>> the cdc guidelines really could, rather than should, so you want to protect the most vulnerable people in society. >> right now at 4:30, boosting up. a second covid-19 booster shot now available for some. the bay area counties already rolling out the shots starting today. >> and the simple way you can help those who are battling covid. we're going break down the push the american red cross is making. >> and is the war in ukraine de-escalating? the progress being made as peace talks continue. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you on this wednesday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. a reminder, you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> we're going to get to the commute in just a bit. vianey is in for mike. first, we want to start out with the forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring that. i saw sprinkles on the car. >> a little mist and drizzle in some spots, but every else looking good. we are going to see the clouds linger. in martinez, a cloudy day, temperatures reaching from the low 50s to the mid-60s this afternoon and you'll see peeks of sunshine today. it won't be as clear as yesterday. take a look at our hour-by-hour temperature trend, get a look at your microclimate as we go into later today. antioch will reach into the mid-60s, upper 60s for fairfield and santa rosa, and morgan hill will see temperatures in the mid-60s for today. we'll get a look ahead for warmer weather in the forecast in a few minutes.

how is it looking for the commute? >> we're starting out okay. bay bridge toll plaza, you can see a smooth commute. let's take a look at your speed sensor map. overall we're doing okay, but i did see this pop up along 580. i'm going to check and see if it's from an earlier crash. i'm not noticing any slowing out of that area. let's look at the tri-valley drive times. 580 from grant line road to 680, 22 minutes. again, the eastbound lane might be a little blocked. southbound 680 from 580 and vargas road, ten minutes. and a closer look at your bridge drive times, there is some slowing heading from westbound 80 toward the bay bridge. you're looking at about 11 minutes. i'll have a closer look at how the rest of the drive times are doing in just a few minutes. a potential glimmer of optimism on the war in ukraine. peace talks are under way again in turkey, after russia

announced that it will reduce military operations near the capital of kyiv. the country is now moving troops to the east, near the southern city of mariupol. at the same time, forces continue around chernobyl. the claims of de-escalation are not being met and is being met by skepticism by most of the world. the white house says we stand firm on sanctions and providing aid to the ukrainian military. three human rights experts were sent to investigate possible war crimes. 4 million refugees have fled since the war started. starting today, some of the bay area can roll up their sleeves once again, the fda approving another booster shot. starting today, you can get in on contra costa county, this is where you can get them, you must

be 50 or older, at least four months should have passed since your last shot, and the fda said if you are immunocompromised, you may be eligible for the additional booster. here is infectious disease specialist dr. the cdc guideli really could, rather than should, and the highest priority group in all of that age range is really the older individuals, so the biggest bang for the buck is if you're in the middle of a surge and your probability of getting an infection in any age group is high. in not a surge, you're probably very low and you're probably going to get less bang for the buck. however, in covid no one can predict what's going to happen around the time when immunity may wane, so you want to protect the most vulnerable people in society. >> we are keeping track of the changing guidance when it comes

to covid-19. be sure to go to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. once you get there, you'll get the latest updates from mask rules to mask mandates. blood donations took a critical hit during the pandemic. earlier this year the american red cross declared the first ever national blood crisis in the u.s. the nonprofit supplies 40% of the nation's blood. as the bay area moves forward, we wanted to see where the need is now, so we spoke with regional executive justin miller. first, we asked about the group testing all blood donations for covid antibodies now. >> yeah, on march 7th we resumed testing and i'll say last year we were hopeful as cases were dropping, but then delta impacted us, omicron impacted us. and really as we were looking at hospital needs with new testing, indicating that those that are immunocompromised can really benefit from the convalescent plasma, we reintroduced testing on march 7th. so it is a limited time. i don't know how long it's going

to go at this point. that will really depend on the need. presently when you go in to donate, those donations are tested. so whether it's a whole blood donation at one of our mobile blood drives, a platelet donation, we do test all of those types and make the results available for the donors, very simply by looking at an app or calling 1-800-red-cross. >> we know covid infections are on the decline but still happening. what should people know before they donate blood? >> safety precautionary measures were heightened throughout the pandemic and we continue to make sure we're being safe at all times, so additional hand washing, santization of equipment, we're still practicing social distancing, and at blood drives today you're still asked to wear a face mask happening. one of the questions that's come

about as vaccines became available is a lot of folks thought that because they were vaccinated they could not donate, and that is absolutely not true. so with the vaccines, specifically pfizer, moderna and johnson & johnson, you are still eligible to donate. so we absolutely still need you, even though you've been vaccinated. >> they can use your help and you can watch the entire interview on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. download our nbc bay area app and find our full talk in the must-see playlist. >> good information to know. 4:37 this morning, and despite strong sales, one popular agt leisure wear company is raising prices. we're going to tell you the reason for the price increase and how much more you can expect to pay. >> home prices also on the rise. the reason it's expected to become even harder to make it in the bay.

