make breakfast better with cheddar. my new cheddar biscuit breakfast sandwiches. with cheese baked right into the biscuit, hickory-smoked bacon or grilled sausage, and a freshly-cracked egg. try'em today. only at jack in the box. right now at 4:30 a double shooting overnight in the south bay turns deadly. this morning a witness explains what he says unfolded just blocks away from cinco de mayo celebrations. and making progress in the fight against the pandemic. a big drop in covid cases here in california and across the nation as the cdc shares more hopeful news. plus, ready to reopen. the first county set to move into the yellow tier. what it means you'll finally be able to do after nearly a year of waiting. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good thursday morning to

you. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. here we go on this thursday, aka friday eve, aka little friday. mike has a look at that commute for you this morning. and then we'll have a look at the forecast from meteorologist kari hall right now. how is it shaping up for us today? it's going to be a cooler day but ahead of that we will be updating the drought monitor this morning starting at 6:00 we'll have that update and some cooler temperatures in the forecast with some 60s and 70s and it's going to be a windy day, up to 35-mile-per-hour gusts as that cooler air moves in. as you get ready to head out the door in the east bay, a live look outside in oakland. we'll see temperatures in the upper 40s and mid-60s heading late morning. mike, you have some breaking news. yeah, kari. i'm sorry for coughing in your ear if you heard that. i do apologize that i have to give this news to the tri-valley. look at this video, folks, taken earlier this morning.

this crash involving a big rig, fuel or some sort of fluid across 580 right at the dublin interchange. the map does show a slower drive. as of 4:00 a.m. word from our news desk via chp dublin division has been told all lanes of west 580 are closed. we should see more build coming up. that is the jam right now. the build will come out of the altamont pass. we'll see more traffic and will follow that. hoping to have it open by 6:00 a.m. but we'll see. southbound 101 no slowing. looks like that may clear up. back to you. thanks, mike. new video of a crime scene in the south bay. this is where police are investigating a double shooting. one person is dead and another expected to survive. it happened last night along

east santa clara street just blocks away from cinco de mayo celebrations downtown. one neighbor says he heard gunshots. the last day for cinco de mayo. >> so far police aren't saying much including the suspect and motive. a seventh victim recovering from emergency surgery at san francisco general hospital. she's one of two elderly asian women attacked earlier this week. those women are still being treated. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana has the latest on them and the suspect. >> reporter: the family of 85-year-old eng says she was stabbed in the arm, and the blade went through and into her torso. the successful but she and the other victim are still here

recovering. they're in stable condition. i spoke with her grandson, drew eng. he and his sister put together a gofundme page. they post this had photo of her recovering from emergency surgery. they say she's a fighter and they're praying for her full recovery. she was stabbed at this bus stop. a 65-year-old woman suffered more minor injuries and is also recovering. witness lee said she knew something was up when she saw the man walk by her flower stand. >> it looked like an army knife. i told my nephew, this guy has a knife. something is going to happen. >> reporter: she didn't see him stabbing but saw a puff of feathers come out of one of the women's coat. >> she started to feel the pain. she was bleeding from the back. >> reporter: police arrested 54-year-old patrick thompson two hours after the attack. officers recognized him from a series of prior interactions.

he's being held on two counts of attempted murder and elderly abuse. >> he's mentally ill and shouldn't have been out on the streets. >> reporter: matt haney says these continuous attacks on asian-americans are having troubling effects on the entire city. >> this is basic to a city's quality of life because without a sense of safety, nothing else can go on. >> reporter: district attorney chesa boudin will announce what charges will be formally filed against thompson. sergio quintana, "today in the bay." covid cases across the country and in california continue to drop. these are the daily new cases. back on january 9th, more than 254,000 cases. but now look how far it's fallen. look where we are now. it was 44,000 just here on january 14th but look down here, 5/5, 1,790.

now the worst of the winter surge the state reported 44,000 cases right there, but it has fallen so much. this comes as the cdc predicts a sharp drop in covid cases before the july 4th holiday. several research groups predict different reopening scenarios of the state. >> canada is the first country to approve the pfizer vaccine for children 12 and older. >> u.s. clinical trial says research showed it had 100% efficacy in ages 12 to 15. however, younger people may not get the shot for weeks. vaccine supply in canada remains low. yesterday u.s. top infectious disease expert anthony fauci said they will authorize the pfizer vaccine within the next several days. san francisco is moving into the yellow tier today, the first county to do so in our area. bars can now open indoors for the first time in more than a

year. capacity will be capped at 25%. gyms can increase to 50%. 4:36. more wildfires and more toxic smoke. still ahead on "today in the bay," the latest in our climate in crisis series. fire dangers intensifies. plus, returning to normal. what google is revealing about how many playees will start working in the office this fall.

