right now at 4:30, the bay area bracing for another round of rain. mike inouye is tracking any potential road hazards this morning, and meteorologist kari hall is timing it all out. she's going to have details on when it's expected to hit your neighborhood. >> make sure we're communicating as we did at the beginning of the pandemic what the plan is. >> a major turning point, after three years of covid, the statewide emergency declaration ends. moving you forward with what it means for your family. >> also, protecting renters from eviction. the new extension just approved

in one east bay city and the pleas for change from property owners. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and online. a very good tuesday morning to you. 4:30 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. of course we're talking about the weather and we've got to talk about the roads. that rain, how is it -- >> it's starting to move back into the north bay. it's starting earlier there and will make its way across the rest of the bay area throughout the next several hours. it is an early start for people heading out in parts of marin and sonoma counties, as stormranger tracks what's right now light showers moving in. we are also going to see some heavier rain through the late morning hours. pretty much a steady rain across marin, up to petaluma. and then we'll see this once again pushing across much of the rest of the bay area over the next few hours. this is another storm system

coming in with cold temperatures, and we're also going to see off and on rain, especially throughout the morning, and there's still that chance that we could see, as you go up in higher elevations around the bay area, it changing over to snow. most of us seeing rain in the valleys and breezy winds and there will be a few waves of this, even into the afternoon. so we are once again adding onto all of the very high rainfall totals that we've had recently. but it's gradually going to taper off by tomorrow morning. so we'll talk more about the timing and how much to expect. mike, you want to make sure those windshield wipers are working. >> apparently the water we had on the lens has just dried out over the last ten minutes since i decided to take this shot. you'll have damp roadways here and around the bay. you see all the green and more rain coming from the north, moving down and through the south bay. southbound is where we have a couple of crashes on 101. both should be off to the

shoulder. now, there are still surface streets with flooding issues because of drainage problems. el camino around university, another in millbrae. this is surface streets, not watch those as you're getting onto and off of the roadway because the ramps tend to have flooding along the shoulders. no major issues toward the bridges. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening now, utility crews still dealing with bay area power outages. the latest numbers from about an hour ago are lower. about 4,500 pg&e customers are without power. the majority are in the south bay, with about 3,200. the north bay and peninsula each have a few hundred. in the meantime, more people are growing weary of the fact they can't seem to catch the break, especially those in the santa cruz mountains. >> winter storms have transformed the area with downed trees, damaged roads. some residents are really struggling to keep up. >> reporter: branches

everywhere, lane closures left and right, and the storms keep coming. >> figuring out when to re-up and supply. i've got to go out and fill up 15 gallons of gas to make sure our generator can continue running and food. it's a juggling act. >> reporter: he lives in the santa cruz mountains and says road closures have been wild, leaving him and his family stranded several times. >> this cypress took out our power lines. >> reporter: some of the families have been without power for more than 24 hours in this area, for some it's day six in the dark. >> we're running out of generator and two little children at home, two babies, a toddler and a baby. so it's been rough. >> reporter: up the road, it gets worse. over in this neighborhood, apart from no power, they're also dealing with no water. that's because they depend on wells, so without electricity there's nothing to pull it out. a woman i spoke to says it's been five days since they've

been able to shower. according to pg&e, since the storms began last tuesday, crews have had to replace 377 broken power poles and over 195 damaged transformers in the south bay, including the santa cruz mountains. that's apart from all the damage homes and roads are facing. >> thousands of dollars out of pocket every time a big storm like this happens. we have to rebuild everything, a road gets blocked, and we have to maintain it. >> reporter: caltrans says so far they haven't seen major flooding or any slides but it's been tough to keep roads open. >> we're expecting more rain and the weather to continue throughout the whole week. there are some of the highways that we're probably going to maintain, such as highway 9 specifically. >> reporter: stephanie magallon for "today in the bay." >> if you haven't done so, be sure to download our free nbc bay area news app so you get access to our exclusive radar and customized weather alerts. an important late night

decision by berkeley leaders as renting protections start to wind down. some property owners are arguing the extension of the eviction ban is overkill and some tenants are taking advantage. >> reporter: in march 2020 with covid cases skyrocketing, city council voted for tenants who had been financially damaged. they ruled that the ordinance has overstayed its usefulness. >> i know from personal experience in the properties we manage that none of the people that have been basically not paying rent all this time, they all have jobs, they all have the wherewithal. they're just taking advantage of the situation. >> it's unfair to take resources from one group of people and then give it to another group without even means testing it. >> it was much the same message at a demonstration in oakland, self-described mom-and-pop

