students in one bay area district resume in-person learning but only for a limited amount of time. a live report on the controversial return plan that is leaving some parents upset. plus -- >> we needed to take this first step to say if you are vaccinated, individuals themselves are really safe to be able to take their mask off. >> a pandemic milestone, almost all mask mandates lifted for fully vaccinated americans. california leaders have yet to sign off but we're down to everything, breaking it down for you, the national reaction to that sudden reversal. drought worsens around the bay area, cal fire taking new action affecting three bay area counties, a closer look at fire dangers as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues now. >> good friday morning to you. thanks for making us part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia.

today we are moving you forward in the fight against the pandemic. we've got live team coverage. cdc is announcing new mask guidelines and one local school district is bringing its graduating high school seniors back today for in-person learning. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us live in san francisco. how did the district finally reach its decision? >> reporter: good morning, laura. the decision was made over the weekend and if you think back to your senior year of high school, i think back to mine and every moment seems so precious, the last track meet, the last homecoming dance. the class of 2021 in san francisco unified school district gets to come back to their school to walk the halls at least for a couple of days. as i mentioned that deal involves the oldest students in the san francisco unified school district, solidified over the weekend, in all about 500 high school seniors are expected to return to the classroom. it won't be like what we saw with some of the younger students, taught in the traditional sense but receive

assistance from seechers completing final projects or online learning and the return won't be consistent, likely the students deciding to return may only do so for about three days between today and the last day of instruction on june 2nd. the district could gain millions in funding for having students return before that may 15th deadline. while parents weigh whether it's worth sending their seniors back into the building, fremont unified school district says they have no plans to restart in-person learning but rather resume in-person learning in the fall. that move is not sitting well with some parents, in a group they filed a lawsuit "the mercury news" reporting can t is called the fremont parents for reopening, filed the lawsuit last week in superior court. the group claims the students are suffering academically and socially from doing the online learning. the district told the mercury news they have not seen the lawsuit so we'll follow that

story. both ends of the spectrum, some students returning, others fighting for their students to get back in the classroom. we're live "today in the bay." >> all right, thanks for the la palo alto schools are now offering covid vaccinations for students. appointments start this sunday all at palo alto high school. everything is booked, however but the district is partnering with safeway pharmacy to provide more shots, more vaccine events are in the works at other campuses. each vaccine clinic will offer about a thousand shots. >> continuing our team coverage, today is the first day after the cdc surprise announcement to end mask mandates for fully vaccinated. chris pollone, a lot of good news for a lot of people. >> yes, soon the nation is going to look a lot different as fully vaccinated people shed those

masks. this cdc decision comes the sho. a turning point in the covid-19 pandemic. >> we have all longed for this moment. >> reporter: the cdc with a major change for the 117 million fully vaccinated americans who will no longer need to physically distance or wear a mask outdoors or indoors and perhaps an incentive for the 130 million who qualify to take the shot but haven't yet. >> reporter: president biden called it a great day and urged the 130 million people not yet vaccinated to do so. >> the rule is very simple. get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do. >> reporter: the cdc says masks will still be required in health care settings on planes and trains and businesses. >> it's exciting to get back to normality. >> reporter: the cdc has under

pressure to ease confusing covid restrictions as the number of inoculated people continues to grow. >> the american people just lost patience with us. >> reporter: now health experts say the science is compelling. >> they're having a number of papers that have have come out shown the extraordinary real world of vaccine at every level, every age and circumstance. >> reporter: some states immediately ended their mask and social distancing rules after the cdc announcement. others are expected to follow suit in the coming days. chris pollone, nbc news, washington. new video this morning of a new wave of missile strikes in the middle east. they all took off their masks and continued the meeting. marcus? >> they are expecting a vote on the republican party leadership in the house. getting any word on that, chris? >> marcus, take a live look at the capitol building right now.

we just heard from our capitol hill team that that vote is actually under way right now to replace liz cheney as the conference chairperson for the republican party in the house. elise stefanik from upstate new york expected to be a shoo-in backed in by former president donald trump but yesterday texas republican chip roy announced he was going to run as well. they both spoke to the republican caucus last night, but leadership seems to indicate that stefanik has plenty of votes. it's a secret ballot going on right now. we'll know in 20 or 30 minutes whether she did win. >> never a dull moment. chris pollone in washington, thank you. >> 6:06. new video this morning of a new wave of missile strikes in the middle east. [ explosions ]

