eastern central part of the country, if you live in mountain pacific area, (202)748-8001.ve already been vaccinated, we want to hear from you two to seven-point 68002. what are your questions? thoughts about the role the fda, cdc is playing by the biden administration.ts was this committee in place during the trump administration when president biden took over, were some people replaced? >> the committee has been in place for years, the trump presidency and numbers haven't been r replaced for former term. i should say they have stringent rules about conflict of interest. some of the peoplees on it arent actually ceded to discuss the covid vaccines because they have conflict she was one of the investigators on the clinical trial for covered vaccine, she cannot sit on any of the meetings related to covid vaccines. i know of another person typically on this who can't sit either because her institution was doing a trial. she wasn't involved but it was considered conflict so she has to sit out all the covered vaccine related sessions. >> argus, senior writer, you heard her refe

sensible to remind ourselves that there are many other i exciting trading partners in the indo—pacific areay - should increasingly no longer simply be a china policy. - lord dobbs. now, with schools shut to most pupils during the lockdown, many parents and other carers are responsible for the education and full—time care of their children. at equalities questions, opposition mps urged the government to look at the impact on women in particular. a recent survey found that 71% of mothers asking to be furloughed, as they could not juggle work with childcare, have been refused by their employers. what steps will the minister be taking to ensure there is affordable childcare available for all parents who need it to ensure they are not forced out of work by this pandemic? the minister. i thank the honourable lady for her question. the government has provided significant support for those people who have been furloughed, and also, there is a childcare provision within universal credit. we do recognise that parents all across the country are having difficulties during the pandemic, and we've put in

here's how you can help nbc bay area and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area pacific fund. we will provide grants working to stop the attacks against asians. if you want to donate, any amount helps. we've put up a link on our website nbc bay area.com. >> it has been 75 days since the first vaccination in the u.s. now there's a third option. late today the fda gave johnson & johnson the green light. this paves the way for roughly four million doses to be shipped out as early as monday. a major boost to the national stockpile. johnson & johnson's vaccine requires only one shot. roughly 70% effective at preventing effective but 86 effective at preventing the most severe forms of covid. it offers strong protection against the variants. health experts say all three vaccines work. >> we in public health are not at all concerned about the differences in effectiveness of these various vaccines. >> ahead of its fda approval, governor newsom says the estate has secured nearly 1 million johnson & johnson doses. nearly half of them expected to arrive as early as next week. >> bay

trans-pacific partnership during the obama administration as a way of constraining china in the trans-pacific area but i do agree this idea that china isn't eating our lunch, nobody believes that, it is good to hear he engaged with xi xinping but on economic and i.t. but human rights issues. that is vital to our sense that the world has rather of american exceptionalism and american leadership on the issue of human rights. neil: i'm wondering whether it is also teeing up, scott, maybe a more aggressive stance than thought that this administration will take with the chinese, whether that could imperil any of the deals that have already been scored? i think the last one is mostly scored, about 90% done but could that just blow up? i guess what i'm saying because could biden pull a trump? >> well could biden pull a trump? yes. could china pull a china? that is what i worry about, neil, not so much our end of the deal but china's end of the deal because china exactly hasn't followed through on some of their promises. you talked about some of the deals, resolution of which china has not stood up to the

area monday. we have ah little bit of activity you can see over the pacific northwest. we are not going to get any of that. unfortunately we are going to remain dry. not only for today but into the coming days. take a look at the future cast all the way into saturday could see just week wave pull in. i don't think it's going to bring us much of any rain, though, could bring us a little bit of wind. we'll be watching that that's all the way out towards saturday, between now and then we've got unseasonably warm weather in the forecast for today, tomorrow, and even when we do cool down in the days ahead, we're going to remain above average in many areas. here's a look at just some of the rainfall amounts of since the season began. you can see we are yes. in desperate need of more rain 37. of average in san jose 39% of average in santa rosa. not going to see it this week, though, look at the temperatures outside right now. it's a beautiful 66 degrees at half moon bay in oakland, 65 for you, opera sixties in napa 64 right now over areas of a san jose shifting to the peninsul

