Voting centers are open and you have another 3 1 2 hours to cast your ballot. We are tracking other stories on super tuesday, including the as dropping images of the proposed ballpark in las vegas. Our chase cain is taking a closer look and getting reaction. Also, did you have trouble getting into instagram or facebook this morning . The problem for the Silicon Valley kind and how long it took to fix it. Changes coming to our weather. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is joining us in a little bit. Lets begin with decision 2024. A big knot across the country. Voters in 16 states, including california, are heading to the polls. Hundreds of delegates are at stake in the president ial primary. The biggest hall for either party on a single day. This is a live look at the Alameda CountyRegistrar Office where they are counting mail and ballots this afternoon. A reminder, you have until 8 00 tonight to vote in person. Mail in dallas must be postmarked or dropped off at a ballot box by today. You have time to register in person to vote if you have not already. As of this morning, Santa Clara County counted over 170,000 mail in an early voting ballots. About 60 and they expect an overall turnout of 35 to 40 . The registrar says that each group that is lacking or 18 to 34yearolds. You should vote. Because otherwise, you will have me be the same guys to drive the show here and we do not want that. My advice is go and vote with confidence. Investigative importune reporter Candice Nguyen is live at the santa clara Registrar Office to. You are getting a look at the ballot counting process. How is it going . Reporter it is going great. It is busy and ramping up. I wanted to bring you to this room first this is where the envelopes the ballots are in first come. Each pallet gets him handled by a person. They slice off the top and. The signature and make sure each ballot does not have a stain, tear or signs of possible team bring. They get flattened out and stacked. That is so important because of the other room i want to show you around the corner. It is essential that the ballots get flattened out and prepared because they need to go through a machine. A machine that scans them. Now, i am walking down here and i want to show you the adjudication room. If there is any issue with voting, for instance someone used a checkmark or weird colored pen, a team of two checks the vote and sees with the person intended to get the vote in. Will have the camera go to the end of the hall the room where it all happens when the ballots are stacked up nicely. These are the machines that scan and count the votes. This is really important stuff here. I just learned Something Interesting audrey. When the ballots get separated from the envelope, they are essentially anonymous because the signature is on the envelope. The ballots here are anonymous to everyone working in this room. Candace, yes. As you showed us, it is such an important process as every vote counts. Youve seen the whole thing unfold before your eyes. Any issues at all . Reporter i just checked with the Public Information officers here and no issues. Is is as usual, which is a good thing. Voter turn out right now at about 18 , up from 50 15 from this morning. They expect 35 percent to 40 by the end of today, which is down from our previous primary election and more of a reason to take the next out our get your vote. So many workers are working around the clock. Is a chemical matter for them . Reporter not an all nighter, but late. The workers will probably be here until midnight. Even though the polls close at 8 00 p. M. They have to wait for the careers. A team of two careers go out and get the ballots from the ballot boxes and post office drop boxes. They bring them back here. I learned Something Else about that. Be careers work in teams of two for security reasons. For the ballots and the process. I will have more information about that at 5 30. Such a fun facts for me. I love the menacing look. It is very cool. We have you covered for tonights Election Results scan the qr code on your screen did it take you to our primary elections guide or head to nbcbayarea. Com and click on super tuesday at the top of the page. Every thing about the big races, candidates and how to cast your ballot. Lets switch years to the weather as we take a live look outside. It looks good today. I am here now with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Not too bad. A little rain, but not enough to slow people down from dropping off their vote today. Let me show you what is coming our way as we roll through tomorrow and the microclimate forecast. Here is the interesting thing. We are looking at a storm system just off shore. From this view it does look impressive. The track of the storm system is going to keep some of the heaviest rainfall away. It is just off shore with the cold front. It is going to be writing down the coast through tomorrow. Eventually hitting seven california. We will get a glancing blow from the storm system as we move through tomorrows forecast. On storm ranger Doppler Radar a few spotty showers over the bay and parts of east bay. Tracking out to the north. Expect showers to develop an walnut creek and danville the next 30 minutes. If heading out to drop off your vote, watch out for a quick passage are getting the roadways slick. Otherwise, as a move through tomorrow morning we will start it off with temperatures in the 40s. Through the day tomorrow, we will keep the chance of spotting rain. Upper 50s and also, low 60s. Hang on, if you are tired of the clouds and you want sunshine, we have that coming away. By thursday and friday, High Pressure returns. It will move the storm track up to the north and i know you would like the result. Thursday, 65. Friday, 67. Spotty shower saturday, sunday