>>> kari, the backup goes for about a mile into richmond itself or out of richmond. the deal is it was a crash on the san quentin side of the span. it's cleared but is taking quite a while for that backup to clear from the two lanes across that span. as we look at the san mateo bridge, westbound no delay. things are moving smooth over the high rise into the peninsula. this is represent testify, this shot, of the rest of the bay. the only backup at the richmond bridge. that's great stuff. enjoying looking at live cameras in the morning with a little bit of mist and fog around the bay. >> yes, certainly wintertime in the bay area. it looks like some people are headed to work. others just working from home on this wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. >> and, of course, working hard on the top of the mountain is storm ranger watching the latest rain come in. we'll have details at nbcbayarea.com and full coverage of politics throughout the day. you're watching "today in the bay." the "today" show starts right now. >>> good m >>> good morning, breaking overnight, s

sandra fell bridge over into richmond itself. this same line of showers will continue to move further south eastward as we work our way through the morning into more and more of solano county eventually into areas like concord and walnut creek and further south into oakland and san leandro eventually pushing even further to the south east into san mateo as well as the tri valley, so still plenty to talk about in that direction as far as or burn scars which have caused so much concern in the south bay, especially the czu and scu complex fire burn scars and the blows as well as the santa cruz mountains things have calmed down for both of these areas now that blues are still in the midst of some moderate rainfall. both of these areas saw heavy rain last night. and we do have our reporters out there on scene taking a closer eye at that. future cast of rainfall total shows additional rainfall today, but these totals will really begin to kick into gear as the sun goes down tonight and as we see an uptick in rainfall intensity areas lik

the final line says he arrived in a vessel from richmond. enslaved people arrived at william still's office indeed came through virginia's maritime undergroud railroad. this entry dated august 27, 1853, describing how henry foster arrived from richmond. also note the use of abbreviations for william still and his colleagues. he used abbreviations to protect their identities, in case his fell into the wrong hands. protectstill wanted to the identities of these people from beingthorities prosecuted for helping fugitive slaves. you also seek the last line of this record another abbreviation, common abbreviation found in william still's diary, how henry foster came through the sec of r. r, refersat the c of to the city of richmond, a steam ship that traveled between virginia ports like portsmouth and norfolk, to ports in northern cities. this vessel was captained by captain fountain. and we believe it was either captain john fountain or abraham fountain. there were two captains by that name in the 1840's and 50's -- 1850's, from philadelphia. ca

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

the richmond sandra fell bridge while very slick. they're still moving out of richmond under 8 minutes there. and the golden gate bridge at 19 minutes. all right a traffic collision multiple we're tracking in san francisco, southbound one oh one at the hospital curve a little further down another one southbound one o one at cesar chavez so give yourself a you're driving through the city back to the headlines. >>thank you ran for 35 is the time state senators on the education budget committees have a long list of concerns about the governor's plan to reopen schools. the 2 billion dollar proposal aims to begin in person learning in february promising money to help with personal protective equipment. frequent testing and contact tracing. but the plan leaves little time for schools to update a reopening strategy to meet the funding requirements and does not provide extra money to the department of public health nor to local governments which would likely be relied upon to help with any logistical hurdles. >>we have concerns about how eff

ridge golden gate bridge dunbarton bridge richmond sandra fell bridge and any at bridge. it's all gusty and wet across those bridges, your commute into the city from the east bay that fremont street exit under 9 minutes for you there. the san mateo bridge your commute across to the peninsula under 15 minutes. the richmond sandra fell bridge although very when still under 9 minutes and some roadway flooding across the bay area were seen in areas, rain was city, san carlos like southbound one oh one and holly street off-ramp and menlo park northbound one oh one and henderson take your time this morning back to the headlines. thanks a lot of rain is 5.21 and the senate is taking its first steps towards a second impeachment trial for former president donald trump members of the senate were sworn in as jurors yesterday but that didn't stop republican leaders from pushing back. >>on the process, kentucky republican rand paul forced a procedural vote challenging the constitutionality of the impeachment trial altogether and criticize democrats for trying to convict a president af

the richmond sandra fell bridge is traffic heads at a richmond. under 9 minutes and want to show you the wannacry camera because we an accident and popped up here a long 24 you can see traffic moving along the slick roadways. there. but it's right here at act lanes road. lafayette a little slow down earlier but now it looks nice and green for your commute back to the headlines. thanks a lot. it is 5 34 1 of president biden's executive orders mandates travel. when you have a when you go traveling and all you have to wear a mask that means on an airplane on a ship for a vote to train any other public transportation. >>in the bay area. most airports and public transit already require masks. the president also challenged americans to wear a mask at least for his first 100 days in office but when it comes to picking a mask to wear. there are so many to choose from kaiser permanente's infectious disease specialist doctor robbie waldron explains your options. >>the safest thing is to have a sit tested. and with a face shield and that's what we in the hos