. >>> nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area asian pacificd and we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. we put a link on nbcbayarea.com. >>> san francisco is expected to be the next bay area county to enter the red tier. indoor dining could be allowed by next week. the city leaders released some rules before the move. "today in the bay's" jean elle has more on what to expect. >> we have a good late night rush here. >> reporter: the staff is looking forward to staying open after 10:00 p.m. again. a change that is likely next week, when the state is expected to give san francisco the green light to enter the red tier, a tier that will also bring back indoor dining at limited capacity. for restaurants that means hiring staff back. >> that's the first thing that's really exciting all of us right now we get to bring back our teammates. >> reporter: restaurants have to close indoor dining at 10:00, but outdoor service can go later. >> outside three families will be allowed to gather. inside tables will be lim

who trans-pacific partnership is a trade area have a 9 trillion pounds worth of economic opportunity for which businesses fosgate called needs like malaysia mexico economies like canada japan and 1st of all it will have tariffs on 95 percent and unlike the e.u. it doesn't have the strings attached and there is no coal no controlling british borders there's no demand for money so this is a grouping of sovereign nations what it will do is link written to some of the fastest growing economies and well to give us those opportunities in the future well it's now a month since the u.k. left the single market and customs union it hasn't been without problems for traders hoping to move goods across the channel but it's also having an impact on people moving. normally around 10 euro star trains arrive at paris is god nor station from london every day now it's just one brick set in the pandemic of dealt the business of double whammy. the few people still travelling see this cross-channel transport link is to port and to be allowed to fail. to get the whole if there are some financial difficulti

eastern part of the country -- mountain pacific area -- if you have already been vaccinated, we wanthear from you. what are your questions, your thoughts about the role the fda and cdc is playing in the vaccination efforts by the biden administration? helen branswell, was this committee in place during the truck administration -- trump administration? guest: this committee has been in place for years. it predates the trump presidency. members have not been replaced. they serve for four-year terms. vrpac has stringent rules about conflict of interest. some of the people on it are not suited to discuss covid vaccines because they are perceived to have a conflict. in the case of the chair, for instance, she was one of the investigators in one of the clinical trials, so she cannot sit on any of the meetings related to covid vaccines. i know of another person who was typically on the committee who cannot sit because her institution was doing a trial. she was not involved with it, but that is considered a conflict. host: helen branswell is our guest. she is a senior writer with stat news.

>>across the pacific the bay area well represented in the australian open piedmont own mckenzie mcdonnell was the only american to make it to the round of 16 on the men's side to move to quarter finals ucl a grad had to get past number 4 danille many but that would be a tough challenge medvedev played an outstanding match with only 8 unforced errors and how about this powerful first serve mcdonald put up a good fight to at the damage comes up to the net here and then a great passing shot by mcdonald but utley, he falls in 3 sets. that's your loo >>back we'll be taking a look now at our 4 zone forecast say is tracking some self and sierra embrace a dan yeah we have a winter weather advisory in effect right now through monday afternoon live look outside i 80 at donner summit and we're starting to notice snow falling there and that's going to continue all night long storm tracker 4 out there right now tracking snow showers heading into this year during the overnight hours even through most of your president's day monday morning and into the afternoon. >>the winter weather advisory not going

>> nbc bay area telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian-pacific fund who help find grants to help organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate we put a link on our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> it's just shy of 7:09. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we take you live to d.c. for chuck todd with "meet the press." >>> first honoring an icon in bay area journalism, raised in oakland, belva davis experienced racism and sexism as she earned her place as the first black female television news reporter west of the mississippi river. she often said if you can dream it, you can make it so, and she did. davis' career reflected on tough times, she was attacked covering the 1964 gop convention and still working as barack obama became our first black president. in 2018 she was inducted into the california hall of fame, always measured fair and curious, she paved the way for all of us in bay area journalism regardless of color. belva davis, we salute you. [ sfx: bzzz bzzz bzzz ] [ sfx: ping ping beep beep blo

nbc bay area and comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacific fund. we will provide money in terms of grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate any amount of money, we've put a link on our be with site, nbcbayarea.com. >>> up next, it was just accident. >>> also, a coyote linked to five different attacks in the east bay. the all-out hunt happening today to try to finally catch this animal. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, tracking that wind in the mountains, and when it he goes out of here. plus, when i think rain could return. i'll have my long-range forecast in seven minutes. >>> and we continue our series spotlighting bay area black history. we highlight a teacher. ruth love. she left the position in 1981 to become the superintendent of schools in chicago. in 2015, oakland mayor libby schaaf named april 26 dr. ruth love day in oak hand for her contributions to our community. >>> we have more details from the tiger woods car crash. investigators say he will not face criminal charges and doctors sa

here's how you can help, nbc bay area and our parent company come cast partnered with the bay area based asian pacific fund. we'll provide grants to organizations working to stop the attacks against asians. if you want to donate, any amount helps. we put a link on our web site. nbcbayarea.com. >>> a controversial statue has been temporarily removed at st. mary's college after a public outcry. three students started an online petition to take down the statue called falcon boy. they say it was created by a nazi artist who did many pieces for hitler. the student activists say you cannot separate the art from the artist. therefore, it's got to be brou of the, fought the regime. >>> even the bomb squad was called out. we'll explain all the chaos at a san jose bank. >>> plus, a plan to vaccinate the homeless in san francisco with city leaders want done. that story is next. >>> we're watching the return of gusty wind across the mountain tops but also in the forecast, some rain chances trying to make a comeback. that and other changes ahead in the seven-day forecast when we come right back. >>> wild scene out

