edup this... so i can get to them. easy prep, cook and clean with reynolds wrap. right now at 8:00, santa clara county entering the least restrictive yellow tier. as businesses loose restrictions they face an all new requirement, what health leaders say employers must keep track of post pandemic. >> zoe was the sweetest, had the best heart. her smile, when she walked into a room, you fell in love with zoe. >> the family members and friends remembering the two teenagers killed on a party bus in oakland. ahead in a live report, why this is still very active with the investigation. "today in the bay" continues now. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us.

i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. santa clara county in the yellow tier with a twist. the county will require all employers to determine the vaccination status of employees and contractors. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from downtown san jose with one of the top questions about the new policy. kris? >> reporter: probably the same question you might have, which is it legal for my boss to ask me what my vaccine status is. that is a requirement that santa clara county is making of all employers and agencies within the county. let's take a look at that policy, in case you missed it, happened around the noontime hour just yesterday. employers have to determine the vaccine status of all employees that includes contractors showing up at work sites. this has to happen within the next 14 days. employees can decline but they'll have to follow the same rules as unvaccinated people,

with the masking requirements, the quarantine requirements, social distancing requirements, and such. the county is providing a form for businesses and agencies, though they can choose to use their own tracking system. a former law school dean tells us that health privacy laws do allow for this. >> that would not prevent, in my opinion, prevent an employer from asking their employees, are you vaccinated, even do you have proof of vaccination. we want to see that. >> reporter: the county's other yellow tier changes were pretty straightforward, aligning with san francisco and san mateo, who went first, allowing gyms to reopen indoors at 50% capacity, same for restaurants. bars can also reopen at 25% capacity indoors, live outdoor venues can host events at 67% capacity. all of these changes go into effect starting today. >> kris, i do want to ask you before you leave, the

vaccination verification, this applies to all businesses across the board, not just state or federal companies? >> reporter: right. this is all initially i thought it was government county agencies going to be requiring this of their employees but it is really for all employers and in fact, i was a little bit surprised that we didn't get one in our email box by the end of the day yesterday, although businesses do have 14 days to comply and it is at this point seems to be legal although some people say that they don't think so. >> all right. thanks, kris. across the bay area, san francisco and san mateo are also in the yellow tier. the east bay and much of the north bay are in orange, but solano county still in that red tier. we asked a supervisor there why the county is under tight restrictions. >> i attribute it to the fact that people have covid, they're tired of covid. they're tired of staying home. they're tired of being told what

you can and cannot do. people want to get back to life the way it was prior to march 18th of last year. >> right now, solano county has an adjusted case rate of nearly 7 per 100,000. it needs to be under 5.9 to move into the orange tier. the positivity rate is at 2.5%, which meets the orange tier threshold. should businesses be allowed to require proof of vaccination forms for their customers? majority of california voters say yes. that's according to awe any uc berkeley survey, finds two out of three people believe places like concert venues, sports stadiums and casinos should be allowed to check verification cards and a majority also say businesses should be allowed to require negative covid tests to allow customers inside. >> if you're not vaccinated yet, you'll have the opportunity to do so, in the east bay today, pleasanton teaming up with satisfy way to give out pfizer doses at the pleasanton senior

center on sunol boulevard by appointment for anyone over 12 and opens at 8:00 a.m. or head to nbcbayarea.com, it will help you plan that vaccine. 5:04 this morning. there is a new reward to help solve that party bus shooting that killed two teenaged girls in oakland during a birthday celebration that took an unthinkable turn. "today in the bay's" bob redell is covering this part of this story, covering it all morning yesterday for "today in the bay." he's live for us and bob, talk to us about do police have any leads at this point? >> reporter: marcus, if they do, they aren't saying. we know that oakland police, chp that they are looking for at least two suspects who shot at a party bus early of young women celebrating a friend's 21st birthday. two teenagers were killed, several more people injured including one person who is still in the hospital in critical condition. oakland police and chp believe that this was not a random crime, that the shooters