the richmond is a very quiet neighborhood. there's not a lot of people walking or driving around. so all they need are a few minutes. >> reporter: norage cafe shared this surveillance video with kpix5. a man broke into the lockbox and then helped himself to money, ipads, tablets and made off with a register. in december the owner installed this $5,000 security gate. some 50 plus businesses have been targeted in the richmond since october, many of them asian-owned according to the san francisco small business alliance. sfpd says burglaries have gone up more than 100% during the pandemic compared to the same period the year prior. just last week thieves hit foggy notion in the inner richmond and stole cash and on wednesday the same thing happened to spokey's esf, a bicycle retail and repair shop. >> i won't go to insurance with it because it ends up messing with my premiums and, you know, i'm at risk of having my insurance drop me due to small infractions. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >>> san francisco police tell us that they are aware of the recent break-ins and

101min from the less than 20 bridge drive richmond toll plaza. richmond bridge drive min from the <>steph burns anthony davis for the final three.. as the warriors catch fire to beat the lakers 115 to 113. golden state stunned l-a with a fourth quarter frenzy digging their way out of a 14 point deficit.. let's look at the final dagger again: a-d is 7 feet tall.. that's a herculian hoist from 30 feet away... steph had 26 points... kelly oubre junior had 23..the problem is to quote coach kerr.. the team "stunk it up" in the first half.. but then the lakers fell apart and our guys got it <>steve kerr wasn't the only one coaching last night.. the mic's caught draymond in <>dray told rookie james wiseman.. you always take the shot..i got you.. if they can keep improving, the warriors will be on their way to proving they are a force to be reckoned with... meantime steph curry is on his way to passing reggie miller for the second most three's in history.. <> everybody's got their own mountain to climb.. in this man's case.. it's a skysraper and he's in

sandra fell bridge definitely moving along here under 15 minutes as you head out of richmond and the golden gate bridge. we saw a lot of fog in this area drive safely under 25 minutes back to the headlines saying keyarena. >>so our top story this morning is president biden wasting no time getting to work after being sworn in he's making covid-19 his. >>top priority. yeah he already signed executive orders yesterday there are 10 more covid orders. he is signing today and we understand that the trump administration didn't believe any vaccine rollout plans so they're having to start from square. one now. >>president biden signed as daria said whole slew of executive orders. >>yesterday many of them really taking action and reversing a lot of the trump policies that we've seen over the last 4 years the president vowed a change to the government's response to the pandemic started with a nationwide mask mandate. on federal property. so we've seen that he also plans to. start revamping the white house covid response team to the administration's goal. they say is to include a 100 million vac

a quick look at the richmond sandra fell bridge a nice commute out of richmond we're going continue tracking your traffic back to the news. for your money this morning. the irs is getting more of the second ound of relief payments to bank accounts after least 20 million americans who are impacted by. >>administrative issues when filing their taxes some who actually filed their taxes online heather payments go to a temporary bank account established by their online tax preparer which is no longer active. so by law the financial institution must return those payments and taxpayers. you don't have to do anything to receive your money if you are in line for those stimulus checks. >>also for your money this morning yelp now allows users to rate restaurants covid-19 precautions and starbucks pledging 100 million dollars to help small businesses we have jane king live in new york with these stories and more hey there jen. >>why james good morning yes, starbucks starting a new fund to and it is aimed at helping small businesses wilson community projects as well so this will and investing in those pr

and the richmond sandra fell bridge as you're heading out of richmond traffic, nice and light 7 minutes back to the news. >>and the buzz it's bad juju to underestimate your opponent smith schuster juju and the steelers thought the same old browns would blow the playoffs like they have for 26 years but not this time a kid you have but they took it to the steelers from the very first after a fumble recovery of the end zone on their way to a 48 to 37 victory. the browns won the turnover battle even with several players staff and their head coach stuck at home because of covid they're acting head coach made his hometown crowd. >>and that was a great team with great complementary football. we played well in all 3 phases of the game and obviously a huge huge victory for our football team for city. >>while the browns are headed to kansas city now for the divisional round the steelers are banging their heads against the wall. >>a second circuit looks okay. >>and that was coach alan after they won game so you can imagine what he's saying today, the level of stock is even greater big ben might st

