olympics. >> we're incredibly lucky to have spent the last 11 years together. >> and the reason there's extra drama as we head closer to the women's figure skating competition. a ransomware attack inside the 49ers computer network. what it means and how you can protect your data. >> and remembering john madden. a memorial service is set to get underway to honor the legendary coach and nfl broadcaster. the news at 4:00 starts now. thanks for joining us for this olympics edition. >> we're going to take you live to beijing in a few minutes. an interception of sorts tonight that should have the 49ers and fans concerned. the team admits its network has been hacked and that cyber criminals are claiming to have gotten away with some of the team's financial data.

one of many recent ransomware attacks has put personal information in jeopardy. scott budman tells us what we can do to protect ourselves. >> the merging of crypto currency and football didn't just happen during sunday's super bowl ads. the 49ers were hit by a ransomware attack by a group of cyber criminals claiming to have gotten access to private information stored on the team's it network. >> i don't think it's a coincidence this happened around the super bowl. >> ralph is president of a cybersecurity company. trackers will tell you sports teams and events are frequent targets of cyber criminals. they're high profile, often have lots of money, and treasure-troves of personal financial information on fans and ticketholders. >> what a criminal would try to do is take your social security, your address and open up an

account or some kind of a, could be credit card, an account somewhere elsewhere they could monetize it. >> now for how crypto plays into this, the group claiming credit for the attack is set to be part of a ransomware gang known to attack networks. holding data hostage until they get paid. their ransom of choice these days, crypto currency like bitcoin, partly because it's harder to trace than traditional money. >> ransomware tends to target whatever is the largest target they can with the most money where they can cause the most threat and pain. >> the 49ers say don't believe hackers got any customer data and they don't have a ransom demand yet. they also say they've alerted law enforcement and reached out to cybersecurity companies. ransomware gangs have been active lately, hacking into both tech companies and media outlets. security experts say if you

think your private data has been compromised, change your passwords and look for any suspicious activity with a credit agency. nbc bay area news. california's indoor mask mandate expires in less than 32 hours, which means in every bay area county, except one, you won't have to wear a mask at most indoor places if you're fully vaccinated. ahead of that change, doctors say if you're older than 65, have a compromised immune some or have young children at home who aren't vaccinated, consider continue wearing a mask. >> i think some people should wear masks. we're not all the way down the mountain yet. we're about two-thirds anned there's still a virus floating around. if you go back in time, we're kind of like where we were around christmas. >> santa clara county is the one bay area county that won't be

relaxing its mandate on wednesday. schools, hospitals, public transit will also continue to require face coverings. now we're getting word that courthouses in san matteo, alameda county still require masks. one bay area school district is not waiting. parents are glad their kids are back in the classrooms instead of learning remotely. >> yeah, he's happy. he's in a great school. you know, he probably will wear his mask. he's so used to it. either way, i'm final with it. on or off outside. >> other bay area school districts that allow students to remove masks outside include san francisco unified, east side and san ramon valley unified. san jose state is welcoming students back to campus, however, each course is designed to be about 40% virtual. students resumed classes online

exclusively back this late january and with numbers easing, the interim president said it's time to find a way to live and work with covid since it's going to be here for a while. student body president says faculty members really helped moral, too. >> i had access to amazing faculty and they really led us through the change. so i have to give props where it's due. and so there was a period where we had online labs and we were able to use things like ai technology to do those classes. >> sf state has students back today. uc berkeley and cal state east bay have been back already. here's a live look at the olympic torch ahead of another day of competition. team usa is already high on hardware, bringing in more medals this weekend with 16 total for the usa. so far. liz is live in beijing. she's got more. liz.

>> a lot of excitement here in beijing and by the way, happy valentine's day to you there in states. of course today is a celebration of love, but for one pair of figure staters, it's love of the sport that helps them overcome some romantic hardships to win a medal. a final dance for zachary donohue and madison hubbell. taking on the bronze together in their final olympics. >> so many athletes are forced out of their sport. whether it's from some sort of injury that's too hard to recover from, illness, or you know, in our case, in our sport, maybe breaking up with your partner. so we find that we're incredibly lucky to have spent the last 11 years together. >> in monobob, the powerful pair took the top spots.

humphries with gold and elana meyers taylor with silver after an early covid scare. >> she's going for her best performance. >> megan for the u.s. in ariel skiing and the team usa women will begin face canada in the gold medal hockey game after defeating finland 4-1. hours away from the women's figure skating competition, russian gold favorite, kamila valiyeva, is cleared to compete despite failing a pregame doping test. >> no suspension should be imposed on the skater. >> officials saying she can still skate, but any medal ceremonies involving the team will be put on hold. >> that means the medals for the figure skating team event, u.s. sitting on silver there, also put on hold until after the games. the women's competition is set to get started overnight pacific time, but there's lot of action on deck for tonight. we're looking at big air

snowboarding for the women and men coming up. red gerard, a good place to get a medal there. mikaela shiffrin in the downhill skiing event then curling round robin play. the u.s. teams, men and women, playing switzerland today. curling just seems to be such a big hit every four years at the winter olympics. there's really a cult following. normally, the curling stones are very big and heavy, made of granite. this is just a little souvenir curling pot here that i'm keeping my valentine's candy? . >> you're getting way with a lot of stuff over there. enjoy. thanks a lot. we spoke with a team usa athlete after she added her name to the history books. >> i read you started speedskating just like, four, five years ago.

