this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you on this

thursday. thanks so much for making us part of your morning. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. >> if you've got ma smart tv stream us on all the apps and "today in the bay" streams also online. >> let's get a look at the forecast and motorcycle will have a look at the commute in a bit. kari, inching closer to the weekend and the temperatures are still nice and in season for us this morning. >> yes. really nice these past couple of days. that does continue today. we're starting out. a live look outside in san francisco. no fog. so it's another clear start, and take a look at these temperatures you'll feel as you're stepping out the door. mainly in the low 50s and mid-50s for parts of the north bay and as we go down to morgan hill, that's the cool spot, 40 degrees and as we go into the rest forecast, we are going to see the temperatures warming up from the upper 40s to low 50s and low 60s at lunchtime and then going into the middle of

the day. we're looking at highs that will reach into the upper 60s and a few spots hitting 70 degrees. we will talk more about that in the forecast coming up. mike, any issues for early morning commuters. >> one less to worry about. we're looking over to the caldecott tunnel. it's open now. caltranz crew cleared it overnight throughout north bay, across the bridges, a great drive and the venetian bridge, scott mcgrew, watch out for the palm trees. no warning from chp but scott mcgrew has his eyes on the trees and the road. over to you. >> thanks, mike. we're moving you to big developments on the covid front. today, governor newsom planning to announce his new plan on how we transition from a pandemic to an endemic. this would mean that we deal with covid on a regular basis, like we do with the flu. now we're seeing this move as

most people here in the bay area no longer have to wear masks indoors. here's "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney. >> the governor is not giving details of his plan to transition to the endemic phase of the covid. we cannot predict the future so we will have to remain flexible and adaptable for it. ucsf infectious disease expert says california is ready to treat covid as endemic with a 73% vaccination rate and a truckload of therapeutics arriving in hospitals. >> many countries have dropped the mask mandates and vaccine mandates and passports and others are keeping it. so i don't know when we'll see it, but everywhere we'll get to the same point once we get enough immunity that we'll manage this as we do other respiratory infections. >> as to what could lead to a return to a mask mandate. >> it would only if our hospital capacity gets strained which may mean we have a more virulent

variant, and somehow that variant is invading on immunity that we'd probably have more masks but actually the cdc next week says they are only going to link masks to severe diseases. >> masks are no longer required at retail stores, theaters or gyms at all bay area counties except for santa clara. masks little are squared at hospitals, airports, and schools k-12 in all counties. >> reporter: for some people whether or not there's a mask mandate, no matter what the governor says tomorrow, they have their own strategy to deal with covid. >> rob stevenson at smitty's bar is double vaxxed, boosted and very confident. >> in a grocery store, doctor's office, but outside of that, i'm okay going into a place without a mask. >> others are masking up period. >> i'll wear one whenever i go indoors. doesn't matter where i g.haven't had a cold for two years and i think it's nuts that we don't

wear masks. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." >> a bay area appearance by former vice president mike pence. he's appearing at stanford for an event organized by stanford republicans. >> this and other recent events are leading some to wonder if pence may be gearing up for a 2024 presidential run. >> former vp mike pence will make his third campus tour stop around the country here at stanford. mr. pence's speeches over the past few months have had the feel of a campaign stop. >> limited government and traditional values inspired me, and i joined the reagan revolution and never looked back. >> the event is titled how to save america from the woke left. he was invited by the stanford college reapins can a. walker stewart is a board member. >> having speakers like mick pence, having people like scott walker and ben shapiro come to

the campus give students an opportunity to hear from people with different perspectives whether they agree or not. protests rex pected. >> it's reasonable to disagree with mr. pence's views. they are certainly welcome to protest, but we would disagree with their choice to do so. >> reporter: our political analyst larry getzen things pence is laying the groundwork for a 2024 presidential run and may try to establish himself as the trow conservative in the gop, even if donald trump runs again. >> president trump would put him in a really bad sport, and i think he wants to come out looking good about what he did. going to all those campuses is his attempt to build his own base of very conservative evangelical republicans, and there are a lot out there. a god place to start. >> the event is free but we're told it's sold out at this point. the former vice president will speak a 40 minutes and then do a 20-minute q&a with students.

