obstruction. >> a showdown on capitol hill over your voting rights. the key vote happening in matter of hours in the u.s. senate and how it could impact future elections. requiring proof, california, boutique owner saying no shot, no shopping. our team is also breaking down what you need to know in order to sign up for a digital vaccination card. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues now. good tuesday morning. thank you for making us part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. contra costa county in san jose expected to take action to keep people in their homes. >> bob, i know the state could make similar actions as well. >> correct, marcus and laura. here in contra costa where we're at later this morning the board of supervisors will vote on whether or not to extends the moratorium on evictions for renters, for people who have

been behind the rent because of the pandemic. that moratorium is set to expire on june 30th. supervisors could push that back to september 30th giving renters an additional three months to catch up on their rent. the city of san jose considering a similar extension today and the state of california also looking at extending its moratorium until september 30th. the press democrat reports california lawmakers are likely to go along with that extension. governor newsom proposed using federal coronavirus aid money to pay off all the unpaid rent that people owe but it would take time to distribute that money. some advocacy groups wants the nation's most populated states to extend protection until the unemployment rate for low wage workers reaches prepandemic levels. but the california apartment association says landlords can't afford to wait much longer because many have gone without rent checks for over a year. marcus and laura. >> before you go, do you know

how many are behind are their rent? >> laura, we actually have a pretty good sense. take a look at your tv screen, according to policy link, this is a research group out of oakland, about 750,000 households in california are behind on their rent by a combined $3.5 billion dollar. the turner center surveyed families, running the nonprofit affordable housing developers, that survey found the number of families that fell behind on rent more than doubled during covid with black and single parent households the hardest hit. >> really tough times. >> reporting live in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> tough time for a lot of people and climb back out of it as well. >> it is. now to live look at capitol hill, this is in an effort to move forward on voting rights. it is expected to hit a wall in the u.s. senate today.

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington to explain it all to us. good morning, traci. >> marcus, good morning. two things to keep an eye out, voting rights and how republicans plan to block it. >> reporter: a vote is happening in the u.s. senate this afternoon on whether to move forward on voting rights. a bill known as the for the people act, it expands voter registration, early voting and tightens rules around election security, interference, finance, and ethics. >> we don't expect there to be a magical ten votes. >> reporter: ten republicans, that's required to move things forward and that won't happen today. the party is united against it. this bill may never come up for debate. the real question is, how many democratppt from both parties j to debate. >> that is nowhere to be found

in the constitution, and it just became a tool for obstruction. >> reporter: republicans argue democrats have used the 60-vote rule before. >> the same senate rule a democratic minority has used with abandon was now somehow a racist relic. >> are you afraid to debate it? do you not have any good arguments? >> reporter: a compromise voting rights bill introduced by democrat joe manchin failed to get republican support. so after today, it may be back to square one. tracie potts, nbc news. live look at new york city this morning, this is where crucial answers may be coming for the race for mayor. a city facing a skyrocketing crime rate. voters will go to the polls for today's democratic primary. whoever wins today's choice vote will in all likelihood win the november general election. one time contender andrew yang is on the to be announced right away.

turning to the pandemic and encouraging news on the vaccine rollout. 150 americans are now fully vaccinated. also covid 19 deaths have dipped below since the early days of the disaster in march of 2020. in the meantime here in california over 19 million people are now fully vaccinated. >> no shot no shopping, a message from a southern california boutique owner. >> deborah nguyen owns a boutique in newport beach. no vaccine card no entry. while that policy has its critics, nguyen says it is the right thing to do even if it costs her business. >> i'm not afraid for myself. i did it. appointment only for the community. now i've gotten this far, 14 months, i'm going to stick with it. i think it's the right thing to

