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>> and i'm marcus washington. of course we'll get to the commute in just a bit. it will be an issue because there is light rain out there. meteorologist kari hall is tracking that for us. good morning. yes, we have storm ranger powered up. it's tracking the rain that's moving through coming in waves, so some of us are seeing the rain you had earlier in the north bay. there's a little bit of a break as it continues to shift into parts of the east bay as well as approaching the south bay right now. we get a closer look, we can see the spotty, light showers moving around fairfield and mostly now moving into concord. you can see it covering much of contra costa county as well as alameda county as you get ready to head out the door. some of the light rain moving into milpitas and will be approaching san jose soon. we'll be tracking this all throughout the morning, and we'll talk about what's ahead coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's going on? any problems for the commute? kari, it sounds alarming when i tell you there's still activity blocking a couple lanes, or possibly blocking a

couple lanes, of the bay bridge. an easy drive. so we're talking westbound into san francisco with the taillights, a smooth drive into the treasure island tunnel, just past that tunnel is where the activity was. look at the maps. the sensors don't show either. a crash as the last of the vehicles cleared from outer lanes. now just the effect of the rain kari has been talking about. the green highlighting, slicker roadways pushing along the 680 corridor from concord into sunol. back to you. thank you very much, mike. we are following the very latest developments on the mass murder near atlanta. san francisco mayor london breed is demanding asian communities in the bay area are protected. >> we've seen so many of our asian-american neighbors and family members attacked in the bay area for months. the danger and the calls for change are escalating. sergio quintana has the latest from chinatown. >> reporter: these officers are out here tonight to act as a visual deterrent, but even with them here there was a violent

robbery that happened within just a block of here. residents and business owners say the violence aimed at them has been constant the last year. it happened in an instant. a man tried to steal some hoodies off this merchant's display wall as the store owner told him to stop, he was shoved. >> he pushed me and goes this way. >> reporter: he pushed you to the ground? >> i'm not going down but he pushed me. >> reporter: he's not hurt but the attacks add to the drumbeat of violence asian-americans are enduring seemingly every day now. that's why mayor london breed has directed the police department to increase patrols in the predominantly asian neighborhood. it comes as many are still on the edge after the shooting rampage in atlanta aimed at three asian spas. >> this week has been the culmination of a year of skyrocketing crimes of hate against our asian community. >> reporter: david chu and fellow community leaders have

been sounding the alarm about targeted attacks. investigators in georgia say the accused shooter did this because he has a sex addiction and saw the spa as temptation he needed to eliminate. >> he understood the gravity of it and was fed up, at the end of his rope. it was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. >> reporter: that description by the spokesman for the cherokee sheriff's department has angered many who says it was insensitive to the victims. >> it touched a huge nerve because eight are dead, six asian-american women. >> reporter: they say more needs to be done not just from police agencies to keep communities safe but with funding for community organizations to help. sergio quintana, "today in the bay." >> part of the movement against these attacks is not to stay silent. a growing number of organizations are taking a stand against anti-asian hate and violence. the giants now displaying this

message on their scoreboard at oracle park. it reads, stop asian hate. violent attacks against asians and the asian community will be the focus of tonight's installment of our series "race in america the conversation." best-selling author amy tan is one of our guests. jessica aguirre recently met with her and says racism nothing new. >> i think the racism has always been there. since chinese people, for example, first came to this country or anti-asian sentiment that is out there now. and it's frightening because it's not just the sentiment. it's the violence that is happening. >> basketball star jeremy lin will also join the conversation this is our 11th episode of "race in the america the conversation" and it airs tonight at 6:30.

a new case of the covid variant that originated in south africa has been detected in the south bay. santa clara county health officials say this is the second case of this particular variant in the county. the patient tested positive earlier this month. the county believes this case was community spread and not travel related. so far four cases with this variant have been found in california. 24 other states have seen the variant including nevada, texas, and florida. as these covid variants continue to pop up many question if we'll need a booster shot of the covid vaccine every year like the flu shot. we spoke to infectious disease specialist about the possibility of a booster, and he said only time will tell. >> experts are pretty much divided on this topic right now. in the most extreme way probably a booster once a year depending on what's happening around the world. on the least extreme, if we continue to have dominance by

varieties that we can take care of by the original vaccine, that immunity will probably last for several years. we may not need a booster shot. >> another question, will you have to pay for a booster shot? the ceo of pfizer talked about this on our news documentary series on hbo. he says the current vaccine costs the u.s. less than $20 a dose. it's not clear who would pay for the booster shots but did say once the vaccine is sold on the open market the price could change. taking a live look around the bay area this morning, things start to go get wet out there this morning in your commute, but it's just a start which is why we've issued a microclimate weather alert. timing out the rain and when we can expect it in our area. kari? it's going to be once again off and on. we're seeing it coming in waves right now. while some areas are seeing some rain falling right now, other areas have already had it and are taking a break. as we take a look at storm

