here as well. as we look at this forecast, it does show most spots will get about a foot of snow in some of our upper elevations, from kingvale, 18 inches, and twin bridges could get another 12 inches of snow, so that's pretty good and that's with this next

storm system bringing us rain. it will be dry for our first day of spring coming in early on saturday morning. sunday is also dry, and then we'll have another chance of rain in the forecast early next week. meantime san francisco will see our temperatures mostly in the upper 50s. now we talk about our climate in crisis, as i mentioned, i've been working from home for a year now. hard to believe. but we're also looking at how much of the carbon dioxide we're not putting in the atmosphere, because of us working from home due to the pandemic, and so annual average for metric tons of carbon dioxide is 60, but because i am not commuting, i have a savings of about 22 metric tons per year. i know we don't normally talk about metric tons of carbon dioxide, so i wanted to give you an equivalent. that'sincandescent bulbs switch l. a huge amount

of savings, we'll calculate our savings of working from home. check in with rob and dave -- rob and jeff tonight and vianey will also have her savings as well. we'll have all of this listed on nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. check out how you can reduce your carbon footprint as well and also check out the rest of the weather team savings in carbon dioxide so that's really interesting, something to check out here soon. i'll send it back to you. >> cool to see. all right, 5:22, next here on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> the new stimulus bill includes a big tax break for families that collected unemployment benefits. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. coming up next, we'll show you what you should and should not be doing right now to make sure you get it. but first, all week long we're sharing stories of resilience to look forward at the ways we may flourish from

the pandemic. we're looking at photos and if before the shutdowns began. sonia sent us from a 12th birthday day and michelle from livermore enjoying drinks with her friends, taken on march 11th, just days before restaurants were shut down across the bay area. all this week, be sure to share your now toes and videos with us on social media. you might see them right here on "today in the bay." i shared mine. you can check it out. we'll be right bag. back.

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the new stimulus bill includes a big benefit for millions of families who collected unemployment benefits. >> it will require some work and patience. chris chmura is here to explain how we get it. >> lots of families got a shock when they learned their unemployment benefits were taxable. people like sarah bauer in rohnert park. >> my tax refund dropped by $4,000. >> congress listened. the new stimulus bill corrects some of sarah's concerns. it makes the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits tax free, if your family's total income is less than $150,000. so how do you get the tax break? that's still a work in progress. if you haven't filed your tax return yet, the irs says it will provide a new worksheet, it says

it's also working with the tax preparation software companies to integrate the new tax break into their programs. basically, you should expect two steps. first a calculation when you total up your income to see if you qualify and fall under the $150,000 cap. then step two should let you subtract the new tax-free $10,200 chunk. if you already filed like lots of families have? the irs has gotten more than 50 million returns already. if you're in that very large group, you might have to file an amended return in order to get the unemployment tax break. the details are still being worked out. when the irs releases complete steps to get you the unemployment tax break, we'll walk you through them, right here. >> good advice. thanks, chris. next on "today in the bay" the top stories, including one bay area county may enter the orange tier as soon as today. we'll tell you why leaders there are hopeful and the potential new reopening color that may be

on the horizon. plus fighting back. why some oakland teachers say they're not ready to return to the classroom, the clock ticking down a reopening date.

right now at 5:30, hoping for orange. san mateo county may become the first county in the bay area to slide into the less restrictive tier later today. the state targets now being met

that leaves leaders there hopeful. and more people are getting the vaccine, but there are concerns from the cdc about people not following up to get their second dose. and do you want to say aloha once the pandemic is over? now you can have one less option in the bay area. it may surprise you. "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. >> at least some of the bay area's sea of red may be ready to turn orange and with it could come even fewer covid restrictions. san mateo county leaders are hopeful they could escape the red zone by meeting required standards later today. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live for us in burlingame with a look at what that would mean and whether other counties are close as well. >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus and laura. health and county officials here in san mateo county say the county is in fact trending down

and they're on track to loosen some of those restrictions like restaurants, house of metrics if they continue, they wible to open the orange tier as early as wednesday, march 17th, tomorrow. right now the entire bay area is in the red tier, so san mateo would be the first to take that next step. so what restrictions would change entering that tier? most indoor businesses can increase capacity, wineries and brewers able to have indoor guests at 25%. nonessential offices can allow employees to return to office work but remote work would still be recommended. san mateo county supervisor david canepa says this is a major step forward and he's optimistic about what's next for the county. >> the difference i think this time is the help of the vaccinations and hopefully that will allow us to not spiral out

