Look at that shot of the Golden Gate Bridge behind the number. But you could see the skyline. And the country temperatures, 44 in san jose. Livermore 43. Concord 48. And oakland 46. So what what can you expect today. The San Francisco temperature trend. Temperatures remain in the 50s. Upper 50s for San Francisco. But as i mentioned, we had will see cooler temperatures. The reason is because we have with a system passing just to the north. Now this is not going to bring us rain. But it is going to kick up winds later tonight and also going to bring us more cloud cover. So what does this mean when with it comes to winds and of course look at your monday ahead. Ill break down all of that coming up in about 15 minutes. And monday people have off of work. It is a holiday weekend. So that is good to see your forecast for that. Safety on b. A. R. T. Is a high profile issue and getting a renewed focus in the wake of yesterdays Police Shooting. The violent scene unfolded at the el cerrito del norte station. It was an argument between a young man and woman and a third passenger then called 911. Minutes later officers opened fire. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana reports. Shots fired. Reporter on the platform as they opened fire. Witnesses described a volley of shots and then panic from passengers. It sounds like m80s from halloween. Like pop, pop, pop, eight or nine in a row. Everybody is running out. There must be gunshots if theyre running out. Reporter they were called here by a passenger watching an argument between a young man and woman aboard the train. As they arrive the caller told dispatchers the young man had a gun. The officers got on to the platform, challenged that individual who then ran off the train down the platform and on to our track way at which point a gun was produced by the suspect and our officers ultimately shot. Reporter a handgun was recovered at the scene. The young man who was shot lifted to a regional rahma center with lifethreatening injuries. Police have not released many details about him or the young woman he was reportedly arguing with except to say she was unharmed. One passenger who did not see the dispute or confrontation shared what she heard as she left the platform. After everyone was taken off the train, a young lady was shouting hes 17, oh, my god, hes 17. My best guess is that she knew him. Reporter this officerinvolved shooting comes on the first weekend of b. A. R. T. s new safety plan, a 12person unarmed Safety Patrol called b. A. R. T. Ambassadors will be riding trains and walking platforms. B. A. R. T. Has seen ridership plummet during off peak hours and weekends over the past few years. Sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Our Investigative Unit has been taking a look at what happens on b. A. R. T. We spent months riding trains and recording what we saw. You can watch the entire series on our website nbcbayarea. Com derailed. To daly city where fire crews rushed to a house fire. A viewer sent us this video she captured after 9 15 last night. You could see flames shooting out from the home. This is on han over street. It did cause serious damage to the main section of that home. Continuing coverage now of the deadly coronavirus. A story developing by the hour. One patient has died in france. That is the first Death Outside of asia. So far the virus has killed 1,500 and 67,000 are infected. Today hundreds of americans quarantined on a cruise ship at a port in japan are preparing to finally disembark and head to the bay area. A u. S. Government plane is scheduled to fly them to Travis Air Force base in fairfield. But theyre nightmare is far from over. Today in the bays Marianne Favro reports. Reporter theyre stuck on the diamond princess cruise ship. Passengers all around themming sick. More than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus involving passengers. They have not gotten sick. We see a lot of passengers being carried off the ship that are on stretchers that apparently have been detectived with the virus and they go into ambulances and then they leave and more ambulances show up. Reporter for the nearly 400 americans trapped on the cruise ship, a way home at last. News of a rescue plane broken by the captain. Via u. S. Charter reporter but melanies husband is in a japanese hospital after he was infected with coronavirus. Making it a hard choice for her to fly back to the u. S. I would rather stay in japan and be by my husband, but if thats the only way out, yes. Reporter only american passengers testing negative for the virus could get on the plane headed for Travis Air Force base. Some will fly on to Lackland Air Force base in texas and the rest face another 14 days of quarantine that means theyll be under quarantine for a total of nearly four weeks. Were business owners. And we are arranging our house being taken care of, our animals being taken care of. Reporter a government warning said if passengers choose not to get on the flight theyll be unable to return to the u. S. For a period of time. Leaving many passengers upset. Anger. My initial reaction is anger and frustration, disappointment in my government. I feel like they failed us. Nbc bay area news. Chinatown is suffering from coronavirus fears. Restaurant and shop owners tell us that business is significantly down and that false rumors are spreading on social media. Just yesterday in an effort to bring customers back Business Leaders and the mayor libby schaaf shopped in the area to show it is safe. Some folks enjoying food at the famous shooting star cafe tell us unfounded fears arent going to keep them away. I feel like theyre just rumors. It is not te