parts of the bay area, under a red flag warning this morning. also what you need to know to prepare for the upcoming fire season. >> and reaching the yellow tier, two bay area counties that could soon ease even more restrictions this week and what you'll be able to do that hasn't been allowed for months. plus a tragic situation in san diego after a boat capsizes. what we know about who was on board, as "today in the bay" continues now. good monday morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we begin with a growing wildfire concerns already across california this morning. solano county is already in a red flag warning. other parts of the bay area also on high alert. >> we have live team cover alleges. meteorologist kari hall is tracking your forecast but we begin with kris sanchez, she's in the south bay and kris, i know people there already getting ready for what may come. >> reporter: yes, you know, there was a whiff of smoke in

the air here in the santa cruz mountains as firefighters battled a fire for hours yesterday, and now we have the earliest red flag warning here that we've had in 20 years. big basin fire started just around the noontime hour and burned almost seven acres before firefighters were able to put it out and it is an ominous sign of wildfire season that may start months earlier because of record rainfall less than half the normal low humidity and winds and continues that are usually what we see in the fall. >> we don't like to call or speculate too much, but it is a possibility of course that it was a smoldering hot spot that was left over from the czu lightning complex so many months ago. >> reporter: already cal fire responded to nearly double the number of fires that they did at this same time last year, about 1,300, compared to 800 last year, and that's why in morgan hill, residents tell us they're

preparing their homes and properties much earlier than usual. statewide from is a half billion dollars set aside to hire for firefighters and improve forest management. most wildfires are started by humans, not intentionally, so we'll have to make sure that we do what we can to minimize our risk. at lexington reservoir, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> we all can do our part, thank you very much. now we want to bring in meteorologist kari hall, she picks up our team coverage with a closer look at the red flag warnings. kari? >> yes, and i thought about that, when i saw that fire in the santa cruz mountains, sometimes it takes months in areas where a lot of vegetation for those fires to completely go out so they just kind of spark up again under the dry conditions and the high winds. we'll still see the conditions today. red flag warning continues for solano county, much of the central valley today as we get a dry north wind coming in at some times up to about 40 to 50 miles per hour especially in some of

the higher elevations. we still have the critical conditions today. it continues through tomorrow, and unfortunately we also have some warm temperatures to go along with that, so the humidity levels continue to drop and as we look at what's causing this, we have high pressure off the coast, giving us a northerly offshore wind and as it blows across some of the mountains, the central valley and into the bay area, that wind dries out even more so we do see in these areas where it's red, there is a high fire danger continuing for today. we'll be watching that with another update coming up in a few minutes. laura and marcus? >> all right, thanks so much, kari. stay with nbc bay area for the latest fire coverage. our free mobile app will keep you up to date while you're on the go even while we're not on the air. we could be entering another phase in the fight against covid and returning to normalcy. san francisco could be entering the less restrictive yellow tier as early as this week as former fda director shares one of the

current vaccines could be approved for use in children as young as 12. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is picking up our coverage here this morning. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus. both headlines both the move to the yellow tier as well as the vaccine potentially working in folks under the age of 16 are huge headlines in our fight against covid and desire to go back to life in that pre-pandemic manner. let's start with what's happening here locally with that yellow tier. the state is expecting san francisco to move into that less restrictive yellow tier as soon as friday. we're also keeping a close eye on marin county as they, too, have seen both falling cases per 100,000 as well as the falling positivity rates. the biggest change with this tier, bars don't have to serve food and are allowed to operate indoors at 25% capacity. some other changes indoor gyms, wineries and tasting rooms can operate indoors at 50% capacity

and for the life events that capacity is bumped up to 67% and this news as i mentioned coming as that fda director shared developments when it comes to the vaccine for those under the age of 16. now, as it stands, moderna is only approved for those 18 and older. pfizer currently approved for those 16 and older, but on sunday, the former commissioner with the fda shared developments are in the works for vaccinating those younger than 16. take a listen. >> look, i'm hopeful that the fda will authorize to give vaccine to 12 to 15-year-olds. i'm hopeful the fda will authorize that in a short time period and i think once that gets authorized i think you'll pick up probably 5 million kids will get immediately vaccinated. there is about 17 million children between the age of 12 and 15. i think we'll pick up about 5 million immediately.

