we have to protect children from covid disease. it causes thousands of hospitalizations in children as well as in adults. >> now at 5:00, getting the green light, the fda approves pfizer's vaccine for kids 12 to 15 when we can expect the first shots and the first step health leaders are taking to address parents' potential fears. new relief on the way, the federal boost states and cities are set to start receiving today and how it's paving the way for possible new checks coming into your bank account. plus, up for debate. south bay water customers may soon be paying higher rates. ahead for you in a live report, why leaders say that the money will be well spent in the event

of future droughts. "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. our team is issuing a microclimate weather alert amid another red flag warning. "today in the bay's" kari hall has been tracking our forecast first as well. warm temperatures continue, kari? >> yes, it's going to be another hot day for the inland valleys and we also have had these gusty winds and very low humidity, and that's what's causing a lot of those grass fires that we see that spread rapidly. we still need to be very careful today in the areas shaded in red. this continues until 6:00 this evening, and then we should start to see the winds calming town, but we still had some gusty winds around the bay area, and we're looking at the possibility of the low humidity as well continuing for today. so we're watching those wind speeds and the humidity. i'll have another update coming up in a few minutes. breaking news for you this

morning out of the middle east, at least 20 people are dead after israel launched airstrikes on the gaza strip. nine children are said to be among those dead and follows a rocket strike by hamas on jerusalem. tensions have been mounting ever since palestinians clashed with israeli police at an iconic mosque. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns the fighting could drag on, despite calls for calm from the u.s., europe and elsewhere. parents get ready, the fda granted pfizer emergency use approval for its covid vaccine in children as young as 12 years old. but what happens next? how are parents even feeling about it? "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live at levi's stadium this morning, this is just the next push in this vaccination effort. >> reporter: yes, you know, this is a big hot topic around our dinner table, because as you know, we have a 12 and a 14-year-old so i'll tell you the

same thing that we tell our kids, which is let's follow the information that we have, and look at what we know. there were more than 2,200 kids who were in that clinical trial that the fda considered before granting that emergency use approval, and the vaccine was 100% effective in preventing infection, none of the kids who got the vaccine got sick. some of the kids who got the placebo did. kids monitored for two months, and through the pandemic, nearly 1.5 million kids 11 to 17 got sick with covid, and yes, some of them had milder cases but some of them did not recover. since the fda gave the thumbs up, the american academy of pediatrics came out in support. several of the bay area epidemiologists and we've talked with through the pandemic also said the same. i put this news up on my facebook page, regular people were overwhelmingly supportive, one person who said "get those

kids vaxed and back in school." we talked with kids and parents in person. >> i get parents asking me, is it through? are we doing it? i said yes, we're doing it. >> i'm excited i finally get to have a more normal summer and my friends want one. we all want one. >> as soon as possible because big basketball player, i'm trying to play tournaments and faster i get the vaccination, the faster i can play. >> right now i'm like yes, we feel we're going to be able to do more things and not have to be woried about it. >> i want to wait and see, way tonight seaside effects. >> reporter: and that is also fair. santa clara county is not quite ready to vaccinate your kids 12 to 15 just yet but the push is on to get as many teens 16 and up vaccinated. this week they are offering tours at levi's stadium and gift cards at different locations to encourage teens to show up. of course teens you have to show up with your parents. i'll put all of this information up on my facebook page and twitter feed so you can find that. if you have a teen and looking

to get vaccinated but the best advice is talk to your pediatrician and see what's best for your family. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> and use the good advice that you give to your kids, like research all the information, see what's out there and see what's right for you. >> research everything. yes. >> it's in our blood. more details this morning, it seems not all parents will be on that rush to make an appointment to have their kids get the vaccine. so a recent kaiser foundation survey finds about one-third will vaccinate their kids as soon as possible. about one-fourth plan to wait to see how things are working out and 18% say they will vaccinate only if their child's school requires it. 23% say it's' definite no. stanford medical expert says that vaccinations will be critical in bringing those case rates down. >> we have to protect children from covid disease. it causes thousands of

