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Surroundings. Frightening moments for a mother after a woman stole her car with her 2yearold child inside. An allnew look at the moment it happened and the way police were able to track down the suv and the toddler. Also, cutting the cord. The key vote state regulators are hoping for as one Major Carrier is pushing land line service. This is today in the bay. Good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a bit for a look at the morning commute. First, lets check the forecast with meteorologist its a mouthful. Its a tongue twister. I need some coffee. Tell us the weather. Theres rain coming down right now and were going to continue to see that over the next few hours. I mess that up, too, it really is a tongue twister. Lets talk about stormranger. We do have a decent amount of rain coming down. Im going to zoom in on spots where were seeing light to moderate rain, vallejo, parts of concord, into richmond, fairfax, San Francisco getting light to moderate rain. This is going to continue to make its move pushing further southward into parts of the eastern slopes for the lake tahoe, sierra area. I want to show you right now through fremont along 880 and 680, san jose catching a bit of a rainshadowed break. Here it is, a wintery mix weve been talking about, there is a Winter Weather advisory in effect through 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow, wednesday, if you notice on 80, we do have gusty conditions, as well as some accumulation when it comes to snowfall. Portions of South Lake Tahoe as well along 50. Were going to see that coming down through kirkwood as well. Conditions could be tricky getting there now, but this isnt going to be a longlasting storm. Ill get to your extended outlook in just a bit. Were keeping an eye on the san mateo bridge. Partly, its the conditions, soupy and misty, there will be damp or slick pavement. Were looking at westbound, your commute direction, both sides are pretty light. Over the last hour i saw two sessions, one with flashing lights, and it looked like someone was getting assisted off the bridge. Then another issue on the right shoulder. We have signaling that looks like theyre just going over to the right shoulder. Everything looks like it cleared on the flat section once again. We never really saw any slowing mid span, but thats where the activity was over the last half hour. Were looking at a smooth drive, san mateo, dumbarton bridge. The green highlighting shows you where theres more mist and drizzle and wet pavement, even more than we saw at the san mateo bridge. Were looking toward the east bay, moving nicely. A crash as you go toward fruitvale, still on the grid. Back to you. 5 03 right now. New video shows damage done after a large tree fell over in lafayette. Nearly 300 pg e customers remain without power at this hour. It happened around 10 00 last night along springfield road near Pleasant Hill road. At least one jeep was destroyed. Crews are on the scene working to restore power as the tree also took out a nearby utility pole. Pg e estimates power to be restored to that area by 6 00 this morning. No word on what caused that tree to fall. In contra costa county, one woman is behind bars after she allegedly stole a car with a 2yearold child inside. Bob redell is joining us live. Cell phone Technology Actually helped lead to her arrest . Reporter correct. It was a stolen cell phone and there was a surveillance camera that captured some of this crime. This happened yesterday around 1 30 along california avenue in san pablo. You can see in the surveillance video, the suspect getting into the drivers seat of a car she allegedly stole. Its not clear she knew the 2yearold was inside the vehicle. The car belongs to the mother of the child who told us that she left the drivers door open and the car running so she could quickly drop off something at her mothers house. Police located the stolen vehicle within 20 minutes in the city of richmond. Its incredibly unnerving and were extremely thankful that in this particular incident the child wasnt harmed. Reporter the child, as you heard, was not harmed, and was reunited with their family. The suspect, 35yearold joy taueetia, she allegedly stole the victims cell phone as well, which helped Police Locate her. Taueetia is now booked in jail in contra costa county. Shes facing vehicle theft and kidnapping charges. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much, bob. Well, in just a few hours convicted killer Scott Peterson is due back in court for a status hearing. This comes as the los angeles Innocence Project wants to make sure his civil rights were not violated. Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson. They believe there is a possibility that there is evidence or witnesses that werent presented in the first trial. On top of that, there may be dna evidence that could be a factor now. Kris sanchez will have a live report in our next half hour with more on the evidence and reaction with a legal analyst. Turning to decision 2024, and several states hold president ial primaries today. Presumptive gop nominee druchl donald trump is making his case to voters. Today in the bays brie jackson is live for us in washington this morning. Brie, whats at stake here today . Reporter good morning, marcus. Theres a lot at stake. There are primaries being held in several states, including washington, georgia, and mississippi. Former President Trump could secure enough delegates today to officially clinch the gop nomination. President biden and former President Trump on track to face off in november. The president wasting no time taking aim at his political opponent. Many of my republican friends want to put Social Security and medicare back on the chopping block again. If anyone tries to cut Social Security, medicare, or raise the retirement age, i will stop them. Reporter former President Trump said plans to cut Social Security are a madeup story. Here is what he said about entitlement earlier in the day. Tremendous bad management of entitlements, tremendous numbers of things you can do. Reporter the former president also weighing in on concerns about tiktok. Lawmakers are threatening to ban the social media company, citing National Security concerns. They get the information, they get plenty of information and they deal with china, and theyll do whatever china wants. Reporter during his Campaign Push this week, President Biden is drawing a contrast between himself and trump. I came into office to uphold the duty of care and get us through one of the toughest periods in our nations history. Reporter both gearing up for a long general election fight. Today the president is participating in a Campaign Meeting at the teamster headquarters here in washington, d. C. , marcus. Brie jackson in washington this morning, thank you. 5 08 right now. Turning to new video of a highspeed chase in the north bay. Sonoma county deputies say it started after three people stole several cars, several thousand dollars in items. The chopper spotted the car traveling on southbound 101 yesterday. Investigators say the trio was going more than 100 Miles Per Hour. Eventually their car crashed into a minivan near petaluma. All three suspects were arrested. The driver of the minivan was hurt in the crash. No word on their condition. Happening today, a man accused in the deadly shooting of a south bay tattoo artist is due in court. Rodriguez died january 29th and police found his body in san jose. Officers later arrested one suspect, denzel brown. Now, hes due in court for a hearing to revoke his parole. Police are still searching for another man they consider a secondary suspect. Berkeley leaders will vote on a resolution urging state regulators to cut the cord on all land line services. The company is requesting discontinuing its obligation to be the default land line provider, citing little demand for land line services. State law requires at t to provide Voice Communications for anyone who wants or needs it in their service area. Opponents argue cell service in some places is spotty at best. A group of california house lawmakers asked the cpuc to put its foot down, arguing it could threaten public safe. In San Francisco, leaders will get input on renovating the kezar pavilion. The city is setting aside 70 million for the renovation project. The plans are expected to be finalized sometime before the end of next year. The start date has not been announced. Taking a live look at San Francisco now on this tuesday morning. A little hazy, and drizly, i would assume. Thats how it was on my drive in. The rain is not going to stick around. It isnt, not the entirety of the day. For the next hour to two hours, it will be going down in the south bay. The movement essentially started in the north bay and then were going to continue to see it pushing south. Its a weak cold front when it comes to rain totals, anywhere from a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch for most spots. You can see our mobile Doppler Radar scanning the skies and you can see some light activity moving through vallejo right now, concord, the richmond stretch as well. If i kind of zoom this down a bit further south, you can see fremont right here. This is going to continue moving further down through san jose over the next hour or so. And then down through Central California as well. But, of course, weve got that wintery mix coming down in the sierra as well. Your hourbyhour outlook does show good news. Around 1 30 well catch scattered activity over the santa cruz mountains, but then as quickly as it comes in, it does clear out by about 7 30. Well talk more about whats to come in just a bit. Lets check in with mike. We know the prices are a little higher than we would like, definitely higher than weve seen for the last month. Best in Santa Clara County is again in sunnyvale, 4. 07. Today were calling out great gas on north matilda avenue. In solano count, we return to vallejo for the best deal as well, 4. 19. Well feature central gas on springs road. In the east bay, lets check out san pablos High Performance gasoline, 4. 27 in san pablo. The name of the place, gasbuddy. Com. On the roadway, the south bay, a lot of green highlighting. Wet roadways. Im circling a crash 101 at the brokaw offramp. No major issues, although we saw yellow sensors. I think those are adjusting to the morning commute. Light traffic at the richmond side of the bridge. Light rain as well. Watch those slick roads. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Understanding the impacts of excessive phone usage. Still ahead, the major differences between parents and kids when it comes to screen time. And something more valuable than silver, maybe some day something more valble than ua it is 5 15 right now. We are starting out with rain yet again, right now in san jose 53 degrees. Were going to get periods of on and off again showers as the weak storm moves through, and well talk more about what to expect for the remainder of the week ahead coming up. Dont be alarmed by the flashing lights northbound across the golden gate bridge. It looks like a crew might be assisting the clearing and moving of the center divide. We do see rain on the road, slick pavement, some light rain for the drivers. That will mean slicker conditions. Ill show you how things are shaping up on the other side of the bay coming up. Good morning. Happy tuesday to you. Its cpi day today, we get the latest data on inflation, which has been generally quite good lately, down to about 3 over last year, way down from its highs of 9 . Ill talk more about prices in a second. Airbnb says no more security cameras in its rentals indoors. And the price of a single bitcoin is now over 71,000. That gives the madeup moneys total market cap, total value a value higher than facebook, higher than berkshire hathaway. Its now the eighth most valuable financial asset in the world. In fact, if you took all the silver in the world, all the silver in the mines, all the silver around peoples necks and wrists, added it altogether, the total value of bitcoin at 1. 4 trillion would be higher than all the silver. Now, thats probably going to attract more investors into bitcoin, but there are differences. Silver does something. You can make a teapot out of it. Bitcoin, generally not used for anything. You can occasionally go to a coffee shop that takes bitcoin. But if you spend your bitcoin on coffee, thats a bit you dont have today when its more valuable. The usefulness of a currency is when it doesnt change day to day, week to week, which is why we care so much about the value of a dollar and what it can buy and the inflation report. Well get two reports this morning. One is the headline number, the other is the core with gas and food stripped out. Ive been watching mikes reports. Gas prices are going up, its going to confuse the numbers, and thats why we have so sets. Southwest warning it may have scheduling problems if it cant get enough new airplanes. Boeing has run into all kinds of trouble, including a new faa report that says boeing failed 33 out of 89 Quality Control audits. Southwest flies several types of boeing 737s, but nothing else. The house is moving ahead with a vote on a ban on tiktok if the Parent Company doesnt make major changes to server its relationship with china. President biden says he supports the bill. Former President Trump waffled on the issue in an interview yesterday, saying he worried about the security risk, but that banning tiktok would give facebook more users. Trump also said he was willing to cut entitlement programs like Social Security and medicare, but then his campaign quickly reversed that. So two bits of news, that trump does not support cutting entitlement, though he said he did, and then trump does not, but then somewhat does support a ban on tiktok. This format of interview, the unexpected callin with few safety checks, few fact checks, and huge misunderstandings because youre not talking directly to the person. Trump does this a lot. He used to do it on morning joe. Its not a good way of getting your message across. Thanks, scott. New this morning, new data shows teens and their parents are spending too much time on their phones. Thats according to a study done by the Pugh Research center. Researchers surveyed nearly 1,500 teens and nearly half of the teens say they feel anxious when they dont have their phone. When they do have it, they say its easier to purdue hobbies or interests. Less than a third say they socialize while using their phones. An excessive amount of screen time affecting parents conversations with their kids. Do you think your mom realizes when shes on her phone or distracted during a conversation . I dont think she thinks i think she thinks its less than it definitely is, because i think its a good bit, and i think she would say it would be lower than what it actually is. What do you say, mom . Its probably true. Calling out mom. Well, ahead this morning on today, a closer look at the new report, including how teens and parents are approaching screen time. Its all coming up this morning at 7 00 right after today in the bay. I like to show my parents funny videos. Theyre like, who is that, how do you know them . Do you work with them . No, mom, its just a funny video. Right, what is the song saying . No it is fun to show them. I do like how it allows for my family to connect with their family in mexico in a much easier way. Theres some goods, for sure. They facetime all the time, live on facetime while were having a barbecue. Lets talk about stormranger because it is showcasing this light rain thats moving through with periods