i did reach out to the san matteo district attorney and alameda county sheriff's department and they tell me they do not use rape kit dna as part of investigative tools. the district attorney in san matteo says they keep dna samples on hand as part of quality assurance to try use it to rule out the possibility of cross contamination of samples. nbc bay area news. >>> right now, the chp investigating another possible freeway shooting again in oakland. it happened shortly after the morning rush hour along 580. sky ranger overhead shows officers searching evidence around 10:00 this morning. the officers combed the freeway, but it's unclear what they were looking for or if anything was actually hit. the chp has told us they're still working on an update and we'll bring it to you as soon as we get it. >>> our team looked into the numbers and spotlighted where the most shootings are happening on our bay area freeways. you can download the bay area streaming app and look under a investigation play list. >>> now to our coronavirus coverage. this entire pandemic, it is the numbers that have d

we're showing you where the lack of traffic on the san matteo bridge.ident team being sent out. >> good morning, a very happy thursday to you as well. so this time around in this work-from-home environment i don't have a tv monitor behind me like i do in the studio, and this is kind of the first day that i've missed it because we need something that really speaks to the upcoming disaster that is going to take place for facebook or meta today. a picture like that dog drinking coffee in the fire meme. take that dog and put a facebook logo on the screen as well because few people recognize the meta hoego. facebook is better this. would be a good graphic about the disaster. the point is facebook stock has plunged in pre-market trading after the company says they actually lost users. based on that facebook stock will plunge so far so fast that the company's overall value, what we call market cap will fall by so much it will be the biggest loss of value for a single company on the stock market since they invented the stock market. facebook is that big and inv

the san matteo bridge was doinging down for a couple of minutes.to this span and again moving slowly now. >> what happened on this thursday morning and that's what's happening in the bay. >> a live look from beijing. ♪♪ >>> good morning, crowning moment, nathan chen crushing the competition on his way to figure skating gold. >> the best skater in the world brought it on the biggest stage on the world. >> the quad king finding redemption after four years ago dominating the field on his way to olympic history, he'll join us live to celebrate his win. simply the best, chloe kim blowing the field winning gold and becoming a back-to-back olympic championship. >> that's it, ladies and

do have calmer winds in the forecast today are and we're headed for the upper 50s in spots like san matteo, san francisco also in the upper 50s, but then head over towards the east bay, we'll see some low 60s for this afternoon. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend coming up. mike is here now for a look at the early morning commute. >> light winds in the report. no major incidents, thank goodness, going on. as we look out to the maps we're pointing out the altamont pass where they are pointing out green sensors at speed. chp said overnight a gust or two did catch them. no delays out of vasco road and contra costa county and dunbarton bridge may have some construction clearing south of there as well. >> thanks, mike. >>> breaking news out of san francisco this morning. two people are injured, more than 20 displaced after an early morning fire in the heart of the mission district. this is video from citizens app. the fire damaged a four-story building right at mission and 16th streets. firefighters say the building includes the popular business on the ground floor that started a lit

this would cover junior colleges, san matteo and other areas. >> fans are coming out to pebble beach.his year's pro-am tournament after an empty course due to the pandemic. the first round gets under way as the celebrities join some of the world's best golfers. yed yesterday they held a par 3 cop test and putting challenge. other celebrities that are expected to attend, quarterback josh allen, mop scar mark mclemore and you know who i'm talking about, bill murray one newborn in southern california has a story to tell for the rest of life. it's all about the day he was born, the day and time. kaiser san diego say natalie and angel san diego, of carlsbad welcomed the birth of their sop at 2:22 p.m. remember what yesterday was, 2/2/22. a lot 26s there so certainly meant to be. that's their lucky number. >> off to weather we go now. >> a weather reportp and a lot of people are heading had across 580 right now. doesn't really go with the number theme, but oh, well. now we're look at our clear visibility and cold temperatures to start. yesterday we heard from the groundhog and what its pred