>> you hear and see it there, the explosions rocked gaza city as israel kept up with the relentless bombing campaign with the tanks and troops amassed at the border. hamas also continues to fire back into israel. so far there are no signs of letting up. here is a satellite view of the damage in gaza, the past few days have called for the most intense fighting israel has ever had with hamas. more than a hundred people have died. san francisco's chief of police doing some damage control, after officers mistakenly shot and injured a car burglary suspect. during that virtual town hall last night, chief bill scott apologized saying the officer did not intend for that gun to fire. he released surveillance video showing 23-year-old xavier pittman getting shot in the wrist while plain clothed officers moved in with guns drawn. >> the shooting of mr. pittman quite simply should not have happened and i want to say to friends that i'm deeply sorry.

>> pittman's attorney welcomes the honesty of admitting that mistake but not ruling out taking legal action to receive compensation for his client. the state's new attorney general says he plans to take a fresh look at a case involving an unarmed man killed by vallejo police officer. rob banta says office will conduct an independent investigation involving monterrosa. an officer mistook the hammer for a gun. the solano county d.a. recused herself citing public arrest and distrust, a decision the attorney general is criticizing. the d.a. says the a.g. is playing politics. accusing him of telling her one thing and then announcing another. monterrosa's family say they feel hopeful about the new development. happening today, b.a.r.t. is organizing a film screening tied to its not one more girl

initiative, meant to shed light on sexual are harassment targeting young women on public transportation. today the documentary is called "together we ride." the event includes a virtual watch party. check out our digital series on b.a.r.t. called "derailed." earlier we rolled out the second season, you can find it on our app, youtube channel, apple tv and nbcbayarea.com/derailed. check it out. it's good. the focus of our climate in crisis this morning, the state released its new drought monitor report and the sierra snowpack is 7% of what it should be this time of year. cal fire is suspending its burn permits starting monday for contra costa, santa clara and alameda counties. of course this is all due to the increased fire danger risk that we have in that area and rob, i know you all have been

monitoring this closely. the temperatures are going down but the drought is still there. >> we saw with the update over the last couple of weeks the drought monitor is worse than it was during the peak of last year's fire season. october drought severity in the more moderate range for the bay area. the bay area on a level of five are a four. up here at the red line is similar to mid-july in may. the best thing we might have if we're not getting rain are cooler temperature and drizzling. 60 in san francisco, 72 in mid san jose. mid-70s inland. closer look at our weekend coming come up in eight minutes. time for another check of your friday commute. here's mike. >> rob a start in the south bay, a closer look at that map. the south bay overall santa clara county looks great, we're looking at southbound 680 that crash the berryessa or montague

expressway area, it is reportedly in lanes, mild slowing right at the scene, light traffic heading down into silicon valley. heading along the peninsula and the east bay, all looking really clear right now, a smooth drive. breaking down the traffic for the east bay, we'll have no problems, contra costa or alameda county, and the bay bridge toll plaza light. watch for fog, we're tracking that. so far no problems. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:11 right now. mid-air scare. still ahead on "today in the bay" at 6:25, we're going to show you the dramatic moments as a small plane was forced to land on a busy highway. maybe the best thing about working at home would be working in an even better home. i'll show you how people are doing that. let's take you out to the futures, where things are looking a bit better, with some up arrows, fighting inflation. we'll cover the numbers coming up. plus -- ♪ i'll be there for you ♪

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good morning to you. san jose cloudy start to the

morning, 54 right now. should see temperatures climbing into the low 70s and breezy early into the afternoon. >> a live look shows you traffic at the golden gate bridge, low clouds hanging out and maybe some fog but so far, just over on the marin county side, without any problems. lighter traffic flow. we're looking at the flag flapping, there's a breeze across the benicia bridge but not a problem. something we're watching. >> good morning to you. very happy friday to you as well. with the cdc saying people vaccinated can get back to whatever they want to do and whatever they were doing before the pan demme you can, we'll no doubt see a lot of people taking a well-earned vacation. airbnb says in its latest financial report it's already seen a lot of people rent places, but interestingly, a large percentage of those rentals have been for a month or more, which would seem to indicate people are working from home in new places. if you got to be at home, why