>> reporter: that former fda commissioner discussed the possibility of making it so pediatricians would be able to administer the vaccines instead of having those 12 to 15 being vaccinated at sites like we've been seeing before. a lot of progress both on the front of getting back out into the community in terms of the yellow tier as well as getting more shots in arms potentially millions more arms if you include those in the age range between 12 and 15. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> interesting news there, thanks, cierra. 5:06. a live look in los angeles, another encouraging sign in the battle against covid there. l.a. county only reporting about 300 new cases. the low numbers may partially be due to reporting delays over the weekend but the county is also not reporting any new deaths and the lowest positivity rate since the start of the pandemic. right now india's vaccination drive is faltering as cases continue to surge there. nearly 10% of india's population

received one dose but less than 2% are fully vaccinated. the u.s. sending supplies worth more than $100 million to help, this is new video of that plane that you can see moving out there. the u.s. sending supplies and a live look at sfo this morning, this is where beginning tomorrow, there will be no flights arriving from india. the biden administration is restricting travel from india to the u.s., the city advised the got make that move. developing now, a boat captain is in custody after a vessel believed to be smuggling people into the united states crashed off the san diego shore. officials say the 40-foot cabin cruiser was overcrowded with 30 people on board. >> as nbc bay area's miguel almaguer reports, 27 people were taken to area hospitals, three of them died. >> reporter: good morning, the investigation off the coast of san diego continues. we know at least four people are dead and dozens are hospitalized after a boat crashed into a reef

and broke into pieces. investigators believe it was part of a smuggling ring. coming up on the "today" show, we'll have the very latest, including what's happening with the captain of the ship and what he's told investigators. guys, back to you. >> thanks, miguel. within the next six weeks or so, cities and county as cross the bay area will nail down their budgets for the new fiscal year. some including oakland are looking at new cutbacks. task force is recommending the city council recommend a string of new cuts to the police department. councilmembers will review the proposal today. the group looking at cutting the police budget in half over the next two years. the police officers union will have to sign off on whatever gets approved. now to making it in the bay, and happening this week, plans for more affordable housing could move forward in the south bay, to help house the homeless. tomorrow, santa clara county board of supervisors is expected to approve a $350 million bond for housing. this is actually the second phase of a $950 million affordable housing bond voters

aproved four years ago. today county leader also highlight the housing projectses for which the money will be used. looks nice. 5:08 this morning. and it's time to get a look at the forecast for you. this is aa beautiful shot in san jose, a little tight there. i think that's the grand, that new building downtown that just opened this year with the light. so look, that's downtown san jose. a look across the bay area, meteorologist kari hall has a look at all that for us. kari, how is it looking today? >> it's going to be another warm day. if you're going out for a run this morning, and a spot like concord, get out there early, get in the early morning workouts. look at our temperature trend, going from 54 degrees at 6:00 to 81 degrees at noon. so i'd probably grab that sandwich and head back into some air conditioning and for some of us, we need to turn on the air conditioning again today as we will not get our natural air conditioning. look at antioch and fairfield reaching the low 90s while we

get 70s near the coast. we'll talk about when it cools down coming up. mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> looks like i found something in the south bay. i got to get more details on that so i will check on that after i give you this everyview to show you everything is green on most of our sensors. you see the new incident marked in san jose and i'll double check to see if that affects 880 or 87. over here, this does not affect 101 anymore. it's cleared, northbound 101 approaching the tiburon exit that earlier crash cleared without any major problems as we look at the travel times, looking at a great drive, contra costa county, the early drive out of antioch. highway 4 moves nicely 680 and 242. vasco no delays, coming out of brentwood and discovery bay you may get more traffic flows and 580 smooth out of the altamont, a little slowing to the usual spot and things enaround greenville. back to you. >> thank you, mike. apple is ready to square off with fortnite, the legal battle that will bring apple ceo tim cook into an east bay courtroom

with a decision that may ultimately impact apps you download. also just ahead, tesla ceo elon musk heads to twitter for feedback. how it could impact the upcoming appearance on national television. but first, this young ceo kept her special needs staff on payroll through the pandemic. this coffee shop out east had to shut down and its staff many of whom have special needs were all sent home. now the ceo is talking about how the business adapted and actually grew thanks to a new idea. to see more, check out nbc lx, 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable or any time on lx.com. we'll be right back.

