Oakland marathon and half marathon. The starting line taking off any minute now. Hopefully, youre cozy at home. Thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. Im kira klapper. Cinthia pimentel has a look at our microclimate forecast. Looks a little chilly. We are starting off in the 40s this morning. We have a little bit more of that cloud cover, patchy fog. Look at San Francisco. Our camera just blanketing the city. We should be in for another lovely day with the 70s. I did, however, want to go into oakland as People Get Ready not only to race but to cheer those people on. Well see a few of the clouds lingering around the mid morning. More sunshine and we continue with those temperatures in the upper 60s there in oakland. We have the dublin festival. Ill have that forecast for you, too. The rest of our microclimate temperatures and whats ahead in the sevenday forecast as we look forward to spring. Not only that, but then some changes in the weather pattern ahead. We need the umbrellas once again. Kira, back to you. Cinthia, thanks. We begin with a heartbreaking scene in a San Francisco neighborhood. Two people have died, one a child, when a car plowed into a bus stop. Neighbors have since placed a candle and flowers at the scene of the citys west portal neighborhood bus stop. Three other people, including the driver of the car, were hurt in the crash. Alyssa goard was there. Reporter people who live and take transit through this area have been shocked and saddened about what happened here. They have been coming here, expressing their condolences and prayers, leaving a makeshift memorial for the two people who died. For much of the day saturday, a mangled car remained a t the corner while police cleaned up the wreckage. Police say just after noon, someone was driving the car east and crashed into a bus stop where four people were waiting. Two of the people at the bus stop were killed. Firefighters say one was an adult, the other was a child. It is sad. When children are involved, thats an additional, you know, feeling that we get. For those that have children, i have children myself, and our First Responders do. You know, it hits everybody at home. Reporter two other people at the bus stop and the driver were injured and taken to the hospital. Its not clear yet what led up to this crash, but one man who says he was there told us the car came along fast and he narrowly missed being hit. [ speaking in a global language ] it all happened next to the west portal muni stop. A library and a school. But when you lose a child in a crash, that is absolutely devastating. That should be the strongest call to action for our citys leaders. Reporter walk sf, which advocates for Traffic Safety in San Francisco, says this is one of the worst pedestrian tragedies to ever happen in the city. Its now been ten years since San Francisco committed to becoming a vision zero city, vowing to stop all traffic deaths and injuries. Walk sf says the city has made strides, just this week sfmta released a list of nearly three dozen locations that will get speed cameras. But the Organization Says this loss underscores the need for the city to aggressively use the tools it has. Zero fatalities, zero serious injuries, thats the absolute baseline of what we need in San Francisco. Reporter the heartache and up answered questions remain, as Police Continue to investigate what led to the lives lost on this street. Alyssa goard, today in the bay. As she just said, the investigation is in its early stages. We do know that the group walk San Francisco will hold a vigil for the victims tomorrow at that crash site at 5 00 p. M. We will continue to bring the latest updates as we get them. Go to nbcbayarea. Com. You can also download our free nbc bay area app. Were going to stay in San Francisco right now. New overnight, a rollover crash that happened just after 10 00 p. M. On jackson street close to lafayette park. Firefighters saying that solo car flipped over, crashing into several other cars. The investigation into what caused this crash is ongoing. We are awaiting word on the status of the people in that car. Also new this morning, and also in San Francisco, a sideshow overnight. Something we have seen in oakland and san jose, but a new sight for San Francisco city streets. This happened around 12 15 this morning on 13th and south vaness. You can see that car doing donuts surrounded by a large group of people. Soon after you see police rolling in. They were able to disburse the crowd, clear the intersection. No word on any arrests. Four years ago, our lives were forever changed. Today marks four years since the bay area went under a shelter in place order because of covid19. You likely recall the ghostowns, the empty roads and sidewalks. Today, we look back. Reporter kira, four years ago, we department know what was ahead. A shelter in place order, people working remotely. Today marks four years since much of our response to the pandemic began here in the bay area, when the shelter in place order went into effect. The World Health Organization ended the covid emergency just last may. Since the start of the pandemic, 7 Million People died worldwide. 