do. >> we should mention it's a rule she's allowed by california state law to enforce. stay with us. coming up in less than 15 minutes, consumer investigator chris chmura is going to show you how to sign up for a digital version of your vaccination card here in california. i did it just a few minutes ago. it's really quick ap simple. we're going to talk about some of the issues people are reporting as they sign up. new details this morning, mountain lion sightings on the peninsula are on the rise with sightings and encounters increasing in urban areas the city of san bruno hosted a mountain lion safety meeting last night. a fish and wildlife expert says that the big cats have always been in that area and as more people get security cameras, of course, we're going to see more images of them wandering through the neighborhoods. biologists say they've had to respond to seven mountain lion incidents in the bay area so far that number typically one or two. >> those incidents have been up and there's no way for us to know exactly why. it could be drought related.

it could also be fire related. >> the california department of fish and wildlife says in some cases the mountain lions moved along on their own and in other cases like this one in may, biologists actually tranquilized the animal and moved them to a suitable habitat. >> okay. look, let's talk ate the midwest right now. where cleanup is getting under way after at least two tornados tore through a chicago suburb leaving behind widespread damage. take a look at this, the ef-3 touched down in naperville, another hit in plainfield sunday night. eight people were injured and more than 20 homes were left uninhabitable. from illinois to a big cleanup in the south beach and gulf coast. tropical storm claudette out at sea this morning, but not before leaving a path of death and destruction. 14 people were killed in

alabama. the system bringing as much as 15 inches of rain in parts of that state. alabama's governor is declaring a state of emergency so the impacted residents can attempt to rebuild. >> so sad. 14 people killed there. certainly nothing like that in our neck of the woods. want to check in with kari. a pleasant day ahead? >> yes. it's going to be a little bit cooler than the weather from over the weekend. as you're getting ready to head out the door in oakland expect the temperatures to start out in the low 60s and only reach into the low 70s for today. we will see a lot of clouds for the morning but get a lot of sunshine for the afternoon. our microclimate, we reach 78 degrees, 79 in antioch, 76 morgan hill, in san francisco mid 60s but as warm as the mid 80s for the north bay. we're watching all of this and we'll talk about end of the week warmup in a few minutes. any problems for the morning commute? >> the beginning of the day commute starting here in the south bay where we have that slowing traditional and the clearing now. we have another half hour to go until we get more slowing so

that portion of silicon valley tends to have that pattern. clear, east bay looking all right. tri-valley no problems. crash that popped up on his peer yan southbound off the nimitz where you see slowing off 238 through slen san leandro. past the area everything is fine down towards 92 through the rest of hayward. the bay bridge toll plaza continues with the slow build here. not back to the berkeley curve, just barely back to the 880 and slowing across the 880 around treasure island. smooth drive towards san francisco the earlier crash cleared. back to you. >> thanks so much. this morning, some new perks are coming with that cup of coffee you're drinking. next on "today in the bay" we're going to tell you about the positive impact it could be having on your health. wall street seemed caffeinated yesterday with a huge rally. let's look ahead to today's trading and the futures where we

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good tuesday morning. right now at 6:12 the sun is in our eyes as we wake up on this tuesday morning. it's going to be a great day with some comfortable temperatures starting out in the low 60s and headed towards the mid 70s for today. we'll talk about a warmer weekend forecast and what we're seeing trending online in a few minutes. >> the sun will be at your back and this shot in richmond heading over towards san raphael more traffic now, we may get a lot more traffic because of a crash a bit to the north and an important commute route talking about that out of contra costa county and the north bay drive as well. good morning. happy tuesday as well. stock market had a huge rally on monday with the dow gaining 600

points in a single day. ending a five-day losing streak. the nasdaq close to new records. the stock market has a mood. most days it seems worried about inflation. but a recent statement out of the fed to fight inflation are far off helped turn things around. google facing an antitrust investigation in europe and bitcoin continues to fall down 40% from its all-time highs. for the fed we'll hear from fed chairman jay powell as he peeks before congress. now this is a regularly scheduled question and answer session. usually doesn't create headlines but he is the guy who has lots of control over our economy. also later this morning we get the latest number on home sales and we expect to see the number of homes changing hands to fall because the number of people who simply cannot afford

