it is sunday, february 6th, 7:00 on the dot, as we take a live look outside in beijing at the olympic flame, as we enter the second full day of competition. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey aranajoins us with our local microclimate. >> it is cold. we're not in the negative 4 like it was in the olympic area, but we are in the 30s here. look at san francisco. what a beautiful shot. look at the skyline and our

current temperatures as you head out the door, it's about 38 degrees right now, san jose 36, morgan hill 33, almost below freezing there, and then we've got 40s around the bay and peninsula. as far as visibility goes, we're going okay for most of the bay area, but we are seeing a few areas of patchy, dense fog. for the afternoon, though, you don't have to worry about those clouds because sunshine is taking over and a warming trend. i'll have the full forecast in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you in about 15. we are beginning with a look at the winter olympics where day two of competition has already been filled with highs and lows. team usa has nabbed its first medal. jay gray is following it all and has the latest from beijing. >> reporter: good morning. great to talk from beijing. it's been a good day for team

usa, as you talk about finally getting a medal on the board here. let's pick up the pace now. it was in the mountains where the snow had a silver lining, but down here in olympic park on the ice, it wasn't quite as nice. during a second run, julia marino gave team usa its first medal of the games. >> to do it here just means a whole lot different than anything else, and i just am so over the moon to have landed that top-to-bottom. >> with injured star brianna decker cheering from the stands, the u.s. women's hockey team routed the russians 5-0. they're back on the ice tonight gets switzerland. karen chen takes a tumble at the end of her skate in the short program, and team usa fell from the top spot in team figure skating. >> i think i just got a little tense at the wrong second. >> the u.s. skaters still have the chance to rebound before the end of the competition on

monday. >> coming up tonight, the american men go for a two-fer in slopestyle, while mixed doubles curling is fighting to get into the final round with key matches later today against switzerland and great britain. great britain has a very strong curling team in beijing. we've talked a little bit about the weather. no wind today here in olympic park, which is so good, so much warmer when the wind is not blowing. not the case in the mountains. they had the delay the men's downhill over the last couple of days. severe gusts have forced them to cancel practice runs. it's going to be important to watch what happens. will they have to change the timing for some of the events, will some of the athletes have to alter how they attack the mountain during those events? it's going to play a role, it seems. so over the next couple of days we'll watch the forecast as well as what's happening in the events. that's the latest from here in

beijing. back to you. >> thank you so much for that update. a bay area mom is waiting to watch her daughter compete on the world stage. rachel llanes is competing for china's women's hockey team. the san jose native grew up playing street hockey outside her home and went on to play professional hockey in boston. rachel already is making her mark for the republic of china, scoring the winning goal in their first match. >> we're so proud. that was her dream since when she was young, to go to the olympics. and it happened and i'm very, very happy that she fulfilled her dream. >> because the olympics are closed, a closed bubble for covid safety, family and friends can't be there to watch. so constant texts back and forth are keeping the mother/daughter team connected. as we mentioned, team usa picked up its first medal of the games, and spoiler alert, team

usa has grabbed another silver medal in women's freestyle skiing. the russian olympic committee has won five medals overall, norway has three, sweden has two golds, as well. the games are just getting started. we are may being it easy to get the latest updates on your favorite bay area teams and team usa athletes. we're posting it all in one place on the torch. just go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the link in our trending bar at the top. we have new details now on a story we first brought to you yesterday morning. another deadly shooting on an east bay freeway, and we've learned the victim was a bay area sports legend who also works to stop crime in his community. it was uc berkeley hall of famer gene oakland. police have now made an arrest in his death. here's "today in the bay."

>> a lot of times you just felt you had to be dreaming. you couldn't believe what he just did. i mean, if it wasn't the no-look passes, his hands were twice as big as mine. he could grip a basketball probably when he came out of his mom. this dude was incredible. >> reporter: that's why they named him gene "the dream" ransom. a uc berkeley basketball star in the 1970s, who later became a hall of famer at the university. he was killed friday evening, the victim of the latest freeway shooting in the east bay. ransom was driving on northbound 880 when 25-year-old juan angel garcia pulled up alongside and opened fire. garcia now under arrest and the motive remains unclear. in a statement, the university said their thoughts were with ransom's family and they described him as one of their greatest players. but a scout for the oakland a's and ransom's long-time friend says he was much more than that.

