bob redell live at the scene with a crick wrap-up. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus.ce we last spoke, you know, in the mast 30 minutes we've seen probably 10 to 12 police chp cars leaving the facility. i went up to chp and said what should we read into this? is this an indication that the scene is cleared. no, it's a large facility and they are still searching for the woman. it was during 8:00, perhaps late 7:00 hour that someone called 911 saying the woman entered the hospital half had a mile up the road from us with a shotgun. chp as you can see from skyranger and other law enforcement, they have gone in there and looked for this woman but they have not seen her. the only report they had was the initial 911 call. no reports of shots fired or no reports of anyone hurt. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> and as the investigation goes on we'll continue to bring you those updates online. >> kari, a last look at the forecast? >> going to be really windy today and we'll still see the gusty wind through tomorrow, marcus. >> that does it for our midday newscast. we'll put an

reporting live in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> as soon as today, leaders and expand recently created community foot patrols to boost protections after recent anti-asian attacks. a 13-year-old girl organized one rally in san mateo over the weekend and given the current climate, ashlyn so felt the need to take a stand. the rally turned into a show of solidarity for neighbors and friends. >> i thought this isn't okay. i have to do something about this and i told my mom, i want to start a rally. >> many bay area asian activists feel their communities are being singled out and targeted. investigators in some cases have been unable to find definitive racially motivated links for those attacks. if you're wondering how you can help, nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and comcast partnered with the bay area based asian-pacific fund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate, any amount will help. we put a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> the california medical board reportedly investigating a sacramento ar

reporting live here in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> very interesting. anks so much, bob. 5:47 right now. >>> more than a quarter of all americans have already received at least one shot of the covid vaccine. >> scott mcgrew, that has biden's administration continuing former president trump's policy with no exports of the vaccine. >> yes, that's right. the u.s. government sunk billions, marcus, into operation warp speed, and for now the vaccines manufactured here are going to stay here. the exception is our stockpile of astrazeneca which the u.s. had not approved they'll send some doses to canada and mexico. we've talked about the problems we've had here in california with vaccines but when you look outside the state, america's vaccine story is a really good one, one in four americans have gotten at least one dose, as laura pointed out. biden's of 100 million long in the rear view mirror. the goal now 200 perhaps. we're at 130 right now. >>> not so in germany. chancellor angela mercklogical hold an emergency meeting to address the country's sudden spike i

. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live this morning. f folks are going to be wondering why the change now. >> reporter: good morning kris and marcus. the bay area leaders which include our local state legislators say the vaccine distribution plan is just not fair and equitable to those underserved communities here in the bay area. they believe it will be leaving those communities behind. you'll recall it's just last week this governor newsom announced a new vaccine distribution plan that would allocate 40% available doses of covid-19 vaccine to 8 million californians who live in communities ranked lowest in the so-called healthy places index but only 2% of bay area residents we're talking about ten zip codes here, meet this new vaccine metric. you got 2% even though the bay area has 20% of the state's population. state senator dave cortezzi of san jose is part of the bay area delegation demanding the state reformulate the vaccine distribution. he writes that this is "a matter of life and death for our community." he and his colleagues wi

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> tough statistic there is. , bob. >>> new this morning, moderna testing its covid vaccine on young children. the trials involve children ages 6 months to 11 years. pfizer, moderna last year started clinical trials testing adolescents aged 12 and up. the results haven't been released yet but the hope is if results are positive, secondary school students may get access to vaccines by this fall. elementary school kids could get vaccinated by early next year. >>> live now to burlingame, san mateo county's case later today meets the criteria to move into the orange tier. if that happens today, most indoor businesses like restaurants, wineries, breweries they can all increase capacity. offices that are not essential can bring employees back to work. on monday, sonoma county and contra costa counties both join the rest of the region in the red tier and that means restaurants, gyms, and movie theaters can all open indoors with restrictions. >>> grab a jacket if you're headed out the door this morning, if you're going to

bob redell is live in pleasanton. people living in the east bay are wondering when it's their turn. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. alameda county will be at least another week. contra costa county won't be able to move from red to orange until april 4th at the earliest. those county health departments making those announcements at their respective county board meetings yesterday. why so long for contra costa? a county must maintain the same rate or lower of reported infections for three weeks before moving into the next tier. so contra costa and alameda right now are both in the red tier. contra costa is at day ten in the red tier, 11 more days to 21 or three weeks, that would bring them to april 4th. today, marin, sf and santa clara counties join san mateo in the orange tier, so now in those counties, gyms can open up to 25% capacity inside, movie theaters, zoos, museums, restaurants can open up at 50% capacity indoors. but some health officials say just because you go inside, doesn't mean you should. docto