to buy one are up. prices are up not just here in the bay area, but all over america and that has another effect. the number of people who cannot afford homes is growing and if they can't buy a home, they rent and that means the number of people who want to rent is growing. as our colleague bob redell has been reporting, rents are going up and likely will continue to go up. and finally exactly three months ago today that former president trump's office promised a new social network two or three months in the future. so that's now. the promise was a new social network would take on twitter and facebook that would, quote, totally redie define the game. they said it would have tens of millions of users. mr. trump debuted and then shut down a blog. at the time the press thought that was the social network but the former president's office says that's not it. wait for it. today is that day. >> still waiting for it. >> but it's early. >> we'll be waiting.

thanks, scott. don't wait to have that cup of coffee this morning. new for you, a big perk as you start to brew up, that morning cup of joe, all new study finds drinking three to four cups per day can reduce your risk of chronic liver disease. by more than 20%. >> interesting. >> makes you about 50% less likely to die from it. a footnote here, ground coffee showed better results compared to instant. liver is feeling pretty good this morning. >> now i'm worried. i don't drink coffee. >> evens out the wine. >> trending this morning, do you remember when you thought you had to choose between backstreet boys and in sync. >> all the girls in high school did. i didn't care. i liked their songs. you don't have to pick them anymore. some of the members of those groups have created one super boy band called back sync. take a listen.

>> i said back sync. i didn't know that was -- >> it sounds like a joke, but it's true. >> performing right there. all right. the new boy band features aj, nick, joey, and lance. this is a little taste of their debut performance friday night during an l.a. pride event. >> they're still boys. i won't point they've become men. >> during the commercial break, what you call a reunion tour. not a boy band anymore. >> when using rogaine. >> new sponsors. >> maybe so. >> all right. none of that needed with mike inouye. look at that hair. >> thank you. well, yeah, you can buy it on amazon prime week. just kidding. my real hair. smooth drive. here look at this, i did mark this with a red up here means we have an alert and i'm calling it an alert before chp issues what the traffic alert typically is.

westbound 37 is an important and delicate route coming from vallejo and also the carquinez bridge out of the east bay. folks travel to vallejo and novato and has a tanker on its side. no leak or hazard but the issue is the tanker itself will be blocking at least one lane and you can't afford any narrower roadways. that will be a problem out of vallejo and east bay in towards the carquinez bridge. lighter volume over the rest of the bay. kari, aside from the drive out of vallejo towards novato for highway 37 everything else looking good. over to you. >> all right. weather is looking good too. we've got our june gloom in full effect. let me show you the live view in san francisco. that marine layer, low clouds and mist and drizzle keeps us

cool and we'll see that continue for today. right now we're in the mid 60s and that's about where we'll hold steady today. head down to the south bay expect a high of 74 degrees in milpitas. los gatos reaching 73. also 73 in gilroy today. upper 70s, this is much cooler than the weather toward the end of last week with oakland upper 60s. mid 70s for palo alto while san francisco will stay in the mid 60s for today. and our north bay temperatures anywhere from 66 in mill valley to 86 in clearlake. as we go through the week it's going to stay mild but the weekend when it warms up. this trend in napa. we have comfortable weather through friday and then some 90s for the weekend. if you are going to be going out to the vineyards enjoying time outside keep in mind it's going to be heating up with temperatures reaching into the mid 90s while san francisco will see some modest warming here with highs from the upper 60s to

the mid 70s next week. now let's turn to our climate in crisis. we are going to highlight how meteorologists lit up social media with bright colors showing what's called climate stripes. it started with ed hawkins who is a climate scientist. each year if there's a blue stripe it was cooler than normal, if it's a shade of red it was warmer than normal. in san jose, even going back to the 1900s, we've seen a warming trend, but it's definitely been warming the past 40 years. some of the most extreme temperatures more recently. this is the case for pretty much every state across the country as well as globally we've seen temperatures warming up. we have warmer temperatures, more crow drought and stronger hurricanes and larger wildfires