hospitalizations in children as well as in adults. >> the fda authorization means 17 million more americans just became eligible including 2 million right here in california. take a live look at the white house this morning, where the biden administration is meeting with governors today to figure out how to get more people vaccinated. president biden's goal of at least partially vaccinating 70% of adults is hitting some setbacks due mostly to vaccine hesitancy. today he's meeting with governors from ohio, utah, massachusetts, maine, minnesota, and new mexico. ohio and utah are in the bottom half of states for vaccination rates. also today, state, city and county governments are set to receive their first payment of direct aid from biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. $350 billion goes to states and cities struggling with tax revenue shortfalls. governor newsom laid out his

vision for what to do with california's share of that money, the back-and-forth begins in sacramento. here is the idea getting the attention a $600 stimulus payment for households can income up to $75,000. families with children eligible for another $500 and undocumented immigrants. the governor also wants to set aside more than $7 billion to help struggling renters, and the whole plan will have to be approved by state lawmakers. critics are already calling his stimulus idea a recall debate -- recall rebate, meant to curry favor with voters. new details on the push for police reform in berkeley. tonight, city leaders are expected to formally adopt new rules when it comes to police purchasing certain equipment. under the proposal theee permis to buy equipment considered materialistic in nature. some examples include flash-bang gre yads, battering rams and armored vehicles.

the proposal also requires police to notify the public how often those purchases are made. alameda counties are moving toward a citywide framework for handling mentally health related 911 calls and likely not involve armed police officers. during a special hearing saturday, councilmembers agreed to a new set of reforms including having trained counselors respond to mental health crisis, this reform measure they were part of a motion even before the controversial death last month of a man in police custody. councilmembers are also looking into creating a new police oversight position. happening today, a vote that may lead to higher bills for hundreds of thousands of south bay water customers to better prepare for the drought. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in milpitas this morning. i know some south bay leaders strongly oppose this plan. >> reporter: we're specifically talking about mayor sam liccardo of san jose. good morning to you, laura and marcus. the valley water district's

proposed hike on its nearly 2 million customers in the south bay would help pay for a reservoir project that mayor liccardo is an overpriced mistake that could mean rate hikes for users every year for the next decade. later today the valley water district's board of directors will vote on whether or not to raise customers' bills by 146% or what would comment to be roughly $4.30 a month starting july 1st. that would help pay for the $2.5 billion epansion of the pacheco reservoir so it can store more water and provide the south bay a bigger reserve in a drought. the agency says that the mayor is misunderstanding and unfairly targeting their project. the agency says the rate hike claim is incorrect and the valuey water district has a $500 million grant from the state they received because the project was the best of its

kind. >> it does serve as an emergency water supply for valley water as well as protecting disadvantaged communities and eases some of the pull on the delta. >> let's save the money and invest in conservation. let's invest in much less expensive approaches such as water banks. >> reporter: mayor liccardo of san jose has no power to stop this project but he hopes he can sway people with his arguments that's making right there. the valley water district says it is trying to cut down the overall cost of the project, possibly by as much as $400 million. the district also trying to obtain more money from the federal government. incidentally, up north from where i'm standing, east bay mud which provides water for 1.4 million customers in alameda and contra costa counties proposing a rate hike of 4% for among other things upgrading pipes and treatment plants and better preparation for this drought that we're apparently going to

be in. reporting live in milpitas, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. as those water votes happen the big concern is the drought is intensifying. governor newsom declaring a wider drought emergency. new counties added to the list through napa, solano, contra costa and alameda. sonoma and mendocino counties were also listed. kari hall, all of this is coming as we see an earlier start to the fire season, the earliest that i can ever imagine. close calls to the grass fires that are popping up as well, kari. >> yes, and we still have that concern today and so it's been so dry. we've had high winds and low humidity and that causes those fires to spread quickly. luckily we've had all of those crews really tackling them before they get out of hand, so we still will have to deal with that today, as we get a look at our commute, as you get ready to

