here's "today in the bay's" thom jensen. >> reporter: the home in the oakland hills watt fully involved when firefighters arrived at about midnight. he said he smelled gas everywhere and every exterior doorway was set on fire but he rushed inside to try to rescue multiple family members, still in the home. >> i picked my aunt and tried to go from the back to save him and his daughter and you know, they burned the -- >> reporter: other door? >> they trying to kill everybody. >> reporter: elsama says 37-year-old has sam nagi and 1-year-old daughter were found together by firefighters in an upstairs bedroom. >> he kept trying to save his daughter. >> reporter: his cousin, who was pregnant and her mother were rushed to an oakland hospital with burns. oakland pd says it's investigating whether the arson fire is linked to a shooting death at a nearby market and liquor store where nagi worked as a cashier, a store also set on fire three nights ago. >> it was between two people, they know each other. he ran to our store, didn't do anything. >> reporter: a family member owns the property but the

we are live in oakland, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> such a difficult story. thanks very much. doctors say vaccinations along with continued testing will be crucial ending the pandemic. alameda county hosted a vaccination clinic at the senior center. everyone 60 and older is eligible, as you know. they ended up having older people sign up this time. >> my goal is to get everybody vaccinated without a question. today is -- we have to cap it because we can only do as much as we can. there are other people doing the same thing today in other locations. >> the county health department will be back in about a month to deliver the second doses. >>> tonight the state says 60% of californians are vaccinated in the area. take a look at marin county, 72% of the people in marin county have at least one shot. this is the bay area in the 50s and the 60s. sonoma county, contra costa county and san francisco, as well. solano is the only county below 50% and it's at 47. as the nation was making progress, too. the graph showing the average number of doses each day and we have

. >> thom jensen is live in san jose. alum rocks schools have been struggling to get to this point. >> reporter: it's been a money issue. one of alum rock's schools is set to reopen later on this morning. they're going to give us a tour of the school, just opening for third through fifth graders part-time, only about a third of the student body returning. fewer than 100 students out of a student body of about 310. it's a fairly large school district, too, 28 schools, serving 11,000 students. the superintendent told us last month that she'd need about $9 million to open all of the classrooms safely. she got about a third of that $3 million, and later on this morning, we're going we'll see how some of the money was spent. it's been frustraing for alum rock, watched wealthier districts open earlier and robustly. yesterday the governor discussed frustration and encouraged more districts to reopen. >> we could do this safely, we know that. we know that. there's no substitute for that enrichment, that comes from being in school

nbc bay area's thom jensen is in martinez with the story.e want to warn you, some of the video is disturbs. >> reporter: the manslaughter charges announced by contra costa county district attorney becton, it shows andrew hall firing nine shots into the car he was driving as it moved past him during a pursuit >> these charges are felonies and due to officer hall's unreasonable force used during the 2018 shooting of mr. arboleta. >> reporter: the d.a. says this case was one of eight officer-involved incidents being investigated by a team of ten lawyers in her office. but two of the investigations involved andrew hall, the 2018 shooting and a new fatal shooting in march. >> if the officer had been charged earlier and removed from the streets, my latest client would not be dead. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer john burris represents arboleta's family and family of 32-year-old tyrell wilson who was shot and killed by hall at a danville intersection in march. today the sheriff's department released edited body cam video shows hall confronting and

in oakland, thom jensen. nbc bay area news. >>> from brooklyn to chicago to oakland.nning high for people of color in berkeley, remembering an incident from years ago that still resonates now. sergio? >> reporter: in the bay area, some people are memorializing the dead while others are cleaning up after vandals broke windows and damaged property when they peeled away from otherwise peaceful protesters in oakland last night. across the country, demonstrators turned out to voice their concerns. tonight in brooklyn center, minnesota, protestors continue in the their seventh night regarding the death of daunte wright. a police officer pulled her pistol and fired. she said she thought it was her taser. in chicago, large protests over the death of adam toledo. it happened last month but newly released body cram video shows him raising his hands. he didn't have a gun when faced by officer stillman. >> there is no reason why a mama should be burying her kid. >> reporter: businesses are still boarding up after businesses were damaged. it peeled away from otherwise peaceful pro

"today in the bay's" thom jensen joins us live in san jose. sounds like they needed millions of dollars to even reopen safely. >> reporter: it was really a financial issue for the district, the superintendent told us about a month ago that she needed $9 million to reopen safely. she got about a third of that and later on this morning, we're going to be able to tour one of the schools to see how that money was spent. the district, which serves more than 11,000 students and has 28 schools said it was really struggling to find the money it needed to even get kids back into the classrooms part-time. meanwhile, some of the wealthier districts like palo alto were already reopened. the governor expressed frustration yesterday, that some districts were late in reopening. >> we could do this safely, we know that. we know that. there's no substitute for that enrichment, that comes from being in school. >> reporter: alum rock returning just about one-third of its student body to the school we're visiting later this morning. fewer than 100 students. some

tonight nbc bay area's thom jensen is at a walk-up clinic in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods with more on what it could mean in your county. >> reporter: fremont high school's walk-up covid vaccine cleefd is in oakland's 94601 zip code, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus according to the health department and now one where they're already allowing anyone 16 or older to come get the vaccine, no appointment needed. >> oh, it is very good. it is no problem. >> reporter: jose kornell is among the estimated 640 people who got the moderna vaccine at the clinic today, his second dose. >> it is very, very good. especially my body, you know, it is no problem. >> i'm grateful and i'm grateful for everybody and anybody who has come out here to really do this. >> reporter: oakland musician hoping more people in this hard-hit zip code will utilize this clinic, but it is a clinic that relies in part on the johnson & johnson vaccine. there are questions about whether supply will meet demand. >> i know how important it is because this virus is, yeah, it has been horrendous. >> reporter: to

