right now at 3:00 -- an olympic legend's last ride. shaun white says these games will probably be his last. why he says it's time to hang it up. another day of protests in oakland as the community tries to save more than a dozen schools from closing or merging. the new proposal many hope will keep the doors open. first,o be a solution to san francisco's drug crisis but critics say it's quickly becoming part of the problem. thank you for joining us. we begin with tragic new

information about the man killed in the latest open freeway shooting. it happened last night during rush hour on 880 near the broadway exit. initially it was thought to be just a car accident. the driver swerved off the exit and crashed. chp officers arrived and found something else entirely. they discovered the driver had been shot. investigators are not releasing the name of the driver but nbc bay area learned the victim is gene ransom, a cal basketball hall of fame inductee. this is the fourth deadly shooting on a freeway in oakland since november. all still remain unsolved. new data shows the devastating toll of the coronavirus on california. more than 80,000 people here have now died from covid-19. these numbers were released by johns hopkins university yesterday. researchers project another 3,000 people will die from the virus by the end of this month. that's despite the total number of infections, hospitalizations and intensive care cases continuing to fall after the omicron surge. california has more total covid

deaths than any other state in the country but the numbers are a bit deceiving because it doesn't account for total population. california's per capita death rate is 38 nationwide. let's look at the latest numbers now. today california reported 37,000 new cases, over 11,000 people are hospitalized, which is actually down slightly from the last update. the state's positivity rate also continues to plummet. it's now just under 13%. a group of mothers whose children were affected by drug addiction are now protesting a san francisco program meant to help addicts get clean. >> the moms say they're troubled by reports that people are openly using drugs at the tenderloin linkage center. >> but those at the center say it's more complex issue. >> at market street people gathered outside at san francisco's new tenderloin lincoln center, some concerned

with what they say is happening on site. >> there's illegal drug use going on behind that fence. not today, they cleaned it up today but behind that fence that is being sanctioned by the city of san francisco. >> repuy drugs in the neighborhood before because it's so easy. the governor announced a tenderloin emergency plan, a neighborhoodhood plagued with drug use. the program is to help with overdoses. >> i am here because of my son corey, who is an addict on the streets of san francisco. he's a fentanyl addict. >> reporter: jackie berlin is co-founders of mothers against drug deaths. she was hopeful about the center but that faded quickly. >> i feel like allowing the drug use and sales in the linkage sales center is normalizing drug

use. >> reporter: the city said it does not permit drugs use on site but did not deny drug use happens there. it is about getting people connected to immediate long-term services and treatment. part of being low barrier means bringing people in without asking a lot of questions. it's not a safe consumption site, but they say we're in an emergency. and today those who support the center's efforts show that too and say being in a building where they're at is important. >> this is about a passionate response to come in and link the service where they're at, which may be using drugs. >> right now there are hundreds of people dyeing in san francisco because of overdoses and something has to be done. >> reporter: the city says staff has helped save f overdosed at the center, people who mayersed died on the street. last week they had more than 2,000 visits, the majority conflict staff, about substance use, behavioral health and other

issues but some see a problem being overlooked. >> we shut down the open drug use inside. find a way to offer meaningful treatment. weekend voting begins today in san francisco. as the department of elections opened the city hall voting center. it's going to stay open until election day, february 15th. among the most heated items on that ballot, whether to recall multiple members of the san francisco school board. members have been heavily criticized for keeping city schools closed for in-person learning longer than other big cities. the district has also been ripped nationally over ill-informed efforts to rename schools in the name of social justice. one member, alison collins, also came under fire for posting what many described as racist tweets about asian americans. that was back in 2016. staff at the voting center say the weekend hours give everybody the time to cast their vote. >> something we do need to

facilitate getting people the opportunity to vote because sometimes during the week they can't come to city hall. >> the three commissioners up for recall will be voted on separately. if more than half the voters approve the recall of any commissioner, mayor london breed will appoint a successor. taking close and consolidate over 15 schools there was a demonstration today. 16 campuses would be affected with budget struggles and declining enrollment. the city will vote on closures tuesday and later this month vote on regulation urging governor newsom and the legislature to forgive obsd debt and keep the schools open. new video of the damage done by the fire that scorched part of the big sur coast last month. the fire started in the canyon south of caramel, sparked by a

pile burning operation on a windy day. fire burned 070 acres and closure along highway 1. all have been since lifted. fire has been contained since wednesday but firefighters say it is troubling a fire can burn so much in what's been a relatively wet winter. but after a wet november and december, things were looking good but we haven't seen rain in weeks. let's go over to meteorologist rob mayeda. anything at all in the forecast? >> that's the big story, this time of year we see storms every two, three days. instead more sunshine out there. this trend got started after the 7th of january, 24 dry days in a row in january to wrap up the month and add five more in february and 29 days since the last rainfall and the forecast moving forward, possibly means that we're looking at another ten days of dry weather through the middle part of the month, which means that number could go up to 39 days. the same problem continues, consistent high pressure over