bob redell joins us with more. april 15th is pretty close, about three weeks away here so please help us out. what can people do now to prepare? >> reporter: there's simple things. mark april 1st, if you're 50 years of age next thursday you can get your shot and, of course, april 15th for 16 and over here in california. still several days out, but, yeah, there's some things you can do. one is log on to myturn c pa.gov. you'll be notified when you're eligible to receive the shot. once eligible you'll be able to receive your shot through my turn. the cdc also has a vaccine finder tool that will help you find vaccination locations near you. some cities and counties provide separately from my turn. we spoke with a local woman who is a self-described vaccine whisperer. she's helped her family and friends find appointments. she feels like she's got the system kind of figures out. she suggests checking with pharmacies just after midnight. that's when they tend to open up for appointments. another good time is to look for

reporting live in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. we also have a resource that can help. go to planyourvaccine.com. enter your state, age and occupation and it gives you information on where to secure your shot. >>> president biden heads to pittsburgh to roll out the first phase of an ambitious infrastructure plan. he's calling it the american jobs plan and the hope is to spark long-term growth but someone will have to cover the cost. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington this morning with details including who is likely going to have to pay for this. tracie? >> well it looks like businesses will have to pay for it, and the cost, trillions of dollars. the president unveiling his vision today to invest in infrastructure in the united states to create jobs and reporters on the phone with the administration last night got a look at some of the details. here's what we learned. >> -- to raise the game and provide more help -- >> reporter: administration officials say the biden infrastructure plan being announced by the p

bob redell joins us live in pleasanton this morning. any difference yet for businesses? i imagine all the people that want to get out and workout early in the morning. >> reporter: correct. indoor restaurants will resume indoor operations in limited capacity and gyms like 24 hour fitness behind me in pleasanton, still running the outdoor gym they had set up for covid tent in the parking lot but starting this morning they can let people inside at reduced capacity as long as the capacity doesn't go above 10%. yesterday the state announced alameda and solano county can move out of the purple tier and into the red less restrictive tier of reopening which means gyms, restaurants, movie theaters and museums can resume indoor operations at limited capacities. >> i think like everybody else we're ecstatic. we're excited to finally go back indoors. fitness is essential. 24 hour fitness has always believed that. >> when the pandemic first started and i stopped working out, my life kind of went into shambles. it helps me keep a good routine in my life and my mental fitness as well.

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live at annise bay vaccination center looking at who becomes eligible. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. this is the next tier of eligibility for the covid-19 vaccine covers roughly 4.4 million californians, so anyone between the ages of 16 and 64 is eligible if they have a certain underlying condition. this is by the california department of public health, and you can find this list on line. cancer, with current, if you have it with a weakened immune system, chronic kidney disease, stage 4 or above, chronic pulmonary disease and depending on oxygen, down syndrome, a weakened immune system due to an organ transplant, pregnant, and heart conditions, but not including hypertension, type 2 diabetes. san francisco also allowing deaf, hiv positive or mental or substance abuse disorders. you do not need to provide medical documentation to get your shot. rather you must attest that you are eligible. this is to speed up the process. however, this also opens up a loophole for people who want to cheat and cut in line. your doctor also has a discretio

nbc bay area's bob redell is tracking this story for us this midday. bob? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus. we're talking about sutter health, who said it's canceling tens of thousands of those second-dose appointments due to an inconsistent supply of vaccine doses from the state of california. they are talking about specifically the cancellation of 40,000 vaccine appointments across this system over the next week. sutter health might have to cancel another 50,000 on top of that, for the second round of shots. we spoke with dave johnson who got his first shot february 6th and his second dose was scheduled for this friday but it has now been canceled. sutter health says it will be rescheduled in seven to ten days. >> it's such a disappointment. you're looking forward toerstan while. we'll see. no information just they had to cancel it. they don't have the vaccines. they'll get in touch with us. >> nbc bay area did reach out to sutter health. their spokesperson pointed to the cdc's updated guidance. according to that dpiedance it says the second

the possibility that distancing may soon be cut in half for some of the kids in the classroom. >> bob redellxplain the guidance now on the table and what teachers are saying about this. bob. >> well, the cdc is perhaps going to announce as early as today that it would be changing the social distancing requirement in schools from six to three feet for students. now, the american federation of teachers, that's the union that is staunchly opposed to this, say to "the new york times" that they believe the social distancing guidelines in schools should remain at six feet over concerns of safety and logistics. the cdc, as i said, expected to announce the new three-foot rule as early as today. according to cnn. why the change? the cdc is pointing to a new study published, that compared infection rates of covid-19 in massachusetts public schools with different physical distancing requirements. that research suggests three feet may be as safe as six feet if everyone is masked. and the american federation of teachers tells "the new york times" the discussion of the three-foot rule for students is a de

