. right now at 5:00, a new look at the devastation of mariupol, a ukranian city overwhelmed by russian violence. civilians there, including children, targeted in a new attack as president biden doubles down on his pledge to help ukraine against that russian invasion. the latest developments including a new response from vladimir putin to global sanctions. >> it's such a big endeavor. how are they going to qualify, quantify, execute that? >> hard-to-believe new state proposal. money in your bank account to cover the cost of skyrocketing gas prices. a new plan that may help even those without a car. this is "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning to you. happy st. patrick's day as well. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. we're broadcasting not only to your tv but watch us on roku,

amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> we'll get to that morning commute. vianey is in for mike this morning. let's start out with a look at forecast and where we can start. >> not a bad start. it's going to be a really nice day. we're going to see some clouds rolling by here and there and a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. no issues and our temperatures starting out in the low 40s in parts of the north bay and low 50s for parts of san francisco and part of the south bay. as we go into this afternoon we're headed for the lower 60s for parts of the south bay, the east bay, livermore 64 degrees. 66 in san jose, and we'll see highs in the upper 60s in santa rosa, but we will cool down this weekend. we'll talk about that and rain in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. kris? >> thank you, kari. new images of that utter devastation in a ukranian port city with the sanctions mounting against russia. this is a live look this morning in the capital of kyiv which is experiencing another day of heavy fire from russian forces.

a number of ukranian refugees now top 3 million people, and those attempting to flee are facing a new obstacle. there's a system outage halting polish railways which have been a key route for people trying to leave. also, survivors are reportedly starting to emerge from a bombed-out theater where children were among those sheltering. here's a satellite image of that mariupol theater taken by the u.s. government. linked by technology firm amaxar. in letters you see in russian and in ukranian say children. russian forces bombed that theater yesterday. theium of casualties is not yet known. the war is now entering its fourth week, and the u.n. confirms nearly 700 civilians have been killed, but the actual numbers are believed to be far higher. "today in the bay's" brie

jackson is in washington. the ukranian president hoping for additional help from the u.s. >> reporter: good morning, kris, that's absolutely right, and this comes after the president of ukraine delivered that really touching speech yesterday that many people are still talking about during his virtual speech. .zelenskyy urged the u.s. to send more weapons to ukraine and to enforce tougher sanctions on russia. >> i see no sense in life if it cannot stop the death. >> reporter: in a passionate speech, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy appealed to america's heart strings comparing the crisis in his country to pearl harbor and 9/11. >> russian troops have already fired nearly 1,000 missiles at ukraine. complex bones. they use drones to kill us with precision. >> reporter: urging congress and specifically president biden to do more. >> being the leader of the world

means to be the leader of peace. >> the president later issuing his sharpest condemnation of russian president vladimir putin yet. >> i think he is a war criminal. >> the white house unveiling $800 million in new military aid for ukraine, including 100 armed drones, potential game-changing technology called switchblades. >> this could be a long and difficult battle. >> reporter: the president has yet to sign off on zelenskyy's request for fighter jets despite growing pressure. >> it's costing lives in ukraine. >> the administration has also ruled out a no-fly zone insisting it could escalate the war. ukraine's president telling nbc news we may already be in a third world war. >> i believe that russians have already crossed all the red lines when they started shelling civilians. >> reporter: as russian forces rain fire on ukranian cities, putin is delivering a message of his own accusing the west of trying to cancel russia and

showing no signs of ending the violence. and peace talks between ukraine and russia continue, both sides have signaled reasons for optimism, but key differences remain. kris? >> all right. thank you very much, brie. as gas prices across the nation and right here in the bay area continue to rise, lawmakers are looking to alleviate some that have pain at the pump. today state lawmakers are going to lay out a proposal that would give everyone in the state hundreds of dollars in the form of a rebate due to the rising price of gas. "today in the bay's" crier are a -- cierra johnson breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: yeah. a lot of folks talking about the price of gas, and this is the reason why. we're here at the chevron station in seminary drive, 5.99 for a gallon of regular gas, and