as we know in the bay area. you can see this trend on social media. #show your stripes. you can see what i posted with other meteorologists around the world. check out our website to see what you can do about climate change and the stories on nbcbayarea.com. click on the climate in crisis tab for more. laura and marcus. >> thanks so much. 6:21. coming up next. nbc bay area responds. >> the state has a brand new system to help you prove you're vaccinated against covid-19 but you have to enroll. i'm consumer investigators chris chmura. we'll show you how next. >> always on social media. check out my post there in heels. this is all for a great cause as to ywca walk a mile in her shoes. you can participate go to my facebook page an get all the information so you can participate and you don't have to wear the heels but might be fun for you.

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the naacp is meeting today and tomorrow about the topic of college athletes about to make money from their name, imageage likeness after major supreme court ruling. >> a look at what this could mean for athletes going forward. >> laura and marcus, good morning.

it's pretty rare to see the supreme court of the united states come to a unanimous decision on a landmark ruling and that's exactly what happened in this case. 9-0. the justices agreeing that ncaa shouldn't operate like a monopoly. this has to do with educational benefits like paid internships, computers and equipment. the court's decision does open the door for the next levels of that, namely athletes make money off endorsements like their names and licensing and imaging and should they reap some of the revenues from the ncaa business which call it like it is there is billions of dollars that organization makes in football and basketball and some of the athletes want to know when are we going to see some of the revenues trickle down to us. now this conversation according to one of the lawmakers in d.c. trying to come up with an athlete's bill of rights extends further beyond just the economics and he believes that they're close to a solution on this. that story coming up on "today." back to you in the bay area.

>> we'll look forward to it. here in california, businesses are allowed to ask for your vaccination status. this is to see which customers can take off the masks. >> you don't need to carry the paper vaccine record. chris chmura will show you how to get an official record there on your smartphone. >> reporter: the new thing the state of california is offering is essentially a digital copy of your paper vaccine record card. if you got vaccinated in california and live in california you can get it. here's how in three basic steps. you start at this website. my vaccine records.cdph.gov. the cdph stands for the california department of public health. next enter your name, birth date and give the phone number or e-mail address you gave the clinic where you got your shot or shots. step two create a four digit pin. if the information matches your vaccine record at the state you will get a notification on your phone or by e-mail. step three, punch in that

four-digit pin and get a qr code businesses can scan plus official information about your vaccination. with that you're done. we tried it, the process took us about three minutes. that's it. it's not working for everyone. if that happens, you can click the trouble shooting link or you can call the state. 833-422-4255. you might be wondering if this is a vaccine passport. the state says no because your enrollment is voluntary. >> good to know. >> coming up next top stories including no motive in the mass shooting at a father's day party in the east bay. what richmond's mayor says has to be done to prevent anything like this from happening again. a bay area water supply source hacked. how investigators say the hacker breached what's supposed to be an airtight computer system. i'm kris sanchez in santa clara county which is aligning with the state in its reopening

guidelines, but not without some warnings about that delta variant. what you need to know about that coming up. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30 a sign of the times. another fast-moving grass fire forcing people from their homes. this one in vallejo. what neighbors say started it

all and the warning from firefighters as california's drought intensifies. >> it started to accelerate quickly in the u.s. >> a new covid variant spreading rapidly. a live report on the number of cases in the bay area and the vaccination sites closing down with the state fully reopened. "today in the bay" now. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's bring in meteorologist kari hall this morning. we haven't seen any rain in the bay area for weeks. we know how dry it is out there. >> we're seeing the highest level of the drought in the bay area as we see the dark shadings of red and we have seen well below average rainfall. the vegetation has dried out rapidly. we have to be careful even with favorable weather conditions, we're only going to see our highs reaching into the upper

