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return of one of the bay area's biggest festivals and how long coachella fans might have to wait for the next event. >> today in the bay starts right now. >> here we go. friday morning. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike has a look at the commute. before we get to that, got to get to the forecast. kari hall is tracking that. has the rain scurried out sph. >> for the most part. we're still seeing lingering showers in parts of the north bay with off and on rain. as we get a closer look, marin county, still a wet commute from novato to san rafael. we'll see some early morning showers, but this storm is exiting the bay area and will give way to a nice and sunny day for the most part as we get a look at what's going on. a mix of sun and clouds for san jose and temperatures heading into the upper 50s for this afternoon.

we'll take a look ahead to the weekend. any problems for early morning commuters? >> we do have a problem. not because of the overnight rain or yesterday's rain but because of some activity. a car went into a light pole. as you look at the highway, this is calaveras or highway 237 continuation. a car went into a light pole. no major injuries from what it sounds like, but there's a closure one direction of eastbound 237. that's our breaking news that we start with. the rest of the south bay is fine. very light traffic. >> thanks, mike. >> new details. a 76-year-old asian american grandmother attacked in san francisco. but she's recovering at home. her family says that it will be a long time before she feels safe to go outside again. the woman was attacked on market street. this is on wednesday. her daughter and grandson say now she can't even open her right eye. >> one of her black eyes is

bleeding unstoppable. >> she cannot see anything right now. >> police say 39-year-old steven jenkins assaulted the woman and an 83-year-old. jenkins is in jail, according to a gofundme post, fam is in the hospital with a fractured nose and possible neck fractures. people are showing their support for the asian american community by donating to the pages for both of the victims, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. you can help in the efforts to stop the hate. nbc bay area, telemundo, and comcast have partnered with the bay area based asian pacific fund and we'll provide grants to organizations working to stop the attacks against the asian and asian american community. if you want to donate, we have added a link on nbcbayarea.com. >> virus variants are circulating across the country, as the pandemic restrictions continue to relax. in at least 13 states, infections are actually

increasing. raising a lot of concern about another possible wave. there's new evidence that shows vaccines are effective against it. here's today in the bay's samuel quintana. >> virus variants are circulated across the country as pandemic restrictions continue to relakz. in 13 states, cases are increasing. here in california, the downward trend continues, but there's some concern about the variant first found in the golden state. it's now the dominant strain hear. >> it's increasing in prevalent to about 50%, and probably even more right now in bay area counties. >> researchers are still trying to see if this variant may be more resistant against covid-19 treatments and vaccines. one doctor says there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful. she's studying the effective vaccine treatments in the uk and israel. >> you're seeing lots of

decreases in cases and hospitalizations. >> in some lab tests, the california variant looks resistant. antibodies sometimes don't hold up well, but the doctor spent much of her career treeching hiv patients, so she focuses on t-cells instead of antibodies and a couple studies show those parts of our immune system hold up well against covid-19 variants. >> the vaccines create as equal a t-cell response, which is why i don't think we're seeing increases despite circulating variants. >> at stanford university's labs, they're also seeing promising data. >> some data would suggest that the current vaccine by pfizer and moderna should still be good against the california variants. for that, i'm not so worried. >> california continues to ramp up its vaccination program, hitting a record with nearly a million doses given in the last two days. but there's still work to be

done, with the biggest population in the country, only about a quarter of the golden state's residents have gotten at least one shot. today in the bay. >> san francisco is looking to move to the orange tier by next week. more reopening efforts could good begin as early as wednesday. >> grab your tickets and popcorn. more cinemark movie theaters set to reopen today, including right here in the bay area. locations in danville and walnut creek to set to open. there are now among 40 state-wide the company plans to reopen today. it happened over the past month due to loosened covid revictions. >> new, another sign of bay area recovery. starting next week, b.a.r.t.

will add more cars to handle the increasing ridership. actual timetables for them right now remain the same, but for some of the busiest runs you're going to have more cars added. riders, if you're in richmond, listen to this. the line will no longer have to change cars for the sfo-bound train. also, cal train plans to add more cars to its service as the ridership there starts to recover. >> and we've got more details in san francisco. muni service there slowly rebounding, but three light rail lines now on hold are likely to stay that way through the end of the year. they expect to bring back 85% of its service by january 1st. but now, that will not include the l, the m ocean view, or k ingleside train. that's mostly due to a lack of train manpower. >> okay, team, how are we doing? it's friday morning, up and running. maybe a nice forecast in the works as well?

