i'm moving to the central valley. so much of this is. wanting space. where do you think i think what our permanent changes to how people approach work and life and balance and home and help. it's just of re sorting of people based on where they want to be and where there's availability that matches their consumer choices for agents such as joe velasco, the beat goes on with six more town homes poised to hit the market and apparently no shortage of buyers in san jose jesse gary ktvu fox. two the news, to alarm restaurant fire in campbell is under investigation tonight. he broke out just before six this evening on west hamilton avenue. firefighters say they arrived to find that restaurant with heavy smoke coming out of the front door. the restaurant sustained heavy smoke damage and fire damage with smoke and water damage to a neighboring business. the cause is under investigation, but it is not considered suspicious. okay, take a look at the high temperatures from today. not all that warm considering last week. we were in the eighties and had record high

that is how the idea of getting food back to farmworkers in the central valley started. the food have already helps feed between 7000 and 9000 families a week in this and surrounding neighborhoods. >> everything we collected we will take prepared meals as well as the boxes and so shelfstable stuff. >> chavez and dolores created the national farmworkers association in the 60s to stop the exploitation of farmworkers. by striking they forced the boycott of grapes across the country to shed light on the racial and economic discrimination of these workers. >> in the end, chavez and his spporters got what they wanted from farmworkers,. they got higher wages and benefits. for many families it was a powerful lesson in social justice. >> hernandez was only 12 when he was sent to work in the central valley. the >>> was still ongoing. that is when he met chavez. >> effect my heart, my soul, my spirit, and my mind. it was the beginning of shaping me to be an organizer, and activist and to speak out. >> perhaps chavez will be best remembered for harvesting hope in california's unders

as i told were still hot to the central valley in pretty noticeable sign of that or outlier here in the bay, at least right at 80 degrees for your high today. concord 75 while oakland hayward know valley san francisco in the 60's san jose in mountain view gorgeous day for you at 76 almost nicer than even yesterday was at least i think more of us can agree that the 70's are really nice saturday. temperatures cooler. we will have that fog to start the sunshine returns later and easter sunday definitely cardigan or the highs falling into the mid 60's. we were hopefully looking at chances of rainfall come monday and tuesday. i've been looking at the latest models and it looks limb. now chances really diminishing as we work into early next week. still keep your fingers crossed that we see something but a lesser chance of seeing any sort of helpful rainfall and your first full week of april reyna. john, thank you. so just updating you on this hot spot. this is now clear. all lanes are open in fairfield. eastbound 12 at 80 eastbound. a look at your commute into the city. it certainly appears t

if an appointment opens up even hundreds of miles away in the central valley, some californians have made those journeys. lisa speaks for cvs. >> if they are able to go online and register for access seen, they are able to. >> reporter: fema will take pretty much anyone from anywhere, kathy vaccination site like this one in marin take residents only, but there's a catch. few sites, whether county or commercial, check to make sure the information is accurate. we asked about that in contra costa county today. >> we trust people to self attest. >> reporter: with 50-year-olds eligible, there are concerns that shortages in one county may lead to duplicity elsewhere. >> it feels whatever but he wants the card right now and there are just not enough to go around. >> reporter: be grateful most of us are honest and honorable. >>> contra costa county just opened a new vaccination site at six flags hurricane harbor. once the site is running at full speed, it will be able to give shots to 15,000 people every week. this is the second day of operation for this clinic. the county says it has thousa

rainfall still hanging out in a couple of pockets in the central valley.hat's quickly exiting the picture now. so bay area's going to be dry today, tomorrow into wednesday. and during this time high pressure is going to build back in and temperatures are about to be climbing and climbing really quickly tomorrow will already be 10 degrees warmer than today across most of the bay 50's for your highs and san francisco as well as right along the coastline and even from mill bay to brisbane still hanging on to those 50's burlingame southward on the peninsula down through palo alto mountain view in redwood city at 61 degrees each south bay temperatures in the low 60's with san jose campbell santa clara and cupertino all right. at 62 pretty similar numbers actually for the east bay. bayshore areas. mostly hanging on to the 50's. well, further inland back into the low to even mid 60's for concord at 64 degrees. 65 for vacaville in antioch, toledo. you'll be at 62 today saying numbers actually for sandra fell and nevado tomorrow temperatures. i promise you will rai

talk about what you are doing now in the central valley. josé: oh yes, damian.to come home because i thought it was very important for my kids to spend time with their grandparents. my parents are healthy. thank god. my father's already 84, my mom's 80, but they're healthy. and i wanted them to spend time with them; good quality time. and then the opportunity came for me to own a 20-acre vineyard. and my wife's always wanted a house in the country. and one of these days, i think very soon, we'll go ahead and take the plunge and build a house around the vineyard. so once we had the vineyard, i took it as an opportunity for--to work with my father. and let me tell you, damian, these past four years that i've owned the vineyard has been the most satisfying for me because i've been able to spend good quality time with my father. my father, he's an expert in being able to run a farm. he worked in it all his life. and he's passing valuable skills to me in telling me, hey, when it's time to irrigate, when it's time to fumigate, how to take care of the vineyard. and it'