targeted the bus. it started around 12:20 yesterday morning, the bus returning to oakland from san francisco. the suspects who were in another vehicle shot at the bus as it drove off eastbound 580 on to seminary avenue and again near foothill boulevard and 68th avenue. at least two shooters fired about 70 bullets into that bus. the bus eventually made it to east oakland it's police ethmont substation. one of the women killed was a 19-year-old mother from oakland whose child turns 3 on saturday, the other zee woe hughes of modesto, she was just 16 years old. >> she just deserved a lot more than 16 years, and i want everyone to know that it's a nightmare what's happening and that i love her so much, and i wish that i could just hug her one more time. >> reporter: that was zoe's

cousin. oakland police and crimestoppers are offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the suspects. chp and crimestoppers have their own respective tip lines, too, that people can call into with information. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. 5:07 right now. developing right now, the search is on this morning for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in san francisco. one person died at the scene, another victim in extremely critical condition. it happened at about 7:00 last night on polk and hayes near the civic center plaza. police say after the two vehicles collided, one of the drivers ran from the scene. san francisco mayor london breed apparently on the verge of providing much-needed relief for some of those struggling most to make it in the bay. "the examiner" reports she's allocating money in the city's new budge tote further subsidize rents for one group of 2,800 tenants in permanent supportive

housing. in the meantime, marin county leaders hold the first of two pop up in event for residents financially hit hard during the pandemic, holding workshops to obtain federal rental assistance. today's event starts at 4:00 p.m., another on may 23rd starts at 10:00 a.m. neighbors are on high alert in san francisco keeping a watchful eye out for this, look at your screen, a mountain lion spotted several times this week on security cameras in portola, this one is on gavin street near the 280/101 interchange. fish and wildlife say the cat has a tracking collar and this isn't the first time that it's visited the city. in two previous instances that cat left on its own. >> we're obviously doing increased patrols and hopefully the mountain lion has actually turned around and gone back to the peninsula. >> the cat was also spotted early tuesday in vernal heights and if it's spotted again and

police can set up a perimeter, they'll decide how to safely remove it. a follow-up for you now, sonoma county leaders are delaying a rules to give agricultural commissioner more leeway to issue permits and remove a cap on large-scale pot growing. growers say sonoma county has been dragging its feet when it comes to loosening restrictions. opponents worry about pot farms using too much water, attracting criminals and lowering property values. new impact this morning from the extreme drought conditions. more north bay residents are being asked to conserve water. last night, santa rosa councilmembers adopted a 20% voluntary reduction in water use, the move comes after a recent drought declaration for mendocino and sonoma counties. half way through our work week here and it's been rather pleasant, a little breezy yesterday afternoon, how are we looking for today, kari?

>> it's going to be another really nice day. we were just talking about the drought conditions that we were seeing and as we look across the state, once again a lot of bright red showing some extreme drought as we get a closer look, that includes pretty much all of the bay area at this point, and so we are going to continue to watch out for that, as well as the high winds, and we'll be picking up later this evening. this is a wind advisory not a red flag warning, mainly because the humidity levels won't drop low enough for this to be a red flag warning but we'll watch out for the fire danger due to those gusty winds and dry vegetation. so we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's going on right now the commute? >> kari, chp still calls this an alert. i'm pulling back on it a little bit for the south bay, but let's look at the map for northbound 101, unusually slow as you're approaching oakland road, up toward 880, there's a crash but more importantly reports ofwo l part of that connector, you

might need to exit or might want to exit at oakland road and old bay shore back to 101 to bypass the scene. the only issue for silicon valley. the other issue, altamont pass, speeds look a little bit better but we have a crash reported in the center divide west 580 at greenville and the altamont pass is backing uhm as some folks try to avoid west 580. back to you. >> okay, thanks, mike. 5:11 right now. with the swipe of a finger you can give or receive money using venmo. there's a new security concern raising a red flag and believe it or not, it all started with president biden. what hackers managed to do, that experts say should serve as a warning for everyone. the price of lumber, which at one point was up 400%, is starting to come down on wood. ow! charlie, that really hurt.

>> charlie bit his finger. you remember that one? you know what? that family, they're now trying to take a big bite out of the nft craze. we've been talking about that here, well now they're hoping to cash in on the viral video, 14 years later. time may be running out for you to view that.