these type of crimes, nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and comcast have partnered with the bay area based asian pacificfund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asian-americans. we put our link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> the new stimulus check could be headed your way. the house passed a nearly $2 trillion relief bill early this morning and the white house is now gearing up for a fight to get it approved in the senate. here's nbc's chris pallone. >> good morning, folks. >> reporter: president joe biden dialing up pressure on the senate now that the house has passed his $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. >> we're one step closer to vaccinating the nation. we are one step closer to putting $1,400 in the pockets of americans. we are one step closer to extending unemployment benefits for millions of americans who are shortly going to miss them. >> reporter: the bill passed on a mostly party line vote with two democrats joining all republicans in voting against it. the bill calls for payments to $1,400 to most americans. and extended unemployment benefits now set t

nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area based asian-pacific fund, we'll provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate, any amount can help. we put a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> 4:40, relocated and still recovering. still ahead for you on "today in the bay," new details on the treatment tiger woods is receiving days after that horrific rollover crash. >>> plus the future is here. the technology bay area based facebook is actually considering incorporating in its upcoming smart glasses devices. we'll talk about it, when we come back. you're watching "today in the bay." i embrace getting older. i'm so much more confident now. but i don't love that as i age, i could develop gum issues. new colgate renewal reverses early gum damage, for a beautiful, revitalized smile. i can't wait to see what comes next! reverse early gum damage with new colgate renewal. >>> good friday morning. right now at 4:42, san jose's planner for today, we're starting out cool, some low 40s and a clear sky, but mak

the conversation airs march 18th. >>> telemundo and comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacificrovide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate, any amount helps. we have put a link on nbcbayarea.com. >> shifting gears now, one of the giants biggest stars is back. catcher buster posey opted out of last season. he wanted to spend time with his family during the pandemic. he has two sets of twins. now he is back to playing the game he loves. he says he feels rejuvenated, even if this ends up being his final season with the giants. . >> sure, it's gone through my mind. for me the biggest goal this year is to go, cliche as it is, to go one day at a time and try to focus on what needs to be accomplished to or that day and not try to get too ahead. . >> tomorrow's game is against the angels. >>> 7:39. paving the way for the next generation. we'll tell you about the goals of the first black secretary of state of california. trying to accomplish during her time in office. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love,... more adventur

that's where the rain is being sent and it's going to be a very rainy week in fact for the pacific northwest. bay areafornia just the opposite a dry stretch of weather ahead of us. today sunshine tonight a little bit of cloud cover pushes across the region skies, clear back out tomorrow and daytime highs for your tuesday, just as warm if not a little bit warmer than today's wednesday reversed course a little bit temperatures fall back into the 60's and winds will pick up out of the northeast that is going make for brisk feel around the corner on wednesday. so today and tomorrow really are your nicest of days to venture out hopefully enjoy some of this 60's for your highs and san francisco, another coastal spots today we will be looking at 70's mixed in with those 60's across the rest of the bay area like in san carlos right at 70 degrees. redwood city palo alto mountain view both all 3 at 69 degrees, san jose and campbell at 71 degrees each while in the east bay, a range of upper 60's to low 70's expected hayward right at 70. same for you in san leandro oakland berkeley as well as richmond in the uppe

nbc bay area, telemundo 48, and our parent company comcost, they've partnered with the bay area base asian pacific fund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. we put the link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> some terrible news this midday especially for singer lady gaga. right now the singer offering a half million dollar reward for anyone with information on who stole her two french bulldogs at gunpoint. according to "people" magazine, the theft happened near her l.a. home. this was last night. her dog walker shot multiple times in the process. his condition unknown right now. lady gaga is in italy and was not home at the time of the robbery. >>> as many struggle to make it in the bay, there are signs that california renters market may finally be bottoming out. a new zumper survey indicates the city rents are mostly stable. those numbers are 401 that dropped 1% since january. right now, the average cost is $2,650 per month. rents are still down nearly 25% from one year ago. >>> two acts of one in southern california, the other in australia. both making

all right well across the pacific the bay area well represented in the australian open piedmont own mackenzie mcdonald was the only american to make it to the round of 16 on the men's side to move on to the quarter finals though the ucl a grad had to get past number 4 daniil medvedev today but that would prove to be tossed medvedev played an outstanding match. his powerful first serve and he hit home 29 winners mcdonald he put up a good fight though medvedev comes to the net here what a passing shot on that last it ultimately he falls in 3 sets 6, 4, 6, 2, 6, 3 the final. and what a finish at daytona 500 the final lap the 2 leaders joey logano and brad kozloski white each other you can see the flames you hate to see that multi-car collision ensues michael mcdowell shoot right by them out in front again the lead right before the caution came out. mcdowell takes the checked flag to win the daytona 500 his first nascar cup series win. the race was delayed for hours due to rain but mcdowell was obviously more than happy to wait for this finish and this outcome. good for him. that does it for spor