of moderate to heavy, at times, depending on where you are. So right now for the most part its pretty light through fairfax. Notice 101 and richmond, San Francisco just got a good amount of rain that moved through. Concord catching a break now, livermore through fremont. Now the rain is starting to move back into san jose because of the movement of this system. And its going to continue like that. But its quick moving and its not packing a big punch with rain totals. If you look at the key color index, less than a tenth of an inch in the blue, and then the darker color is about a quarter for some of those coastal mountains. Youre going to notice wind speeds picking up. This is right around 4 00, santa rosa, San Francisco, through oakland, stretching through redwood city. We will definitely notice the winds begin to kind of gust. This is behind that cold front moving through. As the system continues to push through the bay area, were going to keep the gusty winds. Here is how much more snow were expecting. Again, there is a winter storm advisory in effect for some of these areas, but a lot of this snow is going to fall on some of those higher peaks. Longrange outlook is showing us that the system clears out overnight tonight. Well keep some cloud cover. Look what is behind this. A High Pressure system. This is going to start creeping in. Starting on wednesday, as the low pressure system makes its exit, this is going to bring us a stretch of beautiful weather, dry conditions, but also a very generous warmup heading into the weekend, just in time for that. So how warm are we going to get . Lets take a look at your sevenday forecast. By wednesday were going to be in the mid60s for San Francisco, still a mix of sun and clouds. We likely will wake up to fog. Look at friday, 71 degrees, leading us into the weekend, things will remain dry. A closer look at inland temperatures, 76 by sunday. Monday, 77 degrees. Mike, how are the roads . Im looking at those temperatures, those look great. Its hard to see the roadway from emeryville, but this is toward the bay bridge. Drizzle and mist around the bay. Watch for slicker conditions. The bay bridge toll plaza, we have water on the lens, water on the roadway, but light traffic. Just starting to build. Its 5 23 right now and this is what we expect for this pattern. Green from the north bay, through tiburon toward richmond, where vianey was showing you the activity coming down right now, into San Francisco, across the bay, and then creeping toward the trivalley and eventually the south bay where were getting more activity. Be careful out there. Back to you. Well, next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. How can you get an Insurance Company to pay you every single penny youre owed after a disaster . A really boring home video. Im consumer investigator chris chmura. Ill relieve the boredom and show you how to record that video next. And are you registered to vote . Our sister station telemundo has teamed up to answer all your questions about registering to vote for the president ial elections. Elections. Today you can call from 9 00 sinnerman by nina simone get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. Moving you forward this morning, state lawmakers are introducing a new bill focusing on menstrual products. The proposed law is called the tampon act and would remove chemicals that can lead to health risks such as infertility and cancer. The bill mandates they control and evaluate chemical alternatives. This is the reintroduction of a similar bill from 2023. Next on today in the bay, the war in gaza front and center on the peninsula. Results of a ceasefire resolution vote and the passionate calls for peace. And consider how much Dna Technology has changed over the last 20 years. Thats one of the points that the l. A. Innocence project is going to ask a San Mateo County judge in requesting a fresh look at the Scott Peterson trial. Were following it for you and well tell you w well tell you w ha with the freestyle libre 3 system. Know your glucose levels no fingersticks needed. All with the worlds smallest and thinnest sensor. 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The brand new price tag for b. A. R. T. To san jose and delays that will cost you money. This is today in the bay. Good morning on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Lets start with a look at the forecast. Meteorologist vianey arana is tracking what we can expect. If youre going to be out and about between now, guys, and noon, keep that umbrella handy, just in case. Because as the system continues to make its move, youre going to notice light to moderate rain. You can see it on our mobile Doppler Radar stormranger. As we continue to scan, the movement will trek further into the south bay over the next hour or so and then stretching into Central California. If i zoom this in closer, youll notice were starting to get a break through parts of vallejo, richmond, concord just got light rain that moved through. Overall your temperature trend for today in the south bay will remain in those low to mid60s. Were going to keep the rain chance on and off through about 12 00. Well get scattered activity, along with cloud cover that lingers through about 1 00, and then well have more on the warmup on the way coming up. Thank you very much. It is 5 31 right now. New developments in the highprofile case of Scott Peterson, which has been in the headlines for two decades. Hes due back in court today as the los angeles Innocence Project asked to take a look at the case. The nonprofit wants to make sure his civil rights were not violated. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live outside of the courthouse today. Kris, this does not mean that the Innocence Project actually believes that hes innocent . Reporter right. This is about theyre looking at what the defense presented in the trial and they want to make sure that any evidence that could have been presented was presented in that trial. So today we expect that the judge will set a timeline for when the l. A. Innocence project will get to look at things and what they will get to look at as well. We know that Scott Peterson has been incarcerated for the last 20 years. Petersons lawyers asked the los angeles Innocence Project to look at the case with fresh eyes, and based on what they saw, they believe theres a possibility that there is evidence or witnesses that were not presented in that first trial that could have had an impact on the case. On top of that, there could be dna evidence that could be a factor today as Dna Technology has evolved over the last 20 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing Laci Peterson. In the Innocence Project detailed filings, there are photos of a burnedout van found near the home around the time that Laci Peterson disappeared. We asked our legal analyst about that. Theyve obviously looked at the Scott Peterson defense file, but now they want to go back and look at the underlying Law Enforcement files and the d. A. Files to ensure that everything was provided to Scott Petersons defense team and they also want to start by reinterviewing some of those witnesses that werent called at trial. They want to look at the forensic evidence that could lead them to believe that laci may have still been alive and was she seen after Scott Peterson went fishing. Reporter and that was his alibi. Now, we will be inside the San Mateo County courtroom as this is happening. Scott peterson will not be. He is attending the hearing via zoom. In redwood city, kris sanchez. Having covered this for so long, it will be interesting to see what they come up with. Thank you. Today Sonoma County supervisors will hold an unusual debate on whether to consider declaring racism a Public Health crisis. The Health Department proposed the resolution, suggesting black peoples lives are ten years shorter on average than other racial and ethnic groups countywide. The Department Adds black and latino children are more than twice as likely to live in poverty. The resolution does not ask for additional money or redirect existing funds. Also today, San Francisco supervisors will consider a resolution supporting a state proposal to track the presence of opioids in wastewater. Its part of an effort to understand the flow of narcotics into communities and reduce overdoses from drugs, including fentanyl. San francisco and marin are already experimenting with a similar strategy. The war in gaza is front and center on the peninsula. The Redwood City Council voted last night against putting a ceasefire resolution on a future agenda. The vote came as the council listened to pleas for and against the resolution. Hundreds of people attended the council meeting. Supporters say people have to come together to help those in gaza. 5 35 this morning. And new for you, a new Insurance Industry report is out grading the major carmakers assisted driving systems. Lets just say, theres still a lot of work to be done. Ginger Conejero Saab joins us. What should anyone with an autopilot system know . Reporter the u. S. Insurance institute for Highway Safety conducted this study, and it found when it comes to teslas autopilot system, there is no evidence of it or any other assisted driving systems providing real world safety benefits. Tesla so far is not commenting on the new findings, but in the past it said its autopilot system is about ten times safer than the u. S. Average. Researchers tested 14 systems, only one earns an acceptable rating. Two are rated marginal and 11 are rated poor. Iiihs president says, quote, most of them dont include adequate measures to prevent misuse and keep drivers from losing focus on whats happening on the road. The iihs looked at key elements. They looked at 14 systems, including those from bmw, ford, genesis, lexus, mercedesbenz, tesla and volvo. They looked at driver monitoring, attention reminders, emergency procedures, driver involvement and other safety features. The shortcomings vary. For example, many vehicles dont adequately monitor the driver, is the driver looking on the road, elsewhere. Despite what Car Manufacturers want you to believe, these cars are not selfdriving. They still need driver involvement. Now, the goal is to encourage automakers to have more robust safeguards, and when they are scored, they are scored on a battery of tests conducted over multiple trials. Some performance areas were weighed more than others. The Silver