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it can get crowded but not yet, on the right side traveling west the commute direction moves smoothly to the peninsula. good morning. i'm frank holland from cnbc. wall street is set to open up higher. the markets had another strong showing last month the dow up 3%, nasdaq and s&p posting gains of 5%. the s&p winning streak to three straight months, up 11% for the year. in focus today reports of manufacturing, construction spending and auto sales. breaking this morning, verizon has closed the sale of its media assets to private equity firm apollo global in a deal worth $5 billion.

the last week the "wall street journal" reported verizon was exploring a sale of assets, aol and yahoo! declaring them nearless worthless with a write-off back in 2018. verizon sold tumblr for an undisclosed amount in 2019 and last year sold "huff post" to buzzfeed. etsy is cracking down. the company will spend $40 million to improve policy enforcement of in an insider investigation that found 800 listings that were violating rules, weapons, fake covid-19 treatments, elephant ivory and mass market items passed off as homemade. etsy uses automated, manual and community reporting to find violators on the site. back over to you. >> i don't shop on etsy but i know a lot of people who do. anything to protect our money, thanks. >> i get you the homemade crocheted vests, i want them to be real. 5:16. apple's gearing up for a

legal fight that could affect the company's massive profits. today a federal trial brought on by epic games will start. apple ceo tim cook and epic's ceo will be in a courtroom set up for social distancing. epic makes fortnite popular and claims apple's app store is an illegal monopoly that takes too much earnings. apple takes a commission up to 30% on purchases made within the app store leading to billions of dollars every year for the company. elon musk looking to the internet for some ideas when he hosts "saturday night live," this coming weekend. the tweets he put out few ideas over the weekend so take a look at this, it includes irony man, who defeats villains with irony and baby shark and shark tank merge to form baby shark tank. ♪ do, do, do, do, do ♪ >> oh, no. >> we have to wait five day, hosting this saturday night on

bay area. musical guest miley cyrus. trending this morning, here say question for you. do you talk about politics in the office? >> as the "new york times" reports basecamp recently banned politics at the office but now there's major blow-back. the ceo of the company said political discussions at the office had become a distraction. however, staff members described the move as oppressive and now at least one-third of the company's employees walked out of the job. other tech companies tried to limit political conversations as well. >> as more workers return to work, retailers are saying more people are buying dress clothes as many admit they no longer are fitting into their pre-pandemic clothes. i know that feeling. not now because i've been working my tail off for the last couple months. and you know what? laura, just i can say this, i don't mind saying this. mike and kari, too. i've lost 20 pounds since september of last year.

i had gotten up to almost 250. >> wow. >> and i'm under 230 now, so. >> if that's your goal, marcus, great, i think you look great all the time. absolutely. >> working hard. meteorologist kari hall also working hard keeping that forecast for us, if we want to take a run this afternoon, kari? >> it's going to be pretty warm this afternoon. i'd probably try to get out there early and windy. let's talk about the red flag warning that we've seen and some people, okay, at this point we need a refresher, because it's been a while. so a red flag warning the criteria usually issued about 12 to 24 hours in advance of some very low humidity, and some high wind gusts, and we get that sometimes combining with heat, and it's going to be very dry as we go into the next couple of days, so that red flag warning extended until 50k tomorrow evening. for these areas shaded in red,