get up and head out in the tri-valley, we're starting out with temperatures in the low 50s and it's going to be another hot day, take a look at the trend heading already up to 82 degrees by lunch time. we'll be watching that, i'll have another update in a few minutes. mike, what is the update now on the morning commute? >> kari, we're seeing the build, typical as we look at contra costa county on the maps, we're looking at highway 4 coming off the antioch bridge and in toward concord. no problems on the sensors, a little more volume and that's to be expected. the been been is clear. highway 84 reopened through alvarado niles and more slowing toward sunol. overnight roadwork leaves one or two lanes blokt on 680 and 84 for the next few weeks as they try to widen the interchange. the rest of the bay looks smooth. a live look at the golden gate bridge shows you no major problems coming in, just a little glow. the visibility, we can see the lights. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:12. a surreal sight still ahead

at 5:25, this isn't your typical cat on the prowl in one texas neighborhood. we're going to tell you why the owner is now in custody and why there's one unnerving mystery to this tiger tale. that pipeline is still shut down but this morning, the hackers behind the shutdown are apologizing. we didn't expect that. plus, cruise control, a statement superstar tom cruise is making this morning returning some of his coveted awards. we'll be right back.

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right now at 5:14, we are under a microclimate weather alert, another hot day with some low to mid-90s inland and mid-70s near the coast. we'll talk more about this and a closer look at our microclimates and our climate in crisis, coming up in a few minutes. and 84 as we said reopen through alvarado niles that conducts to sunol and fremont and a live look at fremont shows you the nimitz freeway, 880 moves nicely. headlights headed south past tesla into silicon valley. scott? good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. happy tuesday to you as well. nation's largest fuel pipeline still shut down but apparently the criminal group behind the hack that shut it down is sorry. they didn't mean to cause so much trouble. i'll get to that apology in a minute. we talked monday how

california doesn't rely on the colonial pipeline but the east coast sure does. the white house is putting several measures in place to make sure gasoline and aviation fuel gets where it needs to go. the fbi says the underlying hack attack that caused all the problems was from an eastern european organized crime group called dark side. >> currently we assessed dark side as a criminal factor but of course our intelligence community is looking for any ties to any nation state actors and if we find that further information we'll look into it further. >> dark side acknowledges they did the hacking but didn't intend to start an international incident and promising to do better in the future. on its website dark side says "from today we moderation and check each company tha with ran someware t avoid social consequences in the future." speaking of promises to do better, facebook is going to introduce an instagram for kids sometime in the future we think

but we haven't seen it and 44 states attorneys general don't like it. they sent an open letter to facebook's ceo asking him to stop the project. facebook says an instagram designed specifically for children is safer than children using grownup instagram. the stage is set for another clash between zuckerberg and many of america's attorneys general. [ bell ringing ] just a mess on wall street, investors worrying about inflation. look at the nasdaq number down better than 2% yesterday headed lower this morning. inflation a very serious worry. it's coming from an odd place, usually marcus and laura, people worry about inflation when we overspend or the economy has gotten too hot. we don't see evidence of either of those things yet, causing higher prices, instead, it's this hangover from the pandemic. manufacturing are just short on everything that's causing the prices of cars and food and even

the perennial toilet paper to go up in price, and it's going up fast. >> that's hitting people in the pocket. >> yes, there's reports out yesterday the median price of a home in silicon valley is $1 million now. it's really tough for people to make it. >> extra ordinary. >> thanks, scott. nbc is pulling out of the golden globes for now so the network will not air next year's awards show. the event has come under scrutiny for its lack of racial diversity among voting members and ethical concerns. nbc says if hollywood foreign press association meets its reform goals, the show may go on in 2023. the actor tom cruise reportedly just returned all three of his golden globe awards in the wake of that controversy. many actors and directors also making their voices heard sandra rimes, ava duvernay and mark rufalo, they've been outspoken in support of the move. >> change will come there,ily