>> legendry, a berkeley icon, if you will. >> reporter: they played basketball and baseball together at berkeley high. >> when i got on the chance to get on the same field with gene ransom, it made me understand what greatness was. >> reporter: he wasn't just a star athlete. his friends tell us he was a community advocate and helped create several programs, including one at berkeley high school to help keep youth off the streets. they created late-night basketball for kids as part of athletes united for peace. >> i'm just real saddened at the fact that something that gene worked closely with me with for 20 plus years, it is what he succumbed to in life, you know, the dangers of gun violence. >> reporter: in berkeley, nbc bay area news. >> in a statement, a spokesperson for oakland mayor libby schaaf said in part, the mayor will be relentless in her pursuit of state resources to install cameras with privacy protections at on and off ramps that can assist in investigations such as these,

and ultimately hold those accountable who act with such heinous disregard for human life. new this morning, a deadly crash in the south bay. this happened around 8:00 p.m. at berryessa road in san jose, just a few blocks from piedmont hills high school. one driver was killed, their passenger suffered moderate injuries. the driver of the second car suffered minor injuries. police say this is the 11th fatal crash and 12th victim of 2022. in berkeley, starting tomorrow, city health leaders will require certain workers to stay up to date with their boosters. employees of restaurants, theatres and gyms will have to show proof of vaccination. also, those places will require full vaccination of people at least 5 years old before they enter a business. "today in the bay's" marcus washington spoke to the city's mayor about the new policy. >> californians who had a

booster shot had rates of covid infection less than half of those who had not beeno i think illustrates the importance everyone to get boosted to help control the spread of covid-19, particularly with this highly contagious omicron variant. and we think, particularly those businesses where there's a lot of interaction between the public, such as restaurants, bars, theatres, entertainment venues, gyms, large events, that those employees should get boosted in order to protect themselves and to protect our residents. and we're doing this out of concern. >> you can watch the entire interview with the mayor tomorrow morning on "today in the bay" from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. and at 7:09, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up live, we take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with chuck

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welcome back. it is time now for our weekly discussion with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hi, chuck. thank you so much for joining us this morning, as always. >> hi, kyra. >> today you have national security adviser jake sullivan on. is he able to tell you the latest on u.s.'s efforts to stop russia from invading ukraine? i want to highlight that we saw at the olympics opening ceremony, putin was there perhaps in support of his friend and ally, xi jinping. would he really escalate things during this time when the world is coming together? >> well, you've got to look at his track record. putin actually did invade georgia the week of the beijing olympics in 2008, and he invaded and took crimea literally days after the winter olympics ended in sochi. so we're a little bit -- this is

a little bit eery right now the timing and putin is over there. but what the national security adviser seemed to indicate is, number one, that this threat, russia continues to amass more troops, what's going on in belarus is particularly concerning and you'll hear a report from richard engel, where a few weeks ago america was like you're overdoing it on the threat, and now they're not saying that. the threat looks more real than ever. the one interesting thing that i want to point people to is the end of my interview with jake sullivan, i asked him whether he thinks that xi, china's leader, is trying to discourage putin from doing the invasion because china cares so much about economic stability. and he did make one point, he said, not once in that joint statement between china and russia did the words ukraine get mentioned. so take that. >> that is fascinating.

i also want to turn to former vice president mike pence. he, i guess, finally, you could say, came out and said that former president trump is wrong and that pence could not have, in fact, overturned the election. you actually have his former chief of staff on who was with him the day the capitol was being attacked. it must have been a terrifying experience for him to recall. >> it's interesting, he admits that he didn't -- they were in an office, he didn't see it. he heard some of the violence, he didn't see some of it. he said, for instance, the chants of hanging mike pence, in the moment they didn't hear it from the room they were in. but he did emphasize to me that the secret service kept trying to whisk pence out of the capitol and pence kept saying, no, we have to finish this job. and i think the more we learn, we realize one of the things trump was trying to do was get the certification simply delayed by any means necessary, and when

pence wouldn't do it on constitutional grounds, there was concern that was the true motivation of sending people to the hill. >> wow. we look forward to your interviews today. as always, chuck, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we hope you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press." as mentioned, we'll have that interview with national security adviser jake sullivan, as well as the exclusive interview with former chief of staff to vice president mike pence, mark short. we hope you just stick right here and then tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. today marks 70 years since queen elizabeth took the british thrown. she released a statement yesterday about her platinum jubilee. the queen thanking people across the globe for their love and support and also writing it's her wish, when her son prince charles takes the thrown, his wife camilla be known as queen consort. back here locally, in