. >>> coming up at 6:30, "today in the bay's" bob redell will show you how you can get started on making that appointment right now. >>> new this morning, west contra costa school leaders reportedly cannot hammer out an agreement on reopening classrooms. the "east bay "times"" reports board members never voted. a vote is planned for later today that could bring about a possible deal. the district is shooting for an april 19th return for all students. >>> and one of the state's most powerful teachers unions presenting new data about classroom reopenings. the california teachers association says 75% of parents believe safety should be the most important priorities when it comes to in-person instruction. while one-third of parents overall believe school reopenings are happening too quickly. 40% of parents of color feel that way. >>> as far as making it in the bay goes this morning, the good news, rent prices are still dropping across the bay area and not just apartments, but more office spaces are also sitting empty. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live for us in san francisco this m

reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> bob, thanks very much. new at 11:00, president biden and vice president harris are in the atlanta area right now, they arrived about an hour ago in marietta. both plan to sit down with asian american leaders following deadly shootings at three spas earlier this week. six of the eight people killed were asian women. meanwhile, officials say they are still digging into everything about the accused shooter to see if this was a hate crime. blayne alexander is in atlanta with the latest on the investigation. >> well, here in and around atlanta, we are seeing the memorials continue to grow at each of the three spas that were targeted by a gunman earlier this week. we're also learning more about the investigation. we've heard from the atlanta police and they are emphasizing that nothing is off the table right now. they're still in the early stages of their investigation and one of the things they'll be digging into deeply is the motive here. they say even though the suspect was apprehended and he has been interrog

bob redell joins us now. this could really happen in spite of contra costa's higher case rate. >> reporter: yes. good morning to you, marcus. indeed, because of new guidance that could be issued today by the state that will allow contra costa to move into the red tier on sunday. in order to move into the red tier you need to be 7 cases per 100,000 people each day. right now contra costa is at 8.3 cases per 100,000. however, governor newsom said that the state will loosen that case rate restriction to 10 per 100,000 people once the state has administered 2 million shots in low-income, underserved communities. that is expected to happen today. the east bay times reports contra costa to could then move into the red tier 48 hours after those 2 million shots are handed out, which would put us into sunday. sonoma county, should also be eligible. once in the red, restaurants, gyms, movie theaters can resume indoor operations at limited capacity. contra costa, sonoma, they're still only the ones in purple. the rest a

"today in the bay's" bob redell is already live at the scene for us. what are investigators telling you, if anything, yet, bob? >> reporter: well, good morning to you. laura, this happened at the preya living city center apartment complex on freemont not far with the intersection of stevenson and the murder took place behind me in the carport. police are still investigating the crime scene. i spoke with an officer about 30, 45 minutes ago. this happened around 10:30 last night. it was a man who was shot and killed. the body still laying in the back of the carport. you can see in the video at one point that freemont police had a bearcat out here, that's a tactical vehicle and we believe they had drones and they were armed and they were searching for the suspect and they think maybe not just one, but possibly two men they are looking for. definitely one, possibly two. they didn't have suspect description or info to give me or vehicle information. they are looking for these people or person and as i mentioned they did have a force out here and have pulled

bob redell is live there this midday. what are they hoping to patrol? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. basically to provide more eyes and ears for the community, in an effort to thwart the recent rise in crime in chinatown. take a look at your tv screen. east bay nonprofit organization based here in chinatown, in conjunction with the police department and council member initiated these foot patrols of their neighborhoods and made quite a show of it this morning because it was the first time. carrying a sign in chinese that translated the residents and for chinatown. these new patrols are in addition to other ones started earlier this year, all in response to the increase in crime here in chinatown. oakland police say it's normal to see an increase during the chinese lunar new year because more people are out and about, giving money as gifts and such. this year, they say it has been more violent. they've seen more strong arm robberies. in one instance, a 91-year-old man was violently knocked to the ground. we asked the president of the east bay organiz

nbc bay area's bob redell is outside police headquarters with the late. bob? >> yeah, good morning to you, marcus. you'll recall that it's been a month-long search to find a successor to the former police chief garcia who is now the police chief in dallas. the city of san jose has named the new chief as anthony mata. he'll be the new top cop for the city of san jose. if you look behind me, you can see my colleagues, members of the media, they are looking for the new chief to speak. a live look at podium and we're still waiting for the news conference that was supposed to start after 11:00. mayor sam liccardo and members of the city council will be joining the chief has he holds his first formal news question to take questions from the media. malta is a 25-year veteran of the department and most recently worked as deputy chief and his appointment was endorsed by san jose naacp president reverend jethro moore who believes he'll reach out and try to change and correct a lot of things in the department. >> the chief has confided in me and we've meditated and praye