>> yeah, i think we're going to be getting outside today. yesterday, it was kind of raining off and on, so we stayed inside more. and today, we're seeing some of those showers moving through, but it's also a milder start as our temperatures have mostly been in the upper 40s and low 50s, as you get ready to head out the door, we're still seeing some of the showers in the north bay, and the roads are still wet in the east bay as we get a live look at dublin, checking out 580 and what's going on there. as far as temperatures, it's still going to be a light jacket day as we go from the upper 40s to low 50s by later this morning. we'll talk about a warmer weekend in a few minutes. how's it looking heading to work this morning? >> i have breaking news for that issue. the closure of calaveras boulevard behind me, the south bay map, let's zoom in toward the area right near milpitas city hall. we're circling the intersection with milpitas boulevard and calaveras. watch the intersection with

crash activity. a light pole is done. also significant water there, maybe a hydrant was hit. you will have local reroutes. the only other issue is in palo alto. we'll check highway 101, no slowing on the censors. >> thanks so much. time to put the glow sticks and portable phone chargers back in the closet at least for now. the coachella music festival pushed back until spring of next year. as you might imagine, it's due to the uncertainty over the pandemic. in the meantime, san francisco's outsidelands festival is full speed ahead. organizers are pushing it back from august so more vaccines can take place, but those techts are on sale now. >> 4:39. still ahead, the key ruling on the former officer facing charges in the death of george floyd. >> plus, instagram for kids. the all new app the social media

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in a few minutes. we're looking at highway 101 where i circles behind me the issue, the live camera does show you that stretch of 101, the top of the screen, no fog and the sensors show no delays. we're okay here. let's see how we're doing with our friend frank. >> good morning. i'm frank from cnbc. wall street is set to open higher after yesterday's broad sell-off. tech stocks were hit especially hard. the nasdaq down 3%, led down by apple and amazon. weakness of stocks coming amid a spike in yields in treasury bonds. ten-year yield hitting the highest level since january of last year. rising yields can signal confidence about the recovery. energy stocks also falling sharply as oil prices slump more than 7% on concerns of the slow rollout of vaccines and the rising covid cases in europe and

in brazil. the nfl strikes a deal for media rights to the games worth more than $100 billion. amazon gets exclusive rights to thursday night. first time a streaming service will carry a full stream of games. that deal begins in 2023. >> cbs, fox, and nbc will show sunday afternoon and night games, and espn gets monday night, while abc gains the rights to air two super bowls. >> instagram's developing a version of the app for kids 13 years old and under. currently instagram's policy does not allow users under 13. a number of kids have accounts on instagram and facebook. instagram says the kid version would emphasize privacy and safety. facebook launched an ad-free version of messenger for kids in 2017 intended for those between the ages of 6 and 12. what do you think? do kids need instagram? >> no, and it's hard enough for me to keep track of all my social media accounts. now i have to keep track of

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hey, it's friday morning. good morning to you. not a car out there on the golden gate bridge. are you sleeping in? oh, wait, there's something coming down the track there, but we're up. ready to get things going, right, team. >> ready to go. >> that's right. >> all right. let's look at that forecast. no rain in sight? >> no rain in sight, after this all moves out. we're going to have a dry weekend. but in some spots, it's still raining a little bit, as you get ready to head out the door. let's look at storm ranger. it does show where some of the showers are moving through mostly right now in parts of the north bay as we get a look at marin county. osfor parts of southern sonoma county. as we open up the picture, i want to show you what else you're seeing. if you're hiding the road, some of the showers across the region, and still some snow in

the sierra, and still some heavy rain in monterey through much of the central coast. if you're at home today just doing the home school recess, let's check out brentwood in our forecast for today, starting out with some low 50s. it will still be a nice day. still wearing some long sleeves or a light jacket, but we'll have a mix of sun and clouds today. and the rain will be moving out. with all of our temperatures today reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s, pretty even across the board from the coastal areas to the inland valleys. this storm system moving on, we'll see some high pressure moving in right behind that. we know high pressure can cause some dry weather and more sunshine, and that's what we'll see even as woe go into the middle of next week, as it doesn't move and all of the storm systems stay to the north of the bay area. as we look at our temperature trend in spots like san jose, south bay temperatures go from the upper 50s to the 70s over the next few days. hopefully you're ready for spring like weather and we'll

