dropping. >> really looking forward to things moving back towards normal. >> coming up, the new milestone just reached right here in the golden state. plus more and more people are getting vaccinated, there's more signs of hope for the bay area economy. a live report on the big hotel reopening in san francisco and how other businesses are preparing for the return of tourists as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. and good monday morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. first we have some breaking news we are following out of fremont, a brush fire in the mission peak regional preserve. "today in the bay's" bob redell arrived on the scene. what is the latest out there, bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. when we last saw you, we were in the parking lot and moved up about a mile into the hills so you can see where the firefighters are at. you can see the main issue for them is and that's the steeper

it terrain. this is the mission peak regional preserve. they're in the clouds where the flashing lights are, the two-acre wildfire is burning started around 4:20. i talked to the battalion chief 30 minutes ago one of the flanks was surrounded, a good sign. still trying to get around the other flank. the challenge is the accessibility. they're area to get to the vehicles closer to the fire but they have to hoof it in. four fremont fire excuse me, three fremont fire vehicles up there and i saw a second cef vehicle, five vehicles in there and a crew trying to get a handle on this. worst case was if the winds were to pick up, fortunately they're not right now, and if the sun were to come up and start to heat things up, they said this could spread to ten acres, that would be their worst case scenario. right now they believe they have this held at roughly two acres and as you look around the scenery, you can see why this is of such great concern because of

the brown hills, we're in a drought right now, everything is very dry and the concern is that this could spread somewhere else so that's why you see this overwhel mipg response from the fire department. over to meteorologist kari hall for the weather conditions, i see an inversion over here. i don't know if that's what the rest of the bay area is looking at right now. >> that slows the spread of the fire even though the vegetation is at record dry levels and they know they have to really tackle this before those temperatures warm up and the winds pick up later today. right now we have temperatures at about 47 degrees in the area in our station in hayward. we can see the temperatures are cool. the wind is calm and as we go into today, we are expecting the wind to gradually pick up so hopefully there's full containment as we go into the next few hours, because later today, take a look at the wind speeds at noon that are about 10 to 15 and at about 3:00 we see about 15 to 20-mile-per-hour

winds so we don't want this to get out of control. we'll continue to monitor that and talk about the rest of the bay area coming up in a few minutes. laura? >> all right, sounds good. we'll check back with you, kari. 6:02. now to our road to recovery, yet another sign the pandemic is waning, the state's positivity rate is at a record low, it's at 0.09%, this marks the first time the positivity rate has fallen below 1% during the entire pandemic. >> we have live team coverage as more businesses start to reopen including the largest hotel on the west coast, all of this also means a commute is really picking up as well. first let's go to washington, d.c., live this morning with tracie potts. i know covid cases are dropping across the country. >> right, marcus and laura. the numbers are starting to shift, death rates are dropping, the number of new cases are dropping, some of them

significantly in terms of what we've seen in the last year, the seven-day average death rate is just over 500. we haven't seen that since july. the seven-day average case rate, new cases, the daily cases now below 30,000, sounds like a lot but we have not seen that number since last summer either in just about a year. hospitalizations are also down and health experts credit the fact that more people are getting vaccinated. >> the people who are getting infected now tend to be people younger, less vulnerable to the infection because a lot of the vulnerable population has been vaccinated. >> so one thing that experts are worried about, whether or not interest in getting vaccines may have peaked, a poll by the kaiser family foundation found that people who weren't sure if they wanted to get vaccinated, those numbers were dropping month after month but now they seem to have plateaued.

>> it's interesting to see the different trends across the country for now, tracie, masks are required across california but june 15th things could change up. >> right, after that the state mandate won't be in effect. california is leaving it up to individuals and businesses. you get to decide whether or not you need to wear a mask. bay area health leaders say that they believe if you've been inoculated, you will be safe. the cdc and health officials of course have advised you should only go without a mask if you have been vaccinated, but we are starting to see that shift not only in california but across the country. >> yes, no doubt. tracie potts live from washington, thanks so much. bay area is anxious to rebound from covid and today there are two big steps in making that happen. "today in the bay's" moving you