bob redell is joining us live from downtown pleasanton. sure those restaurants are awaiting word from the county. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. we expect the state, some time today, to allow alameda and solano counties to move into the red tier, less restrictive tier, which means indoor dining in places like pleasanton behind me can resume at 20% capacity. >> six months ago, trust me. >> reporter: awaiting an email from the county health department that he can resume indoor dining at his chianti restaurant here on main street. with outdoor dining only, he tells me his business has been down 70% from where it was precovid. he hopes to get back up to 50% with indoor dining at 25% capacity. >> customers will be happy, too. our regular customer, 90% is our regular customer we have here and they keep asking, when are we going to open? when are we going to open? they're hungry, too. they want to go indoors. they want to go out. at the same time, we have to be respective and save each other. >> reporter: once alameda and solano counti

bob redell is live in palo alto. have you heard anything from the governor yet? >> no. we're still waiting for governor gavin newsom to arrive here behind me in palo alto. you take a live look where we have the crew waiting to step before the podium and take step s. he announced a $6.6 billion agreement with the state legislature to reopen schools. lawmakers are expect to approve this plan on thursday. $2 billion would go to health districts safely reopened by april 1st. remaining $6.4 billion to support students as they try to catch up after a year of distance learning, money that could include summer school. to qualify for this money, districts in the red tier would have to bring back students in transitional kinder through second grade april 1st and at-risk students of all ages. districts in the red tier would have to welcome back all elementary schoolers plus one grade in middle school or high school. by week's end, san mateo, santa clara should be in the red tier. district who remain closed past april 1st. the governor cannot force districts to reopen. state money

nbc bay area's bob redell is joining us live from livermore. bob, i know both counties are home to a lot of the wineries that real haven't been able to open for the tasting rooms. >> correct, mar cushions but that change if alameda and napa counties move from red into the res restrictive orange tier which means that restaurants, james, movie theaters, they will be able to increase indoor capacity and bars would be able to open up outdoors and wineries like the one behind me would be able to open their tasting rooms at 25% capacity or 100 people whichever is less. this would be the first time they have hosted indoor tasting since before last march. this is over a year ago. we just spoke to a worker who said they have already opened their library tasting room, an experience that the family came up with during the shutdown. >> when we were closed, we spent a lot of time thinking about what oh, appearances were and kind of reimagining it so i think it gave us the opportunity to hit pause button and real think about what we wanted to bring to our cus

bob redell, people can work out inside now. that same activity is forbidden just down the road. >> reporter: correct. good morning to you, marcus. 24-hour fitness in pleasanton resumed indoor workouts at reduced capacity, but 6 1/2 miles away at their location in san ramon, they're still only allowed to do outdoor gyms, outdoor workouts in the tents they have setup in the parking lot. it's frustrating for the people who live in that location because in their minds, the only thing that separates them is an imaginary line between contra costa and alameda. the state did announce that alameda and solano counties could move into the less restrictive red tier of reopening, meaning gyms could reopen at 10% capacity. today only 112 people are allowed inside. the tented outdoor gym in the parking lot still open. that's for group activities and anyone who wants a fresh breeze. we did speak with a woman from san ramon about being able to get to work out inside. >> get a little pent-up covid energy out. >> reporter: what are your thoughts

bob redell at oakland international airport. bob?nd laura, there are more people heading to the airport because more people are getting those vaccine shots. the latest data from the tsa screened more people in the past week than any other week in the past year. new numbers just released show seven straight days of over a million screenings each day. that's the longest streak of a million days this year. loosens across the country. the cdc, however, is still advising against leisure travel. more people are making plans. one travel consultant tells us the top three places her clients are going to tahiti, mexico and hawaii. reporting live at oakland international, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> let's head outside to the golden gate bridge. take a look right there and you can see the clouds are sticking around there and so is the rain throughout the bay area. kari hall has been tracking that for us. kari? >>> we're starting out with some waves of rain coming through. as we get a look at storm ranger it's showing that most of the rai

tomorrow bob redell will take a look at the impact on the commute and our roadways. in san jose, chris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> chris, thank you. >>> we all know making it in the bay is hard. coming up, the way one north bay city is helping out those most in need. plus more americans are hitting the skies and traveling. next a firsthand account of how they are evolving and this is all happening during the pandemic, and we will also talk about the future of travel. >>> later on "the kelly clarkson show" jennifer gardner admits she hasn't always kept it together during the pandemic, but she's sharing some of the things that did help her out. watch that on "the kelly clarkson show" right here coming up for you at 3:00. majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >>> thanks for sticking around. well, a decision by alaska airlines hitting close to the hearts of some bay area t

nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live from danville where one district is increasing the number of students allowed in the classroom. bob? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you. hybrid learning programs have been run at monta vista high school in danville with half the kids on campus one day and the other day at home and vice versa. starting today and tomorrow all those kids will merge together. there will be no more cohort, and they will start attending in-person instruction four days a week so that'sin a increase. rt today. you can probably hear the kids behind me. the board of education made this decision last week after california department of public health changed the social distancing requirements in classrooms from six to three feet. you can see the desks are spread out accordingly in this video that we shot this morning masks are also manned trip. the superintendent tells us this morning about 30% of students districtwide are returning for in-person instruct. here at monta vista it's 20%, 25% which means the majority of students will continue to learn virtually from home.