and monday. Right now, it does not look like anything big. Make your plans thursday and friday. It is coming in pretty strong. Audrey, tonight at 5 00 a closer look at the rainfall totals for tomorrow and of course, more details on the warmer weather. And when eventually we could get in on mid and upper 70s and the 10 day forecast. Coming up at 5 00 tonight. Now you are talking just. 70s, i like that. Started another step in the drawn out divorce between the oakland as and the city of oakland. Today, the Team Released new renderings of a proposed ballpark in las vegas. It is creating a buzz and raising Big Questions about what it does not have. Nbc bay area ian cull joins us now with the new look. The team of designers are discriminate with two words i have never heard used before together. Spherical armadillo. The team says the stadium will be located on the strip. Some people says it looks like the sydney opera house. The capacity will be 33,000, making it the smallest stadium in all of major league a small. And the five overlapping layers are meant to look like a small penance. Ill be close with air conditioning and have a giant cable that glass window so that fans can see the strip from their seats. They also say the ballpark will occupy 1 acres of 35 acre tropicana site. Fans point out the proposed resort and hotel, which is promised to be in the renderings, but they are not at this point. The team says the specifics are being worked out. That part of the project is being sorted out with more details expected in the next few months. I spoke with the president of the dave cavil about the plan. It will be a iconic building and unique design that you would not see anywhere else in sports or baseball. We have the largestanother great amenity. Were excited to have the renderings out to be moving to the next phase of the project. Were talking about renderings that is pretty early with the process. What is the plan for the team until the move into that stadium . We know as will be playing at the coliseum this season. After that, it is not clear. We want to know what if they want to continue playing in oakland until the move in 2028 will have to negotiate a deal with the city and county leaders. They held discussions last month and will have another meeting soon. Dave kaval says it should be decided by this summer there is talk of the potential of playing in sacramento or salt lake city. All of this has been a painful divorce for fans who say they are not giving up on keeping the team here. I spoke with members of the oakland 68 who are organizing a boycott for opening day. There try to get offense to show up in the parking lot, but not go inside. Saying they didnt want to give the as owner john fisher another nine. We will congregate in the parking lot and have a great time. There will be lots of activities. 5000 flags given out. It will be a great time for people to continue to voice their opinion and showcase that we are here and that it is not our fault. We help people realize it is the fault of john fisher at this point. A lot of fans say they will not be going to the games anymore. We will have to wait and see what happens on opening day. We will be covering that. As for the design, the team says it will be making refinements to the design over the next year. Dave kaval, i just spoke to him 30 minutes go. He says they are on track to open in 2028. We will keep you updated. We are still waiting for word on pronto a hazmat situation at uc berkeley this morning. It happened just before 10 00. The university was asking everyone to avoid stanley hall. Officials say there was some sort of Hazardous Material detected there. A half hour later, authorities gave the all clear. Cal has not released any information on what exactly happened there. Facebook, instagram and other metal platforms are back online this afternoon after suffering a significant outage this morning. Platforms all went down and around 7 30 this morning. The outage spanned multiple countries. It appeared to be related to how users log in. Metaspokesperson andy stone took to x this afternoon saying they should is been result. However, he did not say what caused the outage. We put a lot of power and responsibility in the hands of private companies with little to no aquatic oversight. Every couple years we are reminded of why it is a problem. Here we are on primary election day and the place of most users go to get their news, social media, one of major platforms is not operating. There is no installation why. The cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it is aware of the outage, but it is not aware of any specific malicious cyber activity attached to it. We will keep you updated. A question for you. How was the rent in your neighborhood . Some bay area neighborhoods have seen a spike in others have seen a drop. Are Marianne Favro will be joining us. Action, the popular cinequest Film Festival is about to raise the curtain in the south bay. We will preview some of the events creating a lot of buzz this year. 