you were a track athlete? >> you have to wait to hear the answers, so download our streaming app for your apple tv, roku or amazon fire and click on the winter games play list to see the full interview. as we speak, nfl legends, raider icons, fans and his family are beginning to gather to remember a football pioneer who many say changed the world of coaching and sports broadcasting. i'm talking about the legendary john madden. melissa colorado joins us from inside the coliseum from the tribute's going to get underway. he lived in pleasonton and he was beloved for not only being an amazing coach, but just being a good guy. >> absolutely. and we're already starting to see the fans come over here, get their seats and they're here to really honor the late, great john madden. i know today's valentine's day, but i don't think you're going to see a lot of red and pink

here, it is all about the black and silver. it's called one more monday night here in oakland. a tribute to coach madden. i want to show you the set up. they've got the stage, the flowers, the chairs for the speakers and they have that colorful collage right there depicting key, critical moments of his career. we're also going to hear from a number of speakers including his son, mike madden, andy reid, and former oakland raider's linebacker. >> on the shoulders of his players. >> john madden revolutionized the world of coaching, sports broadcasting. >> the right goes to left, this guy crosses here, they have no idea. >> video games and even pushed the boundaries of what a customized bus can do. 20 years ago, jj johnson was hired to drive madden from pleasonton to stadiums across the country aboard the madden cruiser because madden refused

to fly. >> it wasn't a fear of flying. coach was claustrophobic. >> the former bus had what was state-of-the-art technology, including a huge satellite dish on top to watch football games. >> he loved his fans. he was just in awe of the add ration from the fans when we got there. it was amazing. i had never seen anything like that. >> bay area sports writer described him as the last genuine television figure in american sports. >> he kept in simple. easily understandable for the casual fan and as such, he helped make football the national game. >> madden died december 28th at his home in pleasonton at the age of 85. the transit authority is paying tribute to the icon by designating this 40-foot bus as the memorial madden cruiser.

>> he's the guy who broke the mold. he's the guy who everybody copies. >> now the madden cruiser was actually in l.a. for the super bowl last night and it's now here parked in front of the oakland coliseum thanks to jj, the driver you heard in our story there. he actually drove up the cruiser all the way from l.a. last night. now, all the proceeds from today's event will go to madden charities and that's going to help fund educational opportunities for the youth here in oakland. tonight's event starts at 5:30. >> thank you very much, melissa. up next, climate change and the olympics. new research showing if the winter olympics could be held in host cities today. >> she shells out hundreds of dollars for a spa cover then waits months for a delivery. when she's finally had it waiting, she calls us. nbc bay area responds, next.

i'm jeff ranieri tracking the big cooldown. i'll show you what's ahead this week coming up in about six minutes.

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the day to send a message to try to push congressional leaders to revive immigration reforms. here's sergio. >> a call to action for immigrants across the country. >> she'll get her green card. it's been proven they're here to work and be honest people and they're fighting for this country. >> within this group outside the federal building in san francisco, there are so many immigration situations. for this 15-year-old, the fear of her parents being taken away by i.c.e. agents is always an her mind. would you have to take care of your brothers? >> yes, i would. >> there was hope that under the biden administration, there might be a new chance to create a pathway to citizenship for their parents and millions of other undocumented immigrants, but so far, it hasn't turned out that way. >> he's trying, but it's really hard and difficult. >> there's a lot of frustration being aimed at the biden administration for promising immigration reforms on the

campaign trail and not delivering. even if his biden's efforts are bogged down in the senate, he can still do something to protect immigrants who are here. >> at a bare minimum, we know the president has the authority to issue an executive order that can grant pps status or a temporary reprieve to everybody. >> the trump administration had tried to end temporary protective status to many people living the u.s. from nine countries. in october of last year, the biden administration extended that status and added people from haiti, myanmar and venezuela. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. nbc bay area responds to a south bay woman who says delivery delays left her with a saggy looking spa. >> yeah, how a team got her out of some not so hot water. >> does a dip in a hot tub sound relaxing?