not move into that home temporarily, somewhere you've always wanted to live. well, airbnb is all not immune to that same behavior. it tells investors it has way too much bay area office space and wants to get rid of a lot of it. just like its customers are working from home and new places or at least the regular houses, so, too, are airbnb's employees. now while we're talking about company's financials, i thought this was interesting. doordash says its sales tripled, which you would expect during the pandemic, but it continues to lose money. it didn't make a profit in recent months so as many people ordered in, it wasn't making profits and the end of the pandemic is coming. cooler heads have prevailed on wall street, i gave you that warning earlier this week and inflation numbers would be tough and they were, and we saw lots of losses on the markets. now an uptick on thursday as you see and even if the markets move higher today we'll probably still see losses for the week.

the big question is, is this inflationary period temporary or permanent? and most economists that i have talked to say no. best example of that is used cars. prices are way up on used cars, because people are getting back on the road, there's a shortage of new cars because of the whole chip shortage. the spike in used cars isn't going to be permanent. used cars won't be expensive forever, one would ran. reason. the same goes for ketchup and paper towels, et cetera. marcus and laura, i assume you're familiar with the story of the guy who invented post-its, the sticky notes from 3m. we were talking about this earlier. the story the way i heard it, he was at choir practice, his bookmarks kept slipping out so he invented a sticky bookmark that wouldn't damage the pages. that story is only half true. the fellow on the right there,

art frye is the scientist who sang in the choir. it was his co-worker on the left, spencer silver who invented the glue that post-its use. he was looking for something far more sticky and failed but of course the failure turned out to to be a giant success. >> mr. silver passed away the other day, so i thought it would be proper to recognize him and his invention. the story now that i know it better gets better. there was so much teamwork involved. we know how important teamwork is and other companies do and it was kind of cool there was an an inventor and a guy i know what we're going to do with this. >> sticking together. >> exactly, so to speak. >> thanks, scott. new this morning, if you prefer reading on a kindle or an ereader, you may be in the minority. a recent consumer data study indicates ebook sales are trailing paper book sales by more than 20% around the world, a gap that widened during the

pandemic. here are some of the reasons why. >> our customers are staying young, young people are reading books as well. it's not like it's us all fogies. >> it's cool to have something that last and be around longer than your latest device. >> there's nothing like holding that book. according to some forecasts, ereader market revenue is expected to fall from $4.5 billion to 2020 to less than half by 2024. i use both. >> do you? okay. trending for you this morning, some love advice. take this with a grain of salt. before you pick your outfit for your next date, psychologists say certain colors make you look less attractive. they say yellow is the worst. i don't think so because it looks good on my skin but whatever. gray is no, associated with sadness and they say avoid brown at all costs. where say color consultant when you need one? i say if it looks good on your skin, ask your friend, take a picture, send it to your friend.

send it to three friends and go with the best. >> yes, ask it to your friends who will be honest with you or just ask our consultant. >> at least one. >> oh, yeah. i'm marrying one. he tells me. hey, also trending this morning, the "friends" we union we've been waiting for. . >> the new hbo show finally has a premiere date, may 27th, and we are getting our first look at what to expect in this new teaser so let's take a look together. ♪♪ ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ it's a slow version. so that special was delayed multiple times. >> the adult version. >> due to production shutdowns caused by what else, the pandemic. in honor of the big return lego has a new "friends" themed set. look at this, i know some kids that would love this. the friends apartment kit

includes two main new york apartments from the show, goes on sale june and will cost you nearly $150. >> wow. >> woo. >> what's funny about that, the kids that play with legos really wouldn't, they'd be too young to know what "friends" was. >> they're going to be like who? >> i go's that's for collectors. >> ross? who? >> kids don't have $50 to buy the legos. >> right and the price tag. hopefully question cool down the price tag. like the temperatures, cooldown. >> we have a sea breeze bringing in low clouds and around san francisco this morning, waking up to misty skies. currently 49 degrees, not too much wind in san francisco. a little bit of a different story farther inland out towards walnut creek. san jose seeing a southeast wind at 9 miles per hour. currently 54, and looking for some sunshine around the bay area, seeing a little walnut cr. the camera bouncing a bit because you got a south wind close to 14 miles per hour, that