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today's high temperatures, much more of a breeze and cooler temperatures moving into the bay area today, and soer with' reaching into the low 70s in napa and santa rosa, upper 60s for livermore, as we upper 60s for san jose. we'll talk about more of this and what's ahead as the winds pick up, coming up in a few minutes >> although the alert, short segment mckee and tri-valley a crash on the shoulder jamming up altamont pass road as well as westbound 580. things are improving. joining from vasco road, everything is clear from that point heading west. good morning, very happy wednesday to you as well. it turns out those dark side hackers were far more successful than they realized. the eastern european or possibly russian group that held computers at colonial pipeline for ransom. colonial paid them off.

now a security company called the liptick, dark side received $90 million in ransom over the last eight months from 47 different corporate victims. taking you out to the markets this morning, target says the sales hit all-time records, futures there showing a rough day ahead as investors continue to worry about inflation. prices are up on all kinds of commodities. we talked yesterday about how the number of new homes built fell last month because builders said it was hard to get their hands on lumber, price of lumber, would up something like 400%. there is an old saying the solution to high prices is high prices, it brings in more supply and the price of lumber is in fact falling. they trade lumber futures on the chicago mercantile exchange. the price of lumber falling so fast, it fell faster than the exchange allows, past the limits, and that should

continue. you know what else is falling is tipping. reporter j.j. mcharvey at the "wall street journal" did an analysis of how we tipped during the pandemic. i overtipped, and americans tipped at places they don't normally tip like subway or other takeout and why not? restaurants guys were struggling and certainly the wait staff was struggling but we may see that return to normal levels of tips as we return back to normal levels of going out to eat. >> you know, one thing that i was wondering about and i did, but when you would pick up food, do you tip, because tip is typically associated with service and it's -- i did but then i was like how much and, yeah. >> exactly right. the subways of this world and -- people were working hard, but traditionally americans don't tip when they're just grabbing a bag of food off of a shelf or whatnot and we may stop doing that, it's possible. >> all right.

thanks, scott. >> they make a big differenc fo not very much. always remember them. new this morning, the ease which one news group had finding president biden's venmo account raising security questions this week. buzzfeed took reporters all of ten minutes to find the president's account, which was set to private and has since been removed. look for it after a report saying sometimes venmos his grandchildren money. it can be connected through the friends function. experts say transactions can be found as well. >> everything about you, your digital bread crumbs, patterns of life can be packaged and monetized. >> catch the full story on the "today" show following "today in the bay" at 7:00 a.m. time is running out to view one of its most popular viral videos ever. >> ow! charlie that really hurt!

>> i remember that, do you remember seeing this one? look, so it came to be known as charlie bit my finger and it's been seen on youtube close to 1 billion times. this is since it was uploaded in 2007. now the nft is being auctioned off this saturday meaning the highest bidder will own the original file. they are promising to delete the video from the internet forever. good luck on that one. i remember that came out, i was working in nashville, meteorologist's name was charlie and we used to say charlie! >> i never get tired of seeing that. it's so cu how do you delete anything from the internet forever? >> yes. >> i don't know. all right, we don't want to delete this forecast that we have today.

meteorologist kari hall has a look at that. should be a good one at least for the morning jog? >> yes, absolutely. i was hoping we would see what they look like now. that was so long ago. let's get a look at what you're going to see as you get ready to head out the door this morning for the morning run. we're about 30 minutes away from sunrise as you enjoy a cup of coffee and get ready for the activities, it's going to be a cool start. we have some low 50s for parts of the east bay this morning, but it will be clear and a nice warmup today, but it does happen slowly over the next few hours. you do have some time to get outside before those temperatures start to feel a little bit warm, but it won't be that warm today especially compared to yesterday as we reach into the low 70s for some of our warmest spots in the inland areas. check out the seven-day forecast. it's already up at the bottom of the screen. it is going to be windy today, especially this evening, take a look at this wind speed forecast. san francisco 53-mile-per-hour winds at about 7:00 to 8:00 and for our inland areas, san jose

really seeing the winds gusting at 25 to 30 miles per hour. so make sure everything around the house is secure and ready for these high winds but we're also watching out for the fire danger, not because the humidity will be low, because we're seeing relative humidity numbers during the middle of the day at 50%. we have dry vegetation, it's been so long since we've had some rain and going to see a storm system that will bring some rain to the sierra and also some snow, not just tomorrow but the next few days, so we'll be watching out for that active weather there, while we get some gusty winds here.> mike, you've some breaking news and a few issues out there, has all of that settled down? >> it's settled down, kari, hasn't cleared completely. i'll back off of the red, we'll leave the signs on red right now for the one report but the sensors on the map have backed off from red, why i'm calming a bit. more orange than red out of the

