bob redell for today in the bay. >> what a mess. thank you, bob. >>> supreme court justice brett kavanaugh has tested positive for covid. he has been fully vaccinated since january. all justices were tested ahead of returning to court, and all were negative except for cavanaugh. his wife and children have been fully vaccinated and tested negative. >>> and then the deadline the parents are now faced with with the vaccine mandates. >> reporter: as you can imagine, parents and students having a lot to say about the district considering a mandatory vaccine, but in the end the school board members decided in favor of having a mandatory covid vaccine. it means students 12 years and older will be required to be fully vaccinated against covid-19. those eligible students must show proof of first shot by november 15th and proof of the second shot by december 15th. students younger than 12 years old, they must receive their first shot no later than 30 calendar days after their 12th birthday, and get that second covid shot 60 days after their 12

we will get more details as bob redell arrives on scene. the freeways throughout the area is moving good appeared the scene. >>> we're waking up to moderate air quality, more of the haze and smoke come into the bay area, and that may affect your outdoor plans this weekend. we're going to see that as you get ready to head out the door and maybe it affects your commute. we'll see in the tri-valley our temperatures in the mid-50s, and a nice warm-up with the upper 70s late morning to the afternoon. we will warm up quickly throughout the afternoon. we'll see a high of livermore. in san jose, expect a high of 88 degrees. we'll talk more about some events going on coming up in a few minutes, mark and kris. >> we have more breaking treatments now. the drugmaker, merck, plans to seek authorization use for another treatment. it's in phase 3 trials, and the company said it cut the risks of hospitalizations and death in half. 800 patients that took part in the trial were unvaccinated and at risk of symptoms. >>> happening now the city of san jose's va

and then bob redell is reporting on the water main break scene.d slowing out of the altamont and clear by the time you get here. san jose, that commute will start in about 20 minutes. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> we respond, but sometimes so do you. i am consumer investigator, chris chmura, about stalled refunds. that's next. >>> here's a picture of my little girls. so great to keep them involved in our culture through their school. there's a two-way bilingual program. here's a picture from when they were much smaller. learn more about hispanic heritage month on my facebook page. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to

nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live. a lot at stake here. >> correct. good morning, kris. what's at stake is whether or not alameda county should use taxpayer money to help the oakland a's pay for infrastructure around their proposed terminal stadium deal. this is where they are proposing to build their new stadium. as you can see, the alameda county board of supervisors is meeting virtually. they're in closed session, but when they do return, the board could vote on a nonbinding resolution to earmark millions of dollars of future tax revenue to help the a's pay for parts, affordable housing and orth-site infrastructure at the howard terminal site. this would be nonbinding. the board would be saying it is their intent to do this. the a's want to move out of the coliseum which is old and deteriorating. but while oakland mayor libby shack is confident there will be a yes vote, she thinks inaction on this resolution or a no vote will indicate to major league baseball that there is not a path forward for the a's in oakland. the mayor says without the county's participation, th

bob redell joins us live. some people became stranded for hours when they tried to drive through that water. >> correct. fortunately, no one was hurt. everyone sotheir way but this is a reminder, do not try to drive through standing water. you can see what i'm talking about in this video from overnight. by our count, ten cars got stuck and stalled overnight in both directions of 880 near thornton avenue. some instances, the people could not get out of their cars. the water three feet deep in places according to chp. those people had to wait several hours for a tow truck to pull them out early this morning. we spoke to two women who became stranded. they tell us they saw a sign indicating that the lanes were blocked, but there was no police road block or barricade so they figured it was okay to try their luck. obviously, they failed. >> yes, been stranded here since like 12-30 a.m. >> about four hours? >> yeah. >> did water get into your car? >> yes. >> are your feet wet? >> my feet are up. yeah, to the seat. >

reporting live in dublin, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, bob. >>> take a look at the overnight damage from the strong winds. a tree came crashing down on a car. these are from calfire showing some of the damage. it also took down power lines. this is in el granada. pg&e crews are on the scene trying to make repairs. be sure to download our nbc bay area app. we send out the latest on the conditions straight to your phone. you can also put in your zip code. >> breaking news this midday. a live look at a big rig fire that has brought traffic to a standstill. this is on i-80. our nbc bay area sky ranger capturing this scene and the backup. this is westbound i-80 in dixon about 20 miles west of sacramento. >> mike, you've been tracking this backup for us. >> a big concern because chp reports theree of the road. 400 feet. it sounds like the basic details are correct. the fuel in the soil and there was a fire. you saw alongside the roadway how that dry brush there, that was a big concern because there was a fire and a truck burning up and you see this light yellow highlighting around