all right also the richmond sandra fell bridge 5.80 westbound of the toll plaza there was an accident there you can see the backup it's causing so if you're heading out of richmond look at that 18 minutes and that number continues to grow the san mateo bridge looks great if you want to go ahead and take that to get across the city 13 minutes, the golden gate bridge traffic starting to move along 20 minutes back to the news. reyna for the first time in history a u.s. president has been impeached not once but twice now the house voted to impeach president trump on a single charge of incitement of insurrection for the role he played leading up to last week's deadly. >>capitol riots, we know the 10 republicans also joined democrats to vote in favor of impeachment and you see in the upper left of your screen that's representative david valadao of bakersfield, he was one of them that broke party lines which is something we did not see back in 2019 when president trump enjoyed unanimous support from republicans on the house, not this time around joe khaleel has the details after this histori

a look at the richmond sandra fell bridge traffic slowly building here 9 minutes out of richmond. also a traffic collision of and watching out in richmond westbound 88 el portal drive. the alternate route as freshman parkway you can see that traffic collision starting to clear up it's still a lot of slow down if you want to avoid that altogether back to the headlines thanks a lot of 7.31 and today, the house of representatives is going to deliver the articles of impeachment against former president trump to the senate yeah that trial expected to begin in about a couple weeks time and joining us now to break down. >>all of this is political analyst michael yaki good morning michael so today's the day they are learning how are you doing well it goes to the your prediction i feel like i know what it's going to be but your prediction. >>well, i mean you know this not much drama. mission managers are going to take over the articles to the senate they will be accepted. tomorrow those send the issue the formal summons the former president trump. and what we're going to be waiting for is

of richmond roadways still pretty slick. so you just want to be cautious all morning because of that the golden gate bridge also looking nice and light traffic heading into the city 21 minutes here for now back to the headlines. thanks a lot a nato to in today's san francisco opens a mass vaccination site at city college that's right kron four's will tran has been following the story for us this morning, this important things you need to know. >>before you head out there we'll first off we'll can people just head out there today. >>absolutely not because there are fully booked you have to go on to their website to book an appointment they are fully booked today they hope to do about 5 to 600 people and it started about 2 minutes ago you can see the cars starting to file into the parking lot the way it works it almost looks like a toll plaza and you're going through the booth there it is right there you drive up, you stick your arm out wear your shoulder, they will administer the shot you cannot leave for 15 minutes because t

, san pablo dam road off-ramp that alternate we'll be best to take richmond parkway around to try to avoid any of that residual delay the neighbors, great if you're headed into the city under 10 minutes fremont street exit again a look as you cross the peninsula here 92 westbound under 15 minutes so the commute looks great there as well a quick look at the center of the richmond sandra fell bridge. look at traffic is almost at a standstill here. under 20 minutes as you commute there and a quick look at the golden gate bridge, 21 minutes rana continue crack tracking your commute this morning but for now back to the news all right, thank you very much rain at 8 '02. let's get to. >>another big story today of course the coronavirus we have california seeing 548 new deaths on monday alone which pushed the state. >>to over 30,000 deaths since the pandemic began and we're about a year into the pandemic and it is not going away anytime soon but a little bit of good news as far as the bay area. >>just one day after the bay area's region's icu capacity dropped to below one percent. this morni

>>less than 10 your commute looks very nice and light in that area richmond sandra fell bridge. you see a lot of fog still to come you've definitely like for you they're less than 8 minutes and across the san mateo bridge heading to the peninsula less than 15 minutes. all right, here's a traffic collision that just popped up enrichment across an off ramp. you can starting to back up here along 80 that alternate route again richmond parkway you can take that right down to 5.80 to avoid that altogether and also a bar delay to tell you about up to 10 minutes delay on the antioch line heading towards san francisco. give yourself more time back to the news. >>that's resolution 21 resolution calling on vice president michael r pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the cabinet to activate

and the richmond sandra fell bridge was backed up earlier now less than 9 minutes out of richmond. the wannacry camera you see 24 pretty busy here. the camera continuously shaking just a little bit. 12 minutes as you commute along their back to the headlines. >>staff burns anthony davis for the final 3 as the warriors catch fire to beat the lakers one 15 to one 13, golden state still on la with a 4th quarter frenzy digging their way out of a 14 point deficit. let's take a look at that final dagger again. anthony davis is 7 feet tall. >>i heard you really from 30 feet away. >>staff had 26 points kelley, ray junior had 23 the problem is to quote coach kerr the team stone get up in the 1st half but then the lakers fell apart and our guys got together. >>i liked our you are nature in the 2nd half changed we really started to get after defensively second unit was amazing, you know they really kept us in the and you know the starters came back in and finished it up so so that is a great when we needed. >>steve kerr wasn't the only one who was coaching last night check out the mikes they

