right now at 4:30, fleeing from the war and looking for safety. the first refugees from ukraine arriving in the bay area, this as the russian troops continue to advance on ukraine's capital. the way you can help those left behind. plus -- >> this is exciting. >> going maskless. the excitement at concert-goers at concert for concert-goers were able to ditch the face coverings for the first time in the south bay. >> meteorologist kari hall is tracking that incoming rain and how long it will stick around.

this is "today in the bay." >> and a good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for making this a part of your morning. together again, i'm marcus washington. >> you're so close today. >> and we don't have masks on, and i'm laura garcia, and we broadcast not only to your television and watch us live on roku, amazon fireworks apple tv and online. we're moving you forward, most certainly. let's start with a look at the forecast where the rain is moving in. >> yes, and we're so excited to see rain in the bay area even though right now it's light rain and it's only in the north bay. in fact, as we take a look at storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, it's seeing the rain coming down in santa rowsor, and napa towards ukiah. it's once again light and it will stay in the same area over the next few hours, but the storm system is slowly

progressing into the rest bay area as we go into today. we'll see some rounds of showers as it continues to move through, and as we go into the afternoon, i do think parts of the peninsula, the south bay, the east bay will get in on a little bit of wet weather in time for the evening commute, but as far as the morning commute, it's mainly the north bay. some of this rain tapers off for a while, and there may be a longer break than we would like to see, especially with the storm system like this, but it could return as we go into late friday into saturday as that colder air arrives and we're looking at some big changes as far as temperatures for today. not much more of a warmup from where we are now. so we're going to talk about all the changes ahead. also, for the next couple of days the big drop in temperature. more on that in a few minute. mike, you had an alert issued for south bay. >> we have a tree that's laying down in the roadway blocking your left lanes southbound 280

for about 20 minutes. slowing approaching the magdalena off-ramp there. the crew is looking for who is in charge of these tree removal. chp says they are not, but then also santa clara fire department says they are not in charge of the tree so we're watching with two lanes block. very light traffic coming down from the south into the peninsula. we're okay there. niles canyon, overnight closures there and no lanes are showing any supplying. the incident still on the chp report. of course, we'll follow. back to you. >> despite worldwide condemnation and tough sanctions russian president vladimir putin still shows no signs of ending the ongoing war in ukraine. >> as war weighs what to do next, russian missiles are devastating ukraine, destroying buildings and killing innocent civilians. this is video out of north central ukraine about 36 miles

north we have of kyiv, the town left in rubble as russian troops continue to advance towards ukraine's capital. >> the russian military has yet to overthrow the government in kyiv. however, the u.n. estimates more than 1 million people have left ukraine for neighboring countries in the past week alone and the agency predicts up to 4 million could leave. >> ukranian officials say more than 2,000 civilians have been killed. as "today in the bay's" brie jackson reports, that number is expected to grow. >> reporter: russia targeting city after city as it steps up its assault on ukraine killing civilians and leaving residents fleeing to safety. >> they have destroyed many houses and my city. >> the biden administration launching a task force against the oligarchs close to president putin.

>> we'll seize their yachts, their estates in world capitals. >> and laying out a slew of new sanctions against russia's defense sector. president biden in biden yesterday condemning the russian president. >> he's rejected repeated efforts at diplomacy. >> reporter: russia's economy has already suffered a serious blow yet the kremlin exists that tough sanctions will not deter military actions. >> so there's a lot of combat power that the russians still have available to it. >> the u.s. arming ukraine with weapons capable of take out the russian aircraft but stressing american drops will not be fighting in ukraine and taking the option of a no-fly zone over the country off the table. >> in order to enforce that no-fly zone, you'll have to engage russian aircraft, and, again, that would put us at war with russia. >> reporter: russian and ukranian officials say they are ready for a second round of peace talks. still, u.s. defense leaders warn of dave days it ahead. in washington, brie jackson for nbc news. and this morning we've

learned some of the refugees are starting to arrive here in the bay area. that includes a family who ended at sfo last night. now they don't want to be shown out of fear for the safety of their family. refugee camps are popping up all across the border in poland, moldova and romania. bear-area non-profits like nova ukraine are really helping a lot of people there get here. >> we are in touch with people in poland and new in romania. 20 minutes ago, they just created a team to coordinate legal help. >> ukranian leaders say as many as 2,000 civilians have been killed in the past week. on the "today" show this mornings nbc's senior national correspondent tom llamas speaks with familiar his who have taken shelter who have taken shelter in ukraine. >> reporter: 4:36 and moving you forward, geesh was in the south bay with plenty of screaming and cheering at the shark tank.