landlords looking for some support to help them collect rent. the alameda county board of supervisors considering ending the protection at the end of april. >> i'm surprised to hear -- i don't know, people who did not avail themselves of the many different forms of relief that were available. >> the programs stopped a year ago, at least, and the thing is that some of those programs required the cooperation of the tenant and in many cases the tenants did not cooperate. >> reporter: berkeley approving it and then considering extending it. the council is approving extending the ban further, until the end of august. terry mcsweeney, "today in the bay." >> 4:37, and moving you forward, with california ending its emergency declaration, state and county run testing and vaccination sites are shutting down. that means you'll have to rely on receiving tests and boosters from doctors and health care

providers or pharmacies. another change, you may have to pay to get a vaccine or a test, depending on your insurance. one front line covid doctor says just because the covid declaration is ending does not mean people are not getting sick. >> it's still around us, the virus is still around, and it's not the same thing that it was in many people that it was in march of 2020, but it's certainly causing some people to still be sick. so i'm just cautioning everyone to just remember that, you know, enjoy life responsibly but remember that it hasn't gone away. >> santa clara county health system will continue to serve those without insurance because millions of californians who receive government-sponsored health care through medi-cal may be at risk of losing coverage. it's 4:38.

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good tuesday morning to you. as you're heading out in the peninsula, we're getting a look at redwood city. it is dry now but we don't have much time before the rain rolls in. at 6:00 the rain starts coming

down and gets heavier throughout much of the morning. another chilly day where we'll need the umbrella. we'll talk more about what's ahead with dryer weather ahead in a few minutes. we're looking at san rafael. this view shows drops falling on the lens right now. that means we're also falling on the roadway. 101, southbound toward the area, around the golden gate bridge, we'll track the morning commute. let's see how business is with silvana. good morning. i'm silvana henao from cnbc. wall street is set to open lower on this final trading day of february. the markets rising yesterday as yields on treasury bonds eased and despite the start to the year, the dow, s&p 500 are on track for their second negative month, the dow is down 3.5% this month and it's in the red for the year. both the s&p and nasdaq are

down. in focus today, data on consumer confidence and home prices, plus earnings from target. mark zuckerberg says meta has a team dedicated to building ai tools for instagram, messenger and whatsapp. he said the company is working on ai experiences with text, such as chat with messenger and whatsapp, experiences with images for things such as creative instagram filters, as well as video experiences. meta isn't new to the ai world, it introduced chat box back to messenger in 2016. and a self-driving taxi without a driver in los angeles within the next few weeks, the next step on the path to commercializing robo taxi service. initially only employees will be able to hail rides and they'll start service in santa monica

before ramping up to other neighborhoods. the company has been allowed to start charging for services such as delivery in san francisco, guys. still don't know how i feel about driver-less, no person in there. >> makes me a little nervous. >> thanks, silvana. 4:44 this morning, and we continue to discover black heritage, the series that we have. we take a look at why therapy has been a taboo among the black community and we'll talk with a counselor on h we canow

welcome back. 4:47. if you're thinking of heading to lake tahoe to check out the snow, you probably won't make it there. i-80 is closed due to whiteout conditions. if you are there, you may get stuck. plenty of visitors and locals are snowed in. the snow is covering up the windows there. sarah gallagher happens to own a snow removal business in lake tahoe. conditions are so bad, she said she kept her crews home. more than 15 inches of snow could fall today as well. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring. excellent for skiing, can't get up there right now. 80 has been closed since yesterday. >> i think there will be a

window going into the next few days but there's a lot more snow on the way. we're going to talk more about that. >> maybe in the spring sometime we can go. >> maybe summer. we're seeing some rain and snow around the bay area, and this next round is already starting to roll into the north bay. as we zoom into marin county, parts of sonoma county, and it's just about to get going for napa county and solano county, we are seeing the return of that wet weather as you get ready to head out the door. looking at the peninsula as well, all the way up and down san mateo county, we are waking up and heading out to, yet again, more rain. and we're also going to see it coming in waves over the next few hours. that possibility of also snow as you go up in elevation, once again as we are getting the cold temperatures continuing around the bay area. and we can see, once again, all of that snow and the whiteout conditions for the sierra, snow

further to the north as well. we've also seen lightning strikes. for us, the possibility of some thunderstorms. as you're heading out in pleasanton it's only 40 degrees and it's dry now. but at about 6:00 we'll start to see rain coming in, getting heavier between 8:00 and 9:00, and temperatures only in the upper 40s. the radar will continue to fill in, so if you have the nbc bay area app, you can track it right on your smart device, and then also zoom into whether you live and get alerts of where the rain is moving in and how long it will last once it gets there. there will be a brief break at noon for most of us, but there's still some scattered showers that will be passing into the afternoon, as well as this evening, and even overnight before it clears out early tomorrow morning. we're looking at another three-tenths of an inch of rain to possibly about three-quarters of an inch for los gatos and