to try to get a shot. >> reporter: spring break is ahead of us, road trip down to the central valleyhere seem to be more covid vaccines. santa clara county no one is booking a new first dose appointment because there are no appointments available. i confirmed with santa clara county oes that they will allow people to prebook those appointments for next week, but only when they have more vaccine, which they don't know when they are going to get. now our nbc bay area colleague chris chmura, consumer investigator did the road trip, traveled more than seven hours to get a covid vaccine at csu bakersfield, now open to anyone 16 years and older, regardless of residency. a viewer responded he drove from rockland outside of sacramento because he couldn't find anything close to his house. two other federally run sites at csus in southern california opened up to anyone over 16. at long beach things were smooth, at cal state l.a., people were turned away. >> took about less than 30 minutes. it was so fast. >> they said they won't turn you away from thursday through sunday or something. so i com

welcome to the central valley. a new bay area in the making. modesto based realtor pete do you wish says home prices have skyrocketed? nearly 20% year to date as home buyers from the bay flock east. they come here and make offers non contingent with huge deposits at something essential values not used to. this is all about housing for rich people. san jose state real estate development program director professor kelly snyder says. the upward surge is shuffling the landscape, but there isn't the population decline. it's turning homeowners along the san francisco peninsula in tow, east bay. home buyers and people in the east bay moving to the central valley. so much of this is. people want a space. where do you think i think what our permanent changes to how people approach work and life and balance and home and health, which just of re sorting of people based on where they want to be and where there's availability that matches their consumer choices for agents such as joe velasco, the beat goes on with six more town homes poised to hit the marke

young salmon raised in hatcheries in the central valley would normally be released into rivers, and then they'd swim to the pacific ocean, but because river water levels are so low right now because of the drought. department of fish and wildlife plans to use trucks to transport the salmon. today san francisco's public utilities commission joined other water district's asking residents to conserve water. they're asking customers to cut back 10% on their water. use voluntarily. they're also asking the same of other city agencies. the city is offering incentives as well, including rebates for some appliances and free replacement of old toilets. they say reservoirs used for city water are just under 77% of average. may is asian pacific american heritage month coming up today's events in celebration, also ahead, excitement and disappointment from 40. niners fans up next tonight reaction to this evening's nfl draft. the mother of all residential real estate banquets, so they've asked me to fill in modern family tonight at 11 30 midnight on fox to the wait is finally over tomorrow. join mornin

the worst of fog is actually out in the central valley. so at least we're not in the midst of that futurecast wind gust showing you light winds this morning, but that sea breeze does pick up later in the day. it's going to push some ocean. cool there right into the bay today will be the coolest and one of the breeze east of the forecast. so don't worry about the rain jacket but maybe keep that extra layer with you. just to stay cozy. couple of showers do remain out in the central valley in the sierra foothills this morning. those are abouo to clear out really quickly. the next few days. highpressure is about to build back in. so we'll go from cool today to warmer tomorrow and even warmer yet come wednesday and really the rest of the week after that point, the high is going to push any chance of rainfall out of the region. well, to the north and we're going to stay dry as we round out april these next few days. 50's for your highs in san francisco right along the coastline as well as for millbrae up to brisbane on the bayshore burlingame so

i'm moving to the central valley. so much of this is people wanting space. were you thinking? i think what our permanent changes to help people approach work and life and balance and home and health, which just of re sorting of people based on where they want to be and where there's availability that matches their consumer choices for agents such as joe velasco, the beat goes on with six more town homes poised to hit the market and apparently no shortage of buyers in san jose, jesse gary ktvu. two news, ah, group of five friends now millionaires after buying the winning $18 million super lotto ticket in san jose, the robot 50 tickets at cafe paradise on monorail road the day after christmas, and they found out one of those tickets was a winner later that night, but opted not to go public, citing covid restrictions, the group decided to take the cash option which left them with $13.6 million and after splitting it five ways. each are walking away with more than $2.7 million. before taxes in temperatures today as we mentioned pretty cool, i was just looking in on san francisco,

i'm moving to the central valley. so much of this is. people wanting space. were you thinking?permanent changes to help people approach work and life and balance and home and health, which just of re sorting of people based on where they want to be and where there's availability that matches their consumer choices for agents such as joe velasco, the beat goes on with six more town homes poised to hit the market and apparently no shortage of buyers in san jose, jesse gary ktvu. two news. we've been very grateful for what they've done so far, but we're so close to coming to the end of this virus. we think it would be a shame that they stop it right now. it is coming right down to the wire. sunday is the last day of vaccinations at the oakland coliseum up next, the latest on efforts to try to keep this mass vaccination site up and running was welcoming the champs back to campus. were there is the stanford women's basketball. team celebrates winning the championship with fellow students also ahead and infectious disease expert will join us live to talk about a new covid variant it

our inland areas like the central valley are going to be just as hot as yesterday. they'll still be breaking records in the upper 80's and even low 90's to our east bay area. we've just seen the return of that cool marine layer. and that's why we're starting to ease off the gas pedal. as far as the heat goes, you can see that light on shore breeze that we have this morning that will actually pick up later in the day today. we're going to have more of an impact from fog tomorrow morning. it will be enough that we do have the potential of some coastal drizzle on into your saturday morning. just generally a cooler day for saturday and sunday, too. so temperatures are just consistently trending downward. these next few days. today, prime example of that. we'll be in the 60's and 50's at the coast 60's and 70's right along the bay with only one lone 80 left on the forecast on this map. that's an antioch you head further inland and there's still plenty of 80's out in the central valley temperatures in the low 70's for your highs tomorrow. upper 60's by easter sunday and i