oakland, more protests over plans to close or consolidate 16 schools. dozens of families you see here and educators showed up at prescott elementary yesterday to voice their support for keeping schools open, despite budget and enrollment challenges. the school board is set to vote on the closures on tuesday. later this month, the city council will vote on a resolution urging the state to forgive the school district's debt and keep the schools 49ers owner who was attacked at sofi stadium is ce forward. you may recall that daniel luna was attacked in the parking lot during sunday's playoff game in inglewood. yesterday police arrested 33-year-old brian cifuentes. he's out on bail. we're told on video luna appears to have thrown the first punches and that that suspect punched back, punching luna in the face.

luna fell, hit his head on the ground. his family says he remains in a coma and that he has a long road ahead. luna is the chef and owner of oakland's mistura restaurant. in the south bay, starting tuesday you will have to pay to park at san jose's valley fair mall. they're implementing a pay to park plan to help ensure safety for customers and crack down on people who park at the mall all day. shoppers will be allowed to park for free for the first two hours. after that, it's $1 for every hour, with a maximum daily rate at $10. you can also get a monthly pass for $40. if you have yet to order your valentine's day flowers, you may want to start looking for another gift. shortage nationwide and you can blame it on supply chain floris holding their breath as they wait for delivery trucks to arrive. florists say your best bet is to

leave the flower choice up to them. also expect the arrangement to cost a bit more. the super bowl is more than just a big game, especially if you're going to be hosting a party. prices for most party favorites are also up this year. these are just some of the biggest. steak, wings and burgers are up somewhere around 20%. wells fargo is modifying a thanksgiving favorite, where they add up the cost for your dinner and tell you how much more you're spending. so take the chips, the guacamole and salsa. the price of salsa is up 6%, chicken wings are up 26%. soft drinks are up 12% for 2 liter bottles. add it all up, you'll way 8% to 14% more this year than last year's super bowl. don't forget, you can watch the super bowl right here on nbc bay area. the l.a. rams taking on the cincinnati bengals a week from

today. kickoff is right around 3:30.we ok at lovely today. look at this life shot of san francisco. what a beautiful start to our sunday. hopefully you get to go outside or maybe you're doing a little sunday cleaning. that works, too. right now cur temperatures still pretty cold, out in the next one to two hours, make sure to bundle up. look at san jose, 36 degrees. dublin 33, even in through parts of the interior valley, concord and brentwood, we'll be in the 30s. san francisco is at about 46 degrees. we're skiing clear skies for the most part but we do have some areas of high clouds and patchy, dense fog up through parts of the north bay. santa rosa down to a quarter mile in visibility, so expect to see some fog as well in half

moon bay. once the fog clears out into the afternoon, bring on the sunshine. we've got this high pressure. that's what's been keeping us dry, but it's also been keeping us sunny. so no rain for the month of january. what about february? i'll get to that in a second. satellite radar, you can see clear skies over the region. to our north we've got a little more action. but the high pressure has been blocking any real chance of seeing any activity as far as rain goes or storms in the bay area. today's microclimate highs are going to be running a few degrees warmer and this is going to set us up for a warming trend ahead into the workweek. so afternoon sunshine, temps might even maybe some low 70s through the south bay. san jose 68 degrees, through concord and martinez, also in the upper 60s. san francisco will be in the mid-60s. and wind gusts, it will be breezy at times, mainly around the coastline, maybe some breezy hills as well. san francisco, 16 plus miles per hour into your sunday. as far as air quality outlook, we do have some improvement for

the south bay. we're actually going to be seeing this move down from moderate to now good, we're at about 50, which is fantastic to see. long-range outlook, when are we going to see rain? unfortunately, looking at the model, which runs through february 14th, february 15th, that dry weather is expected to continue. on our map you can see the high pressure continues to dominate over the bay area. whenever we think of dry weather, we think about the latest drought monitor conditions. this gets released every thursday, and after we had a series of storms we saw a promising improvement. but no changes within the past couple of weeks. 66% of the state of california still remains under a severe drought. so as of now, the model runs aren't showing any real chance of rain for the first half of february. san francisco's seven-day forecast, upper 60s and maybe a couple of low 70s toward the end of the week. remember i was talking about that warming trend? it's also going to get breezy

heading into tuesday and wednesday. coming up in my second full forecast, i'm going to dive deeper into the warming trend and our climate in crisis series. i'll talk about california and the entire u.s. >> it's so complicated. it know we need the rain, but this weather is so beautiful. >> the sunshine is great. >> it's a real tug. thank you so much. at 7:22, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," including local families of team usa olympians cheering on their athletes from afar. coming up, we have a look at some of the celebrations, stay with us.