fair to suddenly stop going to the businesses. Oakland has no confirmed cases of coronavirus. Now to a violent saturday morning in San Francisco. Two women attacked on the embarcadero within minutes of each other. The first attack happened at about 7 00 yesterday morning at San Franciscos pier 19. That is close to the exploratorium. A man stabbed a woman and rode away on a bike. 15 minutes later another woman was attacked near pier 39 not far from Fishermans Wharf and the same man is believed to have stabbed both women. They have detained suspect and both women are expected to be okay. New details about violence at a pittsburg park. We told you about this yesterday morning. Investigators say it appears the victim was already inside Woodland Hills park when a dpaem approached him and opened fire. The shooter ran to a car and drove away. The victim is a 21yearold man. Police are still trying to track down Security Camera footage from the area to find the shooter. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg said it is time to fight harmful information online. Zuckerberg said social Media Companies like facebook need more guidance and regulation from the government. This comes after people called on the company and other social media giants in recent years to better fight false and misleading information on their platforms. Zuckerberg spoke at the Munich Security Conference in germany just yesterday. I think that there needs o be regulation in at least four areas touching our company and they are elections and political discourse around content moderation and privacy and data portability. Zuckerberg employs 35,000 people to monitor fake accounts every day. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. We go live to washington to talk with chuck todd for the weekly p preview of meet the press. And they are hightech and offer peace of mind but are the door bell cameras actually fighting crime . With we investigate claims. Narrator its the fight of our lifetime. Where well make a stand for honesty, national unity, and basic decency. So heres the thing whoever steps into that ring with donald trump. Better win. Because whats at stake is nothing less than america. So now, who do you think is tough enough to go the distance . Mike bloomberg im running to defeat donald trump and put the united back in the United States of america. Narrator exactly. Welcome back. Were joined in the studio with our nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. Good morning. And it is time to bring in chuck todd. Moderator of the meet the press. Back home in d. C. , after going to iowa and New Hampshire, thanks so much for joining us this morning. It is good to be in d. C. Even if it iss just for a day or two. Even for a day or two. Ch chuck, after the first two contests in the democratic primary you headed to, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are now on top. Now the race moves as you kind of referred to. They moved to nevada and South Carolina where youre headed next. What are you watching for as you head into those races . Well, i think it is what we learned out of New Hampshire. In New Hampshire we saw that while sanders clearly has a devoted base right now it appears his coalition is very narrow. Hes going to be the nominee he has to expand beyond the 25 , 26 hes gotten in iowa and New Hampshire. There clearly was a large moderate majority or plurality that could have swamped sanders in the New Hampshire primary had they all coalesced around one candidate, being Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar. But that didnt happen. The question is will we see any attempt of coalescing in nevada or does the same phenomenon happen, a muddle mess and stays that way in South Carolina and schenn voila, the Michael Bloomberg experience starts to hit everybody. And that could create even more of a muddle mess. Today is daytona 500. You have five or six cars all in a lead pack and youre ati yoe waiting to see which one turns one way or does it crash the whole party or one take off and become the frontrunner. That is a good analogy. The 60,000 member Culinary Union workers, largest in nevada, has declined to endorse a nominee and how important is the decision and which candidates do you think are likely to benefit or suffer from it . I think the candidate that benefits the most is Bernie Sanders. Because clearly the leadership of the culinary un kwon was not with them but there is a indication of there is a hot of rank and file of the union that loves Bernie Sanders. The Health Care Dispute aside, and i think that the nonendorsement means that that tells the membership, do ahead, vote how you want. Well tell you, we dont like medicare for all, we dont like the sanders plan on that. But were not going to tell you who to support. That is a big deal if youre Bernie Sanders. If the Culinary Union had gone where they wanted to previous times with a more establishment candidate, a stronger perhaps if joe biden was stronger they would have gone with biden but they didnt. And and i do think it is helpful to sanders. Back in d. C. , jerry nadler intended to subpoena john bolton to testify about president trumps relationship with ukraine. Given the outcome of the president s impeachment trial, how risky is this for the democrats . Well, ill tell you this, i any this youre john bolton you want to do that testimony. I think hes clearly uncomfortable with the idea that his po his book might be the first place that everybody finds more information out. So you would assume that and that book is perhaps could come out within a couple of weeks. Im curious to see, but it seems as if mr. Bolton was indicating