this really is pretty on par for the rest of the bay area. it's not anywhere where you can find any gas under $5.75. take a look at the screen. a breakdown of what folks can expect to pay across the bay i area. the cheapest gas 5.76 in solano county. folks in san francisco can expect to pay closer to 5.94. san mateo county 5.98 and in san francisco the gas currently sets at 5.18 for a gallon of regular gas. in light of those prices about a dozen assembly members will roll out a proposal to give every california taxpayer, even those who don't drive or own a car a $400 rebate to ease the pain at the pump. now the funding for the rebate would pull $9 billion of the state's budget surplus and those proposed in the rebate believe would be a better alternative to suspending the gas tax, but some i spoke with say more simply needs to be done. >> i don't think it's enough. i don't think it's enough money to -- for us, especially in this

hard time. >> now as exciting as all that have sounds, this is only a proposal. in order for it to become reality it has to go through many committees and votes before you can even get that money in your pocket, so something to look forward to if you're looking for some money back because of those high gas prize, but, again, 5.99 is what you can expect to pay here in mill valley and over 5.75 across the bay area. live in marin county, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> keeping with the trend and talking about the gas prices, you know the saying timing is everything. turns out the same thing goes for buying gas. a recent gas buddy study finds over the past five years monday is the best day of the week to fuel up. friday is said to be another good one due to fewer commuters, but the worst day of the week, last year it was thursday. >> your light just turned on. >> got to wait for friday. >> i can't. >> that's when gas is most expensive in more than half of

all states. wednesday came in at second worst. if i wait and you see me on the road, give me a road. >> i'm going to carpool tomorrow. developing this morning in vallejo, police are investigating a deadly shooting which happened around 5:00 last night near discovery kingdom. police so far are only confirming that one person died, but no information yet on a suspect or whether that shooting might have been targeted. oakland police this afternoon will talk about this week's big break in the case of the shooting that killed a guard protecting a tv news crew. kevin nishida died in late november in downtown oakland. police yesterday announced three men are now charged with murder. two of the suspects are in custody, though a third suspect is still at large. >> friends and family today will mark the dirt bay of an oakley woman missing for more than a month. alexis gabe was last seen in late january. her car was found abandoned and the keys still in the ignition. for weeks police and volunteers have been searching for her with

no luck. today she turns 24. volunteers plan to hold another search for gabe this saturday. they will meet at the streets of brentwood mall at 10:00 a.m. happening today, a controversial covid vaccination requirement set to take effect at santa clara university. this is a live look at the university this morning. eight days ago students there held a protest over the looming dead-like. students also filed a lawsuit to halt it. the school is still threatening to drop students from their spring quarter classes for not complying with that vaccination order. school leaders are not commenting on that lawsuit. >> 5:09 on your thursday morning. taking a live look outside downtown san jose. spring quickly approaching, and not without some changes coming our way as well. kari has a look though at what's in store for today. >> yeah. we're in the last few days of winter, and this weekend we turn the calendar to spring and it's really going to be kind of crazy here over the next few days, but

it's nice and quiet this morning as palo alto starts out with temperatures in the upper 40s. it's mostly clear and we'll just see a few clouds overhead as our temperatures reach into the upper 50s at lunchtime. for the south bay we're looking at a high of 68 degrees in downtown san jose and our east bay temperatures will reach into the mid to upper 60s for today and some upper 50s for daly city while palo alto heads to 56 degrees. north bay highs in the upper 60s. we'll talk about the changes ahead coming up in a few minutes. vianey has a look at the changes for the morning commute. >> we're doing good so far. it's about 510:00 right now and no major accidents, so let's get to some bridge drive times, westbound 580 towards the richmond bridge. you'ree seven minutes and westbound 92 towards the sanset a live look y bridge toll plaza. typically the metering lights come on at about 5:26, 5:27 so

hopefully we'll start early with weekend light traffic and we won't get them on today, but we're keeping a close eye on the roads. back for you. >> thanks so much, vianey. 5:10 right now. so we're guessing the netflix password you use is 100% your own. >> the company is getting serious on cracking down on password sharers. a surprise you could see in your next bill if you're one of them. >> imagine, that my adult children having to pay for their own netflix. >> also. historic rate hike. we'll have the very latest on that. >> and st. patrick's day being celebrated everywhere, especially in what many say is the oldest irish bar in america. coming up a look inside the amazing artifacts tied to one singular moment in history. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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the time is 514:00 on this st. patrick's day, and as you're heading out for work, we are seeing some temperatures in pleasant hill in the upper 40s. there will be some clouds throughout the morning, but we'll start to see the peeks of sunshine around lunchtime and a bright and sunny afternoon as our highs head to the upper 60s. not bad, but we will see some changes for the weekend in terms of rain and a big cooldown. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> and a live look at a smooth commute right now. bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on just yet, but