bet. 5:19, let's get a look at the morning commute. how is it going, mike? >> change is coming here as well. it's been building up around the bay as we take a live look for our sensors, our live sensors show you green all around the bay so far. no major problems, but the build kicks in as they cleared highway 84, because the volume will build through the tri-valley, more slowing 84 cutting through livermore and pleasanton. i've circled roadside fire, activity 242 just off concord ave. but it has not affected the early drive through concord, the three routes from pittsburg to walnut creek we compare those and looking at a live view over here as well as traffic drives through the area approaching the richmond bridge. more traffic volume but kari looking at the sunrise there, and this picture even looks hot. maybe it's just because i'm picturing what it was like yesterday. what's today? >> yes, it's going to be another hot day, mike and we're going to see those temperatures in some of our inland spots taking a look at our north bay highs, 92

in napa today, fairfield 94 degrees. we've had some record-breaking heat here in some of these spots like antioch, reaching 93 today, and morgan hill back up to 88 degrees with some mid 80s for the south bay. take a look at the is en-day forecast. it's already up at the bottom of the screen. we will see some changes in our temperatures as high pressure moves on. there will be a quick-moving low kind of diving in between friday and saturday that's going to help cool us off, may kick up winds and may bring showers towards parts of the sierra. here we're dry but we'll see gusty winds continuing in the forecast. so our seven-day forecast goes from the 90s to the 80s, and then we'll see some upper 70s for the weekend, still breezy, dry and san francisco in the mid-70s today, but we'll bring it back to the 60s by the end of the week. and in today's climate in crisis, we're just now getting an update from noaa saying that we have been warming and they're looking at those normals and how that compares to the past 30 years, so taking a look at san

jose, we're right now as we look at the warmer than we were the previous 30 years and for san francisco it's about the same warming about 1.6 degrees warmer now. so i spoke with a biologist who gave us a look at the impacts of how that could affect how the plants grow here in the bay area, with a look on how climate change affects our plant biodiversity. >> the climate zones will shift and it will be possible to grow things that in the past might have been hit by an occasional frost especially in the interior, we don't have much frost near the ocean so occasionally the maps come out for gardeners you're in a new zone and you may be able to plant new plants. >> ackerley was saying due to the ongoing drought and warming more fuel for wildfires as the trees are harshly damaged by the

warmer temperatures. you can find the story and more on our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. laura and marcus? >> great thing to check out, thanks so much. coming up next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> it's a cryptocurrency account but he has some real currency in it, money he somehow can't access. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin!ed solutios to help our family's special needs... hey, graduation selfie! keeping us on track for retirement... ...giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. you ready for your first day on the job?

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issues such as the inability to access their account or make transactions." he continued on and said "we have quadrupled our capacity across our support team." lloyd contacted us on nbcbayarea.com. you can, too, just click the "responds" option from the main menu or call us 888-996-tips. this is certainly not a situation houston police wanted, not to mention the neighbors. so look at this. one of those neighbors actually shot video of the bengal tiger on the prowl roaming that neighborhood. an off-duty deputy showed up, led to a tense confrontation with the cat's owner. authorities arrested the tiger's owner yesterday. he was already out on bond for an unrelated murder charge. just as importantly the tiger has not been found. >> oh my goodness. the california governor's race kicking into high gear. next the controversial issue candidate caitlyn jenner is now weighing in on.

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shortages in some cities across the country. the fallout from the cyber attack of a top u.s. pipeline is far from over. the pain at the pump you'll soon feel when you go to fill up. as "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday monk to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and like we say, terrific tuesday it is. i'm marcus washington. before we get out the door, who is the weather looking like? dealing with the red flag warning. meteorologist kari hall keeping track of what we need to know. kari? >> that continues today, the high fire danger especially in our north and east bay hills. this continues through 6:00 this evening, we've had high winds, low humidity, and some really hot temperatures, but after today, we should catch a little bit of a break, as we get some cooler air in the forecast. so i'll be watching that. i'll have another update in a few minutes. laura? >> all right, thanks so much. of course be sure to download