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At stores everywhere without a prescription. Welcome back. Lets head over to the assignment desk where our assignment manager is been generally busy on super tuesday. You up and organizing a lot. With crews all over bay area. We are covering congressional races and alameda, san mateo, Santa Clara County and also keeping a close eye on a pair of important Public Safety positions on the ballot in San Francisco. A lot going on. Thank you for the preview. A live look at a Polling Center in berkeley. A little more than three hours to vote. A lot of people turning in mail ballot mail in ballots people voting in person as well. Lets look at all of the coverage we are bringing to you on air and online. Lester holt will anchor super tuesday coverage from 7 00 until 8 00 right here on nbc. Local Election Results begin at 9 00 on brooke ruth and other streaming platforms. At 10 00, we will bring you 90 minutes of complete super tuesday coverage on nbc bay area. To making it in the base series and the price of rent. Some bay area communities it has dropped in others, it has gone up and said mckinley. Lets go and bring in Marianne Favro live in Mountain View. Going to break down the numbers for us. What are you seeing . Reporter a new report came out today and the big headline is San Francisco is no longer the most expensive rental market here in the bay area. That title goes to Mountain View. Mountain view is now the most intensive area to rent. To give you an idea what that means for renters, if you want to get a one bedroom unit the median price is more than 3600. And the price of rent here in Mountain View has gone up nearly 15 compared to last year. Why is this happening . There is one theory that a lot of big hightech companies in this area are requiring their employees to go back to work in the office. At least most days. Now people are realizing they may need to live closer to their jobs instead of miles away. It is getting pricey for sure. I you i know you got a chance to speak with the property manager on the peninsula. What did she tell you . Reporter she told me the prices are going up and so is the competition. She held an open house for a home that was for rent. 50 people showed up the very first hour to look about home. That is how competitive it is. In order for people to get the rentals they are looking for, some people have been willing to offer two 200 300 above asking rent to secure the housing. A lot of competition. I want to hear about the communities seeing a drop in rent. Which ones are those . Reporter menlo park saw a huge drop in rent. 24 compared to this time last year. Also, we are seeing a slight drop in San Francisco, just a little bit over 3 . San jose is also down a little bit over 3 . Oakland is seeing their rent on average for median onebedroom apartment at about 11 lower than they were last year. There are some areas where rent is lower. The least expensive rental market is alejo. There are options for people looking to rent. Marianne, thank you for working on the numbers. Well see you later on this evening as well. Getting the latest housing news in the bay area is very easy. We started a newsletter called housing deconstructed. Sign up for it and you will get the latest addition every week directly into your box to stay on top of everything. Go to nbc bay area news. Com newsletter. Moviemakers are ready to hit the south bay here is what to expect at this years cinequest. Attention all moviegoers, happening tomorrow Silicon Valleys prestigious cinequest festival is making its return. Rather than shy away from position artificial intelligence, cinequest is taking it head on. Cinequest has been renowned as a bastion of discovery, both of arts, found art, artists and great movies. As well as the technology that has influenced and empowered and transferred the artist ability to create and the audience ability to access what they created. Cinequest is hosting a free townhall featuring Creative Minds in foam and leaders in ai technology. You can register to attend at cinequest. Org. Opening night is this thursday at san jose telephone you theater. Friday is a celebration of silent cinema. The possible runs through march 17th, that is when actor Matthew Modine will receive a Maverick Spirit award. This is footage from last year cinequest Film Festival. This year, the Film Festival will feature 217 films. 37 different countries. You can purchase single screening tickets for 14. There is a film lover pass available for purchase as well as the ip all access pass. For stories like this, join us for early today in the bay. We start at 5 00 a. M. 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Bmo right now at 5 00, if youre not cast your ballot yet, you have a few hours left to make sure your vote counts on super tuesday. We are live across bay area breaking down the Big Decisions on your ballot. San francisco silent cyclists feel unsafe after a driver is accused of hitting a team usa cyclist. Why the plea deal is raising questions. At live look in San Francisco. Cloudy skies and rain sprinkling earlier today and parts of bay area. Meanwhile, in the sierra roads have cleared after weekend of blizzard and whiteout conditions. The news at 5 00 starts now. Thank you for joining us. I am janelle wang. I am jessica guay. Super tuesday is on three more hours until polls close in california. Today is the biggest delegate grab of the premises and to voters in 16 states and one territory casting ballots for president and members of congress. We are tracking the big races across california today. You have until 8 00 tonight to vote in person. This is a live look from a Voting Center in berkeley. Mail in outlets must be postmarked by today or dropped off by 8 00 tonight at a ballot box. You time to register in person if you have not already. Governor newsom budget with long with his partner in sacramento today. Proposition one is 6. 4 billion bond which would help the state to build new Mental Health facilities and transitional housing for the homeless San Francisco mayor london breed had time to drop off her ballot. Across the bay area voters up and dropping off ballots or voting in person. Just like we saw with mayor london breed, one of the places the San Francisco city hall. That is where we see bay area with a few hours left with the polls open. Reporter we have seen quite a few people with the completed eyelets coming by to the convenient drop boxes outside of city hall. Afternoon, like this guy, he has his ballot and walked over to that box we were watching