we're seeing some traffic beginning to build. a full traffic report in just a few minutes. let's check in with scott. >> happy thursday. top of the morning to you. ensfliks experimenting with a new fee for people who share their password. not a done deal, and it's not happening here, but the los gatos movie giant is trying it out in some markets across the globe. it would apply to account holders who actively watch movies in more than one location. now, it's not much, just $3 so netflix has gotten expensive lately. everything is getting more expensive which is why the open markets committee yesterday announced the first interest rate hike in years. it's a quarter point, a very small move upward for the interest rate. there will be more hikes, as many as six in the coming year we do expect, and the next one should come in may. again, quarter point very small.

i saw this picture on the internet, well, not that one. i think we're a little bit out of order today. that's jay powell talking about the big interest rate hike. let's move on to the next picture, if we could. there we go. i saw this on the internet. it shows 8% inflation, really worse than that, and then, of course, that guy is throwing a 25 basis point bucket of water. the illustration being there it's a really, really small hike. yesterday we talked about how the hike affects you. the main takeaway is really not about you. it's about a broader attempt to slow down the economy to fight inflation. don't sweat this slight rise in rates, but understand eventually this is going to affect jobs. now kris and lar laura, you remember i met a bet with venture capitalist a year ago, still a huge fan of bitcoin and claimed at the time that bitcoin was so terrific that you'd be able to spend bitcoin at places like starbucks, and i thought that was ridiculous, so i bet

tim a nickel he was wrong. we gave the bet a four-year expiration date, and wouldn't you know, it starbucks started taking bitcoin, not here but in el salvador. you remember el salvador made bitcoin a legal tender which mean i lost my bet. didn't turn out the way i meant, but i was wrong, so i paid him his nickel. >> i am here to present you with your nickel. in. >> thank you very much, and i'm here to say that this is justifiably a nickel. >> well, i don't think i've seen that face on a nickel. this is a new nickel. >> i didn't even realize that. >> i haven't used nickels for a long time except to pay off bets. >> reporter: i am very glad we did a nickel. listen to that on sand hill road anywhere you get your podcasts. we'll talk more about bitcoin with tim as well. we did a nickel. originally, ladies, i bet him

$1,000. >> there you go. >> now that's a decent bet. >> that's a decent bet. i haven't really got $1,000 to bet. apparently in tim's family they have a tradition of betting a nickel. he said i won't bet a thousand but i'll bet a nickel and turns out i'm really glad we didn't bet $1,000. >> with inflation it is $1,000. >> trow. good point. >> thanks so much, scott. >> you bet. happening today, scott, stick around for this one. st. patrick's day will be celebrated everywhere, especially it turns out at the oldest irish bar in the country. >> oh, my husband and i go here every time we're in new york city. mcsorley's oldale house first opened back in 1854. there are older bars in the country, but this is considered the oldest irish pub in the u.s. it's also an historic landmark. on "today" they show and tell harry smith more about the world war i wishbone. >> they had a going away party

here and at the end of the night they each hung a wishbone on the gas lamp for good luck hoping they would come back and after the war those who survived came back and took down a wishbone and those who never made it, their wish bones have been there ever since. >> they really are there. so you can see the full story on the "today" show starting at 7:00 in the morning right here on "today in the bay." >> wow. nice to find some of those traditional places, you know, celebrate different cultures. >> yeah. we'll find an irish bar here in the bear area and maybe we'll take our beverage outside, kari. >> yeah. it's going to be a nice day. i think if we're heading to willow glen today it's going to be nice and a lot of sunshine, or maybe we'll just enjoy some time out at the park. take a look at our temperatures. we start out at 9:00 with clouds and some low 50s, and you can see the trend as we go into late morning into the afternoon. we'll start to see a little more sunshine as the temperatures warm up into the upper 60s. for today we'll have highs in the mid to upper 60s for some of