mobile app. get up-to-the-minute news and weather reports and tailor it for your area. you can still be connected to us even when we're not on air. developing on the central coast a san luis obispo police officer has been shot and killed as they were attempting to serve a search warrant at an apartment. a second officer was shot and taken to a hospital. the officer is reportedly in stable condition. responding officers shot and killed the gunman, neither the officers or the gunman however have been identified. new details this morning in san leandro where investigators are working to locate the men who attacked an elderly asian man out for a walk this weekend. this was captured on home security video. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live. this comes as california's attorney general prepares to announce a new effort to combat these hate crimes. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. yes, that's exactly right.

attorney general rob banta has been an advocate for combating those crimes against asian-americans, it's something he's been speaking about since he first took office earlier this year and yes, as you mentioned, that crime against this asian-american did play out in broad daylight and it was captured on home video. now, take a look at this video, this happened around 4:00 broad daylight in san leandro, there with where he see an 80-year-old man robbed by two younger guys. they managed to rough him uhm and get away with his fitbit. he wasn't seriously injured but as you can imagine that peace of mind for this man as well as the neighbors has been rattled. >> pay attention to the surroundings. normally that wasn't the case, i could walk freely down the street and not have a care and g that i have to factor in when i >> police are still looking for those suspects. they drove away in a dark colored sedan. anyone with any information are

urged to contact police and as more communities grapple with an increase of violence against asian-americans, especially here in the bay, the state's attorney general is preparing to tackle the issue head on. california attorney general rob banta is hosting a virtual press event in just a couple of hours to announce new initiatives at the california department of justice and discuss efforts to tackle hate. his office did not go into specifics of what those initiatives would entail but as i mentioned, this is something that this former assemblyman from alameda has been very vocal about, the first filipino-american to hold that position so we are expecting some big news there later today at 10:30 this morning. we're live in sausalito, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks, cierra. 5:34 right now. the man accused of stabbing two elderly asian women at a san francisco bus stop is due back in court thursday for a bail hearing.

54-year-old patrick thompson pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges. barring new evidence, hate crime charges are not expected to be filed. one victim was stabbed in the chest, still in the hospital, the other is now at home recovering. happening today, san mateo county is expected to move into the yellow tier, according to supervisor david canepa, the second bay area county to move into the least restrictive coronavirus tier. here are the changes coming to the peninsula. bars can open indoors for the first time in more than a year. capacity will be met at 25%. gyms can increase capacity to 50%. wineries and tasting rooms can also reopen at 50% capacity. let's take a live look in los angeles this morning, where like here in the bay area, more health experts expect the city to reach herd immunity from covid this summer. the current rate of vaccinations, l.a. county could have an 80% vaccination rate by july. vaccines may not be returning low in l.a.'s vaccination sites

but turnout apparently is. just like in the bay area. yesterday was the first day of no appointments required. workers say the only thing they were really missing was a high number of people turning outget. headaches ae drivers across coast, a cyber attack temporarily shutting down the nation's largest fuel pipeline. that impact still being felt this hour. the ransomware attack hitting colonial pipeline which carries 45% of the east coast fuel from texas up to new york. in the meantime, american airlines confirming it is adding stops to two long haul flights out of charlotte, north carolina, to conserve fuel. gas stations across the east coast are seeing long lines, and running out of gas. one man in north carolina posted this video to twitter as that state remains under a state of emergency due to the fallout. many fear the issue could drive up prices. >> food prices are going up, airline tickets are going to go up. gasoline prices are going to go up. everything that gets transported

by truck is going to go up. >> the fbi is blaming a russian criminal group for the attack. the agency is investigating any possible connection to the russian government itself. nbc news reporter tom costello will have more when the company says it resumes operation and restore services, coming up for you this morning on the "today" show at 7:00, that's right after "today in the bay." our climate in crisis coverage takes us to the north bay in a new water preservation effort. sonoma county supervisors need to hammer out contingency plans. it includes supporting a plan to divert less water than normal from the russian river and 20% cut in water usage. certainly a concern right now, with the drought-like conditions, high temperatures, dry conditions out there. i have never seen the hills. usually they're so green, you know, at this time of the year,