he didnt like the look, at least, of sort of making it seem hes not telling everybody until the book comes out. So lets see if it happens but i wouldnt be surprised if it does because again to go back to the look of waiting until the book deal to tell everything you know is not the greatest look. Oh, yeah. Everybody is coming out saying he should have spoken sooner or could have, perhaps. Chuck, thanks so much as always. With we appreciate your insight. Join chuk for this mornings meet the press when hell interview former Vice President joe biden plus an interview with president ial candidate senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota. Be sure to tune in to meet the press. Stay right here at 8 00 a. M. Right after this newscast. And larry will be back in 45 minutes when we look at a controversial new law that impacts independent contractors here in california. There is a lot of talk around this. Larry, well see you soon for that. The gig economy. The gig economy uber and lyft drivers. Well see you soon for that. Turning to other news now, door bell Security Cameras might offer peace of mind but the data shows that they dont go far in actually fighting crime. Last year ring released a ad in winter park, florida and the police chief talked about the help of solving crimes but in reality the department has not made a single arrest by ring footage. Ring said they reduce burglaries by more than 50 but in a nbc news investigation there is little evidence to support that claim. A rare California Gold coin is having quite the bay area home coming. Take a look at this. It is a coin struck right here if San Francisco in 1855 during the gold rush era. It is a 50 coin. It just sold to a San Francisco local, the price tag 1 million. You might wonder what makes it so rare. Several things that make it certifiable. Number one, there is only 14 made. As far as coin nerds go, that is super, super rare. Ch that is what we get excited b. The less of a coin, the more excited we getment and the second thing it is a visually beautiful coin. It is a large 50 gold coin and the United States ome made two back in those days. Wow. He said coin nerds. The coin is about 2. 5 ounces of almost pure gold. It will be on display for several weeks at winter coin on lombard street in San Francisco for the stores grand opening. Now to a dress rehearsal. Yesterday a japanese actress performed the first torch kiss handover of the olympics. Just for practice. They will ask for 121 days in the build up to the olympics that begin in july. The real thing starts on march 26th. And dont forget nbc bay area is your official home for the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo. The games run from july 24th to august 9th. That is suppose an exciting time. Lets check in with vianey arana for a look at our sunday forecast. The summer olympics have always been my favorite. There are so many good events. I would love one day to go to the olympics. That would be incredible to cover it for the station. I think is going this year. Ill sneak into the suitcase when raj goes over there. You better warn him. I know. Ill just pop out. We have beautiful sky this is morning. A little bit of cloud cover. That pink glow. Exactly. And it makes for a nice look at that. The Golden Gate Bridge. Look at the skies overhead. Notice the flag. It is not too windy just yet. And if you dont know where the flag is ill point it out. There it is. So this is a marker that showcases when it is windy and gusty and we are expecting breezy winds. Let me show you satellite radar because it gives a good story of our weather right now. Areas of cloud cover and notice to the north near the oregon area, far Northern California, we have a system passing. That is going to bring our temperatures just a little bit. It is also going to kick up the northerly winds into tonight and also tomorrow evening as it continues to trek on through. But not bringing any rain. All of the rain will remain to the north and country temperatures. If youre out and about, in the south bay, 44 in san jose. 46 in oakland. 52 in San Francisco. And it is going to be a lovely afternoon. Take a look at your daytime highs. Well be running a few degrees cooler compared to yesterday because of that system passing to our north. Daytime highs in oakland, 63. San jose 64. Palo alto 63. Livermore 64. The outlook is a mix of sun and clouds and breezy conditions expected through the afternoon. Just how breezy, about 10 to 15mileperhour winds. A lot of gustier conditions remain for the mountain areas for the high elevations and then monday around 1 00 they start to notice the model picking up gusts and in danville, 23mileperhour and livermore and allen rock and through vacaville as well. So depending on where youre located youll see gustier conditions through the Interior Valleys for tomorrow. 