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happy wednesday. it is 4:40, and you can probably just leave the sunglasses at home, but pick up that jacket. we're in the low 50s right now. it's going to be slow to warm up due to more cloud cover today. just peeks of sunshine as we go into later this morning, into the afternoon. not a bad afternoon, though. we'll talk about changes ahead as our temperatures continue to warm. that's in the forecast coming up. >> and here's a quick look at your contra costa county drive times. we are noticing some slowing from pittsburg to walnut creek. you're looking at about 21

minutes. we'll take a closer look at a couple of delays in the south bay as well coming up in the full traffic report. first, let's check in with business and tech. good morning, silvana. >> good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. stocks are set to open lower after extending their rally in the previous session. hopes for a cease-fire in ukraine boosted sentiment on tuesday. the dow added more than 300 points, while the s&p rose more than 1%, both notching their fourth straight day of gains. the nasdaq climbed 1.8%. in focus today, home sale data in adp's national employment report ahead of the closely watched monthly jobs report on friday. lululemon's ceo said the company will start raising prices on about 10% of styles in the second quarter. this amid ongoing supply chain challenges. he announced the price increases on the company's first quarter

earnings call on tuesday after lululemon reported stronger sales and profits to start 2022, despite the omicron variant weighing on its business. lululemon added that its increased use of air freight to avoid supply chain issues and that weighed on the company's profits in the first quarter. home prices in january skyrocketed more than 19%, compared to january of 2021, as the inventory of homes for sale dropped to a record low. that's according to the home price index, which measures average home prices in major metropolitan areas across the country. arizona and florida saw huge surges in home prices. the index showed the biggest annual gains in phoenix, tampa and miami. home prices are surging as demand for homes strongly outpaces the supply of homes for sale and competition leads to bidding wars with many homes selling above their list price. guys, back to you. >> it's a way of life here in

the bay area. >> we did a story where there was a large percentage of homes selling more $100,000 or more over the asking price. >> i've seen $300,000. >> that's the way it is here on the east coast. >> there was $1 million over asking price here. >> talk about making it in the bay. >> we're all moving in together, silvana. everybody has their shelf on the refrigerator. coming up next, we investigate the secret journal found across the country that unlocked a murder mystery.

a very good wednesday morning. taking a live look outside. san francisco's skyline there very nice to see. kari, i washed my car yesterday and right now i saw a little drizzle, and i thought, what? >> it's kind of in spots, but it's going to stick around for a little bit and not everyone seeing that. but we haven't seen much in the way of really dense fog around the bay area. so as we take a look at our visibility, it's down to about three-quarters o that are going out a little mist every now and then. overall it's going to be a dry day. the clouds will hang out for today and in palo alto some low 50s to start. we can see that we'll be at about 50 degrees up until about 8:00, and then it slowly starts

to warm up with peeks of sunshine. it's going to be a comfortable day, reaching 63 in cupertino. light northwesterly wind at about 15-15 miles per hour at times. walnut creek headed for 65 degrees. these are the kinds of temperatures we should see for the end of march. with san francisco seeing highs in the upper r50s and a gusty wind coming out of the west, it's going to feel cooler than the actual temperature. sonoma today up to 67 degrees. seven-day forecast is coming up to the north of us. there's only one chance of rain in the forecast and that's going to be on sunday. it's going to be very close, but i don't think here we're going to see it. and take a look at our ten-day temperature trend for brentwood. i want you to get ready, because we do have a lot of changes and i called the ac repair person to

do the tune-up. next week brentwood could be hitting 90 degrees and it's april, so we're going to have a big spike in temperatures after this cooldown. take it in and enjoy it. it's the coolest day we'll see in our seven-day forecast. we'll see upper 70s going into the weekend and slightly cooler on sunday as the rain moves close to our region. once again, not really expecting much out of it. and next week we start the warming trend from tuesday and especially on wednesday. how is it looking for early-morning commuters? >> not terrible out there, but we do still have a little bit of slowing along eastbound 580 from a previous crash. no major delays through that stretch. south bay is looking good as well. and i did just see one pop up in the peninsula, so we're going to check in on drive times in just a second. 101 from highway 85, about 18 minutes. northbound 280 through 101 to 48, five minutes.