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live this morning. bob, what mayor libby schaaf specifically wanting people to do? >> good morning to you laura and marcus. mayor libby schaaf of oakland is asking oaklanders to dial into today's 1:00 p.m. city council meeting and speak up to ask councilmembers to immediately restore critical police services using money from the $1.9 trillion america rescue plan recently signed into law by president biden. oakland is slated to receive $192 million. mayor schaaf wants full restoration of cease-fire strategy, support for the cleanup of homeless encampments and enforcement of laws banding sideshows. even with the $192 million from the federal government the city of oakland faces a budget shortfall of $126 million that needs to be dealt with. according to the latest crime statistics from opd, violent crime in oakland is up 5%, compared to 12 months ago. however, homicides up over 300%. 29 people murdered this year so far in that city, with regard to one of those high-profile homicides, opd arrested a second

nbc bay area's bob redell is live in concord where some people are now asking really a good question here is how will it be possible to get the shot with other counties dealing with an ongoing shortage? >> yeah, well, you know, contra costa county was able to sign up for a federal allotment that they are able to use at their qualified vaccination sites and they opened this brand new one right behind me. this is a brand new vaccination site in the parking lot of six flags hurricane harbor here and since the county announced that anyone 16 and up can qualify for a shot, demand has been tremendous. just over the past 24 hours, you can see it in the steady stream of cars with people lined up for their appointments and counties tell us that the hotline has been ringing non-stop and that they had 30,000 people sign up online overnight. now even if you do not get a response right away when you fill up the online form, the county wants to know that you do have a place in line based on when you expressed interest in receivyou don't hear anything right away. the county has a goal of administer

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in livermore this morning where in-class instruction is resuming today. are they going to kick in these new guidelines right away, bob? >> reporter: no, not right away. good morning to you, laura. i spoke with the alameda county office of education this past friday. they said -- i'm using them as an example -- they would be waiting for the guidance from the county, from alameda county, and then move on from there. so schools like livermore high behind me, which as you mentioned, this district is resuming in-person instruction today, they will still continue to maintain the six-foot distance rule inside the classroom until told otherwise. on friday, the cdc strongly recommended but is not requiring keeping students just three feet apart. again, that's a recommendation. as long as everyone wears a mask and there's proper ventilation. however, the six-foot rule would still apply for high school and middle school students if there are no cohorts in their classrooms and the county is still in the purple tier. now, the new guidelines come after

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live in dublin this morning. ter in the courtroom this morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus, here at the east county hall of justice in dublin at 9:00, teanto bailey a 26-year-old man from oakland will be appearing before an alameda county superior judge for an attorney and plea hearing. bailey is accused of assaulting, robbing and murdering pak ho, a 75-year-old asian man. ho was on his regular morning walk near lake merritt in oakland when bailey allegedly punched ho. ho hit his head on the pavement and later died from his injuries. people are trying to determine if at tack was a crime of opportunity or fueled by a hatred of asian people. >>> across the bay in san francisco, steven jenkins a 39-year-old homeless man accuse of in last week's attack of an elderly asian man and woman in sf will appear before a judge. jenkins allegedly assaulted an 38-year-old man and as a security guard pulled jenkins away he allegedly assaulted a 75-year-old woman. that woman fought back, sent jenkins to the hospital.

my colleague bob redell has that story tomorrow.n san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. pretty art there. >>> trending this morning, there's a different kind of zoom fatigue going on. a moving to take the video out of video conferencing. people working from home are growing tired of always being on camera during their zoom calls. so they're urging people to turn off their cameras. experts say always being on is causing social anxiety. i hear teachers all the time with the kids on distance learning saying keep your camera on! it's going to be accountability, too, which is really important. and no angling it just showing this much. we're getting some reports of some high winds out there, in fact we've got some new video in to our newsroom this morning. in brentwood, high winds, time to get a kite out there this morning. ooh, i would watch that kind of canopy that is out there. hopefully everything is all down safely. kari, you were mentioning that we're going to experience some winds. is this going to be

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live at the scene this morning. nderstand you just spoke to police. what did they tell you? >> reporter: good morning, yes, i spoke with the detective with the concord police department about 30, 40 minutes. he tells us this was a homicide. a man was shot and killed outside the meridian strip mall on the 1100 block of concord avenue. it happened just after midnight. the man's body was found just off the sidewalk in a lane of traffic, shot at least once. detectives believe he was a younger man, possibly maybe in his 30s. there's no suspect information. when i asked about a possible suspect vehicle, the detective was hesitant to confirm or deny the information that i had. there's no indication if the surveillance cameras at the strip mall captured this crime. still waiting for the coroner, which means that this eastbound section of concord avenue could be shut down for a while more, between meridian park fwlfd and john glenn drive because the body is still in lanes of traffic. this is the first homicide of thee for the