our warmest spots inland and we are looking at upper 50s in san we go into tomorrow, we're going to see just a few clouds, slightly warmer temperatures with morgan hill and san martin reaching into the low 7 as and some low 70s in fairfield, and then going into saturday, that's when we have the big change with the showers moving in, and we'll see san jose only in the upper 50s and 56 in miraga and 59 in san francisco, so that's what the showers moving in. we ear seeing a little bit of some green here on the radar with some light showers just off the coast. a lot of this will dry up before it moves in, but we may have some drizzle in the next couple of hours and that's about it. more widespread measurable rain in the forecast for saturday, and it's going to be moving through with a cold front that will be bringing some scattered showers in the forecast for that day, but then it dries up and then a strong area of high pressure is going to warm up our temperatures next week so we're just trying to get as you have

as we can out of this system, and it's looking a little bit better. a lot of the more recent rufnts computer models show that we could see anywhere from a quarter to half an inch of rain, maybe even a little bit higher for mill valley, but most of the bay area getting about a quarter inch of rain while the sierra gets about 1 to 5 inches of snow. the weekend, that's just enough to make the roads slippery and give a beautiful sight for those who are lucky enough to spend the weekend in the sierra. our temperatures take a big dip though. we're going from 70 tomorrow to the upper 50s on saturday, and spring begins on sunday, so those temperatures start to bounce up, and you can see how much it bounces back next week. it's going to feel like summer. we may have our first days reaching into the mid 80s for the year, and vianey, you've been watching the roads. any traffic incidents popping up? >> things are quiet. i am expected about the 80s in the forecast. 80, perfect temperature there. we do have a look at your drive times though so let's get to the east bay right now. southbound 680 from 580 to

vargas road about ten minutes, northbound 238 from 580 to 880. two minutes southbound 880 to highway 84. about ten minutes and take a live look at sap matteo bridge. i want to show you this shot because you can see the traffic is starting to build. slow down. it's going to get to bumper to bumper pretty soon on the san matteo bridge so be mindful of that. aside from that, no major accidents which is good news. i'll send it over. back to you. >> sounds good. thanks. if you're a diehard warriors fan and who isn't, it's been a very long night. last time you saw steph curry on the court he was liming to the bench with an injury, everybody hoping it's not serious. coming up, the latest on what could be a make-or-break day for their postseason hopes. episode leave it our streaming series "saving san francisco" is now out. we travel more than 3,000 miles to find out how a former english teacher ends up living on the street. watch all three episodes of "saving san francisco" on any of

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that i'm in the tournament. >> preparing for the game of his life while his family fights for their life. a usf panel player whose father is still in ukraine tells us the reason why he's more motivated to win than ever. >> moving ford out of the pandemic. the big changes for california schools impacting children and teachers. the pandemic lessons learned that state leaders believe will have a long and lasting impact. this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, and hope you bring a little green this morning or you plan to. >> vianey is getting pinched so much. >> i can't wear green, guys. >> i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. >> happy st. patrick's day. we broadcast on your tv and watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and also online. >> we'll start with kari and the forecast. folks might be heading for an evening out.

>> yeah. going to be a long day. getting up early this morning and going for a pub crawl tonight, maybe not us, but, of course, dublin is one of the spots we look at. not ireland, you know, bay area, and we're starting out with a lot of people already up and out the door, and if you're about to join them temperatures in the low 40s and low 50s. we're at 43 in santa rosa, and we'll see some clouds to start. peeks of sunshine by late morning and it will shape up to be a nice day as high temperatures hid for the mid-60s for the south bay and mid-to upper 60s in fairfield as well as concord. a look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes and we'll also talk about the weekend forecast. >> sounds good. thanks so much. 5:31, turning to the latest out of ukraine, a day after ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy asked congress and president biden for help, russia's attack on his country intensified. this is a live look at kyiv this morning. people fleeing ukraine have hit another roadblock. a system outage halted polish