. >>> i'm joined by the mayor of richmond, virginia, lamar stonie. thank you for being with us this morning. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> sure. it looks like everything was pretty quiet in your neck of woods but there is this potentially big gun rights demonstration planned for today, a caravan from basically everywhere in virginia to the state capitol. how concerned are you? how big do you think that's going to get? >> last year we had a huge rally in downtown richmond that was concerning to a lot of our residents in the capitol city. we do believe there will be a caravan today that will come through from all angles of the commonwealth through the city of richmond. my team, the richmond police department alongside the virginia state police, a number of other law enforcement agencies, a part of our joint unified command are prepared, the capitol is fortified, there are street closures in downtown richmond as well. we welcome you to express your first amendment rights, however, what is unwelcome will be any inn sur ex-ist, lawless acti

>>thank you john look there are major faa reports coming across the richmond sandra fell bridge. you can't see it right here that's why there is dense traffic here less than 15 minutes, your commute out of richmond and the bay bridge you can see the fog visibly starting to roll in here so that comey to the fremont street exit under 60 minutes, the san mateo bridge looking all clear your for your commute, 14 minutes, but the golden gate bridge very foggy here as well 20 minutes into the city back to the news. >>for your money this morning, one survey finds more than 80% of americans plan post vaccinations spore urge shopping and many americans hardest hit by the pandemic are paying the most in bank fees we've got jane king live in new york with more on these stories hey jane. >>yes, james hi, good morning. well americans already hurt by the pandemic pay more in bank fees as well so bank rate says the people who took a financial hit in fact 4 times more per month than those who did not households that suffered a setback in income like a job loss or cut back hours are paying monthly

we're seeing it's a cross richmond, the richmond sandra fell bridge covered the bay bridge. even at the golden gate parts of the peninsula and also scattered showers across the east bay so do not forget the umbrellas at home make sure grab it because again you might run into a scattered shower because it's going to pretty much be popping up and the on and off all day long and it's going to be chilly make sure the bundle up we're temperatures in the 40's and the 50's but we're going to top out into the mid-fifties that's all it's going to be today. so a lot cooler today. windy and rainy so just be careful out there. let's hit the roads now and check in with rain. thank you for never back a cell where seem like you said very slick roads but also along the bay bridge. >>a high wind advisory that's still in place look at those flags blow. so you got slick bridges a lot of wind here to drive careful and slowly, but still to the fremont street exit 9 minutes, we're up to about an hour earlier. there's an accident that's all clear and your commute looks great. the trip across the p

as you head out of richmond all right in the golden gate bridge. one oh one 37 to the tolls 19 minutes so a smooth commute for you we're going continue tracking your traffic as you head back to work and school but for that's great. >>thank you very much well let's get back to our coronavirus coverage, los angeles county has been hit. hardest by the pandemic health officials there are now saying that there is a new covid case every 6 seconds. put that into perspective every 6 seconds is a new case. the virus is killing an average of a 151 people per day and they're still no icu bed availability. and it's feared that holiday gatherings could fuel yet another covid spike hospitals are also struggling to keep up with basic things like oxygen to treat the impressive number of patients that have been coming in with respiratory issues funeral homes as we've reported in southern california also turning away families. it's simply run out of space. the head of california's funeral directors association says mortuaries are overwhelmed. los angeles county agai

and the richmond sandra fell bridge here. we are 8 minutes as you commute out of richmond back to the headlines. >>all right, thank you very much for 21 is the time. the california employment development department is under a microscope this morning after the agency paid out billions in fraudulent claims. this is many californians with legitimate claims are still waiting for their money. capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has the story. >>a dia de has wasted billions of dollars and has cause heartache for millions of californians state lawmakers want to see major changes in the agency handling unemployment claims in tds recently appointed director testifying at a hearing on the department in the assembly tuesday acknowledging the workload ahead to improve remain as fierce and dedicated. >>the circle the well-being of the people we serve as i have ever been. >>the agency's juggling a backlog of nearly 1 million claims coupled with an attempt to tackle fraudulent activity plaguing the department the amount collected from the