we love collecting and sharing moments from the olympics, but they don't always involve olympians. sometimes we get these moments from their friends, their home towns and even their families, like our first story today. remember we showed you video yesterday of the tearful moment curler john shuster learned he was going to be one of team usa's flagbearers in the opening

ceremony, as well as the touching moment when he told his wife and children. well, we have another video to add to the collection. >> my dad was picked to be the flag bearer of the united states. [ applause ] >> that is john's son luke telling his third grade classmates in minnesota about what his father was up to. it's going to be hard during show-and-tell for anyone in time. speaking of kids and their parents, this is a on friday. inside the olympic simple message, mama, i made it. nothing gets me tearing up faster than when athletes talk about all the sacrifices their parents had to make for them to get to this level and appreciating them for it. >> and how is this for a great

picture? you know how they have cameras in the back of the net in hockey games so we can get a unique angle of goals being scored or saves being made? the u.s. women's hockey team had something else in mind, using the camera for a team photo. it's a tradition because they did the same thing during the 2018 winter games in pyeongchang. >> and finally, we know many athletes are excited about being part of the olympics, but i haven't seen a better demonstration of that joy than none other than the jamaican bobsled team, dancing in their dorm rooms in the athletes' village. this is the first time jamaica has sent a bobsled team in more than 20 years. the last time they did, it inspired the movie "cool runnings." i can't wait stories. thanks, up. team usa has won its first two

olympic medals. plus, another deadly shooting on an east bay freeway. we are learning about the victim, a bay area basketball legend who worked to make his community safer.

good morning. it is sunday, february 6th, 7:29, as we take a live look outside at the olympic cauldron, burning brightly in beijing. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana and i are laughing too much during the commercial break. she joins us with your microclimate forecast. if it's anything like yesterday, i was telling you i went to a wedding. it was the most perfect weather in the city. >> it wasn't hot and it wasn't too cold. it's right in between. but we're starting out cold. i'll tell you that. if you're heading out the door right now, make sure to bring

your coat. you might be okay throughout the afternoon. but look at walnut creek, it's 36 degrees. this is a live look over walnut creek and it is going to be really beautiful this afternoon. but we've got to get through the chilly temps first. if you're looking at the rest of the bay area temperatures, almost everyone is in the 30s, with the exception of redwood city, san francisco mid-40s, and some areas of patchy, dense fog around the north bay and half moon bay, santa rosa down to about a half mile of visibility. as far as the temperature outlook, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, all day long, setting us up for a warming trend. in my full forecast, i'll go through the details. >> love it. thanks, vianey. it has been a day full of highs and lows, the second full day of the competition at the olympics. a live look at the flame burning outside the bird's nest. janelle wang is there covering the games for us. it was certainly a more

difficult start for some of our bay area athletes. >> reporter: kyra, not the best day for bay area athletes, but we are in the first weekend of competition at the winter games and a full day of competition. today we were inside at the capital indoor stadium, the site of figure skating and day two. the men's free skate and women's short program featured bay area athletes. vincent zhou skated beautifully. he had a very difficult program and got out of one of his jumps early. a solid performance by our local skater. a couple hours later, freemont's karen chen started out beautifully and gracefully, but unfortunately fell near the end of the program. team usa falls from first to second now. the team competition wraps up tomorrow. russia currently is first. i spoke with karen exclusively just after she got off the ice. >> definitely the fall is very disappointing since i have not been doing that at practice at all. i think i just got a little tense at the wrong second. but, yeah, it feels great to be

out there, it feels great to kind of experience what the olympic nerves is all about, so i'm really happy to take this experience on to my next competition. i think i'll definitely have a day off to just relax and unwind from this, and then continue to build for our individual event. >> reporter: so the nerves got to her a bit here at the olympic games. it's her first competition here in beijing. the women's individual competition will happen in about a week and a half and will feature another bay area figure skater, alyssa liu of richmond. the men's downhill was supposed to take place 7:00 p.m. bay area time, but has been postponed because of high winds. the training session was canceled on saturday. so these men just have not had a lot of practice time. we have two lake tahoe area athletes, travis ganong and bryce bennett. this is the second olympics for both men. now, there is some good news for