i just ruined the first ted lasso for you. >>> today in the bay's bob redell joins us from outside leviuld be a fun event, bob. >> reporter: hopefully, if it happens. later today and tomorrow the 49ers along with the mayors of san josÉ, san francisco, oakland and some major companies like airbnb, google and salesforce, they will host the officials from fifa, and give them a tour of levi stadium behind me here in santa clara, and try to convince them the bay area should host some of the world cup soccer games in 2026. there are 17 other cities in the united states bidding for the opportunity to host some of the games. people will choose only 10 to 12 host cities in our country, and a few cities expected in canada and mexico. this video, by the way, from the last world cup tournament in 2018 in which france beat croatia. being selected to host could have a huge economic impact in the bay area. thousands of people would be flooding in for months for large-scale events. the bay area hosted various fifa world cup matches before. here's a statement in part for the san josÉ mayor, quoting the

reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, today in the bay. >> shout out to bob. >> he's standing inhanks for that. we're going to get a ton more rain into the weekend. but the last of this rain is going to start to taper off. especially lot valleys. look at this. we have a couple more pockets of rain starting to make their move into san francisco. so we're not in the clear just yet. same goes for liver more. light rain there at times through the south bay. south bay tends to fall. any time we get a little bit of rain, it's a welcome sight. afternoon breaks, so the heaviest part of the storm is happening right now. it will continue at least into the next hour or so. right around 8:30, 9:00 a.m. still remaining for the north bay. take a look at the hour by hour outlook. 10:00 a.m., we'll see the majority start trekking east. if you have plans to travel, they'll see the gusty winds. a couple showers. by 12:00, lunch hour, we should be in the clear at least when it comes to the rain. we're going to get a break from that. peeks of sunshine at times. the beautiful skies and then saturday

. >> good morning, i'm bob redell where the rain has finally arrived. it's been here for the past 30 minutes. more on that and what your morning commute is going to look like, coming up if a live report. >>> right now at 5:30, we are tracking the storm. you can see it there. it's a soaker. we have live team coverage of the rain now moving through the bay area and into neighborhoods that are getting hard hit. >>> plus meteorologist vianey arana is tracking when this round will move on. >>> plus alec baldwin shoots a prop gun that kills a wol. >>> boosters approved. millions of americans now officially eligible to get the extra shot of protection. we have details on the el know if you qualify you're watching today in the bay. >>> good morning, i'm christie smith. . >> let's get to our top story. it's that rain. we have team coverage on everything you need to know as you prepare to head out this morning. our bob redell is tracking showers in the east bay. they just rolled in. it will have an impact on the roads. but first we start with vianey arana who is

here in san francisco, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> we know it can be tough keeping up with the changing vaccine and mask guidelines. we are keeping up for you and have made it easy to find all of our reporting. head to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. we're tracking all those updates so you can stay on top of it. >>> developing news involving former president bill clinton. he's in a southern california hospital this morning. doctors and nurses there have been treating him since tuesday night but we're just now getting the details. brand-new video from overnight. a former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton leaving the hospital. doctors say mr. clinton was hospitalized on tuesday at uc irvine with an unknown illness and he has been given antibiotics and fluids. they say he's responding well. a spokesperson says it's a noncovid-related infection adding that he is on the mend and in good likely he'll be released in the next 24 hours. >>> san francisco giants fans feeling a little blue after a bad call at a bad time to end last night's thrilling playoff finale against the

today in the bay's bob redell is live this morning. bob, this is a case by case basis right now? >> correct. you still have to wear a mask in many indoor places like restaurants, stores, k through 12 classrooms if you are a student. starting today san francisco and marin counties are easing the mask mandates for other indoor spaces. take a look at your tv screen. starting today, you no longer have to wear a mask inside offices, gyms, indoor college classes or religious gatherings, those types of places as long as you are fully vaccinated and there are no more than 100 people inside. there must be proper ventilation, and no children under the age of 12 since they are not yet eligible for the vaccine. by the way, contra costa county says it will adult similar rules of its mask mandate come november 1st. in order for the mandate to be lifted entirely in most indoor spaces throughout the bay area, health officials for san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, sonoma and the city of berkeley have agreed to the following criteria. the jurisdiction must reach the yellow tier, which means y

. >>> and then bob redell sharing these pictures of the golf course over the weekend. beautiful, right? check out all of those photos and see what bob is up to on his instagram, facebook and twitter. you see the handles right there. much more ahead for you right here on "today in the bay." let me get this straight. you've got an a.i. strategy to deliver a better customer experience, that will help us retain our customers and even grow our business? how much is this going to cost? here's the figure. 59. 59 million? no, five9. as in five9 intelligent cloud contact center. they won't just power our transformation. they'll fund our transformation. yes, yes! exactly! what are you waiting for? ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. so nbc bay area responds to a mom who needed her refund rescues. >> consumer investigator, chris chmura, tells us how they made a splash for their case. >> it was $399 for a lifeguarding class. two days before the class was scheduled to start the company canceled. and watch the pool told her not enough people signed up, and offered her a choice, sign up for another