of control. >> reporter: now sonoma and contra costa counties were the most recent to join the red tier and those counties, restaurants, gyms and movie theaters are all able to open with some type of a restriction. as for san francisco, they, too, remain in the red tier, but at a board of supervisors meeting, mayor london breed did say that with the current me pretty quic and there is a chance they, too, could enter the orange tier as early as next week. so that is another story we will, of course, continue to follow. we're live in burlingame, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much cierra. 5:33. green of course means go and apparently that will be the case as well with california's covid tiers. right now there's no green tier, with yellow being the least restrictive. as of now, cases are plummeting, there's a plan in the works to incorporate green into the state model. last week governor newsom essentially suggested that the light at the end of the tunnel will be that green one. new this morning, new

numbers showing some americans are either not follow-up vaccine shot or they're late in receiving it. the cdc says more than 20% of the u.s. population has received at least one dose, that's about 70 million people. as of mid-february 10% who received a first dose were late in getting that follow-up shot but still inside the recommended 42-day window. 3% never received a second dose and were outside of the window. in the study that amounted to about 1.5 million americans. get the follow-up shot. some leaders are pushing back on the tentative deal to bring oakland students back to the klatt room by the end of this month. students through second grade will return in two weeks. >> it's going to very much

deepen the already deep inequaliies in oakland. >> the union considered where covid rates are higher when negotiating the deal. leaders are encouraging members to approve it, counting on vaccinations over the next month to reduce the risk of the spread. 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. creating new city jobs through

planned jobcorps. tonight's vote kick-starts the budget process, the final budget will not be approved until june. a possible new lifeline for some people struggling most to make it in the bay right now. marin county leader also consider spending nearly $1.5 million to provide temporary shelter for homeless people recovering from covid. the move would open up 40 more rooms at a motel 6 in san rafael. it is part of project roomkey funding safe funding spots for the homeless. a decision by alaska airlines hitting close to the heart for some bay area travelers, right in the gut for businesses that are 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.

speaking of hawaii, probably warmer there than it is here. we are starting out very cold. i look on the screen, 39 degrees, that's too cold.ome sp it's below freezing right now. it feels like winter. this is the last week of winter. we officially start spring this saturday so frosty conditions this morning. sunshine in the forecast makes it better but more rain for the week. this is what you'll feel as you get ready to head out the door, one degree above freezing in livermore and so after this cold start we have a mild day, upper 50s and some spots 60 degrees like concord. we'll talk more about the rain coming up in the forecast in a

mike what's going on for the commute? dumbarton bridge getting onoff. that sounds dramatic, i'm not a car guy, i no he that much you need the axles. there's no slowing and it was reported a few minutes ago. minor crashes are off to the shoulder of the nimitz slowing for 84. the bay bridge toll plaza has the same volume of traffic we saw a half hour ago, holding steady. we'll see the build for the next 20 that will gauge how the morning will go. back to you. >> thanks, mike. sent home. six referees benched before march madness. what one is revealing about how they got the news. the president and the vice president out on the road today stimulus plan. we'll do the same. i think learning to adapt is the only way to run a business.

>> and you know for small business owners, there was a lot of adapting in a year of pandemic restrictions. we're going to talk about how this small business owner was able to turn a negative into a positive and

good tuesday morning. it is 5:41. we are in the clear for now, but

we are going to be tracking more rain coming in. it's still well off the coast and i'll have a time line of when it arrives and how much rain you can expect, that's coming up in a few minutes. >> and the time line for clearing that vehicle eastbound 84 on the decline, not happening on the dumbarton bridge. so as we look at the san mateo bridge, these headlights are also eastbound, that's a great alternate if you want to avoid any problems. i don't see slowing yet on the dumbo. 84 east is okay. we'll track that and the rest of the bay, of course. we're following up on governor newsom's efforts to fight back against a possible recall vote. tomorrow is the deadline to turn in signatures and a committee is raising money in the event a special election is held. the governor tweeted yesterday that he won't be distracted by the effort. in a poll by emerson college, 38% of those polled say they support the recall effort. 42% oppose it and 19% are undecided. meanwhile, on msnbc last

night, governor newsom said he's already thinking about who could fill a second california senate seat if it becomes vacant. >> if in fact diane feinstein were to retire will you nominate an african-american woman to restore the seat that kamala harris is no longer in the min? >> i have multiple names in mind. >> it can be yes and no. >> we have multiple names in mind and the answer is yes. >> senate feinstein served in the senate for 48 years, most recently reelected in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2024. in january, the governor appointed alex padilla to fill vice president kamala harris' seat. the president himself hitting the road today to tell americans about the stimulus. >> scott mcgrew, there is a whole lot going on besides those checks. >> that's exactly right. the checks are what everyone