10 to 15mileperhour winds expected. It is breezy. And the winds diminish once the storm makes the exit and pushes east. The dry weather will remain. As you know, we havent had any significant rain for the month of february. So what are we expecting . That storm will stay to the north for mondayme, more wind a below average in terms of rain chances. So were behind when it comes to the rain. With we do see dry off shore showers and then to our south there is a system, in through friday. Our best chance right now by the model and not really a significant amount if i might add, is next weekend. Were up to a dry start but right now it looks like we may get the chance of seeing some showers mainly on sunday. So friday, saturday and sunday well monitor this but right now it doesnt look like a significant storm so it wont make a big dent in the numbers of how much rain we still need for the forecast. The next seven days, a closer look. The windy hills are going to be a bigger factor. Not as windy as the event on sunday. Tuesday 67 degrees. By wednesday and thursday were talking upper 60s for inland areas. Kira. Looks good. Thank you so much, it is 7 21. Much more ahead. Coming up, our commitment to making it in the bay continues. Well introduce to you a man in San Francisco who realizedco make a difference while on the job renovating a hotel. Well tell you how. [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] now to our Series Making it in the bay. Our look at the housing crisis. One mans idea, what hotels could do to help. Garvin thomas shows us. Obviously when it comes to finding places to live for the homeless or low income families, the most important thing is the home itself. But what about what goes in it . One San Francisco hotel has come up with an innovative way to reduce waste and help turn those houses into homes. The bottom to top renovation of the clift royal hotel in San Francisco is just about complete. So this is the 14th floor and guest rooms of the clift. Reporter the yearlong job was the first for Matthew Boone in the roll of project manager. A position requiring him to be intimately familiar with every new piece of furniture coming into the hotel. You can see all of the way down to the river and the bridges. Reporter this story, though, is about all of the furniture that came out of it. These are chairs. Reporter and the second very Meaningful Life matthew has given it. It all started, he says, with a simple question. Hey, im kind of the new guy team member that youve done this, where does this stuff go . And theyre like, well we throw it away. Reporter the idea of thousands of still usable pieces ending up in the landfill didnt sit well with matthew. There has got to be a better way. A better place. Reporter well in the case of just this one mattress, that better place is in the apartment of a single mother living in vallejo. Before this delivery, she was sleepi sleeping on the floor next to her infant daughters crib. This is a life changer. Shes worked to get a great apartment but it is the next step. Reporter matthew connected with with campus Family Services who help the homeless and at risk families find housing. Hes coordinated donations from the clift to help more than 100 east bay families. It does cost the hotel to make this happen. But matthew believes it is worth it. 125 families are going to have new beds, new desks, new chairs that they could help raise their family and come home after a hard day of work and get a good nights sleep. Reporter and best of all if this idea spreads other hotels looking to freshen up the look will love the idea of helping the environment and people in need in the process. We should be doing this. It is not can we or why dont we. We should be doing this. In San Francisco, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. Makes you want to support the hotel, didnt it . Living in your vehicle is the reality for 10,000 people here in the bay area. Alameda county has the highest number of People Living in their cars or rvs. But there is a new program to help those in need. You could watch that story right now on our website nbcbayarea. Com making it in the bay. And it is 7 27. We have much more on today in the bay. Early voting has begun ahead of the next week nevada caucus. The plan that the Democratic Party has come up with to avoid the same problem that iowa had. Plus containing the coronavirus. The stricken cruise ship and passengers soon will be bound for the bay area. We talk to people on board about their ordeal as we learn of the plan to house them here. Obama hes been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. Michael bloomberg is here. Vo leadership in action. Mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. Obama at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. Bloomberg im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Good morning. It is sunday, february 16th. Here is a live look outside over downtown san jose. As we wake up on this president s day holiday weekend. Thanks for joining us. Im kira klapper. And vianey arana has a look at our forecast. It looks nice and calm. It is. It is breezy but not windy to the point where youre holding on to your hat. Not like last sunday. By no means. Just breezy enough to see the leaves and get a little bit of a gust at times. It is nice. Look at this shot of walnut creek. Well get a mix of sun and clouds today so partly clear through the afternoon. As far as our temperatures go, the trend is pretty much on tap to be in the mid60s throughout the entire bay area with the exception of areas around the coastline well get a comfortable afternoon. But if you notice it is a little bit cooler compared to yesterdays forecast. Yesterday we did manage to hit some upper 60s, a couple of low 70s for the Interior Valley and this morning 44 degrees in san jose. 46 in oakland. 