Lining is that quick fixes can be made, sometimes with just a software upgrade. Thanks, ginger. A new review by the federal Transit Administration reportedly increases the total cost of b. A. R. T. Extending to san jose by another 600 million. The bigger picture, thats really just a small chunk of change compared to the ballooning overhaul costs. Last year the vta put a new price tag on the project at more than 12 billion. Thats about triple the initial estimates when the project was first unveiled a decade ago. The federal review also pushed the opening out another seven months to 2037. When the first plans were unveiled a decade ago, vta envisioned a 2026 opening. Lets take a live look this morning in san jose, as we start out a little wet this morning. Meteorologist vianey arana is tracking what we can expect. So how long is this rain going to stick around . Not too long. Were seeing it for the first half of our tuesday, and then its going to quickly clear out into the later portion of this evening. Temperaturewise, were in the 50s right now, so its not a cold start. It is a cold front, so behind that we are going to see some winds kicking up. You can see stormranger right here, a lot of the north bay now catching a break. A lot of this is now going to be more focused on areas south of the golden gate bridge, heading into the afternoon. But i did want to give you a quick update on the water rain year and how were doing, now that were seeing this weaker system clear out. Look at santa rosa, a surplus of almost 6 inches. And even in a typically rainshadowed san jose, a surplus of 3 inches. Coming up, ill show you the snowpack. Lets check in with mike. Here at the bay bridge, we have the traffic, the buildup slowly starting right on schedule. Were showing a smooth drive and green highlighting, wet roads pretty much all over the maps. Slowing for highway 4, a lot of slowing kicking into pittsburg. Ill check to see if there are any incidents or it may be rain traveling through. Over here, highway 84 has repair work and were always watching niles canyon. The Traffic Control is there. This is a look ahead. Not everybody watches every day, so southbound 680 will close friday night and that will last until monday morning, 4 00 a. M. Theyre scheduled to reopen before the commute starts. 680 southbound through this stretch from 580, the dublin interchange, to sunol, and that will be closed. Youll have to go around to 84 or over the dublin grade, adding a lot more mileage. Plan ahead. Is that the one they had to put off for a while . Twice. Whenever a fire damages your home, youre going to have work to do, paperwork. A big part of recovering is documenting what you lost. So your insurance policy can pay you. There are steps you can take today, whether you own your home or rent to make paperwork easier tomorrow. Consumer investigator chris chmura is here and hes going to walk us through how to do a Home Inventory. A Home Inventory is a list of everything you own and insure. If you ever have to file an insurance claim, you have to prove what you had before you get paid. Having a Home Inventory can help. This is your not so secret weapon, a smart phone. Use it to record a video. Nothing fancy. Just walk through every room and go slowly. Make sure the clip records everything in each room. Talk about what you see. Show the brand names and model numbers. Speak about where you bought your stuff, when, and how much you paid. Your narration now might help jog your memory later on. Go all over. Open every drawer, every cupboard, every closet. Make sure youre not just sticking with the house. So many people have stuff in their garage, too. When youre done, upload your video, photos and documentation to the cloud in case your phone is destroyed or goes missing during a disaster. A full inventory can save you time, money and heartache. Theres a number of tools that are available, may be available through your Insurance Company, probably for free. Ask your agent about those tools and apps. After all, thats why you pay them a commission. Good advice there. Cracking down on sideshows. Coming up next, the action leaders in the east bay are set to take and the fines you can face if youre caught promoting or organizing them. And the former special counsel investigating biden is going to ve a very long day ohan its 5 44. We are seeing some light showers move through. Right now in San Francisco, cloudy skies, 51 degrees. Well get some peeks of sunshine by this afternoon, and then weve got a big warmup on the way. Full details coming up. Even if its not raining, the water kicks up because of those tire treads. Hopefully your treads are in good condition. This is the commute out of richmond across the bridge to san rafael. We see some slowing. Well talk about the jamup that looked like it was forming on highway 4 coming up. Happening today, antioch leaders vote on giving final approval to their recent ordinance cracking down on sideshows and street racing. Council members approved that plan two weeks ago and it includes stiffer penalties for promoting or organizing sideshows and street races, including fines up to 1,000 and six months in jail. The man who wrote a scathing report about President Bidens memory