we have partnered with bay area-based asian pacific fund to launch a solidarity fund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you would like to donate any amount of money, we put a lincoln our website, nbcbayarea.com. just click on asian pacific fund on our trending bar. >> also tonight, a desperate search continues in the east bay. a woman and her child still missing after a violent weekend crime spree. police arrested 26-year-old deron williams saturday night after a chase that ended in richmond. he is accused of killing a man in a discovery bay home and later wounding two first responders in a drive-by shooting in antioch. right now investigators are looking for that woman. williams' 4-year-old son and his mom 31-year-old kimberly meeks, they were last seen in an audi suv. today antioch's mayor said they need help from the public to find the pair. >> of course, this will be important as we'll needs the public's eyes and ears in ensuring that they find these individuals in an expeditious manner. >> investigators say williams

nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacificll provide money through grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate any amount helps. we put a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> number 3 the country appears close to having a third covid vaccine. the fda said the johnson & johnson shot is safe and effective. more than 45 million americans have now received at least one vaccine dose while about 55,000 remain hospitalized. nbc bay area's ian cull has the details. >> reporter: tonight the fda endorsing the johnson & johnson vaccine. it's a single dose that can be stored in a refrigerator, final approval for authorization eua could comfrey. >> if the eua is granted we will waste no time getting this lifesaving vaccine into the arms of americans. >> reporter: johnson & johnson says it will ship out 4 million doses immediately, and 20 million by the end of march. the company says it's 72% effective in the u.s. in preventing covid symptoms, much better than the yearly flu vaccines. it's below

at the university of california and a project that tracks hate crimes against asians and pacific islanders bay areaman phil ting secured the funding. your people who are targeting our most vulnerable seniors. 80 year old 90 year old individuals who are just out on the streets minding their own business. their only crime is being asian. king says there have been more than 2800 documented hate crimes against asians in this country since the beginning of the pandemic, nearly half of them took place in california wildlife officials of trying to catch a coyote that's believed to be responsible for at least five attacks on people in contra costa county. most recent happened friday night across from the quick stop on golden gateway in lafayette, edna. test from the clothing of the man who was bitten, confirmed that it's the same animal is was involved in the previous attacks. of those attacks was on a three year old girl in morocco earlier this month. two men were also bitten in separate attacks in lafayette back in december, and in july material boy was attacked in morocco. i get all by the same animal,

everything i have said about the southern pacific business strategy could apply to almost any region in the rural west. specifically the initiatives in rural areas. capay valley became something of a special project for the railroad company. largely because of the influence of this man, william h mills. mills was the chief land agent for the southern pacific and central pacific road companies. in terms of his development vision, he also found an ally in leland stanford and other associates. they believe rural densification and what they call scientific farming were crucial to solving the social and economic challenges of their time. they wanted what we might call a republic of micro farms in which they brought a sense of -- to the market. railroad transportation had rapidly brought every part of the united states within reach. making possible an unprecedented degree of exchange. mills and his associates thought that producers should maximize the potential of their circumstances through regional specialization. the capay valley could serve as a sort of land policy laboratory in support of that. as editor of the newspaper with one of the widest ci

radar currently if we zoom out across the region you do see showers up to the words, the pacific northwest in these areas are going to be looking at rain all week long while the bay area and the rest of california staying dry throughout the course of the week. today tomorrow or warmest in some of our clear stays in this forecast you'll see an increasing cloud cover overnight tonight that won't last long though in tuesday afternoon looks beautiful. wednesday is going to be just a touch cooler and a bit windier too so although wednesday still going to be a nice day really today and tomorrow are the perfect ones to be outside. as for today's daytime highs 60's and san francisco as well as other coastal spots, half moon bay at 67 today while upper 60's continue over into burlingame in south san francisco, each at 68 degrees. areas further south on the peninsula getting closer if not to 70 degrees like in san carlos today, santa clara and san jose. each to 70 or 71 degrees upper 60's for the tri valley well fremont hayward as well as danville walnut creek and conquered all right at 70 degrees this afternoon.