southbound 101 to sfo, about 11 minutes. no big delays and any sigalerts, overnight sigalerts have been canceled as of now. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. it's 4:48 right now. big break in a high profile cold case by out of state police. local officers won't discuss how they solved the murder, but our investigative unit has learned it started with a private journal with a written confession to a crime in san exclusive story. >> reporter: this was a cold case for nearly three decades. today i can announce that we've made an arrest, and justice for mr. kang's family is at hand. >> reporter: the arrest was announced of this woman, accused

of shooting this store owner during an attempted robbery back in 1993. the crime was featured on america's most wanted, but investigators had no leads until they got lucky. according to her booking papers, hoffman ramos was living in the rural oklahoma town of dewie. local authorities were searching her home as part of an unrelated investigation when they found something shocking, her personal journal, containing a confession under the heading, things i regret. hoffman allegedly wrote, the killing of a korean man during a robbery attempt in 1993. sources tell us the details in her journal matched the botched robbery of tang's little store. it turns out hoffman ramos was living at this home in nearby san mateo at the time. on the day investigators

announced her arrest for murder, they also revealed they searched a home in the sacramento area, the area where she had been arrested for drug related crimes a few years after the san carlos slaying. she's expected to be brought back to california soon to face the new murder charges, and it all started with oklahoma authorities stumbling over a list in her journal titled things i regret. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >> i bet she was right, things i regret writing in this diary. a homeowner in marin county has lost her house after the earth under it gave way. i want you to look at this because this was the scene yesterday in fairfax. that house crumbled into a pile of debris. the edge of the road next to it failed. investigators say the recent rain didn't help, but most likely nearby excavation is to blame. luckily, the house was under construction, so no one was living in it and there are no injuries. >> we don't see a lot of water.

the water probably did have an impact, but it looks like there was excavation that took place on the site and it looks like the cause of the collapse is due to the ex excavation. >> three nearby homeowners can't drive to their homes until it's fixed. an endurance runner celebrating a big accomplishment. >> there are no words to how i feel right now. oh, my gosh. you think it's going to be impossible. it's possible. it's very possible. >> good for you, mike lee. he ran up mount tam in marin county yesterday. he's emotional because this was the 40th time he's run up and down the mountain. we followed his progress and it's taken two weeks. in all, he's run more than 300 miles, stopping only to eat and sleep. he wasn't sure he could do it, and his message is to just try. good for him. fighting our climate in crisis, still ahead on "today in

the bay" -- >> reporter: i'm scott budman. just ahead, a bay area technology company that will ride the next spacex rocket to . >> and happening now, you may encounter more construction in your travels in gilroy over the next few months. a city-wide pavement maintenance project is under way. work is being done on 138 streets and 67 curb ramps. the project totaled nearly $4 million. about $350,000 of those dollars in gas tax funds is being used to help pay for the project. construction is expected to wrap up by early summer. we'll be right back.

a bay area company is

battling earth's clima elon musk's spacex. in a story you'll only see on nbc bay area, our business and tech reporter scott budman shows us the new i-tracking climate change in the sky. >> reporter: when the next spacex rocket launches, part of its cargo will come from the bay area, specifically a satellite from palo alto's pixel, which wants to fight climate change from space. >> we're going to build a health monitor for the planet. >> reporter: taking and sending back images like these to help track and find issues from satellite, a satellite that can monitor a wide area of the earth or drill down to a specific piece of land. >> we can measure the carbon that is being sequestered and see the minor changes. >> reporter: and what better way, they say, to get into space, than on one of these

rockets. >> pixel also says it just landed $25 million of new venture funding. some of it from bay area investors. money the company says it will put toward building new satellites and improving its image detection software. scott budman, "today in the bay." 4:57, and this morning all new details emerging about a man shot by police at a south bay taqueria. still ahead on "today in the bay," a live report with more on why his lawyer is calling him a hero. >> and as you're heading to work, windshield wipers on. the san mateo bridge with mist and drizzle to start the day. just peeks of sunshine for the afternoon. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates in the forecast coming up. >> and so far we have seen no issues on any of our bridges. here's a live look right now at the san mateo bridge. it is moving along. we'll take a closer look at

drive times throughout the rest of the bay area coming up.

right now at 5:00, an attorney now calling his client a hero. police shot a man during a drawl at a busy san jose taqueria. the new response this morning from law enforcement and the many answers questions still unanswered. >> mixed messages overnight in the latest peace talks between ukraine and russia. we're live in washington with a look at where things stand as

peace talks resume this morning. plus -- >> those that are immunocompromised can really benefit from that convalescent plasma. we reintroduced testing. >> testing for antibodies. how your next blood donation may be able to help patients with covid. this is "today in the bay." 5:00 right now, good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. you can also catch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> we'll have a look at weather and traffic in just a moment. first, new d busy san jose restaurant over the weekend. >> the police chief is defending the actions of his department and the department released images police say bolster his argument. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live this morning at the police department headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. so both sides agree on one thing, and that is that the scene was absolutely