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 seeing no winds and some are

seeing gusts upward of 40-plus. welcome to microclimates in the bay area. depending on where you live that's what you'll be seeing. san francisco is 46 degrees right now. up of our milder spots. notice the winds aren't as gusty here. so if you look at the hour-by-hour temperature trend we're in the 40s and 50s and there will be plenty of sunshine this afternoon. walnut creek right now is at 42 and your hour-by hour outlook, by 10:00, mid-60s, but there is a frost advisory in effect for santa rosa, napa and san raphael and parts of the south bay. i'll talk more about that and more on the gusty winds coming up in my full forecast. first a check of the roads. >> we'll take it over from here, vianey. the war in ukraine now in its third week, and we continue to see disturbing images emerge hour by hour as russia escalates its attacks. russian forces carried out an air strike in a small city just over 80 miles west of kyiv.

according to the mayor, several buildings were damaged, including two hospitals and a thermal power plant. here's a live look at kyiv this morning. ukraine's foreign minister says that the country will not surrender after meeting with russian counterparts. >> top diplomats from russia and ukraine met this morning in turkey, but there was no deal reached on a cease-fire along the humanitarian corridors. president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke this morning spoke this morning saying russia wants to humiliate the ukranian people. so far more than 60,000 people were deported from the occupied territory yesterday alone, and right now vice president kamala harris is in poland speaking with top leaders about the crisis. here she is just moments ago. >> reporter: that we will give another $50 million, the united states will, through the u.n. world food program to assist with humanitarian aid. >> vice president harris also added that the u.s. is ready to defend every inch of all nato

territory. >> all of this comes as u.s. leaders, they tell nbc news that there are concerns that russia is preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. "today in the bay's" brie jackson live in washington with more. >> reporter: good morning, marcus, kris. as you saw there, vice president harris is in poland today where she met with the polish president and will later on meet with humanitarian or excuse me meet with refugees from ukraine. now her trip comes as russia appears to be escalating its attacks on civilians. more heartbreaking images coming out of ukraine. officials there say a russian air strike destroyed a maternity hospital wednesday leaving children under the wreckage. >> i cannot realize why it's necessary for russian troops to destroy hospitals. >> reporter: as ukranians flee

safety, vice president kamala harris meets with leaders in poland to discuss the crisis. >> i'm sure that russia also pays a serious and severe consequence. >> reporter: this after the u.s. rejected poland's plan to provide ukraine with fighter jets but have the u.s. deliver them. >> raises some serious concerns for the entire nato alliance so we have to work through the specifics of these things going forward. >> reporter: ukraine's president urging the country's supporters to create are a no-fly zone or share responsibility for a humanitarian catastrophe. in russia, more financial fallout as companies worldwide close their doors. >> that is having a profound impact not just today but over the long term. >> reporter: the kremlin is accusing the u.s. of launching an economic war after president biden banned russian oil imports, a move expected to impact americans' wallets. >> beyond filling your tank up, your next visit to the grocery store, the hardware store, your

next flight are all going have significantly impacted fuel prices. u.s. and european allies believe moscow's invasion is about to take a more brutal turn. ukranian civilians are preparing to fight back. and late last night the house passed a massive spending bill that would avert a government shutdown and provide nearly $14 billion in aid to ukraine that. measure now heads to the senate. marcus, kris? >> brie, before you go, the senate intelligence committee expects to you hold a hearing on worldwide threats today. certainly i would imagine that russia would be atop of the minds today. have you heard anything about that? well, marcus, you're absolutely right of the during today's senate intelligence committee hearings russia is expected to take up a bulk of that hearing. now the hearing will feature top officials from the u.s. intelligence community. now, this is similar to the

