ucsf tweeting out this photo of michael in the middle, in the hospital for four months with severe covid symptoms. yesterday he finally the go to go home. nurses and doctors are all smiling, no doubt, under those masks, helping to save his life. right now at 6:00, awaiting the verdict. >> i do understand the anger and the frustration, because sometimes we have to speak louder just to be heard. so that's a way of speaking loud. >> coming up the latest from minneapolis, the jury will soon get back to deliberating the fate of derek chauvin plus a live report on how businesses in one bay area city are preparing for the outcome. marin county may be rewarded for keeping covid cases down. why the next 12 or so hours could be crucial. plus climate in crisis, drought watch. today some bay area water customers may want to brace for new water restrictions with the

vote happening today. we are live this morning with what that means for you and the future of the golden state. third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good terrific tuesday it is for us all this morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. jurors about to enter their first full day of deliberations in the derek chauvin murder trial. we have a live look in minneapolis. the jury right now is sequestered and will remain so until that verdict is reached. during yesterday's closing arguments, each side took longer than expected. the defense claiming george floyd died of an enlarged heart and other health issues. prosecutors argue chauvin squeezed the life out of floyd in a way even a child would know was wrong. >> businesses are closely watching minnesota preparing for the outcome this morning. "today in the bay's" bob redell it live for us. some shop owners there understandably on edge this morning. >> reporter: correct.

good morning to you, marcus and laura. one restaurant owner in oakland tells us he supports the protests against police brutality but don't break his windows or destroy his property. that's what happened this past friday night in oakland. about 300 people who were angry about men of color being shot and killed by police, they protested and some shattered windows, destroyed cars at a dealership and threw rocks and bottles at police. last night, many business owners in oakland boarded up their windows, as the jury in minneapolis began deliberating whether or not former police officer derek chauvin is guilty of murdering george floyd. oakland mayor libby schaaf is calling for calm once this verdict is announced. >> we are running various scenarios to prepare for the announcement of the derek chauvin verdict. we're very hopeful that justice will be done. >> we had our windows broken out friday night. we are a black-owned business.

we are fully supportive of the protests themselves and the message but it hurts to have physical damage done. >> reporter: businesses in san francisco are boarding up, too, while the police department there has canceled days off for its officers. reporting live here in alameda county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the derek chauvin murder trial. when the jury reaches that verdict, nbc news will break in with a special report. you can also head to nbcbayarea.com to find complete coverage of the trial. developing right now, alameda county authorities are investigating the death of a man in police custody. this happened yesterday morning on oak street in alameda. that's when police officers responded to a call about someone under the influence accused of stealing. officers say that there was a struggle and that the man suffered some type of medical

emergency while they were trying to detain him. the sheriff's office and the district attorney are now both investigating. parents are raising their voices in fremont rallying to get schools to reopen their classrooms. last night dozens lined the sidewalks at central park holding signs. the superintendent announced last month the schools will not reopen this school year due to stalled talks with the teachers union. one parent who is also a teacher says she wants her kids back into the classroom, now, and a promise for the fall. >> before we go into summer, we want to make sure that our kids are going to return five days a week in-person, this fall, and we want a guarantee of that. no more plans, no more expectations. we want a mandate. >> well, because sometimes at home it's hard with siblings around you and so i'm trying to go back to school. >> in a recent newsletter, the superintendent writes the district is moving forward with plans for a return to full time in-person instruction for the start of the next school year.

students returning in the classroom in south san francisco may have also noticed new equipment on campus. school district is using ultraviolet technology to sanitize rooms and services -- surfaces, i should say. the machines give off 360 degrees of uv rayers which the maker says destroy nearly 100% of all viruses and pathogens like coronavirus. the $500,000 funding came from federal pandemic assistance. today's the day state health leaders update county covid tier levels. marin may be the first in the bay area to slide into the least restrictive yellow tier. every county but solano is currently in the orange tier. yellow means gyms can increase to 50% capacity. bars can begin allowing people back indoors in limited numbers. in order to hit the yellow tier, counties need to have fewer than two new cases per 100,000 people