to the forties for your sunday morning, and here's kind of the pattern in the pacific, lots of clouds streaming into the areaalready, so clouds will be increasing in advance of our next system. now tomorrow by the afternoon hours were expecting mostly cloudy skies and even the chance of a shower, especially up in the north bay and then on monday, primarily tracking the showers as we head into monday morning, more snow in the mountains. i was taking a look at some of the totals with the recent system from friday about toe 8 to 15 inches, and we'll be talking about some more snow with the winter weather advisory basically in place for monday, snowfall could be round 3 to 6 inches but kind of a rain snow mix with the snow levels kind of going up into the monday forecast. here's the plan tomorrow morning. partly cloudy skies will thicken up the clouds. you'll notice the best chance of showers by three o'clock. up in the north bay, especially sonoma county up in amend acenas county. by sunday night, we could be tracking some scattered showers bay area wide and then monday start out the day of some showers and the

as the atmosphere gets squeezed again between this area of high pressure over the pacific, another storm system will miss us, but it will be close enough to pinch the atmosphere. we still have strong winds right now. sustained winds most of us in the 10 to 15 mile-an-hour range. livermore, 22 miles per hour. 31 miles per hour at fairfield. wind gusts will be higher than that. we are talking gusts over 40 miles per hour. gusts gradually relaxing, but not until late tonight. mid back, still gusty winds out there. by tomorrow morning, things will be calming down. the calming trend will continue through the rest of the day on thursday. it looks like a nice day. sunshine and temperatures still above average. our salesforce tower camera is still jumping around as we look toward oakland where the temperature is still 66 degrees. 64 degrees downtown. other temperatures beginning to cool off a bit. a few spots in the upper 30s by early tomorrow morning. most is in the low to mid 40s. a few locations below average. tomorrow, temperatures will warm up to low 60s. not quite as one where we were the

and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area have partnered with the bay area asian pacificd we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. we put a link on nbcbayarea.com. >>> the city may be on the verge of entering the red covid tier g ground rules before the move. indoor dining will have to close at 10:00 p.m. and limited to a table of four people from the same family. outdoor dining can remain past 10:00 and people from three families will be allowed to sit together instead of the current two families. restaurants plan to make the transition slowly. >> make sure when we do open for indoor dining, that everything is safe for our staff and our patrons so we're definitely not going to rush into something at the moment, but we are very excited that's the direction everything is going. >> city leaders say inspectors will go from educating to citing businesses for violating new health orderers. >>> so many struggles to make it in the bay, there are signs that san francisco renters market may finally be bottoming out. a new survey indicates the

rain been well it's been sent to the north by this ridge of high pressure and that means areas like the pacificst and the northern rockies have been seeing ample rain and snow. well, the bay area this year and the rest of california has been left so dry very windy. now winds will pick back up today initially for the north bay in our coastal areas, picking up further on into the evening tonight and that sets us up for a pretty brisk saturday just around the corner tomorrow. so do enjoy specially or earlier on hours today as it will be the calmest time of day 50's 60's for today's daytime highs compared to yesterday, not a big change in temperatures millbrae at 61 burlingame south san francisco at 63 while mountain view redwood city seeing carlos just a few spots each at 65 degrees south bay daytime highs in the upper 60's comfortably cool afternoon temperatures are g asked above our seasonal averages for walnut creek concord pittsburgh in antioch daytime highs will be just below 70 degrees making for another comfortable in today, whole lot like i said like yesterday was tomorrow's temps a pretty

also for japan it's been a lovely recently in japan not big area of high pressure in charge that's just not going away into the northwest pacific it's next system comes through this cold front is still area of low pressure will sink further south words that will bring quite a bit of snow in across north korea that is likely to cause widespread disruptions some of that snow sneaking into the north of south korea but for much of south or is going to be the really heavy rain that will cause some problems as we go on through monday we could see of around 70 or 80 millimeters of rain coming through here and cause widespread disruption in that wetter weather will gradually push across the sea of japan into the western half of japan we see some western weather and some wintry weather rolling through here eventually it will move over the mountains but notice the warm 30 tokyo to around 18 degree celsius temperatures and i hadan around 7 all right behind that is it clears up with some christmas sunshine for the soul and for beijing a lot of sunshine across south asia and it's warm sunshine to last the clear skies temperatures generally

back tiger woods hosted the genesis implementation all and was in the area for a tournament at the pacific palisades. pga tour released a statement saying in part, tiger is in our prayers, and will have our full support as he recovers. what caused tiger to crash? the sheriff says it is still unclear. the road is steep and curvy, and accidents are not uncommon. elizabeth? >> kpix 5 sports director dennis joins us now. it seemed like things were finally looking up for tiger. >> tiger woods was still at least a month away from playing on the pga tour, but was on the course yesterday with former nba star dwayne wade. >> tiger, thank you for teaching me something. how good am i? >> good. [ laughter ] getting better. >> tiger was all smiles in a teaching role. woods was reportedly on the way to the same courses wanted to work with saints quarterback drew brees, and it was just two days ago jim nantz asked woods about a possible return. >> seven weeks from today, final round of the masters. are you going to be there? >> i kind of hope so. i have to get there first. a lot of it is based on my surg