ranger we can see the focus of the heaviest rain is moving into parts of the east bay, all part of this bigger system that will keep it wet. for today as we get a look at our commute in the east bay there will once again be some breaks by the next couple of hours, but then it returns as we go into today. we'll be tracking that. mike, any issues popping up for the commute? >> kari, we did have one for oakland -- actually a couple that popped up. let's show you the map. the overall concern are the slicker roadways. do be careful. kari warned us about it yesterday, going to find that pushing over to 680 having hit the east bay, probably most recently. probably doesn't affect this north 880. there is a big rig stuck over in your right lane, i believe, as your passing by high street. another crash reported westbound 580 on the richmond bridge. the toll plaza very light traffic. you can see the damp roads. back to you.

>> thanks so much, mike. 4:38. coming up next on "today in the bay," developments in the deadly police shooting in an east bay city. a multimillion dollar settlement. one thing the city is not agreeing to. how long you have to file your taxes whether you make a lot of money or a little. you can count on us to be here after the break. how do i use better than bouillon? i just add a spoonful to my marinades... ...to stir frys... ...sauces... just whisk it in... ...brush it on ...sauté it.

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right now at 4:41 we are under a microclimate weather alert. if you're about to head out the door in danville, antioch or livermore, you're going to see a steady rain falling right now. a wet start to our morning, and it continues today. we'll talk more about this in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. and with that rain will have an impact on your traction on the roads. we'll look at the golden gate bridge, an example of that, the sheen on the pavement south across the span. the slowing north looks like the crew and the slowing have cleared but we'll track the bigger view coming up. let's check in with our friend frank. hey, good morning. i am frank holland from cnbc. we'll start our report off with wall street, the markets set for a mixed opening following yesterday's gains. the dow closing above 33,000 for the very first time. the s&p 500 ended at a record high and the nasdaq wiped out early losses to finish higher. back to the dow. the fastest 1,000-point move for the dow in its history taking

just five trading days to go from 32,000 to 33,000. the gains came after the fed said they do not expect to hike interest rates until at least 2024. analysts say it will be incredibly accommodative for a very long time even as the economy improves which may result in rising inflation. in focus reports on unemployment and manufacturing and earnings from fedex and nike. the irs has moved the deadline to may 17. it also has to implement changes to the tax laws as a result of president biden's $1.9 trillion relief package and is responsible for distributing those checks. however, the extended deadline only applies to federal tax payments and does not affect state deadlines although a few states including california have also delayed their filing dates. amc says nearly all theaters will be open by next friday. the news coming after disney said it's reopening disneyland april 30th. more than 40 of amc locations in

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and here we go, thursday morning. taking a live look in san francisco as we get started. hey, there's some rain across the bay area. stay tuned because kari has a look when you can expect that rain in your area. speaking of that rain, starting out, kari, i can say on the way in there was no rain for me. so clear and cool this morning. >> it is just now starting to get to the south bay. yeah, we're going to see at least for your drive to work looking dry. now going back home probably not so much. as we get a look at storm ranger it does show where the storm is mostly over parts of the east bay. can you see the south bay still dry, and the north bay had the rain earlier this morning, so the roads are still wet and we're seeing some of that moving

further off to the east as we get a closer look where we see the yellows and the reds that shows where some of the heavier rain now is. at least it's off 680 and moving over the hills. at times we'll see heavy rain falling. it's going to just be off and on today as the storm system passes by, it does bring in much-needed showers. and it's going to mostly be light for much of the bay area. we can see how much of the state is covered in rain. still the center of the storm off the coast. this will take a while before it works its way through. the good thing is if you do have allergies you're probably really in with some bad symptoms right now. but the rain today will help clear things out and so we're seeing pine, oak and cedar really high. as the rain continues to move in we will see that pollen get washed out of the air at least temporarily. as we go hour by hour, by late morning we're seeing some of the heavier rain in parts of the north bay.