railways which has been a key route for people fleeing ukraine. this comes as russian air strikes continued overnight in many areas targeting apartments, civilian businesses and hospitals adding to the urgency of so many trying to escape. new video shared by the state emergency service this morning shows the remnants of a downed russian rocket that hit an apartment building in kyiv. the latest attack has killed at least one person and injured three others. >> march madness kicks into high gear today and marks a very special return for one bay-area college. the university of san francisco which went to the big dance last millennium. "today in the bay's" bob redell. for one usf player the pressure of the game will not be greater than what he's experiencing every morning? we spoke with volodymyr, one of

the players in the middle, number 33, and he's from western ukraine. when russia invaded his home country, his mom and sister fled to lithuania. his father who is a police officer stayed behind to patrol his city and fight, if needed. now while it's been hard to focus on basketball he tells us he's more motivated than ever after talking with his dad last week -- this woke. >> he tell me he's proed proud of me so much and keep fighting, trying my best and for now i have more motivation to play basketball because it's my father's dream, my family dream to be in this tournament. >> incidentally, mark had two teammates who are from belarus. that's a country that's aided russia in its invasion, but earlier this month those teammates from belarus came to

mark who as i mentioned is from ukraine and suggest they make this video. you see it on your tv screen there, this video to express unity and to call for a cease-fire. now the raft time the usf dons played in the ncaa basketball tournament was in 1988. they play murray state tonight at 6:40. that game is in indianapolis. reporting live, bob redell, "today any bath bay." >> the deadline for all ac transit workers to be vaccinated issing had a. agency leaders approved the mandate last december and religious or medical exemptions are allowed, but they are very strict. anyone who does not otherwise comply can be fired as early as tomorrow. there are no advance numbers of opt-outs. the agency is warning riders there may be possible delays because of short stafford. >> we're moving you forward this morning out of the pandemic. this week students across

california returning to school with no mask mandate is in place, and while some families and educators are breathing a little easier, others are still masking up. i sat down with the state superintendent tony thurman. we began our conversation talking about the very important lessons learned from the pandemic. >> first and foremost, it has forced us to think about how to keep people safe and so it's been a tough two years. we've had to learn all about health care, how to get personal protective equipment. we've had to learn about covid testing and vaccinations while at the same time trying to support student learning and help students get computers at a time when there were no computers. maybe a million students in our state were without computers as we entered the pandemic so it's been a tough time so i'm grateful for the reresilience of our school and school staff and families who have been resilient. we've found a way to keep schools open and keeping kids safe and keeping students learning. >> some of the restrictions that we were talking about to local

leaderships, every area was different. educators are not public health officials. it seems to put them in kind of a difficult position. would you return to that again? what would you do differently, if anything? >> i would commend our county health officers and our california department of public health. they have certainly given us as much as one could hope for in terms of insights about how to address coronavirus, and let's face it. there's no playbook for the coronavirus. it was new to all of us. in public health departments across the state, they have helped us tremendously. as you said though, we don't have health staff, you know, who can advise us on these tough questions, and if there's anything we can do to bring our county health officers closer to our schools, everyone is hungry for information and it's been very difficult to get information out, and if we keep talking to our schools, listening to our schools, what their needs are and making sure that their state health officials, we believe that that's the best flames we can

be. again, it's been difficult and i'll acknowledge that for our schools. it's certainly not for a lack of effort on the part of our department of public health who tried their best to make sure that the word would get out about health need. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i spoke with the state superintendent tony thurman about much more and watch the full interviews at nbc bay area opinion come and also look for it on roku, apple tv or amazon fire by downloading our nbc bay area app. >> 5:37 now and taking a live look at the fremont skyline nice and clear as we look forward towards the weekend. we are expecting some pretty nice temperatures, right, kari? >> yeah, it's going to be changeable so we're looking at first our forecast to get to you tahoe this weekend, and we will see a quick system coming in on saturday. that's going to bring in some light snow there to palisades and alpine meadows, and we go from the low 50s tomorrow to the mid-30s with that snow coming down on saturday, but then it

starts to bounce right back up on sunday. now if your weekend plans take you to l.a. this weekend, we have some highs reaching into the mid-70s, really nice and sunny, and they are going to be missing out on the rain that we'll see here in the bay area. if you go to the beach on saturday, you may have it all to yourself because it's going to be cool and rainy, and we'll see it looking much nicer on sunday with highs reaching into the low 60s. for napa valley we're also going to see the changes ahead. beautiful comfortable weather on friday. saturday we'll see some off and on rain. you'll need that jacket on all throughout the day, plus you'll be taking it on on sunday when that sunshine returns and that will be our first day of spring. we will talk more about what's ahead and how much main we may measure. vianey, you're looking at the golden gate bridge. >> and things are pretty quiet. i like to see traffic, you know, be calm in the mornings. right now though a live look at the golden gate bridge. notice we have a couple of cars out there. no delays to the golden gate bridge and let's take a look at