understandably focuses on, marcus and laura and many of those eligible have gotten the direct deposit or will get one no later than tomorrow, but there are other kinds of benefits in the stimulus bill as well. president biden will travel to pennsylvania today. vice president harris, you mentioned her, she's already on the road. here she is at a vaccine las vee help is here campaign. >> shots in arms and money in pockets, that's important. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people's everyday lives. >> the american rescue plan is the formal name for the stimulus bill and more than checks. there's money for poor families with children in the form of an extended tax credit as well as food assistance. urban institute estimates child poverty in the united states will fall by 52% in the coming year, but people have to know it's there, and sometimes

they don't. case in point, the eidl, that's economic injury disaster loan, given to small businesses that suffered touring the pandemic. "the washington post" ran the numbers, found the biggest recipients were lyft and uber drivers an average of $15,000 and right now someone out there is learning about the eidl for the very first time. [ speaking in foreign language ] that is a north korean newscaster talking about the government statement saying north koreans are warning america and i'm quoting here "refrain from causing a stink in the relationship between their country and ours." north korea and china no doubt noticing our secretary of state our defense secretary, are both in asia talking to your allies about defense and repairing relations. the pair is in tokyo today but go to seoul tomorrow. the white house reached out to north korea, we learned for the

first time. >> our goal is of course diplomacy is always our goal. our goal is to reduce the riskv. >> we're watching what's happening there and watching the president's travel, talking about it on twitter. find me there, i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thanks so much, scott. one team told they won't be taking part in the upcoming ncaa basketball tournament, talking here about a team of referees, one of whom tested positive for covid. in all, the ncaa sent six referees home. the one who tested positive and five others who had close contact with him at a dinner in minneapolis where the tournament is taking place, one of the officials tells nbc's "today" show they ate together because their hotel rooms were not yet ready. >> we had masks, we followed all the cdc guidelines that we're supposed to have mask on except for eating and drinking and it's unfortunate that my dear friend

got tested positive. >> the ncaa has strict contact tracing rules in place for the tournament. in fact, four schools are on call in case one or more teams has to get pulled out for an outbreak. when the shutter order went into effect small businesses across the bay area they were forced to shut their doors, some no longer even around one year later. >> but for some, the pandemic was really an impetus for change. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is joining us from san jose with a look at one small business owner who actually survived by transforming her business. kris? >> reporter: you know, business owners had to really get creative. one in 13 californians lost their jobs during the pandemic, and that is because so many businesses didn't know what to do next. this particular storefront is actually closed but the business behind the scenes is thriving because the owner did something she had been putting off for

years, she took her business online. adi olowole has been in business for 14 years, most 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: that is 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 loan, 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: adaptability she says is the key. a lot of our cars were parked in the driveway, and tomorrow bob redell will look at the impact of all the traffic that we avoided and how some commutes were a lot more comfortable for a lot of people. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> we zoom right along. >> thanks, kris. the city of los angeles taking a moment to reflect over the past year, video showing landmarks lit up in red, around l.a. to mark one year since the city's emergency shutdown and remembering those lives lost. more than 22,000 people there

have died in the past year, but the city has administered more than 600,000 vaccinations. how about we switch gears for you this morning, trending, something to talk about, a throwback why don't you. one 55-year-old supermodel proves that age is just a number. ♪♪ i don't know if you know who that is from a distance. it's supermodel paulina poritzkova posted this to instagram, doing a little dance, maybe a little exercise to abba's hit "gimme, gimme, gimme." it, got it. >> i work out every day then. but she looks good. she looks good. >> sure. >> that's all it takes. >> she looks amazing. it's time to get a look at that forecast for you, 5:50 this morning. meteorologist kari hall has a look at the cold temperatures as

we start out the day. >> you may need to break out into dance so you can stay warm this morning. we have temperatures in a lot of our microclimates in the inland valleys in the 30s, and take a look at where we are right now, walnut creek 38 degrees. it will fall a few more degrees before sunrise, and then gradually start to warm up as we go into late morning and into the afternoon but make some plans to get outside. it's going to be nice to get that sunshine and not have to worry about any rain moving through. n san jose, even though we have a chilly start we'll see temperatures headed toward the upper 50s and low 60s into the afternoon. as we go hour by hour, once again all clear today but tomorrow, the clouds are back, and we'll have some rain moving in by thursday. so it's good to see some more showers in the forecast, but of course we do have to get in those opportunities get outside, as we get them and we're going to see once again rain chances increasing, as we go into the next couple of days, by thursday