further to the north. in total, we could see another inch and a half to over two inches of rainfall. while we're getting rain, more snow for the sierra. a blizzard warning continues through tomorrow morning. those gusts are reaching over 75 miles per hour. that creates zero visibility. travel is nearly impossible. they're saying don't even attempt it. we're going to see another 21 to 32 inches of snowfall, and then going beyond that, more snow ahead. we may see another several feet of snow by the end of next week. so this is a very active storm pattern and there's only a brief break between wednesday and friday when we get sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. but as the rain returns this weekend, temperatures drop once again. more rain and snow on the low elevations around the bay area. and then on monday the showers continue. so we are going to have a little bit of a time to prepare for

more rain and snow, but it doesn't last that long. those will be your days to get outside. mike, you're tracking a couple of crashes. >> i have updates and i can see one has cleared. you talked about how there are whiteout conditions to and from the sierra. i-80 is still closed and the grapevine did reopen if you're talking about longer travel through the area. we'll keep watching as the storm comes through. we're looking at highway 4 where one crash was causing slowing. right at san marco, that cleared a few minutes ago. light traffic and once the lane cleared, that is gone. we show blue north of there. there is still puddling and ponding, and more coming into the area. we're looking at another crash in the final clearing stages, but it was a rollover. i was concerned because novato boulevard and stafford lane. look at that, that's what we do have in the north bay as that

crash was clearing. it did clear from novato boulevard. we're looking at the rest of the bay and kari mentioned the rain coming through. this will be a factor if you're leaving along the peninsula and pushing through this area and across the bay. the early commute out of the altamont pass just fine, and it is maintaining a smooth drive. they'll meet in the middle, perhaps by the nimitz, if you leave later in the commute. 4:52 right now. we continue our series "discover black heritage" and this morning we're focusing on mental health. >> it's a topic often avoided within the black community, many saying therapy is taboo because of its stigma. >> how we normalize taking care of ourselves physically, we also have to normalize taking care of ourselves mentally. >> it is the business of licensed social worker marcus christmas and it's also the business many who look like him often avoid and that comes from generations of mistrust with the

health care system that is still felt today. >> a lot are getting diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar, when providing diagnosis to white counterparts we provide depression diagnose he's, but we're not doing that with black americans, which creates a stigma for black americans to seek help when needed. >> out of nearly 190,000 licensed clinical social workers in the united states, less than 20% are black. christmas says depending on where you live, that makes it harder for black people to find someone who looks like them and he says that makes a big difference. >> what folks are looking for is for folks who have connection with them. i think that connecting with individuals and having shared experiences culturally is very, very important. >> reporter: those shared experiences often play out over and over in the media, which is hard to ignore or escape. >> and we have to be careful on the amount of information we are

intaking regarding that, because we have our own experiences in which we live day-to-day, but then we've got vicarious experience that we are also picking up and we're also applying that to us. and it's important that we find areas and avenues within our lives to where we can have self-care. >> reporter: christmas says healing is not instant and at times it gets tough, but it only comes with doing the work. >> same way that a sports person such as serena practices every single day, you're going to also have to practice these tools every single day to overcome those barriers. 4:54 this morning. santa clara county supervisors are expected to debate a plan that would provide $20 million in child care services. the money would fund three programs under first five. if approved, $15 million would go to funding and toward a grant program aimed at bringing back programs impacted during the pandemic. and that money would, in part,

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welcome back. 4:57. happening today, santa clara county supervisors will consider making it easier for people to surrender unwanted guns. the measure calls for more incentives, that includes offering money whenever someone decides to turn in a gun, which you can already do any time at the sheriff's office. also, gun buyback events would happen more regularly and be more publicized. supporters say some 700 firearms were turned in at just two gun buyback events last year.

4:57 right now. we are still on storm watch. next here on "today in the bay," from potential commuter impacts to your extended forecast, we're going to break it down for you with live team coverage. >> it is already raining in santa rosa. it's only 38 degrees. a cold and rainy day ahead. but there will eventually be a

right now at 5:00, we're in

another microclimate weather alert as more wet weather moves into the bay area. we're tracking it all this morning, from the winter weather advisory to road hazards. meteorologist kari hall is timing out the conditions and mike inouye is monitoring your drive times. >> reporter: the rain continues, but something is coming to an end. today california's covid state of emergency. i'll tell you what that could mean for you and your family. >> also, a scare on the peninsula prompts evacuations in one neighborhood. the response from firefighters to a ruptured gas line and the shelter in place order now in effect for some nearby residents. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and online. and a good morning to you on this tuesday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's take a live look this morning at mill valley. the wet roads are a reminder for commuters to make sure and leave some extra time this morning, or just stay in for a