1 Million People here in the u. S. , and for many, the world as we knew it then will never be the same. Some businesses shuttered, some bounced back. And others are still using the lessons learned, like pickled clothing in redwood city was in an fortunate city when things went virtual. The owners said they had just transitioned to a new system allowing for online sales. Things didnt go back to how they were before covid. It was, again, pivoting, learning the connection with our customers, definitely is what got us through it. Its still a challenge, you know. I see a lot of Small Businesses struggling. Im thankful that we have come out of it. Things arent where they were before covid. I dont know that they ever will be again. Reporter at that time, the bay area shelter in place measures were among the strictest in the continental united states, responding to the pandemic. Thank you, ginger. The day after tomorrow will be two weeks since super tuesday, and we have an update in one of the closest elections in california. The race to replace congresswoman anna eschew on the peninsula. Here are the latest results. At this point, its a race for second place to see which two will face off in the november general election. This past week, Silicon Valley assemblyman evan low surpassed joe simitan. But simitan took back the lead by 20 votes. Sam liccardo has been the front runner since election day. There are fewer than 19,000 ballots left to count. If its a tight finish, one of the candidates may call for a recount. Happening now, that work along portions of 680 is progressing on schedule. Northbound traffic is still flowing, but southbound lanes are closed. This is all happening on southbound 680 from the 580 680 interchange to the red cart you see on the map. The other highlighted sections show detours you can take. If you are trying to go south, you can take highway 24 to 580 to 880 or 580 to 84. Lots of options. Fortunately, that closure did not stop thousands of people from flocking to dublin for its 40th saturday patricks day celebration. Organizers say they planned the annual event around that 680 closure. Revelers we spoke with said the possibility of traffic wasnt going to stop them from coming out to celebrate. We were pretty sure it wasnt going to impact us too much. We know the back ways, because we live here. The celebration continues today, beginning with the shamrock 5k fun run and walk at 8 30 this morning, if thats not your thing, shopping, food, and drinks from 10 00 to 5 00. 7 09 right now. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, we go live to washington, d. C. For our weekly interview with Kristen Welker who has a welcome back. It has been more than five months since the israelhamas war began, and victims are one step from famine. The youngest victims, children, have already died from malnutrition and dehydration. But on friday, a private aid ship docked off the coast of gaza, carrying the first delivery of food and supplies by sea. This as tons of food is stuck idle on trucks in egypt waiting for permission to enter gaza. Please join me in welcoming Kristen Welker, moderator of meet the press. Great to see you this morning, as always. I understand you were able to sit down with celebrity chef jose andres, the founder of the Charity World central kitchen that we have heard so much about in the last few years. His charity is the one that collected those 200 tons of food arriving by sea. What a monumental accomplishment and goal. What was he able to share with you about moving forward . Kira, its great to be with you. Youre right, this was a monumental affect he was able to pull off, getting the first maritime shipment of food and humanitarian aid into gaza. He said, look, this first shipment is a drop in the bucket of what is needed. But whats significant is the fact that they got it there, kira. He said this will open up the ability not only for world central kitchen to bring more food, but for others to potentially bring food and to basically chart the path to do this. Now, of course, the Biden Administration is currently planning to build a port. Thats going to take anywhere from 30 to 60 days. But those types of relief efforts are moving in the right direction. He also, though, kira, did call on israel to do more. To open up more passageways, to make it easier to get food and humanitarian relief into those people who are suffering in gaza, as you laid out so clearly, the humanitarian crisis is growing. The death toll is mounting there. So its a fascinating conversation with jose andres. Hes just an angel on this earth. Hes come in to help so many nations as they have been fighting the last few years. We look forward to your interview with him this morning. Thanks for that insight. We hope you join kristen for this mornings meet the press. She will have exclusive interviews with Senators Ben Cardin and senator bill cassidy. Just stick with us for today in the bay, meet the press is on at 8 00 a. M. Right after this news cast. Coming up in about 30 minutes from now, well talk to nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston for our weekly segment. Well take a look at the forecast of a very close november election. Were going to stick with politics now and take you to our nations capitol this morning. The white house, where joe biden is back there this morning after attending the gridiron dinner last