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

the richmond sandra fell bridge also looking great as you're heading out of richmond you still see a few water droplets coming down there. under 9 minutes back to the news. thanks >>in the north bay, some teachers are bit upset this morning after they discovered their superintendent was able to get vaccinated before they could and there on the front lines kron four's terisa stasio has the story. >>i don't remember who said somebody said it feels like the rug is constantly being ripped out from aegis. you know where to go. we are being minimize this is kerry mccord mich. >>she is on the executive board of the novato school teachers union and a 5th grade teacher at her school. she says she knows of only one person who has received the covid-19 vaccine. and it was in her or she says any of the other teachers with students and that she says is a major problem for several reasons. recently in the novato unified school superintendent chris koster received his first dosage of the covid-19 vaccine, i feel that our superintendent has. >>made a big mistake and i think he recognizes that he mad

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see how shower activity is really diminish right on top of the bay couple sprinkles do remain around richmond up to nevado but some light showers continue for areas right around santa rosa you can see those deeper areas of green these are just those lighter bands of rainfall that are making their way across northern napa sonoma counties and then lake and mendocino counties as well further south in the bay we had been seeing shower activity in the south bay itself as well as on over to the tri valley but look at where we're sitting now those showers of quickly exited the region really fizzling out now what you have for the most part this is some showers out into the central valley so things are already quieting down for the bay area didn't take long for that to happen we saw those overnight showers now we are set up for what will be a pretty dry rest of the day ahead of us 40's and 50's for current temps with oakland and hayward each at 51 degrees, san francisco and alameda right at 50 while berkeley at 52 a nice mild start to what will be a beautiful afternoon just around the corner highs wil

reyna thank you for that job you've been busy this morning from union city to richmond. >>we've seen hot spots pop up so again tracking this one that's on west bound 5.80 just east of san quentin they already have that clear however you're seeing a lot of slow down, especially there at the toll plaza right here heading out of richmond westbound so you can see traffic. 13 minutes and counting so give yourself more time if you need to get to sandra fell for any reason this morning. the bay bridge looks great though traffic is moving there are no delays for you we're at less than 15 minutes heading into the city and the san mateo bridge look at this 13 minutes again. busy this morning but traffic is flowing along there. and the golden gate bridge 37 to the tolls 20 minutes all right. and let's get a look at some of our drive times for you 5.80 livermore vasco to dublin, 6.80 11 minutes, 6.80 dublin, 5.80 to fremont 14 minutes for you there 8.80 sally-ann jul 2.37 milpitas 26 so you're getting a little slow down some congestion 2.37 milpitas 8.80 to sunnyvale one oh one 7 mi

know about bart had his issues to minute delay on the richmond line in the daily city direction just give yourself a little more time back to the headlines. >>so in national news today as we've been saying marks president biden's first full day in office so far it looks like the covid-19 pandemic and the government response is priority number one in his first 100 days, yeah he already signed as some executive orders yesterday and there are more to come today. plus we're finding out the white house is in terrible condition. when it comes to a covid plan. let's talk more about this with our political analyst michael yaki good morning michael. >>good morning. so first things first it is unbelievable that biden now says i guess they knew this may be a few days ago or so there was no plan they they were left with no vaccine distribution plan from the trump administration. >>you know this is kind of you know a bad very bad version of the wizard of oz henri paul before you pull the curtain aside and there's this from jerry. nobody there behind the great odds and that's what you're finding w

this one is on the richmond, san rafael bridge. as we look near the toll plaza traffic is backed up. very slow and go conditions as a result. the crash is on the decline side. westbound 580 just as you come avenue the marin side. it was blocking all lanes but the late zest that at least one lane is now open. looks like that left lane is still blocked. they got one car off the sand there. give yourself a few extra minutes. you can always use 37. i will show you the map and you can see traffic for the most part is moving at the limit with the exception of a few brake lights westbound 37 as you work near merit island. from the east bay to marin avoid the richmond, san rafael bridge until all lanes cleared. >>> let's go live to georgia right now where votes still being counted in two race that will determine which party controls the senate. democrats need both and they have secured at least one of them. cbs news projecting raphael warnock as the winner in his runoff against kelly loeffler. he will be georgia's first black senator. the

further to the north and richmond, you're dry right now, but you do have some light sprinkles heading your direction, pockets of rainfall just east of san ramon and yeah, just overall a very wet picture and the east bay on radar right here. more and more of this rainfall working its way up from the south and west so by no means drying out for san jose just as showers are spreading northward. you're just sharing it with the rest of us what we are going to be seeing later on this morning into the afternoon hour. those pockets of rain continuing at times some heavy rain watch out for the potential of thunderstorms coming along with heavy downpours and even some isolated pockets of hail is going to be a much busier and more active afternoon today than what we saw yesterday. here's the good news. we take a step off the gas pedal come tonight and we start to dry out into tomorrow saturday and early sunday. we need to dry out here because all this moisture is going to soak into the ground. so by the time we reach our next round of showers which looks likely sunday night into monday and tuesd