hearing that happened earlier this week in the house where the cia director gave a glimpse into vladimir putin's thinking, and we expect to hear more of that today. >> all right. it will be hard to make sense of it all. thank you so much, brie. >> we are tracking the late developments out of ukraine on air and online, and you know this is changing minute by minute. head to nbcbayarea.com to find a link to our live blog right in the trending box. >> 5:06 and a live look at the federal courthouse in san jose where jury selection resumes ahead of the theranos chief operating office and elizabeth holmes' former boyfriend. he's facing the same charges tied to investor fraud. holmes is now awaiting her sentencing. she described her relationship as abusive. he did not testify in holmes' trial and denied any wrongdoing. >> this morning we're moving you forward as san francisco and

berkeley roll back their vaccine requirements. starting tomorrow, you no longer have to prove that you have been vaccinated to go into most bars, restaurants and gyms. however, if a business wants to keep their rules in place, they can still ask to see your vaccine card so make sure you keep it happy. once san francisco and berkeley loosen the rules only one city will be left with this kind of vaccine requirement which is oakland. we reached out to see if oakland city leaders have any plans to make any changes there, but so far they haven't made a decision. today is day two of our conversation with our big-city mayors about the future of living with covid. oakland, san francisco and san jose, we all know what it's like to deal with the covid surges and if you saw our interview on monday you already know that medical experts say a new covid variant is not out of the realm of possibility. >> you know, we asked the city leaders what plans are in place should that new variant emerge. we're going to begin in oakland with 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 plans to expand? we all had to adjust. >> continuing to keep the pedal to the metal in terms of making sure we get more vaccinations. had a lot of success, the most

vaccinated big city in the country which says more about our community more than anything but says a lot about the human infrastructure that we've been able to develop. in partnership with the county and community organizations getting to every corner of the city, particularly where many of our residents may not speak english. where there may be a lot of cultural barriers and encouraging them to get vaccinated to do what they need to protect their families. that human infrastructure will 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 is a new variant that causes us serious concern and rapid rise, we have to be focused. the communities that did best in the community is where there was a high level of trust and government. >> we've always looked at the data and why we shut down first as a city had everything to do with that. we saved, i believe, thousands of lives as a of the of our quick action and now with 83% of

sfriz cans 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. >> she used that word pivot. we've learned how to pitch-out a lot and the conversation does not end there. >> our weeklong series concludes as we ask the mayors what is the top priority as they move their cities forward into the next chapter. stay tuned because we're going to talk about that tomorrow morning right here on "today in the bay." >> 5:10 right now. want tt golden gate bridge. mike is going to talk about

that, but we'll talk about what we can't feel from looking at that, the temperatures outsuit. meteorologist vianey arana is tracking that this morning. it's pretty cool out there. >> and depending on where you are, some spots are in the 30s and low 40s for walnut creek and your hour-by-hour look, guarantee you a lot ever sunshine and it's also pretty gusty for the hilltop areas and north bay. santa rosa and napa, 43 miles per hour plus so there is a wind advisory in effect until 10:00 a.m. down to san jose 18 and the winds do diminish into this evening and early tomorrow morning so that will be good news there. i'll have a closer look at the forecast. first a check in with mike. >> things are pretty calm out here with no slowing that shows up outside of the altamont pass but outside here in heyward, a crash north of fremont and in towards whipple. there's a crash reportedly blocking the two right lanes though no slowing up over the last two.

we're tracking towards the nimitz. no slowing at 84 near valacitas. >> thanks, mike. >> more vaccine map dates taking a back seat, but in this case it involves thousands of workers shrined more months. the big step one airline is taking to return to normal. >> and a wild and woolly find in the atlantic ocean waters. we'll explain how it could assist ukranian refugees and why it may even end up on your mantel.