evening. He attended the event to create jokes and barbs on u. S. Politics. This tradition goes back to the 1880st. The Grid Iron Club hosts politicians and journalists for the white tie affair. This is the first time a president has attended since President Trump in 2018. A volcano has erupted in iceland for the fourth time since december, forcing evacuations. This video shows bright orange lava spewing into the air along this narrow opening in the earths in the earth along icelands southwest coast. The lava flowing towards a nearby fishing town where some 4,000 people live. People there and in a nearby town were evacuated. So far, no injuries. Back here locally, one more day to enjoy military yets roaring over the east bay. Travis air force holding wings over solano county. Its a free event, including displays of several different types of military aircraft. Family fun zone with face painting, obstacle courses, and this year, the blue angels are headlining the showy starts this morning at 9 00 a. M. Across the bay, San Francisco holding its 173rd annual st. Patricks day parade. The route went down Market Street yesterday, ending at civic center plaza. The theme of this years festivities is unite sf. Organizers said they wanted to share st. Patricks day with everyone to honor all unique cultural groups across the city. Festivities continue today with a block party at the united irish culture center. Did you know the day of the devs 2024 is happening today in San Francisco . If you dont know what that is, mikey has more details on how to enjoy the event. Reporter day of the devs is a showcase of some block custer hopefuls. We talked to some of the organizers of this event why its important to feature independent game developers. There are these huge studios that make these highbudget games, and people love them. But then a small team of one or two people can make a game that takes over the whole industry and everyone is surprised. What you learn over and over again is that people like games of all sizes and types, and theres nothing limiting what a video game can be. Weve become a very global show. One of the things we want to make sure were doing is spotlighting new voices and people from underrepresented groups, as well. Im excited about a game called surf club from australia from a developer. Of course, greg has that surfer feel. These are all independent games of a whole bunch of different aspects. Kira, i dont know if your boys are into this type of thing, but the show is free to attend to watch and to play from 3 00 to 8 00 at the midway in San Francisco. So if youre interested, more info at dayofthedevs. Com. Time to check in with Cinthia Pimentel for a look at our forecast. Not a weekend you want to spend indoors. For the morning right now, sit a bit chilly. For the afternoon, get out there and enjoy it, because this weekend, weve talked about lots of sunshine and were starting off with a look over the sutro camera. As we go into san jose, it is closer to the foothills there in east san jose. It should mix out as we go into this morning. The areas of low clouds sticking around for the start of the oakland marathon and temperatures in the 50s there. Chilly 40s towards santa rosa, livermore and the mountains. As we go through the morning hours, were starting the mix, seeing more clearing inland, and temperatures warming up. A nice lunchtime hour this sunday afternoon. And back into the 70s we go, as we go into 3 00, 73 in santa rosa. 72 out in wine country, napa. Upper 60s from oakland to san mateo. Low 70s in morgan hill. You still have a chance to go today to the st. Patricks day celebration. Enjoy the temperatures in the seth there is in dublin this afternoon. Coming down here to san jose, east san jose, if you are in the area, i definitely recommend this mashika new years festival that starts at 9 00 a. M. And continues to 6 00. It celebrates the aztec culture, arts and crafts, and a great time with all the music and dancing. As we go forward into the workweek, its going to be really lovely. 70s remain with us. Youll definitely feel it as you go into your lunchtime hour and monday afternoon. 73 in hayward. Upper 60s through the city. Well do nearly 80 degrees in parts of san jose and san martin. So thats a nice way to kick off the workweek with clear skies, beautiful temperatures. That should stay with us as we take a look at our longrange outlook, where we stay nice and clear. Wednesday, thursday, youll notice some of the changes. Youll feel the breeze a little more. Well be in spring, but the winter pattern doesnt want to let us go. Friday, we get more green on the map. Thats the return of the rainfall into the afternoon hours. Look at the color contours here, a bit more of that sierra snow and through the chasta region, as well. So chilly next weekend, but first half of the week looks good. Nice and comfortable for San Francisco for st. Patricks day. The inland valleys continuing with the 70s. I wish they could stay, but we have to change the pattern up a little bit the second half of the week and into next weekend. We will be talking about more of that breeze picking up, and the return of some rain. It wont be too crazy, but those amounts and just where the rain will hit, those details are still putting themselves together. My closet, i have shorts, i have rain boots, i have this and that. Youre prepared. Cinthia, thanks. 