here we g friday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to the commute in a little bit. vianey in for kari this morning. how is it looking for us?

>> i'm back again. just in time for the weekend. let's see how our current temperature is. 53 degrees. today's biggest change is going to be the drop in temperatures, and also we're going to start to notice some low clouds so 53 degrees in san jose. notice by about 8:00/9:00 a.m. we're still in the 50s. compare that to yesterday, when we were super quick to warm into the 60s and 70s. definitely going to notice a significant cooling. walnut creek right now about 53 degrees. by 9:00 a.m. we're still at about 57 and today's daytime highs about be in the 70s. i'll talk about easter sunday coming up in a bit. mike? >> all right, vianey. we're looking over toward the san mateo bridge. our camera there shows traffic moving smoothly. i checked it a couple seconds ago. westbound is the direction i was concerned with. no problem on this live shot. looking at the map i've marked just before you get to this shot, before the toll plaza, reports of a car fire near

clowater. the sensors are fine there. a smooth drive for the rest of the bay. an issue for contra costa county, i think the lanes are clear for highway 4. we'll update you coming up. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike >> it is friday. many people will be spending their weekend trying to get a vaccine appointment. some sites slots are disappearing in seconds. >> everyone 50 and over is eligible in california and they're encouraging signs headed into the weekend. "today in the bay's" ian cull explains. >> reporter: the rush for coveted covid vaccine appointments moves on. one santa clara man starts to look patiently. >> i'll take my time. >> reporter: many other voicing frustration on social media about adding millions more to the eligibility pot with suc positives. the south bay will receive almost 80,000 doses next week,

excluding the kaiser supply, that's compared to only 58,000 this week and more than two-thirds of those are for first doses. >> we are told that the vaccine supply should increase by the middle or end of april and well into may. >> reporter: appointments were hard to find. sabrina is considering driving outside of the bay area to get a shot. >> we're all think being doing a day trip driving to fresno to get it but i also feel guilty about that. i don't want to take a shot away from somebody from their county when my own county should be taking care of me. >> reporter: my colleague chris chmura looked into this. >> if you expand your search and commit to a road trip you might find appointments available with little or no waiting. look at cvs. we found 11 locations with open appointments. bakersfield, chico, clovis, fresno. >> reporter: cvs told people from another county are welcome he suggests calling ahead to

safe. ian cull, "today in the bay." >> so how far would you drive to get a shot?rip from guatemala to get to petaluma. all of the vaccine centers in san francisco there weren't any and so i started looking further and further out. i would have driven anywhere or flown from china. or from anywhere else to get it. >> her advice is if you are having trouble finding a vaccine, do your homework and be persistent. we have much more online. consumer investigator chris chmura has been vaccine hunting. you can find his howur streaming platforms and our website and youtube channel. >> a live look at san francisco nearly h people have

now received at least their first vaccination shot. in six weeks' time it should be more than 75%. mayor london breed yesterday said she expects the rate to reach 80% by mid-may. san francisco is ramping up vaccination for seniors living in chchinatown. health leaders say throughout the city, 80% of people 65 and up have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but the vaccination rate is about 65% for seniors living in chinatown. despite a limited supply of vaccine, it can vaccinate up to 20,000 people daily. the investigation continues this morning after fremont police detectives shot and killed a man last night at the hyatt place motel along west

warren avenue. a special firearms task force was trailing a man with several felony warrants. police released a police dog right before things turned deadly. >> the sequence of events i know the k9 was deployed before the shooting and at the time that the k9 was deployed, that's when the suspect produced a firearm and when the officers shot him. >> the man did not survive his wounds. he died on the scene. police have not released his name. none of the officers involved were injured. this is the second fatal shooting involving a fremont officer in eight days. 4:36. coming up ondemic changing our but enjoying a cocktail at home may get a bit easier. the new proposal lawmakers are considering. >> i didn't know it was that hard right now. a south bay landmark reopening to visitors once again today. marcus, we'll talk about the big scrubbing that took place just in preparation.

