. they shunned hear the bombs. >> right now at 4:30, the violence in ukraine is escalating as russia ramps up its attacks on the country from air and the ground. civilians desperately fleeing for their lives. new talks between russia and ukraine leaders overnight. >> plus, planning ahead. what the bay area's big city mayors do should another covid variant threaten our communities. this is "today in the bay." >> good thursday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. i'm in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington.

hey, "today in the you can also catch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> mike is tracking the roadways. they are quiet for now but meteorologist vina arana is in for kari this morning who is celebrating her birthday. >> kari and i are both march birthdays. i was like go have fun. some spots this morning are a little nippy, and some spots are mild in san jose. it's 44 degrees, and we're also talking about the wind which is going to be a factor at least for the first half of the day of the right now, look at dublin, 39 degrees, morgan hill 39 and san jose 42. santa rosa 48 and that frost advisory is in effect with a highlighted areas in blue that you see there, so that includes santa rosa, san raphael, nap ark and parts of the south bay including morgan hill in the 30s so take a look at the winds. we'll continue to see the gusty winds at least for the first half of the day but by this

evening into friday morning you can see that significantly decreases becoming less gusty and windy. we'll talk more about the extended weekend in a few minutes and first let's check in with traffic with mike. >> roads are so quiet that some folks are putting out the mattress out here. watch out for crews that will clear this hopefully very quickly coming through byron, a smooth dry and towards 580, 17, 18 minutes, a slight brake tap northwest of 580. we're watching for crews off the shoulder there. no lanes blocked and no problems going westbound for your commute directions there or around the rest of the bay. a smooth drive right now. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> now to the late overnight. developing on russia's attack on ukraine. here's a live look from kyiv. this is where part of the humanitarian corridor, well, it has been closed again cutting off safety routes for ukranians

who are trying to escape that violence. now president volodymyr zelenskyy is accusing russia of hitting the children's hospital with an air strike. this happened in the city of mariupol. we're now learning at least three people, including a child, were killed. >> that city has been deemed as one of the humanitarian corridors to help women, children and elderly flee and because of russian shelling and firing the city of irpin is blocked off. this is the fourth day where evacuation crews cannot deliver water, medicine, even food to the people, and it comes as top diplomats from russia and ukraine are meeting once again this morning in turkey. both parties failing to agree on a proposed humanitarian corridor to and from mariupol as well as a cease-fire. >> so far roughly 35,000 civilians were able to escape, many fleeing to poland. here's "today in the bay's" jay gray with more on the humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: bombed and burned

out homes, a maternity and children's hospital left in ruins after an air strike. it's becoming increasingly clear there's no line between soldier and civilian in the kremlin's war plan. evidence of brutal attacks on families fills ukraine's hospitals and fuels the resolve. volunteers like this father and son now training to fight. >> must defend the children and we're now together. it's not possible to have it another way. we need to defend our motherland. >> reporter: while mothers struggle with a very different battle, leaving loved ones behind to protect the youngest victims of this war. >> i believe that kids shouldn't see the bombs fall on their

city. that's why we are here hoping that something will change, that our army will defend till the end. >> and hoping they will be able to go home again. jay gray, nbc news along the poland-ukraine border. >> and due to the ongoing war, gas prices are spiking, and in an attempt to save money, more bay-area drivers are now buying motorcycles, especially now that some of the newer models are more than 70 miles a gallon, that's how much you can get per gallon there. the owner of the motor cafe in campo says its sales have recently gone up. he anticipates as much as 30% increase over the next few weeks. >> we've actually had a couple of people that have come in and said i'm tired of the gas prices, identifying going to utilize a certain amount of days per week to offset some of the costs. >> something to think about, and it's not just motorcycles. the owner of highland family bicycles in san jose says that more people are buying electric bikes as a cheaper option to get

to work or even run sop errands. >> this morning we're helping you get answers as we move forward out of the pandemic. it's day two of our conversation with the mayors of the bay area's largest city, oakland, san francisco and san jose. we all know what it's like to deal with covid surges. >> and if you saw our interview on monday, you already know that medical experts say that a new covid variant is not out of the realm of possibility, so we asked the city leaders what plans are in place should a new variant emerge. we begin with oakland mayor libby schaaf. >> oakland is blessed with the best climate in the world, and we saw how during those spikes in covid people were safer and felt safer outdoors, and so just last week we actually made our flex streets program permanent. that means giving small businesses, especially our beloved restaurants, outdoor space where they can very inexpensively move out to. we also learned how to pop up