there's a beautiful view of the san matteo bridge.o traffic-wise, look at the twinkling lights. it's clear and chill. back over to you. >> sure is. >> thanks, mike. >> 5:20 this morning and next up here on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds. >> many homeowners have missed mortgage payments during the pandemic. now you can get as much as 80 grand to help keep your home if you apply. i'm consumer investigator economies -- i'm chris chmura. >> that was marcus and i yesterday morning, a little peek behind the scenes during commercial break. keep up with us to get some cool behind-the-scenes moments and follow us on instagram, facebook or twitter and sometimes marcus and i hope on facebook live and do some live with you so turn on notifications as well. we'd love to hear from you. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. 5:23 for you this morning. if you missed some mortgage payments because of the pandemic, you might be able to get tense of thousands of dollars in free health. >> consumer investigator chris chmura shows

now we're getting word that courthouses in san matteo, alameda county still require masks. >>> one bay area school district is not waiting. parents are glad their kids are back in the classrooms instead of learning remotely. >> yeah, he's happy. he's in a great school. you know, he probably will wear his mask. he's so used to it. either way, i'm final with it. on or off outside. >> other bay area school districts that allow students to remove masks outside include san francisco unified, east side and san ramon valley unified. >>> san jose state is welcoming students back to campus, however, each course is designed to be about 40% virtual. students resumed classes online exclusively back this late january and with numbers easing, the interim president said it's time to find a way to live and work with covid since it's going to be here for a while. student body president says faculty members really helped moral, too. >> i had access to amazing faculty and they really led us through the change. so i have to give props where it's due. and so there was a period where we had online labs and

. >> well, we're looking at the ups and downs of the san matteo bridge, up towards the westbound.t down from -- towards the east bay with the headlights. no problem in either section for this stretch. let's see how the world of business is. >> reporter: good morning. wall street is set to open lower as investors digest earnings report, updates from the federal reserve and the crisis between russia and ukraine. stocks ended little changed yesterday, close off the loads of the session minutes from last month's fed meeting showing the central bank is creeped to hike interest rates and reduce its massive balance sheet as market watchers had already expected. reports on unemployment and housing starts and we'll get earnings from walmart and there will be a union election that organizers say next month putting amazon on track to face two union elections in the same week. the national transportation safety board plans to be counting ballots from an alabama warehouse in the redo of a failed campaign last week. and disney is developing planned communities for fans who live, breathe and die

contra costa and san matteo counties will launch theirs today. sonoma county's takes place tomorrow. >> 4:56. coming up next on "today in the bay." we continue to follow breaking news overseas. live team coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. a live report from washington on how president biden is expected to respond this morning. >> and we're setting new records with our low temperatures this morning, especially in the north bay as this freeze warning continues for the bay area through tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about all of our temperatures and what's ahead coming up. >> a live look at 880 through fremont shows smoothly flowing traffic on this freeway, the nimitz. niles canyon has your overnight closure. used to. that should be picking up in the next couple of minutes, and i've heard about no delays. find out what else is going on. we'll show you that coming up. >>> breaking right now at 5:00, ukraine under siege. russia overnight launching an all-out invasion with vladimir putin warning the u.s. and other nations to not interfere.

a day at the san jose or san matteo event center. it's a walk-up testing site that will be open on tuesdays through sundays from 8 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. results are expected back within 48 hours. so it's a fairly quick test. a lot of remain after a man and a woman were shot inside of a spot near lake merritt. and the woman did not survive. it happened around 10 o'clock tuesday morning on grand avenue. police got a call about a shooting inside the coombe, a spa. they arrived there to find the 2 victims. no sign of the shooter forces icma talk with witnesses and has the very latest now on the investigation. >> a deadly shooting. >> killing a woman and critically wounding a man tuesday at around 10:00am here inside, become a spa on grand avenue in oakland's lake merritt district. oakland police received a call about a shooting in progress inside the spa arrived on the scene and found the 2 victims. but no sign of the shooter. >> it just makes me feel that an uncomfortable. i spoke by phone to a woman who was working i