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e good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc with your outlook on wall street. looks like we're going to give back some of yesterday's big gains. oil prices yesterday cooling off. that helped send stocks higher. the dow closing up 653 points. the s&p had its best day since june 2020, and the nasdaq having its best day since november of 2020, up more than 3.5%. oil prices are climbing again today though after we saw that sharp fall yesterday that sent u.s. crude dropping more than 12% for its worst day since november.

traders say with this situation so volatile between russia and ukraine and uncertainty as to whether opec will make up some of that russian oil, we are going to see this kind of big wild swing day to day in both directions until that's more resolved and in focus today we'll get the weekly unemployment rates and the key number consumer price index. that's consumer inflation. likely another 40-year high in february which doesn't even reflect the spike in oil and gas prices that we have seen just in the past week. meantime, united airlines is going to let workers who aren't vaccinated for medical or religious reasons return at the end of this month. "the wall street journal" reporting that this is going to allow staff to come back from unpaid leave for our non-customer-pacing roles and

2,900 workers argued they had medical or religious reasons for not getting the shot, but new hires will still have to be vaccinated. amazon is splitting its stock for the first time since the dotcom boom. the company announcing the 20 for 1 split voted on by shareholders in may. amazon stock has gained nearly 4,600% since the last stock split back in 1999 when the sock puppet was a thing. the move could potentially make amazon more, well, more palatable for the people who do the dow jones industrial average. to potentially include them in the index they avoid companies with higher per share prices. then, of course, we'd like to see what comes out of the dow, underperformers like intel or maybe walgreens, so a lot of folks speculating on that. back over to you. >> we'll keep watching. thanks, bertha.

>> an unusual find underwater that will soon assist the people of ukraine if you can believe it. >> so you'll have to stay with us on this one, but it's worth it. it started when a new england fisherman pulled the tooth of a woolly mammoth from the ocean waters. we're talking about a 12,000-year-old fossil. for now it's sitting at a display on the fisherman's new england restaurant, but it's also up for auction, and all of the proceeds of that auction are going to help feed the people of ukrainech the money will go to world central kitchen. that auction is on ebay. that is a nice deed. >> that will do a lot of great work. >> very fascinating. >> interesting perspective. if you put a woolly mammoth tooth there by the food, you go wow. you put my old tooth by the food you'd get no money. >> that's a winner right there. all right. let's get to your weather because it's interesting this morning. we've got frost advisories. we've still got the wind

advisory in effect and, yes, we have 40s right now to start in san jose. a live look right now so take a look at downtown. a beautiful shot. notice the winds are calm in san jose and the skies are clear but we do have cold 30s down through morgan hill. 37 degrees and dublin 39. quite a difference in temperatures, right. we've got 30s, 40s and then you see 50s in napa and fairfield so let's see what areas are expecting in a frost advisory. this remains in place through friday. this is where they are seeing the 30s and by afternoon it will be really lovely. aside from the windy morning with winds from the northwest 15 to 50. elevations of above 1,000 feet is where the higher winds will be. it clears out by evening. 67 for san jose. 67 for oakland. 70 degrees up through nappa and 72 in santa rasa. quite pleasant. it is going to be gusty up

through the north bay, especially upwards of 55. again. this remains in place through 10:00 a.m. after 10:00 a.m. this is expected to expire, and the reason for that is because the winds do significantly decrease. santa rosa and napa still seeing some of the strongest gusts and by 8:00, 9:00 more widespread winds into san francisco and lunch hour still is pretty gusty and 5:00 it really starts to decrease with the south bay seeing some of that wind and then completely clearing out heading into late tonight and early friday morning which is when that wind advisory will be set to expire. satellite radar right now. things are calm and we do have rain chances ahead which as you know we always need rain here in california so saturday could see some rain move in especially for the north bay, late saturday into early sunday. morning drizzle and best rain chances as in, you know, more widespread and a little bit more in terms of accumulation monday in tuesday but also some sierra

snow as well heading into tuesday especially. so check the road conditions, please, if you have a chance to travel to beautiful lake tahoe. you don't want to get caught into gusty wind conditions. a look at what to expect. beautiful sunshine and saturday an increase in cloud cover and if you live in the north bay you'll likely see some of that rain moving in late saturday with morning drizzle on sunday and then the shower chances really increase heading into monday and tuesday as well. now let's get a check of how the roads are doing with mike. >> right now, vianey, things are moving relatively smoothly. saw a little bit of slowing crop up right here with reports of a couple of vehicles, now maybe three there. looks like up of them at least broke down and a couple others stopped to help. this is 84 valacitas. after that things start to slow down for the morning build. from altamont pass, a smooth easy flow of traffic and crash right around whipple hasn't shown any slowing.