52 in San Francisco. And 42 degrees in santa rosa. So here is a quick glance in case you have to go about your day. But stay with us for another 30 minutes because im going over the Drought Monitor once again and our next chance of possibly seeing the rain in the bay area. We hope you stay with us for the next 30 and well see you 15. Safety on b. A. R. T. Is high file and getting a lot of tension and following a Police Shooting yesterday at the el cerrito del norte station. Officers were called by a passenger who saw an argument between a young man and woman on the train. Just as they arrived in el cerrito the caller told dispatchers that the young man had a begun. After a brief confrontation between the young man and officers, shots rang out. The officers got on to the platform, challenged that individual who then ran off the train down the platform and on to the track way at which point a gun was produced by the suspect and our officers ultimately shot. A gun was recovered at the scene. The young man was airlifted to a Trauma Center with lifethreatening injuries. This officerinvolved shooting comes on the first weekend of b. A. R. T. s new safety plan with a team of ambassadors and a dedicated team of 12 officers riding trains and walking platforms. Our Investigative Unit has been taking an indepth look at what happens on b. A. R. T. We spent months riding trains and recording what we saw. You could watch the series on our website at nbcbayarea. Com derailed. Fire crews rush to a fire at a home in daly city. A viewer sent this to us. Look at those flames. This is the scene after 9 15 last night. It happened an hanover street. Firefighters say it did cause serious damage to the main section of the home. Crews remained on the scene for several hours to make sure the fire didnt spark up again. Continuing coverage now of the deadly coronavirus. A story that is developing by the minute. One patient has now died in france. That is the first Death Outside of asia. So far the virus has killed more than 1,500 people and infected some 67,000 others. 15 of those infected cases are here in the u. S. Today hundreds of americans who have been quarantined on that cruise ship at a port in japan are preparing to head to the bay area. A u. S. Government chartered plane is scheduled to fly many of them to Travis Air Force base in fairfield. But their night mere is far from over. We look at what is next for those passengers. Reporter otis and his wife carol from granite bay are stuck on the diamond princess cruise ship. Passengers all around them getting sick. More than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus involving passengers. They have not gotten sick. We see a lot of passengers being carried off the ship that are on stretchers that apparently have been detectived with the virus and they go into ambulances and then they leave and more ambulances show up. Reporter for the nearly 400 americans trapped on the cruise ship, a way home at last. News of a rescue plane broken by the captain. Via u. S. Charter reporter but melanies husband is in a japanese hospital after he was infected with coronavirus making it a hard choice for her to fly back to the u. S. I would rather stay in japan and be by my husband but if that is the only way out, yes. Reporter only american passengers testing negative for the virus could get on the plane headed for Travis Air Force base. Once they arrive, some will fly on to Lackland Air Force base in texas and the rest face another 14 days of quarantine and that means theyre under quarantine for a total of nearly four weeks. Were business owners. And were arranging our house being taken care of, our animals being taken care of zbhnchts a government warning said if passengers choose not to get on the flight theyll be unable to return to the u. S. For a period of time leaving many passengers upset. Anger. My initial reaction is anger and frustration, disappointment in my government. I feel like they failed us. Reporter marianne faf voe, nbc bay area news. And oakland chinatown is suffering from coronavirus fears. Restaurant and shop owners tell us business is significantly down and that false rumors are to blame spreading on social media. Just yesterday in an effort to bring customers back Business Leaders and mayor libby schaaf shopped in chinatown to show that it is safe. Some folks who weren squoii enjoying food at the shooting star cafe said fears arent keeping them away. I feel like they are just rumors. So it is not fair to stop going to these businesses. Oakland has no confirmed cases of coronavirus. Now to facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg who said it is time to fight harmful information online. Zuckerberg said social Media Companies like facebook need more guidance and regulation from the government. This comes after years of people calling on the company and other social media giants to better fight false and misleading information on their platforms. Zuckerberg spoke at Munich Security Conference in germany yesterday. I think that there needs to be regulation in at least four areas touching our company. And they are elections and political discourse around content and more broadly, content moderation, privacy and data portability. Zuckerberg said he now employs more than 35,000 people solely to review online content. He added that his Team Currently suspends more than 1 million fake accounts every single day. Turning now to decision 2020. Early voting has begun in the nevada caucus and there is a plan to avoid the same problems as iowa faced. Nevada Democratic Party is using a new paperbased balloting system. The party originally planned to use an app like iowa did. Former Senate Majority leader harry reid who represented nevada for 30 years cast his early ballot yesterday. He has decided not to endorse anyone in the democratic president ial race. But instead support the whole field. I voted on committee three times. Its a i have so many friends and i have such admiration for them. The work theyre doing. Nevada full caucus is next saturday. Several candidates are making stops here in california before next weekend caucus in nevada. Lets start with tonight. Amy klobuchar will be in San Francisco for a private fundraiser. Her visit comes on the heels of an endorsement from the