bay area. julie gold is at the jewish community fed range and endowment federation d rai cassne the jewish foundation of the east bay. welcome rabbi cassner and julie. >> thank you. >> what is the jewish population study? >> this is a study about the dem grabbings and so much more about the jewish community. there are many things that are excited about the study. it's the first population study that's ever been done that includes the entire bay area. it's ten counties. it looks at sociodemographics about the population. >> so, generally, where talking about the far east bay, what we think of the south bay, silicon and napa. >> and san francisco. >> wonderful. what are some of the things we've learned? >> so much. i will say a few takeaways and so much to say abch one. i think the most important thing is we have highly engaged small core of jewish people who are engaged in jewish community life and community and highly engaged and quite vibrant and the have the population of the people in the ba

rain is heading to the bay area. mary will be back in a bit to let us know when. >>> a california man has come up with a creative way to high lie african-american accomplishments. >> the black 365 calendar celebrates achievement every day of the blhistory month but 28 days doesn't quite cut it. unlike oracle end arrests in the black 365 you will find the usually blank box of each day of the month is filled with a fact about a black historical figure. >> once a person sees themselves positively reflected in history, i believe it sparks fire, something inside of them. >> jamal enjoys hearing from kids and teens who say the black 365 calendar brings them joy. >>> 5:25. waiting on a bounce back. >> in our next half hour on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, latest jobless claims report minutes away and what's needed to help struggling workers. >> reporter: one more school district, this one in the east bay, inching towards reopening. i am kiet do. we'll have a live report from concord. >> a live look outside before br

change is having on the bay area. our forecaster explored what's happening now in discovery bay. hey, what were you a >> hey there, kari, as you know, we do a great job, i hope, right, viewers, of bringing you the daily weather. and we have also been diving deep as kari said into climate change. we zoomed in on areas like discovery bay in stockton because there's something happening. so those beautiful sights of our bays most look picture perfect, right? there's somethingbeneath the wa need to act fast. toxic algae blooms are increasing and the toxicity levels are hurting our wildlife and can hurt our health if we don't make a change. john rosenfield, senior scientist with san francisco bay keepers, says the warming temperatures is only making it worse. >> harmful algae blooms are microorganisms that when they multiply a lot form these gnats that look like algae bloom. they're green, on the surface, just underhe except these unlike regular old pond algae, these algae release a toxin that can be very powerful. >> to wa

for all of our bay area mountains, hims or east bay mountains. highest peaks up to 60 miles an hour. this upper level low across the great basin. that counter clockwise flow around that low, drawing in those northerly, gusty off shore winds for us. let's time it out for you. taking you hour by hour and you can see that burst of strong winds as we head through late morning, early afternoon, this is at 11:00 a.m. with gusts as high as30 to 60 miles an hour. as we look to tonight. still looking at those windy conditions and then by tomorrow, things let up a bit but still a breezy day for your thursday, just not as strong with those winds as we look to tomorrow. and on future cast taking you hour by hour with our skies, plenty ofnsfor today and we are looking at mostly sunny skies with passing clouds for your thursday. now let's show you what to expect with the temperatures. now still mild to warm and above average. about 5 to 10 degrees above average. just not the record breaking highs that we had yesterday. looking at low 70's in santa clara and fo

thank you so much for joining us here on nbc bay area. where we investigate. in the battle against covid-19, there is a new kind of treatment that doesn't involve drugs or ventilators. it's a high-tech tool that could soon be coming to an emergency room near you. now, some see huge potential while others worry about possible pitfalls. roughly a year into the pandemic, doctors and nurses still worry that spikes in covid cases could force them to turn away patients. all because a lack of beds in the intensive care unit. but what if there was a way to speed up the recovery for covid patients? this doctor says his team at stanford university have a revolutionary idea to improve care. that doesn't center around ventilators or drugs. instead the treatment they discovered has to do with massive doses of data. >> what could we do if we were able to use the data from previous patients to inform the care of the next one? >> shaw is a data sign dis and building a database of covid with medical history and treatment to show what worked and what didn't. >> this is like get

back in the bay area. the sharks practice in san jose today for the first time since the covid-19 restrictions were lifted in santa clara county. the sharks on the ice at their practice facility today. they had been in arizona since the start of training camp at the beginning of the month. they were able to return back to the bay area after their two home games scheduled to be played in arizona later this week were cancelled because of covid-19 issues with the other team. >> to be gone for that amoun of time, whether you have kids or not, it's hard. it was not ideal. so, you know, being able to get home just for a couple of days here now, it feels like -- our mental state is a lot better and we're extremely to be excited for practice here today at our own facility. >> next up the sharks are at anaheim for two games beginning on friday. their home opener, february 13th against the ducks. >>> the warriors are coming off one of their best games of the season. they blew out the pistons last night at chase cent