the latest report i had was two lanes are blocked and watching it at that exit there. meanwhile the south bay peninsula looking great getting over towards the bay bridge, no problems either and, again, we do have that delay with the problem out of richmond. only the orange line comes out of there. red line is not there. i'll show it on the work around on the map and how you can get over to the city from the east bay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> uncle sam is working this weekend offering free face-to-face tax help. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. i'll show you where next. >> and be sure to catch up on a new streaming series "saving sfriz co." nep sewed two we tell it the story of a troubled homeless man, the neighborhood he lives in and the system some say is failing him. watch both episodes one and two of "saving san francisco" on any of our stream platforms or on

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people are dead after that russian air strike on the children's hospital in mariupol, including a 6-year-old. now the u.s. leaders, they are now warning russia that they may be -- they may -- russia may be considering using chemical or biological weapons. we want to switch gears for you this morning. for most families tax day is approaching fast. we're talking about april 18th. >> my least favorite day of the year. if you have tax questions you might be able to get in-person help from uncle sam this weekend. consumer investigator chris chmura shows you where. >> reporter: good morning. irs offices are usually only open monday through friday, but this saturday two offices are open for walkups. in oakland, the irs office at 1301 clay street and then in stockton 4643 quail lakes drive. you can meet with a rea 9:00 a. 4:00 p.m., and a photo

identification card, your social security card and any notices you've gotten from the irs. irs reps will answer your questions, but they will not fill out your forms for you. there are other places that can help you file, depending on what you earn it might be free. we've done several stories lately to help you file your tax forms. can you see them all on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and click the responds option from the main menu. >> thanks, kris. >> next the top stories we're following for you today including stress in america. the new address to push it from right here in the bay area and the fallout that more americans are feeling each and every day. plus -- >> and we're following several education-related headlines from our bay-area district. one district avoided layoffs. another is preparing to send out the layoff notices. we'll have those stories coming up next.

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it could date back years. also, a any disruption for some north bay students as teacher strikes are set to begin in the matter of hours. the dispute leaving educators angry and some parents scrambling this morning. >> thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. >> and i'm marcus washington. "today in the bay" broadcast for you live on television. check us out rife on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> verse vianey arana warnings that there is a frost bay in the south bay. >> we're talking 30s in morgan. dublin and morgan hill in the 30s to start. san jose 41 and salta rosa 47, and the frostrizery will remain in place through tomorrow morning. gusty winds continue, especially for the hills. this is going to be in place when it comes to the wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. today. we're talking gusts upwards

565-plus. things should calm down this evening. full forecast in just a few minutes. >> thanks, vianey. >> now to the latest overnight. developing on russia's attack on ukraine. want to give you a live look at kyiv. this is where parts of the humanitarian corridors have been closed again cutting off safety routes for ukranians who are just trying to escape the violence. >> at this hour vice president kamala harris is in poland talking with leaders about the crisis and she says the u.s. is committed to nato and defending its member. >> this is a moment that requires severe and swift consequence for russia's aggression against ukraine. >> her comments come after the biden administration rejected a plan from poland to provide fighter jets to ukraine. >> now president volodymyr zelenskyy is accusing russia of hitting a children owes hospital with an air strike this. happened in mariupol. we're now learning at least three people, including a child, were killed. top diplomats from russia and ukraine meet this morning in