well, how about this one. where a makeshift cover is collecting rainwater, leaves, and who knows what else. let me explain. carol in san jose says she ordered a proper cover from affordable spa covers and she paid $370 for it. well, nine months went by, no cover, no refund. no nothing. just carol's own makeshift spa cover. so she asked us for help. we dove right in and reached out to affordable spa covers. it replied the next day and committed to ship carol's cover. in fact, she got it and there it is installed. so, what happened with carol's order? the company pointed to supply chain issues saying there are all kinds of shortages right now. we are just trying to do our best. a friendly reminder. if you order something online by mail or over the phone, uncle sam has your back. if a company doesn't deliver when it said it would or within 30 days of purchase, the federal

trade commission says the company must ask for your consent to delay delivery. if you say no, the company must refund you in full. we made a how to video explaining your rights and how to file a federal complaint. watch that video and all our other how to episodes on our website, our streaming channels and our youtube page. just look for the how to play list. get ready to pay more for your electricity and gas. state regulators have approved another rate hike for pg&e. last week, the state puc okayed a 9% increase. the second this year. pg&e expect it is average monthly bill will go up about 14 bucks a month. okay, we brought you the winter games here on n but the games as we know them bay be in jeopardy. one of the 21 cities that have posted the winter olympics.

so far, the january would be the only one to safely and reliablely do it again by the end of the century. one of the reasons why is places like the sierra which hosted the olympics in 1960 are no longer seeing a snow pack. in the past two years, we've only had two winter seasons where we exceeded 100% of the average snow pack. >> we see our numbers of incredible snow pack and that was still might happen. still might have those great seasons where we're seeing tons of powder, but that reliability and that consistency of having that know pack won't necessary by there there. especially as the temperatures increase. we sort of tow to line. is it going to be falling as rain? >> john spoke with one of the climate scientists behind the study. she also looked at how much

emissions we'd need to cut. you can download our app for your apple tv, roku or amazon fire. jeff ranieri here talking about snow. not much snow here either. >> not really, but there's going to be the chance over the next 24 hours. it's part of this much colder weather that we are seeing across the bay area today. we went from those record setting temperatures from weekend and part of last week. the blue sky. to now this fog storm starting to roll in. you can see it right there. temperatures dropping. also some drizzle in san francisco tonight. and not only cool in sf, walnut creek, this time yesterday, mid to upper 70s. back to the inland valleys, 57. more of those 50s tonight. so if you're headed out for a romantic dinner for valentine's, take that jacket with you. let's show you why we're getting this cold air moving in. it's all from the system that's dropping down from the north. we got the chilly air that's

going to kick up the wind for tomorrow. but we're not seeing a major rainmaker with this because the way is system's dropping down, it's just continually moving over land so not a good chance to pick up moisture. but it looks like it's going to spin up a little snow here. 11:00 p.m. tonight, chance of drizzle over the coastal areas. right through the santa cruz mountains. maybe a little drizzle here for the south bay. but rain and snow through the foothills and the sierra starting tonight and continuing into tomorrow. so be prepared for winter conditions if you're going up to tahoe as you move into tomorrow's forecast and not a whole lot of snow. not the big storm system we need, but about 1 to 2 inches will continue to make those roadways slick. and really for the rest of the month it's looking pretty bleak here for us. i don't see any big storms moving in. so this will likely go down as one of the driest februarys on record the way things stand now. as we roll into tomorrow morning's forecast, make sure to have the sunglasses and jacket

with you. more low 40s. chilliest over the north bay down to 49. daytime highs warm up, no 70s. upper 50s and low 60s. across the east bay, 58 in hayward and 60 in concord. afternoon sunshine and 59 in redwood city. seven-day forecast will offer slightly warmer weather. thursday, friday and saturday lower 60s and across the inland valleys, back up to upper 60s wednesday, thursday, and friday. right now, a nice weekend shaping up. it's monday, but never too early to look towards the weekend. >> no. never too early. >> thanks a lot. coming up next, celebrating a rams super bowl win. the celebration that got out of hand.

the medal count stands right now, the most successful day for the u.s. now in third overall with 16 medals. yay, and norway remains in the top five. >> we're moving up. >> norway always throws me off. thousands of rams fans took to the streets of los angeles

overnight to celebrate the team's super bowl victory, but some of those celebrations went too far. >> always do. the lapd described some of the postgame demonstrations as violent and destructive. fans were seen climbing on cars and lamp posts. police say others used the win as an excuse to loot and vandalize various businesses. ultimately, police moved in, broke up the most destructive celebrations. we don't know how many people were arrested, but a bunch were. the team is busy preparing for a peaceful, they're hoping, parade and celebration of the team's one. that's going to happen on wednesday. that's going to do it for us. thanks for watching the news at 4:00. ross says there's going to be love in the air in the "olympic zone" tonight. >> that's what we're sticking around for.

tonight on the "olympic zone." the exhaustion and agony. it could be the most grueling competition in the olympic games. why cross-country medalist jesse diggins burns her body to the limit. >> usually can't feel my legs. >> how she keeps her sparkle. and how nbc is bringing the olympic games home to you. >> this is our broadcast operation center. >> it's a winter olympic record. >> sam and jolenw with your front row seat inside the action.

plus, love is in the winter air.