bob redell is live. what kind of decisions are we talking about here? >> reporter: good morning, cierra. at noon the alameda county board of supervisors will vote on a nonbinding resolution saying it's our intention to help the oakland a's pay for parks, affordable housing and other structures at the terminal. the a's want to move out of the coliseum where they are now at because it's old and detear eighting. while mayor libby schaaf is confident there will be a "yes" vote, she thinks inaction or a no vote will indicate to major league baseball that there is not a path forward for the a's in oakland. the mayor says without the county's participation, they cannot layout the agreement. labor activist will protest against the resolution and what they say is a transfer of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to help the billionaire owner of the a's, to help him pay for the infrastructure cost of the proposed billion-dollar stadium. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> it's 6:03 right now. all new this morning, a new report indicates calif

bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> the u.s. supreme court has started a new term. they're hearing their first in-person oral argument since the pandemic forced proceedings to go virtual. this will likely be a closely watched agenda. items include pivotal cases on religion, guns and abortion. adding to the tension, justice brett kavanaugh tested positive last week for covid. he's participating remotely from his home. >>> new this morning, leaders looking to reform how the town mayor gets appointed. right now it's a district-based voting system adopted in 2018 as a way to encourage more candidates. the press democrat reports the council will consider going back to council seats chosen by the electorate and one of them appointed by the council to serve as mayor. the wyndsor mayor seat has been in upheaval ever since several woman accused the former mayor of sexual assault earlier this year. >>> happening today, south bay leaders are pushing to make sure that homeless families have housing. santa clara county supervisors, leaders and advocacy groups are announcing a ne

nbc bay area's bob redell joins us now with more on the possible timelineeporter: good morning. we're looking at possibly november probably closer to thanksgiving. what is going to happen is the fda is going to meet to consider this emergency authorization request. they'll meet october 26th. they'll issue a ruling sometime in the woeks that follow. the "new york times" reports that pfizer biontech proposed children 5 to 11 receive one-third the adult dosage. we spoke a few parents this morning. one mother told us she'll have to think it over when the vac is approved for her child. >> their bodies are still developing. i'd want to know more information before i would be okay with it or went ahead with it >> i don't think it would be out in the public if it wasn't safe. my daughter who is 12 is getting vaccinated today actually. so i'm all in. i just got my booster. >> we've been getting vaccinated for the longest time for tb and all that stuff so i don't see why it would be unsafe. i think it would be good to get our kids protected. >> reporter: you'll recall last month pfizer bi

bay area's bob redell joins us live. millions of women skipped their screenings during the pandemic. are the number of mammograms starting to rebound? >> good morning. yes, they are, but doctors are concerned about the women who skipped their mammograms who might have missed tumors that are growing inside their body. a university of kansas medical center survey found that nationwide, almost 4 million women missed their mammograms during covid. and this past august ucsf published a study that shows the number of screenings at sf general dropped by 39% during covid compared to the year before. the drop steepest among african-american women, younger women during the first stay at home order and women 70 and older during the second stay at home order. during the part of the reason for this, some women were afraid of contracting covid at the hospital. there were mixed messages on that. other women were too busy dealing with kids at home from school. the number of screenings are rebounding in san francisco but as the author of

bob redell joining us live from san ramon. >> we're a long way from getting enough rain to get us out of this drought but we're certainly hopeful. >> unfortunately you are correct, laura and marcus. good morning. nbc bay area, we did speak to a hydrologist. >> we have to have about 50% more than what we got and if we had that for five or six years in a row, we'd be fine. >> the light rain we experienced yesterday throughout the bay area is the start. we clearly have a long way to go. one of the biggest problems, our reservoirs are super low. like this one in the watershed which provides marin county with much of its drinking water. hydrology expert said more than 70% of the rain that does fall drains into the ocean and the bay. >> in order to keep up with our needs of agriculture and also just in terms of the urban environment and suburbs environment, we're going to need to capture about half of the rainwater and only let about half spill into the pacific ocean. >> and water conservation also plays a key role as you're aware. a number of water districts have already declared a drought

let's get to bob redell in alamo. he's been at the scene all morning.l customers get their water service restored? >> reporter: they will at some point, but it could be several hours. the initial estimate was 8 to 12 hours but that was before the water was shut off. that water was shut off about just over an hour ago and it was coming out of this new sinkhole here on hemme heavy near danville boulevard in alamo. you can see what is left is the part of the street has sunken in because there was so much erosion underneath from this water that was gushing since just before 12:40 this morning. this is the view from nbc bay area skyranger looking down on hemme avenue. eight-inch water line broke. it looked like a hot cauldron of boiling water as it gushed from underneath the street. it was like that for about nine hours until just before 10:00 this morning. east bay mud, which owns the lines, had trouble identifying which valves to shut off. one was difficult to access because it was under water due to this line break. it turns out that valve turning that va