exploring mars with help of the bay area. >> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, material design in mountain view keeping rover protected from lava like temperatures, next. >>> looking live outside at the bay bridge. look at the fog and some showers coming down. darren is going to have a look >>> california's unemployment agency taking new steps for rampant fraud. that includes new call center employees and bringing outside consultant to examine fraud prevention measures. edd will stop using social security numbers on certain forms and work with other states and federal authorities to find the fraud. kp5 has been investigating edd fraud for months. >>> as if a winter storm for parts of u.s. isn't bad enough now there is a massive recall for snow blowers. that story and more in today's money watch report. >> reporter: the number of americans who filed for unemployment benefits last week was higher than expected. stocks fell thursday. dow dropped 119 points. nasdaq slumped 100 and s&p 500 fell 17 marking a third straight decline for the index. shares of game stop slumped as

that cold front moves across the rest of the bay area. the south bay will be the last to cash in on that rain as you are looking at that rain and wind arriving by tonight. so lets show you as we look to the south bay in san jose right now, currently in san jose it is 48 degrees. mid to upper 40s to low 50s at this hour. as we take you hour by hour and you can see on future cast that rain arriving as we look to the north bay first. that cold front will move north to south so there we go with the heaviest rain and the strongest winds with the actual front. this is at 3:00 p.m. as we stop the clock again at 7:00 p.m. that is when that rain moves across the rest of the bay area and by 10:00, 11:00 p.m. that rain across the south bay. we are looking at any from a quarter to 3/4 of an inch of rain with this system. so some beneficial rainfall. let's check in for a look at traffic and its slow going through the south bay this morning. >> yes, it is. lets say good morning to san jose. brake lights northbound 101 as you work your way from that 286

. >> the feds choose a mass vaccination site for the bay area. the transformation now underway and unanswered questions tonight. >> the big impact on the community which is most at risk . >> our politics getting in the way of an effort to start stop rising crime in the neighborhood of oakland. >> a proposal to cut $25 million from the oakland police department as a political statement. >>> first, breaking news from san jose, new details just into on an armed suspect who police say was live streaming threats from inside valley fair mall. santa cruz county sheriff contacted police run 4:00 this afternoon, warning them that they saw the suspect inside the mall on social media. they say the suspect was easily spotted because of his shoulderlength purple hair. officers took him into custody without any problems. to get her scent he was carrying a gun, though they are not saying what kind. >> officers approaching here did i don't have all the facts were all the information, but did think that perhaps there was an armed person who was very likely to sho

how close is the rest of the bay area to reopening. more bay area counties could be moving into the red tier. let's start with san francisco. the city's health department says it expects to move into the red tier next week. this graph shows the number of covid cases per 100,000 people in san francisco, in order to move into the red tier, this number needs to be below seven for two weeks in a row. look at the peak of the surge, about 19 right there. but today we are down to five, which is below the seven mark. san francisco qualifies for the red tier which could happen next tuesday. a similar case in santa clara county. look at that right there, we are talking 33. this is, again, 40,000 per 100, excuse me, 40 per 100,000 people. look at it now, though, we are down to 6.7. once again, below the seven mark to get in the red tier. santa clara county could also move into the red tier. one more important note here. if these counties move into the red tier next week, county health leaders still have to sign off and agree to allow more busines

rest of the bay area tonight. a beautiful view with our tower camera. our temperatures are in the upper 50s to low to mid 60s at this hour. lets take you through and what you can expect, our storm timelines, rain and wind for the north bay first this afternoon later on this afternoon that cold front moves across the rest at bay area. by this evening the south bay you will see that rain last by tonight. so this cold front pushing north to south across the region. now lets take you hour by hour on future cast. so looking at that rain arriving for the north bay, this is at 3:00 p.m. you can really see that line indicating that cold front with those yellow and orange colors with the heaviest rain. here we are at 7:00 p.m. as we look to the rest of the bay area and by tonight, by 10:00 p.m., the south bay you will see that rain with that cold front finally arriving for you. as we look to tomorrow at 5:00 a.m., some light scattered showers. that will continue as we head through the rest of your tuesday. we will see the