and the documents he kept will be facing tough questions today. Scott mcgrew, it is safe to say that nobody on the hill likes robert hur. They certainly dont like his report, and were talking about both sides, republicans and democrats. We have an advanced copy of hurs opening statement. He says his report was fair and accurate. Laura touched on the reason democrats are furious at the former doj special counsel, his report declining to prosecute biden cites bidens memory as the reason, that he would come across as a wellmeaning elderly man with a poor memory. It came across to many, including those at the doj, as partisan and unprofessional. Republicans are angry hur chose not to prosecute, especially since former President Trump is being prosecuted for keeping classified documents, though there are huge differences between the two cases. So biden and, for that matter, Vice President pence after him, appear to have kept a small number of documents by accident. Trumps lawyers, meantime, say trump told them to tell the courts the documents didnt exist, even as witnesses and videotapes show the documents being moved from within the maralago facility. There are primary elections today in hawaii, washington, mississippi and georgia. Once biden and trump win those delegates, theyll both have enough to be sure theyre the nominees. Not that we didnt know that. When you see shovels in the ground, people going to work, i hope you feel what we do and you are filled with a sense of pride. Pride in your hometown, pride in making a comeback, pride in america, pride is getting big things done when we work together. President biden speaking with the u. S. Mayors yesterday, he meets with teamsters today. Former President Trumps lawyers have asked the courts for a delay in the start of the hush money trial. Trumps lawyers say the court should wait for the supreme courts decision on president ial immunity, though we should point out trump was not yet president at the time of the alleged scheme. That trial starts later this month. Prosecutors and trumps former lawyer himself say trump falsified Business Records to hide the payment. Trump does not deny the payments, but he denies there was a sexual encounter. Trump has twice more said he does not know and did not sexually assault writer e. Jean carroll, though a court has found him liable of just that. He did it once at a rally in georgia over the weekend and then again on cnbc yesterday morning. Carroll has twice sued him for this, twice won for more than 90 million, and carrolls lawyer this morning not ruling out a third lawsuit. Republican donors are worried trump will pull money out of the Republican Party to pay for his legal bills. His daughterinlaw is now the cochair of the Republican Party. Yesterday the rnc laid off dozens of Party Workers and leaders in a huge shakeup, about 60 out of 200, or roughly a quarter of all republican staffers. That comes just months before the election. Thank you very much. 5 49 right now. We continue to celebrate womens History Month and this morning were showcasing an author from the bay area that created super heroes to teach kids about diversity. She is the author of the inclusivity super heroes, a tale of diversity and unity. The book tells the story of three superhero, emma, carlos and ayesha, on a mission to unite people around the world. They do this by introducing people to food from different cultures. She says children who read the book will hopefully become open and accepting to others. We have to embrace one another for who we are and what we are. That is really the strong message. Discrimination doesnt get us anywhere but wars, and really unfortunate outcomes. So i just want to make sure that im conveying about diversity, inclusivity in the book. Foote says she hopes the message resonates with children and their parents. You can get your copy of the book on amazon or other bookshops. Lets 5 50 this morning. A lot of folks getting up and getting out on the roads. Theyre going to be met with some slick roads because its raining. Any time theres any form of rain, even if its not a big storm, we do want to take some extra time. I have much better news when it comes to the rain. Weve had periods of rainy weekends and then sunny weekends. It looks like were going to settle into a better stretch. Right now 51 degrees in oakland, 51 in dublin and San Francisco. If you look at the cameras, we have a lot of cloud cover, but some areas are getting a break from the rain. We had some light activity move through the city. Here it is, stormranger mobile Doppler Radar, you can see a lot of that rain further down through parts of the peninsula, and then in through parts of Central California, including sacramento. For the sierra as well. If i zoom this in closer, were getting a bit of a break through the trivalley, richmond and concord, but the sierra, a wintery mix. A Winter Weather advisory will be in effect until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. What that means is we could see gusty winds, and any time were dealing with gusty conditions for some of these highlighted areas, were also including portions through ukiah, as the storm moves through this could cause a potential for travel