you're looking at the >> hayward, san mateo bridge or san matteo hayward bridge, depending which direction you're chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here. as as you like today. boy, tomorrow, even warmer home. my goodness. some of these temperatures going to be amazing. a beautiful shot from the east bay hills, the sun right over the bridge right now, the golden gate and truly looking golden outside. right now, the temperatures running above the average again today. these numbers spectacular 72 degrees downtown san francisco, 12 degrees above the average. 68 in oakland, 74 in san jose. 72 degrees in livermore, 71 in concord and 73 degrees in santa rosa. all these numbers running good 10, 12 degrees above the average for this time of year. of course, you've got those offshore winds that will be kicking in again to that. i think going to ramp up a bit and the air quality it will suffer. it will be hazy tomorrow. parts of the north bay, also the east bay in the south bay looking still pretty good along the coastline. temperatures very comfortable for this time of the evening in the middle

contra costa and san matteo counties will lauren theirs today. sonoma county tomorrow. >> top stories we're following for you today including breaking team coverage of russia's invasion of ukraine overnight. >> reporter: yes. as russia invades ukraine, the response from california's office of emergency services. >>> and the bay area wake up to freezing cold temperatures. a live look for you this morning in walnut week. meteorologist kari hall tracking when we can see a warmup. are you looking to renovate your kitchen or bathroom? i'm mike holmes here with ivan from agm renovations thanks mike! too often, homeowners hire the wrong contractor. ivan, i see this all the time. delays, shortcuts, hidden fees - nightmares. at agm we use the top trades, and each project is finished on time, on budget, backed by a five year warranty. that's why agm are the only kitchen and bathroom renovation specialists i recommend. ♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ [announcer] call now and get $3,000 off! >> what is happening is unbelievable. >> breaking now at 6:30. ukraine under

everything looks pretty standard, the richmond bridge and san matteo bridge, those are alternates as>> happening now, santa clara county adding hundreds of disaster service workers to help deliver aid amid ongoing pandemic. this week the board of supervisors approved to fund 251 new positions through 2024. many of those workers will help with logistics, delivering food and case management service for homeless people who are quarantining. the total coast nearly $33 million and will mostly be paid for with money from fema. >> greenhouse gases contributed in more ways to one in our climate crisis. still ahead, meteorologist kari hall explains how moisture in the air is adding to more stress to our higher temperatures. >>> plus, at 6:00 b.a.r.t. rightership keeps going down. ahead in a live report, the reap you could soon be footing the bill just to keep those trains running. >>> and we're live from beijing as team usa hits the ice. >>> plus, a california native winning goal. we're covering it all. stay with us. 5:54. we'll be right back. >>> it's thursday morning, and good morning to yo

i'm in san matteo county. if you walk into the market behind me, you no longer have to wear a mask.santa clara county, i would have to wear a mask. they're waiting for the case rates to become lower, and it also applies to local bids businesses. they can make their own rules as well. our colleagues at nbc bay area talked to a salon in fremont in alameda county where the salon owner is requiring masks and also asking her customers for proof of vaccination. >> we'll still keep it six feet from each station, and we have divider, and i feel very safe, and -- but with our guests, it's pretty close, especially in the shampoo bowl, we're face-to-face, we're shampooing, and we are with our guests sometimes two hours, two and a half hours, so i would like to have some cover. >> reporter: now, all that said, here's where the state is going with the strategy that governor newsom has dubbed s.m.a.r.t.e.r. because everyone has to have an acronym when you're in politics. it stands for shots, masks, awareness, making people aware that the disease is still there, even if case rates are lower, readi

. >> so let's go to the peninsula now or san matteo man is due in court today. using a flare gun to target police. the whole thing was caught on camera on his own camera, actually took video of it and gave it to the police. and here's a video. last month that shows him firing a flare gun. >> at the san mateo police department and the police and investigators say that not only to the video, but then like i said, sent it to multiple county departments. and the man has now been identified as 44 year-old hit oshima and he was after shooting a flare gun at the san mateo police patrol car on tuesday. >> we had a san mateo police officer get targeted because he was, in fact, a police officer. we see an individual. not only specifically. intentionally target. law enforcement officers. it is truly. alarming and concerning. >> she was facing a series of felony charges now including assault with a firearm on a peace officer. in the east bay. the oakland police department could soon have a new place to call home on tuesday. the oakland city council gave the green light to r