7 21. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, hes back. Steph curry put on quite the show last night in l. A. Highlights from the nailbiting win over lebron james and the lakers, coming up next in sports. 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Steph curry came back after missing three games. He returned to the court versus the lakers in los angeles last night. Before tipoff, we saw him getting his legs loose, running from the floor to the opposite end basket. The warriors got a strong first half performance from klay thompson. He scored 21 points. The warriors led by one at half. In the second half, steph curry scored 18 points in the second half and led the warriors in scoring, finishing with 31 overall. Warriors beat the lakers 128121. For anyone worried about steph currys ankle, he said he has no issues. It was as expected. Like, the body felt good, loosened up as we went, and it was nice to just get my reps back and compete again. I did miss it for sure. Hes back in oakland today for the oakland marathon, which, as we told you, benefits his eat, learn, play foundation. The warriors host the knicks tomorrow at chase center. And check this out. After the game, curry hanging out with legend novak djokovic, getting an art graphed racket in turn for his autographed jersey. On the ice, the sharks in columbus, ohio, taking on the blue jackets. Sharks lose 42. Its the teams 12th loss in the last 13 games. They now own the worst record in the nhl. Did you hear today is the Season Opener for bay fc. The bay areas brand new winning soccer team. Youll be able to catch the game live on nbc sports bay area. Coverage begins at 4 30. Youll be able to watch some of their other games this season on nbc sports bay area, as well. And nbc sports california. 7 26 right now. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, cut off by a landslide. Hear from people in the santa cruz neighborhood who spent days stranded after their main road was washed out. A heartbreaking day in San Francisco. Two People Killed after a car plowed through a bus stop. Yll tell good morning. It is sunday, march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day, as we take this live look at the golden sun rise over dublin, california. We hope you are waking up to a beautiful morning, as well. Thank you for starting it with us. Im kira klapper. Cinthia pimentel has a look at the forecast. That looks promipromising. It does. Out towards the coastline, we are dealing with some areas of patchy fog, and temperatures a bit cooler. Well do 48 in concord. 41 for napa and 49 in san jose. You can see the microclimate starting off on this sunday. The fog will give way to a really pleasant afternoon, similar to what we had yesterday with better clearing. As we go through the day and auk about the headline, 70s in the picture. 60s at the coast, and we should stay nice and dry as we go into the first day of spring on tuesday. But that will be shortlived, as we get ready to talk about another wet and chilly weekend ahead. Soyll have the full forecast coming up. So well enjoy this while we have it. 30 minutes ago, we showed you hundreds of people at the starting line for the oakland marathon, which benefits the eat, learn and play foundation started by steph curry. Tom, a brand new route this year taking runners to the bay bridge for the first time. How is it looking out there . Reporter oh, looks great. No rain this year like last year. Got a little bit of a late start. Almost a half hour. So this is still the start of the main race with the marathoners and the half marathoners making those 26mile and 13mile runs. It will the first time its taken runners to the bay bridge. Near the end of the race, theyll make a loop back towards oakland, through Jack London Square, along lake merritt here, and finishing here where they started. 10,000 participants expected in all events today, and the numbers are growing every year. Organizers have a goal of making it into one of the nations largest marathons in the conversations with boston and new york. And now have bigtime partner and beneficiary in the eat, learn, play foundation. In fact, it all began with a fun run yesterday that fits into the foundations mission. All proceeds go to the nonprofit started by steph curry and his wife five years ago that benefits children in the oakland and bay area through nutrition, learning and providing physical activities in a safe environment. There are so many people out there. Our foundation, were newly involved here, thanks to our partners with run local. Were working together to make this a world class event this the years to come. So come back. Hopefully you have a lot of fun today. Oakland students are the ones benefits from all the miles you are putting in today. So thank you very much. After the race, we have some special surprises too. So dont run away too fast. That was foundation ceo chris, who is actually running in the full marathon this morning. The curries play his salary and all costs. So every penny benefits children. Thousands of kids have benefitted from the meals they provide. Well have an interview with the curries later this morning. You saw the