>> if you love disneyland or the dream of living there, we've got a story this morning. >> in the castle? >> might be a dream come true for you this morning. we'll look at the new plan of a magical community planning to be built and how you can actually have a chance, yes, you, laura, to own your own. >> take a little nap in the tea cups. >> a shocking discovery made for some hikers. don't want to live there. >> getty red heading out the door in oakland. already starting out warmer, and it's going to be a really nice comfortable day and, of course, there's changes in the forecast and we'll talk about that coming up next. >> no change for 580. it's moving smoothly and well-populated as typical through dublin. talking about some slowing and reroutes going on over in the east bay coming up.

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good thursday morning right now at 4:40. we're right now at 57 degrees in san jose. it's going to be warm as we go into this afternoon, but this temperature right here is actually going to be warmer than the high we'll have next week so we're still on the temperature roller coaster. we'll talk more about that and what's ahead in our forecast coming up. >> well, we're looking at the ups and downs of the san matteo bridge, up towards the westbound. there was a actual lyght down from -- towards the east bay with the headlights.

no problem in either section for this stretch. let's see how the world of business is. >> reporter: good morning. wall street is set to open lower as investors digest earnings report, updates from the federal reserve and the crisis between russia and ukraine. stocks ended little changed yesterday, close off the loads of the session minutes from last month's fed meeting showing the central bank is creeped to hike interest rates and reduce its massive balance sheet as market watchers had already expected. reports on unemployment and housing starts and we'll get earnings from walmart and there will be a union election that organizers say next month putting amazon on track to face two union elections in the same week. the national transportation safety board plans to be counting ballots from an alabama warehouse in the redo of a

failed campaign last week. and disney is developing planned communities for fans who live, breathe and die for the brand. it's a community that will be located in rancho mirage in southern california. it will have 1,900 single-family homes and condos with shops and a hotel surrounding a 24-acre lagoon. the community association will offer entertainment, activities and disney programming, but unlike the town of celebration which is near disney world these new communities won't have a theme park connection. guys, back to you. >> not even if you take a walk around by the pool. >> that's a good thing. >> reducing our carbon footprint. still ahead on "today in the barracks" easy steps you can stake to help reduce waste when you're doing your laundry. remember what it was like before clickup? yeah, it was a toxic environment.

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what will covid bring in six months, a year? if you're feeling anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673, or live chat at calhope.org today. here we go. thursday morning, 4:45 for you. dark and early. you can see the commute on the bay bridge toll plaza. not too many cars out on the roads right now. let's check out the rest of the bay area. mike, how is it looking? >> on the bay bridge, our right, not too many cars there. that's the case all over the bay because it's so early for the commute. we do have a steady flow of traffic coming through dublin and a little bit of slowing for the altamont pass and i've circled 84 through niles canyon.

there's still a closure there right at the bridge so watch the bright side bridge, typical overnight closures so use mission and 680 to get around it. southbound 280 just past 380 on the peninsula, there is a disabled vehicle there that might be blocking one lane. no slowing, but they have to run a traffic break to clear that from the center divide. >> easy flow coming across the golden gate bridge. no backups to the bridges, but, kari, chp said the venetian bridge might be gusty. >> wind also helping to keep our skies clear. no issues with fog. take a look outside of walnut creek. people heading out the door, milder conditions and breezy conditions continue.

45 degrees. temperatures will stay with us through 8:00 and then we'll start to warm up with the sunshine heading towards late morning into the afternoon. let's go to the south bay and see where we'll end up later today reaching 67 in morgan hill and 68 in milipitas. so these temperatures are going to be like it was yesterday. it was so nice out there and hopefully you had a chance to enjoy it. if not, that continues today and as bottom of the screen we will have a couple more days of some nice warm oak reaching up to 67 degrees. it will be cool near the winds hazard statement continues and for redwood city in the mid-60s for the mission district and north bay highs reach up into the low 70s for santa rosa and sonoma. once again, we'll have the chance of recurrence and this continues until 7:00 in all of our koval area.

we're still getting all of the storm systems off the coast, but none of them are coming our way as they continue to move well to the north. there could be a couple of systems moving in over the next couple of weeks. we could see a change in this as we get the lows kind of passing to the north and to the east of us. it will bring in some cooler temp two, and we'll see if we can at least squeeze a little bit of rain out of it. then as we take a look at our ten-day forecast for spotlight santa rosa where temperatures are going up and down, we're on the upward trend right now and then going into the weekend we can see that sharp drop-off in temperatures and by next week we may see highs only in the upper 50s and then start to warm up once again. we do have dry weather in the forecast. low 60s in the inland areas, and we'll also have a cooldown in san francisco but that's after having a nice, warm, wild weekend with that sunshine. and in today's climate in crisis, there's this daily chore that we all have doing laundry,