byrd park is named for him as a founder of the town of richmond. but this is something i think is important to note. when the columbus statue was toppled this summer and put in the water and byrd park, a lot of the focus was on columbus and what columbus tells us about colonial american history. nobody talked about william byrd, for whom the park is named. i think it is important to bear in mind of how we memorialize colonial america is just as powerfully found in the names of parks and streets just as in monuments. in some ways, these are more important because they are just as hard to topple. people are very attached to the names of things, and if we think about christopher columbus, if we are going to go about tearing down everything related to the man we would have to tear down a number of things, including the capital. washington, the district of columbia. that assembly that comes out of the columbus name. if you think about william for the second and you start to learn more about him, you have to question whether his name should grace that of

the richmond sad wet. now the wannacry camera you can see right here 24 as you're traveling to that interchange 11 minutes with all the roads are slick and wet. traffic is at the limit for most areas back to the news. thanks a lot 6.48 and happening today the master tenant of the ghost ship warehouse will be back in court derick almena. >>is expected to enter a guilty plea to charges for the deadly fire that happened in 2016, 36 people died in that fire and alamein and max harris faced 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for it harris was acquitted, but there was a mistrial in the case of and this would be a plea deal that would get him 9 years in prison. >>the tragic killings in the south bay now under investigation police in sunnyvale say a father admitted to killing his wife and their 11 year-old daughter kron four's dan thorn has reaction now from neighbors. >>we're learning this man is a software engineer and his wife was a resource specialist at a local school district neighbors tell us this was a

at a richmond and it's very very wet. we're going to keep our eye on your this morning and hopefully take it easy to leave the house with a little more time back to the headlines. thanks a lot. it is 6.21 and let's talk about the pandemic january has officially now been the deadliest month since the start of the crisis and there are still 3 days left. nearly 80,000 people have died from coronavirus in the u.s.. just this month 80,000. in january so far the previous record 65,000 in december. >>let's go to the north bay now where some teachers are pretty upset after finding out the school superintendent was able to get vaccinated when they haven't even been given the green light to get shots, yeah and they're the ones who are supposed to be protected and lime juice unified school district superintendent chris costa. >>got his first dose of the vaccine. and soon after kron 4 heard from teachers who were infuriated. at the order in which it was given marion county public health officer doctor matt willis says that unfortunat

sandra fell bridge 16 minutes out of richmond, the san mateo bridge looks great traffic moving at the limit 13 minutes as you head across the peninsula. also a note for bart if you're taking that today at social airport. sf line heading towards antioch there's a 30 minute delay so planning it back to the news. >>that year and a 9 oh one is the time california has significantly expanded the number of people eligible to get the covid-19 vaccine and now giving health care providers, the green light to vaccinate senior. senior 65 and older the announcement by governor gavin newsome put seniors in line before emergency workers and teachers and childcare providers and food and agriculture workers as well. but it comes as counties complain that they don't have enough vaccines to go around as it is and health care workers and those in nursing homes and other living facilities are still getting vaccinated as we speak next week the state's going to roll out a new system to let people know if they're eligible for a vaccine will tell you more about that when that platform is officially announced

sandra fell bridge you commute out of richmond. there that's also starting to pick up under 9 minutes as you head out of richmond also been looking at this traffic accident a pop to one oh one southbound at airport exit in millbrae you can see for the most part everything is green and that the limit around that accident. so should be cleared up in no time back to the headlines. thanks all back to our top story this morning evacuation orders have been issued now for thousands of people living in the area where the czu complex lightning fire. >>it's a major damage in the hills and santa cruz, they need to get out because when that rain comes in the storm comes in and the debris could happen the debris flows mudslides and the like. >>kron four's will tran is live in santa cruz county with more yet more for them, it seems and that's the way it goes. >>they just can't catch break, i mean you talk about fire in rain. i was here 5 months ago, this is the location where cal-fire staged and now they are back using this as an evacuation cent