nbc bay area's bob redell joining us live from outside the high school. i know the coach and the player at least the players are things? >> reporter: the game will go on tomorrow night. they'll play california friday night football here in concord. marcus, good morning to you. a number of players will miss the game because they are in quarantine. earlier this week the head coach who is fully vaccinated, did test positive for covid-19. this is after possible exposure to one of his players who also tested positive. by phone last night coach told us that in his words he is, quote, really bummed and sad about catching this. he says he has done everything right. he wears the mask. he is a full believer in science, fully vaccinated as i mentioned, and was supposed to get the booster shot later this week. as we know breakthrough cases are possible. coach is grateful his wife and kids have tested negative. he says he, himself, not showing any symptoms. the same with his players. this is file video of the de la salle football team. wean one player tested positive.

reporting live in san ramon, bob redell for "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob.k the rain for when it's coming to your door, download our nbc bay area app, and you can see the same radar we use on-air. >>> bus service for educational children is canceled until friday because of a covid exposure that is forcing the drivers quarantine. >>> as soon as today, the fda could make a final call on the new round of covid booster shots. the boosters were recommended for the moderna vaccine initially for those over the age of 65 or those at risks. final rulings typically come quickly, the fda is not required to follow the panel's advice. >>> 6:34 right now. jury selection begins today in the case of a high-profile shooting that sparked protests across georgia. >> in early 2020 investigators say ahmaud arbery was killed, shot while out on a jog. a father and son are facing murder charges, along with a man that filmed the shooting. the men later claimed they were conducting a citizens arrest because of the robberies in the area. this will be a difficult time for relatives. >>

bob redell live in pleasanton this morning. what does it mean for the people living there, bob? >> good morning. tonight the pleasanton city council expected to declare a stage 2 water shortage. what that means for the people here is they could be mandated to cut their water usage by 15%. now pleasanton and livermore both get their water from the zone 7 water agency. last week livermore declared a water shortage after the agency declared such as well. the city of livermore mandated 15% cuts. if pleasanton were to take the same tact, residents can expect to limit their water, their landscape to three days a week, at night and only on certain days based on whether their address is odd/even. we spoke to one man who saw this coming. he pulled out his grass after the last drought. >> no lawn. just trees and shrubs. that's it. i think this is the way it's going to be until people get serious about doing something about global warming. >> the state goes through so much -- they keep building more house, more house, but there's no water. they should plan for the water. that's, you know,

. >> nbc bay area's bob redell joining us live from solano county. have you seen a lot of people show up? >> unfortunately, no. there's been probably about 30 people who have walked up to this mass vaccination site here at the fairgrounds. keep in mind this is the first day nepword is still getting out. i did speak with the health department. they also have under 50 people who have made appointments. the point is they really want to get these shots out. two people in the county, they'd love to be busy. they tell us they could administer 4,000 shots per day while this mass vaccination clinic is up and running. right now they've only had a handful of people. the county restarted this site to provide those third booster shots for people who are eligible and, two, to encourage people who haven't already received their first or second dose of the covid-19 vaccine. so far, 67% of residents in solano county have been fully vaxed. 78% have received just one shot. solano is lagging. contra costa, 82% fully vaxed. 87% partially. alameda, 79% have both shots. 9

"today in the bay's" bob redell joining us live from outside levi's stadium. hopefully hosting one of those events. >> local organizations, leaders starting today going into tomorrow will make the push to fifa officials as they visit the bay area to bring the world cup here in 2026. of course right here, this would be the main selling point. levi's stadium in santa clara. later today, tomorrow, the 49ers along with the mayors of oakland, san francisco, san jose and companies like airbnb, google, salesforce will host these officials from fifa, give them a tour of the stadium and try to convince them that some of the world cup soccer games should be played here in 2026. there are 17 other cities in the united states bidding for the opportunity to host some of these games. fifa will only choose between 10 and 12 host cities in our county and then a few more expected in canada and mexico. this will be a north american event. that decision expected early next year. this is video from the last world cup tournament in 2018 in which france beat croatia. being selected

. >> bob redell is on the scene in brentwood. they're up against those strong wind conditions we're talking about. >> you can see the wind still blowing here. we're on nicholas court in brentwood. only one home was destroyed. other home were saved. that's a testament to great firefighting here in the east bay. you're looking at this house that was taken down. this is because of the high winds. the fire swept through this house very rapidly and then began to cast embers on other nearby homes. contra costa county fire believes the fire started outside this home near on nicholas court. they arrived and when they did, the fire was already in the attic, too dangerous for the firefighters to go inside. they took a defensive posture and then assigned crews to protect the six other homes down wind in danger of catching fire due to the embers being blown about because of the high winds. there was a task force comprised of 12 units from throughout the county on standby. this task force responded so a much greater response. and they were ab

bob redell joins us outside of concord's de la salle high school. are they going to play tomorrow? >> reporter: good morning. yes, the head coach and the players are asymptomatic. yes, de la salle will play their game tomorrow night against michigan. but the head coach and a number of players will miss that game because they are in quarantine. earlier this week head coach justin alumbaugh tested positive for covid despite the fact he's fully vaccinated. one of his players also tested positive. he told us his wife and kids tested negative but he's really bummed, in his words, and sad about catching covid, says he does everything right, wears a mask. he's a full believer in science and is fully vaccinated. none of the players are showing systems, but a number will miss tomorrow night's game to comply with quarantine. it's not clear how many of the players tested positive. we know of possibly one. the others might have just been exposed. the county is contact tracing, according to the coach. even though the coach won't be on the sidelines, he will be watching a live feed with a headse