. >>> and a visit to california, to the central valley. the reason the first lady was in our state today. >>> i'll have a look at where we broke records today, and what will happen tomorrow before some much colder weather rolls in. that's all coming up in about seven minutes. >>> the turmoil continues for san francisco schools. a school board member facing pressure to resign is now suing the district. there are dozens of people at a rally right now outside of san francisco unified officers, in support of allison collins. it comes after the school board voted to remove her as vice president and from committees last week. collins has been dealing with backlash ever since her tweets from several years ago surfaced. they were about the asian-american community. we have a reporter covering the story, and we'll have much more at 11:00 p.m. >>> new at 6:00, there is nationwide scrutiny over the role of bystanders, thousands signing up for virtual courses for how to help if they witness an attack. we want to warn you, some of these video images ma

sounds like you're from the central valley, they are desperately needed and trying to keep solutions to provide and keep, now the problem is so much of the country relies on the workforce that has come here illegally. i'm a strong advocate for a strong border continuing to build the fence and have the staff and personnel that we need to protect the border and nobody come in that doesn't have authorization. the situation where he basically ignored for 30 years ever since ronald reagan back in 86 and good faith that the last bill to try to solve immigration which would have made stronger prohibitions due to the border wall that the democrats supported back at the time not that many years ago you could find video of president clinton during a state of the union, president obama, many leading democrat members. that's changed when the political wind changed somehow if theyle want more immigration and president biden even had that, to finally admit they had a crisis at the southern border after weeks of a problem. that said, we have a lot of farmworkers that did come here and the farmers k

one problem commute has been out of the central valley. we had an earlier accident.nd then an earlier accident near isabella. those are all cleared now but we will take a look as you make your way in. you can still see the patches of slow traffic. 16 miles per hour, 30 miles per hour. that is 580 as it merges with 205. getting into livermore, speeds under 30 miles per hour. if you're traveling from tracy westbound, look for a 15 minute drive. here is mike. >>> that is tough to see. let's talk about temperatures. we start in the south bay. most of us, mid to upper 40s all the way until 9:00. 50 at san jose. 59 in the hills. 51 in fairfield. 55 in brentwood. most of us are in the upper 40s. as far as the kids, congratulations to those going back to school. you can see it is going to be much easier to be outside and play. the coast will still be breezy and 53. 78 inland when school is over. temperatures will hover in the upper 40s to near 50 through the morning hours. as far as the commute, it is going to be breezy on the bridges. especially south of the bay bridge, and

for our partners, and we are also taking water out from our groundwater storage bank, in the central valley. and bringing that here in the santa clara county to make sure that we can still meet demand here in santa clara county. >> reporter: len ramirez, kpix5. >>> i'm juliette goodrich and the east bay where many nurseries like this one are getting their fair share of ing to se ma th resistant plants. we are using 30% less water than in 2013, but with that said, there's always room to conserve and some of us have more room than others. but if we don't we could all pay the price. voluntary water conservation is not a new concept to bay area residents but it is certainly not the news anyone wants to hear. >> i try not to think about it. i am in denial. i have lived through it too many times. >> hoping on the surcharges but i think we will be rationing. especially here in our zone. >> is not the first time and probably not going to be the last time that we have to deal with this. >> this year, supplies are not enough to make it through this year. >> reporter: andrea is with east bay mud and s

sounds like you are probably from the central valley, where ag labor is desperately needed. secretary perdue at the time was trying to keep the solutions flowing. i am a member of a group co-authoring a bill called the " former workforce modernization act." it will keep the labor we have in the country. the problem is so much of the country relies on the ag workforce but has come here illegally. i am a strong advocate for a strong border, continuing to build the fence, have the staff and personnel to protect our border and have nobody comes in that doesn't have authorization. we have a situation where we have ignored the country, as a people, for 30 years, ever since ronald reagan in 1986, in good faith, did the last bill to try to solve immigration. the democrats supported the border wall at the time. even not that many years ago. you can find video of president clinton at the state of the union talking about illegal immigration, president obama, leading democrat members. that changed in the last few years when the political wind changed. president biden finally admits that

it sounds like you're probably the central valley their work egg labors are desperately needed. and cemetery pretty was trying to keep the solutions following. lashley member of the group called the farm work modernization act and that is one that will help provide and keep what we have in the country and the problem is so much of the country relies on it that is come here illegally from the agriculture. i'm a strong advocate for strong border continuing to build the fence. have a staff personnel that we need to protect the border and coming in does not have authorization. in the situation where basically we have ignored the problem as people for years, ever since ronald reagan back and 86, in good faith to the last bill to try to solve immigration which have much stronger prohibitions of the illegal migrations and the democrats supported it back at the time not that many years ago and you can find video of president clinton in the state of the union talking about it and president obama many leading democrat members, little change when the political winds changed somehow that th