the south bay getting in on the heavier rain this afternoon. once again it's just going to be off and on throughout the day, even early tomorrow there will be a slight chance of rain but the north bay will have a chance of some lingering showers while the rest of the bay area clears out by tomorrow afternoon. rainfall totals mostly about half an inch of rain or less for much of the bay area but, of course, as we look at our rainfall deficits we do need a lot of rain here and the little quarter to half inch of rain just won't cut it but we'll take every little bit of rain we can get because the rest of the forecast is looking dry. we were watching out for a slight chance of rain on monday but now it looks like that's not going to happen. so we will enter into an extended period of some dry weather as our temperatures warm up for the middle of next week. mike, watching out on the roads this morning the slick conditions. of course people want to have a heads-up about that. >> that's right. some of us are just trying to do the best we can, waking up and

then getting in the car. we'll have slicker roadways like we see at the bay bridge. you see the sheen in the parking lot. you can see the flags flapping around. no major advisories from chp. just note that as we look at the map. the bay bridge itself has a smooth drive. the richmond bridge folks are getting across over to the san quentin side, a big rig blocks one lane and 880 another big rig there from another issue there. no major injuries and no major slowing. it's the green highlighting, slicker roads. back to you. >> thanks, mike. hayward leaders have approved a financial settlement and a lawsuit tied to a deadly police shooting. november of 2018, 29-year-old gonzalez died. officers later determined he rushed them with a razor blade that they mistook to be a knife. they were cleared of any wrongdoing, but his family filed a civil suit citing the tactics that they used. yesterday councilmembers

approved a $3.3 million payout to benefit his children. the settlement, however, does not admit any wrongdoing. new this morning residents of the peninsula are warned about a possible mountain lion attack. authorities arrived before 10:00 last night to an area near romondo. a deceased dog appeared to have been mauled by a big cat. it's not clear how authorities were alerted or if the dog was a family owned pet. 4:51. for a year we've had to turn inwards, working and schooling from home with just people in our immediate families and households. >> for a lot of families that meant getting to know each other better than ever. kris sanchez joins us with how silicon valley technology helped to keep us moving and connected even as we were staying put at home. >> reporter: it's a lot of togetherness in some of the best ways and obviously some of the more stressful ways.

>> reporter: in this east san jose home, carlos, daniel are distance learning in the family room. dad is teaching high school from the bedroom. mom has a corner office in the garage. >> i think it's really around not finding a balance, obviously, but finding out how we work better as a team. >> the children were able to learn how to cook for themselves, clean up a little bit more, do the laundry, clean the restrooms. >> reporter: family teamwork, employer flexibility, and silicon valley are powering this pandemic pivot. sales of san jose zoom spiked as we began distance learning and working from home in 2020. santa clara service manages digital work flow saw 32% subscription increase. revenue for san francisco-based door dash surged 226%. when we turned to e-commerce paypal saw 140% increase in new users and our need to destress also boosted redwood city's

electronic art sales by 163%. but through the pandemic the digital divide was glaring cutting some communities off from technology that kept others afloat. going forward they are hoping for a more inclusive future. >> this pandemic has shed light on our ability to do it. now it's a matter of our will. >> reporter: kris sanchez, "today in the bay." rescue video coming to light as two teenagers get caught in a dangerous situation in san francisco. how crews managed to get them to safety. plus, remember this guy going viral for drinking cranberry juice and skateboarding to a stevie nicks song? he's trying to cash in on that fame once again. here is a hint, the starting bid is six figures. >> too rich for my blood. happening now for you, the u.s. has issued 90 million stimulus checks so far under president joe biden's american rescue plan. checks started to go out on march 12th. the money was sent to eligible taxpayers who provided direct deposit information on their

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take a look at this heart stopping moment as video captures a cliff rescue. firefighters say two teenagers got stuck on the cliffs yesterday. you can actually see the teenagers walking down to safety there. not clear how they got stuck. but the good news here is that they are okay this morning. a much different st. patrick's day celebration in downtown campbell compared to a year ago.

this was the irish pub last night. indoor seating is allowed up to 25%. there were plenty of smiles going around and people remember the 2020 celebration that wasn't. remember, it was one year ago yesterday that the state was put under lockdown orders due to the pandemic. in san francisco, city hall getting in the spirit all lit up in green for st. patrick's day. the city was a little busier on this holiday than last year. also trending for you remember the guy who went viral with the video skateboarding to fleetwood mac's "dreams," he's trying to cash in. ♪♪ >> you know the clip. millions viewed it last fall and now nathan, known as dog face on

tiktok, is selling the encrypted nft. that means ownership of the original video. the bidding starts at half a million dollars. i guess your dreams can come true. maybe he was going to sell the skateboard. >> there you go. coming up for you on "today in the bay" one day -- one in the books for first bay area county to lower the vaccination age to 50. the fear about that decision. plus, a georgia investigator under fire following the deadly attacks of three metro atlanta.

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right now at 5:00, ready to fly. millions of americans seem to be with some airports nearing pre-pandemic levels. why the cdc recommends you stay grounded even if you're vaccinated. the rampage at three massage parlors. this as comments by a spokesman sparked new outrage. >> plus rain on the radar. just how wet this morning commute is expected to get. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall letti