. >> bob redell joining us from the fast food joint. talk to us. the drive-through back open this morning, right? >> correct. the in-n-out only open for takeout. not allowed to do indoor dining because this restaurant refuses to check the vaccination status of its indoor customers or request a negative test result. contra costa health services shut down this location yesterday morning for its repeated violations of that indoor dining requirement, but this morning allowed them to reopen as long as they do takeout or drive-through only. no indoor. we spoke with this morning's first drive-through customer. she thinks the indoor dining should reopen for everyone, regardless of vax status. >> i think that's crazy. we should not have vaccine mandates. both of vus been vaccinated but we don't think people should be vaccinated that don't want to. it's our liberty. >> the county cited this pleasant hill location four times in recent weeks for fines totalling $1750. the health department also fined the in-n-out in san ramon and notified the one in panole for

bob redell is outside the pleasant hill in and out. >> reporter: more people are expected to protestde this in and out here in pleasant hill to show their support for this restaurant which has refused to check vaccination or negative test status of their indoor diners as required by contra costa county. as a result of this defiance, all five in and outs in the county have agreed to stop indoor service and instead are open for takeout and drive-through only. this was the scene last night at the in and out in san ramon where a dozen people protested. the county briefly shut down this pleasant hill location on tuesday for repeatedly refusing to comply with the county health order. they wrote we refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. >> i think people should have the right to choose what goes into their body. >> the folks that work in these restaurants, to try to make them the vaccine police to violate my personal liberty, they just want to come to work. >> i encourage everybody to take seriously local health orders and i encourage everybody to support businesses tha

today bob redell has more. bob, this is barely a start, right?reporter: unfortunately not enough. we had a little spilt out here spittle out here in san wra moan. this is video from last night in san francisco where they did have some rain come down, but you heard the amounts from vianey. it's well under an inch. but forecasters are predicting more rain tomorrow and friday around then an atmospheric river on sunday. all told it could dump an inch and a half. we'll make up for all the water california lost over the summer following some of the driest amounts of record. we put together the latest information from the groft drought monitor. it shows that most of the state including bay area is either under an exceptional drought or extreme drought in one of those situations. yesterday the state warned that one of the state's largest reservoirs in mendocino county could run dry by next summer. we learned that californians lowered their water usage by 3.5% in july and august. that's far from the 15% reduction governor gavin newsom requested last year.

bob redell joins us from outside the pleasant hill in and out that's at the center of all this controversy your allude to is five in and outs here in contra costa county have agreed to suspend indoor dining, doing only takeout and drive-through. protesters want to show their support for this restaurant which has refused to check vaccination or negative test status of indoor diners as required by the county. all five locations have agreed to stop indoor service as a result. this was the scene last night outside the in and out in san ramon where about a dozen people with signs, flags and a bull horn stood with in and out and rallied against the vaccine mandate. in a statement, in and out calls the vaccine or negative test requirement for indoor diners to be government overreach and wrote, we refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. >> i think people should have the right to choose what goes into their bodies. >> to try to make them the vaccine police to violate my personal liberty, they just want to come to work. >> i encourage everybody to take seriously local health orde

. >> bob redell is live this morning. talk about why they are doing it now, bob?er: solano county will reopen the mass vaccination site this morning and will keep it open for the next several weeks, for two reasons. so far 67% of residents in solano county have been fully vaxxed. 78% have received just one shot. if you compare that to other nearby counties, solano is lagging. contra costa, 82% fully vaxxed, 87% partially. alameda, where i am at, 79% have had both shots, and 92% have received their first. you must have received your second dose of pfizer three months ago to be eligible. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> i have heard a lot of people talk about that, especially with the break through cases. >>> a mother is accused of throwing alcohol-fueled parties for her teenage son and his friends. she invited teens to her home and gave them alcohol until they became extremely intoxicated. she's also accused of sexual assault against minors as young as 14. the d.a. says it happened last summer through early 2021, and in one incident she let an unl

bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob.ranger is out this morning scanning for the first of three storm systems heading our way. i want to take a live look at san bruno where you see it working hard for us there. the roads are wet. we're going to check with mike inouye right now with a look at traffic. >> trafficologist. >> trafficologist. but first we'll take a look at our meteorologist. >> you're going to continue to see scattered showers, 67 degrees topping out through the inland area. in through tomorrow and friday we get another storm that moves in. this is going to be more heavily focused on the north bay, along the coastline as well. saturday and sunday, saturday should be okay. late saturday is when we're expecting to see that rain really move in. mike, how are the roads. >> looking pretty standard for the south bay. not really wet roads down here, but there are a lot of wet roads throughout the east bay. here's where the backup is pretty standard. this is why we don't rely 100 on auto focus. we have people like us.