altamont pass. it is jammed because of a crash in the center divide west 580 at north greenville. if you joined in from vasco out of brentwood and discovery bay you're just fine. west of there is at speed. no problem for the rest of contra costa county or alameda county. the south bay where north 101 has this jam up approaching 880, reports of flooding there, and a live look northbound side does show a smooth drive just north of alum rock where things start to jam up and it should be clear i'm told within the next half hour, but we'll still watch for the right two lanes that are blocked. back to you. >> all right, sounds good, thanks, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay," another tesla driver in trouble with the law. the reason wisconsin police say they had to follow him for two miles before pulling him over. its message they want all tesla drivers to hear this morning. and our team always on social media, hey, i took a little trip to tahoe and truckee this weekend, spending time with

friends, riding bikes, walking, mountain biking, that was so much fun and my legs are feeling it still today. i had a great time. we were all fully vaccinated, too. share your stories of some of the vacations you're taking around town and let's talk about it. see me on facebook, instagram and twitter. it is 5:23 this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."

private businesses can still require masks as well. more than half of all adults there are now fully vaccinated. new this morning, an illinois man driving a tesla is cited for inattentive driving. a wisconsin deputy says the driver appeared to be sleeping at the wheel, after putting on his lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop the driver went two more miles before pulling over. the 38-year-old man denies he was asleep and law enforcement says there was no signs of impairment. tesla says drivers should keep their hands on the steering wheels at all time and i would say maybe stay awake. coming up next, top stories we're following for you today including another sign that most distance learning may soon be coming to end.

we'll talk about the new financial incentive california stool districts may have to keep kids in the classroom as long as leaders approve one critical proposal. the search is on for an attack on an asian-american woman on board a barth train. why investigators are stopping short of calling this a hate crime.

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right now at 5:30, big news surrounding former president trump.

the accusations new york prosecutors say the former commander in chief turned into an inquiry criminal. plus -- >> my first reaction is not again, and we need to do something about this immediately. >> another asian-american woman attacked, police stopping short of calling it a hate crime. this morning, sop b.a.r.t. riders are on edge following another assault. "today in the bay" begins right "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington on first that developing story. >> and -- >> scott? >> yes, good morning to you, marcus. good morning there. the trump organization under another criminal investigation, this time from the new york state attorney general, that prosecutor has already built a civil case. leteisha james is expanding the

investigation into a criminal side, this joins a criminal investigation already under way by the manhattan district attorney who is looking into, among other things, whether trump and his organization lied about the value of trump buildings to avoid paying taxes or to increase the number of loans it could get. the new york attorney general's office told us "we have informed the trump organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. we are now actively investigating the trump organization in a criminal capacity, along with the manhattan d.a. " the trump organization would inflate the value of the building to get bank loans. it would deflate the estimated value of the same buildings when it paid taxes in order to pay less. prosecutors add powerful

witnesses. michael cohen says the trump organization did that when testifying before congress back in 2019. marcus and law camera, the house is also continuing its investigation of trump's finances as it works to get a subpoena deal with deutsche bank which loaned trump organization millions of dollars. >> scott, other cases against the former president as well. >> the number of women that made allegations against him the most prominent is the civil lawsuit from newspaper columnist e.g. and carroll and georgia is investigating whether trump tried to illegally influence the outcome of the presidential election there with phone calls and what election leaders perceived as threats during the georgia recount. biden ultimately won georgia as well. trump called the georgia investigation politically motivated. laura and marcus, remember, the attorney general, secretary of state in charge of the elections and the governor of georgia are all republicans.