bay area news group. Bernie sanders will be at be at a president s day rally tomorrow in richmond. They are expecting 3,000 people and are are collecting vote by mail ballots. President trump is heading to the golden state. On wednesday he will join Kevin Mccarthy in bakersfield where theyll talk about to farms, rather, about water supply issues. Our website is a great resource for supertuesday, march 3rd. We have the complete voter guide highlighting issues in every single county. Just go to our website at nbcbayarea. Com election guide. And it is 7 38. Still ahead on today in the bay, how are californians coping with the socalled gig economy. Larry gerston talks about the new law. And in chicago a bay area native comes up short in a controversial finish in the slam dunk contest. Anthony flores has that next in sports. Its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 36 months. Ends monday. Good morning, everyone. A tough break for the sharks. They lose the leading scorer for the rest of the season. Eric carlson is out with a broken thumb. He was hurt in friday night as win against winnipeg. And no score after two. Then the sharks find their bite. Gam bell scores and the final 20 seconds they win in a shutout 20. Head coach on how the sharks are dealing with the loss of eric carlson. It is a tough injury. It is more adversity for our club. Weve done a decent job of battling and playing hard and competing and sticking together as a team and it will have to be a huge group effort when youre missing three guys like that. Not easily replaced. The nba is honoring kobe bryant. The allstar mvp will be named after him. The three point contest in chicago last night, buddy heel wins on the last shot. It is good to be the king in the slam dunk contest, a little controversial, derek jones jr. Of miami heat is your champion. He beat out everyone else. Going over taco fall who is 75 apparently the judges were supposed to score a tie but they had a math problem there. Giants and as are playing lets make a deal. Oakland has acquired bir sh smith in San Francisco in exchange for money. The first big lead trade between the as and the giants since december of 1990. Day four of spring training in arizona, just pitchers and catchers. Position players will report later today. The giants signed to a Minor League Contract hoping when healthy he could bring excitement and enthusiasm to the dugout. Pablo understanding that his role is to be a clubhouse influencer, to be somebody who brings the energy level up in the dugout, to be a mentor to our younger players, both spanishspeaking and englishspeaking and contributing to the lines and i think he sees the big picture. They hold the first squad workout on monday. That is a look at sports. Im anthony flores, have a great sunday. Obama hes been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. Michael bloomberg is here. Vo leadership in action. Mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. Obama at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. Bloomberg im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Welcome back. Californias wellknown for reliance on the gig economy. In which people work as independent contractors rather than employees with fixed hours and salary and benefits. However as of january 1st, last month, a new law redefined independent contractor as part of the traditional work force. This new law has ignited controversy across our state. Larry gerston rejoins us to assess the impact of the act not only for the independent contractors but for all of us. Can you kind of boil down the controversy here. If you havent heard about it yet, you will. Somebody will be affected. And somebody you know, no doubt about it. It will affect just about everybody. Californians we know have a history of providing for members of the work force periphery or garment workers and farm workers, all of those folks that have been accorded traditional benefits guaranteed to mainstream employees but this is the ride share drivers or the gig economy. Now uber drivers alone, just that one segment sacrament to 150,000 independent contractors in california and other groups go up from there. Door dash, newspaper carriers, entertainers and child care workers and other parttime individuals may be impacted by the law as well. Now the changes loom large for the state. Listen to this. Data compiled by the irs estimates that 2. 8 million californians earn income for what is described as nonemployee work and including independent contracting. It is everywhere. I heard gig economy talked about as uber and lyft drivers but it is interesting to note entertainers and childcare workers. It is all so common. What does this new law specifically do. That is the question, right. Assembly bill 5 known as the protect at base drivers and services act, it requires that ride share drivers and other independent workers be treated as Traditional Company employees. That status would cover such benefits as minimum wage and paid sick benefits and Health Insurance benefits. Employers would be required to pay into unemployment and disability insurance. Some have been excluded including physician and attorneys and sales people and realtors just to name a few. But still talking about a gamechanger for the gig economy and its employees and there is a related element. In a state that has one of the highest percentages of unionized workers, organized labors see this as a golden opportunity to bring workers from the occupations into the union fold. And talking about companies possibly having to pay into sick benefits and disability and those type of things, it sounds like it wouldnt be seen as a good