california. close enough at the coast and incoming storms missed us and gave us gusty, dry north winds which fanned the flames of the colorado fire at big sur. next week we will see more wind with surprisingly warp temperatures and a few areas close to 80 degrees. we'll have a close look at the impact of the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. while it remains dry here, in other parts of the nation thousands woke up without power as another storm marches across the country. storms stretched from the deep south to the northeast. up to 17 inches of snow and ice covered parts of new york, vermont, indiana and maine. more than 55,000 woke up in the dark in new york, another 87,000 were dealing with the same problem in tennessee. storms have also created flight delays nationwide. the good news, the national weather forecast shows things will start warming for those areas tomorrow. to beijing we go, where the winter olympics have already completed three full days of competition. here's a live look at the olympic torch for you.

it's 7:00 in the morning over in china right now, with athletes getting ready for another day of competition and our own janelle wang getting ready for live reports tonight at 11:00. >> so far team usa hasn't made it to a podium but it is pretty early, very early in the games actually. norway leads with two gold medals so far. they're tied with slovenia and italy for overall medals. >> again, games just getting under way but already we've seen some pretty incredible moments. >> anthony flores is here with a look at the highlights from the competition so far. anthony? >> that's right, guys, these olympic games will mark the end of an era for an american icon. snow border shaun white says he's retiring after the beijing games. the 35-year-old three-time gold medalist first climbed to the top of the podium in 2006. he also won gold in 2010 and at the 2018 games. white also said this will likely be his last competition. injuries played a role in his decision. here's the moment when he knew

it was time. >> on that chair lift ride, it was like the mountain was closing, there was no one around and i was watching kind of like the sun go down and it just hit me, like this is it. these are the signs. it was a very sad and surreal sort of moment but very joyous as well because i kind of reflected on all of the things i have done. >> and not done yet. a positive test kept alana meyers taylor from being a flag bearer for the u.s. but did not keep her from training. the three-time olympic medalist in bobsled tweeted out this video showing how she was working out in her hotel isolation room. she's since left isolation and been cleared for competition after getting two required negative tests. the 37-year-old will begin competing next sunday. special moment at last night's opening ceremony for redwood city native denise, she's the lone athlete representing malta, the group of

islands representing italy and north african coast. the 29-year-old is competing in snow board and half pike. this is her first olympics. she said she was one spot away from qualifying for the 2018 games. her mother was once a nationally ranked figure skater in the u.s. denise is really popular in sport. she holds the world's largest youtube page dedicated to a female snowboarder. a lot of interest in her well being and hopefully have a great olympics tomorrow. >> that's so awesome, anthony. thank you very much. headlining the olympic coverage tonight is the bay area's own figure skater karen chen. there she is, our figure skating coverage starts at 5:00 tonight. the women's short program starts at 5:30. that's where chen, fremont native, will be competing. the u.s. is currently leading team skating standing with 28 points after the overnight competition. the first batch of alpine skiing medals up for grabs in men's downhill. northern californiavis began on

brian bennett competing. both from the tahoe area and hoping to landed spots in the final. also keeping an eye on tahoe resident jamie anderson, perhaps the greatest female snowboarder of all time. she begins her final run tonight. here's tonight's lineup on nbc. as we said, women's short program begins at 5:30. you can watch chen compete there. at 7:00 p.m., the downhill run for men's alpine skiing. if you would like to watch the slopestyle filings with jamie anderson, you can watch that on usa network or online at nbcolympics.com. vets swim free. a group of veterans took to the water to help raise awareness but a new law in san francisco, what you need to know to get involved in this. and the big game is coming and you can even make some money just by watching. we'll tell you about a dream job

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sunny days the next week. over towards san francisco it's 62 and more of that offshore breeze now, close to 6 miles per hour wind. and i think we will see a little more wind later on tonight into early tomorrow but the wind speeds won't be the type where we get wind advisories or high-wind warnings. you can snow pop 2,000 feet or so. winds 25 miles an hour or offshore. part of the warming trend, get started tomorrow, by the way, put this into truly warm temperatures for the middle part of next week. patchy low clouds near the coastline and perhaps a little bit of patchy fog for the morning. sunday is shaping up to have less of the high clouds we have around the area today, and a bit of warming trend to wrap up the weekend. the morning still chilly.