marathoners and half marathoners taking off in about an hour. Well have the 10k and then the 5k runners start. And then in just about 9 30, it will probably be now this morning that the marathon runners will come back after making that historic firsttime loop around the bay bridge and then back into oakland here. A lot of fun and events. Well have more information, more sound from the curries later on today after we get that interview about the foundation, about this great event and others that are benefiting the foundation. A lot to talk about later on. For now, thom jensen, today in the bay. Thom, thanks so much. Stranded in their own homes with no relief in sight. A landslide in the Santa Cruz Mountains destroyed a section of mountain charlie road and left people who live nearby with few options to get in or out. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro looks at the impacts and why neighbors are concerned about the timeline for getting that road repard. Reporter for more than two weeks, dozens of samries have had to make this dangerous trek just to get to their homes. This hike is not a weekend outing, this is how these neighbors are now forced to get to and from their homes every day. Following a storm late last month, their shared driveway collapsed ten feet, and is no longer an option. Everythings been ten times harder to do in a day. Reporter the landslide also destroyed this section of mountain charlie road, impacting more than 100 neighbors. Today, this man carried his groceries down a rashean and then back up the other side, just to get to his home. For two weeks, neighbors have had to backpack food in and carry their own crash out. But its not their only challenge. Propane is our next concern, because theres no way for propane truck to get through right now. Reporter and most of the people who live here rely on propane for heat, cooking, and backup generators. But neighbors are most concerned if there is a fire or a medical emergency, theyre trapped. Some of us have some physical concerns, medical conditions. And so that is a big concern. Reporter and there appears to be no end to this extreme mountain living. Amanda watson says Santa Cruz County leaders have given no timeline on when things might improve. Weve been told basically until it stops moving they cant make any assessments. Reporter we reached out to the county but have not heard back. For now, these neighbors will have to continue to hike to their homes. Right now were on foot. It will be as fast as we can walk or run out of here, so thats my biggest concern. Reporter Marianne Favro, today in the bay. A heartbreaking story out of San Francisco where yesterday a car plowed into a bus stop killing two people, one of them a child. It happened just after noon after lennox rightout side the west portal muni stop. Police say a car going east crashed into the four people who were waiting at the bus stop. Two of those people were killed. Firefighters tell us that one was an adult and one was a child. The two other people there, and the driver of the car, were injured and taken to the hospital. The group walk sf, which advocates for Traffic Safety in the city, is calling this one of the worst pedestrian tragedies ever to happen in the city. When you lose a child in a crash, that is absolutely devastating. That should be the strongest call to action for our citys leaders. Neighbors, as you see here, have left handles and a make shift memorial at that intersection in west portal where the crash happened. Its not clear yet what led to that crash. Police are investigating. Walk San Francisco will hold a vigil for those victims tomorrow at the crash site at 5 00 p. M. This weekend marked three years since a gunman killed eight people, six of whom were asian women, at atlanta area spas. Across the country, various Asian American organizations and allies gathered together to honor those victims and other victims of antiasian hate. They also sought to build unity and demand action. That included at a hotel in japantown in San Francisco where people listened to speakers, watched performances, and fought on behalf of Asian Justice Movement. People filled the stages to announce demands related to the deadly attack of chinese immigrants. We first told you about this attack last july. Police said she was pushed on a sidewalk in San Franciscos bay view neighborhood, and later died. Police ruled that incident an accident, so no arrests were made. But the Asian Justice Movement claims the perp accused of pushing wu was later connected to another violent assault on a 71yearold chinese woman just last week. Activists say theyre still seeking justice for wu and others. We know you are trying to drag these cases out as long as possible hoping we will forget. And the public pressure will die down. Like in the case from 2019 and a case from 2021. But i am here to tell you, it wont. Among the demands activists want police to release video from wus attack, and investigate her death as a homicide and possible hate crime. We reached out to San Francisco police. The mayors office, and the district attorneys office. We have not yet heard back. Overseas stalled peace talks between israel and hamas are set to resume in qatar as soon as today. Egyptian leaders facilitating talks say