but can't imagine how hot that suit through the central valley from alan.e taken him months know he's hasn't been that long ways. least a week and you got to stop you gotta see there's there's slow. they like bring up. will be followed wine and knots. the highway 5 yeah. we didn't ask about the roof and it's true. you can't walk on the highway that you can't look at how it ended be so hot out there of the central valley. yeah, i mean, it is actually good bear walking weather close to the coastline today. >> further inland you get. well, we're going to be in the 70's might get a little toasty out there. if you're that bubbled up, at least we are going to be looking at a sunny finish to the day. it's still kind of gray out there. low cloud cover sitting right above the bay. you can see that from berkeley here, but it is starting to clear out for many spots which is welcome news. there is some lower visibility in pockets across the north bay couple of spots out in the east bay to where you're running into some lower visibility issue do make your way out of the

you have slow traffic out of the central valley. as you can see 25 miles an hour or less. there is an accident off to the shoulder westbound 205. so you will find slowing as you merge on to 580 in the westbound direction. >> sue, thank you. >>> aquarium animals test positive for covid. >>> and a fiery crash that killed two people. was this tesla on auto pilot? >>> also nasa makes history on mars over night. the special mission on the red planet. >>> and a live look outside. >>> and a live look outside. looking dry eye symptoms again? inflammation might be to blame. time for ache and burn! over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. those probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. xiidra,... ...noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda- approved non-steroid treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects include eye irritat

a sign of the warmth that the central valley seen the past few days up in vacaville where you're at. 74 had a bit further inland and you're talking 80's again for the interior of the state that ocean cool there will keep us cool for yet another day today. but tomorrow and sunday. we're going to start to tap into that warmth as well. highs well into the mid 70's and for some areas come sunday. even a few low 80's reyna. john, thank you. so although this accident has been cleared off of the highways. there is still causing some delays one. oh, one northbound a vermont street in san francisco. >> to 18 not seeing any delays along pat heading into the city right now. 15 minutes. remember, i told you we had an accident on the bridge westbound right near treasure island. we're still seeing some residual delays from that accident. checking on highway 24 when an early-morning accident along here, right in the calder cup tunnel that was a hot spot for a little while now. that's been cleared off of the road. 12 minutes. that to me looks great heading across towards the peninsula under 15 minut

we've been in the 80's for multiple weeks across the central valley bay area just barely tapping back into the 80's for afternoon highs for inland spots. well, most of us 60's and 70's. good dose of sunshine later today. tomorrow morning. we do see some cloud cover and fog to start the day. then it's back to the sunshine later on as far as temperatures go, it's 50's and 60's near the coast for your daytime highs. little cooler for areas like golden gate park pacifica in half moon bay and where we were this weekend. also a little cloudier in these spots 60's and 70's for your highs right along the bay shore seeing carlos at 74 mountain view 70 today. south bay temperatures in the mid 70's to upper 70's san jose and campbell each at 78 degrees temperatures in the east bay, low 70's and upper 60's right along the bay shore. well, nearing if not getting to 80 degrees for inland valleys of the east bay conquered. you'll be up to 80 areas like antioch in pittsburgh up to 81 degrees. well, right along one. oh, one from santa rosa to sandra fell. it's mid to upper 70's tomorrow as temperature

that sea breeze not quite cooling off the central valley. so we are actually going to be looking at some 80's and near record breakers for some of our inland neighbors. well, the bay area. well, we're just basking in the sun, in the 70's tomorrow. a little cooler. foggy morning foggy morning on sunday before clearing in the afternoon for easter and then we were hoping for those chances of rain on monday and tuesday. fortunately latest model runs are showing a less likely chance of that valuable rainfall. so we may actually be remaining dry as we work our way into the first week of april reyna. john, thank you. so we're seeing an improvement today from yesterday. but i do have another accident to tell you about. >> 6.80 northbound just north of 7.80, westbound. that's just as you're getting ready to get on that. the nation martinez bridge. there's an accident. there doesn't seem to be causing many delays. the bay bridge as you head into the city under 11 minutes yesterday we had 2 accidents along the ridge are causing quite the delay. we're n

the only thing that sparing us in the day from the warmer temperatures, the central valley. is this persistent breeze that we also saw last week hoping to have a moderate effect on our temperatures. that's going to keep us in the 60's to 70's for most daytime highs today after cloud cover burn-off, you have a good dose of sunshine much like we did yesterday really pleasant weather if we're stuck in a pattern. at least it's been a really nice trend of weather lately 50's 60's for your highs closer to the coastline. it will be a cloudier in touch of a cooler day near the coast temperatures elsewhere like along the bay side. mostly 60's to 70's with san carlos at 74 mountain view at 72 temperatures just shy of 80 and campbell and san jose each at 78. well, 70's also in the east bay pleasanton livermore on up through walnut creek in the upper 70's conquered. you're one of our spots right at 80 degrees. well, oakland upper 60's, north bay temps again, some of our warmer numbers vacaville 83. while santa rosa down through sandra fell right along one. oh, one in the mid to upper 70