70s, but with us approaching the fourth of july, a lot of people may get careless with the sparks and that's something we don't want to happen at this point. i'll be following that as well as the forecast, another update in a few minutes. >> yeah, that threat of fire always so close. thanks. want to bring in "today in the bay's" cierra johnson in vallejo on that scare for homeowners there as the dry conditions are really throughout the entire bay area. they had a fire there. >> reporter: yes. good morning. exactly. i want to start by setting the scene of how dry things are here in vallejo. we're a couple blocks from where that fire played out. we'll get to that video in a second. this is what many folks here? vallejo and across the bay area have been seeing. i've been in situations that look like this for the last couple weeks and things are increasingly getting drier as that -- the high temperatures continue and the lack of rainfall persists. but, yeah, it's the dry temperatures, the wind, the heat

that firefighters say may have played into the fire that happened just a couple blocks from here. now we do have some new video that's from the citizens app of that fire. crews from as far as vacaville responded to the fire in an open space of field between swanzy court and novone street here in vallejo around 9:00 last night. fire crews said wind played a factor in how quickly the blaze spread before crews could get it under control. it dand about ten homes and consumed ten acres. no reports of any injuries but at this point firefighters aren't certain exactly what started this blaze but neighbors here on scene last night heard what sounded like fireworks, maybe sprinklers and shortly after some sirens in the grass yeah area. >> heard like gunshots and then the sparkling, we knew it was fireworks coming from down that way and we were wondering, this is the craziest thing to do in a

dry season. >> and with two weeks until the july 4th holiday the city of vallejo has created a psa to share the dangers of fireworks and sparklers. see that on your screen. according to the video all fireworks are illegal in the city of vallejo and as you can imagine, those sparklers causing tons of damage in the dry fire season. back out here, again, firefighters still working to pinpoint exactly what caused that fire. as we mentioned some of the neighbors we spoke with heard what sounded like fireworks so that could be the cause. this is what many folks are seeing throughout the bay area, the dry conditions, a story we will continue to follow until we get a little bit of rain. we're live in vallejo, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> so dry. please follow the rules. we don't want any fires out there. thank you. now to the pandemic, a lot of people are starting to breathe a little bit easier with bay area counties aligning with the state, dropping the covid restrictions. but with that delta variant circulating at a greater rate

the call to get vaccinated continues. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live for us at levi stadium with the evolving picture here. >> reporter: hi, marcus. so you know, the mass vaccination site here at levi stadium is going to shut down this week on thursday and that's possible because of the high vaccination rate here in this county, the same rate that is responsible for more of the reopenings here in santa clara county. there is the growing concern over the delta variant which was first identified in india. in california there have been 349 cases. 7% of cases in santa clara are the delta variant, same in sonoma county. not all counties we should tell you track the variants locally. not a lot of rn is that the del transmit more easily among people who are unvaccinated and that could include our children 12 and under who are not eligible for a

vaccine. that's why the u.s. surgeon general says it's one more reason that if you can get vaccinated, you should. >> when you're vaccinated you serve as a wall, and a barrier to infection coming into your home and to your community. the more of us that can get vaccinated the bigger wall we can build around our children who are still too young to get vaccinated. >> we are now a wecht past california's reopening and santa clara county is the latest to align with the state and will phase out the local health orders including requirements for employers tracking employees. the giants will welcome back full capacity by san jose state. it will be play ball and probably feel pretty normal for a summer night. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> like the sound of that. thanks.