reporting live here in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> one week from today, san francisco is easing its mask requirements. the mayor's office announcing yesterday the restrictions will be lifted in offices, gyms, religious gatherings and college classes. the new rules will not apply to places unvaccinated children might frequent, including stores and restaurants. >>> and then google and facebook telling "the chronicle" they have no plans to change their mask policies. both companies require employees on site to wear a mask, and they issued vaccination requirements back in july. >>> tesla's ceo, elon musk, says he is moving the headquarters to texas. >> he has been threatening this for years. >> he sounds more serious. musk talks with analysts and investors and said the headquarters will move from palo alto to austin. >> here in austin, and the factory is five minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from downtown. >> and the factory in fremont, those jobs are going to stay. musk says the factory operations will get bigger, in fact, 50% bigger. musk poin

today in the bay's bob redell joins us outside the stadium. >> today and tomorrow are the n francisco, san josÉ, oakland and big companies like airbnb and google and salesforce, and they will host the officials of fifa and give them a tour and try and convince them that some of the world cup games should be played here in 2026. there are 17 other cities in the united states bidding for the opportunity to host some of the soccer games. fifa will choose only 10 to 12 cities in our country, and a few more expected to be chosen in mexico and canada. this video, by the way s. from last year's world cup -- excuse me, the last world cup tournament in 2018 in which france beat croatia. it could have a huge economic impact on the bay area. this would not be the first for us in the bay area. in 1994 the bay area hosted various fifa world cup matches, and then the women's semifinal took place at sanford university. the south bay has a rich history in hosting international soccer and boasts the world class venues. reporting live here outside levi stadium in santa clara, bob redell for "today in t

bob redell is live for us this morning.this is all coming down to boosting an immune response. >> reporter: correct. good morning, marcus. the national institute of health want to find out how people that received the j&j vaccine initially, and the study found that by mixing and matching the booster shots produced a significantly stronger immune response. >> i think this is good news, savannah, for two good reasons. clinically all the data says mixing and matching is fine and there's no down side and may be a little better particularly if you are a j&j vaccine recipient. >> tomorrow night the fda is expected to approve the pfizer and moderna booster for those initially vaxxed with the j&j. "the new york times" said the government is not going to recommend one booster over the other. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> san francisco leaders this week have announced new incentives to get more people vaccinated, including an opportunity to winfrey sf state scholarships. but do these contests

today in the bay's bob redell is live for us.> reporter: good morning, marcus. we are talking about the solano public health department reopening the mass vaccination site in the next few hours for two reasons, one, to provide booster shots for those needing the third shot, and two, to encourage people that have not received their first or second dose. 67% of residents in the county have been fully vaccinated, and 78% has one shot. contra costa county, 82% of their residents there fully vaxxed. you can see on the tv screen, alameda, 79% have both shots. solano county is encouraging residents, as i mentioned, to get their booster shots if they are immunocompromised or 65 and older or living in a long-term care facility, and you must have received their second shot from pfizer at least six months ago. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> 6:33 right now. a los gatos mother is awaiting extradition back to the south bay. she's accused of throwing alcohol-fueled parties for her teenage son and his friends.

we will head over to bob redell live in the dublin hills where we are still watching the high fire danger's going to be critical these next 36 hours, bob. >> reporter: that's why the national weather service has issued this red flag warning that's going to be in effect until 5:00 tomorrow night. as i stand here overlooking dublin hide me, we can feel a little breeze, nothing gusty but there's

we will head over to bob redell live in the dublin hills where we are still watching the high fire danger. it's going to be critical these next 36 hours, bob. >> reporter: that's why the national weather service has issued this red flag warning that's going to be in effect until 5:00 tomorrow night. as i stand here overlooking dublin hide me, we can feel a little breeze, nothing gusty but there's definitely wind out here. the national weather service is predicting for the east bay hills and valleys behind me and the santa cruz mountains and in the mountains of the north bay, we are talking about wind gusts 40 to 60 miles per hour, and with the dry conditions, that's why there's a risk for wildfires from moderate to rapid. this year marked four years since the tubs fire happened, and gary lived in the neighborhood in santa rosa which was leveled. he's still living in a trailer with his dogs, but just months away from rebuilding completely himself. >> the community is focusing on rebuilding, and even when we have everything rebuilt there will still be a trauma that will remain in this commu