and a positivity rate below 2%. business owners in marin are crossing their fingers right now. >> it's important for so many reasons, not only just being able to invite more people back inside, but it's also important because sending that sense of positivity and giving people more confidence that we're doing better. >> some health experts warn as more people are allowed to gather, counties will have a harder time holding the line and keeping those positivity rates down. staying in marin county, turning to our climate in crisis. the dreaded "d" word, drought and hue that's impacting our daily lives. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live in corte madera this morning. the county's water agency may be the first in the region to require mandatory restrictions, we understand. >> reporter: yes, that's right. water officials in marin county will take that vote later today regarding these water restrictions that could impact

nearly 200,000 customers in the county. so you have the marin municipal water district voting to adopt a resolution tonight that would declare an emergency water shortage due to those ongoing job conditions in the area and also called for mandatory water restrictions in central and southern marin county. when we talk about restrictions, they would include limiting outdoor watering to once a week, also limits on washing your car, as well as refilling pools. when we talk about the fines for offenders, they can reach up to $250, of course that's following warnings and subsequent violations. if the ordinance is passed in marin county, the restrictions would go into effect on may 1st. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> all right, thanks so much, pete. it's such a big concern, we keep talking about the drought here, okay, is there a glimmer of hope that we could see some

rain? i saw the tweet that you put out. we don't want to jinx it, right, kari? >> right, this rain that we are seeing in the forecast is not going to make up for the 20 inch rainfall deficit that we have, and so when we look at our reservoirs, we are seeing them critically low in the north bay. they're at about 52% of the capacity, but check out some of our south bay reservoirs, overall we're at about 36.2% of our historical average. so we haven't even made it to summer yet, and our reservoirs are very low, so it is definitely time to conserve. heading out to the park today and the beautiful weather, the sunshine in morgan hill not too far from anderson reservoir we'll see some temperatures in the low 50s, and then going into today, some upper 60s, so you'll notice it will be cooler. we'll talk more about that rain in the distant forecast that's coming up. mike, any problems right now for the morning commute? >> no, kari but there was a surprise for the south bay, a

little extra slowing, we saw than the last couple of weeks. let's get a look at the map for santa clara county, it was san jose north 101, where the arrow is at the top and also 87 coming into downtown, ten minutes of more focused slowing, maybe more traffic flow, school session back in session. the rest of the bay a smooth drive and build for hayward and also for the tri-valley, 84 no surprise. slow for 580 and vasco road, the bend come down to the last section toward 580. now that will be a slower drive and the light yellow there some wind in the hills, slowing for highway 4, as you come up toward willow pass road, disabled vehicle and slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza, as we take a live look out there, a tad bit of backup and slowing on the incline. back to you. >> the sun is coming up there, it's nice. thanks, mike. coming up next, taking the temperature on heading back out, how americans are really feeling about attending live events

again. plus -- >> people who want to make their own twitter or facebook are discovering it's hard to make your own twitter or facebook. we'll show you some of their mistakes. let's take you out to the future this is morning. looks like another day of losses, but we've been at all-time records. the nasdaq down as well. netflix reports profit today. all new superhero movie shot right here in the bay area and the attention muni is getting this morning, we'll talk about it and much more right here on "today in the bay."

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slowing just starting to build in the east bay, coming up. well, good morning and a very happy tuesday to you as well. now if you are a hair stylist, this could be bad news. amazon just announced amazon hair salons, it sounds like something out of an april fool's joke but 4/20 is not a day about celebrating or fooling people. amazon announcing the first ones in london open, so far just opened amazon employees as they get the hang of it. it promises a lot of technology of course. michael lindell promised a social network. let's talk about particler. apple will allow parler back on the app store after the social network agreed to limit hate speech.

mike lindell, the my pillow guy has promised a social network. it has not gone up so far he claims because his social network was hacked. he does have a website that is up and running. we can look at that. it seems to offer the casual visitor access to some of the website's features, but also some of the administrative tools there as well. you take a look offer the left you can change the text color and where the boxes are. i don't think that's exactly what they had in mind. other news we'll talk about tesla. you remember that terrible crash down in texas. it killed two people. elon musk is saying this morning that the teslas autopilot was not engaged. this is very different than what police were saying at the crash site. they call them constables in that part of texas say there was nobody in the driver's seat. one man in the passenger seat, one man in the back. but nobody driving.