into friday we'll see some scattered showers passing by and i just lost my connection to my computer. it just completely crashed. wasn't ready for this day. so we'll come back in a few minutes and have a look at the rest of the forecast. >> kari, it's the time change i think, the sunrise is at a different time, probably what's going on. let's look out there, folks. we know that's not what's going on. kari is a good sport. out to the roadways, good sports as we saw slowing, this is the dumbarton bridge, the arrow shows you eastbound over from the peninsula side, menlo park, east palo alto, toward fremont and ing along the high-rise. we have the report of the car with the broken axle after a wheel fell off so they can't move it. it has your left two lanes blocked and there is slowing. the chp calls out action tow as the company that's going to help out. if i remember correctly, i think they're over on the fremont side which means they have to come across the bridge and circle back to help. it could be a while until the

one vehicle clears counter commute looking all right there. the arrow on the peninsula show slowing north of 92. the overnight construction crew may be taking a few extra minutes to be safe, squeeze down to the lanes allotted but the cone zone. the rest of the bay a smooth drive, slowing through san jose and the tri-valley a little build for 84 and out of the altamont. a live look or no live look. the bay bridge toll plaza itself, it is there, i did put it in there and it's clear. good stuff. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, prince philip, the husband of britain's queen elizabeth ii has left the hospital in sunday recovering from heart. this is video of the away which motorcade. buckingham palace released a statement saying the prince is back at windsor castle. prince philip 99 years old and was first admitted to the hospital on february 17th and many have said that this has been a tumultuous time for the

royal family after the prince harry and meghan markle interview with oprah. much more ahead on this tuesday morning including new video to show you the moment a small plane crashed into a florida neighborhood. this is the look of the aftersmooth. the crash was also caught on camera. we've got dramatic, new video straight ahead. you're watching "today in the bay." want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile, you can. how about saving hundreds on

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welcome back to "today in the bay." a small plane crashes into a car in florida killing two people on board and injuring a mother and child in her car. it was caught on camera by a ring doorbell. we've got to warn you here, this video is disturbing. that happened southeast of ft. lauderdale. the plane had taken off and trying to return for an emergency landing. the mother and child in the suv were taken to the hospital with severe injuries. an investigation is under way into what exactly caused that crash. a southern california man has become the first californian to test positive for a variant from brazil. this is known as p1. take a look at the highlighted states there, where the variant

has been found. experts say it's more contagious than most common strains of the virus, the man lives in san bernardino county, tested positive in march he's in his 40s and self-isolating at home. the nester lands, germany and france and italy are the latest to stop giving the astrazeneca vaccine after some patients developed dangerous blood clots. there is no evidence the vaccine is to blame. astrazeneca cass not asked the fda for emergency use here in the u.s. travel is finally showing some signs of life but bad behavior on airplanes forcing the faa to take new action, extending the unruly passenger zero tolerance policy that was implemented in january.

airlines have reported more than 500 cases since late december, most related to travelers who refuse to wear masks, penalties range from fines to even jail time. new for you this morning, tinder will soon allow to you run background checks on possible dates. so the match owned app is teaming up with a nonprofit aiming to allow people to run checks with only their name and phone number. so this means users will be able to vet their date with details such as arrest records or history of violence. but background checks will not be free. match is still trying to match a price point that is most accessible to those users. have you ever wanted to call or text tom brady? now you can. believe it or not, brady tweeting out this video saying he's giving out his phone number so you can text him. it's a local one, 415-612-1737. but his one rule is don't text him on game day. we're guessing most of the texts you're going to get from the

tb12 marketing variety than personal. tb12 of course is like you know, physical wellness and how he stays so young and fit kind of plan. >> now we know. all right, right now at 6:00, what do you do with that stimulus money? well this morning, there's a big push in oakland to use millions of dollars coming from the american rescue plan to restore recently cut police services. a live report next on who is leading this effort. in the meantime, president biden continues his relief bill tour, showing americans what's in it for them but this morning, congress will take on the growing crisis at our border, as we're live in washington, with all new details. and good-bye rain, hello frosty temperatures. this morning, parts of the bay area very cold. when are things going to warm up, when meteorologist kari hall takes a look at our tuesday forecast. as the third hour of