forecast at the bottom of the screen we'll have a few more days of temperatures like this with san matteorees, 65 also in the mission district and the north bay temperatures reaching 71 in santa rosa and 71 in ukiah. as we look into this forecast. we're looking ahead to see if there's any reason. see all of the yellow shadings of the day thapdcates dry weather and this is definitely a record of the mid-winter dry spell. 41 and counting, and we'll be seeing that drought monitor coming out later this morning as the sierra snowpack continues to shrink. we're at statewide average of 72% of normal as we had such a great start and it's really disheartening to see this now at only 72% of normal. we could see some changes but nothing really striking here. there could be a couple of moves at the end that could bring light snow at the sierras and not seeing any strong storms even as we head towards the end of the month. we're definitely have cooldowns so if you're thinking of planting something, hold off because we could still have more freezes, and our temperatures for our inland areas will be in

this is san matteo county, so now, with the indoor mask mandate coming off for people who are vaccinatedinto that supermarket behind me without a mask, no problem. but if you're essentially across the street, that's santa clara county. they still have a mask mandate because they want to wait for the case rates to come down some more. this also extends to individual businesses, so for example, a hair salon owner over in fremont in alameda county, no countywide mask mandate there anymore but she notes that some of her staff are still with clients for two and a half hours at a stretch, so she's keeping a mask requirement for now. >> i feel like i'm still lots going on with the virus and i feel like more safe, again, for my coworkers and my guests to have a cover. it's more comfortable. >> reporter: the mask situation is just part of this. there is now, as we said, an endemic strategy unveiled this past week by governor gavin newsom and it is called s.m.a.r.t.e.r. that's an acronym for shots, masks, awareness, readiness, testing, education and prescription treatments for covid as the disease

brady went to san matteo's sarah high school, and today the school shared this congratulatory messageal media, along with a photo of brady and his high school football uniform. it reads in part. we are so proud of your incredible career was seven super bowl championships. you are one of the greatest nfl quarterbacks of all time. once a padre, always a padre. the house of prime rib in san francisco, hosted the 40 niners offensive line for dinner tonight. this is an annual tradition that goes back 30 years despite that tough loss against the los angeles rams on sunday, the team was in a spirited mood tonight. everyone appeared to be enjoying the company, the drinks and, of course, the famous prime rib. it's a really, really cool tradition to get us up here celebrate this season, some of the best food in the world and have a great time. this dinner is usually around the holidays, but it was pushed back this year because of covid concerns. a little later in sports more on the 49ers sports director marco baniyas will tell us what quarterback jimmy garoppolo is saying about his future with

as for the or san matteo bridge, a 12 minute drive there for you and the richmond center fell looking at a drive that will take you 7 minutes across that span. back to you. >> 5 o one right now. and happening today, a public memorial for football legend john madden is going to be held at the oakland coliseum. now, the bay area's tribute to a way to honor the football icon who had. >> deep roots in the east bay kron four's will tran fact live this morning for us with a look ahead at the ceremony. good morning. well, >> how appropriate is this, james, that it's happening on valentine's day? >> because we love john madden, the rest of the world definitely loves john that. and he spent decades here in pleasanton, which is why we are here. this became his home town, even though he's from daly city. in fact, the sign is gone right behind me is just as pleasant and let me pull a picture up. this happened pretty much all of was jogging through this area. and i had to stop because i saw this sign. this says john madden, forever in our hearts and had the dates of when he was born. and when he l

the san matteo bridge was doinging down for a couple of minutes. they are getting to this span and again moving slowly now. >> what happened on this thursday morning and that's what's happening in the bay. >> a live look from beijing. ♪♪ >>> good morning, crowning moment, nathan chen crushing the competition on his way to figure skating gold. >> the best skater in the world brought it on the biggest stage on the world. >> the quad king finding redemption after four years ago dominating the field on his way to olympic history, he'll join us live to celebrate his win. simply the best, chloe kim blowing the field winning gold and becoming a back-to-back olympic championship. >> that's it, ladies and gentlemen, that run right there, that's guaranteed gold. the queen of snowboarding battling to deliver a run for the ages, we'll talk to her about it live. >>> skating scandals, medal for the team event delayed for four days and counting. nbc sports reporting russia's 15-year-old staar tested positive for a ban performance enhancing substance. just ahead t