musk retweeted somebody who said drivers can't engage the autopilot unless they're sitting in the driver's seat. a quick look around youtube finds you can leave the driver's seat if you override the safety features. don't do this. you will die or you will hurt somebody else or you will go to jail and where was that young man's mother, at the time doing a recording. this would be a terrible idea and get a lot of people badly hurt. we'll continue to watch that texas case. the police say nobody was belted into the driver's seat and musk says the tesla autopilot wasn't on. >> yes, hours.erning, took so 6:16. are you ready to go back to concerts just yet? despite easing up pandemic restrictions, american say they're not yet rushing back to get to those concerts. new for you this morning, only

16% of u.s. adults currently have a ticket to an upcoming live event according to a study from bank rate and also finds younger adults, gen z and millenials are far more likely than older aged groups to get tickets to go to events. maybe marcus, this will make you feel more comfortable going to a live event or i don't know, strange? trending this morning, a belgian artist created his own portable oasis, made of glass, includes a little mini green grassy garden that rests on his shoulders. he doesn't stand out at all, right? the 61-year-old says he thought of the idea years ago before the pandemic and he finally decided to put that concept to use. i don't know. i don't think so. >> nah. also trending this morning, a new marvel superhero movie is putting the spotlight on san francisco. >> and one transit agency also has a huge role. take a look.

you don't see it there but muni, they're actually excited about this, because they are being recognized in marvel's new movie called "shang chi" and it's great to appear, you see it cool in the video. it explores the origins story of martial arts and comes out in september. the sfmta is enjoying the spotlight with all of this. the agency tweeted yesterday thought it was trending because of a temporary emergency transit line issue but no, it's because of the starring role in that upcoming movie, so everyone go and see it. it comes out september. here is an update to a story dear to our hearts. yesterday we told you about a pair of newly arrived sheep at the oakland zoo. they named them tony and claire. so we loved it here at "today in the bay," because those are the same names as our news producer tony and his newly wed lovely wife, claire.

so now the zoo tells us that tony is named after one of their handler's husbands and claire, they said it just sounded like a lovely name. it went well with tony. and this is our own tony and claire that we love right here. they actually had to elope due to the pandemic. we're so thrilled for them, though. so maybe best of all the oakland zoo says new sheep will be able to meet our own tony and claire as soon as the animals are out of quarantine which may be sometime in early or mid-may. two matches made in heaven there. so cute. >> yes. that's really cool. >> that's funny, because isn't our tony also named after his groomer's husband? i don't know, is that the same guy's name? [ laughter ] >> i don't know. we'll have to ask g ma his grandmother. she's got all the facts. >> they go together, looking good. >> looking good, exactly. hey, the weather's been looking good, too, nice spring-like days we've been having. is this going to continue today, kari?

>> yes. we do have some more really nice weather. let's go around the bay. i'm showing you a live look right now in dublin as we have a lot of commuters already up and out the doors, the sun rise and our temperatures today cooler, reaching into the mid-60s there, san mateo you're going to have those gusty winds, only reaching about 61 degrees, but still nice and warm in santa rosa, as we reach into the mid-70s there as we go through this forecast. we are going to have a lot of changes ahead. we're watching not only one but two possible storm systems moving in by the end of the weekend, into early next week. some of our early run to the computer models, i know it's early but an idea of how much moisture may be in some of the systems moving. it shows a possibility between monday and tuesday we could get three-quarters, up to an inch of rain in parts of the north bay. that would be just amazing, because it's been so dry lately, we need some of this rain and

the sierra also could use some of that snow. some of the models showing the possibility of getting over a foot of snow, so that also would be pretty good to see that at the end of april. i mean, come on. all right, let's look at this forecast. we're going to see our temperatures in the upper 70s and some low 80s over the next couple of days, still pretty warm, but check out the weekend. this will not be the weekend we just had. those high temperature also only reach the low 60s, clouds and we'll keep you up to date on the rain chances on sunday. mike, what is the update on the morning commute? >> things are moving pretty smoothly right now, kari. i want to take you for a look out in santa clara county. this is san jose, our camera for north 101 and we have a slower drive that started to develop a few minutes ago loosening up right now. overcrossing 680/80 interchange as they change number not too far from this freeway. i circled the bottom of your

screen the slowing showed up and a little more slowing around oakland road so watching that more slowing south of oakland itself for 880, typical for hayward. highway with the earlier crash and the bay bridge toll plaza no metering lights but beautiful lighting and brakes waiting for the incline. back to you. 6:22, coming up next on "today in the bay," responds. >> you could be saving hundreds of dollars on your power bill each year right now. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how, next.