team usa. america's top positive for covid when she landed in beijing. she has now tested out. she's had two back-to-back negative covid tests. she is out of isolation and is free to train and compete for team usa. in beijing, janelle wang, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. so many updates. locally, we want to tell you about a bay area mom waiting to watch her daughter compete on the world stage. rachel llanes is competing for china's women's hockey team. she's a san jose native who grew up playing street hockey outside her home and went on to play professional hockey in boston. she is making her mark for the republic of china, scoring the winning goal in the team's first match. >> we're so proud. that was her dream since when she was young, to go to the olympics. and it happened and i'm very, very happy that she fulfilled

her dream. >> so proud, because the olympics are a closed bubble for covid safety, family and friends can't be there to watch in person. we're told constant texts back and forth are keeping the mother/daughter team connected. team usa earned its first medal of these games, julia marino grabbed the silver in women's slopestyle and here's a spoiler alert, teem usa has nabbed another silver medal in women's freestyle skiing. the russian olympic committee has five medals overall, norway has three, two of which are gold, and sweden also has two gold. of course, the games are just getting started. we are making it easy to get the latest updates on your favorite bay area athletes and team usa in general. we are posting it all in one place called "the torch". it's our live blog. just head to nbcbayarea.com and click on the link in our trending bar at the top of the page. we have new details now on a story we first brought to you

yesterday. another deadly shooting on an east bay freeway. we've learned it claimed the life of a bay area sports legend who also worked to stop crime in his community. it was uc berkeley hall-of-famer gene ransom who was shot and killed while driving in oakland. police have made an arrest in his death. here's "today in the bay's" stephanie maggione. >> a lot of times you felt you had to be dreaming. you couldn't b if it wasn't the no-look passes, mom. the dude was incredible. >> reporter: that's why they named him gene "the dream" ransom. a uc berkeley basketball star in the 1970s who later became a hall-of-famer at the university. he was killed friday evening, the victim of the latest freeway shooting in the east bay. ransom was driving on northbound 880 when the chp says

25-year-old juan angel garcia of san francisco pulled up alongside and opened fire. garcia now under arrest and the motive remains unclear. in a statement, the university said their thoughts were with ransom's family and they described him as one of their greatest players. but a scout for the oakland a's and ransom's long-time friendly says he was much more than that. >> legendry. a berkeley icon, if you will. >> reporter: they played basketball and baseball together at berkeley high. >> when i got a chance to get on the same field with gene ransom, it made me understand what greatness really was. >> reporter: gene wasn't just a star athlete. his friends tell us he was a community advocate and helped create several programs to help keep youth off the streets. doug harris and ransom created late-night basketball for kids as part of athletes'm just reale fact that something that gene worked closely with me with for

20 plus years is what he succumbedkn, the dangers of gun violence. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >> in a statement, a spokesperson for mayor schaaf said in part, the mayor will be relentless in her per suit of state resources to install cameras with privacy protections at on and off ramps that can assist investigations such as these, and ultimately hold those accountable who act with such heinous disregard for human life. new this morning, a deadly crash in the south bay that happened around 8:00 last night at berryessa road in san jose, just a few blocks from piedmont hills high school. one driver was killed. the passenger suffered moderate injuries. the driver of the second car also suffered injuries. police say this is the 11th fatal crash and 12th victim of 2022. mothers who have lost children to drug deaths gathered

in san francisco to protest a center in the the linkage center is just enabling drug addicts. the mayor recently announced an emergency plan for the tenderloin, an area that for years plagued with drug deals and abuse. people to serv. the city says it does not permit drug sales on site, but doesn't deny that there's drug use at the center. the city says staff has helped save five people who overdosed at the center. in berkeley starting tomorrow, city health leaders will require workers to stay up to date with their booster shots. employees of restaurants, theatres and gyms will have to show proof of vaccination and they will also be required to be fully vaccinated. those places will make people who come in show their vaccination if they're 5 years or older.