hamas has a new threestage plan that would end the fighting. The first stage would include a sixweek ceasefire and the release of 35 israeli hostages, as well as a handful of female soldiers in exchange for 350 palestinian prisoners. The second phase calls for a permanent ceasefire, and release of Israeli Soldiers for more palestinian prisoners. In the third phase, hamas would return bodies in exchange for israel lifting the blockade of gaza to allow for reconstruction. Israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is calling the plan unrealistic. But is sending negotiators any way. Back here in the bay area, if you classify yourself as an expert on the slopes, you may want to consider heading to lake tahoe. We have a live look at palisades tahoe. Blue bird sky day, a rare ski run will be opening again, according to lake tahoe. Thanks to all the recent snowfall, crews will open it soon. It would be open to the most advanced skiers and snowboarders. They are working to create an access road. Workers say if all goes well, it would open tomorrow. Call out sick. 7 40 right now. Still to come on today in the bay, we continue to celebrate womens History Month and the contribution women in business. 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Similar temperatures to yesterday, with 60s out towards the coast. Just a touch cooler. Well do 69 in oakland. Well do 70s as we go into martinez, down into mountain view, and mid 70s for parts of solano county, out there in fairfield. And 73 in san martine. Tomorrow, well keep all the sunshine and warmth going. Mostly sunny skies, mid 70s in santa rosa, out towards dublin and san jose. Look at that, 77 degrees. As we start spring officially on tuesday, temperatures will start to come down just a little bit. It wont be as warm towards the middle of the week with the temperatures in the upper 60s. Fast forwarding into friday, youll feel the breeze return and more cloud cover, with temperatures cooling back down. Low 60s in the far north bay. Well do some upper 60s as we go into parts of the tri valley and into san mateo, down into san jose. Looks to be one of the warmest spots. That will follow with some rain and some sierra snow. The snow pack is well at this point. This will just be maybe one to two more feet as we go into next weekend. So after a spectacular weekend now, it might be a little more tricky to get there next weekend where we see the snow levels coming back down to 5,000 feet. The first half of the week in our inland valleys, nice and mild through about wednesday. And then the breeze picks up and were tracking our next chance of rain arriing friday night into saturday. San francisco, gorgeous day once again. A mild start to the workweek. Spring begins on saturday and then we start to cool things down and talk about rain into next weekend. Spring begins and then rain comes. Cinthia, mylowes rewards credit card saves us 5 on the things we need. 5 off. 5 off. 5 of. And, as loyalty members, we get points toward mylowes money for the things we want. Oh, we want this. The all new mylowes rewars Loyalty Program is her. Download the app to joi, earn and save toda. Congress has a lot to do in 2024. It seems that the divide between the two parties is making it hard to get things done. In the current congress, democrats have a twoseat margen in the u. S. Senate. Republicans have a twoseat margin in the house of representatives. Whats the chance those numbers change as a result of this 2024 election . Nbc bay area political analyst Larry Gerston joins us. Good to see you this morning. How are things looking . Good morning, kira. You use the magic numbers, two and two. Things are tight in congress. Democrats have a twoseat edge in the senate, republicans a twoseat margin in the house. Put it together, and it is unbelievable. We do have some things happening. First of all, as we start into the senate, there are four states, four states where democrats are going to have an incredibly hard, uphill battle to win those back. Theyve got to win all of them, or at least three if they want to keep that lead, that edge in the senate. Those are the states, arizona, montana, ohio, west virginia. Those are critical states. West virginia is all but gone already. So they have got themselves a battle. Remember, its a twoseat advantage and theyre on the verge of losing at least both, maybe more, unless something happens to the democrats in the senate. Okay. So as you just said, that was a look at the senate. What about the house of representatives . I know the magic number is two there, as well. Two there, as well. Youve got it. Thats the magic number. This is where the republicans are hurting. There are 17 districts across the country, where the where the joe biden, the democrat won, but republicans won the house. Theyre in jeopardy, and five of those, the most dramatic of those five, are of those 17, are in california. Two in the central valley, three in southern california. All those cases, republicans are teetering, because they won in a district where biden, a democrat, won. So theyve got to hold on. Right now, it looks very good that the democrats will pick up a couple, three perhaps, maybe even four. If everything goes the same nationally, the democrats in california could be responsible