strong sea breeze is out there right now this morning, and will continue to be locally gusty at times through the afternoon today, winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. keeping those temperatures down, only low 70s. today around san jose and fremont, 60 in san francisco, 66 in oakland. upper 50s towards half moon bay. tri-valley only in the mid-70s. tomorrow similar start to the morning, could add drizzle and mist on the coast. what is different about your saturday will be the thunderstorms that form over the sierra and try to drift as they weaken off to the west, the reason why we have a chance of seeing a few scattered showers getting closer to the bay area late tomorrow and going to reinforce the cooling trend we're seeing around the area today. san francisco staying with the highs in the low 60s through the end of the weekend. slight chance of late day showers on saturdayareas highs saturday and sunday, mid-70s early next week. for a check of your morning commute to see if it's friday light, here is mike. >> it is indeed.

great news as we get to the maps, i can show you green sensors around the bay and a nice easy drive. minor crashes i'm watching them all but no major slowing. no major injuries either. contra costa county shows a little slowing for highway 4 and will break down the drive time coming up. i want to show you a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic flows lightly through the maze and the toll plaza including on the span. let's look all week i've been sharing iconic dishes from asian cuisine that might not have been born where you think these dishes were. chicken tikka masala made its way to the house of parliament and part of our asian-american and pacific islander heritage month, coverage we can talk about facebook, pi tut on instagram as well.

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right now at 6:30, an about-face from the cdc. new no mask guidelines that a lot of states are embracing, but california not quite on board just yet. a live report on what you need to keep in mind if you're fully vaccinated. plus -- >> i heard the helicopter for about an hour and a half, and it was going the whole time an i thought it was like a manhunt. >> a wild night on one bay area neighborhood. residents still buzzing after one family found a big bear way up in the tree. weekend alert from experts as "today in the bay" continues. it's friday morning and good morning to you. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll have a check of your forecast and morning commute in a moment. but first this morning, as we mentioned, the cdc is giving this new mask guidance you can take them off.

>> straight to "today in the bay's" bob redell in pleasanton. bob, where is the bay area with the new cdc assessment? >> reporter: not clear yet, marcus and laura. nbc bay area did reach out to a number of bay area counties, alameda where i'm at, contra costa, napa, all three say they are still waiting for guidance from the state, the california department of public health wrote this, you could see it on your tv screen. the state is reviewing the new cdc guidance on masking requirements with over 33 million vaccines administered and one of the lowest case rates in the country, california continues to encourage all eligible californians to get vaccinated as the state looks to fully reopen on june 15th. until then, californians are supposed to continue to wear masks indoors and follow the guidance issued by their local health department until told otherwise. yesterday the cdc announced anyone in america fully vaccinated, about 117 million people that they no longer need to physically distance or wear a

mask outdoors or indoors. this morning on the "today" show the head of the cdc was asked do those new recommendations mean the pandemic is over? >> i am cautiously optimistic that we are seeing this great end point in sight but i think we really do have to be humble and say that this virus, this pandemic has given us twists and turns so we can't get our eye off the ball and we have to continue to monitor really carefully. >> reporter: even when mask mandates are lifted in your county or the state of california, could you still be required to wear a mask? the answer is yes.grocery store can require them. private parties like businesses are allowed to make their own rules so if you don't want to abide by the rules, that's fine. just don't go onto their property. reporting live in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> yes, and on the heels of what you're saying right there, bob,

some major retailers are starting to weigh in. you heard from cvs this morning? >> reporter: yes, cvs issued a statement the pharmacy saying we're evaluating our in-store mask policy based on the latest cdc guidance, the safety of our employees, and customers will continue to guide our decision-making process, so they like other businesses at least in this instance have not yet made a decision on what they're going to allow or require in their stores. laura? >> big decision indeed. >> something we'll all keep in mind. >> thanks, bob. governor newsom delivering his final budget proposal to state lawmakers. governor newsom set to lay out miss plan for californians and ask lawmakers to sign off on more funding for struggling businesses and free transitional kind gart on it all california

families. the budget must be approved by the end of june. california's much maligned employment development department experiencing a massive backlog in unresolved jobless claims. "the mercury news" found as of last week, more than 1 million workers have filed claims, still awaiting payment and it also is about 25,000 more than the week before. according to the edd dashboard. california so far recovered less than half of all the jobs that have been wiped out since the pandemic took hold. also today san francisco district attorney jason oudin is holding a virtual summit to address the spike in crimes targeting asian-american and pacific islander. it is called prevention and protection, keeping our aapi community safe. boudin expects to talk about the crime spike across california and the nation and talk about what constitutes a hate crime. and if law enforcement really has the tools to prosecute hate crime cases. that event is open to the public