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right now at 4:39 on your thursday morning, it's going to be much cooler today. take a look at all of our microclimates and where we're headed. mostly 60s and 70s. big improvement over yesterday but it will be windy. we'll talk about that and a warmer weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. and it will be much slower for the tri-valley. a word for folks traveling westbound on 580, down to part of one lane squeezing by a crash and a spill at the dublin interchange. you are jammed up but it may get bigger as these folks are passing into that backup. the morning commute out of the altamont pass will slow. we'll bring you the latest from chp coming up. good morning. i'm bertha coombs, and here are

your top headlines from cnbc.ht pointing to a higher start to the day after a mostly positive session yesterday. the dow rising nearly 100 points to close at a new high, the 22nd record this year. despite concerns about inflation and the eventual withdrawal of the fed's low interest rate policy. tech stocks fall for a fourth straight day pulling down the nasdaq. today we'll be getting reports on folks filing for unemployment in the last week of april and worker productivity for the first quarter. meantime google now saying it expects about 20% of employees to continue to work remotely even after its offices reopened this fall. about 60% will have a hybrid workweek that includes about three days in the office and two days wherever they work best. the rest can change their location to different google offices. google will continue offering

extra reset days or days to help cope with the pandemic. meantime, dogecoin, nothing to joke about anymore. the meme-based digital currency launched as a joke sorg to an all-time high to become the fourth biggest cryptocurrency out there, up 14,000% just this year in 2021. taking it past more widely used digital coins such as ripple. it has little use as a form of payment. some say its volatility is likely the main draw, folks looking for that big bang. that's your cnbc business report. marcus and laura, it started as a joke and we he are right now. if you put in $1,000 bucks you

would be at $120,000. >> who is laughing now. >> who gets the last laugh. >> thank you, bertha. okay, up next on "today in the bay," say hey, after two straight losses the giants could sure use a pick me up. believe it or not they have one coming before they ever even take the field for the next game. we'll celebrate it as well next.

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we start our morning taking a live look outside overlooking san jose. a nice, calm, cool start to our morning. it is early as we await the sun's arrival. friday eve, thursday -- you called it little friday? i called it baby friday to my kids last night. they liked that. baby friday. whatever it is, whatever you call it, though, it is a peek at the weekend, right? how are we looking at least today on baby friday? >> it's going to be a nice day with some cooler temperatures. if you're waking up early about to get dressed it's going to be a day you might want to grab a hat because it's going to be windy later on this afternoon. long she was as opposed to the short sleeves because of the cooler temperatures we'll see.

it'll be a nice day out there at the ballpark. if you're going to watch the a's at noon, it will be 62 degrees and then reaching into the mid-60s today. it will be a little bit cooler, some gusty winds picking up and once again something to help hold your hair down because it's going to be a windy day. the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen as we head to the south bay. we'll reach up to 77 degrees in gilroy, and 72 in downtown san jose. milpitas, 71. some mid-60s for hayward today. antioch will reach up to 79 degrees. a cool day along the coast. temperatures mostly in the upper 50s. palo alto milder reaching 73 degrees. san francisco mostly in the mid to upper 50s but some low 60s downtown and in the mission district and our north bay highs will make it up to 74 in sonoma. so feeling very nice, breezy

winds. a storm system passing to the north of us pushing down some cooler air as that high pressure moves on. we'll see high pressure rebuilding for the weekend and that will cause our temperatures to head right back up, and so we're going to have a little bit of a break from the warm air. slightly cooler than normal, highs reaching into the mid-70s and back to the mid-80s for our inland valleys. we're watching that drought update. mike, what's the breaking news you're watching? unfortunately, it's not a good one, kari. for the tri-valley. we still have the same status, only part of one lane squeezing by here west 580. this crash and spill. this fuel spill across all lanes. some sort of fluid there and damage. chp thought 6:00 a.m. but they're not sure when they'll be able

you look at the map jammed up and building over to the dublin interchange. more slowing for 84 as some folks are cutting through trying to avoid the interchange. back to you. >> thank you, mike. as part of our climate in crisis reporting we're looking at people whose jobs are now more dangerous and deadly as a result of the dramatically increased fire, more toxic smoke than ever. we have new evidence of more poisons in the air they breathe and even if the gear they wear. >> terry mcsweeney has the problem and some possible solutions. >> reporter: the 2018 campfire, the deadliest and most destructive in california history at its peak 6,000 were deployed. one led a 22-member crew. san francisco fire department battalion chief matt alba.