we're looking at how it is affecting areas in the bay area. i took on climate hacks, planet-friendly swaps. here's one to help you clean up the mess around your house. check this out. >> well, things happen sometimes. and when life gets messy, a lot of us probably reach for a pack of these. paper towels to clean up the mess. here's the problem. the paperless project says it takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper towels. here in the u.s., we use more than 6,000 tons of paper towels each year. it's time for your climate hack. we have to save the trees. i found these super absorbent at the store zero in san jose. oh, did i mention they have super adorable designs? of course i opted for the doggie print one. you can also use a microfiber towel that can be washed and reused over and over again much like these two. so how does this help our planet? the paperless project says if every household switched a single roll of 70 sheets to reusable, we could save 544,000 trees a year. not only would we save trees, we would keep an extra 120,000 tons of tra

nbc, bay area news. >>> we have interviewed jeremy lin for years. this time around, we sat down with him extensively. hardly anything to do about basketball. he is now getting up off his hands and talking about what is going on in this country. he's crossed that line of frustration. >> and you can see the progression in him, initially, starting to say little bit. over the last couple days, we have seen it grow and grow where he is finally said i am not going to tolerate this anymore and everybody should know. i think a lot of people are fearful sometimes to put themselves in the vulnerable position of speaking out. >> culturally, for many asian-americans, me included, you come from a reserved background and don't really say anything. and i think jeremy stale carries a big weight around the country, around the world. a lot of people will follow suit and feel more comfortable sharing their uncomfortable experiences with race. >> that's what we keep doing with race in america. we are going to have more from jeremy lin. he is going to be part of our nex

a live look from the bay area bridges. you can see the ones to the north are wet as the storm slowly creeps out over the next few hours. good evening. let's get right over to chief meteorologist paul heggen, and paul, just in the last half hour or so more of the bay area has started to get hit with this rain. >> the rain has been steadily living in from the west and it is going to continue moving west to east as we had to the rest of the evening. half of the bay area is covered we haven ra moving intohe city and is crossing the bay. let's zoom in for a closer look. the north bay, we are seeing some pockets of heavy rain still here so that will add up to maybe a 10th of an inch to a quarter of an inch per hour, not the rainfall rates that we had with the last week's atmospheric river. this one is going to be more of a modest rain producer for us but 20 of rain falling righ go uemovingin thattion as we head into this evening and more rain will develop along this basically whole line and that will trend up toward us as we hea

. >> it did, like other parts of the bay area. the county recently faced some delays in supply because of the weather conditions at some of the shipping hubs. but that didn't stop things from getting up and running at the lark terminal. here's more on how it went. >> reporter: drivers lined up today and chris nelson was ready to be vaccinated. >> it's a bit of a relief. i realize there are constraints. >> reporter: her husband made the appointment which can be found through marin county's website. it's the first drive-thru covid vaccine site. people living in marin county and health care workers employed in the county are eligible. >> today we are prepared up to vaccinate up to 250 people. we were partially restricted to supply woes from the storms back east. >> reporter: by the afternoon that number climbed to 400 people. last week some moderna doses were delayed because of the bad weather across the country. about 300 appointments at other marin sites needed to be rescheduled, but the majority were able to proceed. in lark spur

. >>> plus, a bay area arrest raising questions tonight. the suspect accused of abducting two small children was wearing an ankle monitor. >> people are scared. they are really scared and people are moving because of this. >>> right now in the kpix 5 nears at 7:00 and streaming on now ached the cl, anothe alameda county. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> doctors say the variant is 50% more contagious. kpix 5's wilson walker is in santa clara for us tonight. >> reporter: the question now becomes how much of this variant might be circulating around the bay area. not unexpected that we have found it but it is certainly not good news. >> reporter: as of a few hours ago >> we have the first reported cases of south african variant, two cases have been reported. >> reporter: the variant was discovered in a lab at stanford, but the two samples came from alameda and santa clara counties. >> this is an adult who had traveled internationally, returned in mid-january, several days after return, developed symptoms. >> reporter: we know the santa clar

>>which is pretty normal for the bay area. but then i see this guy got his car and they realize like okay something's about to happen the man seen here in a hooded sweatshirt smashing through the back of ben's pre us and making off with $7,000 worth of camera equipment. >>including a pricey drone is similar to this one ever literally everything to bed because to professional photographers, your gear is your livelihood ben and his wife moved to the bay area from iran in 2014 to pursue his version of the american dream. slowly building his business over the last 6 years and despite the ongoing pandemic still able to make ends meet in fact he had just wrapped up his latest project on delores street in san francisco when the thieves struck i was paying to and a signed off the coast. >>i just as started calling us from there the frightening experience forcing them to rethink how he stores his equipment in the future and i'm hopeful that by sharing his story others will do the same shoe. >>the saints. >>i wanted people they're they'