our traffic map. i did notice a regular typical slowing along the northbound and southbound lanes and along 101 in san jose. aside from that look at your drive times. smooth commute westbound 580 towards the richmond bridge. westbound 880 eight minutes and west towards the san matteo bridge you're looking at 12 minute. east bay drive times also moving along. southbound 880 to 238 and highway 84 and you're looking at 11 minutes. no delays along 680 or 238 and a live look right now at the san matteo bridge. one of our busiest bridges right now. noticing a building commute as well on the bay bridge. no metering lights on just yet, at least what i can see on the camera, because look at the camera at the bay bridge toll plaza. lights come on at 5:26 so if it stays like this we should be good to roll at least for thursday. not too shabby. we'll send it back to you. >> we'll take what we can get. >> 5:59 right now. speaking out. after the tragic death of their loved ones, coming up next on

"today in the bay" we'll hear from the parents of a college golfer who died with her teammates in that horrible head-on car crash. of course, they are sharing the pain of that enormous loss. also the new response from the golfing community still in shock over what happened. a lot of people have called vladimir putin a war criminal, but that now includes the president. that's a big deal. we will take a look coming up. >> and we already n.o.w. know that the drought outlook is grim. new data water agencies are bracing for due to

the white house just informed us president biden will call preponderance of the evidence xi tomorrow. we'll follow up on that on social media, on twitter. you'll find it at scott mcgrew. >> thanks so much. the fallout to a recent triple shooting in fairfield. a second victim has died. the shooting happened early sunday on east tabor avenue. a third victim was critically injured. police say the suspect knew the victims and this week turned himself in. a richmond family is asking police to help them find a young mother and her 1-year-old son. 16-year-old mia delgado left her family home on sunday. police say after learning the family was relocating to another state. police call -- you're encouraged to call richmond police if you see them.

in california's weekly drought monitor is out, kari. are we seeing a difference? >> of course, this is expected. all of these storm systems that we've had have been so weak and then they just dry up before we get here. let's take a look at the difference that we're seeing with the update just out just a few minutes ago. take a look at the central valley. i want you to keep an eye on that because this was last week's drought monitor, and it did feature a lot of red across northern california. the updates this morning include a lot more red so now 35% of california is in a severe drought, so also seeing that going up from severe to extreme this morning and the drought is worsening for the central valley all the way up and down the i-5 corridor where we're seeing a lot more red here. so that's not good news, especially as we go through the

end of march and we really only have april and may which tends to be a lot lower in terms of how much rainfall we get for the water year, and we're still seeing the drought continuing, still that extreme drought for northern home? and lake and mendecino counties as well, harding farther up towards the north but for much of the rest of the bay area we're still in a severe drought. that did not change, and this coming as we're getting some very light rainfall moving in. a couple of sprinkles here and there and really not expecting much out of this system. we are looking at a bigger system that could come in on saturday that could bring in more widespread rain and this is our only chance of getting more measurable rain before we go back to some dry weather throughout much of the rest of next week. take a look at how much rain we could see. this is going to be better than what we had yesterday with a possibility of getting about a quarter to half an inch of rainfall. we may see about a quarter inch of rain in dublin, but it could be as much as half an inch of rain in mill vale, and that's been a positive change that

we've seen with reese enruns of the computer models with about 1 to 5 inches of snow. right now we're at 57% of our normal sierra snow pack. this is not going to help us out much, but it will be something beautiful to see over the weekend for people who are going to be in the sierra. as we take a look at the seven-day forecast, temperatures from the upper 60s to low 70s to upper 50s on saturday with showers. spring begins on sunday and then take a look at our temperature trend next week. we go from upper 50s to mid-80s over the course of a couple of days so that's going to be a big rebound in temperatures and some of the warmest weather which may see so far this year. we'll have some showers on saturday and then looking nicer on sun. vianey, what's the update on the morning commute? >> that's going to be a roller coaster of temperatures this week, but we've stayed pretty consistent on the roads this morning. things have remained quiet. just a couple of typical morning slow spots down to 101 in the south bay.