a new honor coming today from san jose leaders, this is for the men who died in the vta yard shooting. city council will adopt a resolution to honor those victims. on may 26th a disgruntled employee shot and killed nine of his coworkers. it's not clear when it will resume. to a follow-up on a story we brought you as breaking news right here on "today in the bay"ship this morning still no suspects or motive released in a shooting that killed three people and wounded five in richmond. police say there were about 100 people at sunday's party when some people approached and opened fire. the richmond mayor says what the city needs to prevent another tragedy is more police. richmond will be down to 145 officers. 50 fewer than in 2014. he says more officers would allow for community policing. >> it builds a relationship

between the police and the community and it's especially important in richmond where, you know, where we have a large immigrant community. some richmond city council members disagree and have taken millions of dollars from police and spent them instead on community programs. they say it's been a 66% decrease in gun violence. we're learning more about a hacker who tried to poison a water treatment plant. on january 15th a hacker got the user name and password of a former employee that allowed them to log into the computers at the plant and delete programs designed to treat drinking water. the hack wasn't discovered until the following day when the facility changed its passwords. no failures were reported. here we go at 6:38 this morning. getting a look outside. look at this, beautiful look at san francisco. >> that is nice. >> should we take it on the

road? let's take the show outside today. if we did, today would be a good day to do that. meteorologist kari hall has been telling us how it's going to shape up to be a nice one out there. >> yeah. great day to get outside and enjoy cooler weather. let's get you out the door in the south bay about to head out for a run, bike ride, those morning activities it's going to start out cloudy with low 60s. cupertino from 61 degreeses to the low 70s. it's going to be comfortable throughout today as our high temperatures only reach into the mid 70s for san jose. upper 70s for the tri-valley and the east bay and contra costa county. north bay temperatures reaching mid 70s but it will be as warm as the mid 80s for ukiah and clearlake. we'll talk about a weekend forecast coming up. >> it's looking great except for one spot which could ripple to affect others. the big issue is highway 37 which doesn't have a lot of traffic volume capability here. just a couple lanes. one of them is now blocked

because of that overturned tanker. the good news, no injuries reported. the bad news, they need to get a second tanker there to empty the first tanker to stand it up and clear that from the shoulder and that will mean more distraction and restriction and slowing out of vallejo through points, novato, basically. that may send folks down towards the richmond bridge to san raphael. a typical pattern but still nonetheless. there is an incident at the bay bridge around treasure island getting details right now, the traffic flow looks like what we've seen for the last ten or 15 minutes. the rest of the bay light. we'll follow up with the toll plaza coming up. san jose where we saw the slowing on the map is looking pretty good. back to you. >> thank you. 6:40 right now. a tragedy now sparking change. next on "today in the bay," the all new action the chp is taking after the road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy in southern california.

more relief for people struggling to pay their rent because of the pandemic. the decision expected today here in contra costa county. [ inaudible ].

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. the recent road rage shooting death of a boy in southern california is prompting new efforts to ber track road rage incidents. two suspects are charged with the shooting death of aiden lee yose who died last month. he was tragically shot while sitting in his car seat as his mother was driving him to school. the incidents, citing a lack of data on road rage incidents. more easily access that data the

chp is considering tracking it. 6:44. president biden blames the proliferation of guns for the sudden spike in violence across america. particularly inner city. >> the crime data from the fbi says murders have spiked up an astonishing 25%. the rest of the data shows crime is unchanged, but feels less than reassuring when murder is up. the president plans to address the issue tomorrow his first major speech involving crime. yes, guns will be a focus. so, too, will more money for police and sheriff's departments using leftover money from the covid relief bill. now, getting tough on crime while still addressing things like social justice and police violence is a tough tight rope for biden to walk. politicians on his left say let's defund the police. he's proposing more funding. politicians on his right say democrats are too lenient on

crime. the thing is looking historically, biden hasn't been lenient on crime at all. he's the one that ushered in the 1994 crime bill through the senate into law, a bill extremely tough on crime but many americans and historians think is going too far. biden's support for it, called it the biden crime bill came up as he ran for president with other candidates saying he was way too conservative to be a democrat. as you remember leading the charge was fellow candidate kamala harris who had a pretty strong record of being tough on crime as a prosecutor. but she hit biden with accusations over and over during the debates. >> so i will tell you that on intellectual debateamong democrats. we have to act swiftly. >> the senate will have a vote dealing with a proposed voting rights act. the ideas in the bill are supported by many republicans and democrats alike.