we are standing with the asian community here at nbc bay area along with telemundo 48 and comcast. we have partnered with the asian pacific fund based in san francisco to launch the solidarity fund. it will provide grants to organizations working to address the persistent anti-asian sentiment. we have a link on our website. click on the asian pacific fund on our trending bar. come, how spreading in schools. >>> also new sights and sounds from mars. it is fascinating. nasa releasing a new picture of what the rover is seeing from the surface of the red planet. >> and we're continuing our series on -- >> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, tracking some wind in the forecast. we'll have details on that and the next rain chance coming up in a few minutes. >>> thank you, jeff. we're continuing our series on bay area black history. today we're honoring theo dellums. the labor union focussed on the working conditions of black employees. it helped lead to an executive order from the president which created a fair employment practice act. >>> covid and schools, a new cdc study of schools that have already reopened showed teachers

tomorrow, the wind will pick up as we head into the first half of the weekend, our big area of high pressure over the pacific, the big dome of there will be edging a little closer to the coast, as it pushes up against the storm system farther inland, it just squeezes the atmosphere overheads it will get funneled through even faster, stronger offshore wind. but the wind should calm down as we head into the second half of the weekend. not a problem up there right now. most in the 5 to 10 mile an hour range, just a bit stronger at sfo and half moon bay. but this is nothing compared to those gusty wind that we had yesterday and last night. just the last rays of sunlight, beautiful day out there, temperatures stands at 55 degrees downtown, 59 right now. still mid 60s in concord, though, slow to cool down but eventually you will drop off and temperatures by tomorrow morning to going to level out to the upper 30s and low 40s inland which is pretty close to normal for late february. maybe even a tiny bit below average with low to mid 40s around the bay and upper 40s along the coast. another day of above average for

the big area of high pressure over the pacific but both close enough together that it does squeeze the atmosphere and that accelerates the wind. strengthening by tomorrow afternoon, the windiest they will be wednesday and the northerly wind will eventually bring some cooler temperatures toward us by midweek but cooler temperatures just means return to what is normal for this time of year, another unseasonably warm day on the day -- way tomorrow. temperatures are still in the upper 50s and low 60s, very warm, consider the sun has been down for about 90 minutes. this is a warm temperature panel for the end of february. we are not going to drop off that far as we head into the rest of tonight. temperatures will start off in the mid to upper 40s to around 50 degrees, and we really warm up. near record high temperatures inland well along the coast will be in the mid-60s at half moon bay and pacifica. low to mid 70s, santa clara valley mostly in the mid-70s, 76 in san jose with time to record high temperature, mostly in the middle portion of the seven day inland, even upper 70s around fairfi

the back of your mind, we need some more rain for dry weather will continue, big area of high pressure over the pacificst pressing down and we are close enough to it that it is suppressing any chance of a shower to develop around here. the next hint of a rain chance does not arrive until wednesday and thursday but we are far from getting carried away with those rain chances. a better chance of actual showers by the end of next week into the first weekend in march, so we are not done with the rainy season yet but you will have to wait about another week and by that point it will have been two weeks since we saw any measurable rainfall across the bay area. hour stretch of dry weather has been a stretch of snow free weather in the high sierra, so the numbers have been dropping a little bit in terms of where things stand and the snowpack. as a whole, 64% of what is normal but like the rainy season is not over yet, the snow season and the high terrain is not over yet. we get some rain late next week and into early march. they are likely to pick up additional snowfall and if you are heading out there for the

pacific islanders. earlier this month, the alameda county district attorney announced the creation of a special response unit to investigate anti-asian crimes. how can you help? nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and comcast have partnered with the asian pacific fund to launch a solidarity fund. we will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to help, any amount helps. we've put a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> a park is getting a new name and entrance fee, too. like, seeing my mom. it's unthinkable to me that i can't see her and i can't hug her. not being able to hug is just like somebody has to tie me down. touching someone to say i love you, to hug you... those are the things that i miss. ♪♪ >>> tonight at 6:00, so lefts its travel quarantine, so what does that mean? does it mean more families are making spring break plans to get out of town? that story and more at 6:00. >>> are vaccine makers making good on their promises? what they're saying about the rollout and hardships they face as they try to keep up with demand. >>> and finally, at 5:00, palo alto's foothills park has a new name and new rules. what's going on there?