outdoor marketplaces. we did one by lake merritt. it was very popular. we now know how to do that rapidly so people have access to the commerce and to safe communing in the out of doors. >> do you have a plan in place if it happens to extend? we all had to adjust during this? >> continuing to keep the pedal on the metal in terms of making sure we get more vaccinations h.lots of success in san jose. we're the most vaccinated big city in the country and that says a lot about our community more than anything and says a lot about the human infrastructure that we've been able to develop, in partnership with the county, community organizations, getting to every city, more particularly where many of our residents may not speak english where there's a lot of cultural barriers and we encourage them to get vaccinated. that human infrastructure is going to be critical for us to maintain. we don't yet know if the finish

line is near. >> right. >> we're certainly all pushing to get there, but if in fact there's a new variant that causes us serious concern about a rapid rise in hospitalization, we have to be honest with folks to maintain the credibility because what we're seeing in all the studies that those communities did best in this pandemic where there was a high level of trust and government. >> well, we've always looked at the data and why we shut down first as the city had everything to do with that, we saved i believe thousands of lives with our quick action and with 83% of san franciscans that are fully vaccinated, we're really proud of what san francisco has done despite not completely knowing in the beginning, you know, what this meant and how long we would be closed, and so our plans, of course, is to ramp up our testing, to make sure our capacity and our hospitalization rates are on par, but more importantly to make sure that we're using data and science to make any decision to pivot if we have to depending on a new

variant and its impact on the community. we're prepared to do what it takes just like we've done throughout this pandemic. hiing ahead. >> had a lot of practice in doing things differently. the conversation, of course, does not end here. >> our week long series concludes with us asking the mayors what their top priorities are as they move their cities forward into a new chapter. stay tuned because that part is coming up for you tomorrow morning. >> 4:39 for you this morning and the changes uber and lyft are making to you and your friends when it comes to dining out.

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used to with the situationo uncertain between russia and a lot of volatility with big swings in both directions. this morning we're going to be watching for reports on the weekly unemployment claims and the key inflation number on consumer prices which is likely to put another 40-year high for february, not even reflecting the spike we've seen in oil and gas prices. meantime, united airlines will let workers who aren't vaccinated for medical or religious reasons return to the end of the month. "the wall street journal" says this will allow staff to come back from non-paid leave or non-customer roles they were allowed to apply for. 2,200 united workers had argued they had medical or religious reasons for not getting the covid shot. new hires, however, will still have to be vaccinated. and finally uber eats is adding a group order and bill-splitting feature. you can invite group members from your phone's contact list. they will get an order link by

text and can choose and pay for the food they want. if you want to foot the bill for everybody you can do that. you can even set spending limits to deter somebody like say marcus who might order the lobster that's a lot more expensive. uber eats will also let you place a group order up to a week in advance. >> oh, wow. not to name names, marcus. but a guy who orders a steak maybe. >> lobster and steak, why not. >> thank you so much, bertha. >> all right. it is 4:44 for you this morning. mistaken for a robber. next on "today in the bay," oakland neighbor and hollywood director ryan kugler explained what went wrong trying to withdraw money from his own bank account and the outrage now being expressed. >> we're starting out in the 40s in san jose. a couple of 30s on the map.

your hour-by-hour trend shows you the lend it towards sunshine and a guide to the weekend ahead. >> right now traffic holding steady. san raphael. an easy drive up here. we'll talk about what your bigger commute spots are looking like a couple minutes from now.

>> it's thursday morning. 4:47 right now, and we do have a frost advisory in effect along with a wind advisory, so let's

talk about what you can expect for your day ahead. 44 degrees in walnut creek. this is one of our milder spots because we are seeing some 30s on the map right now, including morgan hill 39 degrees, dublin 39. notice the rest of the bay area 40s and 50s to start but there's a frost advisory that will remain in effect through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow through the highlighted areas. this sluss santa rosa, napa, san raphael and san jose and the morgan hill area down through the south bay as well which means we could see some numbers dipped down into the 30s as well as early tomorrow morning. along with that, we're talking about gusty winds especially with the hilltop areas. there could be down the tree limbs and possible power outages mainly for the hills. pretty gusty winds mountain already tops. let's take a look at the timing of the winds. notice right now it's pretty gusty out through napa and some of the higher elevations. 40 plus miles per hour. santa rosa 29.

a little bit less wind down to the south bay and if i push the timeline forward to 7:30, notice the winds start to pick up towards san jose, 20 miles per hour pushing the timeline forward to 11:00, 12:00 of the we remain pretty gusty at times, 25, 30-plus, when does the wind calm down? not until late they are evening. around 4:30 the winds diminish up to the north bay, but even then it's still breezy. later tonight right around 7:00 p.m. through tomorrow morning that we finally see those winds go from gusty and windy to calm through friday morning. so what can we expect for this afternoon? well, it is going to be a windy morning again from the northwest but plenty of sunshine ahead. 67 degrees for san jose and 67 for observing and martinez at 6 and a couple of 70s in through the interior valley. san francisco 64. satellite radar right now. things look pretty quiet but we do have activity ahead. a system just to our north.