>> we're heard people talk about that before. scott, thank you. 5:33, new overnight and just into our newsroom, firefighters in the east bay responding quickly to rescuing two people, this is from a house fire in san lorenzo. videos and photos tweeted by alameda county fire. crews responded to that fire around 2:30 this morning on brandon e. avenue in san leandro. deputies were able to rescue one person from a rear window while fire crews say the second person. a dog was also saved. the fire is under investigation. >> that was in san lorenzo. the search is on for the person who attacked and robbed an asian-american woman riding barth in san francisco. this morning she's resting at home. when will the violence stop many

are asking. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live on the attack and what police are good morning. >> good morning, laura. thankfully the woman didn't sustain any serious injuries and b.a.r.t. police are not calling this racially motivated but as you can imagine, this tack coming after a string of other attacks, as that woman was preparing to go to work. now take a look at the video, we have some pictures of what that woman looked like after she was attacked. right now her name was not being released but those close to the situation say she was riding barth toward the 16th and mission station around 8:00 monday morning a man approached her, the man demanded her phone, yelled curse words at her and hit her in the face. a mentioned, b.a.r.t. police say they were not asian slurs, not describing the crime as an act of anti asian violence. something has to be done so members of the community feel safe. >> let's make sure people who

are victimsvictimized, survivor violence get the full range of support and that we move any barriers associated with that. >> reporter: so right now, b.a.r.t. police looking for the individual involved in this situation, anyone that was there at the time or has any knowledge of this situation urged to contact b.a.r.t. police. we're live, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest, cierra. new progress being made in the fight against covid. daily u.s. infections have continued to drop dipping below 25,000 yesterday nationwide. so according to the cdc, at least 32% of the population fully vaccinated. also more than half a million 12 to 15-year-olds received their first pfizer covid vaccine shot, this is less than one week after the fda and the cdc approved it. >> there's a new push in sacramento to end distance learning for students and make it happen soon.

san francisco state assemblyman phil ting wants to end a waiver that allows for at-home learning. in a normal year schools get state funding for attendance but districts were given a pass at the start of the pandemic. ting is calling for that to end next month saying distance learning has not worked for all students. alameda prosecutors declined to issue charges as there were no criminal accident. fines going up for illegal dumping in san jose. if you're caught, it will cost you $10,000 up from $2,500. the city council approved thein crease last night. san jose has seen a dramatic jump in legal dumping during the pandemic. some new numbers showing you

more bay area real estate getting out of reach for first-time home buyers and looking to make it in the bay, of course. i'm sure you've heard this before, home prices are soaring. want to look at some of the latest year over year percentage jumps for you here in california, the california association provided these. and san francisco had the smallest year over year jump at just under 6%. it's 5:38 on your wednesday morning, taking a live look outside, let's head on over to the east bay this morning over by walnut creek. good morning. kari has a look at our forecast for today. we've had nice temperatures lately, it's been pretty mild. >> it has been and we're going to see a little bit cooler for we're watching a cooldown as a storm system moves just to the east of us, and also a wind

advisory that will begin later this evening. some of those wind gusts may reach over 50 miles per hour near the coast and in the hills, so we're watching that, as that storm system brings some rain and snow to the sierra. we're going to have cooler temperatures and some breezy winds. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, what is going upon for the commute? >> we have the alert in san jose and now i'll get back on the red here as we head down there, this is very unexpectedly slow for folks as we still have your right two lanes of northbound 101 blocked by flooding, yes, dry in the sky, flooding on the roadway, i think there's a busted sprinkler at the 880 transition there from north 101. here is the backup by our camera, over near 280, the map shows you the backup starts back here. folks may want to use 280 to 87, sometimes happens as an alternate that may cause the ripple through san jose. crews on the scene in about ten minutes. i don't know how long it will take them to clear the flooding.

we have fixed the backup for 580 clear out of the altamont pass. we'll show you the bay bridge coing up. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. it's 5:39. coming up, homework controversy. racial slur. what she's calling for now. members of the president's own party are pushing him to push for a cease-fire in the middle east. we'll bring you the latest. and this morning, our asian-american and pacific islander heritage month shines the spotlight on a spot shelf, melissa king landed her first kitchen job at 17 at the geddes museum in 2017, she was a finalists on "top chef" and won as fan favorite. five seasons later named the winner of the cooking all-star season, a member of the lgbtq

campaign she was named the deputy marshal of san francisco's pride in 2016. we salute you melissa king.