thing by a lot of companies because it could be expensive . Yeah. We dont know everything about it. The law is still new. It is not even dry so to speak on the books. But the added cost for employees will go up, there is no question about it and we dont know which employers will be affected because there are numerous gray areas for fields such as barber, fisherman and artists and people like that. Independent have for bid this for motor carriers. For the sectors folded in ab 5 several accounting estimate that it could add somewhere between 15 and 30 in costs per employee. Now, of course, those added costs would be bound to affect their bottom line and in all likelihood passed on to you and me. So that is how were all impacted by this in the long run. So it seems like this new law could really change the relationship between employees and employers. If it stays this way, you say it is still wet. If it stays on the books. That is the crucial phrase. And if it stays as currently written the California Chamber of commerce, one of the most powerful Interest Groups in the state already managed to carve out several industries from coverage before the legislature enacted the new law. And the chamber, by the way, is already asking for additional exemptions. And the bill author Lorena Gonzalez of Southern California said shes open to additional modifications but but the ride share industry, no. Taking no chances. Uber, lyft, door dash have already promised at least 90 million to sponsor november initiative that would exempt their industry from the new law and it is reasonable to expect that other affected industries will join the employer side as well. But dont expect organized labor to stand by without a fight. Add labor chout and we could see a quarter of a billion dollars spent for and against ab 5. So for many, the fight is just beginning. Meanwhile, the states everywhere watching to see where and how this new law takes effect, where it lands. For as we know, what happens in california is often a precursor to similar legislation elsewhere. Very interesting. Well continue to follow that, larry, thanks as always. Vianey has weather after this. You love the bay area but you dont love the traffic, highpriced homes and seeing our neighbors struggle. So lets find a way to make things better. Nbc bay area news presents making it in the bay. Every day on every newscast we break down the housing crisis, meet the people fighting for survival and find real solutions. Making it in the bay every day, every newscast on nbc bay area. dog vo my beneful superfood blend has me feeling super. Healthy, with salmon, cranberries. Ohh, here comes. Superfood wet with beef and pumpkin. 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It is bringing rain to areas more near oregon and far Northern California so this will impact breezy winds on our side and giving us cloud cover and dropping our temperatures down. It will not bring us any rain. So dry weather for today. And the breezy conditions mainly for the Higher Elevation areas. So not everyone will get windy conditions and it is certainly not as bad at the last wind event. Daytime highs running cooler. Palo alto 63. San jose 64. Napa 65. And through livermore 64. And a lot of people have been asking me about the rain but before that with lets look at wind speeds. 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour and picking up into tomorrow afternoon as that system continues to track to the north. Look at vacaville, 27mileperhour gusts and danville 23 and allen rock and once again if you live in the mountain areas like ben low mand and up through the east bay will get the gusts more tomorrow. And then the system continues to make the exit and well be aokay. Right back into the california drought. Our next chance of seeing rain and i want to show you where we stand. This is the latest this week. I showed you this yesterday but i want to tap into it because i want to go more into the colors. Yellow is abnormally dry but where you see this peachy hue, that is a area of drought. So about 10 of california, 40 is dry. So we certainly need the rain and were behind. But the dry weather is expected to continue. So more wind, below average temperatures. Showers remain to the north heading into the middle of the week and then right now were monitoring the chance of possibly seeing some chance of showers into saturday and sunday. But unfortunately it doesnt look like a big rainmaker so we need a bigger storm than that in order to make an impact on our Drought Monitor. Now over the next seven days, well see the pleasant weather stick around. Mid60s. We warm up right back into tuesday and wednesday into the mid60s. So it is really going to be a nice week ahead. We have no rain but we need it. We need the rain but we should enjoy this beautiful weather while we have it. Vianey thank. Finally this morning a marching band is taking its talent to the u. K. That is the Independence High School marching band. Theyve been invited to perform at londons new years day parade, next year, 2021. That is the one of the biggest parades in the world. More than 8,000 International Performers get to participate in that parade. That is amazing. That is one thing i cant do. I cant play an instrument. Ive tried to play guitar but it was harder than i thought. But you can do a lot of things. I know. We talk behind the scenes. Shes a very talented lady. Thanks for making us part of your morning and weekend. Well have more local news at 4 30, 6 00 and 11 00. With we hope you have a great independent day weekend. If you get tomorrow off, well see you next weekend. 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