30s in santa rosa, low 40s in san jose and oakland. dress in layers from 8:00 until 10:00 a.m. i think you can lose the jacket by 12:00 now. we're already in the 60s in san jose. the temperatures will be until about 3:00 in the afternoon. mid-60s bayside and upper 60s around san jose, tri-valley and north bay. up towards calistoga, it will be getting close to 70 tomorrow. notice the trend here, high pressure is acting like a giant shield for incoming storms, sending them way out to the north and at times kind of centering off a little farther to the west, that allows colder system to drop in inland. obviously there's no rain in the forecast there and this high is likely to trend stronger around wednesday through friday. look at san francisco's temperatures. moving it forward the next seven days, tuesday and again on saturday, san francisco can get in the 70s for next week and the

temperatures next week in the location, wednesday through friday, the average should be in the mid-70s. that means places like napa. we'll give you a ten-day outlook. look at the temperatures upper 70s wednesday and thursday. even into next weekend, still staying in the mid-70s. tri-valley outlook shows you what looks like five, six days of 70-degree temperatures. while the dry pattern continues, you will see the numbers that could get close to records on thursday and friday. the swing weather, while it's nice, we do need to see some rain and snow. right now it doesn't look like it's in the next seven-day forecast but longer-range models are suggesting towards the end of the month. in the meantime, the future will be nice as we head into next week. >> love the spring but we need to get back to winter. team usa goes for gold this month with most athletes coming from college programs. but changes to colleges could

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nearly 80% of the u.s. athletes in the last olympics in tokyo came from ncaa programs but that number may soon start to fall because a growing number of less profitable college sports, meaning those that are not football or basketball, are getting out of it. >> what will this mean for the future of team usa? >> envision the podium without americans, envision the top of the medal count without america, or a whities box with just cereal on the front. this not-so-radical vision is what the american olympic team might look like without its primary development leak, the ncaa. but that pipeline is in serious jeopardy. according to the ncaa, 289 teams across college sports got the ax

last year, almost all of them an olympic sport. >> the anxiety is really around every sport that is trying to trend and with all of this new stuff coming, i mean, this is just an unraveling. >> dig haley is the coach of usc university of texas 1966 olympic volleyball team. he said every time budgets are disrupted, administrators look to cut from nonrevenue sports and there are a lot of disruptions to athletic budgets these days. from legislation that could start playing athletes like university employees to name/image likeness laws that allows players to now get a piece of the profit, to the arms race and revenue sport where schools are racing to build the luscious, most posh facilities for football and basketball teams. >> that money doesn't just keep coming out of nowhere. that money is coming from somewhere, and if it doesn't get distributed, some programs are going to fold.

>> college sports is a $19 billion a year industry and many observers applaud the fact student athletes are now getting a bigger piece of the pie. but many already were. $5 billion of that revenue was subsidizing cost of all nonrevenue olympic sports. so as football and basketball start carving out bigger pieces of the pie, many wonder how much will be left for everyone else. >> i think you have to continue to invest in the sports that are revenue-generating with the thought you can continue to grow that pie and continue to support other sports. >> reporter: that pie-grower is scott shipping, athletic director at the university of florida, where he's helped board a gators machine that brings in close to $160 million per year. most of that thanks to football. but he's concerned about olympic development too, which is why he joined the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee panel that went to work on reimagining those nonrevenue sports in an age where revenue seems to be

everything. america's olympic pipeline is one of the only programs in the world supported by colleges and not the federal government. but judging by the fact that 75% of all u.s. olympians in tokyo came through the college ranks, not to mention tens of thousands that graduated with a college degree, the unique model seems to be working. >> when you look out there and say caeleb dressel and five gold medals, that's special. we want to get him back there and encourage his teammates to join. >> the olympics are here and we're covering every aspect of them. >> it's such a big deal. one of the best things when you watch the olympics is seeing team usa win a medal standing on that podium. so this is an important topic to discuss. hopefully something can be done. >> we can really feel it. we're back after this.

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some additions of the covid-19 pandemic has survived it all. >> today celebrating their 164th anniversary. it was established back in the 1850s. the gold rush, folks. this is going back to mark the anniversary, the restaurant gave away 164 free adobo and rice plates to customers. the owner says if it weren't for their loyal customers, the restaurant would likely not have survived the pandemic. >> i think the key to our survival is our community, because once our community found out we were struggling, we got so much support. and it was really the pandemic that made us realize how connected we are with our neighborhood, and that really saved us. >> you think about all of the thiengs they went through over the years. almost taken down by the pandemic but they survived. they also held a history seminar, including details of the somewhat checkered past. during prohibition, the 7 mile

house was accused of illegally transporting alcohol and raided by the fbi twice. now we can only imagine what the next 164 years will bring. >> sounds like a very strong restaurant. really cool. >> a lot going on there. thank you for watching. "nightly news" is next. we're back at 4:00. tonight, the games have begun. the first official day of competition at th olympics. team usa shut out of the medal count on day one, but off to a blazing start in women's hockey, blowing out russia 5-0 and multiple contenders soaring forward in women's snowboarding. the american bobsledder finally let out of quarantine after testing negative as olympic champion shaun white announces it will be his last ever. >> ahead o