green on my map means no big delays or shutdowns or sigalerts. we hope it stays that way. south bay drive times, northbound 101 from highway 85, you're looking at about 24 minutes. northbound 85 from highway 101 about 20 minutes and no delays along 280 from highway 101. a live look right now at the san matteo bridge, moving along quite nicely, but this is one of the busier cameras that i've noticed. a lot more tail lights than headlights out there as we head closer to the 6:00 a.m. hour. how about the drive times doing, towards the richmond bridge from westbound 580, seven minutes and bay bridge, westbound 80 getting bus we are and as far as eastbound, 580 to vargas road about ten minutes, things slowing down at 580, normally around 6:00 southbound gets busy from 280 to highway 84 you're looking at 14 minutes.

i'll turn it over. back to you. >> happening now. jussie smollett is free on bond while he awaits appeal on his conviction. the santa rosa native was released from cook county jail in chicago last night after he was sentenced by a judge to 150 days in jail for his conviction on five felony counts of disorderly conduct and lying to police after claiming he was the victim of a rates of and homophone attack. an investigation later revealed smollett paid to you men to stage the attack. >> a major earthquake strikes japan. coming the impact on a nuclear power latin where a disaster occurred 11 years ago. our climate in crisis and a simple swap you can do to avoid overloading land fills and save money in the process. sounds good. you're watching "today in the bay." already

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i'm talking about razors. here's the problem. they are tough to recycle because they are made of different materials. for example, the plastic handle and, of course, the plastic frame itself so instead of recycling those razors we throw them out. the environmental protection agency estimates 2 billion razors annually fill up in the landfill every single year. time for your climate hack. a great option around for a while and it's starting to become popular again is a safety stainless steel razor just like this one. even better, it comes with a pack of extra sharp blades. they are completely recyclable so you're avoiding the plastic all together. another option, do a quick search and see if you can send kwur razor somewhere to be recycled. several brands have launched recycling programs for old razors with incentives. here's the payoff. according to an environmental product website the average person uses 40 to 50 disposable razors every year. if you swap disposable razors for reusable ones you could keep at least 2,400 disposable razors

out of the dump in your lifetime. >> vianey always has great climate hacks for us. find them owl at nbcbayarea.com/climateincrisis. >> oakland police this afternoon will talk about this week's big break in a case of a shooting of a killing of a security guard that was protecting a television news crew. kevin nishida died in late november in downtown oakland. police yesterday announced three men are being charged with murder. two of the suspects are in custody. a third suspect is still at large. >> 5:58 now. to a follow-up now, these four deaths are being tied to the earthquake that rocked northern japan. the 7.4 earthquake happened a little less than 24 hours ago near the fukushima nuclear plant. one death involved a man who fell while trying to escape his home. so far no abnormalities are being detected there, but the grid briefly shut down, and one reactor's cooling system briefly went offline.

fukushima recently marked 11 years since a 9.1 earthquake and tsunami heavily damage that had same power plant. 5:58. switching gears. any dinner plans this weekend in the nominations are in for the james beard awards >> r eem assil with restaurants in oakland is a finalist for outstanding chef and there are three bay area nominees for best chef, brandon jew, of china's mr. jew's, pim techamuanivit and james syhabout of oakland common. >> cooking resident martin yan won this lifetime cooking award. when we used to have a cooking settlement on "today in the bay" he came and was quite fun. >> a really nice guy. >> coming up at 6:00, a new look at the devastation in mariupol.

the ukranian city is being overwhelmed by russian troops. civilians including children targeted in a new attack as president biden doubled down on his pledge to help ukraine. ahead in a live report the latest developments including a new response from vladimir putin to those global sanctions. >> it's such a big endeavor. how are they going to quantitify, qualify and execute that? >> how does more money in your bank account sound to cover the cost of skyrocketing gas prices. we'll talk about the new plan that may help those even those without a car. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> a have good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. don't forget if you're on the go we're broadcasting not only to your tv, but you can watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> a r