starting to turn brown. it's a tough go out there. we need a little relief, kari. >> we do and the vegetation right now is as dry as it normally is in july or august so we're at record dry levels. we've also had the high winds and it does look a little bit lighter today in terms of the wind speed forecast, but still critically dry and even light breeze could cause a grass fire to spread very quickly. at least we are getting a little bit more of a westerly wind at least near the coast and for some spots especially across the bay. now as you get ready to head for work, we're going to start out with temperatures in the 50s and 60s in fremont, we'll head into the 90s again today, and reaching up to 85 in san jose. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, how is it looking heading for the morning drive? >> kari, we have a concern a couple of incidents on the bay bridge and the build at the bay bridge, first we look at the toll plaza and so far, the live look shows a smooth drive, no stopping on this screen, but slowing as you get toward san

francisco, as we look at your map, that's westbound headed into the city, there's a disabled or a slow-moving vehicle traveling toward the fremont exit and hopefully off of there soon. we had a big rig on the lower deck exiting at treasure island. the rig cleared the off-ramp that's good but slow approaching that scene, slow in both directions across that span of the bay. build 242 through concord. the build is starting visibly and incident in sunol south of 680, i'll get you more information, typical build for san jose as well. back to you. >> thanks so much. strung together, coming up next on "today in the bay," the homemade boat that put some southern california students into a very dangerous situation. and the high seas rescue that followed. grocery store workers in one bay area city about to lose a pandemic hazard pay. the looming debate today that may extend it. economists and politicians continue to debate why are jobs

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right now at 5:42, we are under a microclimate weather alert as we continue to track our wildfire danger but as you get ready to head out for work in pleasant hill, we have a mild start but it's going to be another warm day, we're going from 56 degrees to 83 at noon. we'll talk about all of our microclimates coming up in a few minutes. and that tri-valley crash is indeed on 680 southbound near the mission scale. don't see any slowing on the senators just yet as we take a live look at fremont for 880, the nimitz, things are moving smoothly and you see the volume starting to build. more traffic coming into the tri-valley, more traffic coming over from the east bay, we'll show you how things are shaping up there as well as the silicon valley where the first slowing showed up for san jose coming up for the rest of santa clara county. now to a follow-up.

the three men charged in the murder death of ahmaud arbery in georgia are due in federal court to face federal charges. all the charges dealing with murder, this is after 25-year-old black man ahmaud arbery was chased and shot. in addition to state counts they face in february, the 2020 murder of arbery, the three face federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges. in north carolina the family of a man who died in police custody is expected to see the body cam footage of their loved one's death. andrew brown, jr.'s family has been shown one 20-second clip from one body cam video after the shooting of brown by deputies. it has sparked several protests and calls for police reform. voters who sign petitions to recall governor gavin newsom still have another three weeks or so to remove their signatures, barring an unlikely scenario that the total number

then falls under the required threshold, state lawmaker also begin debating the date to hold a special election. secretary of state dr. shirley webber believes a realistic time line falls between late october and december. >> the lieutenant governor is the person who would identify when we would have the election and some 60 to 80-daytime frame in which the election could occur. >> because the recall is a full election process, it will cost the state a lot of money. dr. webber pointing out while she definitely supports voters exercising their rights, the reality is only six months after the recall election voters will head back to the polls for the 2022 gubernatorial primary. more details several other candidates are looking to run against newsom, including republican businessman john cox, former san diego mayor kevin faulkner and caitlyn jenner. last night jenner spoke out on cnn, acknowledged president biden as the winner of the 2020 election.