a lot of people went maskless. "today in the bay's" iopen cole spoke to the fans of the first big event amid the covid mandate changes. >> for the first time in two years, no masks were necessary at the sap center with the county's mask mandate dropping. the beliebers were as happy to hear that and they were when justin bieber took the stage. >> i'm so excited. my first time seeing him. >> the very first concert without the mask, so this is exciting. >> reporter: this group has waited for months to see him and couldn't wait to sing his sing the song off my face without being muted by the mask. >> i've got tickets three times and each time they were cancelled. third time's a charm? you're yelling and screaming and it will be nice to have a concert where we can enjoy that without a mask on. >> reporter: others are waiting a little longer, especially in big crowds. >> i just feel more comfortable with it. this is a choice for myself.

i'm vaccinated and boosted but i have a choice and that's what i choose to do to feel safer. >> the state and county are still strongly recommending that you wear masks indoors, especially if you or your family are at higher risk. >> if you live with immune compromised, older than 65 or unvaccinated, you may also want to keep your mask on to protect them at this moment. >> whatever the fans' intentions, many were grateful. after nearly 10,000 hours and 10,000 more to feel back to normal. >> i went to a concert like right before the pandemic start, so i'm really excited to go back into it. >> if you want to go to the shark tank, you still have to show proof of a negative covid test or a to you-dose vaccination. >> bieber fever doesn't count. >> all right. >> 4:38 for you this morning, and we're learning some new details this morning about the mma fighter now face attempted

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good thursday morning. right now at 4-41. don't forgot the umbrella before you head out especially in the north bay where storm rangers show that rain is already falling and we'll see light showers continue here at least through news. we'll see when it moves into the rest bay area coming up. >> a live look at the bay brimming. we could not see the shot yesterday because of so much fog. you see the clouds there and terry showed you. so far the commute is shaping up pretty nicely. we'll check out the business world next with bertha. >> i'm bombs from cnbc. the dow is fractionally higher. it's been going between losses and gains all morning after

stocks rallied yesterday recovering most of tuesday's losses. the fed remains committed to fighting inflation by raising interest rates despite the uncertainty in ukraine. powell is signaling that the fed will likely raise rates by a quarter percent later this month and the market likes that kind of specific guidance. oil prize meantime continue to surge to levels not seen since 2008 on fears of supply disruption from the war in ukraine. global buyers for the most part have been shunning russian oil even as deeply discounted prices from that country n.focus today and what's really going to set the tone, we've got a lot of economic data, the weekly unemployment firing and productivity and labor costs and factory order data as well. well, you know, it's spring. apple says it's holding an event online next tuesday. they do that usually every march and every september. companies sending an invite with

the tag line peek performance as a peek into what they have come. they will offer a new iphone and new iphone air with a faster processors and 5g capability. this is the first product event of the year for apple. hbo max meantime is adding more sports coverage. turner sports has struck a deal to air matches exclusively on tbs and hbo max. part of the deal which begins in 2023. hbo max will screen more than 20 matches for the men's and women's team each year. sports programming isn't new to hbo max. warner brothers inked the deal last year to bring nsl games to the streaming service. back to you, marcus and laura. >> if you're a soccer fan you'll be able to see more of it. >> i want to see baseball this spring but we don't know what's happening with that. >> until then gooooal! >> fingers crossed.

>> yeah. >> thanks, bertha. >> is tiktok bad for your child's mental health? coming up on "today in the barracks" the investigation that the california state attorney general just launched against the social media app. >> and you need to gear up today for the rain and cold temperatures. santa rosa right now 47 degrees, and we'll see these showers continue for most of the morning. we'll talk about what's on storm ranger and what's ahead as we experience this big weather change coming up. >> a little farther south from that, we're looking at dryer roads, but a little bit of dry droplets on the lens in san raphael. checking the traffic report. looks good here. we'll show you the big we are drive coming up.

good bay. so excited to see a change in the weather pattern that's been so try recently, and we've been getting ready to start off the month of march. looks like things will change here with scattered showers moving in and we're pick pentagon up on it on storm rangers and pox of heavy rain off the marin county coast and moving into sonoma county within the next few minutes so we can see that again up north of bodega bay and heading up possibly around santa rosa within the next 30 to 40

minutes. unfortunately, if you look at the larmer view of this storm system, overall it has slowed down and we're not seeing as much rain as we originally expected with this system with a lot of it staying to the north. let's talk about what to expect. as this rain continues we're going to see the rain in the north bay two at least noon. through the rest of the pay area it will be spotty and coming in later this afternoon until this evening but overall we're seeing much cooler temperatures and we're also cooing to see the potential of low elevation snow and small hail and winds that could reach up to about 35 miles per hour. as we go through the temperatures, a big drop compared to yesterday. only reaching 60 degrees in the south bay and mostly upper 50s. as you take at your microclimate redwood city reaching 56 and in san francisco our north bay highs raechg 58 degrees and 59 in nap a. going hour by hour doesn't show a lot of action up until later today when we start to see the light rain spreading