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things will get cooler coming into the week and i'll have your easter sunday in a few minutes. >> that's good. we've had enough summer in my house. i have an update for contra costa county coming up. the activist groups moms for housing was born in late 2019, when two moms moved into a vacant home in oakland without permission. they're the subject of a new four-part documentary series we posted on our digital platforms called the momless of magnolia street. >> it looks at what caused the housing crisis as well as what's being done and not done to address it. here's a quick look from our series with one of the moms who started that movement, dominique walker. ♪♪

>> fight, fight, fight, fight, housing is a human right! >> oakland doesn't have a housing crisis. it's a moral crisis. it's a profiteering crisis. it's a speculator's in my hood crisis. >> that's right. >> we should all be outraged. we have become so desensitized to people, children living on the streets. housing is a human right. and today, i'm using that right. [ cheers and applause ] my family has been here since the 1940s. my great grandma there and great grandfather bought a house, in east oakland and still in our family. after high school, i went to mississippi for school, kind of stayed out there, and what i came back to wasn't what i left. not able to live here. can't afford to live here. i work full time, have a degree, still cannot afford to live here, where i'm from.

we were like sleeping in a hotel, some different hotels. it was horrible. we deserve to be here. i deserve to be here. i deserve to raise my children here. this is my home. like i love oakland. i am oakland. >> you can start binging "the moms of magnolia street" today on our website nbcbayarea.com or roku, apple tv, or our youtube channels. new this morning, one executive order that reportedly may not be going anywhere once the pandemic is over. california's rule allowing distillers to ship their products directly to consumers. governor newsom issued the order to help keep struggling businesses in business. it would allow craft breweries in and out of state to ship to california homes. wineries have been able to ship their products in-state for years. coming up on "today in the bay," homelessness continues to be a big problem in san

francisco for many trying to make it in the bay during the pandemic. the major challenge city officials are now facing as temporary housing runs out.

home to making your bed, planting yourself, and settling in, home to your happy place.

friday morning is here, and so is traffic looks like. this is a live look out at walnut creek this morning. more cars on the road than i thought i would see at 4:45 in the morning. well, you know what? talking about the roads, mike will handle that in a bit. but first we want to start out with the friday forecast for

you. vianey in for kari today and vianey, it is friday. >> it is friday, and things are going to cool off a bit, getting even cooler by the weekend. so if you've been thinking man, it's way too hot, you're right. it has been too hot. we're not supposed in be in the 80s this time of year. one thing if you live around the coastline is the return of the marine layer headed into this weekend. a live look in san francisco, great shot there, it's going to be another pleasant day ahead. let's take a live look in san jose as well. we'll still get sunshine, don't have to worry about that, walnut creek looking beautiful. however, there's definitely going to be a temperature difference so right now, current temperatures in the 40s and the 50s, up through santa rosa 47 degrees. let's take a look at the 24-hour temperature change. yesterday half moon bay started to cool off a bit, starting to ease back into more of an onshore flow. let's talk about the microclimate forecast for this afternoon. san jose 75 degrees, palo alto 72. oakland 66.

livermore 77 and remember, we have been in the 80s, we hit new record highs earlier in the week and the middle of the week as well. san francisco back down into the 60s, compare that to the 80 degrees we saw. long range outlook. what happened to the rain chances we were mentioning? model runs are showing us it's not going to happen for us. we're not expecting significant rain headed into next work week which is next monday, tuesday and wednesday. that's what we are monitoring. if you are wondering about easter sunday, great yes. we're in the clear, no rain in sight and even cooler heading into sunday. notice the inland temperatures, we go from 70s today down into the 60s and low 60s headed into sunday so back to more seasonable weather just in time for easter sunday. mike? >> all right, that's good. i don't like melted chocolate eggs or whatever you partake in. partaking in the commute this morning, traffic flows

nicely. as we see the north bay an easy drive on our maps. we do have over on the arrow there the bay bridge toll plaza we don't expect any major delays but we watch that closely. a little fog registering on the left side of the screen. brentwood a deadly crash on highway iv that did clear at the lone freeway on-ramp. multiple overturned a car there, a crash cleared after 4:00. traffic should be moving smoothly into and out of that area. the car fire under the cloudwater overpass at 92 is the only thing marked on this map. watching the santa cruz mountains for a report. we'll have that coming up. back to you. >> we'll check back with you. thanks, mike. new details coming to light about the mass shooting in a southern california office that left four people dead on wednesday in the city of orange, not too far from disneyland. investigators say gonzalez chained the front and rear gates

of the office building with bicycle cable locks, went inside and killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy. one man lost his mother and father. he says his parents were both loving people. >> just super loving, very loving mom, same with my dad, always put others in front of her and was always a very happy character. >> i can't imagine that loss. his sister was also shot. she's in critical condition. police now say the shooter knew the victims through business or personally. gonzalez is in custody. he was also injured by gunfire. talk about a double whammy, a homeless crisis during the pandemic. getting the homeless off the streets and into hotels and motels still a challenge in san francisco. and the pandemic will end but the impact will last for years. here is "today in the bay's" jean elle. >> reporter: a crisis on the streets during a pandemic.