"today in the bay's" marcus washington spoke with the city's mayor about this new policy. >> californians who have had a booster shot had rates of covid infection less than half of those who had not been boosted. and so i think that really illustrates the importance of everyone to get boosted to help control the spread of covid-19, particularly with this highly contagious omicron variant. and we think particularly those businesses where there's a lot of interaction between the public such as restaurants, bars, theatres, entertainment venues, gyms, large events that those employees should get boosted in order to protect themselves and to protect our residents. and we're doing this out of concern. >> you can watch that entire interview with the mayor tomorrow morning on "today in the bay" from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. and at 7:39, still to come on "today in the bay," flooding

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high pressure sitting over the region. that's been blocking any real chance of a system making it in, bringing us rain, which is the reason we've been so dry for the month of january and now heading into february. forecasted highs for this afternoon will be running a few degrees warmer because of that high pressure. san jose 68 degrees, might bump up intomae a couple of lowafrnoon. oakland 67, san francisco as far as wind gusts go, breezy at times, 10, 15 plus-mile-per-hour winds and we'll see gustier winds through some of the hills and higher elevation areas. as far as your air quality outlook goes, we're going to be moderate for the most part, but i did just see this switch to green, which is good for the south bay. that means it's fallen less than the 51 requirement for the air quality. as far as your dry weather outlook, yes, it's a dry weather outlook because the long-range forecast takes us all the way through february 15th, so past

valentine's day, and notice no real rain chance in sight. the high pressure has been blocking any chance of a system making it into the region, keeping it to our north or to our south. for now, it looks like we're going to continue a stretch of dry weather and also sunshine, which is fantastic. we love to see the sunshine, but we have seen a warming trend ahead. i'm going to tell you all about it coming up after my seven-day forecast. stick around. let's talk about tuesday and wednesday, because it is going to get breezy in san francisco. notice the temperature bump. we're talking 70s potentially in san francisco, and saturday we're going to stick to upper 60s for san francisco. your inland temperatures are going to bump up into the 70s. look at this. byndhursday, we could be in those mid-70s. speaking of winters, we've got the winter olympics happening, and as you know, we dive deep in our climate in crisis series about our ever-changing planet. and right now we've been taking

a look at some of the fastest warming seasons, and the latest data shows the winter season is the fastest to warm. so it's getting ab normally warmer each and every year. we've had no real rain for the month of january and now we're heading into february also dry. what does this mean for the state of california? whenever we see seasonal warming, as of right now all states recording an increase in average winter temperatures of at least one degree fahrenheit. 70% recorded an degrees of three degrees fahrenheit or more since 1917. our impacts for the state of california, could mean worsening drought, less seier ra snowpack. in the 1970s these were initially recorded. so winters are getting warmer and we still have about a two-week stretch of no rain. for more, check out our climate in crisis tag at nbcbayarea.com.

>> thank you so much. it is 7:45. and we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming off, an energy face off in the state. nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten joins us next to discuss the back and forth of california's solar energy program. you're watching "today in the bay." it's go time with wireless on the most reliable network. ok, that jump was crazy!s c? you get unlimited for just 30 bucks. nice! but mine wait! 5g included? nice ride, by the way. and the icing on the cake? saving up to 400 bucks? exactly. wait, shouldn't you be navigating? xfinity mobile. it's wireless that does it all and saves a lot. like a lot, a lot.

in downtown minneapolis yesterday to protest the killing of amir loch. they marched and demanded answers. locke was killed early wednesday morning and a s.w.a.t. team carried out a no-knock warrant at an apartment complex. locke, who was not named a suspect, was apparently sleeping on the couch as police charged in. they say they fired upon him when they noticed a firearm, which family members say he had a license to carry. back here locally and in our climate and crisis series, a new look at the potential problems

caused by rising sea levels. this look comes from the leader of nasa's sea level science team. he points to what has become episodes of minor flooding we typically see during king tides or something he called nuisance flooding. within the next 15 years he believes it will happen more frequently. >> we see that for california, and actually much of the u.s. coastlines, we are projecting a fairly rapid increase in the amount of high-tide flooding within the next couple decades. you see this up to 50 days per year. >> the team is preparing to release a full report on projected sea level change coming up next week on february 15th. california is facing a decision when it comes to solar energy. regulators are proposing ideas like slashing the incentives for people who install solar panels, and charging customers a monthly fee for going solar. pg&e and other utility companies