see that continuing with once again more sunshine as the quiet weather pattern settles into the bay area and the temperatures will be warming up. for now, let's head over to mike with an update on the breaking news this morning. >> you said spring starts saturday at 2:37. i'm going to go to 2:37, but it's on the map, we're looking at the overall sensors for the highways. 237, if you take that connector between 280 and 680, that's where we have the closure in the eastbound direction. details, only one block from city hall to el cerrito. if you're familiar with the area. if you are not, you can eat at el cerrito. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza, taking a live camera there, you see light, easy traffic, as we expect friday morning. we may see the metering lights on around 6:00. >> thanks. developing now, key rulings

are expected in the trial for derek chauvin, the former police officer facing murder charges in george floyd's death. the defense has requested to delay the proceedings. it comes as a rally calling for justice in the case is set to take place tonight in minnesota at the capitol. it's hosted by black lives matter minnesota and communities united against police brutality. >> now to the insurrection from capitol hill and a new plea from the fbi. it's asking for help identifying ten suspects believed to be involved. dramatic new enhanced video highlights some of what the fbi calls some of the most vicious attacks on police officers that day. they include beating officers with a table leg and nails. spraying officers with a fire extinguisher as well and a chemical among others. investigators so far have arrested more than 300 people for their part in the insurrection. >> the labor department is following through with a plan to

hold off on boosting minimum wage for h-1-b visa holders. the trump administration originally sought to impose that hike. the idea was it may encourage businesses to hire domestically for tech jobs instead of looking overseas. the idea is now put on hold for 18 months. the department cites more time to consider the legal and policy issues. >> new details on the bombshell announcement at santa clara university. father kevin o'bryant is on leave while the university investigates what they call an alleged impropriety. he may have displayed behavior not consistent with jesuit beliefs. he's been the president of the school for two years now and the school says he is fully cooperating with this investigation. for many of us, it's been a very long and tough year.

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low risk to our health, and that led a lot of people to rediscover the great outdoor space around the bay area. >> today in the bay's kris sanchez has more on the pandemic impact on our parks and open space districts. >> i love to see more people out and about and really enjoying the outside spaces. and just kind of taking care of themselves. >> michael and baby acadia spend a lot of time outdoors, as they have since before the pandemic, but now, they have a lot more company. >> we do notice when we're here there are more people. >> we used to come once a week and now we're walking twice a week. >> through the pandemic, open spaces welcome people with reminders to mask up and keep your social distance, making some narrow trails one way only. the open space district saw an 88% increase in visitation through the year of the pandemic. visitation was up 30% within the east bay parks district overall, but 100% in some parks.

the santa clara county park system saw a 100% spike in vehicle and trail use in december alone. >> we are overjoyed. we think a lot of people who have come out for years are coming out more often, but we also think a lot of new people are exploring and seeing parks and open space, maybe for the first time. and we hope to keep coming back. >> and they may keep coming back for a while because though fewer people are getting sick and more people are getting vaccinated, indoor capacities will be limited for many activities for a while to come. >> when everybody is trapped indoors and having a little bit of green space to go to, it really makes a difference. >> kris sanchez reporting there. 4:57. standing in solidarity. still ahead on today in the bay the key message president biden is set to deliver today as he visits atlanta to address the spike in attacks against asian americans, and new details overnight on the details in the

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for change with the spike in hate crimes. a live report ahead on the message the president will deliver. >> six feet or just three? that new debate over social distancing in classrooms as more students start to return to school. the new guidance expected from the cdc in just hours. and a live look in san francisco on this friday morning. the rain making its way through just in time for the weekend. meteorologist kari hall tracking what's in store so we can all make our plans as today in the bay continues right now. i was planning on having my car washed by that rain, but it wasn't a good enough storm. got to do some work this weekend. good friday morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. speaking of the rain, let's go to meteorologist kari hall. what's it looking like for the bay area? >> yeah, mostly the north bay