turkey. both parties failed to agree on a proposed humanitarian corridor. this is to and from mariupol as well as on a cease-fire. >> so far roughly 35,000 civilians have been able to escape, many fleeing to poland. "today in the bay's" jay gray is live in poland with more on the humanitarian crisis and what they are finding as they get there. jay? >> yeah. absolutely. i want to give you a look of the we're right up against it. this is the border. can you see the fencing and you can see through that fencing, some families that are making the trip here, making the journey into this area, and you're right. we want to show you exactly what they see as they make the trip in. as they walk through some walking two and three days to get here, getting assistance from polish soldiers as they move through and moving down the line now. i can tell you that two days ago these tents that you're seeing right now weren't here. they were empty fields on either side of this walking path.

right now you can see that volunteers have poured in. they are bringing food. they are bringing clothing and toiletries and just anything that can help these that need so much help. can you see the red tents here behind us. that's medic tents. those are the doctors who are here to help in any way that they can. if someone needs some treatment, if someone needs some assistance after making this trip, so we continue to see larger and larger groups of refugees making the trip into poland. thankfully they continue to be volunteers to make the trip here to try and help them. >> of course. so many people looking to help. jay. thank you. >> happening today. health health secretary javier becerra hosts a mental health roundtable in the bay area as new data reveals that most americans are suffering from very high stress levels.

researchers found that eight out of step adult americans say they are significantly stressed. many cite inflation, global uncertainty and the economy. the invasion of ukraine and, of course, just that growing conflict. seven out of ten people now fear the possibility of nuclear war, and when it comes to financial stress, those numbers are similar. it also sometimes triggers unhealthy behaviors such as undesired weight changes or alcohol and drug abuse. of course, many of this for folks following two years of very stressful covid living. >> 5:35. want to give you a live look at a gas station in milipitas. gas prices across the nation, as you know, they are reaching new highs. drivers, they are stopping to fuel up at the chevron, and they are going to have to pay just under $6 a gallon for regular unleaded. according to aaa, statewide average is now $5.69, up 70 cents from just last week.

a month ago the average was $1 per gallon lower >> whole dollar? >> lower, wow. >> "today in the bay's" morgan checky is in dallas, one city where the drivers are really struggling. >> yeah. marcus, good morning, and the way the gas prices are rising could prevent a really tipping point for drivers all across the nation. here in texas, we're still below the national average, but look at that, $4.01 for a gallon of unleaded and diesel $5.50 for one single gallon, and it's those rising costs that will bring very real consequences for too many drivers, and that's why experts are saying tires, takin off a bike rack or a roof rack you may not be using because that can take off seven miles per gallon when it comes to your mileage, and if you're going on a road trip, something else to consider. listen to this. >> maybe one of the best examples leaving california and

crossing into arizona will save you $1 a gallon just by crossing a state line, and you see those hot spots between missouri and illinois and between new york and pennsylvania. there's a lot of these hot spots where state gasoline taxes change very abruptly. >> reporter: and with gas price records seeming to break each and every day, there is a move by lawmakers to try and bring some relief at the pump. we'll have those details coming up later on the "today" show. >> thanks, morgan. also on the "today" show this morning, we're going to meet an extraordinary group of ukranian women who have chosen to stay behind and fight in their own way. kerry sanders actually met some of the women behind ukraine's moms news network, a well-organized effort to pick up cell phones instead of guns as their weapons of truth. yeah, that's coming up for you this morning on the "today" show right after us here on "today in the bay." >> one bay-area school district this morning is preparing to send out layoff notices and in

another teachers are walking off the job. "today in the bay's" sierra johnson is live in san francisco keeping a close eye on both of these stories and we know, sierra, whatever the points are on either side, oftentimes the families are stuck in the middle. >> that's exactly right. there are a lot of educational headlines happening in our bay-area districts, but let's start what's happening in sonoma county at the reinhart park school district. they wanted to let families and children know that schools are open except for mana vista. all schools are on a minimum day with the exception of technology high school which is on a full day schedule. this update comes from the district offices and comes as more than 300 members of rohnerp tark cotati educators association goes on strike due to contract negotiations.