with limited availability. in freemont, a homeless man is in custody, accused of attacking two women in separate incidents. officers found the suspect, alexander lomax sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman yesterday near irvington high school. police say earlier in the day, the same man assaulted a 57-year-old woman out for a walk near the auto mall parkway. >> obviously if anybody saw anything, if anybody has any information, please contact us and also for public safety purposes, this person is in custody and we're doing everything we can to make sure this person is held accountable for what they did. >> lomax faces several charges. a man infamous for letting his tesla do the driving while he relaxed in the back seat is speaking out saying he'll do it again. >> it's very normal for me to sit in the back like that.

>> 25-year-old param sharma has been driving in oakland, seen last weekend and spotted a few right after getting out, he was back in the backa. doing this? >> i don't think you can go to jail, man. like' not really that serious because i'm not breaking like any laws, like i'm not dangerously operating the car. >> the chp disagrees. there are 23 crashes related to autopilot features that are under investigation. some deadly. sharma faces reckless driving charges and the chp says if he keeps doing it, he could spend a lot of time in jail. 6:37. people in san anselmo are told to secure their trash after a wild night. >> a giant black bear managed to get himself well stuck in a

tree, a backyard of a home just a block from downtown. really quite the show. a lot of people showing up to see. >> beautiful, but you could just, he was kind of positioned where i could see the back of him and then he moved own could you see his head. he's pretty large. >> the poor guy seemed really scared and he climbed down backwards from up higher, and then he settled in where he is now. >> the young bear was seen around 4:00 yesterday afternoon and came around the tree at 7:00, running away towards the weekend because he feels the weekend is going to be the place to be and that forecast looking good for us, too, rob. >>er with' seeing some cooler changes outside right now that make for a sneak preview where our weekend forecast is going. you'll see if you're headed up to muir woods this weekend temperatures dropping into the 50s. drizzle and mist at times. if your weekend plans include lake tahoe or yosemite, big change. the return of thundershowers,

scattered showers drifting away from the sierra, maybe more so for yosemite by the time we get into sunday and a little bit of that, the outer fringe of it could spill towards the bay area, you so he it there on saturday, as the showers weaken, we could see that drifting into parts of the north bay anne east bay late tomorrow sunday with cooler temperatures sticking around through the weekend and recally next week. highs through the end of the weekend, isolated showers saturday with continued cool and breezy conditions into the beginning of next week. for another check of your friday commute here's mike. >> rob, breaking news for folks headed down toward santa clara county and silicon valley. the crash we've been tracking for southbound 680, just about montague expressway. still two lanes blocked and just barely any slowing shows up on our sensors but we track that, chp did give the alert it's going to take a while longer until they canmilpitas. the rest of the bay the map shows you a typical slowing for 84 and out of the altamont pass.

breakdown for the times being for highway 4 in the last ten minutes, worse through concord out of pittsburg and bay point. the bay bridge toll plaza looks great. low clouds but visibility and drive times are great across the span. back to you. for all the drivers this morning a gas shortage is impacting gas stations and millions of drivers after that pipeline hack. coming up next on "today in the bay" what we're learning about a massive ransom paid to the hackers and a warning our nation is inadequately prepared. in washington, d.c., more arguments in the capitol. we'll go over what they're talking about. out to new york city and the big board, where the dow is up, we've recovered some of the losses we saw earlier this week. and coming up the seniors in san francisco unified school district are now able to go back

to school but we'll let you know why some parents and students aren't excited about it. how would you feel if you missed out on millions of dollars? we'll tell you how one woman is probably feeling. she made a business mistake, down in southern california with a lottery ticket, a winning ticket. how it cost her a lot of money. 6:41 right now. you're watching "today in the bay."