and as one store magnate the bay area another storm is whipping at its heels set to arrive tonight as this week's storm brings us showers through your saturday morning more coming up in my full forecast stick around kron 4 news at 3 starts now. >>from the local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >>it will only help enliven the capacity of these kids to feel more engaged the more live. >>the long-awaited announcement is finally here for student athletes coaches and parents governor gavin newsome says youth sports can resume in california. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 o'clock on this friday, i'm justine waldman at our top story today outdoor youth sports can start as soon as next week. but it depends on how many positive cases or in each county kron 4 subject all spoke with some bay area, parents and coaches today about this big announcement. >>the state's loosening of restrictions on youth sports lauded by parents in the bay area we're it's about time effective next friday high contact outdoor sports like basketball football and lacrosse can team compe

ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> there are some hopeful news even as new variants emerge in the bay area, cases continue to decline. daily new cases across california. on january 14th, the state was at its peak of an average of 40,500 new cases each day. since then cases have plunged. today the state reported of an average of 13,000 cases. the governor is encouraging everyone to stay masked and continue the trend. >>> oil spill in richmond last night. we learned 500 to 700 gallons of low sulphur diesel fuel. it took about two hours to stop the spill and the clean up efforts are under the way. >>> they are tired of the attacks, we are talking about hate crimes against asian americans. nbc bay area reports from china town. >> we are here for the people. >> reporter: here for the people but mostly older asian americans who are being viciously attacked in oakland china town. >> it could have been my family. we have to come together. >> reporter: jb and this group of volunteers recently started patrolling the area because of attacks against asians. it is happening all over the bay area. video

the key is to prevent air or droplets from leaking in or out one bay area health official agrees these methods increase protection against the virus but as a lot also depends on the setting. >>if people can do the double mask which is simply a regular surgical mask. and a cloth mask. over it. you know that's that's great. but again if you're going in clark and running and there's nobody else around. it doesn't really matter if you wear. to my soul, one if you're in the middle wet point event slated in northeast. and the occupation you know we need you to be in that space for a very long period of time. ben mee be extra protection would make a big difference. >>but double masking is not recommended for all masks experts do not recommend to cloth or to surgical zinn said double masking should be one cloth mask on top of a surgical mask at this time, the cdc does not recommend that everyone wear those 95 masks in the there's been a major covid outbreak at a senior living facility kron four's has it been doing shows us where it happened and what's being done to try to contain it. according

now at 11 and a streaming on cbsn bay area. the first two california cases of a more contagious covid-19 variant found in the bay area, one in santa clara county and the other in alameda county. maria medina is live in san jose with what we are learning about that tonight.>> reporter: there is some positive news tonight. the likelihood of spread here in santa clara county is zero.>> the went nowhere outside of their home. they had food delivered. >> dr. sara cody is praising the resident infected with the south african variant for following the mandatory ten-day quarantine after returning from an international trip last month.>> they were not infectious while traveling, there infectious period started after they were home. >> not much is known about the alameda county case. the investigation just began. both samples were sequenced for the variance at stanford medicine. >> this is really important to know, is that we don't do the sequencing on every positive specimen.>> it is not an easy thing to test exactly which variance it i

and sweeping quickly across the bay area. a better chance this holds together to drop some more rain as it moves farther inland because it will be moving faster. it will not use of that moisture in the immediate few miles of the coast and we dry out as we head into the first half of the weekend. we should be drying out by saturday afternoon and the s fine highesrainfall amounts north of the golden gate, anywhere from a 10th of an inch to the future cast estimating 4/10 of an inch of rain around sonoma. that might be in overestimates but if you get a quarter inch out of this, north of the golden gate, that is a reasonable expectation. this is not going to be a drought buster or something that replenishes the reservoirs but some free lawn watering, we will not complain about that. the cloud cover is building in but we are still dry. temperatures anywhere from 53 downtown to 58 in oakland, everybody is in the 50s right now and pretty much everybody dips down to the 40s by tomorrow morning except right around the bay and along th

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nbc bay area, telemundo 48 and our parent company comcast have partnered with the bay area-based asian pacific fund. we will 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 v

jean elle, "nbc bay area news". >>> b cities. oakland becomes the first city in the bay workers. the council unanimously voted to require major grocery chains like safeway and whole foods to pay employees $5 an hour more than they already make because of the added risk that they face during this pandemic. some say mandating hazard pay will drive up food costs and could lead to chains closing stores in these cities. within the last 20 minutes, the san jose city council agreed to table a vote on a plan until next week. >>> we're following a developing story in the east bay. the search is on for a missing man from pleasant hill. 28-year-old eric zielinski left his home yesterday morning and hasn't been seen since. his wife says she didn't hear from her husband last night and she contacted police. >> he has some memory issues, some history of epilepsy and seizures, and not uncommon for him to forget his wallet or his keys. and after he had left for a little while i noticed that his wallet was still there. >> now, he has only been married a month, and she says he left on his bike to d