nbc bay area and telemundo and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area based asian pacific fund to launch a fund and will provide grants to organizations working to stop attacks against asians. if you want to donate any amount helps. we have a link on our website nbc bay area.com. >>> not just a car crash but what about his family and career? we're getting more answers following the tiger woods crash. investigators say the superstar will not face any criminal charges. the l.a. county sheriff says tiger showed no signs of being drunk or under the influence of drugs following the crash. the sheriff says woods won't even be charged with reckless driving. the 45-year-old crashed that suv early yesterday morning just south of los angeles not far from his childhood home. surgeons spent several hours repairing woods' tib la and fibula where a rod was put in place. along with a combination of screws and pins. we talked to a u csf surgeon about tiger's long road to recovery. >> we're lookingat probably in the hospital for a week or so and then a longer recovery in terms of gaining b

and the first of 3 storm set to arrive to the bay area out in the pacific northwest bringing a slight to moderate rain buyer thursday afternoon. well into the evening. >>tracking it hour by hour stick around kron 4 news at 3 starts right now. >>from the area's local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >>as of a few hours ago. we have the first reported cases of south african 2 cases have been reported there stanford. one in alameda county. and one in santa clara county. >>now at 3 it has been confirmed the south african variant of the coronavirus has been found here in the bay area and this marks the first confirmed cases in the entire state. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm justine waldman the governor confirmed this news today during a news conference in fresno he says the cases of the variant which is called be 1, 3, 51 were found in santa clara and alameda county, a news conference has just started with health officers from those counties we want to listen in just 4 minutes we can get some more information about the south african variant of the cor

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area. this form of a storm system moving in. this person, over the pacific, moving in the first half of the day saturday. it will be rainy then. let's see what's happening now with light to moderate rain across most of the bay area. zooming in for a closer look here. moderate rain over the heavier rain over oakland to hayward and fremont. tracking some pockets of heavy rain in the north bay right now. tapered off for a while. this burst of rain decided to burst into marin county, sonoma county and napa county. surrounding up at the moment is most of it. inland parts of the east bay, you will see this pocket of rain from fremont to oakland for the next half hour, moving past 582 60 the end into the diablo range. the santa clara valley is in the range with more into the west, moving in. you are not done with the rain yet in san jose. even though you have picked up less than 1/10 of an inch of rainfall there. all of this is moving from west to east and rapidly. more showers develop over the pacific but they should be mostly to the east as we head towards midnig

the uk will apply to join a free trade area with 11 asia and pacific nations on today, a year after itoining the group of "fast—growing nations" will boost uk exports, the government says. the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership, or cptpp, covers a market of around 500 million people. in australia, a parliamentary committee is holding a hearing into planned laws to make google and facebook pay domestic media companies for content that appears on their platforms. let's go to sharanjit leyl in our asia business hub. what's going on? that's right, ou have what's going on? that's right, you have been _ what's going on? that's right, you have been reporting - what's going on? that's right, j you have been reporting about google's threatened to withdraw engine from australia due to new laws that would forced the social media going to pay domestic media for content. australia's prime minister piped in today, saying the country can do without google and can count on microsoft's being search engine. this is despite the fact that we know google dominates about 9

so while we remain dry through the weekend areas like the pacific northwest.continue to see that rain this is monday right here we're actually going have a slight dip in temperatures on tuesday due to a cold front that is not going to be passing along with any chance of rain it's just going to drop temperatures a bit wednesday. we warm right back up same case on thursday could it be the warm before the storm though because by thursday night into friday. it looks like we could see a pattern change that may just bring us our first chance of rain in a while that's still a while away but just something to look forward to keep your fingers crossed for if you're missing the rain as for future cast of wind gusts most of us are nice and calm, but we are seeing some breezy conditions across the north bay as well as along the coastline, picking up later today and eventually setting us up for a pretty breezy one into your saturday tomorrow so today starts com increasingly windy tomorrow, our windy us to one of the weekend and then sunday, your calmest one of the weekend.

area for the next seven days. notice the rainfall outlook shows lots of activity going to the pacific northwest. g into the bay area. so here is the accuweather sunny seven-day forecast. we will have seven mainly sunny days. easy for me to say. it's going to be remain mild through the seven-day period. a slight cooldown will occur on monday but temperatures bounce back on tuesday and wednesday. i want the thank the faculty and students at east avenue elementary school in hayward for inviting me to be aue reader today for african american read-in. i was there virtually, but i had a great time. >> excellent. >> i bet they had a great time too. thank you, spencer. >>> let's flip it over to sports director larry beil. and some warriors news tonight. larry? >> yes, in progress. warriors playing a bloodied and bruised steph curry and the dubs trying to finish off this four-game road trip with a win. you make steph bleed, and you you make steph bleed, and you must pay the where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entrest