in, but it's going to become a very spotty and may even clear out for quite a while, maybe even several hours into the day tomorrow, and then going into saturday, as we see another round of this rain coming in, we'll also have the cold temperatures and some of our bay area hills may be left with a little bit of snow, but we'll be waving out for that. as far as rain once again. really backing off on how much we may measure, about a tenth of an inch tan could be up to a quarter inch for the spots that see the higher ends of our rainfall totals. this is going to be a better teal for the sierras where we could see possibly up to a to the of snow in some of our higher elevations, and our temp two, wow, what a change. we were in the mid-70s. we're only talking about 60 today and upper 50s tomorrow as well as saturday, but then it's going to rebound as that sunshine returns, and we'll be back into the low 70s by early next week. mike, chp wants to give people's

a head use up. move south as you're moving towards the tree near magdalene. i'm not sure how they are warning about that. there's not a couple of cruisers because they are not report on season. very dark coming through the hills heading south down towards highway 85. be careful there and still looking on what agency will take what action if you're going have any more lane closures and how long. meanwhile, 84 shouldn't be closed much longer, the tunnel that still has the construction crew. coming over the altamont pass, a little bit of showing and showing that traffic coming into the tri-valley and no problems across the bay and closure will be here again. eastbound 80. you know the alternate getting over to 29 and back over to 37. it starts at midnight or 11. 59 tonight. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 4:51 right now. only on nbc bay area, exclusive video shows what appears to be

mma legend cain velazquez chase after a man he allegedly shot. you can see the black suv chasing the truck. inside the man was a man accused of molesting a family member of velazquez. he's facing attempted murder charges and made his first court appearance yesterday. here's "today in the bay's" robert honda? supporters of cain velazquez crowded in and around the santa clara county courthouse has he gets ready to fight an attempted murder charming. as nbc first reported the mixed martial arts star was in court to be formally charged for shooting into an occupied vehicle in south san jose near morgan hill on monday. this is exclusive video captured on a cell phone camera showing what appears to be velazquez chasing after the vehicle which seems to show bullet holes and dents on it. according to court documents velazquez rammed the vehicle with his own truck and then while driving fired a gun aiming at this man, harry galart who

was out on bail after being charged of molesting a child and it's confirmed that the child is a close relative of velazquez. galart's sister also in the vehicle identified velazquez as the gunman. he was later spotted by police and arrested without incident. >> and it's unfortunate that he took the case into his own hands rather than waiting on the criminal justice system. >> reporter: in court documents investigators say velazquez followed galart and his family from their home before the alleged attack. police recovered a legally registered .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun in velazquez's truck that had been fired three times. multiple bullet casings were also found at the scene. in court velazquez through his attorney denied all allegations. his supporters say they plan to be a content presence during any legal proceedings. >> it's all about let's focus right now on getting him out on

bail. that's what our focus is right now for him and his family. >> reporter: robert honda, nbc bay area news. as robert mentioned, the arraignment was put off until monday. at that time velazquez will be officially charged and will also have his bail hearing. new allegations against popular social media app tiktok. the app is being closed of potion physical and mental health harm to young users. the california attorney general along with attorneys general from other states have launched a nationwide investigation into the company to see whether they have violated state consumer protection laws and are putting children at risk. there was a similar investigation into meta-owned instagram back in november. >> is he staying or going? the likeness that jimmy g. will stick around with the 49ers for the next nfl season? >> and starting in june it may get hard for some in alameda to make it into the bay. this week city leaders intentionally approved

lifting -- initially approved lifting a moratorium on rent increases. under the parole sal landlords can notify tenants of higher prices beginning may 1st. rent could go up by 3% 30 days after that. city leaders put the moratorium in place at the beginning of the reading. the new rules take effect 60 days later. we'll be right back.

the future for jimmy g. is up in the air. right now still a member of the 49ers but that could continue to change. >> the 49ers continue to take calls on the quarterback before deciding where to trade him. this is in indianapolis yesterday. he says garoppolo will have

surgery soon on his throwing shoulder after injuring it in the niners playoff win against the cowboys. >> he won't be able to throw the football until june or july and that shouldn't deter teams. meanwhile the niners are projected to have words. >> child care prices are soaring. ahead, we hear from an expert on the growing cost and the increased demand.

there's a lot of combat power. >> right now at 5, the war rages on with no signs of diplomacy in sight. russia continues its assault on ukraine and the response from western countries and escaping ukraine. thousand are fleeing the country creating a humanitarian cries. how the bay is helping feet who are arriving from overseas. >> and president biden's plan for covid. >> good thursday morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go we broadcast live to your tv and you can watch us live on roku,