we can tell she had children with omohundro, who was a slave trader in richmond, virginia, and ran a boardinghouse there. from the record, we can tell that corinna played a role in running the boardinghouse and the slave jail. she was responsible for marketing and some other care work associated with the jail, and especially with providing clothing for individuals in jail in richmond. so i explored her history and what her life must have been like to have been a slave woman herself who was living and raising a family right next to a slave jail. the other women i talk about one is named sarah. i have been saying this every chance i get to talk about the book, but if there is anyone who wants to make a movie, this is the story. sarah connor was a bum -- was a woman born into slavery in virginia, she was sold in new orleans in the domestic slave trade. she works as a washer woman and rents out rooms during her freedom. she thinks she has purchased her freedom with the help of a slave trader, but most likely he tricked her and didn't follow proper procedures for her emancipation, so she

the richmond center fell bridge traffic here nice and lied under 9 minutes as you head out of richmond and a look at this traffic accident we've been tracking this now no longer a hot spot. this is 6.80 southbound wanna creek 24 6.80 split. i would say the alternate route would have been in a steel valley role, however you can see right there traffic. no longer read as commute there, so you go ahead and take that just leave a little earlier back to the headlines. >>thanks a lot and the matchup for super bowl 55 is set yet tom brady and the buccaneers facing off against the defending champ. we got patrick mahomes and the a battle of the well best in the league right now when it comes to being a quarter of a new and the old yeah brady is making his 10th. super bowl appearance. the bucks will be the first team to play a super bowl in their home stadium in tampa florida kind of interesting and then patrick mahomes led the chiefs to their win over the bulls in the afc championship game. so they're making it the super bowl of course and here's reaction from both quarterbacks. >>being able to

and a quick look at the richmond sandra fell bridge as cars start to make their way out of richmond 7 minutes back to the news. california is lagging behind in its vaccination program health experts say they are many reasons why kron four's terisa stasio explains. >>it feels really there right now because it is the fact that we're in the midst of the worst time in this pandemic. >>i spoke with doctor john swartzberg with u c berkeley school of public health and ucsf joint medical program to sort out. why vaccination distribution seem so riddled with problems. he says in many ways it was doomed from the start when the vaccines first got approval, the rollout was an adequately funded leaving massive states like california behind the 8 ball before the first shot was taken. >>the congress and people looking at the distribution of the vaccine back in september estimated that the 50 states needed at least 8.4 billion dollars to really get program up and ready and they needed at least 2 or 3 much to get that program up and running. the state's forgiven by the central government. back in octo

as supervisor of the richmond district, i am proud to support the renovation of the richmond playground. our parks are just as diverse and unique as the city herself and help connect us to community and provide access to free and open space in a dense city. i think the proposed renovations for the park make the area more accessible and inviting while preserving unique and his torial features. the play space for tots and kids bring a much needed update to the park. i'm asking for support for the richmond park, as well and hope that you can support the proposal. thank you. >> thank you, kelly. >> clerk: so we're now in public comment on item number 9, let'splaysf richmond playground renovation. press star, three to be able to speak. >> operator: i see one caller so far. >> caller, please state your name. >> thank you. this is tim hurley again. we have been the leaseholder on the clubhouse going into now our seventh year, so we've seen a lot of transformation of the playground, and frankly deterioration. as alex noted, it's -- not in so many words, but it's in fairly grim shape, but it's d

the richmond sandra fell bridge a few cars you see mild in along the out of richmond under 9 minutes for your drive time and the golden gate bridge also under 25 minutes. multiple traffic collisions from milpitas campbell to san jose down to los gatos 2.37 westbound northbound 17 northbound one oh one. i'm seeing smaller traffic collisions popping up in those areas, nothing major because you see right now everything is pretty much green in the south bay. however with the wet slick roads. he could potentially see more spinouts so be careful back to the headlines all right, thank you very much time now is for 33 with rain this morning. the mounts of it that we've seen so far. >>evacuation orders have been extended in the santa cruz mountains during the first wave of heavy rain at least 4 inches fell and perhaps even more at the higher elevations. there are threats of debris flows and mudslides in those burn scar areas that have been ravaged by last summer's wildfires, san jose state civil engineering professor laura sullivan green says the danger. it's unprecedented. >>we we can guess

the richmond sandra fell bridge saw busy is well under 8 minutes though as you head out of richmond and the golden gate bridge 19 minutes back to the news. >>well now to a big story this morning. we have 20,000 members of the national guard is sending in the washington ahead of the biden inauguration. the fbi warns extremists could attempt a second violent surge like the one we saw last wednesday gaynor hall has the details. >>a jarring sight in the halls of the capitol national guard troops sleeping on the floors officials say more than 20,000 members of the national guard will be in dc ahead of the inauguration among them 200 from illinois activated to help federal and local agencies is a major security threat and we are working to mitigate those threats. >>national guardsmen were reportedly briefed to be prepared for the possibility of improvised explosive devices and heavily armed protesters. now president trump is calling for calm releasing a video with no mention of his second impeachment. >>i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have ab