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today in the bay's bob redell joins us.o it to reach out to some of the vaccine hold outs. >> correct. it should be noted in contra costa county, more than 80% of people are fully vaccinated, but there are a number of minorities in poor communities and a number of young people throughout the community in their 20s who have not yet received their shots, and some of the county supervisors believe they are hesitant because of covid misinformation. so a few hours from now when the county board of supervisors immediate, they are saying misinformation has prolonged the covid-19 pandemic. that's from the proclamation they will be considering later this morning. the pfizer by ontech vaxx have received full fda approval. by the way, the shots here in the county, they are free at no costs regardless of income, where you live, health coverage or immigration status. the county will continue to share facts and scientific information about covid, and dispel myths or lies about the covid-19 vaccine. again, that's all part of the proclamat

reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> bob, thank you. >>> warning residents it might be a while before we meet the requirements to drop the indoor mask mandates. i want to show you why. the first requirement, covid case count. health officials say our counties must reach the cdc's yellow moderate transmission tier. 7 of our 9 counties right now are in the orange, substantial tier. and napa still in the red. a high transition tier. the county must stay in the yellow tier at least three weeks. so the second requirement, hospitalizations. health officers say they must be low and stable and it will be up to the health officers to decide what that means. we do know that hospitalizations are dropping across the bay area. and this chart has the hopizations of santa clara county which have been dropping steadily in the past few weeks. the final requirement, vaccines. 80% of the population must be fully vaccinated. one of the counties -- actually none of the counties right now are there. marin county is the closest with 77%. more details now. one week from today, independent from t

bob redell will break down the updated rules. not just san francisco and marin, but contra costa county is pinpointing when it will lift some of the mask requirements. those are controlled spaces where everybody is fully vaccinated and not open to the general public. contra costa is making the move as covid hospitalizations and case rates continue to survive. >>> it still stings and might sting for months now, the giants' magical moment coming to an end. >> there was more to the game than just one play, of course. and anthony flores is breaking it down for us this morning. >> a historic season comes to a heartbreaking and disappointing end. the giants lose to the dodgers in game five. rockland native, webb gets to work. down 1-0 in the sixth, and ruff ties the game at one. runners on first and second, and then cody belanger, a single to right center, and turner scores giving the dodgers a 2-1 lead. down to the final strike in the ninth, and flores with a check swing is called strike three by the first base umpire, and doesn't loo

bob redell, bay area news. >>> a number of children infected with covid across the u.s. continues to drop. here's the latest number. about 173,000 children were diagnosed in the week ending in september 30th. that's a 16% decrease from the previous week, and it's also the lowest weekly total since the week ending august 12th. this is before school restarted. >> let's take a live look in oakland this midday where city workers are the latest to face a covid vaccination deadline or risk losing their jobs. council members last night approved it unanimously. vaccination status will have to be by november. anyone who receives an exemption will have to be tested regularly. >>> we're learning more about the possible cause of the massive spill now threatening ocean life in southern california. a 13-inch split in the pipe now thought to be the source of it all. i want you to check out this video from above the spill which spreads 40 miles along the coast there. nbc's miguel almaguer shows us what investigators are now saying about the moments leading up to the breach. >> reporter:

nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live. b.a.r.t. also participated. how did it go? >> reporter: went as planned i just heard from the b.a.r.t. pio. the great shakeout took place at 10:21 this morning on the 21st day of october, 10-21. what b.a.r.t. was doing was testing the early warning earthquake system. when they triggered that test all the trains on the system immediately slowed down to 27 miles an hour and then came to a brief stop. if this had been a real earthquake, a real emergency, the trains would have stopped for five minutes to ride out any possible aftershocks then passengers would have been off loaded at the next station. >> when we get a warning of a medium to large earthquake, approximately a magnitude of 4.0, our system, the electronic early warning system, will actually start to slow our trains down before we, the staff, and you, the patrons, actually feel the earthquake. >> b.a.r.t. is especially concerned about the hayward fault which runs in a north/south direction in the east bay. all five b.a.r.t. train lines either cross or run near that faul

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> things took a turn for the personneling the last night's city council meeting in los gatos. police were called there after tempers flared. an argument started over mask mandates, and then the speaker got personal making threats against the mayor and her son. the heated argument happened in the hallway. police had to get in between the two sides, and nobody was hurt and no arrests were made. the meeting was continued online, and the mayor was not present. >>> a judge expected to set a resentencing date for scott peterson. it's likely a sentencing date will be scheduled for next month. >>> the credibility of one of the prosecution's key witnesses at the center of testimony in the elizabeth holmes' criminal fraud trial. that witness, adam rosendorff, testified at length, and he ultimately blew the whistle on the company's failed blood testing technology. the trial resumes later this morning. >>> we are following every twist and turn of this trial. you can find a full debrief on who is on the trial and on what day on nbcbaya

reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell for "today in the bay." >>> and then you can look at thelocations that have yet to seat impact. kaiser's rate 92% up from 78% in early august. stanford's rate is 97% versus 80% when its mandate came in july. and ucsf is now at 99% compliance, though some workers do have exemptions. >>> in vallejo, police are revealing few details about a shooting last night. first responders found somebody suffering from at least one gunshot wound and that person later died at the scene. police plan to provide information on the case later today. >>> and then police seized a car to a vehicle tied to side shows. officers tracked it to pittsburg where they seized it on friday. it will now be impacted for at least 30 days, and so far no arrests have been announced. >>> the elizabeth holmes trial will resume today. last week there were just two days of testimony instead of the normal three. a former safeway ceo, steven bird, talked about the deal with theranos that fell through when theranos could not deliver the test results. he is supposed to return to the st

bob redell is live. >> reporter: good morning. costa health services says this in-n-out burger behind me on contra costa boulevard repeatedly refused to verify if the indoor customers were vaccinated. they suspended the commercial food permit and told it to shutdown. the health services said it repeatedly notified in-n-out that it would be fined, and the county ended up citing the location here four times in recent weeks for fines totaling $1,750. and in san ramon, that location was cited for $200, and then noted the one in pinole of not checking the vaccination statuses. the pleasant hill location was not checking the vaccination status of indoor customers, and they call it government overreach. quote, we refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. end quote. the san francisco health department shutdown the in-n-out on fisherman's wharf for not checking the status of the indoor customers, and the health department is investigating whether that in-n-out at fisherman's wharf has resumed indoor dining in defiance of

. >>> as we head to break, take a look at this photo that bob redell shared on instagram. beautiful sunrise in dublin. in business, setbacks change everything. so get comcast business internet and add securityedge. it helps keep your network safe by scanning for threats every 10 minutes. and unlike some cybersecurity options, this helps protect every connected device. yours, your employees' and even your customers'. so you can stay ahead. get started with a great offer and ask how you can add comcast business securityedge. plus for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. call today. >>> welcome back. nbc bay area responds to a contra costa county woman whose tax return didn't add up. >> for starters, it had someone else's name on it. >> good morning. back in may cami martinez paid h & r block 169 bucks to do her taxes. when she looked at her tax return, she realized it was a different client's. when they returned her real file, they found an invoice for $469, which is what she should have been charged. she paid the 469, then asked them to refun

bob redell is live. what kind of decision are we talking about? >> reporter: good morning.today at noon the alameda county board of supervisors could vote on what is a nonbinding resolution to say, yes, we intend to commit taxpayer money to help with the new stadium. they would be saying it's their intent to earmark millions in future revenue. the a's want to move out of the coliseum, which is old and deteriorating and they have indicated they are willing to move out of the bay area if they can't come to good terms on the site. while the oakland mayor is confident there will be a yes vote, she thinks inaction on the resolution or a no vote will indicate to major league baseball that there is not a path forward for the a's in oakland. before today's meeting, labor activist will protest against the resolution, and what they say is the proposed transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer revenue to help john fisher, the billionaire owner of the a's to help pay for the infrastructure cost proposed of the stadium, and they would be protesting against that. >> thank y

reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> a massive cleanup under way after an offshore oiln southern california. more than 120,000 gallons of oil spilled on to the waters in orange county this weekend. it's threatening marine life. nbc's emily acadia is at the scene with more of the growing health concerns. >> reporter: we are just north of where the oil spill happened. there's a health advisory urging residents to avoid not only direct contact with the oil but also the toxic fumes its producing. we continue to see oil wash ashore along with dead fish and animals according to local officials. they are describing this as a potentially catastrophic disastrous situation. we're talking about 126,000 gallons of oil pouring into the ocean as a result of a leaking pipeline operating by data offshore. we are told divers are investigating the source of the leak but it's a difficult task because they are doing it under 100 feet of water, and officials fear we are just seeing the impact of the oil spill. >> it's absolutely devastating. we will do everything we can to clean that up qui

bob redell joins us live.igators have ruled out a number of causes here. >> reporter: they have. good morning to you, laura. law enforcement has already ruled out foul play, suicide, the use of illegal drugs in the death of john garish, ellen chong, their 1-year-old daughter and their dog. they were found dead during a hike mid august in the sierra national forest. they were from san francisco. their bodies were later found near the south fork of the merced river. high levels of toxic algae were detected nearby. the mariposa sheriff's office has been working with toxicologists to see if that might have played a role. it was also extremely hot the day they disappeared. later today, law enforcement will reveal what killed this family of three. >> thank you, bob. >>> this morning, decorated olympic gymnast simone biles opening up about her next big partnership. she's now the chief impact officer of cerebral, a mental health and telemedicine app. >> that announcement comes after she withdrew from several olympic c