as nbc bay area's thom jensen explains, the number of johnson & johnson single-shot vaccines is about to drop by hundreds of thousands of doses. >> reporter: in baltimore, at emergent biosolutions, some estimate 15 million of the johnson & johnson vaccine doses had to be thrown out just last week. but at the time they said that wouldn't affect their delivery quotas. and the president has reiterated that. >> they expect to deliver 24 million doses in april and that they expect to meet their commitment of 100 million doses by the end of may. >> reporter: but the numbers tell a different story. california department of public health says nearly 575,000 doses of the j&j single-shot vaccine were delivered to the golden state this week. next week, it will drop to fewer than 68,000 doses, and the following week, it's projected to drop to just over 22,000. today santa clara county's vaccine and testing director wouldn't comment on the reason why but says he's monitoring the situation. >> we've been promised a lot of vaccine over the next few weeks. we hope that we will see those vaccines come

council has called for an emergency meeting to address the mounting allegations against their mayor, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up, proof that you've had a vaccine to enter the building. part of salesforce's plan. >>> and restaurants trying to get back some of the fees they paid while they were forced to stay closed. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. beautiful weather today. but wind and cooler temps on the way. i'll show you more of that and our rainfall. where's it headed? i'll take a look at our long-range forecast in a few minutes. great party carly you must of blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine name brand snacks tons of meat, and where did you get this imported cheese? hello? grocery outlet bargain market. oh, more bubbles? more bubbles for less benjamins our amazing 20% off wine sael is going on now until april 13th at your neighborhood grocery outlet >>> it is the tallest tower in the san francisco skyline, home of salesforce. the tech giant making a big announcement about its employees going back to the office. salesforce will require them to prov

as nbc bay area's thom jensen explains, the number of johnson & johnson single-shot vaccines is aboutdrop by hundreds of thousands of doses. >> reporter: in baltimore, at emergent biosolutions, some estimate 15 million of the johnson & johnson vaccine doses had to be thrown out just last week. but at the time they said that wouldn't affect their delivery quotas. and the president has reiterated

our thom jensen is there at the news conference and will have coverage this afternoon. >>> president biden once again pushed for his new bill at an event at the white house a short time ago. scott mcgrew, the president fresh off the victory with the stimulus bill but having more trouble selling this one. >> reporter: he really is. he's having trouble from republicans, right, but also some democrats, marcus, who either don't agree with the plan to raise corporate tax rates or who argued should be broken up into smaller individual bills. these are live pictures of the president speaking at the white house as we speak, pushing for that infrastructure bill. we will have several people watching it, looking for any new news coming out of it. i will tell you earlier this week mr. biden did get one win, and that is the senate parliamentarian said democrats could push the bill through senate through reconciliation. they need 50 votes and not 60. democrats do have 50 senators in the capitol, but one of them is democrat joe manchin from west virginia, who says he thinks the proposed corporate t

. >> bay area's thom jensen. >> reporter: just a tragic fire here and family members who are here, somed now we have a picture from one of the family members of the man who died in the fire. a 37-year-old man and his 1-year-old daughter. she was about to turn 2 later this month. they were preparing for her birthday. her name is alia and now they are salvaging some of those birthday gifts from the fire and wondering why this happened. a man who lived here said he was out having dinner with a friend. they were all celebrating and observing ramadan. he said he came home and he fo

as thom jensen reports, the mayor's brother is among those calling for him to resign as a recall effort looms. >> reporter: he's been called a rising star in north bay politics, but tonight, windsor mayor dominick foppoli is fighting not only to keep his job but to avoid potential criminal charges. six separate women have come forward to accuse him of sexual assault including a deputy district attorney. at least one allegation dates back two decades. an investigation is under way by the sonoma county sheriff and state attorney general. >> they're real serious. and we're seeing too much of this with our elected officials. it's just too much. >> let's really investigate it, and let's move aside, if there's guilt. please, quickly, move aside. >> reporter: on sunday, a group staged a protest outside the mayor's family winery. his brother told the crowd foppoli's ties to the business have been cut. >> dominick is no longer part of christopher creek. >> reporter: and he joined others in calling for him to resign as mayor. >> i believe our elected officials are held to higher moral standards.

in santa cruz, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> warm weather with dry and windy conditions. that of course creates fire danger. take a look today this fire in solano county near winter island. our sky ranger was overhead. down below you can see the flames, those black and gray plumes of smoke. the rio vista fire department said there was no buildings or property, they let the fire burn itself out. . let's get a check of our weather. it is cooling down quite a bit. it started today. what does the weekend look like, jeff? >> we're going to stay in that cool path for us and that fire just really a sign of the times here. we have been so extremely dry for winter and of course for the start of spring. yeah, we had some storm systems in here, but just not good enough to get us nearly anywhere close to where we should be. i did want to start off with a look at that. you can see for our rainfall season, look at how far we are down. down over 19 inches in santa rosa from where we should be, down over ten inches in oakland, also over ten inches in concord. san jose nearly eight inches