delays. Now, as far as wind speeds, were also going to see some of these winds picking up into the afternoon, especially around the peninsula and in through parts of the interior for oakland, 27 Miles Per Hour through redwood city, 23 in San Francisco, 29 plus. And were going to remain windy for the afternoon as the cold front passes through. But once that system does make its move and make its exit, that low pressure system to the east, here is what weve got coming next. Weve got High Pressure thats going to dominate starting wednesday, leading us into the weekend with dry and, yes, those are Clear Conditions youre seeing there. That means, also, a nice warmup. Here it is. So for tomorrow, a mix of sun and clouds heading into thursday, friday and saturday. For San Francisco, were talking 70s by friday, mid and upper 70s heading into saturday, sunday and look at monday, 77 degrees by the time we get into saturday and sunday. It will keep us nice and dry. Mike, how are the roads . Right now the bay bridge, rain in many parts of the bay. Slicker roadways. Be careful, because its crowded here. No issues, no major issues coming down aside from the slowing you typically see through richmond and the berkeley curve. We have a slow start for highway 24. Highway 4, i was concerned. It looked like there was focused slowing in pittsburg. It might have been just a wave of light rain causing people to tap their brakes. Willow pass, bailey, and starting just where you get to kirker pass. For westbound highway 4, no surprises. Vasco road has seen more time tacked on over the last few minutes. Happening now, measles is, once again, being detected here in the u. S. , including northern california. Uc davis says hundreds may have been exposed to a virus at the sacramento hospital after a child visited the er, later testing positive. Several outbreaks have been detected, including cases at a migrant shelter in chicago. Measles was once thought to be eradicated here in the u. S. , but Health Officials say the rise in cases is also due in part to falling vaccination rates and increased travel. An em battled School District starting to turn the page. It started with a ban on flying the pride flag and its led to a recall effort and the superintendent stepping down. Still ahead, the latest on the search for a replacement and welcome back. Well, here at nbc bay area, we are committed to finding solutions to our climate in crisis. What most of us dont realize is that so much of what we do each day really wears down on our earth overtime, impacting everyone, including our planet. So today weve got a new climate hack, something you likely use every day. Meteorologist vianey arana shows us some small changes you can make in your daytoday life to be a part of the solution. Chances are many of you have one of these hanging in your shower. But have you ever thought about what these are made of, and how often you should replace them . Here is the problem. Chances are, its made out of microplastics, along with cigarette butts, food wrappers, microplastics are the most common and harmful kind of marine trash. The particles get washed down your drain and end up in our waterways and oceans. Its bad for the planet and a breeding ground for bacteria. Its time for your climate hack. Lets go for something thats more planet friendly and less bacteria friendly. The first one you can go for is a silicone brush made out of recycled material, but also antibacterial and durable, so its meant to last you a good amount of time. You could go for Something Like this, a natural bamboo brush. Or you can go the 100 plant route, a loofah. Its made out of 100 plants and once its tossed out, it fully breaks down. Whats the payoff . A single plastic loofah can take years to break down. Lets say you switch yours the recommended timeline of every few weeks. If everyone living in san jose made the switch, we could keep millions of plastic loofahs out of the landfill. Plus they harbor all of that bacteria. All of these small changes can really make a difference for the better. They really can. Of course here at nbc bay area, we do a lot of climate indepth stories. This is a planet that is warming up. But for those of us looking to start our journey for more ecofriendly solutions, i dont want you to go home and throw away everything you own thats plastic. Get use out of it. Its more for the next time youre at the store and youre repurchasing, reading labels and taking things into consideration so you can explore around your house. And lead by example. Our kids see what we do and theyre our future. I always welcome viewers to send me their climate hacks so please send them my way. A good old washcloth also helps, too. And that can be reused. So thats a good way to go as well. A quick reminder, nbc bay area is streaming 24 7. You can watch us whenever you want, on roku and other streaming platforms. Right now at 6 00, waking up in the dark. A falling tree knocking out power to hundreds of homes in the east bay. New video just into our newsroom of the overnight damage. Scott petersons murder conviction heads back to court. The push this morning to clear the convicted killer 20 years later. Its a reminder to always be aware of your surroundings. Fring