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morning in minneapolis, there's a lot of anxiety as tensions mount ahead of a looming verdict in the derek chauvin trial. soon jurors will resume deliberating chauvin's responsibility for george floyd's death. nbc news team have their eyes and ears on the ground in minnesota. cities across the u.s. are bracing for the response. "today in the bay" continues right now. very good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. jurors in the derek chauvin murder trial preparing toner it their first full day of deliberations. >> we have a live look in minneapolis, where 12 men and women now tasked with determining the guilt or innocence of the former officer charged in the death of george floyd. >> from minneapolis to the bay area there's already a response ahead of the activists are gathering outside of the minneapolis courthouse and bay area businesses are boarding. . nbc's gabe gutierrez has more

from minnesota. >> reporter: laura and marcus, good morning. the governor of minnesota declared a state of emergency and asked other states to send in extra law enforcement personnel to keep the peace. following the verdict, several hundred peaceful demonstrators outside the courthouse yesterday evening. the jury deliberated for about four hours yesterday. they're set to resume deliberations today. a dramatic day in court. the prosecution's closing arguments lasting almost two hours and they reminded jurors that derek chauvin knelt on george floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes, playing several video clips. the defense coming back making its case that floyd died due to multiple factors including his drug use and underlying medical conditions. for the floyd family, it has been a gut-wrenching few weeks and they spoke with my colleague craig melvin right after closing arguments. >> when the verdict comes down, what happens?

what becomes of the floyd name? >> when the verdict comes down, that will determine it.d at the end of the day. >> absolutely. >> we still have to be in america. we still have to be black men and black women hoping to not get killed being unarmed, simply being black. >> reporter: jury deliberations set to begin later this morning. no telling how long they'll go, but not just minneapolis but many cities across the country watching this very closely. back to you in the bay area. more details now even before a verdict, there is already talk of an appeal. comments by congresswoman maxine waters could provide grounds for an appeal for chauvin's defense team. over the weekend, the southern california congresswoman urged protesters in minnesota to get more confrontational if chauvin was not convicted. chauvin's lawyer asked the judge to declare a mistrial over waters' statements, arguing she prejudiced the jury.

the judge denied that request but did say waters' comments could be grounds for the defense to appeal a guilty verdict. congressman kevin mccarthy tweeted that he would introduce a resolution in the house to censure waters for her comments. stay with us for continuing coverage on the derek chauvin murder trial. when the jury reaches a verdict nbc news will break in with a special report. you can also head to nbcbayarea.com to find complete coverage of the trial. 6:33. happening today, governor newsom appears in a federal appeals court to argue claims he abused his use of emergency powers during the covid crisis. two gop assemblymembers last fall challenged the governor's decision to change state laws. the state superior court judge agreed that newsom acted unconstitutionally on issued meant to be decided by state legislators. the governor's office filed an appeal.

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the number of people living in their cars in marin county has nearly doubled. according to the marin ij in 2020, 486 people were found living in vehicles, that's a 91% increase compared to the year before. the paper cites data collected by county teams and police. since last year, marin county has also seen a 45% increase for those in need of supportive housing. big commitment to help los angeles ease its homeless crisis. mayor eric garcetti apledging to spend $1 million in the coming year in hopes of getting thousands of people off the streets. his reaction comes amidst recent outrage over the explosion of large encampments in some neighborhoods. mayor garcetti is planning to use $100 million in federal stimulus funds to support that plan. this is a big week for the oakland a's as they have a planned stadium near jock lan

done square, something a lot of people are paying attention to. tomorrow they will review an environmental impact that has to be approved before construction can begin on the planned 35,000 seat steed yum, it includes a gondola to transport fans from oakland to city center. neighborhood activists will voice their concerns about that project. san jose sharks legend, patrick marleau broke the nhl record for games played, a record held for the last four decades by gordie howe. he played his 1,768th game mostly with our sharks. as for the game, not so hot. in vegas the golden knights spoiled the party beating the sharks in a shoot-out but go marleau. really, really nice to see. so many of you are working