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join today. good wednesday morning. at 5:43, let's get you ready and out the door for work. in oakland we start out with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. it will be clear today so bring

the sunglasses. we'll talk about our slightly cooler temperatures and those gusty winds today, that's coming up in a few minutes. and san jose still backed up, crews not yet on scene. there's flooding, yes, flooding reported over here north 101 at 880. so the backup shows back here at 280 and 680, the overpass right here, that's the unusual slowing for silicon valley, santa clara county, san jose. as we look at the bay bridge no problem, alameda county out of oakland headed toward san francisco is an easy drive right now. >> thank you, mike. it is 5:44, a cease-fire may soon be coming between israel and hamas, as president biden makes a new push for peace. >> but all of this is coming after the worst bloodshed in years, this morning the bombing and air strikes continue on both sides. gaza leaders say at least 217 palestinians have d and israel authorities say 12 people have been nbc's richard engel is in tel aviv with more. >> reporter: marcus, law camera,

as long as bombs are still dropping and rockets are flying, a lot could change quickly, a lot of the things could go wrong. there is talk now about a cease-fire. israeli media reporting that a cease-fire in internationally mediated cease-fire could come as early as tomorrow or friday but so far, we are not seeing signs that the conflict is slowing down >> a defeat for hamas is a victory for people who want to see peace and stability in the middle east. >> reporter: prime minister netanyahu saying even the most precise strikes risk collateral damage. marcus, laura? >> richard engel reporting there. president biden has been on the phone with israelese leader hoping to slow some of these [ muted ]. >> scott mcgrew, the president is getting pressure from fellow democrats to hurry a cease-fire. >> many in the left wing of the democratic party, marcus,

identify with the palestinian's plight in this, the citizens of gaza, not hamas who fired rockets. there was a small protest in the very arab-american suburb of dearborn, michigan, president biden was there to tour a ford plant and americans there wanted to make sure the president heard their thoughts and opinions. now the white house says the president has spoke within israeli leader benjamin netanyahu at least twice during the conflict. mr. biden has known netanyahu for a long time. senator biden was the head of the senate foreign relations committee for many years. president biden has said america stands with israel and israel has the right to defend itself. as for that ford tour the president took the opportunity to promote his infrastructure plan, which he says will increase the amount of manufacturing in america as well as the number of electric cars. the plant biden visited makes the new electric ford f-150. the president says it's

important not to let china get ahead of us on electric vehicles. >> and they think they're going to win but i got news for them. they will not win this race. we can't let them. we have to move fast and that's what you're doing here. >> now the president also got a chance to drive that new f-150. it's still clad in camouflage because ford hasn't let the public see it. the president was allowed to drive it. it's pretty good marketing as well. and off he goes. well, we'll be talking about what's happening with the mideast peace plan and the possible cease-fire on twitter, you can follow me there @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. a central valley mother outraged saying her son's homework assignment included a racial slur. we're not sharing what that word is but melissa cheek says it was

included twice in her son's assignment from shasta elementary. the assignment also asked students to look up the slur online and visit a museum for jim crow racist memorabilia. the mother says the family were shocked. >> it has been a word that has come up in school, one that we don't use as a family, one that is again offensive. he knew that it wasn't a word that was okay to use. >> school and district officials did pull that assignment saying it doesn't meet their standards. as for the cheek family, the son is now in a different class but the family is calling for the teacher to be held accountable. that has not happened yet, it's not clear if that happened so far. it is asian-american pacific islander month, and a young bay area fashion designer is using her voice in a unique way to stop hate. ashlyn so is 13 years old and debuted at new york fashion week

four years ago. she's so talented. more recently, she's the middle schooler in february organized a march and rally in san mateo to raise awareness about hate crimes against the aapi community. >> i really knew that i had to do something and i had to use my platform, i had to use my voice and i thought, i was inspired by the black lives matter protest and decided i wanted to organize a rally. >> she also recently made a pop sugar list of the most influential people under 21. she's organizing a rally for this weekend, and hopes can unite all people of color and talks about it in an all-new interview on nbc lx, 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable or any time on lx.com. here we go at at that forecast for you.