and it, of course, can be something that -- can be bad for the environment, and here's a report on how to save the laundry and planet. >> it's laundry day and my favorite thing is to go to bed with nice clean sheets and one of the things i use to use dryer sheets but here's the problem with the single-use sheet. they are typically made of a polyester sheet made with fabric softener and other chemicals that smell god. according to an environmental website eco-watch they have chemicals that can irritate your skin. every time we toss one we're increasing our carbon footprint. get this, they don't actually do anything to clean our clothes. >> hey, it's time for your

climate hack. what can you do to get rid of the static? a great alternative are the dryer balls. you can use them over and over again and they are known to cut down on drying time as well, and if you're using about mission the great skrent, a great option is to take up of your favorite essential oils, put a couple of drops on the wool ball and run them with the dryer. here's the payoff. real simple reports saying using dryer balls can cut energy use by 25%. that's cutting down your carbon footprint quite a bit and if each dryer ball lasts 1,000 loads and you're doing one load a week, we would avoid using 70 million dryer sheets if everyone used the dryer ball. >> for poverty stories click on nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis.com.

>> thanks, kari. now to something that just wowed, just people walking, two people walking on the trail, witnessed this, a full grown python. >> it was slithering near the hiking trails off the redwood hills and the picture was spotted while she was walking on the trail. >> i looked away from the snake. i was thinking any don't look at the snake i can walk by without like totally stressing by and then my partner was over and she's like it's not there. >> reptile experts at the oakland zoo say it's a bald python. they look dangerous but they are not. they are often pets. experts actually think that the snake is injured and that someone dumped it in the oakland hills. if found, veterinarians will try

to nurse it back to the health. causing problems in tahoe, a big bear responsible for dozens of break-ins and the new steps trying to stop it have been stopped in its track. >> now a north bay city just given money to help those struggling in the bay. awarred more than $18 million to buy and convert a motel into 54 permanent homes. this is part of project home keys, an initiative launched by governor newsom to help the state's homelessness crisis. since the original haunch the state has awarded more than $1 billion to start the program. we'll be right back.

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we are looking at at bear that's causing massive headaches for people in tahoe. there's been several calls to police and wildlife over the last couple of months. the reason. there's been several break-ins, often with people inside. wildlife is trying to capture the bear. if captured the bear will be euthanized because it has become too dependant on humans and right now no sanctuary is agreeing to take him. a big vote is coming on the proposed new $12 billion ballpark for the a's. they will consider certifying the review of the park at the terminal. they voted unanimously to recommend that the council

certify the environmental impact review. the 35,000-seat stadium includes plans for housing, offices and retail space. if they vote to pass the report they could still vote against the development agreement at a later today. >> san francisco's pride is returning after going virtual. the pride parades are welcoming people in person. it's returning june 25th and 26th. this year's theme will be "love will keep us together." we've got video from the 2019 parade, known as the largest gathering of lbgtq people and supporters in the nation ♪ love will keep us together ♪ >> i was about to sing that. >> i was trying hard but it didn't work. >> 4:56 this morning. mixed signals overseas. still ahead for you this morning on "today in the bay." >> despite what they are saying, they are not withdrawing troops. >> despite russia's assurance it is pulling troops from ukraine's

corridors, it has not. ahead, live to washington on the diplomatic solution that the white house is now working on. >> most of us are waking up and heading out to some warmer temperatures this morning upper 50s in parts of the north bay and then check out morgan hill. 38 degrees. we will have a warmer afternoon, and we'll talk about that in the forecast. >> and we just learned that they have extended the lane closure north 17 and unspecified repair work will be suspended through 7:00 a.m. this may be through to south bay coming over the santa cruz mountains or over los gatos. right now everything is moving smoothly. you're watching "today in the bay."

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this the requests today in the bay." >> a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. if you're on the go check us out on our streaming services or find us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> less start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall trafficking what we can expect. >> yeah. we're starting out with a clear sky and a nice start to this thursday morning. let's take a live look outside in dublin this morning. we already have people up and out the door and our temperatures are in the upper 40s and low 50s. we're even seeing upper 50s and then as we go into the rest of today our lunchtime temperatures in the low 60s. it's going to be another nice one for getting outside as we head in some spots to the upper 60s this afternoon. we're still seeing the warmer than normal temperatures, but we're going to see another plunge and a big dip heading into next week s