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dublin waking up to low clouds, highs arriving early afternoon reaching the low 70s today. >> he with still have the alert headed into the south bay but the san mateo bridge shows you a good flow of traffic right here as you cross over the span. no major issues here. we'll check the other spans coming up with friday's commute. >> good news for commuters, fuel is starting to flow from the colonial pipeline as new questions emerge about last week's hacker attack. did the company pay a hefty ransom. insiders tell nbc colonial pipeline paid $5 million in cryptocurrency to an eastern european cyber criminal group called dark side. the hackers held the company hostage with malware until the company pays. colonial provides nearly half of all the fuel to southeastern region, the company not commenting. washington and indeed all of america celebrating a major milestone in the fight against covid. >> scott mcgrew as everyone heard the cdc says that

vaccinated people don't need to wear masks anymore. >> we brought you that live on nbc bay area yesterday but you've been reminding people quite rightly you still need to wear them where local laws or rules apply. but those should fade away fairly quickly. president biden on thursday thanking american for doing their patriotic duty and getting vaccinated. 55%, he's going to round it up to 60, of the eligible population has their first shot in. >> in less than four months we've gone from 5.5% to nearly 60% of the adults in america with at least one shot in their arm. we've gone from stagnation to an economy that's growing faster than it has in nearly 40 years. we've gone from an anemic job creation to a record for job creation, for a new administration. all of this is a product of prompt action to roll out the vaccine and boost to our

economy. >> we're going to enter a period where there will be a lot of confusing images about masks. for instance, first lady jill biden not wearing a mask, doesn't have to, says the cdc but the honor guard at the bottom of the airplane ramp there still is, because the military still requires masks. that's caused a new controversy in the house, because members of congress are still required to wear masks, because speaker nancy pelosi is still requiring it. some members say that's unnecessarily controlling because the cdc says vaccinated people don't have to wear them. but pelosi points out not everyone in congress is vaccinated, so the masks stay on. for instance, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has not been vaccinated. the cdc said the presence of someone not vaccinated means the rest of the group had to wear masks.

it said the person not vaccinated will have to wear a mask from here on out. meantime, greene's behavior around fellow congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is causing concern. a number of persons witnessed greene yelling at ocasio-cortez as ocasio-cortez left the house chambers. greene was saying she was a socialist, among other accusations. speaker pelosi calling for an ethics investigation know it's not clear how greene could be punished further than she already has. >> this is beneath the drilling dignity of a person serving in the congress of the united states and cause for trauma and fear among members. >> now the irony here the we're tracking everything that is happening in washington. find me on twitter i'm @scottmcgrew. in a few hours seniors in

san francisco will walk the halls ahead of their early june graduation. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us live with san francisco with more and the brewing lawsuit in another school district that never reopened at all. >> reporter: yes, good morning, laura. for so many seniors this year has been a roller coaster of a ride and for so many seniors, the last couple of weeks at school are just so precious in terms of memories and saying the final good-byes. san francisco unified school acknowledging that and letting the seniors return starting today. that decision was made over the weekend, in all about 500 high school seniors are expected to return to the classroom, but this return won't be like what we've seen with some younger grades. the students will be getting assistance from teachers on projects and online learning, and the return won't be consistent, it's likely the students deciding to return will only do so for about three days between today and the last day of instruction on june 2nd. the district though could gain millions by getting the students

back and having the students return before the may 15th deadline and while some of the san francisco parents decide whether it's worth sending their students back, fremont unified school district says they have no plans to resume in-person "e mercury news" is reporting fremont parents for reopening filed a lawsuit in alameda last. it claims their students are suffering academically and socially because they only had the option of doing the in-person learning so while those parents in fremont are fighting to get students back in, some students in san francisco unified the seniors will have a chance to walk the halls if only for a couple of days before school is over. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right, what a year it's been for them. thanks so much. trending this morning the mystery surrounding an unclaimed $26 million lottery ticket is

deepening. >> so the deadline to turn it in, that's passed. that ticket was purchased at a gas station in los angeles back in november. so the employee says that a woman told workers that she put the ticket in her pocket and then washed her pants, describing that ticket. ooh. lottery officials say the claim will be investigated but if the woman does not have the ticket be out of luck. no money. if you want to bet on your luck here, you could do it this weekend, get in line for a mega millions ticket, big jackpot as you can see here on your screen. there was no winner on tuesday for the drawing jackpot so it's worth $402 million so tonight's jackpot is worth $430 million. tomorrow night's powerball drawing is worth $183 million. that's a combined $613 million if you win, and with that kind of money, you can buy a house here in the bay area.