it doesn't include most of the bay area but it does include solano county. be careful as we go into today, the winds will still be high and we've seen very dry vegetation. we've been setting records for how dry the vegetation is. even if you're in the south bay, and you're going out for a hike today, you do need to be very careful as we've seen some of these fires sparking up even in the santa cruz mountains. our temperatures start out with some low 50s, at 9:00 we're at 62 degrees and we can see the trend today reaching up to about 80 degrees with sunshine and it's going to still be quite dry and sunny as we see the range in temperatures we'll have from 87 in livermore to 80 in oakland. 88 degrees in santa rosa, and san francisco reaching up to 72 degrees today. no changes in our weather pattern at least not in terms of rain. the rain staying north of us through the end of the week but at least we will cool down. we have a few more days of the warm weather. you've seen that the at the bottom of the screen. as we go through the forecast,

with our inland valleys and our spots like livermore as well as heading up toward napa, reaching into the mid 80s for today, and tomorrow, as well as wednesday but as we cool down the winds will pick up, that continues into the weekend. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> it's looking early. so light traffic, kari and you know about the early commute, it's 5:21 right now and been a while since kari's taken that commute. let's look if you are heading out there in the east bay, we have a minor crash reported here, as we look at the bay bridge, that's just fine westbound coming toward my side of the screen, that would be your commute direction. no delays, no backup at the toll plaza. highway 4 to the right side of the screen eastbound there is a crash at mcewen, a banged up car, but no major injuries. a disabled vehicle 242 northbound up in concord area, but no slowing through that early commute drive either. south bay a couple of incidents

may be shy way 101 both have yet to have chp arrive on scene. it's monday so traffic is light right now, and also the beginning of may which is asian pacific american her kanlg heritage month. my facebook page we're looking at san francisco chinatown. san jose's chinatown, people might not know it was there. five iterations. many chinatowns in san jose and this is just the start of this conversation about chinatown in san jose. ail he be posting these types of things all this month, lesser known facts maybe opening up some doors i didn't know about in the asian community as well, i'll share them on facebook, go to face book.com, and mike inouye tv. we'll share your experiences as

well. back to you guys. >> i love it. >> i love that, yeah, we love both it. we'll check it out, thanks. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> her medical bill rings up $240 more than she budgeted, but no matter how or where she complained, nothing changed. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds" next. but first our team always on social media. i know that guy. yeah, that's me over the weekend. i got my second covid-19 vaccine at levi's stadium. now i'm looking forward to do some traveling to see my family who i haven't seen in almost two years because of this. can't wait. they're all fully vaccinated and ready to go, ready to see mow. if you've gotten your vaccine, looking forward to doing some things, let me know. i posted that on facebook, twitter and instagram. you're watching "today in the bay."

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more than she should have been. a worker on site recommended she follow up for an just. irma did just that by email, by phone and by fax, but she didn't get her $240 back. so she contacted us. we contacted the lab. it did some research then sent us this note right here "given the large volume of tests we have performed we receive invalid refund claims on a regular basis. this is clearly not the case and we are happy to provide the customer with their requested refund." that is a $240 win for the aranda family. while on the subject of covid-19 testing talk about travel. some places like hawaii require proof of a negative test before you go. here's the thing. you can't just go anywhere. only tests from select labs are allowed. irma contacted us online, you can, too. go to nbcbayarea.com then click the "responds" option from the

menu or call us, 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. 5:27. next the top stories we're following today including all new concerns in one bay area county after a reported case of a covid-19 variant from brazil. plus our climate in crisis. the bay area county that could place more limits on your everyday water use. we'll talk about it, when we come back.

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northern california to be more specific is staffing up additional engines and dozers. >> now at 5:30, high temperatures, strong wind and flames, team coverage as the fire danger rising across the bay area including one area already under red flag warning. and making a push to get you vaccinated. the walk-up clinic set up today and what you need to know before going. say his name. >> andrew brown. >> the growing calls for change as the family of andrew brown, jr., comes together to mourn his life in north carolina. also the investigation into the deadly deputy involved shooting. "today in the bay" continues now. good monday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to the fire danger and and the conditions returning to the bay area. live team coverage this morning. >> we're going to check in with meteorologist kari hall in a bit. first, sharon katsuda is live in