when covid-19 hit in 2020, an estimated 8,000 people were homeless in san francisco. 3,000 spending nights in places like shelters and navigation centers, 5,000 out on the streets. >> i got to stay on some people's couch for a couple weeks, and some people helped me with their travel points to stay in motels. >> reporter: 65-year-old susan griffin says members of her church were doing all they could to keep her off the streets, like so many without a home, she was at risk of getting covid. the department of homelessness and supportive housing or hsh ramped up services. >> we expanded our system of care dramatically, leading the country in what was a data-driven public health-driven response to people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. >> reporter: setting up safe sleeping tent sites for about 300 people. the department bought two hotels with state funds, supportive

housing for 400 and opened 25 shelter-in-place hotels placing nearly 2,000 people in their own rooms with private bathrooms. fema is covering the costs. griffin calls her room a godsend. >> huge sense of relief. for one thing, it was warm, and it was, there was a roof over my head. >> reporter: she says months of stability have also helped her get back on track. she has a part-time job and is looking for a permanent home. >> it's enabled me to put together a savings account so that as i transition into rental housing, i'm going to be able to pay the first and last month's rent. >> reporter: the city plans to re-house people living in hotels in phases, working with five hotelments at once. it's a process that's expected to take months to complete. they're hoping to complete it by october. >> we feel we can find the housing and we have a pathway, we are taking advantage of the changing rental market by

finding housing that is scattered around the community and there are a lot more landlords looking to partner with the city to house formerly homeless individuals. >> the pandemic, paired with political will and federal and state dollars, provided a rare opportunity to potentially end homelessness for thousands, but supervisor matt haney says the city hasn't gone far enough. >> i think we should have done it for a lot more people, because i don't know when we're ever going to get another moment like this, where the federal government was willing to essentially pay for us to bring everyone off the streets. >> reporter: with thousands still living on the streets, haney will be advocating to continue the shelter-in-place hotel model and purchaserties t increase supportive housing options. a shift in services hsh says it plans to pursue. >> it's absolutely the time to look at that. >> reporter: griffin says it's an investment in people's lives. >> it should continue because

everybody has a right to a life of pride, of being able to support yourself, being able to get over the humps in life, the challenges that covid brought. >> reporter: challenges and lessons all provided by a pandemic. jean elle, "today in the bay." >> i'm glad to see that lady getting on her feet. a step ford normal for today's discovery museum. visitors will be allowed inside for the first time in more than a year. the rooftop rubber ducky even got a good cleaning. the backyard area has been open for months but the indoor exhibits have been closed. capacity will start at 25% and grow to 50%. guests do need a ticket beforehand and everyone needs to wear a mask. but always such a fun place to take the kids. coming up next, preparing for wildfire se of the worst fires in s won't c.

happening now, mt. etna erupting for the 17th time since mid-february. huge orange balls of lava shot up in the air. the orange streams rolling down the slopes of the volcano overnight. according to italian media, aetna sent ash clouds into the air that reached four miles above sea level. the eruption from europe's tallest volcano has not caused problems at the nearby airport. aetna is the largst of italy's three volcanos. we'll be back. 4:54.

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city is helping prepare neighborhoods for the upcoming fire season and with the ongoing drought it's not looking good. the city of santa rosa received a grant from fema for thousands of weather radios, given to residents over the next two months depending on where one lives will determine if they get the radio. they'll mostly be to people who are in the regular evacuated zones. the first giveaway is next week. you can go to the city of santa rosa's website for more information. think about this, in a normal season baseball teams play 162 games. >> not a bad way to look at it especially if you're an a's fan. last night the a's opened the season at ring central, certainly the big highlight was the 12,000 or so fans that were in the stands. on the field, it was close until the sixth inning, when the astros scored two runs to make it 3-0. houston took it 8-1, they're back at it tonight at 7:00 p.m. win or lose, it's fun to see that baseball is back. >> yes, it is.

speaking of baseball, new changes coming for giants fans ahead of opening day. what they will have to do now before setting one foot inside oracle park. >> you'll want to stick around for that. plus a racist display causing alarm on the campus of one bay area anniversary. what students are accusing the school of not doing.

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right now, at 5:00 the search is on for getting the vaccine. there are signs of promise if you plan to search this weekend. a live report ahead on the boost now expected in the south bay. with three vaccine options, do we even need a fourth? why america's top infectious disease expert now says no, and an inside look at the distribution system now working so efficiently. we're leaving because there's no option to buy any food or drink. >> the boys of summer are back in oakland with people actually there to watch but opening night still had some glitches. the meltdown that left the hole in the stomach for some hungry fans. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. so you have plans this weekend? for a lot of people it's trying to get that covid-19 vaccine appointment.