from home, are you loving it, not ready to head back to the office just yet? if so so, you are are not alone. >> sometimes i feel alone in the studio but that's a laura, i miss you and happy for to you come back here. we'll get to that in a moment. a lot of californians love this lifestyle working from home. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live with a look at what people are saying in a new survey. kris, what are they saying? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. they're split just like you guys, certainly work from home was not for everybody, but for some folks it worked really well according to a new survey. let's look at the numbers together. 53% of workers surveyed said they'd prefer to spend all of their time working from home, or at least work from home three to four times per week and 18% of workers say they'd prefer a full return to in-person at the workplace. while two-thirds of students 18 and older who took classes

online say they will continue distance learning, given the opportunity. the survey of about 1600 people was conducted by usc and the california emerging technology fund but what people want and what they expect may not be the same thing. according to a bay area council survey, almost 40% of workers currently working from home say they expect they'll be back in the office full time in person, 16% say they expect they'll be working from home full time. many workers say they were more productive without a long commute and fewer commuterscobenefit the earn virnment in a pass tough way. telecommuting also increases access to health, education and essential services. however, as we learned early in the pandemic the digital divide is real and broadband accessibility is not the same in all communities and for people of all income levels. i put this up on my social page, wondering where you fall and stand. law camera, you're still working from home, marcus enjoying the

studio. i've been blessed to have the opportunity to do both and it's nice to work at home on the cold days and nice to be outside when it's nice. that's my criteria. >> all right, kris, thanks. okay, so let's take a look. you see everyone here. you see mike, you see kari, you see laura and you see me. one thing is not like the other. they're working from home, i'm here in the studio. you know what? hey, we're getting it done. i want to talk to you about that. let's talk about it, how has it been working from home? kari, let's start with you. >> i think i've been a lot more productive working from home. i've gotten so much done with our news now show that we've done for apple tv and roku, we have done our climate in crisis series and zoom interviews. i think i've gotten a lot more done as well as keeping the house clean and keeping the kids taken care of. laura? >> yes, no kidding. it's that work/life balance but i've actually found a really,

really good one. i feel kind of healthier than ever, maybe because i don't have to get up as early, my commute is you know a lot shorter but after doing the show for 21-plus years, sleep is essential. it's really made me so aware of how health is so important to what we do. but we've also all had to rise to a whole other level in the work that we do to pull off broadcasting from home day in, day out on such a big long show, two and a half hours. i know you keep busy, mike. >> like you said laura we keep busy and different flow. we are more busy in many different parts of the day in different ways and laura as you mentioned also, it gives us a real appreciation for folks who used to do the things this we often didn't see at a station. the things that we have to set up and maintain but also an appreciation for our staff. marcus you're in the newsroom, fewer people there including producers, all the folks are also doing some work from

remote.ig shout out to all of te workin the whole production team, thank you guys so much. time to get forecast for you today on this terrific tuesday as i like to call it, kari. and it's looking like a beautiful, a terrific sunrise behind you. >> yes, take a look at this. i want to move out of the way so you can see the sun coming over the hills looking at san jose and for a lot of people it's time to lace up the shoes, head out for a morning run or bike ride in east san jose, heading out in evergreen temperatures starting out cool in the upper 40s. it's going to be another beautiful day. we'll talk about all the changes ahead. mike, what are the changes for the commute? >> unfortunately the changes will tend to be more slowing and that's what we see in a couple of spots. we look at the big map, no major problems, but over in the tri-valley in the south bay we see some more focused slowing. we have slowing north 101 building and a crash 280/87, not

affecting your downtown drive yet but we'll track that. more slowing 60 through sunol, approaching 84. there's a crash that may still be blocking one lane and here at the bay bridge toll plaza, filled in over the last six minutes and all lanes slowing including the overpass off of 808. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. a lot of people want to celebrate 4/20 during a pandemic. san francisco leaders have a message for those looking to live the high life in golden gate park. plus stop wasting water or face hefty fines. those days are back again. the vote that could trigger a new round of bay area water restrictions and why you should be taking note no matter where you live. plus -- >> a look back at walter mondale and why modern vice presidents owe him a debt of gratitude. you're watching "today in the bay."

