clara county. what s going to change this week and how long before other bay area counties make even more moves. and when will the lights be flipped back on at oracle park and the oakland coliseum? what the governor said today that has sports fans and local businesses feeling upbeat. good monday evening. thanks for joining us. i m janelle wang. and i m raj mathai. the global race to find a vaccine appears to have one company out in front. a boston-area company saying it s seen promising results from its first test on humans. keep in mind, though, there are more than 100 companies working on a cure, including several, janelle, here in the bay area. and they re hoping to become household names when that vaccine becomes a reality. nbc bay area s terry mcsweeney reports. i was so excited. reporter: that from a woman who received the vaccine in march. she could be speaking for moderna, the massachusetts biotech company behind the vaccine. moderna says its experimental va
numbers on how much damage was done. christie? reporter: well, we are hearing the damage estimates. county wide, $150 million. people are really trying to clean up and dig out. what we re seeing here, i m told, is actually what was in storage in a unit. it s covered in mud. people have had a long, hard day cleaning up, and there s a long way to go. outside rio theater, heavy lifting was under way. inside cleaning was under way too after floodwater was pumped out. we don t know completely how bad it is. reporter: he is a co-owner and is thankful for friends willing to help. the next two days is going to be critical to get the mud out, start the drying and get it all going so we can actually have guests here again. so we re making really good progress. reporter: today teams continued safety assessments, tagging properties red, yellow or green. estimates show $150 million damage, including 1900 homes. mark pulverman is helping his dad after four feet of flood the water
stephen: this may look like some indian or african safari, but these wild animals actually live here in the hills of northern california, and they were all rescued from backyards and roadside zoos. sanctuaries like these say they are now at capacity due to the growing demand for exotic animals as pets. in california it s illegal to own wild animals without a permit, but those laws do little to deter smugglers or breeders. just go on the internet and look to buy an exotic animal as a pet, and you re swamped with options. here is just one example. this video of two white tiger cubs for sale sent to our investigative team in southern california as proof that the seller wanted to deal. will travers: well, i think it s it is a very big problem. stephen: will travers serves as president of born free usa, a nonprofit based in washington, d.c. dedicated to reducing animals in captivity and protecting endangered species in their natural habitat. born free is named after the 1966 wildl
looking into their safety record. watch our investigations on nbcbayarea.com. we turn to the weather. we have had showers on and off. in the coming days, a new system is moving in. we expect it to pack quite a punch. here to break down what s moving is rob. when does this new storm arrive? what does it bring? the one that s getting our attention is arriving for the middle part of the week. this is part of the first storm that s having a tough time bringing in rain to the bay area. you can see the echos offshore, moving into dry areas. is to our of low pressure that will track north tomorrow, which will bring in showers. tonight, even into tomwct. you can see on the rain totals. storm number one will bring us showers at times. not a big impact. notice how things trend into tuesday. higher rain totals, a change of thunderstorms. then the midweek storm now brings high rain rates per hour, a risk of runoff flooding and big surf and strong winds to the bay area. a closer l
we take you inside california s exotic animal black market. here is senior investigative reporter, stephen stock. stephen stock: good evening and thanks for joining us. it s a multibillion dollar black market that federal agents say grows every year, the sale of exotic animals here in the u.s. as pets. we spent the last few months behind the scenes of this underground world, where everything from tigers to cobras are smuggled across our borders nearly every day. stephen: this may look like some are now at capacity duema as pe. in california it s illegal to own wild animals without a permit, but those laws do little to deter smugglers or breeders. just go on the internet and look to buy an exotic animal as a pet, and you re swamped with options. here is just one example. this video of two white tiger cubs for sale sent to our investigative team in southern california as proof that the seller wanted to deal. will travers: well, i think it s it is a very big problem. stephen: wi