[ laughter ] >> a little fixer-upper for you. >> right. >> i hope you're handy. >> you're going to need it. did you notice on cierra's live shot a little while ago she had the umbrella up this morning. probably a little misty out there. how is it looking, rob? >> the drizzle conditions. mike and i sometimes refer to the gain gauges on four wheels the cars coming over the golden gate bridge dealing with some little windshield wiper action. low clouds and drizzle near san diego, 49 degrees. san jose 54, southeast wind at 9 and a few breaks in the clouds in walnut creek, 52 degrees. notice the wind south at 14, that's the sign of a good, strong case of ocean air conditioning which is going to keep our daytime temperatures down around walnut creek and concord down quite a bit from earlier in the week. so low clouds and drizzle for the morning. we have 40s and 50s outside. you're probably going to need a jacket for lunch time, even outdoors in the valleys. only upper 60s and low 70s

inland through about 12:00 and then by midafternoon, numbers inland today only in the mid-70s, so really no 80s unless you head to tracy or stockton for today. tomorrow gets interesting. changes in the seven-day forecast show that we might see showers moving away from the sierra, bringing a chance of isolated showers even in the bay area by late tomorrow and saturday night, one thing we're tracking as the system impacts mostly the cierra, moves off to the south and east sunday and monday, a cooler seven-day forecast. san francisco the drizzle at times today, may see more than drizzle possibly late tomorrow watching that closely and around some inland locations numbers in the 70s. we go through the weekend with a cool start headed into next week. headed toward san jose, you have to shift over to your right for 680 continuing to follow this, the alert that chp wants me to pass along i'll do that of

course, southbound 680 past montague. your left lanes two of them are blocked but more slowing for your light, easy drire may be some mist, keep that in mind a swipe or two on the wipers. slowing berkeley east shore freeway and concord pittsburgh and bay point. the build at the richmond-san rafael bridge using these metering lights we don't see wipers but watch for low clouds and mist around the golden gate bridge. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, if you take b.a.r.t. this weekend, you may see some delays. the transit service set to begin work tomorrow between the south hayward and union city stations causing part of that track to be shut down. crews will replace part of the trackway and some of which has been in use since 197 2. b.a.r.t. is offering tree rides to themilestone moment.

next on "today in the bay," the cdc director talking about the latest mask guidance. we're breaking it all down what it means for people right here in california. and here is a hint, don't throw away the masks just yet. you're watching "today in the bay."

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33 million vaccines administered and one of the lowest case rates in the country, california continues to encourage all eligible californians to get vaccinated as the state looks to fully reopen on june 15th. until then californians are supposed to continue to wear masks indoors and follow the guidance issued by the local health department. any american who is fully vaccinated which right now is around 117 million people no longer need to physically distance or wear masks outdoors or indoors. reporting live in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. new drought concerns the focus of our climate in crisis coverage this morning. the stay releasing its new drought monitor map yesterday and the bay area already in extreme drought. leaders say the snowpack is 7% of what it should be for this time of the year. meanwhile, calfire is suspending burn permits starting monday for contra costa, santa clara and alameda counties. this is due to the increased

fire danger risk. rob mayeda has been following this closely and how is it looking out there for us? >> right now may be the best thing short term for fire danger, low clouds, drizzle, seeing some of that around the bay area this morning. 52 in san jose. and a cool afternoon, 72 later on in san jose, 60 in san francisco. upper 60s near hayward and your seven-day forecast by the way the bay area this weekend cool finish, highs inland staying in the 70s. mike? >> light overall for friday as we expect but highway 4 very slow there through concord, pittsburg, bay point. travel times are kicking in again through concord, just like monday through thursday and a quick look at the bay bridge from emeryville, the toll plaza here, there are low clouds, cloudy, carl the fog's sister and rob's friend mr. drizzle, mist or drizzle, mr. drizzle. >> mr. drizzle. all right, that's going to do it

for us. enjoy the cooler temperatures this weekend. >> look across the bay area this morning, enjoy it and have a good time. be safe out there. we'll see you next week. the "today" show starts in a few seconds. >> buenos días, el país sin america unmasked. >> i think it's a great milestone, a great day >> the nation reaches a turning point in the pandemic. health officials declaring the fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks or social distance in most places inside and out. >> you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. >> a breath of fresh air for tens of millions of americans. >> woo-hoo that's great. >> but the sudden change catching some states and