argue solar customers are getting a free ride. but clean energy advocates say solar energy helps eliminate pollution and helps the state reach its cool of renewable energy electricity by 2045. nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten is here to talk about this topic. is that the gist, larry? what's the summary here? >> good morning, kira. you set it up beautifully. absolutely, we've got three major interests at each other's neck. we've got the solar goods, we've got pg&e and utility interests, and we've got 70 environmental groups in california who have also weighed in on this issue. they don't like each other right now. they don't like each other because pg&e and other utilities say they need an increase because the solar folks are getting rates that just aren't fair and it's hurting the utilities, to the tune of about $3 billion a year. so they want those fees you're

talking about. solar folks say they've invested between $20,000 and $40,000 to get the panels up with the promise our rates would remain low. something is not right here. figure it out. it's not a happy situation. >> how did we get to this point of this not happy situation? >> the technical term would be government muck. that's really what we're talking about, kira. everything has gone wrong. the legislature, as you alluded to, set up a date, 2045, when we will be fossil fuel free in california. because of that, the california energy commission said, holy smokes, we better find a way to do that. effective next year, 2023, all new homes will have solar. okay, that gives lower rates. and that also gets us away from fossil fuel. but you see another agency, the public utilities commission, has said, wait a second, now you're hurting pg&e and so you're denying them the money they need

to survive. put that altogether, and you've got a situation where government agencies are at odds, along with various groups with president biden, governor newsom, both heavily commit to do alternative fuels. it is a mess. >> so how do you foresee this getting resolved? how do the two or three sides come to an agreement? >> well, first of all, nobody is going to get all they want. that's all there is to it. the puc wants pg&e to be viable. some people might think that's a mistake, but that's what puc wants. the energy interests say that's a good idea. the solar folks say you can't pull a fast one on us. there's probably going to be some kind of compromise where fees will be raised to some degree for solar folks, and along with that the environmentalists will have to swallow because their goals won't be met quite as fast as they would like. it's not pretty, but you know what, when you have a situation where policies develop and

everybody doesn't like it, it's probably a good idea that it's the right way to go. >> i suspect we're far from a solution and i know you'll follow it for us, larry. thank you so much. good to see you. up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following, including another deadly shooting on an east bay freeway, and we are learning about the victim, a basketball legend who worked to keep his community safe.

here's a quick look at the top stories we're following on this sunday morning. we are learning about the victim of the most recent deadly freeway shooting in the east bay. he was a bay area sports great who also worked to stop crime in his community. he was cal hall-of-famer, gene ransom. the chp says ransom was driving on northbound 880 friday night when 25-year-old juan angel garcia pulled up alongside his car and opened fire, killing ransom. garcia was arrested yesterday morning. ransom was known as gene "the dream" ransom, a uc berkeley basketball star in the '70s, and he wasn't just a star athlete. his friends tell us he was a community advocate and helped create programs to help keep youth off the streets. >> i'm real saddened at the fact that something that gene worked along closely with me with for 20 plus years, is what he

succumbed to in life, you know, the dangers of gun violence. shooting is still being investigate. two our olympics coverage we go. team usa has earned its first two medals of the games. julia marino grabs the silver in women's slopestyle, and a spoiler alert, team usa has grabbed another silver medal in women's freestyle skiing. russia has four medals, norway has three, two of which are gold, and sweden has two golds as well. and before we go, vianey has one last look at our microclimate forecast. >> folks are going to like today's weather. it will be similar to yesterday, but a little bit warmer because temperatures will be in the mid-60s for san francisco. take a look at this. this is going to set us up for a week in the upper 60s, even a couple of 70s by thursday and friday. we're also going to see breezy conditions, especially around the coastline and the hills. >> love all those sunshines.

thanks to all of you for makes us a part of your morning. olympics conch begins at 11:00, and we'll have more local news at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. we're always available on nbcbayarea.com. one last look at the olympic torch. have a beautiful sunday. funshine bear? care bear in the care chair! snuggie? hiiiii. nick cho. hi, i'm your korean dad! mother nature. here and everywhere. dog and grandma. here. alright! let's brainstorm. any ideas for new members? i'd like to nominate alaska airlines. this neck pillow i'm dating says great things! a caring airline?! wait, those exist?! well, we all believe in a talking sky bear. it says here they were the first airline to switch from plastic bottles to boxed water. wow! they also hire a lot of people from caring professions. i'm seeing former teachers and nurses. okay, i'm loving the sound of all of this. alaska airlines. the most caring airline. it's cute, right?

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