>> rain returning to the bay area. i will show >>> right notice at 11:00, another winter storm moving through the bay area. how much rain is headed your way? jeff is tracking the storm's overnight path and what it is going to mean for the morning commute. >>> plus, it could be the one thing that gets your kids back in school. tonight, the immediate change educators are calling for in contra costa county. >>> and they've been on the front lines for almost a year. now millions of californians may soon be getting a pandemic pay raise. >>> every day i go to work and worry about -- it is a dangerous job. >> it gives them some peace of mind. they're very scared going to work, coming into close contact indoors with hundreds of people every day. >> but some are warning this gesture of good will have people paying hundreds of dollars more at the check stand. >>> and did his own camera help catch his killers? the bizarre twist in the death of a san francisco private eye. >>> a rare interview with elon musk. >> it is an important

>>bay area. >>people a lot of folks are on edge, especially ahead of the lunar new year so our first morning kelly went out with san francisco officials trying to address the community's concerns today. >>supervisor gordon mar and el ghar along with the san francisco police department captain locked terrible street near 19th avenue and dropped in on some of the businesses along the corridor to wish them a happy year of the ox and to address the heightened awareness in the community about safety, many asian communities. >>are not feeling joy and celebration and it's it's a moment when there's a lot concern here. >>and even outrage there've been some high-profile violent attacks against elderly asian victims in several cities across the bay area. just a few weeks ago 84 year-old the shot retama park me died at san francisco general hospital from injuries sustained after an attack in the city's ends of this to neighborhood the captain of terrible station had a few tips regarding the lunar new year t

candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. stephen: coming up, we investigate how cal fire is partnering with native americans to prevent megafires. ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. stephen: as wildfire season gets worse every year, what can we learn from the native americans? how did they control wildfires while still preserving the land around them? here's investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken. elizabeth azzuz: we offer up smoke to you for prayer. jaxon van derbeken: twice each year, members of yurok tribe venture into the klamath river forest-- elizabeth: we only want to make our world better. jaxon: invoking the spirits of their elders. elizabeth: they help us guide our hands as we bring back the greatest tool left to us, to the land, which is fire. jaxon: and seeking forgiveness. elizabeth: the birds, the trees, we call them the one-legged people. you know, asking permission to

. >> it could mean indoor dining in the bay area. the counties that could get the green light tomorrow to reopen further, and what it means to you. >> plus still waiting for your covid shot? the big decision expected this week that could really speed things up. >> also his family wasn't sure he'd ever walk again. tonight they have reason to smile. >> he's persistent and hard working man. it's amazing to see him recover so fast. >> an update on the asian store owner shot last week. >> frustrated bay area parents are trying to push to get their kids back on campus. >> we are on the eve of a critical decision, especially for restaurant and workout facilities. indoor dining, raj, could return as soon as wednesday. >> some are expect today move out of the purple tier. san mateo and marin counties are preparing business owners for the red tier asap and that's good for gizness business. here's nbc bay area's jean elle. >> reporter: they are preparing to welcome people back inside later this week, a development they've been waiting for. >> i

he's alone in the bay area, he says. his brother, his only family member locally, died two years ago. >> yes, i am the last. my life is on the line. doesn't matter, i am 90 years old. i want to live more. >> reporter: candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. >> now, after candice started asking question, the city center reached out and delivered 500 vaccine doses. if you have a story for our investigative unit or for candice call 888-996-tips. >> we saw some sprinkles today. jeff, we're going to see that several times this week. >> yes, three different rain chances coming our way. but the good news tomorrow, we have a window of sunshine for anyone to really get outside and enjoy it before that rain gets here. so let's go ahead and take a look at what's happening now. clouds and a few spotty showers we had, those are moving off towards the east and we're going to make way for this area of high pressure. again, a very quick blast of sunshine tomorrow before things change for us. so as we start off, most of us here looking sunny