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good morning. we have our forecast with a chance of rain, coming up in a few minutes. and as you're heading out of the contra costa county area and down in towards sunol perhaps,

680 and 84 both slow, this crash though at just past highway 84 on south 680 has just cleared to the shoulder. there's a little more time on bottom two numbers, about a five-minute delay additional for both stretches. >> it is quarter to seven. condolences are pouring in from political leaders across the country after the death of former vice president walter mondale. he served as vice president under jimmy carter. he also made a presidential run in 1984. he made history by asking a woman, geraldine ferraro, to be his running mate. mondale lost to ran old reagan. he was a former senator, ambassador and minnesota attorney general. walter mondale was 93 years old. vice president kamala harris tweeted "vice president mondale led an extraordinary life of service, in uniform during the korean war, as a senator, and as vice president." harris spoke with him just a few days ago.

historians say joe biden and kamala harris owe a debt of gratitude to mondale for changing the vice presidency. >> scott mcgrew, president biden and now harris got an important role as vice presidents. >> yes, biden very involved of course in the obama presidency, and we see harris, very involved every day. historians say that mondale really established that. before mondale, vice presidents were just figureheads generally speaking, ready replacements and nothing else. mondale created the modern vice presidency. i do like this clip, because look at the first lady and mrs. mondale. they're not going to be interrupted just because the president is speaking. vice president john nance gardner, who nobody's ever heard of, is more famous for what he said about the vice presidency then being the vice president. what he said is not something i can say on television, but it it's not nice. president eisenhower was asked what vice president richard

nixon had accomplished as vice president, and eisenhower said he couldn't think of anything. mondale said one of his biggest failures was trying to talk his boss out of what became known as the malaise speech where carter went on tv and kind of blamed americans for their shortcomings during a recession instead of lifting them up. this speech alone probably lost carter re-election. >> the symptoms of this crisis of the american spirit are all around us. for the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. a live look at the white house this morning, we're not clear on what the mondale funeral will look like yet. up above the white house there is a flag at half staff. it was already there because of the latest mass shooting. the last time the president ordered the flag at half staff

for a different shooting, it was already there because of yet a different shooting. real quickly some of the other business of the day, federal agencies have been ordered to stop using terms illegal alien, undocumented instead. most agencies have been doing that for years. the "wall street journal" reports the fda may order tobacco companies to decrease nicotine to almost untraceable amounts in cigarettes. and president biden will have more meetings to push his infrastructure plan. yesterday he met with a bipartisan members of congress. the president perhaps hoping they'd see fixing infrastructure as a practical thing, not a political one. we're watching everything happening in washington and we're talking about all that on twitter, find me there, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. 6:49 right now. the party is over before ever getting started in san francisco. for the second straight year, the city is canceling the annual

4/20 celebration. this is file video from previous years when people would flock to golden gate park to celebrate all things marijuana related. hippie hill fenced off and police and rangers are on patrol to make sure crowds don't gather. citations could be issued to those who don't comply. turning to our climate in crisis, drought conditions are becoming more and more a reality again. and today a vote in the north bay could lead to new mandatory water restrictions. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at corte madera with details this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you marcus. water districts in margin county voting on the potential restrictions that could impact nearly 200,000 customers in the march young marin county. so you have the marin municipal water district voting to adopt a resolution tonight that would declare an emergency water shortage due to those ongoing drought conditions and they're

also calling for, saying are mandatory water restrictions affecting central and southern marin county. they would include limiting outdoor watering to once a week, also limits on washing your car, or refilling your pools. the fines for offenders could reach up to $20 and we could see efforts in san francisco and the south bay, in fact in the south bay asking residents to do some voluntary cancellation on their part but if this ordinance is passed in marin county when it comes to water restrictions it could go into effect shortly as soon as may 1st. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> all right, pete, thank you. time to get a look at the forecast for you and kari, we've been talking about the drought lately. we haven't had much of any rain lately. how is it looking in our future? >> yes, we are going to have some changes down the line but of course with our climate in crisis, we are going to be