and let's leave you with the richmond sandra fell let's look at that right now as you head of richmond under 10 minutes for your drive times. we'll have a check traffic coming up next. thanks a lot of rain it's 5 '02 right now and as john talked about the weather is shaping up to be a lot nicer today, yes, this weekend looking okay at least half of it anyway, restaurants offering outdoor dining or sure. >>welcoming a brief break in the rain we've got kron four's will tran live in lafayette with more on that good morning. well. >>good morning james and the restaurant owners, they're hoping the sunshine will bring a lot of green to them for the plants to grow with a further business to grow because let's face it it's been a very long winter for them downtown lafayette, they are ready to go look at off in the distance in fact, i'll step out of the way and i will show you what's going on right now you can see they have the tense. the heaters this is just a slice of what it looks like down at this location. this is mount diablo blvd you can clearly see. all they need is you to come on down

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 breaking news we are following from overnight... strong winds causing damage all across the bay area. kron 4's sara stinson is live in san francisco with a look at just some of the damage. sara. thanks sara. as the nation prepares to swear-in it's ánextá president and vice president... the u.s. senate is also getting ready for an impeachment trial... and the president is planning to pardon dozens of people before he leaves office. "john fenoglio (fe-know-leo)" has the latest developments. now to the latest coronavirus news... the vaccine distribution has hit another snag. this morning more than 300-thousand doses of the moderna vaccine are sitting idle. providers were ordered to stop using them over concerns of allergic reactions. doctors say there is a specific chemical in the vaccine that is causing the allergic reactions. less than 10-people in southern california received the vaccine at the same site and needed medical attention. the problem is--many people have no clue that they're even allergic until after they receive th

byrd park is named for him as a founder of the town of richmond. but this is something that i think is important to note because when the columbus statue was toppled this summer and put in the water in byrd park, a lot of the focus was on columbus and what columbus tells us about colonial american history. no one really talked about is named. i think it's really important to bear in mind how we monumentalize the past, how we memorialize colonial america is just as powerfully found in the names of parks and streets as it is in things like a monument, like a statue. and in some ways these are more important because these are just as hard to topple. people are very attached to the names of things, and if we think about christopher columbus f we were going to go about tearing down everything related to the man, we would have to rename our capital city, washington, the district of columbia, which is something that comes out of columbus's name. what do we do about william byrd ii. if you start to learn more about him, you have to question whether his nam

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. the theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. i moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. we would always go here. i love these neighborhood theatres. it is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the richmond district, but also in san francisco. small theatres showing one or two films. a unique -- they are unique also to the neighborhood and san francisco. >> where we are today is the heart of the richmond district. with what is unique is that it is also small businesses. there is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. and providing for the neighborhood. this is what we love about the streets. the cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see small businesses even towards 32nd. at the core of it is right here between here and 20 -- tenth avenue. when we see this variety of stores off

how is the vaccine rollout working in richmond? how do you deal with those communities that were hardest hit having access to the vaccine equal to the need that they have in their communities? >> reverend al, thank you for asking you that question. it remains the number one priority for me and my administration. i was re-elected in november. i get asked the question about what's my number one priority on my agenda, and that is ensuring we get shots into arms. there is a true reluctance out there among the black and brown communities in richmond because we've been the victims of a number of injustices in the health care and medical world in the past. and so myself along with a number of other leaders will do our best to ensure that we give our people the facts, straightforward information, none of this misinformation that's out there about this vaccine. the more individuals who receive the vaccine, the quicker we can return to some sort of normalcy here in the city of richmond. >> mayor will levar stoney, thau for being with us on t

and richmond bridge. you can even see some of the rain here on our camera less than 10 minutes as you're driving their enrichment. we'll have a look at a multiple other bridges and your commute about the bay area this morning, the first back to the news. thank you reena that's our top story this morning, a covid outbreak at a kaiser hospital in the south bay has infected more than 40 employees and we've just learned that one of them has died covers will tran is live in san jose with the details well. >>that person who died that person's name is not being released at this particular time we don't know if it's a man or a woman but presumed to be among the 44 people who came down with covid-19 for day span. here's what you need to know if you are coming to kaiser permanente today you can see all these cars moving behind me so it is still open for business despite this latest development with the one fatality from covid-19. it is still available to the hospital and the e r room, although i can tell you the e