contra costa county for us this morning. firefighters there are already on standby, hard to believe. >> that's right laura and marcus. hard to believe they're talking about this right now. take a look, because it's hard to believe these dry conditions firefighters say usually we don't see that until july. firefighters in orinda prepared for the fire season which is really year round now but checking out trail conditions this weekend, this he also showed us video from last winter, where they cleared some problem areas without the risk of not being able to's sclap during a real fire. property owners who clear weeds and create 100 feet defensible space around their property will help prevent wildfires. >> we need to go through the trees and clean them all out. i don't think they've been for years since we moved here and take everything from the ground up a little ways and clear out the dead brush. >> we look at an accelerated

fire season. fire danger is relatively slow but if you looked at the hill surrounding our district two weeks ago, all the grass was green and that wouldn't have carried fire if you look at it today, all that grass is brown and will certainly burn quite easily. >> cruise worked quickly to put out flames near the pittsburgh bay point b.a.r.t. station yesterday, the fire burned about 3 1/2 acres of dry grass and forced a shutdown of a portion of highway 4 near bailey road. the smaller fires are just a reminder for people to do some maintenance around their homes and you can see these weeds behind me, if you have any weeds this tall around your property you should get rid of them, because around this season you should definitely have them no taller than three inches high. reporting live in lafayette i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> thank you, sharon. more details firefighters across the state already busy. look at the map. cal fire crews are battling

several fires. the biggest is in southern california, the southern fire, it's burning in san diego county, started yesterday morning and so far about 3,000 acres have burned. right now, containment stands at zero. at least three structures have been destroyed by the flames so far. >> and it is so concerning because it seems like every year we're talking about earlier and earlier. meteorologist kari hall right now, the fire danger could last time time, not even in summer yet. >> right, and here we are in early may, we should be seeing green hills and vegetation and we do not have that, we've had such high winds recently and those winds are still gusting today. it does include solano county and much of the central valley, also dry across the rest of the bay area, we don't meet the red flag warning criteria, humidity levels at 15% or less. look at our weather setup, high pressure to the west of us forcing the offshore wind as it

moves through the hills and central valley, the air drys out it descends through the valleys and where we have the highest fire danger, once again for parts of solano county, and off towards the east but we have to be careful here as those winds pick up again this afternoon, we'll talk about the wind speed forecast and when we get a cooldown that's coming up in a few minutes. laura and marcus? >> sounds good, thanks, kari. another great resource for a look at the changing conditions is kari's twitter page. she tweets about the winds and potential fire danger as well. follow her, @karihallweather. sonoma county health leaders confirmed their first case of the covid variant from they first discovered in brazil. confirmed bay area cases of p1 variant date back to at least late january but the "press democrat" reports the one in sonoma county is believed to be a so-called breakthrough case involving someone already

vaccinated. among a handful of breakthrough cases there, others include the more common uk variant, the two west coast variants. and happening today, free vaccination shuttle provided by ac transit will temporarily return in oakland, the shuttle takes riders to the oakland coliseum vaccination site, free every 15 minutes between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., offered today through next sunday. also today another vaccination site is set to open in the south bay, going to be set up at the vta santa teresa light rail station in south san jose. expected to be easy toy with a tote vaccinated on their way to work, school or wherever they are going. it is near san ignacio avenue. vta rides to the station for a vaccine will be free. if you're still looking for a place to get your vaccine, just head to nbcbayarea.com,

click on "race for a vaccine" at the top of the page on the trending bar and it will help you out. in just a few hours, andrew brown, jr., will be laid to rest in elizabeth city, north carolina. he was shot and killed by deputies earlier this month. as sam brock reports, his funeral comes and calls for justice and reform grow louder. >> reporter: laura and marcus, good morning. in a matter of a few hours andrew brown will be laid to rest. hundreds of people taking to the streets and demanding the release of police body camera video that so far has been kept by a judge out of the public eye. now it's worth noting four of the deputies who responded the day that brown was killed are back on the job this morning as the investigation continues. so friends and family right now are mourning at the same time they are trying to figure out how brown died and we are working in a vacuum of information. that body camera footage perhaps could prove one way or the other

whether or not brown posed a threat to deputies, that is what the pasquotank deputies are sharing. witnesses say they know what they saw. we'll hear from them on "today." >> thanks so much, sam. 5:38. activists plan to march for a man who recently died in the custody of alameda police officers, mario gonzalez was in east oakland resident. the alameda police chief said he suffered a medical emergency as officers detained him on april 19th. that investigation is ongoing. student activists from both cities organized a march and rally starting in fruitvale at 3:00 p.m. new detail this is morning, two women accused of harassing and assaulting an uber driver in san francisco are due back in court this morning. the driver's cash cam camera captured that entire incident. i'm sure you probably saw this, this happened in early march, he says it all started when he asked those women to wear their masks and he told them to get out when they refused. investigators say that one of the women used pepper spray as

she exited the car. the third passenger was never charged. happening today in marin, drake's beach is closing for four months. the favorite summer destination will be offlimits until september because of roadwork and wetland restoration. some of the projects include restoring a large part of drake's beach parking lot, reconfigured to use the space more effectively and try to improve traffic there. now to our climate in crisis coverage, the local county first to implement new water restrictions a few weeks ago is already looking to increase them. marin county's board of supervisors set to make that move this week. the county is facing historically low reservoir levels and meeting tomorrow with the board they could decide to limit irrigation to two days a week and drip irrigation to three days a week. pools and spas would be covered when not in use. the water reservoir reserves are at about 50%, the lowest level

in 40 years. wow. all right, it is 5:39 on our monday morning. shake off the monday morning blues, get this work week going. kari has a look at our forecast today. is it a good one? >> yes, it is. laura, i may need another cup of coffee to get this one started but we do have a beautiful sunrise headed our way, and that's going to make it all better on this monday morning. we're starting out mild, but it's going to warm up in some spots. take a look at our valleys, look at fairfield today, 92. yes, that will be the high. oakland reaching 80 and still very warm in san jose, reaching 82 degrees. santa rosa some upper 80s and san francisco today some low 70s. we will have a gradual cooldown as we go through the week so we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> pretty good, kari, pretty good. looking at a few other slower spots.

let explain in san jose as we look at the silicon valley or santa clara county map, northbound 101 the rar owe indicates slowing where we expected north of 680 easing up before oakland road. the two crashes the south thereof on the shoulder, one on tully, one over at capitol expressway and both on the shoulder as i said, no slowing in either direction. over on the right side we have the slowing through the altamont -- sorry, out of the altamont and highway 84 builds. san mateo is the crew that's clearing around whipple, typical about this time of day and we haven't seen much slowing for vasco or highway 4, smooth drive. back to you. bracing for budget cuts, still ahead on toll plaza, the financial fallout one bay area city is dealing with and this is all happening amid the pandemic and the impact it could have on community service that you use every day. plus many businesses are reeling from the pandemic. the all new round of relief many can start applying for later today. but first, all month long we

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good monday morning. it is 5:44. if you're about to head out the door you've already got a lot of company, moving through the tri-valley our live look in dublin. hazy sky, nice cool temperatures but it is going to warm up fast. we're going from 49 degrees at 6:00 to the upper 70s by lunch time. we will have some spots very warm. we'll talk more about that and our high fire danger that's coming up in a few minutes. and travel times looking great around the bay, a little slowing as we showed you for parts of the tri-valley. across the bridge fine, no backup at the bay bridge just yet but a steady flow of cars coming in. a nice drive across the bridges to the south of there as well.