highlighting along with the "today" show what's going on, how we can raise awareness of the impacts of climate change, giving you a look at ways you can leave the plan net better shape with each generation. al roker will show us some different spots around the country and actions taken for a greener future. >> i go to gm in detroit, visit factory zero, a new factory they're building ground up to have new carbon footprint and to build some of the cars that they're talking about, they're going to switch over their entire fleet by 2035 to electric cars. we look at civic issues, because of climate change, whole neighborhoods having to be relocated. what happens to those displaced people? you go down the line, and climate change ticks off every box in our society. >> be sure to check that out today on the "today" show, coming up right after "today in the bay." also, visit nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis

for stories on how climate change is affecting us in the bay area and what we can do about it. let's get a look at our forecast for today, as we get a lot of people up and ready for the day, kids heading back to school and it has been so nice to see some sense of normalcy, right, and the beautiful weather continuing. as we look at our forecast for martinez dropping off the kids at about 51 degrees in the next hour and some low 60s as we go through the day and our temperatures today will be much cooler than we've seen recently. going around the bay, that's a live look out there in dublin, temperatures reach 66 degrees. santa rosa still in the mid-70s, but it's going to be windy and probably feel cooler than that temperature. san mateo will be in the low 60s today with some sunshine. let me show you these wind speeds i'm talking about because it's really going to start to gust out there later today as we go into this afternoon. check out san francisco,

36-mile-per-hour winds but go could get as high as 50 along the coast as well as our hills. we're watching that as well as weekend rain chances. mike, what are you watching for the commute? >> kari, watching things shift around a bit for those we'll give a big view first of all so folks can maybe sample their spot without waiting for everybody else, because there are a lot of green sensor reads throughout the bay area but we are seeing some shift as we get out to the area. south bay a little bit of slowing from 101 but more recovery for 680 southbound. now there is some slowing where the arrow is at the top of the dublin interchange. no surprises in dublin. more on the top of the screen, highway 4 slows pittsburg and bay point toward highway 242. slowing toward the bay bridge and at the bay bridge of course we have the backup there and at the incline. it's loosening up. back to you. >>s thanks, mike. nearly 6 million californias could receive an extra $600

stimulus payment but you need to file your 2020 tax return. governor newsom signed that back into law back in february. undocumented immigrants are eligible. they were excluded from the federal stimulus payments. some of those checks have already gone out but it could be several weeks after filing for some checks to arrive. coming up next, a quick look at our top stories, including the jury in the derek chauvin murder trial. they will be reconvening as they've been sequestered. those deliberations expected to happen soon as we take a live look at the cities bracing when that verdict comes down.

6:58. welcome back. here is a quick look at top stories we're following. >> jurors are about to enter their first full day of deliberations in the derek chauvin murder trial. a live look in minneapolis. the jury right now sequestered and will remain there until the verdict is reached. during yesterday's closing arguments, each side took longer than expected. the defense claims george floyd died of an enlarged heart and other health issues. prosecutors argue chauvin squeezed the life out of floyd in a way even a child would have known was wrong. businesses across the nation not just in minneapolis are bracing for the possibility of new unrest when that verdict is reached. that includes alameda county. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live this morning.

bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. even if san francisco the police department there is canceling days off for officers in case they need to be on hand if something happens after the derek chauvin verdict. businesses in sf and oakland are boarding up and oakland especially after what happened this past friday night when about 300 people angry about men of color being shot and killed by police, they went out to protest. unfortunately, some of those people shattered windows, they destroyed cars at a dealership and threw rocks and bottles at police. last night business owners in oakland and san francisco for that matter boarded up their windos as a youry in minneapolis whether or not former police officer derek chauvin derek chauvin is guilty of murdering george floyd. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." thanks so much. kari, a quick look at the forecast. >> we've been enjoying some sunshine. it's going to stay nice and cool. we're watching out for some rain

this weekend. mike, what's happening with the commute? >> quick check of that richmond bridge. kris, you know what we'll say this, typical slowing, no surprises. i think that's good. >> that's right. have a great day. >> a live look at the golden gate bridge, have a great morning. the "today" show is next. nation on edge. demonstrators gathering at the courthouse in minneapolis and across the country awaiting a verdict in the derek chauvin trial. major security in place, with the jury's decision possible as early as today, after both sides make their closing arguments. >> believe your eyes. you saw what you saw. this wasn't policing. this was murder. >> this was unauthorized use of force, as unattractive as it may be. >> this morning, the tense waiting game from coast to coast