the sticking point is focused on educator pay. take a listen as the district superintendent addresses the current union demands. >> if we had it to give, we would. the board is deeply concerned that giving what they are demanding would risk salary increases for other labor groups, including custodians, paraprofessionals and other support staff. the board feels that this is unfair to all employees. >> and in contra costa county the board for the west unified school district has voted against cutting nearly 200 school-related positions. the layouts were removed to cut nearly $35 million from the district budget, but another district, they were unable to avoid those layoffs. that was san francisco unified school district, and the deadline to notify those teachers and educators is quickly approaching. you'll recall that nearly 300

educators are being laid off to make up for a $125 million deficit. the layoff notices have to be delivered by march 15. as you can see a lot of stories that we'll continue to keep a close eye on. for "today in the bay," cierra johnson. >> a live look right now at the san raphael skyline. it's very clear out this morning, and that means we didn't have the blanket keeping the warm air close to where we're sleeping. vianey, a chilly start. >> got a frost advisory in place for parts of the south including san jose and also the morgan hill area, but heading into the weekend, things will remain pretty warm, and we are talking about the chance of some rain. let's get to your weekend forecast. san francisco today topping out in the 60s and a couple of 70s heading into friday. look at that 60s. saturday 57. if you're going to be heading to napa this weekend, we are expecting to see some of the temperatures in the 60s, and notice the increase in cloud cover for sunday, so if you live in the north bay late saturday

into early sunday, there is a chance of seeing some shower activity as well as monday and tuesday. before i get to that, let's look at tahoe right now, a beautiful live look, 24 degrees and this is the perfect time to take a look at your weekend forecast, so you'll be okay to travel out there this weekend. not concerned about any winter advisories heading into saturday or sunday, but by monday and tuesday we do have that system moving in which means more wind in possible and also snow heading into monday. so your window to get up there is going to be this weekend. let's take a look at your tahoe report because it's important for all the skiers and snowboarders. 19 trails are open. check with your specific resort for any covid restrictions that may still be in place. let's go ahead and get a check of the roads with mike. >> a little warning, like the last couple of days, delays for the folks using, for example, the richmond line over here. the problem is there was a power issue. still is a power issue with the power lines feeding the red and the orange lines here.

the red is dimmed down to pink so basically you can't use that but you can use orange to get down toward the oakland area where you can transfer over to the yellow line if you want to continue over to the pens lamp the red line not available, but the yellow is. that will take you straight to sfo. if you're going to sfo and go to the military station, there's no shuttle, you have to use a bus bridge that has been in place for the last few days. b.a.r.t. doesn't know when they will fix that line. they are working on it right now, but they don't know when it will be completed. meanwhile the roadways are fine as an alternate. a little slowing towards the bridge at westbound 180. i'm tracking that and warning you about the closure, another closure for eastbound into the caldicott tunnel. the crash north of whipple just cleared. there is slowing that's developing. the commute southbound, that's

starting to develop as well. not really related. the timing such that that would happen over there and valacitas typical slowing and the disabled vehicles on 580 have been cleared to the shoulder. >> this just into the newsroom. tiktok users are experiencing an outage right now according to several reports on twitter. we checked down detector which confirms a lot of users are currently having problems accessing tiktok around the world and the united states. other major services like facebook, twitter, spotify all appear to be working just fine but social media is such a critical tool at this point in time. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. major league baseball so far striking out when it comes to starting the season. coming up ahead on "today in the bay," the new cancellations and hopes that a deal can still fall into place. >> oakland's nationally known filmmaker thrust into a role he never asked for, bank robber. a big mistake that one police department made and how one bank is now trying to make it up to