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>>but kony remains unconvinced these are the only cases in the bay area. that's because so little testing is done to determine variance we don't do this every positive specimen and so in some ways we sort of have to >>that perhaps these variants of concern are already circulating we just don't know to what extent alameda county's health officer had little information about the travel history of the resident in his county but said to tamp down any possible spread or future surge. bay area residents must double down on safety measures residents are strongly encouraged to take all precautions. we now know prevent the spread of covid-19. >>including face coverings physical distancing and limiting gatherings with others. information on this variant first discovered in south aftica is evolving day today. >>but ucsf epidemiologist doctor george rutherford says there's good reason for concern. >>what we know is that it's somewhat more transmissible shares the same mutations, the british strain that's more transmissible and it seems to be. less susceptible to the v

area news." >> 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

this shows the first injection in the bay area in october. doctor on the left was one of the investigators of the trial and says one of the best features is the vaccine can be stored in a refrigerator instead of a special freezer like the first two. >> supply chain is much easier, getting it out to places, storing it, and not letting it expire will be much easier. >> reporter: the single shot vaccine uses a common cold virus to deliver coronavirus genetic material into the body with goal of sparking immune response. >> the one-dose aspect is a huge deal. >> reporter: infectious disease expert dr. gandy it's it will help with rollout and after lives. >> all of them, protected all participants who got the vaccine from hospitalizations and deaths, that's a figure we're not talking about enough. and is across all variants. >> reporter: johnson & johnson says will begin distribution immediately following authorization and expects 100 million doses shipped by the end of june. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> check out how many p so far our number is

north bay them kind of sweeping across the bay area tonight. yeah, it looks very wet out there on the bay bridge and all around we're seeing thatra

>>we're continuing to track the rain is forecasted to hit the bay area and that all is hitting the bay area right now as a matter of fact and will continue through the night, this is a live look at the radar. you can kind of see that there's rain over most of the bay area now we are getting soaked again which is a good thing, let's check in with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow yeah, love the rain, especially this time of year in the heart of the rain season get that rain out there right now a nice little soaker around the bay area, some places already or 3rd of an inch of rain and counting so. >>i see that rain maker return of course started out with cloudy skies that as the day went on well here comes the rain rolling on in looking out toward sfo we've got wet tarmac out there's the raindrops falling in spots so getting the back side of this just a bit now you can see the doppler radar around the state showing the system is the kind of swirls into the state right now in for a closer look you can still see some cells. these right here just off the coastline. those we pushing on sho

north bay them kind of sweeping across the bay area tonight. yeah, it looks very wet out there on the bay bridge and all around we're seeing that rain come down and there's pretty pretty good pockets, some downpours out there right now toward the golden gate bridge is kind of let up just a little bit. you see things are slick out there but not really coming down too heavily but all associated with this low the continue to spin off the coastline. here comes bring that rain finally on shore. i'm making its way across the bay area and there we said is we've got that rain coming down now you see the pockets of yellow, especially along the peninsula stretching across the bay. some heavier downpours towards half moon bay, san mateo pacifica you're seeing some pretty good downpours will take in for a close look. all the way down street level there you can see there in belmont yeah you've got some rain coming down their old county road you've got some heavy downpours in that neighborhood as well and we continue to see that a little further over as you

>> bay area education official caught mocking parents on a hot mic. immediate fall out and new resignation. >>> police on the scene of a shooting in east san jose. what we are learning from ig is ju ead. good morning. it is friday. we have been waiting for this day all week. it's february 19. i am michelle griego. >> i am len kiese. good morning. happy friday. some of you may be seeing rain drops as you wake up. let's get a check of the forecast on this friday with darren peck. >> that's why we were looking forward to friday. it was the one day it was supposed to rain. in anticipation of the rain. probably not. light showers are moving across east bay and south bay. it started in the north bay about three hours ago. now it's made its way down to a fore long it will get towards santa clara and san jose. we might even be seeing light mist ere. it is light. that's the point on all this. it's really not even enough to measure a lot. we can see light showers up 680. 880, steady light rain. the lens looks impressive but it's just a light mist. santa rosa pi

bay area cvs are set to get shipments. the company is rolling out the f fort in 11 states including california. roughly 82,000 vaccines will initially be available at cvs stores in the state. participaing stores in the bay area are san francisco, sunnyvale and sonoma. >>> the coronavirus vaccine coming to safeway pharmacies in sonoma county tomorrow. safeway will start vaccinating people 70 and older who live in the county limits starting tomorrow. the state run site is still doing 75 and older. 1 1 safeway stores are appointm >>> keep it off twitter or facebook or instagram. you might be tempted to celebrate a picture of your vaccine card. please don't. experts say it could lead to identity theft or other scams. >> if you have your first name, last name and they have your date of birth and with those two little pieces of information, what scammer wills do is scouring the internet for the rest of it. it could be your social security number. that could be your home address. from there, what they can do is they can file taxe