san mateo, dumbarton bridge all at speed. the governor recall election date announcement likely will not happen before next month. the wheels are spinning on both sides. over the weekend during the convention for california's democratic party, vice president kamala harris talked about white house support for governor newson. she and the president both support him 100%. meanwhile, costs for a special election will not be known until next month at the earliest, pegged anywhere from $81 million to $400 million, depending on the amount of covid related precautions. caitlyn jenner under fire from the transgender rights supporters, it's from comments she recently made to tmz opposing transgender girls competing in girls sports in schools. jenner is the 1976 olympic decathlon gold medalist who later came out as transgender in 2015. she is now running for governor. jenner in the past came down the trump administration for discriminatory actions against

trans community even though she was a trump supporter. palo alto city managers are reportedly planning new budget cuts for the next fiscal year. according to "palo alto weekly" cuts will be impacting libraries, community services and public safety. the police department lost 11 positions last year and right now the proposed budget would eliminate another five officers. councilmembers still need to approve that budget. the new fiscal year begins on july 1st. this morning, restaurants can get some help from the federal government. at 9:00 today, they can apply to get relief from president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. grants can be for a minimum of $10,000 and go up to $10 million. $26 billion is allocated for restaurants, with the first 21 days, priority of the grants will be given to businesses owned by women, veterans and people of color. a lot of hope in san francisco riding on the resumption of cruise business.

the centers for disease control suggesting it may allow ships to set sail again this sum pesumme. the port of san francisco has seen a nearly 50% drop over the past year. shortfall could reach $100 million over the next five years. nearly 200 cruise arrivals have been canceled in san francisco since that no sail order took effect last march. something good for you this morning. we want to talk about it, medical students at ucsf showing off their pride in this new video. take a look. ♪ "today in the bay" on the way ♪ ♪ tick tock with the docs and the good docs never stop ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ >> did you hear that? ♪ "today in the bay" ♪ getting a shout out there. the video is part of a long time tradition at medical schools across the country, directed by four first year students working

on the project last october. i love it. also trending this morning, talk about a midair scare, in this case an early surprise. a woman gave birth aboard a plane heading to hawaii. she gave birth to the baby boy over the pacific ocean with the help of several doctors and nurses who just happened to be on the flight on the way to their own vacations. the plane landed three hours after the baby was born. the baby was early three months in fact premature. the family says the mother had no idea that she was pregnant. both mom and baby are doing well this morning. >> wow. >> that's amazing, to be three months premature and be okay as well on a flight like that, because usually they need a lot of equipment and respiratory therapists and so wishing them the best. >> the big surprise though, she didn't know she was pregnant. that's the big surprise. you get on a plane going on vacation and come back with a baby. the family is like, what?

>> yeah, what did you think it was gas or something? >> did she get charged for a carry-on? is that a carry-on? >> the birth certificate, where do you say it was born? >> hmm. >> child of the world. >> we want to know. >> we have a lot of questions. >> we let's get a look at the forecast, dealing with the red flag warning in some parts of the bay area, kari? >> yes, we're really watching this today. we have to be so careful because usually the vegetation is not this dry and we've seen in some parts of the bay area these fires already sparking. we have a red flag warning that means that the conditions are ripe where if a spark does go in some of the hills and along some of the vegetation, it could spread fast and that's because we've had winds gusting up to 35 miles per hour, the vegetation is very crisp, and we've also had some very low relative humidity. so these areas shaded in red is

where we have the highest fire danger, solano into the central valley. pretty much all of the bay area could see some small fires here and there. hopefully we get them under control quickly f they break out but once again, we have to be careful with these winds coming in from the north, 20 to 25-mile-per-hour winds, most of us will see winds at about 15 to 20, especially in some of the valleys, but low humidity does continue along with the warm temperatures we've seen. so if you're going out hiking today, in the south bay, we've seen temperatures that will start out in the low 50s, sunshine all throughout today, it's going to be warm this afternoon, so i'd probably go hiking around 9:00 to 11:00 when it feels a lot more comfortable, because some spots will reach into the 90s today. we'll see a high of 91 in antioch, and morgan hill reaching 86 with some low 70s in san francisco. still dry throughout the week, but we'll see some changes here. high pressure will quickly slide out of the way by midweek. the storm systems passing to the