forward this morning and following these changes, every step of the way. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live for us in san francisco with a landmark hotel ready to welcome back visitors to the city. cierra? >> reporter: good morning, moving forward indeed. it's hard to imagine a hotel of this size almost taking up a whole city block has sat empty for nearly 14 months, no conventions, no guests, no work for the employees here at the hilton at union square but today is a new day, we're moving forward. this hotel officially reopens after sitting empty for more than a year. we had a chance to speak with the hotel owner. he tells us over the last two weeks the employees at the hilton at union square have been making their way back to get the hotel and all 2,000 rooms ready for guests. travel and tourism making their way back to the city, demand for motels is on the rise. they're booked through memorial day, good news there, and the

reopening doesn't just impact hotel employees, it provides business for neighboring businesses as well. 2,000 rooms provides customers for neighboring shops and restaurants. the owner of a restaurant close to this hotel who has catered for them in the past says he's excited after scraping by on this 18% of his typical business, rajan day says he's ready. >> we are looking forward to it. we are applauding that they are opening. it will bring in a little bit more traffic around here. >> the first group that came n i started to speak and i really i got tears in my eyes because it was joyful seeing their faces. >> reporter: and just before this hit i was doing research on how bad tourism has been hit since covid, and 2020, san francisco travel is reporting there were 10.2 million visitors, down 61% of a high of

26.2 visitors in 2019 so things are turning, hotels are reopening. we're not seeing those numbers this year but we're on our path to getting to the pre-pandemic numbers. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks, cierra. as we're seeing, more things open up, we're seeing the number of people needing vaccines to decline. oakland's coliseum mass vaccination site closed yesterday, up since mid-february and county leaders made that decision due to the demand dropping to about 400 first doses per day, down from the peak of around 7,000. they want to focus on underrepresented neighborhoods. >> now is the time that we have to go deeper into the community, really engaging people one on one to help them get past whatever is holding them back from getting vaccinated. >> while it was open, it did a lot of work, oakland coliseum site vaccinated about a half until people since opening in

mid-february. not just happening in oakland, the vaccination site in san francisco's moscone center will also close, shutting down friday after the last remaining second dose appointments. more than 300,000 doses have been administered there over the past three months. more fully vaccinated americans also means fewer people being tested for covid or even needing to be tested. last week the cdc ruled out screening for the virus, even if you are exposed to someone infected. as long as you received your vaccination and you're not showing symptoms. trending this morning, there is a lot of talk after a mysterious appearance in the bay area over the weekend. a lot of people took to social media talking about this, calling our station asking what the string of lights were spotted on saturday night. many were speculating they were ufos but in fact, they are spacex's starlink satellites. the satellites are a collection of nearly 2,000 satellites that

are orbiting around the earth, bringing internet access to underserved areas of the world. doing good. 6:09 right now. not a bird, not a plane. sunshine over the bay area, that's what we'd like to see today, kari. but how hot will it get? >> it's going to start to warm up again today but let's go back to the starlink satellites and all of those sightings that we had over the weekend, and we are most likely going to see more of these in the future. right now we have 2,000 of those satellites orbiting the either but in the future there may be as many as 30,000 to provide that satellite and the internet. so we are just looking around to see when there may be another sighting. i was checking you out the satellitemaps.space and it shows there's no sightings for the next five days but maybe you want to check that out so you'll know in the future just a heads up. mike, what is the heads up now for the morning commute?

>> that you have to wait five more days to see that starlink satellite train. on the roadways a string of lit up chicklets i guess on mostly green. the bay bridge toll plaza one area they're red because the backup the metering lights turned on just before 6:00, that's a little early as we look at the map. it wasn't that bad on the drive coming in. the monitoring approach toward the toll plaza, they must have seen that volume build and wanted to avoid problems on the span. crash in livermore west 580 slows a bit as they remove a car from lanes but the rest of your typical builds are looking lighter including san jose, there may be a new crash, we'll check on that for 101. back to you. >> sounds good, thanks, mike. a high school yearbook photo controversy is raising alarmz among parents and students. still ahead on "today in the bay," the reason more than 80 girls photos were altered but the boys photos went untouched.

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it is 6:14. getting you ready to get out this morning in the south bay, starting out with clouds but it won't hang around too long. it will clear out quickly. we're at 53 degrees and then we'll see sunshine by 8:00, all sun for the rest of the day as our temperatures warm up. so it's going to be slightly warmer today. we'll talk more about that and our lunar eclipse coming up in a few minutes. >> ooh. and the crash in livermore that has cleared from westbound 580, so here in dublin we should see more traffic just for a couple of minutes. you see plenty of space, we can handle this no problem so once again the tri-valley looks good, we'll show you where things are slowing, scott, coming up. good morning, mike. good morning, everyone. happy monday to you as well. tesla needs to prove itself this week to investors after five straight weeks of losses on the stock market, that's the longest run of down weeks for tesla in three years.

tesla is suffering a number of negative headlines, recent crashes that may involve its so-called self-driving ability and ford unveiling its new electric ford f150. the value of bitcoin fell to $31,000, well below its all-time highs. chances are people lost money on bitcoin in the last week or two but it is a good opportunity to remind folks who are new to the bitcoin trade, if you do make money and you have the potential to make a lot, the price goes up and you sell, you will owe capital gains tax, sell quickly and that capital gains tax could be around 20% to 37% depending

on your income so set that money aside to pay the taxes. in the interesting economic study by a financial company called cardify americans are outspending money on all kinds of things, meals out at restaurants, airline tickets, you name it, but it's the non-vaccinated who are spending more. the study published this morning in the "wall street journal" shows people who are vaccinated are still being cautious despite the cdc guidance that says it's okay to go out and live your normal life if you're vaccinated. so what's happening according to the economists who ran the numbers is the world's opening back up because so many of us are vaccinated, but the first people to take advantage of the reopening are the unvaccinated. for instance, traffic to places like airports and hotels back to 71% of pre-pandemic normal in states of poor records of vaccinations, 52% than more vaccinated states. traffic at gyms 87% of what it was before the pandemic. with higher vaccine rates 68% so the folks who are looking to have it open up are the unvaccinated. here in the bay area we're well

vaccinated. i got to go to a restaurant with friends inside saturday because the cdc says it's okay to do so and it was fabulous. >> isn't that a great feeling? i'll take a seat inside. >> delightful. >> i saw one of my best friends over the weekend and i got to hug her and it was just such a treat. it was amazing. it was really, really nice. >> perfect. >> like two hugs this weekend, it of so great. it's just simple but it's so nice. >> it is. >> good. we'll be seeing you guys hopefully in person soon as well. thanks so much, scott. 6:18 right now. twitter is previewing what users can expect when it's rolling out its ticketed spaces feature coming in the coming weeks. you can apply to host paid audio rooms. you got to be 18 years old, you have to have at least 1,000

followers and you have to have hosted three spaces in the past month. twitter is teaming one striped to handle payments and says users will get 80% of the revenue after apple and google take their cut from in-app purchase fees and spaces is twitter's answer to clubhouse, the popular social audio app that is invite only. it's pretty cool to check out, hear the conversations any time that can pop up. also trending this morning, several match-making apps are making it a little easier to spot vaccinated singles. >> that's right, starting today a new feature includes badges by tinder, ok cupid and bumble, can add an "i'm vaccinated" badge and a new system will users will search via vaccine status. on tinder vaccinated users get an elevated premium content such as a super like option to help them stand out from all the

others. so i guess the more things open up and the more things evolve, if you're vaccinated you get a few perks along the way. that works. i guess i'm the only one that really can get on there right now. [ laughter ] i'll be the test one although my girlfriend was on one and showed me how it worked. can i pick the people for you? she's like don't swipe the wrong way because i kept getting confused. right, exactly. >> if you find a match and have a date you can meet outside today, right? >> yes and it's going to be a beautiful day. take a look at our view as we check out what's happening in walnut creek this morning. starting out cool, light jacket weather but we go from 53 degrees and our temperatures warming up today, it's going to be a little bit warmer compared to yesterday's temperatures during the afternoon. look at our lunch time outdoor

temperature, 75 degrees and it does continue to go up from there as we reach into the low to mid 80s in some of our warmest spots in the east bay, as well as the north bay. santa rosa today heading up to 82 degrees. 72 in oakland and 76 in san jose. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen, check it out, so you can make some plans for the week. if you will be planning to travel over the next few days, heads up, there will be some rain across the pacific northwest but it does stay north of the bay area, possibly showers as we go into memorial day weekend for the cierra. here we are all dry and it's also going to be clear for our viewing and the lunar eclipse, so set your alarm clock early on wednesday morning before "today in the bay." it starts at 1:47 in the morning, the peak will be before the show starts at 4:18 but we'll be covering it as it continues until it's done at 6:01. so that's wednesday morning, and it looks pretty clear across the bay area, with our inland areas

in the low 80s. we will see our temperatures still going up and down but overall fairly quiet throughout the week. mike, how is it looking right now in traffic? >> you know, kari, if we look at the bay bridge toll plaza it looks bad. the backup formed and the metering lights were turned on before 6:00 but that tends to be the pattern on a monday morning anyway. no major problems to the bay bridge toll plaza and the maps show you a smooth drive. outside of the approach to the toll plaza the incline looks great, that's the intention. no problems for the tri-valley recovering from a crash in livermore west 580, the arrow. the deer was hit in niles canyon so watch out for that portion of 84 and rest of san jose looks great but seeing a little build. this morning i talk about common misunderstanding about pacific a loonder community that's on my facebook page of course where i posted a different map that shows how the pacific islands are, including hawaii but today why native hawaiians are not classified as pacific islanders, the u.s. has a special status

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breaking news at 6:30, a fire burning near one of the bay area's popular trails we're live as fire crews deal with rough terrain to battle that blaze. plus teenagers and vaccines, what parents need to know about the heart problem detected among a small number of teenagers who received a vaccine. "today in the bay" continues right now.

6:30 on your monday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. bob redell is where a fire is happening in fremont, fire crews working hard. what can you tell us now? >> reporter: well we believe it got a pretty good handle on it. fortunately this is a small wildfire, around two acres, we're inside the mission peak regional preserve. up to where the flashing lights on up to the left of that around 11:00, you could see the smoke where we believe the fire is. you could see the challenge right when you look at this, the inaccessibility for the vehicles to get up there and for the crews to hike up in there. a lot of dead grass, in the middle of a drought, conditions are super dry, historically dry

levels so this is one reason why the fire department wants to get ahead of the fires. this came in at 4:20 this morning. the fact it was inaccessible it was bad. good things the temperatures are cool, don't have the sun and no wind or little wind so the chief told me they could keep this to two acres, worst case ten. think of' gotten a good handle on this. later today governor gavin newsom will highlight a new plan to protect the state from wildfires, proposing a $2 billion investment in wildfire and emergency preparedness, that's the most ever pledged for wildfire safety in state history and also expected to show off some new fire fighting equipment. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> we're hoping they get a hold of that fire quickly. thank you, bob. we bring in meteorologist karihallweather.

we heard bob talking about the wind conditions and temperatures. how is it shaping up for the rest of the day? firefighters will be out there for some time. >> right, and we have to make sure it is completely out. i was looking around at our alert wildfire cameras and there was one not nearly close to the area but i notice what bob pointed out the inversion the marine layer, the low clouds that bring in higher humidity and that slows the spread of the fires. we also have a fairly calm wind at this point. we are expecting the wind to pick up by later this evening. right now humidity levels are in the 90% range, which is pretty good, but we are expecting the humidity to drop as the day goes along. we'll continue to watch conditions throughout the day. laura? >> thanks for keeping tabs on that. 6:33 right now. this morning, parents are concerned about a possible connection between the covid-19

vaccine and a heart condition, whether a rare heart issue reported in young people is connected to their vaccinations for covid-19. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live in santa clara with a look at what we know so far. kris? >> hi there, laura. at this point the cdc is saying there is no direct connection but they are investigating to make sure that that holds true as they get more data in. we're talking about an issue, inflammation of the heart muscle called myocarditis which can lead to fatigue, chest pain and in some cases abnormal heart rhythm. it is a condition that can happen after infection, including the infection with covid-19. here's what we know at this point. the cdc is investigating what it says is a relatively very small number of teens and young adults. the agency did not specify the number. california, oregon and washington submitted seven cases for review by the "journal of

pediatrics. "the symptoms reported within four days of the second dose of the pfizer vaccine, the only one approved for the age group and more common in boys and young men. overall at this point this is not happening at a rate higher than normal. both former cdc director on the "today" show this morning and stanford pediatric infectious disease doctor say it's worth watching this but the vaccine is still safer for kids than getting covid. >> so far they're saying no, there aren't more cases than we expect but want to make sure there aren't some we missed and there is no connection. >> the cases of myocarditis have been showing up in reports but in many cases these reports have been in older individuals and it's still not clear even in the older individuals they're related to the vaccine. >> so the cdc did put out guidelines to doctors and clinicians to watch for these symptoms and to report them so

that they have the most complete day ta set possible. laura? >> this is tough info. some parents were feeling concerned about their kids getting this vaccine. >> yes, about 25% of parents surveyed by the kaiser family foundation said they do not want to vaccinate their children at all. 50% of the parents surveyed said they would vaccinate their children and in fact they already are, 4.5 million people in this age group 12 to 18 that are vaccinated in the united states, just for reference in santa clara county, 74% of people 12 and up are now at least partially vaccinated. >> good to note, thanks so much, kris. >> good numbers in the bay area. covid cases across the u.s. are at lows not seen in just about a year so bay area counties they have some of the lowest case rates anywhere. a group called covid act now tracks case rates for nearly 400

metro areas across the u.s. and it tracks the current list of san jose, take a look at this. this is the eighth lowest at 1.8, this is per 100,000 cases. five other nearby metro areas are in the top 25. salinas number one followed by santa cruz and santa rosa, napa and san francisco. los angeles ranking number ten with the lowest case rate. most sonoma county businesses choosing privacy over a large number of customers. according to the "press democrat" businesses are opting not to require proof of vaccination or negative covid tests to boost capacity. come june 15th when california reopens at full capacity, so-called vaccine passports will no longer be needed anywhere. >> a viral video led to a party that got wildly out of control in huntington beach. police were forced to fire

nonlethal rounds into the crowd to break up the party saturday night. at least 2,500 people showed up to this birthday party, dubbed adrian's kick back on the beach. some climbed life guard towers setting off fireworks, around 150 people were arrested. hundreds gathered on the beach last night, continuing that party causing police to issue an overnight curfew. not too far from there also in southern california, authorities are searching for a gunman who shot into a car, killing a 6-year-old boy, it happened friday morning in a road rage incident. aidian lios and his mother were on their way to his kindergarten class in orange. he was sitting in his booster seat on the rear passenger side when someone fired a shot through the trunk. this is just such a sad story. the bullet went through the little boy's back, over the

weekend his mother spoke out understandably breaking down in tears while asking for justice. >> and i heard my son say ow and i pulled the car over as soon as possible and he had been shot and i tried to save him while calling 911. >> i just can't imagine. i can't imagine her pain. authorities are looking for the driver of a white volkswagen sedan. 6:39 this morning. we are also following up on a series of sideshows that had law enforcement busy in:can cloud cover county over the weekend. police responded to four different incidents, the first and the largest happened on saturday night when about 200 people gathered at an arc station in antioch. they set off fireworks and threw some at police officers. one officer was nearly run over by a car.

20 people were cited. a florida high school photos were altered. the photos at bartram trail high school to cover up exposed areas of their chest. parents and students call it a double standard. check out the story later on the "today" show more for you following "today in the bay" this morning. monday morning as we get a look at that forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall working overtime to make sure everything is right temperature wise. if you had that ability to make it just right it would be raining a lot of things. you keep us up to date on what's going on. >> 75 degrees. >> depends on where you are, so here you can just drive and change the weather. we are starting out with a few clouds this morning in san jose,

but stoon will be sunny. we will have nice weather as you get ready to load up the backpacks and lunch bags that's going to be a really nice one. here is a look at our forecast from mountain view as you drop the kids off at school, 54 degrees and mid-60s at pickup time and they want to spend more time outside but it's slightly warmer today for our inland east bay as well as the north bay. we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, what's going on for the commute? >> i'm not creating the traffic, kari, just reporting what's out this. slowing kicking in for san jose, right on schedule, circled 101 northbound from 680 to 880, starting to build again. the tri-valley looking at slows still sticking around for 580 through livermore, starting to recover and i think they cleared that crash from the center divide, slow through hayward, typical build and 84 that crash with the deer in one lane around alvaradolowmares. slower with the arrow in concord and crash west 80 at san pablo,

may slow a couple minutes there. the toll plaza itself shows the backup as well, laura. back over to you. >> thanks so much, mike. nbc bay area is changing things up in the late afternoon, adding other newscast to give you more of the local news you want. "nightly news" is moving to a new time period and starts june 7th. the 5:00 p.m. news will stay in its original spot after "ellen" and that will be followed by two half-hour "nbc bay area news" casts, 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. "nightly news" at 6:00 p.m. and a brand new program at 7:00 p.m., "nbc bay area news tonight" followed by "access hollywood" at 7:30. all of this starts on june 7th in just a couple of weeks. 6:42. one year later, next on "today in the bay," the way communities across the country are reflecting ahead of the anniversary of george floyd's

death and the calls for change among officers. and coming up, one of the city's largest hotels with 2,000 rooms reopening today. i'll explain how that's impacting business and tourism, coming up. president biden reversing himself on some campaign promises over student loans. we'll talk you through it. let's take you out to the big board this morning, they're getting a good start on this monday morning, i hope you are as well. dow up 150. you're watching "today in the bay."

happy monday. it is 6:45. let's get you ready for work in pleasant hill. starting out cool but it will warm up quickly as we go from the low 50s to the mid-70s by early in the afternoon. a look at all of our microclimates coming up in a few minutes. >> and more folks on the move out of contra costa county, this is a richmond bridge, we'll talk about the traffic and the new patterns we see, i'll break down the travel times into and out of richmond and the rest of your congestion. developing news out of italy where a freak cable car accident ended in tragedy. at least 14 people died when a gondola fell some 65 feet to the ground and then rolled down the slope. remarkably a young boy survived that accident. authorities say he's about 5-year-old and has several broken bones but otherwise is okay. it appears that cable broke,

causing that accident. >> how frightening. tomorrow will be one year since george floyd was killed by a former minneapolis police officer and already over the weekend, we've seen many events honoring him. family friends and others gathered for a rally and march in downtown minneapolis. main goal of the rally was to continue the call for legislation that changes policing tactics and accountability for officers. former police officer derek chauvin was found guilty of murdering floyd and is waiting to be sentenced. we want to you join marcus and jessica aguirre tomorrow night for our 14th installment of "race in america" as we mark one year since floyd's death and reflect on all the racial reckoning it sparked, join us tomorrow night at 7:00. it is 6:47 in the morning right now. president biden has indicated he won't take action to forgive portions of americans' student loans. >> scott mcgrew, that was a campaign promise.

>> yes, it was and the democrats are passionate about making it happen. lawmakers to the left are wanting the figure far bigger than the $10,000 biden was talking about on the campaign trail but now there's a flip-flop. according to the "washington post," biden will not include student loan forgiveness in his upcoming budget. we've gone from the white house looking for ways to forgive $10,000, public talk of even $50,000 to saying the biden administration supports the idea but thinks congress should take action instead, not the executive branch. now in a speech, right after the election, president-elect biden said "student loans are holding people up. they're in real trouble. they're having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent, those kinds of decisions. it should be done immediately." but on friday, he told the "new york times" "the idea you go to penn and pay a total of $70,000 a year and the public should pay for that, i don't agree."

this is not the first time that biden picked an ivy league school to illustrate his point. also worth pointing out donald trump went to penn. biden sometimes uses harvard or yale as well to make the exact same point but a cnbc analysis shows less than 1% of student loans go to ivy league so the vast majority of student loans are made to regular middle class families with students in public universities. hurricanes are horrible in terms of lives lost and property damage but can also have a huge influence how the public sees a president. the one americans remember during hurricane katrina the quote "you're doing a heck of a job, brownie" referring to fema director michael brown who was not doing a good job at all. he was fired seven days later.

president trump with his hand drawn sharpie map showing hurricane dorian headed toward alabama even though the original map and forecaster said it wouldn't and it never did. president obama's challenger in the 2008 election mitt romney called for a large budget cut for fema days before hurricane sandy devastated the east coast, combined with images of obama working with republican governors to fix the damage, sandy was a significant blow to romney's campaign. we'll hear what fema tells the president. follow me on twitter, i'm @scottmcgrew. turning back to our road to recovery, san francisco anxious to rebound from covid and today there's a big step in making that happen. >> "today in the bay" is moving you forward, cierra johnson is live in san francisco with the landmark hotel ready to welcome back all of those people to the city.

cierra? >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. hard to manage a hotel of this size, 2,000 rooms here at union square being closed for 14 months but that's what happened and today is the day that hotel is reopening. good news for employees and better news for the businesses around it. we had a chance to speak with the owner of this hotel who says his staff has been here for the last two weeks, getting this hotel ready again 2,000 rooms and with travel allowed and tourists making their way back to the city, demand for this hotel is on the rise. the owners say they're booked through memorial day and as you could imagine the reopening doesn't just impact this hotel and its employees but also provides businesses for neighboring businesses as well. >> we are looking forward to it. we are applauding that they are opening, it will bring in a little bit more traffic around here. >> the first group that came in, i started to speak and i really got tears in my eyes because it

was joyful seeing their faces. >> reporter: and we had a chance to speak with supervisor matt haney, weighed in on the reopening of this massive hotel, saying that the city is ready and if they're able to do it safely, they should. he also believes the reopening of this would spark a chain reaction with some other hotels wanting to reopen. we're will i have in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much, cierra. let's check in with kari right now, with a look at our forecast for today. a cool start to our morning? >> reporter: yes, and we're seeing the fog in san francisco hovering over the golden gate bridge right now. so that's what's giving us that iconic view of not only the golden gate bridge but our may gray we see and it's not going to stretch that far inland so we're still going to have a warm day in spots like antioch. so enjoy the morning, get out there early, with our temperatures in the upper 50s to start, we can see the trend as it goes up, we're going from 58

to 80 by early in the afternoon, eventually reaching 85 degrees today. we'll see a high of 76 degrees in san jose, 74 in palo alto. 81 today in napa. a wide range in temperatures from the coast to the inland valleys as we go through the week. we'll continue to see our dry weather but also some rain across the region. heads up if you will be traveling this week, there will be some rain across the pacific northwest and possibly showers developing in the sierra over the weekend. here in the bay area we stay dry but temperatures will be heading up. here is a look at our warmest spots in the inland valleys and spots like gilroy and livermore we'll see some temperatures reaching into the low 80s today. mid-70s tomorrow, and then some low 80s by midweek. the weekend is looking nice, and once again if you will be traveling, we are going to have a warmup here, while we will see some showers off towards the east, while san francisco sees fog pretty much every morning

and highs reaching into the 60s morning and more now than a sa slowdown. the arrow shows you the san mateo bridge getting toward foster city over the high-rise, a little slowing there. i've got my eyes on that. we have a lot of slowing for highway 4 and a crash in san pablo west 80 jammed up as well. let's break down the travel times slow through concord for highway 4 and we're also looking at the east shore freeway slowing through san pablo as well as through berkeley and emeryville for west 80. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, more libraries in the south bay will reopen in just a few hours. several san jose branches will allow people inside for five hours a day. those visitors can browse books, other materials and use the library's computers. the masks are still required inside. coming up next a quick look at our top stories including

breaking news, fire crews working to stop a fire at a popular bay area park. we're live at the mission peak regional preserve with the latest coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. we continue to follow breaking news this morning, a fire at a fremont park. >> let's go right to "today in the bay's" bob redell, live at the mission peak regional preserve. bob? >> reporter: yes, two-acre wildfire started around 4:20 this morning, up in the hills where the flashing lights are for the fire trucks. left from there into the clouds is where the fire was burning. only two acres, we believe it is now contained and the things that were in favor for the fire department, little to no wind and obviously the tool temps before the sun comes up. one thing that was against them was the inaccessibility. they were able to get up there. the battalion chief said worst

case if this were to spread the worst case would have been ten acres. as i mentioned, this is contained and this of course wildfire is a big concern considering that we're in a drought and we're in the hot weather season right now. so this is something that the fire departments take seriously given the recent history of our wildfires. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. happening today, governor newsom will highlight a new plan to protect the state from wildfires. the governor is proposing a $2 billion investment in wildfire and emergency preparedness. this is the most ever pledged for wildfire safety in california. let's go to meteorologist kari hall with a final look at the forecast. kari? >> and we are going to have some dry conditions and temperatures slightly warmer today reaching 80 degrees and we'll see more weather like this as we head through the week. what's happening for the commute, mike? >> this, a little haze, not a big deal but the slowdown we saw on the highways is clearing out, the san mateo bridge. the backup bay bridge and west

san mow 80 crash near appian way. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. that's going to do it for us on this monday morning. >> take a live look town downtown san jose as we get started with the day. thanks for starting your week with us. the "today" show is next. good morning. good morning back in a big way. a weekend of packed graduations, parades, and sporting events, indoor and out, from coast to coast, as covid cases and deaths drop to levels not seen in a year >> just feels good to be out and see people's faces. >> this morning, the cdc investigating rare heart inflammation in a small number of vaccinated teens and young adults this morning, what parents need to know. delicate peace the cease-fire between israel