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or live chat at calhope.org today. it is 5:46 right now, and we're in the 30s and 40s to start so a little chilly in concord. about 42 degrees. one thing that you will notice into this afternoon. lots of sunshine. by 10:00 a.m. we'll be in the upper 50s and i will 11:00 and 12:00, right around the lunch hour, topping out in the mid-60s but concord is expected to hit a high of about 70 degreesch we'll

go over your thursday and a look ahead at your weekend forecast coming up. >> staying in the same area. a pretty smooth drive. 680 goes to the 24 split right where the signs are, and we're seeing a buildup coming out of highway 4. we'll check on those speeds coming up. >> breaking news this morning. just into our newsroom. new inflation numbers even worse than last month. core inflation rose 7.9% in february compared to last year. that number greater than expected. and it's a fresh 40-year high. some of the added price pressures are being tied to the crisis in ukraine. >> a disturbing discovery now leading oakland police with a real mystery on their hands. they found a mummified body inside an historic auditorium. construction crews found a man's skeletal remains yesterday at the henry j. keiser center. that center has been closed

since 2005. the body is of a man decomposing for some time. the remains were discovered near the concert hall behind the dry wall and between two concrete pillars. investigators now combing through old missing persons cases and they are hoping that dna or perhaps dental records will help provide them with answers. >> well, new video showing the moment oakland native and "black panther" movie director ryan kugler was wrongly detained by police officers. this happened in an atlanta bank in january when kugler was tryingwn account. investigators say that kugler both -- he had written a note, this is on back of a withdrawal slip stating that he wanted the cash counted discreetly. >> so my manager said i don't feel comfortable about this transaction and, he handed me a note and just looked at the note and he wants small bills. >> he received an alert on the account and told her supervisor that he thought kugler was a

bank robber and then called 911. kugler was placed in handcuffs as you see here while police investigated. in a statement kugler said it never should have happened and the bank addressed the situation to his satisfaction. >> it's good that he felt good about the outcome. >> baseball fans this, movement we are still trying to remain optimistic that mlb can agree to play ball soon. however, more games are lost to the lockout. let's start with the bad news. the league yesterday did cancel another week of games. a full season is still in jeopardy at this point. the good news though, talks did not collapse after players shot down the owner's later deal. a counterproposal is still on the table and the hope is that the current gap can soon be bridged with the season starting perhaps in mid-april. >> our next story probably not for you if you have

arachnophobia. you know what that is? >> yeah, we have to remind you, spiders, okay. scientists warn this a new and big breed of spiders is making their way to parts of the u.s. take a look at that. so it is a euro. it's a spider seen spotted in georgia, north carolina. it did grow as big as the palm of your hand. >> my hand or kris or vianey's. experts say the invasion species is already moving in order and it will end up in states along the east coast. stay over there? >> does it bite? >> we should point out that the spiders pose no threat to humans, kris, so you're going here. learn more about that coming up this morning on the "today" show. you know, look, anything like that, that many legs and that's big in my hands. >> go, marcus, go. >> it depends. >> my hand or marcus' hands. >> i'm hoping it's that one. >> and i have never heard that word before. arachnophobia.

>> i almost called in sick today because there was a spider in the shower, a serious business. >> depend what kind of temperatures the spiders can uphold because we do have a frost advisory. want to get you started with the drought monitor. it gets released every single thursday, and this is the latest one we've seen. no big improvements, unfortunately. we haven't seen any rain and we're still falling in the severe category and parts of the north bay are starting to fall into that extreme category including ukiah. good news. we are talking about some rain chances ahead so hopefully that sort of helps at least a little bit. right now walnut creek is 42 degrees and i do want to show you the current temperatures because it is in the 30s in morgan hill and also dublin and we've got 40s and 50s throughout. the frost advisory in effect for parts of the north bay down to the south bay. at least through 9:00 a.m. on friday, and yes, it's still pretty gusty, especially in the hills. 35 miles plus per hour. the advisory will remain in effect through 10:00 a.m. and