if you don't want to wait, you might find some open same-day appointments in the central valley or mass sites that will take walk-ups, that's what my wife and i did, a walk-up mass vaccination site, no waiting, just eight hours of driving because they opened up availability. we found it by looking at public health websites, county by county, until we found a mass vaccine clinic that didn't require an appointment. in and out in an hour. >> you see online different versions, one is better than the other. can you choose the vaccine that you want to get? >> yes and no. some clinics and pharmacies say you'll get whatever they have on hand. some pharmacies have been giving customers an option during the appointment setting process. the johnson & johnson vaccine once it resumes or the two-dose pfizer or moderna shot. >> if you get the vaccine, the two-dose vaccine you need the second appointment for that one. so is it going to be difficult to book that one after you get your first shot? >> it might be. before you leave the clinic that's giving you your first dose, ask them to set your second a

tangled parachute led to an experienced skydiver falling to her death over the weekend in the central valley. her chute never fully deployed saturday. at this skydive lodi parachute center. in t marks at least nine deaths there since 2006, in one case, the owner paid out more than $40 million to the family of a young tandem jumper who died in a fall with an uncertified instructor in 2016. >>> when we return, we're going to turn to sports and the continuing impact from covid on the games. the warriors getting ready to welcome back fans to the chase center for the first time in more than a year. for the a's, a little bit of a different story. events off the field forcing their big time roll to suddenly stall. >>> marin county is reopening most of its libraries in person since the first time the pandemic started, limited to 30 minutes and masks are required. curbside service will continue at all those library locations. the county says that it really hopes to announce reopening dates for other branches very soon, also today sonoma county government offices they are reopening with limited hours.

i just don't owe know what the criteria is because we don't live in the central valley. we live in eastern alameda county and we were eligible to go there. >> you are eligible, chris chmura went to bakersfield. there's some in taleri, so maybe time to see different parts of our state. i see a road trip to bakersfield maybe in the future. thanks, bob. >> wow, yes. >>> okay, look, so we want to bring in consumer investigator chris chmura now because i actually spoke to him to try to find out tricks to help you find the vaccines. okay, chris, a lot of people looking for convenient and easy way for vaccine appointments. do you have tips or tricks? >> good morning, marcus. the key is to search everywhere you can. here's where we've been searching. first the state's official website myturn.ca.gov. if you don't find any appointments there, don't give up. just move on. look to see if your local public health office has any open slots or information about mass vaccine sites. check if w your health plan, lots of people online reported good success with that route. finally check wi

around this day, low to mid 80s through the central valley, that is warming up. still a slight chance of some valley rain and mountain snow in tahoe and yosemite. it is light like 20% or 30%, no big deal. tonight, look at that, a couple degrees milder, mid to upper 40s, a few 50s are possible. my accuweather seven-day forecast, look at that a degree jump, a slight offshore for a couple of hours will bring mid 60s to the coast sunday will the rest of this guy here is busy working on our state's recovery. you see he lives in california and by vacationing in california he's supporting our businesses and communities. which means every fruity skewer is like another sweet nail in the rebuilding of our economy. hammer away craftsman. calling all californians. keep your vacation here and help our state get back to work. and please travel responsibly. chevy is america's fastest-growing full-line brand. and people are taking it everywhere. taking trailblazer outdoors. confidently taking on new places with equinox. and taking on more with silverado. whatever you do, there's

wedged between the mostly red sacramento and central valleys and the the bay area. >> the bay area area area area demonstrated willingness to vaccinate. >> reporter: still lingering until red continues to be a hardship for many here. >> the greatest challenge for our businesses is the yoyo effect. it's your open, you're closed. your limited occupancy, you're not. that has a real strain on our businesses, on staffing up in particular in our hospitality. >> reporter: the owners of sandoval has decided to remain only take out for now even as restrictions have eased. >> right now i feel because our place is so small. 25% would give us three tableless. i try -- three tables. i try to work employees. >> some of the infrastructure will likely stay. like those tents because for many here and elsewhere, eating outside has become a life. in benicia, lori anthony, abc 7 news. >>> >> reporter: the communities with the highest infection rates were having difficulty getting the vaccine. one group that was seemingly inkreuzable throughout was home bound seniors have have been unable to go to vaccinati

and bind water from our partners and we are also taking water out from oundwaorage bank and the central valley. and back here in the santa clara county to make sure that we can still meet demand here in santa clara county. >> reporter: long-term plans include expanding the reservoir near highway 152, which would be as big as all current reservoirs combined. >>> of the storage runs out, they dry up, we have nothing. >> reporter: but a tidewater board member and water policy professor in san jose state says the keys to sustainable water supplies in california are conservation and water recycling, at plans like this one san jose that can purify waste water for irrigation, and possible use. >> we are doing a little bit of water recycling. i wish we were doing more but that has been my human cry for 50 years. we claim the end is near, you know? >> reporter: valley water district says it does plan on expanding its recycled water program. in fact it wants to meet 10% of its overall demand with recycled water by the year 2025, if they do that that would mean about 24 thousand acre-feet of water, enoug