>> he is our president. i respect that. i realize there was -- there's a lot of frustration over that election. >> jenner was a supporter of president trump in a 2016 election. she broke ties with him two years later saying that he did not do enough for trans people. it is 5:46 right now. are bigger unemployment checks to blame for bigger unemployment numbers? >> that's what some people worry about. scott mcgrew here now and i know the president is not one of them. >> yes, i think we're still all looking, marcus, for some kind of explanation between friday's really disappointing jobs numbers and what we're seeing out there in the real world. that kids are still home so that parents can't leave and take a new job is one of the best theories i've heard as to what's

going on but another is what you and laura mentioned, that perhaps people are getting expanded unemployment checks that they'd rather take that money than go back to work. now a yale university study says that's incorrect, and president biden says that theory underestimates the work ethic of the american people. >> i think the people who claim americans won't work even if they find a good and fair opportunity underestimate the american people, so we'll insist that the law is followed with respect to benefits but not turning our backs an our fellow americans. >> the law of course is that you have to be actively looking for a job like these hard-working people in order to collect unemployment. i spoke yelled at great length with an economist with the u.s. bureau of labor statistics one who puts together friday's jobs numbers that shocked us so much. he points out the survey that the bureau conducts to find the

unemployment rate asks people who are out of work many details about how they're looking for work. you're only counted as unemployed if you're looking for work. those people interviewed and counted gave enough evidence that they're looking for work to convince those economists they were legitimately looking for a job and should be pointed. republicans will vote tomorrow whether to remove liz cheney from her leadership position in the party. cheney, who is the daughter of former vice president dick cheney, says president trump is wrong to claim he won the election and president trump is wrong. he didn't win. but cheney's insistence on that has led her party leadership to call for tomorrow's vote. the white house says president biden will speak to russian president putin about the pipeline attack apparently by an eastern european criminal gang. there's no evidence so far the russian government was involved but the russian government does tolerate criminal gangs like the

one suspected in the pipeline hack. we'll talk more about the pipeline hack and even the hacker's reaction as we talk business in 15 minutes. in the meantime, i'll be on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. listen to this one, a southern california man facing serious charges after allegedly using $5 million in covid relief funds to buy a ferrari, lamb lamborghini and a bentley. mustafa carderi had multiple applications approved for his mortgage and advertising business. the money should have gone to pay his worker answer cover other business expenses. authorities arrested the 38-year-old last week. he may stand trial as soon as next month. >> just 38? okay. san francisco's special hazard pay for grocery store workers is set to expire eight days from now but that may change as soon as today. supervisors will hold a vote to

extend the city's $5 an hour temporary pay increase. if approved the ordinance will remain in effect for five weeks through the middle of june. a live look at the city by the bay, new insight on how big of an impact the pandemic is having on san francisco's chinatown. the chinatown renaissance 2021 initiative tells "sf gate" the neighborhood's vacancy rate was 16% in february of 2020, before the pandemic took hold. by august, it had skyrocketed to 58%. many fear if business doesn't pick up, more closings will take place. as the weather continues to warm up, fire departments are warning water lovers to make sure the boats they use are sea worthy. >> that was not the case in santa barbara county this weekend. look at that, a photo posted by the firefighters there, a homemade boat made with buckets on the top and kiddy pools at the bottom.

less than smart. this led to the rescue of two college students early saturday morning when they became stranded 300 yards from shore. consider it a lesson learned. interesting. trending this morning, the internet going wild over this video showing a gorilla gazing at and attempted to pet a mother's newborn baby at a boston zoo. the gorilla named kiki no stranger to sharing a maternal bond, she herself is a mother of five most recently giving birth in october. >> that was a cute interaction. >> yes. >> love those babies. i know, isn't it? >> oh. >> my kids are giving me a bad time about that. >> it's time to -- >> i do, i go crazy over babies. they're like look mom, there's a baby and i'm like that gorilla. [ laughter ] >> okay. baby goreril lass, babies,

laura, and your forecast all in the next 20 seconds. >> it's going to be a hot day today. if you plan on going to the zoo or some of the attractions around the bay area today, let's get a look at our highs for the south bay, we're starting here first reaching 09 in cupertino and los gatos and morgan hills, the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen, even though we have hot weather today you'll see some relief in the forecast. we're reaching 92 in walnut creek and danville, while oakland today will be in the upper 70s. it's going to feel a little bit cooler near the immediate coastline with daly city reaching 66 but hot in palo alto reaching 89 degrees and temperatures from the mid-60s to the mid-70s in san francisco today, while our north bay highs will reach into the 90s once again in a few spots but a lot of upper 80s here, and we also are still watching out for that high fire danger in spots like napa, as well as a lot of our hills in the north bay.