then it starts to get breezy and the winds significantly start to die down by this evening. aside from the windy morning, beautiful day. lots of clear sunshine and upper 60s and low 80s through parts of concord. napa, santa rosa. a nice thursday afternoon. talking about the wind gusts. we were noticing that the winds were a lot stronger in the north bay, but i do want to point out that by 9:00, 10:00 a.m. the winds start to pick up in the south bay. even though it's not windy right now necessarily in the south bay. it does pick up later until about 1:30 and it isn't until 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 this afternoon that we start to notice the winds go from breezy to just completely calm. friday night as well expect that into early saturday morning. not worried about the wind. satellite radar. monitoring the system. the drought monitor and rainins chas ahead. our best chance for rain is late saturday into early sunday and then we get an even greater chance heading into monday and

tuesday and snow for lake tahoe which would be fantastic news for all of the resorts. the seven-day forecast just like this and now a quick check of the roads with mike. >> right now there's no major issue except where the morning commute is kicking in where the arrows are. i'm circling 180 west of vallejo. it's not just tiktok and also for my roadway traffic. caltranz are out there. clearing quickly in that direction. meanwhile a little bit of slowing up near heyward and crash still on the grid near whipple. no major injuries. 101 with a burst of traffic and the little slowing we expect around 5:40, kicking in around 680. >> thanks, mike. california lawmakers are trying to boost protection for new homeowners and renters. lawmakers have proposed a new

law that limits short-term investors from buying up home and rental properties and selling them off at higher rates. the california housing speculation act would impose a 25% tax on investors' net capi until the final sale or exchange. exemptions would include first-time home buyers, affordable housing properties and longtime home buyers. >> want to know more about that for sure. turns out your cleaning products may be doing more harm than good. simple steps you can be sure to make sure you're being eco-friendly while cleaning your home and our climate in crisis hitting beaches along the california coastlinech the new and unexpected signs that some researchers say they are very worried about. at 6:00, the worsening conditions and the toll on civilians in ukraine amid new talks overnight. we are live with the latest including the strong words to russia from vice president kamala harris. you're watching "today in the bay."

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climate change is having an unusual impact on the beaches in big sur. they are getting wider. a new usgs study shows that beach widening caused by extreme wildfires then followed by extreme rain creating hill

slides. this might not be big sur. scientists say the same thing could happen to other beaches along our cove. the new discovery counters the expectation that climate change would actually debleat the shoreline because of rising seas but it also makes it more difficult for scientists to predict how the state's beaches will fare as earth continues to warm. >> it turns out that supplies that we use to clean our home could be damaging to our climate, and in today's climate hack meteorologist vianey areasona shows us how we can actually reduce our carbon footprint. >> i'm always cleaning something around my house and my go-tos are usually spray cleaners. but there are a couple of problems. first up the plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to break down in a dump. another problem. epa says many cleaners contain chemicals that pollute the air when they evaporate. one example ammonia.

it's in a lot of cleaning products we use to get rid of grease and san size surfaces. and when we rinse our sponges and mops we're putting chemicals into our waterways. when you're purchasing cleaners make sure they are boy degradable. by using these safe cleaners we're reducing our carbon footprint. >> for more stories like this go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis section. >> heightened threats overseas. heightened talks between russia and ukraine failed and vice president kamala harris lands in poland to see firsthand the desperate need for help. >> we have to be prepared to move in and out of different

scenarios. >> planning ahead. we are moving you forward this morning with the steps our local leaders will take if another covid variant threaten our communities. >> and a look at a high-edinburgry and the unusual way that the burglars broke in that investigators say is a trend. this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning and good morning to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. you can take us along on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online and on tv. >> a look at the roads with mike but first a look at the forecast because you are tracking strong winds and a frost advisory. >> there is a frost advisory and there are rain chances