>> it was like a war zone. >> reporter: when the fight was over, alba and the board of the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation and his crew, were tested. it shows increased levels of toxins including heavy metals. >> i remember him saying how eerie it was. it was different in that way. >> reporter: fast forward to today and alba is recovering from brain cancer. sometimes his wife, sarah, works with him to communicate. no one can say for certain the toxic smoke he breathed at the campfire three years ago caused the cancer but he has found circumstantial evidence. >> the neurosurgeon, when asked when did the tumor start growing, he put it at three years. >> reporter: it's long been documented that firefighters have higher rates of cancer than the general public and scientists say that's likely to get worse. researchers from stanford university are regularly testing

san francisco fire tighters for toxins. >> we know that climate change is contributing to the increased number, duration and intensity of wildfires without a doubt. wildfires are contributing more and more to our pollution. and the more wildfires, the more danger we're putting our firefighters in. >> reporter: far more types of poison in materials used in homes. researchers investigating toxins from the very gear to protect firefighters. >> we're testing out new equipment and have a control group that's studying the old turnout protective equipment we have been using in the past. >> reporter: bay area residents, of course, are breathing smoke more ovenl. who could forget the orange hue we woke up to last summer. >> we have published results of

teenagers exposed to wildfire smoke 60 miles away and found changes in their inflammatory markers. we are confident we will see differences pre and post smoke exposure in the firefighters. >> reporter: battalion chief alba says cal fire went to sacramento looking to buy safer and better equipment, very expensive stuff, and nothing happened. he says he now has a better idea. >> legislation will force the manufacturers to produce something. if there's any lawmakers out ther -- >> here is your next project. >> yeah, here is your next project. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." >> what a fascinating story. and if you want to watch it again or any of the others that we've completed in our climate

in crisis series logon to nbcbayarea.com and click on climate in crisis. 4:52. the giants may need a pick me up after two straight losses to end their road trip. the say hey kid turned 90 years old today. the giants are off but tomorrow they will celebrate willie mays turning 90. the sacramento river cats opened their season in loss vegas. one addition, drew robinson. about a year ago during the pandemic he survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound and lost an eye. he has since fully recovered and is playing baseball again. and as a reminder if you or someone you know is struggling, there is help available 24/7. the number to call on your screen, 1-800-273-8255 or people

want to talk online. you can chat with a counselor at the suicidepreventionlifeline.org. this morning frustrations are mounting for many about the state's employment development department. many of you have told us you've been waiting mants just to get help with benefits. >> you can't get through on the phone. >> it's demoralizing not knowing when the next dollar is coming to you. >> up next, the lawmaker who says he's even being stonewalled and how the agency is responsibilitying to the issue. >> cruise lines can begin full operations as soon as july. under cdc guidelines the ships will have to carry some volunteer passengers who have to wear masks and observe social distancing. they must be vaccinated or free

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ever wonder what's going on at the employment development department? it turns out a lot of people trying to get the answer. everyone knows about the frustrations for those relying on jobless benefits during the pandemic. when it comes to getting real answers for how things are being revamped, our sister station's investigative unit is among many who can't get them to respond beyond the generic email. >> we're facing some of the same

problems the general public is facing, not getting returned phone calls, they don't have an answer. leaving messages that are not returned. >> the edd acknowledges losing people due to attrition, but they'll only say they're hiring and streamlining training to get staff in place as quickly as possible. 4:58 and rolling into the yellow tier next on "today in the bay," a live report on what you will finally be able to do starting today in one bay area city. plus, an all-new warning about a variant found here in california.

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so i can get to them. easy prep, cook and clean with reynolds wrap. ready to reopen. the first bay area county now set to move into the yellow tier. what it means you will finally be able to do after more than a year of waiting. >> that process took a couple years. this process is also going to take a couple years. >> what is next for two men convicted in the murder of a police officer in rome? experts break down the legal challenges they'll continue to face in that high-profile case. and looking for a new home? prices are scorching hot. so hot you may want to be prepared to pay above or beyond that list price. >> the bay area tradition now it seems like around here.