today's vote really shouldn't be important, it's procedural except if enough republicans line up against it nothing in the bill can move forward. senate rules say you have to have 60 yes votes to move ahead. doesn't look like the bill has that. we're watching everything in washington. the white house will update us on vaccinations today. doesn't look like they're going to hit their goal of enough being vaccinated by the fourth of july. we'll talk about that on twitter. follow me there i'm at scott mcgrew. >> thank you very much. contra costa county expected to take action to try to help people stay in their homes as the state reops. bob redell joins us live this morning. bob, the state could soon take similar action as well on this? >> right, laura. right now landlords can't evict people who are behind on the rent because of the pandemic through june 30th. that's how long this moratorium has been going on for.

contra costa county today will decide whether or not to extend that moratorium to september 30th to give renters an extra three months to catch up on their unpaid rent. the city of san jose expected to also vote on a similar extension today. as you mentioned the state of california considering extending its moratorium until september 30th. the press democrat reports that california lawmakers are likely to go along with that extension. governor newsom proposed using federal coronavirus aid to pay off the unpaid rent ta people owe. some tenant advocacy groups want the state of california to extend plow texts until the unemployment rate for low wage workers reaches prepandemic. but the department says they can't wait much longer because many have gone without rent checks more than a year. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest. happening now, the willow fire in big sur is still

burning. it scorched close to 2800 acres since it started thursday night. the fire is burning in the ventano wilderness close to the tassajara zen center in hot springs. it's 0% contained. hundreds have been ordered to vaccinate. cal fire conducting a burn in napa county. they're actually going to take place -- this is about 7:00 this morning off of snell valley road. not far from pope valley. they plan to burn 60 acres of grass as part of the vegetation management project. we want to get a look at the forecast today. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring the conditions and wind conditions we were talking about during the fire burns that we need to be mindful of. the winds not an issue? >> it's going to be a little bit breezy but we've had higher humidity and some of us waking up to clouds and mist and drizzle in spots.

our temperatures head into the mid 70s this is going to feel very nice, especially compared to the heat recently. seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen as we move toward the east bay. vallejo reaching 69 degrees, pleasanton will see 78 degrees, 69 today in oakland and we'll see some low 60s near the coastline, low 70 for redwood city while san francisco will reach into the upper 60s downtown and in the mission district. our north bay temperatures are going to be anywhere from 66 in mill valley to 86 in clearlake, santa rosa in between at 74 degrees. and as we go towards the end of the week we'll heat up. take a look at the end of the week forecast with some upper 70s and then the weekend with some mid 80s. we are going to see some warmer temperatures coming in for the weekend. and some of our hottest spots in the inland valleys will trend into the mid 90s. make sure you're putting those in your plans from the upper 70s to the mid 90s a lot of changes

ahead over the next seven days. san francisco not changing much here, upper 60s to the mid 70s to start out the new workweek. mike, how is it looking as people get ready to head out the door for work? >> in the north bay and the east bay, we may have the ripple effect we see a lot more traffic, a little early for the backup at the richmond side of the san raphael bridge, westbound 580. we'll explain why, this issue here the alert westbound 37 jammed around skaggs island because of an overturned tanker. one lane open. we don't know when they can reopen that because they have to clear the tanker, empty it, may send folks to the richmond bridge. folks hearing about that backup may head toward the bay bridge instead of up towards 580 and may cause more backup at the toll plaza. it looks standard. the issue there is that the off ramp from treasure island from the lower deck crash should clear quickly. the rest of the bay looking light. happening now, if you haven't upgrading your real i.d.