for tilting congress, the house that is, back into democratic shape. But heres the thing, kira. These things are tight. Two, three seats one way or the other, in each chamber. You can imagine how difficult it must be campaigning across the country. Yeah. So your clairvoyance is telling us the house and senate races look and will remain tight. Does it make much of a difference which chamber gets a majority, given how tight things are, assuming they both need a majority . Yeah, you know that word weve heard, its haunting us, gridlock, gridlock. And it is so much the case right now over the last year and a half, since the house went republican, the senate stayed democrat. And we have a democratic president. So for something to really work well, youve got to have everything in sync. You have to have a democratic president with two chambers that are democrat, or republican. One way or the other, kira, if one house stays one way and the other Chamber Stays the other way, and we have a president of whatever party, youre likely to see the same kind of gridlock again. The polarization in the congress is reflective of the polarization in the country. Unfortunately, this is just not a good time that were looking to see in terms of straightening that out and coming up with a much smoother sailing for either party. Expect gridlock, kira. I dont like telling it to you, but i think thats the way things look eight months out. And youre typically right. Hate to say it. Larry, thanks so much. Great to see you. Good to see you, kira. We were able to talk yesterday morning. Now this morning, and all month long, we celebrate womens History Month and highlight female owned and led businesses. Marcus washington takes us to the peninsula. Good morning, kira. So redwood city celebrating womens History Month by showcasing some of the long running womens businesses. For the past year, anjelicas bar has been serving on main street and one of the businesses highlighted this month. Their takeout business didnt do quite well during the pandemic, so they used that time to refocus. And now their cuisine is a hit with the diverse community. In life, something that i learned since i was very small, you have to adapt. If you dont adapt, you will die. So you have to keep changing and adapting to everything that comes to you. According to the most recent u. S. Census data available, there are more than 12 million womenowned businesses right here in the nation, generating more than 2 trillion in sales. Womenowned businesses pay out more than 418 billion in payroll. Get stories like this when you join us for today in the bay monday through friday. We start at 5 00 a. M. On air, and watch nbc bay area news on roku and other streaming platforms. Im marcus washington, kira, back to you. 7 52. Up next, a quick look at the top stories, including running for a great cause in oakland right now. Well take you to the welcome back. Before we go this morning, we want to take you back to the oakland marathon now underway. Thom jensen is there with more how steph curry and aisha are taking care of the Oakland Community through this race. Reporter good morning. Its a great program. The foundation that steph and aisha curry started, the marathon did get underway about a half hour late today. So the first runners arent expected back until about 9 30 this morning. Organizers are just getting the startline ready for the 10k runners who will take off in about a half hour. Followed by the 5k runners at about 9 00 a. M. This morning. And then a half hour later, the heed runners from the marathon, making that loop around the bay ridge, coming back through Jack London Square to the Kaiser Permanente finish line at 9 30. An hour after that, we have an interview with the curries about the foundation, and well have more on that, talking about all the great work theyre doing at 5 00 tonight. For now, live in oakland, thom jensen, today in the bay. Were going to check in with cinthia one last time. Its a bit chilly. We saw thom wearing his jacket. Temperatures are in the 40s. Also having to deal with patchy fog on this sunday morning, but it should mix out. We have a nice first half of the sevenday forecast for the inland valleys. 70s today, as well as tomorrow. Well be a bit warm. I dont know how many sick calls well get, but it will be really nice. Spring begins on tuesday, and then on into the second half of the week, thats when you notice that well get more of that breeze coming in, more of that cloud cover, because even though were in spring, winter doesnt want to get rid of us just yet. Talking about the chance of seeing rain return late friday into saturday. And the possibility of it lingering around into sunday, the models are hinting at that, too. But ill worry about those details. Everyone else just worry about enjoying your day and continuing to see that beautiful sunshine for the next four or five days. And remember, bay fc, the bay areas professional womens soccer team kicks off their first game today, 4 30. Watch it on nbc sports bay area. Theyre playing down in los angeles. Thanks so much for making us part of your st. Patricks day morning. More local news at 5 00, 6 00, and 11 00, and all dayn o this sunday, trumps promise. Donald trump vowses to free those charged and convicted of