, a more contagious covid strain found right here in the bay area. what we are learning about the first patients. >>> the message from east bay parents, science supports safety. why contra costa county school teachers aren't convinced. >>> sunshine short lived. the bay area bracing for another round of rain. when those first drops will start to fall. good morning. it is thursday, february 11. i am michelle griego. >> i am len kiese. good morning. grab that umbrella before you head out the door. let's head to mary lee with the return of the rain. >>> tracking our next weather system, that will bring the return of wet weather back to the bay area. this will bring widespread rain so get ready for that rain to roll in later on today. here is a live look with our mark hopkins hotel camera looking at san francisco. it is 50, 50 concord, low 50s in oakland, livee,sajose, patch parts of the north bay this morning. watching this weather system, that will bring the return of that fous. we are looking at cooler temperatures today and also that rain. we are look

area the city, warms my heart. >> christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> one of the most consequential policymakers has died. he died yesterday at his home on the stanford campus. he was 100 years old. schultz was most known in his role of bringing the cold war to an end in the reagan administration, but he served three american presidents in the roles of secretary of state, treasury, labor and office of management and budget. he was also a distinguished fellow at the hoover institution and at stanford, and arnold schwarzenegger tweeting, he had a heart that gave himself to this country until his last beat. san francisco major, london breed wrote he was well known for his accomplishments on the world stage and it's important to remember that he was a fierce advocate for what many of us consider san francisco values, including the value of a high quality public education, the value of accessible health care for all and the value of mutual respect and dignity for people from all walks of life. >>> two men arrested for attacking a legendary san francisco investigator. the two appeared in

coming up on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. format we will be mostly cloudy skies for today. and feasibly cool temperatures, upper 50s in san francisco and looking at low 60s in oakland, san jose and concord. right where we should be for this time of the year. we will continue to watch those clouds stream and as we head throughout the afternoon. >>> let's take a look outside before we had to break from our sales force tower cam her, looking at the transamerica pyramid. it is 5:07 am on this tuesday morning. we will be ready to take your immune support to the next level? nature's bounty is here for you. the number one herbal supplement brand has everything you need to help keep your immune system strong. immune support comes naturally with nature's bounty. >>> now, our new series, road to recovery, our new ongoing effort to cover life after the pandemic. >> this morning, at least $11 billion in unemployment benefits have gone to criminals, instead of the millions of californians who desperately need it. >> kpix 5's kenny choi ha

you all spoke with some bay area, parents and coaches about today's announcement. >>a thing of restrictions on new sports lauded by parents in the bay area we're it's about time effective next friday high contact outdoor sports like basketball football and lacrosse can resume team competitions the players 13 years of age or older would be required to produce a negative covid-19 test result within 24 hours of play unless more than half of that younger than 30 and then entire team is exempt coaches however will require testing regardless. menlo park father kevin is thrilled. we can live with the outdoor dining we can live with the masks and not in the distancing and we're ok with that at this point but it's. >>it's time for the kids get back to being the state says the resumption of youth sports will be based on each county's adjusted covid-19 case rate. >>that rate must be less than 14 new cases per 100,000 people. >>right now out of the 9 bay area counties only 2 would be prohibited from allowing team competitions that's contra costa and solano counties but case ra

. >>> now at 11 on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the bay area grocery store workers that are about to get much bigger paychecks. >> we are putting our health at risk. >>> plus, what dr. say you need to know about a new strain of covid-19 after several cases were confirmed in the bay area. >> we are bracing against mutations. >>> look at it coming down in squaw valley. the good news falling out of the sky for the sierra ski resorts tonight. >>> first breaking news out of berklee where a small earthquake struck about two hours ago. >> the magnitude 2.7 did not do any damage but people reported feeling it is first conquered to the east and san francisco to the west. >> oakland is the first city in the bay area to give its grocery workers a raise and san jose may be next. >> reporter: while many doors closed during the pandemic, these doors stayed open. that's why so many people are calling grocery workers heroes and why they deserve hero a. >> we are putting our health at risk. >> tamra worked at safeway for 29 years and nothing she says, compares to this past year. >> people ar

in the bay area as well. and i wonder if it's just me or if it feels like things are more balkanized these days. i remember when i was a kid i didn't think about what race, ethnicity my friend came from. let's give daniel a chance to jump back in. we were united by what we liked to play with, whatever we liked to read. i feel like these days there is a little bit more of the emphasis on the racial label, for good or bad. and i'd like to see what you guys think having grown up here? have you seen the evolution? what's your experience? kamau, i'll start with you. >> you know, i say i grew up i moved here when i was 25. ivrgs rowe i guess i was pretty immature at that point. >> sorry. >> urn born in palo alto is what i meant. >> yeah, we can't underestimate the power of money, how money has come in and split the bay area up, made people have to figure out how to focused on their community and themselves. >> by the way we know you're not daniel woo. that's what the graphic says right now. just goes to show you. >