that system that's bringing the wind is to our north but we've good low pressure system that's going to bring us a chance of rain. what's the timing of this for now the possibility of that moving in late saturday through the north bay into early sunday. take a look at this, and then a better chance of more widespread rain by monday and tuesday and maybe even a little sierra snow for the lake tahoe area. snow estimates for monday and tuesday. a couple inches. as always, be really careful if you had any plans to travel up there simply because the road conditions can get really dangerous, especially headed into monday and tuesday. over the next seven days here's what we're expecting. windy for the first half of the day today and then the wind clears out on friday. late saturday if you live in the north bay you'll be the first to see the rain. morning drizzle on sunday and then a much better rain chance for a widespread rain heading into monday and tuesday as well as, don't forget, we're going to see the time change. sunrise at 7:23 on sunday so keep that in mind if it doesn't

switch out on its own. don't forgot to change clocks this weekend that don't shift on its own. >> over here looking at sign on the san matteo brugge, high winds, perhaps gusting for some of the drivers overnight, but we haven't heard about any recent problems. vianey showed you what's going on for the gusty winds all day and the forth advisory so keep that in-mile-per-hour. roadways light, easy dry. san matteo bridge with a live shot. little bit of slowing out of the altima. it's built over the last ten minutes. no surprises or big alerts over there. highway 4 smooth flow the traffic through concord and walnut creek interchange and slow traffic in the north bay and south county 101. where the first burst will happen. it's been happening a little earlier and stronger feeding more traffic into the south bay over the last few weeks. we'll track that, also over the last couple of days we've had the red line out of service.

that continues today out of richmond. you'll use the orange line to put you over to the yellow line if you need to get to the city and that will also take you to sfo. back over to you. >> happening today, actor jussie smollett is set to be sentenced after being found guilty of staging a fake hate crime against himself. in 2019 smollett claimed that two unknown men attacked him, yelled racist and homme globic slurs, poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck. investigators later discovered that he hired those two men. the 39-year-old santa rosa native was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct last december and could face up to 20 years in prison for this. however, experts say he will likely get probation. >> new video this morning showing you the moment oakland native and "black panther" movie director ryan cubbler was wrongly detained by police officers back in january when he was trying to withdraw $12 12,000 from his own account

help. wrote a note on the back of his withdrawal slip stating that he wanted the cash counted discreetly. >> so my manager said i don't feel comfortable about this transaction. he handed me a note. >> the teller says that she then received an alert on his account and told her supervisor that she thought kugler was robbing the bank and called 911. kugler was placed in handcuffs as you see right here. police investigate and he was released shortly after they verified his identity. in a statement kugler said it should never have happened and the bank addressed the situation to his satisfaction. >> okay. so it turns out that your cleaning products may be doing more harm than good. still ahead on "today in the bay," simple steps to make sure that when you're cleaning your house you're not dirtying the plan >> happening now. california lawmakers are trying to boost protections for new homeowners and renters. lawmakers have proposed a new

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4:56 for you this morning. thanks for sticking around. turns out that the supplies we use to clean our home could be damaging to our climate. today a look at how to actually reduce our carbon footprint while cleaning your home. >> i'm always cleaning something

around my house and my go-tos are usually spray cleaners, but there a couple of problems. first up, the plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to break down in a dump. another problem, the epa says many cleaners contain chemicals that pollute the air when they erap rate, ammonia. it's in a lot of cleaning products used to get rid of grease, sanitized surfaces. when we rinse sponges and mops with cleaning products we're flushing toxic chemicals into our waterways. it's time for your climate hack. look for brands that offer refillable bottles like this one that come in a concentrated form had a instead. that way you're not rebuying the bottle and saving plastic and read the label and check the formula and make sure it's biodegrade and and also planet friendly. by doing that we're reducing our carbon footprint. >> for more stories like this visit our website, yeah, nbcbayarea.com and click on the

climate in crisis tab. more heartbreaking images emerge from ukraine by the hour, and they are hard to look at. ahead on "today in the bay," a live report from washington as vice president kamala harris meets with leaders in poland which is accepting a lot of those refugees. the strong mess am she's now sending to russian leaders.

right now at 5:00, heightened threats overseas.

overnight talks on a possible diplomatic solution between russia and ukraine which failed. ahead from washington, vice president kamala harris arrives firsthand in poland to see the desperate need for help. >> we have to be prepared to move in and out of different scenarios. >> planning ahead. we're moving you forward this morning with the steps local leaders say that the bay will take if another covid variant threatens our communities. this is "today in the bay." good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia has the morning off. don't forget if you have to head out the door we're broadcasting on tv, roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> a check of the roads in a bit with mike, but first want to start out with the check of the quarterback with vianey arana checking the strong winds and the frost advisory. >> some spots are mild, some spots in the 30s and some spots