yet you can do so with no additional costs. the dmv announcing it's waiving upgrade fees through the end of the year. it requires an in-person visit which people couldn't do during the pandemic. the incentive to see as many people get that real i.d. quickly. it will be required to have that real i.d. by may of 23e. >> time to get ready for it. a quick look at our top stories including covid's exploding delta variant. and a cause for concern, a live report on the growing number of cases reported across our state and here in the bay area. plus, the latest warning signs sparking worries as fire season ramps up. the message firefighters are trying to get ahead of the fourth of july holiday. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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breathe a little easier with bay area counties aligning with the state dropping covid restrictions. >> with the delta variant circulating and the call for vaccination continuing, kris sanchez is joining us from levi stadium, with the evolving picture we have here. kris? >> hi there. santa clara county is the latest bay area county to kind of align with the state dropping more of those restrictions. your bosses in this county will no longer be asking about your vaccination status, however there is still a push for folks to get vaccinated and the reason is that delta variant that you mentioned which is now contributing to new cases. 349 cases in california or about 5% of cases statewide. 7% of cases in santa clara county and about the same in sonoma county. we should tell you not all counties do track that variant. it's not a lot of overall cases delta variant transmit more easily among people who are unvaccinated. that could include our children under 12 who are not yet

eligible for a vaccine. an infectious disease specialist from ucsf points out kids don't get covid from other kids but adults. the u.s. surgeon general said one more reason for adults to get vaccinated to provide a layer of protection and a stop for the covid vaccine variant before it takes off. in santa clara, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you. now to capitol hill where senate lawmakers will consider the for the people act later today. the vote is meant to try to bypass a republican filibuster of the bill. it's also expected to fail. democrats say the for the people act aims to make it easier for americans to vote in elections. republicans meantime [ inaudible ] the bill. >> a new honor coming from san jose leaders for the men who died in the vta rail shooting. they will adopt a resolution to remember the victims. four weeks tomorrow on may 26th.

vta light rail service is still suspended and resume. frightening moments in vallejo after a late nighte. the dry conditions permeating the bay area continue to cause concern for crews heading into fire season. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live with the extent of the damage and what fire crews are saying this morning. >> yes, good morning. we're a couple blocks from where the fire played out and set the scene of how dry things are here in the bay area. you can see around me i'm surrounded by nothing but brown and that's a little concerning because of fires like this. crews came from as far as vacaville to respond to the fire. this is video from the citizens app that fire started in that open space between the street swanzy court and novone street here in vallejo around 9:00 last night. fire crews said wind did play a factor in how quickly this fire spread before crews could get things under control, it damaged about ten homes and consumed ten

acres. so far no reports of any injuries at this point. firefighters aren't certain to what started the blaze but neighbors said they did hear fireworkses and then sparklers and popping sounds before the fire crews did respond. this is the site in much of the bay area. as we approach fourth of july, city of vallejo warning folks not to use fireworks because of the risk of starting fires. we're live in vallejo, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." >> thank you. meteorologist kari hall of course monitoring the situation with the weather for us. kari, although it's dry, the conditions that we're seeing right now, the weather temperature wise will be nice for us. >> yes. it's going to be nicer today only reaching into the mid to upper 70s and we'll see more weather like this through the end of the week. warming up for the weekend. mike, what's happening for the commute? >> the big deal is the alert for highway 37 westbound out of vallejo over novato. extra backup but light traffic. the backup at the bridge which

is your alternate. >> that's going do it for us this morning. >> thanks for being a part of our morning. you know what we'll see you back here tomorrow morning starting dark and early at 4:30. always love being here together. >> join us for midday too. >> the "today" show is next. good morning breaking overnight, severe weather stretching from the south all the way up to maine. while near chicago, new images of the strongest tornado there in years leading to rescues and a cleanup effort expected to take weeks we are there live. and al is tracking today's new storm threat for millions. answer at the airport. a new round of canceled and delayed flights across the country as airlines struggle to