meteorologist kari hall of course has been checking out those things and seeing that sunrise behind you, looks like it's going to be a good day. >> it's nice. yes, we're going to enjoy more sunshine today, cool temperatures and also much more of a gusty wind picking up especially later on today. let's take a look at these high temperatures and what you can expect going into the middle of the day. so palo alto heading up to the upper 60s, san jose also upper 60s. livermore reaching 69 degrees, but there will be a few mid-70s, we'll see that in fairfield and antioch and napa today reaching 72 degrees. we'll also have a wind advisory going up for the coastal areas as well as the hills, as we could see some wind gusts anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour, and then some of those higher gusts reaching 50 miles per hour, so that's for tonight into tomorrow, going through the wind speed forecast it will be breezy pretty much all day. check out the time and when the

winds will be the highest. here we are at 8:00/9:00 and some of the winds in san francisco over 50 miles per hour, now what's different this time is that we are seeing some much cooler air coming in, as a storm system moves to the east of us, and then the winds gradually warm down headed into tomorrow afternoon, but breezy period of about 24 hours that we'll see with some higher humidity this time around, and that's the reason why this is a wind advisory, and most likely not a red flag warning. humidity levels won't drop low enough for this to be a high fire danger, but the vegetation still very dry, high winds and a fire could get going fairly quickly. we're also watching some rain as well as some sierra snow that will be coming down over the next couple of days, starting tomorrow and continuing into the first part of the weekend, where one to five inches of snow will be falling so we're still talking about snow at the end of may and we are going to have some breezy inland areas in the and warming up early next week,

while san francisco will keep those temperatures mostly in the 60s over the next few days. mike, what's going on right now the morning commute? >> kari, i have breaking news in the good direction i guess you can say, should be improvement for san jose. right now, still jammed. let's take a look at our camera northbound 101 north of the 280/680 overcrossing, things are starting to move better near the clock at the bottom of the screen, it will ripple back from 880 as we look at your map, it's jammed from 880 back to about story road, earlier crash and the flooding have now been cleared. it didn't get an update and suddenly chp cleared that from north 101, that will send much more traffic up in toward palo alto, santa clara mountain view, all those areas that that will be expected to spread out aness long the peninsula. east bay slowing contra costa county more build for vasco road. tracking maybe a crash on the bay bridge and bring that up to you as soon as i get an update.

back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, good news if your travel plans include europe. americans who are fully vaccinated no longer have to quarantine or be tested when visiting the european union. ambassadors came to that agreement, leaders of the eu countries are expected to approve it tomorrow. it's not clear when tourists will be allowed to travel but a spokesperson says it will happen soon and each country will still have its own guidelines and restrictions when it comes to mask and social distancing. there's much more ahead on "today in the bay." >> in college, i pushed away my asian-ness. i wanted to be bland so bad and fit in with all these girls. >> coming up next, meet the independent artist working to shine a light on her vietnamese heritage and how she's inspiring others to create change in their own communities. plus, tightening the spigots, the north bay county now asking you to limit your water usage as drought

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space that really hasn't been formulated for you to fit in? >> in college, i pushed away my asianness. i wanted to be blond so bad, i wanted to fit in with all these girls and to do all of that and still not be able to fit in. at the end of the day, it's about me being true to who i am, being myself completely and being proud of who i am, where i come from, my culture, my identity. >> that's important because a lot of people always try to mimic something that they want, you know, i'm going to mimic mariah carey or something like that, as opposed to saying there's no one who can do me better than me. >> exactly. i need to be my best self. i have this one life and i want to live it to the best of my ability.lf out there, but at thd

of the day, i need to do that, because i need to live my truth. ♪ i get a rush from your energy ♪ >> what do you hope people get from your music? >> i hope people when they listen to my music, they feel something. i used to listen to music if i was going through something, if i was heartbroken, if i was upset about a test, music would make me feel good. >> is there a piece of a song that motivates you and if so would you use it? >> it is called 111 and if you are familiar with angel numbers it's a reminder when you see the number 111 to continue to stay positive, you know. your life is what you make it. i listen to it when i'm feeling down. ♪ sometimes i feel like i can't move, like to a stranger in my shoes, i cried, pray for life ♪ ♪ dark clouds never bring the light ♪ ♪ don't eight fight what you can't fight, don't cry baby, dry your eyes ♪ >> vocally she could stand one

ariana grande and a lot of the artists, hoping to be that inspiration for asian girls and boys and showing you can do whatever you want. >> she has a great attitude. >> head to our facebook page and nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. right now at 6:00, entering the yellow tier. one county can't seem to escape the red tier. a look at what's holding things up. y'all need to turn yourself in. she had a child. she had a baby. it's not right. >> east bay families mac a plea for your help, this is after a deadly party bus shooting. a live report on the investigation and the reward now being offered to help solve this case. on