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live in livermore this morning. bob, this is pretty significant news for some of the wineries located in both of those counties. they could use the business no doubt. >> reporter: especially those in napa, which suffered a lot not only during covid but during the fires last year. yes, because once alameda county where i'm at and napa move into the orange tier, wineries like the one behin indoor tasting rooms at 25% or 100 people, whichever is fewer. we expect the state to make the announcement of this move with the looser restrictions going into effect tomorrow. you could see on your tv screen with the orange tier, bars will be able to reopen outdoors with modifications. indoor dining, churches, movie theaters moved to 50% capacity, gyms and bowlingaies to 25% capacity, offices can reopen with modifications though the state will encourage employees to work remotely. as you could see on this map, alameda and napa are still red but if they move to orange later today, this will be the first time since november for both

. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live this morning. stand one major bay area health care provider canceling tens of thousands of these vaccine appointments. tell us why. >> correct. good morning to you, marcus and laura. sutter health tells us it is running out of doses and as a result it's canceling 40,000 vaccine appointments across the system over the next week. it may have to cancel 50,000 more, it says, and this is to answer your question, due to inconsistent supply from the state. all of these appointments by the way are for the second round of shots for patients. we spoke with dave johnson, he got his first shot february 6th, then his second dose this friday was canceled. sutter health told him it will be rescheduled in seven to ten days. >> it's a real disappointment because you're looking so forward to getting this over with. i understand we can wait a while. we'll see. no information, just they had to cancel it, they don't have the vaccines, they'll get in touch with us. >> sutter health spokesperson points to the cdc's update

"today in the bay's" bob redell is at oakland international airport. a travel surge there as well. >> reporter: correct, marcus, especially with people who have already been vaccinated. the tsa says that the number of screenings has surged. they have screened more people the past week than any other week this past year. new numbers just released shows seven straight days of over a million screenings each day. this bump in the number of air passengers comes as restrictions loosen across the country. the cdc, it should be noted, is still advising against leisure travel. one san francisco travel consultant says the top three places tahiti, mexico and hawaii. >> we're getting a lot of people calling saying i've been vaccinated, i want to go, i'm ready. >> it was nice to get away after spending a year in our home. >> reporter: that was allen. he and his wife went to hawaii once they were fully vaccinated. u.s. passenger levels are still down 57% from two years ago. because there are far fewer flights passengers are now arriving in waves at their destination

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us outside of a mass vaccination site in pleasanton and bob there anything people can do to prepare now? >> reporter: yes, there are. good morning to you, marcus. first of all, anyone over 50 is eligible on thursday, april 1st and anyone over 16 april 15th. those eligibility dates are still several days away, there are some things you can do right now. one thing is go online and register on the myturn.ca.gov website so you'll be notified when it's your turn to receive the shot and once you are eligible you'll be able to schedule appointments through myturn or sign up to be notified when one opens up. the cdc has a vaccine finder tool that will help you find vaccination locations near you. some cities and counties provide appointments separately from the myturn website. we spoke with a local woman named janet pitcher, a self-described vaccine whisperer who has helped her family and friends find appointments. she suggests checking with pharmacies after midnight, when they tend to open up appointments. another good time to look for appointments b

"today in the bay's" bob redell is tracking the potential reopenings live from pleasanton. bob?rrect, good morning to you, marcus and kris. restaurants here in downtown pleasanton could resume indoor dining as soon as tomorrow. later today we expect the state to announce that alameda county, where we're at and also solano county, both counties will be able to move out of the purple tier of reopening and into the less restrictive tier of red. this expected to happen today. this means restaurants would be able to reopen indoors at 25% o. gyms and fitness centers could resume for indoor operations at 10% capacity, movie theaters same, 25%, or 100 people, whichever is fewer, museums, zoos and aquariums 25%. now if you take a closer look at alameda county, to move to the red tier, counties must have 00 weeks, and you could see in alameda county right now at 6.3, so they're below that 7 per 100,000 threshold. if you take a look at the map of the bay area, you could see which counties are in their respective reopening tiers. as we mentioned solano and alameda are in the purple tier, ex

that's where we find "today in the bay's" bob redell live at the scene for us. what are investigators telling you, bob? >> well, you can see the fremont police are behind me. they're in the carport area. this is the pria living city center an apartment complex not far from the intersection with stevenson. around 10:30 a man was shot and killed in the carport, his body still in the parking lot back there where police are trying to solve this crime. you can see in the video that initially police had a heavy response, they had a bearcat, we believe they had drones out here and armed officers looking for the suspect or suspects but those officer have since left and now you have the officers who are guarding the scene investigating the crime scene. a man was shot and killed and they are looking for at least one, if not two men, an officer told me on the scene but they didn't have any description of the suspect or those people or if there was a vehicle involved. there's limited information. this is unusual for freemont. we believe this is the first homicide of 2021. la