we are seeing the high pressure that's causing this heat moving on and quickly this weekend there will be a low diving in. we're watching to see if that could bring us some rain over the sierra, but for us, it's going to stay dry and windy but it will be cooler for a couple of days before it starts to heat up once again. as we go through the seven-day forecast, a lot of changes, but it's still going to be dry. we're reaching into the low 90s today, that fire danger continues. tomorrow the wind should be calmer but it's still going to be hot. we won't really catch a break from the air conditioning for the inland valleys until friday. saturday is looking good as well as sunday and early next week we're going to see the temperatures gradually starting to heat up again, while san francisco will finally come out of those 70s for highs. mike, what's happening right now the morning commute? >> we're seeing that build, kari, on schedule. i want to show folks because it's been months, a year actually since we've seen this traffic pattern, coming back again, starting to see more slowing out of castro valley,

hayward, san leandro, san lorenzo. the rest of it smoothly in san jose starting to clear up from the first burst we had. the crash near the mission scales southbound 680 just past the scales, i would think at least one lane is blocked but we don't see any appreciable slowing, a little build where the arrow is by the dublin interchange and a sass coshows more slowing out of the brentwood area. a couple of minutes on your drive at 20 minutes. the bay bridge backup formed approaching the toll plaza in the last fee minutes and more slowing for southbound 242 heading south through concord. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, pg&e sending out a warning about fake utility workers trying to steal your financial information. they get that data to file fraudulent tax returns and cash them. the utility says one impersonator last month scammed a customer out of $1,000 in foster city. authorities believe there are many more cases out there. pg&e says they will never ask for financial information over

the phone or email and it will not demand payments for late bills on the spot. there's a lot more ahead on this tuesday morning including city college of san francisco just avoided major cuts, saving jobs and classes in the process, but didn't come without sacrifices. we're going to explain that to you coming up next. but first, speech pathologist kristina hunger usually works with children and she started to wonder if her dog could pick up some speech lessons as well. so she taught her dog to talk using buttons that played recorded words when pressed. to see more of the story check out nbc lx, 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable or any time at your leisure on lx lx.com. check it out. you're watchinged it. "today in the bay"

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makes up for the loss of her son. >> it's just an ongoing process, and just a little bit of weight has been lifted, but you know, we've been dealing with the court for three and a half years, so you know, it was good to get to this day. >> camilleri was the father of three children. his family wants him to be remembered as a great person, son, father, and brother. the parents of bay area man convicted of killing an italian police officer opening up about their son's prison sentence. ethan and leah elder are concerned about their son's mental well-being. they say their son finnegan has a history of mental health issues. ly. >> understand a man's life was lost and that finnegan should serve some time. i would like finnegan to have some sort of sentence that's

proportionate and something that helps at least acknowledges his mental health issues. >> finnegan and gabriel natali horth were sentenced to life in prison for killing an italian police officer in 2019, during a botched drug deal in rome. both graduated from mill valley's tamalpias high school. great news for city college of san francisco which avoided major cuts to staff and classes. the college and teachers union reached agreement over the weekend to cut faculty wages. in march, city college issued 163 layoffs, notices, this is to full time and tenured faculty, and proposed cutting hundreds of part-time jobs. the new deal cuts faculty wages up to 11% but stops all layoffs. city college was dealing with a $22 millionficit. right now at 6:00, getting close and we are just a few steps away from vaccinating kids asou