pacific northwest. the back end of this system is going to slide across the bay area and we will get our share of some wetther. it's not going to have the kind of intensity that it will have across the pacific northwest. we will get much needed rain locally as we head into the late night and early morning hours. you see the clouds gathering from our abc7 roof camera. a little peek of blue in san francisco where it is 57 degrees, low 60s san jose, 54 half moon bay and our exploratory camera looking towards the financial district. low 60s concord and livermore. our east bay hills camera sun getting ready to set, light rain in the north bay late tonight, damp for the morning commute, and the next wave of showers comes in early saturday morning before most of your weekend plans get underway. late tonight through tomorrow it's a level one on the storm impact scale. north bay rain tonight and then it spreads. so tomorrow morning's commute give yourself a little more time because it is going to be wet. under a 0.25 inch of rain is expected. the hour-by-hour forecast by 11:00 the north bay is getting rain. it sta

there are three key areas that are pacific islander students are facing. there are 52% pacific islander students, families in the phase 2a group. responding to the in-person learning survey. far below the district average of 73%. of those respondents, 59% plan to attend in-person. close to the district average of 57%. overall, attendance in the school district has remained relatively flat across the past three years, even with the switch to distance learning. this is true for the students across grade spans. however, pacific islander students have experienced decline in average attendance during the first half of the school year. learning loss in fall 2020 was greater for pacific islander students than for any other race, ethnicity on the reading inventory and the math milestone assessment. now i like to pass it over to theresa to talk about the sfusd efforts. >> thank you, glenn. hello everyone. my name is theresa perofeta. i will be discussing -- the samoan. there was a creation of mentoring and tutoring programs as well as pacific studies pathways from

views and that the person responsible for the image will be punished here in the bay area, members of the asian and pacificning recent violence against seniors and women in those communities. now the coalition for community safety and justice held a rally at civic center plaza in san francisco yesterday, a similar one was held in oakland saturday on both sides of the bay more than 700 aunty. asian hate incidents have been reported since the start of the pandemic. e think any standing up for asian rights is very important because it hasn't been done enough that one of the rain reasons they're being victimizes the not reporting of things that's just they're just easy to sweep things under the rug, and this is the first step and speaking out, last week more than 60 asian american organizations issued a statement. deming. the violence there, also calling form or community patrols, services for victims and restorative justice measures. listen eve oakland plans to create the two new police liaison positions there. the city wants to build connections with non english speaking communities. the police liaisons will

the midwest is digging out as well with up to 2 ft of snow reported in some areas and in the pacific're dealing with major ice damage and limited resource is after a summer of wildfires, all their money's been used up trying to rebuild from the fire, so they don't have those reserves here in texas governor greg abbott has ordered an investigation. and into how these power outages began, and whether they could have been avoided. that's the latest from dallas. casey steagall. fox news, the blockhouse in texas are sparking a blame game over how parts of such an energy rich state have been without power for days. now the storm knocked out power to as many as four million customers in texas. democrats say there were several failures with the texas energy system from wind turbines. coal to natural gas. but the governor of texas took the blame game a step further by attacking the proposed federal green new deal that would focus on renewable energy. shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america and congressman alexandria cassio cortez responded by tweet

up my best chance of showers across the whole bay area is going to arrive saturday morning and there is another storm system farther out in the pacific that one will arrive for presidents' day on monday. that looks a little more substantial but both of these, we are talking about total amounts around a quarter inch, or less across the bay area so not as heavy as the rain that we had yesterday which was very beneficial across the bay area. let's take a look at the future cast, tomorrow morning's rain, talking a few hundreds of inch. this is barely more than a trace in some spots. a bit more, though, on monday and this is why we are optimistic we hoping for maybe a quarter inch, sums parts may be a bit more than that. fingers crossed we take what we can get. today look at the future cast and show the approach of tonight's rain coming up in just a few minutes. >>> other big story, lunar new year, this is a live look from grand central mall in the heart of san jose's little saigon. and you can see pretty good sized crowd there where they have been setting up plenty of fireworks, i don't hear any here. and here is what it looks like on gr

although the zonal flow continues and that means active weather in the pacific hopefully getting closer to the bay arean see the central sierra around yosemite leading the pack at 75% compared to 2020. so we are doing pretty well with that last atmospheric river allowing to boost that snowpack. in terms of highs today, what a day. gorgeous out there with upper 60s for you in oakland. 67. 70 again in livermore. san jose, the delta, 69 up in santa rosa as well as concord. we'll see highs in the 60s. the accuweather forecast, mild day today. above-average temperatures tomorrow. notice the cooling trend, increasing clouds, more of a breeze with a chance of showers into the middle of next week. the ra, but it looksets more pr we get closer to the next week. >> good to hear. thank you. >>> just ahead, could disneyland reopen sooner rather than later? we'll tell but the bill proposed by a couple of state lawmakers to we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage