i'm very excited about this and i think this is a good thing for our recovery. >> this return to a lot that had been put on pause for the last year and a half. >> i'll still be careful because of the people that won't get vaxed. >> ready, set, reopen. covid-19 restrictions are ending today across california after more than a year of shutdowns, from long lines at stores, school shutdowns and the constant zoom meetings. the struggle has been real. now vaccines, there's hope on the horizon, and a chance to rebuild. >> finally, be able to bring more people back to work.

>> but don't toss out your masks just yet. there are still some things that will remain in your post covid life. this morning, live team coverage as we break down what it means county by county to help you move forward. and a good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i am cierra johnson. our coverage ahead, but first bay area bracing for a big warmup as we move closer to those 100-degree temperatures in some spots this week. let's bring in meteorologist kari hall. good morning, kari. >> good morning. this all starts tomorrow. we can enjoy today, but then tomorrow, the heat ramps up, we'll have heat advisories from the south bay through the peninsula, as well as parts of the north bay where you see the pink, that's where the temperatures will be hottest, with excessive heat warnings going up. we will be watching this and talk about that heat in the forecast coming up in a few

minutes. and kari, where you see the red where the roadways close over there. no surprise from the alvarado niles canyon area, everything else moves smoothly. one incident i'm tracking an earlier pickup truck fire -- i was going to say car fire 880 at the washington off-ramp. it's been out for a while but still on the grid. no other concerns getting to the bay bridge. >> sounds good. well, moving you forward, it's finally here, after 64 weeks. as you wake up this morning, the state is fully reopened. california is dropping most of its covid restrictions. >> mask, color coded tiers, social distancing, most of that now comes to be aend. perhaps the biggest change if you're vaccinated, you don't need those masks in most situations. this morning, coverage begins with "today in the bay's" ian cull who has more from santa clara. >> reporter: masks have become as normal as wearing clothes. if you're vaccinated, you won't need yours. california aligning from the cdc

guide ans onmancinging. fully vaccinated people don't have to wear them in stores, restaurants and businesses. unvaccinated people having to mask up. talking with john legend. >> we'll move beyond masking and very mindful, not everybody's been vaccinated, mindful of what's going on around the rest of the globe so we can't spike the football. we're not announcing mission accomplished but full throttle turn the page. >> reporter: some people out shopping were mixed. >> i'll test the waters first, see how if everyone else is wearing masks or not. >> i'm ready. yeah, i'm ready. it's been more than a year, so at some point we have to go back to normal. >> reporter: the drastic change will be difficult for some. dr. thomas plant says we should give each other time. >> we need to find a way to be

gentle, compassionate with each other, respectful of each other and let people if they want to wear a mask, great, and if they don't want to wear a mask, great, and to be kind of open and tolerant to this. >> reporter: there are a few places where everyone has to keep their face coverings on even those fully vaccinated, public transportation, like planes, buses, muni and b.a.r.t., hospitals or nursing homes and all k through 12 schools. ian cull, "today in the bay." >> the reopening is giving many businesses who have been struggling a glimmer of hope now. new data suggests some are already starting to turn the corner. foot traffic to retail businesses and restaurants in california have seen a 100% increase since the start of the year, according to the data scientist at zen reach. san jose has seen a 141% increase to restaurants and san francisco has seen a 90% increase. the hope nationally is still to get to a 70% vaccination rate but california is not quite there. the latest numbers have 55% of

californians fully vaccinated, another 11% are partially vaccinated. nearly 40 million doses have been administered. happening today san francisco's largest covid testing site is closing. the city says it feels comfortable closing the site on the embarcadero because case rates are going down and vaccination rates are going up. the site first opened for central workers at the start of the pandemic. health officials will shift their focus to more target the test and vaccination sites in at-risk places in the city. levi's stadium will also be closing. health officials say the hub has provided more than 350,000 doses since the opening in february. that move comes as cases of covid in santa clara county have dropped dramatically, almost 80% of residents is it 12 and older received one shot. the site will close next thursday, june 24th. and it was a nice, cool

morning when i left the house but it's going to get warmer, really, really warm. >> yes. >> meteorologist kari hall is here to talk about that. >> yes but don't expect too much of that today. i know that we've been talking so much about the heat, you're going to go out this afternoon like what happened to that heat? it's not today, but it will be just a touch warmer than it was yesterday afternoon which was nice during the middle of the day. san jose starting out with 56 degrees. this is our natural air conditioning, a chance to cool down, where it's going to see that continuing today with a light wind. here is a look at our highs. there will be some spots in the inland east bay reaching 90 degrees but mostly 70s and 80s for today's highs, so we'll talk more about that heat coming up. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> kari, light traffic, so everything we have to deal with is pretty good and what we have to deal with is that truck fire, the pickup truck i told you about earlier no injuries reported and i think it's clear from the washington off-ramp that construction over here for 84 and that will clear, if

everything goes on schedule, within the next 15 minutes. over here, a little bit of slowing out of the altamont, pretty standard, no crashes or problem as you come in through livermore. a blip showed up on 84. we'll track that at vallecitos. a couple of slow moving vehicles likely for the morning. we all take a little time to get moving at speed. the maze looks good in through the city, 280 at eastborn a vehicle should clear but i'll track it. back to you. sorry, i got to show this, sorry, cierra, no problems but we got a lot of lights. back to you. >> we like to hear "no problems." coming up on "today in the bay," state lawmakers pass a tentative budget agreement worth billions but it's not a done teal. we'll tell you why and a few things they have agreed on. lowering your social media profile, the new feature twitter is expected to aim out avoiding the embarrassing posts showing up in your friend's feed.

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what was your san rafael all the way down to the golden gate bridge where there's a clear view today. yesterday had some fog definitely but today no problem and easy drive right now. you have company, here comes another stream of cars around the curves at terra linda. back to you. here we go, reopening day and many businesses putting the last touches on the reopening plans. restaurant tables blocked for social distancing can now be filled. >> theaters can open in every seat and don't be surprised if the gyms are packed, but not everyone is ready for change. nbc bay area cheryl hurd has more. >> reporter: we found family and friends enjoying a pre-reopening california dinner at la tappatia mexican ravine in martinez. >> ready for things to go back to normal. >> reporter: normal is not the word restaurant owner ernie guerrera would use describing

. servers, i can't find them. difficult. >> reporter: so difficult that dining rooms in his multi-room restaurant will continue to be limited seating. >> if you got any free time, let me know. i got a job for you. >> reporter: employees will not be a problem at 4-hour fitness in san ramon. today i's at 50% capacity, tomorrow no limit and wearing a mask will be optional. >> we'll be able to have our saunas and steam rooms open, hot tubs will be open, basketball courts. >> reporter: misha says he has a reopening kunt down clock in his countdown clock in his head. >> a lot have been suspended. >> until everyone else is vaccinated, maybe i'll start ticking it off slowly. >> reporter: the sidetrack bar and grill in pleasanton will be closed tomorrow when it opens on wednesday, the owner says he will have to make a decision on

what his mask policy will be. he isn't totally sure. outside 100% seating. inside maybe 75%. >> i feel we should be able to move forward comfortably and take these masks off and also want my customers to feel good, want my employees to be safe and there isn't great guidance. >> reporter: guidance he is hoping to get from the county and the state soon. cheryl hurd, "nbc bay area news." coming up on "today in the bay," transitioning to a mask-freeway of life. what the experts are saying about the big reopening and whether you should feel ditching your face coverings.

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good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc. wall street set to open flat this morning, after the nasdaq and s&p 500 closed at record highs yesterday. the dow was off about 85 points but had t had been down almost 200 points. the move up coming ahead of the federal reserve's two-day meeting which begins today. the fed is not expected to take action on rates but comments on where they think rates are headed, inflation in particular and the he xh to drive the market. we get a report on producer prices, fairly hot lately so people are watching that closely and also data on retail sales,

manufacturing and housing. the ceo of american express says spending on dining and travel is nearing a full recovery. he tells jim kramer travel bookings have reached 2019 levels and dining expenses last month were at about 85% before the pandemic. delinquenies on amex and cards due past 30 days are at the lowest levels in years and personal safrgz have doubled. twitter is working on a new tool preventing users to mention others without blocking them or use the mute button. it allows you to unmention yourself and who can tag new future tweets similar to the function that you see on facebook to untag yourself. it could allow you to block specific users from mentioning you in the future or set number of days without having to block them outright. but i always tag, marcus and

laura, with nice things. back over to you. >> thank you, bertha. we'll tag you saying thank you. all right, it is 4:49 -- 4:47. i'm trying to push it along. meteorologist kari hall is here with the forecast for the reopening of the state. how is it looking? >> it's going to be a great day for whatever you have planned today. we're waking up to a clear sunrise over san francisco, and we're going to see a lot more sunshine for today. we're less than an hour away from sunrise now, and our temperatures there headed for the upper 60s. you head across the bay to oakland, look for a high of about 78 degrees. we'll see some upper 70s and low 80s for some spots, and even up to 90 today in antioch. i want to take you through the day tomorrow. this is when it starts to heat up. i'm stopping it on wednesday afternoon at 3:00, and concord is at 94 degrees. san jose is at 90 and 93 in morgan hill. okay, so the temperatures get

hot tomorrow, but reach the peak on thursday, and this is what we could see, up to 106 in fairfield, and san martin reaching 99 degrees. we'll see 99 in novato and up to 103 in santa rosa. so we are going to see some extremely hot temperatures, and it will last for a couple of days, so concord goes from the upper 80s to the triple digits, even here peaking up to 107 on thursday. friday still hot and even going into the weekend with low 90s. it's going to be a while before we really get a chance to recover from all of this dangerous heat, that doesn't come in until monday. so we are going to have several days of not only dangerous heat but a high fire danger, any time we get these temperatures spiking like this and we have dry vegetation, the exceptional drought in place, we are going to have to keep an eye on that. take a look at these temperatures, even going into the weekend, as you're making plans, highs for the inland valleys still in the 90s, and

then cooling down early next week. the good thing is that there will be places where we can go to escape the heat. san francisco is not going to be that hot, reaching into the mid-70s, and along the coast our beaches will be much more comfortable. and as we head over to you, mike, what are you watching right now for the commute? >> we're warning headed to the beaches during the hotter weather, that gets more crowded so we'll keep watching those of course, kari. right now, very light traffic. it's 4:50. we'll get much more traffic flowing in a bit. a new incident in fremont off of mission so i think it's on surface streets but i'll double check what popped up on the map. 84 has the construction crew, mission and 680 are typical overnight and no delays in the area. there is one crash we've been watching up here in healdsburg, it happened before 1:00 in the morning a deadly crash, highway 128 at chalk hill road but there's been no updates in the last couple of hours so if you have to drive through that portion of healdsburg, just a note, there may be an issue for

traffic control there. a live look over the san rafael bridge heading over from the richmond side. i started to see a few more cars. we typically see a blank screen here but a steady flow of vehicles westbound 580 headed to the north bay, no major concerns, just notice a little more traffic. back to you. >> thanks, mike. all eviction orders lifted for the fire burning up to 200 acres down in southern california. it burned in a remote area north of ventura. no homes were damaged. done but not done. that's what you can call the budget california law maccers just approved. this deal is more of a placeholder budget with agreements on a few things including $8 billion in rebates for taxpayers, free tk and kindergarten for 4-year-olds and $4 billion to address the doubt -- drought, rather. state law requires the deal by june 15th or lawmakers will not get paid. this budget has more work involved before the deadline of june 30th, including how to

spend the state's massive windfall. and some people are planning to celebrate today's reopening by ditching their masks but not everyone is ready to jump in. >> many people are choosing to still wear those masks when they don't have to. "today in the bay's" jean elle has more on the transition to going mask free. >> an opportunity to look back at a year and a half whiches astressed us in so many ways. >> reporter: supervisor david canepa looks forward to celebrating the june 15th reopening. masks haven't been required outside for weeks for people who are vaccinated, but the majority of people we saw in south san francisco were wearing one, most say they are ready to take it off. >> it would be good to see people walking around normal. >> yeah, i'm about ready. >> reporter: ucsf dr. monica gandhi says it's safe for people to drop the mask. >> as we pass the 70% first

vaccination rate in the state of california on may 31st, we've had low cases and hospitalizations for months. as we've been growing our immunity with the vaccines. >> reporter: she also says it's safe for the state to reopen. >> even though we've been opening up slowly and surdly with all the tears we haven't seen increases in hospitalizations or deaths so it proves to us we are ready to reopen. >> reporter: jay ortiz says wearing the mask will be a hard habit to break. >> kind of like wearing a glove. i got used to it. i'm not wearing gloves right now, so. >> reporter: reopening like shutting down will take some getting used to. jean elle, "today in the bay." things won't change much right away for bay area sports teams. technically the only team now at full capacity is soccer san jose earthquakes but they don't play their next home game until june 26th. for the time being, the a's and giants remain at lower capacities. the giants host arizona tonight

with looser restrictions, including masks optional. but oracle won't go full capacity until the a's/giants series starting june 25th. on june 29th the coliseum opens completely for the a's series against texas. getting back up in the air, the massive tech issue that grounded hundreds of flights for one airline. the impact it had on people here at home who wanted to get away. happening now, parents in mt. diablo unified school district are preparing to decide if the entire school board should be recalled. petitions to recall all five board trustees are sent out around the district. many parents are angry that the school board did not reopen schools fast enough. this march the district moved to hybrid learning model. the recall supporters need to get enough signatures by september to trigger an election this november. 4:54. we'll be right back opinion.

new detail, southwest airlines is getting planes back in the air after a company-wide ground stop. the airline says there was a problem with its third party weather data provider, so it couldn't get accurate weather information so it couldn't operate its plane safely. more than 1,400 southwest airline flights across the country were impacted. san jose international confirms planes there were stuck on the ground for about two hours last night. a cherished california landmark will soon be accessible to the public once again. pfeiffer falls trail in big sur state park will reopen on friday. the 2008 basin complex fire took out the bridge hikers used to reach the falls. other fires and natural disasters delayed things. a new route was designed and created at a cost of $2 million. 4:57.

coming up here on "today in the bay," our big story, california back open, the impact today could have on the effort to recall governor newsom. scott mcgrew breaks it down for us. plus, can you go mask free on your next trip to universal studios or to a concert? what you can expect to encounter when returning to places that attract a lot of people.

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>> reopening california, it's the day to so many of us have been waiting for, most statewide covid-19 restrictions are going away after more than a year of shutdowns, impacting our jobs, commute and our overall everyday life. the pandemic has caused havoc. snapshots from back in time show long lines at food banks, ongoing unemployment backlogs and restaurant shutdowns, but now, bolstered by high vaccination rates, bay area businesses, the arts and sports arenas will be back up and running, searching for support. >> they're going to come and hear fireworks. >> questions remain what the state will look like with fewer restrictions but we're here to sort it out for you. this morning our "today in the bay" team moves you forward with everything you need to know. and "today in the bay" continues on this day of the state reopening. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm cierra johnson. before we get to our special coverage,