in situations like this, that sector in the central valley has less water as well. it is important to point out so that drug conditions are the same throughout the state and we are not in a position right now to need to do what happened in the last route which is mandate restrictions. >> okay. what kind of restrictions, if not mandates, what kind of guidance is coming in terms of to us and cutting back on the water use. what else is coming besides the local districts that are asking for voluntary 10% or 25% conducts? >> this is an opportunity to make sure you are being as efficient as possible with your water use. that means, of course, ensuring that your irrigation, if you own a yard, isn't leaking. that you are really dialing it back to only what is needed to keep your plants alive. that you're using water in your home in the most efficient way. what is remarkable, actually, from the last drought that ended in 2016, we have seen significant compher summation maintained from that drought. believe it or not, californians stepped up and reduced water usage by about 2

strongest in oakland, although and byron, you're still looking 28 as you make your way into the central valley. but most the rain, the app that is moving on out of town now, but we may see some drizzle along the coastline. we'll see some more fog. the diva maria lair out toward the beaches. so if you're in daly city of all the way not in half moon bay, pretty good chance you may wake up to a little drizzle early on tomorrow morning. temperatures taken a major hit again today. those numbers down another 12 to 14 degrees. number just a couple days ago. we're talking about 80's 90's. those are long gone. they some of these temperatures struggling to get even to the average joe. love these numbers below that 58 in san francisco 62 for a high in oakland 65 in san jose in lemore 69 in concord and 76 degrees in santa rosa tonight. those clouds begin to fill in the showers will soon come to an end and then tomorrow we're going to see more sunshine on the way less wind and some warmer temperatures. this weekend. everything begins to change. we've got a significant storm looks like it's holding together

it's try, and i think the worst of the wind would be up in the central valley in reading, red bluff and chico. the one thing that could bother you, i mentioned it, the allergies. a little bit of a breeze tomorrow, we're going see the pollen floating around. oak is high, mulberry, high, pine, grasses in the moderate. we just now started to see grasses beginning to get up there, and a lot of the grass around the bay area, is getting taller as -- and the weed abatement is going to come in affect for a lot of counties too. we are starting with patchy fog on the coastline, and gilroy, plenty of 40s, and the north bay, 45. with the windy system, winds to the mountains. it will help the copies cool off tomorrow. it will be notice able in the south bay. we are back down to the 60s. 68 in san jose. we hold on to 70s in the east bay, and concord and antioch. and the 60s, they are back. 66 in redwood city. and the 50s continue for much of san francisco. and you get away from the coast in that ocean breeze and we are returning with 70s here, napa, sonoma, and santa rosa. we are staying dry in san f

still ahead, a deadly skydiving accident is under investigation in the central valley. what we're learning about the victim and why the safety of the companies being called into question and has been befo >> in san joaquin county, a woman was killed after her parachute failed to properly deploy. this happened saturday at the lodi parachute center. >> more than 20 people have died there since it opened in the early 1980's the coroner's office has identified this weekend's victim as 57 year-old, sabrina call reporter doug johnson talked to the facility's owner. >> you know, if you're out playing tennis. there's people that have heart attacks on the tennis court because there they know they have a heart condition, but they still go out and play because they love the sport. >> skydive lodi parachute center owner bill dos describes what he knows about the skydiver who fell to her death on sabrina, a girl with about 2000 jobs. a little over does is the victim identified by the san joaquin county sheriff's office says 57 year-old sabrina called frequently jumped at his drop zo

and then it's going to sweep away making its way into the central valley. see right here model start picking up on it as this moisture begins to rotate and kind of casey's for to see if they're moving in the sacramento valley up in the sierra nevada would likely produce a little snow mixed with cross the high country and then by tomorrow morning we're dealing with some patchy fog, probably some drizzle along the coastline early on tomorrow. morning that as we head through the day tomorrow. it was a lot of sunshine in the valleys side. temperatures will be warming up a little bit more for tomorrow afternoon. i think that trend lasting for at least a couple of days here outside right now, wide variety of temperatures are at 72. very nice. and santa rosa. and you're over 20 degrees cooler in half moon bay of 50 degrees. 53 in hayward right now. 62 degrees in concord. all right. we're getting ready for a chance of some rain. we've got a storm system that's going to develop off the coastline. this may be the most significant storm of all of april. of course, we

in the central valley, which provides a quarter of the nation's food, experts say agriculture is pumpinginfrastructure, even reducing the flow in canals carrying water to l.a. yet farmers like john doly are facing agonizing choices, to keep his thirsty walnut treats or opt for more drought-tolerant pasture. >> you might come back to visit me this time next year, and these things may be gone. >> and anne thompson joins me now. anne, i've been thinking about this and we're trying to cover this water issue in different ways. there's bad pipes. we have obviously environmental racism issues that deal with this, inequality issues. on this climate front, which is huge limb pacting particularly where you were in california there and that tremendous visual to see the disappearing lake, what is more likely that we can sort of get enough water and restore that area, or is it eventually some of that farmland going to have to essentially move, we're with not going to be able to farm in essentially what i know some people call the salad bowl of america? >> i think what most likely will happen is they'