north will kick up some dry winds, still no rain for us, but we will have a cooldown that's going to be the good news here. we have to make it through today, tomorrow and wednesday with the air conditioner in some spots but we get back our natural air conditioning in this sunday, if you're making plans for mother's day to get outside, looks pretty nice but it's going to be windy. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> kari, a surprise. we'll show you the bay bridge toll plaza. usually at 5:52 we're saying things will start getting crowd there had in a few minutes but we are looking right now at the backup that's filled in all of the lanes there. the flashing lights not a concern. this is a larger vehicle just warning folks around it, but that is not a problem in the lanes there. you see movement but again about mid parking lot, almost end of the parking lot for the brake lights to start. we see slowing across the span. see it by the treasure island dot right there? that may be the reason why they turned the metering lights on a little bit earlier today, might

have seen more slowing on the bridge and wanted to prevent problems or thought there might be a problem. none reported yet. good news through san mateo i circled that 101 is cleared back at speed past the construction zone at whipple and in the east bay or the tri-valley looking at highway 84 with more traffic starting back over at the other arrow out of the altamont pass. smooth drive through the south bay typical pattern 101 slow, the early burst kicking in for san jose. no surprises and i'll show that to you coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, california's receiving a million dollars from doordash to encourage people to get the vaccine. that donation comes in the form of $25 doordash gift cards given out to those vaccine participants, and it's all to get more people in those underserved communities vaccinated. cal oes is giving out gift cards at mobile vaccination clinics and community vaccination clinics. much more ahead on this

monday morning including women in the aapi community taking matters into their own hands, how they defend themselves in the face of rising atacks. plus already going viral, after coming into the world days ago how soon little osprey babies can join this little chick in the east bay. you're watching "today in the bay."

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for "today in the bay." it is 5:56 and some women in san francisco's aapi community are learning self-defense. san francisco progressive caucus organized this event, more than a dozen women were invited to learn self-defense moves, practice them and then walk away with a kit. inside that kit a whistle, personal alarm to draw attention if you're in need of help and some information about reporting crimes. organizers say that the aim here is two-fold. >> we come together as a community and actually are with each other, and feel a sense of collective,collective empowerme. the self-defense kit ensures that when folks are out on the street or wherever they are, and they get attacked, that they have tools. >> organizers hope to do more events like this in the future and not just limited to women. a sincere congratulations to

an east bay fire captain calling it a career. captain gary jones hanging up his boots and equipment after more than 35 years on the job. he began april 1st, 1985. he served a variety of roles with the alameda county fire department through the years primarily at stations 20 and 21. he said his good-byes this weekend and honored with a ceremony. we wish him all the best and thank him for his service. enjoy that retirement. about us in richmond with the hatching of this osprey chick own the weekend. the proud parents are rowsy and richmond. it is atop a 75-foot-high world war ii crane that looks over the bay. two more chicks will perhaps hatch this week, check it out on the golden gate audubon society's live osprey cam.

got to feed them. brentwood birds of a feather you say fell through the "quacks." five ducklings were stuck in a storm drain on gladstone drive. firefighters safely retrieved them and reunited them with a worried mama duck nearpi. they're so cute. i just want to hold one. >> mama didn't want that. right now at 6:00, bay area get ready. here we go, very early, the fire danger coming alive as dry conditions linger and temperatures are starting to rise. we have live team coverage straight ahead on communities on high alert and the message to everyone from firefighters. as demand slows down the goal shifts to vaccinating younger people. we're live when kids 1 and 15 to get shots. plus a boat believed to be smuggling migrants crashes off

the coast of san diego. what we're learning about the victims. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues now. it's monday, thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. team coverage of the growing wildfire concerns across california. meteorologist kari hall is watching the forecast. sharon katsuda is tracking the fire danger happening in the east bay. we'll check in with her in about 30 minutes. we begin with kris sanchez, in the south bay and kris, the message from fire officials right now is very clear, be prepared. >> reporter: that's right. there was a whiff of smoke in the air here in the santa cruz mountains as firefighters battled a blaze here, and now we have the earliest red flag warning that we've had in almost 20 years. this is the fire that burned yesterday. it was around the noontime hour that is started. firefighters were able to put it out, the big basin fire. it is an ominous sign of a wildfire season that may start