"today in the bay's" bob redell live from danville and bob, seems like the next phase is really kickinge districts. j correct, in danville part of the san ramon valley unified school district which already had kids on campus as part of a hybrid learning model. they will receive in-person instruction four days a week. mid and high school start today and elementary schools tomorrow. the board of education for the decision made the decision last week after the california department of health changed the social distance requirements in classrooms from six to three feet based on guidance from the cdc. mt. diablo unified school district will begin back with its third through 12th grade students for in-person instruction if they choose. students still have the option in mt. diablo to learn from home 100% of the time. this is what classrooms down in the south bay, santa clara unified, this is what they'll look like when that district cas are spaced out several feet and set up for just one person. there's also a plexiglass up around the desk. this week students in grades pre-k through second wil

bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> because l.a.is in the same boat as contra costa, businesses there are hoping for a similar tier change within days as we're talking about here. so l.a. county, covid cases are down considerably the holi nearly 1,400 new infections just yesterday. and another 101 deaths. >>> happening today, cinemark movie theaters reopening several bay area locations in places like fremont and union city. last week, amc theaters opened theaters in san francisco and south bay. >>> 10% of the u.s. population now fully vaccinated. 11 million californians have now received at least one dose and that includes the 2 million doses for the sub neighborhoods on governor newsom's list. more than 3 million people statewide are now fully vaccinated. >>> bay area transit making it easier for people to get to the vaccination sites. several agencies like b.a.r.t. have a list of vaccine sites. the agencies offer promotions for vaccine recipients. this website is part of the healthy transit plan which was launched in august detail

"today in the bay's" bob redell is live. i know the county may take over. >> reporter: correct.d morning to you, marcus. you'll recall fema and the state's office of emergency services opened this drive-up mask vaccination site in the parking lot of the oakland coliseum mid-february with the intent of running it for eight weeks which would bring us to a few weeks from now to mid-april. now alameda county is talking with the state about taking over management of the site once that eight-week period is over this is according to reporting done by "the chronicle." currently the federal government supplies the site with special shipments of the vaccine. the paper reports one of the issues is if the alameda county were to take over would it continue to receive the doses from uncle sam or the alameda county have to rely on the allotment it already received. the coliseum has been administering about 6,000 shots a day, more than 200,000 in total so far. incidentally the oakland a's are expected to play and not have any impact on the operation of the vaccination site which, as i mentioned

reporting live in concord, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, thanks so much, bob. it's a lot of information to take in but we've also got a resource that can help you get vaccinated. go to planyourvaccine.com, enter your state, age and occupation and it gives you information on where to secure that shot. >>> president biden heads to pittsburgh to roll out the first phase of an ambitious infrastructure plan. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington this morning with details including who is likely going to have to pay for it. tracie? >> probably businesses, based on what we heard last night. the administration giving a phone call with reporters filling in some of the details as president biden prepares to lay out his big vision for infrastructure later today. >> to raise the game and provide more help -- >> reporter: administration officials say the biden infrastructure plan being announced by the president in pittsburgh today creates jobs over eight years by building roads, bridges and transit, updating lead pipes and the power grid, providing afford

bob redell is tracking all the developments for us. >> reporter: good morning.a costa county can move into the red tier on sunday after the state loosens some restrictions. currently in order to move it into the red tier you need to be at seven cases per 100,000 people a day. right now, contra costa county is recording 8.3 cases per 100,000 people a day. so you can see right now they're not meeting the threshold but today that is expected to change. governor newsom has said they'll loosen it to 10 per 100,000 people once the state has administered 2 million shots in underserve communities. well, that is expected to happen today which would put the ten case rule in effect and contra costa county can then move into the red tier 48 hours after the new rule goes into effect. that's after the 2 million shots are handed out. that could put them in sunday. sonoma county should also be eligible. once in red as you're aware, restaurants, gyms, movie theaters can resume indoor operations with limited capacity. contra costa, sonoma, they're still in purple. the rest of us

. >> reporter: "today in the bay's" bob redell is live outside antioch city hall with more on what the mayor is planning to do. >> reporter: mayor lamar thorpe released a statement and in it he's asking his chief of police to release all the information that is legally allowed regarding two recent cases involving in-custody deaths. you could see the statement on your tv screen. the mayor wrote that the release of information is a part of a culture of reform he's trying to establish in his police department and moving forward, he's waiving the ten-day window police have to respond to public information requests when it comes to high-profile cases and the information in the quinto case would be released by midnight last night, it refers to 30-year-old angelo quinto, the family called for a mental health crisis. they allege police snatched quinto from his mother's arms, they jumped on him and put a george floyd tight hold on the back of his neck, those are the words from the family attorney. quinto became unconscious and died at the hospital three days later. the second in custody death i

bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> bob, thank you. >>> live look at oakland coliseum which, over the weekend, vaccinated another 15,000 or so people. statewide more than 10 million californians have now received at least one dose of the vaccine. even with vaccinations moving forward and case numbers coming down, one stanford infectious disease expert warns people to keep playing it safe. >> i agree with my colleague, dr. fauci, that it's important until we get 75% or more of our population vaccinated that we continue to wear face masks while in public and, again, avoid crowded indoor environments. >> california's new campaign, led by blue shield, has not yet land here in the bay area. but the rollout so far has been bumpy with questions about coverage for underrepresented communities. if you're looking for information on how or where to get that shot go to planyourvaccine.com. put in the state, age and occupying and it will pull up the closest vaccination to you. it's planyourvaccine.com. >>> massive and deadly covid outbreak is apparently immunity. mercury news reports, cases systemwide are

we begin with this half hour, bob redell at antioch city hall and bob, any news yet on what the investigation> reporter: not yet, but what did happen yesterday is that the mayor lamar thorpe announced he is asking his chief of police to release all the information that is legally allowed regarding the two recent cases of in-custody deaths. he released a lengthy statement. you can see it on your tv screen, just going to paraphrase. the mayor wrote the release of the information is part of the culture of reform he's trying to establish in his police department here in on theiac and moving forward, is he waiving the ten-day window police have to respond to public information requests when it comes to high-profile cases and the information in the quinto case would be released by midnight last night. 'not clear how the information is being released as we have not yet received it. the quinnto case refers to 30-year-old angelo quinto, the family called for a mental health crisis back in december. the family attorney alleges that police snatched quinnto from his mother's arms. police jumped on him an

"today in the bay's" bob redell has been live at the scene even before the sun came up this morn. nvestigators saying, bob? >> we're at the priya living city center in freemont not far from the intersection with stevenson. a man was shot and killed in the carport in the back. the police car and yellow flashing lights that's a wrecker that just arrived. our guess is they're taking away a vehicle for evidence somehow involved in this crime. it happened around 10:30 last night. a man was shot and killed. his body was found in the parking lot there underneath the carport in the back. as you can see in the video the initial police response was quite overwhelming. armds officers and a bearcat involved, a tactical vehicle and drones. in the search for at least one, possibly two suspects, they have not been found yet, but the officer on the scene says they're looking for one man, possibly two, but didn't have a description of these people nor any vehicle involve. they didn't a description of that as well. again a man found shot and killed around 10:30 at the apartment complex. this is the

. >> bob redell, i know the county may take over. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and cierrall recall that fema and the state' office of emergency services opened the drive-up mass vaccination site in the parking lot of the oakland coliseum. with the intent of running that site for just eight weeks, which would bring us to mid-april, a few weeks from now. now alameda county is talking about taking over management of the site once that eight-week period is over according to "the chronicle." currently the federal government supplies with special shipments of the vaccine. the paper reports if the county were to take over would it continue to receive those doses from uncle sam or would alameda have to rely on the allotment it already receives. the coliseum has been administering about 6,000 shots a day, more than 200,000 in total so far. now incidentally the oakland a's home opener is next week, april 1st. they will be playing at the coliseum. it is not expected to interrupt or have any major impact on the operation of the mass vaccination site which again is set up there in the

bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> the cdc now finalizing new guidelines for the dos and don'ts when being fully vaccinated. the guidance expected to be coming out in the next few days. it comes in the week of recent bold moves in states including texas and mississippi to fully reopen starting with lifting mask mandates. dr. anthony fauci this week talked about what he expects the new guidance to say. >> more gatherings in the home of people i think you can clearly feel that the risk, relative risk, is so low that you would not have to wear mask. >> now at this point more than 80 million americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. >>> house democrats are making a big move to regulate policing efforts nationwide. this is after approving the george floyd justice in policing act. that bill, of course, named after the man who died last may when minneapolis police officer derek chauvin knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. that bill would ban neck restraints choke holds and qualified immunity for law enforcement and creates national standards for policing to help bo

bob redell still a little too early in the morning for to you notice the difference but i'm sure a lot of people are excited there. talking about the gyms, the 24-hour behind me in pleasanton they'll have the jut door gym in the parking lot but also this morning let people inside the building to workout as long as the capacity doesn't go above 10%, the one rule in the red tier of reopening. the case and test positivity rates moved enough to move from the purpose toll red tier of reopening. gyms, restaurants, movie theaters and museums can resume indoor operations at limited capacities. >> i think like everybody else we're ecstatic. we're excited to finally go back indoors. fitness is essential. >> when the pandemic first started and i stopped work the out my life went into shambles. it helps me keep a good routine in my life and my mental fitness as well. >> reporter: six and a half miles away the 24-hour fitness location in san ramon cannot yet resume indoor operations because it's in contra costa county, which is still in the purple tier. we spoke to one person who uses that outtoo g