young salmon raised in hatcheries in the central valley would normally be released in the rivers. and then they'd swim in. the ocean, but because river water levels are so low right now, because of the drought, the department of fish and wildlife is planning to use trucks to transport the salmon and early season brush fire burned a hillside in pittsburgh late this afternoon off kirker pass road near buchanan. firefighters made quick work of the fire and kept it from spreading to any homes. but video from sky park shows one carport was damaged tonight. firefighters say forward progress has been stopped, but they are staying on the scene. put out any hot spots. they say today's fire serves as an important reminder of the importance of creating defensible space. cal fire crews are busy right now fighting a wildfire in lake county. the so called sky fire is burning southeast of clear lake off of morgan valley and sloan ranch roads. there's no word yet if any structures have been damaged, or if there are any that are threatened. cal fire says so far, 45 acres have burned and the fire i

tail lights may slow early in the afternoon as folks make their way to tahoe and central valley on fridayo you. >> thanks, mike. >>> next here on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> we found open vaccine appointments. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you where and help you cover the cost of going the extra mile to get one. >>> our team is always on social media, and anybody who knows me knows i love april fool's and i pulled off a good prank on my son. after the show yesterday i rush into his room where he was asleep and i told him oh my gosh, school already started. get ready! so he put on his shirt and this is the reaction i got. but then yeah i told him it was april fool's. >> love it. >> moms have a lot of fun but the thing is they're getting old enough to trick me now too, uh. follow me on facebook, twitter and instagram. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> how far would you go for a covid-19 vaccine in miles? >> consumer investigator chris chmura found many open appointments if you're willing to drive. he actually shows us where and how to cover the

as you make when the central valley, long range forecast for doesn't look like much is coming our way in fact, we keep things dry into the weekend. that's the way it is going to stay a little windy over the weekend. looks like we're going to keep those temperatures much warmer plan on 80's in many spots inland by tomorrow afternoon, guys. all right, lawrence, thank you. >> the warriors are hosting the dallas mavericks at chase center tonight kron four's sports reporter kate rooney. she's there live. she joins us now with what to watch for tonight. kate, >> hey, sanaa's the ad wars are set to take on the mavericks tonight. it is the last contest chase center before they head out on the road for a four-game stretch now has been pretty up and down for the warriors. but hey, something pretty good. isn't the wind. that's because the war is won 7 of their last 9 games at this point making a spot in the playoff tournament is pretty much a foregone conclusion. so what the workers need to do is beat the mavericks tonight that will help their case. let me tell you a little bit about what's goin

looks like the strongest wind would be away from us in the central valley, way up towards chico, redding and red bluff. we will get breezy conditions in the mountains. i wanted you to see it first. we have some of this wind, not bad at the lower elevations at all. some of the yellow color, those are wind gusts 20-30 miles per hour. and we'll see similar wind as we move through tomorrow afternoon. even hanging on through tomorrow evening. then eventually, as we roll through wednesday that wind will calm down. if you had any plans up towards the mountains, maybe a hike or traveling over the pass levels, you want to watch out for that wind. otherwise, a good start. chilly in the peninsula, coming in with 40s in the east bay, san francisco and the north bay. with the storm system who having moving in, it will drop our temperatures. it puts us back into the 60s. 68 in cupertino. through contra costa, we'll have a few isolated 70s, out toward antioch, concord. closer to the bay and the coast the numbers dropping off into the 60s. right towards redwood city, 66. daley city, we get the breeze co

down south, san diego at 51%, much of the central valley in light green, and los angeles only at 39%. nationwide almost 128 million people have received at least one dose but there's a problem. even with the johnson & johnson vaccine temporarily out of the mix there is now more supply than demand in some areas. much different situation than we're seeing in the bay area. in fact across the u.s. tonight, upwards of half a million vaccination appointments went unfilled. in georgia alone, 300,000 openings. even new york city has availability. some medical experts fear it may be due to vaccine hesitancy. adding to the concern the pause of the johnson & johnson vaccine, cdc committee won't meet until next week to discuss the reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots associated with the vaccine. >> numbers on my mind are rising cases and hospitalizations around those not vaccinated. >> not just in the u.s. the concern about the johnson & johnson vaccine, it's complicating europe as well. eu is not receiving the 50 million johnson & johnson doses expected in june right now. german