. >> one of the c in the bay area. we'll tell you what we know about the newest variant. >> we're firing up nbc bay area storm ranger. meteorologist kari hall is timing it out for us. as "today in the bay" starts right now. good thursday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington will join us in our next hour. first we went to check out the storm building, kari. >> we are watching clouds rolling in ahead of several storm systems lining up out there as we take a look at this wide view of all of the storms out there in the pacific and so they will be moving in and the first one arriving later this afternoon. right now storm ranger not picking up on rain for us, but it will be moving in first starting in the north bay and across the rest of the bay area this afternoon into the evening. this will once again be the first in a series of storms heading into the bay area, but none of them look particularly strong. that's the good news bringing in beneficial rain without any major troubles. we'll talk abo

how is it looking for the commute across the bay area? >> i have technically breaking news in the traffic center, technically because let's look at the map. we have slowing and the issue north bay 101, the crash and the overturned vehicle heading just past oyster point boulevard. it's been called a traffic alert by chp but the slowing started to clear north of sfo. i'm going to leave that as an alert for you but note the slowing has cleared there. the rest of the bay moves slowly and bay bridge toll plaza moving so is freemont, more traffic into the south bay. back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, scott mcgrew facebook making promises again. >> again. boy, they make a lot of them. they're saying maybe fewer political posts after their contributions with the problem at the capitol, and maybe more baby pictures. turns out that the fed says the economy is not doing very well and investors like that. we'll explain why coming up. >>> plus, people have been asking where are the beloved swans at san francisco's pal his of fine arts? we'

it is a beautiful day across the bay area with that sunshine. hopefully you can get out and enjoy it. we are looking at temperatures a little bit warmer compared to yesterday at this time, a gorgeous view looking at san francisco and across the bay with blue skies out there. right now we are looking at temps that are in the mid to upper 50s, 59 concord, oakland 53, 56 livermore, san francisco, san jose 58, 54 santa rosa. the 24 hour temperature change in many locations anywhere from one to five degrees warmer compared to yesterday at this time. are the this dry weather pattern is taking over the bay area with the strong ridge in place. this ridge is building as we head through the next few days. plenty sun for the rest of our afternoon, and that will continue friday and into the weekend. in fact, a warming trend is in store for us. as we look to the weekend with that strong high, dominant weather feature for bay area, we are going to warm up for the weekend. all of us will be in the 60s for our weekend for saturday and sunday. sun set by the way

. >>> a wind advisory remains in effect for much of the bay area. tonight, i am striking the strongest gusts and when the wind is going to calm down. >>> a fix after the state leaves a loophole open for vaccine cheaters. >>> sweeping reforms inside the oakland police. some say the changes don't go far enough. >>> elusive and dangerous. a new lit at the colony linked to five attacks. why can't wildlife officials catch it >> coyotes are difficult animals to trap. they are very intelligent. they havea insmart. >>> but first, breaking news. new video less than an hour ago. you see two suspects pulling off a smash and grab robbery in golden gate park this afternoon. the apparent victim season although down, chases the guys. is able to get the backpack back. the suspects dropped a suitcase in the middle of this and took off. it seems like we are seeing these break-ins all the time recently. we have some eye-opening new statistics coming up tonight at 11:00. >>> suspects targeted a u.s. postal carrier the ints nghborhood. suspecing ayafter they attacked th

other bay area counties are close behind. >>> as part of our effort to help build a better bay area during the pandemic, we're focused on your health. this weekend is the first for outdoor sports in some bay area counties. anser hassan has our story from berkeley where student athletes and weekend warriors couldn't wait to compete. >> reporter: it's just practice this morning, but soon it will be back to competition. >> instead of a training session you are putting on your kit and come out to play and there would be referees on the field. >> reporter: ted kemp is coach for the soccer club. his team has been practicing for weeks but the new rules they can start playing games. last week california relaxed rules regulating high school sports, and as of friday the new rules allow club and adult leagues to get back to competition as well. >> they've been conditioning and working so hard to be able to return to play and they can now showcase their skills and what they learned. >> reporter: outdoor sports are allowed in counties with fewer than 14 cases of covid-19 for every 100,000 residents. th