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extreme drought conditions as you move east of napa into parts of the northern california and central valley, we're going to see a lot of the moderate to severe drought conditions continue for the bay area. one little bit of good news is that we saw some snow falling in the sierra yesterday. there were some spots that got additional rainfall. we can see the snow capping the mountains here at squaw creek in lake tahoe. we saw in spots like mt. rose get over a foot of snow. northstar, the skiers are out there, enjoying fresh powder today. unfortunately a lot more of that snow will be melting this weekend. that's because temperatures will be heating up. we're going to see that for our inland areas and parts of the bay with a high of 81 sad, sunday even warmer, reaching 86 degrees. it's not going to last that long. that's the good thing. we do see our natural air conditioning coming back. we'll see more clouds, even a slight chance of rain by next tuesday and wednesday, while san francisco will go from the upper 50s up to 70 on sunday. marcus? >> all right. thanks, kari. >>> coming up, do you th

thanks, warmer temperatures as you head to the north bay and you get make your way into the central valley. but windy along the coastline. going to be a little blustery the weekend, though, is looking good. more sunshine on the way. those temperatures warming up saturday and sunday. right now, no rain in sight. >> thank you, lawrence will. coming up, a man in brooklyn caught on camera pulling a woman's hair just side. authorities say this is just one of several anti-asian hate crimes. he's accused of committing. >> and so brings a sobering study that shows the effects of just how deadly covid has been. we'll have the details. and after the break with vaccine eligibility expanding all over the state. the competition is heating up. competition is heating up. >> to find appointments. h i was injured in a car crash. competition is heating up. >> to find appointments. h i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more t

a system moving over northern california today that did bring some thunderstorms to the central valley we also had a few rogue showers over st. helena and napa. we have since cleared out from that as you can see on the scan, just a little bit of moisture left in the mid levels of the atmosphere. any kind of rainfall has moved out. tomorrow morning, we will start off with the fog near the coast and the peninsula and some chilly 40s yet again, it will be back. 49 in the south bay, peninsula 48. trivalley 46. and we're coming in with more of that early chill over the north bay 44. san francisco 49 and the east bay 48. overall it's a great start here for april standards. the system starts to pull away, holding temperatures to push up a few more degrees. this will bring us to 72 at morgan hill. 70 in palo alto looking all right out there in livermore. concord 75 and santa rosa and napa low 70s out towards san francisco. we have 60s. on my seven-day forecast, we are staying with dry weather all the way through friday. saturday, clouds will increase. sunday, rain chance returns. and by monday

out and buy emergency water from our partners and bring in water from our storage bank in the central valley to make sure we can meet the demand. >> there is something we can do to save water and fight climate change at the same time. >> here is something i can do in my own home. >> stephanie morris says one big step is to replace your lawn with drought tolerant plants. they use a lot less water. >> the majority of water we use in our homes does go to landscaping if we have yards. so there is some say 50%, some say 75%. >> while you are saving water, you can save money, too. valley water offers $2 a square foot to turn your lawn into draught tolerant plants. they will pay up to $2,000 per household. >> thank you, scott. >>> many scientists have linked california's drying conditions to climate change. our mote roll gists have investigated ten places in the bay area most impacted by climate change. jeff looks at the low water levels. you can find that story by clicking on climate in crisis in our top stories bar. >>> california is among the states with the lowest covid-19 case rates. take a lo

similar community clinics have opened at several locations in the central valley in southern california. well, facebook will work with nonprofits to vaccinate 10,000 people in the next few weeks. after all, facebook really want to support the equitable distribution a vaccine. they are helping the >> which is very beautiful. could we are in part it's really nice yeah. it's a blessing. the cities of east palo alto and menlo park also working with the tech giant to provide free shuttles for those who need a ride to the clinics in menlo park police today all kron 4 >> another reason it could be more tough for to get a vaccine in the coming weeks is because health leaders across california are being told to expect fewer doses the golden state received 2.4 million doses of the covid vaccine this week. that number is expected to drop to 2 million next week in under 2 million 2 weeks from now. the lack of doses being largely blamed on a factory in baltimore, maryland. that mixed up ingredients and some 50 million johnson and johnson single dose vaccines that had to be destroyed. tonight. the ne

well, areas further inland out into the central valley of actually still been sitting in the midst of some really warm spring heat bay area. it's been comfortable and we'll keep that trend going as we work our way into the weekend. you look outside right now berkeley is nice and clear. we are seeing a few low clouds overhead, but it really hasn't been much of a problem now, as far as radars concern things out there are staying dry at the moment, which is certainly a nice thing to see. we will be looking at dry into the weekend, which even though nice for stepping outside is not necessarily a deal considering where the state is out with their water needs. no chances of rainfall ahead just yet, though, 40's and 50's for most of our current temps petaluma your of soul spot in the 30's right now, though, i'm expecting santa rosa, possibly a couple other spots like nap and the north bay to be joining you here shortly as temperatures do continue to fall this morning. now something different today compared to where we have been is that sea breeze that we've been steadily holding onto really

in fact, lake oroville one of our major provides drinking water irrigation for the central valley ny is also very low around 50% of average. so definitely not the ideal situation. in fact, we are so dry that we are the second driest two-year period. >> that california has seen in the past 170 years. that puts it in perspective. what these past 2 winter seasons of done for us really setting us behind as far as where we need to be. so healthier further north. but most of us across the region are indeed not fairing so well. you look outside at this year right now kind of hard to see it, though. it's still dark out. this is donner summit roadways. well, they're obviously clear yemen had any new snowfall lately. so at least it's smooth sailing. for those of you that are heading up to lake tahoe this weekend. we have seen at least some cold systems that have provided some snow pack up there. so ski season hasn't been all that bad. we're just not really where we need to be as far as the death of that snow pack goes now, as far as conditions go in the rest of your forecast. high pressure mak